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1. Consider the following cities 4. Consider the following Pairs?

1. Infant mortality rate takes into account the Organization Location of

death of infants within a month after birth. Headquarters
2. Infant mortality rate is the number of 1. Asian : Tokyo
infant deaths in a particular year per 100 Development
live births during that year. Bank
Which of the above statements is/are correct? 2. Asia – Pacific : Singapore
(a) 1 only Economic
(b) 2 only Cooperation
(c) Both 1 and 2 3. Association of : Bangkok
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 South East Asian
Nations

2. If a Panchayat is dissolved, elections are to be Which of the above pairs is/are correctly

held within matched?

(a) 1 month (a) 1 and 2 only

(b) 3 months (b) 2 only

(c) 6 months (c) Both 1 and 2

(d) 1 year (d) Neither 1 nor 2

3. Consider the following statements? 5. With reference to the United Nations,

1. The Governor of Punjab is concurrently consider the following statements.

the Administrator of Chandigarh 1. The Economic and Social Council

2. The Governor of Kerala is concurrently (ECOSOC) of UN consists of 24 member

the Administrator of Lakshadweep States.

Which of the above statements is/are correct? 2. It is elected by a 2/3rd majority of the

(a) 1 only General Assembly for a 3 year term.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (a) 1 only

(d) Neither 1 nor 2 (b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

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6. In which one of the following places is the 9. With reference to Lok Adalats, consider the

Shompea tribe found? following statements

(a) Nilgiri Hills 1. An award made by a Lok Adalat is
(b) Nicobar Islands deemed to be a decree of a civil court and

(c) Spiti Valley no appeal lies against thereto before any

(d) Lakshadweep Islands court.

2. Matrimonial/Family disputes are not

7. Consider the following statements? covered under Lok Adalat

1. The Advocate General of a State in India Which of the above statements is/are correct?

is appointed by the President of India (a) 1 only

upon the recommendation of the (b) 2 only

Governor of the concerned State. (c) Both 1 and 2
2. As provided in Civil Procedure Code, (d) Neither 1 nor 2
High Courts have original, appellate and
advisory jurisdiction at the State level. 10. With reference to Union Government,
Which of the above statements is/are correct? consider the following statements
(a) 1 only 1. The Constitution of India provides that all
(b) 2 only Cabinet Ministers shall be compulsory the
(c) Both 1 and 2 sitting members of Lok Sabha only
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 2. The Union Cabinet Secretariat operates
under the direction of the Ministry of
8. In India, the first Municipal Corporation was Parliamentary Affairs.
set up in which one among the following? Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(a) Calcutta (a) 1 only
(b) Madras (b) 2 only

(c) Bombay (c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Delhi (d) Neither 1 nor 2

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11. Which one of the following Constitutional Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Amendments states that the total number of (a) 1 only
Ministers, including the Prime Minister, in the (b) 2 only
Council of Ministers shall not exceed fifteen (c) Both 1 and 2
percent of the total number of members of the (d) Neither 1 nor 2
House of the People?
(a) 90th 14. Consider the following Statements?
st
(b) 91 1. The first telegraph line in India was laid
(c) 92nd between Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) and
rd
(d) 93 Diamond Harbour
2. The first Export Processing Cone in India
12. Consider the following statements was set up in Kandla.
1. Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) Which of the above statements is/are correct?
was set up during the Prime Ministership (a) 1 only
of Lal Bahadur Shastri (b) 2 only
2. The Members of CAT are drawn from (c) Both 1 and 2
both Judicial and administrative streams. (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 only 15. Which one of the following Union Ministries
(b) 2 only implements the Cartagena Protocol on
(c) Both 1 and 2 Biosafety?
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 (a) Ministry of Science and Technology
(b) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
13. With reference to Union Government (c) Ministry of Environment and
consider the following statements? Forests
1. The number of Ministries at the Centre on
(d) Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
th
15 August 1947 was 18
2. The number of Ministries at the Centre at
present is 36.

