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Monday, 22 September 2014
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Friday, 5 September 2014
Tier II Test series for SSC CGL 2013 Re-Exam
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Tier II test series are in progress.....Sep 9th - Sep 18th.
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Friday, 1 August 2014
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This in turn validates our innovative teaching methods that is against the usual rote learning and shortcuts that others claim and advertise. The dates for 2014 CGL have been tentatively announced as 19.10.2014/ 26.10.2014. Be confident and prepare well for the examination.
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SSC CGL Re-Exam (20 July 2014) General Awareness - total 300 questions in 16 sets
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51. Atoms of different elements have
(A) same atomic number and same electronic configuration
(B) different atomic number and same electronic configuration
(C) different atomic number and different number of valence electrons
(D) same number of electrons and neutrons
52. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(A) Vitamin -A : Scurvy
(B) Vitamin -B : Rickets
(C) Vitamin -C : Night-blindness
(D) Vitamin -E: Reproduction
53. Organic compounds are
(A) Covalent compounds
(B) Ionic compounds
(C) Co-ordination compounds
(D) Interstitial compounds
54. Major pesticidal properties are present in
(A) Jatropha (B) Castor
(C) Pongamia (D) Jamun
55. The ‘Greenhouse effect’ is mainly due to increase in atmospheric
(A) Ozone (B) Nitrogen
(C) Sulphur dioxide (D) Carbon dioxide
56. Which of the following is not dealt under Section 3(3) of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986?
(A) The Biodiversity Authority
(B) The Coastal Zone Management Authority
(C) Authority set - up to monitor the State of Notified Ecologically Sensitive Areas
(D) Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Right Authority
57. Which of the following statements is true?
(A) Animals worry about raising their family.
(B) Animals make several feeding trips in a day.
(C) Animals often behave sensibly.
(D) Animals do not know the meaning of brotherhood.
58. Green blocks are referred to
(A) Green cover (B) Green Ministry
(C) Bio-bricks (D) Pro-biotic curd
59. India celebrated its “Polio free status” during the month of
(A) December 2013 (B) January 2013
(C) January 2010 (D) February 2014
60. Telengana State is the bifurcation of
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Seemandhra
(D) Odisha and Tamil Nadu
61. Which of the following is not correct?
(A) CISF-Central Industrial Security Force
(B) BSF - Border Security Force
(C) UNDP - United Nation’s Development Project
(D) SIT - Special Investigation Team
62. A book entitled “The Hindus: An Alternative History” is written by
(A) Shobha De (B) B.R. Ambedkar
(C) Wendy Doniger (D) Salman Rushdie
63. The father of Economics is
(A) Marshall (B) Adam Smith
(C) J.M. Keynes (D) Karl Marx
64. Which country awards Nobel Prize?
(A) France (B) Sweden
(C) Switzerland (D) U.S.A.
65. The first nuclear explosion in India was conducted at
(A) Pokhran (B) Bombay
(C) Nellie (D) Sriharikota
66. Jawahar Rozgar Yojana was introduced in
(A) Fifth Five Year Plan
(B) Sixth Five Year Plan
(C) Seventh Five Year Plan
(D) Eighth Five Year Plan
67. The sweetmeat is referred to
(A) Camel meat (B) Goat meat
(C) Feta cheese (D) Petha of Agra
68. Capital market deals with
(A) Short term fund
(B) Long term fund
(C) Cash
(D) Both long and short term funds
69. The new Agricultural Strategy in India was introduced in
(A) 1956 (B) 1966
(C) 1976 (D) 1986
70. The sale of branded articles is common in a situation of
(A) excess capacity
(B) monopolistic competition
(C) monopoly
(D) pure competition
71. Production refers to
(A) destruction of utility
(B) creation of utilities
(C) exchange value
(D) use of a product
72. The law of diminishing returns applies to
(A) All sectors
(B) Industrial sector
(C) Agricultural sector
(D) Service sector
73. Bureaucracy literally means a system of government by ____
(A) Elected representative
(B) Nominated representative
(C) Officials
(D) Group of landlords
74. A federal government is in the shape of
(A) Command by the Centre
(B) Appeal from the States
(C) Agreement between the Centre and the States
(D) Single Party Rule
75. Parliamentary or Presidential Government can be distinguished mainly by
(A) its federal nature
(B) the rigidity of the Constitution
(C) the employer-employee relations
(D) the legislative- executive relations
76. The phrase “equality before law’ used in Article-14 of Indian Constitution has been borrowed from ________
(A) U.S.A. (B) Germany
(C) Britain (D) Greece
77. Who said, ‘The State exists because crime exists in society, otherwise there would be no need of a State”?
(A) Herbert Spencer
(B) J.S. Mill
(C) John Locke
(D) Tocqueville
78. The Quit India Resolution (1942) proposed the starting of a non- violent mass struggle on the widest possible scale. Who gave the mantra “Do or Die” for this struggle?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Subhash Chandra Bose
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
79. Napoleon got finally overthrown in the Battle of Waterloo in the Year
(A) 1814 (B) 1813
(C) 1815 (D) 1816
80. Who was the first Woman President of Indian National Congress?
(A) Sarojini Naidu
(B) Sucheta Kripalani
(C) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
(D) Annie Besant
81. The famous Sun Temple at Konark was built by
(A) Prataparudra
(B) Anantavarman
(C) Narasimha -I
(D) Narasimha -II
82. Ashok spread Buddhism all over India and Ceylon by
(A) Teaching the Triratnas
(B) Sending the Dharma Mahamatras
(C) Waging wars
(D) Becoming a Buddhist Monk
83. Wildlife Protection Act was implemented in India in
(A) 1972 (B) 1986
(C) 1964 (D) 1956
84. Which one of the following is a Sedimentary Rock?
(A) Granite (B) Charnockite
(C) Basalt (D) Arkose
85. Highly specialized form of agriculture in which crops like coffee, tea and rubber are cultivated refer to
(A) multiple cropping
(B) plantation agriculture
(C) terrace farming
(D) extensive farming
86. International Ozone Day is celebrated on
(A) 5th September (B) 16th September
(C) 11th September (D) 20th September
87. In India, there are many coal fields found in
(A) Cauvery Valley (B) Krishna Valley
(C) Ganga Valley (D) Damodar Valley
88. The newly hatched tadpole breaths through its
(A) Lung (B) External gills
(C) Internal gills (D) All of these
89. Virus in Latin means
(A) Sweet (B) Small
(C) Fluid (D) Poison
90. The biological process in which both aerobes and anaerobes degrade organic matter is
(A) Manuring (B) Composting
(C) Digesting (D) Nitrifying
91. Statement 1: Complex tissue is made up of more than one type of cells.
Statement 2: Meristems are examples of permanent tissue.
(A) Statement 1 is correct, but Statement 2 is incorrect.
(B) Statement 1 is incorrect, but Statement 2 is correct
(C) Both Statements 1 and 2 correct.
(D) Both Statements 1 and 2 are incorrect.
92. The cuticle is absent in
(A) Leaf (B) Stem
(C) Root (D) Fruit
93. Intercalary meristems are found in
(A) Node (B) Lateral bud
(C) Terminal bud (D) Inter node
94. Super conductors are substances that
(A) offer minimum resistance to flow of electric current
(B) conduct electricity at low temperature
(C) conduct electricity at high temperature
(D) offer high resistance to the flow of electric current
95. A thin oil film on a water surface appears coloured because of
(A) reflection (B) interference
(C) diffraction (D) polarization
96. A tachometer is a device used to measure
(A) gravitational pull
(B) speed of rotation
(C) surface tension
(D) dispersive power
97. When cathode rays strike a target of high atomic weight, they give rise to
(A) - rays (B) and rays
(C) X-rays (D) positive rays
98. Different computers are connected to a LAN by a cable and a
(A) modem (B) interface card
(C) special wires (D) telephone lines
99. Which one of the following was the top exporter company of software in 2001 in India?
(A) Infosys (B) TCS
(C) Sun (D) Wipro
100. The major use of sulphur is in the manufacture of
(A) H2SO4 (B) H2S
(C) SO2 (D) Fungicide
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51. Which of the following has the highest share in National income?
(A) Manufacturing (registered)
(B) Manufacturing (unregistered)
(C) Banking and Insurance
(D) Mining
52. Localisation in economics refer to
(A) Localised markets
(B) Location of a firm
(C) Production of a Region
(D) Regional specialisation
53. The Foreign Exchange Management Act was adopted by the parliament in
(A) 1996 (B) 1997
(C) 1998 (D) 1999
54. Capital Issues (Control) Act was replaced by
(A) Securities Control Act
(B) Competition Act
(C) SEBI Act
(D) None of the above
55. Devaluation of currency helps in promoting
(A) Imports (B) National income
(C) Tourism (D) Exports
56. How many members of Rajya Sabha will retire once in every two years?
(A) 1/3 (B) 1/4 (C) 2/3 (D) 2/5
57. Who acted as the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the constituent assembly?
(A) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(D) C.R. Rajagopalachari
58. Intellectual Property Rights were recommended and drawn up by
(A) World Bank (B) W.T.O.
(C) U.N.O. (D) MNCs
59. The word ‘Satyameva Jayate’ inscribed below the abacus of State emblem is in
(A) Sanskrit (B) Hindi
(C) Devanagari (D) English
60. In which of the following States Panchayati Raj was first introduced?
(A) Karnataka (B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Rajasthan (D) Gujarat
61. The book “Common Sense” written by Thomas Paine is related to
(A) Glorious Revolution of England
(B) American War of Independence
(C) French Revolution
(D) Russian Revolution
62. By which of the following Acts, Bicameral Legislature was introduced at the centre?
(A) Indian Councils Act, 1892
(B) Government of India Act, 1909
(C) Government of India Act, 1919
(D) Government of India Act, 1935
63. Public Works Department (P.W.D.) as a separate department was set up by
(A) Dalhousie (B) Canning
(C) Auckland (D) Wellesley
64. Who was the founder of ‘Ahmedia Movement’?
(A) Mirza Gulam Ahmed
(B) Syed Ahmed Khan
(C) Badaruddin Tayyabji
(D) Syed Shariat Allah
65. Which school of ancient Indian art is also called as Greco-Buddhist Art?
(A) Gandharva School
(B) Amaravati School
(C) Mathura School
(D) Ajanta School
66. The crops which require high temperature and grown with help of irrigation is
(A) Zaid (B) Rabi
(C) Monsoon (D) Kharif
67. The largest expanse of tropical forest is found in
(A) Zaire Basin
(B) South East Asia
(C) Indian Sub-continent
(D) Amazon Basin
68. Porosity of soil leads to
(A) Poor aeration
(B) Good Drainage
(C) Alkaline pans formation
(D) Encrustration
69. Which country has the highest density of population?
(A) China (B) India
(C) Indonesia (D) Bangladesh
70. In which one of the following economic activities does Kerala specialize?
(A) Forestry
(B) Plantation
(C) Fishing
(D) Light manufacturing industry
71. Genetic variation occurring in in vitro culture of plant tissue is known as
(A) Somatic variation
(B) Somaclonal variation
(C) Clonal variation
(D) None of the above
72. Auxin is a
(A) Growth regulator (B) Growth inhibitor
(C) Insecticide (D) Anti-transpirant
73. What is unique in humans?
(A) Upright posture
(B) Use of tools
(C) Social structure
(D) Articulated speech
74. ELISA- Test is used in detecting the presence of
(A) Vitamins (B) Carbohydrates
(C) Fats (D) Enzymes
75. Which one is the correct steps of Kreb’s cycle?
(A) Citric acid Oxalosuccinic Acid
Isocitric Acid.
