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GENERAL STUDIES

1. About 50% of the world population is 5. The economic and monetary union of 15
concentrated between the latitudes of European countries is proposed to be made
a. 5°N and 20°N by 1999. But the currencies of two
b. 20°N and 40°N countries, franc, have already the same
c. 40°N and 60°N value and circulate freely in both the
d. 20°S and 40°S countries. The countries are
2. A rectangular plot of lawn shown in the a. France and Switzerland
figure has dimensions ‘x’ and ‘y’ and is b. Switzerland and Luxembourg
surrounded by a gravel pathway of width c. Luxembourg and Belgium
2m. What is the total area of the pathway? d. France and Belgium
6. The average rate of domestic savings
(gross) for the Indian economy is currently
estimated to be in the range of
a. 15 to 20 percent
b. 20 to 25 percent
c. 25 to 30 percent
a. 2x + 2y + 4 d. 30 to 35 percent
b. 2x + 2y + S 7. The tendency of a liquid drop to contract
c. 4x + 4y + 8 and occupy minim urn area is due to.
d. 4x + 4y + 16 a. surface tension
3. After consolidating his power, Balban b. viscosity
assumed the grand title of c. density
a. Tute-i-Hind d. vapour pressure
b. Kaisr-i-Hind 8. The pituitary gland by virtue of its tropic
c. Zil-i-Ilahi hormones controls the secretary activity of
d. Din-i-Ilahi other endocrine glands. Which one of the
4. Match List I with List II and select the following endocrine glands can function
correct answer: independent of the pituitary gland?
List I (Climatic conditions) a. Thyroid
A. Madras is warmer than Calcutta b. Gonads
B. Snowfall in Himalayas c. Adrenals
C. Rainfall decreases from West Bengal d. Parathyroid
to Punjab 9. The average monthly income of a person
D. Sutlej-Ganga Plain gets some rain in in a certain family of 5 is Rs. 1000/-. What
winter will be the monthly average income of a
List II (Reasons) person in the same family if the income of
1. North-East Monsoon one person increased by Rs. 12000/- per
2. Altitude year?
3. Western depressions a. 1200/-
4. Distance from sea b. 1600/-
5. Latitude c. 2000/-
A B C D d. 3400/-
a. 1 2 4 5 10. Match List I with List II and select the
b. 4 5 1 3 correct answer:
c. 5 2 4 3 List I
d. 5 1 3 4 A. Butler Committee Report
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B. Hurtog Committee Report 2. Lungs
C. Hunter Inquiry Committee Report 3. Tissue
D. Muddiman Committee Report The correct sequence of transportation is
List II a. 1, 2, 3
1. Jallianwala Bagh massacre b. 3, 1, 2
2. Relationship between the Indian States c. 2, 1, 3
and Paramount Power d. 1, 3, 2
3. Working of Dyarchy as laid down in 15. The characteristic odour of garlic is due to
the Mont-agu-Chelmsford Reforms a. a chloro compound
4. The growth of education in British b. a sulpher compound
India and potentialities of its further c. a fluorine compound
progress d. acetic acid
A B C D 16. The head of the military department under
a. 3 2 1 4 the recognized central machinery of
b. 1 4 2 3 administration during Akbar’s reign was
c. 2 1 3 4 a. Diwan
d. 2 4 1 3 b. Mir Bakshi
11. Match List I with List II and select the c. Mir Saman
correct answer: d. Bakshi
List I 17. The January isotherm taken as a basis for
A. Deccan Traps dividing India into tropical and subtropical
B. Western Ghats zones is
C. Arayalli a. 21°C
D. Narmada-Tapi alluvial deposits b. 18°C
List II c. 12°C
1. Late cenozoic d. 15°C
2. Pre-cambrian 18. In the given figure, if QRS Id an
3. Cretaceous Eocene equilateral triangle and QTS is an isosceles
4. Cambrian triangle and x = 47°, then the value (in
5. Pleistocene degrees) of y will be
A B C D
a. 3 2 1 4
b. 1 4 2 3
c. 2 1 3 4
d. 2 4 1 3
12. The number of industries for which a. 13
industrial licensing is required has now b. 23
been reduced to c. 33
a. 15 d. 43
b. 6 19. “………. They are people of yellow
c. 35 complexion, oblique eyes, high check
d. 20 bones, sparse hair and medium height.”
