Which one of the following conditions is not necessary for
precipitation to occur?
(a) The air must be warm
(b) The air must be saturated
(c) The air must be cooled below its dew point
(d) The air must contain hygroscopic particles
Who among the following wrote the book ?A Nation in the Making?? (a) Dinbandhu Mitra (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (c) Surendranath Banerjee (d) Subhash Chandra Bose
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Consider the following dynasties : 1. Satavahana 2. Gupta 3. Sunga 4. Chola What is the correct chronological sequence of these dynasties? (a) 1 ? 2 ? 3 ? 4 (b) 3 ? 4 ? 1 ? 2 (c) 2 ? 1 ? 4 ? 3 (d) 3 ? 1 ? 2 ? 4
In which one of the following types of clouds, does the ?halo? of moon occur? (a) Cirrus (b) Cumulus (c) Nimbus (d) Stratus
Which one of the following straits joins the Pacific Ocean with the Arctic Ocean? (a) Bass (b) Bering (c) Davis (d) Magellan
Consider the following statements : 1. Satavahana rules persecuted the Buddhists 2. Pushyamitra Sunga patronised the Buddhists 3. Shashanka cut off the Bodhi tree at Bodha Gaya Which of these statements is/are correct? (a) 1 only (b) 2 and 3 (c) 1 and 3 (d) 3 only
A block of the earth?s crust, that has remained in position while the ground around it has subsided, is known as (a) Horst (b) Plain (c) Plateau (d) Young folded mountain
Out of the following geomorphic processes, which one of the following is associated with the work of glaciers ? (a) Corrosion (b) Attrition (c) Corrasion (d) Plucking
In the context of Panchayati Raj, which one of the following is true about Gram Sabha ? (a) This is the topmost tier of the Panchayati Raj. (b) It consists of all the voters residing in the jurisdiction of a village Panchayat. (c) It is the executive body consisting of selected representatives from the village Panchayat. (d) It consists of all the adult males of the village Panchayat.
With reference to Sultan Alauddin Khilji, consider the following statements : 1 Alauddin Khilji fixed the prices of foodgrains. 2 Alauddin paid his soldiers in cash. 3 During Alauddin?s rule, the share of the land revenue to be paid by the peasant was raised to half of the produce. Which of these statements are correct ? (a) 1 and 2 (b) 1 and 3 (c) 2 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3
The ?Chilka Lake region? lies in between the deltas of (a) Ganga and Mahanadi (b) Godavari and Krishna (c) Mahanadi and Godavari (d) Krishna and Kaveri
Which one of the following conditions causes rainfall? (a) Cooling of the dry air (b) Cooling of the saturated air (c) Increase in relative humidity (d) Decrease in absolute humidity
Chemical weathering is at its maximum in (a) Hot and dry regions (b) Cold and humid regions (c) Hot and humid regions (d) Cold and dry regions