A

QUESTION BOOKLET
Sr. No.
Series
Roll No. (in Figures) : _________________________________________________
Roll No. (in Words) : _________________________________________________
: 2 : 85
Time : 2 Hours Screening Test Maximum Marks : 85
PLEASE READ THIS PAGE CAREFULLY.
Note : Candidate should remove the sticker seal and
open this Booklet ONLY after announcement by
centre superintendent and should thereafter check and
ensure that this Booklet contains all the 24 pages and 24
tally with the same Code No. given at top of first page
& the bottom of each & every page. If you find any
defect, variation, torn or unprinted page, please have it
replaced at once before you start answering. 1.
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS :
1. The Answer sheet of a candidate who does not
write his Roll No., or writes an incorrect Roll No.
on the title page of the Booklet and in the space
provided on the Answer sheet will neither be 2. 170
evaluated nor his result declared. 3.
2. The paper contains 170 questions.
3. Attempt all questions as there will be no Negative 4.
Marking.
4. The questions are of objective type. Here is an
example. Question : 8 Taj Mahal was built by_____
(A) Sher Shah (B) Aurangzeb
(C) Akbar (D) Shah Jahan
The correct answer of this question is Shah Jahan.
You will therefore darken the circle with ink pen
below column (D) as shown below : A B C D
A B C D Q.8
Q.8 5.
5. Each question has only one correct answer. If you
give more than one answer, it will be considered
wrong and it will not be evaluated. Changing,
cutting, overwriting and erasing of an answer
will be treated as wrong answer.
6.
6. The space for rough work wherever provided may
be utilized by the candidate. You are not to use any
portion of the Answer Sheet for rough work.
7. Do not mutilate this booklet in any manner. Serious 7.
damage/mutilation may entail disqualification.
8. Do not leave your seat until the Answer Sheets have 8.
been collected at the close of the examination.
9. Candidate will not leave the examination room till 9.
stipulated time is over and only after he has
handed over the Answer Sheet to the staff on
duty.

Code No. : C-376 /2018/Series-A

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Code No. : C-376/2018/Series-A 2

 QUESTION BOOKLET
This question paper contains 170 questions. /     170   
All questions are compulsory.    
One question carries half mark only.        
Maximum Marks : 85    85
Time : 2 Hours   2 
1. Which of the following is not needed for an effective rehabilitative service
in prison ?
(A) Substance abuse programs (B) Cooking classes
(C) Education courses (D) Mental Health treatment
     
    
            
    ?
(A)       (B)   
(C)    (D)     
2. Which is not an activity that inmates participate in out of their cells ?
(A) Work (B) Leisure activities
(C) Road constructing (D) Programs
             
  
  
          ?
(A)  (B)   
(C)    (D) 
3. Which of the following is a real fear within a prison of the inmates ?
(A) Refusal to follow rules (B) Injuring prison staff
(C) Acting in a violent manner (D) All of these
     
   
    
 
        ?
(A)        (B)       
  
(C)      
  
  (D)    
4. Which is not an environmental factor that creates tension among inmates ?
(A) Hot weather (B) Poor food service
(C) Self inflicted abuse (D) Expense cuts for recreation equipment
     
      
  
         
   ?
(A)   (B)       
(C)    (D)     
    
  
 
5. Which of the following is not considered contraband ?
(A) Ladders (B) Pliers
(C) Drugs (D) Antipsychotic medication
             
   ?
(A)  (B) 
(C)  (D) -   
6. Which is not a type of count used in prisons ?
(A) Casual (B) Random (C) Regular (D) Census
   
 
       
       ?
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
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7. What is the procedure used by prisons to maintain accountability for
inmates as they move throughout the prison ?
(A) Random counts (B) Video
(C) Controlled movement (D) None of these
      
            
 
 
          
 
   ?
(A)     (B) 
(C)     (D)  
 
   
8. Which of the following does not combine to contribute to the security and
custody functions within a prison ?
(A) Classification systems.
(B) Control and reduction of a riot or disturbance.
(C) Solitary confinement.
(D) An effective inmate disciplinary system.
     
    
 
      
         
      
     ?
(A)    (B)             
(C)    (D)         
9. What do prisons use for control of individual inmate movement ?
(A) Authorization codes (B) Broadcast system
(C) Pass system (D) Video tape
     
    
    
 
         
   ?
(A)    (B)    (C)    (D)   
10. Which is not a class A tool ?
(A) A knife (B) A grinder (C) A ladder (D) Light pliers
       A     ?
(A)  (B) (C)  (D)   
11. What happens to inmates whose functional literacy is below a certain level ?
(A) They are assigned to recreation (B) They stay in their cells
(C) They go to work (D) They go to school
 
                       
   ?
(A)                     
(B)              
(C)          
(D)         
12. What approximate percentage of state prison inmates have a drug or alcohol
problem ?
 
