Q1.Indian PolityAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 13 Feb 2019, Shift 1Easy
- A.88 th amendment
- B.89 th amendment
- C.87 th amendment
- D.86 th amendment
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Correct answer: D. 86 th amendment
The 86th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2002 made free and compulsory education a fundamental right. It inserted Article 21A, under which the State shall provide free and compulsory education to every child between the ages of six and fourteen years.
Read the full explanation →Q2.Art & CultureAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 9 March 2019, Shift 2Medium
- A.Kerala
- B.Tamil Nadu
- C.Andhra Pradesh
- D.Manipur
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Correct answer: A. Kerala
Ottamthullal is a solo dance-and-recitation art form of Kerala. It was created in the eighteenth century by the poet Kunchan Nambiar, who used it to make fun of the powerful in simple Malayalam that ordinary people could follow.
Read the full explanation →Q3.Awards & HonoursAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 14 Feb 2019, Shift 1Easy
- A.Medicine
- B.Social work
- C.Literature
- D.Cinema
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Correct answer: C. Literature
The Jnanpith Award is India's highest literary honour, given to an author for an outstanding contribution to literature. It was instituted in 1961 by the Bharatiya Jnanpith trust and first awarded in 1965 to the Malayalam poet G. Sankara Kurup for his collection Odakkuzhal.
Read the full explanation →Q4.Static GKAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 11 Feb 2019, Shift 2Medium
- A.1932
- B.1787
- C.1877
- D.2000
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Correct answer: B. 1787
The Constitution of the United States was drafted by the Philadelphia Convention and signed on 17 September 1787, which is why it is counted as the world's first written democratic constitution.
Read the full explanation →Q5.Indian PolityAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 16 Jan 2023, Shift 2Easy
- A.Article 33 - 34
- B.Article 37 - 38
- C.Article 23 - 24
- D.Article 27 - 28
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Correct answer: C. Article 23 - 24
The Right against Exploitation is given by Articles 23 and 24 in Part III of the Constitution. Article 23 forbids traffic in human beings, begar and other forms of forced labour, and lets the State impose compulsory service for a public purpose without discrimination.
Read the full explanation →Q6.GeographyAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 12 Jan 2023, Shift 3Easy
- A.Granite
- B.Sand stone
- C.Loess
- D.Shale
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Correct answer: A. Granite
Granite is an igneous rock, not a sedimentary one. It forms when magma cools slowly deep inside the crust, so its crystals of quartz, feldspar and mica are large enough to see; because it cooled below the surface it is called an intrusive or plutonic rock.
Read the full explanation →Q7.Indian EconomyAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 10 Jan 2023, Shift 2Medium
- A.chocolate brown
- B.stone grey
- C.fluorescent blue
- D.lavender
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Correct answer: C. fluorescent blue
The Reserve Bank of India issued the fifty-rupee note of the Mahatma Gandhi (New) series in August 2017 with fluorescent blue as its base colour.
Read the full explanation →Q8.Indian HistoryAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 15 Feb 2019, Shift 2Easy
- A.Pataliputra
- B.Vaishali
- C.Indraprastha
- D.Kusinagra
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Correct answer: A. Pataliputra
Pataliputra, today's Patna, stood where the Son joins the Ganga, and it was the capital of the Mauryan empire founded by Chandragupta Maurya in about 322 BCE with the help of Chanakya.
Read the full explanation →Q9.Indian PolityAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 28 Feb, 2024, Shift 1Medium
- A.Conduct of Business of the Government of a State
- B.Constitution of Legislatures in States
- C.Council of Ministers to aid and advise Governor
- D.Advocate-General for the State
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Correct answer: C. Council of Ministers to aid and advise Governor
Article 163 says there shall be a Council of Ministers with the Chief Minister at its head to aid and advise the Governor in the exercise of his functions, except in the few matters where the Constitution requires him to act in his own discretion.
Read the full explanation →Q10.Indian HistoryAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 15 Feb 2019, Shift 2Medium
- A.Aurangzeb
- B.Akbar
- C.Humayun
- D.Shah Jahan
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Correct answer: D. Shah Jahan
The Moti Masjid, or Pearl Mosque, inside the Agra Fort was built by Shah Jahan in white marble between 1648 and 1654, and it takes its name from the pearl-like glow of the stone.
