1. The word ‘Hindu’ as reference to the
people of Hind (India) was first used by
a. the Greeks
b. the Romans
c. the Chinese
d. the Arabs
2. A meteor is
a. a rapidly moving star
b. a piece of matter which has entered the
earth’s atmosphere from outer space
c. part of a constellation
d. a comet without tail
3. Given below is a map of some countries
which were parts of the erstwhile Soviet
Union, with water bodies shown by shaded
areas
The countries marked 1. 2, 3, 4 and 5 are
respectively
a. Tajikistan, Turkmenia. Uzbekistan.
Kirgizia, Kazakhstan
b. Turkmenia, Kirgizia, Tajikistan.
Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan
c. Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan. Tajikistan.
Kirgizia, Turkmenia
d. Kazakhstan, Turkmenia. Uzbekistan,
Kirgizia, Tajikistan
4. Which one of’ the following sets is
correctly matched?
a. Diphtheria, Pneumonia and Leprosy:
Hereditary
b. AIDS, Syphilis and Gonorrhoea :
Baéterial
c. Colour blindness, Hemophilia and
Sickle cell anaemia : Sex linked
d. Polio, Japanese B encephalitis and
plague : Viral
5. To prevent recurrence of scams in Indian
Capital Market, the Government of India
has assigned regulatory powers to
a. SEBI
b. RBI
c. SBI
d. ICICI
6. Consider the table given below providing
some details of the results of the election
to the Karnataka State Legislative
Assembly held in December, 1994:
Political
Party
Percentage
of popular
votes
obtained
Number of
seats
secured
Janata Dal 36 116
Congress 31 35
BJP 20.4 40
In terms of electoral analysis, the voterseat
distortion is to be explained as the
result of the adoption of the
a. Hare system
b. Cumulative vote system
c. First-past-the post system
d. Plural vote system
7. Consider the series given below:
4/12/95, 1/1/96, 29/1/96, 26/2/96,...
The next term of the series is
a. 24/3/96
b. 25/3/96
c. 26/3/96
d. 27/3/96
8. Who among the following was a
Brahmavadini who composed some hymns
of the Vadas?
a. Lopamudra
b. Gargi
c. Leelavati
d. Savitri
9. In track meets both 100 yards and 100
meters are used as distances. By how
many meters is 100 meters longer than 100
yards?
a. 0.856 m
b. 8.56 m
c. 0.0856 m
d. 1.0 m
10. The alpine vegetation in the western
Himalayas is found only up to a height of
3000 meters while in the eastern
Himalayas it is found up to a height of
4000 meters. The reason for this variation
in the same mountain range is that
a. eastern Himalayas are higher than
western Himalayas
b. eastern Himalayas are nearer to the
equator and sea coast than western
Himalayas
c. eastern Himalayas get more monsoon
rainfall than the. western Himalayas
d. eastern Himalayan rocks are more
fertile than the western Himalayan
rocks
11. A person with AB’ blood group is
sometimes called a universal recipient
because of the
a. lack of antigen in his blood
b. lack of antibodies in his blood
c. lack of both antigens and antibodies in
his blood
d. presence of antibodies in his blood
12. According to the 1991 census, the highest
percentage of population in India is to be
found in the age group of
a. 60 years and above
b. 35 to 55 years
c. 25 to 34 years
d. 5 to 14 years
13. Which one of the following is correct in
respect of the commencement of the
election process in India?
a. The recommendation for election is
made by the government and the
notification for election is issued by
the Election Commission.
b. The recommendation for election is
made by the-Election Commission and
the notification for election is issued
by the Home Ministry at the Centre
and Home Departments in the States
c. The recommendation for election is
made by the Election Commission and
the notification for election is issued
by the President and Governors of the
States concerned
d. Both the exercises of making a
recommendation for election and that
of issuing a notification in respect of it
are done by the Election Commission
14. Match List I with List II
List I (Eras)
A. Vikrama era
B. Saka era
C. Gupta era
D. Kali era
List II (Reckoned from)
1. 3102 B.C.
2. 320 A.D.
3. 78 A.D.
4. 58 B.C.
5. 248 A.D.
codes: A B C D
a. 2 4 5 1
b. 1 3 2 4
c. 4 5 2 3
d. 4 3 2 1
15. The standard time of the following
countries is ahead of behind Greenwich
Mean Time depending on whether they are
east or west of the longitude passing
through Greenwich.
1. Cube
2. Greece
3. Iraq
4. Costa Rice
5. Japan
Which one of the following sequential
orders gives the correct arrangement of the
countries according to their standard time
from ahead to behind GMT?
a. 5, 3, 2, 1, 4
b. 2, 4, 1, 3, 5
c. 4, 1, 3, 2, 5
d. 3, 5, 4, 1, 2
16. Which one of the following is a membrane
that protects the developing embryo from
desiccation?
a. Amnion
b. Allantois
c. Chonon
d. Yolk sac
17. Which one of the following Five year
plans recognized human development as
the core of all developmental efforts?
a. The Third Five Year Plan
b. The Fifth Five Year Plan
c. The Sixth Five Year Plan
d. The Eight Five Year Plan
18. Which of the following is/are extraconstitutional
and extralegal device(s) for
securing cooperation and coordination
between the States in India?
1. The National Development Council
2. The Governor’s Conference
3. Zonal Councils
4. The Inter-State Council
Codes:
a. 1 and 2
b. 1, 3 and 4
c. 3 and 4
d. 4 only
19. The original home of the gypsies was
a. Egypt
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b. Russia
c. India
d. Persia
20. The technique used to transmit audio
signals in television broadcasts is
a. Amplitude Modulation
b. Frequency Modulation
c. Pulse Code Modulation
d. Time Division Multiplexing
21. Which one of the following is the
continent with the highest mean elevation
in the world?
a. Antarctica
b. North America
c. Asia
d. South America
22. Which of the following are the objectives
of the Commission for Agricultural Costs
and Prices (CACP)?
1. To stabilize agricultural prices.
2. To ensure meaningful real income
levels to the farmers.
3. To protect the interest of the
consumers by providing essential
agricultural commodities at reasonable
rates through public distribution
system.
4. To ensure maximum price for the
farmer.
Codes:
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 1, 2 and 4
c. 1, 3 and 4
d. 2, 3 and 4
23. Wh1ch of the fol1oing are matters on
which a constitutional amendment is
possible only with the ratification of the
legislatures of not less than one-half of the
states?
1. Election of the President
2. Representation of states in Parliament
3. Any of the Lists in the 7th Schedule
4. Abolition of the Legislative Council of
a State
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 1, 2 and 4
c. 1, 3 and 4
d. 2, 3 and 4
24. Examine the following statements
I watch T.V. only if I am bored.
I am never bored when I have my brothers
company.
Whenever I go to the theatre I take my
brother along.
Which one of the following Conclusions is
valid in the context of the above
statements?
a. If I am bored, I watch T.V
b. If I am bored, I seek my brother’s
company
c. If I am not with my brother then I
watch T.V.
d. If I am not bored, I do not watch T.V
25. In Sanskrit plays written during the Gupta
period women and sudras speak
a. Sanskrit
b. Prakrit
c. Pall
d. Sauraseni
26. The graph given below shows the menu
average monthly temperatures (in °C) md
mean monthly rainful (in cms) of a place:
This graph is indicative of which one-of
the climatic zones of the world?
a. Wet and dry tropical
b. Rainy tropical
c. Semi-and tropical
d. Temperate marine
27. Which one of the following antimicrobial
drugs is suitable for treatment of both
tuberculosis and leprosy?
a. Isoniazid
b. P-aminosalicylic acid
c. Streptomycin
d. Rifampicin
28. Consider the table given below
Which one of the following will fit in the
place marked ‘X’?
a. Ministers who are not members of
Parliament but who have to get
themselves elected to either House of
Parliament within six months after
assuming office
b. Not more than 20 nominated members
c. Not more than 20 representatives of
Union Territories
d. The Attorney General who has the
right to speak and take part in the
proceedings of either House of
Parliament
29. In the given diagram, circle A represents
teachers who can physics; circle B
represents teachers who can, teach
chemistry .and circle C represents those
who can teach mathematics. Among the
regions marked p, q, r the one which
represent teachers who can teach physics
and mathematics but not chemistry, is A
a. v
b. u
c. s
d. t
30. The name by which Ashoka is generally
referred to his inscriptions is
a. Chakravarti
b. Dharmadeva
c. Dharmakirti
d. Priyadars
31. A parachutist jumps from a height of 5000
meters. The relationship between his
falling speed, evf and the distance fallen
through df is best represented as
a.
b.
c.
d.
