1. The headquarters of the Asian Development Bank is located at—

(A) Bangkok

(B) Singapore

(C) Kualalumpur

(D) Manila

Ans : (D)

2. Explicit cost means—

(A) Payments made for short period

(B) Payments made for long period

(C) Payments incurred on fixed and variable costs

(D) Payments made for productive resources

Ans : (D)

3. The most important aspect affecting cropping pattern is—

(A) The social consideration

(B) The economic consideration

(C) The political consideration

(D) The geographical consideration

Ans : (D)

4. Which is the most mobile factor of production ?

(A) Land

(B) Labour

(C) Capital

(D) Organisation

Ans : (C)

5. Cottage and small scale industries are desirable in Indian Economy from the point of view of—

(A) Income generation

(B) Large scale production

(C) Low cost technology

(D) Employment generation

Ans : (D)

6. Which one of the following item is entered as credit in the balance of Payment Account ?

(A) Imports from abroad

(B) Purchase of assets from abroad

(C) Sale of assets abroad

(D) Purchase of gold from abroad

Ans : (C)

7. When there are economies of scale, it means that an increase in production must be accompanied by—

(A) A reduction in total cost of production

(B) A reduction in average cost of production

(C) A reduction in prices of inputs

(D) An increase in profitability of producers

Ans : (B)

8. G-77 stands for a group of 77—

(A) Capitalist countries

(B) Socialist countries

(C) Advanced countries

(D) Developing countries

Ans : (D)

9. Changes in Bank Rate affects—

(A) The market rate of interest

(B) Select industries for investments

(C) Banks giving loans

(D) The cash reserve ratios

Ans : (A)

10. Total costs is a combination of—

(A) Fixed cost and variable cost

(B) Money cost and real cost

(C) Economic cost and social cost

(D) Past cost and future cost

Ans : (A)

11. The present strength of the Rajya Sabha is—

(A) 245

(B) 250

(C) 260

(D) 300

Ans : (A)

12. The electoral college for election to the office of the President consists of elected members of the—

(A) Lok Sabha

(B) Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha

(C) Lok Sabha, the Rajya Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies

(D) None of these

Ans : (C)

13. Under which Article of the Constitution the central government can take pre-emptive action to protect any state against external aggression and internal disturbances—

(A) 355

(B) 356

(C) 357

(D) 358

Ans : (A)

14. When did India become a Republic ? On—

(A) August 15, 1947

(B) November 26, 1949

(C) January 26, 1950

(D) December 10, 1946

Ans : (C)

15. Who was the first Indian Scholar who treated Mathematics as a distinct subject ?

(A) Brahma Gupta

(B) Aryabhatta

(C) Varahamihira

(D) Ramanujam

Ans : (B)

16. In Buddhism a Chaitya is also known as—

(A) Residence of the Monks

(B) Hall of Worship

(C) Dining Hall

(D) Congregation Hall

Ans : (D)

17. When were Goa, Diu and Daman annexed into the Indian Union ?

(A) 1947 A.D.

(B) 1961 A.D.

(C) 1951 A.D.

(D) 1954 A.D.

Ans : (B)

18. The Maldives are the islands of this ocean—

(A) Atlantic Ocean

(B) Indian Ocean

(C) Pacific Ocean

(D) Arctic Ocean

Ans : (B)

19. Shiva is worshipped as Nataraja in a famous temple in Tamil Nadu, where ?

(A) Tanjore

(B) Madurai

(C) Rameshwaram

(D) Chidambaram

Ans : (D)

20. Australia is particularly known for—

(A) Wheat Mills and Wheat Cultivation

(B) Sheep rearing and Mining

(C) Lumbering and Paper Mills

(D) Jute Mills and Jute Cultivation

Ans : (B)

21. Lime is sometimes applied to soil in order to—

(A) Increase the acidity of the soil

(B) Decrease the alkalinity of the soil

(C) Decrease the acidity of the soil

(D) Increase the alkalinity of the soil

Ans : (D)

22. Which of the following depletes the ozone layer ?

(A) CFC’s

(B) Carbon dioxide

(C) Carbon monoxide

(D) Nitrogen dioxide

Ans : (A)

23. The turgid condition of a cell is due to—

(A) Loss of water

(B) Entry of water

(C) Loss of solutes

(D) Entry of solutes

Ans : (B)

24. In the blood group ‘O’ the antigen present is—

(A) A

(B) B

(C) A and B

(D) No antigen

Ans : (D)

