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1. Arrange the following in chronological order : 12. Simon Commission was boycotted by the nationalist leaders (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) of India because: (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) 1. Tughlaqs 2. Lodis (a) they felt that it was only an eyewash 3. Saiyids 4. Ilbari Turks (b) all the members of the Commission were English 5. Khiljis (c) the members of the Commission were biased against (a) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (b) 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 India (c) 2, 4, 5, 3, 1 (d) 4, 5, 1, 3, 2 (d) it did not meet the demands of the Indians 2. Who was the founder of The Servants of India Society? 13. Who among the following British persons admitted the (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) Revolt of 1857 as a national revolt? (a) G..K. Gokhale (b) M.G. Ranade (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) (c) B.G. Tilak (d) Bipin Chandra Pal (a) Lord Dalhousie (b) Lord Canning 3. Mahatma Gandhi was profoundly influenced by the writings (c) Lord Ellenborough (d) Disraeli of (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) 14. Which of the following is called the 'shrimp capital of India'? (a) Bernard Shaw (b) Karl Marx (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) (c) Lenin (d) Leo Tolstoy (a) Mangalore (b) Nagapatnam 4. The monk who influenced Ashoka to embrace Buddhism (c) Kochi (d) Nellore was (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) 15. Mention the place where Buddha attained enlightenment (a) Vishnu Gupta (b) Upa Gupta (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) (c) Brahma Gupta (d) Brihadratha (a) Sarnath (b) Bodh Gaya 5. The Lodi dynasty was founded by (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) (c) Kapilavastu (d) Rajgriha (a) Ibrahim Lodi (b) Sikandar Lodi 16. Coronation of Shivaji took place in (c) Bahlol Lodi (d) Khizr Khan (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) 6. Harshvardhana was defeated by (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) (a) 1627 A.D. (b) 1674 A.D. (a) Prabhakaravardhana (c) 1680 A.D. (d) 1670 A.D. (b) Pulakesin II 17. The System of Dyarchy was introduced in India in (c) Narasimhasvarma Pallava (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) (d) Sasanka (a) 1909 (b) 1935 7. Who among the following was an illiterate ? (c) 1919 (d) 1945 (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) 18. The Editor of 'Young India' and 'Harijan' was (a) Jahangir (b) Shah Jahan (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) (c) Akbar (d) Aurangazeb (a) Nehru (b) Ambedkar 8. Which Governor General is associated with Doctrine of Lapse ? (c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Subash Chandra Bose (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) 19. Who of the following attended all the Three Round Table (a) Lord Ripon (b) Lord Dalhousie Conferences? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) (c) Lord Bentinck (d) Lord Curzon (a) B.R. Ambedkar (b) M.M. Malavia 9. The Greek ambassador sent to Chandragupta Maurya's Court was : (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) (c) Vallabhbhai Patel (d) Gandhiji (a) Kautilya (b) Seleucus Nicator 20. Which king is referred to as Devanampiya Piyadassi (Beloved (c) Megasthenes (d) Justin of the Gods) in the inscriptions? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) 10. Identify the European power from whom Shivaji obtained (a) Asoka (b) Harsha cannons and ammunition: (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) (c) Bindusara (d) Chandragupta Maurya (a) The French (b) The Portuguese 21. Name the Maratha Saint who was a contemporary of Shivaji. (c) The Dutch (d) The English (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) 11. The call of "Back to the Vedas" was given by: (a) Saint Eknath (b) Saint Tukaram (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) (c) Saint Dhyaneshwar (d) Namdev (a) Swami Vivekananda 22. Which of the following cereals was among the first to be (b) Swami Dayanand Saraswati used by man? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (c) Aurobindo Ghosh (a) Rye (b) Wheat (d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (c) Barley (d) Oat 2 H 23. The treaty of Versailles restored Alsace-Lorraine to: 36. The original name of Nana Phadnavis was (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (a) Italy (b) Britain (a) Mahadaji Sindhia (b) Tukoji Holkar (c) France (d) Belgiun (c) Narayan Rao (d) Balaji Janardan Bhanu 24. The Asokan Edicts were deciphered first by: 37. Who among the following first propounded the idea of Basic (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) Education? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (a) Sir John Marshall (b) Sir William Jones (a) Jawahar Lal Nehru (c) Charles Wilkins (d) James Princep (b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy 25. Who favoured the Artic Home thoery of the Aryans? (c) Mahatma Gandhi (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (d) Dayanand Saraswati (a) Pargiter (b) A. C. Das 38. Arrange the following in chronological order: (c) B. G. Tilak (d) Jacobi (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) 26. Who was the teacher of Gautama Buddha? I. Dandi March (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) II. Simon Commission (a) Panini (b) Alara Kalama III. Poona Pact (c) Kapila (d) Patanjali IV. Gandhi Irwin Pact 27. The prose collection of the vedic poems are: (a) II, I, III, IV (b) II, I, IV, III (c) IV, III, I, II (d) IV, III, II, I (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) 39. The city of Prayag was named Allahabad - the city of Allah (a) Samhitas (b) Upanishads by (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (c) Aranyakas (d) Brahmanas (a) Aurangzeb (b) Akbar 28. Non-violence as taught and practised by Mahatma Gandhi (c) Shahjahan (d) Bahadur Shah Zafar is rooted in the Indian Doctrine of 40. Who gave the title of "Mahamana" to Madan Mohan (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) Malviya ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (a) Swaraj (b) Swadeshi (a) Bal Gandadhar Tilak (c) Satyagraha (d) Ahimsa (b) Dada Bhai Naurozi 29. Who was the founder of the Aligarh Movement ? (c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (d) Mahatma Gandhi (a) Syed Amir Ali 41. Who was the Viceroy of the time of Quit India Movement ? (b) Maulvi Chiragh Ali (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (c) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (a) Lord Irwin (d) Abdul Halim Sharar (b) Lord Mountbatten 30. ‘Prince of Pilgrims’ was the name attributed to (c) Lord Wavell (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (d) Lord Lin Lithgow (a) Plutarch (b) Hiuen Tsang 42. Who was the other Congress leader who joined with Motilal (c) Fa-Hien (d) I-Tsing Nehru to start the Swaraj Party in 1923? 31. Where did Buddha deliver his first sermon ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (a) G.K. Gokhale (b) B.G. Tilak (a) Sarnath (b) Rajagriha (c) Chittaranjan Das (d) M.K. Gandhi (c) Kapilavastu . (d) Bodh-Gaya 43. What is the first sermon of Buddha called as ? 32. Name the Mughal Prince, who translated Bhagavat Gita into (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) Persian ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (a) Mahaparinivansutta (a) Dara Shukoh (b) Sulaiman Shukoh (b) Brahmajalasutta (c) Khusru (d) Murad (c) Dhammachakkapabattanasutta 33. The surgery that was practised in ancient India is known (d) Kachchayanagottasutta from the works of which of the following scholars ? 44. From which of the following banks did Madan Mohan (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) Malaviya take loans for financing "The Hindustan Times"? (a) Atreya (b) Sushruta (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (c) Charaka (d) Vagbhata (a) State Bank of India 34. Who among the following was the First Viceroy of India? (b) Punjab National Bank (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (c) Bank of Maharashtra (a) Lord Ripon (b) Lord Curzon (d) Bank of Baroda (c) Lord Mountbatten (d) Lord Canning 45. Where are the Todas found ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) 35. Prithvi Raj Chauhan was defeated in the Second Battle of (a) Madhya Pradesh Tarain by (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (b) Tamil nadu (a) Mahmud Ghazni (b) Muhammad Ghori (c) Rajasthan (c) Qutbuddin Aibak (d) Yalduz (d) Aruncachal Pradesh H 3 46. Rowlatt Act 1919 was enacted during the period of 57. Which of the following movements saw the biggest peasant (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) guerilla war on the eve of independence? (a) Lord Chelmford (b) Lord William (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (c) Lord Minto (d) Lord Bentinck (a) Punnapra Vayalar Movement (b) Telangana Movement 47. Panchayati Raj System was implemented first in the pair of (c) Noakhali Movement states (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (d) Tebhaga Movement (a) Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan 58. The founder of the Lodi Dynasty was (b) Assam and Bihar (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (c) Arunachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh (a) Bahlol Lodi (d) Punjab and Chandigarh (b) Sikandar Shah Lodi 48. Which of the following tribes is associated with the “Tana (c) Jalal Khan Lodi (d) Ibrahim Lodi Bhagat” movement? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) 59. The Gandharva School of art is also known as the (a) Uraon (b) Munda (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (c) Santhal (d) Kondadora (a) Buddhist-Roman art 49. Who founded the Naujawan Bharat Sabha? (b) Dravidian-Roman art (a) B. C. Pal (c) Greco-Roman art (b) G. Subramania Iyer (d) Greco-Roman-Buddhist art (c) Sardar Bhagat Singh 60. The Bolshevik Revolution of Russia symbolized following: (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (d) Rukmani Lakshmipathi (a) coming of the Communist Rule 50. The Narendra Mandal or Chamber of Princes was (b) establishment of Republic of Russia inaugurated in 1921 by (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (c) establishment of Democracy in Russia (a) Lord Curzon (d) overthrow of Romanov Dynasty (b) Lord Wellesley 61. Which General, who commanded the British forces against (c) Duke of Cannaught the Americans in their War of Independence later became (d) Duke of Wellingdon Governor-General of India ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (a) Dalhousie (b) William Bentinck 51. Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha together are known as (c) Wellesley (d) Cornwallis (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) 62. Who established the Indian Civil Liberties Union in 1936? (a) Triratna (b) Trivarga (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (c) Trisarga (d) Trimurti (a) Subhash Chandra Bose 52. Who was called Lichchavi Dauhitra? (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (c) Jawahar Lal Nehru (a) Chandragupta I (b) Skandagupta (d) Rajendra Prasad 63. Which of the following was established first? (c) Kumaragupta (d) Samudragupta (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) 53. Pulakesin II was the greatest ruler of the (a) Banaras Hindu University (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (b) University of Bombay (a) Chalukyas of Kalyani (c) Aligarh Muslim University (b) Pallavas of Kanchi (d) University of Allahabad (c) Cholas of Tamil Nadu 64. The first Indian Satellite Aryabhatta was launched in (d) Chalukyas of Badami (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (a) 1972 (b) 1975 54. The Uttaramerur inscription provides information on the (c) 1977 (d) 1979 administration of the (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) 65. Where did Aurangzeb die? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (a) Pallavas (b) Cholas (a) Pune (b) Aurangabad (c) Chalukyas (d) Satavahanas (c) Ahmad Nagar (d) Mumbai 55. Pitts India Act of 1784 was a/an (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) 66. Who gave the title of "Sardar" to Ballabh Bhai Patel? (a) Ordinance (b) Resolution (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (c) White paper (d) Regulation Act (a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Vinoba Bhave 56. Which one of the following statements is true in respect (c) Women of Bardoli (d) Peasants of Gujrat 67. What Satyagraha was held at Nagpur in 1923? of A.O. Hume? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (a) He founded the Indian National Congress. (a) Salt Satyagraha (b) He presided over the Congress Annual Sessions twice. (b) Individual Satyagraha (c) He was an ornithologist. (c) Ryots Satyagraha (d) He was a member of the Indian Civil Service. (d) Flag Satyagraha 4 H 68. Which one of the following is a sect of Buddhism? 80. The South East trade winds are attracted towards the Indian (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) sub continent in the rainy season due to (a) Mahayana (b) Hinayana (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (c) Digambar (d) Theravad (a) the effect of easterlies 69. Who was the viceroy when Delhi became the capital of British (b) the effect of Northern–East trade winds India? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (c) the presence of low atmospheric pressure over North– (a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Minto West India (c) Lord Hardinge (d) Lord Waveli 81. What is 'Reformation'? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) 70. Multan was named by the Arabs as (SSC CGL 2014) (a) Revival of classical learning (a) City of beauty (b) City of wealth (b) The revolt against authority of pope (c) City of gold (d) Pink city (c) Rise of absolute monarchy (d) Change in attitude of man 71. Which one of the following was the book written by 82. Swaraj is my Birth Right and I shall have it. This was Amoghvarsha, the Rashtrakuta King? (SSC CGL 2014) advocated by : (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (a) Adipurana (a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Lala Lajpat Rai (b) Ganitasara Samgraha (c) Sardar Patel (d) Lokmanya Tilak (c) Saktayana 83. Gandhiji's Famous Quit India Movement call to the British (d) Kavirajamarga was given in : (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) 72. Who built the Kailasanatha Temple at Ellora? (a) 1940 (b) 1942 (SSC CGL 2014) (c) 1941 (d) 1943 (a) Rajendra I 84. In which year was the Indian National Congress formed : (b) Mahendra Varman I (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (c) Krishna I (a) 1901 (b) 1835 (c) 1875 (d) 1885 (d) Govinda I 85. Bangladesh was created in : (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) 73. The land measures of the Second Pandyan Empire was (a) 1973 (b) 1970 (c) 1972 (d) 1971 mentioned in (SSC CGL 2014) 86. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of : (a) Thalavaipuram Copper Plates (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (b) Uttirameru Inscription (a) Brahmo Samaj (c) Kudumiyammalai Inscription (b) Prathna Samaj (d) Kasakudi Copper Plates (c) Ram Krishna Mission 74. Who was the greatest ruler of the Satavahanas? (d) Arya Samaj (SSC CGL 2014) 87. Who initiated the movement to form the Indian National (a) Satkarni I Congress : (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (b) Gautamiputra Satkarni (a) Annie Besant (b) A.O. Hume (c) Simuka (c) W.C. Banerjee (d) Gandhi ji (d) Hala 88. Kamarup is an ancient name of which region of India? 75. The greatest king of the Pratihara dynasty was (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (a) Bihar (b) Rajasthan (a) Bhoj (Mihir–Bhoj) (b) Dantidurga (c) Karnataka (d) Assam (c) Nagbhatta II (d) Vatsaraj 89. Which battle led to the downfall of the Vijayanagar empire? 76. In 1939 Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as President of (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) the Congress Party defeating (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (a) Battle of Takkolam (b) Battle of Talikota (a) Jawaharlal Nehru (c) Battle of Kanwah (d) Battle of Panipat (b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 90. Who introduced Mansabdari system in India? (c) V.B. Patel (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (d) Pattabhi Sitharamayya (a) Babur (b) Humayun 77. Jallianwala incident took place at (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (c) Akbar (d) Jahangir (a) Lucknow (b) Surat 91. The ‘Cabinet Mission’ of 1946 was led by 1946 (c) Amritsar (d) Allahabad (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) 78. Who was the founder of Lodhi dynasty ? (a) Lord Linlithgow (b) Lord Mountbatten (a) Sikandar Lodhi (b) Bahlol Lodhi (c) Sir Pethic Lawrence (d) Sir Mountford (c) Ibrahim Lodhi (d) Daulat Khan Lodhi 92. What did Gandhiji meant by ‘Sarvodaya’? 79. Which one of the following pair is not correctly matched ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (a) Non-violence (a) Akbar – Todarmal (b) Upliftment of untouchables or dalits (b) Chanakya – Chandragupta (c) The birth of a new society based on ethical values (c) Vikramaditya – Chaitanya (d) Satyagraha (d) Harshvardhan – Hiuen Tsang H 5 93. Harsha moved his capital from _____ to ____. 104. Which one of the following is the most lasting contribution (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) of the Rastrakutas ? (SSC CHSL 2014) (a) Thanesar, Kanauj (b) Delhi, Deogiri (a) Kailasha Temple (c) Kamboj, Kanauj (d) Valabhi, Delhi (b) Pampa, Ponna, Ranna, the three writers of Kannada Poetry and Kailasha Temple 94. A collective term used by the Jains for their sacred books is (c) Patronage of Jainism (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (d) Conquests (a) Prabandhas (b) Agamas 105. Ravikirti, a Jain, who composed the Aihole Prashasti, was (c) Nibandhas (d) Charits patronized by (SSC CHSL 2014) 95. Who propounded the "Doctrine of Passive Resistance"? (a) Pulakeshi I (b) Harsha (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (c) Pulakeshi II (d) Kharavela (a) Balgangadhar Tilak 106. When did the reign of Delhi Sultanate came to an end ? (SSC CHSL 2014) (b) Aurobindo Ghosh (a) 1498 A.D. (b) 1526 A.D. (c) Lala Lajpat Rai (c) 1565 A. D. (d) 1600 A.D. (d) Bipin Chandra Pal 107. The original founder of the Manuscripts and Editor of 96. The first Muslim to be elected President of 'Indian National Kautilya's Arthashastra was (SSC CHSL 2014) Congress' was? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (a) Srikanta Shastri (b) Srinivasa lyangar (a) Maulana Azad (b) Mohammed Ali (c) R. Shamashastri (d) William Jones (c) Badruddin Tyabji (d) Shah Wali-ullah 108. Whose army did Alexander, the Greek ruler confront on the 97. The Dandi March of Gandhi-is an example of banks of the river Jhelum ? (SSC CHSL 2015) (a) Ambi (b) Chandragupta Maurya (SSC CHSL 2013) (c) Porus (d) Dhanananda (a) Non-Coopefation (b) Direct Action 109. When was RTI Act enacted in India ? (SSC CHSL 2015) (c) Boycott (d) Civil Disobedience (a) 15th August 2005 (b) 15th March 2005 th th 98. Which one of the following inscriptions relate to the (c) 15 June 2005 (d) 15 July 2005 Chalukya king, Pulakesin II ? (SSC CHSL 2013) 110. The famous activist Medha Patakar is associated with which movement ? (SSC CHSL 2015) (a) Nasik (b) Maski (a) Narmada Bachao Andolan (c) Hathigumpha (d) Aihole (b) Save the Tiger 99. Who among the following introduced the Mansabdari (c) Preserve the wet lands system ? (SSC CHSL 2013) (d) Beti Padao Andolan 111. Who built the "Purana Quilla"? (SSC CHSL 2015) (a) Jahangir (b) Shah Jahan (a) Babar (b) Shershah (c) SherShah (d) Akbar (c) Aurangzeb (d) Akbar 100. Which one of the following cities and the personalities 112. Where did Chandragupta maurya spent his last days ? associated with their establishment is matched ? (SSC CHSL 2015) (SSC CHSL 2013) (a) Thaneshwar (b) Kanchi (a) Calcutta - Robert Clive (c) Patliputra (d) Shravanabelagola 113. Who is the author of 'Indica'? (SSC CHSL 2015) (b) Pondicherry - Francis Martin (a) Fa–Hien (b) Hiuen Tsang (c) Ahmedabad Ahmad Shah I (c) Megasthanes (d) Seleucus (d) Madras - Francis Day 114. Who built the famous Shiva temple at Ellora ? 101. Which one of the following wars decided the fate of the (SSC CHSL 2015) French in India ? (SSC CHSL 2013) (a) Mauryan Emperor Ashoka (b) Gupta King Samudra Gupta (a) Battle of Plassey (c) Chalukyan King Pulikeshi II (b) Battle of Wandiwash (d) Rashtrakuta Ruler Krishna I (c) First Carnatic War 115. Who composed the Allahabad Pillar inscription ? (d) Battle of Buxar (SSC CHSL 2015) 102. The Crimean War came to an end by the (a) Mahasena (b) Veerasena (SSC CHSL 2013) (c) Vishnusena (d) Harisena (a) Treaty of St. Germain 116. Todar Mal, the brilliant revenue officer served under : (b) Treaty of Trianon (SSC CHSL 2015) (c) Treaty of Versailles (a) Bhagwan Das (b) Humayun (d) Treaty of Paris (c) Baz Bahadur (d) Sher Shah 103. Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas in the reign of 117. When was the League of Nations established ? (SSC CHSL 2014) (SSC CHSL 2015) (a) Babar (b) Akbar (a) In 1920 (b) In 1939 (c) Aurangzeb (d) Jahangir (c) In 1914 (d) In 1918 6 H 118. In which of the Round Table Conference Mahatma Gandhi 129. Where was Christopher Columbus from? participated ? (SSC CHSL 2015) (SSC M 2013) (a) First Round Table Conference, 1930 (a) Portugal (b) Venice (b) Second Round Table Conference, 1931 (c) Genoa (d) Spain (c) Third Round Table Conference, 1932 130. To make tools and weapons, the earliest inhabitants of India used (SSC M 2014) (d) All of the above (a) clay (b) wood 119. The use of which of the following regional languages was (c) stones (d) bronze popularised by the Bhakti leader, Shankaradeva ? 131. Name an Indian Saint (priest) who, attended the "World (SSC CHSL 2012) Congress of Religions" held at Chicago (U.S.) in 1893. (a) Bengali (b) Brijbhasha (SSC M 2014) (c) Avadhi (d) Assamese (a) Basaveshwara (b) Swami Vivekananda 120. The Mansabdari system was introduced by: (c) Ramanuja (d) Madhavacharya (SSC CHSL 2012) 132. Chhatrapati Shivaji was a follower of (a) Shah Jahan (b) Jahangir (SSC M 2014) (c) Babur (b) Akbar (a) Madhava (b) Kabir 121. When and by whom were the Asokan inscriptions (c) Basava (d) Ramadasa deciphered for the first time ? (SSC CHSL 2012) 133. Who was the greatest Kushan ruler? (a) 1787 - John Tower (b) 1825 - Charles Metcalfe (SSC M 2014) (c) 1837 - James Prinsep (d) 1810 - Harry Smith (a) Vashiska (b) Vasudeva 122. Amuktamalyada is the work of : (SSC CHSL 2012) (c) Huvishka (d) Kanishka (a) Krishnadeva Raya (b) Vachcharaj 134. Who was the founder of Arya Samaj? (c) Kharavela (d) Allasani Peddana (SSC M 2014) (a) Kabir Das (b) Shankaracharya 123. Name the Commander of the Arab army who conquered the (c) Ranade (d) Dayanand Saraswati Sindh. (SSC M 2013) 135. The French challenge to British in India came to an end with (a) Muhammad bin Qasim (SSC S . I . 2012) (b) Al Hazzaz (a) Battle of Wandiwash (c) Qutbuddin Aibak (b) Battle of Srirangapattinam (d) Allauddin Khilji (c) Battle of Plassey 124. Who was the chairperson of the Chinese Communist Party (d) Battle of Buxar at the time of liberation of China? 136. Identify the medical trio of Ancient India from the following (SSC M 2013) names. (SSC S . I . 2012) (a) Liu Shaoqi (b) Zhou Enlai (a) Charaka, Susruta and Vagbhata (c) Deng Xiaoping (d) Mao Zedong (b) Charaka, Vatsyayana and Vagbhata 125. Who was regarded by Gandhiji as his political Guru? (c) Charaka, Susruta and Bharata (SSC M 2013) (d) Charaka, Susruta and Patanjali (a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale 137. Match the medieval travellers with their countries : (b) Lala Lajpat Rai (SSC S . I . 2012) (c) Bipin Chandra Pal A. Marco Polo 1. Spain (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak B. Ibn Battuta 2. Balkh 126. Which among the following movements was not led by C Antonio Monserrate 3. Italy Mahatma Gandhi? (SSC M 2013) D. Mahmud Wali Balkhi 4. Morocco (a) Civil Disobedience Movement ABCD ABCD (b) Quit India Movement (a)4312(b)3142 (c) Swadeshi-Movement (c)3412(d)1324 (d) Non-Cooperation Movement 138. Match the following : (SSC S . I . 2012) 127. In which session of the Indian National Congress was the A. Sarojini Naidu 1. Muslim League “Poorna Swaraj” resolution adopted? B. M.A. Jinnah 2. Indian National Congress (SSC M 2013) C. Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru 3. Hindu Mahasabha (a) Karachi Session in 1931 D. V.D. Savarkar 4. Liberal Party (b) Lucknow Session in 1916 ABCD ABCD (c) Belgaum Session in 1924 (a)2143(b)2134 (d) Lahore Session in 1929 (c)2413(d)4132 128. The school of arts developed during the Kushan Period 139. Which Sultan received a robe of honour from the caliph? with the mixture of Indian and Greek style is known as (SSC M 2013) (SSC S . I . 2013) (a) Mughal art (b) Kushan art (a) Ala-ud-din Khilji (b) lltutmish (c) Persian art (d) Gandhara art (c) Balban (d) Qutub-ud-din Albak H 7 140. When Margaret Thatcher was P.M. with which country 149. Which was the second capital of Akbar ? Britain waged a war to regain Control of Falkland Islands? (SSC S . I . 2014) (SSC S . I . 2013) (a) Delhi (b) Agra (a) Chile (b) Argentina (c) Fatehpur-Sikri (d) Patna (c) Brazil (d) None of the above 150. The first country which discovered sea route to India was 141. Match the following (SSC S . I . 2013) (SSC S . I . 2014) (a) Chalukyas (b) Hoysalas (a) Portugal (b) Dutch (c) Rashtrakutas (d) Kakatiyas (c) French (d) Britain 151. The unification of Karnataka was achieved in the year (i) Malkhed (ii) Vatapi (SSC S . I . 2014) (iii) Warangal (iv) Dwarasamudra (a) 1956 (b) 1957 (a) (a)-(ii), (b )-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(iii) (c) 1958 (d) 1960 (b) (a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii) 152. Who introduced the Indian University Act? (c) (a)-(i), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iii), (d)-(iv) (SSC S . I . 2014) (d) (a)-(iii), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iv),(d)-(i) (a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Minto 142. The world's tallest statue of Mahatma Gandhi is in (c) Lord Morelay (d) Lord Rippon (SSC S . I . 2013) 153. Chinese travellers visited India primarily because (a) Champaran (b) Patna (SSC S . I . 2014) (c) Lucknow (d) Rajkot (a) they were interested in Buddhism 143. Which one of the following is the principal source of (b) they were invited by the Indian kings information on Asoka's campaign against Kalinga ? (c) they were interested to study Indian culture (SSC S . I . 2013) (d) they were interested to stay in India (a) Pillar Edict VII (b) Mahavamsa 154. Development that meets the needs of the present, without (c) Divyavadana (d) Rock Edict XIII compromising the ability of future generations to meet their 144. Gandhi's concept of Trusteeship: (SSC S . I . 2013) own needs was the focal point of Brundtland commission is (a) Recognises right of private ownership of property (SSC S . I . 2014) (b) Transforms the capitalistic society into an egalitarian (a) sustainable development one (b) mitigation (c) disaster management (c) Excludes legislative regulation of the ownership and (d) capacity building use of wealth 155. Name the Kingdom which first used elephants in wars? (d) Does not fix minimum or maximum income (SSC S . I . 2015) 145. Match the following: (SSC S . I . 2013) (a) Avanti (b) Champa (a) Hunter's Commission (c) Magadha (d) Kosala (b) Wardha Scheme 156. Tulsidas wrote Ramacharitamans during the reign of : (c) University's Act (SSC S . I . 2015) (d) Radhakrishnan Commission (a) Akbar (b) Krishnadeva Raya (i) 1948 (ii) 1904 (c) Jahangir (d) Rama Raya (iii) 1937 (iv) 1882 157. Cripps Mission came to India in: (SSC S . I . 2015) (a) (a)-(iii), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i) (a) 1945 (b) 1946 (b) (a)-(iv), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iii), (d)-(i) (c) 1940 (d) 1942 (c) (a)-(iii) (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii) 158. Who among the following Sultans tried to prohibit Sati? (d) (a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i) (SSC S . I . 2015) 146. The Gandhara art nourished under: (a) Muhammad Bin Tuglaq (b) Firoz Tuglaq (SSC S . I . 2013) (c) Jalaluddin Khilji (d) Alauddin Khilji (a) the Kushanas (b) the Satavahanas 159. Who constructed Humayun’s Tomb in Delhi ? (c) the Guptas (d) the Mauryas (SSC S . I . 2015) 147. Most important safeguard of liberty is (a) Haji Begam (b) Babar (SSC S . I . 2014) (c) Humayun (d) Akbar (a) bold and impartial judiciary 160. Who among the following Mughal rulers banned music (b) well-knit party system and dancing ? (SSC S . I . 2015) (c) decentralisation of power (a) Jahangir (b) Babar (d) declaration of rights (c) Aurangzeb (d) Humayun 148. What is the ancient school of law ? (SSC S . I . 2014) 161. Who was the governor-general during the Second Anglo- (a) The Philosophical School Mysore War? (SSC S . I . 2015) (b) The Historical School (a) Lord Wellesley (b) Sir John Shore (c) The Analytical School (c) Lord Cornwallis (d) Warren Hastings (d) The Sociological School 8 H 162. Which of the following Pacts sought to be resolved the 173. which of the following was not built by Firoz Shah Tughlaq? Hindu - Muslim differences? (SSC S . I . 2016) (SSC S 2013) (a) Lucknow Pact (b) Lahore Pact (a) Firozabad (b) Fatehabad (c) Gandhi - Irwin Pact (d) Poona Pact (c) Tughlaqabad (d) Jaunpur 163. In which of the following year the Gandhi-Irwin Pact was 174. who among the follwing granted permission to the English signed? (SSC S . I . 2016) to establish their factory in India? (a) 1932 (b) 1935 (SSC S 2013) (c) 1931 (d) 1929 (a) Akbar (b) Jehangir 164. The Vedic literature was composed between (c) Shah Jahan (d) Aurangzeb (SSC S . I . 2016) 175. The permanent Land Settlement in Bengal was introduced (a) 3500 B.C. and 1000 B.C. by (SSC S 2013) (b) 2500 B.C. and 500 B.C. (a) Warren Hestings (b) Thomas Munro (c) 3000 B.C. and 1000 B.C. (c) Thomas Reid (d) Lord Cornwallis (d) 3500 B.C. and 2500 B.C. 176. Din-I-llahi was founded by (SSC S 2014) 165. Who among the following was the Prime Minister of England (a) Kabir (b) Akbar when India was given independence? (SSC S . I . 2016) (c) Shah jahan (d) Guru Nanak Dev (a) Mountbatten (b) Churchill 177. 'Purna Swaraj' was announced in the Indian National (c) Attlee (d) Wavell Congress Session of (SSC S 2014) 166. How many times did Babur invade India before 1526 A.D.? (a) Calcutta (b) Lahore (SSC S . I . 2016) (c) Nagpur (d) Karachi (a) None of these (b) Four times 178. Who chaired the Boundary Commission in 1947, to demarcate (c) Five times (d) Two times the boundary line between India and pakistan? 167. Which of the following countries has become the first (SSC S 2014) country in the world to receive funds from United Nations (a) Krishna Menon (b) McMohan for its fast growing Solar Home Systems? (c) J. Nehru (d) Henderson Brooks (SSC S . I . 2016) 179. Ashoka embraced Buddism (SSC S 2014) (a) before the Kalinga war (a) Afghanistan (b) Burma (b) after the Kalinga war (c) Bangladesh (d) Switzerland (c) just before his death 168. In Indian architecture 'Surkhi' was introduced by (d) when he was a Crown Prince (SSC S . I . 2016) 180. The original name of 'Mahabharata' is (a) Mughals (b) Kushans (SSC S 2016) (c) Guptas (d) Sultanate Sultans (a) Rajtarangini (b) Bharat Katha 169. which one of the following land reform measures can be (c) Kathasaritasagar (d) Jai Samhita said to have been fully implemented by now in India? 181. Sir Eyre Coote was associated with which of the following? (SSC S 2013) (SSC S 2016) (a) Tenancy reforms (a) Battle of Ambur (b) Battle of Arcot (b) Abolition of intermediaries (c) Battle of Wandiwash (d) Battle of Adyar (c) Land ceilings 182. Which among the following is related to Sadr-us-Sadr? (d) Consolidation of holdings (SSC S 2016) 170. Which of the following recommended reservation for the (a) Ecclesiastical matters Other Backward Classes (OBCs)? (SSC S 2013) (b) Judicial administration (a) Mandal Commission (c) Military administration (b) Kothari Commission (d) Land revenue (c) Sachar Committee 183. Which among the following inscription is known as Prayaga (d) None of these Prashasti ? (SSC S 2016) 171. Which of the following was not an aspect of Later Vedic (a) Hathigumpha Inscription Age? (SSC S 2013) (b) Aihole Inscription (a) Importance of Kingship in political life (c) Mehroli Inscription (b) Discovery of iron (d) Allahabad Pillar Inscription (c) Polygamy 184. Which of the following pair is NOT correctly matched? (d) Simple, non-ritualistic worship (SSC S 2016) 172. Who among the follwing presided over the fourth Buddhist (a) Ibn Batuta - Morocco Council? (SSC S 2013) (b) Nikitin - Samarkand (a) Ashoka (b) Kanishka (c) Marco Polo - Italy (c) Ashvaghosha (d) Vasumitra (d) Alberuni - Uzbekistan H 9 &
1. (d) 27. (a) As Samhita is the collection of the mantras, so 2. (d) The Servants of India Society was formed in Pune, sometimes Samhitas are referred to as Mantras. Most Maharashtra, on June 12, 1905 by Gopal Krishna of these mantras or hymns are concerned with nature Gokhale, who left the Deccan Education Society to and deities. form this association. 28. (d) 29. (c) 30. (b) 3. (d) 31. (a) 32. (a) 33. (b) 4. (b) Upagupta (c. 3rd Century BC) was a Buddhist monk. 34. (d) Lord Canning was the Governor General of India from According to some stories in the Sanskrit text 1856 - 1862 and the first Viceroy in India from 1 Ashokavadana, he was the spiritual teacher of the November 1858. Lord Mountbatten was the First Mauryan emperor Ashoka. Governor General of Independent India. 5. (c) 6. (b) 7. (c) 35. (b) 1191 - First Battle of Tarain in which Prithviraj Chauhan 8. (b) The doctrine of lapse was an annexation policy defeated Mohd. Ghori.1192 - Second Battle of Tarain purportedly devised by Lord Dalhousie, who was the in which Mohd.Ghori defeated Prithviraj Chauhan. Governor General for the East lndia Company in lndia 36. (d) between 1848 and 1856. 37. (c) The first major attempt in curriculum reconstruction in 9. (c) 10. (b) 11. (b) 12. (b) 13. (d) India was made in 1937 when Gandhiji propounded the 14. (d) 15. (b) 16. (b) 17. (c) 18. (c) idea of Basic Education. 19. (a) 38. (b) Simon Commission (1927) > Dandi March (1930) > 20. (a) King Asoka assumed the title Devanampiya Piyadasi Gandhi Irwin Pact (1931) > Poona Pact (1932) which means "Beloved-of-the-Gods, He who Looks on with Affection". 39. (b) Emperor Akbar named Prayag as Allahabad - City of God- also called Allahabad in 1575 AD. The city of 21. (b) Shivaji, the great Maratha King and founder of a nationalist tradition was contemporary of Tukaram. Allahabad is situated at the confluence of three rivers Tukaram introduced Shivaji to Ramdas for his spritual - Ganga, Yamuna and the invisible Saraswati. Every education. 12th year when the waters are felt to be especially 22. (b) Wheat was the first cereal to be cultivated by man. In purifying, Allahabad holds a much greater festival called several places in the Middle East it was sowed, tended Kumbh Mela. Built by Emperor Akbar in 1583 AD, the and reaped soon after 8000 BC. The people of Jericho Allahbad fort stands on the banks of the river Yamuna are the first known to have lived mainly from the near the confluence site i.e SANGAM. cultivation of crops. 40. (d) M M M was an Indian educationist 23. (c) After approximately 200 years of French rule, Alsace and politician notable for his role in the Indian and the German-speaking part of Lorraine were ceded independence movement and as the two time president to Germany in 1871 under the Treaty of Frankfurt. In of Indian National Congress. He was respectfully 1919, both regions were returned to France. addressed as P M M M and also 24. (d) James Princep was an English scholar and antiquary. addressed as 'M ' M G . From 1832 to 1838 he was assay-master in the India 41. (d) Lord Linlithgow was Viceroy of India from 1936 to 1944 Government Mint, Kolkata. He is most noted as a and this eight years period was longest reign as Viceroy philologist for fully deciphering and translating the of India. rock edicts of Asoka from the Brahmi script. 42. (c) 25. (c) Tilak propounded the theory of the Arctic home of the 43. (c) The D S is considered to Aryans, meaning that the Aryans originated in the be a record of the first teaching given by Gautama Arctic region, and later, on the journey south, divided Buddha after he attained enlightenment. The main topic into two branches. One branch went to Europe, while of this sutra is the Four Noble Truths, which are the the other branch came to India. central teachings of Buddhism that provide a unifying 26. (b) Alara Kalama was a hermit saint and a teacher of yogic theme, or conceptual framework, for all of Buddhist meditation who lived near Rajagriha. According to the thought. Pali Canon scriptures, he was one of the teachers of 44. (b) 45. (b) Gautama Buddha. 10 H 46. (a) The Rowlatt Act was passed by the Imperial Legislative Indian National Congress. Thought it was he who Council in London on 18 March 1919, indefinitely emerged as the founder of the Congress, it had extending "emergency measures" enacted during the somehow never happened to Hume to preside over a First World War in order to control public unrest and plenary session even once. root out conspiracy. Lord Chelmsford (1916 to 1921) 57. (b) The Telangana Movement was the biggest peasant was the Viceroy of India then. guerrilla war of modern Indian history affecting 3000 47. (a) Jawaharlal Nehru inaugurated the first generation of villages and 3 million population. The uprising began panchayat raj at Nagaur in Rajasthan on 2 October in july 1946 and was at its greatest intensity between 1959. It was also implemented in Andhra Pradesh in August 1947 and September 1948. the same year as per the recommendations of the 58. (a) Bahlul Khan Lodi was the founder of Lodi dynasty of Balwant Rai Mehta Committee. the Delhi Sultanate in India upon the abdication of the 48. (a) Tana Bhagat movement was apparently initiated in 1914 last claimant from the previous Sayyid rule. by a young Oraon tribesman known as Jatra Oraon. 59. (d) Greco-Roman-Buddhist Art 49. (c) The Naujawan Bharat Sabha was founded by Bhagat 60. (a) the Bolshevik Revolution, was a seizure of state power Singh in March 1926 and was declared illegal under instrumental in the larger Russian Revolution of 1917. the Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1908 in September It took place with an armed insurrection in Petrograd 1934. Its purpose was to forment revolution against traditionally dated to 25 October 1917. the British Raj by gathering together worker and 61. (b) Lieutenant-General Lord William Henry Cavendish- peasant youths. Bentinck, GCB, GCH, PC, known as Lord William 50. (c) The chamber of Princes was instituted on 8 February Bentinck, was a British soldier and statesman. He 1921 . The inauguration ceremony was performed by served as Governor-General of India from 1828 to 1835. His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught in the 62. (c) 63. (b) 64. (b) 65. (c) Diwan–i–am of Red Fort on be; half of His Majesty the 66. (a) 67. (d) 68. (c) 69. (c) King Emperor. 70. (c) During the early period, Multan was known as the city 51. (a) The Three Jewels (triratna) are the three things that of gold for its large and wealthy temples. The Sun Buddhists take refuge in, and look toward for guidance, temple, Suraj Mandir, was considered one of the largest in the process know as taking refuge. The Three Jewels and wealthiest temples in the entire sub-continent. are: Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha. 71. (d) Amoghavarsha I was a follower of the Digambara 52 (a) Chandragupta I was known as 'Lichchavidauhitra.' His branch of Jainism. His own writing Kavirajamarga is a marriage with the Lichchavi Princess Kumaradevi was landmark literary work in the Kannada language and one of the significant events in the Gupta rule. The became a guide book for future poets and scholars for importance of this marriage can be known further from centuries to come. Samudragupta's Allahabad inscription in which he has 72. (c) The Kailasa temple is a famous rock cut monument, described himself as "Lichchhavis–dauhitra or one of the 34 monasteries and temples known daughter's son of the Lichchavis. collectively as the Ellora Caves, extending over more 53. (b) Pulakesin II (610 – 642 AD) was the most famous ruler than 2 km.The temple was commissioned and completed of the Chalukya dynasty. In his reign the Chalukyas of between dated 757-783 CE, when Krishna I ruled the Badami saw their kingdom extend over most of the Rashtrakuta dynasty. It is designed to recall Mount Deccan. Kailash, the home of Lord Shiva. It is a megalith carved 54. (b) An inscription of the 8th century AD at Uttaramerur out of one single rock. It was built in the 8th century temple describes the constitution of the local council, by the Rashtrakuta king Krishna I. eligibility and disqualifications for the candidates, the 73. (a) the Thalavaipuram copper plate, belonging to the period method selection, their duties and delimits their power between 1018 and 1054 brought out by the Pandya in Chola dynasty. kings, describes giant waves, most possibly a tsunami. 55. (b) The Pitt’s India Act of 1784 was in the nature of a 74. (b) Gautamiputra Satakarni was the greatest of the regulating act as it was intended to address the Satavahana rulers. His reign period is noted by some shortcomings of the Regulating Act of 1773 by bringing scholars as 80 to 104 and by others from 106 to 130; in the East India Company’s rule in India under the control any case he is credited with a rule of 24 years. of the British Government. 75. (a) Mihira Bhoja was a ruler of the Gurjara Pratihara 56. (b) Allan Octavian Hume was a civil servant, political dynasty 2of India. Bhoja's empire extended to Narmada reformer and amateur ornithologist and horticulturalist River in the South, Sutlej River in the northwest, and in British India. He was one of the founders of the up to Bengal in the east. H 11 76. (d) Bose appeared at the 1939 Congress meeting and was Deccan sultanates, resulted in a defeat of Vijayanagara, elected president over Gandhi's preferred candidate and ended in greatly weakening one of the greatest Pattabhi Sitaramayya. Indian Empires originating from Southern India before 77. (c) The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre happened in Amritsar, the Maratha Empire. in 1919. It is named after the Jallianwala Bagh (Garden) 90. (c) The mansabdari system was of Central Asian origin atAmritsar. On April 13, 1919, British, Indian Army and it was first introduced by Babur in North India. soldiers started shooting an unarmed gathering of men, But it was Akbar who institutionalized it in Mughal women and children. military set up and civil administration. 78. (b) Bahlol Lodi was the founder of the Lodi dynasty.He 91. (c) Cabinet Mission was composed of three Cabinet ruled for long thirty-nine years (1451-89). He was the Ministers of England Sir Pethick Lawrence, Secretary governor of Lahore and Sirhind during the rule of of State for India, Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Muhammad Shah of Sayyid dynasty. Board of Trade; 79. (c) Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu arrived in the empire at the Alexander, the First Lord of the Admiralty. The mission time of Emperor Prataparudra (Gajapatis)and stayed arrived on March 24, 1946. The objective of this mission for 18 long years at Puri. was to Devise a machinery to draw up the constitution 80. (c) The instance heat that prevails in the Indian Sub of Independent India. Make arrangements for interim continent causes a low pressure region over the Government. Thus the mission was like a declaration northern plains. It is intense enough to attract the of India's independence. moisture bearing winds from the Indian Ocean .Thus 92. (c) Sarvodaya is a Sanskrit term meaning 'universal uplift' the south east trade winds from the southern or 'progress of all'. The term was used by Mahatma hemisphere are attracted towards India. Gandhi as the title of his 1908 translation of John 81. (b) Reformation was a 16th-century movement in Western Ruskin's tract on political economy, Unto This Last, Europe that aimed at reforming some doctrines and and Gandhi came to use the term for the ideal of his practices of the Roman Catholic Church and resulted own political philosophy. in the establishment of the Protestant churches. 