Read the full explanation →Q11.General ScienceAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 9 March 2019, Shift 3Easy
- A.mountains
- B.cities
- C.water bodies
- D.deserts
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Correct answer: C. water bodies
Red algae, the division Rhodophyta, live in water, mostly in warm and shallow sea water, with a few species in fresh water.
Read the full explanation →Q12.Environment & EcologyAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 14 Feb 2019, Shift 2Easy
- A.Gender Equality
- B.Zero Hunger
- C.Good Health and Wellbeing
- D.Space Research
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Correct answer: D. Space Research
Space research is not one of the Sustainable Development Goals. The United Nations General Assembly adopted seventeen such goals in September 2015 as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with 169 targets to be met by 2030; they replaced the Millennium Development Goals, which ran from 2000 to…
Read the full explanation →Q13.General ScienceAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 13 Feb 2019, Shift 3Medium
- A.Pancreatic juice, saliva
- B.Hydrochloric acid, mucus
- C.Bile juice, Pancreatic juice
- D.Saliva, hydrochloric acid
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Correct answer: C. Bile juice, Pancreatic juice
Fat is digested in the small intestine by these two secretions working together.
Read the full explanation →Q14.Static GKAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 16 Nov 2021, Shift 1Medium
- A.India, Japan and the US
- B.India, Israel and the US
- C.India, Australia, Israel and the US
- D.India, Australia, Japan and the US
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Correct answer: D. India, Australia, Japan and the US
Malabar 2020 was held in two phases in November 2020, the first in the Bay of Bengal off Visakhapatnam and the second in the Arabian Sea, and Australia joined India, Japan and the United States in it.
Read the full explanation →Q15.Indian HistoryAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 30 Jan 2023, Shift 4Easy
- A.In 1757 the English East India Company got control over Hyderabad by defeating the Nizam in the Battle of Plassey.
- B.In 1757 the English East India Company got control over Madras by defeating Nawab Siraj-ud-daulah in the Battle of Plassey.
- C.In 1757 the English East India Company got control over Oudh by defeating Nawab Siraj-ud-daulah in the Battle of Berar.
- D.In 1757 the English East India Company got control over Bengal by defeating Nawab Siraj-ud-daulah in the Battle of Plassey.
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Correct answer: D. In 1757 the English East India Company got control over Bengal by defeating Nawab Siraj-ud-daulah in the Battle of Plassey.
The Battle of Plassey was fought on 23 June 1757 on the bank of the Bhagirathi near Palashi in Bengal, and Robert Clive's small Company force defeated Nawab Siraj-ud-daulah there.
Read the full explanation →Q16.Indian EconomyAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 18 Feb 2019, Shift 2Easy
- A.1948
- B.1950
- C.1949
- D.1951
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Correct answer: B. 1950
The Planning Commission was set up in March 1950 by a resolution of the Union Cabinet, not by the Constitution or by an Act of Parliament, so it was an extra-constitutional and non-statutory body.
Read the full explanation →Q17.Art & CultureAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 22 Nov 2021, Shift 3Medium
- A.Odisha
- B.Tamil Nadu
- C.Maharashtra
- D.Andhra Pradesh
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Correct answer: A. Odisha
The International Sand Art Festival is held every year on Chandrabhaga beach at Konark in Odisha, and its ninth edition took place in December 2020.
Read the full explanation →Q18.Indian States & UTsAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 2nd December 2021, Shift 2Medium
- A.Gujarat
- B.Rajasthan
- C.Manipur
- D.Tripura
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Correct answer: D. Tripura
The Manikya dynasty ruled Tripura for centuries, and its kings all took the title Manikya. Their history is recorded in the Rajmala, a chronicle in Bengali verse first compiled in the fifteenth century under Dharma Manikya.
Read the full explanation →Q19.Awards & HonoursAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 14 Feb 2019, Shift 2Medium
- A.Anirban Chatterji
- B.Pankaj Advani
- C.Dutee Chand
- D.Vinesh Phogat
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Correct answer: D. Vinesh Phogat
The wrestler Vinesh Phogat was nominated in 2019 for the Laureus World Sports Award in the Breakthrough of the Year category, the first Indian athlete to be shortlisted in that category.
