euestion Booklet No.

24 018

Series

2o 10
Paper : GENERAL STUDIES
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 1. The Constitution is silent in the 6. The main characteristic of the Cabinet
Directive Principles about system is
(A) living wages for workers (A) inclusion of the President
(B) legal aid to the Poor (B) leadership of the Prime Minister
(C) cabinet decisions are not
(C) compulsory primary education bindings on all Ministers
(D) adult education (D) All the above
2. The President of India is 7. Generally all important decisions are
(A) the Head of the Government taken by
(A) the Council of Ministers
(B) the Head of the State
(B) the Cabinet
(C) the Head of the State as well as of
the Government
(C) the Prime Minister
(D) the Prime Minister and the
(D) None of the above
Parliamentary Secretaries
3. The President can be imPeached for 8.. The constituents of India's Parliament
(A) violating the Constitution are the Lok Sabha, the Rajya Sabha
and
(B) disregarding the Parliament (A) the Prime Minister
(C) not taking the Prime Minister's (B) the President
advice
(C) the Council of. Ministers
(D) All the above
(D) None of the above
4. The Vice-President is elected for a
9. The States are represented in the
term of Rajya Sabha
(A) 5 years (A) on the basis of equalitY
(B) 7 years (B) in proportion to the territories of
the States
(C) 6 years
(C) in proportion to the States'
(D) 4 years population

t. Ministers in the Union Cabinet are (D) in proportion to the members of

appointed by the State Legislatures
(A) the President 1O. Which of tJle following is not a Union
Territory?
(B) the Prime Minister
(A) Daman and Diu,
(C) the President on the advice of the
Prime Minister (B) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
(C) Pondicherry
(D) the Prime Minister on the advice
of the President (D) Mizoram

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 11. The Legislative Council.
(A) has a term of six years
(B) has a term of five years
(C) has a permanent House
(D) has a term of two years
12. The procedure for the amendment of
the Indian Constitution is given in
(A) Article 358
(B) Article 320
(C) Article 368
(D) Article 370
13. The 42nd Constitution Amendment
Act added a chapter on
(A) the Preamble of the Constitution
(B) the Fundamental Rights
(C) the Fundamental Duties
(D) All the above
t4. The members of the UPSC are
(A) elected by the people
(B) elected by the Parliament
(C) appointed by the President
(D) appointed by the Council of
Ministers
15. Socialist pattern comes through
(A) free economy
(B) mixed economy
(C) public economy
(D) None of the above
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16. In a free economy, inequalities of
income are mainly due to
(A) free competition
(B) private property only
(C) private property and inheritance
(D) difference in the marginal
productivity of labour
17. Which of the following is the cause of
economic insecurity?
(A) Povert5r
(B) Unemployment
(C) Fall in real wages
(D) All the above
18. National income is
(A) income of the Government
(B) budget of the Government
II
(C) sum total of factor incomes
f:
(D) profits of the public undertakings ,,
19. The Planning Commission was set up
by the Government of India in
(A) 1944
(B) re47
(c) leso
(D) 1es1
2O. Indian industries have never suffered
from
(A) decrease in demand
(B) power shortage
(C) labour unrest
(D) transportation bottlenecks
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21. Which of the following is not a basic 26. The number of banks nationalized in
industry? 1969 was
(A) Iron and steel (A) g
(B) Fertilizer
(B) 10
(c) Paper
(D) Cement (c) L4

22. Tine All India Khadi and Village (D) 16

Industries Board was set uP during
the 27. Which one of the following
committees
(A) First Plan examined and suggested tax reforms?
(B) second Plan (A) Narsimhan Committce
(C) Third Pibn
F) Malhotra Committee
(D) Fourth Plan
(c) chelliatr committee
23. IDBI is a
(A)bank(D)RangarajanCommittee
(B) board
(C) bureau For Question Nc- 28 to 3O, sdcct lour
answer from the code given below :
(D) corporation
Code
24. Financial distribution between the
:

Union and the States takes place on (A) rrt R is

the basis of the recommendation of
(A) the Planning Commission
(B) the sarkaria commission
(C) the Inter-State Council
(D) the Finance Commission
25. Which of the following is exclusively
concerned with the credit needs of
alt types of agricultural and rural 28. Assertion g1l :
development in India?
(A) RBI
(B) SBI
(c) IBRD
(D) NABARD
\- -/ Both A and R are true
tt e corr.ct explanation d A
(B)
:"ffirtr"1ff:;Tisnot
(c) A is tnre but R is false
(D) A is false but R is true
-
-
rhe British ruler establisbad md
develo@ Indian,RailwaYs-
Reason [Rf :
Indian economy is referred uo rs a
mixed ec@my'

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 29. Assertion (A) :
34. Which of the following
The population of India
district level?
operates at the
increased rapidly since has
1921.
(A) State Cooperative
Reason (R) : Bank
In India, the birthrate has (B) Central Cooperative
Bank
declined
more rapidly than the (C) Agricultural
since 1921.
death rate fd*".y
Society
Credit

