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GENERAL STUDIES

1. During 1992-93 there was a record bumper vapour and fall back on earth as acid
in rain
a. rice c. natural carbondioxide released during
b. sugarcane respiration of living organisms
c. pulses dissolves in water, forming carbonic
d. oil seeds acid which is the chief contributor to
2. The term nishka which meant an ornament acidity in rain water
in the Vedic period was used in later times d. chlorofluorocarbons readily react with
to denote a/an various chemicals near (be earth’s
a. Weapons surface, producing acidic intermediates
which cause acid precipitation
b. agricultural implement
7. The growth rate of which one of the
c. script
following sectors has very low
d. coin
employment elasticity?
3. The working of the quartz crystal in the
a. Manufacturing
watch is based on the
b. Construction
a. Photoelectric Effect
c. Financial services
b. Johnson Effect
d. Mixed farming
c. Piezo-electric Effect
8. Which one of the following is considered
d. Edison Effect
to be the world’s greatest iconographical
4. Which one of the following pairs of kings creations made by the sthapatis of south
of ancient and medieval periods of Indian India, particularly during the Chola
history and the works authored by them is period?
correctly matched?
a. Mahishasuramardini
a. Krishnadevaraya:
b. Nataraja
Samaranganasutradhra
c. Rama
b. Mahendravarman:
d. Somaskanda
Mattavilasaprahasana
9. Which one of the following colloidal
c. Bhojadeva : Manasollasa
systems is represented by fog?
d. Somcsvara : Amuktamalyada
a. Liquid in gas
5. The founder of Boy Scouts and Civil
b. Gas in liquid
Guides movement in India was
c. Solid in gas
a. Charges Andrews
d. Liquid in liquid
b. Robert Montgomery
10. The dispute regarding East Timor is
c. Richard Temple
between
d. Baden Powell
a. Japan and Russia
6. Acid precipitation is now regarded as a
b. China and Philippines
serious problem in some European and
Man countries. Its major cause or source c. Indonesia and Malaysia
is d. Australia and Indonesia
a. discharge of acidic effluents onto 11. If a mouse of over eight times its normal
neutral or slightly alkaline land where size has been produced by introducing
the acidic components precipitate human growth hormone gene, the
b. emissions of sulphur oxides and technique involved is called
nitrogen oxides from thermal power a. Hybridization
plants and burning of fossil fuels; these b. Genetic engineering
oxides dissolve in atmospheric water c. Mutation Breeding
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d. Hormonal feeding a. more autonomy to Punjab on the
12. Which one of the following provides the model of Jammu and Kashmir
correct sequence of occurrence of four b. the suitability of the Presidential form
town/cities as one proceeds from west to of government for India
east? c. the precedence of the Directive
a. Rajkot, Baroda, Kharagpur, Bilaspur Principles over Fundamental Rights
b. Bikaner, Aligarh, Darbhanga, d. administrative reforms
Nowgong 17. Chanakya, was also known as
c. Indore, Raurkela, Agartala, a. Bhattasvamin
Jamshcdpur b. Rajasckhara
d. Nasik, Aurangabad, Berhampur, c. Vishnugupta
Nanded d. Visakhadatta
13. Which of the following were the main 18. Which one of the following is the
objectives of the Khalifat Movement? underground army of the African National
1. To rouse anti-British feelings among Congress?
the Muslims of India. a. Umkhonto
2. To reform the Muslim society. b. KwaZulu
3. To demand separate electorates and c. Xhosa
preserve the Khalifat. d. Ulundi
4. To save the Ottoman empire and 19. Poison glands of snakes are homologous to
preserve the Khalifat a. electric organs of fishes
Choose the correct answer from the codes b. stings of rays
given below:
c. sebaceous glands of mammals
Codes :
d. salivary glands of vertebrates
a. 1 and 2
20. Which one of the following is NOT an
b. 2 and 3 astronomical object?
c. 3 and 4 a. Pulsar
d. 1 and 4 b. Brittle Star
14. The earnings of India from diamond c. Black hole
export is quite high. Which one of the
d. Quasar
following factors has contributed to it?
