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(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(d) Chandra Sekhar Azad
11. Who among the following Gupta rulers
was a poet and a musician and was
adorned with the title of Kaviraja or
King of poets ?
(a) None of these
(b) Samudra gupta
(c) Chandragupta I
(d) Skandagupta
12. Which one amongst the following is the
oldest Dynasty?
(a) Pallava Dynasty
(b) Chola Dynasty
(c) Maurya Dynasty
(d) Gupta Dynasty
13. Which of the following is the oldest
1. Traces of rice cultivation have been found (a) Raja Jai Singh monument?
at which of the following Harappan (b) Raja Jaswant Singh (a) Qutab Minar
sites? (c) Afzal Khan (b) Ajanta Caves
(a) Lothal and Rangpur (d) Shaista Khan (c) Taj Mahal
(b) Kalibangan and Ropar 6. Which one of the following was the first (d) Khajuraho
(c) Alamgirpur and Harappa fort constructed by the British in India? 14. Who was the Akbar’s famous revenue
(d) All Harappan sites (a) Fort William minister?
2. Who among the following was nominated (b) Forth St. George (a) Humayun
by Mahatma Gandhi for the (c) Fort St. Devid (b) Tansen
Presidentship of the congress in 1939 (d) Fort St. Angelo (c) Todarmal
against Subhash Chandra Bose? 7. Mahatma Gandhi’s Hind Swaraj is (d) Rana Pratap Singh
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru essentially :- 15. ‘Biwi ka Maqbara’ is the ‘tomb of the
(b) Pattabhi Sitaramayya (a) A critique of western modernity lady’ was built by:
(c) Govind Ballabh Pant (b) An outline of his philosophy of (a) Aurangzeb
(d) Sardar VallabhBhai Patel Satyagraha (b) Humayun
3. In which of the sessions, Home Rule (c) An invocation to Indians to free (c) Mumtaz
Leaguers were able at demonstrate their themselves from the British (d) Nurjahan
political strength? (d) A blueprint of gram swaraj 16. The British rulers introduced a new sys-
(a) The Lucknow Session of 8. Who amongst the following is associated tem of education in India chiefly be-
Congress in 1916 with the Local Self-Government Act? cause they wanted to:-
(b) The joint session of the ATTUC (a) Cornwallis (a) Provide a class of office workers
and NFTL in Nagpur in 1938 (b) William Bentinck for company
(c) The All India Trade Union (c) Dalhousie (b) Create an awareness of scientific
Congress held in Bombay in 1920 (d) Ripon and technical developments
(d) The first A.U.P. Kisan Sabha in 9. A well-known patron of the Mahayana (c) Promote the work of Christian
1918 form of Buddhism was :- missionaries
4. The name Dharmasoka was found in (a) Kanishka (d) Generate the capacity for self-
the:- (b) Ashoka government
(a) Maski Edict (c) Ajata shatru 17. The purpose of the Whitley Commis-
(b) Junagarh Inscription (d) Bimbisar sion was :-
(c) Sarnath Inscription 10. Who declared Every blow that is hurled (a) To look upon the interests of the
(d) Allahabad Pillar inscription on my back will be a nail in the coffin of white people in India
5. The treaty of Purandhar was signed in the British Empire? (b) To report on the relations of
1665 between Shivaji and :- (a) Lala Lajpat Rai Employees
(b) Bhagat Singh
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(c) To enable political parties in India
to reach a consensus on the
constitutional question
(d) None of these
18. Who among the following not associated
with Brahmo Samaj?
(a) Keshab Chandra Sen
(b) Devendranath Tagore
(c) Sibnath Shastri
(d) Rajnarayan Basu
19. The notion of Saptanga that was intro-
duced in Arthashastra includes
(a) Kings, territory, administration
and treasury
(b) Music,dance, ragas and wrestling
(c) Ministers, civil servants,
subalterns and those involved in
Espionage
(d) Aristocrats, acharyas, traders and
monks
20. Of the following foreign travellers who
visited India during the medieval period
which pair is not correctly matched to
his year of arrival?