25. The time-period of a pendulum on the moon—

(A) Decreases

(B) Increases

(C) Remains the same

(D) Is zero

Ans : (B)

26. The human ear is sensitive to sound intensity ranging from—

(A) 200 to 300 db

(B) 300 to 400 db

(C) 500 to 600 db

(D) 0 to 180 db

Ans : (D)

27. A solar eclipse occurs when the—

(A) Sun comes between the earth and the moon

(B) Moon comes between the sun and the earth

(C) Earth comes between the sun and the moon

(D) Sun comes between the earth and the star

Ans : (B)

28. The Angstrom unit measures—

(A) Temperature

(B) Electric current

(C) Time

(D) Wavelength

Ans : (D)

29. We can hold a pen due to the—

(A) Force of gravity

(B) Force of friction

(C) Force of weight

(D) Work done by our muscles

Ans : (B)

30. One calorie of energy is equivalent to—

(A) 0·42 joule

(B) 4·2 joule

(C) 42 joule

(D) 420 joule

Ans : (B)

31. Metals, when exposed to electromagnetic radiations, emit—

(A) Electrons

(B) Protons

(C) Neutrons

(D) Alpha particles

Ans : (A)

32. Which one of the following is a super cooled liquid ?

(A) Mercury

(B) Bromine

(C) Glass

(D) Ice-cream

Ans : (C)

33. Haemoglobin is an Iron-containing—

(A) Nucleic acid

(B) Protein

(C) Antibody

(D) Hormone

Ans : (B)

34. Green flames given out by the burning of firework is due to the presence of—

(A) Sodium

(B) Barium

(C) Potassium

(D) Calcium

Ans : (B)

35. Which one of the following is not a function of protein ?

(A) Building up of tissues

(B) Catalysing some reactions

(C) Growth of bones

(D) Repair of torn tissues

Ans : (B)

36. Metal used for galvanising iron is—

(A) Mercury

(B) Aluminium

(C) Copper

(D) Zinc

Ans : (D)

37. An example of a synthetic rubber is—

(A) Neoprene

(B) Nylon

(C) Rayon

(D) Polyester

Ans : (A)

38. The metal which is called Quick Silver is—

(A) Silver

(B) Aluminium

(C) Mercury

(D) Lead

Ans : (C)

39. What is the tenure of office of the Vice-President ?

(A) Co-terminus with that of the President

(B) Five years

(C) Six years

(D) As decided by the Electoral College voting the person

Ans : (B)

40. Who amidst the following Presidents held office for two terms ?

(A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

(B) Dr. Radhakrishnan

(C) Dr. Zakir Hussain

(D) Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma

Ans : (A)

41. Which of the following constitutional documents had the most profound influence in creating the Indian Constitution ?

(A) The Government of India Act, 1935

(B) The US Constitution

(C) The British Constitution

(D) The UN Charter

Ans : (A)

42. Which of the following produces the widely used antibiotic penicillin ?

(A) An algae

(B) A bacterium

(C) A synthetic process

(D) A fungus

Ans : (D)

43. What forms the largest part of most diets ?

(A) Nucleic acid

(B) Proteins

(C) Carbohydrates

(D) Lipids

Ans : (C)

44. Acid present in Tamarind is—

(A) Citric acid

(B) Acetic acid

(C) Tartaric acid

(D) Oxalic acid

Ans : (C)

45. Which of the following diseases is caused by a viral infection ?

(A) Typhoid

(B) Cholera

(C) Common cold

(D) Tetanus

Ans : (C)

46. In which part of India does saffron grow ?

(A) Darjeeling district

(B) Kashmir

(C) Hills in Madhya Pradesh

(D) Nilgiri Hills

Ans : (B)

47. India is one of the largest producer of which of the following spices ?

1. Black pepper

2. Cardamom

3. Cloves

4. Ginger

Select the correct answer by using the codes given below :

(A) 1 and 3

(B) 2 and 3

(C) 1, 2 and 4

(D) 3 and 4

Ans : (C)

48. Which one of the following is not a Fundamental Right ?

(A) Right to strike

(B) Right against exploitation

(C) Right to equality

(D) Right to freedom of religion

Ans : (A)

49. Who can issue the writs for enforcement of the fundamental rights ?

(A) The District Judge

(B) The Human Rights Commission

(C) The High Court and the Supreme Court

(D) The Director General of Police

Ans : (C)