21. ‘Match List I with List II and select the
a. Pre-independence stock-pilling of
correct answer using the codes given
diamondsin4hecountiy which are now
below the lists:
exported
List I
b. Large production of industrial
A. Grand Slam
diamonds in the country
B. Grand Prix
c. Expertise available for cutting and
polishing of imported diamonds which C. Grand Master
are then exported List II
d. As in the past, India produces huge 1. Chess
quantity of gem diamonds which are 2. Polo
exported 3. Bridge
15. When the Couple Protection Rate is going 4. International race
up Codes:
a. birth rate must necessarily fall A B C
b. birth rate will fail only if couples are of a. 1 2 3
younger age b. 2 4 3
c. death rate must necessarily fall c. 3 4 1
d. infant mortality rate must be falling d. 4 2 1
16. The Swaran Singh committee considered 22. A zero rate of inflation obtains necessarily
the question of in a year where the annual rate of inflation
a. in every week of the year is zero
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b. is falling in every week of the year The above Climograph relates to
c. is both falling and rising in a year a. North-western region of India
d. is constant in every week of the year b. Southern region of India
23. A lot of details regarding the village c. Mid-central region of India
administration wider the Cholas is d. North-eastern region of India
provided by the inscriptions at 28. The Employment Guarantee Scheme, a
a. Thanjavur rural work programme, was first started in
b. Uraiyur a. West Bengal
c. Kanchipuram b. Punjab
d. Uttaramerur c. Kerala
24. Match List I with List II and select the d. Maharashtra
correct answer using the codes given 29. Who among the following is NOT
below the lists: associated with medicine in ancient India?
List I (Characteristic) a. Dhanvantri
A. Wingless insect b. Bhaskaracharya
B. Flightless bird c. Charaka
C. Limbless reptile d. Susruta
D. Lungless animal 30. Which one of the following is used for
List II (Animal) dating archaeological, specimens in wood,
1. Kiwi bones and shells?
2. Silver fish a. Uranium-238
3. Turtle b. Argon isotope
4. Snake c. Carbon-14
5. Fish d. Strontium-90
A B C D 31. Which one of the following is a feature
a. 1 3 2 5 common to both the Indian Federation and
b. 2 1 4 5 the America. Federation?
c. 2 1 3 4 a. A single citizenship
d. 3 1 4 2 b. Three lists in the Constitution
25. In Jainism ‘perfect knowledge’ is referred c. Dual judiciary
to as d. A federal supreme court to interpret
a. jina. the Constitution
b. ratna 32. In Mizoram the settlement pattern is
c. kaivalya mostly of ‘linear type’ along the ridges
d. nirvana because
26. There communicable diseases prevalent in a. the valleys are cooler than the ridges
developing countries caused by unsafe b. accessibility is easier on the ridge tops
drinking water and bad sanitation are c. the ridges are cooler than the valleys
a. acute diarrhoea, cancer and gout d. the valleys are densely forested
b. malaria, acute diarrhoea and 33. In Mughal paintings one notices the
schistosomiasis adoption of the principle of foreshortening
c. onchocerciasis, leukaemia and arthritis whereby near and distant people and
d. rheumatism, malaria and AIDS things could be placed in perspective. This
27. Consider the Climograph given below: was due to the influence of the
a. British
b. Dutch
c. Portuguese
d. Danish
34. The Government of India has totally
banned the export or “Burnt cola” (Jhama)
because it contains recoverable amount of
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a metal/element used in transistors. Which b. Mustard seeds
one of the following is that element? c. Cumin seeds
a. Phosphorus d. Fenugreek seeds
b. Germanium 41. Which of the following places have their
c. Silicon standard Limes that are the same as GMT?
d. Tungsten 1. Accra
35. Which one of the following is in the 2. Dublin
Concurrent List in the Constitution of 3. Madrid
India? 4. Lisbon
a. Population control and family planning Choose the correct answer from the codes
b. Public health and sanitation given below:’
c. Capitation taxes a. 1, 2, and 3
d. Treasure trove b. 1, 3, and 4
36. Asokan inscriptions were first deciphered c. 1, 2 and 4
by d. 2, 3 and 4
a. Buhler 42. Among the four works mentioned below
b. Robert Sewell which one is en-cyclopaedic in nature?
c. James Prinsep a. Amarakosa
d. Codrington b. Siddhantasiromani
37. Which one of the folJowing sets of c. Brhat Samhita
economists strongly favoured a market d. Ashtangahrdaya
economy? 43. Consider the following passage:
a. Adam Smith, Keynes, Hicks “In the course of a career on the road
b. Adam Smith, Marx, Strumlin spanning almost thirty years, he crossed
c. Adam Smith, Hayek, Friedman the breadth of the Eastern hemisphere,
d. Adam Smith, Ricardo, J. K. Galbraith visited territories equivalent to about 44
38. Which one of the following approaches modern countries, and put behind him a
comes under the category of total distance of approximately 73,000
biotechnology? miles.”
a. Use of living organisms or substances The world’s greatest traveler of pre-
obtained from them in industrial modern times to whom the above passage
processes refers is
b. Modernizing the commercial industries a. Megasthenes
to produce products for use in b. Fa Hien
biological research c. Marco Polo
c. Use of modern technology to d. Ibn Battuta
investigate biological disorders 44. Which one of the following statements
d. Use of industrial technology to regarding the office of the Speaker is
increase the biosphere correct?