(a) Ibn Battutah-1333-34
(b) Nicolo de Conti-1420
(c) Abdur Razzak-1443
(d) Domingo Paes - 1542
21. What was Jajmani system of the Mughal
period?
(a) A revenue system in which
revenues of different units of land
were assigned to officials in lieu
of salaries.
(b) An administrative system in which
ranks in terms of numbers were
assigned to nobles, military
commanders and other prominent
people for placing them in the
official hierarchy.
(c) A reciprocal system that existed
in rural India between the
peasantry and other occupational
groups.
(d) A commercial system that
developed in urban India for
facilitating commercial
transactions on a large scale.
22. Which one of the following statements is
not correct?
(a) The Election Commissioner
cannot be removed from their
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office except on recommendations
by the Chief Election
Commissioner
(b) In case of difference of opinion
amongst the Chief Election
Commissioners, the matter is
decided by the Law Commission
(c) The Chief Election Commissioner
and other Election
Commissioners enjoy equal
powers
(d) The term of office of an Election
Commissioner is six years from
the date he assumes office or till
the day he attains the age of 65
years, whichever is earlier
23. Which of the following is incorrect re-
garding Supreme Court?
(a) It has the power to punish by fine
and imprisonment any person
guilty of contempt of its
authority.
(b) It is a court of record and has all
the power of such court including
the power to punish for
contempt of itself
(c) It records are admitted in evidence
and cannot be questioned when
produced in any court o f
law.
(d) It is bound by its earlier decisions
and cannot depart from its
previous decisions
24. The state election commission can be re-
moved from office:
(a) Only by the governor
(b) In the same manner and on the
same grounds as a judge of the
supreme court
(c) Only by the president on the
advice of the chief justice of the
concerned state
(d) In the same manner as the vice
president of India
25. Which article deals president to consult
supreme court is:
(a) Article 148
(b) Article 149
(c) Article 143
(d) Article 153
26. The speaker can ask a member of the
house to stop speaking and let another
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(a) Crossing the floor
(b) Rotating the floor
(c) Obeying the rule
(d) Yielding the floor
27. A bill which contains only provisions
dealing with the imposition, repeal, re-
mission, alteration or regulation of taxes
is called ?
(a) Locus Standi
(b) Money Bill
(c) Motion
(d) Ordinance
28. The difference between an Additional
Judge and an Acting Judge of a High
Court is :-
(a) There is practically no difference
(b) The former is appointed in a
causal vacancy whereas the latter
is appointed to cope with the
workload
(c) The former is appointed to cope
with the workload whereas the
latter is appointed in a casual
vacancy
(d) The former is appointed by the
President whereas the latter is
appointed by the Chief Justice of
the concerned High Court
29. Graduates constitute a separate constitu-
ency for the election of specified num-
ber of members to the:
(a) Nyaya Panchayat
(b) State Legislative Council
(c) Rajya Sabha
(d) State Legislative Assembly
30. The abolition of untouchability is a :
(a) Directive principle of the state
policy
(b) Social right
(c) Fundamental right
(d) Ordinary legal right
31. What is the subject of the 91st Constitu-
tion (Amendment) Act, 2003?
(a) Right to information
(b) Limiting the size of council of
ministers
(c) Right to education
(d) Elimination corruption at all levels
32. The Indian constitution describes India
as:
(a) A union of states
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(c) A voluntary federation moon, planets appear to move (a) Semicircular canal
(d) A confederation from East to West (b) Cochlea
33. Which of the following types of rainfall (c) Winds change their directions (c) Ventricle
occurs at places having continental type (d) Poles have days and nights of 6 (d) None of these
of climate? months duration 49. Busiest organ of the body is :-
(a) Convectional 41. What is the Richter scale? (a) Kidney (b) Heart
(b) Cyclonic (a) A device that measure the number (c) Liver (d) Brain
(c) Relief of earthquakes 50. Otalgia is related to :-
(d) Rainfall does not occur at these (b) A device that measures that (a) Eye pain (b) Ear pain
places intensity of a earthquakes (c) Bone pain (d) Chest pain
34. Imaginary annual path of sun across the (c) A device that measures the name 51. The part of brain which controls emo-
sky is :- of a volcano tions reactions in our body is:
(a) Circular (b) Ecliptic (d) None (a) Cerebrum (b) Meninges
(c) Spiral (d) Elliptical 42. Precipitation takes place when (c) Thalamus (d) Hypothalamus
35. Which one of the following statements (a) The sky is overcast with clouds 52. Which of the following structures of a
correctly defines the term ‘Karroo’ of (b) Temperature of moisture in air plant is responsible for transpiration?