50. What does hail consist of ?

(A) Granular ice

(B) Crystals of ice

(C) Water droplets

(D) Masses of ice in layers one above the other

Ans : (D)

76. In which of the following groups, animals bear no teeth ?

(A) Peacock, Ostrich, Tortoise

(B) Owl, Loris, Crow

(C) Alligator, Turtle, Tortoise

(D) Turtle, Kiwi, Cow

77. Jaundice is a symptom of disease of—

(A) Kidney

(B) Liver

(C) Pancreas

(D) Thyroid

78. The vaccination against small pox involves the introduction of—

(A) Killed germs

(B) Weakened germs

(C) Live antibodies

(D) Activated germs

79. Deficiency of Vitamin B₆ in man causes—

(A) Rickets

(B) Scurvy

(C) Beri-beri

(D) Anaemia

80. Which is the national flower of India ?

(A) Rose

(B) Lotus

(C) Lily

(D) Sunflower

81. First successful heart transplantation was done by—

(A) D. S. Paintal

(B) C. N. Barnard

(C) D. Shetty

(D) P. K. Sen

82. Yellow Fever is transmitted by—

(A) Aedes

(B) Anopheles

(C) House-fly

(D) Culex

83. Which one of the following is a major green house gas ?

(A) Carbon dioxide

(B) Chloro fluorocarbon

(C) Carbon monoxide

(D) Freon

84. In atmosphere the lowermost layer is—

(A) Troposphere

(B) Exosphere

(C) Ionosphere

(D) Strato sphere

85. Washing of peeled vegetables removes the vitamin—

(A) A

(B) C

(C) D

(D) E

86. Pasteurisation is the process in which milk is heated to—

(A) 60° C for 10 minutes

(B) 63° C for 20 minutes

(C) 63° C for 30 minutes

(D) 72° C for 10 minutes

87. Match List-I with List-II and give the correct answer from the code given below :

List-I (Discoverer)

(a) Jenner

(b) Watson

(c) Landsteiner

(d) Flemming

List-II (Discoveries)

1. Blood grouping

2. Penicillin

3. Vaccination

4. Double helix

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 3 1 2 4

(B) 3 4 2 1

(C) 3 4 1 2

(D) 3 2 4 1

88. Which of the following is most elastic ?

(A) Rubber

(B) Wet clay

(C) Steel

(D) Plastic

89. The first ever robot spacecraft to probe planet Venus was named—

(A) Galileo

(B) Magellan

(C) Newton

(D) Challenger

90. A man with colour blindness will see red as—

(A) Yellow

(B) Blue

(C) Green

(D) Violet

91. Comets revolve around the—

(A) Earth

(B) Venus

(C) Sun

(D) Jupiter

92. When a person walking in bright Sunlight enters a dark room, he is not able to see clearly for a little while because—

(A) The eye muscles cannot immediately adjust the focal length of the eye lens

(B) The retina retains the bright images for sometime and becomes momentarily insensitive

(C) The iris is, unable to contract the pupil immediately

(D) The iris is unable to dilate the pupil immediately

93. The swing of a spinning cricket ball in air can be explained on the basis of—

(A) Sudden change in wind direction

(B) Buoyancy of air

(C) Turbulance caused by wind

(D) Bernoulli’s theorem

94. The freezer in a refrigerator is fitted near the top—

(A) To keep it away from hot compressor which is nearer to the bottom

(B) Because of convenience

(C) It facilitates convection currents

(D) To minimise power consumption

95. The chemical name of ‘Common salt’ is—

(A) Sodium chloride

(B) Sodium nitrate

(C) Ammonium chloride

(D) Calcium chloride

96. Denatured spirit is ethanol mixed with—

(A) Petrol

(B) Kerosene

(C) Water

(D) Pyridine

97. The metal, which is a constituent of vitamin B₁₂ is—

(A) Iron

(B) Magnesium

(C) Zinc

(D) Cobalt

98. The most abundant inert gas in the atmosphere is—

(A) Helium

(B) Neon

(C) Argon

(D) Krypton

99. Which metal is extracted from sea water ?

(A) Potassium

(B) Magnesium

(C) Aluminium

(D) Beryllium

100. Precentage of lead in lead pencils is—

(A) 0

(B) 31 – 66

(C) 40

(D) 80

Answers

76. (A) 77. (B) 78. (C) 79. (D)

80. (B) 81. (B) 82. (A) 83. (A) 84. (A)

85. (B) 86. (C) 87. (C) 88. (C) 89. (B)

90. (C) 91. (C) 92. (B) 93. (D) 94. (C)

95. (A) 96. (C) 97. (D) 98. (C) 99. (B)

100. (A)

Questions asked in various  Exams

1.Which of the following is the Punjabi
code for the illegal immigrants who go abroad
in a group on a visitor’s visa or a ‘sticker visa’
(take visa) and then simply vanish?

