According to Census 2001, which one of the following Indian States has the maximum population in India after Uttar Pradesh? itaipu dam built art the River Parana is one of the largest dams in the world. Which one of these two countries has this as a joint project? There are 25 High Courts in India. There is a common High Court in Punjab, Haryana and the' Union Territory of Chandigarh. The National Capital Territory of Delhi has a High Court of its own.
According to Census 2001, which one of the following Indian States has the maximum population in India after Uttar Pradesh? itaipu dam built art the River Parana is one of the largest dams in the world. Which one of these two countries has this as a joint project? There are 25 High Courts in India. There is a common High Court in Punjab, Haryana and the' Union Territory of Chandigarh. The National Capital Territory of Delhi has a High Court of its own.
According to Census 2001, which one of the following Indian States has the maximum population in India after Uttar Pradesh? itaipu dam built art the River Parana is one of the largest dams in the world. Which one of these two countries has this as a joint project? There are 25 High Courts in India. There is a common High Court in Punjab, Haryana and the' Union Territory of Chandigarh. The National Capital Territory of Delhi has a High Court of its own.
1. According to Census 2001, which one of a. 1 and 3
the following Indian States has the b. 2 and 3 maximum population in India after Uttar c. 1 only Pradesh? d. 3 only a. West Bengal 6. Consider the following statements: b. Maharashtra 1. Kyoto Protocol came into force in the c. Bihar year 2005. d. Tamil Nadu 2. Kyoto Protocol deals primarily with 2. Itaipu Dam built art the River Parana is the depletion of the Ozone layer. one of the largest dams in the world. 3. Methane as a greenhouse gas is more Which one of the following two countries harmful than carbon dioxide. have this as a joint project? Which of the statements given above is/ a. Brazil and Peru are correct? b. Paraguay and Ecuador a. 1 and 2 c. Brazil and Paraguay b. 1 and 3 d. Colombia and Paraguay c. 1 only 3. Consider the following statements: d. 3 only 1. There are 25 High Courts in India 7. Which one of the following pairs is not 2. Punjab, Haryana and the' Union correctly matched? Territory of Chandigarh have a a. Seikan Rail Tunnel: China common High Court. b. Petronas Towers: Malaysia 3. National Capital Territory of Delhi has c. Appalachian Trail : United States of a High Court of its own. America Which of the statements given above is/ d. Rogun Dam : Tajikistan are correct? 8. Which one of the following is the correct a. 2 and 3 sequence of the given Continents in the b. 1 and 2 decreasing order of their percentage of c. 1, 2 and 3 Earth's land? d. 3 only a. North America - Africa - South 4. Which one of the following cities is not a America – Europe former capital of the given country b. Africa - North America - South (Country given in the brackets)? America – Europe a. Karachi (Pakistan) c. North America - Africa - Europe - b. Auckland (New Zealand) South America c. Kyoto Japan) d. Africa - North America - Europe - d. Brisbane (Australia) South America 5. Consider the following statements: 9. Match items in the List - I with List-II and 1. Total land area of Earth is select the correct answer using the codes approximately 1475 lakh square given below the lists: kilometres. List-I 2. Ratio of land area to water area of (Country) Earth is approximately 1 : 4. A. Netherlands 3. Maximum percentage of Earth's water B. Ukraine is in the Pacific Ocean. C. Poland Which of the stateinents given above is/ D. Japan are correct? List-II 2 of 17 (Name of Parliament) d. Forward Block 1. Diet 14. Who among the following is the President 2. States General of the FICCI? 3. Supreme Council a. Sunil Mittal 4. Sejm b. Brijmohan Lal Munjal Code: c. Onkar S. Kunwar A B C D d. Vivek Burman a. 4 1 2 3 15. Consider the following statements: b. 2 3 4 1 1. During the year 2004, India's foreign c. 4 3 2 1 exchange reserves did not exceed the d. 2 1 4 3 125 billion US. Dollar mark. 10. For which one of the following countries, 2. The series of index numbers of is Spanish not an official language? wholesale prices introduced from a. Chile April, 2000 has the year 1993-94 as b. Colombia base year. c. Republic of Congo Which of the statements given above is/ d. Cuba are correct? 11. Who along the following is not a recipient a. 1 only of the Bharat Ratna Award? . b. 2 only a. Us tad Bismillah Khan c. Both 1 and 2 b. Satyajit Ray d. Neither 1 nor 2 c. Lata Mangeshkar 16. Consider the following statements: d. Raj Kapoor 1. Anhydrous sodium carbonate is 12. Match List-l with List-II and select the commonly known as baking soda. correct answer using the codes given 2. Baking soda is used in fire below the lists: extinguishers. List-I 3. Bleaching powder is manufactured in (National Park/ Wild-life Sanctuary) Hasenclever plant. A. Sondla Wildlife Sanctuary Which of the statements given above is/are correct? B. Kangerghat National Park a. 1, 2 and 3 C. Orang Sanctuary b. 2 and 3 D. Ushakothi Wildlife Sanctuary c. 3 only List-II d. 1 and 2 (State) 17. Consider the following statements: 1. Orissa 1. A geostationary satellite is at an 2. Assam approximate height of 10,000 km. 3. Chhattisgarh 2. FM transmission of music is of very 4. Goa good quality because the atmospheric 5. Tripura or man-made noises which are Code: generally frequency variations can do A B C D little harm. a. 2 1 5 3 Which of the statements given above is/are b. 4 3 2 1 correct? c. 2 3 5 1 a. 1 only d. 4 1 2 3 b. 2 only 13. Which party was founded by Subhash c. Both 1 and 2 Chandra' Bose in the year 1939 after he d. Neither 1 nor 2 broke away from the Congress? 