southern Africa? suddenly increases (a) Xylem (b) Root
(a) Rift Valley formed due to faulting (c) Temperature of moisture in air (c) Stomata (d) Bark
(b) Dome shaped landforms caused suddenly decreases 53. How many bones are found in the human
by earth’s movements (d) Winds begin to blow in a circular skull?
(c) Steppes from the coastal lowland motion (a) 8 (b) 30
on to the high plateau 43. The most important factor in thunder- (c) 32 (d) 34
(d) None of these storms development is :- 54. Which one of the following is called the
36. The largest volcano crater in the world (a) Atmospheric stability amphibian in plant kingdom?
is:- (b) Atmospheric instability (a) Algae (b) Fungi
(a) Vesuvius (Italy) (c) Abundance of moisture (c) Bryophyta(d) Pteriodphyta
(b) Manua Loa (Hawai) (d) Temperature inversion 55. AIDS is caused by Human Immunodefi-
(c) Etna (Sicily) 44. The watershed between India & ciency Virus (HIV), which is:
(d) Stromboli (Sicily) Myanmar is formed by? (a) Retro virus
37. Neil Armstrong set the foot on July (a) The Naga hills (b) Lente virus
21,1969 on moon. The landing spot is (b) The Garo hills (c) Arbo virus
called :- (c) Khasi hills (d) Immune virus
(a) Land of tranquillity (d) The Jaintia hills 56. A Theodolite measures:
(b) Sea of tranquillity 45. Excretory organ of crab is :- (a) Sound waves
(c) Place of tranquillity (a) Malpighian Turtrules (b) Horizontal and Vertical angles
(d) Spot of tranquillity (b) Green Gland (c) Water waves
38. Which river forms the famous Marble (c) Body Surface (d) Viscosity of liquids
Falls? (d) Kidney 57. Two bodies of the same mass are thrown
(a) Narmada (b) Tapi 46. The contraction of Gall bladder is due with equal speed from the top of a tower
(c) Sharavati (d) Cauvery to:- simultaneously. One body is thrown
39. Which of the following types of soils (a) Gastrin vertically downwards. The other is
have a marked capacity to retain water? (b) Secretin thrown horizontally.
(a) Desert soil (c) Cholecystokinin (a) Both reaches ground
(b) Laterite soil (d) Entergoastrone simultaneously
(c) Red soil 47. “Phaco – emulsification technique” is (b) Both reaches ground with same
(d) Regur soil related to :- Kinetic energy
40. Which of the following is not an effect (a) Heart surgery (c) Reaches ground with greater
produced by rotation of earth? (b) Kidney surgery kinetic energy
(a) It causes days and nights (c) Cataract surgery (d) Reaches ground with greater
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58. The sound produced by a bat is:
(a) audible (b) subsonic
(c) infrasonic (d) ultrasonic
59. Who is the newly elected Chairman of
Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)?
(a) Yasuo Fukuda
(b) Li Baodong
(c) Ban Ki-moon
(d) Zhou Xiaochuan
60. Which one of the following gases is found
in highest quantity in Exosphere?
(a) Hydrogen (b) Helium
(c) Nitrogen (d) Oxygen
61. Bleaching powder is added in water used
for drinking purpose. The role of bleach-
ing powder in this case is:-
(a) Of disinfectant
(b) Of bleaching agent
(c) To remove impurity
(d) To decrease the pH
62. Which one of the following pairs of
physical quantities has the same dimen-
sions?