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16. In a carom board game competition, m boys (c) Both 1 and 2
and n girls (m>n>1) of a school participate in (d) Neither 1 nor 2
which every student has to play exactly one
game with every other student. Out of the 18. Consider the following Pairs?

total games played, it was found that in 221 1. Ashok Leyland : Hinduja Group
games one player was a boy and the other 2. Hindalco : A.V.Birla
player was a girl. Industries Group
Consider the following statements 3. Suzlon Energy : Punj Lloyd
1. The total number of students that Group
participated in the competition is 30. Which of the above statements is/are correct?
2. The number of games in which both (a) 1 and 2 only
players were girls is 78. (b) 2 only
Which of the above statements is/are correct? (c) 1 and 3 only
(a) 1 only (d) 1, 2, and 3
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 19. In the context of global economy, which one

(d) Neither 1 nor 2 of the following pairs is not correctly

matched?
17. There are three cans A, B and C. The (a) JP Morgan : Financial
capacities of A, B and C are 6 litres, 10 litres Chase Services
and 16 litres respectively. The can C contains (b) Roche Holding : Financial
16 litres of milk. The milk has to be divided AG Services
in them using these three cans only (c) WL Rose & Co. : Private Equity
Consider the following statements Firm
1. It is possible to have 6 litres of milk each (d) Warburg Pincus : Private Equity
in can A and can B. Firm
2. It is possible to have 8 litres of milk each
in can B and can C. 20. Consider the following holuses

Which of the above statements is/are correct? 1. Christie’s

(a) 1 only 2. Osian’s

(b) 2 only 3. Soptheby’s

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Which of the above statements is/are correct? (d) Paul Krugman
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 3 only 24. The Security Council of UN consists of 5

(c) 2 and 3 only permanent members, and the remaining 10

(d) 1, 2 and 3 members are elected by the General
Assembly for a term of

21. In the context of CO2 emission and Global (a) 1 year

Warming, what is the name of a market (b) 2 years

driven device under the UNFCC that allows (c) 3 years
developing countries to get funds/incentives (d) 5 years
from the developed countries to adopt better
technologies that reduce greenhouse gas 25. From which one of the following did Kosovo

emissions? declare its independence?

(a) Carbon Footprint (a) Bulgaria
(b) Carbon Credit Rating (b) Croatia

(c) Clean Development Mechanisms (c) Macedonia

(d) Emission Reduction Norm (d) Serbia

22. The concept of carbon credit originated from 26. Which one of the following pairs of countries

which one of the following? fought wars over a region called Ogaden?
(a) Earth Summit, Rio de Janeiro (a) Eritrea and Sudan
(b) Kyoto Protocol (b) Ethiopia and Somalia
(c) Montreal Protocol (c) Kenya and Somalia
(d) G-8 Summit, Heiligendamm (d) Ethiopia and Sudan

23. Who among the following is the founder of

World Economic Forum?

(a) Klaus Schwab
(b) John Kenneth Galbraith
(c) Robert Zoellick

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27. In the middle of the year 2008 the Parliament 1. BMW AG : USA
of which one of the following countries 2. Daimler AG : Sweden
became the first in the world to enact a 3. Renault S.A. : France
Climate Act by passing “The Climate Change 4. Volkswagen AG : Germany
Accountability Bill”?

(a) Australia Which of the above statements is/are correct?

(b) Canada (a) 1, 2 and 3

(c) Germany (b) 3 and 4

(d) Japan (c) 4 only
(d) 1, 2 and 4
28. Which one among the following has the

highest energy? 31. Consider the following statements

(a) Blue light 1. India does not have any deposits of
(b) Green light Thorium
(c) Red light 2. Kerala’s monazite sands contain Uranium
(d) Yellow light Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
29. In the context of independent India’s (b) 2 only
Economy, which one of the following was the (c) Both 1 and 2
earliest event to take place? (d) Neither 1 nor 2
(a) Nationalisation of Insurance companies
(b) Nationalisation of State Bank of India 32. Which one among the following South Asian
(c) Enactment of Banking countries has the highest population density?
Regulation Act (a) India
(d) Introduction of First Five-Year Plan (b) Nepal
(c) Pakistan
30. Consider the following pairs (d) Sri Lanka
Automobile Headquarters
Manufacturer

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(d) Minister of Science and Technology
33. Consider the following Statements 36. Consider the following statements

