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Tro-2017 -(B) 1 What is the full form of NEFA - as Arunachal 2 The Easternmost district of - located in Pradesh was known earlier Arunachal Pradesh - is [aJ North-East Frontier Area (a) Dibang Valley [b) North-East Frontier Agency- (bJ Tirap [cJ North-East Frontier Assembly (cJ Changlang [d) North-East Frontier Activity [dJ Anjaw

J Thembang fortifled village at Dirang under 4. The Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project and which other place of [SLHEP] is being constructed near Arunachal Pradesh, are included in UNESCO's [a) tentative list of World Heritage Sites (a), the Apatani Cultural Landscape [bJ Gerukamukh in [c) (b) Ita Fort at Itanagar, in Papum Pare (dj Menchukha district [c) Namdapha National Parll in [d) Menchukha valley, in West

5 The Galden Namgey Lhatse is in which place of 6. What significance does 20 February 1987 hold Arunachal Pradesh for Arunachal Pradesh [aJ Ziro [aJ Helicopter accident of Dorjee [b) Menchukha Khandu It became a Union Territory [c) Bomdila [bJ Name changed from NEFA to Tawang [c) [dJ Arunachal Pradesh [dJ It became a state

7 Donyi-Polo refers to B. Within Indian Railways, the longest route is [a) Man -Woman traversed by Dibru garh-Kanyakumari Vivek [bJ Sun - Moon [aJ Express/15905 [c) Good - Evil [b] ]ammu Tawi-Kanyakumari (d) Black - White Himsagar Express /16317 [cJ Ernakulam Express /1,2s08 [dJ Tirunelveli ]ammu Express / L67 87 9. The Battle of took place between 10. The annual Pushkarka Mela takes place in the Ahom forces under Lachit Borphukan against Indian state of Mughal forces under the command of (aJ Uttar Pradesh [aJ Raja Satrajit of Bhusna (b) Rajasthan [bJ Mir Jhumla [cJ Maharashtra Raja Ram Singh of Amber [cJ [d) Arunachal Pradesh [dj Rashid Khan LL. The holy place, ParshuramKund is on the river L2. The Sixth Dalai Lama, Tsangyang Gyatso, was [a) Subansiri born in which place of Arunachal Pradesh [bJ Buhri dihing [aJ Ziro [cJ Noa dihing [bJ Menchukha [d) Lohit [c) Bomdila [d) Tawang

Tro-2017-[B) Page 1 districts was the erstwhile 13. The main source of energy for NTPC to produce t4. Into how many Agency divided on electricity is North-East Frontier December 1, 1965 [a) Nuclear Power Four [bJ Petroleum Product [a) Five Wind [b) [cJ Power [c) Eight [d] Coal [d] Fifteen 15. The movie "Mera Dharam Meri Maa" was 16. South : North-West::West: ? directed by [a) South-West [aJ Manmohan Desai tb) East tbJ Gulzar Ic) North-East [c] Dr BhuPen Flazarika idl South [dJ Karan fohar satellite feels L7 . If we can place a body at the centre of earth, it's 18. A man inside an artificial because the force of attraction weight will be weightlessness due to earth is [aJ Infinite [a) Ba]anced due to force ofattraction (bl Zero due to moon at the equator [cJ Slightly less than [b) Zero [d] Slightly more than at the equator [c) Equalto centrifugal force [dJ Non-effective due to solar radiation

rigid body Lg. Ball pen functions on the principle of 20. The Young's Modulus of a perfectly is [a) BoYle's Law [aJ Negative [bJ Gravitationa] force [b) 1 Surface tension [c) [cJ Zero [d) ViscositY [d) Infinite

21. In general equation pV = nRT, / is the volume of 22. Enzyme catalysis is an example of Induced catalYsis [a) n mole of a gas [aJ [b) anY amount of gas [bJ Auto catalYsis geneous catalYsis [c) one moie of a gas [c] H etero Flomogeneous catalYsis [dJ none ofthe above [dJ to ?3. Vinegar is the trade name for 24, The green colour of a plant leaf is due (a) Chloroform [aJ chloroPhYll [bJ Acetic acicl [bJ mitochondria fluid [c) EthYI alcohol [cJ embrYonic [d) Carbon tetrachloride [dJ photosYnthesis 25. Which of the following is the correct pair ?,6. Who amongst the following is considered as 'Father Indian SPace Programme' [a) de Vries : Mutation theorY of [b) Darwin : Use and disuse of organs [aJ H omiJ ehangirBhabha [cJ I{aldane : Law of hereditY (bJ Vikram Sarabhai [d] Lamarck: Origin of life [cJ M S Swaminathan [d] API Abdul Kalam the 27. Which of the following states does not have 28. Amongst the following, which state has identified tribal communitY highest percentage ofland under forest cover Ia) Maharashtra [aJ Odisha MadhYa Pradesh [bJ Flaryana tb) [c) Telengana [c) I(arnataka [d) Arunachal Pradesh [d) Chhattisgarh

