Question Paper -07-10-2007

1. The latitudinal extention of India is

A) 804’s - 3706’s B) 804’N - 3706’N C) 804’E - 3706’E D) 804’N - 3706’S

2. Southern most point of Indian administrative territory is

A) Minicoy Island B) Kaniyakumari C) Indrapoint D) Lakshwadeep

3. Which is the highest peak in India?

A) Everest B) Kanchenjunga C) Namchabarva D) Godwin Austin

4. Which plateau is rich in mineral deposits?

A) Chotanagpur B) Baghalkhand C) Malwa D) Deccan

5. Palghat gap is located between

A) Anaimalai and Palani Hills B) Cardamam Hills and Anaimalai Hills
C) Nilgiri Hills and Anaimalai D) Nilgiri Hills and Shevaroy Hills.

6. Ashtamudi lake is located in

A) Orissa B) Andhrapradesh C) Kerala D) Tamil Nadu.

7. Southern part of Eastern Coastal Plain is known as

A) Konkan Coast B) Circar Coast C) Malabar Coast D) Coromandal Coast.

8. Only active volcano in India is located in

A) Lakshwadeep B) Minicoy Island C) North Andaman D) Barren Island

9. Durand line is the boundary line between

A) Afghanistan and India B) India and China C) India and Bangladesh
D) India and Myanmar.

10. Which is the second largest state in population according to 2001 census?
A) West Bengal B) Bihar C) Uttar Pradesh D) Maharashtra

11. Which state is leading in forest area?

A) Arunachal Pradesh B) Madhya Pradesh C) Assam D) Chhattisgarh

12. Rourkela Steel Plant is situated in

A) Orissa B) Chhattisgarh C) West Bengal D) Jharkhand

13. Naharkatiya oil field is located in

A) Gujarat B) Assam C) Maharashtra D) Uttarpradesh

14. Head Quarters of South Central Railway is situated in

A) Nagpur B) Hyderabad C) Secundrabad D) Bhuvaneshwar

15. The Longest National Highway in India is

A) NH 31 B) NH 15 C) NH 7 D) NH 6

16. Leading producer of Tobacco is

A) Andhra Pradesh B) Karnataka C) Maharashtra D) Gujarat

17. The highest peak in U.S.A. is

A) Mt. Blanc B) Mt. Elbert C) Mt. Shasta D) Mt. Mckinley

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18. The longest river in Europe is
A) Rhine B) Danube C) Volga D) Dnieper

19. Victoria falls is situated across river

A) Zambezi B) Zaire C) Niger D) orange

20. Hoover Dam is constructed across river

A) Colorado B) Volga C) Mississippi D) St. Lawrence

21. Dakshin Gangotri is

A) religious place B) peak in Himalayas C) Submarine of Indian Navy
D) Antarctic research station

22. On which date the sun shines vertically over the Tropic of capricorn?
A) June 22 B) December 22 C) September 23 D) March 21

23. What happens when one crosses 1800 longitude from west to east?
A) One losses a day B) one gains a day C) No chagne in day or time
D) Threre is no change in day but the time changes.

24. Oxbow lake is formed by

A) Glacial erosion B) River erosion C) Wind erosion D) Underground water deposition

25. The Agulhas current flows in

A) Indian Ocean B) Atlantic Ocean C) Pacific Ocean D) Southern Ocean

26. When the sun is nearest to the earth, the earth is said to be in
A) Perihelion B) Apogee C) Aphelion D) Perigee

27. Which longitude is selected for calculating Indian Standard Time in India?
A) 83030’E B) 83020’W C) 82030’E D) 82030’W

28. The first Indian Satellite Aryabhata was launched from

A) USSR B) U.S.A. C) India D) France

29. National Remotesensing Agency is situated in

A) Mumbai B) Dehradun C) Bangalore D) Hyderabad

30. World’s Highest Railway line is located in

A) Peru B) Switzerland C) China D) Norway.

31. In a dry battery cell, which form of energy is converted to electrical energy?
A) Potential enegy B) Kinetic energy C) Chemical energy D) Heat energy

32. Kilo watt hour is a unit of

A) Power B) Energy C) Power as well as energy D) Neither power nor energy.

