Direction for the following 10 items: Each of

the following items in this section has a 7. Although they took every precaution, they
sentence with a blanck space and four words could not _______ the accident.
or group of words given after the sentence. a) defer
Select whichever word or group of words you b) allow
consider most appropriate for the blank space c) avoid
and indicate your response on the Answer d) block
Sheet accordingly.
1. I_______ you to be at the party this 8. The ambitious nobleman _______ to
evening. marry the king’s daughter.
a) look forward to a) transpired
b) hope b) perspired
c) expect c) aspired
d) think d) expired

2. When I met John yesterday, it was the first 9. The dictator of that country was a monster
time I _______ him since Christmas. of wickedness insatiable in his _______
a) saw for blood and plunder.
b) have seen a) idea
c) had seen b) vision
d) have seen seeing c) lust
d) intention
3. He _______ to listen to my arguments and
walked away. 10. Please don’t give me any more, I have had
a) denied _______
b) disliked a) Few
c) prevented b) Too little
d) refused c) Little
d) Enough
4. The flow of blood was so _______ that the
patient died. Direction for the following 5 items: In this
a) intense section, item consist of a sentence with a word
b) adequate underlined and is followed by four words.
c) profuse Select the word that is most opposite in
d) extensive meaning to the underlined word and indicate
your response in the Answer Sheet
5. You have never _______ me about your accordingly.
experience in America. 11. My first lecture in the classroom was a
a) said fiasco.
b) told a) success
c) explained b) joy
d) spoken c) fun
d) disaster
6. I always felt hungry ______ I heard the
dinner bell. 12. It was indeed arduous to cross streets in
a) as much as New York.
b) as well as a) pleasant
c) as soon as b) effortless
d) as close as c) interesting
d) risky 19. Businessmen who lack acumen cannot be
expected to be very successful.
13. Unlike his brother, he is affable. a) Fairness
a) reserved b) Sharpness
b) gullible c) Boldness
c) irritable d) Righteousness
d) lovable
20. His candid opinions have won him many
14. The birth of his child decidedly proved to friends.
be an auspicious event in his life. a) kind
a) precious b) courteous
b) ominous c) generous
c) useless d) frank
d) unforgettable
Directions for the following 10 items: In this
15. The witness corroborated word for word section, look at the underlined part of each
the statement of the victim. sentence. Below each sentence are given three
a) accepted possible substitutions for the underlined part.
b) confirmed If one of them (a), (b) or (c) is better than the
c) denied underlined part, indicate your response on the
d) repeated Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter
(a), (b) or (c). If one of the substitutions
Direction for the following 5 items: In this improves the sentence, indicate (d) as your
section, each item consists of a sentence with a response on the Answer sheet. Thus a “No
word underlined and is followed by four improvement’ response will be signified by
words r groups of words. Select the word or the letter (d)
group of words that is most similar in meaning 21. I disliked him not so much for his
to the underlined word and indicate your meanness but for his dishonesty.
response in the Answer Sheet accordingly. a) as for
16. It is unwise to sever diplomatic relations b) but because
with a neighboring country over small c) but due to
matters. d) No improvement
a) engage
b) estrange 22. He preferred death rather than
c) cut off imprisonment.
d) twist a) for
b) to
17. Bad tendencies are to be countered by c) than
good one until all that is evil disappears. d) no improvement
a) opposed
b) balanced 23. They kept the idea secretly.
c) reduced a) secretive
d) bypassed b) secret
c) secretively
18. The police fired indiscriminately at the d) no improvement
crowd, killing many innocent women and
children. 24. He ought not to tell me your secret, but he
a) continuously did.
b) without distinguishing a) Telling
c) foolishly b) Have told
d) rapidly c) Having told
d) No improvement
25. If I don’t know the meaning of a word, I b) If I will be
look it after in the dictionary. c) A bird
a) Look it out d) No error
b) Look it for
c) Look it up 32. .
d) No improvement a) As soon as
b) The train arrived
26. Mr. and Mrs. Rao stay in their home every c) The passengers entered the compartments
evening. d) No error
a) At home
b) Inside home 33. .