93. (a) 82. (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak is considered as "Father of Indian 94. (b) The collective term given by the Jainas to their Sacred National Movement". He was a social reformer, freedom literature is called Agamas written in Prakrt. fighter, national leader and a scholar of Indian history, 95. (b) Doctrine of Passive Resistance is authored by sanskrit, hinduism, mathematics and astronomy. During Aurobindo Ghosh. It is based on a series of articles by freedom struggle, his slogan "Swaraj is my birthright Aurobindo Ghosh which were published in April 1907 and I shall have it" inspired millions of Indians. in the journal Bande Matram. The articles were written 83. (b) The Quit India Movement(August Kranti), was a civil when the Bengal was burning with indignation after disobedience movement launched in India on 9 August its partition October 16, 1905 by Viceroy Curzon. The 1942 by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. main theme of the articles is the methods and ideology 84. (d) The Indian National Congress was founded on which could be adopted in face of oppression and December 28, 1885, by members of the Theosophical injustice as perpetrated by the contemporary British Society. The founders included a prominent member rule in India. of the Theosophical Society, Allan Octavian Hume as 96. (c) Badruddin Taiyabji became the Ist Indian Barrister in well as Dadabhai Naoroji and Dinshaw Wacha. Bombay; became the 2nd Indian Chief Justice; was the 85. (d) Modern Bangladesh emerged as an independent nation founding member of Bombay presidency association in 1971 after achieving independence from Pakistan in and INC and also presided over the 3rd congress the Bangladesh Liberation War. The Provisional session in Madras in 1887. Government of Bangladesh was formed on 17 April 97. (d) The Dandi March of Gandhi was an important part of 1971. the Indian Independence Movement.It was a direct 86. (a) 'Brahmo Samaj' was founded by Raja Ram Mohan Roy action campaign of tax resistance and non-violent in 1828. protest against British saltmonopoly and triggered the 87. (b) Allan Octavian Hume was a civil servant, political wider Civil Disobedience Movement. reformer in British India who initiated the movement to 98. (d) Aihole inscription is found at Aihole in Karnataka state form the Indian National Congress. India, was written by the Ravikriti,court poet of 88. (c) Chalukya king,Pulakeshin II who reigned from 610 to 89. (b) The Battle of Talikota (26 January 1565), a watershed 642 CE.The poetic verses of Ravikirti,in praise of the battle fought between the Vijayanagara Empire and the king, can be read in the Meguti temple,dated 634CE. 12 H 99. (d) Akbar introduced the Mansabdari system. This system 107. (c) R. Shamashastri transcribed, edited and published the came under the military reforms of Akbar. Under this Sanskrit edition in 1909. He proceeded to translate it system each officer was assigned a rank(mansab). into English, publishing it in 1915. Varying from 10 to 10,000, the mansab carried the Zat(the 108. (c) Porus fought Alexander the Great in the Battle of the personal status and salary) and Sawar (the number of Hydaspes (also known as Jhelum) in 326 BC and is cavalry men to be maintained. believed to be defeated. 100. (a) Calcutta with Robert Clive is wrongly matched. Lord 109. (c) Right to Information Act (RTI) was enacted on 15th Curzon was associated with Calcutta. Lord Curzon felt June 2005 and came fully into force on 12th October that the Bengal province was too big to be administered 2005. efficiently and so he wanted to split it into two 110. (a) Indian Social activist Medha Patkar is the founder provinces, one of which had Dacca as its capital. member of Narmada Bachao Andolan. 101. (b) Battle of Wandiwash decided the fate of French in 111. (b) Purana Qila was built by the Afghan king Sher Shah India. Battle of Wandiwash, (Jan. 22, 1760), in the history Suri. of India, a confrontation between the French, under the 112. (d) Chandragupta Maurya is said to have lived as an ascetic comte de Lally, and the British, under Sir Eyre Coote. It at Shravanabelagola for several years before starving was the decisive battle in the Anglo-French struggle himself to death, as per Jain Practice of Sallekhana. in southern India during the Seven Years' War (1756-63). 113. (c) Megasthenes gave an account of India in his book 102. (d) The Crimean War came to an end by the treaty of Paris. ‘Indica’. Crimean War, (October 1853-February 1856), war fought 114. (d) The construction of the famous Shiva temple at Ellora mainly on the Crimean Peninsula between the Russians is often attributed to the Rashtrakuta king Krishna I. and the British, French, and Ottoman Turkish, with th support from January 1855 by the army of Sardinia- 115. (d) Harisena was a 4 century Sanskrit poet. His most Piedmont.The resulting Treaty of Paris, signed on famous poem written in 345 AD is inscribed on the March 30, 1856, guaranteed the integrity of Ottoman Allahabad Pillar. Turkey and obliged Russia to surrender southern 116. (d) Todar Mal started his career as a revenue officer at the Bessarabia, at the mouth of the Danube. court of Sher Shah Suri. After the Sur dynasty was 103. (b) Tulsidas wrote Shri Ram-Charit-Manas during the reign overthrown by the Mughals, Todar Mal continued his of Mughal Emperor Akbar.Tulsidas started writing this service to the then Mughal Emperor Akbar. greatest Hindu 'Granth' on the birth day of Lord Shree 117. (d) The League of Nations was an intergovernmental Ram, i.e. Chaitra Navmi (9th day of Hindu month Chaitra) organisation founded on 10th January 1920 as a result in year 1574. The life span of Akbar is 1556 1605. of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the first World 104. (a) Architecture reached a milestone in the Dravidian style War. during the reign of Rashtrakutas, the finest example of 118. (b) A settlement between Mahatma Gandhi and Viceroy which is seen in the Kailasanath Temple or Kailasa Lord Irwin known as the Gandhi-Irwin pact was reached Temple at Ellora. and Gandhi was appointed as the sole representative 105. (c) The famous Badami Chalukyas King Pulakeshi II of the Congress to the second Round table conference, (610-642 A.D.) was a follower of Vaishnavism. The 1931. inscription of Ravikirti, his court poet, is a eulogy of 119. (d) Sankaradeva was an erudite scholar, a prolific writer, a the Pulakeshi II and is available at the Meguti temple. versatile saint-poet of unlimited merit, a lyricist of It is dated 634 CE and is written in Sanskrit language universal acceptance, a musician of high calibre, a and old Kannada script. The Aihole inscription pioneer in the field of Assamese prose, drama and describes the achievements of Pulakeshi II and his dramatic performances, a painter and above all the victory against King Harshavardhana. greatest religious teacher-preacher-leader of the 106. (b) The Delhi Sultanate was the name of Delhi-based medieval Vaisnava movement in Assam which is rightly Muslim kingdoms that ruled over large parts of India known as the Sankaradeva Movement. for 320 years (1206 – 1526). Five dynasties ruled over 120. (d) 121. (c) 122. (a) Delhi Sultanate sequentially, the first four of which 123. (a) Muhammad bin Qasim Al-Thaqafi (c. 31 December 695- were of Turkic origin and the last was the Afghan Lodi. 18 July 715) was an Umayyad general who conquered The Lodi dynasty was replaced by the Mughal the Sindh and Punjab regions along the Indus River dynasty. The five dynasties were the Mamluk dynasty (now a part of Pakistan) for the Umayyad Caliphate. (1206–90); the Khilji dynasty (1290–1320); the Tughlaq He was born and raised in the city of Taif (in modern dynasty (1320–1414); the Sayyid dynasty (1414–51); day Saudi Arabia). Qasim's conquest of Sindh and and the Afghan Lodi dynasty (1451–1526). Punjab enabled further Islamic expansion into India. H 13 124. (d) Mao Zedong, commonly referred to as Chairman Mao aspect of the fight for independence and establishing (December 26, 1893 - September 9, 1976), was a Chinese his own kingdom. Shivaji Maharaj's assembly of eight communist revolutionary, politician and socio-political ministers was formed based on Hindu ideals. One theorist. The founding father of the People's Republic comes across this concept of eight ministers in the of China from its establishment in 1949, he governed Ramayan and the Mahabharat. the country as Chairman of the Communist Party of 133. (d) Kanishka was the greatest ruler of the Kushan Empire, China until his death. a realm that covered much of present-day India, 125. (a) Gandhi calls Gokhale his mentor and guide. Gandhi Pakistan, Iran and other parts of central Asia and China also recognised Gokhale as an admirable leader and during the first and second centuries. master politician, describing him as 'pure as crystal, 134. (d) Arya Samaj is a Hindu reform movement founded by gentle as a lamb, brave as a lion and chivalrous to a Swami Dayananda on 7 April 1875. He was a sannyasi fault and the most perfect man in the political field'. who promoted the Vedas. Dayananda emphasised the 126. (c) The Swadeshi movement started with the partition of ideals of brahmacharya. The group found most of its Bengal by the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon, 1905 and support in Punjab. continued up to 1911. It was the most successful of 135. (a) 136. (d) 137. (c) 138. (a) the pre-Gandhian movements. Its chief architects were 139. (b) Iltutmish received contlnnation of his robe of honour Aurobindo Ghosh, Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, and title Nasir amir al-muminin (Helper of the Bipin Chandra Pal and Lala Lajpat Rai. Commander of the Faithful) from the 'Abbasid Caliph 127. (d) The Purna Swaraj declaration, or Declaration of the al-Mustansir in 626 (1229) and remained on the throne Independence of India was promulgated by the Indian for twenty-six years, This added an element of strength National Congress on January 26, 1930, resolving the to Iltutmish's authority and gave him a status in the Congress and Indian nationalists to fight for Purna Muslim world . Swaraj, or complete self-rule independent of the British 140. (b) As a British Overseas Territory, the Falkland Islands Empire. The flag of India had been hoisted by Congress enjoy a large degree of internal self-governance with President Jawaharlal Nehru on December 31, 1929, on the United Kingdom guaranteeing good government the banks of the Ravi river in Lahore, modern-day and taking responsibility for their defence and foreign Pakistan. affairs. In 1982, following Argentina's invasion of the 128. (d) Gandhra is noted for the distinctive Gandhra style of islands, the two-month-long undeclared Falklands War Buddhist art, which developed out of a merger of Greek, between both countries resulted in the surrender of all Syrian, Persian, and Indian artistic influence. This Argentine forces and the return of the islands to British development began during the Parthian Period (50 BC administration. - AD 75). Gandhran style flourished and achieved its 141. (a) Chalukyas : Vatapi (Badami): Hoysalas : Dwarasamudra: peak during the Kushan period, from the 1st to the 5th Rashtrakutas : Malkhed; and Kakatiyas: Warangal. centuries. It declined and suffered destruction after 142. (b) With a towering height of 70 feet, the world's tallest invasion of the White Huns in the 5th century. statute of Mahatma Gandhi was recently unveiled in 129. (c) Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer, Patna in Bihar. Funded by the state government, the navigator, and colonizer, born in the Republic of Genoa, Rs 10 crore statue, inclusive of a 30-feet-high pedestal, in what is today northwestern Italy. has been built by Delhi-based sculptor Ramsutar and 130. (c) the earliest inhabitants of India used stones to make Sons. tools and weapons. 143. (d) The vivid description of Kalinga war is given in 13th 131. (b) Swami Vivekanand was the Indian saint to attend ' Rock Edict of Asoka. The edict gives description of World Congress of Religion' held at Chicago in 1893. the devastation caused to Kalinga due to war and how He is perhaps best known for his inspiring speech the Mauryan emperor felt remorse for it. beginning with "Sisters and Brothers of America," 144. (b) Trusteeship principle advocated by Gandhiji provides through which he introduced Hinduism at the opening a means of transforming the present capitalist order of session of the Parliament on 11 September. Thereafter society into an egalitarian one. He envisaged he conducted hundreds of public and private lectures trusteeship as a post capitalist arrangement which gives and classes, disseminating tenets of Hindu philosophy no quarter to capitalism, but gives the present owning in America, England and Europe. In America class a chance of reforming itself (Gandhi Nehru And Vivekananda became India's spiritual ambassador. Globalization, p 7). 132. (d) Chhatrapati Shivaji was a follower of Ramayana and 145. (d) Hunter's Commission: 1882; Wardha Scheme: 1937; Mahabharta from his childhood. Shivaji Maharaj did University's Act; 1904; and Radhakrishnan everything possible to promote Hinduism in every Commission: 1948. 14 H 146. (a) Gandhara style flourished and achieved its peak during 152. (a) Lord Curzon introduced the Indian University Act. The the Kushan period. from the 1st to the 5th centuries. It Indian Universities Act of 1904, passed on March, 21 declined and suffered destruction after invasion of the was formulated on the basis of the recommendations White Huns in the 5th century. of the Indian University Commission of 1902. Curzon 147. (a) Bold and impartial judiciary is the most important gave importance on improving the standard and quality safeguard of liberty and no one can restrain it. One of of higher education. the most important safeguards is that the person has 153. (a) After the spread of the Buddhist religion, Chinese someone appointed with legal powers to represent them travelers came to India in big numbers to collect even in extreme case of deprivation of liberty. religious books and to visit holy places of Buddhism. 148. (a) The philosophical school of law is the ancient school 154. (a) Sustainable development is development that meets of law. It came into existence in 3rd century in Roman the needs of the present without compromising the empire. ability of future generations to meet their own needs. 149. (c) Akbar celebrated his conquest of Rajputana by laying 155. (c) 156. (a) the foundation of a new capital, 23 miles (37 km) W.S.W 157. (d) The Cripps mission was an attempt in late March 1942 of Agra in 1569. It was called Fatehpur Sikri ("the city by the British government to secure full Indian of victory"). cooperation and support for their efforts in World War 150. (a) Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer who II. discovered the sea route to India from Europe through 158. (a) the Cape of Good Hope. 159. (a) Hamida Banu Begam, also known as Haji Begam, 151. (a) The Unification of Karnataka refers to the formation of commenced the construction of Humayun tomb in 1569. the Indian state of Karnataka, then named Mysore 160. (c) 161. (d) 162. (a) 163. (c) 164. (b) State, in 1956 when several Indian states were created 165. (c) 166. (c) 167. (c) 168. (d) 169. (d) by redrawing borders based on linguistic 170. (a) 171. (b) 172. (d) 173. (d) 174. (d) demographics 175. (d) 176. (b) 177. (b) 178. (b) 179. (b) 180. (d) 181. (c) 182. (b) 183. (d) 184. (b) G 15 2 CHAPTER GE G A H
1 Seismic sea waves which approach the coasts at greater 12. The age of the Earth can be determined by force are known as (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) (a) Tides (b) Tsunami (a) Geological Time Scale (c) Current (d) Cyclone (b) Radio-Metric Dating 2. The land of maximum biodiversity is(SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) (c) Gravity method (a) Tropical (b) Temperate (d) Fossilization method (c) Monsoonal (d) Equatorial 13. How much of the Earth's land surface is desert? 3. Indian Standard Time relates to (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) th th (a) 75.5°E longitude (b) 82.5°E longitude (a) 1/10 (b) 1/5 rd th (c) 90.5°E longitude (d) 0° longitude (c) 1/3 (c) 1/6 14. River Indus originates from: (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) 4. Which is the second nearest star to the Earth after the Sun? (a) Hindukush range (b) Himalayan range (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) (c) Karakoram range (d) Kailash range (a) Vega (b) Sirius 15. The lowest layer of the atmosphere is: (c) Proxima Centauri (d) Alpha Centauri (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) 5. The forest in Sundarban is called (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) (a) Stratosphere (b) Thermosphere (a) Scrub jungle (b) Mangrove (c) Troposphere (d) Mesosphere (c) Deciduous forest (d) Tundra 16. The Konkan Railway connects: 6. Which of the following Indonesian regions was a victim of (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) massive earthquake in 2004 ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) (a) Goa – Mangalore (a) Irian Jaya (b) Sumatra (b) Roha – Mangalore (c) Kalibangan (d) Java (c) Kanyakumari – Mangalore 7. The first non-stop air-conditioned 'DURANTO' train was (d) Kanyakumari – Mumbai flagged off between (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) 17. Bark of this tree is used as a condiment– (a) Sealdah – New Delhi (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) (b) Mumbai – Howrah (a) Cinnamon (b) Clove (c) Bangalore – Howrah (c) Neem (d) Palm (d) Chennai – New Delhi 18. The atmospheric air is held to the Earth by: 8. Which one of the following states does not form part of (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) Narmada River basin ? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) (a) gravity (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Rajasthan (b) winds (c) Gujarat (d) Maharashtra (c) clouds 9. Soil erosion on hill slopes can be checked by (d) rotation of the Earth (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) 19. The common tree species in nilgiri hills is (a) Afforestation (b) Terrace cultivation (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) (c) Strip cropping (d) Contour ploughing (a) Sal (b) Pine 10. Who coined the word 'Geography'? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) (c) Eucalyptus (d) Teak 20. Which is the largest living bird on Earth? (a) Ptolemy (b) Eratosthenese (a) Emu (b) Ostrich (c) Hacataus (d) Herodatus (c) Albatross (d) Siberian Crane 11. Which of the following is called the 'ecological hot spot of 21. Rihand Dam Project provides irrigation to India'? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) (a) Western Ghats (a) Gujarat and Maharashtra (b) Eastern Ghats (b) Orissa and West Bengal (c) Western Himalayas (c) Uttar Pradesh and Bihar (d) Eastern Himalayas (d) Kerala and Karnataka 16 G 22. Which is the longest irrigation canal in India? 34. Earth is a very big magnet. In which direction does it (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) magnetic field extend? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (a) Sirhind Canal (b) Yamuna Canal (a) west to east (b) north to south (c) Indira Gandhi Canal (d) East Kosi Canal (c) south to north (d) east to west 23. 'Loktak' is a (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) 35. The most densely populated state in India is: (a) Valley (b) Lake (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (c) River (d) Mountain Range (a) Kerala (b) Uttar Pradesh 24. Which city receives the highest cosmic radiation amongst (c) West Bengal (d) Tamil nadu the following? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) 36. The biggest planet in the solar system is: (a) Chennai (b) Mumbai (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (c) Kolkata (d) Delhi (a) Venus (b) Jupiter 25. The HYV programme in India is also called as (c) Saturn (d) Uranus (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) 37. Peninsular India has the following zonal soil types: (a) Traditional Agriculture (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (b) New Agricultural Strategy (a) Red and yellow soil (b) Forest soil (c) White Revolution (c) Saline soil (d) Alluvial soil (d) Blue Revolution 38. The land between two rivers is called 26. Railway coaches are manufactured at (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (a) Natural Levees (b) Alluvial Cones (a) Jamshedpur (b) Chittaranjan (c) Braided Stream (d) Doab (c) Perambur (d) Varanasi 39. Which year is called as the ‘Demographic divide’ ? 27. A series of lines connecting places having a quake at the (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) same time are called (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (a) 1941 (b) 1921 (a) Homoseismal lines (b) Seismolines (c) 1901 (d) 1931 (c) Coseismal lines (d) Isoseismal lines 40. Which country has a high density of population? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) 28. What would be the impact of global warming on mangrove (a) India (b) Canada forests? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (c) Sweden (d) Greenland (a) They will grow more luxurious 41. The iron and steel plant in Chhattisgarh is at (b) Large areas of mangroves will be submerged (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (c) Their role as carbon sinks will become more important (a) Burnpur (b) Salem (d) Both (a) and (c) above (c) Bhilai (d) Bokaro 29. The brightest planet is (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) 42. The leading sesame producing country in the world is (a) Venus (b) Mercury (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (c) Jupiter (d) Mars (a) Mexico (b) U.S.A. 30. Wheat, Barley, Lemon, Orange, rye and pearl millet belong (c) China (d) India to: (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) 43. Which one of the following is not correctly matched? (a) the same plant family (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (b) two plant families (a) Darjeeling - West Bengal (c) three plant families (b) Mount Abu - Rajasthan (d) four plant families (c) Kodaikanal - Tamil Nadu 31. A plant known only in cultivation having arisen under (d) Simla - Uttar Pradesh domestication is referred to as: 44. The earth is at its maximum distance from the Sun on (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (a) Scion (b) Cultigen (a) January 30th (b) December 22nd (c) Cultivar (d) Clone (c) September 22nd (d) July 4th 32. The iron and steel plant in Bihar is at: 45. Consider the following pairs: (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (a) Visakhapatnam (b) Bokaro T M R (c) Burnpur (d) Vijay Nagar 1. Chambal : Yamuna 33. The state which has registered the highest population 2. Sone : Narmada growth rate according to 2001 census is: 3. Manas : Brahmputra (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) Which one of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched? (a) Kerala (b) Uttar Pradesh (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 2 (c) Nagaland (d) Sikkim (c) 2 and 3 (d) 3 only G 17 46. The total population divided by available arable land area is 57. The programme of ‘Operation Flood’ was concentrated on referred to as (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (a) Population density (b) Nutritional density (a) increasing irrigation facilities. (c) Agricultural density (d) Industrial density (b) flood control. 47. The eastward continuation of the Brazil current is called : (c) increasing the milk production. (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (d) increase the flood grains production. (a) North Atlantic drift 58. According to Ferrel’s law (Coriolis Force) winds change their (b) South Atlantic drift direction (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (c) Counter Equatorial drift (a) Towards left in Northern hemisphere and towards right (d) West Atlantic drift in Southern hemisphere. 48. Ice glacier’s melting is a common phenomenon linked to the (b) Towards right in Northern hemisphere and towards left rise in a seawater level. The glaciers are predominantly in Southern hemisphere. present in (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (c) Towards right in both the hemisphere. (a) Greenland (b) Antarctica (d) Towards left in both the hemisphere. (c) Himalayas (d) Arctic 59. Which one of the following atmospheric layers absorb 49. Which hill station is called as the ‘Queen of the Satpuras’ ultraviolet rays of the sun? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (a) Troposphere (b) Stratosphere (a) Pachmarhi (b) Nilgiri (c) Ionosphere (d) Ozonosphere (c) Mahenderagiri (d) Cardamom 60. The drainage pattern developed on folded sedimentary rock 50. Which national highway connects Delhi and Kolkata via is termed as (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) Mathura and Varanasi? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (a) Trellis (b) Dendritic (a) NH 4 (b) NH 2 (c) Radial (d) Deranged (c) NH 10 (d) NH 6 61. Which one of the following is not a line of demarcation 51. The country where drip irrigation is more efficiently used is between two countries ? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (a) Durand Line (b) Mac Mahon Line (a) India (b) Israel (c) Plimsoll Line (d) Maginot Line (c) Sri Lanka (d) England 62. Water potential remains lowest in (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) 52. Which river in India flows in a rift-valley? (a) Water plants (b) Woody plants (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (c) Succulents (d) Halophytes (a) Narmada (b) Krishna 63. The free living bacterium in the soil which increases the the (c) Cauvery (d) Tapti yield of rice is (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) 53. A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land masses (a) Rhizobium (b) Azotobacter is called (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (c) Acetobacter (d) Anabaena (a) Cape (b) Isthmus 64. Frontal cyclones occur characteristically in (c) Strait (d) Peninsula (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) 54. Maps on large scale, representing both natural and man- (a) Equatorial region made features are called (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (b) Tropical region (a) Thematic maps (c) Mid-latitudinal region (b) Atlas maps (d) Polar region (c) Wall maps 65. "Yosemite" is a (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (d) Topographic maps (a) River (b) Peak 55. The angle between the magnetic meridian and the (c) Waterfall (d) Dam geographical meridian at a place is (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) 66. Where is the shore based steel plant located? (a) Declination (b) Latitude (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (c) Azimuth (d) Dip (a) Tuticorin (b) Salem 56. An irrigation project is categorized as a major project if it (c) Vishakhapatnam (d) Mangalore covers a cultivable command area of 67. Which two of the following are connected by the North (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) South corridor? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (a) less than 2,000 hectares (a) Srinagar and Kanyakumari (b) 2,000 to 10,000 hectares (b) Mumbai and Chennai (c) above 10,000 hectares (c) Amritsar and Kolkata (d) all the above (d) Hyderabad and Bhopal 18 G 68. Which of the following statements is correct? 78. Which of the following river does not originate in Indian (SSC CGL 2014) territory ? (SSC CGL 2015) (a) Mahadeo hills are in the west of Maikala hills. (a) Mahanadi (b) Brahmaputra (b) Mahadeo hills are the part of Karnataka Plateau. (c) Satluj (d) Ganga (c) Mahadeo hills are in the east of Chhotanagpur Plateau. 79. Which one among the following industries in the maximum (d) Mahadeo hills are the part of Aravalli ranges. consumer of water in India ? (SSC CGL 2015) 69. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? (a) Textile (b) Engineering (SSC CGL 2014) (c) Paper and Pulp (d) Thermal Power (a) Hevea Tree—Brazil 80. Choose the correct option which represents the arrangement (b) Sumatra Storm—Malaysia of atmospheric layers. (SSC CGL 2015) (c) Kajan River—Borneo (a) Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Ionosphere, (d) Dekke Toba fish—Brazil Exosphere 70. Which of the following resources is renewable one? (b) Mesosphere, Ionosphere, Exosphere, Troposphere, (SSC CGL 2014) Stratosphere (a) Uranium (b) Coal (c) Ionosphere, Exosphere, Mesosphere, Troposphere, (c) Timber (d) Natural Gas Stratosphere (d) Exosphere, Troposphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere, 71. Soil erosion can be prevented by (SSC CGL 2014) Stratosphere (a) Increasing bird population 81. Which of the following options correctly explains the term (b) Afforestation ‘heat budget’? (SSC CGL 2015) (c) Removal of vegetation (a) It is the amount of heat which the surface of earth (d) Overgrazing receives form the sun. 72. Natural sources of air pollution are (SSC CGL 2014) (b) It is the radiation from the earth in the form of long (a) Forest fires waves (b) Volcanic eruptions (c) It is a mode of transfer of heat through matter by (c) Dust storm molecular activity. (d) Smoke from burning dry leaves (d) It is the balance between incoming and outgoing 73. The 'graded profile' of a river course is a radiation. (SSC CGL 2015) 82. The layer of atmosphere close to the earth's surface is called: (a) smooth curve in the upper course (SSC CGL 2015) (b) smooth curve in the middle course (a) Exosphere (b) Ionosphere (c) smooth curve in the lower course (c) Stratosphere (d) Troposphere (d) smooth curve from source to mouth 83. Which of the following plant shows chloroplast dimorphism? 74. Sink hole is a phenomenon of ______topography. (SSC CGL 2015) (SSC CGL 2015) (a) Sugarcane (b) Sugar beet (a) Desert (b) Tundra (c) Rice (d) Wheat (c) Karst (d) Plain 84. Day and Night are equal at the : (SSC CGL 2015) 75. Kerala is famous for the cultivation of (SSC CGL 2015) (a) Prime Meridian (b) Poles 1. Coconut 2. Black pepper (c) Equator (d) Antarctic 3. Rubber 4. Rice 85. Evergreen type forests are found in : (SSC CGL 2015) (a) 1, 2 and 4 (b) 2, 3 and 4 (a) Mediterranean region (c) 1 and 4 (d) 1, 2 and 3 (b) Monsoon climatic area 76. The longest continental Railway in the world is (c) Desert region (SSC CGL 2015) (d) Equatorial region (a) Trans Siberian Railway 86. The ash–grey soils of high latitude coniferous forests are (b) Canadian Pacific Railway known as : (SSC CGL 2015) (c) Canadian National Railway (a) Grey–Brown soils (b) Red and Yellow soils (d) Trans Atlantic Railway (c) Tundra soils (d) Podsols 77. Which of the following is FALSE with respect to rain water 87. Equinox occurs when the sun is vertically above harvesting? (SSC CGL 2015) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (a) It helps raising water table (a) Tropic of Capricorn (b) It helps meet rising water demand (b) Tropic of Cancer (c) It increases run–off losses (c) Poles (d) It is a device of water conservation (d) Equator G 19 88. Among the world oceans, which ocean is having the widest 97. With which country, India has the longest international continental shelf ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) boundary? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (a) Antarctic ocean (b) Arctic Ocean (a) Nepal (b) Pakistan (c) Indian Ocean (d) Atlantic ocean (c) China (d) Bangladesh 89. Which is largest peninsular river in India? 98. Which State in India has the largest coastline? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Andhra Pradesh (a) Krishna (b) Godavari (c) Gujarat (d) West Bengal (c) Cauvery (d) Mahanadi 99. Jog falls in Karnataka is located over which river? 90. Red soil is normally found in India in which regions? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (a) Kaveri (b) Godavari (a) Eastern Region only (c) Sharavati (d) Krishna (b) Southern Region only 100. Which one of the following areas of India is covered by (c) Eastern & Southern part of the Deccan Plateau tropical evergreen forest? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (d) None of these (a) Semi-arid areas of Gujarat 91. Limestone is a raw material used by which industry? (b) Eastern Ghats (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (c) Western Ghats (a) Aluminium (b) Fertilizers (d) Madhya Pradesh (c) Cement (d) Petrochemicals 101. Which of the following State is surrounded by Bangladesh from three sides? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) 91. Mount Abu is a hill station located in _____ ranges. (a) Nagaland (b) Assam (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Tripura (a) Vindhya (b) Satpuda 102. Earth received heat from the sun is known as: (c) Aravalli (d) Sahyadri (SSC CHSL 2012) 92. The only perennial river in Peninsular India is _____ . (a) Insolation (b) Infrared heat (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (c) Solar radiation (d) Thermal radiation (a) Godavari (b) Kaveri 103. Spot the odd item in the following: (SSC CHSL 2012) (c) Krishna (d) Bhima (a) Red sea (b) Black sea 93. When does solar eclipse take place ? (c) Caspian sea (d) Dead sea (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) 104. Match correctly the following, deserts and their location by (a) When the sun is between the moon and earth choosing the correct response: (SSC CHSL 2013) (b) When the earth is between the moon and sun D L (c) When the moon is between the sun and earth a. Kalahari 1. South America (d) When the moon does not lie on the line joining the sun b. Atacama 2. Australia and earth c. Thar 3. Africa d. Great Victoria 4. Asia 94. Strait of Gibraltar connects which of the following? (a) a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2 (b) a-2, b-3, c-1, d-4 (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (c) a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1 (d) a-3, b-2, c-1, d-4 (a) Red Sea-Mediterranean Sea 105. The longest river of peninsular India is (b) Red Sea-Arabian Sea (SSC CHSL 2013) (c) Atlantic Ocean-Mediterranean Sea (a) Godavari (b) Krishna (d) Mediterranean Sea-Black Sea (c) Kaveri (d) Narmada 95. The largest solar power plant in India is located at 106. The Himalayan mountain range is an example of (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (SSC CHSL 2013) (a) Nagercoil (b) Jaisalmer (a) Fold mountain (b) Volcanic mountain (c) Madhapur (d) Rann of Kutch (c) Residual mountain (d) Block mountain 96. On which river is the Tehri dam built? 107. Which one of the following is a warm ocean current ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (SSC CHSL 2013) (a) Alakananda (b) Bhagirathi (a) Gulf Stream (b) Kurile (c) Ganga (d) Hooghly (c) Canary (d) Labrador 20 G 108. The main advantage of Rain Water Harvesting (RWH) is 119. How much of world's surface is covered by water ? (SSC CHSL 2013) (SSC CHSL 2015) (a) Avoid soil erosion (a) 70% (b) 80% (b) Recharge ground water (c) 25% (d) 55% (c) Avoid floods 120. Which of the following Scientist proved that the path of (d) Reduce the loss of water each planet around the Sun is elliptical ?(SSC CHSL 2015) 109. India is the largest producer and exporter of (a) Galileo (b) Newton (SSC CHSL 2014) (c) Copernicus (d) Kepler (a) Cotton (b) Copper 121. Which of the following rivers originates from Trans (c) Tea (d) Mica Himalayas ? (SSC CHSL 2015) 110. The soils which are rich in Calcium are known as (a) Sindu (b) Saraswathi (SSC CHSL 2014) (c) Ganga (d) Yamuna (a) Pedocals (b) Pedalfers 122. The most suitable soil for the production of cotton is ? (c) Podsols (d) Laterits 111. Cultivable land is defined as (SSC CHSL 2014) (SSC CHSL 2015) (a) land actually under crops (a) Black lava soil (b) Loamy soil (b) Culitivable waste land + fallow land (c) Well drained soil (d) Alluvial soil (c) Old fallow lands + current fallow lands 123. The largest producer of Lignite in India is: (d) Total fallow lands + net sown area (SSC CHSL 2015) 112. Which of the following is the largest Biosphere Reserves of (a) Kerala (b) Rajasthan India ? (SSC CHSL 2014) (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Gujarat (a) Nilgiri (b) Nandadevi 124. Sex–ratio is calculated as : (SSC CHSL 2015) (c) Sundarbans (d) Gulf of Mannar (a) No of females per 1,000 males in a Country 113. With what bio-region is the term "Steppe" associated ? (b) No of males per 1,000 females in a Country (SSC CHSL 2014) (c) No. of children per 1,000 people in a Country. (a) Grasslands (b) Tropical Forests (d) No of people per 1,000 children in a Country. (c) Savanna (d) Coniferous Forests 125. Which state of India has made rain water harvesting 114. About how much of the world's land area is tropical compulsory for all houses ? (SSC CHSL 2015) rainforest ? (SSC CHSL 2014) (a) 2 percent (b) 7 percent (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Punjab (c) 10 percent (d) 15 percent (c) Haryana (d) Maharashtra 115. The world's growing appetite for what food product is a 126. The five key indicators of global climate change of our leading cause of tropical deforestation ? (SSC CHSL 2014) planet are : (SSC CHSL 2015) (a) Pork (b) Sugar (a) Sea–level, Rising temperatures, Rainfall, Nitrogen and (c) Lamb (d) Beef Actic Sea ice 116. What is Kyoto Protocol ? (SSC CHSL 2015) (b) None of the options (a) It is an agreement among countries to takes steps for (c) Arctic sea ice, carbon dioxide, Global temperature, Sea planting trees to control pollution level and land ice. (b) It is an agreement among countries to start using (d) Antartic sea ice, Oxygen, Rainfall, Drought and Sea level nuclear energy 127. The area reserved for the welfare of wild life is called (c) It is an agreement among countries to take steps for (SSC CHSL 2015) reducing global warming (a) Sanctuary (b) Botanical garden (d) It is an agreement among countries to takes steps for reducing acid rain. (c) Forest (d) National pak 117. The largest reservoir of fresh water is : (SSC CHSL 2015) 128. The National Green Tribunal deals with cases relating to ? (a) Ground Water (b) Ponds (SSC CHSL 2015) (c) Lakes (d) Glaciers (a) Criminal offenses 118. The most abundant element by number in the living system (b) Issues relating to protection and conservation of is : (SSC CHSL 2015) historical monuments. (a) Hydrogen (b) Oxygen (c) Civil cases (c) Carbon (d) Nitrogen (d) Environmental protection and conservation of forests. G 21 129. The biggest oil spill in world history took place in the ? 139. Consider the following sea-ports: (SSC CHSL 2015) (SSC M 2014) (a) Persian Gulf (b) Caspian Sea 1. Chennai 2. Machilipatnam (c) Mediterrarean Sea (d) South China sea 3. Nagapattinam 4. Tuticorin 130. Among the foollowing which country has the highest life The correct sequence of these ports from north to south is expectancy ? (SSC CHSL 2015) (a) 1, 3, 2, 4 (b) 2, 1, 4, 3 (c) 1, 2, 4, 3 (d) 2, 1, 3, 4 (a) USA (b) Switzerland 140. Santa Cruz is (SSC M 2014) (c) Japan (d) Denmark (a) an International airport in Chennai 131. The redness in atmosphere at Sunrise and Sunset is due to: (b) a Domestic airport in Chennai (SSC CHSL 2015) (c) an International airport in Mumbai (a) Dispersion of light (b) Scattering of light (d) a Domestic airport in Mumbai (c) Refraction of light (d) Reflection of light 141. The Almatti Dam is constructed on the river 132. Which one of the following tribes practices pastoral (SSC M 2014) nomadism ? (SSC CHSL 2015) (a) Tungabhadra (b) Krishna (a) Boro (b) Masai (c) Kaveri (d) Sileru (c) Pygmies (d) Eskimo 142. The project similar to T.V.A. (Tennessee Valley Authority) 133. Select the High Yielding Varieties of seed-crops developed of U.S.A. in India is (SSC S . I . 2012) under Green Revolution in India. (a) Damodar Valley Project (SSC M 2013) (b) Mahanadi Delta Project (a) Wheat, Rice, Sugarcane, Pulses and Maize. (c) Ramganga Multipurpose Project (b) Rice, Wheat, Pulses, Oil seeds and Sugarcane (d) Idukki Project (c) Maize, Black-gram, Jowar, Coffee and Tea. 143. Petrology is the study of (SSC S . I . 2012) (a) rocks (b) soils (d) Rice, Wheat, Jowar, Bajra and Maize. (c) earth (d) minerals 134. India is the largest producer and consumer of 144. Match the following : (SSC S . I . 2012) (SSC M 2013) A. Rosewood 1. Mangrove forests (a) Sugar (b) Paddy B. Bushes 2. Alpine forests (c) Tea (d) Coffee C. Birch 3. Deciduous forests 135. The busiest rail section in respect to goods transportation is D. Sundari tree 4. Dry forests (SSC M 2013) ABCD ABCD (a) Mumbai – Chennai section (a)4321(b)3421 (b) Delhi – Kolkata section (c)1234(d)2341 (c) Kolkata – Chennai section 145. During the period of South-West monsoon, Tamil Nadu (d) Delhi – Mumbai section remains dry because : (SSC S . I . 2012) 136. The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through (a) the winds do not reach this area (SSC M 2013) (b) there are no mountains in this area (c) it lies in the rain-shadow area (a) China (b) Myanmar (d) the temperature is too high to let the winds cool down (c) Nepal (d) Bangladesh 146. Which one of the following is not a line of demarcation 137. The country in East Asia which is most conspicuous for its between two countries? (SSC S . I . 2013) decreasing population growth since 1981 is (a) International Date Line (SSC M 2013) (b) MacMahon Line (a) Japan (b) South Korea (c) Radcliffe Line (c) Thailand (d) China (d) Durand Line 138. The recently discovered field with oil potential in Krishna- 147. Which state in India occupies the same ranking position in Godavari Basin is called (SSC M 2014) respect of area and population? (SSC S . I . 2013) (a) Ravva Offshore Block (b) Golkunda Block (a) Manipur (b) Meghalaya (c) Bombay High (d) Telangana Block (c) Nagaland (d) Gujarat 22 G 148. Lake formed in a cut off river, meander is called: 159. The total number of planets revolving around the sun are: (SSC S . I . 2013) (SSC S . I . 2015) (a) Playa Lake (b) Meteoric Lake (a) Seven (b) Eight (c) Ox-Bow Lake (d) Crater Lake (c) Five (d) Six 149. Which is the leading state in India in "Ship Breaking" 160. Which of the following is the major copper producing industry? (SSC S . I . 2013) country? (SSC S . I . 2015) (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Maharashtra (a) Indonesia (b) Russia (c) Sri Lanka (d) Chile (c) Gujarat (d) West Bengal 161. The largest forest which covers 25 percent of the world’s 150. Contour line is the imaginary line joining places of equal: Forest land is: (SSC S . I . 2015) (SSC S . I . 2013) (a) Monsoon Forest (a) Rainfall (b) Humidity (b) Temperate forests of Europe (c) Elevation (d) Temperature (c) The tropical Rain forest 151. Which is the first state in India to enact the Food Security (d) Taiga forest of Siberia Act? (SSC S . I . 2013) 162. The method of age determination called "radioactive uranium (a) Chhattisgarh (b) Gujarat dating" cannot be used to determine the age of (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Bihar (SSC S . I . 2016) 152. The first short based integrated steel plant in the country is (a) the earth (b) rocks (SSC S . I . 2014) (c) minerals on earth (d) fossils and plant bodies (a) Vijaynagar (b) Salem 163. Altocumulus clouds occur at altitude of (c) Vishakapatnam (d) Bhadravati (SSC S . I . 2016) 153. Name the condition which influences the development of (a) 10000 m - 12000 m (b) 6000 m - 10000 m plants into distinctive forms. (SSC S . I . 2014) (c) 1000 m - 1800 m (d) 2000 m - 6000 m (a) Climatic conditions 164. The minor irrigation schemes have Cultural Command Area (b) Soil conditions (CCA) upto (SSC S . I . 2016) (c) Environmental conditions (a) 3000 hectares (b) 2500 hectares (d) Social conditions (c) 1500 hectares (d) 2000 hectares 154. Agriculture should serve as an instrument of income, 165. Which of the following Islands is under direct threat of livelihood and opportunity to the local community - this rising sea levels due to climate change has appealed for statement is given by (SSC S . I . 2014) help from European leaders? (SSC S . I . 2016) (a) Palau (b) Tuvalu Islands (a) Dr Madhavan Nair (b) Dr Manmohan Singh (c) Marshall Islands (d) Nauru (c) Dr Abdul Kalam (d) Dr M S Swaminathan 166. Which of the following regions is called the 'granary of the 155. The forests which act as barriers against cyclones are: world'? (SSC S . 2013) (SSC S . I . 2015) (a) Temperate grasslands (a) Evergreen forests (b) Mangrove forests (b) British type vegetation (c) Monsoon forests (d) Alpine Forest (c) Laurentian type vegetation 156. The resources which are obtained from biosphere and have (d) Tropical grasslands life are : (SSC S . I . 2015) 167. Spot the odd item in the following: (SSC S . 2013) (a) Renewable resources (b) Potential resources (a) Prairies (b) Pampas (c) Biotic resources (d) Abiotic resources (c) Selvas (d) Sundarban 157. In a solar or lunar eclipse, the region of earth’s shadow is 168. Which of the following rovers of India flows in rift-valley? divided into. (SSC S . I . 2015) (SSC S . 2013) (a) Four parts (b) Five parts (a) Kaveri (b) Tapti (c) Two parts (d) Three parts (c) Son (d) Ken 158. What does the word ‘amphibian’ mean ? 169. The largest coral reef in the world is found near the Eastern (SSC S . I . 2015) coast of (SSC S . 2013) (a) Two lives (b) Four lives (a) Japan (b) China (c) Three lives (d) One life (c) Cuba (d) Australia G 23 170. The strong, cold, ley wind blowing in the polar region is 179. Which of the following is related to horticulture ? known as (SSC S . 2013) (SSC S . 2016) (a) Chinook (b) Bora (a) Green revolution (b) White revolution (c) Blizzard (d) Harmattan (c) Operation flood (d) Golden revolution 171. The lines joining places of equal values of horizontal 180. The island of Honshu in Japan is famous for component of Earth's magnetic field are called (SSC S . 2016) (SSC S . 2014) (a) Oil (b) Diamonds (a) isogonic lines (b) isodynamic lines (c) Coal (d) Iron ore (c) aclinic lines (d) isoclinic lines 172. Which one among the following states is smallest in area? 181. 40°N latitude acts as demarcation line between (SSC S . 2014) (SSC S . 2016) (a) Gujarat (b) Karnataka (a) North and South Korea (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Andhra Pradesh (b) USA and Canada 173. Highest coffee growing state in India is(SSC S . 2014) (c) North add South Vietnam (a) Karnataka (b) Uttar Pradesh (d) Egypt and Sudan (c) Maharashtra (d) Tamil Nadu 182. Lakes which contain high concentration of humic acid in 174. The rootless plant is (SSC S . 2014) water is (SSC S . 2016) (a) lemna (b) banana (a) Desert salt lakes (b) Volcanic lakes (c) ginger (d) lemon (c) Dystrophic lakes (d) Deep ancient lakes 175. The highest peak of the Eastern ghats of India is 183. The first person ever to reach the South Pole was (SSC S . 2014) (SSC S . 2016) (a) Shevroy hills (b) Mahendragiri (a) Magellan (b) merigo Vespucci (c) Javadi hills (d) Annaimudi (c) Amundsen (d) Peary 176. Which country is the largest producer of raw jute? 184. It is reported that there is an ongoing decrease in the pH (SSC S . 2014) value of ocean water because of global warming. It happens (a) Bangladesh (b) Pakistan due to (SSC S . 2016) (c) Myanmar (d) India (a) Larger uptake of atmospheric nitrogen by ocean water. 177. The largest proven oil reserve of the world lies in (b) Lesser uptake of atmospheric nitrogen by ocean water. (SSC S . 2016) (c) Larger uptake of CO by ocean water (a) Iran (b) Iraq 2 (d) Lesser uptake of CO by ocean water. (c) Venezuela (d) Saudi Arabia 2 185. The largest tea growing country in the World is 178. Kundankulam Project is located in which state ? (SSC S . 2016) (SSC S . 2016) (a) Telangana (b) Kerala (a) India (b) Brazil (c) Karnataka (d) Tamil Nadu (c) Sri Lanka (d) China 24 G &