(D) The Reserve Bank

3O. Assertion (A) : of India
Land reforms in India have been 35. The success- of Green
depends on the Revolution
successfully implemented.
Reason (R) :
"""l"liiity'.i.
(A) high_yield variety (HYV) of seeds
Government_ has been (B) adequate irrigational
providing facilities
fertilizers at subsidized (C) chemical fertilizers
rates. and pesticides
3I. Which committee was
(D) All the above
set up on the
cash_credit system?
36. NAFED is connected
(A) Raj Committee with
(A) animat husbandry
(B) Chore Committee (B) conservation of fuels
(C) Rekhi Committee (C) agricultural marketing
(D) Raman Committee (D) agricultural implements
32. Land reform policies in SZ.
India have met Jtrg largest wheat-producing State in
with India is
(A) tremendous success (A) punjab
(B) complete failure (B) Haryana
(C) Iimited success (C) Uttar pradesh
(D) None of the above (D) Madhya pradesh

38. AGMARK is
33. The cooperative credit
societies have a
(A) a cooperative for egg production
(A) two_tier structure
(B) a regulated agricultural
(B) three_tier structure market
(C) a farmers, cooperative
(C) four_tier structure
(D) a quality guarantee
(D) None of the above agricultural
stamp for
and allied
commodities

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 39. The difference between GNP and NNP 44. Recently Li Na won the French Open
is equal to Women's Singles Title. She thus
(A) direct tax revenue became the first from _ to win a
Grand Slam.
(B) indirect tax revenue (A) North Korea
(C) consumer expenditure on durable (B) China
goods
(C) Japan
(D) capital depreciation (D) us
40. Which of the following has not been 45. The former President of which nation
included in wealth of a nation? was sentenced, along with his wife, to
(A) Mines 35 years in prison after a trial in
absentia?
(B) Dams (A) Espt
(C) Money supply (B) Syria
(D) Animals (C) Vietnam
(D) Nigeria
41. What is debt?
(A) Stock-flow hypothesis 46. Which of the following nations passed
a bill recently to phase out nuclear
(B) Flow hypothesis power by 2022?
(C) Stock hypothesis (A) Russia
(D) None of the above (B) France
(C) Germany
42. The National Renewable Fund was (D) Japan
constituted with the objective of
47. ln which Indian district did the
(A) renewal of mines Government declare the nation's 42nd
(B) modernization of industries tiger reserve?
(C) establishment of small units (A) Adilabad
(D) rehabilitation of removed
(B) Allahabad
labourers due to modernization of (C) Seoni
industries (D) Dhanbad
43. Who is the Supreme Commander of 48. India's GDP grew by 8.5 percent
the Defence Forces of India? in 2OLO-2OL1 due to a strong
performance by the sector.,
(A) The President
(A) industrial -
(B) The Chief of the Army Staff (B) power
(C) The Vice-President (C) mining
(D) The Defence Minister (D) agricultural

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 49. Pedro passos Coelho, in June 2OLI, 54. India and US made agreement for
was sworn in as the prime Minister of
which nation?
$+.t billion aircraft deal-for
(A) C-17 jets
(A) Laos
(B) C-16 jets
(B) Portugal
(C) C-10 jets
(C) Ttrrkey (D) C-20 jets
(D) Peru
55. Which of the following countries
SO. To which nation did India extend signed Tax pact?
duty-free market access? (A) Malaysia-India
(A) Bangladesh (B) India-Singapore
(B) Afghanistan (C) Sri Lanka-England
(C) Nepal (D) US-pakistan
(D) Sri Lanka 56. Match the items in List_I with List_II
51. On which date, the space shuttle and select the correct answer from the
code given below :
'Endeavour, returned. to the earth
successfully completing its last
mission? Li"st-I Li.st-II
(Books) (Authors)
(A) June 1
(B) June 2 1. The Dowry a. Aminatta Forna
Problem
(C) June 3
2. First Dag First b. Amitav Ghosh
(D) June 4 Show
52. Maharashtra Government raised 3. Riuer of Smoke c. Anupama
drinking age to Chopra
(A) 25 years 4, The Memory of d. Robin Wyatt
(B) 2O years Loue withNazia
(C) 18 years Masood

(D) 22 years Code :

53. Which of the following missiles was (A) I 2 3 4

inducted into the Armed Forces by d c a b
DRDO? (B) I 2 3 4
(A) Agni II d c b a
(B) Agni III (c) I 2 3 4
a b c d
(c) Agni I
(D) I 2 3 4
(D) Agni IV a d b c

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 57. When did the century's longest lunar 61. The function of heavy water in a
eclipse occur? nuclear reactor is to

(A) June 15 (A) slow down the speed of neutrons

(B) increase the speed of neutrons
(B) June 16
(c) cool down the reactor
(C) June 14 (D) stop the nuclear reaction
(D) June 13 62. Consider the following :

1. Photosynthesis
58. IUCN celebrates the year 2011 as the 2. Respiration
International Year of
3. Decay of organic matter
(A) Forests- 4. Volcanic action
(B) Lakes Which of the above add carbon dioxide
to the carbon cycle on the earth?
(C) Lagoons
(A) 1 and 4
(D) Mountains (B) 2 and 3
(C) 2, 3 and 4
59. The puli?er prize is associated with (D) I,2,3 and 4
which one of the following?

