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| 1. |
Which of the following rights are available to foreigners living in India? |
| A. | Equality before law |
| B. | Right to education |
| C. | Freedom of speech |
| D. | Freedom of movement |
| Answer» B. Right to education | |
| 2. |
In which part and article of the Constitution of India, Fundamental Duties have been mentioned: |
| A. | Part IV, Article 51 |
| B. | Part III, Article 51 |
| C. | Part IV A, Article 51 A |
| D. | Part III A, Article 51 |
| Answer» C. Part IV A, Article 51 A | |
| 3. |
Which one of the following rights was recognized by the Supreme Court in the Selvy Case Judgement (2010)? |
| A. | Right to Mental Privacy |
| B. | Right to purchase property in Jammu and Kashmir |
| C. | Right to form pressure groups |
| D. | None of the above. |
| Answer» B. Right to purchase property in Jammu and Kashmir | |
| 4. |
Which one of the following writs is issued against an inferior tribunal which has declined to exercise its jurisdiction? |
| A. | Certiorari |
| B. | Prohibition |
| C. | Quo Warranto |
| D. | Mandamus |
| Answer» D. Mandamus | |
| 5. |
Which one of the following does not qualify for curtailing the freedom of speech and expression under Indian Constitution? |
| A. | Security of the state |
| B. | Public order, decency, morality |
| C. | Demand for autonomy |
| D. | Contempt of Court |
| Answer» C. Demand for autonomy | |
| 6. |
Which of the following kinds of special provisions are made for the Scheduled Tribes in India?
|
| A. | 1, 2 and 3 |
| B. | 1, 3 and 4 |
| C. | 2, 3 and 4 |
| D. | 1, 2, 3 and 4 |
| Answer» D. 1, 2, 3 and 4 | |
| 7. |
Which of the following political rights are not available to a civil servant ion India?
|
| A. | 1, 3 and 4 |
| B. | 2, 3 and 4 |
| C. | 1, 2 and 3 |
| D. | 2 and 3 |
| Answer» C. 1, 2 and 3 | |
| 8. |
Which of the following has been provided by the Indian Constitution? |
| A. | Religious education cannot be imparted in private educational institutions |
| B. | In private religious institutions presence is not compulsory in religious education. |
| C. | In private religious institutions presence is compulsory in religious education. |
| D. | Religious education can be imparted in government educational institutions. |
| Answer» B. In private religious institutions presence is not compulsory in religious education. | |
| 9. |
Which of the following amendments to the Indian Constitution has made Right to Education a Fundamental Right? |
| A. | 92nd |
| B. | 94th |
| C. | 93rd |
| D. | 91st |
| Answer» C. 93rd | |
| 10. |
Right to privacy as a Fundamental Right is implied in |
| A. | Right to Freedom |
| B. | Right to Life and personal Liberty |
| C. | Right to Equality |
| D. | Right against Exploitation |
| Answer» B. Right to Life and personal Liberty | |
| 11. |
The Right to Information Act, 2005 makes the provision of |
| A. | Dissemination of all types of information by all Public authorities to any person. |
| B. | Establishment of Central, State and District Level Information Commissions as an appellate body. |
| C. | Transparency and accountability in Public authorities. |
| D. | All of the above. |
| Answer» A. Dissemination of all types of information by all Public authorities to any person. | |
| 12. |
Which of the following rights was considered the “Heart and Soul” of the Indian Constitution by Dr.B.R.Ambedkar? |
| A. | Freedom of Speech |
| B. | Right to Equality |
| C. | Right to Freedom of Religion |
| D. | Right to Constitutional Remedies. |
| Answer» D. Right to Constitutional Remedies. | |
| 13. |
The Fundamental Duties of a Citizen include
|
| A. | 1, 2 and 3 |
| B. | 1, 2 and 4 |
| C. | 2, 3 and 4 |
| D. | 1, 3, 4 and 2 |
| Answer» B. 1, 2 and 4 | |
| 14. |
The right to impart and receive information is guaranteed in the Constitution of India by Article: |
| A. | 19 (2) A |
| B. | 19 (16) |
| C. | 19 (2) |
| D. | 19 (1) A |
| Answer» D. 19 (1) A | |
| 15. |
Which one of the following Articles of the Constitution of India safeguards the rights of Minorities to establish and run educational institutions of their own liking? |
| A. | Article 19 |
| B. | Article 29 |
| C. | Article 30 |
| D. | Article 31 |
| Answer» C. Article 30 | |
| 16. |
. Article 30 of the Indian Constitution deals with the |
| A. | Freedom of conscience |
| B. | Right to propagate religion |
| C. | Rights of minorities to establish and manage educational institutions |
| D. | Cultural and educational right of the majority community |
