As per the 2011 census of India, population density of which of the following states was less than 100 people per square kilometre?
(A) Himachal Pradesh
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Sikkim
(D) Tripura
The population density of India in the year 2011 was 382 persons per square km. Densities vary from 1,102 persons per square km in Bihar to only 17 persons per square km in Arunachal Pradesh. Arunachal Pradesh has the lowest population density in India.
Who among the following has been ranked as the richest person in the world, as per the Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires list 2022?
(A) Elon Musk
(B) Jeff Bezos
(C) Bernard Arnault
(D) Warren Buffet
Which article of Indian constitution deals with discrimination against any Indian citizen on various grounds?
(A) Article 11
(B) Article 19
(C) Article 13
(D) Article 15
Who among the following was the first Indian woman to swim across the English Channel?
(A) Arati Saha
(B) Ujwala Rai
(C) Nisha Millet
(D) Karnam Malleswari
The upper part of the respiratory tract is provided with small hair-like structures called ______.
(A) bronchi
(B) cilia
(C) villi
(D) alveoli
Pin valley National park is situated in:
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Arunachal Pradesh
(C) Himachal Pradesh
(D) Madhya Pradesh
Pin Valley National Park is a National park of India located in the Spiti Valley in the Lahaul and Spiti district, in the state of Himachal Pradesh. It is located in far northern India. It is part of Cold Desert (biosphere reserve).
Which of the following is an organic compound with the formula C6H4Cl2 that is used as a fumigant insecticide to control cloth months?
(A) Paradichlorobenzene
(B) Chlorobenzene
(C) Benzoyl chloride
(D) Ethylbenzene
In 1928, who discovered that when a ray of coloured light enters a liquid, a fraction of the light scattered by that liquid is of a different colour?
(A) SN Bose
(B) Lord Rayleigh
(C) CV Raman
(D) John Tyndall
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, discovered on 28 February 1928, that when a beam of coloured light entered a liquid, a fraction of the light scattered was of a different color, dependent on material property. This radiation effect of molecular scattering of light bears the name of ‘Raman Effect’, from which many applications in photonic communications and spectroscopy evolved. The Raman Effect is the process of scattering light particles by molecules of a medium.
In which year did Rudolf Virchow published an essay titled ‘Cellular Pathology’ in which he famously declared that "every cell arises from another cell”?
(A) 1865
(B) 1835
(C) 1845
(D) 1855
n 1855, at the age of 34, he published his now famous aphorism “omnis cellula e cellula” (“every cell stems from another cell”). With this approach Virchow launched the field of cellular pathology. He stated that all diseases involve changes in normal cells, that is, all pathology ultimately is cellular pathology.
Gangubai Hangal was an Indian vocalist of Hindustani classical tradition who was awarded the Sangeet Natak Academy Award in 1973. From which of the following musical Gharanas did she belong?
(A) Patiala Gharana
(B) Agra Gharana
(C) Kirana Gharana
(D) Banaras Gharana
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