c) Within their home a) Never
d) No improvement b) I have
c) Seen such a town
27. When we saw him last, he ran to catch a d) No error
bus.
a) Has run 34. .
b) Had run a) He goes to his office
c) Was running b) By bicycle
d) No improvement c) Everyday
d) No error
28. She cut a sad figure in her first
performance on the stage. 35. .
a) Made a sorry figure a) Far from being appreciated
b) Cut a sorry face b) His conduct was discussed
c) Cut a sorry figure c) And sharply commented
d) No improvement d) No error

29. Last evening I went to the optician and Direction: for the following 6 items: In this
bought spectacles. section, you have two short passage. Read the
a) A spectacle passages and answer the item that follow. You
b) Two spectacles are required to select your answers based on
c) A pair of spectacles contents of the passage and opinion of the
d) No improvement author only.
Passage – 1
30. I would like to avail a fifteen days’ holiday We had just passed Tenali, where I roused
this summer. myself in order to hear the name of the station.
a) To avail of As I was falling asleep again, a violent jolt
b) To avail myself of shot me into the arms of somebody in the seat
c) To avail myself opposite. The engine with one wheel broken
d) No improvement was lying across the track and beside it was
the luggage van, likewise, derailed. Groaning,
Directions: for the following 5 items – Each wheezing, gasping, sputtering in its death
item in this section has a sentence with three agony, the engine was like a fallen horse
underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). which, snorting, trembling in every limb, its
Reach each sentence to find out whether there flanks heaving its chest laboring, seems
is any error in any underlined part and indicate incapable of making the smallest effort to
your response in the Answer sheet against the struggle on to its legs again.
corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). if 36. The author had roused himself as he
you find no error, your response should be wanted to
indicated as (d). a) Get off
31. . b) Meet someone
a) I can fly c) Know the name of the station
d) Keep himself awake
37. The engine stopped because
a) The driver had stopped it
b) One of the wheels was broken
c) Three was a halting place
d) There was no fuel
38. The engine is compared to a fallen horse
because
a) It was groaning like a horse
b) It was lying across the track
c) It could make no effort to stand upright
d) It had a broken wheel
Passage – 2
I was beginning to tire a little now. I had
been cutting steps continuously for two hours,
and Terzing, too, was moving very slowly. As
I chipped steps around still another corner, I
wondered rather dully just how long we could
keep it up. Our original zest had now quite
gone and it was turning more into a grim
struggle. I then realized that the ridge ahead,
instead of still monotonously rising, now
dropped sharply away, and far below I could
see the North Col and Rongbuk glacier. I
looked upwards to see a narrow ridge running
up to a snowy summit. A few more whacks of
the ice-axe in the firm snow and we stood on
top.
39. Which of the following is the most
appropriate description of the area in
which the narrator had been moving?
a) A steep rocky slope
b) A peak with a flight of steps
c) A high peak covered with snow
d) A long ridge
a) That after the long exertion he was feeling
so weak that any further climbing meant a
hard struggle with the forces of nature
b) That Tenzing was making the task more
difficult
c) That strong cold wind was pushing him
down from above and that he had to
struggle with the forces of nature
d) That he was in a mood to give up
ultimately
Directions for the following 9 items: Each of
the following items in this section consists of a
sentence the parts of which have been
jumbled. These parts have been labelled P, Q,
R and S. given below each sentence are four
sequences namely (a), (b), (c) and (d). You are
required to re-arrange the jumbled parts of the
sentence and mark your response accordingly.
