ODISHA CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION - 2017 QUESTION PAPER (GENERAL AWARENESS : PART - I)

Board Name: Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC)

Exam Name: Odisha Civil Services Examination -  2017
Subject : General Awareness - I
Time: 2 Hours

Total Questions: 100

Full Marks: 200

Each Question Carries: 2 Mark

Exam Year: 2016

Odisha Civil Services Examination Previous Year Question Paper : General Awareness - I (2017)

1. Which of the following Miss World Title holders are from India ?
   (1) Diana Hayden
   (2) Yukta Mookhay
   (3) Priyanka Chopra
   (4) Manushi Chillar

1. (3) and (4)
2. (2), (3) and (4)
3. (1), (2) and (3)
4. (1), (2) (3) and (4)
Ans: (4)



2. What is the rank of India in the Inclusive Development Index as given by the World Economic Forum ?

1. 50th
2. 60th
3. 55th
4. 66th
Ans: (2)



3. What is the theme of the International Day for the Disaster Reduction, 2017 ?

1. Living with Disabilities and Disasters
2. Knowledge for life
3. Resilience is for life
4. Home Safe Home : Reducing Exposure, Reducing Diplacement
Ans: (4)



4. Give It Up campaign is related to which of the following ?

1. Tobacco use
2. Alcohol use
3. LPG subsidy
4. None of the above
Ans: (3)



5. Recently, International Union of concerned scientists down-listed which of the following from the list of endangered to vulnerable species ?

1. Black necked crane
2. Snow leopard
3. Black falcon
4. Polar bear
Ans: (2)



6. Taking in view Naxal attack in Sukma, Ministry of Home Affairs response to Naxal Problem was :

1. Sampada scheme
2. Samadhan doctrine
3. Jigyasa initiative
4. None of the above
Ans: (2)



7. Which of the following ports are used by China for its string of pearls policy ?

1. Hambantota
2. Gwadar
3. Bandar Abbas
4. (A) and (B)
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8. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has named two mountains ranges on the dwarf plant Pluto after whom ?

1. Tenzing Norgay and Arunima Sinha
2. Arunima Sinha and Edmund Hillary
3. Edmund Hillary and Kalpana Chawla
4. Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary
Ans: (4)





9. Name the Indian boxer who has won the gold medal in 2017 Asian Women's Boxing Champions ?

1. Kavita Chahal
2. Pinki Rani
3. Mary Kom
4. Kavita Goyat
Ans: (3)



10. India has been re-elected as member of the Executive Board of which organization of UNO ?

1. UNICEF
2. WHO
3. UNESCO
4. ICJ
Ans: (3)



11. Which state became the first state of India to ratify GST bill ?

1. Assam
2. Telangana
3. Bihar
4. Arunachal Pradesh
Ans: (1)



12. GST was introduced as the _________ Amendment Act. 

1. 100
2. 101
3. 102
4. 103
Ans: (1)



13. Which of the following denomination note was introduced immediately after announcing Demonetization ?

1. 200
2. 400
3. 2000
4. 1000
Ans: (3)



14. Which state govt. has put in force 'No helmet no petrol' rule for two-wheeler riders ?

1. Gujarat
2. Rajasthan
3. Andhra Pradesh
4. Tamil Nadu
Ans: (3)



15. Indica was written by ?

1. Strabo
2. Megasthenes
3. Justin
4. Pliny
Ans: (2)



16. The Rajtarangini composed by Kalhana in the twelfth century is the main source of :

1. History of Assam
2. History of Nepal
3. History of Medieval Kashmir
4. Post-Gupta Economics
Ans: (2)



17. Match the List - I with List - II and select the code given below :

1. (a)-2, (b)-4, (c)-1, (d)-3
2. (a)-1, (b)-2, (c)-4, (d)-3
3. (a)-2, (b)-1, (c)-4, (d)-3
4. (a)-1, (b)-3, (c)-4, (d)-2
Ans: (1)



18. King Ashoka became Buddhist after he was horrified with the tyranny of Kalinga War. It was in :

1. 258 B.C.
2. 260 B.C.
3. 200 B.C.
4. 327 B.C.
Ans: (2)





