List of practice Questions

An a.c. circuit contains a 4 Ω resistance wire in series with an inductance coil of reactance 3 Ω. The impedance of the circuit is:
Which of the following particles will experience the maximum magnetic force (magnitude) when projected with the same velocity perpendicular to the magnetic field?
An electric bulb rated 200 V - 100 W is connected to a 160 V power supply. The power consumed by it would be:
A uniform electric field pointing in the positive X direction exists in a region. Let O be the origin, A be the point on the X-axis at r = +2 cm, and B be the point on the Y-axis at y = +1 cm. Then the potential at the points O, A, and B satisfy:
Among the middle class youth of India, the iPhone has become extremely popular as it reflects their social standing. Which concept can be best associated with this example?
Which of the following are examples of geographically distant territories belonging to the same nation?
(A) Austria, Germany
(B) Alaska and the United States of America
(C) Pakistan before 1971
(D) Falkland Islands and the United Kingdom
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Which of the following are post-liberalisation developments in India?
[(A)] Ikea store in Hyderabad
[(B)] ICICI-Lombard selling insurance
[(C)] HYV seeds
[(D)] MTV
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Identify the characteristics of the New Farmer’s movement that began in the 1970s in Punjab and Tamil Nadu.
(A) Movements were regionally organised.
(B) Movements were organised by communist leaders.
(C) Movements involved farmers rather than peasants.
(D) Basic ideology of the movement was strongly anti-state and anti-urban.
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What was the central demand of Bardoli Satyagraha?
Which of the following statement about caste system is NOT correct?
Correct the sequence on the emergence of new markets in the pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial era:
(A) Rise of Marwaris as the best-known business community.
(B) New groups entered into trade and business in alliance with merchant communities.
(C) India was the major supplier of the manufactured goods to the world market.
(D) Expansion of the market economy in India under changing economic circumstances.
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Among these examples, which one is NOT an example of stereotypes?
Which of the following Acts override the Official Secrets Act, 1923?
Characteristics of an Authoritarian State include:
(A) Abolition of Civil liberties.
(B) Freedom of political activities.
(C) Restrictions on freedom of press.
(D) Infringement of Fundamental Rights.
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When religious identity overrides everything else, it leads to:
The 73rd Constitutional Amendment provides:
(A) A two-tier system of Panchayati Raj.
(B) Constitutional status to the Panchayati Raj institutions.
(C) Reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Panchayati Raj institutions.
(D) Thirty-three percent seats for women in all offices of local bodies.
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Who argued that the Bhuria Committee Report failed to recognize the complexity of the tribal institution?
Who argued, ”Party actions are always directed towards a goal which is striven for in a planned manner. The goal may be a ’cause’ ..., or the goal may be ’personal’”?
In IT and advertising sectors, it is not uncommon for employees to stay overnight in the office when faced with a project deadline. What phenomenon does this example indicate?
Match the following thinkers (List-I) with their major ideas (List-II):
List-I (Thinker)List-II (Idea)
(A) Harry Braverman(I) Work is broken down into its smallest repetitive elements and divided between workers
(B) Mahatma Gandhi(II) Machinery de-skills workers
(C) Karl Marx(III) Machinery helps to increase production, but will eventually replace workers
(D) Frederick Winslow Taylor(IV) Workers produce only one small part of a product which makes the work repetitive and exhausting
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Which of the following states has suffered a dilution of the tribal share of population due to industrialization?
Out of the following, which initiative by the Government of India aims at creating a balance, structure, and quality in India’s ecology?
Which of the following items were exported from Madras to Britain in the colonial era?
(A) Coffee
(B) Indigo
(C) Jute
(D) Sugar
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During the Census of 2011, an attempt was made to collect information on how many types of disabilities?
Which of the following books explained that rational self-interest in a free- market economy leads to economic well-being?