1. Which one of the following is an example for a non-economic good?
(a) Doctor’s service
(b) Teacher’s service
(c) Mother’s service
(d) Banker’s service
ANS C
2. Which one of the following committee is associated with banking sector reforms in India ?
(a) L. C. Gupta
(b) Narsimhan
(c) Chakravarty
(d) Kelkar
ANS B
3. Which one of the following is not a qualitative credit control measure of the RBI?
(a) Fixing margin requirements
(b) Variable interest rates
(c) Open market operations
(d) Credit rationing
ANS C
4. The 13th Five Year Plan will be operative for the period
(a) 2010 - 2015
(b) 2011 - 2016
(c) 2012 - 2017
(d) 2013 - 2018
ANS
5. The national income of a nation is the
(a) Government’s annual revenue
(b) Sum total of factor incomes
(c) Surplus of public sector enterprises
(d) Exports minus imports
ANS B
6. The Constitutional Amendment Act that has introduced safeguards against the misuse of proclamation of national emergency is the
(a) 42nd Amendment Act
(b) 43rd Amendment Act
(c) 44th Amendment Act
(d) 45th Amendment Act
ANS C
7. The Fundamental Rights can be suspended by the
(a) Governor
(b) President
(c) Law Minister
(d) Prime Minister
ANS B
8. The main reason for the growth of communalism in India is
(a) Educational and economic backwardness of minority groups
(b) Political consciousness
(c) Social inequalities
(d) Imposing ban on communal organisations
ANS A
9. A Retired Judge of a High Court is not permitted to practice as a lawyer in
(a) Supreme Court
(b) Any Court in India
(c) High Courts
(d) Except the High Court where he retired
ANS D
10. Which one of the following does not match?
(a) Hindu Marriage Act : 1955
(b) Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act: 1971
(c) Domestic Violence on Women Act: 1990
(d) Cruelty against Women: 1995
ANS C
11. Who among the following was the First Viceroy of India ?
(a) Lord Ripon
(b) Lord Curzon
(c) Lord Mountbatten
(d) Lord Canning
ANS D
12. Prithvi Raj Chauhan was defeated in the Second Battle of Tarain by
(a) Mahmud Ghazni
(b) Muhammad Ghori
(c) Qutbuddin Aibak
(d) Yalduz
ANS B
13. The original name of Nana Phadnavis was
(a) Mahadaji Sindhia
(b) Tukoji Holkar
(c) Narayan Rao
(d) Balaji Janardan Bhanu
ANS D
14. Who among the following first propounded the idea of Basic Education?
(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Dayanand Saraswati
ANS C
15. Arrange the following in chronological order:
I. Dandi March
II. Simon Commission
III. Poona Pact
IV. Gandhi Irwin Pact
(a) II, I, III, IV
(b) II, I, IV, III
(c) IV, III, I, II
(d) IV, III, II I
ANS B
16. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
(a) Darjeeling - West Bengal
(b) Mount Abu - Rajasthan
(c) Kodaikanal - Tamil Nadu
(d) Simla - Uttar Pradesh
ANS D
17. The earth is at its maximum distance from the Sun on
(a) January 30th
(b) December 22nd
(c) September 22nd
(d) July 4th
ANS D
18. Consider the following pairs;
Tributary Main Piver
1. Chambal Yamuna
2. Sone Narmada
3. Manas Brahmputra
Which one of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) Only 3
ANS A
19. A form of condensation that reduces visibility and causes breathing problems is
(a) Dew
(b) Frost
(c) Smog
(d) Mist
ANS C
20. The total population divided by available arable land area is referred to as
(a) Population density
(b) Nutritional density
(c) Agricultural density
(d) Industrial density
ANSA
21. Green glands are associated with
(a) Reproduction
(b) Excretion
(c) Respiration
(d) Digestion
ANS B
22. During respiration, the gases enter into the blood and leave the same by the process of
(a) Active transport
(b) Diffusion
(c) Diffusion and active transport
(d) Osmosis
ANS B
23. Heart is devoid of
(a) Cardiac muscle
(b) Involuntary muscle
(c) Voluntary muscle
(d) Smooth muscle
ANS C
24. The soil salinity is measured by
(a) Conductivity meter
(b) Hygrometer
(c) Psychrometer
(d) Auxanometer
ANS A
25. Which of the following is a fungal disease?
(a) Leucoderma
(b) Eczema
(c) Ringworm
(d) Elephantiasis
ANS C
26. Chickenpox is caused by
(a) DNA virus
(b) Variola virus
(c) Streptococcus
(d) Vi rio cholerae
ANS B
27. In struments can be shielded from outside magnetic effects by surrounding them with
(a) Iron shield
(b) Rubber shield
(c) Brass shield
(d) Glass shield
ANS A
28. Find the odd one.
(a) Marble
(b) Blackboard
(c) Chalk
(d) Slaked lime
ANS A
29. The following is a pseudo-force
(a) Centrepetal force
(b) Centrifugal reaction force
(c) Centrifugal force
(d) Strong nuclear force
ANS C
30. The hydraulic brake used in automobiles is a direct application of
(a) Archimedes principle
(b) Torricellean law
(c) Bernoulli’s Theorem
(d) Pascal’s law
ANS D
31. Of the following, which is the fastest?
(a) CD-ROM
(b) RAM
(c) Registers
(d) Cache
ANS C
32. An alternate name for the completely interconnected network topology is
(a) Mesh
(b) Star
(c) Tree
(d) Ring
ANS A
33. Amides can be converted to amines by the reaction named
(a) Perkin
(b) Claisen
(c) Claisen
(d) Clemmesen
ANS C
34. The base used as an antacid is
(a) Calcium hydroxide
(b) Barium hydroxide
(c) Magnesium hydroxide
(d) Silver hydroxide
ANS C
35. A process which is not helpful in the prevention of rusting of iron is
(a) annealing
(b) applying grease
(c) galvanising
(d) painting
ANS A
36. Denatured alcohol
(a) is a form of alcohol
(b) is unfit for drinking as it contains poisonous substances
(c) contains coloured impurities
(d) is sweet’ to taste
ANS B
37. Phenolics as pollutants can be removed from waste water by use of
(a) Ion exchange resin technique
(b) Electrolyte decomposition technique
(c) Reverse osmosis method
(d) Polymeric adsorbents
ANS D
38. The stability of a pond ecosystem depends on
(a) micro-organisms and fishes
(b) micro-organisms and zoo planktons
(c) fishes and reptiles
(d) producers and consumers
ANS D
39. Supersonic air planes create a shock wave called
(a) Transition wave
(b) Ultrasound
(c) Transverse wave
(d) Sonic boom
ANS D
40. The main factor which determines balance of nature is
(a) human activities
(b) Rabit and habitat
(c) environmental conditions
(d) availability of food
ANS C
41. The danger signals are red while the eye is more sensitive to yellow because
(a) absorption in red is less than yellow and hence red is visi ble from a distance
(b) scattering in yellow light is less than red
(c) the wavelength of red light is more than yellow light
(d) none of the above reasons
ANS A
42. One of the following Chief Ministers received the Highest Civilian Award “Bharat Ratna”
(a) Lalu Prasad Yadav of Bihar
(b) Late M. G. Ramachandran of Tamil Nadu
(c) Jyothi Basu of West Bengal
(d) Late N. T. Rama Rao of Andhra Pradesh
ANS B
43. The first ‘disabled athelete’ to qualify for an able bodied event in the 2012 London Olympics in 400 metres race is
(a) Oscar Pistorius
(b) Walter Rallis
(c) Raymond Irchovich
(d) Gerald Hangovin
ANS A
44. Which one of the following film actors has been conferred the Honorary Doctorate in Arts and Culture by the Bedford University, London?
