1. Indian Mountaineer Anshu Jamsenpa Created History on 16 May 2017 by Becoming the First Indian Woman to Scale the World’S Highest Peak, Mount Everest for the A
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SECTION A: GENERAL AWARENESS 1. Indian mountaineer Anshu Jamsenpa created history on 16 May 2017 by becoming the first Indian woman to scale the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest for the a. 2nd time b. 3rd time c. 4th time d. 5th time. 2. Which State Government has launched ambulance service for injured and ill cows? a. Uttar Pradesh b. Maharashtra c. Gujarat d. Rajasthan 3. Which among the following has become the first state to switch to the January-December financial year from the existing April-March cycle? a. Gujarat b. Madhya Pradesh c. Karnataka d. Maharashtra 4. Which is the place of worship of the Jews? a. Fire temple b. Mosque c. Church d. Synagogue 5. Khajuraho is situated in the state of a. Andhra Pradesh b. Maharashtra c. Rajasthan d. Madhya Pradesh 6. The basic regulatory authority for mutual funds and stock markets lies with a. SEBI b. RBI c. Government of India d. Planning Commission 7. Ramnath Kovind has been recently elected as the -------President of India. a. 12th b. 13th c. 14th d. 15th 8. The author of India’s national song is a. Rabindra Nath Tagore b.Subramaniam Bharati c. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee d. Mulk Raj Anand 9. The headquarter of World Health Organization is located at a. London b. Rome c. Paris d. Geneva 10. An essential attribute of inflation is a. The absence of black market b. The presence of black market c. Increase in prices d. Fall in production 11. The primary function of an entrepreneur is to a. Decide the time and place to start the factory b. Take risk and bear the uncertainties c. Lay down the policy d. Make optimum use of the scarce resources 12. Mixed economy implies a. Co-existence of heavy industries and small scale industries b. Promotion of agriculture as well as industries c. Presence of the rich and the poor d. Co-existence of public sector and private sector. 13. Which state of India has the largest area under forest? a. Madhya Pradesh b. Uttar Pradesh c. Gujarat d. Assam 14. The highest mountain peak in India is a. Mount Everest b. Naga Parbat c. K2 (Godwin Austen) d. Kanchen Junga 15. Which State Government has announced free education for girls in Government Schools and colleges from Nursery to Ph.D? a. Bihar b. Karnataka c. Punjab d. Karnataka 16. Which of the following tax will be abolished by GST? a. Service Tax b. Corporation tax c. Income tax d. Wealth tax 17. Who is the author of the book “Hope in a challenged democracy: An Indian narrative”? a. M Hamid Ansari b. K K Menon c. Ashwini Kumar d. M N Venkatachaliah 18. Which Indian movie has won the Best Action Movie award at Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF)? a. Sultan b. Dangal c. Rustom d. Baahubali: The Conculusion 19. Which Indian shuttler has won the Australian Open Super Series Badminton trophy? a. Chetan Anand b. H S Prannoy c. Kidambi Srikanth d. Mulyo Handayo 20. Which country is to host the 12th edition of G20 summit? a. Germany b. France c. Italy d. Japan 21. Which Indian Bollywood actress has been appointed as the new brand ambassador for government’s flagship Skill India campaign? a. Aishwarya Rai b. Sonam Kapoor c. Deepika Padukone d. Priyanka Chopra 22. The first Padmashree Awardee of Arunachal Pradesh is a. Mrs. Omem Moyong Deori b. Mrs Mamang Dai c. Mr. Gegong Apang d. Mrs. J. Ete 23. The current governor of Arunachal Pradesh is a. P.B. Acharya b. V Shanmuganathan c. Tathagata Roy d. Nirbhay Sharma 24. World Environment Day falls on a. 6th June b. 5th June c. 6th July d. 5th July 25. Who has been recently selected as the head coach of Indian cricket team? a. Anil Kumble b. Ravi Shastri c. Sunil Gavaskar d. Sachin Tendulkar Section B: Language Comprehension Directions (Qs. 26 to 30): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it: In the eighteenth century, one of the first modern economists, Adam Smith, thought that the whole annual produce of the land and labour of every country provided revenue to ‘three different orders of people: those who live by rent, those who live by wages and those who live by profit.’ Each successive stage of the industrial revolution however made the social structure more complicated. Many intermediate groups grew up during the nineteenth century between the upper middle class and the working class. There are small scale industrialists as well as large ones, small shopkeepers and tradesmen, officials and salaried employees, skilled and unskilled workers and professional men such as doctors and teachers. Farmers and peasants continue in all countries as independent groups. In spite of this development, one of the most famous writers on social class in the nineteenth century, Karl Marx, thought that there was a tendency for society to split into huge class camps, the bourgeoisie (the capitalists) and the proletariat (the workers). Influential as was Marx’s theory of social class, it was much over-simplified. The social make-up of modern societies is much more complex than he suggested. 26. Adam Smith’s eighteenth century definition of class was invalidated by a. Karl Marx b. The nineteenth century working class c. The continuation of farmers and peasants as independent groups d. Successive stages of industrial revolution. 27. The small shopkeepers and tradesmen are regarded as an intermediate group a. Between the upper class and the middle class b. Between the upper middle class and working class c. Within the working class d. Within the upper middle class. 28. According to the passage, doctors and teachers belong to the a. Upper class b. Upper middle class c. Working class d. Middle class 29. Karl Marx developed his two-class theory a. In spite of the farmers and peasants b. Making special allowance for professionals c. Even thought new sub-classes were appearing in his days d. With reference to European societies only 30. Marx’s theory of social class a. Was oversimplified by the bourgeoisie b. Influential because it was oversimplified c. Influential in spite of being oversimplified d. Not widely known in nineteenth century. Directions: In the questions 31 to 35, each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences S1 & S6 are given at the beginning. The middle four sentences have been jumbled up and are labelled as P, Q, R, S. You are required to find out the proper order for the four sentences – 31. S1 : We are living in an age in which technology has suddenly ‘annihilated distance.’ S6 : In that event, we should be dooming ourselves to wipe each other out. P : We have never been so conscious of our variety as we are now that we have come to such close quarters. Q : Physically we are now all neighbours, but psychologically we are still strangers to each other. R : Are we going to let this consciousness of our variety make us fear and hate each other ? S : How are we going to react ? The proper sequence should be – a. QPSR b. QPRS c. PRQS d. SRPQ 32. S1: Advertising is also advantageous to the consumer in that if it increases the sale of goods, industry prospers and prices may be reduced. S6: Advertising of this particular kind is planned to stimulate new wants or to induce buyers to change their habits. P: There is no obvious connection, for example, between the picture of a smiling girl and a certain brand sweets. Q: The advertiser’s assumption is that by looking at such pictures, the consumers would be influenced to buy his products. R: On the other hand, much of the canvassing of which the consumer is the object does not convey information but endeavours merely to draw the public attention to certain products. S: But most people like looking at pictures of pretty girls. The proper sequence should be – a. RQSP b. SPRQ c. RPSQ d. SQRP 33. S1: Our house is high up on the Yorkshire coast and close to the sea. S6: Between the two, shifting backwards and forwards at certain seasons of the year, lies the most horrible quicksand on the shores of Yorkshire. P: One is called the North spit and one the South. Q: The sand hills here run down to the sea and end in two stretches of rock, sticking out opposite each other. R: This one leads through a dark plantation of fir-trees and brings you out between low cliffs to the loneliest and ugliest little bay on all our coast. S: There are beautiful walls all around us in every direction except one. The proper sequence should be – a. SQRP b. QSPR c. QPSR d. SRQP 34. S1: Our ancestors thought that anything which moved itself was alive. S6: Therefore some scientists think that life is just a very complicated mechanism. P: This philosopher, Descartes thought that both men and animals were machines. Q: But a machine such as a motor car or a steamship moves itself, and as soon as machines which moved themselves had been made, people asked ‘ Is man a machine ?’ R: And before the days of machinery that was a good definition. S: He also thought that the human machine was partly controlled by the soul action on a certain part of the brain, while animals had no souls. The proper sequence should be – a. PRSQ b. RPQS c. PSQR d. RQPS 35. S1: Sunbirds are among the smallest of Indian birds. S6 : Our common sunbirds are the purple sunbird, the glossy black species and purple rumped sunbird, the yellow and maroon species.