(a) Shikar
(b) Kabootar
(c) Tota
(d) Human Cargo

2.Universal receivers can receive blood
from:

(a) Group AB only
(b) Group O only
(c) Groups O, A, B, AB
(d) Groups A, AB
3.
Which female astronaut spent the max-
imum time in space?

(a) Lisa Norwak
(b) Kalpana Chawla
(c) Sunita Williams
(d) None of these

4.13th Asian Archery Championship was
held in:

(a) Myanmar
(b) Singapore
(c) Taiwan
(d) Sri Lanka

5.Name the company having the punch-
line “Customer power wins again”.

(a) Apollo Tyres
(b) MRF Tyres
(c) Radlab Tyres
(d) JK Tyres

6.Name the country in which MTNL

(Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited) has
won licences for operating cellular mobile, WLL
and International Long Distance (ILD) services.

(a) Kenya
(b) Nepal
(c) Afghanistan
(d) Mauritius

7.Which one of the following lenses
should be used to correct the defect of astig-
matism?

(a) Cylindrical lens
(b) Concave lens
(c) Convex lens
(d) Bifocal lens

8.Why is December 18 observed as
Minorities Rights Day?

(a) On this date in 1947 our Constituent
Assembly adopted the Articles 25 and
29 regarding the protection of minori-
ties

(b) On this date in 1992 the United Nations
adopted a declaration regarding the
protection of rights of minorities

(c) On this date in 1892, Abdul Kalam
Azad was born

(d) On this date in 1950 India gave the
assurance in the UN General Assembly
that it would protect the existence of
the national or ethnic, cultural, reli-
gious and linguistic identity of minori-
ties and encourage conditions for the
promotion of their identity

9.Which of the following projects has
been launched by the Ministry of Science and
Technology to protect India’s traditional
knowledge?

(a) Traditional Knowledge Bank
(b) Pride in Past
(c) Glorious India
(d) Traditional Knowledge Digital Library

10.The least populated State in India is:

(a) Goa
(b) Sikkim
(c) Manipur
(d) Madhya Pradesh

11.Which of the following Indian firms
has signed an agreement to acquire Australia-
based Expert Information Services Pvt. Ltd.
(Expert)?

(a) Sify
(b) Infosys
(c) TCS
(d) Wipro

12.A test tube baby means:

(a) a baby grown in a test tube
(b) embryo fertilized in uterus and devel-
oped in test tube
(c) embryo fertilized and developed in
uterus
(d) fertilization in vitro and then trans-
plantation in the uterus

13.What is ‘Teletext’?

(a) Flashing of telephone conversation on
TV screen
(b) Printing the text of the message on the
telex machine
(c) Connecting the local telephones with
outstation telephones without STD
codes
(d) Flashing of the text of news and
information on the TV screen

14.The causative agent of Tuberculosis is:

(a) Mycobacterium
(b) Aspergillus
(c) Rhabdovirus
(d) HIV

15.In which of the following States is
India’s largest producer of poultry products,
Venkateshwara Hatcheries group, situated?

(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Kerala
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Karnataka

16.Which of the following is correctly
matched?

Organisation   &  Headquarters

1. International Monetary Fund  i. Manila

2. Asian Development Bank    ii. Lyons (France)

3. INTERPOL          iii. Brussels

4. NATO             iv. Washington DC

(A) iv i ii iii
(B) i ii iii iv
(C) ii iii iv i
(D) iii iv i ii

17.Which among the following is a mar-
tial dance?

(a) Kathakali
(b) Bamboo dance in Meghalaya
(c) Chhau of Mayurbhanj
(d) Bhangra of Punjab

18.8th March is observed as:

(a) International Day for Elderly People
(b) International Children’s Day
(c) International Women’s Day
(d) International Human Rights Day

19.Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was equated
with:

(a) Mazzini
(b) Cavour
(c) Garibaldi
(d) Bismarck

20.Mica is fond in which one of the fol-
lowing pairs of rocks?