32. Consider the map given below.
The division along Indiafs coastal region
indicates
a. coastal pollution zones
b. salinity density isopleths
c. the areas upto which sovereignty
extends
d. underwater relief contours
33. The only snake that builds a nest is
a. Chain viper
b. King Cobra
c. Krait
d. Saw- scaled viper
34. Which one of the following can be used to
confirm whether drinking water contains a
gamma emitting isotope or not?
a. Microscope
b. Lead plate
c. Scintillation counter
d. Spectrophotometer
35. Who among the following have the right to
vote in the elections to both the Lok Sabha
and the Rajya Sabha?
a. Elected members of the Lower House
of the Parliament
b. Elected members of the Upper House
of the Parliament
c. Elected members of the Upper House
of the state of Legislature
d. Elected members of the Lower House
of the State Legislature
36. Seven men, A, B, C, D, E, F and G are
standing in a queue in that order. Each one
is wearing a cap of a different colour like
violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange,
and red. D is able to see in front of him
green and blue, but not violet. E can see
violet and yellow, but not red. G can see
caps of all colours other than orange. If E
is wearing an indigo coloured cap, then the
colour of the cap worn by F is
a. blue
b. violet
c. red
d. orange
37. The Nagara, the Dravida the Vesara are
a. the three main racial groups of the
Indian subcontinent
b. the three main linguistic divisions into
which the languages of India can be
classified
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c. the three main styles of Indian temple
architecture
d. the three main musical gharanas
prevalent in India
38. The normal temperature of human body on
the Kelvin scale is
a. 280
b. 290
c. 300
d. 310
39. In the map given below, three out of the
four places marked indicate places where a
thermal power station is located :
The place where there is no thermal power
station is marked
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
40. Match List I with List II
List I
A. European trans-Continental railway
B. Trans-Andean railway
C. Trans-Siberian railway
D. Orient Expiree
List II
1. Paris to Istanbul
2. Leningrad to Vladivostok
3. Leningrad to Volgograd
4. Buenos Aires to Valparaiso
5. Paris to Warsaw
Codes: A B C D
a. 5 4 2 1
b. 1 4 3 2
c. 5 1 2 3
d. 1 2 3 4
41. As part of the liberalization programme
and with a view to attack foreign
exchange, the government and the RBI
have, devised two schemes known as
FCNR eAf and FCNR eBf. Which of the
following is/are true regarding these two
schemes?
1. Under scheme eAf RBI bears exchange
rate fluctuations.
2. Under scheme eBf other banks are to
meet out the difference in exchange
rate fluctuations.
3. Both the schemes stand withdrawn
now.
4. Only scheme eAh has been withdrawn.
Codes;
a. 3 only
b. 1 and 2
c. 1, 2 and 3
d. 1, 2 and 4
42. Which one of the fo11owijg States of India
does not have a Legislative Council so far
even through the Constitution (Seventh
Amendment) Act, 1956 provides for it?
a. Maharashtra
b. Bihar
c. Karnataka
d. Madhya Pradesh.
43. A person traveled from one place to
another at an average speed of 40
kilometers/hour and back to the original
place at an average speed of 50
Kilometers. What is his average speed in
kilometers/hour during the entire roundtrip?
a. 45
b. 20ã5
c. 400/9
d. Impossible to find out unless the
distance between the two places is
known
44. When the same note is played on a sitar
and a flute, the sound produced can be
distinguished from each other because of
the difference in
a. pitch, loudness and quality
b. pitch and loudness
c. quality only
d. loudness only
45. Given below are two statements, one
labelled as Assertion (A) and other
labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): A diamond sparkles more
than a glass imitation cut to the same
shape.
Reason (R): The refractive index of
diamond is less than that of glass.
In context of the above two statements,
which one of the following is correct?
a. Both A and R are true and R is the
correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are true and R is not a
correct explanation of A
c. A is true but R is false
d. A is false but R is true
46. In the map given four areas are differently
shaded, three of which indicate cereal
crops production areas and one indicates
non-cereal crop production area. As per
the index given, the non cereal crop
production area is
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
47. In the interim government formed in 1946,
the Vice-President of the Executive
Council was
a. Jawaharlal Nehru
b. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
c. C. Rajagopalachari
d. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
48. Which of the following are among the
non-plan expenditures of the Government
of India?
1. Defense expenditure
2. Subsidies
3. All expenditures liked with the
previous plan periods
4. Interest payment
a. 1 and 2
b. 1 and 3
c. 2 and 4
d. l, 2, 3 and 4
49. “Monoculture of commercially viable trees
is destroying the unique natural profile of
Thoughtless exploitation of timber,
deforesting vast tracts for palm cultivation,
destruct of mangroves illegal logging by
tribals and poaching m1v compounds the
problem. Fresh water pockets are fast
drying up due to deforestation and
destruction of man groves”. The place
referred to this quotation is
a. Sunderbans
b. Kerala coast
c. Orissa coast
d. Andaman and Nicobar island
50. The value of
(a - m)(b - m) ..... (y - m)(z - m) is
a. m26 + am25 + abm24 + … + a.b.c …..z
b. m26 – am25 + abm24 …. –a.b.c …..z
c. indeterminate
51. The Mughal school of painting formed the
spinal column of the various schools of
Indian miniature art. Which one of the
following painting styles was not affected
by Mughal painting?
a. Pahãri
b. Rjãsthãni
c. Kãngrã
d. Kãlighãta
52. Who among the following were famous
jurists of medieval India?
1. Vijnanesvara
2. Hemadri
3. Rajasekhara
4. Jimutavahana
Codes:
a. l, 2 and 3
b. 2, 3 and 4
c. 1, 2 and 4
d. 1 and 4
53. Most of the desert plants bloom during
night time because
a. their blooming is controlled by low
temperature
b. they are sensitive to the phases of
moon
c. the desert insects eat away flowers
during day time.
d. the desert insects are active during
night time
54. Which of the following pairs are correctly
matched?
1. Increase in foreign
exchange reserves
Monetary expansion
2. Low import
growth rate in
India
Recession in Indian
industry
3. Euro-issues Shares held by Indian
companies in European
countries
4. Portfolio in
vestment.
Foreign institutional in
vectors
Codes:
a. 1, 2 and 4
b. 3 and 4
c. 1, 2 and 3
d. l, 2, 3 and 4
55. Article 156 of the Constitution of India
provides that a Governor shall hold office
for a term of live years from the date on
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which he enters upon his office. Which of
the following can be deduced from this?
1. No Governor can be removed from
office till the completion of his term.
2. No Governor can continue in office
beyond a period of five years.
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither
56. A rectangular sump of dimension 6m × 5m
× 4m is to be guilt by using bricks to make
the outer dimension 6.2m × 5.2m × 4.2m.
Approximately how many bricks of size
20cm × 10 cm × 5 cm are required to build
the sump for storing water?
a. 1500
b. 3000
c. 15000
d. 30000
57. Who among the following anticipated
Newton by declaring that all things
gravitate to the earth?
a. Atyabhata
b. Varahamthira
c. Buddhagupta
d. Brahmagupta
58. Coffee cultivation in Sri Lanka was
abandoned because of the disease
a. leaf blight
b. leaf spot
c. leaf rust
d. rot
59. What is the annual rate aimed at an in the
Eighth Five Year Plan
a. 5.6%
b. 6%
c. 6.5%
d. 7%
60. Prohibition of discrimination on grounds
of religion etc. (Article 15 of the
Constitution of India) is a Fundamental
Right classifiable under
a. the Right to Freedom of Religion
b. the Right against Exploitation
c. the Cultural and Educational Rights
d. the Right to Equality
61. Consider the figure given below:
PQRS is a square of side 1 unit and Q, S
are the centers of the two circles. The area
of the shaded portion is
a.
2
ð
b. 1
2
c. 1
4 2
ð
.
d. 1
2
ð
.
62. Match List I with List II
List I
A. Ernesto Zedillo
B. Alberto Fumitory
C. Julio Maria sanguinetti
D. Fernando H. Cardoso
List II
1. Uruguay
2. Brazil
3. Mexico
4. Bolivia
5. Peru
Codes: A B C D
a. 3 5 1 2
b. 4 5 3 1
c. 3 4 5 2
d. 5 3 1 4
63. Optical fiber works on the principal of
a. total internal reflection
b. refraction
c. scattering
d. interference
64. Which of the following elements are
present in all proteins?
1. Carbon
2. Hydrogen
3. Oxygen
4. Nitrogen
a. 2 and 3
b. 1, 2 and 4
c. 1, 3, and 4
d. 1, 2, 3 and 4
65. Which one of the following is a mixed
fertilizer?
a. Urea
b. CAM
c. Ammonium Sulphate
d. NPK
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66. Which one of the following is the largest
mutual fund organization in India?
a. SBI Mutual Fund
b. GIC Mutual Fund
c. Ind Bank Mutual Fund
d. Unit Trust of India
67. According to Mimainsa system of
philosophy liberation is possible by means
of
a. Jnana
b. bhakti
c. yoga
d. karma
68. A thief running at 8 km/hour is chased by
a policeman whose speed is 10 km/hour. If
the thief is 100 meters ahead of the
policeman, then the time required for the
policeman to catch the thief will be
a. 2 minutes
b. 6 minutes
c. 10 minutes
d. 3 minutes
69. The lead character in the film ‘The Bandit
Queen’ has been played by
a. Pratiba Sinha
b. Rupa Ganguly
c. Seema Biswas
d. Shabana Azmi
70. The Nobel Prize for deciphering the
language of bees was awarded to
a. HG. Khurana
b. K.V. Frisch
c. Julian Huxley
d. Dorothy Hodgkins
71. Which one of the following polymers is
widely used for making bullet proof
material?
a. Polyvinyl chloride
b. Polyamides
c. Polyethylene
d. Polycarbonates
72. The palaeomagnetic results obtained from
India indicate that in the past, the Indian
land mass has moved
a. northward
b. southward
c. eastward
d. westward
73. Corporation tax
a. is levied and appropriated by the States
b. is levied by the Union and collected
and appropriated by the States
c. is levied by the Union and shared by
the Union and the States
d. is levied by the Union and belongs to it
exclusively
74. In which one of the following States of
India it is legal for a Hindu male and
illegal for a Muslim male to have more
than one living wife?
a. Nagaland
b. Mizoram
c. Goa
d. Arunachal Pradesh
75. A student has 60% chance of passing in
English and 54% chance of passing in both
English and mathematics. What is the
percentage probability that he will fail in
mathematics?
a. 12
b. 36
c. 4
d. 10
76. The chemical used as a ‘fixer in
photography is
a. sodium sulphate
b. sodium thiosuiphate
c. ammonium persuiphate
d. borax
77. Which of the following constitute the
World Bank?
