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Which is the highest gallantry award in India?

A) Param Vir Chakra B) Kirti Chakra
C) Vir Chakra D) Param Vishishtat Seva Medal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Param Vir Chakra

Explanation:

Param Vir Chakra (PVC) is India's highest military decoration awarded for the displaying distinguished acts of valor during the war.

 

Ashok Chakra Award – An Indian military decoration awarded for valour, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield. It is the peacetime equivalent of the Param Vir Chakra.

Kirti Chakra – Second in order of precedence of peacetime gallantry awards.


Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) is literally called a great warrior medal. Vir Chakra is an Indian gallantry award presented for acts of bravery in the wars.

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This Union Territory possesses a coastal stretch of about 45 km with 28 marine fishing villages. However 45% of the population is engaged in agricultural and allied products.
Which among the following Union Territories is referred to in the above passage

A) Lakshadweep B) Pondicherry
C) Andaman and Nicobar D) Daman
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Lakshadweep

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Q:

Highest Jute producing state in India?

A) Gujarat B) West Bengal
C) Uttar Pradesh D) Bihar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) West Bengal

Explanation:

West Bengal is the highest Jute producing state in India followed by Bihar and Assam in second and third place.

Gujarat is the largest Cotton producing state in India.

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Q:

Dome mountain are the result of

A) Intrusion of magma B) Folding
C) Frictions at the joints of the rocks D) Faulting
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Intrusion of magma

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Q:

An atom bomb based upon the principal of ________

A) Nuclear fission B) Nuclear fussion
C) Controlled chain reaction D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Nuclear fission

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Q:

...................is called the "land of a  thousand lakes"

A) Canada B) Finland
C) Switzerland D) Sweden
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Finland

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Q:

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

 

You can play video games and paint or (draw) from anywhere.

 

A) be drawing B) can draw
C) could draw D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) no improvement

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Q:

Which of the following is an endocrine gland?

A) Mammary glands B) Apocrine sweat glands
C) Reproductive glands D) Salivary glands
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Reproductive glands

Explanation:

Endocrine glands are glands of the endocrine system that secrete their products, hormones, directly into the blood rather than through a duct.

 

The major glands of the endocrine system include:

pineal gland,

pituitary gland,

pancreas,

ovaries,

testes,

thyroid gland,

parathyroid gland,

hypothalamus and

adrenal glands.

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