 
 
  
 
         
  
     ?
(A) 10% (B) 23% (C) 70% (D) 89%
13. These staff teach, oversee or co-ordinate education and vocational training
programs within prisons.
(A) Correctional counselors (B) Correctional educators
(C) Correctional officers (D) Correctional psychologists
      
            
 
  
(A)      (B)     
(C)      (D)     
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14. Which of the following is not a category of treatment ?
(A) Psychotropic medication (B) 24 – hour care
(C) Counselling (D) Surveillance
     
      
    
     ?
(A)    (B) 24 
   
(C)  (D) 
15. Which of the following is a way contraband items may end up in possession
of inmates ?
(A) Visitors may bring them into the prison.
(B) Items may be found or available in the prison.
(C) Items may be hidden in mall or packages.
(D) All of these
         
             
    
  
     ?
(A)      
   
      
(B)    
            
(C)             
     
(D)    
16. The criminal justice system is a/an
(A) Social system (B) Body of legal rules
(C) Administrative system (D) All of these
       
(A)    (B)    
   
(C)    (D)  
 
17. Which of the following is not a part of the Criminal Justice System ?
(A) Courts (B) Schools (C) Corrections (D) Law enforcement
     
    
     
       ?
(A)  (B)  (C) 
(D)   
18. Which of the following is not considered part of The American correctional
system ?
(A) Jails (B) Bail bondsmen
(C) Probation departments (D) State prisons
     
    
       
       
   ?
(A)   (B)    (C)    (D)    
19. About 90 percent of all felony cases are resolved through
(A) Probation
(B) Jury trial
(C) release of the suspect for lack of evidence
(D) Plea bargaining
   
           90             
    -
(A) 
(B)   
(C)                
  
 
(D)    
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20. An appeal of a criminal conviction on substantive ground may be made
based on
(A) the law under which the accused was convicted is unconstitutional.
(B) the facts asserted in the indictment do not constitute the crime charged.
(C) the defendant was not given access to Habeas corpus.
(D) All of these
 
                    
    
(A)                         
(B)    
                         
  
(C)      -            
(D)    
21. Police officers cruising the streets in patrol cars and watching for criminals
are participating in the police function known as
(A) prevention (B) detection (C) detention (D) arrest
           
  
  
          
  
  
    
   
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D)    
22. A sum of money deposited with the court as a guarantee that the accused
will appear at a future hearing is known as
(A) recognizance (B) bail (C) bond (D) warrant
 
 
         
    
        ,
  
(A)   (B)  (C)  (D) 
23. The basis of which of the following old school of penology is the human
free-will ?
(A) Classical school (B) Neo-classical school
(C) Positivist school (D) None of these
       
         
 
         ?
(A)    (B) -   
(C)    (D)    
   
24. Which of the following helps the prisoner/detainee in the resolution of his
problems ?
(A) Recreation (B) Working (C) Meeting (D) Counselling
     
    
  / 
      
        
  ?
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
25. Pardon cannot be extended to one of the following instances :
(A) Rape (B) Murder (C) Impeachment (D) Brigandage
 
            
      
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
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26. The commission of another crime during service of sentence of penalty
imposed for another previous offence is called
(A) Recidivism (B) Delinquency
(C) Quasi-recidivism (D) City prisoner
               
  
   
 
  
(A)    (B) 
(C) -    (D)      
27. The following are forms of executive clemency except
(A) Reform model (B) Commutation
(C) Amnesty (D) Pardon
      
     ,  
(A)     (B)  (C) 
(D) 
28. In which of the following instances pardon cannot be exercised ?
(A) before conviction (B) before trial
(C) after conviction (D) during service of sentence
       
           
   ?
(A)        (B)       
(C)       (D)         
29. A procedure which permits a jail prisoner to pursue his normal job during
the week and return to the jail to serve his sentence during the weekend or
non-working hours is called
(A) Amnesty (B) Probation
(C) Good conduct time allowance (D) Delayed sentence
                          
       
     
    
     , 
   -
(A)  (B) 
(C)         (D)    
30. The following are the justifications of punishment except
(A) Expiration (B) Deterrence (C) Retribution (D) Redress
   
 
  ,  
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
31. For a convicted offender, probation is a form of
(A) Treatment (B) Incarceration (C) Enjoyment (D) Punishment
 
  
            