13. Which one of the following is a vector The reference here is to
quantity? a. Nordic Aryans
a. Momentum b. Austrics
b. Pressure c. Negroids
c. Energy d. Mongoloids
d. Work 20. What is the correct sequence of the
14. Oxygen transportation in a human body descending order of the following States in
takes place through respect of female literacy rates as per the
1. Blood 1991 census?
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1. Mizoram 1. Bhandara
2. Kerala 2. Karanpura
3. Goa 3. Ruth
4. Nagaland 4. Nellore
Choose the correct answer using the codes A B C D
given below: a. 1 3 2 4
a. 2, 3, 1, 4 b. 2 3 4 1
b. 2, 1, 3, 4 c. 3 4 2 1
c. 2, 3, 4, 1 d. 2 1 4 3
d. 1, 2, 4, 3 25. In which one of the following countries
21. The tail of a cornet is directed away from will the no- confidence motion to bring
the sun because down the government passed by the
a. as the comet rotates around the sun, the legislature be valid only when the
lighter mass of the comet is pushed legislature is able to find simultaneously a
away due to the centrifugal force alone majority to elect successor government?
b. as the comet rotates, the lighter mass a. France
of the comet is attracted by some star b. Germany
situated in the direction of its tall c. Italy
c. the radiation emitted by the sun exerts d. Portugal
a radial pressure on the comet 26. In the series POQ, SRT, VUW, ——, the
throwing its tail away from the sun blank space refers to
d. the tail of the comet always exists in a. XYZ
the same orientation b. XZV
22. Corpus lutcum is a mass of cells found in c. YXZ
a. brain d. YZX
b. ovary 27. The sum of which of the following
c. pancreas constitutes Broad Money in India?
d. spleen 1. Currency with the public.
23. Given below are two statements, one 2. Demand deposits with banks.
labelled as Assertion (A) and the other 3. Time deposits with ban1s.
labelled as Reason (R): 4. Other deposits with RBI.
Assertion (A): The sponsor and the most Choose the correct answer using the codes
prominent figure of the Chisti order of given below:
Sufis in India is Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti. a. 1 and 2
Reason (R): The Chisti order takes its b. 1, 2 and 3
name from a village Chisti in Ajmer.
c. 1, 2, 3 and 4
In the context of the above two statements,
d. 1, 2 and 4
which one of the following is correct?
28. A smooth inclined at an angle 0 with the
a. Both A and Rare true and R is the
horizontal as shown in the above figure. A
correct explanation of A body starts from rest and slides down the
b. Both A and R are true but R is not the inclined surface. The time taken by the
correct explanation of A body to reach the bottom is
c. A is true but R is false
d. A is false but R is true
24. Match List I with List II and select the
correct answer:
List I (Minerals)
A. Coal
B. Gold
C. Mica 2h
a.
D. Manganese g
List II (Typical areas of occurrence)
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2l b. The States will constitute their Finance
b. Commissions to allocate resources to
g
Panchayati Raj institutions
1 2h c. The Panchayati Raj elected
c.
sin  g functionaries will be disqualified to
2h hold their offices if they have more
d. sin q than two children
g
d. The elections will be held in six
29. 29. “A graduate at 18, professor and
months time if Panchayati Raj bodies
associate editor of the Sudharak at 20,
are. superseded or dissolved by the
Secretary of the Sarvajanik Sabha and of
State government
the Provincial Conference at 25, Secretary
of the National Congress at 29, leading 33. According to the latest census figures sex
witness before an important Royal ratio in India is
Commission at 31, Provincial legislator at a. declining
34, Imperial legislator at 36, President of b. stable
the Indian National Congress at 39 a c. increasing
patriot whom Mahatma Gandhi himself d. fluctuating
regarded as his master”. 34. The most reactive among the halogens is
This is how a biographer describes a. fluorine
a. Pandit Madan Moan Malaviya b. chlorine
b. Mahadev Govind Ranade c. bromine
c. Gopal Krishna Gokhale d. iodine
d. Bal Gangadhar Tilak 35. Which one of the following organisms is
30. Which one of the following is an active likely to show the highest concentration of
component of oil of clove? DDT once it has been introduced into the
a. Menthol ecosystem?
b. Eugenol a. Grasshopper
c. Methanol b. Toad
d. Benzaldehyde c. Snake
31. Consider the map given below: d. Cattle
The river shown on the map is 36. There are three drawers in a table. One
contains two gold’s coins, another two
silver coins, and the third, a silver coin
arid a gold coin. One of the drawers is
pulled out and a coin is taken out. It turns
out to be a silver coin. What is the
probability of drawing a gold coin, if one
of the other two drawers is pulled out next
and one of the coins in it is drawn at
random?
a. 37.5%
a. Irrawaddy b. 50%
b. Mekong c. 62.5%
c. Chao Phraya d. 75%
d. Salween 37. Who among the following was associated
32. Which one of the following was NOT with suppression if Thugs?
proposed by the 73rd constitutional a. General Henry Prendergast
amendment in the area of Panchayati Raj? b. Captain Sleeman
a. Thirty per cent seats in all elected rural c. Alexander Burnes
local bodies will be reserved for
d. Captain Robert Pemberton
women candidates at all levels
38. The Alamatti is on the river
a. Godavari
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b. Cauvery 43. Which one of the following was used as a
c. Krishna chemical weapon in the First World War?