| Answer» C. Rights of minorities to establish and manage educational institutions | |
| 17. |
Fundamental rights guaranteed in the Indian Constitution can be suspended only by |
| A. | A proclamation of an emergency |
| B. | An Act passed by the Parliament |
| C. | An amendment of the Constitution |
| D. | The judicial decision of the Supreme Court |
| Answer» A. A proclamation of an emergency | |
| 18. |
Right to education relates to |
| A. | Article 19 |
| B. | Article 20 |
| C. | Article 21 |
| D. | Article 21A |
| Answer» D. Article 21A | |
| 19. |
Right to education is a |
| A. | Fundamental right |
| B. | Legal right |
| C. | Natural right |
| D. | Neither fundamental nor legal right |
| Answer» A. Fundamental right | |
| 20. |
When Right to Information Act came into force in India? |
| A. | 10th October 2005 |
| B. | 11th October 2005 |
| C. | 12th October 2005 |
| D. | 13th October 2005 |
| Answer» C. 12th October 2005 | |
| 21. |
Article 14-18 of the Constitution deal with |
| A. | Right to equality |
| B. | Right to Assembly |
| C. | Right to Property |
| D. | Right to Expression |
| Answer» A. Right to equality | |
| 22. |
Which among the following is not among six fundamental rights provided by Constitution? |
| A. | Right to equality |
| B. | Right to Protest |
| C. | Right against exploitation |
| D. | Right to freedom of religion |
| Answer» B. Right to Protest | |
| 23. |
Which Article ensures abolition of Untouchability? |
| A. | Article 16 |
| B. | Article 17 |
| C. | Article 18 |
| D. | Article 19 |
| Answer» B. Article 17 | |
| 24. |
Which article ensures Abolition of Titles? |
| A. | Article 16 |
| B. | Article 17 |
| C. | Article 18 |
| D. | Article 19 |
| Answer» C. Article 18 | |
| 25. |
Article 19 provides six freedoms, which is not among them? |
| A. | Freedom of speech and expression. |
| B. | Assemble peacefully and without arms |
| C. | Form associations or unions |
| D. | Reside and settle in any part of your state only. |
| Answer» D. Reside and settle in any part of your state only. | |
| 26. |
The idea of Fundamental Rights was adopted from |
| A. | Greece |
| B. | America |
| C. | Australia |
| D. | Finland |
| Answer» B. America | |
| 27. |
Fundamental Rights are incorporated in which part of the Constitution? |
| A. | Part III |
| B. | Part II |
| C. | Part IV |
| D. | Part IX |
| Answer» A. Part III | |
| 28. |
Which Fundamental Right deleted by 44th Constitutional amendment? |
| A. | Right to equality |
| B. | Right to Assembly |
| C. | Right to Property |
| D. | Right to Expression |
| Answer» C. Right to Property | |
| 29. |
Who told” Constitution is the aggregate of laws and customs” |
| A. | Dicey |
| B. | Bryce |
| C. | Fine |
| D. | None of them. |
| Answer» B. Bryce | |
| 30. |
A Constitution can be only |
| A. | Written |
| B. | Custom and usuages |
| C. | Both written and unwritten |
| D. | None of them |
| Answer» C. Both written and unwritten | |
| 31. |
“ A Constitution is not made, it grows” said by |
| A. | Dicey |
| B. | Strong |
| C. | © Maine |
| D. | None of them |
| Answer» C. © Maine | |
| 32. |
A Preamble to the Constitution means |
| A. | A Preface |
| B. | An introduction |
| C. | A justiciable |
| D. | None of them. |
| Answer» A. A Preface | |
| 33. |
.Directive Principles of State policy are found in |
| A. | Part I |
| B. | Part II |
| C. | Part III |
| D. | Part IV |
| Answer» D. Part IV | |
| 34. |
Fundamental Rights are found in |
| A. | Part I |
| B. | Part II |
| C. | Part III |
| D. | Part IV |
| Answer» C. Part III | |
| 35. |
Who is the following is called the father of the Preamble to the Constitution |
| A. | Pandit Nehru |
| B. | Gandhiji |
| C. | B. N Rao |
| D. | None of them |
| Answer» A. Pandit Nehru | |
| 36. |
The Directive Principles aims at a |
| A. | Secular State |
| B. | Welfare State |
| C. | Totalitarian State |
| D. | None of these. |
| Answer» B. Welfare State | |
| 37. |
The term „Democratic‟ used in the preamble denotes |
| A. | Political democracy |
| B. | Social democracy |
| C. | Economic democracy |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» D. All of these | |
| 38. |
The idea of Directive Principles of state policy was borrowed from |
| A. | America |
| B. | Ireland |
| C. | Canada |
| D. | None of these. |
| Answer» B. Ireland | |
| 39. |
The words‟ secular and socialist‟ were added to the Indian Constitution by amending the |
| A. | Fundamental Rights |
| B. | Fundamental Duties |