(A) Environmental protection 63' which Indian State clinched the

maiden Senior National Hockey
chamPionshiP?
(B) olympic Games
(A) Gujarat
tC) Journalism
(B) West Bengal
(D) Civil Aviation (C) Punjab
(D) Haryana
6O. Economic growth is usually coupled
with 64. The expanded form of the abbreviation
IRDA is
(A) deflation (A) Indo-Russia Defence Association
(B) inflation (B) Insurance Regplatory and Devel-
opment Authority
(C) stagflation (c) Industrial Ratio Development Act
(D) hyperinflation (D) Infra-Radiation Detection Academy

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65. Arrange the following in chronological Select the correct answer from the
order :
code given below :
1. MacaulaY's Minutes
Code :
2. Hunter Commission
3. Sadler Commission (A) t and 2
4. Wood's DesPatch
(B) 2 and 3
(A) l, 4, 2, 3
(B) r,2, 3, 4 (C) 2 and 4
(c) 4, r,2, 3
(D) 3 and 4
(D) 4, r, 3,2

66. Consider the following statements : 68. The first President of the All India
1. The Rowlatt Committee was Kisan Sabha in 1936 was
formed to suggest measures to (A) Prof. N. G. Ranga
curb revolutionary activities'
2. The Committee Provided for (B) Swami Sahajananda
arrest of a susPected Person
without warrant' (C) Baba Ramchandra
3. The Committee Provided for
speedY trial bY a sPecial court' (D) Madan Pasi
4. There was no aPPeal allowed'
Which of the above statements is/are 69. Who coined the Mantra, 'service to the
wrong? Motherland'?
(A) 1 and 2 (A) Swami Vivekananda
(B) 2 and 4
(C) 1 onlY (B) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(D) All are correct (C) DaYananda Saraswati
67. Which of the following are correctly (D) Bhagat Singh
paired?
1. Separation of Burma Lord
7O. Who was not tried in the KanPur
from India Reading Bolshevik ConsPiracY case in 1924?
2. Appointment of Lord Irwin
Statutory Commission (A) S. A. Dange
3. Holding of Exams for Lord
ICS in England and Wellington (B) Muzaffar Ahmed
India simultaneouslY
Lord
(C) Shaukat Usmani
4. August Offer
Linlithgow
(D) N. M. Joshi

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71. Consider the following statements : 73. The British Monarch was given the
title,'Kaiser-i-Hind' bY the
The Swadeshi Movement could not (A) Indian councils Act' 1861
succeed because
f . it did not get the support of (B) Royal Titles Act, 1876
Muslim Peasantry
(C) Act for the Better Government of
2. the Surat Split of Congress India, 1858
weakened the Movement
(D) Indian Councils Act, 1892
3. the Movement did not arouse
popular sentiments outside ?4. world Book capi tal, 2oo9 selected by
Bengal the UNESCO was
4. it lacked effective organization (A) Delhi
and leadershiP
(B) Beirut
Which of the above statements are
correct? (C) Amsterdam

(A) r, 2, 3 and 4 (D) Bogota

(B) t' 2 and 4 75' The first congress leader to suffer

(c}2and'3severaltermsofimprisonmentwas
4 (A) B' G' Tilak
(D) 2, 3 and
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
72. Arrange the foundation of the (c) Surendra Nath Bannerjee
following movements in the o,a"' oi
chronological occurrence : (D) Jawaharlal Nehru
1. Brahma Samaj
2. Atmiya sabha 76. Muslim League agreed to join the
Interim Government on 26th October,
3. Prarthana Samaj 1946 to

4. Paramahansa Mandali (A) work for creation of Pakistan

(A)1,2,3,4(B)workwithCongresstostopthe
communal clashes
(B) 2, l, 4,3
(C) wreck the Interim Government
(C) 2,3, I, 4 from within

(D) ), 3, 4, 1 (D) None of the above

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 77. Which of the following statements is 79. Devadasi system was abolished by
not correct regarding the Sadler Lord Reading in
University Commission?
(A) It reviewed the entire field from (A) te2s
school education to university (B) i831
education
(B) Government of India appointed it (c) r87r
to study and report on the
problem of Calcutta University (D) lere
(C) For the first time, it included two
Indian members 8O. The first Indian woman President of
(D) It recommended a lO-year school Indian National Congress was
course
(A) Annie Besant
78. Match the items iii List-I with List-II
and select the correct answer from the (B) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
code given below :
(C) Sarojini Naidu
Li"st-I List-II (D) Nellie Sengupta
1. Foundation a. Lord Lansdowne
of women's 81. Khudai Khidmatgars or Red Shirts,
university who played an important role in Civil j'

