Year 2016 – General English with General Studies – Part 2

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Year 2016 – General English with General Studies

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Ovulation is stimulated by

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What are Microsporum, Epidermophyton?

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What is the chemical name of DDT?

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A bullet of mass 15 g is horizontally fired with velocity 100 ms-1 from a pistol of mass 2 kg.
Total momentum of the pistol and bullet before firing is equal to

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How many electrons are there in one coulomb charge?

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Which Bill was passed in the Parliament of India in 2016 to adopt Uniform Tax of States?

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Which of the following was discovered by ONGC in the Indian Ocean on 26th July 2016?

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Which of the following is observed as "National Girl Child Day"?

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A special root-like structure in cuscuta and viscum is called

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Which gymnospermic plant cures rheumatism?

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Which country's Badminton player was defeated by P.V. Sindhu in the semi-finals at the Rio 2016 Olympic games?

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The Asian Junior Chess Championships, May 2016 was held at

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Identify the 2016 Dhronacharya Awardee

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Which Musician was honoured· in August 2016, .by United Nations Organization for her contribution to music?

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Which State Governor was appointed ' as Tamilnadu Governor additional-charge in September, 2016?

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Article 63 of the Indian Constitution refers to

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Which year the Constitution of Inilia (61st Amendment Act) lowered the voting age from 21 years to 18 years?

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Indian Constitution Drafting Committee's Chairman

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The Third A:sian Ministerial Conforence on Tiger Conservation 2016 was held

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In July 2016, Theresa May was appointed as the ------Woman Prime Minister of UK (Britain).

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Which Mughal King killed the Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur?

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Which is known as the "Murmering Auditorium"?

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Match the following :
(a) To eradicate the inequality in the society              1. Beliefs passed through the generation
(b) Women depend on male companions                    2. It proclaims the fame of Dr. Muthu Lakshmi
(c) To stop the customs of child marriage                   3. Social justice
(d) Cancer institute at Adyar                                          4. Prohibition

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The writ of Habeas Corpus is

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Who is the chairperson of Niti Aayog?

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Match the following
(a) Kandla                                           1. Maharashtra
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru                       2. Gujarat
(c) Paradip                                          3. West Bangal
(d) Haldia                                           4. Orissa

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Asteroids are found between

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The leading producers of jute in the world is

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During the age of Kalabhras, a Jain monk who established Dravida Sangha at Madurai was

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The Pallava inscription at _________ refers to a great musician Rudracharya.

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When a person lives below the minimum subsistence level he is said to live in

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Net National Product is

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Where is the diamond cutting industry located in India?

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Which year has a speci~l significance in Indian Economy as far as Economic ·Reforms are concerned?

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Match :
(a) Sathya Sodhak Samaj                               1. Ramalinga Adigal
(b) Jeeva Karunyam                                        2. Jyotiba Phule
(c) Dharma Paribalanam                               3. Swami Vivekanandha
(d) Jeeva is Siva                                               4. Sri Narayana Guru

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A man and woman are engaged in a work. A man can do a piece of work in 4 days and the woman can do in 12 days. Find how many days will they take to finish it together?

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The average mark of 10 children is 80 then their total mark is

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3 - 25 here, which of the following number is suitable in, so that the number will be a perfect square?

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The population of a city in the year 2014 is 1,80,000 and increases at a rate of 20% per year.
Find the population of th~ city in the year 2016?

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(-1 2/7)+(-3 5/7)+(6 4/7) is ________

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The value of 16 power3 + 7 power3 - 23 power3 is

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The value of l.75 x l.75 + 2 x l.75 x 0.75 + 0.75 x 0.75 divided by l.75 x 1.75 - 0.75 x 0. 75

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If 3(t - 3) = 5(2t+ 1) then t = ?

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The price of a house is decreased from rupees fifteen lakhs to rupees twelve lakhs. The percentage of decrease is

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Which of the following set of measurements will form a right angle triangle?

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Audible range of rabbit is

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If you stand in a rectangular room, where two adjacent walls are covered with plane mirrors, the total number of your images will be

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The difference between simple interest and compound interest for a sum of Rs. 12,000 lent at 10% per annum in 2 years, is

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Three angles of a triangle are x- 30°, x- 45°, x + 15°, find the value of x.

