Statement I :
Mahatma Gandhi launched the Rowlatt Satyagraha as an all-India mass protest.

Statement II :
Rowlatt Act was passed by the British Government in 1919 to authorize the government to imprison any person without trial.

Statement I :
A public expression of dissatisfaction with democracy indicates the success of the democratic project: it transforms people from the status of a subject into that of a citizen.

Statement II :
The fact that people are complaining is itself an affirmation of the success of democracy : it shows that people have developed awareness and the ability to look critically at the government.

Statement I :
The private trade of the East India Company’s officials in the 18th century had flowered with the indirect patronage of the authorities of the Company.

Statement II :
The extra-legal power enjoyed by the foreign merchants and the duty-free nature of their private trade virtually edged the indigenous merchants out of competition.

Statement I :
Water (H₂O) is more polar than Hydrogen Sulphide (H₂S).

Statement II :
Oxygen is more electronegative than Sulphur.

Statement I :

Metal ions are Lewis acids.

Statement II :
Metal ions are electron pair acceptors.

Statement I :
Diamond is very hard and has high melting point.

Statement II :
In diamond, each carbon is covalently bonded to four other carbon atoms to form a three-dimensional network.

Consider the following statements about the visit of Indian President Smt. Pratibha Patil to Mongolia in July 2011 :

1. She became the first Indian President to make an official visit to the country.
2. In the area of defence, India and Mongolia agreed to expand collaboration through increased level of joint exercises and training.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Who, among the following, is the latest Indian to win the Pulitzer Prize for literature?

Indian Army’s counter-insurgency school is situated in

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Sirocco is a name used to mean

Which of the following is / are the chief characteristics of commercial grain farming of the middle latitude grasslands?

1. The size of farms are generally large.
2. Cultivation is highly mechanized.
3. It is a type of extensive farming.

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Which one among the following statements relating to an anticyclone is correct?

Tipu Sultan’s major interest in building ships was to

Which among the following is/are the impact/impacts of industrial revolution in England?

1. Cottage industry was replaced by the factory system of production using machines.
2. It led to the overpopulation of villages.
3. It led to the emergence of working class movements.

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The international body which was formed in Europe (in 1889) to coordinate the efforts of socialists all over Europe was called

Which of the following statements with regard to the Federal System is/are correct?

1. In a federation, two sets of governments co-exist and there is distribution of power.
2. There is a written constitution.

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The common edible mushroom is a

A biogeography region with significant reservoir of biodiversity that is under threat from humans is called as

The main function of the inner bark of a woody plant is to

Birds like Flamingos can stand on one leg. Which among the following statements relating to this is/are correct?

1. By standing on one leg Flamingos can conserve body heat and energy because they can reduce great deal of surface area for the loss of heat.
2. By standing on one leg, one Flamingo makes a courtship display, which is a part of ritual prior to reproduction.

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Which one among the following is the largest monkey?

Two copper wires A and B of length l and 2l respectively, have the same area of cross-section. The ratio of the resistivity of wire A to the resistivity of wire B is

The position-time (x – t) graph for motion of a body is given below :

Which one among the following is depicted by the above graph?

Which one among the following waves are called waves of heat energy?

The phenomenon of trade winds takes place due to

Ultrasonic waves are those sound waves having frequency

Bases turn red litmus blue and acids turn blue litmus red. A student tested a liquid with a red litmus paper and it stayed red with no change. This shows that the liquid

The main constituent of vinegar is

The major component used in preparation of different types of glasses is

All the elements in a group (family) have a common valency. For example, all the elements of the carbon family (carbon, silicon, germanium, tin and lead ) have common valency four. However, some of these elements can also have valency two. Which of the following can have valency two?

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The image formed by a convex mirror of a real object is larger than the object

Protons and neutrons are bound in a nucleus by the

Refractive index of an optical medium changes with

1. the nature of the medium.
2. the change in the angle of incidence of the ray.
3. colour of the incident ray.

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A one-rupee coin is placed at the bottom of a vessel. Water is then poured into the vessel such that the depth of water becomes 20 cm. If water has refractive index 4/3, the coin would be seen at a depth of

Momentum of a body is

1. a vector quantity.
2. a conserved quantity in an isolated system.
3. same as force in linear motion.

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Which one among the following is a correct sequence of the Indian ports from north to south?

Which one among the following is a correct sequence of production of coal in the Indian States in descending order?

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The western coasts of India receive very high rainfall in summer mainly due to

The current produced by upwelling of cold water off the coast of Chile and Peru is known as

 If the ratio of the weight of a man in a stationary lift and when it is moving downwards with uniform acceleration ‘a’ is 3 : 2, then the value of ‘a’ is

A body is thrown upward against the gravity ‘g’ with initial velocity ‘u’. Which one among the following is the correct expression for its final velocity when the body attains the maximum height?

Which one among the following is the correct value of the gravitational force of the Earth acting on a body of mass 1 kg?

A neutral (uncharged) metal ball is suspended using a non-magnetic string. A positively charged insulating rod is placed near the ball which is observed to be attracted to the rod. This is because

It is impossible for two oscillators, each executing simple harmonic motion, to remain in phase with each other if they have different

Identify the correct sequence of the following events of Indian history :

1. Foundation of the Indian Muslim League
2. Surat Split
3. Partition of Bengal
4. Transfer of capital from Calcutta to Delhi

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Neel Darpan is a play based on the story of Indigo Rebellion of Bengal of 1860- 61. Who authored it?

