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The following 7 (Seven ) items consist of twostatements, Statement I and Statement TTExamine these two statements carefully andselect the correct answer using the codegiven below :
Code :
(a) Both the statements arc individuallytrue and Statement II is the correctexplanation of Statement I
(b) Both the statements are individuallytrue but Statement II is NOT thecorrect explanation of Statement I
(c) Statement I is true but Statement IIis false
(d) Statement I is false but Statement IIis true
1. Statement I : Plantation farming hasmostly been practiced inhumid tropics
Statement II : The soil of humid tropicsis highly fertile
2. Statement I : Chameleon changes itsskin colour to match withthe colour of thesurroundings
Statement II : The skin of chameleonemits light of the colourof the surrounding throughfluorescence
3. Statement I : Occasionally we see tworainbows together, theprimary rainbow withanother less intensesecondary rainbow about10 degrees away
Statement II : The secondary rainbowappears due to refractionafter a reflection ofsunlight from the waterdroplets
4. Statement I : Nationalism in India, whichwas assigned a privilegedposition by its westerneducated political leader¬
ship, was a ‘different’, buta ‘derivative discourse’from the west
Statement II : Indian nationalism as aresponse to westernimperialism was ‘like allsuch responses, shaped bywhat it was respondingto’
5. Statement I : The British legal scholarsrelied on Indian Pandits andMaulavis for understandingof canons of authoritativetexts
Statement II : British codified the HinduLaws in 1783 and theMuslim Laws in 1785
6. Statement I : Dadabhai Naoroji arguedthat what was beingdrained out was ‘potentialsurplus’ that could generatemore economic develop¬
ment in India if investedin India
Statement II : Imperialists believed thatIndia was brought into thelarge capitalist worldmarket and that was initself a progress towardsmodernization
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7. Statement I : The Man Booker Inter¬
national Prize is nowunlikely to be won by anEnglish author
Statement II : The Booker Prize Founda¬
tion announced that theMan Rnnker InternationalPrize was to evolve from2016 onwards into a prizefor fiction in translation
8. Which one of the following statementsabout Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana isNOT correct ?
(a) It is a social welfare scheme toprovide LPG connections in BPLhouseholds
(b) The scheme was launched in theyear 2015
(c) The Government has set a target of5 crores LPG connections under theYojana
(d) The objective of the scheme is tosafeguard the health of womenand children by providing themwith clean cooking fuel
9. Which one of the following portals waslaunched on the 250th anniversary ofSurvey of India ?
(a) ServicePlus
(b) DigiMap
(c) Udaan
(d) Nakshc
10. Which one of die following countries hasbeen tanked as the least corrupt country'in the Corruption Perception Index 2016released by Transparency International ?
(a) Denmark
(b) Sweden
(c) Switzerland
(d) Norway
11. The Central Vigilance Commission wasset up on the recommendation of
(a) First Administrative Reforms Com¬
mission
(b) Gorwala Committee
(c) Kripalani Committee
(d) Santhanam Committee
12. The Ninth Schedule was added to theConstitution of India by the
(a) Fourteenth Amendment
(b) First Amendment
(c) Ninety-Third Amendment
(d) Ninety-Ninth Amendment
13. Which one of the following cases in theSupreme Court of India dealt with theissue of ‘creamy layer’ among thebackward classes ?
(a) K M Nanavati vs. State of Bombay
(b) Indra Sawhney vs. Union of India
(c) Madhu Limaye vs. Ved Murti
(d) Sajjan Singh vs. State of Punjab
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14. Which one of the following statementsabuut Ciipps Mission is NOT correct ?
(a) In March 1942, Cripps persuadedWar Cabinet to agree to a draftdeclaration
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patelrepresented Congress to negotiatewith the mission
(c) The mission offered Dominionstatus after the war
(d) The mission offered formation ofconstitution making body after thewar
15. Which one of the following statementsabout the Treaty of Allahabad is NOTcorrect ?
(a) It was signed in the year 1765
(b) The Mughal Emperor by a farmanformally granted the Diwani ofBengal, Bihar and Orissa to theEast India Company
(c) Awadh was restored to its Nawabon payment of Rs. 50 Lakhs
(d) Banaras and the Surrounding tractswere detached from Awadh andhanded over to Shah Alam II