1. (b) A tsunami, also known as a seismic sea wave, is a 32. (b) Bokaro Steel Plant – the fourth integrated plant in the series of waves in a water body caused by the Public Sector – started taking shape in 1965 in displacement of a large volume of water, generally in collaboration with the Soviet Union. Once in Bihar, it an ocean or a large lake. is now in Jharkhand. 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (c) 33. (c) Nagaland had recorded the country’s highest decadal 5. (b) The Sundarbans is a natural region comprising population growth of 64.41 per cent in 2001 and 56.08 southern Bangladesh and a part in the Indian state of in 1991 respectively. West Bengal. It is the largest single block of tidal 34. (b) The inclination of the Earth's field is 90°at the North halophytic mangrove forest in the world. Magnetic Pole and –90° at the South Magnetic Pole. 6. (b) 7. (a) 8. (b) 35. (c) Bihar with 1,102 persons per square kilometre is the 9. (b) Terrace cultivation, method of growing crops on sides most densely populated state of India as per the 2011 of hills or mountains by planting on graduated terraces Census. West Bengal comes second with 1,029 built into the slope. Though labour–intensive, the persons per kilometre as per the option. method has been employed effectively to maximize 36. (b) Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun and the largest arable land area in variable terrains and to reduce soil planet within the Solar System. erosion and water loss. 37. (a) Red and Yellow Soil in India is largely available in the 10. (b) 11. (a) 12. (b) 13. (b) 14. (d) Deccan Plateau. 15. (c) 16. (b) 17. (a) 18. (a) 19. (c) 38. (d) 39. (b) 40. (a) 41. (c) 42. (d) 20. (b) 21. (c) 22. (c) 23. (b) 24. (a) 43. (d) 44. (d) 45. (a) 46. (a) 25. (b) The New Agricultural Strategy is based on 47. (b) S A C is an eastward ocean current, concentration of high-yielding varieties of seeds and fed by the Brazil Current. That fraction of it which complementary inputs on selected water-as-sured reaches theAfrican coast feeds the Benguela Current. areas. It is continuous with the northern edge of the Antarctic 26. (c) Passenger coaches are manufactured at three principal Circumpolar Current. places : Integral Coach Factory (ICF) at Perambur, 48. (b) It is mainly cause crbyo phenomena: global warming Railway Coach Factory (RCF) at Kapurthala, And and ozone depletion. Polar ice caps in Antarctica and Bharat Earth Movers Ltd. (BEML) at Bangalore. other places are–melting fast. This has led to increase 27. (a) Homoseismal lines is the line on the Earth's surface in sea level over the years. connecting points where the seismic wave arrives, 49. (a) Panchmarhi a beautiful hill station in Madhya Pradesh generated by an earthquake, at the same time. is known as Queen of Satpura because of its mystic 28. (d) Mangrove wetlands are possible sinks/sources for beauty, it is a known destination for Bollywood film carbon dioxide and other related greenhouse gases. shootings. Global warming may promote expansion of mangrove 50. (b) National Highway 2, commonly referred as Delhi–
forests to higher latitudes. Elevated CO2 concentration Kolkata Road, is a busy Indian National Highway that may increase mangrove growth by stimulating runs through the states of Delhi, Haryana, Uttar photosynthesis or improving water use efficiency. Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal. It 29. (a) There are droplets of sulphuric acid and acidic crystals in constitutes a major portion of the historical Grand the atmosphere of Venus. The smooth surfaces of these Trunk. Road along with NH 91 and NH 1 in India. droplets of sulfuric acid and crystals reflect light very 51. (b) Drip irrigation is a form of irrigation that saves water well, which is one reason why Venus is so bright. and fertilizer by allowing water to drip slowly to the 30. (b) Most cereals, including wheat, rye, rice, oats, barley, roots of many different plants, either onto the soil corn, sorghum, millet, green bristlegrass and pearl millet surface or directly onto the root zone, through a network belong to the botanical family Gramineae. Orange and of valves, pipes, tubing, and emitters. lemon are citrus fruits. Drip irrigation was developed in Israel by Simcha Blass 31. (b) A cultigen is a plant that has been deliberately altered and his son Yeshayahu. or selected by humans; it is the result of artificial 52. (a) Narmada is the only river in India that flows in a rift selection. These "man-made" or anthropogenic plants valley, flowing west between the Satpura and Vindhya are, for the most part, plants of commerce that are used ranges. The Tapti River and Mahi River also flow in horticulture, agriculture and forestry. through rift valleys, but between different ranges. G 25 53. (b) An Isthmus is a narrow strip of land connecting two 68. (a) The Mahadeo Hills are a range of hills in Madhya larger land areas, usually with water on either side. Pradesh state of central India. The hills form the central 54. (d) A topographic map is a type of map characterized by part of the Satpura Range. large scale detail and quantitative representation of 69. (d) Dekke Toba fish in found in Indonesia. Lake Toba relief, usually using contour lines in modern mapping, (Indonesian: Danau Toba) is a lake and supervolcano. but historically using a variety of methods. The lake is 100 kilometres long, 30 kilometres wide, and 55. (a) Magnetic declination is the angle between compass up to 505 metres (1,666 ft) deep. The fauna includes north (the direction the north end of a compass needle several species of zooplankton and benthic animals. points) and true north (the direction along the earth’s Since the lake is oligotrophic (nutrient-poor), the native surface towards the geographic North Pole. fish fauna is relatively scarce, and the only endemics 56. (c) Above 10,000 hectares are Rasbora tobana. 57. (c) Operation Flood in India, a project of the National Dairy 70. (c) Timber means wood that we obtain from plants are Development Board (NDDB) was the world's biggest called renewable in the sense that after cutting a tree if dairy development program which made India, a milk- we plant another tree then it will grow up and again deficient nation, the largest milk producer in the world, give us wood and timber whereas all other things given surpassing the USA in 1998, with about 17 percent of are non-renewable, once the stock is finished we cannot global output in 2010-11, which in 30 years doubled get more of it. the milk available per person, and which made dairy 71. (a) Revegetation is often used to join up patches of natural farming India's largest self-sustainable rural habitat that have been lost, and can be a very important employment generator. All this was achieved not merely tool in places where much of the natural vegetation by mass production, but by production by the masses. has been cleared. It is therefore particularly important 58. (b) the law explains that wind is deflected to the right in in urban environments, and research in Brisbane has the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern shown that revegetation projects can significantly Hemisphere, derived from the application of the Coriolis improve urban bird populations. The Brisbane study effect to air masses. showed that connecting a revegetation patch with 59. (d) ozone layer, also called ozonosphere, region of the existing habitat improved bird species richness, while upper atmosphere, between roughly 15 and 35 km (9 simply concentrating on making large patches of habitat and 22 miles) above Earth's surface, containing was the best way to increase bird abundance.
relatively high concentrations of ozone molecules (O3). 72. (c) A dust storm or sand storm is a meteorological 60. (b) A dendritic drainage pattern refers to the pattern formed phenomenon common in arid and semi-arid regions. by the streams, rivers, and lakes in a particular drainage Dust storms arise when a gust front or other strong basin. It usually looks like the branching pattern of wind blows loose sand and dirt from a dry surface. tree roots and it mainly develops in regions underlain 73. (d) A river profile is a curve which shows the slop of a by homogeneous material. river from source to mouth.A stream flowing over 61. (c) Plimsol line is not a line of demarcation between two irregular terrain may have waterfalls, rapids and lakes countries. along its course.Though the stream will wear away the 62. (d) A halophyte is a plant that grows in waters of high irregularities to leave a smoothly curving profile called salinity, coming into contact with saline water through a graded profile. its roots or by salt spray, such as in saline semi-deserts, 74. (c) Karst is a landscape formed from the dissolution of mangrove swamps, marshes and sloughs, and soluble rocks including limestone, dolomite and seashores. An example of a halophyte is the salt marsh gypsum. It is characterized by sinkholes, caves, and grass Spartina alterniflora (smooth cordgrass). underground drainage systems. 63. (b) Azotobacter is a genus of usually motile, oval or 75. (d) Kerala is famous for the cultivation of coconut, tea, spherical bacteria that form thick-walled cysts and may coffee, cashew and spices. produce large quantities of capsular slime. 76. (a) The Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest railway line 64. (c) Extratropical cyclones, sometimes called mid-latitude in the world. It has a length of 9,289 km which connects cyclones or wave cyclones, are a group of cyclones Moscow to Vladivostok. defined as synoptic scale low pressure weather 77. (c) One of the Major objectives and advantages of systems that occur in the middle latitudes of the Earth rainwater harvesting is to reduce run off loss. (outside the tropics) not having tropical characteristics, 78. (b) Brahmaputra River is one of the largest rivers in the and are connected with fronts and horizontal gradients world. The origin of Brahmaputra River is in in temperature and dew point otherwise known as southwestern Tibet as the Yarlung River. "baroclinic zones". 79. (d) Thermal Power Plants consumes maximum industrial 65. (c) 66. (c) 67. (a) water in India. 26 G 80. (a) The current sequence is Troposphere-Stratosphere- 95. (c) Mesosphere-Ionosphere-Exosphere 96. (b) Tehri Dam is a multi-purpose rock and earth-fill 81. (d) The Earth and the atmosphere are heated by energy embankment dam on the Bhagirathi River near Tehri in from the sun. The atmospheric heat budget of the Earth Uttarakhand, India. depends on the balance between insolation and 97. (d) India has 15,106.7 km of land border and a coastline of outgoing terrestrial radiation. 7,516.6 km including island territories. The length of 82. (d) The troposphere is the first layer above the surface our land borders with neighbouring countries is as and contains half of the Earth's atmosphere. Weather follows : Bangladesh : 4,096.7 China : 3,488 Pakistan : occurs in this layer. This is closest to the Earth's surface, 3,323 Nepal : 1,751 Myanmar : 1,643 Bhutan : 699 extending up to about 10-15 km above the Earth's Afghanistan : 106. surface. 98. (c) Gujarat is strategically located with largest share in 83. (a) Sugarcane shows chloroplast dimorphism. The India’s coastline, followed by Andhra Pradesh and presence of bundle sheath with chloroplast in the Tamil Nadu. leaves is granulated and lacking in starch. Such feature 99. (c) Jog Fall located at southern state of Karnataka is is known as chloroplast dimorphism. India’s highest waterfall. Its height is 830 feet and is 84. (c) The equator receives equal day and night throughout located on Sharavati River. the year because it does not tilt in relation to the sun's 100. (c) 101. (d) 102. (a) 103. (a) location. Because of the tilted axis of the Earth, the poles 104. (a) Kalahari desert is present in Africa while Atacama and locations away from the equator lean towards or away Desert is in South America. Thar Desert is in Australia from the sun as an orbit is completed, while the equator and Great Victoria is in Australia. stays in essentially the same location relative to the sun. 105 . (a) Godavari is the longest river of peninsular India. From 85. (b) The tropical rainforest is earth's most complex biome its source to the Eastern Ghats, the Godavari River in terms of both structure and species diversity. It occurs under optimal growing conditions, abundant flows through gentle, somewhat monotonous terrain, precipitation and year round warmth. Mean monthly along the way receiving the Darna, Purna, Manjra, temperatures are above 64 ° F; precipitation is often in Pranhita, and Indravati rivers. Upon entering the excess of 100 inches a year. There is usually a brief Eastern Ghats region, however, the river flows between season of reduced precipitation. In monsoonal areas, steep and precipitous banks, its width contracting until there is a real dry season but that is more than it flows through a deep cleft only 600 feet (180 metres) compensated for with abundant precipitation the rest wide, known as the Gorge. of the year. 106. (a) The Himalayan Mountain Range is an example of fold 86. (a) podsol soil is a soil that develops in temperate to cold mountain.They are known as fold mountains because moist climates underconiferous or heath vegetation; the mountains extend for 2500 km in length in a series an organic mat over a grey leached layer. of parallel ridges or folds and consist of three folds 87. (d) namely Himadri, Himachal, Shiwalik. 88. (b) The largest shelf - the Siberian Shelf in the Arctic 107. (a) Gulf Stream is a warm ocean current. It flows along the Ocean - stretches to 1,500 kilometers (930 mi) in width. North America and drifts towards western Europe, thus The South China Sea lies over another extensive area raising the temperature of western coast considerably. of continental shelf, the Sunda Shelf, which joins 108. (b) Recharging of ground water is the main advantage of Borneo, Sumatra, and Java to the Asian mainland. rain water harvesting. Rainwater harvesting provides 89. (b) In terms of length, catchment area and discharge, the an independent water supply during regional water Godavari river is the largest in peninsular India and restrictions and in developed countries is often used had been dubbed as the 'Dakshina Ganga' - the South to supplement the main supply. It provides water when Ganges river. there is a drought, can help mitigate flooding of low- 90. (c) 91. (c) 91. (c) 92. (b) lying areas, and reduces demand on wells which may 93. (c) A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring enable ground water levels to be sustained. the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. 109. (c) India is the largest producer and exporter of tea. The 94. (c) Approximately 9 miles (14 km) wide at its narrowest Indian tea industry has grown to own many global tea point, the Strait of Gibraltar is the entry point into the brands and has evolved into one of the most Mediterranean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean. It is technologically equipped tea industries in the world. bordered by the continents of Africa and Europe, and Tea production, certification, exportation, and all other the countries of Morocco, Spain, the British colony of facts of the tea trade in India is controlled by the Tea Gibraltar, and the Spanish exclave of Ceuta. Board of India. G 27 110. (a) Pedocal is a subdivision of the zonal soil order. It is a 128. (d) The National Green Tribunal deals with cases relating class of soil which forms in semiarid and arid regions. to environmental protection and conservation of It is rich in calcium carbonate and has low soil organic forests and other natural resources. matter. 129. (a) Kuwait Spill in Persian Gulf, Kuwait of 19th January 111. (d) Land able to be used for farming is called "cultivable 1991 was the biggest oil spill in world history. land". It includes total fallow land and net sown area. 130. (c) Japan has the highest life expectancy among the 112. (d) Gulf of Mannar with a area of 10500 sq.km. is the largest countries across the world. biosphere reserve of India. 131. (b) Scattering of light causes redness in atmosphere at 113. (a) In physical geography, a steppe is an ecoregion, Sunrise and Sunset. characterized by grasslandplains without trees apart 132. (c) Pygmies follow practices of pastoral nomadism. from those near rivers and lakes. 114. (a) Covering around 2 percent of the Earth's total surface 133. (d) High Yielding Variety (HYV) seeds played vital role in area, the world's tropical rainforests are home to the progress of agriculture. They are considered as 50 percent of the Earth's plants and animals. Rainforests `miracle seeds'. The high yielding programme was can be found all over the world from as far north as launched in the Kharif season of 1966 in selected areas Alaska and Canada to Latin America, Asia and Africa. having assured rainfall. Seed is the basic and crucial 115. (d) The world's growing appetite for beef is a leading cause input for attaining sustained growth in agricultural of tropical deforestation. production. 116. (c) Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty among 134. (c) Tea is an aromatic beverage commonly prepared by countries to reduce greenhouse gases emissions based pouring hot or boiling water over cured leaves of the on the premise that (i) global warming exists and (ii) tea plant, Camellia sinensis. After water, tea is the most man-made CO emissions. 2 widely consumed beverage in the world. 117. (d) Glacial ice or Glaciers are the largest reservoir of freshwater on Earth. 135. (b) Delhi-Kolkata section 118. (a) 136. (c) The Tropic of Cancer, also referred to as the Northern 119. (a) About 70 percent of the Earth’s surface is water- tropic, is the circle of latitude on the Earth that marks covered and the oceans hold about 96.5 percent of all the most northerly position at which the Sun may Earth’s water. appear directly overhead at its zenith. 120. (d) Johannes Kepler was a German mathematician, 137. (d) The demographics of the People's Republic of China astronomer and astrologer. He is best known for his are identified by a large population with a relatively laws of planetary motion which stated that the orbit of small youth division, which is partially a result of a planet is an ellipse with the Sun at one of the two China's one-child policy. Chinese population reached foci. the billion mark in 1982. 121. (a) The Trans-Himalayan rivers originate beyond the great 138. (a) The Ravva oil and gas field in the Krishna- Godavari Himalayas. The name of the rivers are the Indus, the Sutlej and the Brahmaputra river. Basin was developed in partnership with Cairn India, 122. (a) Black soil or Black Lava Soil is considered most suitable ONGC, Videocon and Ravva Oil, under a production for sowing cotton crops. sharing contract (PSC) that runs until 2019. 123. (c) Neyveli lignite field in Tamil Nadu is the largest lignite 139. (d) Starting from north, Machallipatnam is located in coal mine in India. Andhra Pradesh. Chennai, Nagapatnam and Tuticorin 124. (a) Sex ratio is used to describe the number of females per are present in Tamil Nadu. 1000 males in country. In the Population Census of 140. (d) Santa Cruz is a domestic airport in Mumbai. 2011 it was revealed that the population ratio in India 141. (b) The Almatti Dam is a dam project on the Krishna River 2011 is 940 females per 1000 of males. in North Karnataka, India which was completed in July 125. (a) In Tamil Nadu, rain water harvesting was made 2005. The Almatti Dam is the main reservoir of the Upper compulsory for every building to avoid ground water Krishna Irrigation Project. depletion. 142. (a) Damodar Valley Corporation, commonly known as 126. (c) NASA has developed a series of interactive a maps DVC, was incorporated on July 7, 1948 by an Act of the and graphs to describe the global climte and how it Constituent Assembly of India (Act No. XIV of 1948). change over time. The focus of 5 key climate indications It was the oldest versatile river basin project of include Arctic sea ice, carbon dioxide concentration, Global surface temperature, Sea level and land ice. sovereign India. Damodar Valley Corporation has been 127. (d) The area reserved for the welfare of wildlife is called planned like the Tennessee Valley Authority of the National Park. USA. 28 G 143. (a) Petrology is the branch of geology that studies the 151. (a) The Chhattisgarh Assembly, in December 2012, origin, composition, distribution and structure of rocks. enacted a landmark legislation by unanimously passing 144. (b) the Food Security Act, becoming the first state in the 145. (c) The eastern coast of India, particularly in Tamilnadu, country to introduce such a law. The Act makes food remains relatively dry during the south-west monsoon entitlements a right and its non-compliance has been period. This is because the Tamilnadu coast lies in the made an offence. rain-shadow area of the Arabian Sea current and is 152. (c) Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) is the first shore based parallel to the Bay of Bengal current. integrated steel plant Public sector in the country 146. (a) The International Date Line (IDL) is an imaginary line located at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. The plant on the surface of the Earth from the north to the south was commissioned in August 1992 with a capacity to pole and demarcates one calendar day from the next. It produce 3 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of liquid passes through the middle of the Pacific Ocean, roughly steel. The plant has been built to match international following the 180° longitude but it deviates to pass standards with state-of-the-art technology, around some territories and island groups. incorporating extensive energy saving and pollution control measures. VSP has an excellent layout capable 147. (b) The position of Meghalaya is 22nd in terms of both of expanding up to 16 MTPA. area as well as population. The position of rest of the 153. (c) Environmental conditions play a key role in defining states in terms of area and population respectively are: the function and distribution of plants, in combination Nagaland: 25, 24; Manipur: 23, 23 (excludes Mao- with other factors which influence the development of Maram. Paomata. and Purul sub-divisions of Senapati plants into distinctive forms. district of Manipur); and Gujarat: 7, 10. 154. (d) Dr. M S Swaminanthan said the given lines. 148. (c) An oxbow lake is a U-shaped body of water formed Swaminathan is known as "Indian Father of Green when a wide meander from the main stem of a river is Revolution" for his leadership and success in cut off to create a lake. This landform is called an oxbow introducing and further developing high-yielding lake for the distinctive curved shape, named after part varieties of wheat in India. of a yoke for oxen. 155. (b) Mangrove trees act as a natural barrier against 149. (c) Gujarat is the leading state in ship breaking industry cyclones and storms. because of its long coastline and a well developed 156. (c) 157. (d) 158. (a) 159. (b) infrastructure for the industry-specific works. Alang 160. (d) Chile is the world's largest copper producer, producing in Gujarat, considered to be the world's largest, is a 1.79 million tons in 2013. famous ship breaking centre. 161. (d) 162. (d) 163. (d) 164. (d) 165. (b) 150. (c) Contour line is a line on a map or chart joining points 166. (a) 167. (d) 168. (b) 169. (d) 170. (c) of equal height (elevation) or depth. Closely spaced 171. (b) 172. (c) 173. (a) 174. (a) 175. (b) contour lines indicate a steeper grade than the more 176. (a) 177. (d) 178. (d) 179. (a) 180. (a) loosely spaced lines. 181. (c) 182. (c) 183. (c) 184. (c) 185. (d) 3 CHAPTER
1. The term 'Caste' was derived from 12. Which one of the following is the guardian of Fundamental (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) Rights ? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) (a) Portuguese (b) Dutch (a) Legislature (b) Executive (c) German (d) English (c) Political parties (d) Judiciary 2. The term 'Greater India' denotes 13. Sarkaria Commission was concerned with (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) (a) Political unity (b) Cultural unity (a) Administrative Reforms (c) Religious unity (d) Social unity (b) Electoral Reforms 3. Who is rightly called the "Father of Local Self Government" (c) Financial Reforms in India ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) (d) Centre-State relations (a) Lord Mayo (b) Lord Ripon 14. The speaker of the Lok-Sabha has to address his/her letter (c) Lord Curzon (d) Lord Clive of resignation to (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) 4. The two forms of democracy are (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) (a) Prime Minister of India (a) Parliamentary and Presidential (b) President of India (b) Direct and Indirect (c) Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha (c) Monarchical and Republican (d) Minister of Parliamentary Affairs (d) Parliamentary and King 15. A Presidential Ordinance can remain in force 5. Which is an extra-constitutional body ? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) (a) Language Commission (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) (a) For Three months (b) For six months (b) Planning Commission (c) For nine months (d) Indefinitely (c) Election Commission 16. Judicial review in the Indian Constitution is based on: (a) Rule of Law (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) (d) Finance Commission (b) Due process of Law 6. The Prime Minister of India is (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) (c) Procedure established by Law (a) Elected (b) Appointed (d) Precedents and Conventions (c) Nominated (d) Selected 17. The Drafting of the Constitution was completed on: 7. Which is not an All India Service ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) (a) Indian Administration Service (a) 26th January, 1950 (b) 26th December, 1949 (b) Indian Police Service (c) 26th November, 1949 (d) 30th November, 1949 (c) Indian Foreign Service 18. Who was the President of the Constituent Assembly? (d) Indian Forest Service (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) 8. The declaration that Democracy is a Government 'of the (a) Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru (b) Sardar Patel people' by the people; for the people' was made by (c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (d) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) 19. Which innovative discussion process is introduced by the (a) George Washington (b) Winston Churchill Indian parliament to the World Parliamentary systems? (c) Abraham Lincoln (d) Theodore Roosevelt (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) 9. India attained 'Dominion Status' on (a) Question hour (b) Zero hour (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) (c) Resolutions (d) Presidential Speech (a) 15th January, 1947 (b) 15th August, 1947 20. The judges of the Supreme Court retire at the age of : (c) 15th August, 1950 (d) 15th October, 1947 (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) 10. Despotism is possible in a (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) (a) 60 years (b) 65 years (a) One party state (b) Two party state (c) 62 years (d) 58 years (c) Multi party state (d) Two and multi party state 21. Who was the architect of North and South Blocks of the 11. Marx belonged to (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) Central Secretariate in Delhi? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) (a) Germany (b) Holland (a) Sir Edward Lutyens (b) Herbert Baker (c) France (d) Britain (c) Robert Tor Russell (d) Antonin Raymond 30 P 22. If the Anglo–Indian community does not get adequate (a) Commissioner for Scheduled Castes and Tribes representation in the Lok Sabha, two members of the (b) Prime Minister community can be nominated by the (c) President (a) Prime Minister (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) (d) Governor (b) President 33. The seat of Kerala High Court is located at: (c) Speaker (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (d) President in consultation with the Parliament (a) Kottayam (b) Thiruvananthapuram 23. For the election of President of India, a citizen should have (c) Kollam (d) Ernakulam completed the age of (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) 34. The first speaker of Lok Sabha was: (a) 25 years (b) 30 years (a) S. Radhakrishnan (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (c) 35 years (d) 18 years (b) M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar 24. A member of Parliament will lose his membership of (c) Sardar Hukum Singh Parliament if he is continuously absent from Sessions for (d) G. V. Mavlankar (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) 35. The Social Contract theory deals with (a) 45 days (b) 60 days (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (c) 90 days (d) 365 days (a) The Purpose of State 25. In India, the Residuary Powers are vested with (b) The Origin of the State (a) Union Government (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) (c) The Nature of State (b) State Government (d) The Functions of State (c) Both the Union Government and the State Government 36. The Supreme Court of India offers advice to the President (d) Local Government on matters of Legal, Public or Constitutional importance 26. The National Commission for Minorities was constituted in based on (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) the year (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (a) Article-148 (b) Article-129 (a) 1990 (b) 1992 (c) Article-147 (d) Article-143 (c) 1980 (d) 1989 37. Which is the most effective means of executive control of 27. In which of the following systems of government is bi– cameralism an essential feature? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) administration ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (a) Federal system (b) Unitary system (a) Financial administration (c) parliamentary system (d) Presidential system (b) Political direction 28. Socialism succeeds in achieveing (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (c) Appointment and removal of top officials (a) higher standard of living of the people (d) Subordinate legislation (b) equal distribution of income in the society 38. Violation of‘Rule of Law’ arises mostly from (c) higher individual welfare in the society (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (d) maximum social welfare in the society (a) Lack of Checks and Balances 29. The seat of Madhya Pradesh High Court is located at (b) Executive’s Quasi-Judicial Powers (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (c) Limited Franchise (a) Gwalior (b) Indore (d) Delegated Legislation (c) Bhopal (d) Jabalpur 39. The Constitutional Amendment Act that has introduced 30. Who said that the Directive Principles of State Policy are safeguards against the misuse of proclamation of national just like “a cheque on bank payable at the convenience of emergency is the (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) the bank”. (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (a) 42nd Amendment Act (b) 43rd Amendment Act (a) Pandit Nehru (b) K. T. Shah (c) 44th Amendment Act (d) 45th Amendment Act (c) B. R. Ambedkar (d) N. G. Ranga 40. The Fundamental Rights can be suspended by the 31. The proposal for the creation of new All-India Services can (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) be considered only: (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (a) Governor (b) President (a) if majority of State Legislatures make such demand (c) Law Minister (d) Prime Minister (b) if Lok Sabha passes a resolution by two-thirds majority 41. The main reason for the growth of communalism in India is (c) if the Rajya Sabha passes a resolution by two-thirds (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) majority (a) Educational and economic backwardness of minority (d) None of the above groups 32. The authority to specify which castes shall be deemed to (b) Political consciousness be scheduled castes rests with the: (c) Social inequalities (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (d) Imposing ban on communal organisations P 31 42. A Retired Judge of a High Court is not permitted to practice 53. Who presides over the Joint Session of Indian Parliament? as a lawyer in (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (a) Supreme Court (a) Chairperson of Rajya Sabha (b) Any Court in India (b) Seniormost Member of Parliament (c) High Courts (c) Speaker of Lok Sabha (d) Except the High Court where he retired (d) President of India 43. Which one of the following does not match? 54. Under which Article of the Constitution of India, can the (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) fundamental rights of the members of the Armed Forces be (a) Hindu Marriage Act : 1955 specifically restricted? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (b) Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act : 1971 (a) Article 21 (b) Article 25 (c) Domestic Violence on women Act : 1990 (c) Article 33 (d) Article 19 (d) Cruelty against Women : 1995 55. Which Article of the Indian Constitution did Dr. B. R. 44. The vacancy of the office of the President must be filled Ambedkar term as the “Heart and Soul of the Indian within : (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) Constitution”? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (a) 3 months (b) 6 months (a) Article 356 (b) Article 32 (c) 12 months (d) 1 month (c) Article 14 (d) Article 19 45. In which part of the Indian Constitution, the fundamental 56. Who was the first to use the term ‘State’? duties are enshrined ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (a) IV (b) IV A (a) Aristotle (b) Machiavelli (c) IV B (d) V (c) Hobbes (d) Plato 46. Who described the Government of India Act, 1935 as a new 57. Who is the Chairman of the 20th Law Commission? charter of bondage ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (a) B.R. Ambedkar (b) Mahatma Gandhi (a) Justice K.G. Balakrishnan (c) Rajendra Prasad (d) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Justice D. K. Jain 47. Which of the following is not a fundamental right as per (c) Justice Usha Mehra the Indian Constitution? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (d) Justice J. S. Verma (a) Right to Education (b) Right to Information 58. Which one of the following is not a function of Election (c) Right to Speech (d) Right to Life Commission ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) 48. Who is custodian of the Indian Constitution? (a) Allotment of symbols (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (b) Fixation of election dates (a) President of India (b) Chief Justice of India (c) Maintaining fairness of election (c) Prime Minister of India (d) Chairman of Rajya Sabha (d) Selecting the candidates for election 49. Constituent Assembly of India was formulated on the 59. ‘State is a necessary evil’ is associated with recommendation of (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (a) Wavel Plan (b) Cripps Mission (a) Individualism (b) Idealism (c) August Offer (d) Cabinet Mission (c) Marxism (d) Constructivism 50. Which of the following is an essential element of the state? 60. Who was the first President of the All India Trade Union (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) Congress (AITUC) ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (a) Sovereignty (b) Government (a) C.R. Das (b) V.V. Giri (c) Territory (d) All these (c) Lala Lajpat Rai (d) Sarojini Naidu 51. Which has become a legal right under 44th Amendment? 61. If there is a deadlock between Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha (a) Right to Education (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) over an ordinary bill, it will be resolved by (b) Right to Property (a) The President (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (c) Right to Judicial Remedies (b) The Council of Ministers (d) Right to work (c) The Joint Session of Parliament 52. By which Constitution Amendment Act, Right to Property (d) The Supreme Court ceased to remain a fundamental right? 62. Provisions of citizenship in Indian Constitution, became (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) applicable in (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (a) 44th (d) 42nd (a) 1950 (b) 1949 (c) 43rd (d) 45th (c) 1951 (d) 1952 32 P 63. The National Emergency in India declared by the President 75. The South East trade winds are attracted towards the Indian of India due to the external aggression or armed revolt sub continent in the rainy season due to through (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (a) Article–352 (b) Article–356 (a) the effect of easterlies (c) Article–360 (d) Article–368 (b) the effect of Northern–East trade winds 64. The most important feature of Cabinet system of (c) the presence of low atmospheric pressure over North– Government is (SSC CGL 2014) West India (a) Individual responsibility (d) the development of cyclone over the equator (b) Collective responsibility 76. The 'graded profile' of a river course is a (c) Responsibility to none (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (d) Non-responsibility (a) smooth curve in the upper course 65. Direct legislation in Switzerland has (SSC CGL 2014) (b) smooth curve in the middle course (a) a natural growth (b) a haphazard growth (c) smooth curve in the lower course (c) an artificial growth (d) None of the above (d) smooth curve from source to mouth 66. Who gave the idea of "Cabinet Dietatorship"? 77. Sink hole is a phenomenon of ______topography. (SSC CGL 2014) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (a) Muir (b) Lowell (a) Desert (b) Tundra (c) Marriot (d) Laski (c) Karst (d) Plain 67. In which of the following countries are the judges of the 78. Kerala is famous for the cultivation of federal court elected by the two Houses of the Federal (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) Legislature? (SSC CGL 2014) 1. Coconut 2. Black pepper (a) Switzerland (b) Germany 3. Rubber 4. Rice (c) Canada (d) Both (a) and (b) (a) 1, 2 and 4 (b) 2, 3 and 4 68. The President of the USA appoints Supreme Court Judges (c) 1 and 4 (d) 1, 2 and 3 (a) with Senate's consent (SSC CGL 2014) 79. The longest continental Railway in the world is (b) at his discretion (a) Trans Siberian Railway (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (c) with consent of the House of Representatives (b) Canadian Pacific Railway (d) None of these 69. Which of the following is not a Union Territory ? (c) Canadian National Railway (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (d) Trans Atlantic Railway (a) Lakshadweep (b) Puducherry 80. Who was the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha : (c) Nagaland (d) Dadra and Nagar Haveli (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) 70. The greatest king of the Pratihara dynasty was (a) B.R. Ambedkar (b) G.V. Mavalankar (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (c) N. Sanjeev Reddy (d) Dr S.P. Mukherjee (a) Bhoj (Mihir–Bhoj) (b) Dantidurga 81. What is the plural volting system? (c) Nagbhatta II (d) Vatsaraj (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) 71. In 1939 Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as President of (a) All the citizens caste three votes each the Congress Party defeating (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (b) Eligible voter exercises one vote and some voters with (a) Jawaharlal Nehru specific qualifications cast more than one vote. (b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (c) Only the higher officials caste more than one votes (c) V.B. Patel (d) Candidates themselves caste more than one vote. (d) Pattabhi Sitharamayya 82. Voting is : (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) 72. Jallianwala incident took place at (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (a) The unit of area who constitute a unit for electing (a) Lucknow (b) Surat representative (c) Amritsar (d) Allahabad (b) The process by which voters exercise their right to vote 73. Who was the founder of Lodhi dynasty ? (c) The process of selecting representatives (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (d) Universal adult franchise. (a) Sikandar Lodhi (b) Bahlol Lodhi 83. An amendment of the constitution may be initiated. (c) Ibrahim Lodhi (d) Daulat Khan Lodhi (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) 74. Which one of the following pair is not correctly matched ? (a) by introduction by the President of India. (a) Akbar – Todarmal (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (b) by introduction of a Bill in Rajya Sabha. (b) Chanakya – Chandragupta (c) by the Governors of States. (c) Vikramaditya – Chaitanya (d) by the introduction of a bill in either House of (d) Harshvardhan – Hiuen Tsang Parliament. P 33 84. The Directive Principles of State Policy has been adopted 95. Which one of the following items comes under the from which Constitution? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) Concurrent List ? (SSC CHSL 2012) (a) U.S. Constitution (b) British Constitution (a) Trade Unions (b) Citizenship (c) Irish Constitution (d) French Constitution (c) Local Government (d) Inter-State rivers 85. Which type of democracy do we follow in India? 96. Which Amendment of the Constitution deals with Political (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) defections ? (SSC CHSL 2012) (a) Direct (b) Presidential (a) 50th (b) 52th (c) Representative (d) Dictatorship 86. The Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constituent (c) 60th (d) 44th Assembly of India was (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) 97. Which schedule of the Indian Constitution prescribes (a) K.M. Munshi (b) D.P. Khaitan distribution of seats in Rajya Sabha ? (SSC CHSL 2012) (c) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (d) T.T. Krishnamacharia (a) 4th schedule (b) 5th schedule 87. Who has the right to decide whether a Bill is a money bill or (c) 6th schedule (d) 3rd schedule not? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) 98. Who said in the Constituent Assembly that the Directive (a) Speaker of Lok Sabha (b) Prime Minister Principles of the State Policy are like a 'Cheque on a bank (c) President (d) Finance Minister payable at the convenience of the bank' ? 88. The discretionary powers of a Governor is limited in (SSC CHSL 2012) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (a) K.M. Munshi (b) B.R. Ambedkar (a) Appointment of Chief Minister (c) Austin (d) K. T. Shah (b) Dismissal of the Ministry 99. How many members can be nominated to both the Houses (c) Dissolution of the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament by the President ? (SSC CHSL 2013) (d) Assent to Bills 89. Who is the first law officer of the country? (a) 14 (b) 16 (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (c) 10 (d) 12 (a) Chief Justice of India (b) Attorney General 100. Under which Article of the Constitution can an individual (c) Law Minister (d) Solicitor General move to the Supreme Court directly in case of any violation 90. Which one of the following was established with a definite of Fundamental Rights ? (SSC CHSL 2013) provision under an Article of the Constitution of India? (a) Article 31 (b) Article 32 (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (c) Article 28 (d) Article 29 (a) Union Public Service Commission 101. Presidential form of government consists of the following : (b) National Human Rights Commission (SSC CHSL 2013) (c) Election Commission (a) Popular election of the President (d) Central Vigilance Commission (b) No overlap in membership between the executive and 91. The President can advance money to meet unforeseen expenses from the (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) the legislature (a) Consolidated Fund of India (c) Fixed term of office (b) Grants of the Central Government (d) All the above (c) Aid from the Union Government 102. The concept of Concurrent List in Indian Constitution is (d) Contingency Fund borrowed from the Constitution of (SSC CHSL 2013) 92. How many cricketers, who have represented India in test (a) U.S.A. (b) Japan matches, are presently Lok Sabha members ? (c) Canada (d) Australia (SSC CHSL 2012) 103. Who admits a new State to the Union of India ? (a) Two (b) One (SSC CHSL 2014) (c) Nil (d) Three (a) President (b) Supreme Court 93. Which one of the following was created by the 'Pitt's India Act' ? (SSC CHSL 2012) (c) Prime Minister (d) Parliament (a) Board of Control (b) Board of Revenue 104. Who has got the power to create All India Services ? (c) Standing Council (d) Court of Directors (SSC CHSL 2014) 94. Term 'Federal' has been used in the Indian Constitution in: (a) Supreme Court (b) The Parliament (SSC CHSL 2012) (c) Council of Ministers (d) Prime Minister (a) Part-III 105. In the provisional Parliament of India, how many members (b) Article-368 were there ? (SSC CHSL 2014) (c) Nowhere in the Constitution (a) 296 (b) 313 (d) Preamble (c) 318 (d) 316 34 P 106. The 73rd Constitutional amendment act is related to ? 117. According to Karl Marx, the change economic system results (SSC CHSL 2015) in inevitable changes in (SSC S . I . 2012) (a) Panchayat Raj (b) Foreign Exchange (a) political system only (b) social system only (c) Finance Commission (d) RBI (c) the entire systems (d) religious system only 107. Impeachment Proceedings against the President for 118. The model code of conduct for political parties and Violation of the Constitution can be initiated in : candidates to be followed during the elections is (SSC CHSL 2015) (SSC S . I . 