(a) Shahrukh Khan
(b) Amir Khan
(c) Saif Ali Khan
(d) Anil Kapoor
ANS A
45. The city of Prayag was named Allahabad -the city of Allah by
(a) Aurangzeb
(b) Akbar
(c) Shahjehan
(d) Bahadur Shah Zafar
ANS B
46. Spot the odd one from the following:
(a) Tsunami
(b) Earthquakes
(c) Windmills
(d) Cyclones
ANS C
47. Who among the following has won the Pantaloon’s Femina Miss India World, 2012 Award?
(a) Prachi Misra
(b) Vanya Misra
(c) RocheIla Maria
(d) Sandhya Agarwal
ANS B
48. Which one of the following statements is not correct about India’s population as per the 2011 census?
(a) Literacy rate has gone up to 74% from 65%
(b) Kerala has the highest literacy rate
(c) Bihar has the lowest literacy rate
(d) Men outnumber women in growth of literates
ANS D
49. Who advocated the adoption of ‘PURA’ model to eradicate rural poverty ?
(a) Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
(b) Sri Abhijit Sen
(c) Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
(d) Prof. A. M. Patha
ANS A
50. Which one of the following though called a garden is infact, not a garden?
(a) Vrindavan Garden of My sore
(b) Hanging Garden of Mumbai
(c) Eden Garden of Kolkata
(d) Shalimar Garden of Kashmir
ANS C
(a) Doctor’s service
(b) Teacher’s service
(c) Mother’s service
(d) Banker’s service
ANS C
2. Which one of the following committee is associated with banking sector reforms in India ?
(a) L. C. Gupta
(b) Narsimhan
(c) Chakravarty
(d) Kelkar
ANS B
3. Which one of the following is not a qualitative credit control measure of the RBI?
(a) Fixing margin requirements
(b) Variable interest rates
(c) Open market operations
(d) Credit rationing
ANS C
4. The 13th Five Year Plan will be operative for the period
(a) 2010 - 2015
(b) 2011 - 2016
(c) 2012 - 2017
(d) 2013 - 2018
ANS
5. The national income of a nation is the
(a) Government’s annual revenue
(b) Sum total of factor incomes
(c) Surplus of public sector enterprises
(d) Exports minus imports
ANS B
6. The Constitutional Amendment Act that has introduced safeguards against the misuse of proclamation of national emergency is the