16. Which among the following was NOTthe provision of the Gandhi-Irwin pact ?
(a) Immediate release of all politicalprisoners of the Civil DisobedienceMovement
(b) Clause 2 of the March 1931 pactdefined ‘reservations and safe¬
guards’ to cover financial credit ofIndia
(c) The return of confiscated landalready sold to third partioo
(d) Reservation of 18 per cent seatsfor Depressed classes
17. Which one of the following novels wonthe Pulitzer Prize for the year 2017 inthe Fiction category ?
(a) The Goldfinch
(b) All the Light We Cannot See
(c) The Sympathizer
(d) The Underground Railroad
18. Which one of the following does NOTpass through the Kaziranga NationalPark ?
(a) The Brahmaputra river
(b) The Diphlu river
(c) National Highway No. 37
(d) Railway track of Indian Railway
19. The US President in 2017 has signed anexecutive order for US withdrawal froma trade organization of the Pacificregion. Identify the organization fromamong the following :
(a) Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation(APEC)
(b) Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
(c) Free-Trade Agreement of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP)
(d) Regional Comprehensive EconomicPartnership (RCEP)
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20. Which one of the following judgmentsdeclared that the Parliament has NOpower to amend any of the provisions ofPart III of the Constitution of India ?
(a) Kesavananda Bharati vs. State ofKerala
(b) Golak Nath vs. State of Punjab
(c) Champakam Dorairajan vs. State ofMadras
(d) Minerva Mills Ltd. vs. Governmentof India
21. Who among the following leaders isassociated with the concept of party lessdemocracy ?
(a) J B Kripalani
(b) Jayprakash Narayan
(c) Acharya Narendra Dev
(d) Vinoba Bhave
22. Who among the following is empoweredto establish Inter State Council underArticle 263 of the Constitution of India ?
(a) Parliament
(b) Council of Ministers
(c) President of India
(d) Chief Justice of India
23. Which among the following was NOTthe recommendation of the NehruReport ?
(a) Dominion Status
(b) Separate Electorate
(c) Unitary and Democratic Centre
(d) Adult Suffrage
24. Which one of the following statementsabout the Indigo Revolt of 1859 iscorrect ?(a) It broke out at Poona and
Ahmadnagar
(b) It was directed against moneylenders
(c) It was supported by the intelligentsiaof Bengal
(d) It was directed against the pettyZamindars and ex-employees of theplanters
25. Which of the following active step(s)was/were taken by the Congress in 1823to eradicate untouchability from India ?
1. Effort to educate and mobilizeopinion among caste Hindus
2. Efforts to educate the ‘avamas’about the evils of untouchability
3. Forcibly open the doors of templesfor ‘avamas’
4. Petition the Government to passlaws that would declare untouch¬
ability unlawful
Select the correct answer using the codegiven below :(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 2, 3 and 4
(d) 4 only
26. Which one of the following is NOT ariver covered under the Indus WaterTreaty 1960 ?(a) Ravi(b) Chenab(c) Teesta(d) Beas
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27. Who among the following are awardedwith the Special Breakthrough Prize inFundamental Physics for the year 2017 ?
(a) Stephen W Hawking and RogerPenrose
(b) Ronald Drever, Kip S Thome andRamer Weiss
(c) Joseph Polchinski, AndrewStrominger and Cumrun Vafa
(d) J Michael Kosterlitz, DuncanHaldane and David J Thouless
28. Who among the following Mathematicianis the recipient of the Abel Prize for theyear 2017 ?
(a) John F Nash
(b) YveS Meyer
(c) SR Srinivasa Varadhan
(d) Andrew Wiles
29. Who among the following scholars hasconceptualized the Constitution of Indiaas a ‘seamless web’ ?
(a) MV Pylee
(b) DD Basu
2. Article 16 of the Constitution ofIndia i3 available to tho oitizono ofIndia only
3. Article 21 of the Constitution ofIndia is available to both citizens ofIndia and the foreigners alike withinthe territory of India
Select the correct answer using the codegiven below :
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
31. Who among the following are entitled toget the benefits of equality before thelaw and the equal protection of the lawsas enshrined under Article 14 of theConstitution of India ?