PageZ Tro-2017-[BJ from the 29. The mass nesting of Olive RidleyTurtle in India 30. The permanent wind that blows is occurs at horse latitude to the equatorial region [a) Sunderbans known as Trade winds [b) Backwaters of Kerala [a) (b) Tsunami Garhimatha marine sanctuary [ci (c) WesterlY Corbett National Park [d) [dJ Doldrums

31. If the earth did not have an atmosphere, 32. The Mediterranean Sea is between extremes between day and night temperature [aJ India and Sri would EuroPe and Africa Increase [bJ [a) and China [b) Decrease [c) JaPan Canada and USA [cJ Stay the same [d] [dJ Fluctuate raPidlY the 33. Which of the following is not a country 34. Which of the following river is located on banks of the IrrawadY River ? [aJ North Korea [aJ Bangkok [b) South Africa [bJ Yangon North Carolina [c) [cJ Beijing [dJ East Timor idl MandalaY 35. The holy shrine of Amarnath cave is in the state 36. Munnar is a popular hill station of of [aJ Northern India [aJ Uttarakhand [b) Western India and Kashmir [b) ]ammu [cJ Southern India Utrar Pradesh [cJ [d) Eastern India [dJ Rajasthan 37. The 'sphinx' is associated with 38. The Home Rule League was formed in India by Besant [aJ Mughal Civilization [aJ Annie [b) Chinese Civilization [b] Swami Vivekananda [c) Roman Civilization [ci Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Egyptian Civilization [d) [dJ Lord Louis Mountbatten 39. Guru Teg Bahadur was slaughtered by the 40. Who was known as Tiger of MYsore orders of [a) Ahmad Shah II [aJ [b) Tipu Sultan [b) [cJ Haider Ali [c) [dJ Bahadur Shah [d) 4t. Mahatma Gandhi's Dandi March was related to 42, Napoleon was finally defeated at the battle of [a) Khadi [a) Waterloo [bJ Salt [b) Plassey [cJ Indigo [c) Al Alemein [d) Tobacco [d) Normandy

force 43. Cellular Jail, or Kalapani, where prisoners of 44. During World War II, combined of India's Freedom Movement were imprisoned Britain, America, France and Russia was called by the British is in [a) NATO Power (al The West Indies [bJ Confederates [b) Mauritius [cJ Axis power [cJ Andaman and Nicobar Islands (dJ Allied power [d) Lakshadweep

Tro-2017-IBJ Page 3 Aryan Civilization, the earliest form of tax 45. Who was the first Mughal Emperor 46. In collection was [aJ Shah Jahan Kara : Customary sharing of grains [b) [a) Bhaga: SPoils of war [c] Aurangzeb [bi Visti : Forced labour [d) I-lumaYun [cJ [d) Bali : VoluntarY offerings A and B can together complete a piece of work 47 . A man buys an article for Rs' 27 '50 and sells it 48. in 4 days. If A alone can complete the same for Rs 28.60' Find his gain Percent work in 72 days,in how many days can B alone (a) L0/o complete that work '2o/o tbl [a] 4 daYs [c] 3% tb) 5 daYs td) 4o/o [c] 6 days tdl 7 daYs price of 23 toys is2T6,thenwhatwill the 49. Raju age after 15 years will be 5 times his age 5 50. Ifthe years back, What is the present age of Raju price of 12 toYs [a) 1s [a] 1'+4 tbl i4 tb) 148 [c] 10 [c) 1s6 186 td) B tdl Othello left home and cycled 20 Km 51. Pointing to a photograph, Robert said, "l have 52. One day, turned right and cycled 10 km no brother or sister but that man's father is my southwards, cycled 20 Km and turned father's son." Whose photograph was it ? and turned right and left and cycled 20 Km. How many kilometres will he have to cycle to reach his home straight Ia] His own tb) His Son ? 50 Km Ic] His Father [aJ 40 Km His Grandfather tbl td) (cl 30 Km tdl 20 Km

odd one. 53. If TAP is codecl as SZO, then how is FREEZE 54. Choose the Whale coded ? [aJ [a) ATSSTS tb) Snake rbl EQDDYD [c] Crocodile Lizard [c] ESDDYD td) tdl EQDDZD