d. Mahanadi a. Carbon monoxide
39. Which one of the following States of India b. Hydrogen cyanide
has passed a legislation (in 1996) making c. Mustard gas
the maintenance of one’s parents d. Water gas
mandatory? 44. Proportional representation is NOT
a. Kerala necessary in a country where
b. West Bengal a. there are no reserved constituencies
c. Maharashtra b. a two-party system has developed
d. Himachal Pradesh c. the first-past-post system prevails
40. Match List I with List II and select the d. there is a fusion of presidential and
correct answer: Parliamentary forms of government
List I (Events) 45. Match List I with List II and select the
A. Morley Minto Reforms correct answer
B. Simon commission List I (Committees)
C. The Chauri-Chaura incident A. Disinvestment of shares in Public
D. The Dandi March Sector Enterprises
List II (Results) B. Industrial Sickness
1. Country-wise agitation C. Tax Reforms
2. With drawl of a movement D. Reforms in Insurance Sector
3. Communal Electorates List II (Chaired by)
4. Communal outbreaks 1. Rajah Chelliah
5. Illegal manufacture of salt 2. Onkar Goswami
A B C D 3. R. N. Malhotra
a. 3 4 5 2 4. C. Rangarajan
b. 4 1 2 3 A B C D
c. 2 3 4 5 a. 1 4 2 3
d. 3 1 2 5 b. 4 2 1 3
41. In the following figure c. 4 1 2 3
d. 1 3 4 2
46. Alpha-keratin is a protein present in
a. blood
b. skin
c. wool
P is 30 km eastward of 0 and Q is 400 km d. eggs
north of O. R is exactly in the middle of Q 47. Which one of the following is
and P. The distance between Q and R is paramagnetic in nature?
a. 250 km a. Iron
b. 300 km b. Hydrogen
c. 350 km c. Oxygen
d. 250 Xkm d. Nitrogen
42. The Poona Pact which was signed between 48. When three coins are tossed together the
the British Government and Mahatma probability that all coins have the same
Gandhi in 1934 Provided for face up is
a. the creation of dominion status for a. 1/3
india b. 1/6
b. separate electorates for the Muslims c. 1/8
c. separate electorate for the Harijans d. 1/12
d. joint electorate with reservation for 49. Which one of the following factors is
Harijans responsible for the change in the regular
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direction of the ocean currents in the
Indian Ocean?
a. Indian Ocean is ‘half an ocean
b. Indian Ocean has Monsoon drift
c. Indian Ocean is a land-locked ocean
d. Indian Ocean has greater variation in
salinity
50. Match List I with List II and select the The ration of the number of students of a
correct answer: particular height in Section A to that in
List I Section B is the maximum for the height
A. Surat Split of
B. Communal Award a. 1.55 m
C. All Party Convention b. 1.60 m
D. Poorna Swaraj Resolution c. 1.65 m
List II d. 1.71 m
1. 1929 53. The canal-carrying capacity of Farrakka is
2. 1928 a. 75,000 Cusecs
3. 1932 b. 70,000 Cusecs
4. 1907 c. 40,000 Cusecs
5. 1905 d. 35,000 Cusecs
A B C D 54. The Prime Minister of which one of the
a. 4 3 1 5 following countries is chosen by the ruling
b. 4 3 2 1 prince from a slate of three candidates put
up to him by the President of France?
c. 2 5 4 1
a. San Marius
d. 1 4 2 3
b. Liechtenstein
51. Consider the map given below:
c. Malta
d. Monaco
55. One of the important agreements reached
in the 1996 Ministerial Conference of
WTO refers to
a. commerce in information Technology
b. Multilateral Agreement on Investment
The predominant languages spoken in the c. Multi-fibre Agreement
areas marked A, B, C and D are
d. exchange of technical personnal
respectively
56. Which one of the following has the highest
a. Brajbhasha, Bhojpuri, Maithili and
fuel value?