2012) (a) The Supreme Court (a) laid down in the Consitution of India (b) The Rajya Sabha (b) specified in The Representation of the People Act, 1951 (c) Either House of Parliament (c) enjoined by the Supreme Court (d) The Lok Sabha (d) agreed through a voluntary agreement among the 108. Who was the First Speaker of the Lok Sabha ? recognised political parties (SSC CHSL 2015) 119. A citizen can directly move the Supreme Court for any (a) K.S. Hegde (b) Hukum Singh violation of Fundamental Rights under (c) Ganesh Vasudev (d) Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy 109. Which Article of the Indian Constitution deals with Election (SSC S . I . 2012) Commission ? (SSC CHSL 2015) (a) Article 31 (b) Article 32 (a) Article 356 (b) Article 360 (c) Article 33 (d) Article 34 (c) Article 324 (d) Article 352 120. Which one of the following sitting Vice-Presidents of India 110. If the President wants to resign, he shall address his letter contested for the post of President and lost the election? of resignation to : (SSC CHSL 2015) (a) S. Radhakrishnan (SSC S . I . 2012) (a) Vice-President of India (b) Speaker of Lok Sabha (b) V.V. Giri (c) Chief Justice of India (d) Prime Minister of India (c) Bhairon Singh Shekhawat 111. Constitution of India came into force in (d) Both (B) and (C) (SSC M 2013) 121. Which article of the Indian Constitution provides for equal (a) 1949 (b) 1951 opportunities for all citizen in Public employment? (c) 1956 (d) 1950 (SSC S . I . 2013) 112. Cold War refers to (SSC M 2013) (a) Article-22 (b) Article-16 (a) tension between East and West (c) Article-20 (d) Article-25 (b) ideological rivalry between Capitalist and Communist 122. Which one of the following is opposite to democratic world state? (SSC S . I . 2013) (c) tension between Superpowers (a) Despotism (b) Republic (d) All of the above 113. The concept of Judicial Review has been borrowed from (c) Socialism (d) Monarchy the Consitution of (SSC M 2014) 123. Who said: "Where there is no law, there is no freedom"? (a) France (b) Great Britain (SSC S . I . 2013) (c) U.S.A. (d) U.S.S.R. (a) Bentham (b) Lenin 114. In the Constitution of India, the budget is known as (c) Marx (d) Locke (SSC M 2014) 124. Which one of the following statements about the Chief (a) Annual Financial Statement Justice of India (CJI) is not correct ? (b) Annual Revenue Statement (SSC S . I . 2013) (c) Annual Budget Statement (a) He appoints the Chief Justice of all High Courts. (d) Annual Expenditure Statement (b) The CJI administers the oath or-office to the President 115. Which of the following countries has a Parliamentary form (c) When both the offices of the President and Vice- of Government? (SSC M 2014) President fall vacant simultaneously, the CJI discharges (a) New Zealand the duties of the President. (b) Cuba (d) The CJI can hold his office till he attains the age of 65 (c) United States of America years. (d) France 125. A philosophy that the worker should share in industrial 116. Which of the following systems in independent India goes decisions is termed as (SSC S . I . 2014) against the very basis of democracy? (SSC S . I . 2012) (a) industrial democracy (b) worker sovereignty (a) Caste system (b) Economic system (c) industrial socialism (d) worker dictatorship (c) Party system (d) Parliamentary system P 35 126. Liberty stands for (SSC S . I . 2014) 135. To whom the President has to submit his resignation ? (a) absence of restraint (SSC S . I . 2015) (b) consists in the presence of restraint (a) Speaker (b) Chief Justic (c) feeling enjoyed in a cogenial atmosphere (c) Prime Minister (d) Vice President (d) the eager maintenance of that atmosphere in which 136. The total number of planets revolving around the sun are: men have the opportunity to be their best selves - Laski (SSC S . I . 2015) 127. When the Vice-President is acting as President he (a) Seven (b) Eight (SSC S . I . 2014) (c) Five (d) Six I. will have all powers and functions of both President and Vice-President 137. Immunization technique was developed by: II. gets all the allowances and privileges of the President (SSC S . I . 2015) III. should continue to work as the Chairman of the Rajya (a) Louis Pasteur (b) Robert Koch Sabha (c) Joseph Lister (d) Edward jenner (a) I, II and III (b) I and III 138. Which one of the following chapters in the Indian (c) I and II (d) II only Constitution guarantees fundamental rights to the people? 128. In Presidential Government, the President is (SSC S . I . 2015) (SSC S . I . 2014) (a) Part III (b) Part IV (a) independent of the Legislature (c) Part I (d) Part II (b) dependent on the Legislature 139. Mac Iver says ‘Kinship creates society and society at length (c) dependent on the Judiciary creates ______’. (SSC S . I . 2015) (d) bound by the advice of the Council of Ministers (a) Association (b) City State 129. The method of amending the Constitution by popular veto (c) Nation (d) State is found in (SSC S . I . 2014) 140. If the Union Parliament is to assume legislative power over (a) Britain (b) Switzerland and subject included in the State List, the resolution to the (c) Russia (d) India effect has to be passed by which of the following ? 130. Which of the following is the inalienable attribute of the parliamentary system of government ? (SSC S . I . 2014) (SSC S . I . 2015) (a) Flexibility of the Constitution (a) Lok, Sabha, Rajya Sabha and legislatures of the (b) Fusion of Executive and Legislature Concerned States. (c) Judicial Supremacy (b) Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha (d) Parliamentary Sovereignty (c) Lok Sabha 131. Which one of the following kinds of equality is not (d) Rajya Sabha compatible with the liberal notion of equality ? 141. Which Article of the Indian constitution defines the duties (SSC S . I . 2014) of the Chief Minister? (SSC S . I . 2015) (a) Legal Equality (b) Political Equality (a) Article 164 (b) Article 166 (c) Social Equality (d) Economic Equality (c) Article 167 (d) Article 163 132. The states recorganisation in 1956 created : 142. Political Science is a science of (SSC S . I . 2016) (SSC S . I . 2015) (a) Economic Engineering (b) Cultural Engineering (a) 17 States and 6 Union Territories. (c) Social Engineering (d) Political Engineering (b) 17 States and 9 Union Territories. 143. Which of the following is not the essential element of the (c) 14 States and 6 Union Territories. State? (SSC S . I . 2016) (d) 15 States and 9 Union Territories. (a) Government (b) Sovereignty 133. Reservation for the Scheduled castes and Scheduled tribes in the service has been provided in the Indian Constitution (c) Population (d) Institutions under : (SSC S . I . 2015) 144. Parliamentary Government is a form of Constitutional (a) Article 365 (b) Article 375 democracy in which (SSC S . I . 2016) (c) Article 315 (d) Article 335 (a) the legislature emerge from and is responsible to the 134. The Members of the Constituent Assembly which enacted executive. the constitution of India were: (b) the executives emerge from and is responsible to the (a) Nominated by Governor-General. judiciary. (b) Nominated by the Political Parties. (c) the executive emerge from and is responsible to the (c) Elected by the Legislative Assemblies of various legislature. Provinces. (d) the legislatures emerge from and is responsible to the (d) Directly elected by the People. judiciary. 36 P 145. The concept of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity enshrined 152. Fundamental Rights are borrowed from the Constitution of in the Indian Constitution is inspired from (SSC S 2014) (SSC S . I . 2016) (a) America (b) Ireland (a) US Constitution (b) Irish Constitution (c) Australia (d) Russia (c) French Constitution (d) UK Constitution 153. The term "politics" was first used by 146. The authority to alter the boundaries of states in India rests (SSC S 2016) with the (SSC S 2013) (a) Plato (b) John Locke (a) President (b) Prime minister (c) Aristotle (d) Socrates (c) Parliament (d) State Government 154. Arrange the names of the President in the order they served. 147. Schedule VII of Indian Constitution contains (SSC S 2016) (a) Presidential election (SSC S 2013) (a) N.S. Reddy, Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, R. (b) Acts beyond judicial review Venkataraman, Gyani Zail Singh (c) States and Union territories (b) R. Venkataraman, Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, Gyani Zail (d) Division of Powers into 3 lists Singh, N.S. Reddy 148. Which Article of the Indian Constitution mentions about (c) N.S. Reddy, Gyani Zail Singh, R. Venkataraman, Dr financial emergency? (SSC S 2013) Shankar Dayal Sharma (a) 360 (b) 350 (d) N.S. Reddy, R. Venkataraman, Gyani Zail Singh, Dr (c) 340 (d) 330 Shankar Dayal Sharma 149. Maximum age of superannuation for the judges of the 155. Who first gave the concept of "Distributive Justice"? Supreme Court of India is (SSC S 2013) (SSC S 2016) (a) 62 years (b) 65 years (a) Machiavelli (b) Locke (c) 60 years (d) 70 years (c) Plato (d) Aristotle 150. Name the portfolio held by Sri Pranab Mukherjee before he 156. The reorganization of states on linguistic basis was done in was elevated as President of India (SSC S 2014) (SSC S 2016) (a) Railway Minister (a) 1952 (b) 1956 (b) Finance Minister (c) 1950 (d) 1951 (c) External Affairs Minister 157. Bodo and Dogri were added in the 8th Schedule by the (d) Home Minister following amendment : (SSC S 2016) 151. Who addresses the joint sessions of the parliament? (a) 91st Amendment (a) The President (SSC S 2014) (b) 92nd Amendment (b) The Prime Minister (c) 81st Amendment (c) The Chairman of Rajya Sabha (d) 85th Amendment (d) The Lok Sabha Speaker P 37 &
1. (a) 2. (b) 40. (b) The Fundamental Rights can be suspended during the 3. (b) The real benchmarking of the government policy on Emergency under Article 359 of the Constitution by decentralisation can, however, be attributed to Lord the President of India. Ripon who, in his famous resolution on local self- 41. (a) 42. (d) government on May 18, 1882, recognised the twin 43. (c) Domestic Violence on Women Act 2005 is the first considerations of local government: (i) administrative significant attempt in India to recognise domestic abuse efficiency and (ii) political education. as a punishable offence, to extend its provisions to 4. (a) 5. (b) 6. (b) 7. (c) 8. (c) those in live-in relationships, and to provide for emergency relief for the victims, in addition to legal 9. (b) 10. (a) 11. (a) 12. (d) 13. (d) recourse. 14. (c) 15. (b) 16. (c) 17. (c) 18. (c) 44. (b) 45. (b) 46. (d) 19. (b) 20. (b) 21. (b) 22. (a) 23. (b) 47. (*) Right to Information is a part of fundamental rights 24. (b) 25. (a) under Article 19 (1) of the Constitution which states 26. (b) The Union Government set up the National that every citizen has freedom of speech and expression. Commission for Minorities (NCM) under the National The 86th Constitutional amendment making education Commission for Minorities Act, 1992. a fundamental right was passed by Parliament in 2002. 27. (a) Some countries, Such as Argentina, Austria, Australia, Right to speech comes under freedom of speech and expression which is a fundamental right. The Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Malaysia, constitution guarantees the right to life and personal Mexico, Pakistan, Russia, Switzerland and the United liberty as a fundamental right under article 21. States, link their bicameral systems to their federal 48. (b) The Constitution has made the Supreme Court as the political structure. custodian and protector of the Constitution. The 28. (b) Socialism is an economic system characterised by Supreme Court decides disputes between the Centre social ownership and/or cannot of the means of and the Units as well as protects the Fundamental production and cooperative management of the Rights of the citizens of India. economy. 49. (d) May preceded by the Shimla Conference of 1945. 29. (d) The Court was established in Nagpur, but after the 50. (d) The state has four essential elements: population, reorganisation of states on 1 November 1956, it was territory, government and sovereignty. Absence of any moved to Jabalpur. of these elements denies to it the status of statehood. 30. (b) K.T. Shah said that Dr. Rajendra Prasad won his first 51. (b) The 44th amendment eliminated the right to acquire, election with 507,400 votes over his nearest rival K.T. hold and dispose of property as a fundamental right. Shah who got 92,827 votes. However, in another part of the Constitution. Article 300 (A) was inserted to affirm that no person shall be 31. (c) Article 312 provides that an All India Service can be deprived of his property save by authority of law. created only if the Council of State declares by a 52. (a) The 44th amendment of 1978 eliminated the right to resolution supported by not less than a two-thirds acquire, hold and dispose of property as a fundamental majority that it is necessary in the national interest to right. The Constitution originally provided for the right create one or more such All india Services. to property under Articles 19 and 31. 32. (a) In the original Constitution, Article 338 provided for a 53. (c) The Speaker of Lok Sabha presides over the joint Special officer, called the Commissioner for SCs and sittings of both Houses of Parliament. The joint session STs, to have the responsibility of monitoring the of parliament is convened by the President of India. effective implementation of various safeguards for SCs/ 54. (c) Parliament may restrict the application of the STs in the Constitution as well as other related Fundamental Rights to members of the Indian Armed legislations and to report to the President. Forces and the Police, in order to ensure paper 33. (d) The High Court of Kerala is headquartered at Kochi. It discharge of their duties and the maintenance of is located in Ernakulam. discipline, by a law made under Article 33. 55. (b) Dr. B R Ambedkar, the chairman of the Drafting 34. (d) Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, popularly known as committee called the fundamental right to Dadasaheb, was an independence activist, the President constitutional remedies as the heart and soul of the (from 1946 to 1947) of the Central Legislative Assembly, Indian constitution. According to this right, a person then Speaker of the Constituent Assembly of India, an can move the Supreme Court in case of violation of later the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha. their fundamental rights. In the Constitution, this right 35. (b) 36. (d) 37. (c) 38. (a) 39. (c) is enshrined in Article 32. 38 P 56. (b) Machiavelli has been credited with formulating for the 68. (a) The Court consists of the Chief Justice of the United first time the “modern concept of the state”. The term States and eight associate justices who are nominated ‘lo state’ appears widely in Machiavelli’s writings, by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Once especially in The Prince, in connection with the appointed, justices have life tenure unless they resign, acquisition and application of power in a coercive retire, take senior status, or are removed after sense. impeachment (though no justice has ever been 57. (b) Justice D.K Jain, Judge, Supreme Court of India, is the removed). Chairman of the Twentieth Law Commission of India. 69. (c) Nagaland is a state in Northeast India. The state capital The Twentieth Law Commission was constituted is Kohima. Nagaland became the 16th state of India through a Government Order with effect from 1st from 1 December 1963. September, 2012. 70. (a) Mihira Bhoja was a ruler of the Gurjara Pratihara 58. (d) Selecting the candidate of election is the function of dynasty of India. Bhoja's empire extended to Narmada the political party River in the South, Sutlej River in the northwest, and 59. (a) This quote is given by the theory of Individualism up to Bengal in the east. 60. (c) The All India Trade Union Congress is the oldest trade 71. (d) Bose appeared at the 1939 Congress meeting and was union of India, established in 1920, History of AITUC elected president over Gandhi's preferred candidate is coterminous with the history of organised labour Pattabhi Sitaramayya. movement in India. Since its birth, AITUC has had a 72. (c) The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre happened in Amritsar, major role to play in mass movement phase in India's in 1919. It is named after the Jallianwala Bagh (Garden) freedom struggle. atAmritsar. On April 13, 1919, British, Indian Army 61. (c) The Joint Session of Parliament resolves the deadlock soldiers started shooting an unarmed gathering of men, between Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha over an ordinary women and children. bill. 73. (b) Bahlol Lodi was the founder of the Lodi dynasty.He 62. (a) 63. (a) ruled for long thirty-nine years (1451-89). He was the 64. (b) Cabinet collective responsibility is constitutional governor of Lahore and Sirhind during the rule of convention in governments is that members of the Muhammad Shah of Sayyid dynasty. Cabinet must publicly support all governmental 74. (c) Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu arrived in the empire at the decisions made in Cabinet, even if they do not privately time of Emperor Prataparudra (Gajapatis)and stayed agree with them. This support includes voting for the for 18 long years at Puri. government in the legislature. Cabinet collective 75. (c) The instance heat that prevails in the Indian Sub responsibility is related to the fact that, if a vote of no continent causes a low pressure region over the confidence is passed in parliament, the government is northern plains. It is intense enough to attract the responsible collectively, and thus the entire moisture bearing winds from the Indian Ocean .Thus government resigns. the south east trade winds from the southern 65. (a) Switzerland is a small country located in the heart of hemisphere are attracted towards India. western Europe, at the intersection of German, French 76. (d) A river profile is a curve which shows the slop of a and Italian language and culture. Switzerland has been river from source to mouth.A stream flowing over multicultural in its own way for centuries. Direct irregular terrain may have waterfalls, rapids and lakes Democracy in particular, has a long, but not undisputed along its course.Though the stream will wear away the tradition in this country. Switzerland's unique political irregularities to leave a smoothly curving profile called system is today world's most stable democratic system, a graded profile. offering a maximum of participation to citizens. 77. (c) Karst is a landscape formed from the dissolution of 66. (a) John Muir was a Scottish-American naturalist, author, soluble rocks including limestone, dolomite and and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in gypsum. It is characterized by sinkholes, caves, and the United States. underground drainage systems. 67. (a) The Federal Assembly is bicameral, being composed 78. (d) Kerala is famous for the cultivation of coconut, tea, of the 200-seat National Council and the 46-seat Council of States. The houses have identical powers. Members coffee, cashew and spices. of both houses represent the cantons, but, whereas 79. (a) The Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest railway line seats in the National Council are distributed in in the world. It has a length of 9,289 km which connects proportion to population, each canton has two seats Moscow to Vladivostok. in the Council of States, except the six 'half-cantons' 80. (b) G. V Mavalankar was the first speaker of the Lok Sabha. which have one seat each. Both are elected in full once 81. (d) Plural voting is the practice whereby one person might every four years, with the last election being held in be able to vote multiple times in an election. 2011. 82. (c) Voting is the process of selecting representatives. P 39 83. (d) As per the procedure laid out by article 368 for Congress and Muslim League.The first official meeting amendment of the Constitution, an amendment can be of this Constituent Assembly was held on 9 Dec, 1946 initiated only by the introduction of a Bill in either while the last meeting was held on 24 Jan, 1950. On House of Parliament. The Bill, passed by the required 26th Jan, 1950, the day when Constitution of India majority, is then presented to the President who shall finally took in effect, Constitutional Assembly was give his assent to the Bill. renamed as Provisional Parliament of India.This 84. (c) The concept of Directive Principles of State Policy was Provisional Parliament was dissolved after the first borrowed from the Irish Constitution. The makers of general election of India in 1952. the Constitution of India were influenced by the Irish 106. (a) 73rd Constitutional amendment act is related to provide nationalist movement. Hence, the Directive Principles 3-tier system of Panchayati Raj for all states having of the Indian constitution have been greatly influenced population of over 20 lakh. by the Directive Principles of State Policy. 107. (c) Impeachment of the president for violation of 85. (c) 86. (c) 87. (a) 88. (d) 89. (b) consititution of India may start in either of the two 90. (c) 91. (d) 92. (d) 93. (a) 94. (c) houses of the Parliament. 95. (a) 96. (b) 97. (a) 98. (d) 108. (c) Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar was the first speaker of 99. (a) According to the Indian Constitution, 14 members can Lok Sabha. be nominated to both the houses of parliament by the 109. (c) The Article 324 of the Indian constitution basically President. This is the legislative power of the President empowers the Election Commission to exercise its where he nominates 12 members to the Rajya Sabha power to prevent criminals and corrupt persons from and if not adequately represented 2 Anglo-Indian entering politics. members to the Lok Sabha. 110. (a) If the President wants to resign he/she shall address 100. (b) Under Article 32 of the Constitution, an individual can his letter of resignation to the Vice-President. directly move to the Supreme Court in Case of any 111. (d) The constitution of India came into effect from 26th violation of fundamental rights. Fundamental Rights January 1950 are those rights which are essential for the growth of 112. (d) The Cold War, often dated from 1947 to 1991, was a an individual's personality and are enjoyed by every sustained state of political and military tension between citizen irrespective of caste, color, creed, race and sex. powers in the Western Bloc, dominated by the United 101. (d) A presidential system is a republican system of States with NATO among its allies, and powers in the government where a head of government is also head Eastern Bloc, dominated by the Soviet Union along of state and leads an executive branch that is separate with the Warsaw Pact. This began after the success of from the legislative branch. The United States, for their temporary wartime alliance against Nazi Germany, instance, has a presidential system. Popular election leaving the USSR and the US as two superpowers with of President, no overlap in membership and fixed term profound economic and political differences. of office are the main criteria of Presidential form of 113. (c) The concept of Judicial Review in the Constitution of Government. India is borrowed from USA. In the Indian constitution, 102. (d) The concept of Concurrent List in Indian Constitution Judicial review is dealt with under Article 13. Judicial is borrowed from the Constitution of Australia. The Review refers that the Constitution is the supreme Concurrent List or List-III is a list of 52 items(though power of the nation and all laws are under its the last item is numbered 47) given in Part XI of the supremacy. Constitution of India, concerned with relations between 114. (a) In the Constitution of India, the budget is known as the Union and States. This part is divided between Annual Financial Statement. The Union Budget of legislative and administrative powers. The legislative India, referred to as the Annual Financial Statement[1] section is divided into three lists: Union List, State List in Article 112 of the Constitution of India, is the annual and Concurrent List. budget of the Republic of India, presented each year 103. (d) The parliament of India has power to add a new state on the last working day of February by the Finance to the Union of India. This is done by collecting votes Minister of India in Parliament. The budget, which is of Members of Parliament in the favour of new state. presented by means of the Financial Bill and the 104. (b) the Parliament has the power to create all India Services. Appropriation bill has to be passed by the House 105. (b) The Provisional Parliament of India was consisted of before it can come into effect on April 1, the start of 313 members. The Constitutional Assembly of India India's financial year. was introduced in 1934. This will become the major 115. (a) New Zealand has parliamentary form of government. A assembly to draft constitution for India (Including parliamentary system of government means that the present day Pakistan and Bangladesh). Members of executive branch of government must have the direct this assembly was indirectly elected representatives or indirect support of the parliament. This support is from across the India. It consists of the members of usually shown by a vote of confidence. The 40 P relationship between the executive and the legislature determined by Parliament by law and, until provision in a parliamentary system is called responsible in that behalf is so made, such emoluments, allowances government. Parliamentary systems usually have a and privileges as are specified in the Second Schedule. head of government and a head of state. The head of When the President is unable to discharge his functions government is the prime minister, who has the real power. owing to absence, illness or any other cause, the Vice- The head of state often is an elected (either popularly President shall discharge his functions until the date or through parliament) president or, in the case of a on which the President resumes his duties. The Vice- constitutional monarchy, hereditary. President shall not be a member of either House of 116. (a) 117. (c) Parliament or of a House of the Legislature of any State, 118. (b) The Representation of The People Act , 1951 : An Act and if a member of either House of Parliament or of a to provide for the conduct of elections to the Houses House of the Legislature of any State be elected Vice- of Parliament and to the House or Houses of the President, he shall be deemed to have vacated his seat Legislature of each State. in that House on the date on which he enters upon his 119. (b) A citizen has the right to 'move the supreme court' office as Vice-President. (under article 32) directly in case s/he faces any violation 128. (a) a system of government in which the powers of the of his/her fundamental rights. president are constitutionally separate from those of 120. (c) Bhairon Singh Shekhawat was the 11th Vice-President the legislature. of India. He served in that position from August 2002, 129. (b) The method of amending the Constitution by popular when he was elected to a five-year term, until he veto is found in Switzerland. resigned on July 21, 2007, after losing the presidential 130. (b) A parliamentary form of government is a democratic election to Pratibha Patil. one where the head of state and head of government 121. (b) Article 16 of the Indian Constitution deals with equality are held by different people and the executive and of opportunity in matters of public employment. It states legislature branches of government are linked. The that no citizen shall, on grounds only of religion, race, executive and legislature branch are linked because caste, sex, descent. place of birth, residence or any of the executive branch gets its power from the legislative them, be ineligible for, or discriminated against in branch and is held accountable for their actions by respect or, any employment or office under the State. them as well. The leaders of the majority party or alliance 122. (a) Democracy is a political system whereby people elect in the legislature become the members of the Cabinet their representatives who then administer the region/ or Ministry. Naturally, the ministers can easily extend nation. Despotism is the opposite of democracy as the their influence on the legislature. Consequently, the principle of representation is absent in it. It is mostly programs and policies of the Cabinet are backed by a associated with autocratic/authoritarian set ups. majority inside the legislature. This feature is inalienable 123. (d) John Locke in his Second Treatise of Civil Government, in Parliamentary form of government. Chapter 6, said that the end of law is not to abolish or 131. (d) Economic equality is not compatible with the liberal restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. notion of equality. Liberal means free of restraints and According to him. in all the states of created beings economic equality is about a level playing field where capable of laws, where there is no law, there is no everyone has the same access to the same wealth; freedom. which is not possible. 124. (a) Judges in a High Court are appointed by the President 132. (c) 133. (d) 134. (c) 135. (d) 136. (b) of India in consultation with the Chief Justice of India 137. (d) Edward Jenner is often called "the father of and the governor of the state. The Constitution confers immunology". the power of appointment of judges on the President 138. (a) The Fundamental Rights are defined in Part III of the of India. Constitution which apply to every Indian citizen 125. (a) Industrial democracy is an arrangement which involves irrespective of race, place of birth, religion, caste, creed workers making decisions, sharing responsibility and or gender. authority in the workplace. 139. (d) "Kinship" says MacIver, creates society and society 126. (a) Liberty means absence of restraint and assures freedom at length creates the state." of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship. 140. (d) 127. (d) The Vice-President shall, during, and in respect of, the 141. (c) Article 167 defines the duties of the chief minister. period while he is so acting as, or discharging the 142. (a) 143. (d) 144. (c) 145. (c) 146. (c) functions of, President have all the powers and 147. (c) 148. (a) 149. (b) 150. (b) 151. (a) immunities of the President and be entitled to such 152. (a) 153. (c) 154. (d) 155. (c) 156. (b) emoluments, allowances and privileges as may be 157. (a) E 41 4 CHAPTER
1. Formalised system of trading agreements with groups of 11. Which among the following agencies released the report, countries is known as (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) Economic Outlook for 2009–10 ? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) (a) Trading blocks (b) Trade ventures (a) Planning Commission (c) Trade partners (d) Trade organisations (b) PM's Economic Advisory Council 2. Depression formed due to deflating action of winds are called (c) Finance Commission (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) (d) Reserve Bank of India (a) Playas (b) Yardang 12. India and U.S. have decided to finalise agreements related (c) Ventifacts (d) Sand dunes to which of the following ? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) 3. Which one of the following is not a method of estimating (a) Trade and Investment (b) Intellectual Property National Income ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) (c) Traditional Knowledge (d) All of the above (a) Expenditure method (b) Product method 13. The exchange of commodities between two countries is (c) Matrix method (d) Income method referred as (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) 4. The monetary policy is India is formulated by (a) Balance of trade (b) Bilateral trade (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) (c) Volume of trade (d) Multilateral trade (a) Central Government 14. A want becomes a demand only when it is backed by the (b) Industrial Financial Corporation of India (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) (c) Reserve Bank of India (a) Ability to purchase (b) Necessity to buy (d) Industrial Development Bank of India (c) Desire to buy (d) Utility of the product 5. A short-term government security paper is called 15. The terms 'Micro Economics' and "Macro Economics" were (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) coined by (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) (a) Share (b) Debenture (a) Alfred Marshall (b) Ragner Nurkse (c) Mutual fund (d) Treasury bill (c) Ragner Frisch (d) J.M. Keynes 6. WTO basically promotes (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) 16. During periods of inflation, tax rates should (a) Financial support (b) Global peace (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) (c) Unilateral trade (d) Multilateral trade (a) increase (b) decrease 7. Under which market condition do firms have excess (c) remain constant (d) fluctuate capacity? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) 17. Which is the biggest tax paying sector in India ? (a) Perfect competition (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) (b) Monopolistic competition (a) Agriculture sector (b) Industrial sector (c) Duopoly (c) Transport sector (d) Banking sector (d) Oligopoly 18. "Economics is what it ought to be" – This statement refers 8. Price theory is also known as (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) to (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) (a) Macro Economics (b) Development Economics (a) Normative economics (b) Positive economics (c) Public Economics (d) Micro Economics (c) Monetary economics (d) Fiscal economics 9. At present, India is following (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) 19. The excess of price a person is to pay rather than forego the (a) Fixed exchange rate consumption of the commodity is called (b) Floating exchange rate (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) (c) Pegged up exchange rate (a) Price (b) Profit (d) Pegged down exchange rate (c) Producer's surplus (d) Consumer's surplus 10. National Income is the (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) 20. When there is an official change in the exchange rate of (a) Net National Product at market price domestic currency, then it is called: (b) Net National Product at factor cost (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) (c) Net Domestic Product at market price (a) Appreciation (b) Depreciation (d) Net Domestic Product at factor cost (c) Revaluation (d) Deflation 42 E 21. Inflation redistributes income and wealth in favour of: 32. The study of population is known as. (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (a) Pensioners (b) Poor (a) Demography (b) Climatology (c) Middle class (d) Rich (c) Petrology (d) Hydrology 22. The fringe benefit tax was introduced in the budget of 33. The BSE Sensex is based on how many stocks ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (a) 2003-04 (b) 2004-05 (a) 80 (b) 100 (c) 2005-06 (d) 2006-07 (c) 30 (d) 50 23. The purchase of shares and bonds of Indian companies by 34. The funds raised by the Government within the country is Foreign Institutional Investors is called known as (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) (a) Domestic budgetary source (a) Foreign Direct Investment (b) Domestic banking source (b) Portfolio Investment (c) Domestic saving source (c) NRI Investment (d) Domestic monetary source (d) Foreign Indirect Investment 35. Sick units are referred to (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) 24. Monopolist resorts to price discrimination depending upon (a) SIA (b) DGTD the (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (c) FIPB (d) BIFR (a) Elasticity of supply (b) Elasticity of demand 36. The concept ‘Duopoly’ was introduced by (c) Law of demand (d) Law of supply (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) 25. Economic planning is an essential feature of (a) Sweezy (b) Malthus (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (c) Ricardo (d) Cournot . (a) Socialist economy (b) Capitalist economy 37. Which of the following is the feature of monopolistic (c) Mixed economy (d) Dual economy competition ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) 26. The Rashtriya Barh Ayog (RBA) is related with (a) Single firm (b) Large number of firms (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (c) Group of firms (d) None of the above (a) Droughts and Floods (b) Poverty Alleviation 38. Which one of the following is an example for a non-economic (c) Floods (d) Disaster Management good? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) 27. Low cost housing is an example for: (a) Doctor’s service (b) Teacher’s service (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (c) Mother’s service (d) Banker’s service (a) Mixed wants (b) Social wants 39. Which one of the following committee is associated with (c) Private wants (d) Merit wants banking sector reforms in India? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) 28. Consumption for the sake of enjoying social (a) L. C. Gupta (b) Narsimhan acknowledgement is called: (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (c) Chakravarty (d) Kelkar (a) Rational consumption 40. Which one of the following is not a qualitative credit control (b) Social consumption measure of the RBI? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (c) Conspicuous consumption (a) Fixing margin requirements (d) Demonstration consumption (b) Variable interest rates 29. Of the following economists, whom do you consider to be (c) Open market operations the Master of “Partial Analysis”? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (d) Credit rationing (a) Leon Walras (b) Alfred Marshall 41. The 13th Five Year Plan will be operative for the period. (c) J. M. Keynes (d) Lionel Robbins (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) 30. India making ‘Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements’ (a) 2010 - 2015 (b) 2011- 2016 (DTAA) with other countries for the promotion of: (c) 2012 - 2017 (d) 2013 - 2018 (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) 42. The national income of a nation is the (a) Bilateral trade (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (b) External commercial borrowings (a) Government’s annual revenue (c) Foreign direct investments (b) Sum total of factor incomes (d) Foreign institutional investment (c) Surplus of public sector enterprises 31. Brain drain has been caused by: (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (d) Exports minus imports (a) failure to recognise talent in the originating country. 43. Externality theory is the basic theory of the following branch (b) the lure of high living standards of Economics : (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (c) lack of employment opportunities (a) Macro Economics (b) Environomics (d) socio-economic instability (c) Fiscal Economics (d) International Economics E 43 44. Diamonds are priced higher than water because : 53. Forced Savings refer to (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (a) Compulsory deposits imposed on income tax payers (a) consumers do not buy them at lower prices. (b) Provident fund contribution of private sector (b) they are sold by selected firms with monopolistic employees powers. (c) Reduction of consumption consequent to a rise in (c) their marginal utility to buyers is higher than that of prices water (d) Taxes on individual income and wealth (d) their total utility to buyers is higher than that of water 54. High powered money is (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) 45. "Functional Finance" is associated with : (a) Banks reserves at Central Bank (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (b) All loans and advances of banks (a) Abba 'P' Lerner (b) Adolph Wogner (c) Money held by banks (c) Adam Smith (d) Adams (d) Currency held by public and reserves with the Central 46. Of the following land uses, which is restricted to Special Bank Economic Zones ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) 55. Hardening interest rate means (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (a) Information Technology Companies (a) interest rate is remaining sticky (b) Educational Institutions (b) interest rate is very low (c) Free trade Centres (c) interest rate is increasing (d) Marketing Centres (d) interest rate is falling 47. As per the TRIPS Agreement-1994, a good originating from 56. “Dumping” is a situation when the seller a region with specific character/quality/reputation is (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) covered/to a protected under the IPR as (a) supplies mote than the demand for products in the (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) World Market. (a) Patent (b) supplies more in the Domestic Market. (b) Trademark (c) sells a commodity at a lower price in the World Market (c) Trade secret and charges a higher price in the Domestic Market. (d) GI (Geographical Indicator) (d) sells a commodity at a higher price in the World Market 48. ‘Gold’ is mainly related to (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) and charges a lower price in the Domestic Market. (a) Local market (b) National market 57. Tick the correct option with regards to the contribution (c) International market (d) Regional market towards GDP (Gross Domestic Product) from Agriculture 49. The demand for labour is called (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (a) Derived demand (b) Factory demand (a) During 1950–51 (GDP 51-88%) and 2011–12 (c) Market demand (d) Direct demand (GDP 14-01%) 50. Which of the following is an investment expenditure in (b) During 1950–51 (GDP 11-00%) and 2011–12 (GDP 25%) goods and services? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (c) During 1990–91 (GDP 29-53%) and 2011–12 (a) Purchase of machinery (GDP 66-77%) (b) An increase in business inventories (d) During 1980–81 (GDP 35-69%) and 2011–12 (c) Expansion of the main plant of a company (GDP 20-69%) (d) Purchase of a house 58. The principle of maximum social advantage is the basic 51. Which one of the following represents the Savings of the principle of (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) Private Corporate Sector? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (a) Micro Economics (a) Undistributed profits (b) Macro Economics (b) Excess of income over expenditure (c) Fiscal Economics (c) Dividends paid to shareholders (d) Environmental Economics (d) Total profits of a company 59. Which Five Year Plan is correct among the following? 52. Social accounting system in India is classified into (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (a) First 1951–56 (b) Second 1956–61 (a) Assets, liabilities and debt position (c) Third 1961–66 (d) Fourth 1966–71 (b) Public sector, Private sector and Joint sector 60. An economic theory is a/an (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (c) Income, product and expenditure (a) Axion (b) Proposition (d) Enterprise, households and government (c) Hypothesis (d) Tested hypothesis 44 E 61. Indian Special Economic Rules amendment came in the year 73. Which of the following method is not used in determining (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) National Income of a country? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2014) (a) 2000 (b) 2002 (a) Income Method (b) Output Method (c) 2004 (d) 2006 (c) Input Method (d) Investment Method 62. According to Marx, the source of value is 74. What does the letter 'e' denotes in the term 'e-banking'? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2014) (a) Capital (b) Land (a) Essential Banking (b) Economic Banking (c) Labour (d) None of the above (c) Electronic Banking (d) Expansion Banking 63. The Community Development Programme was launched in 75. Which among the following is not a Bretton Woods the year (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) Institution ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (a) 1950 (b) 1952 (a) International Monetary Fund (IMF) (c) 1951 (d) 1953 (b) World Bank 64. Prof. Milton Friedman was the leader of (c) Organisaiton of Economic Cooperation and (SSC CGL 1 S . 2014) Development (O.E.C.D.) (a) Ohio school (b) Chicago school (d) None of these (c) Cambridge school (d) London school 76. Equilibrium price in the market is determined by the 65. Which one of the following is not a qualitative control of (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) credit by the Central Bank of a country? (a) equality between total cost and total revenue (SSC CGL 1 S . 2014) (b) equality between average cost and average revenue. (a) Rationing of credit (b) Regulation of consumer credit (c) equality between marginal cost and marginal revenue (c) Variation of the reserve ratio (d) equality between marginal cost and average cost. (d) Regulation of margin requirements 77. In the national context which of the following indicates 66. The market in whcih loans of money can be obtained is Macro Approach ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) called (SSC CGL 1 S . 2014) (a) Sales of Bata Shoe Company (a) Reserve market (b) Institutional market (b) Exports of Mangoes to U.K. (c) Money market (d) Exchange market (c) Income from Railways 67. If the marginal return increases at a diminishing rate, the (d) Inflation in India total return (SSC CGL 1 S . 2014) 78. Internal economies (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (a) increases (b) decreases (a) arise in an economy as it makes progress (c) remains constant (d) becomes zero (b) accrue to a firm when it expands its output 68. The law of Increasing Returns means (c) arise when there is expansion in internal trade (SSC CGL 1 S . 