(A)  (B)  (C) 
(D) 
32. Which program plays a unique role in the moral and spiritual regeneration
of the prisoner ?
(A) Work programs (B) Education programs
(C) Religious programs (D) None of these
   
     
     
               ?
(A)     (B)     (C)     (D)        
33. Giving punishment to a person so to serve as an example to others is the theory of
(A) Equality (B) Social defense (C) Self defense (D) Exemplary
 
       
 
  
                  
(A)  (B)    (C) - (D) 
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34. The first permanent system of codified laws could be found in China, with
the compilation of the
(A) Tang code (B) Wong code (C) Ting code (D) Chang code
___________ 
   
  
         
        
        
(A)  
  (B)     (C)     (D)    
35. Important codifications of law were developed in the ancient Roman Empire
with the compilations of the Lex Duodecim Tabularum. This law refers to
(A) The Twelve Tables (B) Lex Taliones
(C) The Hammurabic Code (D) The Corpus Juris Civils
          
  
      
          
               
(A)       (B)       
(C)        (D)         
36. Who was the founder of Borstal system ?
(A) Sir John Watson (B) Evelyn Ruggles Brise
(C) Alexander Mocanochie (D) Zebulon Brockway
   
       ?
(A)     (B)     
(C)      (D)  
37. Which of the following drugs injected to stop the heart thus causing death
by cardiac arrest in Lethal injection method is
(A) Sodium thiopental (B) Pancuronium
(C) Potassium Chloride (D) Bicarbonate
                   
  
  
      
    
   
       
      
        ?
(A)      (B)  
(C)   (D) 
38. Typical wooden frame used for execution by hanging is called
(A) Galley (B) Gallows (C) Hulk (D) Double blade
     
        
  
 
  
   
(A) 
  (B)  (C)  (D)   
39. The Latin word ‘probatio’ means
(A) live with integrity (B) out of prison
(C) walk with faith (D) testing period
 
  ‘’       
(A)           (B)     
(C)         (D)    
40. The idea that the moral worth of an action is determined by its outcome i.e.,
the ends justify the means is
(A) Hedonism (B) Positivism (C) Determinism (D) Penology
                  
      
    , 
   
(A)    (B)  (C)  (D) 
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41. Who among the following was given the title “father of prison reform” in
the United States ?
(A) Robert Peel (B) John Howard
(C) Alexander Macanochie (D) Zebulon Brockway
     ‘     
 
 ’ 
                 ?
(A)    (B)   
(C)    
   (D)    
42. ‘Elmira Correctional Facility’, known otherwise as
(A) the school (B) the hill (C) the rock (D) the dungeon
‘ 
  
 ’ 
  
      
  
   
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
43. Bedford Hills correctional facility for women is located at
(A) London (B) Paris (C) New York (D) Singapore
 
       
     
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
44. The Auburn system, a penal method, is also known as
(A) Irish system (B) Albany system
(C) New York system (D) None of these
  ,       
     
  
   
(A)    (B)    (C)    (D)  
 
   
45. The place or section in some prisons where criminals are placed awaiting
execution is known as
(A) Garotine (B) Galley room
(C) Execution room (D) Death row
  
                  
  
   
  , 
   
(A)   (B)  
  (C)     (D)   
46. In determining the fitness of a prisoner for release on conditional pardon,
the following points shall be considered as guides, except
(A) the political, organizational or religious affliation of the prisoner
should be disregarded.
(B) due regard should be given the attitude of the people in the community
from which he was sentenced.
(C) the socio-economic background of the prisoner before he was
committed to prison.
(D) financial capacity of the prisoner.
                    ,       
           ,  
(A)       ,                   
  
(B)     
  
                     
     
(C)             
       -    
(D)          
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47. Which of the following is not an administrative function exercised by the
executive branch of the government ?
(A) Amnesty (B) Parole (C) Pardon (D) Probation
        
      
    
   ?
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
48. Capital punishment refers to
(A) Life imprisonment (B) Death penalty
(C) Reclusion Perpetua (D) All of these
     
(A)     (B)   
(C)   (D)    
49. As hanging is for death penalty, maiming is for
(A) Social degradation (B) Exile
(C) Slavery (D) Physical torture
      
    
   , _________ 
     
    
(A)     (B) 
(C)  (D)    
50. Anything that is contrary to prison or jail rules and regulations are
considered
(A) Firearms (B) Greyhounds
(C) Contrabands (D) Personal belongings
 
 
   
  
  
 
   
   
    ,   
   
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D)    
51. The first house of correction in London (England) was the
(A) Bridewell Workhouse (B) Walnut Street Jail
(C) Mamertine Prison (D) Panopticon
 ( )          
(A)     (B)    
 