(a) Slate—Sandstone
(b) Schist—Gneiss
(c) Limestone—Sandstone
(d) Shale—Limestone

21.The Tenth Plan aimed to reduce the
poverty ratio by 2007 to:

(a) 10%
(b) 30%
(c) 20%
(d) 5%

22.Which of the following Hollywood art
directors, who won 11 Oscar awards, designed
the Oscar statuette in 1926?

(a) Peter Jackson
(b) Cedric Gibbons
(c) Sean Penn
(d) Tim Robbins

23.During the Non-Cooperation Move-
ment, which award did Gandhiji return?

(a) Right Honourable
(d) Rai Bahadur
(c) Hind Kesari
(d) Kaiser-e-Hind

24.Capital : Output Ratio of a commodity
measures:

(a) its per unit cost of production

(b) the amount of capital invested per unit
of output

(c) the ratio of capital depreciation to
quantity of output

(d) the ratio of working capital employed
to quantity of output

25.Bhagirathi, a collection of poems in
Sanskrit by renowned scholar Govind Chandra
Pande, has been chosen for the presti-
gious____for 2003:

(a) Shalaka Samman
(b) Vyas Samman
(c) Kalidas Samman
(d) Saraswati Samman

26.The International Court of Justice
holds its sessions at its headquarters in:

(a) Lake Success
(b) Amsterdam
(c) The Hague
(d) Paris

27.What percentage of solar radiation
directly reaches the earth?

(a) 47
(b) 27
(c) 20
(d) 15

28.What percentage of the earth’s surface
is covered under water?

(a) 51
(b) 60
(c) 71
(d) 75

29.The removal of soil at a rate faster
than its formation is:

(a) Soil erosion
(b) Accelerated erosion
(c) Lateral erosion
(d) None of the above

30.The length of the year is greatest on
the:

(a) Mercury
(b) Earth
(c) Jupiter
(d) Pluto

31.The largest producer of sugar in the
world is:

(a) Brazil
(b) Indonesia
(c) Mexico
(d) Cuba

32.Which of the following cities is situat-
ed on the banks of River Tiber?

(a) Tokyo
(b) Rome
(c) Peking
(d) Berlin

33.The State in India with the largest
coastline is:

(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Kerala
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Maharashtra

34.Which is the most irrigated State in
India?

(a) UP
(b) Punjab
(c) Haryana
(d) Bihar

35.Tin yielding State in India is:

(a) Rajasthan
(b) Punjab
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Jharkhand

36.The Rihand Dam is constructed on
tributary of which river:

(a) Chambal
(b) Sone
(c) Murali
(d) Periyar

37.The weight of the cricket ball is
approximately:

(a) 3.6 oz
(b) 4.3 oz
(c) 5.5 oz
(d) 6.5 oz

38.‘Breast Stroke’ is a term associated
with:

(a) Swimming
(b) Boxing
(c) Football
(d) Kabaddi

39.National game of Canada is:

(a) Cricket
(b) Football
(c) Ice Hockey
(d) Tennis

40.Name the first Arabic writer to be
awarded Nobel Prize for Literature:

(a) Salman Rushdie
(b) Gen Gaddafi
(c) Yasser Arafat
(d) Naguib Mah Fouz

41.Who among the following was the first
recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
award?

(a) Dhanraj Pillai
(b) Homi Matiwala
(c) Vishwanathan Anand
(d) Bahadur Prasad

42.The ‘Servants of India Society’ was
founded by:

(a) Annie Beasant
(b) Gopalakrishna Gokhale
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji

43.Who defined democracy as a “Govern-
ment of the people, by the people and for the
people?”

(a) Ruskin
(b) Abraham Lincoln
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Aristotle

44.The earliest of the holy books of the
Hindus is the:

(a) Gita
(b) Ramayana
(c) Mahabharata
(d) Vedas

45.Ashoka sent his son and daughter for
preaching of Buddhism to:

(a) Sumatra
(b) Cambodia
(c) Javadvipa
(d) Ceylon

46.The capital of Kanishka was:

(a) Taxila
(b) Multan
(c) Gandhara
(d) Purushapura

47.The famous financial advisor to Akbar
was:

(a) Todar Mall
(b) Abul Fazl
(c) Raja of Jodhpur
(d) Bairam Khan

48.Who among the following was the first
of a series of hereditary Peshwas hailing from
the Bhatt family?

(a) Balaji Biswanath
(b) Baji Rao
(c) Balaji Baji Rao
(d) Sambhaji

49.Indian Air Force was established in
the year:

(a) 1932
(b) 1947
(c) 1857
(d) 1950

50.In which year Planning Commission
was set up?