18. What is the order of magnitude of electric a. Indian Freedom Party resistance of the human body (dry)? b. Azad Hind Fauj a. 102 ohm c. Revolutionary Front b. 104 ohm 3 of 17 c. 106 ohm a. 1 and 2 d. 108 ohm b. 2 and 3 19. Consider the following statements: c. 1 and 3 1. The axis of the earth's magnetic field is d. 1, 2 and 3 inclined at 23½° to the geographic axis 24. Consider the' following statements: of the earth. 1. Warren Hastings was the first 2. The earth's magnetic pole in the Governor General who established a northern hemisphere is located on a regular police force in India on the peninsula in northern Canada. British pattern. 3. Earth's magnetic equator passes 2. A Supreme Court was established at through Thumba in South India Calcutta by the Regulating Act, 1773. Which of the statements given above is/ 3. The Indian Penal Code came into are correct? effect in the year 1860. a. 1, 2 and 3 Which of the statements given above are b. 2 and 3 correct? c. 2 only a. 1 and 2 d. 3 only b. 2 and 3 20. Which one of the following is the c. 1 and 3 landmark performance of Dr. V. Mohan d. 1, 2 and 3 Reddy, an Indian born doctor working in 25. Which one of the following is the correct U.S.A., during February, 2005? chronological order of the battle fought in a. Research on human stem cell which is India in the 18th Century? likely to revolutionise treatment of a. Battle of Wandiwash - Battle of Buxar deadly disease like cancer - Battle of Ambur - Battle of Plassey b. Successful open heart procedure called b. Battle of Ambur - Battle of Plassey - arterial switch performed on an infant Battle of Wandiwash - Battle of Buxar c. Research on genetic engineering which c. Battle of Wandiwash - Battle of can help in treatment of deadly disease Plassey - Battle of Ambur - Battle of like AIDS Buxar d. Successful brain surgery to revive the d. Battle of Ambur - Battle of Buxar - function of nearly dead brain of a Battle of Wandiwash - Battle of premature born infant Plassey 21. Pneumoconiosis afflicts the workers who 26. Which countries played in the Lawn work mainly in: Tennis Davis Cup Final in the year 2004? a. Tanneries a. Switzerland and United States of b. Coal mining industry America c. Distilleries b. Spain and United States of America d. Glass industry c. Australia and Argentina 22. Who among the following was not a d. Sweden and Belgium contemporary of the other three? 27. Where do the Sahariya tribals, who were a. Bimbsara recently in the news, live?' b. Gautama Buddha a. Andhra Pradesh c. Milinda b. Assam d. Prasenjit c. Rajasthan 23. Consider the following statements: d. Orissa The Government of India Act, 1935 28. Whose autobiography is the book "My provided for Music, My Life"? 1. the provincial autonomy. a. Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma 2. the establishment of Federal Court. b. Ustad Amjad Ali Khan 3. All India Federation at the centre c. Pandit Ravi Shankar Which of the statements given above are d. Ustad Zakir Hussain correct? 29. Consider the following statements: 4 of 17 1. India is the onl1 country in the world b. Dabur producing all the five known c. Proctor and Gamble commercial varieties of silk. d. Hindustan Lever 2. India is the largest producer of sugar in 34. Which one of the following statements is the world. not correct? Which of the statements given above is/ a. Rourkela Steel Plant, the first are correct? integrated steel plant in the Public a. 1 only Sector of India was set up with the b. 2 only Soviet Union collaboration c. Both 1 and 2 b. Salem Steel Plant is a premier d. Neither 1 nor 2 producer of stainless steel in India 30. Which one of the following pairs is not c. Maharashtra Elektrosmelt Ltd. is a correctly matched? subsidiary of the Steel Authority of a. Arjun : Indigenously produced Main India Ltd. Battle Tank (MBT) d. Visakhapatnam Steel Plant is a unit of b. Phalcon : Cruise missile supplied by the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. Russia to India . 35. Match List- I with List-II and select the c. Saras : Indigenously developed civilian correct answer using the codes given passenger aircraft below the lists: d. Operation Seabird: New Indian Naval List-I (Person) Base at Karwar A. V. R. S. Natrajan 31. Match items in the List- I with List-II and B. A. K. Puri select the correct answer using the codes C. V. Thulasidas given below the lists: D. Jagdish Khattar List-I List-II (Organization) (Power Station) 1. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited A. Kothagudem 2. Air India B. Raichur 3. Maruti Udyog Limited C. Mettur 4. Bharat Earth Movers Limited D. Wanakbori 5. Indian Space Research Organization List-II Code: (State) A B C D 1. Andhra Pradesh a. 2 3 5 1 2. Gujarat b. 4 1 2 3 3. Karnataka c. 2 1 5 3 4. Tamil Nadu. d. 4 3 2 1 Code: 36. Which one of the following is the correct A B C D statement? a. 4 2 1 3 a. The modern Kochi was a Dutch colony b. 1 3 4 2 till India's Independence c. 4 3 1 2 b. The Dutch defeated the Portuguese and d. 1 2 4 3 built Fort Williams in the modern 32. For which one of the following, is Satara Kochi well-known? c. The modern Kochi was first a Dutch a. Thermal power plant colony before the Portuguese took over b. Wind energy plant from them c. Hydro-electric plant d. The modern Kochi never became a d. Nuclear power plant part of the British colony 33. Which one of the following companies has 37. Which one of the following was probed by started a rural marketing network called 'e- the Liberhan Commission? chaupals'? a. Test Cricket match fixing a. ITC b. Best Bakery Case 5 of 17 c. Tehelka tapes Case 44. Match List - I (Distinguished Person) with d. Demolition of the disputed structure at List-II (Achievement/Known as) and Ayodhya select the correct answer using the codes 38. Which one of the following airports in given below the lists: India is the first to be owned by a public List-I limited company? A. Guenter Grass a. Dabolim Airport, Goa B. Trevor Huddleston b. Cochin airport C. Dicky Dolma c. Hyderabad airport D. Kim Campell d. Bangalore airport List-II 39. Consider the following sites/monuments : 1. First woman Prime Minister of Canada 1. Champaner - Pavagadh Archaeological 2. Nobel Prize Winner for literature Park 3. Leading campaigner against apartheid 2. Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Station, in South Africa Mumbai 4. Youngest woman to climb the Mt. 3. MamalIapuram Everest 4. Sun Temple (Konark Temple) 5. American violinist Which of the above are included in the Code: World Heritage List of UNESCO? A B C D a. 1, 2 and 3 a. 5 3 2 1 b. 1, 3 and 4 b. 2 3 4 1 c. 2 and 4 c. 5 3 4 2 d. 1, 2, 3 and 4 d. 2 4 13 40. Which one of the following pairs is not 45. Consider the following statements: correctly matched? 1. The Charter of the United Nations a. Bahamas Nassau Organization was adopted at Geneva, b. Costa Rica San Jose Switzerland in June, 1945. c. Nicaragua Belmopan 2. India was admitted to the United d. Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Nations Organization in the year 1945. 41. Which one of the following is the correct 3. The Trusteeship Council of the United sequence of the given towns of Pakistan Nations Organization was established while moving from the North towards the to manage the affairs of territories South? detached from Japan and Italy after the a. Islamabad - Gujranwala - Peshawar – Second World War or such territories Multan not under the control of a country at b. Peshawar - Gujranwala - Multan – that time. Islamabad Which of the statements given above is/ c. Peshawar - Islamabad - Gujranwala – are correct? Multan a. 1, 2 and 3 d. Islamabad - Multan - Peshawar - b. 2 only Gujranwala c. 2 and 3 42. Where are the Balearic Islands located? d. 3 only a. Mediterranean Sea 46. Match List - I with List-II and select the b. Black Sea correct answer using the codes given c. Baltic Sea below the lists: d. North Sea List-I (Distinguished Person) 43. Which one of the following countries does A. B. V. Rao not border Lithuania? B. C.K. Prahalad a. Poland C. John Kurien b. Ukraine D. Kiran Karnik c. Belarus List-II (Area, of Work) d. Latvia 1. Automobiles Manufacture 6 of 17 2. Fisheries Economy 2. Constitutions of India and the United 3. Information Technology and Software States of America can envisage a dual 4. Poultry Farming policy (The Union and the States) but a 5. Management Science single citizenship. A B C D 3. A naturalized citizen of India can a. 2 5 1 3 never be deprived of his citizenship. b. 4 3 2 5 Which of the statements given above is/ c. 2 3 1 5 are correct? d. 4 5 2 3 a. 1, 2 and 3 47. Consider the following statements: b. 1 and 3 1. The Parliament cannot enlarge the c. 3 only jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of d. 1 only India as its jurisdiction is limited to 51. Consider the following statements: that conferred by the Constitution. 1. Part IX of the Constitution of India 2. The officers and servants of the contains provisions for Panchayats and Supreme Court and High If Courts are was inserted by the Constitution (73rd appointed by the concerned Chief Amendment) Act, 1992. Justice and the administrative expenses 2. Part IX A of the Constitution of India are charged on the Consolidated Fund contains provisions for municipalities of India. and the Article 243 Q envisages two Which of the statements given above is/ types of municipalities - a Municipal are correct? Council and a Municipal Corporation a. 1 only 2 only for every State. b. Both 1 and 2 Which of the statements given above is/ c. Neither 1 nor 2 are correct? 48. Consider the following statements: a. 1 only 1. Article 301 pertains to the Right to b. 2 only Property. c. Both 1 and 2 2. Right to Property is a legal right but d. Neither 1 nor 2 not a Fundamental Right. 52. Consider the following statements: 3. Article 300 A was inserted in the 1. Lord Mountbatten was the Viceroy Constitution of India by the Congress when Simla Conference took place. Government at the Centre by the 44th 2. Indian Navy Revok 1946 took place Constitutional Amendment. when the Indian sailors in the Royal Which of the statements given above is/are Indian Navy at Bombay and Karachi correct? rose against the Government. a. 2 only Which of the statements given above is/ b. 2 and 3 are correct? 4. 1 and 3 a. 1 only 5. 1, 2 and 3 b. 2 only 49. Who among the following invented c. Both 1 and 2 Lasers? d. Neither 1 nor 2 a. Theodore Maiman 53. Which one of the following territories was b. Denis Papin not affected by the Revolt of 1857? ' c. William Moton a. Jhansi d. Francis Crick b. Chittor 50. Consider the following statements: c. Jagdishpur 1. Article 371 A to 371 I were inserted in d. Lucknow the Constitution of India to meet 54. Which one of the following places did regional demands of Nagaland, Assam, Kunwar Singh, a prominent leader of the Manipur, Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Revolt of 1857 belong to? Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Goa. a. Bihar 7 of 17 b. Madhya Pradesh d. Punjab c. Rajasthan 61. Consider the following statements: On the d. Uttar Pradesh eve of the launch of Quit India Movement, 55. Which of the following pairs are correctly Mahatma Gandhi matched? 1. asked the government servants to Movement/Satyagraha: Person Actively resign. Associated With 2. asked the soldiers to leave their posts. 1. Champaran : Rajendra Prasad 3. asked the Princes of the Princely States 2. Ahmedabad Mill Workers: Morarji to accept the sovereignty of their own Desai people. 