42. P: Farm workers
Q: spend
R: outdoors
S: most of their time
The proper sequence should be
a) PQRS
b) PRQS
c) PQSR
d) RPQS
43. P: He
Q: shuffled the papers
R: in a drawer
S: together
The proper sequence should be
a) PQSR
b) PQRS
c) PSQR
d) RSPQ

40. ‘I had been cutting steps continuously for 44. P: Do you think
two hours’ suggests that Q: will
a) The climber was unskilled in the art of R: this soap
making steps S: shrink woolen clothes
b) He had to cut the steps out of snow before The proper sequence should be
climbing up which was necessarily a slow a) PQRS
process b) PRQS
c) The slowness was caused by the fact that c) QRPS
as soon as he cut the steps they were gain d) QPRS
covered with snow
d) He had to work suspended from a ledge 45. P: We advised
Q: the hijackers to surrender
41. ‘It was turning more into a grim struggle’ R: to the police
would mean S: themselves
 The proper sequence should be c) QPRS
a) PQRS d) QSPR
b) PRQS
c) PQSR 51. Which one of the following devices
d) RPQS changes low voltage alternating current to
high voltage alternating current and vice
46. P: Sports cars versa?
Q: appeal a) Generator
R: to some motorists only b) Motor
S: with noisy exhausts c) Transformer
The proper sequence should be d) Vibrator
a) RQSP
b) PSQR 52. An optical illusion which occurs mainly in
c) RSPQ deserts during hot summer in based on the
d) PQSR principle of
a) Reflection
47. P: He b) Interference
Q: almost c) Dispersion
R: planned the entire strategy of operation d) Total internal reflection
S: single-handed
The proper sequence should be 53. At which place Earth’s magnetic field
a) RSPQ becomes horizontal?
b) PRQS a) Magnetic meridian
c) SQRP b) Magnetic equator
d) QPSR c) Geographical pole
d) Tropic of Cancer
48. P: She has
Q: more 54. The speed of a car travelling on a straight
R: intelligence road is listed below at successive intervals
S: than we suspected her to possess of 1s:
The proper sequence should be Time (s): 0 1 2 3 4
a) PQSR Speed (m/s) 0 2 4 6 8
b) PRQS Which of the following is/are correct? The
c) PSQR car travels
d) PQRS 1. With a uniform acceleration of 2 m/s2.
2. 16 m in 4s.
49. P: They 3. With an average speed of 4 m/s.
Q: should implant a) 1, 2 and 3
R: in the minds of young children b) 2 and 3 only
S: sound principles c) 1 and 2 only
The proper sequence should be d) 1 only
a) PQRS
b) PQSR 55. The speed of a body that has Mach number
c) RPQS more than 1 is
d) PRQS a) Supersonic
b) Subsonic
50. P: When I was a student c) 300 m/s
Q: I learnt swimming at the age of 15 d) About 10 m/s
R: of class X
S: in a government school 56. Molecules of which of the following has
The proper sequence should be cage like structure?
a) PQRS 1. Diamond
b) PRQS 2. Graphite
3. Fullerenes a) Histomonas
Select the correct answer using the code given b) Trypanosome
below: c) Angomonae
a) 1, 2 and 3 d) Naegleria
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 2 only 64. Which one of the following agencies
d) 3 only enforces the laws on food security in
India?
57. Temporary hardness in water is due to a) FDA
which one of the following of Calcium and b) WHO
Magnesium? c) FSSAI
a) Hydrogencarbonates d) FAO
b) Carbonates
c) Chlorides 65. Dengue virus causes high fever, rashes and
d) Sulphates reduces the number of a particular type of
blood cells. Those blood cells are
58. Stung by hairs of nettle leaves causes a) Monocytes
burning pain. This is due to the injection of b) Platelets
a) Acetic acid c) Eosinophil
b) Methanoic acid d) Neutrophils
c) Sulphuric acid
d) Hydrochloric acid 66. Kidney secretes an enzyme, which
changes plasma protein angiotensinogen
59. Which one of the following elements is into angiotensin. The enzyme is
least reactive with water? a) Renin
a) Lithium b) Nitrogenase
b) Sodium c) Hydrolase
c) Potassium d) Mono-oxyugenase
d) Cesium
67. Red blood cells (RBCs) have
60. Rutherford’s alpha-particle scattering a) No nucleus, no mitochondria and no
experiment was responsible for the endoplasmic reticulum
discovery of b) Nucleus, mitochondria and endoplasmic
a) Electron reticulum
b) Proton c) Nucleus, mitochondria but no endoplasmic
c) Nucleus reticulum
d) Helium d) No mitochondria but endoplasmic
reticulum is present
61. Glass is a
a) Liquid 68. According to the Census 2011, the density
b) Colloid of population in which one among the
c) Non-crystalline amorphous solid following States is the lowest?