1. International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development
2. International Finance Corporation
3. International Development Association
4. International Monetary Fund
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 1, and 2
c. 3 and 4
d. 1, 2, 3 and 4
78. Which one of the following hormones
contains iodine?
a. Thyroxine
b. Testosterone
c. Insulin
d. Adrenaline
79. Of the four places marked 1, 2, 3 and 4 of
the map, the one indicating a tidal port is
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
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80. The radical wing of the Congress Party
with Jawaharlal Nehru as one of its main
leaders, founded the ‘independence for
India. League’ in opposition to
a. the Gandhi-Irwch Pact
b. the Home Rule Movement
c. the Nehru Report
d. the Mont ford reforms
81. Agricultural income tax is assigned to the
State government by
a. the Finance Commission
b. the National Development Council
c. the Inter-state Council
d. the Constitution of India
82. Suppose a rocket ship is receding from the
earth at a speed of 2/10 th the velocity of
light. A light in the rocket ship appears
blue to the passengers on the ship. What
colour would it appear to an observer on
the earth?
a. Blue
b. Orange
c. Yellow
d. Yellow-orange
83. A table has three drawers. It is known that
one of the drawers contains two silver
coins, another contains two gold coins and
the third one contains a silver coin and a
gold coin. One of the drawers is opened at
random and a coin is drawn. It is found to
be a silver coin. What i the probability that
the other coin in the drawer is a gold coin?
a. 0.25
b. 1.00
c. 0.50
d. 0.60
84. Bronze icons of Nataraja cast during the
chola period invariably show the deity
with
a. eight hands
b. six hands
c. four hands
d. two hands
85. Willy Willy is
a. a type of tree grown in temperate
regions
b. a wind that blows in a desert
c. a tropical cyclone of the north-west
Australia
d. a kind of common fish found near
Lakhadweep islands
86. Consider the map given below indicating
four places frequently figuring in the
news:
Which one of them is Chechenya? Choose
the correct answer
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
87. Which one of the following is not a
instrument of selective credit control in
India?
a. Regulation of consumer credit
b. Rationing of credit
c. Margin requirements
d. Variable cost reserve ratios
88. In the Cartesian plane four points P. Q, R,
Shave co-ordinates (1, 1), 4,2), (4, 4) at
(1.4). The area of the quadrilateral PQRS
a. 9
b. 7.5
c. 4.5
d. impossible to find unless the lengths
the diagonals are known
89. The term ‘Yavanapriya’ mentioned in
ancient Sanskrit texts denoted
a. a fine variety of Indian Muslim
b. ivory
c. damsels sent to the Greek court for
dance performance
d. pepper
90. The Dinesh Goswami Committee was
concerned with
a. de-nationalistic of banks
b. electoral reforms
c. steps to put down insurgency in the
north-east
d. the problem of the Chakmas
91. Which one of the following monuments
has a dome which is said to be one of the
largest in the world?
a. Tomb of Sher Shah, Sasaram
b. Jama Masjid, Delhi
c. Tomb of Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq, Delhi
d. Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur
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92. Which one of the following is true
regarding the Jawahar Rozgar Yojana
(TRY)?
a. It was launched during the Prime
Minister ship of Indira Gandhi
b. It aims at creating one million jobs
annually
c. The target group of JRY are the urban
poor living below the poverty line
d. Under the scheme 30% of the
employment generated is reserved for
women
93. Bank Rate implies the rate of interest
a. paid by the Reserve Bank of India onthe
Deposits of Commercial Banks
b. Charged by Banks on loans and
advances.
c. Payable on Bonds
d. at which the Reserve Bank of India
discounts the Bills of Exchange
94. Which one of the following is not
explicitly stated in the Constitution of
India but followed as a convention?
a. The Finance Minister is to be a
Member of the Lower House
b. The Prime Minister has to resign he
loses majority in the Lower House
c. All the parts of India are to be
represented in the Council of Ministers
d. In the event of both the President and
the Vice-President demitting office
simultaneously before the end of their
tenure the Speaker of the lower House
of the Parliament will officiate as the
President
95. Consider the diagram given below:
T : Transport
Ec : Education of children
H : Housing
C : Clothing
F : Food
S : Savings
O : Others
From the diagram shown it would be right
to conclude that
a. the family spent more than half the
income on food and clothing
b. the amount saved by the family was
too little
c. the family had no health problems
d. the family managed to meet all the
essential expenses out of the income
earned.
96. Which one of the following was an
emigree Communist journal of M.N. Roy?
a. Kisan Sahba
b. The Worker
c. Vanguard
d. Anushilan
97. In which one of the following crops
international trade is low in the context of
total produce?
a. Rice
b. Coffee
c. Rubber
d. Wheat
98. ‘By waving threads of physics, chemistry
and biology into a rich tapestry, this
remarkable scientist provided a unifying
molecular view of the world ………. He
touted the wonderful properties of Vitamin
C first as a cure of common cold and later
as a preventive agent against cancer.” One
of science’s major figures of all time
referred to above is
a. G.N. Lewis
b. Linus Carl Pauling
c. Fritz London
d. Walter Heitle
99. The Narasimham Committee for Financial
Sector Reforms has suggested reduction in
a. SLR and CRR -
b. SLR, CRR and Priority Sector
Financing
c. SLR and Financing to capital goods
sector
d. CRR, Priority Sector Financing and
Financing to capital goods sector
100. Which of the following are the States in
which the Lok Ayukla Act includes the
Chief Minister in its ambit?
a. West Bengal and Kerala
b. Gujarat and Maharashtra
c. Madhya Pradesh and Orrisa
d. Rajasthan and Karnataka
101. Ashtapradhan was a Council. of ministers
a. in the Gupta administration
b. in the Chola administration
c. in the Vijayanagar administration
d. in the Maratha administration
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102. Which one of the following pairs of
materials serves as electrodes in
chargeable batteries commonly used in
devices such as torchlight’s, electric
shavers etc.?
a. Nickel and cadmium
b. Zinc and carbon
c. Lead peroxide and lead
d. Iron and cadmium
103. The Indian subcontinent was originally
part of a huge mass called
a. Jurassic land mass
b. Aryavarta
c. Indiana
d. Gondwana continent
104. Which of the following are correctly
matched?
1. 1. Hamas: Palestinian extremist group
2. 2. Sinn Fein: I.R. As political wing
3. 3. True Path Party: A major constituent
of the ruling coalition in Turkey
a. 1 and 2
b. 1 and 3
c. 1, 2 and 3
d. 2 and 3
105. “The final Agent Orange raid in Vietnam
took place in 1970 areas have begun to
bloom again. But 19 years after the war’s
end, it seems plain that Agent Orange is
killing and maiming human beings,
something it never intended to do. The
apparent toxic fallout from those clouds is
a crop of human miseries including
cancers, miscarriages and birth defects -
that may persist for decades.
The offensive substance referred to in this
quotation is
a. DDT used as insecticide
b. a complex mixture of herbicides and
weedicides used to increase
agricultural output in the South
Vietnam under1 the U.S. aid
programme
c. a complex mixture of DDT and other
insecticides used as aerial sprays for
protection against malaria and other
tropical diseases
d. dioxin used as defoliants.
106. “It begins as a single cell and grows into a
merciless disease that claims millions of
lives year after year. But scientists are
steadily unlocking its mysteries, and the
fight against it may now have reached a
dramatic turning point. New discoveries
promise better therapies and hope in the
war against’………….. The disease
referred to in the above quotation is
a. Cancer
b. AIDS
c. Tuberculosis
d. Alzheimer’ s disease
107. Consider the table given below providing
details of traffic volume per hour for four
locations:
Location
Total
traffic
volume
%of Heavy Vehicles
Average noise level in dB (A)
Noise pollution level in dB (A)
I 377 24.40 73.50 84.00
II 380 12.50 72.60 83.00
III 377 30.00 73.50 86.50
IV 225 12.50 72.98 80.90
When the total traffic volume is the same,
the for (s) which affect (s) the noise
pollution level is/are
a. % of heavy vehicles
b. noise pollution level and average noise
level
c. average noise level and % of heavy
vehicles
d. indeterminable on the basis of details
given
108. Which one of the following dose not
belongs to biosphere reserves set-up so
far?
a. Great Nicobar
b. Sunder bans
c. Nanda Devi
d. Gulf of Kachchh
109. Cryogenic engines find applications in
a. sub-marine propulsion
b. frost-free refrigerators
c. rocket technology
d. researches in superconductivity
110. Consider the map given below:
The route indicated in the map was
followed, during the course of his military
exploits, by
a. Chandragupta II
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b. Harshavardhana
c. Rajendra Chola
d. Malik Kafur
111. The clouds flods in the atmosphere
because of their low
a. temperature
b. velocity
c. pressure
d. density
112. Which one of the following mountain
ranges is spread over only one State in
India?
a. Aravalli
b. Satpura
c. Ajanta
d. Sahyadri
113. Hughly was used as a base for piracy in
the Bay of Bengal by
a. the Portuguese
b. the French
c. the Danish
d. the British
114. The variations in temperatures from 0°C to
100°C with respect to time of two liquids
P, Q are shown in the graph gives below:
Which one of the following statements is
correct?
a. During heating, liquid P remained
hotter than liquid Q throughout
b. At no point of time during heating did
the two liquids have the same
temperature
c. P attained the temperature of 100°C
faster than Q
d. Q attained the temperature of 100°C
faster than P
115. In the field of space technology India has
demonstrated during 1994, her capability
to
a. design advance intercontinental
ballistic missile warning systems
b. build satellites
c. build stealth missiles
d. launch geo-stationary satellites.