1. The discussions in the Third Round Table 1. There are no east flowing rivers in Kerala
Conference eventually led to the passing 2. There are no west flowing rivers in
of the Government of India Act of 1935. Madhya Pradesh
2. The Government of India Act of 1935 Which of the above statements is/are correct?
provided for the establishment of an All (a) 1 only
India Federation to be based on a Union (b) 2 only
of the provinces of British India and the (c) Both 1 and 2
Princely States. (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 only 37. In collaboration with David Hare and
(b) 2 only Alexander Duff, who of the following
(c) Both 1 and 2 established Hindu College at Calcutta?
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 (a) Henry Louis Vivian Derozio
(b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
34. Consider the following (c) Kesnab Chandra Sen
1. Fringe Benefit Tax (d) Raja Rammohan Roy
2. Interest Tax 38. Who of the following Prime Ministers sent
3. Securities Transaction Tax Cripps Mission to India?
Which of the above is/are Direct Tax/Taxes? (a) James Ramsay MacDonald
(a) 1 only (b) Stanley Baldwin
(b) 1 and 3 only (c) Neville Chamberlain
(c) 2 and 3 only (d) Winston Churchill
(d) 1, 2 and 3 39. Who of the following is the author of a

collection of poems called “Golden

35. In India, who is the Chairman of the National Threshold”?
Water Resources Council? (a) Aruna Asaf Ali
(a) Prime Minister (b) Annie Besant
(b) Minister of Water Resources (c) Sarojini Naidu
(c) Minister of Environment and Forests

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(d) Vijayalakshmi Pandit 44. Who of the following founded the
40. During the Indian Freedom Struggle, why did Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association?
Rowlatt Act arouse popular indignation? (a) Mahatma Gandhi
(a) It curtailed the freedom of religion (b) Sardar VAllabhbhai Patel
(b) It suppressed the Indian traditional (c) N.M.Joshi
education (d) J.B.Kripalani
(c) It authorized the government to
imprison people without trial 45. In the context of the Indian freedom struggle

(d) It curbed the trade union activities 16th October 1905 is well known for which
one of the following reasons?

41. Which one of the following began with the (a) The formal proclamation of Swadeshi

Dandi March? Movement was made in Calcutta town

(a) Home Rule Movement hall

(b) Non-Cooperation Movement (b) Partition of Bengal took effect

(c) Civil Disobedience Movement (c) Dadabhai Naoroji declared that the goal
(d) Quit India Movement of Indian National Congress was Swaraj

42. Anekantavada is a core theory and philosophy (d) Lokmanya Tilak started Swadeshi

of which one of the following? Movement in Poona

(a) Buddhism
46. Which one of the following is not a
(b) Jainism
drug/pharma company?
(c) Sikhism
(a) Chevron
(d) Vaishnavism
(b) Nicholas Piramal
43. With which one of the following movements
(c) Pfizer
is the slogan “Do or Die” associated?
(d) Zydus Cadila
(a) Swadeshi Movement
(b) Non-Cooperation Movement
47. Who of the following is the author of the
(c) Civil Disobedience Movement
book “The Audacity of Hope”?
(d) Quit India Movement
(a) Al Gore
(b) Barack Obama

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(c) Bill Clinton
(d) Hillary Clinton
48. A present group of nations known as G-8 51. In the context of Indian news in recent times,

started first as G-7. Which one among the what is MCX – SX?
following was not one of them? (a) A kind of supercomputer
(a) Al Gore (b) Title of Moon Impact Probe
(b) Italy (c) Stock Exchange
(c) Japan (d) Nuclear- Powered submarine
(d) Russia
52. Which one of the following pairs is not

49. Consider the following correctly matched?

1. The Baglihar Power Project had been (a) Barbora : Javelin throw
constructed within the parameters of the Spotakova
Indus Water Treaty (b) Pamela Jelimo : Weightlifting
2. The project was completely built by the (c) Sanya Richards : Sprint
Union Government with loans from Japan (d) Yelena : Pole Vault
and the World Bank. Isinbayeva
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 only 53. India has recently landed its Moon Impact

(b) 2 only Probe on the Moon. Among the following

(c) Both 1 and 2 countries, which one landed such probe on the

(d) Neither 1 nor 2 Moon earlier?

(a) Australia

50. When Leander Paes wont the “mixed (b) Canada

doubles” at the US Open in the year 2008, (c) China

who of the following was his partner? (d) Japan
(a) Ana Ivanovic
(b) Cara Black 54. Who of the following is a football player?

(c) Dinara Safina (a) Fernando Alonso

(d) Jelena Jankovic (b) Kimi Raikkonen

(c) Lewis Hamilton

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(d) Nicolas Anelka a) Beas
b) Chenab
55. Consider the following pairs c) Ravi
Famous Place : Country d) Sutcj
1. Cannes : France
2. Davos : Denmark 59. Consider the following Statements:
3. Roland Garros : The a) V.K. Krishna Menon Foundation is based in
Netherlands New Delhi.
Which of the above statements is/are correct? b) The first recipient of the V.K. Krishna
(a) 1 only Menon Award is the Chief Justice of India,

(b) 1 and 2 only K.G. Balakrishnan.