d) Crystalline solid a) Sikkim
b) Nagaland
62. Cell wall of any fungus is different from c) Manipur
plants in having d) Mizoram
a) Cellulose
b) Chitin 69. Headquarters of the World Meteorological
c) Cholesterol Organization is located in
d) Glycogen a) Washington
b) Geneva
63. Sleeping sickness is a parasitic disease of c) Moscow
humans and other animals. It is caused by d) London
 c) Pakistan
70. Match List I with List II and select the d) Afghanistan
correct answer using the code given below
the Lists: 75. Which one of the following was the venue
List I (Industry) List II (Place) of 2nd BRICS Youth Summit of the
A. Petrochemical 1. Coimbatore Ministers, Officials and Youth
B. Aircraft 2. Pinjore Delegations?
C. Machine tools 3. Bengaluru a) New Delhi
D. Cotton textiles 4. Bongaigaon b) Mumbai
Code: c) Shillong
a) A4, B3, C2, D1 d) Guwahati
b) A4, B2, C3, D1
c) A1, B2, C3, D4 76. Which one among the following States of
d) A1, B3, C2, D4 India has recently proposed to frame the
first Internal Security Act to deal with the
71. Consider the following statements challenges of terrorism, insurgency,
pertaining to Coffee plantation in India: communalism and caste violence?
1. Need warm and moist climate with a spell a) Maharashtra
of dry weather during the ripening period b) Gujarat
2. Rolling fields having good drainage c) Uttar Pradesh
3. Strong sunshine over hilly slopes d) Chhattisgarh
exceeding temperature 35oC
4. Karnataka is the leading producer in India 77. The World Humanitarian Day is being
Which of the statements given above are observed every year on which date?
correct? a) 24 October
a) 1 and 4 only b) 19 August
b) 1, 2 and 3 c) 10 December
c) 3 and 4 d) 8 March
d) 1, 2 and 4
78. Surge pricing takes place when a service
72. Dr. Urjit Patel, who has been appointed provider
recently as Governor of Reserve Bank of a) Raises the price of its product of service ad
India, was holding which position demand outstrips supply
immediately prior to his appointment? b) Follows present prices immune to demand
a) Chief Economist, IMF and supply dynamics
b) Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India c) Fixes a minimum price for its services
c) Chief Economic Advisor to the d) Fixes an average price on the basis of
Government of India transactions carried over a day
d) Professor of Economics at Harvard
University 79. By fulfilling which of the following
conditions can a political party claim the
73. Who among the following personalities is status of national party?
NOT a Governor of any Indian State? 1. It secures at least six percent (6%) of the
a) Najma Heptulla valid votes polled in any four or more
b) Ram Nath Kovind states, at a general election to the House of
c) Acharya Dev Virat the People or, to the State Legislative
d) Arvind Subraimaniam Assembly
2. It wins at least four seats in the House of
74. Which of the following cricket teams was the People from any State or States or wins
defeated by India to lift the Women’s at least two percent (2%) seats in the
Twenty 20 Asia Cup 2016? House of the People (i.e., 11 seats in the
a) Bangladesh existing House having 543 members), and
b) Sri Lanka
 these members are elected from at least 84. The following figure shows displacement
three different States versus time curve for a particle executing
3. The party in question has got recognition simple harmonic motion:
as a state party at least two states
4. It must have its headquarters in New Delhi
Select the correct answer using the code given
below:
a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 2 and 4 Which one of the following statements is
c) 1 and 2 only correct?