Awadhi
a. Hydrogen
b. Awadhi, Maithili, Bhojpuri and
b. Charco
Brajbhasha
c. Natural gas
c. Brajbhasha, Awadhi, Bhojpuri and
Maithili d. Gasoline
d. Maithdi, Bhojpuri, Brajbhasha and 57. Match List I with List II and select the
Awadhi correct answer:
52. The number of students in two sections, A List I
and B having different heights is shown in A. Chittagaon Armoury raid
the following Table: B. Kakori Conspiracy
C. Lahore Conspiracy
D. Ghadr Party
List II
1. Lala Hardayal
2. Jatin Das
3. Surya Sen
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4. Ram Prasad Bismil 1. Hot and &y climate with poor soil
5. Vasudeo Phadke 2. Cool climate with poorer soil
A B C D 3. Warm and Moist climate with high
a. 3 4 1 5 attitude
b. 4 3 2 5 4. Hot and Moist climate with rich soil
c. 3 4 2 1 A B C D
d. 2 4 3 1 a. 2 4 1 3
58. Which one of the following pairs is b. 3 4 1 2
correctly matched? c. 2 1 4 3
a. Teak : Jammu and Kashmir d. 3 2 4 1
b. Deodar : Madhya Pradesh 62. The world’s fastest computer has been
c. Sandalwood : Kerala able to perform (as of Dec. 1996)
d. Sundari : West Bengal a. 106 operations per second
59. Which one of the following is cultivated b. 109 operations per second
by transplanting seedlings? c. 1012 operations per second
a. Maize d. 1015 operations per second
b. Sorghum 63. The Basque separatist organization is
c. Onion active in
d. Soyabeen a. Russia
60. Consider the map given below: b. Cyprus
c. Portugal
d. Spain
64. The following table shows the per cent
change in the amount of sales (in rupees)
at different retail stores in a given
neighborhood market in the period 1993 to
1995:

The places marked A, B, C and D in the

map are respectively
a. Rift valley region, Chattisgarh plain,
Rain shadow region arid Chotanagpur If the sales at Anshu store amounted to Rs.
plateau 8 Lakhs in 1993, then the amount of sales
b. Chattisgarh plain, Chotanagpur (in lakhs of rupees) at that store in 1995
plateau, Rift valley region, and Rain was
shadow region a. 7.92
c. Rift valley region, Chattisgarh plain, b. 8.00
Chotanagpur plateau and Rain shadow c. 880
region d. 9.68
d. Chattisgarh plain, Rain shadow region, 65. The planet mercury is revolving in an
Chotanagpur plateau and Rift valley elliptical orbit around the sun as shown in
region the given figure. The kinetic energy of
61. Match List I with List II and select the mercury is greatest at the point labeled
correct answer:
List I (Crops)
A. Barley
B. Rice
C. Millets
a. A
D. Tea
b. B
List II (Geographical conditions)
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c. C d. Indonesia
d. D 70. Human Development Index comprises
66. Match List I with List II and select the literacy rates, life expectancy at birth and
correct answer: a. Gross Domestic Product per head in
List I the US dollars
A. Gupta b. Groos Domestic Product per head at
B. Chandella real purchasing power
C. Chalukya c. Gross National Product in US dollars
D. Pallava d. National income per head in US
List II dollars
1. Badami 71. A major health mission carried out in 1996
2. Panamalai was
3. Khajuraho a. war against leprosy
4. Deogarh b. small-pox eradication
A B C D c. pulse polio immunization
a. 4 3 1 2 d. popularization of oral rehydration
b. 4 2 3 1 therapy
c. 2 3 4 1 72. If the numbers representing volume and
d. 3 4 1 2 surface area of a cube are equal, then the
length of the edge of the cube in terms of
67. Consider the map given below:
the unit of measurement will be
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6
73. Which one of the following statements
regarding Asokan stone pillars is
incorrect?
a. These are highly polished
The places marked A,’B, C and D in the b. These are monolithic
map are respectively known for the c. The shaft of pillars is tapering in shape
cultivation of d. These are parts of architectural
a. groundnut, ragi, tobacco and sugarcane structures
b. groundnut, sugarcane, ragi and tobacco 74. State funding of elections takes place in
c. ragi, sugarcane, groundnut and tobacco a. U.S.A. and Canada
d. ragi, groundnut, sugarcane and tobacco b. Britain and Switzerland
68. The film The Making of the Mahatama has c. France and Italy
been directed by d. Germany and Austria
a. Peter Ustinov 75. Which of the following places are known
b. Richard Attenborough for paper manufacturing industry?
c. Shyam Benegal 1. Yamunanagar
d. Mira Nair 2. Guwahati
69. “From Aceh in the far north west to 3. Shahabad
Torres Strait in the east is 5000 miles, 4. Ballarpur
almost as far as from London to Baghdad. Chose the correct answer using the codes
The archipelago has 14,000 islands, some given below:
mere educational rocks, others some of the a. 1, 2 and 3
largest in the world.” This description best b. 1, 2 and 4
fits c. 1, 3 and 4
a. West Indies d. 2, 3 and 4
b. Japan 76. Consider the following qraphs:
c. Philippines
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79. The concept of Public Interest Litigation
originated in
a. the United Kingdom
b. Australia
c. the United States
The behaviour of a fictitious stock market d. Canada
index [comprising a weighted average of
80. The length, breadth and height of a room
the market prices of a selected list of
are ‘l, ‘b’ and ‘h’ respectively. The
companies including some multinational
perimeter of the ceiling expressed as a
corporations (MNC’s)] over a 15 day
Percentage of the total area of the four
period is shown in the graph. The
walls is
behaviour of the MNC’s in the same
period is also shown in the second graph. a. 100 h
Which one of the following is a valid b. 100/h
conclusion? c. h
a. MNC’s fell steeper in the period d. h/100
depicted 81. What is the average fat content of buffalo
b. Share prices of every non-MNC milk?