(c) 2 and 3 only which of the statements given above is/are

(d) 1, 2 and 3 correct?

a) 1 only

56. Among the following, which one is not a b) 2 only

football club? c) Both 1 and 2
(a) Arsenal d) Neither 1 nor 2
(b) Aston Villa
(c) Chelsea 60. Which one of the following is the country’s
(d) Monte Carlo administrative capital/new federal
administrative centre of Malaysia?

57. The main animal called dugong which is a) Kota Bharu

vulnerable to extinction in a/an b) Kuala Terengganu

a) Amphibian c) Putrajaya
b) Bony fish d) Taiping
c) Shark
d) Mammal 61. With which one of the following has the
B.K. Chaturvedi Committee dealt?

58. The Dul Hasti Power Station is based on a) Review of Centre-state relations

which one of the following rivers? b) Review of Delimitation Act

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c) Tax reforms and measures to
increase revenues
d) Price reform in the oil sector 64. Match List I with List II and select the

62. Mahamastakabhishcka, a great religious correct answer using the code given below

event, is associated with and done for who the lists:

of the following? List I List II

a) Bahubali (Famous Person) (Well-known as)

a) Anna Hazare 1. Lawyer
b) Buddha
b) Deepak Parekh 2. Banker
c) Mahavir
c) GVK Reddy 3. Gandhian
d) Nataraja
and social activist
d) Harish Salve 4. Industrialist
63. Consider the following pairs:
Code:
Tradition State
A B C D
1. Gatka, a : Kerala
a) 1 2 4 3
traditional Martial
b) 1 4 2 3
art
c) 3 2 4 1
2. Mudhubani, a : Bihar
d) 3 4 2 1
Traditional
Painting
65. Match List I with List II and select the
3. Singhey Khabas : Jammu and
correct answer using the code given below
sindhu Darshan Kashmir
the lists:
Festival
List I List II
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly
(famous Person) (Well-known as)
matched?
a) Amrita Sher-Gil 1. Dancer
a) 1 and 2 only
b) Bhimsen Joshi 2. Painter
b) 3 only
c) Rukmini Devi
c) 2 and 3 only
Arundale 3. Poet
d) 1,2 and 3
d) Suryakant Tripathi
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a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 and 3 only
Code: c) 3 only
A B C D d) 1, 2 and 3
a) 2 1 4 3
b) 2 4 1 3 68. Match List I with List II and select the
c) 3 1 4 2 correct answer using the code given below
d) 3 4 1 2 the lists:
66. With reference to the schemes launched by List I List II
the Union Government, consider the (Book) (author)
following statements: a) In custody 1. Amartya Sen
1. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare b) Sea of Poppies 2. Amitav Ghosh
launched the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima c) The Argumentative
Yojana. Indian 3. Anita Desai
2. Ministry of Textiles launched the Rajiv d) Unaccustomed Earth 4. Jhumpa Lahiri
Gandhi Shilpi Swasthya Bima Yojana. Code:
Which of the statements given above is/are A B C D
correct? a) 4 1 2 3
a) 1 only b) 4 2 1 3
b) 2 only c) 3 2 1 4
c) Both 1 and 2 d) 3 1 2 1
d) Neither 1 nor 2
69. Among the following, who are the Agaria
67. Consider the following pairs: community?
Persons Sport a) A traditional toddy tappers
1. Anand Pawar : Chess community of Andhra Pradesh
2. Akhil Kumar : Boxing b) A traditional fishing community of
3. Shiv Shankar Maharashtra
Prasad Chowrasia : Golf c) A traditional silk-weaving
Which of the pairs given above is/ are correctly community of Karnataka
matched?

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d) A traditional salt pan b) Cabinet Secretariat