(B) Citric acid Isocitric AcidCis Aconitic Acid Oxalosuccinic Acid
(C) Citric Acid Cis Aconitic Acid Iso
citric Acid Oxalosuccinic Acid
(D) Citric Acid Malic acid Succinic acid Oxalosuccinic Acid.
76. Most damaging part of UV radiation is
(A) UV-A
(B) UV-B
(C) UV-C
(D) All are equally damaging.
77. An electrically charged body placed initially at rest in a uniform electric field will move with
(A) constant speed
(B) constant acceleration
(C) increasing acceleration
(D) decreasing acceleration
78. Viscosity is the property of a liquid by virtue of which it
(A) Maintains the relative motion between two different layers.
(B) Opposes the relative motion between two different layers.
(C) Produces acceleration between different layers.
(D) Spreads in all directions.
79. Electron volt (eV) is the unit of
(A) potential difference (B) charge
(C) current (D) energy
80. The dimensional formula for power is
(A) ML-1 T-3 (B) ML2T-2
(C) ML-1T-2 (D) ML2T-3
81. ______ describes the organization of data and relationships within the database.
(A) Meta data (B) Constraints
(C) Schema (D) Data dictionary
82. Documents on the web are called______
(A) Web pages (B) Websites
(C) Web communities (D) Web tags
83. Haber’s process is a method for the manufacture of
(A) Nitric acid (B) Ammonia
(C) Sulphuric acid (D) Sulphurous acid
84. Glucose and Fructose are
(A) Anomers (B) Isomers
(C) Epimers (D) None of the above
85. ‘Torr’ is the unit of
(A) Pressure (B) Volume
(C) Density (D) Temperature
86. The wire in flash bulbs is made of
(A) Barium (B) Aluminium
(C) Potassium (D) Magnesium
87. The Montreal Protocol on substances that depletes the Ozone layer in 1987 was established under the auspicious of
(A) UNEP (B) UNDP
(C) IPCC (D) FAO
88. An edaphic climax community develops mainly due to
(A) Climatic factors
(B) Soil factors
(C) Biotic factors
(D) Human perturbations
89. The main dissolved salt in sea water is
(A) HCO3 (B) H3BO4
(C) NACl (D) KCl
90. ‘Plankton’ are
(A) Minute floating plants
(B) Minute floating animals
(C) Minute floating plants and animals
(D) Minute floating insects
91. Which of the following is not a correct match?
(A) Mahinda Rajapaksa - President of Srilanka
(B) Hamid Karzai - President of Afghanistan
(C) Abdulla Yameen - President of Maldives
(D) Hamid Ansari - President of Bangladesh
92. Who is the youngest person in the NDA Cabinet formed on 26th May, 2014?
(A) Sushma Swaraj
(B) Najma Heptulla
(C) Uma Bharti
(D) Kalraj Mishra
93. Nobel Prizes are distributed annually at
(A) Manila (B) Stockholm
(C) Geneva (D) New York
94. The Sikh Guru who was put to death by Aurangzeb?
(A) Banda Bahadur
(B) Tegh Bahadur
(C) Ramdas
(D) Gobind Singh
95. The currency of Myanmar is
(A) Kyat (B) Ringitt
(C) Rupee (D) Dirham
96. The famous book “To a hunger free world” is authored by
(A) C. Rangarajan
(B) Dr. Manmohan Singh
(C) M.S. Swaminathan
(D) Amarthyasen
97. Who invented the ball-point pen?
(A) Lazlo Biro
(B) James Perry
(C) L.E. Waterman
(D) John Mitchell
98. The classical dance form ‘Kathakali’ originated in which Indian State?
(A) Orissa (B) Tamil Nadu
(C) West Bengal (D) Kerala
99. Who was first Indian actress to receive the Padma Shri Award?
(A) Smita Patil (B) Nargis Dutt
(C) Meena Kumari (D) Madhubala
100. The Toda tribes are found in
(A) Shillong Plateau
(B) Nilgiris
(C) Chota Nagpur Plateau
(D) Rann of Kutch
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51. The study of factor pricing is alternatively called the theory of
(A) personal distribution
(B) income distribution
(C) wealth distribution
(D) functional distribution
52. SEBI was set up in
(A) 1980 (B) 1984
(C) 1988 (D) 1992
53. In a free enterprise economy, resource allocation is determined by
(A) the wealth of the entrepreneurs
(B) decision of the Government
(C) the traditional employment of factors
(D) the pattern of consumers’ spending
54. Rashtriya Krishi Bima Yojana was introduced in
(A) 1998 (B) 1999
(C) 1996 (D) 1992
55. Buyers and Sellers will have perfect knowledge of market conditions under
(A) Perfect competition
(B) Monopolistic competition
(C) Oligopoly
(D) Duopoly
56. Who acts as the channel of communication between the President and the Council of Ministers?
(A) Speaker of Lok Sabha
(B) Vice- President
(C) Prime Minister
(D) Chairman, Rajya Sabha
57. Franchising is
(A) a form of licensing
(B) operating a business without a licence
(C) operating with less control
(D) not having to pay any fee
58. The maximum strength of Rajya Sabha is
(A) 200 (B) 250
(C) 240 (D) 220
59. If the President of India wants to resign, he has to address the letter of resignation to the
(A) Prime Minister
(B) Vice-President
(C) Speaker
(D) Chief Justice of India
60. The playing time ( in seconds) of the full version of Indian National Anthem is
(A) 52 (B) 55
(C) 57 (D) 60
61. The tomb of Jahangir was built at
(A) Delhi (B) Lahore
(C) Agra (D) Gujarat
62. What was the original name of Nur Jahan?
(A) Fatima Begum
(B) Mehr-un-Nissa
(C) Jahanara
(D) Zeb-un-Nissa
63. Which Charter Act brought to an end, the East India Company’s monopoly in India’s foreign trade?
(A) Charter Act of 1793
(B) Charter Act of 1813
(C) Charter Act of 1833
(D) Charter Act of 1853
64. The Declaration of the Rights of Man is, related with
(A) The French Revolution
(B) The American war of Independence
(C) The Glorious Revolution of England
(D) The Russian Revolution
65. The policy of ‘imperial preferences’ adopted by Britain in its colonies in 1932 is also known as the
(A) London Agreement
(B) Ottawa Agreement
(C) Paris Agreement
(D) Hong Kong Agreement
66. The planet which has the highest surface temperature is
(A) Earth (B) Pluto
(C) Venus (D) Jupiter
67. Atmospheric temperature increasing at the higher altitudes is called
(A) Inversion
(B) Conduction
(C) Convection
(D) Radiation
68. Largest producer of Bauxite in the world is
(A) Jamaica (B) Chile
(C) Australia (D) U.S.A.
69. The two richest Eco-zones of India are
(A) The Himalayas and Eastern Ghats
(B) The Himalayas and Western Ghats
(C) The Himalayas and Aravallis
(D) The Himalayas and Vindhyas
70. At the time of independence, predominantly India practised
(A) Mixed farming
(B) Plantation agriculture
(C) Shifting agriculture
(D) Subsistence agriculture
71. Species which has restricted distribution is called
(A) Endemic (B) Sympatric
(C) Allopatric (D) Eco species
72. 2, 4-D is used as
(A) Vitamin (B) Fertilizer
(C) Insecticide (D) Weedicide
73. Widal test is used for the diagnosis of
(A) Malaria (B) Cholera
(C) Typhoid (D) Salmonellosis
74. What accumulates in the muscles after continuous strenuous physical exercise as a result of temporary anaerobic respiration, that causes muscular fatigue?
(A) Lactic acid (B) Ethyl alcohol
(C) Carbon dioxide (D) ATP
75. Thalassemia is an example of
(A) Point mutation
(B) Silent mutation
(C) Frame shift mutation
(D) Deletion mutation
76. Eutrophication of a water body enhances
(A) Organic matter production
(B) Biological oxygen demand
(C) Both
(D) Neither
77. The moment of inertia of a body does not depend upon its
(A) angular velocity
(B) form of mass
(C) distribution of mass
(D) axis of rotation
78. To open a door easily, the handle should be fixed
(A) in the middle
(B) near the hinges
(C) away from mid - point opposite to hinges
(D) None of the above
79. Nucleons are regarded as composites of
sub-particles known as
(A) Quarks (B) Leptons
(C) Photons (D) Mesons
80. In a conductor,
(A) the forbidden energy gap is very wide
(B) the forbidden energy gap is very narrow
(C) the valence band and the conduction band overlap each other
(D) there is no conduction band
81. Which one of the following converts assembly language into machine language?
(A) Interpreter (B) Compiler
(C) Assembler (D) Algorithm
82. How many bytes are equal to one kilobyte?
(A) 1000 (B) 976
(C) 1024 (D) 1050
83. Which one of the following elements exhibits the greatest tendency to lose electrons?
(A) Lithium (B) Oxygen
(C) Zinc (D) Fluorine
84. Poison used for killing rats is
(A) Zinc phosphide (Zn3P2)
(B) Magnesium nitride (Mg3N2)
(C) Magnesium phosphide ( Mg3P2)
(D) Calcium phosphide (Ca3P2)
85. Antacid tablets consist of
(A) Hydroxides of magnesium and aluminium
(B) Hydroxides of sodium and aluminium
(C) Hydroxides of magnesium and sodium
(D) Hydroxides of sodium, magnesium and aluminium
86. The element absorbed both in cation and anion form is
(A) Nitrogen (B) Calcium
(C) Phosphorus (D) Sulphur
87. Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas?
