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  1. 71OPSC2018General AwarenessEnglish

    With reference to Agni-IV Missile, which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. It is a surface-to-surface missile. 2. It is fueled by liquid propellant only. 3. It can deliver one-tonne nuclear warheads about 7500 km away. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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    Correct option: A — Only 1

  2. 72TNPSC2017General AwarenessEnglish

    In the context of Indian defence, consider the following statements. 1. The Shaurya missile flies with a speed of more than 8 Mach. 2. The range of Shaurya missile is more than 1600 km. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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    Correct option: D — Neither 1 nor 2

  3. 73Mizoram PSC2019General AwarenessEnglish

    Consider the following in respect of Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS). 1. Inaugural IONS was held in India in 2015 under the chairmanship of the Indian Navy. 2. IONS is a voluntary initiative that seeks to increase maritime co-operation among navies of the littoral states of the Indian Ocean Region. Which of the above statements is/ are correct?

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    Correct option: B — Only 2

  4. 74UPPSC2013General AwarenessEnglish

    Which of the following famines of the 19th century in India has been described as ‘Sea of Calamity’?

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    Correct option: D — Orissa Famine of 1866-67

  5. 75UPPSC2016General AwarenessEnglish

    In Indian context, the attitude of ‘Paternalism in Governance’ is associated with

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    Correct option: D — Macaulay

  6. 76UPPSC2013General AwarenessEnglish

    Which of the following pair is not correctly matched?

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    Correct option: D — End of Slavery - Malcolm

  7. 77Tripura PSC2018General AwarenessEnglish

    The Anglo-Afghan relations in the 19th century were influenced by the fear of whose expansion towards India?

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    Correct option: D — Russia

  8. 78UPPSC2015General AwarenessEnglish

    The Indian Famine Code, 1883 was prepared by

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    Correct option: C — Strachey Commission

  9. 79UPPSC2016General AwarenessEnglish

    Arrange the following in their chronological order and select the correct answer with the help of code given below. 1. Dramatic performances 2. Vernacular Press Act 3. North-Western Provinces and Oudh Act 4. Bengal Tenancy Act

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    Correct option: A — 1, 2, 4, 3

  10. 80UPSC1996General AwarenessEnglish

    The following advertisement THE MARVEL OF THE CENTURY THE WONDER OF THE WORLD LIVING PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES IN LIFE-SIZED REPRODUCTIONS CINEMATOGRAPHIE A FEW EXHIBITIONS WILL BE GIVEN AT WATSON’S HOTEL TONIGHT Appeared in the Times of India dated 7th July

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    Correct option: D — 1896

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