1. A concave lens always forms an image which is
(a) real and erect
(b) virtual and erect
(c) real and inverted
(d) virtual and inverted
ans B
2. A vitamin requires cobalt for its activity. The vitamin is
(a) Vitamin B12
(b) Vitamin D
(c) Vitamin B2
(d) Vitamin A
ans A
3. One of the constituents of tear gas is
(a) Ethane
(b) Ethanol
(c) Ether
(d) Chloropicrin
ans D
4. The modulus of rigidity is the ratio of
(a) longitudinal stress to longitudinal strain
(b) Volume stress to volume strain
(c) shearing stress to shearing strain
(d) tensile stress to tensile strain
ans B
5. The propagation of sound waves in a gas involves
(a) adiabatic compression and rarefaction
(b) isothermal compression and rarefaction
(c) isochoric compression and rarefaction
(d) isobaric compression and rarefaction
ans A
6. An atomic clock is based on transitions in
(a) Sodium
(b) Caesium
(c) Magnesium
(d) Aluminium
ans B
7. Plasma membrane in eukaryotic cells is made up of
(a) Phospholipid
(b) Lipoprotein
(c) Phospholipo-protein
(d) Phospho-protein
ans A
8. Which one of the following is also called the ‘power plants’ of the cell ?
(a) Golgi body
(b) Mitochondrion
(c) Ribosome
(d) Lysosome
ans B
9. What is the chemical name of vinegar ?
(a) Citric acid
(b) Acetic acid
(c) Pyruvic acid
(d) Malic acid
ans B
10. Which of the following is not a property of heavy water’?
(a) Boiling point of heavy water is lower than that or ordinary water
(b) Density of heavy water is higher than that of ordinary water
(c) Freezing point of heavy water is higher than that of ordinary water
(d) It produces corrosion
ans A
11. In which of the following processes is energy released ?
(a) Respiration
(b) Photosynthesis
(c) Ingestion
(d) Absorption
ans A
12. Animals living in the three trunks are known as
(a) Arboreal
(b) Volant
(c) Amphibious
(d) Aquatic
ans A
13. Arrange the following in chronological order:
1. Tughlaqs
2. Lodis
3. Saiyids
4. Ilbari Turks
5. Khiljis
(a) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
(b) 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
(c) 2, 4, 5, 3, 1
(d) 4, 5, 1, 3, 2
ans D
14. The book titled ‘The Indian War of Independence’ was written by
(a) Krishna Verma
(b) Madame Carna
(c) B.G. Tilak
(d) V.D. Savarkar
ans D
15. Who was the founder of the ‘Servants of India Society’?
(a) G.K. Gokhale
(b) M.G. Ranade
(c) B.G. Tilak
(d) Bipin Chandra Pal
ans A
16. The term ‘Caste’ was derived from
(a) Portuguese
(b) Dutch
(c) German
(d) English
ans A
17. The term “Greater India” denotes
(a) Political unity
(b) Cultural unity
(c) Religious unity
(d) Social unity
ans B
18. Formalised system of trading agreements with groups of countries is known as
(a) Trading blocks
(b) Trade ventures
(c) Trade partners
(d) Trade organizations
ans A
19. Mahatma Gandhi was profoundly influenced by the writings of
(a) Bernard Shaw
(b) Karl Marx
(c) Lenin
(d) Leo Tolstoy
ans D
20. Seismic sea waves which approach the coasts at greater force are known as:
(a) Tides
(b) Tsunami
(c) Current
(d) Cyclone
ans B
21. Depression formed due to deflating action of winds are called:
(a) Playas
(b) Yardang
(c) Ventifacts
(d) Sand dunes
ans B
22. The land of maximum biodiversity is
(a) Tropical
(b) Temperate
(c) Monsoonal
(d) Equatorial
ans A
23. If input frequency of a full wave rectifier be n, then output frequency would be:
(a) n/2
(b) n
(c) 3n/2
(d) 2n
ans D
24. Heat transfer horizontally within the atmosphere is called
(a) Conduction
(b) Convection
(c) Absorption
(d) Advection
ans B
25. Indian Standard Time relates to
(a) 75.5º E longitude
(b) 82.5º E longitude
(c) 90.5º E longitude
(d) 0º longitude
ans B
26. Who is rightly called the “Father of Local Self Government” in India ?
(a) Lord Mayo
(b) Lord Ripon
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) Lord Clive