2014) (d) arise when there is expansion in an industry (a) increasing cost (b) decreasing cost 79. One of the features of a free market economy is (c) increasing production (d) increasing income (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) 69. Which of the following is the Regulator of the credit rating (a) public ownership of factors of production agencies in India? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2014) (b) rationing and price control (a) RBI (b) SBI (c) consumer's sovereignty (c) SIDBI (d) SEBI (d) active state intervention 70. Which is the first Indian Company to be listed in NASDAQ? 80. Gross National Product – Depreciation Allowance = ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2014) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (a) Reliance (b) TCS (a) Gross Domestic Product (c) HCL (d) Infosys (b) Personal Income 71. RRBs are owned by (SSC CGL 1 S . 2014) (c) Net National Product (a) Central Government (b) State Government (c) Sponsor Bank (d) Jointly by all of the above (d) Per Capita Income 72. The Monetary and Credit Policy is announced by which of 81. The Panchayat Samiti remains accountable for its functions the following? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2014) to (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (a) Ministry of Finance of Centre (a) The Gram Panchayats and Gram Sabhas (b) Reserve Bank of India (b) Zilla Parishads (c) State Bank of India (c) Anchal Panchayats (d) Planning Commission of India (d) Janpad Panchayats E 45 82. The one rupee note bears the signature of : (c) NRI deposits (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (d) External commercial borrowing (a) Governor, Reserver Bank of India 93. Which one of the following is not an instrument of Fiscal (b) Finance Minister policy? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (c) Secretary, Ministry of Finance (a) Open Market Operations (d) None of these (b) Taxation 83. NABARD stands for (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (c) Public borrowing (a) National business for Accounting and Reviewing (d) Public expenditure (b) National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development 94. In which of the following market forms, a firm does not (c) National Bank for Aeronautics and Radar Development exercise control over price? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (d) National Bureau for Air and Road Transport (a) Monopoly 84. Surplus budget is recommended during : (b) Perfect competition (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (c) Oligopoly (a) Depression (b) Boom (d) Monopolistic competition (c) War (d) Famines 95. What is the name of portal launched by RBI recently to 85. Economic profit or normal profit is the same as : check illegal money collection? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (a) Sahyog (b) Sahayata (a) accounting profit (b) optimum profit (c) Sampark (d) Sachet (c) net profit (d) maximum profit 96. Fiscal policy in India is formulated by? 86. CENVAT is related to which of the following ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (a) Reserve Bank of India (a) Sales Tax (b) Excise Duty (b) Planning Commission (c) Custom Duty (d) Service Tax (c) Finance Ministry 87. Malthusian theory is associated with which of the following ? (d) SEBI (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) 97. Open market operation refers to : (SSC CHSL 2012) (a) Poverty (b) Employment (a) borrowing by scheduled banks to industry and trade (c) Diseases (d) Population (b) purchase and sale of government securities by the rbi 88. Which is the parameter for the economic development ? (c) deposit mobilisation (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (a) Per capita monetary income (d) borrowing by scheduled banks from the RBI (b) National income 98. Who are the price-takers under Perfect Competition ? (c) Per capita rural income (SSC CHSL 2012) (d) Population (a) industry (b) government 89. A ‘Market Economy’ is one which (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (c) firms (d) buyers (a) is controlled by the Government 99. An employment situation where the marginal productivity (b) is free from the Government control of agricultural labour is zero is known as : (c) in influenced by international market forces (SSC CHSL 2012) (d) All of these (a) Seasonal unemployment 90. Regional Rural Banks are sponsored by (b) Cyclical unemployment (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (c) Disguised unemployment (a) Nationalised Commercial Bank (d) Disguised unemployment (b) Reserve Bank of India 100. Which one of the following is a raw material oriented (c) State Bank of India industry ? (SSC CHSL 2012) (d) Government of India (a) Sugar industry 91. Who is the Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of (b) Petroleum refinery India? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (c) Light engineering industry (a) Raghu Ram Rajan (b) Arvind Subramanian (d) Ship building (c) Rajiv Mahirishi (d) Arvind Pangariya 101. The basic object of all production is to (SSC CHSL 2013) 92. Which type of foreign investment is considered as unsafe? (a) increase physical output (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (b) satisfy human wants (a) Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) (c) provide employment (b) Portfolio investment (d) make profits 46 E 102. Inflation is caused by (SSC CHSL 2013) 110. Other things being equal, a decrease in quantity demanded (a) decrease in production of a commodity can be caused by (SSC CHSL 2014) (b) increase in money supply and decrease in production (a) a rise in the price of the commodity (c) increase in money supply (b) a rise in the income of the consumer (d) increase in production (c) a fall in the price of a commodity 103. Dumping is a form of price discrimination at (d) a fall in the income of the consumer (SSC CHSL 2013) 111. Lender of the Last Resort is : (SSC CHSL 2015) (a) local level (b) within industry (a) IDBI (b) NABARD (c) national level (d) international level (c) SBI (d) RBI 104. The equilibrium of a firm under perfect competition will be 112. Perfectly inelastic demand is equal to : (SSC CHSL 2015) determined when (SSC CHSL 2013) (a) One (b) Zero (a) Marginal Cost > Average Cost (c) Infinite (d) Greater than one (b) Marginal Revenue > Average Cost 113. When price of a substitute of commodity 'x' falls, the demand (c) Marginal Revenue > Average Revenue for 'x' (SSC CHSL 2015) (d) Marginal Revenue = Marginal Cost (a) remains unchanged 105. Expenditure on advertisement and public relations by an enterprise is a part of its (SSC CHSL 2013) (b) Increases at increasing rate (a) fixed capital (c) rises (b) consumption of fixed capital (d) falls (c) final consumption expenditure 114. Mixed Economy means : (SSC CHSL 2015) (d) intermediate consumption (a) Co-existence of public and private sectors 106. Which of the following is not an economic problem ? (b) Co-existence of rich and poor (SSC CHSL 2014) (c) Co-existence of small and large Industries (a) Deciding between paid work and leisure. (d) Promoting both agriculture and Industries in the (b) Deciding between expenditure on one good and the economy other. 115. By whom was the autonomous investment separated from (c) Deciding between alternative methods of personal induced investment ? (SSC CHSL 2015) saving. (a) Malthus (b) Joan Robinson (d) Deciding between different ways of spending leisure (c) Adam Smith (d) Schumpeter time. 116. A demand curve will not shift: (SSC CHSL 2015) 107. Which of the following occurs when labour productivity (a) When only prices of substitute products change rises ? (SSC CHSL 2014) (b) When there is a change in advertisement expenditure (a) The equilibrium nominal wage falls (c) When only price of the commodity changes (b) The equilibrium quantity of labour falls (d) When only income changes. (c) Competitive firms will be induced to use more capital 117. The time element in price analysis was introduced by (d) The labour demand curve shifts to the right (SSC CHSL 2015) 108. Which of the following are consumer semi-surable goods ? (a) Alfred Marshall (b) J.S. Mill (SSC CHSL 2014) (a) Cars and television sets (c) J.R. Hicks (d) J.M. Keynes (b) Milk and milk products 118. A camera in the hands of a professional photographer is a (c) Foodgrains and other food products ______good. (SSC M 2013) (d) Electrical appliance like fans and electic irons (a) Capital (b) Free 109. Which of the following statements is correct ? (c) Intermediary (d) Consumer (SSC CHSL 2014) 119. A portion of an individual's total income is spent on (a) Most workers will work for less then their reservation consumption. The remaining part is called wage. (SSC M 2014) (b) The reservation wage is the maximum amount any firm (a) Savings (b) Deposits will pay for a worker. (c) Surplus (d) Excess (c) Economic rent is the difference between the market 120. Phase of increasing returns is otherwise called wage and the reservation wage. (SSC M 2014) (d) Economic rent is the amount one must pay to enter a (a) increasing cost (b) decreasing cost desirable labour market. (c) increasing revenue (d) decreasing revenue E 47 121. Monopoly refers to (SSC M 2014) 128. Which of the following is a function of the Exim Bank of (a) competition among monopolists India? (SSC S . I . 2012) (b) absence of competition (a) Financing of export and import of goods and services (c) a firm charging different prices to different customers (b) Inspection of exported goods for quality assurance (d) a market situation in which there is only one buyer of a (c) Financing of joint ventures in foreign countries commodity and one seller (d) Loans to Indian parties for contribution to share capital 122. Primary sector of an economy includes of joint ventures abroad (SSC M 2014) 129. The Social Forestry Scheme was introduced during (a) Service sector rendering services like banking, (SSC S . I . 2012) transport, etc. which one of the primary importance (a) Fourth Five Year Plan (b) Eighth Five Year Plan (b) Important enterprises of the manufacturinig sector (c) Second Five Year Plan (d) Sixth Five Year Plan (c) Indsutrial sector which is of primary importance for 130. Which one of the following iron and steel works in India is the economy under public sector? (SSC S . I . 2012) (d) Agriculture and allied activities (a) Bokaro (b) Jamshedpur 123. Liquidity preference theory of interest is propounded by (c) Bhilai (d) Durgapur (SSC M 2014) 131. If a firm is operating at loss in the short-period in perfect combination. it should; (SSC S . I . 2013) (a) J.S. Mill (b) A. Marshall (a) decrease the production and the price. (c) I. Fisher (d) J.M. Keynes (b) increase the production and the price 124. Which one of the following statements is correct? (c) continue to operate as long as it covers even the (SSC S . I . 2012) variable costs. (a) A commodity will value if it is wanted by somebody. (d) shut-down and leave the industry (b) A commodity will have value only if it is scarce relative 132. Which of the following is an indirect tax ? to demand. (SSC S . I . 2013) (c) The value of a commodity depends upon its price. (a) Capital Gains Tax (b) Excise Duty (d) The value of a commodity is entirely dependent upon (c) Wealth Tax (d) Estate Duty the substitutes. 133. Taxes on professions can be levied by: 125. Which of the following formulae could be used for (SSC S . I . 2013) calculating the per capita income of a country? (a) State government only (SSC S . I . 2012) (b) both by state and union government Totalfamilyincome (c) by panchayats only (a) Number of family members (d) Union government only 134. Which one is not a function of money? Nationalincome (SSC S . I . 2013) (b) Totalpopulation (a) Transfer of value (b) Store of value (c) Price stabilisation (d) Value measurement Totalincomeof various industries (c) 135. "Closed Economy" means: (SSC S . I . 2013) Totalnumberof industrialwor kers (a) no provision for public sector (b) no provision for private sector TotalGovernment Revenue (c) economy policy not well defined (d) Totalpopulation (d) a country having no imports and exports 126. For controlling inflation, the central bank should 136. At "Break-even point", (SSC S . I . 2013) (SSC S . I . 2012) (a) the industry is in equilibrium in the long-run. (a) sell Government securities in the open market (b) the producers suffers the minimum losses (b) lower the bank rate (c) the seller earns maximum profit (c) purchase Government securities in the open market (d) the firm is at zero-profit point (d) lower the reserve ratio of the banks 137. In the balance of payments account, unrequited receipts 127. There is no selling cost under (SSC S . I . 2012) and payments are also regarded as (SSC S . I . 2014) (a) Perfect competition (a) bilateral transfers (b) Monopolistic competition (b) unilateral transfers (c) Oligopoly (c) capital account transfers (d) Duopoly (d) invisible transfers 48 E 138. Price and output are determinates in market structure other 146. Basic problems of an economy is/are than (SSC S . I . 2014) (SSC S . I . 2016) (a) monopoly (b) perfect competition (a) Providing Social Security and employment to all. (c) oligopoly (d) monopsony (b) Elimination of poverty and reduction of inequalities of 139. If average cost falls, marginal cost (SSC S . I . 2014) income and wealth. (a) increases at a higher rate (c) Providing basic requirements of life to all. (b) falls at the same rate (d) Decide as to what, how and for whom to produce. (c) increases at a lower rate 147. Demand curve is indeterminate under (d) falls at a higher rate (SSC S . I . 2016) 140. Which one of the following disburses long term loans to (a) duopoly (b) monopoly private industry in India ? (SSC S . I . 2014) (c) pure competition (d) oligopoly (a) Food Corporation of India 148. Marginal Revenue is (SSC S . I . 2016) (b) Life Insurance Corporation of India (a) Revenue realized on the sale of an extra units. (c) Primary Credit Society (b) Revenue realized from the sale of all units. (d) Land Development Banks (c) The average revenue of a firm. 141. A low interest policy is also known as : (d) Revenue realized on every unit sold. (SSC S . I . 2015) 149. All economic goods are considered are ...... in economics. (SSC S . 2013) (a) investment policy (a) Wealth (b) Money (b) income generating policy (c) Capital (d) Materials (c) dear money policy 150. Total demand for goods and services at various levels of (d) cheap money policy employment is called as (SSC S . 2013) 142. The market equilibrium for a commodity is determined by: (a) Effective demand (b) National demand (SSC S . I . 2015) (c) Market Demand (d) Employment demand (a) the balancing of the forces of demand and supply for 151. Relationship between price of related goods and quantity the commodity. of a particular commodity is called as (SSC S . 2013) (b) the intervention of the Government. (a) Income - demand (b) Market - demand (c) the market demand of the commodity. (c) Cross - demand (d) Price - demand (d) the market supply of the commodity. 152. Devaluation means (SSC S . 2014) 143. “Economies” of a firm are: (SSC S . I . 2015) (a) reduction in the external value of currency (a) an increase in its profits (b) fall in valuation of the essentials in an economy (b) its dominance of the market (c) depreciation of the fixed assets (c) saving in its production costs (d) increase in the currency value in terms of foreign (d) a reduction in its selling expenses currency 144. Regarding money supply situation in India it can be said 153. Disguised unemployment means (SSC S . 2014) that the: (SSC S . I . 2015) (a) willing to work and not getting the work (a) Currency with the public is almost equal to the deposits (b) not getting work on all days with the banks. (c) insufficiency of capital structure to absorb the large (b) Currency with the public is inconvertible only. force (c) Currency with the public is more than the deposits (d) more people working, than required with the banks. 154. The '3 B 's' - brokers, bankers and businessmen were (d) Currency with the public is less than the deposits with responsible for (SSC S . 2014) the banks. (a) The Great Depression 145. The equilibrium price of a commodity will definitely rise of (b) Russian Revolution there is a/an: (SSC S . I . 2015) (c) French Revolution (a) increase in supply combined with a decrease in (d) First world war demand. 155. ATM means (SSC S . 2014) (b) increase in demand accompanied by a decrease in (a) All Time Money supply. (b) Automatic Teller Machine (c) decrease in both demand and supply. (c) Automated Teller Machine (d) increase in both demand and supply. (d) Any Time Money E 49 156. Which market forms allow free entry and exit of firms? 160. An indirect instrument of monetary policy is (SSC S . 2014) (SSC S . 2016) (a) Perfect and Monopolistic (a) Open market operations (b) Perfect and Oligopoly (b) Statutory liquidity ratio (c) Oligopoly and Monopoly (c) Bank rate (d) Monopoly and Monopolistic (d) Cash reserve ratio 157. GNP differs from NNP due to (SSC S . 2014) 161. One of the following is NOT a component of foreign (a) net indirect taxes (b) Direct taxes exchange reserves in India (SSC S . 2016) (c) interest on public debt (d) Depreciation (a) Gold stock of RBI 158. Which one of the following is an example of joint supply? (b) SDR holdings of government (SSC S . 2014) (c) Foreign exchange assets of RBI (a) Petrol and Bus (d) Foreign exchange assets of government (b) Ink and Fountain pen 162. The market system in which there are only two buyers facing (c) Sugar and Coffee a large number of sellers is called (SSC S . 2016) (d) Wool and Cotton (a) monopsony (b) duopsony 159. Who fixes the REPO rate in India ? (SSC S . 2016) (c) duopoly (d) oligopoly (a) WTO - World Trade Organization 163. 'Investing opportunities model' was proposed by (b) SEBI - Securities and Exchange Board of India (SSC S . 2016) (c) RBI - Reserve Bank of India (a) Revenstein (b) Davis (d) IMF - International Monetary Fund (c) E.S. Lee (d) S.A. Stouffer 50 E &
1. (a) A trade bloc is a type of intergovernmental agreement, 25. (a) Economic planning is an essential feature of socialism. often part of a regional intergovermental organization, The most prominent example of a planned economy where regional barriers to trade, (tariffs and non-tariff was the economic system of the Soviet Union. barriers) are reduced or eliminated among the 26. (c) The Government of India decide to set up the Rashtriya participating states. Barh Ayog (National Flood Commission) in 1976 to 2. (b) 3. (c) evolve a coordinated, integrated and scientific 4. (c) The Reserve Bank of India is India’s central banking approach to the flood control problems in the country. institution, which controls the monetary policy of the 27. (d) The concept of a merit good introduced in economics indian rupee. It commenced its operations on 1 April by Richard Musgrave (1957, 1959) is a commodity 1935 during the British Rule in accordance with the which is judged that an individual or society should provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. have on the basis of some concept of need, rather 5. (d) T- bills are issued to meet short-term mismatches in than ability and willingness to pay. Examples include receipts and expenditure. Bonds of longer maturity the provision of food stamps to support nutrition, the are called dated securities. delivery of health services to improve quality of life 6. (d) 7. (b) 8. (d) 9. (b) and reduce morbidity, subsidized housing and 10. (b) National income is the total value a country’s final arguably education. output of all new goods and services produced in one 28. (c) Conspicuous consumption is the purchase of goods year. or services for the specific purpose of displaying one's 11. (b) Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister wealth. It is a means to show ones social status. (PMEAC) is a non–constitutional, non–permanent and 29. (b) Alfred Marshall was committed to partial equilibrium independent body constituted to give economic advice models over general equilibrium on the grounds that to the Government of India, specifically the Prime the inherently dynamical nature of economics made Minister. The council serves to highlight key economic the former more practically useful. issues facing the country to the government of India 30. (a) These agreements give the right of taxation in respect from a neutral viewpoint. of the income of the nature of interest, dividend, royalty 12. (d) and fees for technical services to the country of 13. (c) A bilateral trade is the exchange of goods between two residence. It promotes bilateral trade and investment. countries that facilitates trade and investment by reducing or eliminating tariffs, import quotas, export 31. (c) Brain drain can be described as the process in which a restraints and other trade barriers. country loses its most educated and talented workers 14. (d) to other countries through migration. The main causes 15. (d) Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch was a Norwegian economist include seeking employment or higher paying jobs, and the co-recipient of the first Nobel Memorial Prize political instability and to seek a better quality of life. in Economic Sciences in 1969 (with Jan Tinbergen). He 32. (a) Demography is the statistical study of human is known for having founded the discipline of populations and sub-populations. It encompasses the econometrics, and for coining the widely used term study of the size, structure, and distribution of these pair macroeconomics /microeconomics in 1933. populations, and spatial and/or temporal changes in 16. (a) 17. (b) them in response to birth, migration, aging and death. 18. (a) Normative economics (as opposed to positive 33. (c) 34. (a) 35. (d) 36. (d) 37. (c) economics) is a part of economics that expresses value 38. (c) or normative judgments about economic fairness or 39. (b) In order to raise the standards of the banks what the outcome of the economy or goals of public internationally, a number of committees were appointed policy ought to be. by RBI. Among them Narasimham committee I (1991), 19. (c) 20. (c) 21. (d) 22. (c) 23. (d) Narasimham Committee II (1998) and Verma Committee 24. (b) The act of selling the same article, product under a (1999) were influential in improving international single control, at different prices to different buyers is standards, and led to banking sector reforms, globally known as price discrimination. Information on the price flexible to its deregulation, norms and conditions etc. elasticity of demand can be used by business as part The above said committees have basically identified of a policy of price discrimination (also known as yield the causes for the weak banks and guidelines have management). been given to improve their efficiency. E 51 40. (c) 52. (c) Social accounting is a method by which a firm seeks 41. (c) Here, statement of the question is wrong. The tenure to place a value on the impact on society of its from 2012 to 2017 is designated as12th Five Year Plan operations. One social accounting system primarily not 13th Five Year Plan. The tenure of 13th Five-Year attempts to measure National Income, final product, Plan would be 2018 - 2022. consumption and accumulation of capital. 42. (b) 53. (c) Forced saving is an economic situation in which 43. (d) In economics, an is the cost or benefit that consumers spend less than their disposable income, affects a party who did not choose to incur that cost or not because they want to save but because the goods benefit. Economists often urge governments to adopt they seek are not available or because goods are too policies that "internalize" an externality, so that costs expensive. and benefits will affect mainly parties who choose to 54. (a) Bank's reserves at Central Bank incur them. 55. (a) Interest rate is remaining sticky 56. (c) Sells a commodity at lower price in the world market 44. (c) and charges a higher price in the domestic market 45. (a) F is an economic theory proposed 57. (a) 58. (c) 59. (d) 60. (b) 61. (d) by Abba P. Lerner, based on effective demand principles 62. (c) 63. (b) and chartalism. It states that government should 64. (b) Milton Friedman (July 31, 1912 - November 16, 2006) itself to meet explicit goals, such as taming the was an American economist, statistician, and writer business cycle, achieving full employment, ensuring who taught at the University of Chicago for more than growth, and low inflation. three decades. He was a recipient of the 1976 Nobel 46. (c) Prize in Economic Sciences, and is known for his 47. (d) Geographical Indication (GI) means the name of a research on consumption analysis, monetary history region or a locality, a specific place, or, in exceptional and theory, and the complexity of stabilization policy. cases, a country, used to describe a product originating 65. (c) The qualitative or selective methods of credit control in that region, locality, specific place or country, which are adopted by the Reserve Bank in its pursuit of possesses a specific quality, reputation or other economic stabilization and as part of credit characteristics attributable to that geographical origin, management. The four important methods are Margin and the production and/or processing and or Requirements, Credit Rationing, Regulation of preparation of which take place in the defined Consumer Credit, Moral Suasion. geographical area. 66. (c) A segment of the financial market in which financial 48. (c) Gold is mainly related to the international market as of instruments with high liquidity and very short all the precious metals, it is the most popular as an maturities are traded. The money market is used by investment. Gold has been used throughout history participants as a means for borrowing and lending in as money and has been a relative standard for currency the short term, from several days to just under a year. equivalents specifc to economic regions or countries, 67. (a) In economics, diminishing returns (also called law of until recent times. Gold price has shown a long term diminishing returns, law of variable proportions, correlation with the price of crude oil. principle of diminishing marginal productivity, or 49. (a) The demand for labour is “derived” from the diminishing marginal returns is the decrease in the production and demand for the product being marginal (incremental) output of a production process demanded. If the demand for the product increases, as the amount of a single factor of production is either the price will increase or the demand for incrementally increased, while the amounts of all other production labour will increase until the equilibrium factors of production stay constant. price and production numbers are met. 68. (b) The law of increasing returns is the opposite of the law 50. (d) Investment expenditure refers to the expenditure of decreasing returns. Where the law of diminishing incurred either by an individual or a firm or the returns operates, every additional investment of capital and labour yields less than proportionate returns. But, government for the creation of new capital assets like in the case of the law of increasing returns, the return machinery, building etc. The purchase of house cannot is more than proportionate. be considered as investment exienditure as it may be for 69. (d) The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is personal use. the regulator for the securities market in India. It was 51. (a) For private corporate sector, retained profits adjusted established in the year 1988 and given statutory powers for non operating surplus/ deficit is considered as its on 12 April 1992 through the SEBI Act, 1992. Net Saving. Retained profits are those which are 70. (d) Infosys Ltd is an Indian multinational corporation that ploughed back into business after making provides business consulting, information technology, commitments to depreciation provision for various software engineering and outsourcing services. It is fixed assets, debts, government and to share-holders. headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka. 52 E 71. (d) Regional Rural Banks are local level banking 82. (d) The one rupee note bears the signature of secretary organizations operating in different States of India. ministry of Finance. They have been created with a view to serve primarily 83. (b) NABARD is set up as an apex Development Bank with the rural areas of India with basic banking and financial a mandate for facilitating credit flow for promotion and services. The main purpose of RRB's is to mobilize development of agriculture, small-scale industries, financial resources from rural / semi-urban areas and cottage and village industries, handicrafts and other grant loans and advances mostly to small and marginal rural crafts. It was established on 12 July 1982 by a farmers, agricultural labourers and rural artisans. special act by the parliament 72. (b) The Reserve Bank of India is India's Central Banking 84. (b) Surplus budget is the order of the economies in boom Institution, which controls the Monetary Policy of the time. Indian Rupee. It commenced its operations on 1 April 85. (b) Economic profit is the difference between total revenue 1935 during the British Rule in accordance with the and total opportunity cost. If a firm's total opportunity provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. cost is less than the total revenues then the firm is 73. (d) The national income of a country can be measured by making economic profit. If a firm's total opportunity three alternative methods: (i) Product Method (ii) cost is greater than the total revenues then the firm is Income Method, and (iii) Expenditure Method. making economic losses. It is similar to optimum profit. 74. (c) For many people, electronic banking means 24-hour 86. (c) Concept relating to Central Excise Duty and Service access to cash through an automated teller machine Tax:- For. a proper understanding what is CENVAT, (ATM) or Direct Deposit of paychecks into checking some basic knowledge about Central Excise duty, or savings accounts. But electronic banking involves many different types of transactions, rights, Service Tax etc, is necessary. responsibilities - and sometimes, fees. 87. (d) 88. (b) 89. (b) 90. (a) 91. (b) 75. (c) The Bretton Woods Institutions are the World Bank, 92. (b) and theInternational Monetary Fund (IMF). They were 93. (a) The major instruments of fiscal policy are as follows: set up at a meeting of 43 countries in Bretton Woods, A. Budget B. Taxation C. Public Expenditure D. Public New Hampshire, USA in July 1944. Works E. Public Debt. 76. (c) The price and output under monopoly are determined 94. (b) by equality between marginal cost and marginal 95. (d) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor, revenue and not by the intersection of demand and RaghuramRajan, on 4 August 2016 launched Sachet supply curves. portal, sachet.rbi.org.in, tocheck illegal money 77. (d) Macroeconomics is a branch of economics dealing with collection. the performance, structure, behavior, and decision- 96. (c) 97. (b) 98. (c) 99. (c) 100. (a) making of an economy as a whole, rather than individual 101. (b) The basic object of all production is to satisfy human markets. Macroeconomists develop models that explain wants. In terms of Economics, satisfaction of human the relationship between such factors as national income, wants comes first, second comes the provision of output, consumption, unemployment, inflation etc. employment, third comes the profit motive and at last 78. (d) Internal economies arise within the firm because of the comes the increase of physical outputs. expansion of the size of a particular firm. They are called 102. (b) Inflation is caused by increase in money supply and the economies of scale. decrease in production. In economics, inflation is a 79. (c) In a free market economy there is a freedom of choice sustained increase in the general price level of goods for the consumers to buy goods and services which and services in an economy over a period of time. It suit their tastes and preferences. This is generally called can be defined as too much money chasing too few the principle of consumer sovereignty. This means in goods. When the general price level rises, each unit a market economy the consumers are just like a king or of currency buys fewer goods and services. sovereign who dictate what goods and services and 103. (d) Dumping is a form of price discrimination at the what quantities of them are produced. international level.In economics, "dumping" is a kind 80. (c) Net national product (NNP) refers to gross national of predatory pricing, especially in the context of product (GNP), i.e. the total market value of all final international trade. It occurs when manufacturers goods and servicesproduced by the factors of export a product to another country at a price either production of a country or other polity during a given time period, minus depreciation. below the price charged in its home market or below NNP = GNP – Depreciation its cost of production. 81. (b) Zilla Parishad is the apex body of the PR(Panchayati 104. (d) The equilibrium of a firm under perfect competition Raj) system located at the district level. Chairpersons/ will be determined when marginal revenue equals Presidents of Panchayat Samitis come within its marginal cost. In the short run, perfectly-competitive jurisdiction. markets are not productively efficient as output will E 53 not occur where marginal cost is equal to average cost 120. (d) Phase of increasing returns is otherwise called (MC=AC). They are allocatively efficient, as output decreasing revenue. If output increases by more than will always occur where marginal cost is equal to that proportional change in inputs, there are increasing marginal revenue (MC=MR). returns to scale (IRS). 105. (d) Expenditure on advertisement and public relation by 121. (b) A monopoly exists when a specific person or enterprise an enterprise is a part of its intermediate consumption. is the only supplier of a particular commodity. Visibility through advertising and promotion builds Monopolies are thus characterized by a lack of an enterprise' reputation with the customer. Although economic competition to produce the good or service most advertising is through word of mouth, that word and a lack of viable substitute goods. of mouth starts with awareness that customers have 122. (d) The primary sector of the economy is the sector of an gained about the enterprise through their advertising economy making direct use of natural resources. This and promotions. includes agriculture, forestry, fishing and mining. This 106. (d) Deciding between different ways of spending leisure is contrasted with the secondary sector, producing time is not an economic problem. manufactured goods, and the tertiary sector, producing 107. (d) When labour productivity rises, the labour demand services. curve shifts to the right. As the productivity increases, 123. (d) J.M. Keynes propounded what has come to be known the production function shifts up and simultaneously as the liquidity preference theory of interest. According the labour demand curve shifts out and right. At a to this theory, the rate of interest is determined by the given real wage, more workers are hired and output demand for and supply of money. increases. 124. (b) 108. (c) Semi durable consumer goods are products with 125. (b) Per capita income, more simply known as income per durability of about one year. E.g., food grains and food person, is the mean income within an economic products. aggregate such as a country or city. It is calculated by 109. (c) Economic rent is the difference between the market taking a measure of all sources of income in the wage and the reservation wage. aggregate (such as GDP or Gross national income) and dividing it by the total population. 110. (a) Other things being equal, a decrease in quantity 126. (a) The Central Bank can use various different methods demanded of a commodity can be caused by a rise in for reducing inflation. To control inflation, central bank the price of the commodity. sells the government securities to the public through 111. (d) As a Banker to Banks, the Reserve Bank of India acts the banks. This results in transfer of a part of bank as the “lender of the last resort”. deposits to central bank account and reduces credit 112. (b) When the price elasticity of demand for a good is creation capacity of the commercial banks. perfectly inelastic i.e. E = 0. d 127. (a) In perfect competition, there must be large number of 113. (d) It is because demand for goods which have substitutes buyers and sellers. According to Scitovsky buyers and is more elastic because when price of a substitute falls sellers are price takers in the purely competitive market. in relation to its commodity, the demand for the Each seller (or firm) sells its products at the price commodity also falls. determined by the market. Similarly, each buyer buys 114. (a) Mixed economy means an economic system in which the commodity at the price determined by the market. both the private enterprise and a degree of state 128. (b) monopoly (usually in public services, defense, 129. (d) Social forestry means the management and protection infrastructure, and basic industries) coexist. of forests and afforestation on barren lands with the 115. (d) 116. (b) purpose of helping in the environmental, social and 117. (a) Alfred Marshall Propounded the theory that price is rural development. This scheme was introduced in Sixth determined by both demand and supply and also gave Five Year Plan. great importance to the time element in the 130. (b) At present all important steel plants except TISCO (Tata determination of price. Iron and Steel co. Ltd) which is located in Jamshedpur 118. (a) Camera is a capital for a photographer because he earns are under public sector. his livelihood as it is his occupation 131. (c) The situation when a firm is operating at loss in the 119. (a) If a portion of individuals income is spent on short period in perfect competition arises when the consumption, the remaining portion will be saving. price is so low that total revenue is not even enough to Since whatever is not consumed must be saved, as cover the variable cost of production. Shut down point soon as we specify a consumption function we have is that point at which the price is equal to average necessarily specified a savings function. "Function" variable costs or the firm covers its variable costs. So just means that one thing depends on another thing or it should operate as long as it covers even the variable things. costs. 54 E 132. (b) Some examples of indirect taxes include value added 137. (b) In the balance of payment accounts, unrequited tax, excise duty, sales tax, stamp duty and custom duty payments or receipts (gifts) are regarded s unilateral levied on imports. These are taxes levied by the state transfers. In the balance-of-payments statement of a on expenditure and consumption, but not on property country, the accounts that show the amount of money or income. sent or received as gifts. 133. (a) In India, the professional tax is imposed at the state 138. (b) Price, output and perfect competition are the level. However, not all the states impose this tax. determinants of market structure. The demand curve Business owners, working individuals, merchants and of an individual firm under a purely competitive people carrying out various occupations comes under industry is perfectly elastic. This is the increase or the purview of this tax. Professional tax is levied by decrease of the output of a single seller has no effect on the total supply and market place. particular Municipal Corporations. 139. (b) Marginal cost and average cost curves are related. If 134. (c) Generally, economists have defined four types of average costs falls, marginal cost falls at the same rate. functions of money which are as follows: (i) Medium 140. (d) Land development bank (LDB) disburses long term of exchange (transfer of value) (ii) Measurement of loans to private industry in India.The main objective value. (iii) Standard of deferred payments. and (iv) Store of the LDB is to promote the development of land, of value. Price stabilization is a function of monetary agriculture and increase the agricultural production. policy. The LDB provides long-term finance to members 135. (d) Closed economy is an economy in which no activity is directly through its branches conducted with outside economies. A closed economy 141. (d) Cheap Money policy is a monetary policy through is self-sufficient, meaning that no imports are brought which a bank sets low interest rates so that credit is in and no exports are sent out. The goal is to provide easily achievable. consumers with everything that they need from within 142. (a) Market equilibrium is a market state where the supply the economy's borders. in the market is equal to the demand in the market. 136. (d) The break-even point (BEP) is the point at which cost 143. (d) 144. (d) 145. (b) 146. (d) 147. (d) or expenses and revenue are equal: there is no net loss 148. (a) 149. (d) 150. (c) 151. (c) 152. (a) or gain, and one has "broken even." For businesses, 153. (b) 154. (a) 155. (c) 156. (a) 157. (d) reaching the break-even point is the first major step 158. (d) 159. (c) 160. (a) 161. (c) 162. (c) towards profitability. 163. (d) 5 CHAPTER A
