Q. Which one of the following is NOT a favourable condition for occurrence of a thunderstorm ?
1) Conditional and convective instability
2) Adequate supply of moisture in the lower atmosphere
3) Advection of cold dry air in the lower troposphere and warm moist air in the upper troposphere
4) A synoptic situation of low level convergence and upper level divergence
Q. The ecological niche of an organism relates to -
1) specific habitat of the organism
2) symbiotic relationship with other organisms
3) diverse occurrence of a species under different conditions
4) its interaction with all other organisms
Q. Free swimming macroscopic animals in an aquatic environment are referred to as -
1) Plankton
2) Periphyton
3) Benthos
4) Nekton
Q. The term Biomagnifications is referred to as -
1) increase in the body weight
2) uncontrolled growth of harmful organisms
3) accumulation of increasing amount of non-degradable pollutant through food chain
4) increase in the number of bacteria in a culture medium
Q. Which one of the following statements about air pollution caused by diesel engines is correct ?
1) It produces large quantity of carbon monoxide at lower and high temperatures
2) It produces large quantity of nitrogen oxides at lower and high temperatures
3) It produces large quantity of carbon monoxide at lower temperature and nitrogen oxides at high temperature
4) It produces large quantity of nitrogen oxides at lower temperature and carbon monoxide at high temperature
Q. Which one of the following countries has officially recognized Bitcoin as a legal payment method since Ist April, 2017 ?
1) Japan
2) China
3) USA
4) India
Q. Consider the following passage and identify the person -
Born in April 1932, she was a renowned Hindustani classical vocalist. She was recognized as an innovative exponent of the Jaipur Gharana. She was awarded Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan. She was also a Fellow of Sangeet Natak Academy. She died in April 2017.
1) Mrinalini Sarabhai
2) Mogubai Kurdikar
3) Kishroi Amonkar
4) MS Subbulakshmi
Q. Which one of the following is the winner of the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2017 ?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Karnataka
3) Assam
4) Tamil Nadu
Q. To which of the following sectors of the economy, the activity of agriculture and services belong to ?
1) Primary and Tertiary respectively
2) Primary and Secondary respectively
3) Tertiary and Secondary respectively
4) Secondary and Quaternary respectively
Q. Which one of the following statements about Allahabad Prashasti is correct ?
1) It clearly presents the Gupta empire as the epicenter of a complex web of varied political relationships
2) Line 15 of it refers to the capturing a king of the Kota family
3) Line 23 refers to Samudragupta violently exterminating a number of kings of Aryavarta
4) Line 20 refers to rulers offering tribute, obeying the orders of the Gupta King
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