(a) 42nd Amendment Act
(b) 43rd Amendment Act
(c) 44th Amendment Act
(d) 45th Amendment Act
ANS C
7. The Fundamental Rights can be suspended by the
(a) Governor
(b) President
(c) Law Minister
(d) Prime Minister
ANS B
8. The main reason for the growth of communalism in India is
(a) Educational and economic backwardness of minority groups
(b) Political consciousness
(c) Social inequalities
(d) Imposing ban on communal organisations
ANS A
9. A Retired Judge of a High Court is not permitted to practice as a lawyer in
(a) Supreme Court
(b) Any Court in India
(c) High Courts
(d) Except the High Court where he retired
ANS D
10. Which one of the following does not match?
(a) Hindu Marriage Act : 1955
(b) Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act: 1971
(c) Domestic Violence on Women Act: 1990
(d) Cruelty against Women: 1995
ANS C
11. Who among the following was the First Viceroy of India ?
(a) Lord Ripon
(b) Lord Curzon
(c) Lord Mountbatten
(d) Lord Canning
ANS D
12. Prithvi Raj Chauhan was defeated in the Second Battle of Tarain by
(a) Mahmud Ghazni
(b) Muhammad Ghori
(c) Qutbuddin Aibak
(d) Yalduz
ANS B
13. The original name of Nana Phadnavis was
(a) Mahadaji Sindhia
(b) Tukoji Holkar
(c) Narayan Rao
(d) Balaji Janardan Bhanu
ANS D
14. Who among the following first propounded the idea of Basic Education?
(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Dayanand Saraswati
ANS C
15. Arrange the following in chronological order:
I. Dandi March
II. Simon Commission
III. Poona Pact
IV. Gandhi Irwin Pact
(a) II, I, III, IV
(b) II, I, IV, III
(c) IV, III, I, II
(d) IV, III, II I
ANS B
16. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
(a) Darjeeling - West Bengal
(b) Mount Abu - Rajasthan
(c) Kodaikanal - Tamil Nadu
(d) Simla - Uttar Pradesh
ANS D
17. The earth is at its maximum distance from the Sun on
(a) January 30th
(b) December 22nd
(c) September 22nd
(d) July 4th
ANS D
18. Consider the following pairs;
Tributary Main Piver
1. Chambal Yamuna
2. Sone Narmada
3. Manas Brahmputra
Which one of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) Only 3
ANS A
19. A form of condensation that reduces visibility and causes breathing problems is
(a) Dew
(b) Frost
(c) Smog
(d) Mist
ANS C
20. The total population divided by available arable land area is referred to as
(a) Population density
(b) Nutritional density
(c) Agricultural density
(d) Industrial density
ANSA
21. Green glands are associated with
(a) Reproduction
(b) Excretion
(c) Respiration
(d) Digestion
ANS B
22. During respiration, the gases enter into the blood and leave the same by the process of
(a) Active transport
(b) Diffusion
(c) Diffusion and active transport
(d) Osmosis
ANS B
23. Heart is devoid of
(a) Cardiac muscle
(b) Involuntary muscle
(c) Voluntary muscle
(d) Smooth muscle
ANS C
24. The soil salinity is measured by
(a) Conductivity meter
(b) Hygrometer
(c) Psychrometer
(d) Auxanometer
ANS A
25. Which of the following is a fungal disease?
(a) Leucoderma
(b) Eczema
(c) Ringworm
(d) Elephantiasis
ANS C
26. Chickenpox is caused by
(a) DNA virus
(b) Variola virus
(c) Streptococcus
(d) Vi rio cholerae
ANS B
27. In struments can be shielded from outside magnetic effects by surrounding them with
(a) Iron shield
(b) Rubber shield
(c) Brass shield
(d) Glass shield
ANS A
28. Find the odd one.
(a) Marble
(b) Blackboard
(c) Chalk
(d) Slaked lime
ANS A
29. The following is a pseudo-force
(a) Centrepetal force
(b) Centrifugal reaction force
(c) Centrifugal force
(d) Strong nuclear force
ANS C
30. The hydraulic brake used in automobiles is a direct application of
(a) Archimedes principle
(b) Torricellean law