(A) O2 (B) O3
(C) CO2 (D) Water vapour
88. Interveinal necrotic spots on leaves appear due to
(A) SO2 injury (B) NO2 injury
(C) O3 injury (D) HF injury
89. Nuclear fallout contains
(A) Alpha particles
(B) -particles
(C) Both
(D) Neither
90. Which of the following water bodies is not a freshwater resource?
(A) Ganga river (B) Yamuna river
(C) Chilika lake (D) Jaisamand
91. Who among the following is the Home Minister in the Union Cabinet of India?
(A) Narendra Modi
(B) Rajnath Singh
(C) Arun Jaitley
(D) Sushma Swaraj
92. Who among the following is/was the 14th Prime Minister of India?
(A) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(B) Manmohan Singh
(C) Narendra Modi
(D) None of the above
93. Which is the world’s cultural capital in India?
(A) Trivandrum (B) Madurai
(C) Mumbai (D) Kolkata
94. The name of the common currency launched by members of the European Union is
(A) Dollar (B) Euro
(C) Pound (D) Sterling
95. National Science Day in India is celebrated on
(A) 1st February (B) 28th February
(C) 28th March (D) 30th April
96. Red Data Book contains
(A) Rare plants and animals under threat
(B) Rare minerals
(C) Vanishing rivers
(D) Red pandas
97. Which of the following is India’s highest honour in the field of literature?
(A) Vyas Samman
(B) Kalidas Samman
(C) Jnanpith Award
(D) Saraswati Samman
98. Which scientist discovered the radioactive element Radium?
(A) Isaac Newton
(B) Albert Einstein
(C) Benjamin Franklin
(D) Marie Curie
99. Golden Globe Awards are associated with
(A) Journalism
(B) Peace initiative
(C) Films
(D) Social work
100. The name of the great maestro of Indian Music “Ustad Bismillah Khan” is related to
(A) Tabla (B) Sarod
(C) Flute (D) Shehnai
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51. In the long run the fixed costs become
(A) Money costs
(B) Real costs
(C) Opportunity costs
(D) Variable costs
52. Increase in cash reserve ratio leads to
(A) increase in bank credit
(B) decrease in bank credit
(C) constant bank credit
(D) excess bank credit
53. The food corporation of India was established in the year
(A) 1965 (B) 1966
(C) 1967 (D) 1955
54. The Phillip’s curve is the schedule showing the relationship between
(A) aggregate supply and demand
(B) total saving and investment
(C) the rate of unemployment and rate of inflation
(D) demand for and supply of loanable funds
55. A firm practising price discrimination will be
(A) charging different prices for different qualities of a product
(B) buying in the cheapest and selling in the dearest markets
(C) charging different prices in different
markets for a product
(D) buying only from firms selling in bulk at a distance
56. Fascism believed in leadership of
(A) Feudals (B) Working classes
(C) Political elites (D) One man
57. The parliament is empowered to make laws on any subject of the state list during
(A) Election (B) War
(C) Agitation (D) Emergency
58. Rule of law prevails in
(A) Dictatorship (B) Aristocracy
(C) Democracy (D) Oligarchy
59. Which of the following feature of Indian constitution was borrowed from U.S.A.?
(A) Rule of law
(B) Fundamental Right
(C) Rigid Constitution
(D) Directive principles of state policy
60. Term of office of the President of U.S.A.
(A) 6 years (B) 5 years
(C) 4 years (D) 7 years
61. When and where was the All India Kisan Sabha formed?
(A) 1935 - Bombay
(B) 1942 - Kanpur
(C) 1938 - Calcutta
(D) 1936 - Lucknow
62. Who was the founder of the City of Agra?
(A) Ala-ud-din Khalji
(B) Muhammad Tughlaq
(C) Firoz Tughlaq
(D) Sikander Lodi
63. When did the British make English the medium of instruction in India?
(A) 1813 (B) 1833
(C) 1835 (D) 1844
64. Lord Buddha gave his first sermon at
(A) Sarnath in U.P.
(B) Bodha-Gaya in Bihar
(C) Nalanda in Bihar
(D) None of the above
65. What is the meaning of the word ‘Sangam’ in the Sangam Age?
(A) Royal Court
(B) Assembly of poets
(C) Assembly of religious leaders
(D) Meeting of rivers
66. Ivory coast is located in
(A) South Africa
(B) North America
(C) West Africa
(D) South America
67. Seasonal migration of people is known as
(A) Pastoralism
(B) Nomadism
(C) Intra migration
(D) Transhumance
68. The country with the world’s largest natural gas reserves is
(A) Saudi Arabia
(B) Kuwait
(C) Russia
(D) United States of America
69. Which of the following lakes is situated on the West Coast of India?
(A) Astamudi (B) Chilka
(C) Pulicat (D) Kolleru
70. GIS stands for
(A) Geographical Integrated System
(B) Geographical Information System
(C) Geometrical Integrated System
(D) General Immunity System
71. National AIDS research Institute is at
(A) Chennai (B) New Delhi
(C) Mumbai (D) Pune
72. A contemporary of Charles Darwin who came to the same conclusion in the matter of organic evolution was
(A) Jean Baptist Lamarck
(B) Thomas Huxley
(C) Alfred Russel Wallace
(D) Franklin Benjamin
73. Ink is prepared from
(A) Dye (B) Tannin
(C) Starch (D) Latex
74. Formic acid is produced by
(A) White ants
(B) Cockroaches
(C) Red ants
(D) Mosquitoes
75. Casuarina is a
(A) Hydrophyte
(B) Mesophyte
(C) Xerophyte
(D) Epiphyte
76. Male mosquitoes take their food from
(A) The human blood
(B) The standing water
(C) The sap of plants
(D) The dung and other debris
77. Radio Carbon Dating is used to estimate the age of
(A) Soil
(B) Monuments
(C) Fossils
(D) Rocks
78. According to kinetic theory of gases, at the temperature of absolute zero, the gas molecules
(A) Start movement
(B) Become massless
(C) Start emitting light
(D) Stop movement
79. The nuclear force is
(A) short range repulsive force
(B) short range attractive force
(C) long range repulsive force
(D) long range attractive force
80. A satellite in vacuum
(A) is kept in orbit by remote control
(B) is kept in orbit by retro-rocket
(C) derives energy from gravitational field
(D) does not require any energy for orbiting
81. Unsorted transaction that can be used to immediately update a database is called as
(A) Direct database access
(B) Sequential database access
(C) Alternate database access
(D) Instance database access
82. Which of the following number is not correctly written?
(A) 1018 (B) 1012
(C) 1A12 (D) ABC16
83. Chemical decomposition of an organic compound by water is called as
(A) Hydrogenation
(B) Hydration
(C) Hydrolysis
(D) All of these
84. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(A) Vitamin B- Pyridoxine
(B) Vitamin C- Ascorbic acid
(C) Vitamin E- Alphatocopherol
(D) Vitamin D- Sunshine
85. Which of the following is not a nitrogenous fertilizer?
(A) Ammonium sulphate
(B) Urea
(C) Ammonium nitrate
(D) Super phosphate
86. CaC2 on treatment with water gives
(A) Methane (B) Ethane
(C) Ethylene (D) Acetylene
87. The “fine respiratory particles” which deteriorate air quality for breathing by human beings are categorized as
(A) PM 0.0 (B) PM 2.5
(C) PM 8.5 (D) PM 10.0
88. The snow leopard population is found in
(A) Sikkim (B) Assam
(C) Mizoram (D) Manipur
89. Total interacting animals and plants in any well defined area is known as
(A) Population (B) Biome
(C) Community (D) Species
90. “IPCC” stands for
(A) Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change
(B) Indian Panel on Climate Change
(C) International Policy on Climate Change
(D) Indian Policy on Climate Control
91. In Bollywood, the actress popularly known as “Dream Girl” is
(A) Zeenat Aman
(B) Rakhi Sawant
(C) Helen
(D) Hema Malini
92. The most healthy edible oil for heart is
(A) Butter oil
(B) Olive oil
(C) Rape-seed oil
(D) Mustard oil
93. Telengana creation as an independent state is primarily the outcome of
(A) 13th Lok Sabha
(B) 14th Lok Sabha
(C) 15th Lok Sabha
(D) 16th Lok Sabha
94. Which of the following is not correct?
(A) SIT - Special Intelligence Team
(B) CNG - Compressed Natural Gas
(C) NGT - National Green Tribunal
(D) KYC - Know Your Customer
95. World’s tallest women record is up to 7 ft. and 8 inches from
(A) U.S.A. (B) China
(C) Pakistan (D) Italy
96. Who was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress?
(A) Annie Besant
(B) Sarojini Naidu
(C) Vijayalakshimi Pandit
(D) Kadambani Ganguli
97. ICMR is the abbreviation for
(A) International Council for Malarial Research
(B) Indian Council of Medical Research
(C) International Council of Medical Research
(D) Indian Council of Microbial Research
98. Rubber is a product of
(A) Fibre (B) Latex
(C) Resin (D) Gum
99. The first indigenous silent feature film (released on 3rd May, 1913) was called
(A) Alam Ara
(B) Raja Harishchandra
(C) Bhakta Prahlad
(D) Mother India
100. The book entitled “Spell of the Tiger” is written by
(A) Jim Corbett
(B) Valmik Thapar
(C) Sy Montgomery
(D) Atul Sethi
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51. Price discrimination is a feature of
(A) Oligopoly (B) Monopoly
(C) Monopsony (D) Duopoly
52. If the increase in demand is more than the increase in supply, the price will
(A) remain the same
(B) increase
(C) decrease
(D) fluctuate
53. The first law officer of the Government of India is
(A) The Law Minister
(B) The Attorney-General of India
(C) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
(D) None of these
54. Consumers are likely to get a variety of goods under
(A) Oligopoly
(B) Perfect competition
(C) Monopoly
(D) Imperfect competition
55. Under WTO, Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Legislation was passed in August
(A) 2002 (B) 1999
(C) 2000 (D) 2001
56. The level of economic activity of an economy largely depends on
(A) Aggregate Savings in the economy
(B) Aggregate Demand in the economy
(C) Aggregate Supply in the economy
(D) Aggregate Investment in the economy
57. In which portin of the Constitution, were the goals of the Indian Constitution incorporated?
(A) Fundamental Rights i.e. Part III
(B) Preamble
(C) Directive Principles i.e. Par IV
(D) None of the above
58. The Constitution of Indian was adopted on
(A) 26th January, 1950
(B) 26th November, 1949
(C) 15th August, 1949
(D) 9th December, 1946
59. Of the following Congress leaders, who was not a “Moderate”?
(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(B) Bipin Chandra Pal
(C) Lala Lajpat Rai
(D) All of the above
60. Russian Revolution broke out in the year
(A) 1919 (B) 1916
(C) 1917 (D) 1918
61. Who called the newspapers “the Bible of Democracy”?
(A) Lindsay
(B) Ernest Barker
(C) Herman Finer
(D) Walter Lippmann
62. ‘Sovereignty’ is derived from ‘Superanus’ which is
(A) a French word
(B) a Latin word
(C) a Greek word
(D) None of the above
63. The diseases caused by virus include
(A) Measles, Small-pox, Mumps, Rabies
(B) Measles, Syphilis, Rabies, Cholera
(C) Polio, Syphilis, Chicken-pox, Mumps
(D) Cholera, Tuberculosis, Meningitis, Syphilis
64. Which one of the following combinations is correct?
(A) Brassica- Liliaceae
(B) Allium cepa- Cruciferae
(C) Acacia- Caesalpiniaceae
(D) Pyrethrum- Compositae
65. Mahavira preached in which language?
(A) Apbhransh
(B) Magadhi
(C) Ardha-Magadhi
(D) Suraseni
66. Buddha can best be described as a/ an
(A) agnostic (B) atheist
(C) theist (D) materialist
67. Which are the four major languages of the Dravidian family?
(A) Marathi- kannada- Malayalam- Telugu
(B) Bangla-Tamil-Kannada-Malayalam
(C) Malayalam-Bangla-Marathi-Tamil
(D) Tamil-Telugu-Kannada- Malayalam
68. Lanolin, a fatty substance used in manufacturing of cosmetics, is obtained from
(A) Horse (B) Sheep
(C) Cattle (D) Pig
69. Law of Exclusive Economic Zone is related to
(A) Dairying (B) Agriculture
(C) Industry (D) Fishing
70. Which of the atmospheric layers prevents penetration of great amounts of ultraviolet radiation?
(A) Troposphere (B) Ionosphere
(C) Ozonospere (D) Stratosphere
71. On which of the following rivers is Bangkok located?
(A) Mekong
(B) Chao Phraya
(C) Chindwin
(D) Salween
72. Which of the following is a most modern surveying technique?
(A) Geodetic Survey System
(B) Aerial Photography
(C) Geographical Information System (GIS)