19. Which of the following Odisha type Nagara style temples are found at Bhubaneswar ?
         1. Jagannath temple
         2. Lingaraj temple
         3. Sun temple
         4. Mukteswar temple
         5. Parasurameswara temple
    Choose the answers from the codes below :

1. 4 and 5
2. 2 only
3. 2, 4 and 5
4. 1, 3 and 5
Ans: (1)



20. The story that Alauddin Khilji invaded to secure Padmini, the queen of Rana Ratna Singh of Mewar, was vividly described by :

1. Malik Muhammad Jayasi in his epic Padmavat
2. Ibn-Batuta in his Rehla
3. Amir Khusrau in Khazain ul Futuh
4. Col. J. Todd in Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan
Ans: (1)



21. Who among these was never elected to the Presidentship of INC ?

1. George Yule
2. Alfred Webb
3. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (Badsah Khan)
4. Nawab Syed
Ans: (3)



22. Which among the following places were set up as Vedanta Centres when Swami Vivekananda visited U.S.A. in 1899 ?
    1. Chicago
    2. New York
    3. San Francisco
    4. Los Angeles

1. 1 and 2
2. 2 and 3
3. 2 and 4
4. 3 and 4
Ans: (4)



23. Who moved (and withdraw) a resolution for the enfranchisement of women in the 1917 Session of Indian National Congress ?

1. Annie Besant
2. Sarojini Naidu
3. Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
4. Arun Asaf Ali
Ans: (1)



24. V. D. Savarkar authored the book :

1. Eighteen Fifty Seven
2. The Sepoy Mutiny
3. The Indian War of Independence
4. Rebellions in the Indian Mutinies
Ans: (3)



25. Which of the following peasant movements is not properly matched with the state in which it was launched ?

1. Moplah Rebellion - Kerala
2. Pabna Agrarian Movement - Maharasthra
3. Kisan Sabha and Ekta (Unity) Movement - Uttar Pradesh
4. Bardoli Satyagraha - Gujarat
Ans: (3)



26. Who founded the Satyabadi School with Nationalist Spirit in Odisha ?

1. Acharya Harihar
2. Madhusudhan Rao
3. Gopabandhu Das
4. Kripasindhu Mishra
Ans: (3)



27. Who among these was not a member of the Cabinet Mission ?

1. A. V. Alexander
2. Archibald Wavell
3. Stafford Cripps
4. Pethick Lawrence
Ans: (3)



28. The greatest crisis that Akbar faced in 1580-81 was when :

1. Salim revolted
2. The disgruntled nobles and officers declared Akbar's half-brother Mirza Hakim as their ruler
3. Rana Pratap escaped from the battle of Haldighat
4. Yusufzais revolted in the North-West Frontier
Ans: ()



29. Which of the following rock types, the Quartzite is related to ?

1. Igneous Rocks
2. Sedimentary Rocks
3. Metamorphic Rocks
4. None of the above
Ans: (3)



30. Which of the following towns of India is located on Tropic of Cancer ?

1. Bhuj
2. Bhopal
3. Gandhinagar
4. Banswada
Ans: (2)



31. On the basis of area which of the following is the correct descending order of Indian Union Territories ?

1. Delhi, Pondicherry and Andaman and Nicobar
2. Pondicherry, Andaman and Nicobar and Delhi
3. Andaman and Nicobar, Delhi and Pondicherry
4. Andaman and Nicobar, Pondicherry and Delhi
Ans: (3)



32. Which of the following mountains is the oldest ?

1. Dinaric Alps
2. Aravalli
3. Tienshan
4. Satpura
Ans: (2)



33. Which of the following pairs of Indian Forests is not correctly matched ? 

1. Monsoon Forest - Teak
2. Mangrove Forest - Sundari
3. Evergreen Forest - Rosewood
4. Savanna Forest - Pipal
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34. On which of the following Indian Rivers the Maitoor Project has been constructed ?

1. Kaveri
2. Krishna
3. Yamuna
4. Narmada
Ans: (1)



35. The ideal temperature of ocean water for growth of Corals is :

1. 10^oC - 15^oC
2. 15^oC - 20^oC
3. 20^oC - 25^oC
4. 25^oC - 30^oC
Ans: (4)





36. Tropical cyclones are not found between 10^o north latitude and 10^o south latitude due to :

1. High Temperature
2. Low Salinity
3. Great Depth of Water
4. Minimum Coriolis Effect
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37. Which of the following is famous for the Cotton Textile Industry ?