116. The ‘Modi script’ was employed in the
documents of the
a. Wodeyars
b. Zamorins
c. Hoysalas
d. Marathas
117. ‘Yellow cake’, an item of smuggling
across borders is
a. a crude form of heroin
b. a crude form of cocaine
c. uranium oxide
d. unrefined gold
118. One of the reasons for India’s occupational
structure remaining more or less the same
over the years has been that
a. investment pattern has been directed
towards capital intensive industries
b. Productivity in agriculture has been
high enough to induce people to stay
with agriculture
c. Ceiling on land holdings have enabled
more people to own land and hence
their preference to stay with agriculture
d. People are largely unaware of the
significance of transition from
agriculture to industry for economic
development
119. Which one of the following countries had
in 1994 voted against joining the European
Union?
a. Norway
b. Sweden
c. Finland
d. Austria
120. Examine the map given below:
The places marked 1, 2, 3 and 4 were
respectively the seats of powers of the
a. Scindias, Holkars, Gaekwards and
Bhonsles
b. Holkars, Scindias, Gaekwads and
Bhonsles
c. Gaekwads, Bhonsles, Scindias and
Holkars
d. Scindias, Hlkars, Bhonsles and
Gaekwads
121. Which of the following benefits are likely
to accrue to India from the World Trade
Organization?
1. India’s share in the world trade is to go
up from the present 600 million US
dollars to 5 billion US dollars by 2000
AD.
2. It will help boost exports of
agricultural commodities from India.
3. India’s share in the world trade is
likely to triple by the year 2000 AD.
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 1 and 2
c. 1 and 3
d. 2 and 3
122. Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 hit the planet
a. Pluto
b. Mars
c. Jupiter
d. Saturn
123. The price fluctuations of 4 scrips in a stock
market in the four quarters of a year are
shown in the table below. Four different in
rectors had the following portfolios of
investment in the four companies
throughout the year:
Portfolios
Investor 1 10 of A, 20 of B, 30 of C and 40
of D
Investor 2 40 of A, 10 of B, 20 of C and 30
of D
Investor 3 30 of A, 40 of B, 10 of C and 20
of D
Investor 4 20 of A, 30 of B, 40 of C and l0
of D
Stock Market Performance
I
Quarter
II
Quarter
III
Quarter
IV
Quarter
Scrip A Up 10% Down
15%
Up 10% Down
10%
Scrip B Up 2% Up 1% Up 2% Up 2%
Scrip C Up 1% Up 1% Down
5%
Down
1%
Scrip D Up 20% Down
15%
Up 30% Down
10%
In the light of the above which one of the
following statements is correct?
a. investor 2 has made the best
investment
b. Investor I has made the best
investment
c. Investor 2 suffered a net loss during
the year
d. Investor 3 suffered a net loss during
the year
124. Which one of the following pairs is
correctly matched?
a. Battle of Bexar …… Mir Jafar vs
Clive
b. Battle of Wand wash …... French vs
East India Company
c. Battle of Chilianwala ……. Dathousie
vs Marathas
d. Battle of Kharda ……Nizam vs East
India Company
125. Examine the following statements:
1. All children are Inquisitive.
2. Some children arc inquisitive.
3. No children are inquisitive.
4. Some children are not inquisitive.
Among these statements, the two
statements which cannot both be true
simultaneously but can both be false
would be
a. 1 and 3
b. 1 and 4
c. 2 and 3
d. 3 and 4
126. Arakan Yoma is the extension of the
Himalayas located in
a. Baluchistan
b. Myanmar
c. Nepal
d. Kashmir
127. The signatories to the realy banning
chemical weapons include
a. U.S.A. Russia, India, Iran and Israel
b. Iraq, Libya, India, Russia and China
c. Brazil, Angol North Korea, Pakistan
and U.S.A.
d. Syria, Sri Lanka, Japan Singapore and
France
128. What is the correct sequence of the
following events?
1. The Lucknow Pact
2. The Introduction of Dyarchy
3. The Rowlett Act
4. The partition of Bengal
a. 1, 3, 2, 4
b. 4, 1, 3, 2
c. 1, 2, 3, 4
d. 4, 3, 2, 1
129. An air bubble in water will act like a
a. convex mirror
b. convex lens
c. concave mirror
d. concave lens
130. X and Y are two variables whose values at
any time are related to each other as shown
in fig. (i). X is known to vary periodically
with reference to time as shown in Fig.
(ii).
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Which of the following curves depicts
correctly the dependence of Y on time?
a.
b.
c.
d.
131. The national highway from Ainritsar to
Calcutta via Delhi is numbered
a. 1
b. 2
c. 4
d. 8
132. The word Adivari was used for the first
time to refer to the tribal people by
a. Mahatma Ghancihi
b. Thakkar Bappa
c. Jyotiba Phule
d. B. R. Arnhedkar
133. The concept of Anuvrata was advocated
by
a. Mahayana Buddhism
b. Hinayana Buddhism
c. Jainism
d. the Lokayata school
134. Out of a total of 120 musicians in a club,
5% can play all the three instruments,
guitar, violin and flute. It so happens that
the number of musicians who can play any
two and only two of the above instruments
is 30. The number of musicians who can
play the guitar alone is 40. What is the
total number of those who can play violin
alone or flute alone?
a. 45
b. 44
c. 38
d. 30
135. Which one of the following is incorrect in
respect of Local Government in India?
a. According to the Indian Constitution,
local government is not an independent
tier in the federal system
b. 30% of the seats in local bodies are
reserved for women
c. Local government finances are to be
provided by a Commission
d. Elections to local bodies are to be
determined, by a Commission
136. The Barrah dacoity was the first major
venture of the revolutionary terrorists of
the freedom movement in
a. Bombay - Karnataka
b. Punjab
c. East Bengal
d. The Madras Presidency
137. Which of the following political parties
is/are national political parties?
1. Muslim League
2. Revolutionary Socialist Party
3. All India Forward Block
4. Peasants and Workers Party of India
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 2 and 4
c. 3 only
d. None
138. The difference between a nuclear reactor
and an atomic bomb is that
a. no chain reaction takes place in nuclear
reactor while in the atomic bomb there
is a chain reaction
b. the chain reaction in nuclear reactor is
controlled
c. the chain reaction in nuclear reactor is
not controlled
d. no chain reaction takes place in atomic
bomb while it takes place in nuclear
reactor
139. The main reason for low growth rate in
India, in spite of high rate of savings and
capital formation is
a. high birth rate
b. low level of foreign aid
c. low capital/output ratio
d. high capital/output ratio
140. Examine the map of Jammu and Kashmir
given below:
the mountain ranges marked 1, 2, 3 and 4
are respectively
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a. Ladakh, Zanskar, Karakoram and Pir
Panjal
b. Karakoram, Ladakh, Zanskar and Pir
Panjal
c. Karakoram, Zanskar, Pir Panjal and
Ladakh
d. Ladakh, Pir Panjal, Karakoram and
Zanskar
141. Which one of the following fuels causes
minimum environmental pollution?
a. Disel
b. Coal
c. Hydrogen
d. Kerosene
142. The largest source of financing the public
sector outlay of the Eighth Five Year Plan
comes from
a. balance from current revenue
b. contribution of public enterprises
c. government borrowings
d. deficit financing
143. The new Exim Policy announced in 1992,
is for a period of
a. 3 Years
b. 4 Years
c. 7 Years
d. 5 Years
144. Zero was invented by
a. Aryabhata
b. Varahaimihira
c. Bhaskara I
d. an unknown Indian
145. Which of the following can be inferred
from the statement that ‘Either John is
stupid or John is lazy’?
1. John is lazy / therefore, John is not
stupid.
2. John is not lazy / therefore, John is
stupid.
3. John is not stupid / therefore, John is
lazy.
4. John is stupid / therefore, John is not
lazy.
a. 1 and 2
b. 2 and 3
c. 3 and 4
d. 1 and 4
146. Consider the following:
1. Industrial Finance Corporation of India
2. Industrial Credit and Investment
Corporation of India
3. Industrial Development Bank of India
4. Unit Trust of India
5. The correct sequence in which the
above were established is
a. 1; 2, 3, 4
b. 1, 3, 2, 4
c. 4, 3, 2, 1
d. 1, 4, 3, 2
147. In 1930 Mahatma Gandhi started Civil
Disobedience Movement from
a. Sevagram
b. Dandi
c. Sabarmati
d. wardha
148. If in an election to a State Legislative
Assembly the candidate who is declared
elected loses his deposit, it means that
a. the polling was very poor
b. the election was for a multi-member
constituency
c. the elected candidate’s victory over his
nearest rival was very marginal
d. a very large number of candidates
contested the election
149. A person earns Rs. 2000 per month over
and above his salary as additional charge
allowance. However, 30% of this
additional income will be deducted as
additional income tax at source. If the
person would deposit Rs. 1000 per month
on a long term saving fetching 12%
interests his tax liability on the additional
allowance would reduce to 10%. What is
the effective interest for this person for
money invested in the long term savings
scheme?
a. 12%
b. 18%
c. 19%
d. 20%
150. Which one of the following pairs if not
correctly matched?
a. Jamnalal Bajaj …... Satyagraha
Ashram at Wardha
b. Dada’bhai Naoroji ….. Bombay
Association
c. Lala Lajpat Rai ..... National School at
Lahore
d. Bal Gangadhar Tilak ...... Satya
Shodhak Sabha
people of Hind (India) was first used by
a. the Greeks
b. the Romans
c. the Chinese
d. the Arabs
2. A meteor is
a. a rapidly moving star
b. a piece of matter which has entered the
earth’s atmosphere from outer space
c. part of a constellation
d. a comet without tail
3. Given below is a map of some countries
which were parts of the erstwhile Soviet
Union, with water bodies shown by shaded
areas
The countries marked 1. 2, 3, 4 and 5 are
respectively
a. Tajikistan, Turkmenia. Uzbekistan.