(D) Satellite Remote Sensing
73. Antibodies combine with antigens
(A) Only if macrophages are absent
(B) at variable regions
(C) at constant regions
(D) only if macrophages are present
74. Atomiser works on the principle of
(A) Avogadro’s hypothesis
(B) Pascal’s law
(C) Bernoulli’s theorem
(D) Ideal gas equation
75. Line spectrum is produced by
(A) O2 - Oxygen molecule
(B) H2 - Hydrogen molecule
(C) H - Atomic hydrogen
(D) N2 - Nitrogen molecule
76. When a body is executing simple harmonic motion and passes through the mean position, it has
(A) Maximum kinetic energy and minimum potential energy
(B) Both kinetic energy and potential energy minimum
(C) Both kinetic energy and potential energy maximum
(D) Minimum kinetic energy and maximum potential energy
77. The antibiotic Penicillin was discovered by
(A) Boyle
(B) George Stevenson
(C) Alexander Fleming
(D) Thomas Alva Edison
78. The group of bacteria which reduces the soil fertility is
(A) detoxifying (B) nitrifying
(C) denitrifying (D) ammonifying
79. Tabacco smoke contains
(A) CO2, CO, Hydrocarbon and Tar
(B) CO2, CO and Tar
(C) CO2 and Tar
(D) CO, Polycylic aromatic hydrocarbon and Tar
80. Which of the following is not a search engine?
(A) intel.com
(B) altavista. com
(C) excite. com
(D) infoseek.com
81. Which of the following gases has the highest average velocity at a certain temperature?
(A) Methane (B) Oxygen
(C) Carbon monoxide (D) Neon
82. The universal solvent is
(A) Alcohols (B) Aqua regia
(C) Hydrochloric acid (D) Water
83. Dry bleach is done by
(A) Ozone
(B) Hydrogen peroxide
(C) Sulphur dioxide
(D) Chlorine
84. Cryolite is
(A) Al(OH)3 (B) KAI Si3O8
(C) 3NaF AlF3 (D) Al2O3
85. When forward bias is applied to a junction diode, it
(A) reduces the minority-carrier current to zero
(B) increases the potential barrier
(C) decreases the potential barrier
(D) reduces the majority-carrier current to zero
86. “The Stored Program” concept was introduced by
(A) John Miller
(B) John von Neumann
(C) Steve John
(D) Thomas Hook
87. The snow leopard population in India is estimated to be
(A) 400-1000 (B) 100-200
(C) 400-500 (D) 400-700
88. A group of interacting living organisms sharing a populated environment is
(A) Biosphere (B) Ecosystem
(C) Community (D) Biome
89. “CETP” stands for
(A) Central Environmental Treatment Plant
(B) Course on Environment Training and Projects
(C) Common Effluent Treatment Plant
(D) Continental Energy, Temperature and Precipitation
90. A film “Sadma” was remade in Hindi based on a Tami film “Moondram Pirai”. The director of the film is also known as “Creator’s creator”, and his name is
(A) Balu Mahendra (B) Kamal Haasan
(C) Venkatesh (D) Mohan Lal
91. The Postal Department of India has recently on 10th February, 2014 released a stamp in memory of a singer named
(A) Daler Mehndi
(B) Jagjit Singh
(C) Lata Mangeshkar
(D) Bhupen Hazarika
92. The designer-creator of AK-47 assault rifle, Mikhail Kalashnikov is native to
(A) France (B) Russia
(C) Sweden (D) Italy
93. The “coarse particles” denoting air quality for breathing are termed as
(A) PM 10.0 (B) PM 1.0
(C) PM 2.0 (D) PM 3.0
94. Mother Teresa was awarded Nobel Prize for Peace in the year
(A) 1995 (B) 1975
(C) 1979 (D) 1989
95. Consumer Protection Act was enacted in
(A) 1989 (B) 1984
(C) 1986 (D) 1988
96. Identify the film that was based on the work by Munshi Premchand.
(A) Sadgati (B) Pyaasa
(C) Paa (D) Parineeta
97. Which of the following is not correct?
(A) UNDP- United Nations Development Programme
(B) NMA- National Monuments Authority
(C) MSP- Maximum Support Price
(D) ASI- Archaeological Survey of India
98. A book entitled “The Satanic Verses” is written by
(A) Kamal Haasan (B) Wendy Doniger
(C) Salman Rushdie (D) Taslima Nasrin
99. How many States were there in India as per the 15th Lok Sabha update during February 2014?
(A) 29 (B) 25 (C) 27 (D) 28
100. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(A) Lokmanya: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(B) Sher-e- Punjab: Lala Lajpat Rai
(C) Nightingale of India: Pandita Ramabai
(D) Lokhitwadi: Gopal Hari Deshmukh
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51. The number of firms in monopoly is
(A) One (B) Two
(C) Three (D) Four
52. FDI limit in Indian Private Sector Banks was (as on 1st January, 2007)
(A) 26% (B) 51%
(C) 74% (D) 86%
53. Non- material goods are
(A) Capital (B) Services
(C) Labour (D) Organisation
54. When saving exceeds investment, the income flow
(A) rises
(B) declines
(C) remains same
(D) becomes negative
55. Development means Economic growth plus
(A) Price stability (B) Social change
(C) Inflation (D) Deflation
56. The Constitution of India is
(A) one of the bulkest constitutions
(B) one of the briefest constitutions
(C) a medium sized consitution
(D) an evolved constitution
57. The surrender of titles and honoraray offices was a principle for which one of the following movements?
(A) Quit India Movement
(B) Non Cooperation Movement
(C) Khilafat Movement
(D) Bhakti Movement
58. Sovereignty is an essential element of
(A) Nation
(B) State
(C) Association
(D) Independent nation
59. Under the new electoral reforms, voter’s identity cards were suggested by
(A) R.V.S. Peri Sastri
(B) T.N. Seshan
(C) R.K. Trivedi
(D) S.L. Shakdhar
60. The main purpose for the grant of Fundamental Rights to the Indian citizens is
(A) establishment of democratic government
(B) to ensure independence of judiciary
(C) protection of individual liberty
(D) to establish socialist society
61. The British East India Company’s first ‘Presidency’ in India was
(A) Madras (B) Surat
(C) Hughli (D) Masulipatnam
62. Who among the following started the general use of stone for monuments?
(A) Chandragupta Maurya
(B) Bimbisara
(C) Bindusara
(D) Asoka
63. Who established the Chisti order in India?
(A) Nizam-ud-din Auliya
(B) Salim Chisti
(C) Shaikh Muin-ud- din Chisti
(D) Hamid- ud-din- Nagauri
64. Upasikas were
(A) monks and nuns of Jainism
(B) monks and nuns of Buddhism
(C) lay-members of Buddhism
(D) lay-members of Jainism
65. Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission (1896)?
(A) Ramakrishna Paramahansa
(B) Narendra Nath Datta (Swami Vivekananda)
(C) Gopal krishna Gokhale
(D) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
66. The natural disaster of ‘Drought’ is taken care of by
(A) Ministry of Agriculture
(B) Ministry of Home Affairs
(C) Ministry of Civil Aviation
(D) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
67. The study “Science of Small” is known as
(A) Molecular Biology
(B) Microbiology
(C) Nanotechnology
(D) Cosmology
68. The major impact of globalisation on Indian agriculture is the development of
(A) Biotechnology
(B) Fertilizer technology
(C) Pesticide technology
(D) Machine technology
69. The information Technology capital of India is
(A) Bangalore (B) Cochin
(C) Mumbai (D) Coimbatore
70. In India, the most important source of energy is
(A) Petroleum
(B) Coal
(C) Nuclear power
(D) Hydroelectric power
71. A fertilized egg is known as
(A) Zoospore
(B) Zygote
(C) Oospore
(D) Conidiospore
72. Who isolated the virus causing mosaic disease in tobaco in the form of crystals?
(A) Louis Pasteur
(B) Robert Koch
(C) Dr. Stanley
(D) Mayer
73. The book which contains information on rare plants is called as
(A) Blue book (B) Red book
(C) Green book (D) Yellow book
74. Statements:
1. In Gymnosperms, seeds are enclosed in fruits.
2. Dicots and monocots are included under Angiosperms.
(A) Statement 1 is correct, but Statement 2 is incorrect.
(B) Statement 1 is incorrect, but Statement 2 is correct.
(C) Both Statements 1 and 2 are correct.
(D) Both Statements 1 and 2 are incorrect.
75. The inflorescence of wheat is
(A) Spike (B) Panicle
(C) Raceme (D) Catkin
76. Agar-agar is prepared from
(A) Fungi (B) Bryophyte
(C) Algae (D) Lichens
77. On which of the following principles does a rocket work?
(A) Conservation of Mass
(B) Conservation of Energy
(C) Conservation of Momentum
(D) Conservation of Inertia
78. An intrinsic semiconductor at absolute zero temperature is a
(A) good conductor
(B) perfect insulator
(C) superconductor
(D) None of the above
79. The value of g on the Earth’s surface changes due to
(A) rotation of the Earth only
(B) shape of the Earth only
(C) both rotation and shape of the Earth
(D) None of the above
80. The scanning of uterus in determining the sex of the child is preferred more with ultrasonic waves rather than with X-rays. It is because
(A) X-rays cannot give as clear a picture as that of ultrasonic waves
(B) X-ray scanning is more expensive than
ultrasonic scanning
(C) X-rays are more harmful than the ultrasonic waves
(D) None of the above
81. “MIPS” is a measure of the speed of
(A) Floppy Disk (B) Hard Disk
(C) CPU (D) Printer
82. What is the role of a primary key?
(A) Password to open a database table
(B) A key that uniquely identifies a table
(C) A key that uniquely identifies a row
(D) None of the above
83. When chlorine is added to ethylene we get
(A) Ethyl chloride
(B) Ethylene chloride
(C) Ethylidene chloride
(D) Ethylene chlorohydrin
84. Aqua Regia contains
(A) 3 parts of conc. HCl+1 part of conc. H2SO4
(B) 3 parts of conc. H2SO4+1 part of conc. HNO3
(C) 3 parts of conc. HCl+1 part of conc.HNO3
(D) None of these
85. In the ordinary fire extinguisher, carbon dioxide is generated by the reaction of
(A) Limestone and dilute H2SO4
(B) Marble powder and dilute HCl
(C) Sodium carbonate and dilute HCl
(D) Sodium bicarbonate and dilute H2SO4
86. Starch is an example of
(A) Monosaccharide
(B) Disaccharide
(C) Polysaccharide
(D) Oligosaccharide
87. The Green Embassy Award -2012 in India was bagged by the Embassy of
(A) U.S.A. (B) Sweden
(C) U.K. (D) Japan
88. The major pesticidal properties are present in the seed of
(A) Neem (B) Lotus
(C) Mango (D) Drumstick
89. Which of the following is most injurious to the growing population of India?
(A) Ganja (B) Tobacco
(C) Opium (D) Datura
90. A greenhouse gas “PFTBA” (Perfluorotributylamine), more harmful than CO2, was recently reported by the scientists of
(A) University of Chicago
(B) University of Toronto
(C) University of the West Indies
(D) NASA
91. The chronological order of Lok Sabha General Elections 2014 was
(A) 14th (B) 15th
(C) 16th (D) 17th
92. Who among the following actresses is the tallest in height?
(A) Hima Qureshi (B) Katrina Kaif
(C) Deepika Padukone (D) Preity Zinta
93. Valentine’s Day is clebrated in the month of
(A) January (B) February
(C) March (D) April
94. Ants can lift weight up to how many times their body weight?
(A) 5 times (B) 50 times
(C) 500 times (D) 5000 times
95. Which of the following is not correct?
(A) BSF- British Security Force
(B) ASI- Archaeological Survey of India
(C) NMA- National Monuments Authority
(D) SIT- Special Investigatin Team
96. The ‘Arjuna’ and the ‘Dronacharya’ awards are associated with the field of
(A) Sports and Games (B) Art and Culture
(C) Music and Dance (D) Literature
97. Chief producer(s) of Jute in the world is
(A) India
(B) Bangladesh
(C) India and Bangladesh
(D) Scotland
98. Who is the author of “The Wonder That was India”?
(A) B.K. Thapar (B) R.S. Sharma
(C) D.D. Kosambi (D) A.L. Basham
99. Identify the Buddhist Goddess.
(A) Manjushri
(B) Tara
(C) Sanghamitra
(D) Gotami
100. Which of the following oils is gaining popularity as a cooking option in India?
(A) Pongamia
(B) Peanut
(C) Olive
(D) Coconut
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51. Atoms of different elements have
(A) same atomic number and same electronic configuration
(B) different atomic number and same electronic configuration
(C) different atomic number and different number of valence electrons
(D) same number of electrons and neutrons
52. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(A) Vitamin -A : Scurvy
(B) Vitamin -B : Rickets
(C) Vitamin -C : Night-blindness
(D) Vitamin -E: Reproduction
53. Organic compounds are
(A) Covalent compounds
(B) Ionic compounds
(C) Co-ordination compounds
(D) Interstitial compounds
54. Major pesticidal properties are present in
(A) Jatropha (B) Castor
(C) Pongamia (D) Jamun
55. The ‘Greenhouse effect’ is mainly due to increase in atmospheric
(A) Ozone (B) Nitrogen
(C) Sulphur dioxide (D) Carbon dioxide
56. Which of the following is not dealt under Section 3(3) of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986?
(A) The Biodiversity Authority
(B) The Coastal Zone Management Authority
(C) Authority set - up to monitor the State of Notified Ecologically Sensitive Areas
(D) Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Right Authority
57. Which of the following statements is true?
(A) Animals worry about raising their family.