| C. | Preamble |
| D. | None of these. |
| Answer» C. Preamble | |
| 40. |
Which part of the Indian Constitution is described as „Magna Carta‟? |
| A. | Part II |
| B. | Part III |
| C. | Part IV |
| D. | None of these. |
| Answer» B. Part III | |
| 41. |
What is „Magna carta‟? |
| A. | Charter of rights |
| B. | Economic Journal |
| C. | Social Magazine |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Charter of rights | |
| 42. |
Which one of the following is the first written document relating to the fundamental rights of citizen? |
| A. | Magna Carta |
| B. | Preamble |
| C. | Fundamental duties |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Magna Carta | |
| 43. |
In which year „Right to Property‟ was deleted as fundamental right? |
| A. | 1978 |
| B. | 1979 |
| C. | 1980 |
| D. | 1981. |
| Answer» A. 1978 | |
| 44. |
The Constitution of India was adopted in |
| A. | 1949 |
| B. | 1950 |
| C. | 1960 |
| D. | None of these. |
| Answer» A. 1949 | |
| 45. |
The Constitution of India came into force on |
| A. | 15th August 1947 |
| B. | 26th November 1949 |
| C. | 26th January 195 |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 26th January 195 | |
| 46. |
The Prime Minister must be a member of |
| A. | Loksabha |
| B. | Rajyasabha |
| C. | Supreme Court |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Loksabha | |
| 47. |
The Governor of a state is appointed by- |
| A. | The President |
| B. | The Prime Minister |
| C. | The Chief Justice of India |
| D. | None of them. |
| Answer» A. The President | |
| 48. |
Which article was known as ‘seven freedoms’ in our constitution |
| A. | Art.17 |
| B. | Art.32 |
| C. | Art.19 |
| D. | Art. 18 |
| Answer» C. Art.19 | |
| 49. |
Freedom of Expression deals with |
| A. | Art.17 |
| B. | Art.32 |
| C. | Art.19 |
| D. | Art.18 |
| Answer» C. Art.19 | |
| 50. |
Right to education incorporated in |
| A. | Art.17 |
| B. | Art.32 |
| C. | Art.19 |
| D. | Art.21 |
| Answer» D. Art.21 | |
| 51. |
Which article provides protection against arrest and detention |
| A. | Art.22 |
| B. | Art.32 |
| C. | Art.19 |
| D. | Art.21 |
| Answer» A. Art.22 | |
| 52. |
Right to vote and to be elected in India is a |
| A. | Fundamental Right |
| B. | Constitutional Right |
| C. | Natural Right |
| D. | legal Right |
| Answer» B. Constitutional Right | |
| 53. |
Article 20 of the Fundamental Rights represents which subject— |
| A. | Equality of opportunity in matters of public employment |
| B. | Protection in respect of Conviction of Offence |
| C. | Protection of life and personal liberty |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Protection in respect of Conviction of Offence | |
| 54. |
Article 15 deals with |
| A. | Equality before law |
| B. | Equality of opportunity |
| C. | Prohibition of discrimination |
| D. | Equality of Expression |
| Answer» C. Prohibition of discrimination | |
| 55. |
Article 17 deals with |
| A. | Abolition of Titles |
| B. | Abolition Untouchability |
| C. | Equality of Participation |
| D. | Equality of Expression |
| Answer» B. Abolition Untouchability | |
| 56. |
Who has the power to declare that citizen has no right to move any court for the enforcement of the right conferred by Part 3 of Fundamental Rights during the course of emergency— |
| A. | Executive |
| B. | President |
| C. | Governor |
| D. | Prime Minister |
| Answer» B. President | |
| 57. |
SMOG is derived from : |
| A. | Smoke |
| B. | Fog |
| C. | Both A and B |
| D. | Only A |
| Answer» C. Both A and B | |
| 58. |
SMOG is caused due to |
| A. | Emissions from vehicles |
| B. | From incinerators |
| C. | Oil paints |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 59. |
Who had coined the term SMOG? |
| A. | Dr. Henry Antoine |
| B. | Stephen Hawking |
| C. | Nicolaus Copernicus |
| D. | Nikola Tesla |
| Answer» A. Dr. Henry Antoine | |
| 60. |
Study of trends in human population growth and prediction of future growth is called |
| A. | Demography |
| B. | Psychology |
| C. | Biography |
| D. | Kalography |
| Answer» A. Demography | |
| 61. |
Secondary air pollutant is: |
| A. | Ozone |
| B. | Carbon monoxide |
| C. | Nitrogen Dioxide |
| D. | Sulphur dioxide |
| Answer» A. Ozone | |
| 62. |
Which of the following is the major photochemical smog? |
| A. | Peroxyl acetyl nitrate |
| B. | Smog |
| C. | Hydrogen peroxide |
| D. | Chlorofluorocarbon |
| Answer» D. Chlorofluorocarbon | |
| 63. |
Which of the following diseases are caused by the smog?