1. A concave lens always forms an image which is 11. In which of the following processes is energy released ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) (a) real and erect (b) virtual and erect (a) Respiration (b) Photosynthesis (c) real and inverted (d) virtual and inverted (c) Ingestion (d) Absorption 2. A vitamin requires cobalt for its activity. The vitamin is 12. Animals living in the three trunks are known as (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) (a) Vitamin B12 (b) Vitamin D (a) Arboreal (b) Volant (c) Vitamin B2 (d) Vitamin A (c) Amphibious (d) Aquatic 3. One of the constituents of tear gas is 13. In input frequency of a full wave rectifier be n, then output (a) Ethane (b) Ethanol frequency would be (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) (c) Ether (d) Chloropicrin n 4. The modulus of rigidity is the ration of (a) (b) n 2 (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) (a) longitudinal stress to longitudinal strain 3n (c) (d) 2n (b) Volume stress to volume strain 2 (c) shearing stress to shearing strain 14. Heat transfer horizontally within the atmosphere is called (d) tensile stress to tensile strain (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) 5. The propagation of sound waves in a gas involves (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) (a) Conduction (b) Convection (a) adiabatic compression and refraction (c) Absorption (d) Advection (b) isothermal compression and rarefaction 15. Noise is measured in (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) (c) isochoric compression and rarefaction (a) Watt (b) REM (d) isobaric compression and rarefaction (c) Centigrade (d) Decibel 6. An stomic clock is based on transitions in 16. The bats can fly in the dark because (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) (a) Sodium (b) Caesium (a) they can see the objects in darkness (c) Magnesium (d) Aluminium (b) they have weak legs and are likely to be attacked by 7. Plasma membrane in eukaryotic celle is made up of predators (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) (c) they generate flashes of light (a) Phospholipid (b) Lipoprotein (d) they generate ultrasonic sound waves (c) Phospholpo-protein (d) Phospho-protein 17. What changes will happen to a bow of ice and water kept at 8. Which one of the following is also called the 'power plants' of the cell ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) exactly zero degree Celsius? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) (a) Golgi body (b) Mitochondrion (a) All ice will melt (c) Ribosome (d) Lysosome (b) All water will become ice 9. What is the chemical name of vinegar ? (c) No change will happen (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) (d) Only some ice will melt. (a) Citric acid (b) Acetic acid 18. The art and science of map making is called (c) Pyruvic acid (d) Malic acid (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) 10. Which of the following is not a property of heavy water ? (a) Remote Sensing (b) Cartography (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) (c) Photogrammetry (d) Mapping (a) Boiling point of heavy water is lower than that of 19. Silver halides are used in photographic plates because they ordinary water are (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) (b) Density of heavy water is higher than that of ordinary (a) oxidised in air water (c) Freezing point of heavy water is higher than that of (b) soluble in hyposolution ordinary water (c) reduced by light (d) It produces corrosion (d) totally colourless 56 G S 20. Tetra ethyle lead (TEL) is (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) 32. The longest bone in the human body is: (a) a catalyst in burning fossil fuel (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) (b) an antioxidant (a) Ulna (b) Humerus (c) a reductant (c) Femur (d) Tibia (d) an antiknock compound 33. The time period of a pendulum when taken to the Moon 21. Curie point is the temperature at which would: (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) (a) remain the same (b) decrease (a) Matter becomes radioactive (c) become zero (d) increase (b) A metal loses magnetic properties 34. The function of ball hearings in a wheel is: (c) A metal loses conductivity (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) (d) Transmutation of metal occurs. (a) to increase friction 22. The isotope used for the production of atomic energy is (b) to convert kinetic friction into rolling friction (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) (c) to convert static friction into kinetic friction (a) U-235 (b) U-238 (d) just for convenience (c) U-234 (d) U-236 35. 'Shock–absorbers' are usually made of steel as it: 23. The acceleration due to gravity at the equator (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) (a) is less than that at the poles (a) is not brittle (b) is greater than that at the poles (b) has lower elasticity (c) is equal to that at the poles (c) has higher elasticity (d) does not depend on the earth's centripetal acceleration (d) has no ductile property 24. Which of the following is not a nucleon ? 36. Which of the following could be used as fuel in propellant or (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) rockets? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) (a) Proton (b) Neutron (a) Liquid Hydrogen + Liquid Nitrogen (c) Electron (d) Positron (b) Liquid Oxygen + Liquid Argon 25. The material used in the manufacture of lead pencil is (c) Liquid Nitrogen + Liquid Oxygen (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) (d) Liquid Hydrogen + Liquid Oxygen (a) Graphite (b) Lead 37. The addition of gypsum to portland cement helps in: (c) Carbon (d) Mica (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) 26. Angle of friction and angle of repose are (a) increasing the strength of cement (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) (b) rapid setting of cement (a) equal to each other (c) preventing rapid setting of cement (b) not equal to each other (d) reduction in the cost of cement (c) proportional to each other 38. White lung disease is prevalent among the workers of: (d) None of the above (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) 27. What happens to a person who receives the wrong type of (a) Paper industry (b) Cement industry blood? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) (c) Cotton industry (d) Pesticide industry (a) All the arteries constrict 39. lodoform is used as an: (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) (b) All the arteries dialates (a) antipyretic (b) analgesic (c) The RBCs agglutinate (c) antiseptic (d) anaesthetic (d) The spleen and lymphnodes deteriorate 40. An artificial ecosystem is represented by: 28. If all bullets could not be removed from gun shot injury of a man, it may cause poisoning by (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) (a) Mercury (b) Lead (a) pisciculture tank (b) agricultural land (c) Iron (d) Arsenic (c) zoo (d) aquarium 29. Ringworm is a ...... disease. (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) 41. The constituents of automobile exhaust that can cause (a) Bacterial (b) Protozoan cancer is are: (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) (c) Viral (d) Fungal (a) Oxides of nitrogen 30. Pituitary gland is situated in (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) (b) Carbon monoxide (a) the base of the heart (c) Polycyclic hydrocarbons (b) the base of the brain (d) Lead (c) the neck 42. The optimum dissolved oxygen level (in mg/litre) required (d) the abdomen for survival of aquatic organisms is: 31. Saliva helps in the digestion of: (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) (a) Fats (b) Starch (a) 4 – 6 (b) 2 – 4 (c) Proteins (d) Vitamins (c) 8 – 10 (d) 12 – 16 G S 57 43. The world's only floating national park is situated in: (c) refraction and total internal reflection of light (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) (d) dispersion of light only (a) Manipur (b) Kuala Lumpur 56. The phenomenon of light associated with the apprearance (c) Bilaspur (d) Dispur of blue colour of the sky is (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) 44. Who invented vaccination for 'Small Pox'? (a) Interference (b) Reflection (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) (c) Refraction (d) Scattering (a) Sir Fredrick Grant Banting 57. Lens is made up of (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) (b) Sir Alexander Fleming (a) Pyrex glass (b) Flint glass (c) Edward Jenner (c) Ordinary glass (d) Cobalt glass (d) Louis Pasteur 58. The element which is used for vulcanizing rubber 45. BT seed is associated with (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) (a) Rice (b) Wheat (a) Sulphur (b) Bromine (c) Cotton (d) Oil seeds (c) Silicon (d) Phosphorus 46. Which one of the following minerals is found in Monazite 59. Which of the following is responsible for the extra strength sand? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) of pyrex glass? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) (a) Potassium (b) Uranium (a) Potassium Carbonate (b) Lead Oxide (c) Thorium (d) Sodium (c) Borax (d) Ferric Oxide 47. In coriander, the useful parts are (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) 60. The noble gas used for the treatment of cancer is (a) roots & leaves (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) (b) leaves & flowers (a) Helium (b) Argon (c) leaves & dried fruits (c) Krypton (d) Radon (d) flowers & dried fruits 61. Fertilization occurs normally in the 48. Which plant is called Herbal Indian Doctor? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) (a) Cervix (b) Vagina (a) Amla (b) Mango (c) Fallopian tube (d) Uterus (c) Neem (d) Tulsi 62. People consuming alcohol in heavy quantities generally die of (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) 49. The pH of human blood is (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) (a) liver or stomach cancer (a) 7.2 (b) 7.8 (b) weakening of heart muscles leading to cardiac arrest (c) 6.6 (d) 7.4 (c) blood cancer 50. Which amongst the following is largest endocrine gland in (d) Cirrhosis the body? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) 63. The organisms at the base of the grazing food-chain are (a) Thyroid (b) Parathyroid (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (c) Adrenal (d) Pituitary (a) Carnivores (b) Decomposers 51. Which amongst the following is the largest mammal? (c) Producers (d) Herbivores (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) 64. The mass of 10 moles of water is (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (a) Elephant (b) Whale (a) 90 g (b) 45 g (c) Dinosaur (d) Rhinoceros (c) 18 g (d) 180 g 52. Which part becomes modified as the tusk of elephant? 65. Vitamin A is rich in (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) (a) Carrot (b) Lime (a) Canine (b) Premolar (c) Beans (d) Rice (c) Second incisor (d) Molar 66. The high boiling point of water compared to hydrogen 53. Optical fibres are based on the phenomenon of sulphide or hydrogen chloride is due to (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (a) Interference (a) Dipole insulation (b) Dispersion (b) Van der Waal's attraction (c) Diffraction (c) Polar covalent bonding (d) Total Internal Reflection (d) Hydrogen bonding 54. Now–a–days yellow lamps are frequently used as street 67. Which of the following determines the chemical properties lights. Which of the following gases is used in these lamps? of an element? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) (a) Number of electrons (a) Sodium (b) Neon (b) Number of neutrons (c) Hydrogen (d) Nitrogen (c) Number of protons 55. 'Mirage' is an example of (d) All of the above (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) 68. 'Lumen' is the unit of (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (a) refraction of light only (a) Illuminance (b) Brightness (b) total internal reflection of light only (c) Luminous flux (d) Luminous intensity 58 G S 69. Which one of the following forces is a 'dissipative force'? 83. We receive sunlight on earth surface. What type of light (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) beams are these? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (a) Electrostatic force (b) Magnetic force (a) Random (b) Parallel (c) Gravitational force (d) Frictional force (c) Converging (d) Diverging 70. If a resistive wire is elongated, its resistance 84. Polar-bears hold cures for: (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (a) Type II diabetes (b) Osteoporosis (a) decreases (b) remains constant (c) Breast-cancer (d) Kidney failure (c) increases (d) All of the above 85. Which colour/colours of light has the highest velocity 71. If a magnet has a third pole, then the third pole is called through vacuum? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (a) Blue (b) Red (a) defective pole (b) consequent pole (c) Green (d) All of the above (c) extra pole (d) arbirary pole 86. The ultimate source of energy in a hydroelectric power 72. The sweet taste of fruits is due to (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) station is: (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (a) Lactose (b) Fructose (a) solar energy (c) Maltose (d) Ribose (b) the potential energy of water 73. Which is NOT a correct statement? (c) the kinetic energy of water (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (d) the electro-chemical energy of water (a) Phenols are acidic 87. The disease that kills more people than lung cancer as a (b) In benzene all the atoms lie in one plane consequence of air pollution is: (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (c) Methylated spirit contains only methanol (a) chronic bronchitis (b) asthma (d) Dilute solutions contain less amount of solute (c) emphesema (d) heart attack 74. The infective stage of Malaria is: 88. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (a) Gametocyte (b) Ring stage (a) Milk of lime–sodium sulphate (c) Sporozoite (d) Merozoite (b) Glauber’s salt–calcium sulphate 75. Which of the following is meant for the ex-situ conservation (c) Salt petre–potassium nitrate of various species? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (d) Gypsum–calcium hydroxide (a) Sperm bank (b) Blood bank 89. ‘Eutrophication’ is associated with (c) Germplasm bank (d) Herbarium (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) 76. An algae type ocean deposit is: (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (a) Nitrates and Phosphates (a) Neritic remains (b) Diatom Ooze (b) Sewage (c) Pteropod Ooze (d) Pelagic deposits (c) Silt load 77. Photosynthetic vesicle found in bacteria is called a: (d) Vegetation (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) 90. The best way to maintain a natural equilibrium between the (a) Mesosome (b) Chromatophore pest and predator is by using (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (c) Genophore (d) Pneumatophore (a) insecticides (b) biological control 78. What type of mirror is used in a view finding mirror of a (c) pesticides (d) herbicides vehicle? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) 91. ‘Dry ice’ is the condensed form of (a) Convex mirror (b) Plane mirror (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (c) Concave mirror (d) Paraboloidal mirror (a) sulphur tri-oxide 79. Pyroligneous acid obtained from wood contains: (b) carbon dioxide (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (c) highly cooled water (a) 10% Formaldehyde (b) 10% Acetic acid (d) oxygen (c) 10% Formic acid (d) 10% ethanol 92. The materials which are strongly attracted by magnet are 80. Union Carbide India Ltd. manufactured essentially: called (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (a) ferro-magnetic substances (a) Heavy water (b) Petrochemicals (b) universal substances (c) Fertilizers (d) Leather goods (c) para-magnetic substances 81. Drying oils contain a fairly large proportion of: (d) dia-magnetic substances (a) Unsaturaled fatty acids (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) 93. In a pin-hole camera, we usually get (b) Fats (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (c) Proteins (a) erect impression (b) inverted impression (d) Saturated fatty acids (c) erect image (d) inverted image 82. The red, orange and yellow colours of leaves are due to: 94. What happens to the kinetic energy of gas molecules with (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) rise of temperature ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (a) Carotenoids (b) Aldehydes (a) Remains same (b) Fluctuates (c) Tannins (d) Lignins (c) Increases (d) Decreases G S 59 95. The sex of a child is determined (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) 108. During respiration, the gases enter into the blood and leave (a) six to seven weeks after conception the same by the process of (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (b) in the third month of pregnancy (a) Active transport (c) at the time of sperm’s entry (b) Diffusion (d) at the time of fertilisation of ovum (c) Diffusion and active transport 96. The food chain of the ecosystem is maintained by the (d) Osmosis activities of (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) 109. Heart is devoid of (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (a) Decomposers (b) Predators (a) Cardiac muscle (b) Involuntary muscle (c) Producers (d) Consumers (c) Voluntary muscle (d) Smooth muscle 97. Which one of these primates is closest to the modern man? 110. The soil salinity is measured by (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (a) Conductivity meter (b) Hygrometer (a) Orang-utan (b) Chimpanzee (c) Psychrometer (d) Auxanometer (c) Gorilla (d) Gibbon 111. Which of the following is a fungal disease? 98. A gram of fertile agricultural soil may contain bacteria upto (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (a) Leucoderma (b) Eczema (a) five million (c) Ringworm (d) Elephantiasis (b) one billion and above 112. Chickenpox is caused by (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (c) fifty thousand (a) DNA virus (b) Variola virus (d) five hundred thousand (c) Streptococcus (d) Vibrio cholerae 99. A reduction reaction involves (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) 113. Instruments can be shielded from outside magnetic effects (a) addition of oxygen by surrounding them with (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (b) addition of nitrogen (a) Iron shield (b) Rubber shield (c) addition of hydrogen (c) Brass shield (d) Glass shield (d) None of the above 114. Find the odd one. (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) 100. An antiknock for petrol is (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (a) Marble (b) Chalk (a) Sodium hydroxide (b) Ethanol (c) Limestone (d) Slaked lime (c) Sodium benzoate (d) Lead tetraethyl 115. The following is a pseudo-force: (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) 101. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ? (a) Centrepetal force (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (b) Centrifugal reaction force (a) Vitamin C - Scurvy (c) Centrifugal force (b) Vitamin K - Clotting of blood (d) Strong nuclear force (c) Vitamin A - Night blindness 116. The hydraulic brake used in automobiles is a direct (d) Vitamin E - Rickets application of (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) 102. The fibre that will yield ammonia when destructively distilled (a) Archimedes’ principle is (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (b) Torricellean law (a) Wool (b) Cellulose acetate (c) Bernoulli’s Theorem (c) Cotton (d) Silk (d) Pascal’s law 103. During respiration, energy is derived from 117. Amides can be converted to amines by the reaction named (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (a) ATP (b) Chlorophyll (a) Perkin (b) Claisen (c) RNA (d) DNA (c) Hoffman (d) Clemmesen 104. When was a global network of daily temperature records 118. The base used as an antacid is (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) created ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (a) Calcium hydroxide (a) Around 1890 (b) Around 1920 (b) Barium hydroxide (c) Around 1800 (d) Around 1850 (c) Magnesium hydroxide 105. Sex hormones are (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (d) Silver hydroxide (a) Vitamins (b) Alkanes 119. A process which is not helpful in the prevention of rusting (c) Carbohydrates (d) Steroids of iron is (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) 106. A form of condensation that reduces visibility and causes (a) annealing (b) applying grease breathing problems is (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (c) galvanising (d) painting (a) Dew (b) Frost 120. Denatured alcohol (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (c) Smog (d) Mist (a) is a form of alcohol 107. Green glands are associated with (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (b) is unfit for drinking as it contains poisonous substances (a) Reproduction (b) Excretion (c) contains coloured impurities (c) Respiration (d) Digestion (d) is sweet to taste 60 G S 121. Phenolics as pollutants can be removed from waste water 132. The disease that has been eradicated from the world, is : by use of (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (a) Ion exchange resin technique (a) Small pox (b) Leprosy (b) Electrolyte decomposition technique (c) Poliomyelitis (d) Chicken pox (c) Reverse osmosis method 133. In dicots the pollen grains possess : (d) Polymeric adsorbents (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) 122. The stability of a pond ecosystem depends on (a) one germ pore (b) two germ pores (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (c) three germ pores (d) four germ pores (a) micro-organisms and fishes 134. 'Farad' is the unit of : (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (b) micro-organisms and zoo planktons (a) Conductnce (b) Capacitance (c) fishes and reptiles (c) Inductance (d) Resistance (d) producers and consumers 135. Steel is more elasitc than rubber because it : 123. Supersonic air planes create a shock wave called (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (a) is harder than rubber (a) Transition wave (b) Ultrasound (b) requires larger deforming force (c) Transverse wave (d) Sonic boom (c) is never deformed 124. The danger signals are red while the eye is more sensitive to (d) is deformed very easily yellow because (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) 136. Identify the old term amongst the following group : (a) absorption in red is less than yellow and hence red is (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) visible from a distance (a) Coaxial cable (b) Optical fibre (b) scattering in yellow light is less than red (c) Twisted pair wire (d) Microwaves (c) the wavelength of red light is more than yellow light 137. Stains of rust on clothes can be removed by : (d) none of the above reasons (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) 125. Transboundary pollution (or) Acid rain is caused by : (a)H2O2 (b) Oxalic acid (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (c) Petrol (d) Alcohol (a) Nitrogen oxide and sulphur dioxide 138. The percentage of nitrogen present in ammonium sulphate (b) Carbon monoxide is : (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (c) Carbon dioxide (a) 18% (b) 21% (d) Hydrocarbon (c) 25% (d) 30.5% 126. Which of the following is an endemic species? 139. Ethanol containing 5% water is known as : (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (a) Nicobar pigeon (b) Horn bill (a) Absolute alcohol (b) Dilute alcohol (c) Indian Rhino (d) Pink head duck (c) Power alcohol (d) Rectified spirit 127. The natural disaster in which carbon-di-oxide suddenly 140. The hormone used as an oral contraceptive is : erupts from a deep lake water is known as ______. (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (a) Aldesterone (b) Cortisone (a) Liminic (b) Lacaustrine (c) Progesterone (d) Testosterone (c) Fluvial (d) Glacial 141. Expand the term IPCC: (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) 128. Blood group was discovered by : (a) International Pollution Control Council (a) Alexander Fleming (b) William Harvey (b) International Panel of Climate Control (c) Landsteiner (d) Pavlov (c) Interim Panel of Climate Change 129. Pick out the correct match : (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (d) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (a) Egg yolk Protein and Fat 142. Acceptable "Noise Pollution Level" in India range between: (b) Fleshy foods Calcium and Protein (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (c) Fish Starch and Vitamin (a) 10-15 dec (b) 16-35 dec (d) Milk Fibre and Minerals (c) 40-45 dec (d) 70-100 dec 130. Blood is a : (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) 143. Endosulfan spray on cashew crop resulted in the pollution (a) reproductive tissue (b) connective tissue to the tune of tragedy in : (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (c) epithelial tissue (d) muscular tissue (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Kerala 131. DPT vaccine is administered to prevent diseases like : (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Karnataka (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) 144. Hypothensmia occurs due to loss of excessive heat from (a) Diphtheria, Pertussis and Typhoid body due to sudden low body temperature in : (b) Diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (c) Dengue, Pertussis and Typhoid (a) Snakes (b) Frogs (d) Dengue, Polio and Tetanus (c) Human beings (d) Lizards G S 61 145. Solids which conduct electricity at higher temperature but 157. Of the following man-made disasters, which is socially not at lower temperature are called induced? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (a) Debris Avalanche (b) Salt Water Intrusion (a) super-conductor (d) metallic-conductor (c) Arson (d) Ozone depletion (c) semi-conductor (d) insulator 158. Which one of the following endocrine gland is situated in 146. Which one of the following has greatest mass? the neck? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (a) Pancreas (b) Thyroid (a) electron (d) proton (c) Pituitary (d) Adrenals (c) neutron (d) hydrogen nucleus 159. The seat of intelligence is situated in the 147. A television channel is characterised by (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (a) cerebrum (b) cerebellum (a) frequency of transmitted signal (c) medulla (d) thalamus (b) velocity of transmitted signal 160. What is the Normal Blood Volume in human adult? (c) physical dimension of television screen (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (d) size of picture tube (a) One litre (b) Three litres 148. The density of water is 1 g/cc. This is strictly valid at (c) Five litres (d) Seven litres (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) 161. The fasting blood glucose level in adults in mg/100 ml is (a) 0°C (b) 4°C (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (c) 25°C (d) 100°C (a) 200 (b) 160 149. The process of photosynthesis involves conversion of (c) 100 (d) 60 (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) 162. Entomology is the study of (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (a) chemical energy into radiant energy (a) Birds (b) Insects (b) chemical energy into mechanical energy (c) Fossils (d) Fungi (c) solar energy into chemical energy 163. Exobiology is a science that deals with (d) mechanical energy into solar energy (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (a) extinct forms 150. A colloidal system in which a liquid is dispersed in a liquid (b) life in other planets is called. (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (c) life in the outer space (a) gel (b) emulsion (d) life in marine habitat (c) sol (d) precipitate 164. In radio-communication, the signals emitted by transmitting 151. The antiseptic compound present in dettol is antenna are reflected on (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (a) stratosphere (b) ozonosphere (a) Iodine (b) Enloroxylenol (c) ionosphere (d) troposphere (c) Biothional (d) Cresol 165. Tiny marine animals which constitute limestone skeletons 152. Genomic (DNA) studies in camel have been completed are called (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) recently by the scientists of (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (a) Coral reefs (b) Diatoms (a) South Africa (b) India (c) Clamitomonous (d) Foraminifera (c) China (d) Pakistan 166. Which of the following plant pigments absorbs in red and 153. Air quality depicting PM 2.5 is more hazardous to far-red region of light? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (a) Phytochrome (b) Cryptochrome (a) Archaeological Monuments (c) Carotenoide (d) Chlorophyll (b) National Parks 167. The process through which excess of light energy is (c) Botanical Gardens dissipated in photosynthesis is known as (d) Old Men and Women (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) 154. Piped Natural Gas (PNG) is used for (a) Photolysis (b) Photophosphorylation (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (c) Quenching (d) Scavenging (a) Mining (b) Welding 168. AIDS virus destroys (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (c) Anaesthesia (d) Cooking (a) Neutrophils (b) Basophils 155. Greenpark Stadium is in (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (c) Lymphocytes (d) Monocytes (a) Bengaluru (b) Dehradun 169. The device used for measuring the wavelength of X-rays is (c) Chandigarh (d) Kanpur (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) 156. Which of the following is an endangered species? (a) Bragg Spectrometer (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (b) Mass Spectrometer (a) Black buck (b) Blue sheep (c) G. M. Counter (c) Gangetic dolphin (d) Mithun (d) Cyclotron 62 G S 170. Alpha particle is the nucleus of an atom of 183. Reduction of nitrates to ammonia can be achieved through (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) one of the following methods : (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (a) Helium (b) Oxygen (a) in alkaline medium using Devarda’s alloy. (c) Lithium (d) Hydrogen (b) in neutral medium using Devarda’s alloy. 171. Teeth and Bones acquire strength and rigidity from (c) in acidic medium using Devarda’s alloy. (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (d) in neutral medium using Cupric oxide. (a) Chlorine (b) Sodium 184. Grits of sewage are removed in (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (c) Calcium (d) Fluorine (a) Grit chamber (b) Detritus tank 172. The type of tail found in Shark is (c) Skimming tank (d) Trickling filter (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) 185. The most affected sulphur containing amino acid by PAN is (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (a) Heterocercal (b) Diphycercal (a) Cysteine (b) Methonine (c) Protocercal (d) Homocercal (c) Proline (d) Globuline 173. The Sigmoid Colon is part of (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) 186. Which of the following has zero electron affinity ? (a) Large Intestine (b) Ileum (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (c) Small Intestine (d) Anal Canal (a) Oxygen (b) Fluorine 174. A good conductor while carrying current is (c) Nitrogen (d) Neon (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) 187. The human body’s largest blood vessel is (a) positively charged (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (b) electrically neutral (a) Pulmonary artery (b) Aorta (c) alternately charged positive and negative (c) Renal artery (d) Coronary artery (d) negatively charged 188. In human body, which one of the following hormones regulates 175. Coating of solid waste with imperviouos material is known blood calcium and phosphate ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) as (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (a) Glucagon (a) Landfill (b) Capping (b) Growth hormone (c) Encapsulation (d) Chemical fixation (c) Parathyroid hormone 176. Ultraviolet rays can be used in water treatment as (d) Thyroxine (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) 189. How do most insects respire ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (a) Hydrolyser (b) Disinfectant (a) Through skin (b) Through gills (c) By tracheal system (d) By lungs (c) Flocculator (d) Precipitator 190. In nuclear reactions, there is conservation of 177. Thiamidine dimer formation in DNA is caused by (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) b g (a) mass only (b) momentum only (a) and -rays (b) UV-rays (c) energy only (d) mass, energy and momentum (c) IR-rays (d) X-rays 191. When a particle and an antiparticle come in contact with 178. Silicone is a polymer of (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) each other, they (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (a) Dialkyl dichloro silane (a) repell each other (b) annihilate each other (b) Silane (c) go undisturbed (d) spin about a common axis (c) Tetraalkyl silane 192. Photoelectric effect is (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (d) Silicon tetrachloride (a) an instantaneous process 179. Which is a natural colloid? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (b) delayed process (a) Cane-sugar (b) Blood (c) emission of protons (c) Sodium chloride (d) Urea (d) emission of neutrons 180. Which one of the following does not contain Silver? 193. For a particle moving with a constant speed along a straight (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) line PQ, the hodograph is (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (a) German Silver (b) Horn Silver (a) a straight line parallel to PQ (c) Ruby Silver (d) Lunar Caustic (b) a straight line perpendicular to PQ 181. The presence of Cobalt in Vitamin B was established for (c) a point 12 (d) a circle the first time by (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) 194. Aluminium is obtained by the electrolysis of pure Al O (a) Borax-Bead test (b) Sodium Nitroprusside test 2 3 dissolved in (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (c) Hydrolysis test (d) Spectroscopy (a) Bauxite (b) Cryolite 182. Which bacterial strain developed from natural isolates by (c) Feldspar (d) Alumina genetic manipulations can be used for treating oil spills? 195. Complete hydrolysis of cellulose gives (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (a) Clostridium (b) Nitrosomonas (a) D-fructose (b) L-glucose (c) Pseudomonas (d) Agrobacterium (c) D-glucose (d) L-fructose G S 63 196. Each body segment of Earthworm is called 209. Rutherford's scattering experiment proved the presence of (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (a) Proglottid (b) Metamere (a) atoms in all matter (c) Scolex (d) Rostellum (b) electrons in atoms 197. The pollutants which move downward with percolating (c) neutrons in atoms ground water are called (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (d) nucleus in atoms (a) Leachates (b) Pollutates 210. When a metal is heated in a flame, the electrons absorb energy (c) Earthites (d) Percolates and jump to higher energy state. On coming back to the 198. Lungs are located in the (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) lower energy state, they emit light, which we can observe in (a) abdominal cavity (b) pericardial cavity (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (c) peritoneal cavity (d) pleural cavity (a) Raman spectra (b) Absorption spectra 199. Which one of the following is the ideal food for newborn (c) Emission spectra (d) Fluorescence babies? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) 211. Blood pressure may be increased by the excessive secretion (a) Water (b) Sugar of (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (c) Honey (d) Milk (a) Thyroxine (b) Testosterone 200. Transcription means the synthesis of (c) Estradiol (d) Estrol (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) 212. The Concept of 'Green House Gases" was postulated by (a) Lipids (b) Protein (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (c) DNA (d) RNA (a) Joseph Furier (b) Abdul Kalam 201. Hydrochloric acid is secreted by the cells lining the (c) M. S. Swaminathan (d) Richael Carlson (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) 213. "Bhopal gas tragedy" 1984 is related to (a) Oral cavity (b) Stomach (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (c) Ileum (d) Colon (a) Aluminium Phosphide 202. Emulsification is (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (b) Methyl bromide (a) breaking fats into small globules (c) Methyl isocyanate (b) digestion of fats (d) Carbon dioxide (c) absorption of fats 214. The Particulate Matter (PM–10) exhaled from the polluted (d) storage of fats atmosphere is often filtered out during the process of 203. Taxonomy is a science that deals with (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (a) Coughing (b) Sneezing (a) Morphology (b) Anatomy (c) A and B (d) Urination (c) Classification (d) Economic uses 215. The animal who can consume more salt among the following 204. Which of the following is responsible for the working of is (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) Newton's colour disc experiment? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (a) Sheep (b) Camel (a) Formation of pure spectra (c) Donkey (d) Dog (b) Formation of impure spectra (c) Persistence of vision 216. Cactus is referred to as (SSC CGL 2014) (d) Principle of complementary colour (a) Hydrophyte (b) Mesophyte 205. The dimension MLT–2 corresponds to (c) Xerophyte (d) Epiphyte (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) 217. Which of the following is not a renewable resource? (a) force (b) work done (SSC CGL 2014) (c) acceleration (d) velocity (a) Thorium (b) Geothermal heat 206. Who is the founder of quantum theory of radiation? (c) Tidal power (d) Radiant energy (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) 218. How many neck canal cells are found in the archegonium of (a) Einstein (b) Bohr a fern? (SSC CGL 2014) (c) Plank (d) S.N. Bose (a) One (b) Two 207. Fiber optics cable used in communication, works on the (c) Three (d) Four principle of (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) 219. Which angiosperm is vesselless? (SSC CGL 2014) (a) regular reflection of light (a) Hydrilla (b) Trochodendron (b) diffuse reflection of light (c) Maize (d) Wheat (c) refraction of light 220. Who was the first child born after operative procedure? (d) total internal reflection of light (SSC CGL 2014) 208. The outer skin most of the crustaceans are made up of a (a) Caesar (b) Huxley carbohydrate. This carbohydrate is (c) William (d) Pasteur (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) 221. Myrmecology is study of (SSC CGL 2014) (a) cellulose (b) galactose (a) Insects (b) Ants (c) chitin (d) starch (c) Crustaceans (d) Arthropods 64 G S 222. HIV often changes is shapes due to the presence of an 234. Which of the following Genetically Modified vegetable is enzyme called (SSC CGL 2014) recently being made available in Indian market? (a) Reverse Transcriptase (SSC CGL 2014) (b) Enterokinase (a) Carrot (b) Radish (c) Nucleotidase (c) Brinjal (d) Potato (d) Nucleoditase 235. Electric current is measured using which of the following 223. Fleming's right hand rule is used to find the direction of the instrument ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (SSC CGL 2014) (a) Voltmeter (b) Anemometer (a) Alternate current (b) Direct current (c) Wattmeter (d) Ammeter (c) Induced current (d) Actual current 236. Photoperiodisrn affects (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (a) Flowering (b) Vegetative growth 224. The unit of electrical power is (SSC CGL 2014) (c) Fruiting (d) All of these (a) Volt (b) Watt 237. Match the following : (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (c) Kilowatt hour (d) Ampere I II 225. The resistance of the human body (dry condition) is of the A. Ascorbic acid 1. Photosynthetic order of (SSC CGL 2014) 1 2 pigment (a) 10 Ohm (b) 10 Ohm B. Chlorophyll 2. Quencher 3 4 (c) 10 Ohm (d) 10 Ohm C. Carotenoid 3. Enzyme 226. Certain substances loose their electrical resistance D. Superoxide 4. Vitamin–C completely at super low temperature. Such substances are dismutase called (SSC CGL 2014) A B C D (a) super conductors(b) semi conductors (a)4 2 1 3 (c) dielectrics (d) perfect conductors (b) 2 4 1 3 227. The section of the CPU that selects, interprets and monitors (c)4 1 3 2 the execution of program instructions is (SSC CGL 2014) (d) 4 1 2 3 (a) Memory (b) Register unit 238. Allantois of Embryo helps in (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (c) Control unit (d) ALU (a) respiration (b) excretion 228. Brass contains (SSC CGL 2014) (c) protection (d) digestion (a) Copper and Zinc 239. Which one of the following animals belongs to mollusca ? (b) Copper and Tin (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (c) Copper and Silver (a) Hare (b) Hydra (d) Copper and Nickel (c) Hyla (d) Haliotis 229. Which is the purest commercial form of iron? 240. Outside the nucleus DNA is found in (a) Pig iron (b) Steel (SSC CGL 2014) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (c) Stainless steel (d) Wrought iron (a) Mitochondria 230. In galvanization, iron is coated with (SSC CGL 2014) (b) Ribosome (c) Endoplasmic reticulum (a) Copper (b) Zinc (d) Golgi bodies (c) Tin (d) Nicked 241. Animal protein is called first class protein because it is 231. Which one of the following is also known as solution? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (a) A compound (SSC CGL 2014) (a) delicious in taste (b) A homogeneous mixture (b) cheaper in the market (c) A heterogeneous mixture (c) rich in essential amino acids (d) A suspension (d) easily digestible 232. The cells which are closely associated and interacting with 242. It is easy to burst a gas filled balloon with a needle than with guard cells are (SSC CGL 2014) a nail. It is because (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (a) Transfusion tissue (a) nail exerts more pressure than needle on the balloon (b) Complementary cells (b) needle exerts more pressure than nail on the balloon (c) Subsidiary cells (c) gas is reactive with the needle (d) Hypodermal cells (d) nail is more longer than needle 233. Conversion of starch to sugar is essential for 243. The velocity of sound in moist air is more than in dry air (SSC CGL 2014) because the moist air has (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (a) Stomatal opening (a) less pressure than dry air (b) Stomatal closing (b) more pressure than dry air (c) Stomatal formation (c) more density than dry air (d) Stomatal growth (d) less density than dry air G S 65 244. X–rays can be used (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) 256. Reverse transcription was discovered by : (a) to detect heart diseases. (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (b) to detect defects in precious stones and diamonds. (a) Beadle and Tatum (c) to detect gold under the earth. (b) Watson and Crick (d) for cutting and welding of metals. (c) Temin and Baltimore 245. Ice is packed in saw dust because (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (d) Har Govind Khorana (a) saw dust is poor conductor of heat. 257. Burns caused by steam are much more severe than those (b) saw dust is a good conductor of heat. caused by boiling water because: (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (c) saw dust does not stick to the ice. (d) saw dust will not get melted easily. (a) Steam pierces through the pores of body quickly 246. What happens when a drop of glycerol is added to crushed (b) Temperature of steam is higher (c) Steam is gas and engulfs the body quickly KMnO4 spread of a paper ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (a) There is a violent explosion (d) Steam has latent heat (b) There is no reaction 258. Which among the following is the sweetest sugar? (c) The paper ignites (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (d) There is a crackling sound. (a) lactose (b) maltose 247. Most commonly used bleaching agent is (c) glucose (d) fructose (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) 259. Ultra purification of a metal is done by : (a) Alcohol (b) Carbon dioxide (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (c) Chlorine (d) Sodium chloride (a) smelting (b) leaching 248. The least penetrating power ray is (c) zone melting (d) slagging (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) 260. Microbial degradation of nitrates into atmospheric nitrogen (a) a–Ray (b) b–Ray is known as : (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (c) g–Ray (d) X–Ray 249. Hydrogen peroxide is an effective sterilizing agent. Which (a) Ammonification (b) Denitrification one of the following product results when it readily loses (c) Putrefacation (d) Nitrifcation active oxygen ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) 261. The best milch breed in the world is : (a) Water (b) Hydrogen (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (c) Ozone (d) Nasant Hydrogen (a) Deoni (b) Holstein – Friesian 250. The maximum fixation of solar energy is done by (c) Sindhi (d) Chittagong (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) 262. Muddy water is treated with alum in purification process, it (a) Bacteria (b) Fungi is termed as : (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (c) Green plants (d) Protozoa (a) absorption (b) adsorption 251. The term 'brown air' is used for (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (c) coagulation (d) emulsification (a) Photochemical smog 263. An enzyme produced by HIV that allows the integration of (b) Sulfurous smog HIV DNA into the host cell's DNA is: (c) Industrial smog (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (d) Acid fumes 252. Peroxyacetyl nitrate is a (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (a) DNA gyrase (b) Ligase (a) Plant hormone (c) Integrase (d) Helicase (b) Vitamin 264. The two specific heats of gases are related by : (c) Secondary pollutant (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (d) Acidic dye (a)Cp / Cv = R (b) Cp – Cv = RJ 253. Which of the following particles has the dual nature of (c)Cp – Cv = R/J (d) Cp + Cv = RJ particle–wave ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) 265. The antibiotic penicillin is obtained from which of the (a) Neutron (b) Electron following ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (c) Meson (d) Proton (a) synthetic process (b) a bacterium 254. The metal ion present in vitamin B12 is : (c) fungus (d) virus infected cells (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) 266. Which of the following is indicated by the colour of a star ? (a) nickel (b) cobalt (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (c) iron (d) zinc (a) weight (b) distance 255. Who of the following has given the term rhizosphere : (c) temperature (d) size (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (a) Alexopolus 267. Atomic number of an atom gives the number of which of the (b) Garret following ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (c) Hiltner (a) electrons (b) protons (d) None of the given options (c) neutrons (d) neutrons and protons 66 G S 268. DPT vaccine is categorized as which of the following ? 279. Which of the following acts as best adsorbent? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (a) Anti viral vaccine (a) Charcoal (b) Anti protozoan vaccine (b) Activated Charcoal (c) Anti rickettsial vaccine (c) Activated Coconut Charcoal (d) Carbon black (d) A combined vaccine 280. The maximum fixation of solar energy is done by 269. Which is the highest quality of hard coal? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (a) Bacteria (b) Protozoa (a) Anthracite (b) Bituminous (c) Fungi (d) Green plants (c) Lignite (d) Peat 281. 'Parsec' is the unit measurement of 270. For which one of the following, ‘Diodes’ are generally used (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) for? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (a) Density of stars (a) Rectification (b) Amplification (b) Astronomical distance (c) Modulation (d) Filtration (c) Brightness of heavenly bodies 271. An anemometer measures which of the following ? (d) Orbital velocity of giant stars (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) 282. At room temperature, the metal that remains liquid is: (a) Speed of light (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (a) Mercury (b) Platinum (b) Speed of wind (c) Lead (d) Zinc (c) Speed of water current 283. Which is known as carbolic acid? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (d) Speed of satellites (a) Phenol (b) Ethanol 272. Which cell disorder in our body is responsible for colour (c) Acetic acid (d) Oxalic acid blindness? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) 284. Which one of the following substances is normally found in (a) WBC (b) Cone cell urine? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (c) Rod Cell (d) Neuron (a) Blood proteins (b) Creatinine 273. Which one of the following forms the base of vegetable (c) Red blood cells (d) White blood cells fibres? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) 285. The thymus gland produces a hormone called (a) Cellulose (b) Proteins (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (c) Fats (d) Oils (a) thyroxine (b) thymosin 274. A particle is thrown vertically upward. When it reaches the (c) thyronine (d) calcitonin highest point, it has ______. 286. Blood group AB has (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (a) No antigen (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (b) No antibody (a) a downward acceleration (c) Neither antigen nor antibody (b) an upward acceleration (d) Both antigen and antibody (c) a downward velocity 287. Which vitamins are those, if taken in excess can be dangerous (d) a horizontal velocity as they are stored in the body? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) 275. During fermentation of sugar, the compound which is always (a) B Complex (b) E and C formed is (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (c) B and C (d) A and D (a) Methyl Alcohol (b) Ethyl Alcohol 288. Atomic explosion is triggered by (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (c) Acetic Acid (d) Ethylene (a) thermo nuclear reaction 276. The quality or tone of a musical sound produced by a (b) chemical reaction stringed instrument depends on (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (c) controlled chain reaction (a) frequency of vibration (d) uncontrolled chain reaction 289. The phenomenon of change in direction of light when it (b) length of the strings in the instrument passes from one medium to another is called (c) Amplitude of vibration (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (d) waveform of the sound (a) Propagation (b) Reflection 277. Removal of carbon particles from air involves the principle (c) Refraction (d) Dispersion of (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) 290. When ice cubes are made, the entropy of water (a) Precipitation (b) Filteration (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (c) Electrophoresis (d) Sedimentation (a) does not change 278. Which light is least effective in photosynthesis? (b) decreases (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (c) increases (a) Blue light (b) Green light (d) may either increase or decrease depending on the (c) Red light (d) Sunlight process used G S 67 291. Two vectors are said to be equal if 304. Which enzyme is obtained from Red gram ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (SSC CHSL 2012) (a) only their magnitudes are same (a) Zymase (b) Maltase (b) only their directions are same (c) Diastase (d) Urease (c) both magnitude and direction are same 305. A radioactive substance has a half-life of four months. (d) magnitudes are same but directions are opposite Three-fourth of the substance will decay in: 292. The chemical component that is invariably found in all (SSC CHSL 2012) viruses is (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (a) 8 months (b ) 12 months (a) proteins (b) lipids (c) 4 months (d) 6 months (c) DNA (d) RNA 306. Chiropterophily means: (SSC CHSL 2012) 293. Which is used as an Air pollution indicator? (a) production of flowers (b) pollination by wind (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (c) pollination by bat (d) production of leaves (a) Algae (b) Fungi 307. Which one among the following is a solid lubricant ? (c) Bacteria (d) Lichens (SSC CHSL 2012) 294. Salination of soil is caused by (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (a) Germanium (b) Sulphur (a) Pesticides (b) soil erosion (c) Graphite (d) Indium (c) excess irrigation (d) crop rotation 308. Longest cell in human body is: (SSC CHSL 2012) 295. Which enzyme digests proteins in the stomach? (a) Blood cell (b) Bone cell (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (c) Nerve cell (d) Muscle cell (a) Trypsin (b) Pepsin 309. The acid rain destroys the vegetation because it contains: (c) Salivary amylase (d) Pancreatic canal (SSC CHSL 2012) 296. Fermentation is a type of ______process. (a) Ozone (b) Carbon monoxide (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (c) Sulphuric acid (d) Nitrates (a) Aerobic Respiration 310. Activated sludge treatment is called: (SSC CHSL 2012) (b) Anaerobic Respiration (a) Preliminary treatment (b) Biological treatment (c) Exothermic Reaction (c) Pre treatment (d) Chemical treatment (d) Transpiration 311. Caustic soda is : (SSC CHSL 2012) 297. Which part of the plant is used as 'saffron'? (a) deliquescent (b) oxidant (SSC CHSL 2012) (c) reductant (d) efflorescent (a) Petals (b) Stamens 312. Red light is used in traffic signal for stopping the traffic (c) Style and Stigma (d) Sepals because: (SSC CHSL 2012) 298. Suspended colloidal particles in the water can be removed (a) eye is more sensitive to red light. by the process of : (SSC CHSL 2012) (b) it is least scattered and hence can be easily noticed (a) Filtration (b) Adsorption from long distance. (c) Absorption (d) Coagulation (c) it is very pleasant to the eye. 299. Grave's disease is caused due to: (SSC CHSL 2012) (d) it is visible even to longsighted people. (a) hyperactivity of thyroid 313. What is a neuron ? (SSC CHSL 2013) (b) hypoactivity of thymus (a) Basic unit of nervous system (c) hypoactivity of thyroid (b) Basic unit of energy (d) hyperactivity of thymus (c) Particle released during radioactivity 300. A white solid ‘A’ on heating gives off a gas which turns lime (d) The anti-particle of neutron water milky. The residue is yellow when hot but turns white 314. A cellulosic wall is found in the cells of (SSC CHSL 2013) on cooling. The solid A is: (SSC CHSL 2012) (a) plants (b) animals (a) Zinc Carbonate (b) Lead Sulphate (c) bacteria (d) fungi (c) Lead Carbonate (d) Zinc Sulphate 315. The filtration unit of kidney is (SSC CHSL 2013) 301. Which of the following is the strongest coagulant ? (a) yellow fiber (b) axon (SSC CHSL 2012) (c) nephron (d) neuron (a) Zinc Chloride (b) Aluminium Chloride 316. The nutritive tissue in the seeds of higher plants is known (c) Barium Chloride (d) Magnesium Sulphate as (SSC CHSL 2013) 302. The property which is seen in light wave but not in sound (a) nucellus (b) hypocotyl wave is : (SSC CHSL 2012) (c) embryo (d) endosperm (a) Diffraction (b) Refraction 317. Yeast is an important source of (SSC CHSL 2013) (c) Polarization (d) Interference (a) protein (b) vitamin B 303. Iron and manganese are removed in water by the process (c) invertase (d) vitamin C of: (SSC CHSL 2012) 318. Enzymes are (SSC CHSL 2013) (a) Chlorination (b) Filtration (a) Lipids (b) Steroids (c) Lime-soda treatment (d) Aeration (c) Carbohydrates (d) Proteins 68 G S 319. Heating of a ore below its melting point in the absence of air 329. Which of the following is a Biological method of soil is known as (SSC CHSL 2013) conservation ? (SSC CHSL 2014) (a) Smelting (b) Refining (a) Contour farming (b) Contour terracing (c) Calcination (d) Roasting (c) Gully control (d) Basin listing 320. The most electronegative element among the following is 330. Glucose is a type of (SSC CHSL 2014) (SSC CHSL 2013) (a) Pentose sugar (b) Hexose sugar (a) Oxygen (b) Fluorine (c) Tetrose sugar (d) Diose sugar (c) Sodium (d) Chlorine 331. Number of mitochondria in bacterial cell is 321. Mark the compound which possesses ionic, covalent and (SSC CHSL 2014) co-ordinate bonds. (SSC CHSL 2013) (a) one (b) two (a)HO (b) NH C1 (c) many (d) zero 2 4 332. Rainbow is formed due to (SSC CHSL 2014) (c) SO3 (d) S02 322. The depletion of Ozone layer is mainly due to (a) refraction and dispersion (b) scattering and refraction (SSC CHSL 2013) (c) diffraction and refraction (a) Chlorofluorocarbons (d) refraction and reflection (b) Volcanic eruptions 333. Golden view of sea shell is due to (SSC CHSL 2014) (c) Aviation fuels (a) Diffraction (b) Dispersion (d) Radioactive rays (c) Polarization (d) Reflection 323. Match correctly the infectious agents given in List I with 334. An object covers distance which is directly proportional to the diseases caused by them given in List II : the square of the time. Its acceleration is (SSC CHSL 2014) (SSC CHSL 2013) (a) increasing (b) decreasing L I L II (c) zero (d) constant a. Bacterium 1. Kala-azar 335. If the horizontal range of a projectile is four times its maximum b. Fungus 2. Tuberculosis height, the angle of projection is (SSC CHSL 2014) c. Protozoan 3 Influenza (a) 30° (b) 45° d. Virus 4. Ringworm -1 æö1 -1 æö1 (a) a-4, b-2, c-3, d-1 (b) a-1, b-2, c-4, d-3 (c) sin ç÷ (d) tan ç÷ (c) a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3 (d) a-3, b-1, c-2, d-4 èø4 èø4 324. Matter waves are (SSC CHSL 2013) 336. Which of the following metals has least melting point ? (a) Longitudinal waves (SSC CHSL 2014) (b) de Broglie waves (a) Gold (b) Silver (c) Electromagnetic waves (c) Mercury (d) Copper (d) Transverse waves 337. The gas produced in marshy places due to decomposition 325. When the milk is churned vigorously the cream from it is of vegetation is (SSC CHSL 2014) separated out due to (SSC CHSL 2013) (a) Carbon monoxide (b) Carbon dioxide (a) Centrifugal force (b) Centripetal force (c) Sulphur dioxide (d) Methane 338. In cactue, the spines are the modified (SSC CHSL 2014) (c) Gravitational force (d) Frictional force (a) stem (b) sripules 326. Gas thermometers are more sensitive than the liquid (c) leaves (d) buds thermometers because the gases (SSC CHSL 2013) 339. The smallest known prokaryotic organism is (a) have high specific heat (SSC CHSL 2014) (b) have large coefficient of expansion (a) Microcystis (b) Mycoplasma (c) are lighter (c) Bacteria (d) Chlorella (d) have low specific heat 340. According to your text, what can "be thought of as the 327. Which of the following is caused by atmospheric genetic library that keep life going on Earth" ? refraction of light ? (SSC CHSL 2013) (SSC CHSL 2014) (a) Sun becoming visible two or three minutes before actual (a) A bio-engineering lab sunrise (b) Human genes (b) Sun appearing red at sunset (c) The human genome project (c) Twinkling of stars at night (d) Biodiversity (d) Sun appearing higher in the sky than it actually is 341. The boiling point of water decreases at higher altiudes is 328. From which part of Opium Plant we get morphine ? due to (SSC CHSL 2014) (SSC CHSL 2014) (a) low tenperature (a) Leaves (b) Stem (b) low atmospheric pressure (c) high temperature (c) Bark (d) Fruit coat (d) high atmospheric pressure G S 69 342. The chemical name of "Hypo"commonly used in 354. Maximum oxygen is available from : (SSC CHSL 2015) photography is (SSC CHSL 2014) (a) Green forests (b) Deserts (a) Sodium thiosulphate (b) Silver nitrate (c) Grass lands (d) Phytoplanktons (c) Sodium nitrate (d) Silver iodide 355. In a reaction of the type A + B ® C + D one could ensure it 343. Soldering of two metals is possible because of the property to be a first order reaction by : (SSC CHSL 2015) of : (SSC CHSL 2015) (a) Increasing the concentration of a reactant (a) Osmosis (b) Viscosity (b) Adding a catalyst (c) Surface tension (d) Cohesion (c) Increasing the temperature 344. Stalactites & Stalagmites form due to the precipitation of : (d) Increasing the concentration of a product (SSC CHSL 2015) 356. The amount of matter in a ball of steel is its : (a) CaCl (b) MgCO (SSC CHSL 2015) 2 3 (a) Mass (b) Density (c) MgCl2 (d) CaCO3 345. Which of the following is a form of sexual reproduction : (c) Volume (d) Weight 357. Transpiration increases in : (SSC CHSL 2015) (SSC CHSL 2015) (a) Hot, damp and windy condition (a) Fission (b) Fragmentation (b) Cool, damp and windy condition (c) Budding (d) Harmaphroditism (c) Cool, dry and still condition 346. In which region of electromagnetic spectrum does the Lyman (d) Hot, dry and windy condition series of hydrogen atom lie ? 358. If xylem and phloem are arranged in the same radius, such a (SSC CHSL 2015) vascular bundle is called : (SSC CHSL 2015) (a) x–ray (b) Ultraviolet (a) bicollateral (b) concentric (c) Visible (d) Infrared (c) radial (d) collateral 347. An electrochemcial cell which is used as a source of direct 359. Plank's constant has the dimensions of : electrical current at constant voltage under standard (SSC CHSL 2015) conditions is called a : (SSC CHSL 2015) (a) linear momentum (b) angular momentum (a) Power transistor (c) force (d) energy (b) Battery 360. The most abundant element by number in the living system (c) Generator is : (SSC CHSL 2015) (d) Uninterrupted power supply (UPS) (a) Hydrogen (b) Oxygen 348. A light wave is incident over a plane surface with velocity (c) Carbon (d) Nitrogen X. After reflection the velocity becomes : 361. Which of the following phenomenon helps to conclude that (SSC CHSL 2015) light is a transverse wave ? (SSC CHSL 2015) (a)x (b) 2x (a) diffraction (b) polarisation (c) refraction (d) interference x x (c) (d) 362. Among the following districts of Tamil Nadu, which district 4 2 is unfit for cultivation due to increased salinity : 349. The area reserved for the welfare of wild life is called (SSC CHSL 2015) (SSC CHSL 2015) (a) Tiruchirapalli (b) Negapattinam (a) Sanctuary (b) Botanical garden (c) Ramanathapuram (d) Coimbatore (c) Forest (d) National pak 363. Natural system of classification was proposed by ____ 350. The gas dissolved in water that makes it basic is ? botanists. (SSC CHSL 2015) (SSC CHSL 2015) (a) German (b) Swedish (a) ammonia (b) hydrogen (c) British (d) Indian (c) sulphur dioxide (d) carbon dioxide 364. Minamata disease is caused by pollution of water by : 351. Yellow complexion, Medium stature, Oblique eye with an (SSC CHSL 2015) epicanthic fold is the characteristic feature of : (a) tin (b) methyl isocyanate (SSC CHSL 2015) (c) mercury (d) lead 365. The "King of Metals" is : (SSC CHSL 2015) (a) Australoids (b) Negroid (a) Silver (b) Iron (c) Mengoloid (d) Cancosoid (c) Aluminium (d) Gold 352. Chromosome designation of Turner syndrome is : 366. Amino acids are required for the synthesis of : (SSC CHSL 2015) (SSC CHSL 2015) (a) 44A + XO (b) 44A + XXY (a) Lipids (b) Proteins (c) 44A + XXX (d) 44A + XYY (c) Carbohydrates (d) Alkaloids 353. Distant objects are visible as a little out of focus in this 367. The most suitable unit for expressing nuclear radius is: condition : (SSC CHSL 2015) (SSC CHSL 2015) (a) hypermetropia (b) presbiopia (a) fermi (b) angstrom (c) astigmatism (d) myopia (c) micron (d) nanometre 70 G S 368. Blowing Air with open pipe is an example of : 381. The type of mirror used in automobiles to see the traffic on (SSC CHSL 2015) the rear side is (SSC M 2013) (a) Isochoric Process (b) Isobaric process (a) Convex (b) Concave (c) Adiabatic process (d) Isothermal process (c) Plano-Convex (d) Plane 369. Christmas factor is involved in : (SSC CHSL 2015) 382. The hottest part of the gas flame is known as (a) Excretion (b) Digestion (SSC M 2013) (c) Respiration (d) Blood Coagulation (a) dark zone (b) blue zone 370. Who is the author of the book “Romancing with Life ”. (c) non-luminous zone (d) luminous zone (SSC CHSL 2015) 383. Which of the following radiations has the least wavelength? (a) Dev Anand (b) Shashi Tharoor (SSC M 2013) (c) Bill Clinton (d) Kapil Dev (a) b-rays (b) X-rays 371. Which one out of the following helps in burning (c) a-rays (b) g-rays (SSC M 2013) 384. The earth is a (SSC M 2013) (a) Carbon dioxide (b) Oxygen (a) bad absorber and bad radiator of heat (c) Carbon monoxide (b) Nitrogen (b) good reflector of heat 372. In organic compounds, nitrogen is estimated by (c) non-absorber of heat (SSC M 2013) (d) good absorber and good radiator of heat (a) Dumas’ method 385. BCG vaccination is given at the age of (b) Carius method (SSC M 2013) (c) Victor-Meyer’s method (a) Within 15 days (b) 2 – 3 years (d) Liebig’s method (c) 10 years (d) Newborn 373. Master copy of genetic information is 386. Which of the following atmospheric gases constitute (SSC M 2013) greenhouse gases? (SSC M 2013) (a) DNA (b) Nucleus 1. Carbon dioxide 2. Nitrogen (c) r-RNA (d) m-RNA 3. Nitrous oxide 4. Water vapour 374. Contraceptive pills in the market contain Select the correct answer using the codes given below. (SSC M 2013) (a) 1, 2 and 4 (b) 1, 3 and 4 (c) 1 and 4 (d) 1 and 3 (a) Steroid-hormones 387. Hydrogen bomb is based on the principle of (b) Inorganic compounds (SSC M 2014) (c) Herbicides (a) Double decomposition (d) Antibiotics (b) Artificial radioactivity 375. Nematocysts are present in (SSC M 2013) (c) Nuclear fission (a) Sea anemone (b) Starfish (d) Nuclear fusion (c) Ascaris (d) Centipede 388. The commonly used safety fuse-wire is made of 376. Which of the following micro-organisms is used in milk (SSC M 2014) curdling? (SSC M 2013) (a) an alloy of Nickel and Lead (a) L (b) A (b) an alloy of Tin and Lead (c) L (d) B (c) an alloy of Tin and Nickel 377. Which of the following is present in Chlorophyll molecule? (d) an alloy of Lead and Iron (SSC M 2013) 389. At what temperature is the density of water the maximum? (a)K (b) Mn (SSC M 2014) (c) Mn (d) Fe (a) 2°C (b) 4°C 378. When a body falls from an aeroplane, there is increase in its (c) 0°C (d) 1°C (SSC M 2013) 390. The linear expansion of a solid rod is independent of its (a) Potential energy (b) Kinetic energy (SSC M 2014) (c) Mass (d) Acceleration (a) increase in temperature 379. What does ‘Ozone Layer’ absorb? (b) time of heat flow (SSC M 2013) (c) initial length g (a) -rays (b) Infrared rays (d) material (c) Ultraviolet rays (d) X-rays 391. Cathode rays when obstructed by metal cause emission of 380. In a water lifting electric pump, we convert (SSC M 2014) (SSC M 2013) (a) g- rays (b) X-rays (a) Electrical energy into Kinetic energy (c) a-rays (d) b-rays (b) Electrical energy into Potential energy 392. Who is the father of biology? (SSC M 2014) (c) Kinetic energy into Electrical energy (a) Lamarck (b) Robert Hooke (d) Kinetic energy into Potential energy (c) Aristotle (d) Pasteur G S 71 393. The smallest unit of classification is 408. Anticoagulants are present in (SSC M 2014) (SSC S . I . 2012) (a) Species (b) Genus (a) Mosquito (b) Bed bug (c) Family (d) Order (c) Leech (d) Wasp 394. Arenchyma is present in (SSC M 2014) 409. Vegetation is effective in absorbing (SSC S . I . 2012) (a) Banana stem (b) Palm stem (a) Pollutant gases (b) Polluted water (c) Aquatic plants (d) Xerophytic plants (c) High frequency sound (d) Pollutant metals 395. The deficiency of vitamin A causes 410. When a person cries, there is a watery discharge from the (SSC M 2014) nose due to activation of (SSC S . I . 2012) (a) Scurvy (b) Night blindness (a) Salivary gland (b) Lachrymal gland (c) Beri-Beri (d) Dermatitis (c) Thyroid gland (d) Endocrine gland 396. Clove is a (SSC M 2014) 411. The fundamental role of root hairs in plants is (a) Dried flower bud (b) Flower (SSC S . I . 2012) (c) Fruit (d) Seed (a) to protect the young root from damage by coarse soild 397. On heating, Gypsum loses certain percentage of its water particles content and becomes (SSC M 2014) (b) to protect the root from soil microbes (a) Chalk (b) Calcium sulphate (c) to absorb water and mineral salts from the soil (c) Plaster of Paris (d) a pearl (d) to bind soil particles to the root for firm fixation of the 398. The name of the scientist who discovered neutron is plant (SSC M 2014) 412. Catch crops are (SSC S . I . 2012) (a) Fermi (b) Rutherford (a) crops palnted to attract certain insect pests to be (c) Chadwick (d) Bohr destroyed 399. The bubbles in Champagne and Soda are (b) crops planted to attract certain useful insects to be (SSC M 2014) used for biological control of pests (a) Nitrogen (b) Oxygen (c) crops to be cut and fed green to the cattle (c) Carbon dioxide (d) Hydrogen (d) substitute crops planted after the regular crop has failed. 400. Gobar gas contains mainly (SSC M 2014) 413. The pigment that protects plants form UV damage is (a) Butane (b) Carbon monoxide (SSC S . I . 2012) (c) Methane (d) Carbon dioxide (a) Chlorophyll (b) Xanthophyll 401. "Carbon Credit" is a term associated with the (c) Phycocyanin (d) Carotenoids (SSC M 2014) 414. A bioenergy source obtained by fermentation to supplement (a) Global deforestation fossil fuel petrol is (SSC S . I . 2012) (b) Offshore banking (a) Kerosene (b) Ethanol (c) Protection of environment (c) Diesel (d) Methane (d) Deforestation in India 415. The substance that causes the worst air pollution is 402. The green colour of plant leaves is due to (SSC S . I . 2012) (SSC M 2014) (a) Smoke (b) Sulphur dioxide (a) Protein (b) Chlorophyll (c) Carbon dioxide (d) Carbon monoxide (c) Cellulose (d) Starch 416. A liquid is said to boil when its (SSC S . I . 2012) 403. Temperature is measured by the instrument called (a) vapour pressure equals the surrounding pressure (SSC M 2014) (b) vapour pressure vanishes to zero (a) Voltmeter (b) Calorimeter (c) vapour pressure is greater than the surrounding (c) Thermometer (d) Ammeter pressure 404. The pH of pure water is (SSC M 2014) (d) vapour pressure is less than the surrounding pressure (a) Seven (b) Foruteen 417. Which is correct regarding covalent compounds? (c) Zero (d) One (SSC S . I . 2012) 405. The process of separation of pure water from impurities is (a) The reaction is slow called (SSC M 2014) (b) The reaction is fast (a) Fractional crystallisation (b) Decantation (c) Compounds are usually liquids and gases (c) Distillation (d) Sublimation (d) Boiling points and melting points are low 406. H2SO4 cannot be used as (SSC M 2014) 418. Choose the correct statement (a) Disinfectant (b) Food preservative (SSC S . I . 2012) (c) Drying agent (d) Dehydrating agent (a) The components of a mixture cannot be separated 407. The red colour of ripe tomatoes is due to the presence of (b) The properties of a mixture are the same as those of its (SSC S . I . 2012) components (a) Hormones (b) Vitamins (c) Mixtures are homogeneous (c) Chlorophyll (d) Carotenoids (d) In a mixture the components are present in a fixed ratio 72 G S 419. PVC is obtained by the polymerisation of 430. Which of the following elements is not radio-active? (SSC S . I . 2012) (SSC S . I . 2013) (a) Propene (b) Vinyl chloride (a) Radium (b) Plutonium (c) Styrene (d) Acetylene (c) Zirconium (d) Uranium 420. To eliminate the glare of headlights in motor cars, 431. Wilting of plants occurs due to excessive : (SSC S . I . 2012) (SSC S . I . 2013) (a) polaroids are used (b) glass prisms are used (a) Respiration (b) Guttation (c) thin films are used (d) filters are used (c) Absorption (d) Transpiration 421. The substances which have infinite electrical resistance are 432. Gypsum is used for improvement of: (SSC S . I . 2013) called (SSC S . I . 2012) (a) Alkaline soils (b) Saline soils (a) insulators (b) condensers (c) Podsols (d) Acidic soils (c) conductors (d) resistors 433. Indicate the correct arrangement for electromagnetic 422. Stainless steel is an alloy of (SSC S . I . 2012) radiation in order of their increasing wavelength. (a) iron, chromium and nickel (SSC S . I . 2013) (b) iron, chromium and carbon (a) Microwave. infrared, visible. X-rays (c) iron, carbon and zinc (b) X -rays. visible, infrared, microwave (d) iron, zinc and manganese (c) Visible. infrared. microwave. X-rays 423. Enriched uranium used in a nuclear reactor is (d) X - rays, infrared, visible, microwave. (SSC S . I . 2012) 434. The rapidly growing mass of phytoplankton covering the (a) uranium free of all impurities surface water of a lake or pond is known as: (b) uranium treated with radiation (SSC S . I . 2013) (c) uranium alloyed with aluminium (a) Eutrophication (b) Water bloom (d) uranium with a high percentage of a particular isotope (c) Water pollution (d) Water hyacinth 424. In a refrigerator, cooling is produced by 435. Wings of birds are: (SSC S . I . 2013) (SSC S . I . 2012) (a) Modified hind limbs (a) the ice which deposits in the freezer (b) New structure (b) the sudden expansion of a compressed gas (c) Integumentary outgrowth (c) the evaporation of a volatile liquid (d) Modified fore limbs (d) None of these 436. Spontaneous change is one in there is: (SSC S . I . 2013) 425. Which one of the following statements about PYROLYSIS. (a) A lowering of entropy which is a process for solid waste treatment is incorrect? (b) A lowering of free energy (SSC S . I . 2013) (c) Increase in free energy (a) It converts the waste into solid, liquid and gas of which (d) An increase in Internal energy the resultant liquid and gas can be used to produce 437. Sandstone is metamorphosed to : (SSC S . I . 2013) energy. (a) Shale (b) Slate (b) The process occurs at a temperature above 430°C at (c) Quartzite (d) Marble atmospheric pressure. 438. Instrument used to study the behaviour of a vibrating string (c) The process occurs under high pressure at temperature is : (SSC S . I . 2013) above 430°C. (a) Barometer (b) Hydrometer (d) It is a thermochemical decomposition of organic waste (c) Hygrometer (d) Sonometer 426. Which of the following supports particle nature of photons? 439. The casual organism of Polio is : (SSC S . I . 2013) (SSC S . I . 2013) (a) A fungi (b) A virus (a) Diffraction (b) Polarization (c) A worm (d) A bacteria (c) Photoelectric effect (d) Interference 440. Panda belongs to the same family as that 427. The heaviest naturally occurring element is: (SSC S . I . 2013) (SSC S . I . 2013) (a) Kangaroo (b) Porcupine (a) Mercury (b) Polonium (c) Whale (d) Bear (c) Thorium (d) Uranium 441. The pancreas secretes (SSC S . I . 2014) 428. Haptens are: (SSC S . I . 2013) (a) Insulin (b) Bile juice (a) Pseudoantigens (b) Incomplete antigens (c) Peptic juice (d) None of these 442. When we touch leaves of "Touch me not plant", they close, (c) Antibodies (d) Isoantigens these movements are called (SSC S . I . 2014) 429. Sulphur dioxide bleaches colouring matter by : (a) photonastic movements (SSC S . I . 2013) (b) nyctinastic movements (a) Reduction (b) Dehydration (c) seismonastic movements (c) Decomposition (d) Oxidation (d) chemonastic movements G S 73 443. The concept of tissue culture was introduced by 455. The process of imbibition involves (SSC S . I . 2014) (SSC S . I . 2014) (a) Diffusion (b) Capillary action (a) Halfmeister (b) Hanstein (c) Absorption (d) Both (A) & (B) (c) Haberlandt (d) Hanning 456. A cell increases in volume when it is placed in 444. Beak is formed by (SSC S . I . 2014) (SSC S . I . 2014) (a) cheeks (b) jaws (a) Hypertonic solution (b) Hypotonic solution (c) teeth (d) none (c) Isotonic solution (d) None of these 445. Pinna (external ear) is present in (SSC S . I . 2014) 457. A reversible and an irreversible engine are working between (a) Amphibian (b) Fish the same limits of temperature. The efficiency of. (c) Mammal (d) Reptile (SSC S . I . 2015) 446. Purity of a metal can be determined with the help of (a) The reversible engine is greater than the irreversible (a) Pascal's law (SSC S . I . 2014) engine. (b) Boyle's law (b) Each engine is 100%. (c) Archimedes principle (c) The two engines are equal (d) Conservation of mass principle (d) The irreversible engine is greater than the reversible 447. If both the mass and the velocity of a body is increased to engine. twice of their magnitude, the kinetic energy will increase by 458. Which of the following is used in the treatment of cancer? (SSC S . I . 2014) (SSC S . I . 2015) (a) 2 times (b) 4 times (a) Electrotherapy (b) Psychotherapy (c) 8 times (d) 16 times (c) Chemotherapy (d) Physiotherapy 448. Two bodies kept at a certain distance feel a gravitational 459. The most abundant element is : (SSC S . I . 2015) force F to each other. If the distance between them is made (a) Silicon (b) Calcium double the former distance, the force will be (c) Nitrogen (d) Oxygen (SSC S . I . 2014) 460. An electron microscope gives higher magnifications than 1 (a) 2F (b) F an optical microscope because : (SSC S . I . 2015) 2 (a) The electrons have more energy than the light 1 (c) 4F (d) F particles. 4 (b) The electron microscope uses more powerful lenses. 449. Stationary wave is formed by (SSC S . I . 2014) (c) The wavelength of electrons is smaller as compared (a) a transverse wave superposing a longitudinal wave to the wavelength of visible light. (b) two waves of the same speed superposing (d) The velocity of electrons is smaller than that of light. (c) two waves of same frequency travelling in the same 461. What does the word ‘amphibian’ mean ? direction (SSC S . I . 2015) (d) two waves of same frequency travelling in the (a) Two lives (b) Four lives opposite direction (c) Three lives (d) One life 450. In an oxygen molecule, two atoms are united by 462. Nitrogen in water is commonly found in the form of: (SSC S . I . 2014) (SSC S . I . 2015) (a) the bond (b) two bonds (a) Nitric oxide (b) Nitrous oxide (c) three bonds (d) four bonds (c) Nitrate (d) Nitrite 451. The inert gas which is substituted for nitrogen in the air 463. Immunization technique was developed by: used by deep sea divers for breathing is (SSC S . I . 2015) (SSC S . I . 2014) (a) Louis Pasteur (b) Robert Koch (a) Neon (b) Krypton (c) Joseph Lister (d) Edward jenner (c) Argon (d) Helium 464. The hydrophilic nature of DNA is due to the presence of. 238 (SSC S . I . 2015) 452. How many neutrons are there in 92U atom ? (SSC S . I . 2014) (a) a number of hydrogen bonds (b) phosphate group (a) 92 (b) 238 (c) deoxyribose sugar (c) 146 (d) 330 (d) thymine base 453. Root pressure is measured by (SSC S . I . 2014) 465. The sense of balance is achieved by: (a) Barometer (b) Atmometer (SSC S . I . 2015) (c) Manometer (d) Auxanometer (a) Cerebellum equilibrium 454. Cell becomes turgid because of (SSC S . I . 2014) (b) Thalamus equilibrium (a) Plasmolysis (b) Exosmosis (c) Cerebrum equilibrium (c) Endosmosis (d) Diffusion (d) Spinal cord equilibrium 74 G S 466. Aluminium salt commonly used to stop bleeding is: 475. Antigen presenting cells are specialized cells present in all (SSC S . I . 2015) of the following, except (SSC S . I . 2016) (a) Aluminium chloride (b) Aluminium nitrate (a) Skin (b) Lymph node (c) Aluminium sulphate (d) Potash alum (c) Kidney (d) Spleen 467. Total internal reflection cannot take place when light goes 476. Which of the following determines whether a group of from: (SSC S . I . 2015) organisms that is from the same genus and species arise (a) water to glass (b) water to air from a common source or from different sources? (c) glass to air (d) glass to water (SSC S . I . 2016) 468. Interferons are synthesized in response to: (a) Biotyping (SSC S . I . 2015) (b) DNA hybridization / DNA (a) mycoplasma (b) fungi (c) Serotyping (c) virus (d) bacteria (d) Phage typing 469. The first law of thermodynamics is simply the case of: 477. Starch is insoluble in water but still it is stored in large (SSC S . I . 2015) quantity in potato because (SSC S . I . 2016) (a) Charle’s law. (a) soil microorganisms deposit it in the tuber. (b) the law of conservation of energy. (b) it is synthesized in potato root. (c) the law of heat exchange. (c) it is useful for human. (d) Newton’s law of cooling. (d) it is translocated in the form of sugar from leaves. 470. Red rot of sugarcane is caused by: (SSC S . I . 2015) 478. Viruses that infect bacteria are called (SSC S . I . 2016) (a) C (a) Basal body (b) Basidiospores (b) C (c) Bacteriophages (d) Basophils (c) A 479. A dispersion indicates (SSC S . I . 2016) (d) P I (a) the value of standard deviation. 471. A clone is a group of individuals obtained through : (b) spread of data around central measure. (SSC S . I . 2015) (c) the value of mean (a) self pollination (b) micropropagation (c) hybridisation (d) cross pollination (d) the value of mode 472. Chemical name of Gammaxane is: (SSC S . I . 2015) 480. The principle involved in the absorption of water by soil is (a) Aniline (b) Toluene (SSC S . I . 2016) (c) Benzene hexachloride (d) Chloro benzene (a) Suction action (b) Condensation 473. The fleshy thalamus is edible in: (SSC S . I . 2015) (c) Capillary action (d) Principal of absorption (a) Mango (b) Orange 481. Which of the following is present in maximum amount in (c) Tomato (d) Apple acid rain? (SSC S . I . 2016) 474. A new molecule Heat Shock Protein 90 (HSP90) was (a) HNO3 (b) H2SO4 discovered in 2014 by the Didier Picard. The new discovery (c)H2CO3 (d) HCL could help in effective treatment of ____ 482. The lethal dose required to kill 50% of the lab animals tested (SSC S . I . 2016) under standard is referred as (SSC S . I . 2016) (a) TB (b) AIDS (a) MLD (b) ID50 (c) Malaria (d) None of these (c) LD50 (d) ID G S 75 &
1. (b) 25. (a) 26. (a) 27. (c) 28. (d) 29. (d) 2. (a) Vitamin B-12, also called cobalamin, is a water-soluble 30. (b) 31. (b) 32. (c) 33. (d) 34. (b) vitamin that has a key role in the normal functioning 35. (c) 36. (d) 37. (c) 38. (d) 39. (c) of the brain and nervous system, and the formation of 40. (d) 41. (d) 42. (a) 43. (a) 44. (c) red blood cells. 45. (c) 46. (c) 47. (c) 48. (a) 49. (d) 3. (d) 4. (b) 5. (a) 6. (b) 7. (a) 50. (a) 51. (b) 52. (c) 53. (d) 54. (a) 8. (b) Acetic acid, also known as ethanoic acid, is an organic 55. (c) 56. (d) 57. (b) 58. (a) 59. (c) chemical compound best recognized for giving vinegar 60. (d) its sour taste and pungent smell. It is one of the 61. (c) This process usually occurs in the upper third of the simplest carboxylic acids and has the chemical formula fallopian tube of the woman. 62. (d) Cirrhosis is a condition in which the liver does not CH3COOH. 9. (b) function properly due to long-term damage. Cirrhosis 10. (a) Boiling point of heavy water is lower than that or is most commonly caused by alcohol, hepatitis B, ordinary water hepatitis C, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. 11. (a) Typically, more than two or three drinks per day over a 12. (a) Arboreal animals are creature who spend the majority number of years is required for alcoholic cirrhosis to of their lives in trees. They eat, sleep and play in the occur. 63. (c) The food webs we see are grazing food chains since at tree canopy. There are thousands of species that live their base are producers which the herbivores then in trees, including monkeys, koalas, possums, sloths, graze on. various rodents, parrots, chameleons, geckos, tree 64. (c) A single mole is set to the number of particles found in snakes and a variety of insects. 12.000 grams of carbon-12. A mole of water has 6.022 x 13. (a) 1023 water molecules. One mole of water weighs 18.0152 14. (d) Advection is the transfer of heat or matter by the flow grams. of a fluid, especially horizontally in the atmosphere or 65. (a) Carrot is rich in Vitamin A and it improves eyesight. the sea. 66. (d) The reason for this is the hydrogen bonding between 15. (d) neighboring water molecules. Because hydrogen 16. (d) Bats are good at flying at night because they use bonding is a relatively strong intermolecular force, high sound rather than sight to navigate. Bats send pulses heat energy is required to break up the force. of sound through their mouths or noses, and these 67. (a) Valence electrons are important in determining how an pulses echo back outlining the objects in the bats elements reacts chemically with other elements. Since flight path. The ears of a bat are large and oddly the valence electrons are the electrons in the highest constructed but they help it to determine where the energy level, they are the most exposed of all the echoes are coming from. electrons, so they are the electrons that get most 17. (c) No change will happen. involved in chemical reactions. 18. (b) Cartography, the art and science of graphically 68. (c) The lumen is the SI derived unit of luminous flux, a representing a geographical: area, usually on a flat measure of the total "amount" of visible light emitted surface such as a map or chart. It may involve the by a source. superimposition of political, cultural, or other non 69. (d) A dissipative force counteracts motion. Its direction is geographical divisions onto the representation of a opposite to the direction of the velocity vector. geographical area. Dynamic friction is a dissipative (non-conservative) 19. (c) force : it dissipates energy (mainly through heat and 20. (d) An antiknock agent is a gasoline additive used to sound), and energy lost by moving in one direction. reduce engine knocking and increase the fuel's octane 70. (c) Poisson strain is defined as the negative ratio of the rating by raising the temperature and pressure at which strain in the traverse direction (caused by the auto ignition occurs. contraction of the bar's diameter) to the strain in the The typical antiknock agents in use are: Tetraelhyllead longitudinal direction. As the length increases and the (Still in use as a high octane cross sectional area decreases, the electrical resistance 21. (b) 22. (a) 23. (a) of the wire also rises. 24. (d) A positron is a particle of matter with the same mass as 71. (b) Consequent Poles are magnetic poles that exist where an electron but an opposite charge. It is a form of the specimen has been successively magnetized in antimatter because, when a positron encounters an different sections to create more than two poles ; e.g., electron, the two completely annihilate to yield energy. two north poles with one south pole between them. 76 G S 72. (b) Fructose, or fruit sugar, a is one of the three dietary 86. (b) In hydroelectric power plants the potential energy of monosaccharide, along with glucose and galactose, water is utilized to produce electricity. The height of which is absorbed directly into the bloodstream during water in the reservoir decides how much potential digestion. energy water possesses. 73. (c) Methylated spirit contains mostly ethanol. Ethanol is 87. (c) In people with emphysema, the lung tissue involved slightly soluble in water (mixing 50 ml of ethanol and in exchange of gases (oxygen and carbon dioxide) is water will make 80 – 90 ml of mixture, not 100ml). impaired or destroyed. Emphysema is included in a 74. (c) A sporozoite is the cell form that infects new hosts. In group of diseases called chronic obstructive pulmonary plasmodium, for instance, the sporozoites are cells that disease of COPD. develop in the mosquito’s salivary glands, leave the 88. (c) Potassium Nitrate occurs as a mineral niter and is a mosquito during a blood meal, and enter liver cells natural solid source of nitrogen. Potassium nitrate is (hepatocytes) where they multiply. one of several nitrogen-containing compounds 75. (c) Ex-situ conservation is the process of protecting an collectively referred to as saltpeter. endangered species of plant or animal outside of its 89. (a) 90. (b) 91. (b) 92. (a) 93. (b) natural habitat. Zoos and botanical gardens are the 94. (c) 95. (d) 96. (a) 97. (b) 98. (b) most conventional methods of ex-situ conservation. 99. (c) 100. (d) 101. (d) 102. (a) 103. (a) Endangered plants may also be preserved in part 104. (b) 105. (d) through seed banks or germplasm banks. 106. (c) Two pollutants emitted by motor vehicles react to form 76. (b) Diatom ooze (formed from microscopic unicellular algae ground-level ozone or smog which can cause having cell walls consisting of or resembling silica) is respiratory problems and reduce visibility. the most widespread deposit in the high southern 107. (b) 108. (b) latitudes. 109. (c) Cardiac muscle is an involuntary striated muscle tissue 77. (b) Photosynthetic Chromatophores vesicles found in found only in the organ heart. Involuntary muscles are some purple bacteria constitute one of the simplest smooth muscles that are not directly controllable at light-harvesting systems in nature. will. For example You don't have to remind yourself to 78. (a) Convex mirrors reflect light outwards; therefore they make your heart beat, so it is involuntary. Voluntary are not used to focus light. So, the convex mirror has a wide field of view and hence is used as rear view muscles are controllable like those found in your arms, mirror as it gives a clear diminished and an erect image legs, hands, etc. of the traffic that is behind. 110. (b) 79. (b) The principal components of pyroligneous acid are 111. (c) Ringworm is common disease, especially among acetic acid, acetone and methanol. It was once used as children. It is caused by a fungus, not a worm like the a commercial source for acetic acid. name suggests. It is a common and highly infectious 80. (b) UCIL produced batteries, carbon products, welding skin infection that causes a ring-like red rash on the equipment, plastics, industrial chemicals, pesticides, skin. and marine products. 112. (a) 113. (c) 114. (d) 81. (a) Most drying oils owe their drying properties to the 115. (c) Centrifugal force is an example of a pseudo-force, that presence of a large percentage of linolenic acid (which is, an apparent force to someone whose frame of derives its name from "linseed"), which is highly reference is not at rest or moving with a constant unsaturated. velocity. In the case of centrifugal force, the frame of 82. (a) Carotenoids are tetraterpenoid organic pigments that reference is rotating. are naturally occurring in the chloroplasts and 116. (d) 117. (c) chromoplasts of plants and some other photosynthetic 118. (c) An antacid is a substance which neutralizes stomach organism like algae, some bacteria, and some types of acidity. fungus. 119. (a) Annealing is the process by which both metal and 83. (a) The variations in sunlight affect different latitudes glass are treated with heat in order to change their differently, as we might expect from the different angles properties. at which sunlight falls on the earth's surface at different 120. (b) 121. (d) 122. (d) 123. (d) latitudes. 124. (c) This is because the scattering in red light is less than 84. (a) Polar bears, which pile on fat to survive hibernation that of yellow colour. The longest visible wavelength and yet do not become diabetic, hold clues for treating is red and the shortest is violet. The wavelength of red Type II diabetes, a disease associated with obesity light is more than yellow light. that afflicts more than 190 million people worlwide, 125. (a) T is the that reaching epidemic proportions in many countries. originates in one country but is able to cause damage 85. (d) All electromagnetic waves regardless of their in another country's environment, by crossing borders wavelengths, including all colors of light, have the through pathways like water or air. Acid rain is a classic same identical speed in a vacuum. example of a transboundary pollution because it can G S 77 be blown anywhere by the wind. Sulphur dioxide and body temperature is around 98.6 F (37 C). Hypothermia nitrous oxides are the two main chemicals that react occurs as your body temperature passes below 95 F with water to make acid rain. The chemicals are (35 C). commonly released from power stations, factories and 145. (c) Semiconductors are insulators at low temperatures and transport. reasonably good conductors at higher temperatures. 126. (a) The N is a pigeon found on small islands As temperature increases, the semi–conductor material and in coastal regions from the Nicobar Islands, India, becomes a better and better conductor. east through the Malay Archipelago, to the Solomons 146. (c) Mass of proton is 1.672621777 (74) × 10–27 kg. An and Palau. It is the only living member of the genus electron has a mass (9.1093829140) × 10–31 kg) that is C and the closest living relative of the extinct approximately 1/1836 that of the proton. The mass of dodo.. neutron is slightly larger than that of a proton. The mass 127. (a) A , also referred to as a , of the hydrogen nucleus is 1.7 × 10–27 kg. The heaviest is a rare type of natural disaster in which dissolved of these particles is the neutron. carbon dioxide (CO2) suddenly erupts from deep lake 147. (a) A television channel is a physical or virtual channel waters, forming a gas cloud that can suffocate wildlife, over which a television station or television network is livestock and humans. distributed. Channel numbers represent actual 128. (c) The inventor of blood group is Karl Landsteiner, was frequencies used to broadcast the television signal. born in Vienna, June 14, 1868. For example, in North America. "Channel 2" refers to He is a scientist in the field of bio-treatment. He was the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with awarded Nobel Prize for Medicine and Fisiologi field in carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video 1930. This is because the classification of all types of (VSB) and 59.75 MHz for analog audio (FM), or 55.31 blood into four namely; A, B, AB, and O in the year MHz for digital ATSC (8VSB). 1909. 148. (b) Water never has an absolute density because its 129. (a) 130. (b) density varies with temperature. Water has its maximum 131. (b) DPT refers to a class of combination vaccines against density of lg/cm3 at 4 degrees Celsius. When the three infectious diseases in humans: diphtheria, temperature changes from either greater or less than 4 pertussis (whooping cough), and tetanus. The vaccine degrees, the density will become less than 1 g/cm3. components include diphtheria and tetanus toxoidsand 149. (c) Photosynthesis is the process by which light energy kills whole cells of the organism that cause pertussis is converted into chemical energy by organisms. (wP). Carbon dioxide and water are the raw materials of this 132. (a) 133. (c) 134. (b) 135. (b) 136. (d) process. The light energy comes from the sun and its 137. (b) The oxalic acid is an ideal chemical for cleaning purposes. Its -like qualities make it perfect for end products are oxygen and glucose. sterilizing household items. It is also efficient in 150. (b) An emulsion is a mixture of two or more liquids that are removing rust on various different surfaces. Stains on normally immiscible (nonmixable or unblendable). counters, bathtubs and kitchen sinks can be removed Emulsions are part of a more general class of two– through careful application of this chemical. phase systems of matter called colloids. In an emulsion, 138. (b) one liquid (the dispersed phase) is dispersed in the 139. (d) R , also known as , other (the continuous. , or 151. (b) The active ingredient in Dettol that confers its antiseptic is highly concentrated ethanol which has been property is chloroxylenol (C8H9CIO), an aromatic purified by means of repeated distillation, a process chemical compound. Chloroxylenol comprises 4.8% of that is called rectification. It is 95.5% alcohol and 4.5% Dettol's total mixture, with the rest composed of pine water. It is treated with CaO to form lime of alcohol, oil, isopropanol, castor oil soap caramel and water. which undergoes fractional distillation to give ethanol. 152. (c) Researchers in Mangolia and China completed studies 140. (c) to unravel the genomic Peculiaritces behind the 141. (d) The I P C C physiological tricks that camels use to survive in the (IPCC) is a scientific and intergovernmental body harshest of conditions. They described the genomes under the auspices of the United Nations, set up at the of wild and domesticated Bactrian camels. request of member governments, dedicated to the task 153. (d) Fine particles known as PM10 and PM25can penetrate of providing the world with an objective, scientific view deep into the lungs, creating health problems. People of climate change and its political and economic impacts. with heart or lung diseases, older adults, and children 142. (c) 143. (b) are most likely to have problems because of contact 144. (c) Hypothermia is a medical emergency that occurs when with particle pollution. Short–term exposure to PM your body loses heat faster than it can produce heat, among pregnant women has been associated with causing a dangerously low body temperature. Normal prematurity and growth retardation. 78 G S