(a) 1956
(b) 1950
(c) 1940
(d) 1947

ANSWERS
1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (c) 4. (a)
5. (d) 6. (d) 7. (a) 8. (d)
9. (d) 10. (b) 11. (b) 12. (d)
13. (d) 14. (a) 15. (c) 16. (a)
17. (c) 18. (c) 19. (d) 20. (b)
21. (d) 22. (b) 23. (d) 24. (b)
25. (d) 26. (c) 27. (a) 28. (c)
29. (a) 30. (d) 31. (a) 32. (b)
33. (a) 34. (c) 35. (d) 36. (b)
37. (c) 38. (a) 39. (c) 40. (d)
41. (c) 42. (b) 43. (b) 44. (d)
45. (d) 46. (d) 47. (a) 48. (a)
49. (a) 50. (b)

(a) Jamshedpur and Rourkela
(b) Durgapur and Bokaro
(c) Bhilai and Durgapur
(d) Bokaro and Bhilai

answer:(d) Bokaro and Bhilai

2.Command Area Development Pro-
gramme was launched to:

(a) ensure that land is given to the tillers
(b) ensure better utilisation of irrigation
potential
(c) development of land under Army’s
Command
(d) poverty alleviation in selected areas

answer: (b) ensure better utilisation of irrigation

3.Which is the river across which Almatti
dam is being built?

(a) Tungabhadra
(b) Godavari
(c) Krishna
(d) Sharvathi

Answer: (c) Krishna

4.Who invented the Microprocessor?

(a) Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore
(b) Georges Claude
(c) Gregory Pincus
(d) Michael de Bakey

answer a) Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore

5.Who amongst the following is renowned
in the field of instrumental music—Shehnai?

(a) Ustad Alla Rakha
(b) Ustad Bismillah Khan
(c) Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
(d) Pt Vishwamohan Bhat

Answer b) Ustad Bismillah Khan

6.Who is the author of An Equal Music?

(a) Dick Francis
(b) Vikram Seth
(c) Salman Rushdie
(d) Anurag Mathur

answer: (b) Vikram Seth

7.Ashoka’s Dhamma can be best
described as:

(a) Modified form of Brahmanism
(b) A socio-ethical code of conduct
(c) Propagation of Bhakti
(d) Modified form of Dharmasastra

answer: (b) A socio-ethical code of conduct

8.Who was the founder of the City of
Agra?

(a) Mohammad Tughlaq
(b) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Sikandar Lodhi
(d) Ibrahim Lodhi

answer c) Sikandar Lodhi

9.After the fall of Napoleon Bonaparte,
Peace Treaty was signed at:

(a) Versailles
(b) Berlin
(c) Vienna
(d) Paris

answer a) Versailles

10.Which of the following States was NOT
annexed under the Doctrine of Lapse?

(a) Satara
(b) Jhansi
(c) Awadh
(d) Nagpur

answer d) Nagpur

11.Which of the following Indian States is
broadly as large as the European nation—
Greece?

(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Orissa
(c) Bihar
(d) Assam

answer b) Orissa

12.Water from an artesian well flows up
automatically due to:

(a) heavy rainfall in region
(b) volcanic activity
(c) hydrostatic pressure
(d) geothermal energy

answer c) hydrostatic pressure

13.A coal mining area of the Damodar
Valley is:

(a) Korba
(b) Sambhalpur
(c) Singareni
(d) Raniganj

answer: (d) Raniganj

14.Which racial group does the tribals of
Andaman Islands resemble?

(a) Negrito
(b) Mongoloid
(c) Alpinoid
(d) Nordic

answer: (b) Mongoloid

15.If a country ‘devalued’ its currency, it
would be having:

(a) floating exchange rate system
(b) fixed exchange rate system
(c) exports would fall
(d) dirty float

answer: (b) fixed exchange rate system

16.The crucial determinant of the size of
the market is:

(a) Monetary expansion
(b) Inducement for investment
(c) Productivity
(d) Savings

answer b) Inducement for investment

17.Which one of the following is not an
example of direct tax?

(a) Income Tax
(b) Wealth Tax
(c) Gift Tax
(d) Sales Tax

answer: (d) Sales Tax

18.According to the quantity theory, the
quantity of money determines the:

(a) interest rate
(b) level of real output
(c) price level
(d) level of employment

answer: (c) price level

19.A company is said to be “sick” when
the accumulated loss at the end of any finan-
cial year leads to erosion of…. per cent of its
net worth.

