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261. The legislature of Sikkim is

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A. Unicameral
B. Bicameral
C. Polycameral
D. None of the above
✅ The correct answer is option A.
The legislature of Sikkim is Unicameral. The Sikkim Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Sikkim state in north-eastern India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Gangtok, the capital of the Sikkim state.

262. Missile ‘prithivi’ aims

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A. to test the performance of an indigenously built heat-shield
B. to hit target without the help of the Air Forces
C. to defend a large installations like oil-fields etc. against enemy attacks
D. None of the above
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Missile ‘prithivi’ aims to hit target without the help of the Air Forces. Prithvi I was one of the first missiles developed under Government of India’s IGMDP. Launched in February 1988, Prithvi I is a single-stage, liquid-fuelled missile. A surface-to-surface missile, it has a range of 150 km and a mounting capability of 1000 kg. It was inducted into the Indian Army in 1994.

264. Value Added Tax (VAT) is

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A. indirect tax levied at each stage of production and distribution, from the primary produce to the re
B. tax calculated on the selling price, but in declaring the liability to the government, the seller is
C. both (a) and (b)
D. None of the above
✅ The correct answer is option C.
A value-added tax (VAT) is a consumption tax placed on a product whenever value is added at each stage of the supply chain, from production to the point of sale. The amount of VAT that the user pays is on the cost of the product, less any of the costs of materials used in the product that have already been taxed.

266. Golf player Vijay Singh belongs to which country?

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A. India
B. Fiji
C. UK
D. USA
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Golf player Vijay Singh belongs to Fiji. He was born in 1963, who was number 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. He was nicknamed as “The Big Fijian”, has won three major Golf Championships.

267. Who was the first Indian Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army ?

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A. Gen. K.M. Cariappa
B. Gen. Maharaja Rajendra Singhji
C. Vice-Admiral R.D. Katari
D. None of the above
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Gen. Maharaja Rajendra Singhji was the first Indian Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army. General Maharaj Shri Rajendrasinhji Jadeja, DSO (15 June 1899 – 1 January 1964), also known as K.S. Rajendrasinhji, was the first Chief of Army Staff of the Indian army, and the second Indian, after Field Marshal K. M.

268. Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, established in 1971, is located at

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A. Kolkata
B. Trombay, Maharashtra
C. Kalpakkam, Chennai
D. Indore
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, established in 1971, is located at Kalpakkam, Chennai. Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) is one of India’s premier nuclear research centres. It is the second largest establishment of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), next to Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), located at Kalpakkam, 80 km south of Chennai, India. It was established in 1971 as an exclusive centre dedicated to the pursuit of fast reactor science and technology, due to the vision of Dr. Vikram Sarabhai.

269. The type of root system of all of the following is tap root system, except that of

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A. mango tree
B. kachnar tree
C. sunflower plant
D. maize plant
✅ The correct answer is option D.
The type of root system of all of the following is tap root system, except that of maize plant. The root system of maize can be divided into an embryonic root system (Abbe and Stein, 1954) consisting of a single primary root and a variable number of seminal roots, and a post‐embryonic root system which is made up by shoot‐borne roots.

270. The headquarter of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are situated at

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A. Paris
B. Geneva
C. Rome
D. Vienna
✅ The correct answer is option D.
The headquarter of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are situated at Vienna. The IAEA has its headquarters in Vienna, Austria. The IAEA has two “Regional Safeguards Offices” which are located in Toronto, Canada, and in Tokyo, Japan. The IAEA also has two liaison offices which are located in New York City, United States, and in Geneva, Switzerland.