(C)    (D) 
52. Who wrote the book “State of the Prisons” ?
(A) William Penn (B) John Augustus
(C) John Howard (D) None of these
“     ”      ?
(A)    (B)     (C)    (D)  
 
   
53. Abandoned or unusable transport ships used to confine criminals during the
early period of treating criminal offenders were called
(A) Hulks (B) Gaols (C) Galleys (D) Transportation
        
        
 
           
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
54. ‘Lex Tallionis’ means
(A) Suffering (B) Retribution
(C) Punishment (D) Law of retaliation
‘  ’ 
 
   
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D)  
   
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55. A branch or division of law which define crimes treat of their nature and
provides for their punishment is called
(A) Political law (B) Civil law (C) Criminal law (D) Remedial law
 
         
             
     
   
            , 
   
(A)    (B)    (C)    (D)   
56. Diversification means
(A) Proper integration of prisoners (B) Proper segregation of prisoners
(C) Proper classification of prisoners (D) Welfare of prisoners
     
(A)   
      (B)  
      
(C)         (D)     
57. The advocate of ultimate prison known as ‘the panopticon’ was
(A) Walter Crofton (B) John Howard
(C) Sameul Romily (D) Jeremy Bentham
‘’  
      
  
 
 
 
   
(A)     (B)    (C)    (D)  
 
58. Alexander Macanochie introduced which of the following correctional
systems ?
(A) Irish system (B) Marked system
(C) Solitary system (D) Congregate system
  
           
           
 ?
(A)    (B)    (C)    (D)  
59. ‘Public humiliation’ or ‘public exhibition’ also mean
(A) Banishment (B) Public trial
(C) Public execution (D) Social degradation
‘ 
 ’ 
  ‘  ’ 
 
       
(A)  (B)   
(C)    (D)    
60. The meaning of the word ‘Oblivion’ is
(A) Class of persons (B) Abolish
(C) Community based treatment (D) forgetting completely
 ‘’   
   
(A)  
    (B) 
(C)      (D)  
      
 
61. Jamini Roy was a famous
(A) Actor (B) Producer (C) Dancer (D) Painter
      
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
62. Who discovered Penicillin ?
(A) William Harvey (B) Louis Pasteur
(C) F.G. Banting (D) Alexander Fleming
 
 
    
 ?
(A)    (B)   (C) ..   (D)   
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63. Sunita Williams is a
(A) Astronaut (B) Missile scientist
(C) Nuclear scientist (D) Astro physicist
    
(A)   - (B)     
(C)      (D)   -
64. Which one of the following films was not directed by Satyajit Roy ?
(A) Charulata (B) Aparajita
(C) Salaam Bombay (D) Pather Panchali
     
                
    ?
(A)  (B)  (C)     (D)   
65. Who has called Subhash Chandra Bose as Desh Nayak ?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi (B) Ram Manohar Lohia
(C) Rabindranath Tagore (D) Sardar Patel
 
    
      
 ?
(A)    (B)    
(C)    (D)   
66. The first Asian Secretary – General of U.N.O. was
(A) Vijaya Laxmi Pandit (B) U. Thant
(C) Trygve Lee (D) Kurt Waldheum
 
     
         
(A)    (B) -
 
(C)     (D)   
67. National Dairy Research Institute is located at
(A) Ludhiana (B) Karnal (C) Pantnagar (D) Hyderabad
    
      
   
(A)   (B)  (C)  (D) 
68. ‘INTERPOL’ has its headquarters at
(A) Paris (B) Rio de Janeiro
(C) Dar- es – Salam (D) None of these
‘’ 
      
(A)   (B)  
 
    (C) -- (D)    
   
69. The UN day is celebrated every year on
(A) 1st December (B) 1st May (C) 10th December (D) 24th October
 
              
(A) 1   (B) 1   
(C) 10   (D) 24 
 
70. The International Court of Justice is located at
(A) Vienna (B) Amesterdam (C) Hague (D) Geneva
     
   
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
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71. The International Human Rights convention adopted by the United Nations
in 1990 related to
(A) Children (B) Disabled
(C) Stateless persons (D) Migrant workers

   1990    
          ?
(A)     (B)    
(C)       (D)      
72. India is not a member of
(A) G-20 (B) G-8 (C) SAARC (D) U.N.
        