company soared by over5% on the a. 7.2%
12th day b. 4.5%
c. Government announced a policy c. 9.0%
disfavouring MNC’s on the 11th day d. 10.0%
d. Whatever be the reason favouring 82. If the Prime Minister of India belonged to
market revival on the 12th day, it the Upper House of Parliament
appears to be relevant only to non- a. he will not be able to vote in his favour
MNC companies in the event of a no-confidence motiom
77. Which one of the following pairs of b. he will not be able to speak on the
composers in different languages and their budget in the Lower Houle
works on the Mahabharata theme is c. he can make statements only in the
correctly matched? Upper House
a. Sarladasa …….... Bengali d. he has to become a member of the
b. Kasirama ……… Oriya Lower House Within six months after
c. Tikkana ………... Marathi being sworn in as the Prime Minister
d. Pampa …………. Kannada 83. M. C. Setalvad, B. N. Rao and Alladi
78. Match List I with List II and select the Krishnaswamy Iyer were distinguished
correct answer: members of the
List I (Commodities exported from India) a. Swaraj Party
A. Iron Ore b. All India National Liberal Federation
B. Leather goods c. Madras Labour Union
C. Tea d. Servants of India Society
D. Cotton fabrics 84. The tribal population in Andaman and
List II (Countries of destination) Nicobar Islands belongs to the
1. Russia a. Australoid race
2. U.S.A. b. Caucasoid race
3. Japan c. Mongoloid race
4. U.K d. Negroid race
5. Canada 85. Given below are two statements, one
A B C D labelled as Assertion (A) and the other
a. 5 1 2 3 labelled as Reason (R):
b. 3 1 4 2 Assertion (A): The reservation of thirty-
c. 1 5 4 3 three per cent of seats for women in
Parliament and State Legislatures does not
d. 3 4 1 2
require Constitutional amendment.
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Reason (R): Political parties contesting a. S finishes firsts
elections can allocate thirty-three per cent b. R finishes second
of seats they contest to women candidates c. T finishes third
without any Constitutional amendment. d. K finishes fourth
In the context of the above two statements 91. Which one of the following scripts of
which one of the following is correct? ancient India was written from right to
a. Both A and R are true and R is the left?
correct explanation of A a. Brahmi
b. Both A and R are true but R is not the b. Nandagari
correct explanation of A c. Sharada
c. A is true but R is false d. Kharoshti
d. A is false but R is true 92. Which one of the following techniques can
86. Which one of the following dances be used to establish the paternity of a
involves solo performance? child?
a. Bharatanatyam a. Protein analysis
b. Kuchipudi b. Chromosome counting
c. Mohiniattam c. Quantitative analysis of DNA
d. Odissi d. DNA finger printing
87. What is the correct chronological sequence 93. In the earth’s direction of rotation is
of the following? reversed, what would be the IST when it is
1. Wood’s Education Despatch. noon at the International Date Line?
2. Maeauley’s minute on education. a. 06.30 hrs
3. The Sergeant Education Report. b. 05.30 hrs
4. Indian Education (Hunter c. 18.30 hrs
Commission) d. 17.30 his
a. 2, 1, 4, 3 94. Bishop Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo and
b. 2, 1, 3, 4 Jos Remos Horta who shared the 1996
c. 1, 2, 4, 3 Nobel Peace Prize are known for their
d. 4, 3, 1, 2 work for the cause of
88. The group of small pieces of rock a. East Timor
revolving round the sun between the orbits b. Guatemala
of Mars and Jupiter are called c. Bosnia
a. meteors d. Barunda
b. comets 95. In the Presidential election in India, every
c. meteorites elected member of the Legislative
d. asteroids Assembly of a State shall have as many
89. Which one of the following is used as an votes as there are multiples of one
anti-freeze for the automobile engines? thousand in the quotient obtained by
a. Propyl alcohol dividing the population of the State by the
b. Ethanol total number of the elected members of the
c. Methanol Assembly. As at present (1997) the
d. Ethylene glycol expression “population” here means the
population as ascertained by the
90. Seven persons P, Q, R, 5, T, U and V
participate in and finish all the events of a a. 1991 Census
series of swimming races. There are no b. 1981 Census
ties at the finish of any of the events. V c. 1971 Census
always finishes somewhere ahead of P. P d. 1961 Census
always finishes somewhere ahead of Q. 96. In India, inflation is measured by the
Either R finishes first and T finishes last or a. Wholesale Price Index number
S finishes first and U or Q finishes last. If b. Consumers Price Index for urban non-
in a particular race V finished fifth, then manual workers
which one of the following would be true?