1. All Indian citizens living in India
2. All Indian citizens living abroad
3. Foreigners living within the territoryof India
4. All citizens bom in India
(c) Granville Austin
(d) Subhash Kashyap
30. Which of the following statements is/arecorrect ?
Select the correct answer using the codegiven below :
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 1, 2 and 3
1. Article 15 of the Constitution of (c) 1 and 3 onlyIndia is available to both citizens ofIndia and the foreigners (d) 4
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32. Which one of the following statementsabout the English Education Act of 1835is NOT correct ?(a) It was proposed by Governor
General William Bentinck on theadvice of Macaulay
(b) It made English the language ofinstruction in Indian educationsystem
(c) With the formal institutionalization ofEnglish as the language of instruc¬
tion, the stage was set for a newdirection to Indian education
(d) To the existing Oriental Institutionsfresh awards of stipends to studentsand the publication of classical textswere to continue
33. Which one of the following dynastiesruled under the suzerainty of Kingdom ofVijayanagar ?(a) Sangamas, Saluvas, Tuluvas and
Aravidus(b) Sangamas, Hoysalas, Aravidus and
Tuluvas(c) Hoysalas, Saluvas, Poligars and
Sangamas(d) Yadavas of Devagiri, Hoysalas,
Saluvas and Aravidus
34. Which one of the following statementsabout the Colonial economy is NOTcorrect ?(a) The British presence inhibited
indigenous capitalism(b) Laissez-faire actively promoted
indigenous capitalism(c) The ‘white collective monopoly’
came earliest and remained mostpronounced in Eastern India
(d) The Bombay hinterland was difficultto penetrate before the constructionof railways
35. Which of the following statement(s)about Eastcrinc Kirc is/are correct ?
1. Bom in Nagaland, she is a poet,novelist and children’s book writer
2. She is the recipient of the HinduPrize for the year 2015 for herpoetic novel ‘When the PaverSleeps’
3. ‘When the River Sleeps’ was anexploration of the Naga spirituniverse
Select the correct answer using the codegiven below :
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
36. Which of the following statements aboutthe Paris Agreement on Climate Changeis NOT correct ?
(a) The agreement has been signed bymore than 190 countries (as ofMarch 2017)
(b) The agreement went into effect on4 November 2016
(c) The Intended Nationally DeterminedContribution (INDC) pledged duringthe 2015 Climate Change Confer¬
ence has been withdrawn in theParis Agreement
(d) Both USA and China joined theParis Agreement
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37. Akshay Kumar was chosen for the bestactor award for the 64th National FilmAwards (2017) for his role in the Hindifilm
(a) Mukti Bhawan
(b) Naam Shabana
(c) Rustom
'
(d) Airlift
38. Which one of the following statementsabout the provisions of the Constitutionof India is correct ?
(a) Minorities can establish andadminister educational institutions oftheir choice
(b) Only linguistic, ethnic and religiousminorities find mention underArticle 30
(c) Every religious denomination hasunfettered right to establish andmaintain institutions for religious andcharitable purposes
(d) An educational institution establishedby a religious minority loses itsminority status on receiving financialaid from the Government
39. Which of the following pair(s) is/arecorrectly matched ?
1. Rule of lapse : Part of grant thatcan be carried overto next year
2. Supplementary : An advance grant togrant meet expenditures
3. Vote on : Additional fundsaccount granted in the
course of financialyear
Select the correct answer using the codegiven below :
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 2 and 3
(d) None of the above
40. Who among the following has won theDadasaheb Phalke award for the year2016 ?
(a) K Viswanath
(b) Shashi Kapoor
(c) Gulzar
(d) v Manoj Kumar
41. Which one of the following had createdthe office of the Secretary of State forIndia ?
(a) The Councils Act 1861
(b) The Government of India Act 1858
(c) The Morley Minto Reforms
(d) Montague Chelmsford reforms
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42. Match List I with List II and select thecorrect answer using the code givenbelow the Lists :
List I List II(Author) (Book)
A. Herman Kulke 1. The DelhiSultanate :
B. Brajadulal A Political andChattopadhyaya Military History
C. Peter Jackson Z The Emergence ofDelhi Sultanate :
D. Sunil Kumar AD 1192-1296
3. The State in India :1000-1700
4. The Making ofEarly MedievalIndia
Code :
A B C D
(a) 2 14 3
(b) 3 4 1 2
(c) 2 4 13
(d) 3 1 4 2
43. Match List I with List II and select thecorrect answer using the code givenbelow the Lists :
List I List II(Official) (Office held)
A. Samahartri 1. Chief of thePalace Guards
B. Samnidhatri2. Chief collector
C. Sansthadhyaksha 0f revenue
D. Antaravamshika 3. Treasurer
4. Superintendentof markets
Code :
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
A
2
2
1
1
B
4
3
3
4
C
3
4
4
3
D
1
1
2
2
44. Which of the following most suitablycaptures the meaning and essence of‘globalization’ ?
1. It is about conducting externalrelations between two or moreStates of the world
2. It is a process of coming togetherof world-wide social relationsbypassing territories
3. It refers to thinking transterritoriallyabout global risks affecting people
4. It has a wishful vision of suprastategovernance
Select the correct answer using the codegiven below :
(a) 1 and 4 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 2, 3 and 4 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
45. Who among the following is one of thesix winners of the Goldman Environ¬
mental Prize, for the year 2017 ?