3. Kheda Vallabhbhai Patel Which of the statements given above is/are Select the correct answer using the codes correct? given below: a. 1 and 2 a. 1 and 2 b. 2 and 3 b. 2 and 3 c. 3 only c. 1 and 3 d. 1, 2 and 3 d. 1, 2 and 3 62. Where were the Ghadar revolutionaties, 56. Who among the following was not who became active during the outbreak of associated with the formation of V.P. the World War I based? Kisan Sabha in February 1918? a. Central America a. Indra Narain Dwivedi b. North America' b. Gauri Shankar Misra c. West America c. Jawaharlal Nehru d. South America d. Madan Mohan Malviya 63. What was Komagata Maru? 57. Who among the following drafted the a. A political party based in Taiwan resolution on fundamental rights for the b. Peasant communist leader of China Karachi Session of Congress in 1931? c. A naval ship on voyage to China a. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar d. A Chinese village where Mao Tse b. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Tung began his Long march c. Dr. Rajendra Prasad 64. Who among the following was a d. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel proponent of Fabianism as a movement? 58. In October 1920, who of the following a. Annie Beasant headed a group of Indians gathered at b. A. O. Hume Tashkent to set up a Communist Party of c. Michael Madhusudan Dutt India? d. R. Palme Dutt a. H. K. Sarkar 65. Recently, to which of the following b. P. C. Joshi countries did India offer to built a Buddha c. M. C. Chagla Temple? d. M. N. Roy a. China 59. At which Congress Session was the b. Myanmar Working Committee authorised to launch a c. Thailand programme of Civil Disobedience? d. Vietnam a. Bombay 66. Which one of the following is not an b. Lahore ASEAN member? c. Lucknow a. Cambodia d. Tripuri b. China 60. In which one of the following provinces c. Laos was a Congress ministry not formed under d. Philippines the Act of 1935? 67. Consider the following: a. Bihar 1. Disputes with mobile cellular b. Madras companies c. Orissa 2. Motor accident cases 8 of 17 3. Pension cases 2. In the reverse osmosis, external For which of the above are Lok Adalats pressure is applied to the dilute held? solution. a. 1 only Which of the statements given above is/ b. 1 and 2 are correct? c. 2 only a. 1 only d. 1, 2 and 3 b. 2 only 68. Consider the following statements: c. Both 1 and 2 1. Second World Buddhist Summit was d. Neither 1 nor 2 held in Bangkok in November- 72. Consider the following statements: December, 2004. 1. Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility 2. World Punjabi Conference was held in (PRGF) has been established by the Jalandhar in December, 2004. International Development Association 3. 4th Meeting of the SAARC Trade (IDA) to provide further assistance to Ministers was held in Islamabad in low-income countries facing high level November, 2004. of indebtedness. Which of the statements given above is/ 2. Singapore Regional Training Institute are correct? (STI) is one of the institutes that a. 3 only provides training in macro-economic b. 1 and 2 analysis and policy, and related c. 2 and 3 subjects as a part of programme of the d. 1, 2 and 3 IMF Institute. 69. Consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 1. The Parliament of Russia is called Federal Assembly. a. 1 Only 2. The Council of the Federation in the b. 2 Only Russian Parliament is the lower house. c. Both 1 and 2 3. The name of the upper house in the d. Neither 1 nor 2 Russian Parliament is State Duma. 73. Consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/ 1. Sensex is based on 50 of the most are correct? important stocks available on the a. 1, 2 and 3 Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). b. 1 and 2 2. For calculating the Sensex, all the c. 2 and 3 Sensex stocks are assigned proportional weightage. d. 1 only 3. New York Stock Exchange- is the 70. Consider the following statements: oldest stock exchange in the world. 1. Great Britain comprises England, Which of the statements given above is/ Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. are correct? 2. England covers less than 60% of the a. 2 only total area of the United Kingdom: b. 1 and 3 Which of the statements given above is/ are correct? c. 2 and 3 a. 1 only d. None b. 2 only 74. Consider the following statements: c. Both 1 and 2 1. The Headquarters of the International Organization for Standardization are d. Neither 1 nor 2 located in Rome. 71. Consider the following statements: 2. ISO 9000 relates to the quality 1. During the process of osmosis, the management system and standards. solvent travels from the concentrated 3. ISO 14000 relates to environmental solution to the dilute solution. management system standards. 9 of 17 Which of the statements given above is/ d. United States of America are correct? 79. Which one of the following statements is a. 1, 2 and 3 not correct? b. 3 only a. The Western Ghats are relatively c. 2 and 3 higher in their northern region d. None b. The Anai Mudi is the highest peak in 75. Consider the following statements: the Western Ghats 1. In the First Round Table Conference c. Tapi river lies to the south of Satpura Dr. Ambedkar demanded separate d. The Narmada and the Tapi river lectorates for the depressed classes. valleys are said to be old rift valleys 2. In the Poona Act, special provisions 80. Gandhi Sagar Dam is a part of which one for representation of the depressed of the following? people in the local bodies and civil a. Chambal Project services were made. b. Kosi Project 3. The Indian National Congress did not c. Damodar Valley Project take part in the Third Round Table d. Bhakra Nangal Project Conference. 81. Which one of the following is the correct Which of the statements given above is/ sequence of the given hills starting from are correct? the north and going towards the south? a. 1 and 2 a. Nllamalai Hills - Nilgiri Hills - Javadi b. 2 and 3 Hills – Anaimalai Hills c. 1 and 3 b. Anaimalai Hills - Javadi Hills - Nilgiri d. 1, 2 and 3 Hills – Nallamalai Hills 76. Consider the following statements: c. Nallamalai Hills - Javadi Hills - Nilgiri 1. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar founded Hills – Anaimalai Hills. the Bethune School, at Calcutta with d. Anaimalai Hills - Nilgiri Hills - Javadi the main aim of encouraging education Hills – Nallamalai Hills for women. 82. Which one of the following is not a 2. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was Biosphere Reserve? the first graduate of the Calcutta a. Agasthyamalai University. b. Nallamalai 3. Keshav Chandra Sen's campaign c. Nilgiri against Sati led to the enactment of a d. Panchmarhi law to ban Sati by the then Governor 83. Assertion (A): The same face of the Moon General. is always presented to the Earth. Which of the statements given above is/ Reason (R): The Moon rotates about its are correct? own axis in 23 1/2 days which is about the a. 1 only same time that it takes to orbit the Earth. b. 1 and 2 a. Both A and R are individually true and c. 2 and 3 R is the correct explanation of A d. 1, 2 and 3 b. Both A and R are individually true but 77. Who among the following repealed the R is not the correct explanation of A Vernacular Press Act? c. A is true but R is false a. Lord Dufferin d. A is false but R is true b. Lord Ripon 84. Assertion (A): Existence of human' life on c. Lord Curzon Venus is highly improbable. d. Lord Hardinge Reason (R): Venus has extremely high 78. Where is the volcanic mountain, Mount St. level 9f carbon dioxide in its atmosphere. Helens located? a. Both A and R are individually true and a. Chile R is the correct explanation of A b. Japan b. Both A and R are individually true but c. Philippines R is not the correct explanation of A 10 of 17 c. A is true but R is false a. Both A and R are individually true and d. A is false but R is true R is the correct explanation of A 85. Assertion (A): All the proteins in our food b. Both A and R are individually true but are digested in small intestine only. R is not the correct explanation of A Reason (R): The protein-digesting c. A is true but R is false enzymes from pancreas are released into d. A is false but R is true small intestine. 90. Consider the following statements: a. Both A and R are individually true and 1. Vigyan Raif is a Science Exhibition on R is the correct explanation of A wheels organized by the Council of b. Both A and R are individually true but Scientific and Industrial Research. R is not the correct explanation of A 2. Vigyan Prasar is an autonomous body c. A is true but R is false under the Ministry of Human Resource d. A is false but R is true Development. 86. Assertion (A): Amoeba reproduces by 3. EDUSAT, the ISRO's educational fission. satellite was launched from French Reason (R): All unicellular organisms Guyana in 2004. reproduce by asexual methods. Which of the statements given above is/are a. Both A and R are individually true and correct? R is the correct explanation of A a. 1, 2 and 3 b. Both A and R are individually true but b. 1 and 2 R is not the correct explanation of A c. 2 and 3 c. A is true but R is false d. None d. A is false but R is true 91. Consider the following statements: 87. Assertion (A): Wind patterns are 1. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is clockwise in the northern hemisphere and liquefied under extremely cold anti-clockwise in the southern hemisphere. temperatures and high pressure to Reason (R): The directions of wind facilitate storage or transportation in patterns in the northern and the southern specially designed vessels. hemisphere are governed by the Coriolis 2. First LNG terminal in India was built effect. in Hassan. a. Both A and R are individually true and 3. Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) are R is the correct explanation of A separated from LPG and these include b. Both A and R are individually true but ethane, propane, butane and natural R is not the correct explanation of A gasoline. c. A is true but R is false Which of the statements given above is/are d. A is false but R is true correct? 88. Assertion (A): The main constituent of the a. 1 only Liquefied Petroleum Gas is methane. b. 1 and 3 Reason (R): Methane can be used directly c. 2 and 3 for burning in homes and factories where it d. 1, 2 and 3 can be supplied through pipelines. a. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A Directions (For the next FOUR items): Ba1iedon b. Both A and R are individually true but the information given below, answer the four R is not the correct explanation of A items which follow it : Gopal, Harsh, Inder, Jai c. A is true but R is false and Krislman have Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Cuttack, d. A is false but R is true Delhi and Ernakulam as their hometowns (Not 89. Assertion (A): The-person with diabetes necessarily in that order). They' are studying in insipidus is feels thirsty. Engineering, Medical, Commerce, Economics and Reason (R): A person with diabetes History Colleges (Not necessarily in that order). insipidus suffers from excess secretion of None of the five boys is studying in his vasopressin. 11 of 17 hometown, buteach of them studies in one of the d. 200/9% cities given above. 97. On a railway route between two places A Further, it is given that: and B, there are 10 stations on the way. If (i) Gopal's hometown is Ernakulam. . 4 new stations are to be added, how many (ii) Harsh is not studying in types of new tickets will be required if Ahmedabad or Bhopal. . each ticket is issued for a one-way (iii) Economic College is in Bhopal. journey? (iv) Inder's hometown is Cuttack. a. 14 (v) Krishnan is studying in Delhi b. 48 (vi) Jai is studying in Ernakulam and c. 96 the History College is in his d. 108 hometown Ahmedabad. 