workers community of c) Ministry of Power

d) Ministry of Science and Technology
Gujarat
70. Recently, which one of the following was
74. Consider the following pairs:
included in the UNESCO’s World Heritage
Large Bank Country of origin
list?
1. ABN Amro Bank : USA
a) Dilwara Temple
2. Barclays Bank : UK
b) Kalka-Shimla Railway
3. Kookmin Bank : Japan
c) Bhiterkanika Mangrove Area
Which of the above pairs is/are correctly
d) Visakhapatnam to Araku valley
matched?
railway line
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
71. Where is the famous Virupaksha temple
c) 1 and 2
located?
d) 2 and 3
a) Bhadrachalam
b) Chidambaram
75. Which among the following has the world’s
c) Hampi
largest reserves of Uranium?
d) Srikalahasti
a) Australia
b) Canada
72. Other than Venezuela, which one among the
c) Russian Federation
following from South America is a member
d) USA
of OPEC?
a) Argentina
76. In the “Individual Satyagraha”, Vinoba
b) Brazil
Bhave was chosen as the first Sat yagrahi.
c) Ecuador
Who was the second?
d) Bolivia
a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
73. Under the administration of which one of
b) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
the following is the Department of Atomic
c) C. Rajagopalachari
Energy?
d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
a) Prime Minister’s Office

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77. Consider the following statements: 80. In a dry cell (battery), which of the
The Cripps Proposals include the provision for following are used as electrolytes?
1. Full independence for India a) Ammonium chloride and
2. Creation of Constitution making body. Zine chloride
Which of the statements given above is/are
b) Sodium chloride and Calcium
correct?
chloride
a) 1 only
c) Magnesium chloride and Zine
b) 2 only chloride
c) Both 1 and 2 d) Ammonium chloride and calcium
d) Neither 1 nor 2 chloride

78. During the freedom struggle, Aruna Asaf 81. Which one of the following planets has
Ali was a major woman organizer of largest number of natural satellites or
underground activity in moons?
a) Civil Disobedience Movement a) Jupiter
b) Non-Cooperation Movement
b) Mars
c) Quit India Movement c) Saturn
d) Swadeshi Movement
d) Venus

79. With whose permission did the English set

82. Consider the following statements:
up their first factory in Surat?
1. Sweet orange plant is propagated by
a) Akbar
grafting technique.
b) Jahangir 2. Jasmine plant is propagated by layering
c) Shahjahan technique.
d) Aurangzeb Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
a) 1 only

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b) 2 only and then 18km due South. How far is he
c) Both 1 and 2 from the starting point?

d) Neither 1 nor a) 6 km
83. Which one of the following types of waves b) 12 km
are used in a night vision apparatus? c) 33 km
a) Radio waves d) 60 km
b) Microwaves
c) Infra-red waves 86. Six persons A,B,C,D,E and F are standing

d) None of the above in a row. C and D are standing close to each

other alongside E. Bis standing beside A

84. In the context of genetic disorders, consider only. A is fourth from F. Who are standing

the following: on the extremes?

A woman suffers from colour blindness a) A and F

while her husband does not suffer from it. They b) B and D

have a son and a daughter. In this context, c) B and F

which one of the following statements is most d) None of the above
probably correct?
a) Both children suffer from colour 87. Which one of the following is used as an
blindness. explosive?
b) Daughter suffers from colour blindness a) Phosphorus trichloride
while son does not suffer from it. b) Mercuric oxide
c) Both children do not suffer from colour c) Graphite
blindness. d) Nitroglycerine
d) Son suffers from colour
blindness while daughter does 88. Consider the following:

not suffer from it. 1. Camphor

2. Chicory
3. Vanilla
85. A person travels 12 km due North, then
Which of the above is/are plant product(s)?
15km due East, after that 15km due West
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 3 only

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c) 1 and 3 only a) 1 only
d) 1, 2 and 3 b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1 and 3 only
89. In the context of Indian wild life, the flying d) 1,2 and 3
fox is a
a) Bat 93. Consider the following countries:

b) Kite 1. Switzerland

c) Stork 2. Malta

d) Vulture 3. Bulgaria
Which of the above are members of

90. During which Five Year Plan was the European Union?

Emergency clamped, new elections look a) 1 and 2 only

place and the Janata Party was elected? b) 2 and 3 only

a) Third c) 1 and 3 only
b) Fourth d) 1, 2 and 3
c) Fifth 94. Consider the following countries:

d) Sixth 1. Australia

91. Elephant Pass, which is frequently in the 2. Namibia

news, is mentioned in the context of the 3. Brazil

affairs of which one of the following? 4. Chile

a) Bangladesh Through which of the above does the Tropic

b) India of Capricorn pass?

c) Nepal a) 1 only

d) Sri Lanka b) 2, 3 and 4

c) 1, 2 and 3
92. Consider the following countries:
1. Brunei Darussalam d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
2. East Timor 95. In the structure of planet Earth, below the

3. Laos mantle, the core is mainly made up of which

Which of the above is/are member/members one of the following?

of ASEAN? a) Aluminium
b) Chromium

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c) Iron
d) Silicon

96. Which one of the following pairs is not 98. Consider the following statements?

correctly matched? 1. In the world, the tropical deserts occur

City River along the western margins of continents

a) Berlin : Rhine within the trade wind belt.