33. Coal gas is a mixture of

A) Methane, ethane and butane. B) Methane, hydrogen and carbon monoxide.
C) Hydrogen, butane and carbondioxide. D) Carbon dioxide, Carbon monoxide and Sulphurdioxide.

34. The main constituent of L.P.G. is

A) Methane B) Propane C) Butane D) Ethane.

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35. Alpha Particles are same as
A) Electrons B) Protons C) Helium Nuclei D) Neutrons.

36. Which of the following set of nuclei contain same number of neutrons?
A) B) C) D)

37. The Neutrino has same charge as that on

A) an electron B) a neutron C) a proton D) an alpha particle.

38. Which of the following is a rich source of protein?

A) Rice B) Egg C) Cabbage D) Wheat

39. Deficiency of iodine cause

A) Anaemia B) Goitre C) Pellagra D) Scurvy.

40. ‘Foot and Mouth’ disease in cattle is caused by

A) Worms B) Bacteria C) Fungus D) Virus.

41. Rinderpest is a disease of

A) Bird B) Cattle C) Sheep D) Goat.

42. Which of the following diseases is a genetic disease?

A) Goitre B) Malaria C) Cancer D) Haemophilia.

43. Filariasis is caused by

A) Virus B) Worms C) Bacteria D) Protozoa

44. Light year is a unit of

A) Distance B) light C) time D) none of these.

45. The matter in the core of the earth is in

A) Liquid State B) Solid State C) liquid as well as solid state. D) Gaseous State.

46. Major pollutant in the atmosphere is

A) Hydrocarbons B) SO2 C) CO2 D) CO

47. The deepest ocean is

A) Atlantic B) Indian C) Antarctic D) Pacific.

48. Cinnabar is an ore of

A) Zinc B) Lead C) Mercury D) Silver

49. Which of the following is the lightest metal?

A) Iron B) Copper C) Aluminium D) Mercury

50. Which one of the elements has the highest melting point?
A) Tungsten B) Palladium C) Silicon D) Carbon

51. Which of the following is known as regenerated fibre?

A) Nylon-66 B) Terylene C) Rayon D) Nylon-6

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52. Which one of the following is not an abiotic component of an ecosystem.
A) Air B) Soil C) Sunlight D) Plant.

53. Conversion of ammonia into nitrogen is called as

A) Nitrification B) Nitrogen fixation C) Ammonification D) Penitrification

54. Which one of the following bacteria are responsible for nitrogen fixation?
A) Rhizobium B) Nitrosomonas C) Pseudomonas D) Nitrobactor

55. Ozone gas is mainly present in

A) Troposphere B) Stratosphere C) Exosphere D) Ionosphere

56. Height above the earth’s surface for a geostationary satellite is approximately
A) 3000km B) 20000km C) 36000km D) 25000km.

57. The first Indian satellite put in geostationary orbit was

A) INSAT-1A B) INSAT-1B C) INSAT-1C D) APPLE

58. Which one of the following is the man made eco-system.

A) Lake B) Forest C) Aquarium D) Pond

59. The percentage of CO2 in atmosphere is approximately

A) 1% B) 0.03% C) 0.4% D) 3%

60. Which one of the following is an unsaturated Hydrocarbon?

A) Methane B) Ethane C) Ethene D) Propane.

61. A Dualistic economy is one

A) in which there are cities and villages. B) With the Co existence of affluent and subsistence
economy.
C) With more men and less women in population. D) With poverty and illiteracy.

62. The vicious circle of poverty on both demand side and supply side can be broken with
A) Food for work programme. B) Grants to states. C) increase in capital formation
D) Loans from foreign countries.

63. Economic growth denotes

A) Structural changes in the economy. B) temporary increase in National Income.
C) increase in industrial production D) end - product of the long process of development

64. “Up by the Bootstraps” - refers to

A) Highly mechanised techniques B) Sacrifice of current consumption
C) Demonstration effect D) Lavish public spending.

65. The first regular population census was taken in India in the year
A) 1871 B) 1901 C) 1881 D) 1951

66. The year of Great divide is referred in the study of

A) Partition B) Population C) History of India D) Econometrics.

67. Which among the following falls under primary sector.

A) Defence B) Insurance C) Agriculture D) Manufacturing.