Kirgizia, Kazakhstan
b. Turkmenia, Kirgizia, Tajikistan.
Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan
c. Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan. Tajikistan.
Kirgizia, Turkmenia
d. Kazakhstan, Turkmenia. Uzbekistan,
Kirgizia, Tajikistan
4. Which one of’ the following sets is
correctly matched?
a. Diphtheria, Pneumonia and Leprosy:
Hereditary
b. AIDS, Syphilis and Gonorrhoea :
Baéterial
c. Colour blindness, Hemophilia and
Sickle cell anaemia : Sex linked
d. Polio, Japanese B encephalitis and
plague : Viral
5. To prevent recurrence of scams in Indian
Capital Market, the Government of India
has assigned regulatory powers to
a. SEBI
b. RBI
c. SBI
d. ICICI
6. Consider the table given below providing
some details of the results of the election
to the Karnataka State Legislative
Assembly held in December, 1994:
Political
Party
Percentage
of popular
votes
obtained
Number of
seats
secured
Janata Dal 36 116
Congress 31 35
BJP 20.4 40
In terms of electoral analysis, the voterseat
distortion is to be explained as the
result of the adoption of the
a. Hare system
b. Cumulative vote system
c. First-past-the post system
d. Plural vote system
7. Consider the series given below:
4/12/95, 1/1/96, 29/1/96, 26/2/96,...
The next term of the series is
a. 24/3/96
b. 25/3/96
c. 26/3/96
d. 27/3/96
8. Who among the following was a
Brahmavadini who composed some hymns
of the Vadas?
a. Lopamudra
b. Gargi
c. Leelavati
d. Savitri
9. In track meets both 100 yards and 100
meters are used as distances. By how
many meters is 100 meters longer than 100
yards?
a. 0.856 m
b. 8.56 m
c. 0.0856 m
d. 1.0 m
10. The alpine vegetation in the western
Himalayas is found only up to a height of
3000 meters while in the eastern
Himalayas it is found up to a height of
4000 meters. The reason for this variation
in the same mountain range is that
a. eastern Himalayas are higher than
western Himalayas
b. eastern Himalayas are nearer to the
equator and sea coast than western
Himalayas
c. eastern Himalayas get more monsoon
rainfall than the. western Himalayas
d. eastern Himalayan rocks are more
fertile than the western Himalayan
rocks
11. A person with AB’ blood group is
sometimes called a universal recipient
because of the
a. lack of antigen in his blood
b. lack of antibodies in his blood
c. lack of both antigens and antibodies in
his blood
d. presence of antibodies in his blood
12. According to the 1991 census, the highest
percentage of population in India is to be
found in the age group of
a. 60 years and above
b. 35 to 55 years
c. 25 to 34 years
d. 5 to 14 years
13. Which one of the following is correct in
respect of the commencement of the
election process in India?
a. The recommendation for election is
made by the government and the
notification for election is issued by
the Election Commission.
b. The recommendation for election is
made by the-Election Commission and
the notification for election is issued
by the Home Ministry at the Centre
and Home Departments in the States
c. The recommendation for election is
made by the Election Commission and
the notification for election is issued
by the President and Governors of the
States concerned
d. Both the exercises of making a
recommendation for election and that
of issuing a notification in respect of it
are done by the Election Commission
14. Match List I with List II
List I (Eras)
A. Vikrama era
B. Saka era
C. Gupta era
D. Kali era
List II (Reckoned from)
1. 3102 B.C.
2. 320 A.D.
3. 78 A.D.
4. 58 B.C.
5. 248 A.D.
codes: A B C D
a. 2 4 5 1
b. 1 3 2 4
c. 4 5 2 3
d. 4 3 2 1
15. The standard time of the following
countries is ahead of behind Greenwich
Mean Time depending on whether they are
east or west of the longitude passing
through Greenwich.
1. Cube
2. Greece
3. Iraq
4. Costa Rice
5. Japan
Which one of the following sequential
orders gives the correct arrangement of the
countries according to their standard time
from ahead to behind GMT?
a. 5, 3, 2, 1, 4
b. 2, 4, 1, 3, 5
c. 4, 1, 3, 2, 5
d. 3, 5, 4, 1, 2
16. Which one of the following is a membrane
that protects the developing embryo from
desiccation?
a. Amnion
b. Allantois
c. Chonon
d. Yolk sac
17. Which one of the following Five year
plans recognized human development as
the core of all developmental efforts?
a. The Third Five Year Plan
b. The Fifth Five Year Plan
c. The Sixth Five Year Plan
d. The Eight Five Year Plan
18. Which of the following is/are extraconstitutional
and extralegal device(s) for
securing cooperation and coordination
between the States in India?
1. The National Development Council
2. The Governor’s Conference
3. Zonal Councils
4. The Inter-State Council
Codes:
a. 1 and 2
b. 1, 3 and 4
c. 3 and 4
d. 4 only
19. The original home of the gypsies was
a. Egypt
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b. Russia
c. India
d. Persia
20. The technique used to transmit audio
signals in television broadcasts is
a. Amplitude Modulation
b. Frequency Modulation
c. Pulse Code Modulation
d. Time Division Multiplexing
21. Which one of the following is the
continent with the highest mean elevation
in the world?
a. Antarctica
b. North America
c. Asia
d. South America
22. Which of the following are the objectives
of the Commission for Agricultural Costs
and Prices (CACP)?
1. To stabilize agricultural prices.
2. To ensure meaningful real income
levels to the farmers.
3. To protect the interest of the
consumers by providing essential
agricultural commodities at reasonable
rates through public distribution
system.
4. To ensure maximum price for the
farmer.
Codes:
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 1, 2 and 4
c. 1, 3 and 4
d. 2, 3 and 4
23. Wh1ch of the fol1oing are matters on
which a constitutional amendment is
possible only with the ratification of the
legislatures of not less than one-half of the
states?
1. Election of the President
2. Representation of states in Parliament
3. Any of the Lists in the 7th Schedule
4. Abolition of the Legislative Council of
a State
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 1, 2 and 4
c. 1, 3 and 4
d. 2, 3 and 4
24. Examine the following statements
I watch T.V. only if I am bored.
I am never bored when I have my brothers
company.
Whenever I go to the theatre I take my
brother along.
Which one of the following Conclusions is
valid in the context of the above
statements?
a. If I am bored, I watch T.V
b. If I am bored, I seek my brother’s
company
c. If I am not with my brother then I
watch T.V.
d. If I am not bored, I do not watch T.V
25. In Sanskrit plays written during the Gupta
period women and sudras speak
a. Sanskrit
b. Prakrit
c. Pall
d. Sauraseni
26. The graph given below shows the menu
average monthly temperatures (in °C) md
mean monthly rainful (in cms) of a place:
This graph is indicative of which one-of
the climatic zones of the world?
a. Wet and dry tropical
b. Rainy tropical
c. Semi-and tropical
d. Temperate marine
27. Which one of the following antimicrobial
drugs is suitable for treatment of both
tuberculosis and leprosy?
a. Isoniazid
b. P-aminosalicylic acid
c. Streptomycin
d. Rifampicin
28. Consider the table given below
Which one of the following will fit in the
place marked ‘X’?
a. Ministers who are not members of
Parliament but who have to get
themselves elected to either House of
Parliament within six months after
assuming office
b. Not more than 20 nominated members
c. Not more than 20 representatives of
Union Territories
d. The Attorney General who has the
right to speak and take part in the
proceedings of either House of
Parliament
29. In the given diagram, circle A represents
teachers who can physics; circle B
represents teachers who can, teach
chemistry .and circle C represents those
who can teach mathematics. Among the
regions marked p, q, r the one which
represent teachers who can teach physics
and mathematics but not chemistry, is A
a. v
b. u
c. s
d. t
30. The name by which Ashoka is generally
referred to his inscriptions is
a. Chakravarti
b. Dharmadeva
c. Dharmakirti
d. Priyadars
31. A parachutist jumps from a height of 5000
meters. The relationship between his
falling speed, evf and the distance fallen
through df is best represented as
a.
b.
c.
d.