(A) G-20 (B) G-8 (C)  (D)   
73. Amnesty International is an organization which is associated with
(A) Protection of Women’s Rights (B) Protection of Human Rights
(C) Abolition of Untouchability (D) None of these
          
      
(A)    
          (B)             
(C)       (D)  
    
74. The oldest mutual fund in India is the
(A) SBI Mutual Fund (B) BOB Mutual Fund
(C) PNB Mutual Fund (D) Unit Trust of India
          
   
(A) SBI    (B) BOB  
(C) PNB   (D)     
   
75. Who wrote the famous Novel ‘The Guide’ ?
(A) Satyajit Ray (B) Chetan Bhagat
(C) R.K. Narayan (D) Arundhati Roy
   ‘’    ?
(A)    (B)     (C) ..   (D)   
76. Bhatnagar Prize is given in the field of
(A) Peace (B) Music and Dance
(C) Science & Technology (D) Fine Arts
      
      
   ?
(A)  (B)     
(C)      (D)    
77. Rabindranath Tagore was awarded Noble prize for his literary work named
(A) Geetanjali (B) Rajtarangini (C) Chokher Bali (D) None of these
   
        
   
           ?
(A)  (B)  (C)     (D)        
78. The author of the controversial book “Lajja” is a citizen of
(A) India (B) Burma (C) Indonesia (D) Bangladesh
    ‘’ 
 
 
     
     ?
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
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79. Who was the first posthumous recipient of Bharat Ratna ?
(A) Lal Bahadur Shastri (B) M.G. Ramachandran
(C) B.R. Ambedkar (D) K. Kamraj
      
        
   ?
(A)       (B) ..  
(C) ..    (D) .   
80. The first Indian Woman to reach Olympic finals in individual track events was
(A) M.D. Valsamma (B) P.T. Usha
(C) Arti Saha (D) Shiny Abraham
     
            
  ?
(A) .. 
  (B) ..   (C)     (D)    
81. During which Gupta King’s reign did the Chinese traveller Fahien visited India ?
(A) Chandragupta I (B) Chandragupta II
(C) Samudragupta (D) Kumaragupta
   
  
 
  
    
    
    
   ?
(A)  I (B)  II (C)  (D) 
82. Where did the game of chess originate ?
(A) Europe (B) Arabia (C) Persia (D) India
 
   
 
  
  ?
(A)   (B) (C)  (D) 
83. Who among the following Rajputa kings defeated Muhammad Ghori in the
first battle of Tarain (1191 AD) ?
(A) Prithviraj Chauhan (B) Jaichandra
(C) Kumarpal (D) Baghel Bhim
              
  (1191 . )      
   ?
(A)      (B)  (C)  (D)    
84. The South Indian State which was famous for its naval power, was
(A) Pandyas (B) Hoyasals (C) Chalukyas (D) Cholas
      
     
  
       ,    
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
85. Who was the first Muslim ruler of Delhi ?
(A) Qutubuddin Aibak (B) Iltutmish
(C) Firoz Shah Tughlaq (D) Sikandar Lodi
 
         
   ?
(A)       (B) 
(C)      (D)   
86. The first Indian Hindi Scholar of the Mughal period was
(A) Chandbardai (B) Mulla Wajhi
(C) Abdur Rahim (D) Malik Muhammad Jayasi
  
         
(A)  (B)  
 
(C)   (D)      
 
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87. Which of the following was not a French settlement in India ?
(A) Goa (B) Chandranagar (C) Pondicherry (D) Mahe
     
          
       ?
(A)  (B)  (C) 
(D) 
88. Which Governor General is associated with Doctrine of Lapse ?
(A) Lord Ripon (B) Lord Curzon
(C) Lord William Bentick (D) Lord Dalhousie
     
           ?
(A)    (B)  
 
(C)       (D)   
89. When was the All India Women’s Conference founded ?
      
    
   ?
(A) 1924 (B) 1925 (C) 1926 (D) 1927
90. ‘Sarvodaya’ stands for
(A) Total revolution (B) Non co-operation
(C) Upliftment of all (D) Non-violence
‘’ 
     
(A)     (B)  (C)    (D) 
91. Which of the following can a court issue for enforcement of Fundamental
Rights ?
(A) A Decree (B) An Ordinance (C) A Writ (D) A Notification

 
  
    
              
  
    ?
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
92. The President of India enjoys emergency powers of
(A) two types (B) three types (C) four types (D) five types
 
        
 
  
  
    
   ?
(A)    (B)    (C)    (D)   
93. Who is the highest civil servant of the Union Government ?
(A) Attorney General (B) Home Secretary
(C) Cabinet Secretary (D) Principal Secretary to the P.M.
   
