1. Who will head the Jury of the Awards Committees of Padms, Ratna and other highest
honorary awards?
a) Home Minister
b) Prime Minister of India
c) President of India
d) Vice-President of India
2. Most important responsibility of a Welfare State is
a) to check exploitation
b) to check eneroachments on Fundamental Rights
c) to preserve private property
d) to promote the religion of people
3. Which of the following statements are correct?
1. Assam shares a border with Bangladesh and Bhutan.
2. West Bengal shares a border with Bhutan and Nepal.
c) Mizoram shares a border with Bangladesh and Myanmar
a) 2, 3 b) 1, 3
c) 1, 2, 3
d) 1, 2
4. Arrange the following Presidents in chronological order as to who came first and who came later:
1. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
2. Zakir Hussain
3. Justice Hidayatullah
4. A.P.J Abdul Kalam
a) 2, 1, 3, 4
b) 2, 3, 4, 1
c) 3, 2, 1, 4
d) 2, 3, 1, 4
5. Gross Domestic Product is the monetary value of
a) goods produced for the market only
b) goods produced for the market and self consumption
c) stock of goods and services
d) all final goods and services produced in a year
6. Which one of the following market structures has a kinked demand curve?
a) Oligopoly
b) Monopolistic compitition
c) Perfect compitition
d) Monopoly
7. Which of the following pairs is not correct?
a) XI Plan - (2007 - 2012)
b) VI Plan - (1980 - 1985)
c) I Plan - (1951 - 1956)
d) III Plan - (1966 - 1971)
8. Which of the following instituions deals with credit to Agriculture and Rural Development?
a) SIDBI
b) ICICI
c) IDBI
d) NABARD
9. As per the results of 2011 Population Census, which of the following groups occupies the
three top places in respect of literacy?
a) Kerala, Lakshadweep, Mizoram
b) Mizoram, Kerala, Tripura
c) Kerala, Goa, West Bengal
d) Chandigarh, Goa, Kerala
10. District Judges in a State are appointed by the
a) Governor
b) Chief Justice of High Court
c) Advocate-General of the State
d) Council of Ministers of the State
11. Which one of the following is called the ‘Crossroads to Pacific’?
a) Hawaii
b) Ellice
c) Tonga
d) Fiji
12. Which of the following is an act of man that distrubs the ecological balance?
a) Lumbering
b) Social forestry
c) Vanamohtasv
d) Afforestation
13. Which one is not correctly matched?
a) Glasgow - Great Britain
b) Pittsburg - U.S.A
c) Longcoy - Russia
d) Rhine - Germany
14.How many States in India are coastal?
a) 9
b) 10
c) 7
d) 8
15. International boundary between India and Pakistan is demaracted by
a) Redcliffe Line
b) Maginot Line
c) McMahon Line
d) Durand Line
16. Which one of the following is called the amphibian in plant kingdom?
a) Bryophyta
b) Pteridophyta
c) Algae
d) Fungi
17. Find the odd one out.
a) Tapeworm
b) Ringworm
c) Hookworm
d) Guinea worm
18. National Institute of Nutrition is a research institute located in the State of
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Uttra Pradesh
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Himachal Pradesh
19. Which one of the following events are chronologically correct?
a) Quit India Movement – Civil Disobedience Movement – The Cabinet Mission Plan
b) Civil Disobedience Movement – The Cabinet Mission Plan – Quit India Movement
c) Civil Disobedience Movement – Quit India Movement – The Cabinet Mission Plan
d) The Cabinet Mission Plan – Civil Disobedience Movement – Quit India Movement
20. Who founded the Vikramasila University?
a) Dharmapala
b) Mahipala
c) Dhruva
d) Devapala
21. Which of the following was not known during the Rigvedic period?
a) Varna system (Caste)