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c. Consumers Price Index for agricultural Choose the correct answer from the codes
workers given below:
d. National Income Deflation a. Neither 1 nor 2
97. Which one of the following stars is nearest b. Both 1 and 2
to the Earth? c. 1 alone
a. Polaris d. 2 alone
b. Alpha Centauri 102. The following are the major oilseeds
c. Sun produced in India
d. Sirius 1. Sesamum
98. Consider the following: 2. Mustard.
1. Saxena, David, Jam and Kumar were 3. Groundnut
District Collectors at places P, Q; R 4. Soyabeen
and S respectively in 1970 Which one of the following is the correct
2. In 1972 they were transferred. Saxena sequence of descending order of the
and Jam interchanged places. Kumar quantity of their production?
and David also interchanged places. a. 1, 2, 3, 4
3. One year later in 1973 they were again b. 3, 2, 4, 1
transferred such that David and Jam c. 2, 4, 3, 1
interchanged places and Saxena and d. 3, 4, 2, 1
Kumar were also interchanged. 103. A girl is swimming on a swing in sitting
What should be the next round of transfers position. When the same girl stands up, the
so that all the four persons could have period of swing will
been posted at all the four places? a. be shorter
a. Interchange Saxena and David as well b. be longer
as Jam and Kumar
c. depend on the height of the girl
b. Interchange Saxena and Kumar as well
d. not change
as David and Jain
104. The famous dialogue between Nachiketa
c. Interchange David and Kumar as well
and Yama is mentioned in the
as Saxena and Jain
a. Chhandogyopanishad
d. It is not possible for all the four
b. Mundakopanishad
persons to have been posted at all the
four places c. Kathopanishad
99. The medieval Indian writer who refers to d. Kenopanishad
the discovery of America is 105. Consider the geographical details given in
a. Malik Muhammad Jayasi the following figure:
b. Amir Khusrau
c. Raskhan
d. Abul Fazi
100. Which one of the following conditions is
most relevant for the presence of life on
Mars? The point marked by A in the above figure
indicates a country in
a. Atmospheric composition
a. North America
b. Thermal conditions
b. South America
c. Occurrence of ice caps and frozen
water c. Europe
d. Occurrence of ozone d. Asia
101. Which of the following are/is stated in the 106. Match List I with List II and select the
Constitution of India? correct answer:
1. The President shall not be a member of List I (Functionaries)
either House of Parliament. A. President of India
2. The Parliament shall consist of the B. Judges of Supreme Court
President and two Houses. C. Members of Parliament
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D. Minister for the Union 112. Match List I with List II and select the
List II (Oaths or affirmations) correct answer:
1. Secrecy of Information List I
2. Faithful Discharge of Duties A. Moplah revolt
3. Faith and Allegiance to the B. Pabna revolt
Constitution of India C. Eka Movement
4. Upholding the Constitution and the law D. Birsa Munda revolt
A B C D List II
a. 3 4 1 2 1. Kerala
b. 4 3 2 1 2. Bihar
c. 3 4 2 1 3. Bengal
d. 4 3 1 2 4. Awadh
107. In the map shown in the given figure, A B C D
rivers labelled as 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively a. 1 3 4 2
b. 2 3 4 1
c. 1 2 3 4
d. 3 4 1 2
113. The Sixth and the Eighth Five Year Plans
covered the period 1980-1985 and 1992-
a. Kosi, Gomati, Ghaghara and Gandak 1997 respectively. The Seventh Five Year
b. Kosi, Ganga, Gomati and Ghahara Plan covered the period
c. Gandak, Ganga, Gomati and Ghaghara a. 1987-1992
d. Teesta, Gomati, Ghaghara and Kosi b. 1986-1991
108. The major component of honey is c. 1985-1990
a. glucose d. 1988-1994
b. sucrose 114. Recommended daily intake of proteins for
c. maltose a moderately active women is
d. frustose a. 30g
109. Arteries supplying blood to the heart are b. 37g
called c. 40g
a. carotid arteries d. 46g
b. hepatic arteries 115. In a group of traveling in a bus, 6 persons
c. coronary arteries can speak Tamil, 15 can speak Hindi and 6
d. Pulmonary arteries can speak Gujrati. In that group none can
110. Milindapanho is in the form of a dialogue speak any other language. If 2 persons in
between the king Meander and the the group can speak two languages and
Buddhist monk one person can speak all the three
a. Nagasena languages, then how many persons are
b. Nagarjuna there in the group?