Disobedience Movement, were active (

2. Creation of b. Lord Curzon
in
Governorship
of Bengal (A) Bengal
3. Ancient c. Lord Hardinge II
(B) Bombay Presidency
monuments'
preservation
(C) United Provinces
4. Indian Councils d. Lord Chelmsford
Act of 1892 (D) North-West Frontier Province

Code :
82. An effective machinery for meeting
(A) I 2 3 4 famine conditions in India was evolved
b a c d by
(B) I 2 3 4 (A) Lord Curzon
d c a b
(c) 1 2 3 4 (B) l,ord Lytton
c d b a
(C) lord Dufferin
(D) 1 2 3 4
d c b a (D) Lord Hastings

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 83. Who is the author of the book, India 87. Who described the Princely States as
Wins FreedonP 'Sinks of reaction and incompetence'?

(A) Maulana Azad (A) S. C. Bose

(B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) V. D. Savarkar (D) Lord Mountbatten
(D) V. A. Smith
88. Consider the following statements :

84. The book, Pouertg and Un-Biti,sh Rule

The mutiny of Royal Indian Navy
in India was written by ratings in 1946 was due to
1. racial discrimination
(A) M. G. Ranade
2. hardships regarding pay and food
(B) R. C. Dutt 3. arrest of Sailor B. C. Dutt for
writing 'Quit India' on HMS
(C) Dadabhai Naoroji Talwar

(D) None of them 4. derogatory remarks by English

officers

85. Which Viceroy offered the setting up 6f Which of the above statements are
a constitution making body after the correct?
Second World War? (A) 1, 2 and 3
(A) Lord Wavell (B) 2, 3 and 4
(B) Lord Mountbatten (C) 1, 3 and 4
(D) 1,2, 3 and 4
(C) Lord Linlithgow
89. Mahatma Gandhi suspended the
(D) Lord Willingdon Non-Cooperation Movement on
12th February, 1922 due to
86. Who was the only British Viceroy (A) failure of the Movement to
killed in India? capture people's support

(A) Lord Curzon (B) repression of the British

Government
(B) Lord Dufferin (C) killing of policemen by protesters
in Chauri-Chaura
(C) Lord Ripon
(D) opposition by leaders like C. R.
(D) Lord Mayo Das within congress

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 90. Which eveirt can be said to have 94. Consider the following statements :

marked the entry of Indian women to

public space? 1. The first telegraph line was laid
between Calcutta and Agra.
(A) Non-Cooperation Movement
(B) Quit India Movement
2. Dalhousie can be regarded as
the Father of Electric Telegraph,
(C) Swadeshi Movement in India.
(D) Civil Disobedience Movement
Which of the above statements is/are
91. The Quit India Resolution was passed correct?
on 6th August, 1942 al
(A) Both 1 and 2 are correct
(A) Wardha
(B) Poona (B) Only I is correct
(C) Bombay (C) Only 2 is correct
(D) Sabarmati (D) Neither 1 nor 2 is correct
92. Which among the following state-
ments is correct about Satyagraha 95. Which legislation recognized trade
Movement? unions as legal associations?
(A) It was started by Mahatma (A) First Factory Act, 1881
Gandhi
(B) Second Factory Act, 1891
(B) Its object was to offer peaceful
resistance to cruel and unjust (C) Trade Unions Act, L926 j'

causes t
(D) Bombay Industrial Disputes Act,
(C) 6th April, 1919 was observed as 1938
Satyagraha Day and there was All
India Hartal 96. Who was not a member of the Cabinet
(D) All the above Mission Plan?
93. Mahatma Gandhi started 'Sat5ragraha' (A) Patrick Lawrence
for the first time in South Africa in (B) Stafford Cripps
1906, when
(A) the Government brought in new (C) Lord Wavell
legislation to restrict Indian (D) A. V. Alexander
immigration
(B) the Government banned Indians 97. Who was the Finance Minister in the
from boarding the trains Interim Government?
(C) the Government imposed poll tax (A) Jawaharlal Nehru
on Indians
(D) the Government made it (B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
compulsory for Indians to have (C) Shanmugam Chetty
certificates of registration with
fingerprints (D) Liaquat Ali Khan

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98. Match the items in List-I with List-II 1O1. Who was the only leader to become
and select the correct answer from the the President of both Congress and
code given below : Muslim League?
(A) M. A. Jinnah
Li.st-I Li"st-II
(Leaders) (Magazines/ (B) Maulana Azad
Newspapers)
(C) M. A. Ansari
1. B. G. Tilak a. Indian Opinion
(D) Zia-ud-din Ahmed
2. M. K. Gandhi b. Soma Prakash
3. Dadabhai Naoroji c. Mahratta For Question Nos. LO2 to 114, select your
4. Ishwar Chandra d. Rast Goftar answer from the code given below :
Vidyasagar
Code :

Code :
(A) Both A and R are true and R is
(A) t23 4 the correct explanation of A
acb d
(B) Both A and R are true but R is not
(B) r23 4 a correct explanation of A
acd b
(c) t23 4
(C) A is true but R is false
cad b (D) A is false but R is true
(D) 123 4
cab d 1O2. Assertion (A) :
99. Who was the first Indian to become Mahatma Gandhi wanted to
the member of the House of dismantle Congress after
Commons? Independence.