         
   ?
(A)     (B)  
 
(C)     (D)        
94. Which one of the following states has the lowest number of elected
members in the Rajya Sabha ?
(A) Jharkhand (B) Chhattisgarh
(C) Jammu & Kashmir (D) Himachal Pradesh
                   
       
   ?
(A)  (B)  (C) -   (D)   
95. The First Finance Commission was constituted in
   
  
     
(A) 1950 (B) 1951 (C) 1952 (D) 1954
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96. What is the minimum age prescribed in India for its citizens to cast their vote ?
(A) 16 years (B) 18 years (C) 20 years (D) 21 years
     
       
        
    
     ?
(A) 16  (B) 18  (C) 20  (D) 21 
97. The name of Saturn’s largest moon is
(A) Mimas (B) Enceladus (C) Titan (D) Tethys
 
      
  
     
(A)  (B) 
(C)  (D) 
98. The cup shaped mouth of the volcano is
(A) Crater (B) Cinder Cone (C) Focus (D) Epicentre
  
   
    
   
(A)   (B)   (C)  
   (D) 
99. Which of the following is the largest river in the world ?
(A) Nile (B) Congo (C) Ganga (D) Amazon
     
          
     ?
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
100. Evaporation is the result of
(A) Gain of heat (B) Loss of heat
(C) Generation of heat (D) None of these
     
(A)     (B)    (C)    (D)    
   
101. Horse latitudes lie within the atmospheric pressure belts of
(A) Polar High (B) Equatorial Low
(C) Sub-tropical High (D) Sub-polar Low
 
                ?
(A)    (B)  
 
(C) -   (D) - 
 
102. Sirocco is a/an
(A) local wind (B) ocean current (C) island (D) volcano
    
(A)    (B)  
  (C)  (D) 
103. Rain shadow effect is associated with
(A) Cyclonic rainfall (B) Orographical rainfall
(C) Convectional rainfall (D) Frontal rainfall
-        
(A)     (B)    (C)    (D)  
104. Kanchenjunga is situated in
(A) Himachal Pradesh (B) Uttaranchal
(C) Jammu & Kashmir (D) Sikkim
    
(A)       (B)   
(C) -     (D)   
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105. Which of the following is the worst flood affected area in India ?
(A) Tripura (B) Manipur (C) Nagaland (D) Assam
     
                  
   ?
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
106. Where is ‘Ninety East Ridge’ ?
(A) Indian ocean (B) Arctic ocean (C) Atlantic ocean (D) Pacific ocean
‘     ’ 
   ?
(A)     (B)   
(C)     (D)   
107. Jog falls is located over which river ?
(A) Krishna (B) Kaveri (C) Godavari (D) Sharavati
           ?
(A)   (B)  (C)  (D) 
108. Softwood forests are mostly found in
(A) Western Ghats (B) Sunderban
(C) Nilgiris (D) Himalayan region
   
    
   
(A)       (B)     (C)    (D)  
   
109. Korba coal field is located in
(A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Maharashtra
(C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Chhattisgarh
 
  
      
(A)       (B)    (C)      (D)  
110. Tarapur Nuclear Station is located in
(A) Maharashtra (B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Tamil Nadu (D) Andhra Pradesh
     
     ?
(A)  (B)    (C)  (D)   
111. A crop grown in zaid season is
(A) Water-melon (B) Soyabean (C) Maize (D) Jute
 
        
   
(A)  (B) 
(C)  (D) 
112. Which of the following states has the lowest literacy rate ?
(A) Rajasthan (B) Odisha (C) Bihar (D) Jharkhand
            
       ?
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
113. Which of the following is found in cod liver oil ?
(A) Vitamin C (B) Vitamin E (C) Vitamin A (D) Vitamin B1
    
    
 -  
     
   ?
(A)  C (B)  E (C)  A (D)  B1
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114. Anthrax is caused by
(A) Virus (B) Bacteria (C) Mycoplasma (D) Algae
- ( )        ?
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
115. Chilgoza is obtained from
(A) Pinus (B) Cycus (C) Brassica (D) None of these
      
(A)     (B)  
 
(C)   
  (D)  
 
   
116. Which of the following colours has the highest wavelength ?
(A) Voilet (B) Green (C) Yellow (D) Red
                  ?
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
117. The capital of Sirmaur state was never located at
(A) Kalsi (B) Nahan (C) Renuka (D) None of these
  
    
       
(A)     (B)     (C) 
    (D)    
   
118. Subhash Chandra Bose spent a few months at
(A) Bilaspur (B) Dagshai (C) Dalhousie (D) Sundernagar
  
      
 
      
(A)   (B)    
(C)  
  (D)   
 
119. Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry has its headquarters at
(A) Nauni (B) Palampur (C) Waknaghat (D) Summerhill
.  ..           
     