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68. The Planning Commission of India was setup in March 1950 under the Chairmanship of
A) B.R. Ambedkar B) Sardar Patel C) Jawaharlal Nehru D) Visveswariah

69. Laissez - faire doctrine is associated with

A) Amartya Sen B) J.M. Keynes C) M.K. Gandhi D) Adam Smith.

70. Who is the present Governor of the Reserve Bank of India?

A) Montek Singh Alhuwalia B) Raja Chelliah C) Y.V. Reddi D) M.S.
Swaminathan

71. The II Five Year plan strategy was decided on the advice of
A) P.C. Mahalanobis B) V.K.R.V. Rao C) V.N. Gadgil D) Morarji Desai.

72. Deficit financing means

A) Debt B) Budget C) Issue of new currency D) Deflation

73. CSO means

A) Central Scientific Organisation B) Central Statistical Organization
C) Central Shipping Organisation D) Central Statistical Office.

74. The Kharif and Rabi are

A) Names of food crops B) Names of fruits C) Names of crop seasons
D) Names of High yiedding varieties

75. Which of the following is a cash crop?

A) Rice B) Wheat C) Sugarcane D) Maize

76. Zamindari system is associated with

A) Thomas Munroe B) William Bentick C) Lord Cornwallis D) Rajaram Mohanrai.

77. I.R. 8 is a
A) Fertilizer B) High yielding variety seed C) Agriculture loan D) Pesticide

78. In urban areas the calorie intake level to determine poverty - line is
A) 2400 B) 2100 C) 2500 D) 2200

79. Frictional unemployment is familiar in

A) Underdeveloped Economies B) Socialist Economies. C) Developed Economies
D) Rural Economies.

80. The GDP growth rate in the first quarter of 2007-08 is

A) 8.2% B) 7.0% C) 5.7% D) 9.3%

81. The International Day of the Book is observed on

A) 15 March B) 24 October C) 23 April D) 12 November

82. The author of the book, ‘Courage’ is

A) Arundathi Rai B) Sunitha Williams C) L.K. Advani D) Gorden Brown

83. The next Olympics will be held in

A) Russia B) China C) Germany D) Australia

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68. The Planning Commission of India was setup in March 1950 under the Chairmanship of
A) B.R. Ambedkar B) Sardar Patel C) Jawaharlal Nehru D) Visveswariah

69. Laissez - faire doctrine is associated with

A) Amartya Sen B) J.M. Keynes C) M.K. Gandhi D) Adam Smith.

70. Who is the present Governor of the Reserve Bank of India?

A) Montek Singh Alhuwalia B) Raja Chelliah C) Y.V. Reddi D) M.S.
Swaminathan

71. The II Five Year plan strategy was decided on the advice of
A) P.C. Mahalanobis B) V.K.R.V. Rao C) V.N. Gadgil D) Morarji Desai.

72. Deficit financing means

A) Debt B) Budget C) Issue of new currency D) Deflation

73. CSO means

A) Central Scientific Organisation B) Central Statistical Organization
C) Central Shipping Organisation D) Central Statistical Office.

74. The Kharif and Rabi are

A) Names of food crops B) Names of fruits C) Names of crop seasons
D) Names of High yiedding varieties

75. Which of the following is a cash crop?

A) Rice B) Wheat C) Sugarcane D) Maize

76. Zamindari system is associated with

A) Thomas Munroe B) William Bentick C) Lord Cornwallis D) Rajaram Mohanrai.

77. I.R. 8 is a
A) Fertilizer B) High yielding variety seed C) Agriculture loan D) Pesticide

78. In urban areas the calorie intake level to determine poverty - line is
A) 2400 B) 2100 C) 2500 D) 2200

79. Frictional unemployment is familiar in

A) Underdeveloped Economies B) Socialist Economies. C) Developed Economies
D) Rural Economies.

80. The GDP growth rate in the first quarter of 2007-08 is

A) 8.2% B) 7.0% C) 5.7% D) 9.3%

81. The International Day of the Book is observed on

A) 15 March B) 24 October C) 23 April D) 12 November

82. The author of the book, ‘Courage’ is

A) Arundathi Rai B) Sunitha Williams C) L.K. Advani D) Gorden Brown

83. The next Olympics will be held in

A) Russia B) China C) Germany D) Australia

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99. ART Centres treat the patients affected by
A) HIV/AIDS B) Tuberculosis C) Malaria D) Epilepsy

100. The 5th India - ASEAN Summit, 2007 was held in

A) Thailand B) Indonesia C) Loas D) Philippines

101. Who of the following was elected as permanent President of the Constituent Assembly?
A) Dr. Rajendira Prasad. B) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. C) Jawaharlal Nehru D) K.M.
Munshi.

