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What is seismic zone extending at an angle of about 45o from the base of an ocean trench, down through lithosphere to the asthenosphere known as?

A) Appleton layer B) Benioff zone
C) Conard discontinuity D) Convergence zone
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Benioff zone

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During Indian freedom struggle , a general strike jointly called by the Girni Kamgar Union and the Railway workers place in March, 1929 in bombay. This was actually in protest against ______

A) the congress acceptance of Domination Status to India as a desirable interim goal B) the visit to india of Whiteley commission on Labour
C) the Government's insistance on passing the Trade Disputes Bill through the Central Legislative Assembly D) the dismissal of workers who had taken part in the 1928 strikes
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) the dismissal of workers who had taken part in the 1928 strikes

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The Swarnjayanti Shahari Rojgar Yojana which came into operation  from 1.12.1997 aims to provide gainful employment to the urban unemployed or under employed poor but does NOT Include:

A) Nehru Rojgar Yojana B) Urban Basic Service Programme
C) Prime Minister's Integrated Urban poverty Eradication Programme D) Prime Minister's Rojgar Yojana
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Prime Minister's Rojgar Yojana

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The 84th Amendment Act has frozen the total number of existing seats in the Lok Sabha on the basis of 1971 Census. They shall remain unaltered till the first Census to be taken after the year:

A) 2010 B) 2015
C) 2021 D) 2026
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 2026

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The nomenclature of the Executives Head of the Government of Jammu and Kashmir was changed from Sadar-i-Riyasat to Governor in 1965 by:

A) a Lok Sabha Resolution B) the executive order of the Parliament
C) the 6th Amendment in the State Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir D) the State Government under Article 371
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) the 6th Amendment in the State Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir

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What was the exact constitutional status of the Indian Republic on 26 January, 1950 when the constitution was inaugurated?

A) A Democratic Republic B) A Sovereign Secular Democratic Republic
C) A Sovereign Democratic Republic D) A Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) A Sovereign Democratic Republic

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The instrument of instructions contained in the Government of India Act, 1935 has been incorporated in the Constitution of India in the year 1950 as ______ 

A) Fundamental Rights B) Directive Principles of the State Policy
C) Fundamental Duities D) Emergency Provisions
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Emergency Provisions

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Name the man who in the 1930s raised a volunteer corps of about 100,000 pathans, known as 'Khudai Khidmatgars' or Servants of God and affiliated it to the Congress?

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Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan.

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