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1. What was the aim of Antyodaya Programme?
(A) Elimination of Urban Poverty
(B) Improving the standards of scheduled castes
(C) Uplifting minorities
(D) Helping the poorest among poor
Ans : (D)

2. As per the Economic Census 2005, which state of India possesses the maximum number of enterprises ?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) West Bengal
Ans : (B)

3. Which is the ‘Great Division Year’ in the history of population growth in India ?
(A) 1951
(B) 1991
(C) 2001
(D) 1921
Ans : (D)

4. UNCTAD XII was held on April 20-25, 2008 at—
(A) Accra (Ghana)
(B) Jeneva (Switzerland)
(C) Midrand (South Africa)
(D) Bengkok (Thailand)
Ans : (A)

5. Under Lead Bank Scheme lead banks were asked to adopt—
(A) Village
(B) Town
(C) District
(D) State
Ans : (C)

6. Which of the following is a group of Kharif crops ?
(A) Jwar, Bajra, Rice, Cotton, Jute, Gram
(B) Wheat, Barley, Gram, Sesame
(C) Rice, Millet, Maize, Cotton
(D) Groundnut, Bajra, Barley, Gram, Sesame
Ans : (C)

7. Durgapur Steel Plant was constructed with the assistance given by—
(A) Britain
(B) France
(C) USA
(D) Germany
Ans : (A)

8. Which measure can check inflation ?
(A) Surplus Budgeting
(B) Increase in Direct taxation
(C) Curtailment in Public expenditure
(D) All of these
Ans : (D)

9. In Human Development Report 2008 India has the HDI ranking—
(A) 107th
(B) 126th
(C) 127th
(D) 128th
Ans : (D)

10. Under new GATT agreements, textile trade related to Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA) has to be abolished within—
(A) 5 years
(B) 10 years
(C) 15 years
(D) 20 years
Ans : (B)

11. Which country is the largest wheat producing country of the world ?
(A) India
(B) China
(C) America
(D) Switzerland
Ans : (B)

12. India Millennium Deposits are being re-paid by—
(A) State Bank of India
(B) Reserve Bank of India
(C) LIC
(D) IDBI
Ans : (A)

13. Which state had the lowest literacy rate ?
(according to 2001 census)
(A) Arunachal Pradesh
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Bihar
(D) Haryana
Ans : (C)

14. First Export Promotion Zone (EPZ) in private sector was established at—
(A) Kandla
(B) Vishakhapatanam
(C) Noida
(D) Surat
Ans : (D)

15. In India those farmers are called ‘Marginal Farmers’ who hold the land upto—
(A) 1 hectare
(B) 2 hectare
(C) 3 hectare
(D) 4 hectare
Ans : (A)

16. ‘Blue Revolution’ is related to—
(A) Space research
(B) Poultry
(C) Fisheries
(D) Drinking water
Ans : (C)

17. Which one of the following measures is not adopted by RBI for controlling credit in India ?
(A) Cash Deposit Ratio
(B) Capital Adequacy Ratio
(C) Cash Reserve Ratio
(D) Statutory Liquidity Ratio
Ans : (A)

18. The operational period of 13th Finance Commission recommendations will be—
(A) 2008–2013
(B) 2009–2012
(C) 2010–2015
(D) 2012–2017
Ans : (C)

19. India and Bangladesh has made an agreement to run train between the two countries between—
(A) Sialdah and Dhaka
(B) Sialdah and Jaidevpur
(C) Kolkata and Dhaka
(D) Kolkata and Jaidevpur
Ans : (B)

20. Which of the following questionnaire has been used by NSSO for estimating poverty estimates for 2004-05 ?
(A) Uniform Recall Period (URP)
(B) Mixed Recall Period (MRP)
(C) Both the above
(D) None of the above
Ans : (C)

GENERAL ENGLISH

1. Choose the correctly spelt word

a) Techniquee (b) Technequ

(c) Technique (d) None of these

2. (a) Engredients (b) Ingradients

(c) Ingredients (d) None of these

Choose antonyms
3. Benign
a) Manifest (b) Meticous

c) Malignant (d) None of these

4. Concentrate
a) Focused (b) Locate

(c) Followed (d) None of these

Choose synonymous
5. Tackled
(a) Settled (b) Brought

(c) Handled (d) None of these
6. .Admonish
(a) Fight (b) Show
(c) Pacify (d) none of these

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

7. The 10th schedule in Indian constitution deals with
(a) Control of Panchayats over people
(b) Disqualification of members on grounds of defection
(c) Administrative control of municipalities
(d) Seats to each state and U.T. in the Rajya Sabha

8. Aircraft Industry is situated in
(a) Kanpur and Bangalore (b) Delhi and Noida
(c) Chennai and Kochi (d) Vishakhapatnam and Bhopal

9. Indian Military Academy is situated in
(a) Pune (b) Kirkee
(c) Dehradun (d) Meerut

10. Date of formation of SAARC is
(a) 8.12.1984 (b) 7.12.1985
(c) 8.12.1985 (d) None of these

11. Rheumatism is the disease of
(a) Bones (b) Joints
(C) Muscles (d) Teeth

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE

Choose the odd one out
12. (a) Lion (b) Bear
(c) Tiger (d) Horse
(e) Wolf

13. (a) Steam (b) Boil
(c) Chop (d) Bake
(e) Fry

14. A girl introduced a boy as the son of the father of her uncle. The boy is girl’s

(a) Uncle (b) Brother

(b) Cousin (d) None of these

15. If P is taller than Q, R is shorter than P, S is taller than T but shorter than Q, then who among them is the tallest
(a) R (b) Q
(c) S (d) P

16. A woman is facing North-East, She turns 900 in the clockwise direction and then 1350 in the anticlockwise direction. Which direction is she facing now?

(a) North (b) South
(c) East (d) None of these

TEACHING APTITUDE

17 IQ test are less reliable because
(a) The do not evaluate persons fairly from different back ground
(b) They do not judge ability
(c) They measure performance at a particular time
(d) None of these

18. Teachers and Psychologist are mainly concerned with

(a) The habit formation (b) The process of learning

(c) The rectification of errors (d) Practical knowledge

19. Supervision is _______

(a) Regular (b) Therapeutic
(c) Democratic (d) All the above.

20 Boys scouts in the age-group of 7-11 years are called

(a) Cubs (b) Searchers

(b) Birds (d) Bulbul

NUMERICAL ABILITY

21. On what some of money the simple interest will raise to Rs.210 in 4 yearsat the rate of 7%

(a) Rs.750 (b) 650
(c) Rs.700 (d) 720

22. H.C.F OF
172 x 92 x 113 x 144 , 182 x 132 x92 x 11, 9 x 132 x 112 x 14
(a) 121 (b) 99
(c) 1331 (d) 1488

23. If “÷” is ‘-‘, ‘-‘ is x, ‘x’ is +, and ‘+’ is ÷ then
16 ÷ 4 – 4 x 2 + 2 =
(a) 1 (b) 0
(c) 2 (d) 4

24 How many 2’s are there in following number series which are preceded by 7 but not followed by 4.
624897214372427672
(a) 1 (b) 3
(c) 2 (d) 4
25 In a group Ram stood 6 from top and 32 from the bottom. How many boys are there in the group.

(a) 38 (b) 39
(b) 34 (d) 37

Answers: 1-c, 2-c, 3-c, 4- d, 5-c, 6-d, 7-b, 8-a, 9-c, 10-c, 11-b, 12-d, 13-c, 14-b, 15-d, 16-d,17-a, 18-b, 19-d, 20-d, 21- a, 22-b, 23- a, 24-c, 25-d.