Wrist: Elbow:: Ankle : ? 55. A. There are five friends. 56. B. They are standing in a row facing south' [a] Heel right to Alok' C. ]ayesh is to the immediate tb) Fingers Pramod is between Bhagat and Subodh ' D. Foot E. Subodh is between Jayesh and Pramod' [c) Knee Who is in the Middle ? idl [a] Bhagat tbl Subodh [c] ]aYesh td) Pramod

Page 4 Tr0-2017-[Bi 57. Find analogous pair of Trilogy : Novel 58. Count the nr-rmber of [a) Gun: Cartridge squares in the figure given alongside ibl Rise : Husk [a) 1s : EPisode [c) Serial (b) 14 Milk: Cream td) [cJ 1s [d) 12

59. In a chess tournament each of six players will 60. A shepherd had27 sheep. All but 10 died. How play every other player exactly once. How many many he left with? matches will be played during the tournament? [a] 10 [a) 12 (b) 1s tbl 1s [c) L7 tcl 30 td) 27 td) s6

6L. A group of1200 persons consisting ofcaptains 62, In a group of t5 people,T read French, B read and soldiers is travelling rn a train. For every 15 English while 3 of them read none of these soldiers there is one captain. How many two. How many of them read French and captains are in the train English both [a) 70 [a) s tb) 7s tb) 4 [c] B0 [cJ 3 tdl Bs td) 2

63. A student got fwice as many sums wrong as he 64. Ship : Sea:: Camel : ? l-re 48 sums in all, how got right. If attempted Forest many did he solve correctly ta) Land (a) 12 ib) Mountain ib) L6 [c) Desert [c) 24 td) id) 18 65. I-low much is 586645 X9999 66. India played its 500thTest cricket match [a) 5865863355 against (bl s66s8633ss [a) New Zealand [cJ a865863355 [bJ Australia [dJ 46658633ss [c) West Indies [d) England 67. Which of the following is used as a moderator 68. Vermicompost is a/an in a nuclear reactor [aJ Inorganic fertilizer [aJ Thorium [b) Toxic substance [b) Graphite [cJ 0rganic bio-fertilizer [c) Uranium [d) Synthetic fertilizer [d) Ordinary water

69. Plant prepares their food by 70. The anti-malaria drug quinine is made from plant [a] Photosynthesis exract of the (a) Neem [bJ Carbohydrolysis Eucalyptus Metabolic synthesis [b) [cJ [c] Cinnamon Photorespiration [dJ [d) Cinchona

TIO-2017-[B) Page 5 lndex of Bomhay Stock Exchange 71.. Which of the following groups have only output 72. Stock Market devices related to a computer system [BSE) is called NiftY [aJ Scanner, keYboard, Printer [aJ (b) Printer, monitor, mouse [b) Sensex MCDEX [c) Printer, monitor, keYboard [c) (d] Printer, monitor, Plotter [dJ Nil

sectors has seasonal 79. Pradhan Mantri fan DhanYojana has been 74. Which of the following launched in India for unemployment [a) transferring excess amount of illegal (a) Banks incomes to the Poor (bJ Agriculture (b) women's Self HelP Promoting [c) Public Sector GrouPs in backward areas ISHGsJ (d) Private Sector [c) promoting financial inclusion in the country [d) Providing financial helP to the marginalised communities

75. Constitution of India was adopted by 7 6. Constitution of India came into effect from constituent assemblY on [a) 15 JanuarY, 1950 (b)26 fanuarY,1950 la) ZS October, 1948 '[c) [b] 25 October,1949 15 August, 1950 (c)26 November,1948 [dJ None ofthe above (d) 26 November,1949