|
| A. | Both (i) and (ii) |
| B. | Both (iii) and (iv) |
| C. | (i), (ii) and (iii) |
| D. | (i), (ii) and (iv) |
| Answer» D. (i), (ii) and (iv) | |
| 64. |
“Culture is the man-made part of environment.” Who said so? |
| A. | E. |
| B. | Tylor d. M.J. Herskovits |
| C. | R.Brown |
| D. | K. Davis |
| Answer» B. Tylor d. M.J. Herskovits | |
| 65. |
Excess of fluoride in drinking water causes: |
| A. | Lung disease |
| B. | Intestinal infection |
| C. | Fluorosis |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Intestinal infection | |
| 66. |
Which of the following is responsible for turning yellow TajMahal? |
| A. | Nitrogen dioxide |
| B. | Sulphur |
| C. | Chlorine |
| D. | Sulphur dioxide |
| Answer» D. Sulphur dioxide | |
| 67. |
What is Air Quality Index? |
| A. | It tells about the sound pollution. |
| B. | It measures air pollution mainly sulphur content in the air. |
| C. | It measures ozone levels in your area. |
| D. | It checks the colour of the air. |
| Answer» C. It measures ozone levels in your area. | |
| 68. |
What type of precautions will be taken to survive when ozone level is high? |
| A. | Drive less |
| B. | Stay hydrated |
| C. | Avoid using gas powered engines. |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 69. |
In filtration, the amount of dissolved solids passing through the filters is |
| A. | Difference between total solids and suspended solids |
| B. | Sum of total solids and suspended solids |
| C. | Independent of suspended solids |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Difference between total solids and suspended solids | |
| 70. |
The Total dissolved solids (TDS) can be reduced by the following method |
| A. | Distillation |
| B. | Reverse osmosis |
| C. | Ion exchange |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 71. |
According to The United States Geological Survey, water having less than 1000 ml/litre of total dissolved solids is |
| A. | Fresh water |
| B. | Slightly saline |
| C. | Moderately saline |
| D. | Brine water |
| Answer» A. Fresh water | |
| 72. |
The following cause alkalinity in natural wate |
| A. | Potassium carbonate |
| B. | Potassium bicarbonate |
| C. | Sodium carbonate |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 73. |
The following cause alkalinity as well hardness in natural water. |
| A. | Calcium carbonate |
| B. | Calcium bicarbonat |
| C. | Magnesium carbonat |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 74. |
Which of the following is not influenced by human activities? |
| A. | Destruction of mangroves and wetlands |
| B. | Depletion of ground water |
| C. | Increased extinction rate of species |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 75. |
Which of the following is not influenced by human activities? |
| A. | Destruction of mangroves and wetlands |
| B. | Depletion of ground water |
| C. | Increased extinction rate of species |
| D. | None of the above. |
| Answer» D. None of the above. | |
| 76. |
. Which of the following is not influenced by human activities? |
| A. | Destruction of mangroves and wetlands |
| B. | Depletion of ground water |
| C. | Increased extinction rate of species |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 77. |
Which of these organisms has a diet consisting only of plant matter |
| A. | Omnivores |
| B. | Carnivores |
| C. | Herbivores |
| D. | Insectivores |
| Answer» D. Insectivores | |
| 78. |
In a pyramid of numbers in grassland ecosystems, the largest population is that of |
| A. | Herbivores |
| B. | Primary consumers |
| C. | Secondary consumer |
| D. | Producers |
| Answer» A. Herbivores | |
| 79. |
Which of these belong to the category of primary consumers in grazing food chain |
| A. | snakes and frogs |
| B. | Insects and cattle |
| C. | Eagle and snake |
| D. | Cow and rabbit |
| Answer» D. Cow and rabbit | |
| 80. |
The pyramid of energy is always upright for any ecosystem, this situation indicates that |
| A. | Herbivores have better energy conversion efficiency than carnivores |