32. Consider the map given below.
The division along Indiafs coastal region
indicates
a. coastal pollution zones
b. salinity density isopleths
c. the areas upto which sovereignty
extends
d. underwater relief contours
33. The only snake that builds a nest is
a. Chain viper
b. King Cobra
c. Krait
d. Saw- scaled viper
34. Which one of the following can be used to
confirm whether drinking water contains a
gamma emitting isotope or not?
a. Microscope
b. Lead plate
c. Scintillation counter
d. Spectrophotometer
35. Who among the following have the right to
vote in the elections to both the Lok Sabha
and the Rajya Sabha?
a. Elected members of the Lower House
of the Parliament
b. Elected members of the Upper House
of the Parliament
c. Elected members of the Upper House
of the state of Legislature
d. Elected members of the Lower House
of the State Legislature
36. Seven men, A, B, C, D, E, F and G are
standing in a queue in that order. Each one
is wearing a cap of a different colour like
violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange,
and red. D is able to see in front of him
green and blue, but not violet. E can see
violet and yellow, but not red. G can see
caps of all colours other than orange. If E
is wearing an indigo coloured cap, then the
colour of the cap worn by F is
a. blue
b. violet
c. red
d. orange
37. The Nagara, the Dravida the Vesara are
a. the three main racial groups of the
Indian subcontinent
b. the three main linguistic divisions into
which the languages of India can be
classified
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c. the three main styles of Indian temple
architecture
d. the three main musical gharanas
prevalent in India
38. The normal temperature of human body on
the Kelvin scale is
a. 280
b. 290
c. 300
d. 310
39. In the map given below, three out of the
four places marked indicate places where a
thermal power station is located :
The place where there is no thermal power
station is marked
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
40. Match List I with List II
List I
A. European trans-Continental railway
B. Trans-Andean railway
C. Trans-Siberian railway
D. Orient Expiree
List II
1. Paris to Istanbul
2. Leningrad to Vladivostok
3. Leningrad to Volgograd
4. Buenos Aires to Valparaiso
5. Paris to Warsaw
Codes: A B C D
a. 5 4 2 1
b. 1 4 3 2
c. 5 1 2 3
d. 1 2 3 4
41. As part of the liberalization programme
and with a view to attack foreign
exchange, the government and the RBI
have, devised two schemes known as
FCNR eAf and FCNR eBf. Which of the
following is/are true regarding these two
schemes?
1. Under scheme eAf RBI bears exchange
rate fluctuations.
2. Under scheme eBf other banks are to
meet out the difference in exchange
rate fluctuations.
3. Both the schemes stand withdrawn
now.
4. Only scheme eAh has been withdrawn.
Codes;
a. 3 only
b. 1 and 2
c. 1, 2 and 3
d. 1, 2 and 4
42. Which one of the fo11owijg States of India
does not have a Legislative Council so far
even through the Constitution (Seventh
Amendment) Act, 1956 provides for it?
a. Maharashtra
b. Bihar
c. Karnataka
d. Madhya Pradesh.
43. A person traveled from one place to
another at an average speed of 40
kilometers/hour and back to the original
place at an average speed of 50
Kilometers. What is his average speed in
kilometers/hour during the entire roundtrip?
a. 45
b. 20ã5
c. 400/9
d. Impossible to find out unless the
distance between the two places is
known
44. When the same note is played on a sitar
and a flute, the sound produced can be
distinguished from each other because of
the difference in
a. pitch, loudness and quality
b. pitch and loudness
c. quality only
d. loudness only
45. Given below are two statements, one
labelled as Assertion (A) and other
labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): A diamond sparkles more
than a glass imitation cut to the same
shape.
Reason (R): The refractive index of
diamond is less than that of glass.
In context of the above two statements,
which one of the following is correct?
a. Both A and R are true and R is the
correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are true and R is not a
correct explanation of A
c. A is true but R is false
d. A is false but R is true
46. In the map given four areas are differently
shaded, three of which indicate cereal
crops production areas and one indicates
non-cereal crop production area. As per
the index given, the non cereal crop
production area is
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
47. In the interim government formed in 1946,
the Vice-President of the Executive
Council was
a. Jawaharlal Nehru
b. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
c. C. Rajagopalachari
d. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
48. Which of the following are among the
non-plan expenditures of the Government
of India?
1. Defense expenditure
2. Subsidies
3. All expenditures liked with the
previous plan periods
4. Interest payment
a. 1 and 2
b. 1 and 3
c. 2 and 4
d. l, 2, 3 and 4
49. “Monoculture of commercially viable trees
is destroying the unique natural profile of
Thoughtless exploitation of timber,
deforesting vast tracts for palm cultivation,
destruct of mangroves illegal logging by
tribals and poaching m1v compounds the
problem. Fresh water pockets are fast
drying up due to deforestation and
destruction of man groves”. The place
referred to this quotation is
a. Sunderbans
b. Kerala coast
c. Orissa coast
d. Andaman and Nicobar island
50. The value of
(a - m)(b - m) ..... (y - m)(z - m) is
a. m26 + am25 + abm24 + … + a.b.c …..z
b. m26 – am25 + abm24 …. –a.b.c …..z
c. indeterminate
51. The Mughal school of painting formed the
spinal column of the various schools of
Indian miniature art. Which one of the
following painting styles was not affected
by Mughal painting?
a. Pahãri
b. Rjãsthãni
c. Kãngrã
d. Kãlighãta
52. Who among the following were famous
jurists of medieval India?
1. Vijnanesvara
2. Hemadri
3. Rajasekhara
4. Jimutavahana
Codes:
a. l, 2 and 3
b. 2, 3 and 4
c. 1, 2 and 4
d. 1 and 4
53. Most of the desert plants bloom during
night time because
a. their blooming is controlled by low
temperature
b. they are sensitive to the phases of
moon
c. the desert insects eat away flowers
during day time.
d. the desert insects are active during
night time
54. Which of the following pairs are correctly
matched?
1. Increase in foreign
exchange reserves
Monetary expansion
2. Low import
growth rate in
India
Recession in Indian
industry
3. Euro-issues Shares held by Indian
companies in European
countries
4. Portfolio in
vestment.
Foreign institutional in
vectors
Codes:
a. 1, 2 and 4
b. 3 and 4
c. 1, 2 and 3
d. l, 2, 3 and 4
55. Article 156 of the Constitution of India
provides that a Governor shall hold office
for a term of live years from the date on
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which he enters upon his office. Which of
the following can be deduced from this?
1. No Governor can be removed from
office till the completion of his term.
2. No Governor can continue in office
beyond a period of five years.
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither
56. A rectangular sump of dimension 6m × 5m
× 4m is to be guilt by using bricks to make
the outer dimension 6.2m × 5.2m × 4.2m.
Approximately how many bricks of size
20cm × 10 cm × 5 cm are required to build
the sump for storing water?
a. 1500
b. 3000
c. 15000
d. 30000
57. Who among the following anticipated
Newton by declaring that all things
gravitate to the earth?
a. Atyabhata
b. Varahamthira
c. Buddhagupta
d. Brahmagupta
58. Coffee cultivation in Sri Lanka was
abandoned because of the disease
a. leaf blight
b. leaf spot
c. leaf rust
d. rot
59. What is the annual rate aimed at an in the
Eighth Five Year Plan
a. 5.6%
b. 6%
c. 6.5%
d. 7%
60. Prohibition of discrimination on grounds
of religion etc. (Article 15 of the
Constitution of India) is a Fundamental
Right classifiable under
a. the Right to Freedom of Religion
b. the Right against Exploitation
c. the Cultural and Educational Rights
d. the Right to Equality
61. Consider the figure given below:
PQRS is a square of side 1 unit and Q, S
are the centers of the two circles. The area
of the shaded portion is
a.
2
ð
b. 1
2
c. 1
4 2
ð
.
d. 1
2
ð
.
62. Match List I with List II
List I
A. Ernesto Zedillo
B. Alberto Fumitory
C. Julio Maria sanguinetti
D. Fernando H. Cardoso
List II
1. Uruguay
2. Brazil
3. Mexico
4. Bolivia
5. Peru
Codes: A B C D
a. 3 5 1 2
b. 4 5 3 1
c. 3 4 5 2
d. 5 3 1 4
63. Optical fiber works on the principal of
a. total internal reflection
b. refraction
c. scattering
d. interference
64. Which of the following elements are
present in all proteins?
1. Carbon
2. Hydrogen
3. Oxygen
4. Nitrogen
a. 2 and 3
b. 1, 2 and 4
c. 1, 3, and 4
d. 1, 2, 3 and 4
65. Which one of the following is a mixed
fertilizer?
a. Urea
b. CAM
c. Ammonium Sulphate
d. NPK
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66. Which one of the following is the largest
mutual fund organization in India?
a. SBI Mutual Fund
b. GIC Mutual Fund
c. Ind Bank Mutual Fund
d. Unit Trust of India
67. According to Mimainsa system of
philosophy liberation is possible by means
of
a. Jnana
b. bhakti
c. yoga
d. karma
68. A thief running at 8 km/hour is chased by
a policeman whose speed is 10 km/hour. If
the thief is 100 meters ahead of the
policeman, then the time required for the
policeman to catch the thief will be
a. 2 minutes
b. 6 minutes
c. 10 minutes
d. 3 minutes
69. The lead character in the film ‘The Bandit
Queen’ has been played by
a. Pratiba Sinha
b. Rupa Ganguly
c. Seema Biswas
d. Shabana Azmi
70. The Nobel Prize for deciphering the
language of bees was awarded to
a. HG. Khurana
b. K.V. Frisch
c. Julian Huxley
d. Dorothy Hodgkins
71. Which one of the following polymers is
widely used for making bullet proof
material?
a. Polyvinyl chloride
b. Polyamides
c. Polyethylene
d. Polycarbonates
72. The palaeomagnetic results obtained from
India indicate that in the past, the Indian
land mass has moved
a. northward
b. southward
c. eastward
d. westward
73. Corporation tax
a. is levied and appropriated by the States
b. is levied by the Union and collected
and appropriated by the States
c. is levied by the Union and shared by
the Union and the States
d. is levied by the Union and belongs to it
exclusively
74. In which one of the following States of
India it is legal for a Hindu male and
illegal for a Muslim male to have more
than one living wife?
a. Nagaland
b. Mizoram
c. Goa
d. Arunachal Pradesh
75. A student has 60% chance of passing in
English and 54% chance of passing in both
English and mathematics. What is the
percentage probability that he will fail in
mathematics?
a. 12
b. 36
c. 4
d. 10
76. The chemical used as a ‘fixer in
photography is
a. sodium sulphate
b. sodium thiosuiphate
c. ammonium persuiphate
d. borax
77. Which of the following constitute the
World Bank?