(A) Dadabhai Naoroji Reason (R) :

(B) Ashutosh Mukherjee According to Mahatma Gandhi,

(C) Zia-ud-din Ahmed Congress has become Power hungry
and cormpt.
(D) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
1OO. The slogan, "One religion, one caste 1O3. Assertion (A) :
and one God for mankind" was The extremist leadets criticized
coined by the moderate PolicY as 'Political
(A) Narayana Guru mendicancy'.
(B) Mahatma Gandhi Reason (R) :

(C) Periyar E. V. R' Naicker The moderates stood for the

(D) Swami Vivekananda maintenance of the British Empire.

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 1O4. Assertion (A) : 1O8. Assertion (A) :

The Bombay plan was propounded States' peoples, conferences were

in 1944 by a group of industrialists
led by J. R. D. Tata.
Reason (R)
:
They wanted more State initiative
in infrastructure development and
comprehensive land reforms.
organized in Hyderabad, Mysore,
Deccan States, etc., which
culminated in the organization of
All India States peoples, Conferenc€
in 1927 at Bombay.
Reason (R) :

The draconian measures of Lord

Minto drove the revolutionaries to
take shelter in the princely States.
1O5. Assertion (A) :

The Wardha Scheme of Education

was centered around the principle 1O9. Assertion (A) :
of learning through activity.
Tilak was readmitted into Congress
Reason (R) : in 1916 at Lucknow Session.
It envisaged a seven-year course Reason (R) :

through the mother tongue.

Gokhale and Ferozeshah Mehta
died in r91S.
1O6. Assertion (A) :
Raja Ram Mohan Roy tried at 11O. Assertion (A) :
a s5mthesis of the best in the East HSRA was founded in l92g under
and the West in the Indian setting. the leadership of Chandra Shekhar
Azad,.
Reason (R) :
Reason (R) :
He supported Sanskrit system of
education but opposed the caste It wanted to arouse the
system. conscrousness among the people of
the futility of Gandhian methods.

1O7. Assertion (A) : 111. Assertion (A) :

Muslim League rejected the Ilbert Bill tried to give equal powers
Rajagopalachari formula. to Indian and European Judges.
Reason (R) : Reason (R) :

Jinnah wanted only Muslims of the Later it was amended by which

North-West and the East of India Europeans can demand a trial by
to vote in the plebiscite. jury.

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112. Assertion (A) ; Which of the above statements are
correct?
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan and Raja Shiv
Prasad of Banaras organized the (A) I, 2, 3 and 4
unitedlndianpatrioticAssociation. (B) 1, 2 and 3
Reason (R) :
(C) 1,2 and 4
It was encouraged bY British to (D) | and 2
counter congress propaganda.
116. Which of the following provisions was
113. Assertion (A) : stated by Dr. Ambedkar as the Heart
Swaraj and Soul of the constitution of India?
The extremists' demand for
was a complete freedom from (A) Right to Freedom of Religion
foreign control and comolete (B) Right to Property
independence.
(c) Right to EqualitY
Reason (R) :
(D) Right to constitutional Remedy
The moderates wanted only self-
government within the empire'
11?. The word ?akistan'was coined by
(A) Rahmat Ali
114. Assertion (A) '
Poona sarvajanik Sabha was (B) Muhammad Iqbal
established in 1867. (C) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Reason (R) : (D) Sir SYed Ahmed Khan
It wanted to serve as a bridge
between government and Congressl 118' Gangavararn
Port that became
operational recently is located on
which river and in which State?
115. Consider the following statements
' (O) Krishna, Andhra pradesh
Dr. Ambedkar founded tsahishkrit (B) Krishna, Tamil Nadu
Hitkarini sabha'in 1924 for (c) cauvery, Karnataka
1. moral and material progress of (D) Cauvery, Tamil Nadu
the untouchables
2. civl rights of the untouchabres tt"' l?Tl,"",ll*i,lo?T?#i"*;:.1**""'
to enter Hindu temPles
(A) Hwang Ho
3. separate electorate for the
(B) Yellow River
untouchables
(c) Hubei
4. proportional representation to the
untouchables (D) Yanglze