b) Marriage system
c) Joint family system
d) Agriculture
22. Match the following:
Dynasty Founder
A. Pallavas 1. Dantidurg
B. Chalukyus 2. Vishnuvardhan
C. Rashtrakutas 3. Simhavishnu
D. Hoysalas 4. Pulakisin I
A B C D
a) 1 4 2 3
b) 4 3 2 1
c) 2 1 4 3
d) 3 4 1 2
23. Abul Fazl wrote
a) Akbar-Nama
b) Alamgir-Nama
c) Babar-Nama
d) Humayun-Nama
24. Which data communication method is used for sending data in both directions at the same time?
a) Half duplex
b) Full duplex
c) Super duplex
d) Simplex
25. What does the acronym ISDN stands for?
a) Intelligent Services Digital Network
b) Integrated Services Data Network
c) Indian Standard Digital Network
d) Integrated Services Digital Network
26. Darkening property of photochromatic glass is due to presence of
a) silver nitrate
b) silver chloride
c) silver bromide
d) silver oxide
27. Supersonic aircrafts discharge the following substances into the stratosphere:
a) CO2
b) H2
c) NOx
d) SOx
28. Chemical nature of laughing gas is:
a) Nitrous oxide
b) Sulphur dioxide
c) Nitric oxide
d) Hydrogen chloride
29. The difference between isotopes of an element is due to the presence of a different number of
a) electrons
b) photons
c) protons
d) neutrons
30. The increasing abundance of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has led to the following effects
excepts:
a) Oxygen fertilization effect
b) Cabon dioxide fertilization effect
c) Global warming
d) Depletion of Ozone layer in the stratosphere
31. A tree’s age can be found by
a) counting the number of branches
b) no means
c) measuring its height
d) counting the number of annual rings
32. The left aortic arch is observed in
a) Reptiles
b) Aves
c) Amphibians
d) Mammals
33. Tendon connects
a) bone to muscle
b) muscle to muscle
c) bone to bone
d) muscle to bone
34. Mercury is generally used in thermometers because it has a
a) high conductivity
b) high specific heat
c) high fludity
d) high density
35. To an observer on the lunar surface during day time, the sky will appear to be
a) Orange
b) Black
c) Light Yellow
d) Blue
36. Which of the following quantities is measure of ‘inertia’?
a) Mass
b) Weight
c) Volume
d) Acceleration
37. The intensity of a wave
1. follows Inverse Square Law.
2. is proportional to its amplitude.
3. is proportional to the square of the amplitude.
a) Only 2 is true
b) 1 and 3 are true
c) 1 and 2 are true
d) 2 and 3 are true
38. In which of the following States, is the child sex-ratio the lowest as per the 2011 census?
a) Chattisgarh
b) Bihar
c) Haryana
d) Punjab
39. Kaziranga Natrional Park is situated in:
a) Rajasthan
b) Assam
c) Odisha
d) Gujarat
40. Who is the author of the book ‘If Cricket is Religion, Sachin is God’?
a) Vijai Santhanam
b) Shyam Balasubramaniam
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of the above
41. Which of the following statements is not correct about Sunder Lal Bahuguna?
a) He started the ‘Chipko Movement’ to create the awareness of deforestation.
b) He was elected to Lok Sabha from Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand
c) He is an eminent environmentalist.
d) He was awarded Padama Bhushan in 2009
42. The three countries, in serial order, who won the highest number of gold medals in the Beijing
Olympics Games are:
a) China, Germany, Australia
b) China, Germany, USA
c) China, USA, Russia
d) China, USA, Germany
43. The first woman from India to be conferred the Sainthood by Pope Benedict XVI is
a) Sister Alphonsa
b) Sister Nirmala
c) Sister Disouza
d) Sister Madorana
44. Which of the following fules causes minimum environmental pollution?
a) Hydrogen
b) Coal
c) Diesel
d) Kerosene
45. Minimata epidemic that caused several deaths in Japan in 1965 occurred due to pollution
in water by
a) Fluoride
b) DDT
c) Lead
d) Mercury
46. Ozone affects human health by causing severe pulmonary edema at a concentration of
a) 3.0 ppm
b) 9.0 ppm
c) 0.2 ppm
d) 0.3 ppm
47. The first President to sail in a submarine in India was
a) V.V. Giri
b) N. Sanjeeva Reddy
c) K. R. Narayanan
d) Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam
48. Cooking vessels have wooden or bakelite handles because
a) the handle must be strong
b) the handle should be attractive
c) wood and bakelite are bad conductors of heat
d) None of the above
49. ‘Deshbandhu’ is the title of
a) B.C. Pal
b) Rabindranath Tagore
c) B.R. Ambedkar
d) C.R. Das
50. Which one of the following pairs is incorrect?
a) Abhinav Bindra – Rifle Shooting
b) Sania Mirza – Badminton
c) Jeev Milkha Singh – Golf
d) Irfan Pathan – Cricket
ANSWERS:
1. A 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. D 6. B 7. D 8. D 9. A 10. A
11. D 12. A 13. A 14. A 15. A 16. A 17. B 18. C 19. C 20. A
21. D 22. D 23. A 24. B 25. D 26. B 27. C 28. A 29. D 30. A
31. D 32. D 33. D 34. A 35. B 36. A 37. B 38. C 39. B 40. C
41. B 42. C 43. A 44. A 45. D 46. B 47. D 48. C 49. D 50. B