d) 1, 3 and 4 a) Phase of the oscillating particle is same at
𝑡 = 1𝑠 and 𝑡 = 3𝑠
80. In its emphasis on enhancing human b) Phase of the oscillating particle is same at
capabilities, which one among the 𝑡 = 2′ 𝑠 and 𝑡 = 8𝑠
following does NOT figure in the Twelfth c) Phase of the oscillating particle is same at
Five – Year Plan? 𝑡 = 3𝑠 and 𝑡 = 7𝑠
a) Life and longevity d) Phase of the oscillating particle is same at
b) Education 𝑡 = 4𝑠 and 𝑡 = 10𝑠
c) Delivery of Public Service
d) Skill development 85. Match List I with List II and select the
correct answer using the code given below
81. Which one of the following is NOT a the Lists:
target of the 12th Five – Year Plan? List I (Disease) List II (Remedy)
a) Real GDP Growth Rate of 8 percent A. Hypermetropia 1. Concave lens
b) Agriculture Growth Rate of 5 percent B. Presbyopia 2. Bifocal lens
c) Manufacturing Growth Rate of 10 percent C. Myopia 3. Surgery
d) Increase in green cover by 1 million
D. Cataract 4. Convex lens
hectare every year during the Plan period
Code:
a) A4, B2, C1, D3
82. Which one of the following statements is
b) A4, B1, C2, D3
NOT correct?
c) A3, B1, C2, D4
a) In the conduction mode of transference of
d) A3, B2, C1, D4
heat, the molecules of solid pass heat from
one molecule to an another without
86. A circular coil of single turn has a
moving from their positions
resistance of 20Ω. Which one of the
b) The amount of heat required to raise the
resistance between the ends of any
temperature of a substance is called its
diameter of the coil?
specific heat capacity.
c) The process of heat transfer in liquids and a) 5Ω
gases is through convection mode b) 10Ω
d) The process of heat transfer from a body at c) 20Ω
higher temperature to a body at lower d) 40Ω
temperature without heating the space
between them is known as radiation 87. In a solenoid, the current flowing through
the wire is 𝐼 and number of turns per unit
83. The amount of heat required to change a length is 𝑛. This gives a magnetic field B
liquid to gaseous state without any change inside the solenoid. If number of turn per
in temperature is known as unit length is increased to 2𝑛, what will be
a) Specific heat capacity the value of magnetic field in the solenoid?
b) Mechanical equivalent of heat a) 𝐵
c) Latent heat of vaporization b) 2𝐵
d) Quenching c) 𝐵/2
d) 𝐵/4
88. Which one of the following statements is
correct about the magnification of an
optical microscope?
a) Magnification increases with the increase
in focal length of eyepiece
b) Magnification increases with the increase
in focal length of objective
c) Magnification does not depend upon the
focal length of eyepiece
d) Magnification decreases with the increase
in focal length of eyepiece
89. A homogenous mixture contains two
liquids. How are they separated?
a) By filtration
b) By evaporation
c) By distillation
d) By condensation
90. Which one of the following elements
forms highest number of compounds?
a) Oxygen
b) Hydrogen
c) Chlorine
d) Carbon
91. Which one of the following elements
corrodes rapidly?
a) Aluminum
b) Iron
c) Zinc
d) Silver
92. 20g of common salt is dissolved in 180g of
water. What is the mass percentage of the
salt in the solution?
