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INTELLIGENCE BUREAU ACIO EXAM SOLVED PAPER (EXAM HELD ON: 10-07-2011)

1. How many languages and dialects are 12. Which of the following in the book/play spoken by people all over the world? written by Maithili Sharan Gupt? A. 6,000 B. 9,000 A. Saket B. Satyartha Prakash C. 4,000 D. 1,000 C. Shakuntala D. Savitri 2. Approximately, how many people speak 13. The book ?Satyartha Prakash? was written Chinese language? by: A. 1 billion B. 1 million A. Swami Dayanand C. 1 lakh D. 1 thousand B. Swami Vivekanand 3. The language with the richest vocabulary is: C. Sarojini Naidu A. B. French D. Kalidas C. English D. German 14. The play/book ?Shakuntala? was written by: 4. English Language have more than ?? words: A. Maithili Sharan gupt A. 4,50,000 B. 45,000 B. Swami Dayanand C. 4,500 D. 450 C. Kalidas 5. The oldest Indian language is: D. Tulsidas A. Telugu B. Hindu 15. Which of the following is the author of ?Song C. Tamil D. Punjabi of , The?: 6. Which book has been printed in the A. Firdausi maximum number of languages and these B. Sarojini Naidu scripts? C. Lala Lajpat Rai A. The Bible B. Hiraka Sutra D. Sri Aurobindo Ghosh C. The Super Book D. None of these 16. The author of the book ?Time machine? is: 7. The only religious book ever printed in a A. Lewis Carroll shorthand scripts is: B. Robert Louis Stevenson A. The C. Charles Lamb B. The D. H.G. Wells C. The bible 17. Which of the following book was written by D. Guru Granth Sahib Tulsidas: 8. The oldest printed work in the world, which A. Vinay Patrika dates back to AD 868 is: B. Ramcharitmanas A. The Bible B. The Hirake Sutra C. Both (a) and (b) C. The Ramayana D. The Mahabharata D. Yashodhara 9. The largest book, the super book, is ?? and 18. The book ?Vish Vriksha? was written by: weight is ?? A. Bankimchandra Chatterjee A. 270 cm, 300 cm, 252 kg. B. Annie Basant B. 100 cm, 110 cm, 100 kg. C. Tulsidas C. 200 cm, 100 cm, 60 kg. D. Kalidas D. None of these 19. The book ?We Indians? was written by: 10. Les Hommes de bonne volonté is the: A. H.G. Wells B. Khushwant Singh A. Longest novel ever published C. James Jeans D. Thomas Moore B. Shortest novel every published 20. Which of he following is he author of C. The oldest novel play/book ?Yashodhara?: D. None of these A. Maithili Sharan Gupt 11. The author of the play/book ?Ratnawali? is: B. Khushwant Singh A. Tulsidas B. Kalidas C. Bankimchandra Chatterjee C. Harsha Vardhan D. Prem Chand D. Sarojini Naidu