39. Which one of the following is correctly a. He holds office during the pleasure of
matched the President
a. Dr. Kurien : Space Science b. He need not be a member of the House
b. Dr. Malcom : Cooperative at the time of his election but has to
Adiseshiah : Movement become a member of the House within
c. Dr. Abdul : Development six months from the date of his
Kalam : Economics election
d. Dr. Pramod : Jaipur Foot c. He loses his office if the House is
Fran Sethi dissolved before the end of its normal
40. Which one of the following seeds can tenure
benefit a patient of diabetes mellitus by d. If he intends to resign the letter of his
normalizing his blood sugar level? resignation is to be addressed to the
a. Coriander seeds Deputy Speaker
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45. Scratching eases itching because d. The Indian National Congress
a. it removes the outer dust in the skin 52. Haemophilia is a hereditary disease carried
b. it kills the germs by
c. it stimulates certain nerves which a. females and expressed by females
direct the brain to increase the b. females and expressed by males
production of antihistaminic chemicals c. males and expressed by females
d. it suppresses the production of d. males and expressed by males
enzymes which cause itching 53. Soils of Western Rajasthan have a high
46. A rainy day as defined by the Indian content o
Meteorological department is a day when a. Aluminum
the rainfall at a point received is b. Calcium
a. 0.5 mm to 1 mm in 24 hours c. Nitrogen
b. 1.1 mm to 1.5 mm in 24 hours d. Phosphorus
c. 1.6 mm to 2 mm in 24 hours 54. Which one of the following comes under
d. Above 2.5 mm in 24 hours the jurisdiction of both the High Court and
47. Which among the following pairs of places the Supreme Court?
have most marked difference in total a. Disputes between the Centre and the
rainfall per annum even though located States
approximately along the same latitude? b. Disputes between the Stales inter se
a. Bangalore and Madras c. Protection of the Fundamental Rights
b. Boithay and Visakhapatanam d. Protection against the violation of the
c. Ajmer and Shillong Constitution
d. Nagpur and Calcutta 55. Most-Favoured-Nations (MFN) clause
48. Which one of the following pairs is under GATT implies
correctly matched? a. most favour to some countries
a. Rationing : Fiscal control b. most favour to all countries
b. Cash Reserve Ratio: Selective Credit c. no favour to any country
Control d. no favour to some countries
c. Licensing : Comprehensive Control 56. The Anti-Defection Law was enacted as
d. Import Quota : Physical control early as 1979 in
49. Who among the following introduced the a. Kerala
famous Persian festival of NAUROJ in b. Jammu and Kashmir
India? c. West Bengal
a. Balban d. Tamil Nadu
b. Iltutmish 57. Which one of the following is
c. Firuz Tughlaq INCORRECT in respect of Parliamentary
d. Ala-ud-din Khilji control over the Budget?
50. Though a few (gas-based) industries have a. Parliament has no say in the
already been established good reserves of preparation of the budged
natural gas in India remain unutilized. This b. Parliament has the OWCF to increase
vast resource of natural gas can be used in expenditure charged on the
the production of Consolidated Fund
a. fertilizers c. Parliament has no power to impose a
b. carbide tax without the President’s
c. graphite recommendation
d. synthetic petroleum d. Parliament has no power to increase a
51. Among the four political parties listed tax without the President’s
below, which one was the last to be recommendation
formed? 58. The first political organization established
a. The Conservative Party in Britain in India in 1838 was knows as
b. The Democratic Party in U.S.A. a. British India Society
c. The Republican Party in U.S.A. b. Bengal British India Society
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c. Settlers Association d. That the British goods were being
d. Zamindary Association imported to the country making it
59. Euro dollars arc poorer day by day
a. a currency issued by European 63. The blood pressure values of four persons
Monetary Union are given below
b. special currency issued by federal 1. Mrs. X 90/60
government of U.S.A, Lobe issued 2. Mr. X 60)120
only Europe 3. Mr. Y 20/80
c. U.S: dollars circulating in Europe 4. Mrs. Y 140/100
d. European currencies exchanged for the Who among the following has normal
U.S. dollar in U.S. hood pressure?
60. India cotton merchant; banker; Congress a. Mrs. X
man and a close associate of Mahatma b. Mr. X
Gandhi. This description fits c. Mrs. Y
a. G. D. Birla d. Mr. Y
b. M. R. Jayakar 64. Consider the map given below:
c. Jamnalal Bajaj
d. V. S. Srinivasa Sastri
61. 61. Match List I with List II and select the
correct answer by using the codes given
below the lists:
List I (Features of the Indian Constitution)
A. Fundamental Rights
B. Parliamentary system of government
Two tourists traveling from Delhi, one to
C. Emergency provisions
Karachi and the other to Bhuj wanted to
D. Directive Principles of Slate Policy have company. The railway junction up to
List II (Borrowed front) which they can travel together as shown in
1. U.K. the map is
2. U.S.A. a. Phulera
3. Ireland b. Jodhpur
4. German Reich c. Luni
5. Canada d. Balotra
Code; 65. Which arrangement of following would
A B C D show the correct sequence of demographic
a. 2 4 5 1 transition as typically associated with
b. 5 1 3 4 economic development?
c. 2 1 4 3 1. High birth rate with high death rate.
d. 1 2 4 3 2. Low birth rate with low death rate.