ans B
27. The Directive Principles of State Policy was adopted from the
(a) British Constitution
(b) Swiss Constitution
(c) U.S. Constitution
(d) Irish Constitution
ans D
28. Which is the second nearest star to the Earth after the Sun ?
(a) Vega
(b) Sirius
(c) Proxima Centaur
(d) Alpha Centauri
ans C
29. The two forms of democracy are
(a) Parliamentary and Presidential
(b) Direct and Indirect
(c) Monarchical and Republican
(d) Parliamentary and King
ans A
30. Which is an extra-Constitutional body ?
(a) Language Commission
(b) Planning Commission
(c) Election Commission
(d) Finance Commission
ans B
31. The Prime Minister of India is
(a) Elected
(b) Appointed
(c) Nominated
(d) Selected
ans B
32. Which is not an All India Service?
(a) Indian Administration Service
(b) Indian Police Service
(c) Indian Foreign Service
(d) Indian Forest Service
ans C
33. The forest in Sunderban is called
(a) Scrub jungle
(b) Mangrove
(c) Deciduous forest
(d) Tundra
ans B
34. Noise is measured in
(a) Watt
(b) REM
(c) Centigrade
(d) Decibel
ans D
35. Who among the following captured his third consecutive National Billiards title in the year 2009
(a) Pankaj Advani
(b) DevendraJoshi
(c) Geet Sethi
(d) Dhruv Sitawala
ans A
36. The Messenger Satellite launched by NASA is to study
(a) Mercury
(b) Venus
(c) Saturn
(d) Jupiter
ans A
37. What was the name of the ship that sank near the Paradip Port in September, 2009 causing an oil spill?
(a) Red Rose
(b) Black Rose
(c) White Rose
(d) Green Rose
ans A
38. Who among the following has been honoured with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2007?
(a) YashChopra
(b) Ustsad Amjad Ali Khan
(c) Manna Dey
(d) A. Nageshwara Rao
ans C
39. An Intelligent terminal
(a) has a microprocessor, but cannot be programmed by the user
(b) can process small data processing jobs, with the use of a large CPU
(c) interacts with the user in English
(d) cannot take data from the user
ans A
40. Which one of the following is not a method of estimating National Income ?
(a) Expenditure method
(b) Product method
(c) Matrix method
(d) Income method
ans C
41. The monetary policy is India is formulated by
(a) Central Government
(b) Industrial Financial Corporation of India
(c) Reserve Bank of India
(d) Industrial Development Bank of India
ans C
42. A short-term government security paper is called
(a) Share
(b) Debenture
(c) Mutual fund
(d) Treasury bill
ans D
43. WTO basically promotes
(a) Financial support
(b) Global peace
(c) Unilateral trade
(d) Multilateral trade
ans D
44. Under which market condition do firms have excess capacity ?
(a) Perfect competition
(b) Monopolistic competition
(c) Duopoly
(d) Oligopoly
ans B
45. Price theory is also known as
(a) Macro Economics
(b) Development Economics
(c) Public Economics
(d) Micro Economics
ans D
46. At present, India is following
(a) Fixed exchange rate
(b) Floating exchange rate
(c) Pegged up exchange rate
(d) Pegged down exchange rate
ans B
47. Who among the following won the ‘ICC Cricketer of the Year Award’ for the year 2009 ?
(a) M.S. Dhoni
(b) Gautam Gambhir
(c) Mitchell Johnson
(d) Tillakaratne Dilshan
ans C
48. The bats can fly in the dark because
(a) they can see the objects in darkness
(b) they have weak legs and are likely to be attacked by predators
(c) they generate flashes of light
(d) they generate ultrasonic sound waves
ans D
49. What changes will happen to a bowl of ice and water kept at exactly zero degree Celsius ?
(a) All ice will melt
(b) All water will become ice
(c) No change will happen
(d) Only some ice will melt
ans C
50. National Income is the
(a) Net National Product at market price
(b) Net National Product at factor cost
(c) Net Domestic Product at market price
(d) Net domestic Product at factor cost
ans B