2. In India, the East Himalayan region gets
b) London : Thames
high rainfall from m\north-east winds.
c) New York : Hudson
Which of the statements given above is/are
d) Vienna : Danube
correct?
a) 1 only
97. Match List I with List II and select the
b) 2 only
correct answer using the code given below
c) Both 1 and 2
the lists:
List I List II d) Neither 1 nor 2

(famous Person) (Well-known as)

a) Vidyashankara temple 1. Andhra Pradesh 99. Match List I with List II and select the

b) Rajarani Temple 2. Karnataka correct answer using the code given below

c) Kandariya Mahadeo the lists:

Temple 3.MadhyaPradesh List I List II

(Geographic feature) (Country)

d) Bhimesvara temple 4. Orissa a) Great Victoria Desert 1. Australia

Code: b) Grand Canyon 2. Canada

A B C D c) Lake Winnipeg 3.NewZealand

a) 2 4 3 1 d) Southern Alps 4. USA

Code:
b) 2 3 4 1
A B C D
c) 1 4 3 2
a) 1 2 4 3
d) 1 3 4 2
b) 1 4 2 3
c) 3 2 4 1

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d) 3 4 2 1 d) South Carolina

100. Consider the Following statements. 103. At which one of the following
1. Between Census 1951 and Census 2001, places do two important rivers of India
the density of the population if India has originate; while one of them flows towards
increased more than three times. north and merges with another important
2. Between Census 1951 and Census 2001 river flowing towards Bay of Bengal, the
the annual growth rate (exponential) of other one flows towards Arabian Sea?
the population of India has doubled. a) Amarkantak
Which of the statements given above is/are b) Badrinath
correct? c) Mahabaleshwar
a) 1 only d) Nasik
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2 104. Who of the following scientists
d) Neither 1 nor 2 proved that the stars with mass less than
1.44 times the mass of the Sun end up as
101. Which one of the following rivers White Dwerfs when they die?
does not originate in India? a) Edwin Hubble
a) Beas b) S. Chandrashekhar
b) Chenab c) Stephen Hawking
c) Ravi d) Steven Weinberg
d) Sutlej
105. Which one of the following brings
102. Cape Canaveral, the site from which out the publication called “Energy
space shuttles are launched is located on the Statistics” from time to time?
coast of a) Central Power Research Institute
a) Florida b) Planning Commission

b) Virginia c) Power Finance Corporation Ltd.

c) North Carolina

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d) Central Statistical b) International Bank for

Organization Reconstruction and Development

c) World Health Organization

106. Among the following Presidents of d) World Economic Forum

India, who was also the Secretary General
of Non-Aligned Movement for some 109. In India, which one of the following

period? States has the largest inland saline wetland?

a) Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan a) Gajarat

b) Varahagiri Venkatagiri b) Haryana

c) Giani Zail Singh c) Madhya Pradesh

d) Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma d) Rajasthan

107. Match List I with List II and select the 110. Consider the following statements:
correct answer using the code given below the
1. MMTC Limited is India’s largest
lists:
List I List II international trading organization.
(Person) (Organization)
a) Anil Agarwal 1. Gujarat Heavy 2. Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited has been
Chemicals Ltd. set up by MMTC jointly with the
b) Gautam
H. Singhania 2. Raymono Ltd. Government of Orissa.
c) Sanjay Dalmia 3. Vedanta Resources
Which of the statements given above is/are
d) Venugopal Dhoot 4. Videocon Group correct?
Code:
a) 1 only
A B C D
b) 2 only
a) 3 1 2 4
c) Both 1 and 2
b) 4 1 2 3
d) Neither 1 nor 2
c) 3 2 1 4
d) 4 2 1 3
111. In which one of the following States
has India’s largest private sector sea port
108. To integrate cultural leaders into its
been commissioned recently?
meetings, which one of the following gives
a) Andhra Pradesh
“Crystal Award”? DOUBT
b) Karnataka
a) Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
c) Kerala

