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GENERAL STUDIES

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
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(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

c. 106 ohm
d. 108 ohm
19. Consider the following statements:
1. The axis of the earth's magnetic field is
inclined at 23½° to the geographic axis
of the earth.
2. The earth's magnetic pole in the
northern hemisphere is located on a
peninsula in northern Canada.
3. Earth's magnetic equator passes
through Thumba in South India
Which of the statements given above is/
are correct?
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 2 and 3
c. 2 only
d. 3 only
20. Which one of the following is the
landmark performance of Dr. V. Mohan
Reddy, an Indian born doctor working in
U.S.A., during February, 2005?
a. Research on human stem cell which is
likely to revolutionise treatment of
deadly disease like cancer
b. Successful open heart procedure called
arterial switch performed on an infant
c. Research on genetic engineering which
can help in treatment of deadly disease
like AIDS
d. Successful brain surgery to revive the
function of nearly dead brain of a
premature born infant
21. Pneumoconiosis afflicts the workers who
work mainly in:
a. Tanneries
b. Coal mining industry
c. Distilleries
d. Glass industry
22. Who among the following was not a
contemporary of the other three?
a. Bimbsara
b. Gautama Buddha
c. Milinda
d. Prasenjit
23. Consider the following statements:
The Government of India Act, 1935
provided for
1. the provincial autonomy.
2. the establishment of Federal Court.
3. All India Federation at the centre
Which of the statements given above are
correct?
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a. 1 and 2
b. 2 and 3
c. 1 and 3
d. 1, 2 and 3
24. Consider the' following statements:
1. Warren Hastings was the first
Governor General who established a
regular police force in India on the
British pattern.
2. A Supreme Court was established at
Calcutta by the Regulating Act, 1773.
3. The Indian Penal Code came into
effect in the year 1860.
Which of the statements given above are
correct?
a. 1 and 2
b. 2 and 3
c. 1 and 3
d. 1, 2 and 3
25. Which one of the following is the correct
chronological order of the battle fought in
India in the 18th Century?
a. Battle of Wandiwash - Battle of Buxar
- Battle of Ambur - Battle of Plassey
b. Battle of Ambur - Battle of Plassey -
Battle of Wandiwash - Battle of Buxar
c. Battle of Wandiwash - Battle of
Plassey - Battle of Ambur - Battle of
Buxar
d. Battle of Ambur - Battle of Buxar -
Battle of Wandiwash - Battle of
Plassey
26. Which countries played in the Lawn
Tennis Davis Cup Final in the year 2004?
a. Switzerland and United States of
America
b. Spain and United States of America
c. Australia and Argentina
d. Sweden and Belgium
27. Where do the Sahariya tribals, who were
recently in the news, live?'
a. Andhra Pradesh
b. Assam
c. Rajasthan
d. Orissa
28. Whose autobiography is the book "My
Music, My Life"?
a. Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma
b. Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
c. Pandit Ravi Shankar
d. Ustad Zakir Hussain
29. Consider the following statements:
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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

c. A is true but R is false
d. A is false but R is true
85. Assertion (A): All the proteins in our food
are digested in small intestine only.
Reason (R): The protein-digesting
enzymes from pancreas are released into
small intestine.
a. Both A and R are individually true and
R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are individually true but
R is not the correct explanation of A
c. A is true but R is false
d. A is false but R is true
86. Assertion (A): Amoeba reproduces by
fission.
Reason (R): All unicellular organisms
reproduce by asexual methods.
a. Both A and R are individually true and
R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are individually true but
R is not the correct explanation of A
c. A is true but R is false
d. A is false but R is true
87. Assertion (A): Wind patterns are
clockwise in the northern hemisphere and
anti-clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
Reason (R): The directions of wind
patterns in the northern and the southern
hemisphere are governed by the Coriolis
effect.
a. Both A and R are individually true and
R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are individually true but
R is not the correct explanation of A
c. A is true but R is false
d. A is false but R is true
88. Assertion (A): The main constituent of the
Liquefied Petroleum Gas is methane.
Reason (R): Methane can be used directly
for burning in homes and factories where it
can be supplied through pipelines.
a. Both A and R are individually true and
R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are individually true but
R is not the correct explanation of A
c. A is true but R is false
d. A is false but R is true
89. Assertion (A): The-person with diabetes
insipidus is feels thirsty.
Reason (R): A person with diabetes
insipidus suffers from excess secretion of
vasopressin.
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a. Both A and R are individually true and
R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are individually true but
R is not the correct explanation of A
c. A is true but R is false
d. A is false but R is true
90. Consider the following statements:
1. Vigyan Raif is a Science Exhibition on
wheels organized by the Council of
Scientific and Industrial Research.
2. Vigyan Prasar is an autonomous body
under the Ministry of Human Resource
Development.
3. EDUSAT, the ISRO's educational
satellite was launched from French
Guyana in 2004.
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 1 and 2
c. 2 and 3
d. None
91. Consider the following statements:
1. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is
liquefied under extremely cold
temperatures and high pressure to
facilitate storage or transportation in
specially designed vessels.
2. First LNG terminal in India was built
in Hassan.
3. Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) are
separated from LPG and these include
ethane, propane, butane and natural
gasoline.
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
a. 1 only
b. 1 and 3
c. 2 and 3
d. 1, 2 and 3
Directions (For the next FOUR items): Ba1iedon
the information given below, answer the four
items which follow it : Gopal, Harsh, Inder, Jai
and Krislman have Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Cuttack,
Delhi and Ernakulam as their hometowns (Not
necessarily in that order). They' are studying in
Engineering, Medical, Commerce, Economics and
History Colleges (Not necessarily in that order).
None of the five boys is studying in his
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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%
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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
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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
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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:
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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?
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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
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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