62. Which one of the following statements 3. High birth rate with low death rate.
correctly defines the tern1 ‘drain theory” Choose the answer from the codes given
as propounded by Dadabhai Naoroji? below:
a. That the resources of the country were a. 1,2,3
being utilised in the interest of Britain b. 1,3,2
b. That a part of India’s national wealth c. 3,1,2
or total animal product was being d. 2,1,3
exported to Britain for which India got 66. The foundation of modern educational
no material returns system in India was laid by
c. That the British industrialists were a. The Charter Act of 1813
being given an opportunity to invest in b. Macaulay’s Minutes’ of 1835
India under the protection of the
c. The Hunter Commission of 1882
imperial power
d. Wood’s Dispatch of 1854
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67. The formation of brilliant colours in a thin 72. Which of the following statements
soap thin is a consequence of the regarding the Constituent Assembly are
phenomena of true?
a. multiple reflection and interference 1. It was not based on adult franchise.
b. multiple refraction and dispersion 2. It resulted from direct elections.
c. diffraction and dispersion 3. It was a multi-party body.
d. polarization and interference 4. It worked through several committees.
68. Camel uses its hump for Select the correct answer from the codes
a. storing water given below:
b. storing fat a. 1 and 2
c. balancing the body during walking in b. 2 and 3
desert sand c. 1 and 4
d. temperature regulation d. 1, 2, 3 and 4
69. The basic difference between imperative 73. Bio films are
and indicative planning is that a. colour films used by biologists to
a. in the case of the imperative planning photograph living organisms
the market mechanism is entirely b. photomicrographs of micro-organisms
replaced by a command hierarchy, from various habitats
while in the case of indicative c. accumulations of micro-organisms at
planning, it is looked upon as a way to surfaces such as those of a rock, a
improve the functioning of market tooth or an oil droplet
system d. photographic films made through
b. in the case of indicative planning there fermentation processes of certain
is no need. to nationalize any industry industrial micro-organisms
c. in the case of imperative planning all 74. At what temperature arc the readings of a
economic activities belong to public Centigrade and Fahrenheit thermometer
sector, while in the other type they the same?
belong to the private sector a. -40
d. it is easier to achieve targets in b. 212
imperative type of planning c. 40
70. Uplift of the backward classes was the d. 100
main programme of the 75. Which of the following are the main
a. Prarthana Samaj causes of slow rate of growth of per capita
b. Satyashodhak Samaj income in India?
c. Arya Samaj 1. High capital-output ratio.
d. Ramakrishna Mission 2. High rate of growth of population.
71. Consider the two statements given below, 3. High rate of capital formation.
one labelled, as Assertion (A) and the 4. High level of fiscal deficits.
other labelled as Reason (R): Select the correct answer from the codes
Assertion (A): A mixture of salt and ice given below:
gives temperature below 0°C. Codes;
Reason (R): The salt raises the freezing a. 1, 2, 3 and 4
point of ice.
b. 2, 3 and 4
In the context of the above two statements,
c. 1 and 4
which one of the following is correct?
d. 1 and 2
a. Both A and R are true and R is the
76. What is the correct chronological sequence
correct explanation of A
of the following stages in the political life
b. Both A and R are true but R is NOT
of Mahatma Gandhi?
the correct explanation of A
1. Champaran.
c. A is true but R is false
2. Ahmedabad Mill Strike
d. A is false but R is true
3. Kheda.
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4. Non-cooperation Movement. more than 1.5 million have bcen
Choose the answer from the codes given actually identified
below: d. Of about seventy-five million living
a. 2,4,3,1 species, some 500 are lost everyday,
b. 1,3,2,4 most them unknown because no more
c. 4,3,2,1 than 3 million have been actually
d. 3,4,2,1 identified
77. Which one of the following was part of the 80. 80. Which one of the following
erstwhile Soviet Union over which monuments figured in the news recently in
Kurdish population is spread? connection with a fall of some of us parts
a. Armenia and its consequent archaeological
conservation?
