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276. Assume that — A denotes narrow wheel, A wider wheel, B denotes small freewheel, B larger freewheel, C denotes small gearwheel, C larger gearwheel — in a rural area where there are sandy tracts, it will be advisable to use a bicycle with
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277. Which one of the following is the most significant contribution of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to modern India?
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278. Mitochondrial DNA in an individual comes from
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279. The Congress Ministries resigned in November 1939 because
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280. Mitakshara is
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281. Density of population refers to
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282. Elements having atomic number higher than '92' in the periodic table are known as
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283. Which of the following pairs of substances can be completely separated by sublimation?
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284. Which one of the following is associated with AIDS?
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285. Terrace cultivation is practised mostly
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286. Ramanuja, the Vaishnava Saint, was born at
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287. India is opposed to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) because
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288. The intensity of famine increased in India, under the British rule because
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289. Which one of the following functions of the Reserve Bank of India is not performed by the other banks?
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290. Which one of the following industries is not a raw material-localised industry?
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291. The resinous substance, shellac is obtained from
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292. The light from the Sun reaches the Earth in about
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293. It is said that of the five doctrines taught by Jainism four were taken over by Mahavira from previous teachers and only one was added by him. Which one of the following was the doctrine added by him?
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294. Where does exchange of gases (O2 and CO2) take place in our lungs?
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295. When the Portuguese arrived in India, the foreigners whom they encountered as trade rivals were the
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296. The thermoregulatory centre of the man body is
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297. Photons have properties similar to that of
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298. Neap tides are produced in the first and third quarters of the Moon. Then,
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299. A common currency for the members of the Common Market in Europe is known as
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300. The right to Freedom of Speech in India may be restricted, if the freedom is used to
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