1. Lancashire
2. New Castle
3. Shefield
4. Durham
Ans: (1)



38. Which of the following metals, the Zawar mines of Udaipur are famous for ?

1. Iron ore
2. Mica
3. Zinc
4. Manganese
Ans: (3)



39. Which of the following Indian States is the greatest producer of wind energy ?

1. Tamil Nadu
2. Maharashtra
3. Karnataka
4. Rajasthan
Ans: (1)



40. Which of the following Iron and Steel Plants does not function under the Steel Authority of India Limited ?

1. Durgapur
2. Rourkela
3. Bhilai
4. Jamshedpur
Ans: (4)



41. The Pygmy tribe is associated with :

1. Sahara
2. Congo Basin
3. East Africa
4. Kalahari
Ans: (3)



42. Which of the following countries has the highest Anthracite Coal reserves ?

1. Russia
2. U.S.A.
3. China
4. U.K.
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43. Which of the following are matters on which the Parliament has power to modify provisions of the Constitution by the simple majority ?
          1. Alternation of names, boundaries and areas of States
          2. Appointment of Additional Judges
          3. Abolition of second chamber of State Legislature
          4. Administration of Schedule Areas
    Select the correct answer using the codes given below :

1. 1, 2 and 3
2. 1, 2 and 4
3. None of the options 
4. 2, 3 and 4
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44. Who among the following was the Chairman of the Committee of the Constituent Assembly ?

1. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
2. Jawaharlal Nehru
3. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
4. Sardar Patel
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45. The Indian Federation is based on the pattern of :

1. Switzerland
2. USA
3. Russia
4. Canada
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46. Which of the following are included in the Directive Principles of State Policy in the Constitution of India ?
           1. Uniform Civil Code for the citizens
           2. Separation of Judiciary from Executive
           3. Protection of monuments of national importance
    Select the correct answer by using the codes given below :

1. 1 and 2
2. 2 and 3
3. 1 and 3
4. 1, 2  and 3
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47. The philosophical postulates of the Constitution of India are based on :

1. Nehru Report, 1928
2. Objective Resolution of Pandit Nehru, 1947
3. Mahatma Gandhi's article "Independence in Young India", 1922
4. Indian National Congresses' Resolution for Complete Independence, 1929
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48. Who, among the following, was not a member of the State Reorganization Commission (SRC) appointed by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru ?

1. Justice Fazl Ali
2. Potti Sriramulu
3. K. M. Panikar
4. Haridayanth Kunzru
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49. Under Article 368, the Parliament has no power to repeal Fundamental Rights because these are :

1. Enshrined in Part -3 of the Constitution
2. Human Rights
3. Transcendental Rights
4. Part of Basic Structure of the Constitution
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50. Which of the following is not an element of 'Secular State' in India ?

1. Civil equality
2. Taxation on religious property
3. Freedom of religion
4. No religious education by the state
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51. Which of the following Act introduced bi-Cameral Legislature at the central level in India ?

1. Indian Council Act, 1909
2. The Government of India Act, 1919
3. The Government of India Act, 1935
4. The Indian Independence Act, 1947
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52. Who said, "All communalism is harmful. The logic of minority communalism is separatism, and majority communalism culminates into fascism"?

1. Asish Nandy
2. Bipin Chandra
3. Zoya Hassan
4. Bhikhu Parekh
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53. Article 371 of the Constitution of India provides for special provision with respect to which of the following state(s) ?

1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Assam
3. Nagaland and Sikkim
4. Maharashtra and Gujarat
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54. Which of the following is not a correct statement regarding unitary system ?

1. In a unitary system, there is one State and one Government
2. There is constitutional division of powers between the Central and Local Governments
3. Local bodies derive their power and autonomy from the Central Government
4. Unitary system is particularly suited for a small country
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55. 73rd Amendment does not apply to the states of :
        1. Nagaland
        2. Mizoram
        3. Jammu and Kashmir
        4. Meghalaya
    Select the correct answer using the codes given below :

1. 1 and 2
2. 1, 2 and 4
3. 1, 2, 3 and 4
4. 2 and 3
Ans: ()



56. The Chairman and members of the UPSC hold office for the term of :

1. Three years
2. Four years
3. Five years
4. Six years
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57. Which one of the following is not a salient feature of the Constitution of India ?