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d) Tamil Nadu c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
112. Which one of the following pairs is 115. In India, the ports are categorized as
not correctly matched? major and non-major ports. Which one of
a) Japan : Nikkei the following is a non-major port?
b) Singapore : Shcomp a) Kochi (Cochin)

c) UK : F’TSE b) Dahej
d) USA : Nasdaq c) Paradip
d) New Mangalore
113. Consider the following statements:
1. INS Sindhughosh is an aircraft carrier. 116. Among other things, which one of
2. INS Viraat is a submarine. the following was the purpose for which the
Which of the statements given above is/are Deepak Parekh Committee was constituted?
correct? a) To study the current socio-economic
a) 1 only conditions of certain minority
b) 2 only communities
c) Both 1 and 2 b) To suggest measures for
d) Neither 1 nor 2 financing the development of
infrastructure
114. Consider the following statements:
c) To frame a policy on the production
1. The Commission for Agricultural Costs
of genetically modified organisms.
and Prices recommends the Minimum
d) To suggest measures to reduce the
Support Prices for 32 crops.
fiscal deficit in the Union Budget.
2. The Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs,
Food and Public Distribution has
117. The brothers Umakant and
launched the National Food Security
Ramakant Gundecha are
Mission.
a) Dhurpad vocalists
Which of the statements given above is/are
b) Kathak dancers
correct?
c) Sarod Maestros
a) 1 only
d) Tabla players
b) 2 only

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b) Himachal Pradesh
118. Match List I with List II and select c) Sikkim
the correct answer using the code given d) Uttarakhand
below the lists:
List I List II 121. In the context of Indian defence,
(famous Person) (Well-known as) consider the following statements:
a) Mandakini Amte 1. Theatre direction 1. The Shourya missile files with a speed of
b) Neelam Mansingh more than 8 Mach.
chowdhry 2. Social service and 2. The range of Shourya missile is more
community than 1600 km.
leadership Which of the statements given above is/are
c) Romila Thapar 3. Dance correct?
d) Vanashree Rao 4. History writing a) 1 only
Code: b) 2 only
A B C D c) Both 1 and 2
a) 2 1 4 3 d) Neither 1 nor 2
b) 2 4 1 3
c) 3 1 4 2 122. WIMAX is related to which one of
d) 3 4 1 2 the following?
a) Biotechnology
119. With reference to Sree Shakti b) Space technology
Puraskar, for which one of the following is c) Missile technology
“Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Award” given? d) Communication technology
a) Administrative skills
b) Achievements in Scientific Research
123. For outstanding contribution to
c) Achievements in Sports and games
which one of the following fields is Shanti
d) Courage and Valour Swarup Bhatnagar Prize given?
a) Literature
120. In which State is the Buddhist site b) Performing Arts
Tabo Monaster located? c) Science
a) Arunachal Pradesh

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d) Social service

124. In making the saffron spice, which 127. Consider the following names
one of the following parts of the plant is 1. Ike
used? 2. Kate
a) Leaf 3. Gustav
b) Petal Which of the above are the names of
c) Sepal hurricanes that had occurred very recently?
d) Stigma a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 and 3 only

125. In the year 2008, which one of the c) 1 and 3 only

following conducted a complex scientific d) 1, 2 and 3
experiment in which sub-atomic particles
were accelerated to nearly the speed of 128. In the context of alternative sources
light? of energy, ethanol as a viable bio-fuel can
a) European Space Agency be obtained from
b) European Organization for a) Potato

Nuclear Research b) Rice

c) International Atomic Energy c) Sugarcane

Agency. d) Wheat

d) National Aeronautics and Space

Administration 129. Consider the following famous
name:

126. A very big refugee camp called 1. Amrita Sher-Gil

Dadaab, recently in the news, is located in 2. Bikash Bhattacharjee

a) Ethiopia 3. N.S. Bendre

b) Kenya 4. Subodh Gupta

Who of the above is/are-well known as
c) Somalia
artist(s)?
d) Sudan
a) 1 only
b) 1 and 4 only

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c) 2, 3 and 4 only
d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
130. NAMA-11 (Nama-11) group of Code:

countries frequently appears in the news in A B C

the context of the affairs of which one of the a) 1 2 3

following? b) 2 1 3
a) Nuclear Suppliers Group c) 2 1 4
b) World Bank d) 1 2 4
c) World Economic Forum
d) World Trade Organization 133. Consider the following regions:
1. Eastern Himalayas

131. In the latter half of the year 2007, 2. Eastern Mediterranean region

which one of the following countries pulled 3. North-western Australia

out of commonwealth of Independent Which of the above is/are Biodiversity

States? Hotspot(s)?

a) Azerbaijan a) 1 only

b) Belarus b) 1 and 2 only

c) Georgia c) 2 and 3 only

d) Kazakhstan d) 1, 2 and 3

132. Match List I with List II and select 134. With reference to the evolution of

the correct answer using the code given living organisms, which one of the

below the lists: following sequences is correct?