Read the full explanation →Q20.Indian HistoryAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 13 Jan 2023, Shift 4Medium
- A.1876
- B.1855
- C.1896
- D.1860
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Correct answer: B. 1855
The Santhal rebellion, known as the Hul, broke out on 30 June 1855 in the Rajmahal hills of the Santhal Parganas, in what is now Jharkhand.
Read the full explanation →Q21.GeographyAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 18 Feb 2019, Shift 1Medium
- A.Chattisgarh
- B.Meghalaya
- C.Telangana
- D.Maharashtra
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Correct answer: B. Meghalaya
Bamboo drip irrigation is a two-hundred-year-old practice of the Khasi and Jaintia hills of Meghalaya.
Read the full explanation →Q22.Indian PolityAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 17 Jan 2023, Shift 4Medium
- A.Article 163
- B.Article 161
- C.Article 55
- D.Article 145
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Correct answer: B. Article 161
Article 161 lets the Governor grant pardons, reprieves, respites and remissions of punishment, and suspend, remit or commute the sentence of any person convicted of an offence against a law on a matter to which the executive power of the state extends.
Read the full explanation →Q23.Environment & EcologyAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 1 March 2019, Shift 1Easy
- A.Troposphere
- B.Mesosphere
- C.Exosphere
- D.Stratosphere
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Correct answer: D. Stratosphere
The ozone layer lies in the stratosphere, roughly 15 to 35 km above the ground, with the thickest concentration near 20 to 25 km, and that belt is sometimes called the ozonosphere.
Read the full explanation →Q24.Sports GKAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 10 Jan 2023, Shift 1Hard
- A.Uttar Pradesh
- B.Kerala
- C.Maharashtra
- D.Karnataka
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Correct answer: D. Karnataka
Karnataka won the 2017-18 Vijay Hazare Trophy, beating Saurashtra in the final played in Delhi.
Read the full explanation →Q25.Indian PolityAsked in: SSC CHSL · 16 March 2018, Shift 1Medium
- A.Part IX-A
- B.Part X
- C.Part XI
- D.Part XIV
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Correct answer: A. Part IX-A
The 74th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992 inserted a new Part IX-A titled The Municipalities into the Constitution, and it came into force on 1 June 1993.
Read the full explanation →Q26.Indian HistoryAsked in: SSC CHSL · 6 Aug 2021, Shift 1Medium
- A.Danish
- B.Portuguese
- C.Dutch
- D.French
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Correct answer: B. Portuguese
The Battle of Swally was fought in November 1612 off Suvali, a village near Surat on the Gujarat coast. A small English squadron under Captain Thomas Best defeated a larger Portuguese fleet, and the victory ended the belief that the Portuguese could not be beaten at sea in Indian waters.
Read the full explanation →Q27.Art & CultureAsked in: SSC CHSL · 14 Oct 2020, Shift 3Easy
- A.Zoroastrianism
- B.Buddhism
- C.Jainism
- D.Judaism
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Correct answer: A. Zoroastrianism
The Avesta, also called the Zend-Avesta, is the sacred book of the Zoroastrians, the followers of the prophet Zarathustra or Zoroaster of ancient Iran.
Read the full explanation →Q28.General ScienceAsked in: SSC CHSL · 14 March, 2023, Shift 2Easy
- A.Rectum
- B.Small Intestine
- C.Oesophagus
- D.Buccal cavity
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Correct answer: D. Buccal cavity
In humans the digestion of starch begins in the buccal cavity, that is the mouth. The salivary glands pour out about 1.5 litres of saliva a day, and the enzyme in it, salivary amylase or ptyalin, breaks starch into the simpler sugar maltose.
Read the full explanation →Q29.Computer AwarenessAsked in: SSC CHSL · 14 March, 2023, Shift 2Easy
- A.Ctrl + Z
- B.Shift + Z
- C.Ctrl + Y
- D.Shift + Y
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Correct answer: C. Ctrl + Y
In MS Excel 365, Ctrl + Y repeats the last command or action wherever repeating it is possible, so if you have just made a cell bold or inserted a row, pressing Ctrl + Y does the same thing again at the new position.