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 12O. Match the items in List-I with List-II L22. The variability of rainfall is very high
and select the correct answer from the in the State of
code given below :
(A) Rajasthan
List-I Li"st-II (B) Jammu and Kashmir
1. Exosphere a. Space surrounding (C) Gujarat
the earth or any
celestial body (D) Maharashtra
2. Magnetosphere b. The earth's atmo-
sphere about 123. Merino sheep are found more in which
400 km above the continent?
earth surface (A) North America
3. Photosphere c. The earth's atmo- (B) Africa
- sphere about
11 km above the (C) Europe
earth's surface
(D) Australia
4. Stratosphere d. Visible portion of
the sun
124. Epicentre is

Code :
(A) the place of occurrence of the
earthquake i
(A) I 2 3 4
a b c d
(B) the place on the surface of the 1
earth which is exactly below the
(B) 1 2 3 4 focus of the earthquake
b a d c
(C) the point on the surface of the
(c) 1 2 3 4
earth in which ends the
imaginary line segment drawn,
d a b c
the focus of the earthquake as its
(D) 1 2 3 4 starting point
b d c a (D) None of the above

121. A coral island with central lake is 125. The ports of India, which are
known as connected by NH-S, are
(A) Atoll (A) Chennai, Yizag, Kolkata
(B) Corallite (B) Yizag, Kolkata, Paradwip
(C) Lagoon (C) Paradwip, Yizag, Chennai
(D) Coral reef (D) Yizag, Yanam, Paradwip

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126. Match the items in List-I with List-II L2A. As we go from the Equator to the
and select the correct answer from the Poles, the value of g
code given below :
(A) remains the same

List-I Li"sFn (B) decreases

l. Mica a. Rajasthan (C) increases
2. Copper b' Bihar (D) decreases up to a latitude of 45o
3. Manganese c. uttar Pradesh and then increases

4' Saltpetre d' orissa r29. Halos are seen around the sun and
the moon through a/an cloud.
Code : (A) altocumulus -

(A) | 2 3 4 (B) cirrostratus

a b c d (C) cumulonimbus

(B) | 2 3 4 (D) stratocumulus

acbd
13O. On which river and in which State are
(c)|234theMarbleFallssituated?
. b a d " (e) NarmadainMaharashtra
(D)1234F)NarmadainMadhyaPradesh
d a b (c) Alakananda in Uttar Pradesh
"
(D) Sharavati in Karnataka
L27. It is difficult to move a cycle along the
ground with brakes on because 131. proof that the Deccan was a part of
the Gondwanaland of ancient times
(A) sliding friction is more than now broken up into Africa and South
rolling friction America lies in the

- (A) similarity in relief features

(B) rolling friction is higher than
sliding friction (B) occurrence of ores

(c) sliding friction opposes motion on (c) similarity in the common

sequence of layers of rock formed
road at the same timb
(D) rolling friction opposes motion on (D) presence of fault line and rift
road valleys

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132. Consider the following statements : Which of the above statements
correct?
1. The largest number of inhabited
villages is in the State of (A) 1 and 2 are correct
Rajasthan.
(B) 1 and 3 are correct
2. The maximum number of million (C) 2 and 3 are correct
plus cities is in the State of
Maharashtra. (D) All the above are correct
Which of the above statements is/are 135. Canal irrigation in India is widely
correct? found at
(A) Only 1 is correct (A) Deccan Plateau
(B) Only 2 is correct (B) Indo-Gangetic Plain
(C) Both 1 and 2 are correct (C) East Coast Plain
(D) Neither 1 nor 2 is correct (D) Siwalik Hills

133. Consider the following statements :

136. Sitapura industrial area is situated in
the outskirts of which citY?
1. The Barak River, the headstream
of Meghna, arises in the hills in (A) Ahmadabad
Manipur.
(B) Jaipur
2. Krishna has the largest river (C) Kanpur
basin in Peninsular India.
(D) Nasik
Which of the above statements is/are
correct?
137. Which place receives the maximum
(A) Both 1 and 2 are correct solar energr in December?
(B) Neither 1 nor 2 is correct (A) Cairo
(C) Only 1 is correct (B) Delhi
(D) Only 2 is correct (C) Buenos Aires
(D) Chennai
134. Consider the following statements :

1. The 'Project Tiger' was launched 138. The Ganga River Basin Authority is
in 1975 to check the dwindling headed by the
population of tigers in India' (A) Prime Minister
2. Pavo cristatus is the National (B) Union Water Resources Minister
Bird of India'
(C) Water Resources Secretar5t
3. Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn is the
National Flower of India' (D) Cabinet Secretary

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 139. The 'Project Snow Leopard' does not 143. India's first ever sea bridge has been
cover which State? constructed at

(A) Jammu and Kashmir (A) Goa

(B) Mumbai
(B) Himachal Pradesh
(C) Calicut
lC) Assam
(D) Chennai
(D) Arunachal Pradesh
144. which para[el of ratitude touches the
southernmost tip of Indian territory?
14O. How many railway zones are there in
India? (A) 8F4'

(B) 7o4',
(A) ls
(c) tv4'
(B) 16
(D) v4'
(c) 14
145. Which of the following pairs are
(D) 12 wrong?