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Find the next term of 4 in the series is l, l, 2, 8, 3, 27, 4, ...

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Match List I and List II :

List I                                            List II
(a) Glycolysis                              1. 02 is not utilised
(b) Kreb's cycle                          2. ATP are produced
(c) Electron transport chain   3. Oxidation of pyruvic acid
(d) Fermentation                      4. Occurs in cytoplasm

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The valve which regulates the blood flow from right ventricle to the pulmonary artery

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Consider the statements :
(a) Sterility is caused by the deficiency of Vitamin K.
(b) Night blindness is caused by the deficiency of Vitamin D.

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Among the following which one is not a biofertilizer?

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Why vegetables and fruits turn brown on cutting?

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Name the Battery that shuts down on over heating and restarts when the temperature becomes cool

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"Operation calm down" is associated with which state?

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Who is the Chief Information Commissioner of India in September 2016?

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Who won the GD Birla Award for Scientific Research for the year 2016?

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Who among the Indian-born · American scientist bagged the prestigious award Lemelson-MIT prize worth 5,00,000 dollars?

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Which year has been declared by UNO as the "International Year of Pulses"?

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Who won the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Rathna Award for Badminton in the year 2016?

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The INSAT-3DR was launched through rocket for Metereological Research on 8th September, 2016 by which rocket?

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What is the name of Ganga river cleaning scheme?

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Name the person who was appointed as the ambassador on behalf of India to work for the cause of gender equality and progress of women in UNO for the year 2016

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Which of the following is correctly matched?

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Which of the following is incorrectly matched?

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Find out the correct statement.
The Indian Constitution contains

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The election .process at the state level is supervised by

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Match the following :

Part-I                                            Part-II
(a) Raj Bhavan                             1. President
(b) Rastrapathy Bhavan            2. Governor
(c) Impeachment                        3. Union Territories
(d) Lt. Governor                          4. Violation of the Constitution

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Who built the Nalanda university?

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Who was the last Sultan of Delhi Sulthanate?

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Which of these describes the conquest and victories of Samudra Gupta?

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The Tanjore king who-helped Vijayanagar king in the battle of Thalaikottai was

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Consumer Courts are set up in _________ tier system.

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Where was Dr. B.R. Ambedkar born?

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National motto "Satyameva Jayate" hence forth appears as "Vaimaye Vellum" in Tamil was announced by

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Match the following:
(a) Grey revolution                                     1. Oil seeds
(b) Golden revolution                                2. Eggs and poultry
(c) Yellow revolution                                  3. Marine products
(d) Blue revolution                                     4. Horticulture

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The shortest National Highway is

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Ox-bow lakes are formed in the

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As explained by Robert Malthus, Population increases in the

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In India the organisation which was responsible for self-sufficiency in food production was

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Who chaired the first session of the Indian National Congress held at Bombay?

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Who remarked "The light has gone out of our lives and there is darkness everywhere"?

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How many years V.O.C. was sentenced to imprisonment?

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If 22 men can build a wall of 110 meters in 10 days. The length of a similar wall built by 30 men in 6 days is

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A can do a piece of work in 20 days and B can do it in 25 days. Both of them finished the work and earned Rs. 3,600. Then A's share is

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The base of a triangle is four times its height and its area is 50 m power2. The length of the base is

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"Bachpan Bachao Andolan" is an organisation that fights against

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Which plan was implemented after the Annual Plans of 1966 - 69?

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A man bought an old bicycle for Rs. 1,500. He spends Rs. 500 on its repair and sells it for Rs. 1,800. Find the percentage of his loss.

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Which medicine is known as "THE QUEEN OF DRUGS"?

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The bre~dth, height and volume of a cuboid are 10 cm, 11 cm and 3080 cm3 respectively.
Find the length of the cuboid.

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A room is 5 m 40 cm long and 4 m 50 cm broad. Its Area is

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If the ratio of length and breadth of a rectangle is 4 : 7. Find the length while its breadth is 77cm.

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