(B) Animals make several feeding trips in a day.
(C) Animals often behave sensibly.
(D) Animals do not know the meaning of brotherhood.
58. Green blocks are referred to
(A) Green cover (B) Green Ministry
(C) Bio-bricks (D) Pro-biotic curd
59. India celebrated its “Polio free status” during the month of
(A) December 2013 (B) January 2013
(C) January 2010 (D) February 2014
60. Telengana State is the bifurcation of
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Seemandhra
(D) Odisha and Tamil Nadu
61. Which of the following is not correct?
(A) CISF-Central Industrial Security Force
(B) BSF - Border Security Force
(C) UNDP - United Nation’s Development Project
(D) SIT - Special Investigation Team
62. A book entitled “The Hindus: An Alternative History” is written by
(A) Shobha De (B) B.R. Ambedkar
(C) Wendy Doniger (D) Salman Rushdie
63. The father of Economics is
(A) Marshall (B) Adam Smith
(C) J.M. Keynes (D) Karl Marx
64. Which country awards Nobel Prize?
(A) France (B) Sweden
(C) Switzerland (D) U.S.A.
65. The first nuclear explosion in India was conducted at
(A) Pokhran (B) Bombay
(C) Nellie (D) Sriharikota
66. Jawahar Rozgar Yojana was introduced in
(A) Fifth Five Year Plan
(B) Sixth Five Year Plan
(C) Seventh Five Year Plan
(D) Eighth Five Year Plan
67. The sweetmeat is referred to
(A) Camel meat (B) Goat meat
(C) Feta cheese (D) Petha of Agra
68. Capital market deals with
(A) Short term fund
(B) Long term fund
(C) Cash
(D) Both long and short term funds
69. The new Agricultural Strategy in India was introduced in
(A) 1956 (B) 1966
(C) 1976 (D) 1986
70. The sale of branded articles is common in a situation of
(A) excess capacity
(B) monopolistic competition
(C) monopoly
(D) pure competition
71. Production refers to
(A) destruction of utility
(B) creation of utilities
(C) exchange value
(D) use of a product
72. The law of diminishing returns applies to
(A) All sectors
(B) Industrial sector
(C) Agricultural sector
(D) Service sector
73. Bureaucracy literally means a system of government by ____
(A) Elected representative
(B) Nominated representative
(C) Officials
(D) Group of landlords
74. A federal government is in the shape of
(A) Command by the Centre
(B) Appeal from the States
(C) Agreement between the Centre and the States
(D) Single Party Rule
75. Parliamentary or Presidential Government can be distinguished mainly by
(A) its federal nature
(B) the rigidity of the Constitution
(C) the employer-employee relations
(D) the legislative- executive relations
76. The phrase “equality before law’ used in Article-14 of Indian Constitution has been borrowed from ________
(A) U.S.A. (B) Germany
(C) Britain (D) Greece
77. Who said, ‘The State exists because crime exists in society, otherwise there would be no need of a State”?
(A) Herbert Spencer
(B) J.S. Mill
(C) John Locke
(D) Tocqueville
78. The Quit India Resolution (1942) proposed the starting of a non- violent mass struggle on the widest possible scale. Who gave the mantra “Do or Die” for this struggle?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Subhash Chandra Bose
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
79. Napoleon got finally overthrown in the Battle of Waterloo in the Year
(A) 1814 (B) 1813
(C) 1815 (D) 1816
80. Who was the first Woman President of Indian National Congress?
(A) Sarojini Naidu
(B) Sucheta Kripalani
(C) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
(D) Annie Besant
81. The famous Sun Temple at Konark was built by
(A) Prataparudra
(B) Anantavarman
(C) Narasimha -I
(D) Narasimha -II
82. Ashok spread Buddhism all over India and Ceylon by
(A) Teaching the Triratnas
(B) Sending the Dharma Mahamatras
(C) Waging wars
(D) Becoming a Buddhist Monk
83. Wildlife Protection Act was implemented in India in
(A) 1972 (B) 1986
(C) 1964 (D) 1956
84. Which one of the following is a Sedimentary Rock?
(A) Granite (B) Charnockite
(C) Basalt (D) Arkose
85. Highly specialized form of agriculture in which crops like coffee, tea and rubber are cultivated refer to
(A) multiple cropping
(B) plantation agriculture
(C) terrace farming
(D) extensive farming
86. International Ozone Day is celebrated on
(A) 5th September (B) 16th September
(C) 11th September (D) 20th September
87. In India, there are many coal fields found in
(A) Cauvery Valley (B) Krishna Valley
(C) Ganga Valley (D) Damodar Valley
88. The newly hatched tadpole breaths through its
(A) Lung (B) External gills
(C) Internal gills (D) All of these
89. Virus in Latin means
(A) Sweet (B) Small
(C) Fluid (D) Poison
90. The biological process in which both aerobes and anaerobes degrade organic matter is
(A) Manuring (B) Composting
(C) Digesting (D) Nitrifying
91. Statement 1: Complex tissue is made up of more than one type of cells.
Statement 2: Meristems are examples of permanent tissue.
(A) Statement 1 is correct, but Statement 2 is incorrect.
(B) Statement 1 is incorrect, but Statement 2 is correct
(C) Both Statements 1 and 2 correct.
(D) Both Statements 1 and 2 are incorrect.
92. The cuticle is absent in
(A) Leaf (B) Stem
(C) Root (D) Fruit
93. Intercalary meristems are found in
(A) Node (B) Lateral bud
(C) Terminal bud (D) Inter node
94. Super conductors are substances that
(A) offer minimum resistance to flow of electric current
(B) conduct electricity at low temperature
(C) conduct electricity at high temperature
(D) offer high resistance to the flow of electric current
95. A thin oil film on a water surface appears coloured because of
(A) reflection (B) interference
(C) diffraction (D) polarization
96. A tachometer is a device used to measure
(A) gravitational pull
(B) speed of rotation
(C) surface tension
(D) dispersive power
97. When cathode rays strike a target of high atomic weight, they give rise to
(A) - rays (B) and rays
(C) X-rays (D) positive rays
98. Different computers are connected to a LAN by a cable and a
(A) modem (B) interface card
(C) special wires (D) telephone lines
99. Which one of the following was the top exporter company of software in 2001 in India?
(A) Infosys (B) TCS
(C) Sun (D) Wipro
100. The major use of sulphur is in the manufacture of
(A) H2SO4 (B) H2S
(C) SO2 (D) Fungicide
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51. Which of the following has the highest share in National income?
(A) Manufacturing (registered)
(B) Manufacturing (unregistered)
(C) Banking and Insurance
(D) Mining
52. Localisation in economics refer to
(A) Localised markets
(B) Location of a firm
(C) Production of a Region
(D) Regional specialisation
53. The Foreign Exchange Management Act was adopted by the parliament in
(A) 1996 (B) 1997
(C) 1998 (D) 1999
54. Capital Issues (Control) Act was replaced by
(A) Securities Control Act
(B) Competition Act
(C) SEBI Act
(D) None of the above
55. Devaluation of currency helps in promoting
(A) Imports (B) National income
(C) Tourism (D) Exports
56. How many members of Rajya Sabha will retire once in every two years?
(A) 1/3 (B) 1/4 (C) 2/3 (D) 2/5
57. Who acted as the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the constituent assembly?
(A) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(D) C.R. Rajagopalachari
58. Intellectual Property Rights were recommended and drawn up by
(A) World Bank (B) W.T.O.
(C) U.N.O. (D) MNCs
59. The word ‘Satyameva Jayate’ inscribed below the abacus of State emblem is in
(A) Sanskrit (B) Hindi
(C) Devanagari (D) English
60. In which of the following States Panchayati Raj was first introduced?
(A) Karnataka (B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Rajasthan (D) Gujarat
61. The book “Common Sense” written by Thomas Paine is related to
(A) Glorious Revolution of England
(B) American War of Independence
(C) French Revolution
(D) Russian Revolution
62. By which of the following Acts, Bicameral Legislature was introduced at the centre?
(A) Indian Councils Act, 1892
(B) Government of India Act, 1909
(C) Government of India Act, 1919
(D) Government of India Act, 1935
63. Public Works Department (P.W.D.) as a separate department was set up by
(A) Dalhousie (B) Canning
(C) Auckland (D) Wellesley
64. Who was the founder of ‘Ahmedia Movement’?
(A) Mirza Gulam Ahmed
(B) Syed Ahmed Khan
(C) Badaruddin Tayyabji
(D) Syed Shariat Allah
65. Which school of ancient Indian art is also called as Greco-Buddhist Art?
(A) Gandharva School
(B) Amaravati School
(C) Mathura School
(D) Ajanta School
66. The crops which require high temperature and grown with help of irrigation is
(A) Zaid (B) Rabi
(C) Monsoon (D) Kharif
67. The largest expanse of tropical forest is found in
(A) Zaire Basin
(B) South East Asia
(C) Indian Sub-continent
(D) Amazon Basin
68. Porosity of soil leads to
(A) Poor aeration
(B) Good Drainage
(C) Alkaline pans formation
(D) Encrustration
69. Which country has the highest density of population?
(A) China (B) India
(C) Indonesia (D) Bangladesh
70. In which one of the following economic activities does Kerala specialize?
(A) Forestry
(B) Plantation
(C) Fishing
(D) Light manufacturing industry
71. Genetic variation occurring in in vitro culture of plant tissue is known as
(A) Somatic variation
(B) Somaclonal variation
(C) Clonal variation
(D) None of the above
72. Auxin is a
(A) Growth regulator (B) Growth inhibitor
(C) Insecticide (D) Anti-transpirant
73. What is unique in humans?
(A) Upright posture
(B) Use of tools
(C) Social structure
(D) Articulated speech
74. ELISA- Test is used in detecting the presence of
(A) Vitamins (B) Carbohydrates
(C) Fats (D) Enzymes
75. Which one is the correct steps of Kreb’s cycle?
(A) Citric acid Oxalosuccinic Acid
Isocitric Acid.
(B) Citric acid Isocitric AcidCis Aconitic Acid Oxalosuccinic Acid
(C) Citric Acid Cis Aconitic Acid Iso
citric Acid Oxalosuccinic Acid
(D) Citric Acid Malic acid Succinic acid Oxalosuccinic Acid.