1. Written Constitution and Supremacy of the Constitution
2. Quasi-federal structure
3. Committed Judiciary
4. Distribution of Powers
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58. Which of the following is not a cause of Inequality in India ?

1. Inequality in the ownership of assets
2. Laws of Inheritance
3. Corruption and Smuggling
4. Growth of Service Sector in India
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59. Which of the following is not an objective of Niti Aayog ?

1. Allocating financial resources to states
2. To foster cooperative federalism by evolving a shared vision of National Development Priorities.
3. To develop mechanisms to formulate credible plans to the village level and aggregate these progressively at higher level of government
4. To pay attention to the weaker sections of the society that may not have benefitted from economic progress
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60. Which statement depict the best definition of Sustainable Development ?

1. It means optimal utilisation of natural resources
2. Sustainable use and natural resources without considering the need of the future generation
3. Present generation fulfils it's needs while considers the need of future generation as well
4. None of the above
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61. Which of the following is not a cause of growing consumer goods market in India ?

1. Growth of middle class in India
2. Urbanization
3. Liberalisation policy of Government
4. Growing Inequality in India
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62. NAFED is a cooperative organization of the :

1. State Level
2. National Level
3. District Level
4. Panchayat Level
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63. 'Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojaja' is run by :

1. Schedule Commercial Banks
2. Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance
3. Ministry of Rural Development
4. Reserve Bank of India
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64. What does it mean by Human Capital Formation ?

1. Development of Infrastructure for the Economy
2. Development of abilities and skills of people
3. Increase in the stock of machines, equipment, buildings in the Economy
4. Growth of Bank deposits
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65. The main argument to establish 'Special Economic Zones' in India is :

1. To give a boost to export of manufactured goods
2. To promoted export of agricultural goods
3. To give a boost to domestic demand for manufactured goods
4. None of the above
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66. Janani Surakhya Yojana is a :

1. Hundred percent Centrally Sponsored Scheme
2. Hundred percent State Sponsored Scheme
3. Centre and State has 50 : 50 share
4. Fully sponsored by the private sector
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67. Inclusive Growth in India can be achieved :

1. Through a Progressive tax
2. Through a Regressive tax
3. Through a Proportional tax
4. By completely scrapping all taxes
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68. Payment Banks are different from other Commercial Banks in the follow ways :

1. These banks only accept deposits
2. Only provide payments and remittances services
3. Only distribute third party financial products
4. Accept deposit, provide payments and remittances services, distribute third party financial products but are not allowed to lend or issue cards
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69. Usual Principal Status Employment is measure in :

1. Number of persons who did not find even an hour of work during the survey week
2. Number of persons who remained unemployed for a major part of the year
3. Number of persons who did not find work in a day or some days during the survey week
4. None of the above
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70. Tendulkar Committee was appointed on :

1. Poverty Estimation
2. Industry Sector Reforms
3. Bank Frauds
4. Public Welfare
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71. Which of the following sectors has attracted the highest Foreign Direct Investment flows into India during the recent years ?

1. Chemicals other than fertilizers
2. Services Sector
3. Food Processing
4. Telecommunication
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72. Three US Scientists have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on gravitational waves. Which of the following is not one of them ?

1. Rainer Weiss
2. Kip Thorne
3. Barry Barish
4. Jay Hannigam
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73. Dark coloured soil with high water holding capacity is considered highly productive as it contains :

1. High clay content
2. Sand and calcium
3. Clay and humus
4. Silt and earthworms
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74. The introduction of new life forms in a denuded habitat is initiated by the process of :

1. Ecesis
2. Aggregation
3. Migration
4. Coactions
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75. Biological equilibrium is the balance between :

1. Producers and consumers
2. Producers and nutrients
3. Consumers and ecological factors
4. Producers, consumers and decomposers
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76. In a pond ecosystem, the BOD increases due to :

1. Photosynthetic activity of algae
2. High density of aquatic macrophytes
3. High density of fish
4. Increase in the population of bacteria
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77. Ozone layer in the stratosphere is affected by the increase in the atmospheric concentration of :

1. CO₂
2. NH₃
3. SO₂
4. CFC
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78. Considering the global warming potential of CO₂ as one, the global warming potential of CH₄  has been estimated to be approximately :

1. 12
2. 15
3. 21
4. 35
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79. The pollutants like phenol and mercury can be removed from water by :

1. Sedimentation
2. Electro-dialysis
3. Filtration
4. Biological oxidation
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80. The pollutant generated in high quantity by the thermal power plants is :

1. SO₂
2. CO
3. NH₃
4. Fly ash
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81. Which of the following cities is associated with organization of "Earth Summit" ?