141. The deepest location on the earth 1' Bhadravati Steel Not located near
coal deposit
surface on record is about 11034 km Plant
beneath the sea level' It is located in 2. First modern steel Burnpur
plant
(A) Izu-Ogasawara Trench
3. Bokaro and Bhilai German
(B) Yap Trench Steel Plants collaboration

(C) Mid-oceanic Ridge

4. Durgapur Steel British
Plant collaboration
(D) Mariana Trench
Select the correct answer from the
code given below :
. L42. L'Aguila is located in which country?
Code :

(A) Egrpt
(A) I and 2
(B) Italy (B) 2,3 ar:d 4
(C) Spain (C) 1, 2 and 3
(D) Germany (D) 2 and 3

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 146. Which of the following is the lightest 15o. German silver is an alloy of
metal?
(A) copper' silver and nickel
(A) Mercury
(B) Silver (B) silver, copper and aluminum

(C) Lithium (C) zinc, copper and nickel

(D) Lead (D) silver, zinc and nickel

147. The most important ore of aluminum 151. Air is a/an

is
(A) compound
(A) bauxite
(B) element
(B) calamine

(C) calcite (C) mixture

(D) galena (D) electrolyte

148. The element present in the largest 152. Which of the following is the best (
amount in rocks and minerals is conductor of electricity? l

(A) carbon (A) Ordinary water

(B) silicon (B) Seawater

(C) hydrogen (C) Boiled water

(D) aluminum (D) Distilled water

149. The alloy used in making heatifg 1s3. Balloons are filled with
elements for electric heating devices rs

(A) solder (A) helium

(B) alloy steel (B) o)iygen

(C) nichrome (C) nitrogen

(D) German silver (D) argon

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1S4. The charcoal used to decolorize raw 158. The element common to all acids is
sugar is
(A) o)<ygen
(A) animal charcoal
(B) hydrogen
(B) sugar charcoal
(c) nitrogen
(c) cocoanut charcoal
(D) sulPhur
(D) wood charcoal

1SS. The most abundant metal in the 159. Gobar gas contains mainly
earth's crust is
(A) methane
(A) zinc
(B) carbon dioxide
(B) copper
(C) butane
(C) aluminum
(D) carbon monoxide
(D) iron

16o' The most malleable metal is

1s6. The gas used to extinguish fire is
(A) neon (A) silver

(B) nitrogen F) gold

(C) carbon dioxide (C) aluminum

(D) carbon monoxide (D) sodium

15?. In which of the following activities is 161. Tetraethyl lead is used as

silicon carbide used?
(A) mosquito repellent
(A) Making cement and glass
(B) Disinfecting water and ponds (B) painkiller

(C) Making casts for statues (C) fire extinguisher

(D) Cutting very hard substances (D) petrol additive

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162. Which of the following is used in 166. Which of the following is used as a
beauty parlors for hair setting? material for making protective
windows in space probes?
(A) Phosphorus
(A) Steel
(B) Sulphur
(B) Graphite
(C) Chlorine
(C) Tungsten
(D) Silicon
(D) Diamond

163. Which of the following is a non-metal 16T. Which form phosphorus

of is used in
that remains liquid in room safety metals?
temperature?
(A) Red phosphorus
(A) Bromine
(B) White phosphorus
(B) Chlorine
(C) Yellow phosphorus
(C) Helium
(D) Black phosphorus
(D) Phosphorus
168. Which of the following pairs is not
164. From which mineral is radium correctly matched?
obtained?
(A) Galena : Lead sulphide
(A) Limestone
(B) Green vitriol : Copper sulphate
(B) Haematite
(c) Plaster
"t "*l""ium sulphate
(C) Pitchblende
(D) Rutile (D) Calomel : Mercurous chloride

169. Which one of the following metals

165. What is laughing gas?
forms an amalgam with other metals?
(A) Carbon dioxide (A) Lead

(B) Sulphur dioxide (B) Tin

(C) Nitrogen dioxide (C) Zinc
(D) Nitrous oxide (D) Mercury

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17O. The type of glass used in making 174.0'009+?=0.01
lenses and prisms is
(A) e
(A) soft glass
(B) o.e
(B) pyrex glass
(c) 0.0e
(C) jena glass
(D) 0.0009
(D) flint glass
175. A man distributed Rs fOO equally
L7l. lf Rs 1,000 is invested at l2o/o interest among his friends. If there had been
and the interest is compounded half-
5 more friends, each would have
yearly, what will be the total amount received one rupee less. How many
friends had he?
at the end of one year?
(A) Rs (A) 20
1,120'00
(B) 2s
(B) Rs 1,123.60
(c) 30
(C) Rs 1,126'20
(D) 3s
(D) Rs 1,134'40
176. The least number of 4 digits which is a
L72. Tl:'e smallest integer by which 3750 perfect square is
should be divided so that the quotient
is a perfect square number is (A) 1000