76. Most damaging part of UV radiation is
(A) UV-A
(B) UV-B
(C) UV-C
(D) All are equally damaging.
77. An electrically charged body placed initially at rest in a uniform electric field will move with
(A) constant speed
(B) constant acceleration
(C) increasing acceleration
(D) decreasing acceleration
78. Viscosity is the property of a liquid by virtue of which it
(A) Maintains the relative motion between two different layers.
(B) Opposes the relative motion between two different layers.
(C) Produces acceleration between different layers.
(D) Spreads in all directions.
79. Electron volt (eV) is the unit of
(A) potential difference (B) charge
(C) current (D) energy
80. The dimensional formula for power is
(A) ML-1 T-3 (B) ML2T-2
(C) ML-1T-2 (D) ML2T-3
81. ______ describes the organization of data and relationships within the database.
(A) Meta data (B) Constraints
(C) Schema (D) Data dictionary
82. Documents on the web are called______
(A) Web pages (B) Websites
(C) Web communities (D) Web tags
83. Haber’s process is a method for the manufacture of
(A) Nitric acid (B) Ammonia
(C) Sulphuric acid (D) Sulphurous acid
84. Glucose and Fructose are
(A) Anomers (B) Isomers
(C) Epimers (D) None of the above
85. ‘Torr’ is the unit of
(A) Pressure (B) Volume
(C) Density (D) Temperature
86. The wire in flash bulbs is made of
(A) Barium (B) Aluminium
(C) Potassium (D) Magnesium
87. The Montreal Protocol on substances that depletes the Ozone layer in 1987 was established under the auspicious of
(A) UNEP (B) UNDP
(C) IPCC (D) FAO
88. An edaphic climax community develops mainly due to
(A) Climatic factors
(B) Soil factors
(C) Biotic factors
(D) Human perturbations
89. The main dissolved salt in sea water is
(A) HCO3 (B) H3BO4
(C) NACl (D) KCl
90. ‘Plankton’ are
(A) Minute floating plants
(B) Minute floating animals
(C) Minute floating plants and animals
(D) Minute floating insects
91. Which of the following is not a correct match?
(A) Mahinda Rajapaksa - President of Srilanka
(B) Hamid Karzai - President of Afghanistan
(C) Abdulla Yameen - President of Maldives
(D) Hamid Ansari - President of Bangladesh
92. Who is the youngest person in the NDA Cabinet formed on 26th May, 2014?
(A) Sushma Swaraj
(B) Najma Heptulla
(C) Uma Bharti
(D) Kalraj Mishra
93. Nobel Prizes are distributed annually at
(A) Manila (B) Stockholm
(C) Geneva (D) New York
94. The Sikh Guru who was put to death by Aurangzeb?
(A) Banda Bahadur
(B) Tegh Bahadur
(C) Ramdas
(D) Gobind Singh
95. The currency of Myanmar is
(A) Kyat (B) Ringitt
(C) Rupee (D) Dirham
96. The famous book “To a hunger free world” is authored by
(A) C. Rangarajan
(B) Dr. Manmohan Singh
(C) M.S. Swaminathan
(D) Amarthyasen
97. Who invented the ball-point pen?
(A) Lazlo Biro
(B) James Perry
(C) L.E. Waterman
(D) John Mitchell
98. The classical dance form ‘Kathakali’ originated in which Indian State?
(A) Orissa (B) Tamil Nadu
(C) West Bengal (D) Kerala
99. Who was first Indian actress to receive the Padma Shri Award?
(A) Smita Patil (B) Nargis Dutt
(C) Meena Kumari (D) Madhubala
100. The Toda tribes are found in
(A) Shillong Plateau
(B) Nilgiris
(C) Chota Nagpur Plateau
(D) Rann of Kutch
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51. The study of factor pricing is alternatively called the theory of
(A) personal distribution
(B) income distribution
(C) wealth distribution
(D) functional distribution
52. SEBI was set up in
(A) 1980 (B) 1984
(C) 1988 (D) 1992
53. In a free enterprise economy, resource allocation is determined by
(A) the wealth of the entrepreneurs
(B) decision of the Government
(C) the traditional employment of factors
(D) the pattern of consumers’ spending
54. Rashtriya Krishi Bima Yojana was introduced in
(A) 1998 (B) 1999
(C) 1996 (D) 1992
55. Buyers and Sellers will have perfect knowledge of market conditions under
(A) Perfect competition
(B) Monopolistic competition
(C) Oligopoly
(D) Duopoly
56. Who acts as the channel of communication between the President and the Council of Ministers?
(A) Speaker of Lok Sabha
(B) Vice- President
(C) Prime Minister
(D) Chairman, Rajya Sabha
57. Franchising is
(A) a form of licensing
(B) operating a business without a licence
(C) operating with less control
(D) not having to pay any fee
58. The maximum strength of Rajya Sabha is
(A) 200 (B) 250
(C) 240 (D) 220
59. If the President of India wants to resign, he has to address the letter of resignation to the
(A) Prime Minister
(B) Vice-President
(C) Speaker
(D) Chief Justice of India
60. The playing time ( in seconds) of the full version of Indian National Anthem is
(A) 52 (B) 55
(C) 57 (D) 60
61. The tomb of Jahangir was built at
(A) Delhi (B) Lahore
(C) Agra (D) Gujarat
62. What was the original name of Nur Jahan?
(A) Fatima Begum
(B) Mehr-un-Nissa
(C) Jahanara
(D) Zeb-un-Nissa
63. Which Charter Act brought to an end, the East India Company’s monopoly in India’s foreign trade?
(A) Charter Act of 1793
(B) Charter Act of 1813
(C) Charter Act of 1833
(D) Charter Act of 1853
64. The Declaration of the Rights of Man is, related with
(A) The French Revolution
(B) The American war of Independence
(C) The Glorious Revolution of England
(D) The Russian Revolution
65. The policy of ‘imperial preferences’ adopted by Britain in its colonies in 1932 is also known as the
(A) London Agreement
(B) Ottawa Agreement
(C) Paris Agreement
(D) Hong Kong Agreement
66. The planet which has the highest surface temperature is
(A) Earth (B) Pluto
(C) Venus (D) Jupiter
67. Atmospheric temperature increasing at the higher altitudes is called
(A) Inversion
(B) Conduction
(C) Convection
(D) Radiation
68. Largest producer of Bauxite in the world is
(A) Jamaica (B) Chile
(C) Australia (D) U.S.A.
69. The two richest Eco-zones of India are
(A) The Himalayas and Eastern Ghats
(B) The Himalayas and Western Ghats
(C) The Himalayas and Aravallis
(D) The Himalayas and Vindhyas
70. At the time of independence, predominantly India practised
(A) Mixed farming
(B) Plantation agriculture
(C) Shifting agriculture
(D) Subsistence agriculture
71. Species which has restricted distribution is called
(A) Endemic (B) Sympatric
(C) Allopatric (D) Eco species
72. 2, 4-D is used as
(A) Vitamin (B) Fertilizer
(C) Insecticide (D) Weedicide
73. Widal test is used for the diagnosis of
(A) Malaria (B) Cholera
(C) Typhoid (D) Salmonellosis
74. What accumulates in the muscles after continuous strenuous physical exercise as a result of temporary anaerobic respiration, that causes muscular fatigue?
(A) Lactic acid (B) Ethyl alcohol
(C) Carbon dioxide (D) ATP
75. Thalassemia is an example of
(A) Point mutation
(B) Silent mutation
(C) Frame shift mutation
(D) Deletion mutation
76. Eutrophication of a water body enhances
(A) Organic matter production
(B) Biological oxygen demand
(C) Both
(D) Neither
77. The moment of inertia of a body does not depend upon its
(A) angular velocity
(B) form of mass
(C) distribution of mass
(D) axis of rotation
78. To open a door easily, the handle should be fixed
(A) in the middle
(B) near the hinges
(C) away from mid - point opposite to hinges
(D) None of the above
79. Nucleons are regarded as composites of
sub-particles known as
(A) Quarks (B) Leptons
(C) Photons (D) Mesons
80. In a conductor,
(A) the forbidden energy gap is very wide
(B) the forbidden energy gap is very narrow
(C) the valence band and the conduction band overlap each other
(D) there is no conduction band
81. Which one of the following converts assembly language into machine language?
(A) Interpreter (B) Compiler
(C) Assembler (D) Algorithm
82. How many bytes are equal to one kilobyte?
(A) 1000 (B) 976
(C) 1024 (D) 1050
83. Which one of the following elements exhibits the greatest tendency to lose electrons?
(A) Lithium (B) Oxygen
(C) Zinc (D) Fluorine
84. Poison used for killing rats is
(A) Zinc phosphide (Zn3P2)
(B) Magnesium nitride (Mg3N2)
(C) Magnesium phosphide ( Mg3P2)
(D) Calcium phosphide (Ca3P2)
85. Antacid tablets consist of
(A) Hydroxides of magnesium and aluminium
(B) Hydroxides of sodium and aluminium
(C) Hydroxides of magnesium and sodium
(D) Hydroxides of sodium, magnesium and aluminium
86. The element absorbed both in cation and anion form is
(A) Nitrogen (B) Calcium
(C) Phosphorus (D) Sulphur
87. Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas?
(A) O2 (B) O3
(C) CO2 (D) Water vapour
88. Interveinal necrotic spots on leaves appear due to
(A) SO2 injury (B) NO2 injury
(C) O3 injury (D) HF injury
89. Nuclear fallout contains
(A) Alpha particles
(B) -particles
(C) Both
(D) Neither
90. Which of the following water bodies is not a freshwater resource?
(A) Ganga river (B) Yamuna river
(C) Chilika lake (D) Jaisamand
91. Who among the following is the Home Minister in the Union Cabinet of India?
(A) Narendra Modi
(B) Rajnath Singh
(C) Arun Jaitley
(D) Sushma Swaraj
92. Who among the following is/was the 14th Prime Minister of India?
(A) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(B) Manmohan Singh
(C) Narendra Modi
(D) None of the above
93. Which is the world’s cultural capital in India?
(A) Trivandrum (B) Madurai
(C) Mumbai (D) Kolkata
94. The name of the common currency launched by members of the European Union is
(A) Dollar (B) Euro
(C) Pound (D) Sterling
95. National Science Day in India is celebrated on
(A) 1st February (B) 28th February
(C) 28th March (D) 30th April
96. Red Data Book contains
(A) Rare plants and animals under threat
(B) Rare minerals
(C) Vanishing rivers
(D) Red pandas
97. Which of the following is India’s highest honour in the field of literature?
(A) Vyas Samman
(B) Kalidas Samman
(C) Jnanpith Award
(D) Saraswati Samman
98. Which scientist discovered the radioactive element Radium?
(A) Isaac Newton
(B) Albert Einstein
(C) Benjamin Franklin
(D) Marie Curie
99. Golden Globe Awards are associated with
(A) Journalism
(B) Peace initiative
(C) Films
(D) Social work
100. The name of the great maestro of Indian Music “Ustad Bismillah Khan” is related to
(A) Tabla (B) Sarod
(C) Flute (D) Shehnai
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51. In the long run the fixed costs become
(A) Money costs
(B) Real costs
(C) Opportunity costs
(D) Variable costs
52. Increase in cash reserve ratio leads to
(A) increase in bank credit
(B) decrease in bank credit
(C) constant bank credit
(D) excess bank credit
53. The food corporation of India was established in the year
(A) 1965 (B) 1966
(C) 1967 (D) 1955
54. The Phillip’s curve is the schedule showing the relationship between
(A) aggregate supply and demand
(B) total saving and investment
(C) the rate of unemployment and rate of inflation
(D) demand for and supply of loanable funds
55. A firm practising price discrimination will be
(A) charging different prices for different qualities of a product
(B) buying in the cheapest and selling in the dearest markets
(C) charging different prices in different
markets for a product
(D) buying only from firms selling in bulk at a distance
56. Fascism believed in leadership of
(A) Feudals (B) Working classes
(C) Political elites (D) One man
57. The parliament is empowered to make laws on any subject of the state list during
(A) Election (B) War
(C) Agitation (D) Emergency
58. Rule of law prevails in
(A) Dictatorship (B) Aristocracy
(C) Democracy (D) Oligarchy
59. Which of the following feature of Indian constitution was borrowed from U.S.A.?
(A) Rule of law
(B) Fundamental Right
(C) Rigid Constitution
(D) Directive principles of state policy
60. Term of office of the President of U.S.A.
(A) 6 years (B) 5 years
(C) 4 years (D) 7 years
61. When and where was the All India Kisan Sabha formed?
(A) 1935 - Bombay
(B) 1942 - Kanpur
(C) 1938 - Calcutta
(D) 1936 - Lucknow
62. Who was the founder of the City of Agra?
(A) Ala-ud-din Khalji
(B) Muhammad Tughlaq
(C) Firoz Tughlaq
(D) Sikander Lodi
63. When did the British make English the medium of instruction in India?
(A) 1813 (B) 1833
(C) 1835 (D) 1844
64. Lord Buddha gave his first sermon at
(A) Sarnath in U.P.