Read the full explanation →Q30.Static GKAsked in: SSC CHSL · 19 Oct 2020, Shift 3Easy
- A.Brazil
- B.Mexico
- C.India
- D.Serbia
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Correct answer: A. Brazil
Brazil is called the Coffee Bowl of the World because it grows and sends out more coffee than any other country and has done so for more than a century.
Read the full explanation →Q31.Indian PolityAsked in: SSC CHSL · 02 Aug, 2023, Shift 3Easy
- A.Preamble
- B.Fundamental rights
- C.Directive principles of state policy
- D.Fundamental duties
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Correct answer: B. Fundamental rights
Fundamental rights are the one set of provisions here that a court can enforce directly.
Read the full explanation →Q32.Indian HistoryAsked in: SSC CHSL · 21 Oct 2020, Shift 2Medium
- A.Maulvi Liaquat Ali
- B.Tatya Tope
- C.Khan Bahadur Khan
- D.Rani Laxmi Bai
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Correct answer: A. Maulvi Liaquat Ali
Maulvi Liaquat Ali of Mahgaon village led the revolt of 1857 at Allahabad, now Prayagraj.
Read the full explanation →Q33.Art & CultureAsked in: SSC CHSL · 09 March, 2023, Shift 3Easy
- A.Odisha
- B.Karnataka
- C.Maharashtra
- D.Tamil Nadu
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Correct answer: A. Odisha
The Lingaraja Temple stands in Bhubaneswar, the capital of Odisha, and is the largest temple in that city. It was built in the eleventh century, mainly under the Somavamshi ruler Jajati Keshari and completed by the Ganga rulers, and is dedicated to Shiva as Tribhuvaneshwara, the lord of three worlds.
Read the full explanation →Q34.General ScienceAsked in: SSC CHSL · 16 March 2018, Shift 3Easy
- A.360
- B.80
- C.180
- D.40
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Correct answer: D. 40
Power is the rate of doing work, so power equals work divided by time. Here the work is 120 J and the time is 3 seconds, which gives 120 divided by 3, that is 40 watts.
Read the full explanation →Q35.Computer AwarenessAsked in: SSC CHSL · 14 Oct 2020, Shift 1Easy
- A.Joystick
- B.Optical Mark Reader
- C.Visual Display Unit
- D.MIDI Devices
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Correct answer: A. Joystick
A joystick is an input device with a stick fixed in a base that can be tilted in several directions, and the movement of the stick moves an image or a pointer on the screen in the same direction.
Read the full explanation →Q36.Indian PolityAsked in: SSC CHSL · 12 Oct 2020, Shift 2Hard
- A.167
- B.165
- C.163
- D.168
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Correct answer: D. 168
Article 168 provides for the constitution of Legislatures in the states. It says every state shall have a Legislature made up of the Governor and either one House or two Houses.
Read the full explanation →Q37.Indian HistoryAsked in: SSC CHSL · 19 March 2020, Shift 1Medium
- A.1764
- B.1767
- C.1766
- D.1765
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Correct answer: D. 1765
Robert Clive signed the two Treaties of Allahabad in August 1765, the year after the English won the Battle of Buxar.
Read the full explanation →Q38.Art & CultureAsked in: SSC CHSL · 12 Oct 2020, Shift 2Hard
- A.Nachna-Kuthara
- B.Bhitargaon
- C.Tigawa
- D.Deogarh
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Correct answer: D. Deogarh
The Dashavatara Temple stands at Deogarh in the Lalitpur district of Uttar Pradesh, on the banks of the Betwa, and was built of stone around the sixth century in the late Gupta period.
Read the full explanation →Q39.General ScienceAsked in: SSC CHSL · 10 March 2018, Shift 3Medium
- A.200
- B.250
- C.100
- D.125
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Correct answer: C. 100
Use the third equation of motion, which links velocity and distance without needing time: v squared equals u squared plus 2as.
