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The thyroid gland is situated near which of the following organs ? a) Liver b) Spleen c) Larynx d) Kidney

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. ‘Self-sufficiency’ in food, in the true sense of freedom from hunger, has not been achieved in India in spite of a more than three-fold rise in food grains production over 1950-1990. Which of the following are the reasons for it? 1. The green revolution has been restricted to small pockets of the country. 2. The cost of food is too high compared to the earnings of the poor. 3. Too much emphasis is laid on wheat and paddy compared to the coarse grains. 4. The gains of the green revolution have largely accrued to the cash crop rather than food crops. Select the correct answer from the codes given below: Codes: (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1, 2 and 4 (c) 1, 3 and 4 (d) 2, 3 and 4

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The vice-President of India is: (a) Chairman (Ex-officio) of the Lok Sabha (b) Ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha (c) Speaker of the Lok Sabha (d) President of the Red Cross

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The book ‘Development is freedom’ is authored by 1 Bima jalan 2 Amartya Sen 3 Rja Chelliah 4 Amit Mitra

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Which one of the following organisms can serve as a biofertilizer for rice crop? (a) Blue-green algae (b) Rhizobium sp (c) Mycorrhizal fungi (d) Azotobacter sp

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Those who are found positive in Doping Test are the 1 Patient of SARS 2 Patient of AIDS 3 People who take performance enhancing drugs 4 None of these

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The nationalist leaders, including Tilak, supported the war effort (1914) of the government: (a) out of a sense of loyalty (b) because of their sympathy with the British cause (c) as they hated Germany (d) in the belief that grateful Britain would repay India?s loyalty with gratitude

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Bulk of the passenger coaches of the Indian Railways are manufactured at: (a) Integral Coach Factory Perambur (b) Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala (c) M/s Jessops, Kolkata (d) Both ?a? and ?b? above

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Kuchipudi dance originated from: (a) Punjab (b) Rajasthan (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Karnataka

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The most important source of calcium is (1) Meat (2) Egg (3) Milk (4) Cheese

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Which tennis star has won maximum number of Grand Slam singles titles so far? 1 Roger Federed 2 Pete Sampras 3 Bjorn Borg 4 Fred Perry

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. The average salary of skilled employees in a firm is Rs. 520 and that of the unskilled employees is Rs. 420. If the average salary of both the groups of employees is Rs. 500, then the percentage of skilled employees in the firm is (a) 50 (b) 20 (c) 80 (d) 70

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