(a) Jadav Payeng
(b) Anadish Pal
(c) Prafulla Samantra
(d) Sundcrlal Dahuguna
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46. Padma Shri Sudarsan Pattnaik is wellknown as a(a) novelist(b) golfer(c) classical dancer(d) sand artist
47. Which one of the following is the coirectsequence of different stages a budgethas to go through in the Parliament ?
1. Presentation of the Budget2. Scrutiny by Departmental Commit¬
tees3. Passing of Finance Bill4. Passing of Appropriation Bill
Select the correct answer using the codegiven below :(a) 1 - 2 - 4 - 3(b) 1 - 3 - 2 - 4
(c) 2 - 1 - 3 - 4(d) 4 - 3 - 2 - 1
48. Government of which one of thefollowing States has appointed theRajamannar Committee to study theCentre-State relations ?(a) Government of Andhra Pradesh(b) Government of Karnataka(c) Government of Maharashtra(d) Government of Tamil Nadu
49. Which one of the following was themandate of the Dhar Commission (1948) ?(a) To study the classification ofStates
(b) To recommend whether the Statescan be re-organized on linguisticbasis
(c) To study the Centre-State relations
(d) To examine whether Madras citycan be transferred to Andhra
50. Which one of the following pairs of termand meaning is NOT correctly matched ?
(a) Khalisa : Villages whose incomewent directly to the StateTreasury
(b) Mauza : Rebellious territory
(c) Inam : Land allotted to learnedand religious man
(d) Jagir : Territorial assignment givento Mansabdars in lieu ofsalary
51. In which one of the following buildingsthe first extant true arch is found ?
(a) Arhai din ka Jhonpra
(b) Quwwat ul Islam Mosque
(c) Tomb of Sultan Balban
(d) Alai Darwaza
52. Which one of the following statements isNOT correct ?
(a) Sharaf Qai was a minister ofAllauddin Khalji
(b) Under Giyasuddin Tughluq Muqtiswere warned not to ill-treat any oftheir officials for small amountstaken over and above their salaries
(c) The Arabic work masalik-i-Absargives description of the functioningof Iqta system under Muhammadbin Tughluq
(d) Marco Polo has not mentionedabout Pearl Fishery of Tuticorin inSouth India
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53. Match List I with List II and select thecorrect answer using the mde givenbelow the Lists :
List I List II(Book) (Author)
A. The World 1. APJ Abdul KalamAs I See It
B. How to Live 2. Stephen HawkingLonger andFeel Better 3 Albert Einstein
(a) Mrinalini Sarabhai
(b) Mogubai Kurdikar
(c) Kishori Amonkar
(d) MS Subbulakshmi
56. Which one of the following is the winnerof the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2017 ?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
C. The Theoryof Everything 4. Linus Pauling
D. IndomitableSpirit
Code :A B C D
(a) 3 4 2 1
(b) 1 2 4 , 3
(c) 3 2 4 1
(d) 1 4 2 3
54. Which one of the following countries hasofficially recognized Bitcoin as a legalpayment method since 1st April 2017 ?
(a) Japan
(b) China
(c) USA(d) India
(b) Karnataka
(c) Assam
(d) Tamil Nadu
57. Match List I with List II and select thecorrect answer using the code givenbelow the Lists :
List I(Committee)
List II(Subject)
A. Rangarajan 1. Tax ReformCommittee
2. Insurance ReformB. Narsimhan
Committee . ~3. Disinvestment ofC. Kelkar shares in PSEs
Committee4. Banking Sector
D. Malhotra ReformCommittee
55. Consider the following passage andidentify the person :Born in April 1932, she was a renownedHindustani classical vocalist. She wasrecognized as an innovative exponent ofthe Jaipur Gharana. She was awardedPadma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan.She was also a Fellow of Sangeet NatakAkademy. She died in April 2017.
Code :
A B C D
(a) 214 3
(b) 2 4 1 3
(c) 3 4 1 2
(d) 3 1 4 ?
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58. To which of the following sectors of theeconomy, the activity of agriculture andservices belong to ?