(B) Bodha-Gaya in Bihar
(C) Nalanda in Bihar
(D) None of the above
65. What is the meaning of the word ‘Sangam’ in the Sangam Age?
(A) Royal Court
(B) Assembly of poets
(C) Assembly of religious leaders
(D) Meeting of rivers
66. Ivory coast is located in
(A) South Africa
(B) North America
(C) West Africa
(D) South America
67. Seasonal migration of people is known as
(A) Pastoralism
(B) Nomadism
(C) Intra migration
(D) Transhumance
68. The country with the world’s largest natural gas reserves is
(A) Saudi Arabia
(B) Kuwait
(C) Russia
(D) United States of America
69. Which of the following lakes is situated on the West Coast of India?
(A) Astamudi (B) Chilka
(C) Pulicat (D) Kolleru
70. GIS stands for
(A) Geographical Integrated System
(B) Geographical Information System
(C) Geometrical Integrated System
(D) General Immunity System
71. National AIDS research Institute is at
(A) Chennai (B) New Delhi
(C) Mumbai (D) Pune
72. A contemporary of Charles Darwin who came to the same conclusion in the matter of organic evolution was
(A) Jean Baptist Lamarck
(B) Thomas Huxley
(C) Alfred Russel Wallace
(D) Franklin Benjamin
73. Ink is prepared from
(A) Dye (B) Tannin
(C) Starch (D) Latex
74. Formic acid is produced by
(A) White ants
(B) Cockroaches
(C) Red ants
(D) Mosquitoes
75. Casuarina is a
(A) Hydrophyte
(B) Mesophyte
(C) Xerophyte
(D) Epiphyte
76. Male mosquitoes take their food from
(A) The human blood
(B) The standing water
(C) The sap of plants
(D) The dung and other debris
77. Radio Carbon Dating is used to estimate the age of
(A) Soil
(B) Monuments
(C) Fossils
(D) Rocks
78. According to kinetic theory of gases, at the temperature of absolute zero, the gas molecules
(A) Start movement
(B) Become massless
(C) Start emitting light
(D) Stop movement
79. The nuclear force is
(A) short range repulsive force
(B) short range attractive force
(C) long range repulsive force
(D) long range attractive force
80. A satellite in vacuum
(A) is kept in orbit by remote control
(B) is kept in orbit by retro-rocket
(C) derives energy from gravitational field
(D) does not require any energy for orbiting
81. Unsorted transaction that can be used to immediately update a database is called as
(A) Direct database access
(B) Sequential database access
(C) Alternate database access
(D) Instance database access
82. Which of the following number is not correctly written?
(A) 1018 (B) 1012
(C) 1A12 (D) ABC16
83. Chemical decomposition of an organic compound by water is called as
(A) Hydrogenation
(B) Hydration
(C) Hydrolysis
(D) All of these
84. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(A) Vitamin B- Pyridoxine
(B) Vitamin C- Ascorbic acid
(C) Vitamin E- Alphatocopherol
(D) Vitamin D- Sunshine
85. Which of the following is not a nitrogenous fertilizer?
(A) Ammonium sulphate
(B) Urea
(C) Ammonium nitrate
(D) Super phosphate
86. CaC2 on treatment with water gives
(A) Methane (B) Ethane
(C) Ethylene (D) Acetylene
87. The “fine respiratory particles” which deteriorate air quality for breathing by human beings are categorized as
(A) PM 0.0 (B) PM 2.5
(C) PM 8.5 (D) PM 10.0
88. The snow leopard population is found in
(A) Sikkim (B) Assam
(C) Mizoram (D) Manipur
89. Total interacting animals and plants in any well defined area is known as
(A) Population (B) Biome
(C) Community (D) Species
90. “IPCC” stands for
(A) Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change
(B) Indian Panel on Climate Change
(C) International Policy on Climate Change
(D) Indian Policy on Climate Control
91. In Bollywood, the actress popularly known as “Dream Girl” is
(A) Zeenat Aman
(B) Rakhi Sawant
(C) Helen
(D) Hema Malini
92. The most healthy edible oil for heart is
(A) Butter oil
(B) Olive oil
(C) Rape-seed oil
(D) Mustard oil
93. Telengana creation as an independent state is primarily the outcome of
(A) 13th Lok Sabha
(B) 14th Lok Sabha
(C) 15th Lok Sabha
(D) 16th Lok Sabha
94. Which of the following is not correct?
(A) SIT - Special Intelligence Team
(B) CNG - Compressed Natural Gas
(C) NGT - National Green Tribunal
(D) KYC - Know Your Customer
95. World’s tallest women record is up to 7 ft. and 8 inches from
(A) U.S.A. (B) China
(C) Pakistan (D) Italy
96. Who was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress?
(A) Annie Besant
(B) Sarojini Naidu
(C) Vijayalakshimi Pandit
(D) Kadambani Ganguli
97. ICMR is the abbreviation for
(A) International Council for Malarial Research
(B) Indian Council of Medical Research
(C) International Council of Medical Research
(D) Indian Council of Microbial Research
98. Rubber is a product of
(A) Fibre (B) Latex
(C) Resin (D) Gum
99. The first indigenous silent feature film (released on 3rd May, 1913) was called
(A) Alam Ara
(B) Raja Harishchandra
(C) Bhakta Prahlad
(D) Mother India
100. The book entitled “Spell of the Tiger” is written by
(A) Jim Corbett
(B) Valmik Thapar
(C) Sy Montgomery
(D) Atul Sethi
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51. Price discrimination is a feature of
(A) Oligopoly (B) Monopoly
(C) Monopsony (D) Duopoly
52. If the increase in demand is more than the increase in supply, the price will
(A) remain the same
(B) increase
(C) decrease
(D) fluctuate
53. The first law officer of the Government of India is
(A) The Law Minister
(B) The Attorney-General of India
(C) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
(D) None of these
54. Consumers are likely to get a variety of goods under
(A) Oligopoly
(B) Perfect competition
(C) Monopoly
(D) Imperfect competition
55. Under WTO, Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Legislation was passed in August
(A) 2002 (B) 1999
(C) 2000 (D) 2001
56. The level of economic activity of an economy largely depends on
(A) Aggregate Savings in the economy
(B) Aggregate Demand in the economy
(C) Aggregate Supply in the economy
(D) Aggregate Investment in the economy
57. In which portin of the Constitution, were the goals of the Indian Constitution incorporated?
(A) Fundamental Rights i.e. Part III
(B) Preamble
(C) Directive Principles i.e. Par IV
(D) None of the above
58. The Constitution of Indian was adopted on
(A) 26th January, 1950
(B) 26th November, 1949
(C) 15th August, 1949
(D) 9th December, 1946
59. Of the following Congress leaders, who was not a “Moderate”?
(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(B) Bipin Chandra Pal
(C) Lala Lajpat Rai
(D) All of the above
60. Russian Revolution broke out in the year
(A) 1919 (B) 1916
(C) 1917 (D) 1918
61. Who called the newspapers “the Bible of Democracy”?
(A) Lindsay
(B) Ernest Barker
(C) Herman Finer
(D) Walter Lippmann
62. ‘Sovereignty’ is derived from ‘Superanus’ which is
(A) a French word
(B) a Latin word
(C) a Greek word
(D) None of the above
63. The diseases caused by virus include
(A) Measles, Small-pox, Mumps, Rabies
(B) Measles, Syphilis, Rabies, Cholera
(C) Polio, Syphilis, Chicken-pox, Mumps
(D) Cholera, Tuberculosis, Meningitis, Syphilis
64. Which one of the following combinations is correct?
(A) Brassica- Liliaceae
(B) Allium cepa- Cruciferae
(C) Acacia- Caesalpiniaceae
(D) Pyrethrum- Compositae
65. Mahavira preached in which language?
(A) Apbhransh
(B) Magadhi
(C) Ardha-Magadhi
(D) Suraseni
66. Buddha can best be described as a/ an
(A) agnostic (B) atheist
(C) theist (D) materialist
67. Which are the four major languages of the Dravidian family?
(A) Marathi- kannada- Malayalam- Telugu
(B) Bangla-Tamil-Kannada-Malayalam
(C) Malayalam-Bangla-Marathi-Tamil
(D) Tamil-Telugu-Kannada- Malayalam
68. Lanolin, a fatty substance used in manufacturing of cosmetics, is obtained from
(A) Horse (B) Sheep
(C) Cattle (D) Pig
69. Law of Exclusive Economic Zone is related to
(A) Dairying (B) Agriculture
(C) Industry (D) Fishing
70. Which of the atmospheric layers prevents penetration of great amounts of ultraviolet radiation?
(A) Troposphere (B) Ionosphere
(C) Ozonospere (D) Stratosphere
71. On which of the following rivers is Bangkok located?
(A) Mekong
(B) Chao Phraya
(C) Chindwin
(D) Salween
72. Which of the following is a most modern surveying technique?
(A) Geodetic Survey System
(B) Aerial Photography
(C) Geographical Information System (GIS)