b. Azerbaijan
a. Jagannath temple, Pun
c. Georgia
b. Sun temple, Konarak
d. Turkmenistan
c. Khandariya Mahadev temple,
78. Match List I with List II and select the
Khajuraho
correct answer by using the codes given
below the lists: d. Chaunsat Yogini temple Bheraghat
List I 81. Variable reserve rates and Open Market
Operations are instruments of
A. Gro Harlem Brundtland
a. Fiscal Policy
B. Stephen Hawking
b. Monetary Policy
C. Vladimir Meciar
c. Budgetary Policy
D. Viktor Cher nomyrdin
d. Trade Policy
List II
82. The Ryotwari Settlement was introduced
1. Prime Minister of Slovakia
by the British in the
2. Prime Minister of Russia
a. Bengal Presidency
3. Environmentalist and Prime Minister
b. Madras Presidency
of Norway
c. Bombay Presidency
4. Cosmologist
d. Madras and Bombay Presidencies
Codes;
83. In many developing countries, three major
A B C D
causes of death and disease are
a. 4 3 2 1
a. lack of safe drinking water, increasing
b. 3 4 2 1
use of pesticides and thinning of the
c. 4 3 1 2 ozone layer
d. 3 4 1 2 b. contaminated food, global warming
79. Which one of the following provides the and industrial chlorofluorocarbons
best estimate of the world’s biological c. polluted air, greenhouse effect and soil
diversity? erosion
a. Of about ten million species probably d. dirty water, contaminated food and
alive today, some 20 species arc lost polluted air
everyday, most of them unknown
84. The Neyveli thermal power plant is fed by
because no more than half a million
a. Gondwana coal
have yet been actually identified by
scientists b. Tertiary coal
b. Of about thirty million living species, c. Quaternary coal
some 50 arc lost everyday, most of d. Cambrian coal
them unknown because no more than 85. Which one of the following modes of
one million have been actually privatization is the most comprehensive
identified and complete
c. Of about fortyfive million living a. Introduction of private capital in public
species, some 100 arc lost. everyday, sector
most of them unknown because no b. Contracting out management of public
enterprises to the private sector

c. Transferring ownership
management to the workers
d. Transferring ownership
management to the private sector
86. Vinegar is an aqueous solution of
a. oxalic acid
b. Citric acid
c. acetic acid
d. hydrochloric acid
87. Mahatma Gandhi was referred to as ‘the
Father of the Nation’ first by
a. Jawaharlal Nehru
b. Vallabhbhai Patel
c. C. Rajagopalachari
d. Subhas Chandra Bose
88. Which one of the following strongly
threatens biodiversity?
a. Fragile ecosystems such as mangroves
and wetlands
b. Inaccessible habitats in the Himalayas
c. Destruction of natural habitats and
vegetation and shifting cultivation
d. Creation of biosphere reserves
89. Next to Hindi, the language. spoken by the
largest number of people in the Indian
subcontinent is
a. Urdu
b. Telugu
c. Bengali
d. Tamil
90. Given below are tow statements, one
labelled as Assertion (A) and the other
labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Hong Kong is to revert to
China from British control in a few years
Reason (R): The people of Hong Kong
have opted for it in a referendum.
In the context of the above two statements,
which one of the following is true?
a. Both A and R are true and R is the
correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are true but R is NOT
the correct explanation of A
c. A is true but R is false
d. A is true but R is true
91. If ABRA-CADABRA is 1,2,9,1-
3,11,2,9,1, HOCUS-POCUS will be
a. 5,6,3,7,8-0,6,3,7,8
b. 8,16,5,21,19-16,15,5,21 ;19
c. 8,16,5,21,19-15,16,5,21,19
d. 5,6,3,7,8-6,5,3,8,7
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and 92. Four persons Alok, Bhupesh, Chandu and
Dinesh have a total of Rs. 100/- among
and themselves. Alok and Bhupcsh bctven
them have as much money as Chandu and
Dinesh between them but AIOIC has more
money Than Bhupesh, and Chandu has
only half the money that Dincsh has. Alok
has in fad Rs.5/- more than Dinesh. Who
has the most money?
a. Alok
b. Bhupesh
c. Chandu
d. Dinesh
93. Given below is the performance of two
learners A and B:
Which one of the following can be
deduced from the graph?
a. The learning task was difficult
b. The learning task was easy
c. B learned faster than A throughout the
task
d. A learned faster than B throughout the
task
94. Consider the Venn diagram given below:
The numbers in the Venn diagram are
persons reading the newspapers indicated.
The diagram is drawn after surveying 50
persons. In a population of 10,000 how
many can be expected to read at least two
newspapers?
Choose the correct answer from the codes
given below:
a. 5000
b. 6250
c. 6000
d. 5400
95. In an examination, every candidate took
physics or mathematics or both. 65.8%
took physics and 59.2% took mathematics.
The total number of candidates was 2000.
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How many took both mathematics and d. 1635
physics?
a. 750
b. 700
c. 550
d. 500
96. A point is selected at random inside a
101. Four equal circles are
rectangle and perpendiculars are drawn on
described at the four corners of a square so
each side from the point. The sum of these
that each touches two of the others as
perpendiculars is 24 cm. If the length of
shown in the above figure. The area
the rectangles is 3 times the width, the
enclosed by the circumferences of the
perimeter of the rectangle will be
circles (shaded area in the figure) is l3
a. 36cm.