(c) Bernoulli’s Theorem
(d) Pascal’s law
ANS D
31. Of the following, which is the fastest?
(a) CD-ROM
(b) RAM
(c) Registers
(d) Cache
ANS C
32. An alternate name for the completely interconnected network topology is
(a) Mesh
(b) Star
(c) Tree
(d) Ring
ANS A
33. Amides can be converted to amines by the reaction named
(a) Perkin
(b) Claisen
(c) Claisen
(d) Clemmesen
ANS C
34. The base used as an antacid is
(a) Calcium hydroxide
(b) Barium hydroxide
(c) Magnesium hydroxide
(d) Silver hydroxide
ANS C
35. A process which is not helpful in the prevention of rusting of iron is
(a) annealing
(b) applying grease
(c) galvanising
(d) painting
ANS A
36. Denatured alcohol
(a) is a form of alcohol
(b) is unfit for drinking as it contains poisonous substances
(c) contains coloured impurities
(d) is sweet’ to taste
ANS B
37. Phenolics as pollutants can be removed from waste water by use of
(a) Ion exchange resin technique
(b) Electrolyte decomposition technique
(c) Reverse osmosis method
(d) Polymeric adsorbents
ANS D
38. The stability of a pond ecosystem depends on
(a) micro-organisms and fishes
(b) micro-organisms and zoo planktons
(c) fishes and reptiles
(d) producers and consumers
ANS D
39. Supersonic air planes create a shock wave called
(a) Transition wave
(b) Ultrasound
(c) Transverse wave
(d) Sonic boom
ANS D
40. The main factor which determines balance of nature is
(a) human activities
(b) Rabit and habitat
(c) environmental conditions
(d) availability of food
ANS C
41. The danger signals are red while the eye is more sensitive to yellow because
(a) absorption in red is less than yellow and hence red is visi ble from a distance
(b) scattering in yellow light is less than red
(c) the wavelength of red light is more than yellow light
(d) none of the above reasons
ANS A
42. One of the following Chief Ministers received the Highest Civilian Award “Bharat Ratna”
(a) Lalu Prasad Yadav of Bihar
(b) Late M. G. Ramachandran of Tamil Nadu
(c) Jyothi Basu of West Bengal
(d) Late N. T. Rama Rao of Andhra Pradesh
ANS B
43. The first ‘disabled athelete’ to qualify for an able bodied event in the 2012 London Olympics in 400 metres race is
(a) Oscar Pistorius
(b) Walter Rallis
(c) Raymond Irchovich
(d) Gerald Hangovin
ANS A
44. Which one of the following film actors has been conferred the Honorary Doctorate in Arts and Culture by the Bedford University, London?
(a) Shahrukh Khan
(b) Amir Khan
(c) Saif Ali Khan
(d) Anil Kapoor
ANS A
45. The city of Prayag was named Allahabad -the city of Allah by
(a) Aurangzeb
(b) Akbar
(c) Shahjehan
(d) Bahadur Shah Zafar
ANS B
46. Spot the odd one from the following:
(a) Tsunami
(b) Earthquakes
(c) Windmills
(d) Cyclones
ANS C
47. Who among the following has won the Pantaloon’s Femina Miss India World, 2012 Award?
(a) Prachi Misra
(b) Vanya Misra
(c) RocheIla Maria
(d) Sandhya Agarwal
ANS B
48. Which one of the following statements is not correct about India’s population as per the 2011 census?
(a) Literacy rate has gone up to 74% from 65%
(b) Kerala has the highest literacy rate
(c) Bihar has the lowest literacy rate
(d) Men outnumber women in growth of literates
ANS D
49. Who advocated the adoption of ‘PURA’ model to eradicate rural poverty ?
(a) Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
(b) Sri Abhijit Sen
(c) Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
(d) Prof. A. M. Patha
ANS A
50. Which one of the following though called a garden is infact, not a garden?
(a) Vrindavan Garden of My sore
(b) Hanging Garden of Mumbai
(c) Eden Garden of Kolkata
(d) Shalimar Garden of Kashmir
ANS C
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