(A) 2
(B) 1016

(B) 3
(c) 1036

(c) (D) ro24

s

(D) 6 177. The average weight of 29 students is

28 kg. By the admission of a new
student, the average weight is reduced
173. Three numbers are in the ratio L :2:3 to 27.8 kg. The weight of the new
and their HCF is 12. The numbers are
student is
(A) t2, 24, 36 (A) 22 kg
(B) 10, 20, 30 (B) 2r'6 kg
(c) 5, 10, 15 (c) 22'4 kg
(D) 4, g, 12 (D) 2r kg

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 178. One year ago, a father was four times 181. The total sales for a business in a
as old as his son. In 6 years time, his certain year were Rs 1,50,000. What
age exceeds twice his son,s age by were the sales in June, if June sales
9 years. The ratio of their present ages were half the monthly average?
is
(A) Rs 6,250
(A) 9:2 (B) Rs 48,000
(B) 11 :3 (C) Rs 12,500
(D) Rs 15,000
(c) 12:5
lA2. A wheel rotates lO times every minute
(D) 13:4 and moves 20 cm during each
rotation. How many centimetres does
the wheel move in one hour?
179. In an examination, BO% of the (A) 2o0o
students passed in English, 85%o in
Mathematics and 7S%o in both English (B) 600
and Mathematics. If 40 students failed
in both the subjects, the total number
(c) 12000
of students is (D) t2oo
(A) 2oo 183. A and B can do a piece of work in
18 days; B and C can do it in 24 days;
(B) 400 A and C can do it in 36 days. In how
many days can they do it all working
(c) together?
600
(A) t2
(D) 800
(B) 13
(c) 16
18O. There would be l0% loss if a toy is
sold at Rs 10.80. At what price should
(D) 26
it be sold to earn a profit of 2oo/o?
184. If a man running at 15 kmph crosses
a bridge in 5 minutes, then the length
(A) Rs 12.00
of the bridge is
(B) Rs 12.96 (A) 1333.33 m
(B) l00o m
(c) Rs 14.40
(c) 7500 m
(D) None of the above (D) 1250 m

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1gS. A train crosses a platform 100 m long 189. The Constitution of India was adopted
in 60 seconds at a speed of 45 kmph. on and came into force on
The time taken by the train to cross an
is
electric Pole
(A) November 26, 1949lJan:uary 26,
1950
(A) 8 seconds
(B) August 15, 1947/Novernber"26,
(B) 52 seconds 1950

(C) 1 minute (C) January 26, 1949/November 26,

1950
(D) Data inadequate
(D) November 26, 1948/January 26,
186. A sum of money at a simple interest 1950
amounts to Rs 2,240 in 2 Years and to
Rs 2,600 in- 5 years' What is the l9O. Who is the final authority to interpret
principal amount? the Constitution?
(A) Rs 1,520 (A) The Parliament
(B) Rs 1,880 (B) The President
(C) Rs 2,120
(C) The Speaker of the l,ok Sabha
(D) None of the above
(D) The Supreme Court
18?. Anita got 178 marks and failed by
22 marks. To pass she had to secure 191. India has been described by the
4Oo/o marks. What were the maximum Constitution as
marks?
(A) a Federation of States
(A) 300
(B) Quasi-federal
(B) 400
(C) a Union of States
(c) s00
(D) None of the above
(D) 600
192' India is a secular state because
1g8. If the circumference of a circle is
is
,

352 metres, then its area (in sq' m) (A) all religions are equally protected f

(A) se86 (B) State has no religion of its own

(B) 6s8e (C) there will be no discrimination on

(c) 8es6 the ground of religion or caste

(D) e8s6 (D) All the above

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 193. Sikkim became a new State in the 197. The Fundamental Rights have the
Union by the Amendment Act in sanction of
-
(A) the Supreme Court
(A) 32nd ; 1974
(B) the Constitution
(B) 35th ; 1975
(C) majority opinion
(c) 36th ; 1975
(D) the Government
(D) 37th ; 1975

194. There is double citizenship in 198. How many Fundamental Rights are
enjoyed by the Indians?
(A) India
(A) Nine
(B) USA
(B) Ten
(C) England
(C) Seven
(D) Japan
(D) Six
195. Who is competent to amend the
Fundamental Rights? 199. The Fundamental Duties of a citizen
include
(A) The President i
1.

(A) respect for the Constitution, the

(B) The Supreme Court
,

National Flag and the National

Anthem
(C) The lok Sabha
(B) respect for the President
(D) The Parliament
(C) respect for the Government
196. Under which Article of the (D) All the above
Constitution can an individual move
to the Supreme Court directly in case
of any violation of a Fundamental 20,0. The Directive Principles are enshrined
Right? in the Constitution in
(A) Article 13 (A) Part I
(B) Article 14 (B) Part II
(C) Article 32 (C) Part III
(D) Article 34 (D) Part tV

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