a) 5%
b) 9%
c) 10%
d) 15%
93. The shortest wavelength of X-rays emitted
from an X-ray tube depends on the
a) Current in the tube
b) voltage applied to the tube
c) Nature of gas in the tube
d) atomic number of target (c) Material
94. The penetrating power of X-rays increases
with the
a) Increase in its velocity
b) Increase in its frequency
c) Increase in its intensity
d) Decrease in its velocity
95. In the following atoms and molecules for the
transition from n = 2 to n = 1, the spectral line
of minimum wavelength will be produced by
a) Hydrogen atom
b) Deuterium atom
c) Uni-ionized helium
d) di-ionized lithium
96. The typical ionization energy of a donor in
silicon is
a) 10.0 eV
b) 1.0 eV
c) 0.1 eV
d) 0.001 eV
97. In semiconductor the concentrations of
electrons and holes are 8 X 1018/m3 and 5 X
1018/m respectively. If the motilities of
electrons and hole are 2.3 m2/volt-sec and
0.01 m2/volt-sec respectively, then
semiconductor is
a) N-type and its resistivity is 0.34 m
b) P-type and its resistivity is 0.034 m
c) N-type and its resistivity is 0.034 m
d) P-type and its resistivity is 3.40 m
98. A piece of copper and the other of germanium
are cooled from the room temperature to 80 K,
then which of the following would be a correct
statement
a) Resistance of each increase
b) resistance of each decrease
c) Resistance of copper increases while that of
germanium decrease
d) Resistance of copper decrease while that of
germanium increase
99. To obtain P-type Si semiconductor, we need to
dope pre Si with
a) Aluminum
b) Phosphorous
c) Oxygen
d) Germanium
100. In a PN-junction diode not connected to any
circuit
a) The potential is the same everywhere
b) The P-type is a higher potential than the N-
type side
c) There is an electric field at the junction 3. Anaimalai
directed from the N-type side to the P-type 4. Cardoman Hills
side a) 1, 4, 3, 2
d) There is an electric field at the junction b) 1, 2, 3, 4
directed from the P-type side to the N type c) 2, 1, 3, 4
side d) 1, 2, 4, 3

101. Which of the following are true with respect 106. Arrange the following Himalayan peaks in
to the Indian Peninsular Plateau? order as they occur from west to east:
1. The southern plateau block is formed mainly 1. Kanchenjunga
of granites and gneiss 2. Mt. Everest
2. The Deccan lava plateau is an elevated 3. Nanda Devi
tableland consisting of horizontally arranged 4. Dhaulagiri
lava sheet a) 1, 2, 3, 4
3. The Malwa plateau dominates the Vindhyan s- b) 1, 2, 4, 3
craps forming the northern flank of the plateau c) 3, 2, 1, 4
4. The troughs of the Namada and the Tapti are d) 3, 4, 2, 1
interposed between the Vindhyan and the
Satpura ranges. 107. Arrange the following ranges in order as they
a) 1, 2 and 3 occur from north to south:
b) 1 and 2 1. Pir Panjal
c) 1, 2, 3 and 4 2. Karakoram
d) 1, 3 and 4 3. Zanskar
4. Ladakh
102. Which of the following is the main difference a) 2, 4, 3, 1
between the Western and Eastern Ghat? b) 2, 3, 4, 1
a) Height c) 1, 2, 4, 3
b) Continuity d) 3, 2, 4, 1
c) Proximity to the coast
d) Vegetation 108. Consider the following:
1. Mahadeo Hills
103. Which of the following is not true with 2. Sahyadri Parvat
regard to the coastal plains of India? 3. Satpura Range
a) The west coast has a narrow alluvial margin What is the correct sequence of the above from
interspersed by hilly terrain the north of the south?
b) The eastern coast has a wide plain with well- a) 1, 2, 3
developed deltas of the major rivers b) 2, 1, 3
c) The west coast has little indentation except c) 1, 3, 2
towards the south d) 2, 3, 1
d) The west and east coasts, have the same
alluvial features 109. Which of the following gives the correct
sequence of hills in the east-west direction?