(a) Primary and Tertiary respectively
(b) Primary and Secondary respec¬
tively
(c) Tertiary and Secondary respec¬
tively
(d) Secondary and Quaternary respec¬
tively
59. Which one of the following statementsabout Allahabad Prashasti is correct ?
(a) It clearly presents the Gupta empireas the epicenter of a complex webof varied political relationships
(b) Line 15 of it refers to the capturinga king of the Kota family
(c) Line 23 refers to Samudraguptaviolently exterminating a number ofkings of Aryavarta
(d) Line 20 refers to rulers offeringtribute, obeying the orders of theGupta King
60. Which one of the following statementsabout the Gupta period is NOT correct ?
(a) Forced labour (Vishti) became morecommon than before in this period
(b) A passage in the Vishnu Puranarefers to the Guptas enjoying all theterritories along the Ganga up toPrayciga
(c) The Mehrauli inscription suggeststhat Chandragupta fought against aconfederacy of enemies in Bengaland also led a campaign into thePunjab
(d) Saurashtra was not a part of theGupta Empire
61. Which one of the following statementsabout the Sukanya Samridhi Scheme isNOT correct ?
(a) Only parents of girls up to the ageof 10 years can open such accountsin their daughters name
(h) Contributions are eligible for taxbenefits under Section 80C of theIncome Tax Act
(c) Interest earned thereon is exemptedup to Rs. 1500 per annum
(d) A maximum of Rs. 1 -50 lakh perannum can be invested in thisaccount
62. Which of the following are the reformsintroduced in Budget 2017-2018 ?
1. Presentation of Budget advanced to1st February to enable theMinistries to operationalise allactivities from the commencementof the financial year
2. Merger of Railway Budget withGeneral Budget to bring Railwaysto the centre stage of Government’sFiscal Policy
3. Removal of plan and non-planclassification of expenditure tofacilitate a holistic view ofallocations for Sectors andMinistries
Select the correct answer using the codegiven below :
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 1 and 2 only
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63. ‘Nomadic Elephant’ is a joint militaryexercise between India and(a) China(b) Mongolia(c) Vietnam(d) Bhutan
64. Which one of the following artificialsweeteners is modified sugar ?
(a) Aspartame(b) Saccharin(c) Sucralose(d) Alitame
65. Which one of the following polymers ismade of protein ?(a) Rubber
(b) Cotton(c) Wool(d) Jute
66. Which of the following diseases arecaused by the consumption of watercontaminated by mercury and nitrate ?(a) Minamata disease and Osteoporosis(b) Osteoporosis and Blue Baby
Syndrome(c) Minamata disease and Blue Baby
Syndrome
(d) Osteoporosis and Minamata disease
67. Leakage of which one of the followinggases had caused Bhopal Gas Tragedy inthe year 1984 ?(a) Methyl isocyanate
(b) Hexamethylene diisocyanate(c) Isophorone diisocyanate(d) Isothiocyanate
68. The difference between the compoundinterest and the simple interest for2 years on a sum of money is Rs. 60.If the simple interest for 2 years isRs. 1440, what is the rate of interest ?
(a) 4i%
(b) 6{%
(c) 8%
(d) 8l%
69. A, B, C, D, E and F compared theirmarks in an examination and found thatA obtained the highest marks, B obtainedmore marks than D, C obtained morethan at least two others and E had notobtained the lowest marks.
Consider the following statements :
Statement 1 : At least two membersobtained less marks thanC
Statement 2 : E and F obtained thesame marks
Which of the above statement(s) is/aresufficient to identify the one with thelowest marks ?