77. Which Indian artist decorated the handwritten 7A. The oath of office is administered to the Copy of the Constitution Governor by the Chief of India [aJ Mihir Sen [a) ]ustice [b) S.N. Banerji (bi President Chief of High Coutt [cJ MukeshBandhoPadhYaYa [cJ Justice Assembly [d) Nandalal Bose [dJ Speaker of Legislative the 79. What is the maximum deposit amount per 80. What is the minimum age required to be annum under Sukanya Samridhi Account ? President of India? [a] 5 Lakh 50 Thousand RuPees [a] 35 Years years [b) 1 Lakh 50 Thousand RuPees tbl 37 38 Years [cJ 1 Lakh [c) 40 Years [dJ 2 Lakh 50 Thousand RuPees tdl

81. Identify the ultimate Sovereign under the 82. Author of "A Passage to India" constitution of India [a) Ruskin Bond [a] Indian PeoPle [bJ Thomas HardY tb) Prime Minister of India [c) I K Rowling [cJ President of India [d] E. M. Foster td) All elected leaders of India 83, Autumnal Equinox occurs on 84. The significance of 23 hr 56 min 4.09 sec is taken by our moon to (a) SePtember 22 [a) the exact time make one revolution around earth tbl SePtember 23 [bJ the biological cycle clock of Human 22 [c) October bodY 23 td) October [c) the precise time taken by earth for one rotation [dJ none ofthe above

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85. Indian-bornAmericanphysicist 86. Dublin is the caPital citY of NarinderKapany is related to the invention of [a) Ireland (aJ Black-box of AeroPlanes [bJ Canada [b) Inter-stellar TelescoPe [cJ Kazakhstan [cJ Nuclear Submarine [d) Denmark [d) Optical fibre 87 , 27m of September is celebrated internationally BB. Which is Highest Gallantry Award [battlefieldJ as in India Ratna [a) World Consumer DaY [a) Bharat [bJ World Tourism DaY [bJ Mahaveer Chakra [c) World SecretarY DaY [c) Paramveer Chakra td) UN International Day for Natural (dJ Ashok Chakra Disaster Reduction 89. The effective boundary between India and 90. Bollywood superstar Priyanka Chopra played China is the lead role in the recent Hollywood serial [aJ McMohan Line named [bJ McDonald Line [aJ Quadrico [b) Quantum [cJ McSimon Line [c) Quantano [d) McDurand Line [dJ Quantico 91. Which of the following movie has Amitabh 92. Mobile wallet launched by State Bank of India Bachchan playing the role of a senior citizen is named affl icted by constipation [a) Paytm [a) Bunty aur Bub]ee [b) Buddy [b) Black [cJ Mobiqwik Mohabbatein [cJ . [dJ None ofthe above [dJ Piku 93. The city named by UNESCO under creative 94, Elections for Legislative Assembly of which 2017 cities network for citY of music is following states is slated in earLy UP, Punjab, Utarakhand, Goa Kolkata [aJ [aJ Manipur Lucknow [b) [bJ UP, ManiPur, MeghalaYa, Goa, [c) Varanasi Punjab [d) f aipur [c) UP, Goa, ManiPur, Telengana, Punjab [dJ UP, Punjab, ManiPur, Goa, Kerala 95. Which of the following ministries has launched 96. The First Test between Australia and India the UDAY scheme cricket teams in early 20L7 India winning [aJ MinistrY of MinoritY Affairs [aJ Resulted in [b) Ministry of Law and Justice [bJ Resulted in India losing a draw [cJ MinistrY of Power [c) Resulted in tame [d) Ministry of Home Affairs [dJ Could not be PlaYed due to rains

97. Vacuum Toilets, designed by Development Cell 98. Who was conferred with the Padma of Indian Railways, consumes how much water Vibhushan, second highest civilian award of per flush India, at his Pali Hill residence in Mumbai, on [aJ 500 ml 13tt' of December, 201-5 [bJ 1000 ml [aJ Lata Mangeshkar [cJ 1500 ml tbl Dilip Kumar [d) 2000 ml [c) Amitabh Bachchan [d) None ofthe above

rro-2017-[Bj Page 7 of India announced the 99. The mobile App launched by PM Narendra 100 Government of all Rs.500 and Rs'1,000 Modi for Aadhaar-based digital payment demonetisation banknotes of the Mahatma Gandhi Series on [a] AYUSFI 7 November 2016 [b) HamaraPaisa [aJ B December 201,6 [c) NIMA [bJ B November 2076 [d) BHIM [c] [dJ 7 December 2016

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