102. The Constitution of India was adopted on

A) 15 August 1947, B) 26 January 1950 C) 26 November 1949 D) 1 January 1948

103. How many members were included in the Drafting Committee?

A) Seven B) Nine C) Eleven D) Thirteen.

104. The Preamble was amended for the first time by

A) the 24th amendment B) the 42nd amendment C) the 44th amendment
D) None of the above.

105. Which part of the Constitution of India has been described as the soul of the Constitution?
A) Fundamental Rights B) The Directive Principles of State Policy
C) The Preamble D) The Right to Constitutional Remedies.

106. The fundamental rights of the Indian Citizens are enshrined in :

A) The Preamble B) Part III of the constitution C) Part IV of the constitution
D) Part V of the constitution.

107. Which of the following articles of the constitution deals with the fundamental duties of Indian
Citizens?
A) Article 39 - C B) Article 15 - A C) Article 29 - B D) None of the above.

108. Which part of the Constitution contains the Directive Principles of State Policy?
A) Part IV - A B) Part V - A C) Part IV D) Part III

109. The Legislature in India is based on the pattern of

A) Britain, B) USA C) France D) Switzerland

110. What is the maximum strength of members which can be nominated by the president to the Rajya
Sabha?
A) One fourth of its total members B) 10 members C) 12 members D) 2 members

111. For assuming office, the President takes oath from

A) Vice-President B) Chief Justice of India C) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
D) Election Commissioner

112. The Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the

A) President B) Prime Minister C) Lok Sabha D) Rajya Sabha.

113. What is the age of retirement for the Judges of Supreme Court?
A) 62 B) 65 C) 70 D) 60

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114. The framers of the Indian Constitution borrowed the idea of judicial review from the Constitution of
A) Canada B) USA C) Switzerland D) All of the above
countries.

115. Rule of Law, which is a prominenet feature of the Indian Polity has been borrowed from
A) USA B) Canada C) Switzerland D) Britain.

116. Let m and n be two whole numbers. If nm = 25, the value of mn is

A) 4 B) 32 C) 10 D) 25

117. If a = 3 then the value of 4a2 - 12a + 9 is

A) 12 B) 10 C) 9 D) 4

118. The radii of two cylinders are in the ratio 2 : 3 and their heights are in the ratio 5 : 3. Then the ratio of
their volume is
A) 10 : 9 B) 7 : 6 C) 20 : 27 D) 50 : 27

119. How many digits are required to write numbers between 1 and 100?
A) 192 B) 196 C) 198 D) 200

120. The population of a village is 30,000. It raises by 4% every year. The population at the end of 2 years
is
A) 32400 B) 32408 C) 32448 D) 34220

121. The least number which is divided by 5,6 and 8 leaves the remainder 5 in each case, is
A) 120 B) 245 C) 150 D) 125

122. If after payment of of a loan, Rs. 750 still remain to pay, then whole amount of the loan
A) 1500 B) 2250 C) 3000 D) 3500

123. The value of is

A) 54 B) 56 C) 510 D) 512

124. - is equal to
A) B) 1 C) D)

125. The mean proportional of 0.32 and 0.02 is

A) 0.08 B) 0.3 C) 0.16 D) 0.30

126. Ravi invested Rs. 600 for 5 months and Mohan Rs. 400 for 8 month. If they gained Rs. 310, then Ravi
will get
A) Rs. 150 B) Rs. 160 C) Rs. 170 D) Rs. 180

127. At present the average age of 5 students is 14 years. After 5 years the average will be
A) 17 years B) 19 years C) 20 years D) 25 years

128. The probability that a card drawn out of a packet of 52 is of diamond is

A) B) C) D)
129. If 5 men or 10 boys can complete a work in 15 days, then 4 men and 17 boys can complete it in
A) 4 days B) 5 days C) 6 days D) 7 days