(a) real and erect
(b) virtual and erect
(c) real and inverted
(d) virtual and inverted
ans B
2. A vitamin requires cobalt for its activity. The vitamin is
(a) Vitamin B12
(b) Vitamin D
(c) Vitamin B2
(d) Vitamin A
ans A
3. One of the constituents of tear gas is
(a) Ethane
(b) Ethanol
(c) Ether
(d) Chloropicrin
ans D
4. The modulus of rigidity is the ratio of
(a) longitudinal stress to longitudinal strain
(b) Volume stress to volume strain
(c) shearing stress to shearing strain
(d) tensile stress to tensile strain
ans B
5. The propagation of sound waves in a gas involves
(a) adiabatic compression and rarefaction
(b) isothermal compression and rarefaction
(c) isochoric compression and rarefaction
(d) isobaric compression and rarefaction
ans A
6. An atomic clock is based on transitions in
(a) Sodium
(b) Caesium
(c) Magnesium
(d) Aluminium
ans B
7. Plasma membrane in eukaryotic cells is made up of
(a) Phospholipid
(b) Lipoprotein
(c) Phospholipo-protein
(d) Phospho-protein
ans A
8. Which one of the following is also called the ‘power plants’ of the cell ?
(a) Golgi body
(b) Mitochondrion
(c) Ribosome
(d) Lysosome
ans B
9. What is the chemical name of vinegar ?
(a) Citric acid
(b) Acetic acid
(c) Pyruvic acid
(d) Malic acid
ans B
10. Which of the following is not a property of heavy water’?
(a) Boiling point of heavy water is lower than that or ordinary water
(b) Density of heavy water is higher than that of ordinary water
(c) Freezing point of heavy water is higher than that of ordinary water
(d) It produces corrosion
ans A
11. In which of the following processes is energy released ?
(a) Respiration
(b) Photosynthesis
(c) Ingestion
(d) Absorption
ans A
12. Animals living in the three trunks are known as
(a) Arboreal
(b) Volant
(c) Amphibious
(d) Aquatic
ans A
13. Arrange the following in chronological order:
1. Tughlaqs
2. Lodis
3. Saiyids
4. Ilbari Turks
5. Khiljis
(a) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
(b) 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
(c) 2, 4, 5, 3, 1
(d) 4, 5, 1, 3, 2
ans D
14. The book titled ‘The Indian War of Independence’ was written by
(a) Krishna Verma
(b) Madame Carna
(c) B.G. Tilak
(d) V.D. Savarkar
ans D
15. Who was the founder of the ‘Servants of India Society’?
(a) G.K. Gokhale
(b) M.G. Ranade
(c) B.G. Tilak
(d) Bipin Chandra Pal
ans A
16. The term ‘Caste’ was derived from
(a) Portuguese
(b) Dutch
(c) German
(d) English
ans A
17. The term “Greater India” denotes
(a) Political unity
(b) Cultural unity
(c) Religious unity
(d) Social unity
ans B
18. Formalised system of trading agreements with groups of countries is known as
(a) Trading blocks
(b) Trade ventures
(c) Trade partners
(d) Trade organizations
ans A
19. Mahatma Gandhi was profoundly influenced by the writings of
(a) Bernard Shaw
(b) Karl Marx
(c) Lenin
(d) Leo Tolstoy
ans D
20. Seismic sea waves which approach the coasts at greater force are known as:
(a) Tides
(b) Tsunami
(c) Current
(d) Cyclone
ans B
21. Depression formed due to deflating action of winds are called:
(a) Playas
(b) Yardang
(c) Ventifacts
(d) Sand dunes
ans B
22. The land of maximum biodiversity is
(a) Tropical
(b) Temperate
(c) Monsoonal
(d) Equatorial
ans A
23. If input frequency of a full wave rectifier be n, then output frequency would be:
(a) n/2
(b) n
(c) 3n/2
(d) 2n
ans D
24. Heat transfer horizontally within the atmosphere is called
(a) Conduction
(b) Convection
(c) Absorption
(d) Advection
ans B
25. Indian Standard Time relates to
(a) 75.5º E longitude
(b) 82.5º E longitude
(c) 90.5º E longitude
(d) 0º longitude
ans B
26. Who is rightly called the “Father of Local Self Government” in India ?
(a) Lord Mayo
(b) Lord Ripon
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) Lord Clive
ans B