Read the full explanation →Q40.Computer AwarenessAsked in: SSC CHSL · 09 March, 2023, Shift 2Medium
- A.Ctrl + Alt + P
- B.Ctrl + Alt + I
- C.Alt + P
- D.Alt + I
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Correct answer: B. Ctrl + Alt + I
In MS Word 365 the shortcut Ctrl + Alt + I switches the document to print preview and, pressed again, brings you back to the normal view.
Read the full explanation →Q41.Indian HistoryAsked in: SSC CHSL · 19 Oct 2020, Shift 2Medium
- A.1780-1784
- B.1769-1775
- C.1785-1789
- D.1766-1769
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Correct answer: A. 1780-1784
The Second Anglo-Mysore War ran from 1780 to 1784. It began when the English took Mahe, a French port inside Haidar Ali's territory, and he answered by attacking the Carnatic.
Read the full explanation →Q42.Art & CultureAsked in: SSC CHSL · 17 March 2020, Shift 1Medium
- A.Chausa
- B.Sasaram
- C.Delhi
- D.Rohtasgarh
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Correct answer: B. Sasaram
The tomb of Sher Shah Suri stands at Sasaram in the Rohtas district of Bihar, the town where he grew up.
Read the full explanation →Q43.Art & CultureAsked in: SSC CHSL · 25 March 2018, Shift 3Medium
- A.Samkhya
- B.Yog
- C.Nyaya
- D.Vaisheshika
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Correct answer: C. Nyaya
Maharishi Gautama, also called Akshapada Gautama, founded the Nyaya school of Indian philosophy and wrote its basic text, the Nyaya Sutra.
Read the full explanation →Q44.General ScienceAsked in: RRB JE · 27 May 2019, Shift 1Easy
- A.6 Joule
- B.18 Joule
- C.24 Joule
- D.12 Joule
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Correct answer: C. 24 Joule
Work done in moving a charge through a potential difference is W = Q × V, so W = 2 × 12 = 24 joule.
Read the full explanation →Q45.Computer AwarenessAsked in: RRB JE · 30 Aug 2019Easy
- A.1391 megabytes
- B.1024 kilobytes
- C.1024 megabytes
- D.1150 megabytes
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Correct answer: C. 1024 megabytes
Computer storage is counted in powers of two, so each step up the ladder multiplies by 1024, and one gigabyte equals 1024 megabytes.
Read the full explanation →Q46.Sports GKAsked in: RRB JE · 29 Aug 2019Easy
- A.Golf
- B.Table Tennis
- C.Cricket
- D.Hockey
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Correct answer: A. Golf
The Ryder Cup is a team golf tournament, played between teams representing the United States and Europe. It began in 1927 and is named after Samuel Ryder, the English seed merchant who donated the trophy.
Read the full explanation →Q47.General ScienceAsked in: RRB JE · 28 May 2019, Shift 1Easy
- A.Volume
- B.Surface area
- C.Density
- D.Pressure
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Correct answer: D. Pressure
Thrust is the force acting perpendicular to a surface, and the thrust acting on unit area of that surface is called pressure, so pressure = thrust ÷ area.
Read the full explanation →Q48.Static GKAsked in: RRB JE · 25 May 2019, Shift 2Medium
- A.Sarojini Naidu
- B.Indira Gandhi
- C.Vijayalakshmi Pandit
- D.Annie Besant
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Correct answer: C. Vijayalakshmi Pandit
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was elected President of the United Nations General Assembly for its eighth session in 1953, becoming the first Indian and the first woman in the world to hold that office.
Read the full explanation →Q49.Art & CultureAsked in: RRB JE · 29 Aug 2019Easy
- A.Gujarat
- B.Tamil Nadu
- C.Odisha
- D.Andhra Pradesh
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Correct answer: C. Odisha
Patachitra is the traditional cloth-scroll painting of Odisha, closely tied to the Jagannath temple at Puri. The word comes from pata, meaning cloth, and chitra, meaning picture.
Read the full explanation →Q50.General ScienceAsked in: RRB JE · 25 May 2019, Shift 1Easy
- A.Comma-shaped
- B.Rod-shaped
- C.Spiral
- D.Spherical
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Correct answer: B. Rod-shaped
Bacteria are grouped by shape, and bacilli are the rod-shaped ones; the Latin word bacillus itself means a small rod or stick.
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