List I List II a) Octopus-Dolphin-Shark

(Persons in news) (Countries they b) Pangolin-Tortoise-Hawk

belong to) c) Salamander-Python-

a) Luisa Dias Diogo 1. Kenya Kangaroo
b) Mwai Kibaki 2. Mozambique d) Frog-Crab-Prawn
c) Rupiah Banda 3. Zambia
4. Zimbabwe

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135. The Panda belongs to the same 138. Consider the following statements:
family as that of 1. The National School of Drama was set up
a) Bear by Sangeet Natak Akademi in 1959.

b) Cat 2. The highest honour conferred by the

c) Dog Sahitya Akademi on a writer is by

d) Rabbit electing him its Fellow.

Which of the statements given above is/are

136. Where is the headquarters of Animal correct?

Welfare Board of India located? a) 1 only

a) Ahmedabad b) 2 only

b) Chennai c) Both 1 and 2

c) Hyderabad d) Neither 1 nor 2

d) Kolkata
139. With reference to Union

137. Consider the following statements Government consider the following

regarding Indian Planning: statements:

1. The Second Five-Year Plan emphasized 1. The Ministries/Departments of the

on the establishment of heavy industries. Government of India are created by the

2. The Third Five-Year Plan introduced the Prime Minister on the advice of the

concept of import substitution as a Cabinet Secretary.

strategy for industrialization. 2. Each of the Ministries is assigned to a

Which of the statements given above is/are Minister by the President of India on the

correct? advice of the Prime Minister.

a) 1 only Which of the statements given above is/are

correct?
b) 2 only
a) 1 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2 b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2

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d) 84
140. A person has 4 coins each of 144. There are four persons A, B, C, D,
different denomination. What is the number and A has some coins. A gave half of the
of different sums of money the person can coins to B and 4 more besides. B gave half
form (using one or more coins at a time)? of the coins to C and 4 more besides. C
a) 16 gave half of the coins to D and 4 more
b) 15 besides. Both B and D end up with same
c) 12 number of coins. How many coins did A
d) 11 have originally?
a) 96
141. How many numbers lie between 300 b) 84
WRONG QUESTION
and 500 in which 4 comes only one time? c) 72
a) 99 d) 64
b) 100
c) 110 145. While adding the first few

d) 120 continuous natural numbers, a candidate

missed one of the numbers and wrote the

142. How many letters of the English answer as 177 what was the number

alphabet (capitals) appear same when missed?

looked at in a mirror? a) 11

a) 9 b) 12

b) 10 c) 13
c) 11 d) 14

d) 12 146. Four metal rods of lengths 78 cm,

104 cm, 117 cm and 169 cm are to be cut

143. How many three-digit numbers can into parts of equal length. Each part must be

be generated from 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 as long as possible. What is the maximum

such that the digits are in ascending order? number of pieces that can be cut?

a) 80 a) 27

b) 81 b) 36
c) 83 c) 43

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d) 480
147. In an examination, there are three 149. How many times are an hour hand
subjects A, B and C. A student has to pass and a minute hadn of a clock at right angles
in each subject. 20% students failed in A, during their motion from 1.00 p.m. to 10.00
22% students failed in B and 16% failed in p.m?
C. The total number of students passing the a) 9
whole examination lies between. b) 10
a) 42% and 84% c) 18
b) 42% and 78% d) 20
c) 55% and 78%
d) 58% and 84% 150. There are 240 balls and n number of
boxes B1, B2, B3, ….., BN. The balls are to
148. There is a family of 6 persons A, B, be placed in the boxes such the B1 should
C, D, E and F. There are two married contain 4 balls more than B2, B2 should
couples in the family. The family members contain 4 balls more than B3, and so on
are lawyer, teacher, salesman, engineer, Which one of the following cannot be the
accountant and doctor. D, the salesman is possible value of n?
married to the lady teacher. The doctor is a) 4
married to the lawyer. F, the accountant is b) 5
the son of B and brother of E. C, the lawyer c) 6
is the daughter-in-law of A. E is the d) 7
unmarried engineer. A is the grandmother
of F. How is E related to F?
a) Brother
b) Sister
c) Father
d) Cannot be established (cannot be
determined)

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