c. Nagabhatta a. 21
d. Kumariltbhatta b. 22
111. In which one of the following countries are c. 23
75 per cent of seats in both I-louses of d. 24
Parliament filled on the basis of first- past- 116. Which one of the following edicts
the post system and 25 per cent on the mentions the personal name of Asoka?
basis of Proportional Representation a. Kalsi
system of elections? b. Rummindei
a. Germany c. Special Kslinga Edict
b. Italy d. Maski
c. France 117. Consider the map given below:
d. Russia
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b. 1 and 3
c. 2 and 3
d. 2 and 4
120. Match List I with list II and select the
correct answer:
List I
A. Rashtriya Mahila Kosh
Of the four shaded areas in the map, that B. Mahila Samriddhi Yojana
which is characterized by hot dry C. Indira Mahila Yojana
summers, mild and moist winters and D. Mahila Samakhya Programme
seasonal reversal of winds is the area List II
labeled 1. Empowerment of women
a. 1 2. Education for women’s equality
b. 2 3. Promotion of savings among rural
c. 3 women
d. 4 4. Meeting credit needs of the poor
118. In the following quotation, women
“WE THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, A B C D
having solemnly resolved to a. 3 2 1 4
constitute India into a Sovereign Socialist b. 1 3 4 2
Secular Democratic Republic and to secure c. 4 3 2 1
to all d. 4 1 2 3
its citizens 121. The following map shows four of the
JUSTICE, social, economic and political; sixteen mahajanapadas that existed in
UBERTY of thought, expression, belief ancient India:
faith and worship;
EQUALITY of status and of opportunity;
and to promote among them all;
FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the
individual and the unity and the integrity
of the Nation;
In our Constituent Assembly this ‘X’ The places marked A, B, C and D
do hereby adopt, enact and respectively are
give to ourselves this Constitution”, a. Matsya,Cedi, Kosala, Anga
‘X’ stands for b. Surasena, Avanti, Vatsa, Magadha
a. twenty-sixth day of January, 1950 c. Matsya, Avanti, Vatsa, Anga
b. twenty-sixth day of November, 1949 d. Surasena, Cedi, Kosala, Magadha
c. twenty-sixth day of January, 1949 122. A boy standing at the point ‘0’ in the given
d. None of the above diagram throws a ball three times with the
119. Examine the following statements same force, but projecting it along
regarding a set of balls different inclinations from the ground. The
1. All balls are black. results of the throws have been plotted in
2. All balls are white. the diagram. Which one of the following is
3. Only some balls are black a valid conclusion?
4. No balls are black.
Assuming that the balls can only be black
or white, which two of the statements
given above can both be true, but cannot
both be false? Choose the correct answer
from the codes given below:
a. 1 and 4
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a. The Larger the initial inclination, the minutes. The velocity of the river water in
longer the throw km/hr is
b. The Larger the height reached, the a. 1
longer the throw b. 3
c. The Larger the height reached, the c. 4
shorter the throw d. 41
d. The larger the initial inclination, the 128. A survey was conducted on a sample of
greater the height reached 1000 persons with reference to their
123. In the Mahayana Buddhism, the knowledge of English, French and
Bodhisattva Avalokitesvar was also known German. The results of the survey are
as presented in the given Venn diagram. The
a. Vajrapani ratio of the number of the persons who do
b. Manjusri not know any of the three languages to
c. Padmapani those who know all the three languages is
d. Maitreya
124. Daily weather map showing isobars is an
example of
a. Choropleth map
b. Isopleth map
c. Chorochromatic map
d. Choroschematic map
1
125. Given below are two statements, one a.
27
labelled as Assertion (A) and the other
1
labelled as Reason (R): b.
25
Assertion (A): Wilful disobedience or non-
compliance of Court orders and use of 1
c.
derogatory language about judicial 550
behaviour amount to Contempt of Court. 175
d.
Reason (R): Judicial activism cannot be 1000
practiced without arming the judiciary 129. The silver coins issued by the Guptas were
with punitive powers to punish called
contemptuous behaviour. a. rupaka
In the context of the above two statements b. karshapana
which one of the following is correct? c. dinara
a. Both A and R are true and R is the d. pana
correct explanation of A 130. Which one of the following countries is
b. Both A and R are frue but R is not the the largest producer of fuel wood in the
correct explanation of A world?
c. A is true but R is false a. Indonesia
d. A is false but R is true b. Russia
126. Schemes of (i) Urban Micro-Enterprises, c. India
(ii) Urban Wage Employment and (iii) d. China
Housing arid Shelter Up gradation are 131. Given below are two statements, one
parts of labelled as Assertion (A) and the other
a. Integrated Rural Development labelled as Reason (R):
Programme Assertion (A): The emergence of
b. Nehru Rojgar Yojana economic globalism does not imply the
c. Jawahar Rojgar Yojana decline of socialist ideology.
d. Prime Minister’s Rojgar Yojana Reason (R): The ideology of socialism
127. A boat which has a speed of 5 km/hr in believes in Universalism and globalism.
still water crosses a river of width 1 km In the context of the above two statements
along the shortes possible path in 15 which one of the following is correct?