104. In which of the following is the Himalayan a) Naga, Mikir, Khasi, Garo
pass Shipki La located? b) Garo, Khasi, Mkir, Naga
a) Chandra Valley c) Khasi, Garo, Naga, Mikir
b) Hunza valley d) Mikir, Naga, Khasi, Garo
c) Nubra Valley
d) Sultej Valley 110. Consider the following mountain ranges:
1. Ladakh Range
105. Arrange the following hill ranges in order 2. Karakoram
from north to south: 3. Greater Himalayas
1. Nallamala Hills 4. Zanskar Range
2. Nilgiri
What is the correct sequence of these from south (b) 1 2 3 4
or north? (c) 4 3 2 1
a) 3, 4, 1, 2 (d) 4 3 1 2
b) 3, 1, 4, 2
c) 4, 2, 3, 1 116. The correct order of the given hills from
d) 4, 3, 2, 1 west to east is :
a) Garo-Jaintia-Naga-Khasi
111. Match the following b) Khasi-Naga-Jaintia-Garo
Pass State c) Khasi-Garo- Jaintia-Naga
A. Zoji La Pass 1. Sikkim d) Garo-Khasi- Jaintia-Naga
B. Bara Lacha Pass 2. Uttarakhand
C. Jelep La Pass 3. Himachal Pradesh 117. A rift valley is formed mainly due to
D. Niti Pass 4. Jammu and Kashmir a) forces of tension in the earth's crust
A B C D b) the subsidence of the floor of a river valley
(a) 4 1 3 2 c) the valley formed after the formation of fold
(b) 2 3 1 4 mountains
(c) 4 3 1 2 d) the deepening of a valley by ice action
(d) 2 1 3 4
118. The Himalayas are generally divided into
112. Which one of the following States in India three ranges which do not include:
has the broadest continental shelf? a) Siwalik
a) Andhra Pradesh b) Greater Himalayas
b) Gujarat c) Karakoram
c) Karnataka d) Lesser Himalayas
d) Tamil Nadu
119. What do you understand by the term
113. Which of the following are true regarding 'Doab'?
Chhota Nagpur? a) Where the delta of river begins
1. It is one of the former princely states. b) Where two or more rivers meet
2. It is a plateau area in Jharkhand inhabited c) Land between two separate river systems
mainly by the tribal’s d) Land between two tributaries of a river
3. It is a name given to the contiguous tribal area
in Bihar, West Bengal, Orissa and M.P. 120. Which one of the following statements is
a) 1 and 3 wrong regarding the "Vale of Kashmir”?
b) 2 and 3 a) It is a synclinal valley
c) 1 and 2 b) It is situated 'between the Pir Panjal Range and
d) 1, 2 and 3 the Lesser Himalayas
c) It is drained by the river Jhelum
114. The new alluvial deposits found in the d) Previously it was a bed of a great lake,
Gigantic plain are known as: subsequently uplifted.
a) Bhabhar
b) Bhangar 121. Who has become the first IPS officer to be
c) Khadar honoured with the prestigious Tenzing Norgay
d) Terai National Adventure Award 2018?
a) Gayatri Sinha
115. Match the following b) Kiran Bedi
A. Bhabhar 1. Younger alluvium c) Aparna Kumar
B. Terai 2. It is very porous d) Anjali Akde
C. Bhangar 3. Has thick forest and wild
life 122. Which stadium in Delhi will soon be
D. Khadar 4. Older alluvium renamed as Arun Jaitley stadium?
A B C D a) Salt Lake
(a) 2 3 4 1 b) Kalinga
c) Ahmed Shah MD d) Srinagar
d) Feroz Shah Kotla
129. Which state has decided to celebrate the
123. Which country awarded Prime Minister year of 2020 as the Year of Artificial
Narendra Modi 'The King Hamad Order of the Intelligence (AI)?
Renaissance'? a) Andhra Pradesh
a) Iran b) Tamil Nadu
b) Qatar c) Telengana
c) Bahrain d) Kerela
d) Saudi Arabia
130. Who has been appointed as the first
124. The Direct Tax Code (DTC) task force has Lokayukta of Andhra Pradesh?
recommended a major cut in Corporate tax for a) Lakshmana Reddy
both domestic and foreign companies. What is b) Srinivas Rao
the Newly recommended corporate tax rate for c) Madhusudan Rao
both domestic and foreign Companies? d) Narayana Reddy
a) 25%
b) 35% 131. Who was the first to discover the traces of
c) 45% the Harappan Civilization?
d) 50% a) RD Banerji
b) Daya Ram Sahni
125. From which state former Prime Minister c) Sir John Marshall
Dr. Manmohan Singh has recently been d) A. Gunnigham
elected as a member of Rajya Sabha?
a) Gujrat 132. The yogi in Indus Valley civilization is
b) Punjab surrounded by
c) Haryana A) Elephant & Buffalo
d) Rajasthan B) Tiger & Rhino
C) Elephant & Dear
126. Who won the National Film Award 2019 D) Camel & Tortoise
for Best Actress for her performance in Telugu a) A & D
film Mahanati? b) A, B & C
a) Anushka Shetty c) A & B
b) Keerty Suresh d) B & D
c) Anupama Parameshwaran
d) Samantha P. 133. Which of the following is not included in
Pancha Mahavratas of Jainism?
