171. When a given amount of air is cooled

A. the amount of moisture it can hold decreases
B. its absolute humidity decreases
C. its relative humidity remains constant
D. its absolute humidity increases
✅ The correct answer is option A.
When a given amount of air is cooled the amount of moisture it can hold decreases. If you increase the temperature, however, the amount of water vapor the air can hold increases, so the relative humidity decreases.

172. Numismatics is the study of

A. coins
B. numbers
C. stamps
D. space
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Numismatics is the study of coins. Numismatics is the study of coins and money, of coins and coin-like objects. The value of coins as historical evidence was understood even in antiquity, but the systematic development of the study of coins as a proper discipline, with a methodology of its own, began only in the late eighteenth century with the work of Joseph Hilarius Eckhel, an Austrian priest whose Doctrina Numorum Veterum (Vienna, 1793-1799) was an attempt to comprehend all of ancient Greek and Roman coinage in the span of eight volumes.

173. The sacred place of the followers of Shintoism is

A. Central shrine of Ise (Central of Japan)
B. Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo
C. both are correct
D. None of the above
✅ The correct answer is option C.
The sacred place of the followers of Shintoism is Central shrine of Ise (Central of Japan) and Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. A shrine (jinja) is a sacred place where kami live, and which show the power and nature of the kami.

174. The first permanent Indian oceanographic station, ‘Dakshin Gangotry’ during Antarctic Expedition, was set up in

A. April/March 1984
B. December 1982/January 1983
C. November 1985/February 1986
D. December 1988/March 1989
✅ The correct answer is option A.
The first permanent Indian oceanographic station, ‘Dakshin Gangotry’ during Antarctic Expedition, was set up in April/March 1984. Dakshin Gangotri was the first Indian scientific research base station established in Antarctica, as a part of the Indian Antarctic Program. Located at a distance of 2,500 kilometres from the South Pole, it was established during the third Indian expedition to Antarctica in 1983/84.

175. What is Magna Carta?

A. It was a charter of Rights granted to the Englishmen during 1215 AD by King John II
B. It was a charter guaranteeing the freedom of the barons, the church and the common man
C. It is the foundation stone of the rights and liberties of the English people
D. All of the above
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Magna Carta was a charter of Rights granted to the Englishmen during 1215 AD by King John II, It was a charter guaranteeing the freedom of the barons, the church and the common man and It is the foundation stone of the rights and liberties of the English people.

178. Theory of Idealism was expounded by George Hegal, Bishop George and Berkeley According to this

A. mathli is an illusion and that the only reality that which exists mentally
B. good was pleasure and that evil was pain
C. base of knowledge is sense-experience, that is, observations governed by scientific principles
D. all knowledge is derived from sensory experience, by observing and experimenting
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Theory of Idealism was expounded by George Hegal, Bishop George and Berkeley According to this mathli is an illusion and that the only reality that which exists mentally. Idealism is the group of metaphysical philosophies which assert that reality, or reality as humans can know it, is fundamentally mental, mentally constructed, or otherwise immaterial.

179. What is Bhakti movement?

A. It is a social and religious movement form about AD 500 to 1600
B. It is the movement that influenced the developed of regional language because it emphasised people’s
C. both (a) and (b)
D. None of the above
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Bhakti movement is a social and religious movement form about AD 500 to 1600 and is the movement that influenced the developed of regional language because it emphasised people’s. Bhakti movement in Hinduism refers to ideas and engagement that emerged in the medieval era on love and devotion to religious concepts built around one or more gods and goddesses.

180. The company that has acquired interest in different industries by taking over or merging with other companies, is called

A. collateral
B. coalition
C. conglomerate
D. None of the above
✅ The correct answer is option C.
The company that has acquired interest in different industries by taking over or merging with other companies, is called conglomerate. A conglomerate company is a combination of two or more companies running a totally different businesses and united under a one corporate group. This is structured as a main company and several subsidiaries. A conglomerate company Conglomerates are often large and multinational.