   ?
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D)  
120. Himachal Pradesh came into existence on
(A) 15 August, 1947 (B) 26 January, 1950
(C) 15 April, 1948 (D) 25 January, 1971
        
 ?
(A) 15   , 1947 (B) 26  , 1950
(C) 15   , 1948 (D) 25   , 1971
121. Which animal is engraved on most of the Harappan seals ?
(A) Elephant (B) Tiger (C) Bison (D) Unicorn
            
    ?
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
122. The river most mentioned in early Vedic literature is
(A) Ganga (B) Sutudri (C) Saraswati (D) Sindhu
              
(A) 
  (B)   (C)  (D) 
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123. The ‘Arthasastra’ is a treatise on which one of the following ?
(A) Economics (B) Environment
(C) Political Philosophy (D) Religion
‘’                ?
(A)  (B)  (C)    (D) 
124. Who is considered founder of Gupta empire ?
(A) Chandragupta I (B) Chandragupta II
(C) Samudragupta (D) Srigupta
                 
   ?
(A)  I (B)  II (C)  (D) 
125. Where is the famous Virupaksha temple located ?
(A) Hampi (B) Bhadrachalam
(C) Chidambaram (D) Srikalahasti
     
     ?
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
126. What is ‘Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra’ ?
(A) Tower (B) Temple (C) Mosque (D) Saint’s hut
‘    ’    
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D)  
 
  
127. The Battle of Plassey was fought in year
 
   
      
(A) 1757  (B) 1761  (C) 1764  (D) 1561 
128. Royal Asiatic Society was founded by
(A) Sir William Jones (B) Sir John Marshall
(C) R.D. Banerjee (D) Sir. William Bentick
     
        
   ?
(A)      (B)     
(C) ..  (D)     
129. Which country has the largest coastline ?
(A) India (B) USA (C) Australia (D) Canada
   
    
     ?
(A)  (B) . ..(C)  (D) 
130. Great Barrier Reef is situated along the coast of
(A) Canada (B) Australia (C) South Africa (D) UK
       
        ?
(A)  (B)  (C)  
  (D) .
 .
131. The ‘Victoria’ waterfall is associated with the river
(A) Mississipi (B) Zambezi (C) Missouri (D) Amazon
‘’ 
      
       ?
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
132. The intensity of insolation depends on
(A) altitude (B) nature of terrain
(C) wind (D) latitude
 
      
   
(A)    (B)       (C)  (D) 
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133. Which water body has the highest salinity ?
(A) Red sea (B) Dead sea (C) Great salt lake (D) Lake Van
 
        
   ?
(A)     (B)   (C)   
 
 (D)   
134. Maximum human population belongs to the
(A) Caucasians (B) Negroids (C) Mongoloids (D) Australoids
   
    
(A)     (B)   (C)    (D)  
135. Coconut triangle is located in
(A) Sri Lanka (B) India (C) Bangladesh (D) Maldives
   (  )    
(A)     (B)     (C)  
  (D)   
136. The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through
(A) Rajasthan (B) Tripura (C) Odisha (D) Chhattisgarh
      
  
(A)     (B)   
(C)  
  (D)    
137. Which one of the following states has the world’s largest freshwater island ?
(A) Assam (B) Bihar (C) Uttar Pradesh(D) Karnataka
            
          
       ?
(A)  (B)  (C)    (D) 
138. Who said Preamble is the keynote to the Constitution ?
(A) B.R. Ambedkar (B) K.M. Munshi
(C) Ernest Barker (D) None of these
        
   
   
   ?
(A) ..    (B)   .  .   
(C)     (D)    
   
139. Fundamental duties do not enjoy any
(A) Moral sanction (B) Social sanction
(C) Political sanction (D) Legal sanction

 
           
(A)       (B)      
(C)       (D)     
140. Who administers the oath of office to the President of India ?
(A) Chief Justice of India (B) Speaker of Lok Sabha
(C) Prime Minister of India (D) Vice President of India
 
         
 
  
     ?
(A)          (B)  
   
(C)       (D)     -
141. The term of the Rajya Sabha was fixed by the
(A) President of India (B) Constitution
(C) Parliament (D) Union Cabinet
   
             ?
(A)       (B) 
(C)  (D)  
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142. Which five year plan adopted indicative planning in India ?
(A) Ninth (B) Fourth (C) Third (D) Eighth
  
             
  
 ?
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
143. Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) relate to
(A) World Bank (B) IMF (C) RBI (D) WTO
    (SDR)      ?
(A)  
  (B) IMF (C) RBI (D) WTO
144. Which is the most industrially advanced state in India ?
(A) Gujarat (B) Tamil Nadu (C) Punjab (D) Maharashtra
     