Which one among the following is not the characteristic feature of the Harappan settlement?

Which one among the following is not true with regard to Rig Veda Samhita?

The first Anglo-Burmese War was concluded by a treaty. Which one among the following is that?

Rain shadow effect is associated with

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The intensity of insolation depends on

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Cyclone is a low pressure system.
2. The wind movement is clockwise in the cyclone of northern hemisphere.

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A man was trapped in a room of a building which was up in flames. Fire-fighters had to break window panes which were filled in smoke to take him out. Once the injured person is out, he should be observed/treated for

AIDS is caused by Human immunodefifiency Virus (HIV) which is

With regard to animal breeding, which one among the following is not correct?

Which one among the following statements regarding heart sound is correct?

Which one among the following cell organelles is semi-permeable?

Which one among the following cell organelles is semi-permeable?

Thermometer A and B have ice points marked at 15 and 25 and steam points at 75 and 125 respectively. When thermometer A measures the temperature of a bath as 60, the reading of B for the same bath is

Which one among the following most correctly determines the atomic number of an element?

Potential at a point due to a point charge is V. The charge is doubled and also the distance of the point from the charge is doubled. The new potential is

Which one among the following is used to make periscope?

Kilowatt-hour is the unit of

A stable nucleus (light with A < 10) has

In oxidation

1. Hydrogen is displaced from a substance.
2. An electropositive element is added to or proportion of electropositive element increases in a substance.

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When a copper rod is dipped in aqueous silver nitrate solution, the colour of the solution changes to blue. This is because

The reaction that takes place in soap making is called saponification. Basically soap is sodium or potassium salts of

The number of protons in a negatively charged atom (anion) is

The metal constituent of chlorophyll is

During explosion of gunpowder, which of the following gases are evolved in the proportion of 1 : 3?

 Which of the following statements regarding Mughal paintings is/are correct?

1. The paintings of Akbar’s time were mostly confined to book illustrations and portraits.
2. Mir Sayyid Ali of Herat and Khwaja Abdus Samad formed the nucleus of the Mughal School of painting which fused together the non-Islamic and Islamic elements.

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 Which of the following is statements regarding consolidation of British power in 18th century Bengal is/are correct?

1. The Nawab granted the Company the Nizamat powers in 1765.
2. The duties of collecting revenues and administration of justice were entrusted with the European officials of the East India Company.

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Which of the following statements about industrial revolution in Europe is not correct?

In a democracy, individual differences are encouraged because

The Supreme Court of India has expanded the meaning of the Right to Life to include the following derivative rights. Which one among the following is not included in the Court’s definition?

 Which of the following statements is / are correct?

1. The major constituent mineral of granite rock is quartz.
2. The major constituent mineral of sandstone rock is feldspar.
3. The major constituent mineral of limestone rock is dolomite.

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Which one among the following is a primary rock?

Which one among the following is the largest temperate desert of the world?

Doldrums is a

The Gulf of Mannar is situated along the coast of

The river with highest tidal bore in India is

Which one among the following is not a mixture?

What is the power of the lens, if the far point of a short-sighted eye is 200 cm?

Which one among the following is correct for resultant of balanced forces?

Three resistance coils of 1 Ω, 2 Ω and 3 Ω are connected in series. If the combination is connected to a battery of 9 V, what is the potential drop across the resistance coil of 3 Ω?

An electric lamp of 100 watt is used for 10 hours per day. The ‘units’of energy consumed in one day by the lamp is

Which one among the following pairs is not correctly matched?

Which of the following statements relating to the Government of India Act of 1935 are correct?

1. It introduced provincial autonomy.
2. it proposed a federation of India.
3. It proposed for the establishment of a Federal Court.

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The themes of the murals of the Ajanta Caves are

1. Decorative designs which include a variety of animals, trees and flowers.
2. Portraits of various Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.
3. Narrative scenes portraying Jataka stories.

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Consider the following statements about a report on ‘Status of Tigers, Co-predators and Prey in India, 2010’ released by the Ministry of Environment and Forests in July 2011 :

1. India registered a 20 per cent decline in tiger population over the last survey in the year 2006.
2. The report warns that tigers are in danger due to an overall more than 12 per cent loss of habitat.

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Government of India in July 2011 gave its nod for accepting international regulations for the prevention of air pollution emanating from ships. In this regard, which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. According to the regulations, limits have been set on Sulphur oxide and Nitrogen oxide emissions from ship exhausts.
2. India is the first country to ratify to the Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships of the International Maritime Organisation.

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The Supreme Court of India on July 29, 2011 directed the suspension of all mining operations and transportation in Bellary district of Karnataka till further orders. In this respect, which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. The Court was convinced that over-exploration of the area had caused large-scale environmental degradation.
2. The Court felt that Article 21 of the Constitution (Right to life) was violated by such exploration.
3. The Court directed the Central Government to prepare rehabilitation scheme for restoration of the forest wealth.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one among the following statements regarding South Sudan, who officially joined the international community as an independent nation on July 9, 2011, is not correct?

Which one of the following statements about Salwa Judum, the Special force created to counter Maoist insurgency, is not correct?

Why was Sucheta Kadethankar in the news recently?