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21. was: 30. The American General who led the revolt A. A great hockey player against the British & declared American B. Captained he Indian hockey team which independence was: won a gold medal in 1936 Berlin Olympics A. George Washington C. Scored 101 goals at the Olympic games B. Bill Clinton and 300 goals in the international matches. C. George Bush D. All the statements are correct D. None of these 22. Who developed the small pox vaccination? 31. Marco Polo A. Eduard Jenner B. Alexander Fleming A. Discovered Greenland C. Albert Einstein D. None of these B. Traveled three China, India and other 23. Euclid was: parts of Asia A. Greek mathematician C. Traveled round the cape of Good Hope B. Contributor to the use of deductive D. Discovered Canada principles of logic as the basis of geometry 32. Who landed on the mainland of South C. Propounded the geometrical theosems America for the First time? D. All the statements are correct A. Discovered Greenland 24. Fa-hien was: B. Landed on the mainland of south America A. The first Buddhist pilgrim of China to visit C. Discovered the sea route from Europe to India during the reign of Chandragupta India. Vikramaditya D. None of these B. The discover of Puerto Rico and Jamaica 33. Who was first to sail sound the strait, C. The first Buddhist pilgrim of India to visit reached the Philippines and named the China Pacific Ocean? D. None of these A. Ferdinand Magelion 25. Firdausi was: B. Jacques Carter A. A person poet C. William Janszoom B. Well known for his epic ?Sharnama? C. Both are correct D. Vasco da Gama D. None of these 34. Who discovered Australia? 26. Who is also known as the ?Lady with the A. Eric the Red Lamp?? B. Leif Ericsson A. Florence Nightingale C. William Janszoom B. Sarojini Naidu D. None of these C. Rani Laxmibai 35. Who located the magnetic pole? D. Bachendri Pal A. Sir James Clark B. Rear Admiral 27. Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit was: C. Sir John Ross D. All the above A. A German Physicist 36. Who was first to reach the South Pole? B. Developed the mercury thermometer in A. Rear Admiral 1714 B. Capt. Amundsen C. Devised temperature scale C. Capt. R. E. Scett D. All are correct D. Sir Edmund Hillary 28. Galileo was an Italian astronomer who: 37. Who was the first to cross the Antarctic? A. Developed the telescope B. Discovered 4 satellites of Jupiter A. Sir Vivian Fuchs & sir Edmund Hillary C. Discovered that the movement of the B. Maj. Yuri Gagarin and Maj. Gherman Titor pendulum produces a regular time C. Capt. R. E. Scott measurement. D. All of these D. All are correct 38. Who were the first to journey into space? 29. Who is known as the father of English A. Maj. Yori Gagarin and maj. Gherman Titor poetry? from Russia A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Comm. Grissom and Col john Glenn from B. John Milton America C. John Keats C. Both are correct D. None of these D. None of these (3)

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39. Who was the first man to ?Walk? in space? 45. Where is the sports stadium, Green Park, A. Col. Leonor from Russia located? B. Major White from America A. Kanpur B. Jamshedpur C. Both of these C. Cuttack D. Patiala D. None of these 46. For which of the following disciplines in Nobel Prize awarded? 40. Who were the first to circle the moon? A. Physics and chemistry A. Frank boreman, Bill Anders and Jim Lovell B. Physiology or Medicine B. Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin C. Literature, Peace and Economics C. Charles Conrad and Alan Bean D. All the above D. None of these 47. On which date is Nobel Prize awarded? 41. ?Arena? is the special name for playground A. December 10 B. January 10 of: C. April 10 D. July 10 A. Cricket B. Lawn Tennis 48. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, C. Wrestling D. Skating awarded the Noble Prize in: 42. The national sport of Canada is: A. Physics B. Economics A. Tennis and cricket C. Chemistry D. (a) and (c) B. Lacrosse 49. The committee of the Norwegian Parliament C. Judo awards the prize for: D. Rugby and Football A. Economics B. Peace 43. Badminton is the national sport at: C. Medicine D. Literature A. Malaysia B. Scotland 50. Dr. Linus Carl Pauling is the only person to C. China D. Former soviet Union have won two Nobel Prizes individually for: 44. Where is the Vallabhbhai Patel stadium A. Chemistry in 1954, peace prize in 1962 located? B. Peace prize in 1954, Chemistry in 1962 A. Kolkata B. Mumbai C. Physics in 154, Medicine in 1962 C. Chennai D. Delhi D. Medicine in 1954, Physics in 1962

ANSWERS

1. (B) 11. (C) 21. (D) 31. (B) 41. (C) 2. (A) 12. (A) 22. (A) 32. (B) 42. (B) 3. (C) 13. (A) 23. (D) 33. (A) 43. (A) 4. (A) 14. (C) 24. (A) 34. (C) 44. (B) 5. (C) 15. (B) 25. (C) 35. (D) 45. (A) 6. (A) 16. (D) 26. (A) 36. (B) 46. (D) 7. (C) 17. (C) 27. (D) 37. (A) 47. (A) 8. (B) 18. (A) 28. (D) 38. (C) 48. (D) 9. (A) 19. (B) 29. (A) 39. (C) 49. (B) 10. (A) 20. (A) 30. (A) 40. (A) 50. (A)

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