1. New Delhi
2. Geneva
3. Rio-de-Jeneiro
4. Sydney
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82. LNG stands for :

1. Liquid Nitrogen Gas
2. Liquefied Nitrogen Gas
3. Liquid Neon Gas
4. Liquefied Natural Gas
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83. Kyoto Protocal was signed by member countries at Kyoto (Japan) in :

1. 1995
2. 1997
3. 1999
4. 2003
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84. The first nuclear reactor in India was built in the year 1956. Its name was :

1. Kamini
2. Rohini
3. Bhaskar
4. Apsara
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85. What is bio-gas plant ?

1. Digester
2. Aerobic digester
3. Anaerobic digester
4. Gassifier
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86. What for OTEC stands ?

1. Odisha Thermal Energy Corporation
2. Ocean Temperature Energy Conversion
3. Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
4. Organization of Thermal Energy Conversion
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87. Bronze is an alloy of :

1. Copper and Nickel
2. Copper and Iron
3. Copper and Tin
4. Copper and Aluminium
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88. Which of the following is an ore of Iron ?

1. Siderite
2. Malachite
3. Bauxite
4. Anglesite
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89. Silviculture is the :

1. Art and Science of cultivating herbs
2. Art and Science of cultivating grasses
3. Art and Science of cultivating flowers
4. Art and Science of cultivating forest trees
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90. Arid Forest Research Institute (AFRI) is situated at :

1. Nagpur
2. Jodhpur
3. Kanpur
4. Fatehpur
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91. It is thought that dozens of ships and planes have disappeared under mysterious circumstances in the area. To most people, it is an area of bad luck and extra-terrestrial activity. This area is known as :

1. Bermuda triangle
2. Cuba
3. Puerto Rico
4. Gulf of Mexico
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92. Bleaching powder used in Fish pond is working as :

1. Disinfectant
2. Sterelent
3. Snail Controller
4. Parasticide
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93. What is fishing gear ?

1. Motorised boats
2. Wooden boats
3. Devices used to catch prawn and lobsters such as nets, traps, hooks and even hands
4. None of the above
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94. The approximate life time of a common electric bulb is 1,000 hrs whereas the approximate life time of a LED bulb is :

1. 5,000 hrs
2. 10,000 hrs
3. 20,000 hrs
4. 50,000 hrs
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95. The safe threshold limit of CO₂ concentration in the atmosphere in ppm is :

1. 350
2. 600
3. 800
4. 1000
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96. The detection of gravitational wave on 14th September, 2015 by the LIGO collaboration from the merger of two black holes, is the first direct detection of gravitational waves and the first observation of a binary black hole merger. This provides evidence for :

1. Arrhenius theory of electrolytic dissociation
2. Einstein's general theory of relativity
3. Newton's law of gravity
4. Theory of black body radiation
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97. What is a syngas ?

1. It is a gas mixture of CO, H₂ ,CO₂, and N₂
2. It is a gas mixture of CH₄,O₂, and CO
3. It is a gas mixture of CH₄, CO₂, N₂, H₂ and O₂
4. It is a gas mixture of  H₂ and O₂
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98. Which Committee has been constituted by the Union Government to continuously monitor the solutions to air pollution ?

1. Bhure Lal Committee
2. Sunita Narain Committee
3. C. K. Mishra Committee
4. Harsh Vardhan Committee
Ans: (3)



99. The two major functional components of any ecosystem are :

1. Energy flow and producers
2. Nutrients cycling and energy flow
3. Energy flow and decomposer population
4. Consumers and energy flow
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100. Extinct, critically endangered and vulnerable are the categories assigned to the species by :

1. UNO
2. IUCN
3. FAO
4. UNEP
Ans: (2)