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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE Time T Lvz Hours Rott NO' Maximum Marks : 100 ARUNACHAL PRADESH PUBLIC SERVTCE COMMISSION, ITANAGAR WRITTEN EXAMINATION FOR THE POST OF TOURIST INFORMATION OFFICER- ZO17 Subject : GENERAL KNOWLEDGE Time t LVz Hours ROtt NO' Maximum Marks : 100 Signature of Candidate Signature of Invigilator INSTRUGTIONS FOR GANDIDATES L. Immediately after the commencement of the Exa-nrination, candidate should check that this Booklet does NOT have any unprinted, torn or missing pages/Sl. no. etc. If *y defect is found, get it replaced by a Complete Question Booklet. 2. DO NOT write your Name or anything else in the Question Booklet except your RoIl no. & signature in the space provided. 3. Enter correct and entire digits of your Roll No. in the appropriate boxes and darken the corresponding bubbles in the OMR RESPONSE SHEET. 4. DO NOT handle your OMR RESPONSE SHEET in such a merrner as to mutilate, fold etc. 5. This Question Booklet contains 100 questions carrying L mark each. Each question contains four responses. Choose only one response/answer for each question and darken the appropriate bubble on the OMR RESPONSE SHEET. 6. No candidate shall be adrrLitted to the Examination Hall20 minutes after commencement of the Examination. The Centre Supd.t./AsstL Centre Supd.t. Of the Examination Hall will be the time- keeper and his/her decision in this regard is final. 7. Candidates are strictly prohibited to posses any book, notebook or loose paper, calculator, mobile phone etc. Inside the Examination HaII, except his/her Admit Card and writing materials onJy. 8. Immediately after the final bell indicating closure of the examination, stop markings. Be seated till the Ol\4R RESPONSE SHEET is collected. AJter handing over the OMR RESPONSE SHEET to the Invigilator and after you have been permitted by the Irrvigilator to leave, you may leave the examination hall. 9. Violation of any of the above Rules will render the candidate liable to be expelled and disqualified from the Examination, and according to the nature and gravity of his/her offence, he/she may be debarred from future Examinations and interviews to be conducted by the Commission and other such organization (i.e UPSC, SSC & SPSCs). N.B: CANDIDATE MAYRETAIN THE QUESTION BOOKLET Tro-2017 -(B) 1 What is the full form of NEFA - as Arunachal 2 The Easternmost district of India - 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 West Kameng district and which other place of [SLHEP] is being constructed near Arunachal Pradesh, are included in UNESCO's [a) Tawang tentative list of World Heritage Sites Tezu (a)Ziro, the Apatani Cultural Landscape [bJ Gerukamukh in Lower Subansiri district [c) (b) Ita Fort at Itanagar, in Papum Pare (dj Menchukha district [c) Namdapha National Parll in Changlang district [d) Menchukha valley, in West Siang district 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 Guwahati Ernakulam Express /1,2s08 [dJ Tirunelveli ]ammu Express / L67 87 9. The Battle of Saraighat 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 Lanka 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 Akbar [b) Tipu Sultan [b) Jahangir [cJ Haider Ali [c) Aurangzeb [dJ Bahadur Shah [d) Shah Jahan 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) Babur [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.
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