(D) Satellite Remote Sensing
73. Antibodies combine with antigens
(A) Only if macrophages are absent
(B) at variable regions
(C) at constant regions
(D) only if macrophages are present
74. Atomiser works on the principle of
(A) Avogadro’s hypothesis
(B) Pascal’s law
(C) Bernoulli’s theorem
(D) Ideal gas equation
75. Line spectrum is produced by
(A) O2 - Oxygen molecule
(B) H2 - Hydrogen molecule
(C) H - Atomic hydrogen
(D) N2 - Nitrogen molecule
76. When a body is executing simple harmonic motion and passes through the mean position, it has
(A) Maximum kinetic energy and minimum potential energy
(B) Both kinetic energy and potential energy minimum
(C) Both kinetic energy and potential energy maximum
(D) Minimum kinetic energy and maximum potential energy
77. The antibiotic Penicillin was discovered by
(A) Boyle
(B) George Stevenson
(C) Alexander Fleming
(D) Thomas Alva Edison
78. The group of bacteria which reduces the soil fertility is
(A) detoxifying (B) nitrifying
(C) denitrifying (D) ammonifying
79. Tabacco smoke contains
(A) CO2, CO, Hydrocarbon and Tar
(B) CO2, CO and Tar
(C) CO2 and Tar
(D) CO, Polycylic aromatic hydrocarbon and Tar
80. Which of the following is not a search engine?
(A) intel.com
(B) altavista. com
(C) excite. com
(D) infoseek.com
81. Which of the following gases has the highest average velocity at a certain temperature?
(A) Methane (B) Oxygen
(C) Carbon monoxide (D) Neon
82. The universal solvent is
(A) Alcohols (B) Aqua regia
(C) Hydrochloric acid (D) Water
83. Dry bleach is done by
(A) Ozone
(B) Hydrogen peroxide
(C) Sulphur dioxide
(D) Chlorine
84. Cryolite is
(A) Al(OH)3 (B) KAI Si3O8
(C) 3NaF AlF3 (D) Al2O3
85. When forward bias is applied to a junction diode, it
(A) reduces the minority-carrier current to zero
(B) increases the potential barrier
(C) decreases the potential barrier
(D) reduces the majority-carrier current to zero
86. “The Stored Program” concept was introduced by
(A) John Miller
(B) John von Neumann
(C) Steve John
(D) Thomas Hook
87. The snow leopard population in India is estimated to be
(A) 400-1000 (B) 100-200
(C) 400-500 (D) 400-700
88. A group of interacting living organisms sharing a populated environment is
(A) Biosphere (B) Ecosystem
(C) Community (D) Biome
89. “CETP” stands for
(A) Central Environmental Treatment Plant
(B) Course on Environment Training and Projects
(C) Common Effluent Treatment Plant
(D) Continental Energy, Temperature and Precipitation
90. A film “Sadma” was remade in Hindi based on a Tami film “Moondram Pirai”. The director of the film is also known as “Creator’s creator”, and his name is
(A) Balu Mahendra (B) Kamal Haasan
(C) Venkatesh (D) Mohan Lal
91. The Postal Department of India has recently on 10th February, 2014 released a stamp in memory of a singer named
(A) Daler Mehndi
(B) Jagjit Singh
(C) Lata Mangeshkar
(D) Bhupen Hazarika
92. The designer-creator of AK-47 assault rifle, Mikhail Kalashnikov is native to
(A) France (B) Russia
(C) Sweden (D) Italy
93. The “coarse particles” denoting air quality for breathing are termed as
(A) PM 10.0 (B) PM 1.0
(C) PM 2.0 (D) PM 3.0
94. Mother Teresa was awarded Nobel Prize for Peace in the year
(A) 1995 (B) 1975
(C) 1979 (D) 1989
95. Consumer Protection Act was enacted in
(A) 1989 (B) 1984
(C) 1986 (D) 1988
96. Identify the film that was based on the work by Munshi Premchand.
(A) Sadgati (B) Pyaasa
(C) Paa (D) Parineeta
97. Which of the following is not correct?
(A) UNDP- United Nations Development Programme
(B) NMA- National Monuments Authority
(C) MSP- Maximum Support Price
(D) ASI- Archaeological Survey of India
98. A book entitled “The Satanic Verses” is written by
(A) Kamal Haasan (B) Wendy Doniger
(C) Salman Rushdie (D) Taslima Nasrin
99. How many States were there in India as per the 15th Lok Sabha update during February 2014?
(A) 29 (B) 25 (C) 27 (D) 28
100. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(A) Lokmanya: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(B) Sher-e- Punjab: Lala Lajpat Rai
(C) Nightingale of India: Pandita Ramabai
(D) Lokhitwadi: Gopal Hari Deshmukh
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51. The number of firms in monopoly is
(A) One (B) Two
(C) Three (D) Four
52. FDI limit in Indian Private Sector Banks was (as on 1st January, 2007)
(A) 26% (B) 51%
(C) 74% (D) 86%
53. Non- material goods are
(A) Capital (B) Services
(C) Labour (D) Organisation
54. When saving exceeds investment, the income flow
(A) rises
(B) declines
(C) remains same
(D) becomes negative
55. Development means Economic growth plus
(A) Price stability (B) Social change
(C) Inflation (D) Deflation
56. The Constitution of India is
(A) one of the bulkest constitutions
(B) one of the briefest constitutions
(C) a medium sized consitution
(D) an evolved constitution
57. The surrender of titles and honoraray offices was a principle for which one of the following movements?
(A) Quit India Movement
(B) Non Cooperation Movement
(C) Khilafat Movement
(D) Bhakti Movement
58. Sovereignty is an essential element of
(A) Nation
(B) State
(C) Association
(D) Independent nation
59. Under the new electoral reforms, voter’s identity cards were suggested by
(A) R.V.S. Peri Sastri
(B) T.N. Seshan
(C) R.K. Trivedi
(D) S.L. Shakdhar
60. The main purpose for the grant of Fundamental Rights to the Indian citizens is
(A) establishment of democratic government
(B) to ensure independence of judiciary
(C) protection of individual liberty
(D) to establish socialist society
61. The British East India Company’s first ‘Presidency’ in India was
(A) Madras (B) Surat
(C) Hughli (D) Masulipatnam
62. Who among the following started the general use of stone for monuments?
(A) Chandragupta Maurya
(B) Bimbisara
(C) Bindusara
(D) Asoka
63. Who established the Chisti order in India?
(A) Nizam-ud-din Auliya
(B) Salim Chisti
(C) Shaikh Muin-ud- din Chisti
(D) Hamid- ud-din- Nagauri
64. Upasikas were
(A) monks and nuns of Jainism
(B) monks and nuns of Buddhism
(C) lay-members of Buddhism
(D) lay-members of Jainism
65. Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission (1896)?
(A) Ramakrishna Paramahansa
(B) Narendra Nath Datta (Swami Vivekananda)
(C) Gopal krishna Gokhale
(D) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
66. The natural disaster of ‘Drought’ is taken care of by
(A) Ministry of Agriculture
(B) Ministry of Home Affairs
(C) Ministry of Civil Aviation
(D) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
67. The study “Science of Small” is known as
(A) Molecular Biology
(B) Microbiology
(C) Nanotechnology
(D) Cosmology
68. The major impact of globalisation on Indian agriculture is the development of
(A) Biotechnology
(B) Fertilizer technology
(C) Pesticide technology
(D) Machine technology
69. The information Technology capital of India is
(A) Bangalore (B) Cochin
(C) Mumbai (D) Coimbatore
70. In India, the most important source of energy is
(A) Petroleum
(B) Coal
(C) Nuclear power
(D) Hydroelectric power
71. A fertilized egg is known as
(A) Zoospore
(B) Zygote
(C) Oospore
(D) Conidiospore
72. Who isolated the virus causing mosaic disease in tobaco in the form of crystals?
(A) Louis Pasteur
(B) Robert Koch
(C) Dr. Stanley
(D) Mayer
73. The book which contains information on rare plants is called as
(A) Blue book (B) Red book
(C) Green book (D) Yellow book
74. Statements:
1. In Gymnosperms, seeds are enclosed in fruits.
2. Dicots and monocots are included under Angiosperms.
(A) Statement 1 is correct, but Statement 2 is incorrect.
(B) Statement 1 is incorrect, but Statement 2 is correct.
(C) Both Statements 1 and 2 are correct.
(D) Both Statements 1 and 2 are incorrect.
75. The inflorescence of wheat is
(A) Spike (B) Panicle
(C) Raceme (D) Catkin
76. Agar-agar is prepared from
(A) Fungi (B) Bryophyte
(C) Algae (D) Lichens
77. On which of the following principles does a rocket work?
(A) Conservation of Mass
(B) Conservation of Energy
(C) Conservation of Momentum
(D) Conservation of Inertia
78. An intrinsic semiconductor at absolute zero temperature is a
(A) good conductor
(B) perfect insulator
(C) superconductor
(D) None of the above
79. The value of g on the Earth’s surface changes due to
(A) rotation of the Earth only
(B) shape of the Earth only
(C) both rotation and shape of the Earth
(D) None of the above
80. The scanning of uterus in determining the sex of the child is preferred more with ultrasonic waves rather than with X-rays. It is because
(A) X-rays cannot give as clear a picture as that of ultrasonic waves
(B) X-ray scanning is more expensive than
ultrasonic scanning
(C) X-rays are more harmful than the ultrasonic waves
(D) None of the above
81. “MIPS” is a measure of the speed of
(A) Floppy Disk (B) Hard Disk
(C) CPU (D) Printer
82. What is the role of a primary key?
(A) Password to open a database table
(B) A key that uniquely identifies a table
(C) A key that uniquely identifies a row
(D) None of the above
83. When chlorine is added to ethylene we get
(A) Ethyl chloride
(B) Ethylene chloride
(C) Ethylidene chloride
(D) Ethylene chlorohydrin
84. Aqua Regia contains
(A) 3 parts of conc. HCl+1 part of conc. H2SO4
(B) 3 parts of conc. H2SO4+1 part of conc. HNO3
(C) 3 parts of conc. HCl+1 part of conc.HNO3
(D) None of these
85. In the ordinary fire extinguisher, carbon dioxide is generated by the reaction of
(A) Limestone and dilute H2SO4
(B) Marble powder and dilute HCl
(C) Sodium carbonate and dilute HCl
(D) Sodium bicarbonate and dilute H2SO4
86. Starch is an example of
(A) Monosaccharide
(B) Disaccharide
(C) Polysaccharide
(D) Oligosaccharide
87. The Green Embassy Award -2012 in India was bagged by the Embassy of
(A) U.S.A. (B) Sweden
(C) U.K. (D) Japan
88. The major pesticidal properties are present in the seed of
(A) Neem (B) Lotus
(C) Mango (D) Drumstick
89. Which of the following is most injurious to the growing population of India?
(A) Ganja (B) Tobacco
(C) Opium (D) Datura
90. A greenhouse gas “PFTBA” (Perfluorotributylamine), more harmful than CO2, was recently reported by the scientists of
(A) University of Chicago
(B) University of Toronto
(C) University of the West Indies
(D) NASA
91. The chronological order of Lok Sabha General Elections 2014 was
(A) 14th (B) 15th
(C) 16th (D) 17th
92. Who among the following actresses is the tallest in height?
(A) Hima Qureshi (B) Katrina Kaif
(C) Deepika Padukone (D) Preity Zinta
93. Valentine’s Day is clebrated in the month of
(A) January (B) February
(C) March (D) April
94. Ants can lift weight up to how many times their body weight?
(A) 5 times (B) 50 times
(C) 500 times (D) 5000 times
95. Which of the following is not correct?
(A) BSF- British Security Force
(B) ASI- Archaeological Survey of India
(C) NMA- National Monuments Authority
(D) SIT- Special Investigatin Team
96. The ‘Arjuna’ and the ‘Dronacharya’ awards are associated with the field of
(A) Sports and Games (B) Art and Culture
(C) Music and Dance (D) Literature
97. Chief producer(s) of Jute in the world is
(A) India
(B) Bangladesh
(C) India and Bangladesh
(D) Scotland
98. Who is the author of “The Wonder That was India”?
(A) B.K. Thapar (B) R.S. Sharma
(C) D.D. Kosambi (D) A.L. Basham
99. Identify the Buddhist Goddess.
(A) Manjushri
(B) Tara
(C) Sanghamitra
(D) Gotami
100. Which of the following oils is gaining popularity as a cooking option in India?
(A) Pongamia
(B) Peanut
(C) Olive
(D) Coconut
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