(a) Surface tension and tension
(b) Latent heat and specific heat
(c) Momentum and impulse
(d) Acceleration due to gravity and
gravitational constant
63. When the heavier component in a Mix-
ture settles after leaving it undisturbed
the process is called :-
(a) Sedimentation
(b) Decantation
(c) Filtration
(d) Evaporation
64. The soft silvery metallic element which
ionizes easily when heated or exposed
to light and is present in atomic clock
is:-
(a) Calcium (b) Cerium
(c) Caesium (d) Californium
65. Poison used for killing rats is :-
(a) Calcium phosphide
(b) Zinc Phosphide
(c) Magnesium nitride
(d) Magnesium Phosphide
66. A device used to measure heights above
sea level is known as:-
(a) Anemometer
(b) Dilatometer
(c) Altimeter
(d) Protentiometer
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67. Food is cooked faster in a pressure cooker (b) Mechanical energy into electrical
because :- energy
(a) High pressure increases the boiling (c) Magnetic energy into electrical
point of water energy
(b) Heat cannot escape from the (d) Chemical energy into electrical
cooker energy
(c) Steam is hotter than boiling water 76. Which state police launches YUVA a skill
(d) Water starts boiling at a lower development programme in Aug 2017?
temperature (a) Delhi (b) Goa
68. Which among the following types of coal (c) Bihar (d) Madhya Pradesh
produces most heat per unit? 77. Which award did the Ministry of Petro-
(a) Coal (b) Lignite leum & Natural Gas referred to ?
(c) Anthracite (d) Pit (a) Arjuna award
69. Which among the following is the funda- (b) Swachh Bharat Inter-ministerial
mental quantity? award
(a) Volume (b) Time (c) Param Vir Chakra
(c) Velocity (d) Force (d) Dhyan Chand award
70. What is colour of light related to? 78. Who is to be honoured with Hridaynath
(a) Amplitude (b) Frequency Mangeshkar award 2017 ?
(c) Quality (d) Velocity (a) Javed Akhtar
71. The shape of our Milky way galaxy is (b) Silip Mehta
(a) Circular (b) Elliptical (c) Nareen Khan
(c) Spiral (d) None of the above (d) Sonu Nigam
72. When a bottle of scent is kept open in a 79. Which state Government reduced inter-
corner of a room its odour is felt in all est on loan under Saksham Yojana?
parts of the room. This is due to the (a) Kerala
phenomenon of: (b) Tamil Nadu
(a) Evaporation (c) Chhattisgarh
(b) Vaporization (d) Goa
(c) Diffusion 80. Which state Chief Minister launches
(d) Sublimation “Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana”?
73. Why are we able to hear shortwave broad- (a) Madhya Pradesh
casts well than long wave broadcasts? (b) Kerala
(a) Short waves are more energetic (c) Tamil Nadu
than long waves. (d) Goa
(b) Short waves are unaffected by 81. Who is awarded with Nanniyode Rajan
atmospheric disturbances. award?
(c) Short wave broadcasts are made (a) Shri E. Sreedharan
by nearly radio stations. (b) Shri Narayan Swamy
(d) By convention, short waves are (c) Shri Vijay Sekhar
meant for long distances, whereas (d) Shri Kapil Thakoor
long waves are reserves for short 82. Which award is conferred to the Yeshe
distances. Dorjee Thongchi recently?
74. Which of the following are two main con- (a) Sahitya Akademi Award
stituents of granite? (b) Pampa award
(a) Iron and Silica (c) Bhupen Hazarika Award
(b) Iron and Silver (d) Pulitzer Prize
(c) Silica and Aluminium 83. Who of the following was the author of
(d) Iron oxide and potassium the chapter on ‘objectives of planned
75. Dynamo is a device converting :- development’ for the Third five year
(a) Heat energy into electrical energy plan?