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a. Both A and Rare true and R is the b. 3 4 2 5
correct explanation of A c. 5 3 4 1
b. Both A and R are true but R is not the d. 1 3 5 2
correct explanation of A 136. One will NOT have to pass through the
c. A is true but R is false Suez Canal while going from Bombay to
d. A is false but R is true a. Alexandria
132. The contribution of India’s small scale b. Suez
sector to the gross turnover in the c. Port Said
manufacturing sector since 1992 has been d. Benghazi
of the order of 137. The Dinesh Goswami Committee
a. 40% recommended
b. 34% a. the constitution of state level election
c. 30% commission
d. 45% b. List system of election to the Lok
133. The working principle of a washing Sabha
machine c. governmental funding of parliamentary
a. centrifugation elections
b. dialysis d. a ban on the candidature of
c. reverse osmosis independent candidates in the
d. diffusion parliamentary elections
134. Consider the figures given below: 138. Which of the following come under Non-
plan expenditure?
1. Subsidies
2. Interest payments
In the given sequence of figures, the figure
that would logically appear at SI. No. 5 is 3. Defence expenditure
4. Maintenance expenditure for the
infrastructure created in the previous
plans
a.
Choose the correct answer using the codes
given below:
b. a. 1 and 2
b. 1 and 3
c. 2 and 4
c. d. 1, 2, 3 and 4
139. The sequencing of the entire genome (the
totality of all genes) of an organism was
d. completed in 1996. The organism was
135. Match List! with List IL and select the
a. albino mouse
correct answer:
b. yeast
List I (Author)
c. human being
A. Varahamihira
d. plasmodium vivax
B. Visakhadatta
140. Which one of the following was a
C. Sudraka
corporation of merchants in ancient India?
D. Bilhana
a. Chaturvedimangalam
List II (Text)
b. Parishad
1. Prabandha Chintamani
c. Ashtadikgaja
2. Mrchchha-katikam
d. Manigrama
3. Brhat-Samhita
141. Match List I with List II and select the
4. Devi-Chandraguptam correct answer:
5. Vikramankadeva-charita List I
A B C D A. Malaria
a. 3 4 5 2 B. Filaria
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C. Encephalitis b. 48
D. Leukaemia c. 24
List II d. 12
1. Bone marrow 147. The Badami rock inscription of Pulakesin I
2. Brain is dated in the Saka year 465. If the same
3. Muscle were to be dated in Vikrama Samvat, the
4. Lymph node year would be
5. Blood cells a. 601
A B C D
b. 300
a. 5 3 2 1
b. 5 4 2 1 c. 330
c. 4 3 5 1 d. 407
d. 5 4 1 2 148. The Minimum Alternative Tax (MAT) was
142. National Income is the introduced in the Budget of the
a. Net National Product at market price Government of India for the year
b. Net National Product at factor cost a. 1991-92
c. Net Domestic Product at market price b. 1992-93
d. Net Domestic Product at factor cost c. 1995-96
143. Which one of the following is NOT a d. 1996-97
principle of “Panch-sheel”? 149. Which one of the following is present in
a. Non-alignment the largest amount in terms of per cent by
mass in the earth’s crust?
b. Peaceful Co-existence
a. Silicon
c. Mutual respect for each other’s
territorial integrity and sovereignty b. Oxygen
d. Mutual non-interference iii each c. Carbon
other’s internal affairs. d. Calcium
144. During a flight from Delhi to Tokyo the 150. Match List I with List II and select the
following are the landing airports: correct answer:
1. Hongkong List I (Hazardous industries using child
2. Hanoi labour leading to the filing of a public
interest petition in the Supreme Court)
3. Taipei
A. Glass Industry
4. Bangkok.
B. Brassware industry
The correct sequence of the landing at
these airports during an onward journey is C. Slate Industry
a. 1, 2, 3, 4 D. Handmade carpet Industry
b. 4, 2, 1, 3 List II (Located at)
c. 3, 4, 1, 2 1. Moradabad
d. 4, 1, 2, 3 2. Marakpur
145. Antigen is a substance which 3. Ferozabad
a. lowers body temperature 4. Mirzapur
b. destroys harmful bacteria A B C D
c. triggers the immune system a. 3 1 2 4
d. is used as an antidote to poison b. 1 3 4 2
146. The number of times in a day the Hour- c. 3 1 4 2
hand and the Minute-hand of a clock are at d. 1 3 2 4
right angles is
a. 44