Which one of the following is the infective stage of malarial parasite:

 a) Trophozoite
 b) Sporoblast
 c) Schizozoite
 d) Sporozoite

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Sporozoite.

From the national point of view which one of the following indicates Micro approach?

 a) Per capita income in India
 b) Educated Unemployment in India
 c) Study of sales of TISCO
 d) Inflation in India

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Study of sales of TISCO.

The soft silvery metallic element which ionizes easily when heated or exposed to light and is present in atomic clocks is:

 a) Calcium
 b) Cerium
 c) Californium
 d) Caesium

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Caesium.

The Green color seen in firework displays is due to the chloride salt of:

 a) Sodium
 b) Barium
 c) Strontium
 d) Calcium

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Barium. Barium chloride provides green colour to firework displays. Source:http://chemistry.about.com/od/fireworkspyrotechnics/a/fireworkcolors.htm

Movement of people from a village to a small town and later to a city is known as:

 a) step wise migration
 b) intra-state migration
 c) inter state migration
 d) forced migration

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Step wise migration. Source: https://books.google.co.in/books/content?id=vOSsuOpmiVMC&printsec=frontcover

Afla toxins are produced by:

 a) Bacteria
 b) Virus
 c) Fungi
 d) Algae

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Fungi. Aflatoxins are naturally occurring mycotoxins that are produced by Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus, species of fungi.

The Thirteenth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas was held on 8th and 9th Jan 2015 at:

 a) Gandhinagar
 b) Indore
 c) New Delhi
 d) Bangalore

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Gandhinagar. The 13th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas was held during 7–9 January 2015 at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

Who was the Nawab of Bengal during "Battle of Plassey" ?

 a) Siraj-ud-daula
 b) Mir Qasim
 c) Mir Jaffar
 d) None of these

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Siraj-ud-daulah. In 1757,at the Battle of Plassey, the forces of the East India Company under Robert Clive defeated the army of Siraj-ud-daulah, the Nawab of Bengal.

The purpose of choke in a fluorescent lamp is:

 a) to decrease the voltage
 b) to increase the current
 c) to decrease the resistance
 d) to decrease the current flow

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to decrease the voltage. In a fluorescent tube, the use of a choke in series with the tube conveniently decreases the voltage to lower appropiate value without wasting any power.

Who of the following become the member of Din-i-llahi?

 a) Todarmal
 b) Raja Man Singh
 c) Raja Birbal
 d) Tansen

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Raja Birbal. Din-i-llahi was a syncretic religion propounded by the Mughal emperor Akbar.Members of the religion were handpicked by Akbar according to their devotion to him.In the "Ain-i-Akbari" it is mentioned that Birbal was one of the few people other than Akbar who were its followers, besides being the only Hindu.The prominent members of the Din-i-Ilahi were Faizi, Birbal and Abul Fazl.