98. Aryan runs at a speed of 40 metre/minute. (vii) Engineering College is situated in Rahul follows him after an interval of 5 Ernakulam. minutes and runs at a speed of 50 Based on the information given above metre/minute. Rahul's dog runs at a speed answer the next FOUR items: of 60 metre/ minute and starts along with Rahul. The dog reaches Aryan and then 92. Which is Krishnan's hometown? comes back to Rahul, and continues to do a. Ahmedabad so till Rahul reaches Aryan. What is the total distance covered by the dog? b. Cuttack a. 600 metres c. Bhopal b. 750 metres d. Cannot be determined c. 980 metres 93. Which College is situated in Inder's hometown? d. 1200 metres 99. A big rectangular plot of area 4320 m2 is a. Commerce divided into 3 square-shaped smaller plots b. Medical by fencing parallel to the smaller side of c. Economics the plot. However some area of land was d. Commerce or Medical still left as a square could not be formed. 94. Who studies in Bhopal? So, 3 more square-shaped plots were a. Gopal formed by fencing parallel to the longer b. Harsh side of the original plot such that no area c. Gopal or Inder of the plot was left surplus. What are the d. Inder or Harsh dimensions of the original plot? 95. If Inder studies in Ahmedabad, then which a. 160 m x 27 m one of the following is the correct b. 240 m x 18 m combination of Person – Hometown Place c. 120 m x 36 m of Study? d. 135 m x 32 m a. Gopal - Ernakulam- Delhi 100. Match List-I with List-II and select the b. Jai- Ahmedabad – Ernakulam correct answer using the code given below c. Krishnan - Delhi – Ernakulam the lists: d. Harsh - Bhopal- Delhi List - I (Atomic Power Plants/Heavy water 96. Left pan of a faulty balance weighs 100 plants) gram more than its right pan. A A. Thal shopkeeper keeps the weight measure in B. Manuguru the left pan while buying goods but keeps C. Kakrapar it in the right pan while selling his goods. D. Kaiga He uses only 1 kg weight measure. If he List - II sells his goods at the listed cost price, what (State) is his gain? 1. Andhra Pradesh a. 200/11% 2. Gujarat b. 100/11 % 3. Maharashtra c. 100/9% 12 of 17 4. Rajasthan b. J. B. Kripalani 5. Karnataka c. Jawaharlal Nehru Code d. Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar A B C D 106. Which one of the following pairs is not a. 2 1 4 5 correctly matched? b. 3 5 2 1 a. Southern Air Command: c. 2 5 4 1 Thiruvananthapuram d. 3 1 2 5 b. Eastern Naval Command: 101. Which one of the following is the correct Visakhapatnam sequence of the given substances in the c. Armoured Corps Centre and School : decreasing order of their densities? Jabalpur a. Steel> Mercury> Gold d. Army Medical Corps Centre and b. Gold> Mercury> Steel School : Lucknow c. Steel> Gold> Mercury 107. Which of the following pairs are correctly d. Gold:> Steel> Mercury matched? 102. Of which one of the following games is Publication : Group Shanmugham Venkatesh an outstanding 1. Sportstar : The Hindu publication player? group a. Table tennis 2. Business-world : ABP group b. Hockey 3. The Week : Malayala Manorama c. Football publication group d. Basketball 4. Reader's Digest : Indian Express 103. 2 men and 1 woman board a bus in which publication group 5 seats, are vacant. One of these five seats Select the correct answer using the codes is reserved for ladies. A woman may or given below: may not sit on the seat reserved for ladies a. 1, 2, 3 and 4 but a man can not sit on the seat reserved b. 1, 2 and 3 for ladies. In how, many different ways c. 2 and 4 can the five seats be occupied by these d. 1 and 3 three passengers? 108. Which of the following pairs are correctly a. 15 matched? b. 36 Enterprise : Industrial Group c. 48 1. VSNL : Bharati Group d. 60 2. Mundra Special Economic: Zone Ltd 104. Consider the following statements: Adani Group 1. The Constitution of India has 20 parts. 3. CMC Ltd. : Tata Group 2. There are 390 Articles in the 4. IPCL : Reliance Group Constitution of India in all. Select the correct answer using the codes 3. Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth given below: Schedules were added to the a. 1, 2 and 3 Constitution of India by the b. 3 and 4 Constitution (Amendment) Acts. c. 1, 2 and 4 Which of the statements given above is/ d. 2, 3 and 4 are correct? 109. In which country is Bandung, where the a. 1 and 2 Conference of Mrican and Asian nations b. 2 only was held which led to establishing Non- c. 3 only Aligned Movement (NAM), situated? d. 1, 2 and 3 a. Thailand 105. Who among the following was the b. Egypt Chairman of the Union Constitution c. Indonesia Committee of the Constituent Assembly? d. Philippines a. B. R. Ambedkar 13 of 17 110. Match items in the List-I a. Integrated Steel Plant at Jajpur (Businesswoman) with those in the List-II (Orissa): Steel Authodty of India (Company) and select the correct answer b. Power Plant at Jamnagar(Gujarat): using the codes given below the Lists: Essar Power List-I c. Nabinagar Power Plant (Bihar): Indian A. Zia Mody railways B. Anuradha J. Desai d. Kayamkulom Power Plant (Kerala): C. Villoo Morawala Patell National Thermal Power Corporation D. Meena Kaushik 115. Virtual water trade is being looked at by List-II experts as a solution to the world's water 1. Venkateshwara Hatcheries crisis. What does virtual water (VW) 2. AZB & Partners imply? 3. Quantum Market Research a. Volume of heavy water required to 4. A vestha Gengraine Technologies replace ordinary water. 