5
b. 42cm. 13 sq.cm. Find the radius of the circles
7
c. 24cm. 22
d. 48 cm. (Assume   )
7
97. In a group of six women there are four a. 4 cm.
dancers, four vocal musicians, one actress
b. 2.5 cm.
and three violinists. Girija and Vanaja are
among the violinists while Jalaja and c. 7.5 cm.
Shailaja do not know how to play on the d. 6 cm.
violin. Shailaja and Tanuja are among the 102. A rectangular sheet of aluminum foil
dancers. Jalaja, Vanaja, Shailaja and measuring 5 cm. by 10 cm. is rolled into a
Tanuja are all vocal musicians and two of cylinder of height 10cm. If the cost of
them are also violinists. If Pooja is an painting the cylinder is Rs. 2/- per sq.cm,
actress who among the following is both a then he cost of painting the outer surface
dancer and a violinist? of the cylinder will be
a. Jalaja a. Rs. 400/-
b. Shailaja b. Rs. 200/-
c. Tanuja c. Rs. 150/-
d. Pooja d. Rs. 100/-
98. If you are the ninth person in the queue 103. In a single throw of a pair of dice what is
starting from either end the number of the probability of getting a sum of 8?
persons in the queue is 8
a.
a. 10 12
b. 15 1
b.
c. 17 36
d. 19 4
c.
99. A father is now three times as old as his 36
son. Five years back, he was four times as 5
d.
old as his son. The age of the son is 36
a. 12 104. A lottery system has ticket numbers with
b. 15 eight digits. There are ten first prizes of
c. 18 Rs. 1.00 lakh each, one hundred second
d. 20 prizes of Rs. 10,000 each and one
100. If the product of two numbers is 320 and thousand third prizes of Rs. 1,000 each. At
their ratio is 1:5, what is the difference the draw of lots an eight digit number is
between the squares of these two generated by choosing for each digit from
numbers? left to right a random number in the range
a. 1024 of 0 to 9. Any one who has a ticket with
b. 1356 the first two digits (from left to right)
matching the chosen number gets a first
c. 1536

prize, and soon. One individual purchases
a large number of tickets at a discounted
price of Re. 0.75 each. For how much
money should he purchase tickets to
achieve a 10% chance of winning a third
prize?
a. Rs. 10,000
b. Rs. 75,000
c. Rs. 1,00,000
d. Rs. 17,500
105. The average salary of skilled employees in
a firm is Rs. 520 and that of the unskilled
employees is Rs. 420. If the average salary
of both groups of employees is Rs. 500,
then the percentage of skilled employees
in the firm is
a. 50
b. 20
c. 80
d. 70
106. Consider the following pie-charts:
The pie-charts given above depict the area
under cultivation of different cash crops,
for two years, 1985 and 990. Which one of
the following statements is FALSE?
a. In 1985, the area under jute cultivation
was less than that under rice
cultivation
b. More land was used for growing
vegetables in 1990 than in 1985
c. In 1990, the area under rice and wheat
cultivation taken together was less than
the total cultivated area.
d. The percentage area under jute
cultivation was less in 1985 than in
1990
107. The above graph
shows the annual sales of a company’s
products in—millions of rupees. Study the
trend and find out which of the ‘following
is/arc correct?
1. A deliberate attempt has been made to
distort the figures in one year.
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2. Someone is interested in misleading
the management.
3. The kink in the graph is unexplained.
Choose the correct answer from the code
given below:
Codes:
a. 1 only.
b. 2 only
c. 3 only
d. 1 and 3
108. The following table shows the percentage
change-in the consumption of electricity
by live towns P,Q,R,S and T from 1989 to
1991.
What was the percentage by which the
total consumption of electricity by the five
cities changed between 1989 and 1991?