(a) Both 1 and 2
(b) Neither 1 nor 2
(c) 1 only
(d) 2 only
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70. Two men set out at the same time towalk towards each other from point3A and B\ 72 km apart. The first manwalks at the speed of 4 kmph while thesecond walks 2 km in the first hour,2 - j km in the second hour, 3 km in thethird hour, and so on. The two men willmeet
List I(Vegetation)
A. Chaparrals
B. Maquis
C. Fynbos
D. Malle scrubs
Code :
List II(Region)
1. North America2. Southern Europe3. South Africa4. Australia
(a) in 8 hours
(b) nearer to A than B
(c) nearer to B than A
(d) midway between A and B
A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 4(b) 1 3 2 4(c) 4 3 2 1(d) 4 2.3 1
71. Match List I with List II and select thecorrect answer using the code givenbelow the Lists :
List I(Hydro power
project)
A. Maithon project
B. Salal project
C. Rana PratapSagar project
D. Tehri project
Code :
A B
(a) 2 1
(b) 2 4
(c) 3 1
(d) 3 4
List II(River)
1. Chambal river
2. Bhagirathi river
3. Barakar river
4. Chenab river
C D
4 3
1 3
4 2
1 2
72. Match List I with List II and select thecorrect answer using the code givenbelow the Lists :
73. Which one of the following tigerreserves of India has ‘Bhoorsingh theBarasingha’ as its official mascot ?(a) Nameri tiger reserve(b) Ranthambhore tiger reserve(c) Panna tiger reserve(d) Kanha tiger reserve
74. Which one of the following elements ispresent in the green pigment of leaves ?(a) Magnesium(b) Iron(c) Calcium(d) Copper
75. Which one of the following is NOTcorrect about organic farming ?(a) It does not use genetically modified
seeds(b) Synthetic pesticides or fertilizers are
not used(c) It uses minimal crop rotation(d) It uses ecologically protective prac¬
tices
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76. Which one of the following instrumentsis used for measuring moisture contentof air ?
(a) Hydrometer
(b) Hygrometer
(c) Hypsometer
(d) Pycnometer
77. Bronze is an alloy of copper and
(a) nickel
(b) iron
(c) tin
(d) aluminium
78. The length of a rectangle is increased by60%. By what per cent would the widthhave to be decreased to maintain thesame area ?
(a) 37-5 %
(b) 60%
(c) 75%
(d) 120%
79. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in12 minutes and 16 minutes respectively.If both the pipes are opened together,then after how much time, B shouldbe closed so that the tank is full in9 minutes ?
(a) min
(b) 4 min
(c) 4 -- min
(d) 4 -|min
80. One year ago, a father was four timesas old us his son. After six years his ageexceeds twice his son’s age by 9 years.The ratio of their present age is
(a) 9 : 2
(b) 11 : 3
(c) 12 : 5
(d) 13 : 4
81. Which one of the following pairs ofIsland and Sea /Ocean is NOT correctlymatched ?
(a) Cyprus : Mediterranean Sea
(b) Falkland : Atlantic Ocean
(c) Chagos : North Pacific Ocean
(d) Islas Cocos : Indian Ocean
82. Match List I with List II and select thecorrect answer using the code givenbelow the Lists :
List I List II(Mineral) (Mine)
A. Zinc 1. Amjhore
B. Gold 2. Sukinda
C. Chromite 3. Zawar
D. Pyrite 4. Hutti
Code :
A B C D
(a) 1 2 4 3
(b) 3 2 4 1
(c) 3 4 2 1
(d) 1 4 2 3
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83. As per Census 2011, which one of thefollowing is the correct descending orderof States in India in respect of sex ratio(female per thousand of males) ?
(a) West Bengal - Madhya Pradesh -Uttarakhand - Jammu and Kashmir
(b) Madhya Pradesh - West Bengal -Jammu and Kashmir - Uttarakhand
(c) Uttarakhand - West Bengal -Madhya Pradesh - Jammu andKashmir
(d) West Bengal - Uttarakhand -Madhya Pradesh - Jammu andKashmir
84. Liquid water is denser than ice due to
(a) higher surface tension
(b) hydrogen bonding
(c) van der Waals forces
(d) covalent bonding
85. Which one of the following is thechemical name of heavy water ?
(a) Hydrogen oxide
(b) Deuterium dioxide
(c) Deuterium oxide
(d) Heavy hydrogen oxide
86. Who among the following has coined ,theterm ‘Quark’, the fundamental particlesthat make up protons and neutrons in anatomic nucleus ?
(a) Richard Feynman
(b) Murray Gell-Mann
(c) Albeit Einstein
(d) Niels Bohr
87. The mass number of an element is NOTchanged when it emits
(a) Alpha and Beta radiations only
(b) Alpha and Gamma radiations only
(c) Beta and Gamma radiations only
(d) Alpha, Beta and Gamma radiations
88. Which one of the following is thesmallest number by which 2880 must bedivided in order to make it a perfectsquare ?
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6
89. A 3 digit number 4X3 is added to 984to get a 4 digit number 13Y7. If 13Y7is divisible by 11, then what is the valueof (X+Y) ?
(a) 15
(b) 12
(c) 11
(d) 10
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90. If all students are boys and all boys aredancers, then which one of the followingstatements is definitely true ?
(a) All dancers are boys
(b) All boys are students
(c) All dancers are students
(d) All students are dancers
91. In March 2017, a High Court in Indiahad accorded the status of living humanentities to which two of the followingrivers ?