(a) Moraji desai
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(c) Jawaharlal Nehru computer what to do and how to do it Biology is situated at
(d) Lal Bahadur Shastri called a ____________. (a) New Delhi (b) Hyderabad
84. A ‘closed economy’ is an economy in (a) Program (c) Patna (d) Jaipur
which : (b) Command 98. ‘Rosh Hashanah’ is the new year’s day
(a) The money supply is fully (c) User response of which of the following communities?
controlled (d) Processor (a) Zoroastrian
(b) Deficit financing takes place 90. What is an embedded system? (b) Jews
(c) Only exports take place (a) A program that comes wrapped (c) Muslims
(d) Neither exports nor imports take in a box (d) Shinto
place (b) A program that is permanently 99. Who has taken charge as the new Foreign
85. The national income of India is estimated part of computer Secretary of India?
mainly through :- (c) A computer that is part of a larger (a) Baldev Singh Dhillon
(a) Production method alone computer (b) Manjit Singh Kang
(b) Expenditure method alone (d) A computer and software system (c) K P S Sharma
(c) Production and expenditure that controls a machine or (d) Vijay Keshav Gokhale
methods appliance 100. Who has taken charge as the new secre-
(d) Production and income methods 91. When the pointer is positioned on tary of the Press Council of India (PCI)?
86. ‘Balanced Growth’ means :- a ____ it is shaped like a hand. (a) Vibha Bhargava
(a) Growth which brings about a (a) Grammar error (b) Jagdish Mukhi
balance between the rich and the (b) Formatting error (c) Anupama Bhatnagar
poor (c) Screen tip (d) K S Saraswat
(b) Growth which brings about a (d) Hyperlink
balance between the public and 92. A _________ is the term used when a ¨¨¨¨
private sectors search engine returns a web page that
(c) Growth which brings about a matches the search criteria.
balance between the traditional (a) Blog (b) Hit
ANSWER KEYS
and modern sector (c) Link (d) Success 1. a 2. b 3. a 4. c
(d) Growth pattern on which 93. Expansion cards are inserted into 5. a 6. b 7. a 8. d
simultaneous investments, viz., ________ 9. a 10. a 11. b 12. c
Agriculture, Industry, Transport, (a) Slots 13. b 14. c 15. a 16. a
Communication, etc. (b) Peripheral devices 17. b 18. d 19. a 20. d
87. What is ‘Recession’? (c) The CPU 21. c 22. b 23. d 24. b
25. c 26. d 27. b 28. c
(a) Rise in the cost of production, (d) The back of the computer
29. b 30. c 31. b 32. a
especially because of wage 94. Who invented ‘Vaccination’?
33. a 34. b 35. c 36. b
increase (a) James Simpson 37. b 38. a 39. d 40. d
(b) Increase in money supply without (b) Edward Jenner 41. b 42. c 43. b 44. a
a matching increase in production (c) Alexander Fleming 45. b 46. c 47. c 48. b
(c) Reduction in production and (d) S.A. Wakesman 49. c 50. b 51. d 52. c
employment for want of sufficient 95. Which of the following books is written 53. a 54. c 55. a 56. b
demand for goods by Aung San Suu Kyi? 57. b 58. d 59. c 60. a
(d) None of these (a) The Power and the Glory 61. a 62. c 63. a 64. c
65. b 66. c 67. a 68. c
88. Programs designed specifically to address (b) My Childhood Days
69. b 70. a 71. c 72. c
general-purpose applications and spe- (c) Against the Grain
73. a 74. c 75. b 76. a
cial-purpose applications are (d) Freedom from Fear 77. b 78. a 79. c 80. a
called_______________. 96. First Odia Mountaineer who reached 81. a 82. c 83. a 84. d
(a) Operating system world’s highest peak the Mount 85. d 86. d 87. c 88. c
(b) System software Everest? 89. a 90. d 91. d 92. c
(c) Application software (a) Minati Mohapatra 93. a 94. b 95. d 96. c
(d) Management information system (b) Saroj Jena 97. b 98. b 99. d 100. c
(c) Kalpana Dash
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