a. -4
b. -4.45
c. 4
d. Data given is insufficient to answer
109. Consider the charts given below:
The given charts depict the price variation
in a stock market during a year. Movement
of industry-wise average price is plotted
for the sectors of iron and steel and petro-
products. Price movements of four
companies A,B (iron and steel), C and D
(petro- products) are also plotted. From the
curves a significant feature that can be
deduced is
a. Company C made a large profit around
June
b. All share prices will increase steadily
in the next year
c. Company B seems to be performing
better than the market average
d. Petro-products are performing better
than iron and steel
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110. The monthly incomes of Peter and Paul are c. Sudan, Ethiopia, Angola and Botswana
in the ratio of 4:3. Their expenses are in d. Algeria, Kenya, Ghana and Zambia
the ratio of 3:2. If each saves Rs. 600 at 116. The title given by the British Government
the end of the month, their monthly to Mahatma Gandhi which he surrendered
incomes respectively are (in rupees) during the Non-Cooperation Movement
a. 3200 and 2400 was
b. 2800 and 2100 a. Hind Kesari
c. 2400 and 1200 b. Kaiser-c-Hind
d. 2000 and 1500 c. Rai Bahadur
111. According to the ancient Indian d. Rt. Honorable
geographical concept ‘Bharatavarsha’ was 117. ‘The Lifeline Express’ is
a part of a. the world’s first hospital on rails
a. Pushkaradweepa operation in India
b. Jambudweepa b. an instrument used for watching the
c. Kraunchadweepa fluctuations in the blood pressure of a
d. Kushadweepa patient under general anaesthesia
112. Even though Pluto is usually the farthest c. a dc-addiction programme to save drug
planet its path is highly elliptical, crossing addicts
inside the path of some other planet. As a d. a popular health magazine founded by
result, for a period of twenty years from Ramnath Goenka
1979 the farthest planet is not Pluto but 118. The solar eclipse achieves totality only in
a. Jupiter limited geographical regions because
b. Saturn a. the size of the shadow of the moon on
c. Uranus the earth is small compared to the cross
d. Neptune section of the earth
113. The only instance when the President of b. the earth is not a smooth flat surface,
India exercised his power of veto related to but has elevations and depressions
a. the Hindu Code Bill c. the trajectories of the earth around the
b. the PEPSU Appropriation Bill sun and the moon around the earth are
c. the Indian Post Office (Amendment) not prefect circles
Bill d. sun rays can reach most of the
d. the Dowry Prohibition Bill peripheral regions of the shadow of the
114. When there is depletion of ozone in the moon due to atmospheric refraction
stratosphere the wavelength of radiation 119. The Chief Minister of a State in India is
striking the earth’s surface will be NOT eligible to vote in the Presidential
a. 10-10m election if
b. 10-7m a. he himself is a candidate
c. 10-2m b. he is yet to prove his majority on the
d. 100m floor of the Lower House of the State
legislature
115. Consider the map given below:
c. he is a member of the Upper House of
the State legislature
d. he is a caretaker Chief Minister
120. Given below is a diary of disasters
involving hazardous chemicals. Which one
of the following is correctly matched?
a. 1959, Minamata/Niigata, Japan:
Leakage at pesticide plant
The countries marked 1, 2, 3 and 4 in the b. 1976, Seveso, Italy : Mercury
map respectively represent discharged into waterways
a. Libya, Somalia, Nigeria and Namibia c. 1984, Bhopal India : Leakage of dioxin
b. Egypt, Somalia, Congo and Namibia
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d. 1987, Kotka, Finland : the path of geostationary satellite in space?
Monochlorobenzene spill in harbour 125. The book The Man—who knew Infinity
121. Among the four house types shown below, by Robert Kanigel published in 1991 and
which one represents extensively reviewed in newspapers in
India is the biography of
a. Vikram Sarabhai
b. Homi Bhabha
c. Sir C. V. Raman
a. d. Srinivasa- Ramanujan
126. Which one of the Following is correctly
matched?
a. Lebanon : For supervising a 1992
b. accord
b. El Saivadot : To deliver humanitarian
aid
c. Mozambique : To supervise a
referendum
c. d. Cypurs : To maintain peace between
the two dominant ethnic groups in the
country
127. In India the Public Sector is most
dominant in
d. a. steel production
the house type of the Pygmies?
b. organized term-lending financial
122. Which one of the following types of
institutions
borrowings from the IMF has the softest
c. transport
servicing conditions?
d. commercial banking
a. Second trance loan
128. The last in the succession of Jaina
b. SAF
Tirthankaras was
c. ESAF
a. Parsvanatha
d. Oil facility
b. Rishabha
123. The Buddhist sect Mahayana formally
c. Mahavira
came into existence during the reign of
d. Manisubrata
a. Ajatashatru
129. Consider the figures of a metal ball and a
b. Ashoka
metal ring given below:
c. Dharmapala
d. Kanishka
124. Which one of the diagrams given below
represents most closely
The metal ball can just pass through the
hole of a metal ring formed out of a strip.
When the ball is healed it gets stuck. But
a. when the metal ring is heated,
a. the ball can still pass through it
b. because the ring diameter expands on
heating
b. the ball gets stuck because the
diameter of the hole decreases on
c. expansion
c. the ball will still pass through because
the hole diameter does not change
d.