5. Biocon India b. Volume of water required to produce a Code: commodity or service A B C D c. Volume of water saved by using rainwater harvesting a. 4 1 5 3 d. Volume of water utilized by an b. 2 3 4 1 effective flood control c. 4 3 5 1 116. Consider the following statements d. 2 1 4 3 concerning the Indian Railways: 111. A square is divided into 9 identical smaller 1. The Head Quarters of the North squares. Six identical balls are to be placed Western Railway are located at in these smaller squares such that each of Jodhpur. the three rows gets at least one ball (one 2. ‘Indrail pass' - a travel-as-you-please ball in one square only). In how many ticket has been created especially for different ways can this be done? freedom fighters and sports persons a. 27 who have represented India in any b. 36 game/ sport. c. 54 3. Fairy Queen is a train using the world's d. 81 oldest working engine and the Indian 112. There are 6 persons - A, B, C, D, E and F. Railways conduct a journey of wildlife They are to be seated in a row such that B and heritage sites on it. never sits anywhere ahead of A, and Which of the statements given above is/ Cinever sits anywhere ahead of B. In how are correct? many different ways can this be done? a. 2 only a. 60 b. 3 only b. 72 c. 1 and 2 c. 120 d. None d. None of the above 117. 300 persons are participating in a meeting, 113. For which one of the following items, is out of which 120 are foreigners, and the Tirupur well C.S.E. General Studies (Pm.) rest are Indians. Out of the Indians, there – 2005 known as a huge exporter to many are 110 men who are not judges; 160 are parts of the world? men or judges, and 35 are women judges. a. Gems and Jewellery There are no foreign judges. b. Leather goods. How many Indian women attended the c. Knitted garments meeting? d. Handicrafts a. 35 114. Which one of the following pairs is Hot b. 45 correctly matched? c. 55 Project Company d. 60 14 of 17 118. There are 6 persons: A, B, C, D, E and F. a. 1, 2, 3 and 4 A has 3 items more than C D has 4 items b. 2, 3 and 4 less than B E has 6 items less than F C has c. 1 and 4 2 items more than E F has 3 items more d. 1 and 3 than D 123. Which one of the following cities is the Which one of the following figures can not seat of Parliament of South Africa? be equal to the total number of items a. Pretoria possessed by all the 6 persons? b. Durban a. 41 c. Johannesburg b. 47 d. Cape Town c. 53 124. Which of the following pairs is not d. 58 correctly matched? 119. Ten identical particles are moving British Prime Minister: Political Party randomly inside a closed box. What is the a. John Major Conservative Party probability that at any given point of time b. James Callaghan Labour Party all the ten particles will be lying in the c. Harold Wilson Conservative Party same half of the box? d. Margaret Thatcher Conservative Party a. 1/2 125. Match items in List-I with those in the b. 1/5 List-II and select the correct answer using c. 2/9 the code given below the lists: d. 2/11 List - I (Location) 120. An equilateral triangular plate is to be cut A. Kakinada into n number of identical small equilateral B. Dundigal triangular plates. C. Margao Which one of the following can be possible value of n? D. Bhadrachalam a. 196 List – II (Known For/In News for) b. 216 1. Skybus Metro rail test-run c. 256 2. ITC paper board unit d. 296 3. Bio-diesel plant 121. There are 10 identical coins and each one 4. Indian Air Force Academy of them has 'H' engraved on its one face Code: and 'T' engraved on its other face. These A B C D 10 coins are lying on a table and each one a. 2 1 4 3 of them has 'H' face as the upper face. In b. 3 4 1 2 one attempt, exactly four (neither more nor c. 2 4 1 3 less) coins can be turned upside down. d. 3 1 4 2 What is the minimum total number of 126. In which one of the following countries, is attempts in which the 'T' faces of all the 10 Tamil a major language? coins can be brought to be the upper faces? a. Myanmar a. 4 b. Indonesia b. 7 c. Mauritius c. 8 d. Singapore d. Not possible 127. Which one of the following is the correct 122. Which of the following States border Uttar sequence of the given Indian cities in the Pradesh? decreasing order of their normal annual 1. Punjab rainfall? 2. Rajasthan a. Kochi - Kolkata - Delhi - Patna 3. Chhattisgarh b. Kolkata - Kochi - Patna – Delhi 4. Jharkhand c. Kochi - Kolkata - Patna - Delhi Select the correct answer using the codes d. Kolkata - Kochi - Delhi - Patna given below: 15 of 17 128. Match List-I with List-II and select the a. Ministry of Agriculture correct answer using the code given below b. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare the lists: c. Ministry of Human Resource List - I (City) Development A. Washington D.C. d. Ministry of Rural Development B. Berlin 132. Consider the following statements: C. Paris 1. Dengue is a protozoan' disease D. Madrid transmitted by mosquitoes. List - II (River) 2. Retro-orbital pain is not a symptom of 1. River Manzanares Dengue. 2. River Seine 3. Skin rash and bleeding from nose and 3. River Spree gums are some of the symptoms of the 4. River Potomac Dengue. Code: Which of the statements given above is/ A B C D are correct? a. 2 3 4 1 a. 1 and 2 b. 4 1 2 3 b. 3 only c. 2 1 4 3 c. 2 only d. 4 3 1 2 d. 1 and 3 129. Consider the following statements: 133. Who among the following is not a member 1. The Constitution of the United States of the Investment Commission formed in of America came into force in the year December, 2004? 1810. a. Ratan Tata 2. All revenue bills must originate in the b. Deepak Parekh House of Representatives of the US c. Ashok Ganguly Congress. d. Kumaramangalam Birla 3. George W. Bush is the only President 134. Consider the following statements: in the history of the United States of 1. Silent Valley National Park is in the America whose father was also the Nallamalai range. President of the United States of 2. Pathrakkadavu Hydroelectric Project is America proposed to be built near the Silent Which of the statements given above is/are Valley National Park. correct? 