            ?
(A)    (B)  (C) 
(D) 
145. The maximum production of coffee in India is by the state of
(A) Karnataka (B) Kerala (C) Maharashtra (D) Tamil Nadu
   
  
               ?
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
146. The blue colour of sky is due to phenomenon of
(A) reflection (B) refraction (C) dispersion (D) scattering
           
 
   ?
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
147. Density of water is
(A) maximum at 0° C (B) minimum at 0° C
(C) maximum at 4° C (D) minimum at –4° C
 
       
(A) 0 C     (B) 0 C   
(C) 4 °C    (D) – 4 C   
148. Which of the following is not a natural polymer ?
(A) Wool (B) Silk (C) Cotton (D) Teflon
     
           ?
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
149. The coil in a heater is made of
(A) Copper (B) Iron (C) Tungsten (D) Nichrome
   
 
        
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
150. The tusks of the elephants are modified
(A) Molars (B) premolars (C) canines (D) incisors
 
  ________   
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
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(A) midbrain (B) forebrain (C) hindbrain (D) hypothalamus
 
         
(A)    (B)    (C)  
  (D) 
  
152. Commercially used cotton fibre is a part of
(A) fruit (B) embryo (C) seed (D) seed coat
 
      
  
      
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
153. India’s first communication satellite is
(A) Apple (B) Aryabhata (C) Rohini (D) Bhaskara-I
 
     
     
(A)   (B)  (C)  (D) -I
154. As ‘Fan’ is related to ‘Breeze’, in the same way ‘Electricity’ is related to which ?
(A) Darkness (B) Current (C) Light (D) Attraction
   ‘ ’    ‘’ ,     ‘’     ?
(A)     (B)  (C)  (D) 
155. If air is called green, green is called blue, blue is called sky, sky is called
yellow, yellow is called water and water is called pink, then what is the
colour of clean sky ?
(A) Pink (B) Sky (C) Water (D) Blue
         ,       ,      ,   
  ,       
      
 ,     
 
    ?
(A)    (B)  (C)  (D) 
156. The Jalori pass lies in which district of H.P. ?
(A) Kullu (B) Kinnaur (C) Chamba (D) Mandi
       
         ?
(A)   (B)  (C)  (D) 
157. The Giri is a tributary of the river
(A) Yamuna (B) Satluj (C) Chenab (D) Beas
     
       ?
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
158. There is an ancient rock temple at
(A) Bharmaur (B) Jogindernagar (C) Masrur (D) Kaza
   
 
    
(A)  (B) 
(C)  (D) 
159. The ‘History of the Mandi State’ book was written by
(A) J.C. French (B) Mulk Raj Anand
(C) M.S. Randhawa (D) Man Mohan
‘ 
       ’         ?
(A) .  .   (B)     (C) ..   (D) 
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(A) Kangra (B) Hamirpur (C) Bhumpal (D) Ferozepur
     
 
   
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
161. Which of the following cities hosted the first international exhibition and
conference on AYUSH and wellness sector “AROGYA 2017” ?
(A) New Delhi (B) Mumbai (C) Hyderabad (D) Kanpur
       
  
  
  
  “ 2017”    
 
 
      
  
 ?
(A)    (B) 
(C)  (D) 
162. Which Indian athlete has won bronze medal at 2017 Indoor Archery World
Cup Stage 2 tournament ?
(A) Ankita Bhakat (B) Deepika Kumari
(C) Nivetha Ganesan (D) Laishram Bombayla Devi
       2017      
   2      
    
 ?
(A)      (B)      (C)    (D)     
163. India’s first Madame Tussauds Wax Museum has officially opened for
public recently in which city ?
(A) Mumbai (B) Chennai (C) Bangalore (D) New Delhi
                
  
    
  
      
 
 
     ?
(A)   (B)  (C)  (D)   
164. Who has been sworn-in as the new President of Republic of Kenya ?
(A) Abduba Dida (B) William Ruto
(C) Uhuru Kenyatta (D) Raila Odinga
   
      
 
      
  
  ?
(A)    (B)    (C)      (D)  
 
165. Antonyms of the word ‘Veneration’ is
(A) sacrilege (B) static (C) downfall (D) religious
166. You gained an advantage _______ me.
(A) over (B) on (C) upon (D) from
167. Meaning of the idiom ‘To see pink elephants’ is
(A) to dream (B) to anticipate luck
(C) to be afraid of (D) to show courage
168. ‘’     ?
(A)   (B)  (C)  (D) 
169. “ ”    
(A)    (B)    (C)   (D)    
170. ‘’    
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
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