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476. Assertion (A): The form of government in Rigvedic period was monarchy.
Reason (R): Priest enjoyed both social and political status and influenced administration.

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477. Assertion (A): Most of the hot deserts are present on the western margin of the continents close to the zones of trade winds.
Reason (R): Zones of trade winds are characterised by seas having reversal of planetary wind direction.

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478. Match List I with List II:

List IList II
(A) Vikram Seth(iii) Writer
(B) Raghu Rai(i) Photographer
(C) Charles Correa(iv) Architect
(D) Mira Nair(ii) Film Director

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479. Match List I with List II:

List IList II
(A) Ravi Verma(i) Modern Art
(B) Amrita Shergil(iv) Medical Practitioner
(C) Jamini Roy(iii) Folk lore
(D) Ravi Shankar(ii) Music

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480. Match List I with List II:

List IList II
(A) Jharia(iii) Coal
(B) Ankleshwar(iv) Oil
(C) Bailadilla(ii) Iron
(D) Mulkigunj(i) Copper

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481. Match List I with List II:

List IList II
(A) A person with maximum number of votes gets elected(iv) Relative majority
(B) A person votes for the party not for the candidate(i) List system
(C) 1 candidate = 1 vote(ii) Limited vote plan
(D) 1 elector = many votes(v) Cumulative vote

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482. Match List I with List II:

List IList II
(A) Doda-Beta(i) Nilgiri
(B) Makalu(ii) Himalaya
(C) Dhupgarh(iv) Satpura
(D) Guru-Shikhar(iii) Aravali

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483. Match List I with List II:

List IList II
(A) Vitamin E(iii) Sterility
(B) Vitamin K(iv) Blood coagulation
(C) Vitamin C(i) Scurvy
(D) Vitamin D(ii) Rickets

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484. Match List I with List II:

List IList II
(A) Charak(iii) Ayurveda
(B) Nagarjuna(iv) Rasaratnakara
(C) Kapila(i) Samkhya
(D) Gorakhnath(ii) Sanskrit author

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485. Match List I with List II:

List IList II
(A) Chaitya(iii) Karle
(B) Stupa(i) Amaravati
(C) Pillar(ii) Besnagar
(D) Brick Temples(iv) Bhitragaon

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486. If a bacteria culture doubles exponentially in every 30 minutes, then after 5 hours they become
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487. Birds get thrust (forward motion) and lift (upward motion) from the
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488. The rebel force of which country is called the 'Contras'?
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489. 'Deorala' was recently in news because of
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490. The climate of India is of which of the following types?
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491. Deforestation results in:

  1. Flora destruction
  2. Fauna destruction
  3. Ecological disbalance

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492. The largest reserve of 'Sal' forests is found in
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493. On whose recommendations was the Constituent Assembly formed?
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494. Who among the following is a famous economist?
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495. A small weight put on the pressure cooker increases the pressure of steam because
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496. Which of the following is not true about Gujarat?
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497. The system of 'Dyarchy' was first introduced by
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498. Which of the following committees was appointed for investigating into the Delhi riots in November 1984?
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499. Banaras Hindu University was founded by
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500. HUDCO aims at providing
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