1. International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development
2. International Finance Corporation
3. International Development Association
4. International Monetary Fund
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 1, and 2
c. 3 and 4
d. 1, 2, 3 and 4
78. Which one of the following hormones
contains iodine?
a. Thyroxine
b. Testosterone
c. Insulin
d. Adrenaline
79. Of the four places marked 1, 2, 3 and 4 of
the map, the one indicating a tidal port is
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
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80. The radical wing of the Congress Party
with Jawaharlal Nehru as one of its main
leaders, founded the ‘independence for
India. League’ in opposition to
a. the Gandhi-Irwch Pact
b. the Home Rule Movement
c. the Nehru Report
d. the Mont ford reforms
81. Agricultural income tax is assigned to the
State government by
a. the Finance Commission
b. the National Development Council
c. the Inter-state Council
d. the Constitution of India
82. Suppose a rocket ship is receding from the
earth at a speed of 2/10 th the velocity of
light. A light in the rocket ship appears
blue to the passengers on the ship. What
colour would it appear to an observer on
the earth?
a. Blue
b. Orange
c. Yellow
d. Yellow-orange
83. A table has three drawers. It is known that
one of the drawers contains two silver
coins, another contains two gold coins and
the third one contains a silver coin and a
gold coin. One of the drawers is opened at
random and a coin is drawn. It is found to
be a silver coin. What i the probability that
the other coin in the drawer is a gold coin?
a. 0.25
b. 1.00
c. 0.50
d. 0.60
84. Bronze icons of Nataraja cast during the
chola period invariably show the deity
with
a. eight hands
b. six hands
c. four hands
d. two hands
85. Willy Willy is
a. a type of tree grown in temperate
regions
b. a wind that blows in a desert
c. a tropical cyclone of the north-west
Australia
d. a kind of common fish found near
Lakhadweep islands
86. Consider the map given below indicating
four places frequently figuring in the
news:
Which one of them is Chechenya? Choose
the correct answer
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
87. Which one of the following is not a
instrument of selective credit control in
India?
a. Regulation of consumer credit
b. Rationing of credit
c. Margin requirements
d. Variable cost reserve ratios
88. In the Cartesian plane four points P. Q, R,
Shave co-ordinates (1, 1), 4,2), (4, 4) at
(1.4). The area of the quadrilateral PQRS
a. 9
b. 7.5
c. 4.5
d. impossible to find unless the lengths
the diagonals are known
89. The term ‘Yavanapriya’ mentioned in
ancient Sanskrit texts denoted
a. a fine variety of Indian Muslim
b. ivory
c. damsels sent to the Greek court for
dance performance
d. pepper
90. The Dinesh Goswami Committee was
concerned with
a. de-nationalistic of banks
b. electoral reforms
c. steps to put down insurgency in the
north-east
d. the problem of the Chakmas
91. Which one of the following monuments
has a dome which is said to be one of the
largest in the world?
a. Tomb of Sher Shah, Sasaram
b. Jama Masjid, Delhi
c. Tomb of Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq, Delhi
d. Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur
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92. Which one of the following is true
regarding the Jawahar Rozgar Yojana
(TRY)?
a. It was launched during the Prime
Minister ship of Indira Gandhi
b. It aims at creating one million jobs
annually
c. The target group of JRY are the urban
poor living below the poverty line
d. Under the scheme 30% of the
employment generated is reserved for
women
93. Bank Rate implies the rate of interest
a. paid by the Reserve Bank of India onthe
Deposits of Commercial Banks
b. Charged by Banks on loans and
advances.
c. Payable on Bonds
d. at which the Reserve Bank of India
discounts the Bills of Exchange
94. Which one of the following is not
explicitly stated in the Constitution of
India but followed as a convention?
a. The Finance Minister is to be a
Member of the Lower House
b. The Prime Minister has to resign he
loses majority in the Lower House
c. All the parts of India are to be
represented in the Council of Ministers
d. In the event of both the President and
the Vice-President demitting office
simultaneously before the end of their
tenure the Speaker of the lower House
of the Parliament will officiate as the
President
95. Consider the diagram given below:
T : Transport
Ec : Education of children
H : Housing
C : Clothing
F : Food
S : Savings
O : Others
From the diagram shown it would be right
to conclude that
a. the family spent more than half the
income on food and clothing
b. the amount saved by the family was
too little
c. the family had no health problems
d. the family managed to meet all the
essential expenses out of the income
earned.
96. Which one of the following was an
emigree Communist journal of M.N. Roy?
a. Kisan Sahba
b. The Worker
c. Vanguard
d. Anushilan
97. In which one of the following crops
international trade is low in the context of
total produce?
a. Rice
b. Coffee
c. Rubber
d. Wheat
98. ‘By waving threads of physics, chemistry
and biology into a rich tapestry, this
remarkable scientist provided a unifying
molecular view of the world ………. He
touted the wonderful properties of Vitamin
C first as a cure of common cold and later
as a preventive agent against cancer.” One
of science’s major figures of all time
referred to above is
a. G.N. Lewis
b. Linus Carl Pauling
c. Fritz London
d. Walter Heitle
99. The Narasimham Committee for Financial
Sector Reforms has suggested reduction in
a. SLR and CRR -
b. SLR, CRR and Priority Sector
Financing
c. SLR and Financing to capital goods
sector
d. CRR, Priority Sector Financing and
Financing to capital goods sector
100. Which of the following are the States in
which the Lok Ayukla Act includes the
Chief Minister in its ambit?
a. West Bengal and Kerala
b. Gujarat and Maharashtra
c. Madhya Pradesh and Orrisa
d. Rajasthan and Karnataka
101. Ashtapradhan was a Council. of ministers
a. in the Gupta administration
b. in the Chola administration
c. in the Vijayanagar administration
d. in the Maratha administration
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102. Which one of the following pairs of
materials serves as electrodes in
chargeable batteries commonly used in
devices such as torchlight’s, electric
shavers etc.?
a. Nickel and cadmium
b. Zinc and carbon
c. Lead peroxide and lead
d. Iron and cadmium
103. The Indian subcontinent was originally
part of a huge mass called
a. Jurassic land mass
b. Aryavarta
c. Indiana
d. Gondwana continent
104. Which of the following are correctly
matched?
1. 1. Hamas: Palestinian extremist group
2. 2. Sinn Fein: I.R. As political wing
3. 3. True Path Party: A major constituent
of the ruling coalition in Turkey
a. 1 and 2
b. 1 and 3
c. 1, 2 and 3
d. 2 and 3
105. “The final Agent Orange raid in Vietnam
took place in 1970 areas have begun to
bloom again. But 19 years after the war’s
end, it seems plain that Agent Orange is
killing and maiming human beings,
something it never intended to do. The
apparent toxic fallout from those clouds is
a crop of human miseries including
cancers, miscarriages and birth defects -
that may persist for decades.
The offensive substance referred to in this
quotation is
a. DDT used as insecticide
b. a complex mixture of herbicides and
weedicides used to increase
agricultural output in the South
Vietnam under1 the U.S. aid
programme
c. a complex mixture of DDT and other
insecticides used as aerial sprays for
protection against malaria and other
tropical diseases
d. dioxin used as defoliants.
106. “It begins as a single cell and grows into a
merciless disease that claims millions of
lives year after year. But scientists are
steadily unlocking its mysteries, and the
fight against it may now have reached a
dramatic turning point. New discoveries
promise better therapies and hope in the
war against’………….. The disease
referred to in the above quotation is
a. Cancer
b. AIDS
c. Tuberculosis
d. Alzheimer’ s disease
107. Consider the table given below providing
details of traffic volume per hour for four
locations:
Location
Total
traffic
volume
%of Heavy Vehicles
Average noise level in dB (A)
Noise pollution level in dB (A)
I 377 24.40 73.50 84.00
II 380 12.50 72.60 83.00
III 377 30.00 73.50 86.50
IV 225 12.50 72.98 80.90
When the total traffic volume is the same,
the for (s) which affect (s) the noise
pollution level is/are
a. % of heavy vehicles
b. noise pollution level and average noise
level
c. average noise level and % of heavy
vehicles
d. indeterminable on the basis of details
given
108. Which one of the following dose not
belongs to biosphere reserves set-up so
far?
a. Great Nicobar
b. Sunder bans
c. Nanda Devi
d. Gulf of Kachchh
109. Cryogenic engines find applications in
a. sub-marine propulsion
b. frost-free refrigerators
c. rocket technology
d. researches in superconductivity
110. Consider the map given below:
The route indicated in the map was
followed, during the course of his military
exploits, by
a. Chandragupta II
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b. Harshavardhana
c. Rajendra Chola
d. Malik Kafur
111. The clouds flods in the atmosphere
because of their low
a. temperature
b. velocity
c. pressure
d. density
112. Which one of the following mountain
ranges is spread over only one State in
India?
a. Aravalli
b. Satpura
c. Ajanta
d. Sahyadri
113. Hughly was used as a base for piracy in
the Bay of Bengal by
a. the Portuguese
b. the French
c. the Danish
d. the British
114. The variations in temperatures from 0°C to
100°C with respect to time of two liquids
P, Q are shown in the graph gives below:
Which one of the following statements is
correct?
a. During heating, liquid P remained
hotter than liquid Q throughout
b. At no point of time during heating did
the two liquids have the same
temperature
c. P attained the temperature of 100°C
faster than Q
d. Q attained the temperature of 100°C
faster than P
115. In the field of space technology India has
demonstrated during 1994, her capability
to
a. design advance intercontinental
ballistic missile warning systems
b. build satellites
c. build stealth missiles
d. launch geo-stationary satellites.