130. The ratio of length and bredth of a room is 3 : 2 and its area is 294 square metre. The bredth of the
room is
A) 12 metre B) 14 metre C) 16 metre D) 21 metre

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131. Cities emerged in the Gangavalley in the period BC
A) 6th - 4th B) 5th - 4th C) 7th - 6th D) 5th - 3rd

132. From which period did the caste system start emerging?
A) Later vedic period B) Early vedic period C) Mauryan Period D) Harappan period

133. Mohanjodaro is located in

A) Sind B) Ganga Plain C) Baluchistan D) Rajasthan

134. Who performed to last rites of the Buddha?

A) Malla B) Sakyas C) Jnatrikas D) Yadus

135. Who authored the Arthasastra?

A) Panini B) Kautilya C) Kapila D) Makkiligosala

136. What was the total number of major edicts issued by Asoka?
A) 12 B) 14 C) 9 D) 7

137. Bimbisara was imprisoned and starved to death by

A) Udayin B) Chellana C) Ajatsatru D) Shishunaga

138. Chandragupta Mauriya ascended the throne at the age of

A) 18 B) 32 C) 29 D) 25

139. What was the Solitary Military conquest of Asoka?

A) Vatsa B) Avanti C) Kalinga D) Kosala

140. Where did Kanishka build a Buddhist stupa and a monastery?

A) Pataliputra B) Peshawar C) Sanchi D) Ayodhya

141. Who is referred to in the Tamil Sangam works as the greatest of all the gods?
A) Vishnu B) Siva C) Balaraman D) Rama

142. In which year did battle of Panipat was fought?

A) 1520 B) 1526 C) 1530 D) 1536

143. The Mughals were influenced by

A) The Turks B) The Mongols C) The Timurids D) Both the Turkes and the Mongols.

144. Who was the first Nayak at Senji?

A) Vaiappa B) Sadasiwa Nayak C) Chaudappa D) Vishvanath

145. When did the revolt of 1857 started?

A) 10 may 1857 B) 11 May 1857 C) 9 May 1857 D) 12 May 1857

146. Both Tilak and Gokhale hailed from

A) Bomaby B) Nagpur C) Poona D) Satara

147. Muslim League was established in

A) Feb 1906 B) July 1906 C) Dec 1906 D) Oct 1906

148. Gandhiji inaugurated Kheda Satyagraga at a meeting in

A) Kapadvanj B) Sabarmati C) Nadiad D) Anand

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149. Periyar broke off with Gandhiji on the issue of
A) Varnashramdharma B) Satyagrah C) Ahimsa D) Hindu Marriage

150. Who was appointed as Chairman of Congress National Planning Commission?

A) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar B) Jawaharlal Nehru C) Rajaji D) Nethaji

151. Who were the first teachers of Buddha after his great renunciation?
A) Alar and Udraka B) Ananda and Ashvaghosha C) Sariputra and Maudagalyayana
D) Alar and Kalam

152. The sultan who first formulated the famine code to provide relief to famine affected people was
A) Balban B) Alauddin Khaliji C) Muhammad Bin Tughluq D) Ibrahim Lodi

153. The main feature of the Dravida style of temple architecture was
A) Sikhara B) Gopuram C) Vimana D) Mandapa

154. The children born to a Brahmin father and a Sudra mother are categorised as
A) Uratyas B) Nisadas C) Abhiras D) Pulindas

155. The silver coin rupaya was first issued by

A) Sikandar Lodi B) Humayun C) SherShahsuri D) Akbar

156. During the Sangam age the Mahabharata in Tamil was composed by
A) Perundevanar B) Villiputhur Alwar C) Kamban D) Senkuttuvan

157. The statement that both Agra and Fatehpur Sikri are bigger than London was made by
A) Bernier B) Ralph Fitch C) Hawkins D) Manucci

158. Dewan Veluthampi of Travancore organised the revolt in

A) 1800 B) 1805 C) 1809 D) 1811

159. How many seats were given to the depressed classes under the Communal Award and Poona Pact?
A) 74 and 79 respectively B) 71 and 147 respectively C) 78 and 80 respectively
D) 78 and 69 respectively

160. The Shiva Temple at Tanjore was built by the

A) Cholas B) Rashtrakutas C) Pallavas D) Pandyas

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