(a) 100%
(b) 75%
(c) 50%
(d) 25%

answer: (c) 50%

20.Who is legally competent to declare
war or conclude peace treaty?

(a) The Prime Minister
(b) The Council of Ministers
(c) The President
(d) The Parliament

answer: (c) The President

21.Who decides the disputes regarding
the election of the Vice-President?

(a) The President
(b) The Parliament
(c) The Supreme Court
(d) The Election Commission

answer c) The Supreme Court

22.Which right in India is a constitutional
right, but not a fundamental right?

(a) Right to freedom of religion
(b) Cultural and Educational Rights
(c) Right against exploitation
(d) Right to property

answer d) Right to property

23.Who certifies a bill to be a money bill
in Indian States?

(a) State Assembly Speaker
(d) State Finance Minister
(c) Governor of the State
(d) Chief Justice of the High Court

answer a) State Assembly Speaker

24.The right to freedom from illegal
detention is secured through the writ of:

(a) Mandamus
(b) Prohibition
(c) Quo-warranto
(d) Habeas Corpus

answer d) Habeas Corpus

25.Name the chemical used for
removing air bubbles from glass during its
manufacture.

(a) Soda-ash
(b) Feldspar
(c) Potassium Carbonate
(d) Arsenious Oxide

answer a) Soda-ash

26.Which form of Iron has got the highest
carbon content?

(a) Mild Steel
(b) Stainless Steel
(c) Wrought Iron
(d) Cast Iron

answer b) Stainless Steel

27.A green leaf placed in a dark room
is illuminated by red light. The leaf will
appear:

(a) green
(b) red
(c) yellow
(d) black

(c) yellow

28.Triple vaccine is administered to a
new born child to immunise against:

(a) Whooping cough, tetanus and measles
(b) Whooping cough, tetanus and
diphtheria
(c) Tetanus, measles and rubella
(d) Tetanus, diphtheria and small pox

answer: (b) Whooping cough, tetanus and
diphtheria

29.Rows of trees grown along the coastal
areas to reduce the impact of cyclones are
known as:

(a) Wind breaks
(b) Protection forests
(c) Mangroves
(d) Shelter belts

answer : (c) Mangroves

30.The most effective pesticide for gener-
al use against most garden pests is:

(a) Bordeaux mixture
(b) Carbo furan
(c) Malathion
(d) Phosphamidon

answer c) Malathion

31.Electric current passing through a
metallic wire generates heat because of:

(a) collisions of conduction electrons with
each other
(b) collisions of the atoms of the metal
with each other
(c) the energy released in the ionisation of
the atoms of the metal
(d) collisions of the conduction electrons
with the atoms of the metallic wire

answer: (d) collisions of the conduction electrons
with the atoms of the metallic wire

32.Which one of the following seas is
without a coastline?

(a) White sea
(b) Saragossa sea
(c) Sea of Okhotsk
(d) Tasman sea

answer : (b) Saragossa sea

33.Match List I with List II and select the
correct answer using the codes given below the
Lists:

List I              List II
A. Manju Kapoor     1. An Equal Music
B. Vikram Seth      2. Old Woman
C. Mahasweta Devi   3. Difficult Daughters
D. Romesh Bhandari  4. Goa

Codes:
ABCD
(a) 1 3 2 4
(b) 3 1 2 4
(c) 3 2 1 4
(d) 4 2 1 3

(b) 3 1 2 4

34.Which one of the following is used as
a filler in rubber tyres?

(a) Graphite
(b) Coke
(c) Carbon black (d) Charcoal

answer: (c) Carbon black

35.Concave mirrors are used as shaving
mirrors because they:

(a) do not distort images
(b) always produce real images
(c) produce magnified images
(d) never produce inverted images

answer: (c) produce magnified images

36.Match List I with List II and select the
correct answer using the codes given below the
Lists:
List I List II
A. Vishakhadatta  1. Mrichhakatika
B. Shudraka       2. Ritusamhara
C. Kalidasa       3. Kamasutra
D. Vatsyayana     4. Devichandraguptam

Codes:
ABCD
(a)1 4 2 3
(b)4 1 3 2
(c)1 4 3 2
(d)4 1 2 3

d)4 1 2 3

37.Match List I with List II and select the
correct answer using the codes given below the
Lists:
List I List II
(Item in the (Country from Constitution which derived)
of India)