(a) Brahmaputra and Ganga
(b) Ganga and Yamuna
(c) Yamuna and Godavari
(d) Krishna and Kaveri
92. Which one of the following statementsabout land tenure system is NOTcorrect ?
(a) During the British rule in Indiathree categories of land tenuresystem, viz. Zamindari, Mahalwariand Ryotwari were introduced
(b) Under Zamindari system, land washeld by one person or at the mostby a few joint owners who wereresponsible for the payment of landrevenue
(c) Under the Mahalwari system, theagricultural lands belonged to theGovernment
(d) Under Ryotwari system, theindividual holders had the permanentrights over land and were directlyresponsible for payment of landrevenue
93. Which of the following are the necessaryconditions for the growth of coral reefs ?
1. Photic conditions
2. Clean and sediment free water
3. Sea salinity of 6%
4. Tropical sea water with temperatureof 20°C to 21°C
Select the correct answer using the codegiven below :
(a) 1, 2 and 4 only
(b) 2 and 4 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
94. Which one of the following diseases iscaused by Cadmium pollution ?
(a) Minamata
(b) Itai-itai
(c) Fluorosis
(d) Blue baby syndrome
95. Presence of ozone in the atmosphere isimportant because it absorbs
(a) ultraviolet-A and ultraviolet-Bradiations
(b) ultraviolet-B radiations only
(c) infrared-B radiations only
(d) outgoing ultraviolet-B radiations andincoming ultraviolet-A radiations
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96. NPP (Net Primary Productivity) is highestfor
(a) tropical forests
(b) swamps
(c) reefs
(d) woodland and shrub land
97. Study of a single species and theenvironmental factors in its habitat iscalled
(a) Genecology
(b) Synecology
(c) Autecology
(d) Ethology
98. In an examination, 25% of thecandidates failed in Mathematics and12% failed in English. If 10% of thecandidates failed in both the subjectsand 292 candidates passed in both thesubjects, which one of the following isthe number of total candidates appearedin the examination ?
(a) 300
(b) 400
(c) 460
(d) 500
99. 5% of income of A is equal to 15% ofincome of B and 10% income of B isequal to 20% of income of C. If theincome of C is Rs. 2,000, then what isthe total income of A, B and C ?
(a) Rs. 20,000
(b) Rs. 18,000
(c) Rs. 14,000
(d) Rs. 6,000
100. If the product of n positive numbers isunity, then their 3um is
(a) a positive integer
(b) divisible by n
(c) equal to n+ ^(d) never less than n
101. Which of the following statements aboutthe Equatorial region are correct ?
1. It is a megathermal region
2. It is a sclerophyll region
3. It is a region of high development
4. It is a region of aerial streamlets
Select the correct answer using the codegiven below :
(a) 1 and 4
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 2, 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2 and 3
102. Which one of the following statementsabout the Himalayas is NOT correct ?
(a) They are young fold mountains
(b) They have geosynclinal rocks
(c) Himalayan frontal faults (HFF)separates Himalaya from Tibet
(d) Indus and Sutlej rivers formantecedent drainage in Himalaya
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103. Which one of the following is NOT afavourable condition for occurrence of athunderstorm ?(a) Conditional and convective instability(b) Adequate supply of moisture in the
lower atmosphere(c) Advection of cold dry air in the
lower troposphere and warm moistair in the upper troposphere
(d) A synoptic situation of low levelconvergence and upper leveldivergence
104. The ecological niche of an organismrelates to(a) specific habitat of the organism(b) symbiotic relationship with other
organisms(c) diverse occurrence of a species
under different conditions(d) its interaction with all other
organisms
105. Free swimming macroscopic animals inan aquatic environment are referred toas(a) Plankton(b) Periphyton(c) Benthos(d) Nekton
106. The term Biomagnifications is referred toas(a) increase in the body weight(b) uncontrolled growth of harmful
organisms(c) accumulation of increasing amount
of non-degradable pollutant throughfood chain
(d) increase in the number of bacteriain a culture medium
107. Which one of the following statementsabout air pollution caused by dieselengines is correct ?
(a) It produces large quantity of carbonmonoxide at lower and hightemperatures
(b) It piuduces huge quantity of nitro¬
gen oxides at lower and hightemperatures
(c) It produces large quantity of carbonmonoxide at lower temperature andnitrogen oxides at high temperature
(d) It produces large quantity of nitro¬
gen oxides at lower temperatureand carbon monoxide at hightemperature
108. In an election which was contested bytwo candidates, X and Y, 4000 voteswere polled. Suppose that every votewas polled in favour of either of the twocandidates. Candidate Y got 40% of votepolled and was defeated. What was themargin of defeat ?