3. The Kunthi river originates in Silent a. 1 only Valley's rainforests. b. 2 only Which of the statements given above is/ c. 1 and 2 are correct? d. 2 and 3 a. 1 and 3 130. Which of the following diseases of b. 2 only milching animals are infectious? c. 2 and 3 1. Foot and Mouth disease d. 1, 2 and 3 2. Anthrax 135. In which one of the following countries 3. Black Quarter did hundreds of people die in year 2004 as 4. Cowpox a result of flooding and mudslides Select the correct answer using the codes triggered by Tropical Storm Jeanne? given below; a. Colombia a. 1, 2 and 3 b. Haiti b. 2, 3 and 4 c. Sudan c. 1 and 4 d. Ghana d. 1, 2, 3 and 4 136. Consider the following statements: 131. Under which one of the Ministries of the 1. Area wise, Chhattisgarh is larger than Government of India does the Food and West Bengal. Nutrition Board work? 16 of 17 2. According to the Population '2001 d. Neither 1 nor 2 Census, population of West Bengal is 141. Which one of the following is the correct larger than that of Chhattisgarh. statement on the basis of Census-200l? Which of the statements given above is/ a. Bihar has the highest percentage of the are correct? Scheduled Castes of its population a. 1 only b. The decadal growth of population of b. 2 only India (1991-2001) has been below 20% c. Both 1 and 2 c. Mizoram is the Indian State with the d. Neither 1 nor 2 least population 137. Which one of the following pairs is not d. Pondicherry has the highest sex ratio correctly matched? among the Union Territories Current Name Old Name 142. The Constitution (98th Amendment) Act is a. Harare Salisbury related to : b. Ethiopia Abyssinia. a. Empowering the Centre to levy and c. Ghana Dutch Guiana appropriate service tax d. Kinshasa Leopoldville b. The constitution of the National 138. Which one of the following statements is Judicial Commission correct? c. Readjustment of electoral a. The First Meeting of the Parties (MOP constituencies on the basis of the 1) to the Cartagena Protocol on Bio- Population Census 2001 safety was held in Philippines in the d. The demarcation of new boundaries year 2004 between States b. India is not a signatory to the Biosafety 143. Consider the following statements: Protocol/Convention on Biological 1. India is the second country in the Diversity world to adopt a National Family c. The Biosafety protocol deals with Planning Programme. genetically modified organisms 2. The National Population Policy of d. The United States of America is India 2000 seeks to achieve member of the Biosafety replacement level of fertility by 201 0 Protocol/Convention on Biological with a population of 111 crores. Diversity 3. Kerala is the first State in India to 139. Where was world's largest ever Meet on achieve replacement level of fertility. HIV AIDS held in July, 2004? Which of the statements given above is/ a. Bangkok are correct? b. Singapore a. 1 only c. New York b. 1 and 2 d. Rome c. 2 and 3 140. Consider the following statements: d. 1, 2 and 3 1. Global Trust Bank has been 144. Match List-I with List-II and select the amalgamated with the Punjab National correct answer using the code given below Bank. the lists: 2. The second report of the Kelkar List - I (Lawn Tennis Tournament) Committee dealing with direct and A. French Open-2004 indirect taxes has maintained its B. Wimbledon-2004 original recommendations including C. US Open-2004 the abolition of exemptions relating to D. Australian Open-2004 housing loans. List - II Which of the statements given above is/are (Winner of Women Singles) correct? 1. Svetlana Kuznetsova a. 1 only 2. Anastasia Myskina b. 2 only 3. Maria Sharapova c. Both 1 and 2 4. Serena Williams 17 of 17 5. Justine Henin-Hardene c. Both 1 and 2 Code: d. Neither 1 nor 2 A B C D 148. Consider the following statements: a. 5 1 4 2 1. The Man Booker Prize is awarded to b. 2 3 1 5 citizen of any of the countries of the c. 5 3 1 2 British Commonwealth or the Republic d. 2 1 4 5 of Ireland. 145. Match List-I with List-II and select the 2. A leading London-based software correct answer using the code given below company underwrites the Man Booker the lists: Prize presently. List - I (Famous Former Sportsperson) 3. The winner of the Man Booker Prize in A. Wally Grout year 2004 is a South Asian. B. Eusebio Which of the statements given above is/are C. Rod Laver correct) D. Mark Spitz a. 1 only List - II b. 1 and 3 (Game/Sport) c. 2 and 3 1. Swimming d. 1, 2 and 3 2. Lawn Tennis 149. Consider the following statements: 3. Cricket 1. The number of post offices in India is 4. Football in excess of 1.5 lakhs. 5. Basketball 2. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) was formed in the year 1997. Code: 3. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India A B C D (TRAI) was established in the year a. 3 5 2 4 2000. b. 2 4 3 1 Which of the staten1ents given above c. 3 4 2 1 is/are correct) d. 2 5 3 4 a. 1, 2 and 3 146. Which one of the following statements is b. 1 and 2 not correct? c. 1 only a. There is no definition of the Scheduled d. 3 only Tribe in the Constitution of India 150. Which of the following pairs are correctly b. North-East India accounts for a little matched? over half of the country's tribal Person Award population 1. Champadevi Shukla : Goldman c. The people known as Todas live in the Environmental Prize Nilgiri area 2. Dr. P. Sri Ramaehanrudu: Vaehaspati d. Lotha is a language spoken in Puraskar Nagaland 3. Ela Ramesh Bhatt: Lal Bahadur Shastri 147. Consider the following statements: National A ward for Excellence in 1. The forest cover in India constitutes Public Administration, Academics and around 20% of its geographical area. Management Out of the total forest cover, dense 4. Upamanyu Chatterjee: Lalit Kala forest constitutes around 40%. Ratna Award 2. The National Forestry Action Select the correct answer using the codes Programme aims at bringing one-third given below: of the area of India under tree/ forest cover. a. 1 and 2 Which of the statements given above is/are b. 1, 2 and 3 correct) c. 3 and 4 a. 1 only d. 1, 2, 3 and 4 b. 2 only