d. the ball will pass through because there
is no change in the ring
130. The abolition of the I.A.S. the I.P.S. has
been recommended by the
a. Dhebar Commission
b. Kalekar Commission
c. Kher Commission
d. Rajamannar Commission,
131. Which one of the following is the best
strategy for environment-friendly,
sustainable development in Indian
agriculture?
a. Expansion of cultivable land, increased
use of super phosphate, urea and
effective biocides
b. Wider popularization of high-yielding
crop varieties, better aiid more
frequent irrigation and increased
frequency of aerial spra of inorganic
fertilizers and pesticides
c. Mixed cropping, organic manures,
nitrogen-fixing plants and pest.
resistant crop varieties
d. Improved farm implements and
machinery, use of potent insecticides
to minimize post-harvest grain losses
and monoculture cropping practices
132. Consider the map given below
The mean annual rainfall in the shaded
parts of India varies from.
a. 100 to 150 cm
b. 150 to 200 cm
c. 200 to 250 cm
d. 250 to 300 cm
133. As on today, which one of the following
countries has the largest external debt?
a. India
b. Brazil
c. USA
d. Mexico
134. The earliest rock-cut caves in western
India arc those at
a. Nasik, Ellora and Ajanta
b. Junnar, Kalydn and Pitalkhora
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c. Ajanta, Bhaja and Kondanc
d. Bhaja, Pitalkhora and Kondane
135. Consider a specific point on the surface of
the earth (say, the city of Delhi). The
temperature at a given time of day (say,
12.00 noon) will in general be higher in
summer than in winter. This is because V
a. the earth is closer to the sun in summer
than in winter.
b. sun-rays fall on the earth are inclined
more towards the surface of the earth
in winter
c. evaporation of water from atmospheric
precipitation occurring in winter alone
d. the axis of the earth is inclined more
towards the sun in winter
136. Among the four pairs given below which
one consists of a correct combination of
dignitaries who became Vice-Presidents
after having held diplomatic posts like
Ambassador and High Commissioners?
a. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan and,G. S. Pathak
b. Dr S. Radhakrishnan and V.V. Giri
c. Dr. Zakir Hussain and K. R.
Narayanan
d. B. D. Jatti and K. R. Narayanan
137. The theory of ‘jumping genes’ was
propounded by
a. Gregor Johann Mandel
b. Thomas Hunt Morgan
c. Barbara McClintock
d. Watson and Crick
138. Sucrose content in sugarcane decreases
a. if high rainfall occurs during the period
of growth of the plant
b. if frost occurs during the period of
ripening
c. if there is fluctuation in temperature
during the period of growth of the
plant
d. if there is high temperature during (he
time of ripening
139. Which one of the following statements is
correct?
a. Neither the Finance Commission nor
the Planning Commission is a
constitutional body
b. The scope of the Finance Commission
is limited to a review of the revenue
segment of the budget while the
Planning Commission takes an overall

review embracing both capital and
revenue requirements of the States
c. No one can be a member of both the
Finance Commission and the Planning
Commission at the same time
d. There is no overlapping of work and
responsibility of the Finance
Commission and those of the Planning
Commission
140. Given below arc two statements, one
labelled as Assertion (A) and the other
labelled as Reason (R)
Assertion (A): Babur wrote his memoirs in
Turki.
Reason (R): Turki was the official
language of the Mughal Court.
In the context the above two statements
which one of the following is correct?
a. Both A and R are true and R is the
correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are true hut R is NOT a
correct explanation of A
c. A is true but R is false
d. A is false but R is true
141. Which one of the following is a man
made” cereal NOT found in nature?
a. Dwarf wheat
b. Hybrid maize
c. Triticale
d. Soybean
142. The only land-locked country in South-
east Asia is
a. Laos
b. Thailand
c. Malaysia
d. Kampuchea
143. Sugarcane, sugarbeet, sweetpea, chickpea,
pigeonpea and French bean belong to
a. two plant families
b. three plant families
c. four plant families
d. five plant families
144. The production’ of cultured pearls is an
important cottage industry of
a. Belgium
b. West India
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c. New Zealand
d. Japan
145. When partial convertibility obtains, the
exchange rate is
a. a weighted average
b. a simple average
c. fully floating
d. fully administered
146. Which one of the following is a monument
constructed by Sher Shah?
a. Kila-i-Kuhna mosque at Delhi
b. Atala masjid at Jaunpur
c. Bara Sona masjid at Gaur
d. Quwwat-al-Islam mosque at Delhi
147. At the present state of our knowledge and
resource position, India will remain self-
sufficient for the next three decades in
a. Tin
b. Coking coal
c. Copper
d. Petroleum
148. Which one of the following shows the
descending order of the four metropolitan
cities in the Indian sub-continent in so far
as their population strength is concerned?
a. Bombay, Calcutta, Dhaka, New Delhi
b. Bombay, Calcutta, New Delhi, Karachi
c. Bombay, Calcutta Karachi, New Delhi
d. Calcutta, Bombay, Dhaka, Karachi
149. A fertile soil, suitable for growing
common crops is likely to have a pH value
of
a. three
b. four
c. six to seven
d. nine to ten
150. The New Population Bomb refers to
a. an increase in the population of the
aged in the Third World
b. rapidly growing urban population in
the Third World
c. large scale distress migration in the
Third World
d. deluge of Soviet emigrants