116. The ‘Modi script’ was employed in the
documents of the
a. Wodeyars
b. Zamorins
c. Hoysalas
d. Marathas
117. ‘Yellow cake’, an item of smuggling
across borders is
a. a crude form of heroin
b. a crude form of cocaine
c. uranium oxide
d. unrefined gold
118. One of the reasons for India’s occupational
structure remaining more or less the same
over the years has been that
a. investment pattern has been directed
towards capital intensive industries
b. Productivity in agriculture has been
high enough to induce people to stay
with agriculture
c. Ceiling on land holdings have enabled
more people to own land and hence
their preference to stay with agriculture
d. People are largely unaware of the
significance of transition from
agriculture to industry for economic
development
119. Which one of the following countries had
in 1994 voted against joining the European
Union?
a. Norway
b. Sweden
c. Finland
d. Austria
120. Examine the map given below:
The places marked 1, 2, 3 and 4 were
respectively the seats of powers of the
a. Scindias, Holkars, Gaekwards and
Bhonsles
b. Holkars, Scindias, Gaekwads and
Bhonsles
c. Gaekwads, Bhonsles, Scindias and
Holkars
d. Scindias, Hlkars, Bhonsles and
Gaekwads
121. Which of the following benefits are likely
to accrue to India from the World Trade
Organization?
1. India’s share in the world trade is to go
up from the present 600 million US
dollars to 5 billion US dollars by 2000
AD.
2. It will help boost exports of
agricultural commodities from India.
3. India’s share in the world trade is
likely to triple by the year 2000 AD.
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 1 and 2
c. 1 and 3
d. 2 and 3
122. Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 hit the planet
a. Pluto
b. Mars
c. Jupiter
d. Saturn
123. The price fluctuations of 4 scrips in a stock
market in the four quarters of a year are
shown in the table below. Four different in
rectors had the following portfolios of
investment in the four companies
throughout the year:
Portfolios
Investor 1 10 of A, 20 of B, 30 of C and 40
of D
Investor 2 40 of A, 10 of B, 20 of C and 30
of D
Investor 3 30 of A, 40 of B, 10 of C and 20
of D
Investor 4 20 of A, 30 of B, 40 of C and l0
of D
Stock Market Performance
I
Quarter
II
Quarter
III
Quarter
IV
Quarter
Scrip A Up 10% Down
15%
Up 10% Down
10%
Scrip B Up 2% Up 1% Up 2% Up 2%
Scrip C Up 1% Up 1% Down
5%
Down
1%
Scrip D Up 20% Down
15%
Up 30% Down
10%
In the light of the above which one of the
following statements is correct?
a. investor 2 has made the best
investment
b. Investor I has made the best
investment
c. Investor 2 suffered a net loss during
the year
d. Investor 3 suffered a net loss during
the year
124. Which one of the following pairs is
correctly matched?
a. Battle of Bexar …… Mir Jafar vs
Clive
b. Battle of Wand wash …... French vs
East India Company
c. Battle of Chilianwala ……. Dathousie
vs Marathas
d. Battle of Kharda ……Nizam vs East
India Company
125. Examine the following statements:
1. All children are Inquisitive.
2. Some children arc inquisitive.
3. No children are inquisitive.
4. Some children are not inquisitive.
Among these statements, the two
statements which cannot both be true
simultaneously but can both be false
would be
a. 1 and 3
b. 1 and 4
c. 2 and 3
d. 3 and 4
126. Arakan Yoma is the extension of the
Himalayas located in
a. Baluchistan
b. Myanmar
c. Nepal
d. Kashmir
127. The signatories to the realy banning
chemical weapons include
a. U.S.A. Russia, India, Iran and Israel
b. Iraq, Libya, India, Russia and China
c. Brazil, Angol North Korea, Pakistan
and U.S.A.
d. Syria, Sri Lanka, Japan Singapore and
France
128. What is the correct sequence of the
following events?
1. The Lucknow Pact
2. The Introduction of Dyarchy
3. The Rowlett Act
4. The partition of Bengal
a. 1, 3, 2, 4
b. 4, 1, 3, 2
c. 1, 2, 3, 4
d. 4, 3, 2, 1
129. An air bubble in water will act like a
a. convex mirror
b. convex lens
c. concave mirror
d. concave lens
130. X and Y are two variables whose values at
any time are related to each other as shown
in fig. (i). X is known to vary periodically
with reference to time as shown in Fig.
(ii).
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Which of the following curves depicts
correctly the dependence of Y on time?
a.
b.
c.
d.
131. The national highway from Ainritsar to
Calcutta via Delhi is numbered
a. 1
b. 2
c. 4
d. 8
132. The word Adivari was used for the first
time to refer to the tribal people by
a. Mahatma Ghancihi
b. Thakkar Bappa
c. Jyotiba Phule
d. B. R. Arnhedkar
133. The concept of Anuvrata was advocated
by
a. Mahayana Buddhism
b. Hinayana Buddhism
c. Jainism
d. the Lokayata school
134. Out of a total of 120 musicians in a club,
5% can play all the three instruments,
guitar, violin and flute. It so happens that
the number of musicians who can play any
two and only two of the above instruments
is 30. The number of musicians who can
play the guitar alone is 40. What is the
total number of those who can play violin
alone or flute alone?
a. 45
b. 44
c. 38
d. 30
135. Which one of the following is incorrect in
respect of Local Government in India?
a. According to the Indian Constitution,
local government is not an independent
tier in the federal system
b. 30% of the seats in local bodies are
reserved for women
c. Local government finances are to be
provided by a Commission
d. Elections to local bodies are to be
determined, by a Commission
136. The Barrah dacoity was the first major
venture of the revolutionary terrorists of
the freedom movement in
a. Bombay - Karnataka
b. Punjab
c. East Bengal
d. The Madras Presidency
137. Which of the following political parties
is/are national political parties?
1. Muslim League
2. Revolutionary Socialist Party
3. All India Forward Block
4. Peasants and Workers Party of India
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 2 and 4
c. 3 only
d. None
138. The difference between a nuclear reactor
and an atomic bomb is that
a. no chain reaction takes place in nuclear
reactor while in the atomic bomb there
is a chain reaction
b. the chain reaction in nuclear reactor is
controlled
c. the chain reaction in nuclear reactor is
not controlled
d. no chain reaction takes place in atomic
bomb while it takes place in nuclear
reactor
139. The main reason for low growth rate in
India, in spite of high rate of savings and
capital formation is
a. high birth rate
b. low level of foreign aid
c. low capital/output ratio
d. high capital/output ratio
140. Examine the map of Jammu and Kashmir
given below:
the mountain ranges marked 1, 2, 3 and 4
are respectively
15 of 15
a. Ladakh, Zanskar, Karakoram and Pir
Panjal
b. Karakoram, Ladakh, Zanskar and Pir
Panjal
c. Karakoram, Zanskar, Pir Panjal and
Ladakh
d. Ladakh, Pir Panjal, Karakoram and
Zanskar
141. Which one of the following fuels causes
minimum environmental pollution?
a. Disel
b. Coal
c. Hydrogen
d. Kerosene
142. The largest source of financing the public
sector outlay of the Eighth Five Year Plan
comes from
a. balance from current revenue
b. contribution of public enterprises
c. government borrowings
d. deficit financing
143. The new Exim Policy announced in 1992,
is for a period of
a. 3 Years
b. 4 Years
c. 7 Years
d. 5 Years
144. Zero was invented by
a. Aryabhata
b. Varahaimihira
c. Bhaskara I
d. an unknown Indian
145. Which of the following can be inferred
from the statement that ‘Either John is
stupid or John is lazy’?
1. John is lazy / therefore, John is not
stupid.
2. John is not lazy / therefore, John is
stupid.
3. John is not stupid / therefore, John is
lazy.
4. John is stupid / therefore, John is not
lazy.
a. 1 and 2
b. 2 and 3
c. 3 and 4
d. 1 and 4
146. Consider the following:
1. Industrial Finance Corporation of India
2. Industrial Credit and Investment
Corporation of India
3. Industrial Development Bank of India
4. Unit Trust of India
5. The correct sequence in which the
above were established is
a. 1; 2, 3, 4
b. 1, 3, 2, 4
c. 4, 3, 2, 1
d. 1, 4, 3, 2
147. In 1930 Mahatma Gandhi started Civil
Disobedience Movement from
a. Sevagram
b. Dandi
c. Sabarmati
d. wardha
148. If in an election to a State Legislative
Assembly the candidate who is declared
elected loses his deposit, it means that
a. the polling was very poor
b. the election was for a multi-member
constituency
c. the elected candidate’s victory over his
nearest rival was very marginal
d. a very large number of candidates
contested the election
149. A person earns Rs. 2000 per month over
and above his salary as additional charge
allowance. However, 30% of this
additional income will be deducted as
additional income tax at source. If the
person would deposit Rs. 1000 per month
on a long term saving fetching 12%
interests his tax liability on the additional
allowance would reduce to 10%. What is
the effective interest for this person for
money invested in the long term savings
scheme?
a. 12%
b. 18%
c. 19%
d. 20%
150. Which one of the following pairs if not
correctly matched?
a. Jamnalal Bajaj …... Satyagraha
Ashram at Wardha
b. Dada’bhai Naoroji ….. Bombay
Association
c. Lala Lajpat Rai ..... National School at
Lahore
d. Bal Gangadhar Tilak ...... Satya
Shodhak Sabha
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