| B. | Producers have the lowest energy conversion efficiency |
| C. | Carnivores have a better energy conversion efficacy than herbivores |
| D. | Energy conversion efficiency is same at all trophic levels |
| Answer» D. Energy conversion efficiency is same at all trophic levels | |
| 81. |
Which of the ecological pyramid is always upright |
| A. | Pyramid of numbers |
| B. | Pyramid of biomass |
| C. | Pyramid of energy |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» C. Pyramid of energy | |
| 82. |
Which one of the following is not a gaseous biogeochemical cycle |
| A. | Nitrogen cycle |
| B. | Carbon cycle |
| C. | Sulphur cycle |
| D. | Phosphorus cycle |
| Answer» D. Phosphorus cycle | |
| 83. |
Deserts, grasslands, forests and tundra regions are the examples of |
| A. | Biomes |
| B. | Biogeographically regions |
| C. | Ecosystems |
| D. | Biospheres |
| Answer» C. Ecosystems | |
| 84. |
The upright pyramid of numbers is absent in |
| A. | Lake |
| B. | Pond |
| C. | Grasslands |
| D. | Forests |
| Answer» D. Forests | |
| 85. |
The final stable community in ecological succession is |
| A. | Climax |
| B. | Pioneer |
| C. | Sere |
| D. | Carnivores |
| Answer» A. Climax | |
| 86. |
Mass of living matter at a trophic level in an area at any given time is called |
| A. | Standing state |
| B. | Standing crop |
| C. | Humus |
| D. | Detritus |
| Answer» B. Standing crop | |
| 87. |
Hydrarch succession takes place in |
| A. | Dry areas |
| B. | Bare area |
| C. | Wetter areas |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Wetter areas | |
| 88. |
A herbivore is also known as a |
| A. | Producer |
| B. | First order consumer |
| C. | Second order consumer |
| D. | Third order consumer |
| Answer» B. First order consumer | |
| 89. |
A product of photosynthesis is |
| A. | Carbon dioxide |
| B. | Water |
| C. | Oxygen |
| D. | Chlorophyll |
| Answer» C. Oxygen | |
| 90. |
Primary source of energy in a food web is/are |
| A. | Green plants |
| B. | Sun |
| C. | Inorganic nutrients |
| D. | Animals |
| Answer» B. Sun | |
| 91. |
A group of living organisms of the same kind living in the same place and at the same time refers to a |
| A. | Community |
| B. | Species |
| C. | Population |
| D. | Consumers |
| Answer» C. Population | |
| 92. |
Which of these organisms has a diet consisting only of plant matter |
| A. | Omnivores |
| B. | Carnivores |
| C. | Herbivores |
| D. | Insectivores |
| Answer» C. Herbivores | |
| 93. |
The true end of any food chain is the |
| A. | Decomposer |
| B. | Predator |
| C. | Consumer |
| D. | Human |
| Answer» A. Decomposer | |
| 94. |
The second trophic level in a lake is |
| A. | Phytoplankton |
| B. | Zooplanktons |
| C. | Fishes |
| D. | Benthos |
| Answer» B. Zooplanktons | |
| 95. |
Which of the following can act as a pioneer species in a xerachsuccession |
| A. | Lichens |
| B. | Humans |
| C. | Herbs |
| D. | Animals |
| Answer» A. Lichens | |
| 96. |
Energy flow in an ecosystem is |
| A. | Bidirectional |
| B. | Unidirectional |
| C. | Multidirectional |
| D. | All rounds |
| Answer» C. Multidirectional | |
| 97. |
Which of the following is an example of a man-made ecosystem |
| A. | Tissue culture |
| B. | Herbarium |
| C. | Aquarium |
| D. | Forest |
| Answer» C. Aquarium | |
| 98. |
Pyramid of energy in a pond ecosystem is always |
| A. | Inverted |
| B. | Upright |
| C. | Linear |
| D. | Irregular |
| Answer» B. Upright | |
| 99. |
If in a population, natality is balanced by mortality, then there will be |
| A. | Decrease in population growth |
| B. | Increase in population growth |
| C. | Zero population growth |
| D. | Over population |
| Answer» C. Zero population growth | |
| 100. |
Which of these belong to the category of primary consumers in grazing food chain |
| A. | snakes and frogs |
| B. | Insects and cattle |
| C. | Eagle and snakes |
| D. | Cow and rabbit |
| Answer» D. Cow and rabbit | |
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