A. Chapter on           1. United Kingdom
Fundamental
Rights

B. India as ‘a          2. Australia
Union of States’
with more powers
to the Union

C. Parliamentary        3. Ireland
privileges
and procedure of
law making

D. Concurrent List       4. United States of America
in Union-State
relations
5. Canada

Codes:
ABCD
(a) 3 4 1 2
(b) 3 4 1 5
(c) 4 5 1 2
(d) 2 4 5 3

(c) 4 5 1 2

38.Amir Khusrau was the famous poet in
the court of:

(a) Akbar
(b) Shahjahan
(c) Ibrahim Lodi
(d) Alauddin Khalji

(d) Alauddin Khalji

39.Match List I with List II and select the
correct answer using the codes given below the
Lists:

List I                 List II
A. Global warming      1. Oxides of Nitrogen and Sulphur

B. Acid rain
2. Airport
C. Noise pollution     3. Decibel
D. Noise level
4.Greenhouse effect

5. Nuclear tests

Codes:
A B C D
(a) 1 4 3 2
(b) 3 1 2 5
(c) 4 1 2 3
(d) 1 2 3 5

answer: (39c)

40.Which one of the following Mughal
emperors donated land for the construction of
the Golden Temple at Amritsar?

(a) Akbar
(b) Humayun
(c) Jahangir
(d) Shahjahan

(a) Akbar

41.The seasonal movement of animals in
search of pastures is known as:

(a) pastoral farming
(b) nomadic herding
(c) transhumance
(d) shifting cultivation

(c) transhumance

42.Consider the following drugs:

1. Greseofulvin
2. Streptomycin
3. Quinine

Among these, antibiotics would include
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1 and 3
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3

answer: (a) 1 and 2

43.Consider the following statements:
Aurangzeb proceeded to Deccan in 1681
for
1. crushing the Marathas.
2. annexing Golconda and Bijapur.
3. driving out the Portuguese from Goa.
4. subduing the revolts of Mughal
nobility.

Which of these statements are correct?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 2, 3 and 4
(c) 1, 2 and 4
(d) 1, 3 and 4

amswer : (c) 1, 2 and 4

44.Which one of the following structural
components of cell wall of fruits is commer-
cially valuable for the manufacture of food jel-
lies?
(a) Cellulose
(b) Hemicellulose

(c) Lignin
(d) Pectin

(d) Pectin

45.Number of persons expressed in
terms of unit area of agricultural land is
known as:

(a) Agricultural density
(b) Economic density
(c) Physiological density
(d) Arithmetical density

answer : (d) Arithmetical density

46.Match List I with List II and select the
correct answer using the codes given below the
Lists:

List I
List II
A. Basketball   1. Lob
B. Bridge       2. Revoke
C. Golf         3. Pivot
D. Tennis       4. Bunker

Codes:
AB CD
(a)2 3 1 4
(b)2 3 4 1
(c) 3 2 1 4
(d) 3 2 4 1

answer : (d) 3 2 4 1

47.Who among the following, destroyed
the group of Forty Nobles?
(a) Baharam Shah
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Sultan Razia
(d) Balban

answer : (d) Balban

48.The source of “Satyameva Jayathe” is:

(a) Ashoka pillar
(b) Bhagavat Gita
(c) Mundaka Upanishad
(d) Rigveda

answer : (c) Mundaka Upanishad

49.Consider the following statements:
Ammonia is
1. readily soluble in water.
2. used as a refrigerant.
3. used for preparation of polypropylene.
4. used as an additive in cooking gases.

Which of these statements are correct?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 4
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 1 and 3

answer : (a) 1 and 2

50.“Repression is repression; if it is legal,
it must be resisted peacefully; but if it is illegal,
it must be illegally met.” Who made this remark?

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Gandhiji
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

amswer : (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer keys :

1.d )(2b .  ) (3c .)  (4a .  )(  5.b )(6b .)   (7b .)   (8c .)
( 9.a )(10d) . (11b) . (12c) . ( 13d.) (14b) . (15b) . (16b) .
(17d.) (18c) . (19c) . (20c) . ( 21c. ) (22d) . (23a) . (24d) .
( 25a.) (26b) . (27c) . (28b) . ( 29c. ) (30c) . (31d) . (32b)
( 33b.) (34c) . (35c) . (36d) . ( 37c. ) (38d) . (39c) . (40a) .
(41c. ) (42a) . (43c) . (44d) . (45d.) (46d) . (47d) . (48c) .
(49a.) (50d) .