(a) 500 votes
(b) 800 votes
(c) 1200 votes
(d) 1600 votes
109. The average of 7 consecutive oddnumbers is M. If the next 3 oddnumbers are also included, the average
(a) remains unchanged
(b) increases by 1-5(c) increases by 2
(d) increases by 3
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Direction :The next three items are based on theinformation provided below :
Investment in various industries/sectors acrossfive years (in Rupees Hundred Crore)
Type ufindustry/sector 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
MimiftctminQ 740 son 470 440 «10Electrical 500 520 600 650 800
Services 420 480 500 600 750
Mining 440 500 550 600 660
Others 800 900 980 1110 1080
110. What is the percentage increase ininvestment in the Electrical sector from2005-06 to 2009-10 ?
(a) 30%
(b) 40%
(c) 50%
(d) 60%
111. During the given years, what is theaverage investment per year for theservices sector (in Rupees HundredCrore) ?
(a) 490
(b) 550
(c) 580
(d) 670
112. During which one of the following years,was the total investment maximum ?
(a) 2006-07
(b) 2007-08
(c) 2008-09
(d) 2009-10
113. Which one of the following is a majoreffect of long term consumption ofdrinking water containing little (less than0-5 ppm) or no fluoride ?
(a) Cavity of tooth
(b) Erosion of nail
(c) Deformation of bone
(d) Mottling of tooth
114. Carborundum is used as an abrasive,because it
(a) has high thermal conductivity
(b) has low coefficient of expansion
(c) has high chemical stability
(d) is extremely hard
115. Which one of the following is NOTdecomposed by bacterial action ?
(a) Vegetable remains
(b) Plastic materials
(c) Animal carcasses
(d) Wastes of flowers
116. Two positions of a dice with 1 to 6 dotson its side are shown below :
If the dice is resting on the side withthree dots, what will be the number ofdots on the side at the top ?
(a) 1
(b) 1 or 5
(c) 5
(d) 7 nr 5
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117. Consider the following figure :
A E B
H F
D G C
What is the number of rectangles whichare not squares in the above figure ?(Given that ABCD is a square andE, F, G, H are mid-points of its sides)
(a) 14
(b) 16
(c) 20
(d) 21
118. Consider the following number :
n = [(6374)1793x(625)317x(313)49]
Which one of the following is the digit atthe unit place of n ?
(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) 2
(d) 5
119. Match List I with List II and select thecorrect answer using the code given belowthe Lists :
List I(Bird Sanctuary)
A. Sultanpur
B. Kulik
C. Nawabganj
D. Attiveri
List II(State)
1. West Bengal
2. Haryana
3. Uttar Pradesh
4. Karnataka
Code :
(a)
(b)(c)(<1)
A
2
244
B
1
33
1
C3
11
3
D4
4
2
2
120. Match List I with List II and select thecorrect answer using the code givenbelow the Lists :
List I(National Park)A. CorbettB. Neora Valley
C. Betla
D. Kanha
List II(Location in map)
A B C D
4
4
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121. Consider the following statements :
1. Areas where rainfall exceeds250 cm
2. Annual temperature 25°C-27°C
3. Average humidity exceeds 75%
4. Trees do not shed the leaves
To which one of the following types ofvegetation does the above represent ?
(a) Tropical wet evergreen
(b) Tropical semi evergreen
(c) Tropical moist deciduous
(d) Tropical dry evergreen
122. Which of the following statementsrelated to tribes in India are correct ?
1. Tharu tribes are found in UttarPradesh and Uttarakhand
2. Irula, Chenchu and Sumali tribesare found in Kerala
3. Garasia tribes are found in Goa
4. Gaddi tribes are nomadic herders ofJammu & Kashmir and HimachalPradesh
Select the correct answer using the codegiven below :
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 and 4 only
(c) 1, 2 and 4 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
123. Consider the following statements about‘Ring of Fire’ :
1. It is also known as circum-Pacificbelt of volcanoes
2. It is an active seismic zone
3. It is a zone of divergent plate margin
Select the correct answer using the codegiven below :
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
124. The Bum La Pass is located in
(a) Sikkim
(b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Uttarakhand
125. Which one of the following is located atthe southernmost latitude ?
(a) South Africa
(b) Australia1
(c) Chile
(d) Polynesia
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