127. How many states have signed MoU with A) Satya & Ahimsa
Union Ministry of Textiles for skilling about 4 B) Asteya
lakh workers as part of Scheme for Capacity C) Aparigroha
Building in Textile Sector (SAMARTH)? D) Archana
a) 16 a) A & C
b) 32 b) Only C
c) 22 c) Only B
d) 43 d) Only D

128. India‟s 1st 3-D Smart Traffic Signal 134. Which of the following is correctly
“Intelights” devised by the students of Matches
Chitkara University was launched in which A) Hinayana – Pali
city? B) Mahayana – Sanskrit
a) Chennai C) Mahayana – Karma
b) Mohali D) Hinayana – Karuna
c) Trivendrum a) A & D
b) A & B 142. Which of the following articles enables
c) B & C parliament to modify fundamental rights in
d) C & D relation to military or Para-military forces &
police forces?
135. Who was the only governor general a) Article 35
against whom impeachment was initiated? b) Article 34 & 35
a) Lorn Cornwallis c) Article 33
b) John Shore d) Article 32
c) Warren Hastings
d) Dalhousie 143. Which of the following is not included in
the union executive?
136. Who called congress a “Microscopic a) CAG
Minority”? b) AGI
a) Lord Dufferim c) Council of Minister
b) William Bentinck d) Vice President
c) Charles Metcalfe
d) Dalhousie 144. Which of the following veto power of
president is not practiced in India?
137. The revolt of 1857 was lead by in Kanpur? a) Pocket Veto
a) Begum Hazrat Mahal b) Qualified Veto
b) Liaquat Ali c) Absolute Veto
c) Amar Singh d) Suspensire Veto
d) Nana Saheb
145. Which of the following article entails
138. What was the reason for the failure of 1st prohibition of traffic in human beings &
round table conference? forced labor?
a) Absence of Gandhiji a) Art. 23
b) Absence of INC b) Art. 24
c) Absence of Hindu Mahasabha c) Art. 25
d) Absence of Muslim League d) Art. 26

139. Who was called as the “Father of India 146. .

Unrest”? Product GI Tag
a) Lokmanya Tilak a) Tawlhlohpuan Odisha
b) Dada Bhai Nauroji b) Panchamirtham Prasadam Tamil Nadu
c) Subhash Chandra Bose c) Kandhamal Haldi Mizoram
d) Jay Prakash Narayan d) Kolhapuri Chappals Karnataka
A B C D
140. Ship by which Gandhiji visited London a) 3 2 1 4
during second roundtable conference? b) 1 2 3 4
a) S.S. Shivaji c) 3 4 1 2
b) S.S. Rajputana d) 1 4 3 2
c) S.S. Vikram
d) None of above 147. Which one of the following is the current
Governor of RBI?
141. Which of the following contains a) Shaktikanta Das
provisions of disqualification on grounds of b) Dr. Urijit R. Patel
defection? c) Ranjan Gogoi
a) Ninth Schedule d) Rajiv Mahrishi
b) Tenth Schedule
c) Tvelth Schedule & Article 244A 148. Who is the current chairman of chiefs of
d) Sixth Schedule & Article 244 staff committer?
a) General Bipin Rawat
b) Admiral Karambir Singh
c) Air Chief Marshal R K Singh Bhada Uria
d) None of the above

149. Which one of the following has got

saraswati Samman?
a) K. K. Birla
b) K Siva Reddy
c) Jaganath Prasad Das
d) Govind Pande

150. Which country coffered ‘order of Zayad’

award to the PM Narendra Modi?
a) Bhrain
b) Bhutan
c) UAE
d) Saudi