27. The Directive Principles of State Policy was adopted from the
(a) British Constitution
(b) Swiss Constitution
(c) U.S. Constitution
(d) Irish Constitution
ans D
28. Which is the second nearest star to the Earth after the Sun ?
(a) Vega
(b) Sirius
(c) Proxima Centaur
(d) Alpha Centauri
ans C
29. The two forms of democracy are
(a) Parliamentary and Presidential
(b) Direct and Indirect
(c) Monarchical and Republican
(d) Parliamentary and King
ans A
30. Which is an extra-Constitutional body ?
(a) Language Commission
(b) Planning Commission
(c) Election Commission
(d) Finance Commission
ans B
31. The Prime Minister of India is
(a) Elected
(b) Appointed
(c) Nominated
(d) Selected
ans B
32. Which is not an All India Service?
(a) Indian Administration Service
(b) Indian Police Service
(c) Indian Foreign Service
(d) Indian Forest Service
ans C
33. The forest in Sunderban is called
(a) Scrub jungle
(b) Mangrove
(c) Deciduous forest
(d) Tundra
ans B
34. Noise is measured in
(a) Watt
(b) REM
(c) Centigrade
(d) Decibel
ans D
35. Who among the following captured his third consecutive National Billiards title in the year 2009
(a) Pankaj Advani
(b) DevendraJoshi
(c) Geet Sethi
(d) Dhruv Sitawala
ans A
36. The Messenger Satellite launched by NASA is to study
(a) Mercury
(b) Venus
(c) Saturn
(d) Jupiter
ans A
37. What was the name of the ship that sank near the Paradip Port in September, 2009 causing an oil spill?
(a) Red Rose
(b) Black Rose
(c) White Rose
(d) Green Rose
ans A
38. Who among the following has been honoured with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2007?
(a) YashChopra
(b) Ustsad Amjad Ali Khan
(c) Manna Dey
(d) A. Nageshwara Rao
ans C
39. An Intelligent terminal
(a) has a microprocessor, but cannot be programmed by the user
(b) can process small data processing jobs, with the use of a large CPU
(c) interacts with the user in English
(d) cannot take data from the user
ans A
40. Which one of the following is not a method of estimating National Income ?
(a) Expenditure method
(b) Product method
(c) Matrix method
(d) Income method
ans C
41. The monetary policy is India is formulated by
(a) Central Government
(b) Industrial Financial Corporation of India
(c) Reserve Bank of India
(d) Industrial Development Bank of India
ans C
42. A short-term government security paper is called
(a) Share
(b) Debenture
(c) Mutual fund
(d) Treasury bill
ans D
43. WTO basically promotes
(a) Financial support
(b) Global peace
(c) Unilateral trade
(d) Multilateral trade
ans D
44. Under which market condition do firms have excess capacity ?
(a) Perfect competition
(b) Monopolistic competition
(c) Duopoly
(d) Oligopoly
ans B
45. Price theory is also known as
(a) Macro Economics
(b) Development Economics
(c) Public Economics
(d) Micro Economics
ans D
46. At present, India is following
(a) Fixed exchange rate
(b) Floating exchange rate
(c) Pegged up exchange rate
(d) Pegged down exchange rate
ans B
47. Who among the following won the ‘ICC Cricketer of the Year Award’ for the year 2009 ?
(a) M.S. Dhoni
(b) Gautam Gambhir
(c) Mitchell Johnson
(d) Tillakaratne Dilshan
ans C
48. The bats can fly in the dark because
(a) they can see the objects in darkness
(b) they have weak legs and are likely to be attacked by predators
(c) they generate flashes of light
(d) they generate ultrasonic sound waves
ans D
49. What changes will happen to a bowl of ice and water kept at exactly zero degree Celsius ?
(a) All ice will melt
(b) All water will become ice
(c) No change will happen
(d) Only some ice will melt
ans C
50. National Income is the
(a) Net National Product at market price
(b) Net National Product at factor cost
(c) Net Domestic Product at market price
(d) Net domestic Product at factor cost
ans B
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