154. (d) PNG is a mixture consisting mainly methane CH4 with a among other functions, it influences radio propagation small percentage of other higher hydrocarbons. The to distant places on the Earth. ratio of carbon to hydrogen is least in methane and 165. (a) Coral reefs are underwater structures made from hence it burns almost completely making it the cleanest calcium carbonate secreted by corals. Coral reefs are fuel. Domestic PNG customers, also known as colonies of tiny animals found in marine waters that Residential customers, use gas for cooking purpose contain few nutrients. and also for heating water through gas geysers. 166. (a) Phytochrome is a photoreceptor, a pigment that plants 155. (d) Green Park Stadium is a 60,000 capacity floodlit multi– use to detect light. It is a protein with a bilin purpose stadium located in Kanpur, India, and the chromophore. It detects mainly red and fared region home of the Uttar Pradesh cricket team. of the visible spectrum and regulates germination of 156. (c) According to the Red list of 2012. Ganges River seeds. Dolphin is one of critically endangered species in lndia 167. (c) Quenching is a process in which absorbed light energy Endangered species in India comprise large varieties is dissipated as heat and does not take part in of rare species of wild animals, aquatic animals and photochemistry. The phenomenon involves insects. quenching of chlorophylla (Chla) fluroescence, which 157. (c) Arson is the crime of intentionally and maliciously is induced under steady-state illumination. setting fire to buildings, wild land areas, vehicles or 168. (c) AIDS virus destroys the T-cells inside of the immune other property with the intent to cause damage, Distinct system. T cells or T lymphocytes belong to a group from spontaneous combustion and natural wildfires, it of white blood cells known as lymphocytes, and play is considered to be a man–made disaster which is a central role in cell – mediated immunity. socially induced. 169. (a) Bragg Spectrometer is an instrument used to analyze 158. (b) The thyroid gland, is one of the largest endocrine gland crystal structure by using X– rays. In it, a beam of in the throat, and consists of two connected lobes. It collimated X–rays strikes the crystal, and a detector is found at the front of the neck, below the Adam’s measures the angles and intensities of the reflected apple. The thyroid gland secretes thyroid hormones, beam. which influence the metabolic rate, protein synthesis, 170. (a) Alpha particles consist of two protons and two and have a wide range of other effects, including on neutrons bound together into a particle identical to a development. helium nucleus, which is generally produced in the 159. (b) The cerebrum is the seat of intelligence and provides process of alpha decay. us with the ability to read, write and speak: make 171. (c) The human body requires more calcium than any other calculations and compose music; remember the past mineral. At least 99% of the calcium is found in the and plan for the future; and create works. bones and teeth, giving them strength and rigidity. 160. (c) The average adult has a blood volume of roughly 5 172. (a) liters, which is composed of plasma and several kinds 173. (a) The sigmoid colon is the part of the large intestine. It of cells. By volume, the red blood cells constitute about forms a loop that averages about 40 cm in length. 45% of whole blood, the plasma about 54.3%, and white 174. (d) Electrons carry current in a good conductor of cells about 0.7%. electricity and they are negatively charged. This makes 161. (c) The normal range of, conentration of fasting blood a good electrical conductor negatively charged. sugar is 80 to 120 mg/ml; in the testing of true blood 175. (c) Containment of toxic or hazardous constituents in sugar, the normal range of concentration is 70 to 100 industrial solid wastes is currently being mg/ml. so normal glucose levels fall between 70 and accomplished using: (i) coating grains of waste material 150 mg. Higher levels may indicate diseases such as with an inert and non-reactive impervious material diabetes mellitus. (microencapsulation), and (ii) coating blocks of waste 162. (b) Entomology is the scientific study of insects, a branch material with an inert, non-reactive impervious material of arthropodology, which in turn is a branch of biology. (microencapsulation). It is derived from the Greek word 'entomos' which 176. (b) UV radiation can be an effective viricide and means "that which is cut in pieces or engraved/ bactericide. Disinfection using UV radiation is segmented", hence "insect". commonly used in wastewater treatment applications 163. (a) and is finding an increased usage in drinking water 164. (c) The ionosphere is a region of Earth's upper atmosphere, treatment. from about 60 km (37 mi) to 1,000 km (620 mi) altitude 177. (b) When cells are exposed to sunlight, radiant energy and includes the thermosphere and parts of the can damage the DNA. For example, ultraviolet mesosphere and exosphere, it is ionized by solar irradiation cause covalent bond formation between radiation, plays an important part in atmospheric adjacent thymines on the same strand of DNA. electricity and forms the inner edge of the Ultraviolet light is absorbed by a double bond in magnetosphere. It has practical importance because, thymine and cytosine bases in DNA. G S 79 178. (a) In order to manufacture silicones, alkyl-substituted 188. (c) Parathyroid hormone (PTH), parathormone or chlorosilanes are used as starting material. Since parathyrin, is secreted by the chief cells of the dimethylsilane contains – OH group at the end of the parathyroid glands as a polypeptide containing 84 chain, polymerization and chain length increases. amino acids. It acts to increase the concentration of However, the hydrolysis of alkyl trichlorosilane gives calcium (Ca2+) in the blood, whereas calcitonin (a very complex cross linked polymer. hormone produced by the parafollicular cells (C cells) 179. (b) Examples of natural coloids can be found in our body of the thyroid gland) acts to decrease calcium itself : blood consists of colloidal sized red blood concentration. corpuscles (RBC) which provide the vital oxygen to 189. (c) by tracheal system all the body tissues. 190. (c) In nuclear physics and nuclear chemistry, a nuclear 180. (a) Nickel silver, also known as German silver, is a copper reaction is semantically considered to be the process alloy with nickel and often zinc. The usual formulations in which two nuclei, or else a nucleus of an atom and a is 60% copper, 20% nickel and 20% zinc. Nickel silver subatomic particle (such as a proton, neutron, or high is named for its silvery appearance, but it contains no energy electron) from outside the atom, collide to elemental silver unless plated. produce one or more nuclides that are different from 181. (d) Atomic absorption spectroscopy is an analytical the nuclide(s) that began the process. chemistry technique used for determining 191. (b) annihilate each other concentration of particular metal element and is widely 192. (a) In the photoelectric effect, electrons are emitted from used in pharmaceutics. It was used for the solids, liquids or gases when they absorb energy from determination of cobalt in Vitamin B12. light. Electrons emitted in this manner may be called 182. (b) Nitrosomonas is a genus comprising rod shaped photoelectrons. chemoautotrophic bacteria. This rare bacteria oxidizes 193. (d) a circle ammonia into nitrite as a metabolic process. 194. (b) Cryolite (Na3AlF6, sodium hexafluoroaluminate) is an 183. (a) Devarda's alloy , is an alloy of aluminium (44% - 46%), uncommon mineral identified with the once large deposit at Ivigt t on the west coast of Greenland, copper (49% - 51%) and zinc (4% - 6%). Devarda's depleted by 1987. alloy is used as reducing agent in analytical chemistry 195. (c) Glucose (C H O , also known as D-glucose, dextrose, for the determination of nitrates after their reduction to 6 12 6 or grape sugar) is a simple monosaccharide found in ammonia under alkaline conditions. It owes its name to plants. It is one of the three dietary monosaccharides, the Italian chemist Arturo Devarda (1859-1944), who along with fructose and galactose, that are absorbed synthezised it at the end of the 19th century to develop directly into the bloodstream during digestion. a new method to analyze nitrate in Chile saltpeter. 196. (b) Any of the homologous segments, lying in a 184. (a) Grit chambers are long narrow tanks that are designed longitudinal series, that compose the body of certain to slow down the flow so that solids such as sand, animals, such as earthworms and lobsters. Also called coffee grounds, and eggshells will settle out of the somite. water. Grit causes excessive wear and tear on pumps 197. (a) 198. (d) 199. (d) 200. (c) 201. (b) and other plant equipment. Its removal is particularly 202. (a) 203. (c) 204. (c) 205. (a) 206. (c) important in cities with combined sewer systems, which 207. (d) 208. (c) 209. (d) 210. (c) 211. (a) carry a good deal of silt, sand, and gravel that wash off 212. (a) 213. (c) 214. (b) 215. (b) streets or land. 216. (c) Succulent plants store water in their stems or leaves. a 185. (a) Cysteine (abbreviated as Cys or C) is an -amino acid They include the Cactaceae family, which has round with the chemical formula HO2CCH(NH2)CH2SH. It is stems and can store a lot of water. The leaves are often a semi-essential amino acid, which means that it can be vestigial, as in the case of cacti, wherein the leaves are biosynthesized in humans. The thiol side chain in reduced to spines, or they do not have leaves at all. cysteine often participates in enzymatic reactions, Water is stored in the bulbs of some plants, at or below serving as a nucleophile. ground level. They may be dormant during drought 186. (d) Neon is a chemical element with symbol Ne and atomic conditions and are, therefore, known as drought number 10. It is in group 18 (noble gases) of the periodic evaders. table. Neon is a colorless, odorless, inert monatomic 217. (a) Thorium is an element which are used in radioactive gas under standard conditions, with about two-thirds chemicals where all other three options are power the density of air. generating systems which are regenerated. 187. (b) The aorta is the largest artery in the human body, 218. (a) chegonium, the female reproductive organ in ferns originating from the left ventricle of the heart and and mosses. An archegonium also occurs in some extending down to the abdomen, where it bifurcates gymnosperms, e.g., cycads and conifers. A flask- into two smaller arteries (the common iliac arteries). shaped structure, it consists of a neck, with one or The aorta distributes oxygenated blood to all parts of more layers of cells, and a swollen base-the venter- the body through the systemic circulation. which contains the egg. 80 G S 219. (b) Trochodendron is a genus of flowering plants with 230. (b) Galvanization, or galvanisation, is the process of one living species, Trochodendron aralioides, and six applying a protective zinc coating to steel or iron, to extinct species known from the fossil record. prevent rusting. The most common method is hot-dip 220. (a) A Caesarean section (often C-section, also other galvanization, in which parts are submerged in a bath spellings) is a surgical procedure in which one or more of molten zinc. incisions are made through a mother's abdomen 231. (b) A homogeneous mixture is a type of mixture in which (laparotomy) and uterus (hysterotomy) to deliver one the composition is uniform and every part of the or more babies. The first modern Caesarean section solution has the same properties. A homogeneous was performed by German gynecologist Ferdinand mixture in which there is both a solute and solvent Adolf Kehrer in 1881. But in ancient medical history present is also a solution. Julius Caesar was the first person to be borne by this 232. (c) The plant epidermis consists of three main cell types: method and thus the operation named after him. pavement cells, guard cells and their subsidiary cells that surround the stomata. 221. (b) Study of ants is called Myrmecology. 233. (a) As sugar concentration increases in the guard cells, 222. (a) A Reverse transcriptase (RT) is an enzyme used to as a result water enters the guard cells. The guard cells generate complementary DNA (cDNA) from an RNA become turgid (swollen with water). The thin outer walls template, a process termed reverse transcription. RT is bulge out and force the inner wall into a crescent shape. needed for the replication of retroviruses (e.g., HIV), In this way a stoma or pore is formed between each and RT inhibitors are widely used as antiretroviral pair of guard cell. drugs. 234. (c) Mahyco, an Indian seed company based in Jalna, 223. (c) Fleming's right-hand rule (for generators) shows the Maharashtra, has developed the Bt brinjal. The direction of induced current when a conductor moves genetically modified brinjal event is termed Event EE 1 in a magnetic field. The right hand is held with the and Mahyco have also applied for approval of two thumb, first finger and second finger mutually brinjal hybrids. perpendicular to each other (at right angles). 235. (d) Electric current is measured using a device called an 224. (b) The watt (symbol: W) is a derived unit of power in the ammeter. International System of Units (SI), named after the 236. (d) Photoperiodism is the physiological reaction of Scottish engineer James Watt (1736-1819). organisms to the length of day or night. It occurs in 225. (d) The NIOSH states "Under dry conditions, the plants and animals. It affects Flowering,Vegetative resistance offered by the human body may be as high growth and fruiting in plants. as 100,000 Ohms. Wet or broken skin may drop the 237. (d) The correct match is as follows: body's resistance to 1,000 Ohms," adding that "high- Ascorbic acid- Vitamin C voltage electrical energy quickly breaks down human Chlorophyll- Photosynthetic pigment skin, reducing the human body's resistance to 500 Carotenoid- Quencher Ohms." Superoxide dismutase- Enzyme 226. (a) The critical temperature for superconductors is the 238. (b) Allantois is a part of a developingamniote's conceptus temperature at which the electrical resistivity of a metal which primarily involved in nutrition and excretion, and drops to zero. The transition is so sudden and complete is webbed withblood vessels. that it appears to be a transition to a different phase of 239. (d) Haliotis belongs to Mollusca. matter; this superconducting phase is described by 240. (a) Although most DNA is packaged in chromosomes the BCS theory. within the nucleus, mitochondria also have a small 227. (c) A central processing unit (CPU) is the electronic amount of their own DNA. This genetic material is circuitry within a computer that carries out the known as mitochondrial DNA or mtDNA instructions of a computer program by performing the 241. (c) First class proteins contain all the essential amino acids basic arithmetic, logical, control and input/output (I/ in sufficient amounts.Animal proteins are obtained from O) operations specified by the instructions. milk, egg, fish, meat etc. are first classproteins. These 228. (a) Brass is an alloy made of copper and zinc; the are also called adequate proteins. proportions of zinc and copper can be varied to create 242. (b) Needle exerts more pressure than nail on the balloon. a range of brasses with varying properties. 243. (c) The speed of sound is greater in moist air than in dry air. 229. (d) Wrought iron is an iron alloy with a very low carbon 244. (b) X rays are frequently used to check the defects in content, in comparison to steel, and has fibrous Diamonds and other precious stones. inclusions, known as slag. This is what gives it a "grain" 245. (a) When ice is kept on saw dust then it does not melt resembling wood, which is visible when it is etched or quickly as it's an insulator of heat and air does not bent to the point of failure. Wrought iron is tough, circulate in good insulators. So, it prevents ice from malleable, ductile and easily welded. melting quickly . G S 81
246. (a) When a drop of Glycerol is added to crushed KMnO4 260. (b) 'Dentrification' is the biological conversion of nitrate spread on a paper there is a violent explosion. to nitrogen gas, nitric oxide or nitrous oxide. These 247. (c) A bleaching agent is a material that lightens or whitens compounds are gaseous compounds and are not a substrate through chemical reaction. The most readily available for microbial growth; therefore they common bleaching agents generally fall into two are typically released to the atmosphere. categories: chlorine and its related compounds (such 261. (b) Holstein Friesians are a breed of cattle known today as as sodium hypochlorite) and the peroxygen bleaching the world's highest-production dairy animals. They are agents, such as hydrogen peroxide and sodium found in Europe and America. perborate. 262. (c) Coagulation removes dirt and other particles suspended 248. (a) Alpha particles are the least penetrating as they are in water. Alum and other chemicals are added to water the most densely ionizing. The penetrating power of to form tiny sticky particles called "floc" which attract nuclear radiation depends upon the ionizing power of the dirt particles. The combined weight of the dirt and the radiation. The more localised the ionization the less the alum (floc) become heavy enough to sink to the penetrating power it will possess. bottom during sedimentation. 249. (a) Hydrogen- peroxide is an effective sterilizing agent. 263. (c) Retroviral integrase (IN) is an enzyme produced by a Water results when it readily loses active oxygen. retrovirus (such as HIV) that enables its genetic material 250. (c) The maximum fixation of solar energy is done by green to be integrated into the DNA of the infected cell. plants.The energy is stored in the plants as 264. (b) 265. (d) 266. (c) 267. (a) 268. (d) carbohydrates for their metabolic activities as 269. (a) High grade (HG) and ultra high grade (UHG) anthracite growth,respiration etc. are the highest grades of anthracite coal. 251. (a) The term 'brown air' is used for photochemical smog. 270. (a) The brown color is cause by the presence of a various 271. (b) Anemometer is an instrument for measuring the speed Nitrous Oxides. of the wind, or of any current of gas. 252. (c) Peroxyacetyl nitrate is a secondary pollutant present 272. (b) 273. (a) 274. (a) 275. (b) 276. (d) in photochemical smog. It is thermally unstable and 277. (c) 278. (b) 279. (c) 280. (d) decomposes into peroxyethanoyl radicals and nitrogen dioxide gas. 281. (b) A parsec (symbol: pc) is a unit of length used to measure large distances to objects outside our Solar 253. (b) Wave particle duality is a quantum mechanics effect. It System. means the electron sometimes acts like a particle and sometimes it acts like a wave. It depends on the 282. (a) situations. 283. (a) Phenol, also known as carbolic acid, is an aromatic 254. (b) Vitamin B12 consists of a class of chemically related organic compound with the molecular formula compounds (vitamers). It contains the biochemically C6H5OH. It is a white crystalline solid that is volatile. rare element cobalt. The molecule consists of a phenyl group (–C6H5) bonded to a hydroxyl group (OH). 255. (d) In 1904 the German agronomist and plant physiologist Lorenz Hiltner first coined the term "rhizosphere" to 284. (b) describe the plant-root interface, a word originating in 285. (b) It grows larger until puberty and then begins to shrink. part from the Greek word "rhiza", meaning root. The gland produces thymosins, which are hormones Hiltner described the rhizosphere as the area around a that stimulate the development of antibodies. plant root that is inhabited by a unique population of 286. (b) 287. (d) 288. (d) 289. (c) microorganisms influenced, he postulated, by the 290. (b) 291. (c) 292. (a) chemicals released from plant roots. 293. (d) Lichens can be used asair pollution indicators, 256. (c) Reverse transcription were discovered by Howard especially of the concentration of sulfur dioxide in the Temin and independently isolated by David Baltimore. atmosphere. Lichens are plants that grow in exposed 257. (d) Steam will produce more severe burns than boiling places such as rocks or tree bark. They need to be water because steam has more heat energy than water very good at absorbing water and nutrients to grow due to its latent heat of vaporisation. there. 258. (c) Fructose is the sweetest of all natural sugar types. 294. (c) Soil salinity is the salt content in the soil; the process 259. (c) Zone melting, any of a group of techniques used to of increasing the salt content is known as salinization. purify an element or a compound or control its Salts occur naturally within soils and water. Salinization composition by melting a short region (i.e., zone) and can be caused by natural processes such as mineral causing this liquid zone to travel slowly through a weathering or by the gradual withdrawal of an ocean. relatively long ingot, or charge, of the solid. 295. (b) 296. (b) 82 G S 297. (c) Saffron, a spice derived from the dried stigmas of the 320. (b) The most electronegative element among the following saffron crocus. (crocus sativus) a small plant about a is fluorine. Fluorine is a chemical element with symbol foot tall. Each flower has three female parts. (stigmas) F and atomic number 9. It is the lightest halogen and two male parts. (stamens) each stigmas is red or dark exists as a highly toxic pale yellow diatomic gas at red in color towards the top and yellow towards the standard conditions. As the most electronegative bottom of the stigma, where it is attached to the flower. element, it is extremely reactive: almost all other 298. (d) 299. (a) 300. (a) 301. (b) 302. (c) elements, including some noble gases, form 303. (d) 304. (d) 305. (a) 306. (c) 307. (c) compounds with fluorine. 308. (c) 309. (c) 310. (b) 311. (a) 312. (b) 321. (b) NH4Cl is the compound which possesses ionic, covalent and coordinate bonds. Ammonium chloride, 313. (a) The basic unit of nervous system is known as neuron. an inorganic compound with the formula NH?Cl, is a The nervous system consists of nerves, brain and white crystalline salt, highly soluble in water. Solutions spinal cord. They control the working of various of ammonium chloride are mildly acidic. Sal ammoniac organs of the body. The part of brain and spinal cord is a name of the natural, mineralogical form of is called the Autonomic Nervous System. ammonium chloride 314. (a) A cellulosic wall is found in the cells of plants.Cellulose 322. (a) The depletion of Ozone layer is mainly due to is an important structural component of the primary chlorofluorocarbons. A chlorofluorocarbon is an cell wall of green plants, many forms of algae and the organic compound that contains only carbon, chlorine, oomycetes. Some species of bacteria secrete it to form and fluorine, produced as a volatile derivative of biofilms. Cellulose is the most abundant organic methane, ethane, and propane. They are also polymer on Earth. commonly known by the DuPont brand name Freon. 315. (c) The filtration unit of kidney is known as nephron. 323. (c) Bacterium is associated with tuberculosis, Fungus Kidneys filter the nitrogenous waste products of the with ringworm, Protozoan with kaala-azaar and virus body through nephron and throw them out in the form with influenza. of urine. Kidneys and skin are the chief organs of 324. (b) Matter waves are de Broglie waves. In quantum excretion. mechanics, the concept of matter waves or de Broglie 316. (d) The nutritive tissue in the seeds of higher plants is waves reflects the wave-particle duality of matter. The known as endosperm. Endosperm is the tissue theory was proposed by Louis de Broglie in 1924 in produced inside the seeds of most flowering plants his PhD thesis. The de Broglie relations show that the around the time of fertilization. It surrounds the embryo wavelength is inversely proportional to the momentum and provides nutrition in the form of starch, though it of a particle and is also called de Broglie wavelength. can also contain oils and protein. 325 (a) When the milk is churned vigorously, the cream is 317. (b) Yeast is an important source of vitamin B. Yeasts is separated out due to centrifugal force. Centrifugal eukaryotic microorganisms classified in the kingdom force is the apparent force that draws a rotating body Fungi, with 1,500 species (estimated to be 1% of all away from the center of rotation. It is caused by the fungal species). Yeasts are unicellular, although some inertia of the body as the body's path is continually species with yeast forms may become multicellular redirected. through the formation of strings of connected budding 326. (b) Gas thermometers are more sensitive than liquid cells known as pseudohyphae, or false hyphae, as thermometers because the gases have large coefficient seen in most molds. of expansion. Coefficient of Thermal expansion is the 318 (d) Enzymes are proteins. Enzymes are large biological tendency of matter to change in volume in response molecules responsible for the thousands of metabolic to a change in temperature, through heat transfer. processes that sustain life. They are highly selective When a substance is heated, its particles begin moving catalysts, greatly accelerating both the rate and more and thus usually maintain a greater average specificity of metabolic reactions, from the digestion separation. of food to the synthesis of DNA. Most enzymes are 327. (b) Sun appearing red at sunset is not caused by proteins, although some catalytic RNA molecules have atmospheric refraction of light. Refraction is been identified. essentially a surface phenomenon. The phenomenon 319. (c) Heating of ore below its melting point in the absence is mainly in governance to the law of conservation of of air is known as calcinations. Calcinations is a thermal energy and momentum. Due to change of medium, the treatment process in presence of air or oxygen applied phase velocity of the wave is changed but its to ores and other solid materials to bring about a frequency remains constant. This is most commonly thermal decomposition, phase transition, or removal observed when a wave passes from one medium to of a volatile fraction another at any angle other than 90° or 0°. G S 83 328. (d) Morphine is the most abundant opiate found in opium, 341. (b) Boiling point of water is lower at higher altitudes due the dried latex from unripe seedpods of Papaver to the decreased air pressure. Boiling point of water somniferum (the opium poppy). changes with altitude because atmospheric pressure 329. (a) Efforts by the U.S. Soil Conservation Service to changes with altitude. promote contouring in the 1930s as an essential part 342. (a) Sodium thiosulphate, also called sodium hyposulphite of erosion control eventually led to its widespread or "hypo" is used as a photographic fixer in photography. adoption. The practice has been proved to reduce 343. (d) fertilizer loss, power and time consumption, and wear 344. (d) Stalactites and Stalagmites are formed due to the on machines, as well as to increase crop yields and precipitation of Calcium carbonate (CaCO ). reduce erosion. Contour farming is most effective 3 345. (d) Hermaphroditism is a form of sexual reproduction in when used in conjunction with such practices as strip cropping, terracing, and water diversion. which an organism can self-fertilize or mate with another individual of the same species. 330. (b) Glucose has the molecular formula C6H12O6 and is thus a hexose sugar. 346. (b) Lyman series of hydrogen atom spectral lines in the Ultraviolet. 331. (d) Bacteria are prokaryotes, which, by definition, are cells that don't possess membrane-bound organelles. 347. (b) An electric battery is a devices consisting of two or Mitochondria are membrane-bound organelles. more electrochemical cells that convert stored chemical 332. (d) The rainbow comes from the reflection and refraction energy into electrical energy. of the sunlight in the falling drops; its colors are mainly due to dispersion, which means that the refractive index 348. (b) Plane Incident Mirror of water depends on the wavelength of light. speed X 333. (c) When a ray of light falls on sea shell, then its small amount gets refracted (slightly polarised) and rest almost gets reflected back (fully polarised). 334. (d) An object covers distance which is directly Reflected proportional to the square of the time. Its acceleration X is constant. 335. (b) If the horizontal range of a projectile is four times its Therefore, relative speed= x + x = 2x maximum height, the angle of projection is 45 degrees. 349. (d) The area reserved for the welfare of wildlife is called Range is the total horizontal distance covered during National Park. u2 sin2 350. (a) 351. (c) the time of flight. It is calculated as q , where g 352. (a) Turner Syndrome, represented by 44A + XO. This occur q is the angle of projection. in females in which one of the X-chromosome is missing. 336. (c) Mercury has the least melting point of the following metals (–38.83°C). Gold, silver and copper have 1064°C, 353. (d) Myopia also known as short sightedness is a condition 961.8°C and 1085°C respectively. of the eye where one looking at a distant object seems 337. (d) Marsh Gas or methane gas is produced when a little out of focus. vegetation decomposes in water. Methane, also called 354. (d) In the process of photosynthesis, phytoplankton marsh gas, colourless, odourless gas that occurs release oxygen into the water. Half of the world’s abundantly in nature as the chief constituent of natural oxygen is produced from phytoplankton gas, as a component of firedamp in coal mines, and as photosynthesis. The other half is produced via a product of the anaerobic bacterial decomposition of photosynthesis on land by trees, shrubs, grasses and vegetable matter under water. other plants. 338. (c) In cactus, spines are modified leaves, and thorns are 355. (a) 356. (a) modified branches. 357. (d) Rate of Transpiration increases in hot, dry and windy 339. (b) Mycoplasma are the smallest bacterial cells yet condition. discovered, can survive without oxygen and are 358. (d) Collateral Bundle is a type of vascular bundle in which typically about 0.1 µm in diameter. the phloem and xylem lie on the same radius, with the 340. (d) Biodiversity can be thought of as the genetic library phloem located towards the periphery of the stem and that keeps life going on Earth. Biodiversity, short for xylem towards the centre. biological diversity, is the term used to describe the 359. (b) The Planck constant has dimensions of physical action, variety of life found on Earth and all of the natural these are the same as those of angular momentum. In processes. This includes ecosystem, genetic and SI units, the Planck constant is expressed in joule cultural diversity, and the connections between these and all species. seconds (J.S) 84 G S 360. (a) Cnidaria (e.g., jellyfish, corals, sea anemones). Several 361. (b) Polarization is a property of waves that can oscillate such capsules occur on the body surface. Each is with more than one orientation. Electromagnetic waves produced by a special cell called a cnidoblast and such as light exhibit polarization, as do some other contains a coiled, hollow, usually barbed thread, which types of wave, such as gravitational waves. quickly turns outward (i.e., is everted) from the capsule 362. (c) Ramanathapuran district of Tamil Nadu has vast upon proper stimulation. The purpose of the thread, stretches of saline and alkaline soils in the wastal which often contains poison, is to ward off enemies or region. The permeability rate of the sandy soil is upto to capture prey. 5 cm/hour and therefore, water availibility for the 376. (a) Lactobacillus, also called D derlein's bacillus, is a cultivation of crops is very less. genus of Gram-positive facultative anaerobic or 363. (b) microaerophilic rod-shaped bacteria. 364. (c) Minamata disease is a neurological syndrome caused 377. (c) Chlorophyll is a green pigment found in cyanobacteria by severe mercury poisoning. and the chloroplasts of algae and plants. Its name is 365. (d) Gold is often referred as king of metals. derived from the Greek words chloros (“green”) and phyllon (“leaf ”). Chlorophyll is an extremely important 366. (b) biomolecule, critical in photosynthesis, which allows 367. (a) Fermi is the unit of length used to measure nuclear plants to absorb energy from light. distances. The unit is named after the Italian physicist 378. (b) In physics, the kinetic energy of an object is the energy Enrico Fermi. which it possesses due to its motion. It is defined as 368. (b) the work needed to accelerate a body of a given mass 369. (d) Christmas factor is one of the proteases of the from rest to its stated velocity. Having gained this coagulation system. energy during its acceleration, the body maintains this 370. (a) “Romancing with life” is a memoir written by leading kinetic energy unless its speed changes. Bollywood star, Dev Anand. 379. (c) The ozone layer is a layer in Earth's atmosphere that 371. (b) Highly concentrated sources of oxygen promote rapid absorbs most of the Sun's UV radiation. It contains combustion. Fire and explosion hazards exist when relatively high concentrations of ozone (O3), although concentrated oxidants and fuels are brought into close it is still very small with regard to ordinary oxygen, and proximity; however, an ignition event, such as heat or is less than ten parts per million, the average ozone a spark, is needed to trigger combustion. Oxygen itself concentration in Earth's atmosphere being only about is not the fuel, but the oxidant. 0.6 parts per million. The ozone layer is mainly found in 372. (a) The Dumas method in analytical chemistry is a method the lower portion of the stratosphere from for the quantitative determination of nitrogen in approximately 20 to 30 kilometres (12 to 19 mi) above chemical substances based on a method first described Earth, though the thickness varies seasonally and by Jean-Baptiste Dumas in 1826. geographically. 373. (a) Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a molecule that 380. (a) Airlift pumps are often used in deep dirty wells where encodes the genetic instructions used in the sand would quickly abrade mechanical parts. (The development and functioning of all known living compressor is on the surface and no mechanical parts organisms and many viruses. DNA is a nucleic acid; are needed in the well). However airlift wells must be alongside proteins and carbohydrates, nucleic acids much deeper than the water table to allow for compose the three major macromolecules essential for submergence. Air is generally pumped at least as deep all known forms of life. under the water as the water is to be lifted. (If the water 374. (a) A steroid hormone (abbreviated as sterone) is a steroid table is 50 ft below, the air should be pumped 100 feet that acts as a hormone. Steroid hormones can be deep). grouped into five groups by the receptors to which 381. (a) The passenger-side mirror on a car is typically a convex they bind: glucocorticoids, mineralocorticoids, mirror. In some countries, these are labeled with the androgens, estrogens, and progestogens. Vitamin D safety warning “Objects in mirror are closer than they derivatives are a sixth closely related hormone system appear”, to warn the driver of the convex mirror's with homologous receptors, though they are distorting effects on distance perception. Convex technically sterols rather than steroids. Steroid mirrors are preferred in vehicles because they give an hormones help control metabolism, inflammation, upright, though diminished, image. Also they provide immune functions, salt and water balance, development a wider field of view as they are curved outwards. of sexual characteristics, and the ability to withstand 382. (c) non-luminous zone illness and injury. 383. (d) Gamma radiation, also known as gamma rays, and 375. (a) nematocyst, minute, elongated, or spherical capsule denoted by the Greek letter, refers to electromagnetic produced exclusively by members of the phylum radiation of extremely high frequency and therefore G S 85 high energy per photon. Gamma rays are ionizing 394. (c) Aerenchyma refers to spaces or air channels in the radiation, and are thus biologically hazardous. leaves, stems and roots of some plants, which allows 384. (a) Gives us atmospheric pressure - Ozone layer shields exchange of gases between the shoot and the root. earth from UV radiation - Ionosphere layer allows radio Aerenchyma is widespread in aquatic and wetland waves to be bounced off and radios to work - Prevents plants which must grow in hypoxic soils. water from vaporising off the earth thanks to 395. (b) Night blindness is the first sign of vitamin A deficiency. atmospheric pressure. Night blindness and its worsened condition, 385. (d) Bacillus Calmette-Guérin is a vaccine against xerophthalmia, are markers of vitamin A deficiency, as tuberculosis that is prepared from a strain of the it can also lead to impaired immune function, cancer, attenuated live bovine tuberculosis bacillus, and birth defects. Mycobacterium bovis, that has lost its virulence in 396. (a) Cloves are the aromatic flower buds of a tree in the humans. family Myrtaceae, S . They are 386. (b) A greenhouse gas (sometimes abbreviated GHG) is a native to the Maluku Islands in Indonesia, and are gas in an atmosphere that absorbs and emits radiation commonly used as a spice. within the thermal infrared range. This process is the 397. (c) Heating gypsum partially dehydrates the mineral by fundamental cause of the greenhouse effect. The primary greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere driving off approximately 75% of water contained in its are water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous chemical structure. The partially dehydrated mineral is oxide, and ozone. called calcium sulfate hemihydrate or calcined gypsum 387. (d) Hydrogen bomb is based on the principle of nuclear commonly known to be Plaster of Paris. fusion. Hydrogen bomb or H-bomb, weapon deriving 398. (c) Neutron was discovered by a British Physicist named a large portion of its energy from the nuclear fusion of Sir James Chadwick. In1932, Chadwick showed that hydrogen isotopes. The hydrogen bomb functions by the radiation from the element beryllium, caused by the fusion, or joining together, of lighter elements into the bombardment of alpha particles is actually a stream heavier elements. The end product again weighs less of electrically neutral particles. He called these particles than its components, the difference once more neutrons. He also studied some other properties of appearing as energy. Because extremely high these particles. Neutrons directly emitted from atomic temperatures are required in order to initiate fusion nuclei are termed as fast neutron. reactions, the hydrogen bomb is also known as a 399. (c) Carbonated beverages like soda get their name from thermonuclear bomb. the carbon dioxide dissolved in the beverage. Most 388. (b) The commonly used safety fuse wire is made up of an gases will dissolve in water (which is the main alloy of tin and lead. Fuse is a safety device used in component of soda) but carbon dioxide is particularly any electrical installation, which forms the weakest link good at dissolving and it adds a nice slightly sour between the supply and the load. It is a short length of taste to the beverage. It may also be added to make it wire made of lead / tin /alloy of lead and tin/ zinc having reminiscent of the carbonation found in fermented a low melting point and low ohmic losses. A fuse wire beverages like champagne. should always have a high resistance and low melting 400. (c) Bio gas is a clean unpolluted and cheap source of point. High resistance to heat up soon and low melting energy in rural areas. It consists of 55-70% methane point to melt away due to the heat produced by high resistance so that the circuit is not damaged which is inflammable. Bio gas is produced from cattle dung in a bio gas plant commonly known as gobar gas 389. (b) When cooled from room temperature liquid water plant through a process called digestion. becomes increasingly dense, as with other substances, but at approximately 4 °C (39 °F), pure water reaches 401. (c) Carbon credit is a permit which allows a country or its maximum density. As it is cooled further, it expands organization to produce a certain amount of carbon to become less dense. emissions and which can be traded if the full allowance 390. (b) The linear expansion of a solid rod is independent of is not used. It is associated with protection of the time of heat flow. It is directly dependent on the environment. temperature, length of the rod and material of the rod. 402. (b) A green leaf is green because of the presence of a 391. (b) X-rays are produced as a result of obstruction of pigment known as chlorophyll, which is inside an cathode rays with metal. organelle called a chloroplast. When they are abundant 392. (c) Aristotle is the father of Biology and Zoology. in the leaf's cells, as they are during the growing 393. (a) the smallest unit of classification is species. The season, the chlorophylls' green color dominates and hierarchy of biological classification's major taxonomic masks out the colors of any other pigments that may ranks is as follows: species< genus< family < order< be present in the leaf. Thus the leaves of summer are class< phylum < kingdom < domain 1. The messenger satellite launched by NASA is to study (c) North–East (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) (d) Indo–Pak Border in Punjab and Rajasthan (a) Mercury (b) Venus 10. The Headquarters of MCF (Master Control Facility) – the (c) Satrun (d) Jupiter nerve centre of the entire space craft operations in India is at 2. An Intelligent terminal (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) (a) has a microprocessor, but can-not be programmed by (a) Hyderabad – Andhra Pradesh the user (b) Thumba – Kerala (b) can process small data processing jobs, with the use of (c) Sriharikota – Andhra Pradesh a large CPU (d) Hassan – Karnataka (c) interacts with the user in English 11. In which of the following areas, a spreadsheet software is (d) cannot take data from the user more useful? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) 3. Which of the following countries has recently become the (a) Psychology (b) Publishing third largest market for Twitter ? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) (c) Statistics (d) Message sending (a) China (b) India 12. A Group Ware is a (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) (c) Brazil (d) Indonesia (a) Hardware (b) Network 4. Processor's speed of a computer is measured in (c) Software (d) Firmware (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) 13. The transfer of date from a CPU to peripheral devices of (a) BPS (b) MIPS computer is achieved through (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (c) Baud (d) Hertz (a) interfaces (b) buffer memory 5. 'C' language is a (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) (c) modems (d) computer ports (a) Low level language 14. Which of the following items is not used in Local Area (b) High level language Networks (LANs)? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (c) Machine level language (a) Interface Card (b) Cable (d) Assembly level language (c) Computer (d) Modem 6. Window 7, the latest operating system from Microsoft Corporation has ...... Indian languages fonts. 15. What is m-commerce? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) (a) machine commerce (b) mobile commerce (a) 14 (b) 26 (c) money commerce (d) marketing commerce (c) 37 (d) 49 16. Who invented the modem ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) 7. The first computer made available for commercial use was: (a) Apple Computers Inc. (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) (b) Digital Equipment Corporation (a) MANIAC (b) ENIAC (c) Wang Laboratories Ltd. (c) UNIVAC (d) EDSAC (d) AT&T Information Systems 8. A communication network which is used by large 17. What is the name given to the smallest unit of data space organizations over regional, national or global area is called: available in a spreadsheet software application ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (a) LAN (b) WAN (a) Row (b) Block (c) MAN (d) VAN (c) Cell (d) Pixel 9. Indian Army's Operation 'Saiyam' was related to : 18. An alternate name for the completely interconnected network (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) topology is (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (a) Kashmir (a) Mesh (b) Star (b) Indo–China Border in the Central Region (c) Tree (d) Ring 90 C 19. Communication satellites are used to : 29. What is used to identify whether a data word has an odd or (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) even number of 1's ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (a) transmit communication signal only (a) Sign bit (b) Zero bit (b) receive communication signal only (c) Parity bit (d) Carry bit (c) receive and redirect communication signal 30. Rearranging and allocating space in memory to provide for (d) provide information of natural resources only multiple computing tasks is called 20. What type of information system would be recognised by (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) digital circuits ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (a) Multiprogramming (a) Hexadecimal system (b) Multitasking (b) Binary system (c) Memory Management (c) Both hexadecimal and binary system (d) Networking (d) Only Roman system 31. A computer executes programs in the sequence of : 21. Which of the following is an impact printe ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (a) Decode, Fetch, Execute (a) Daisy wheel printer (b) Execute, Fetch, Decode (b) Ink jet printer (c) Fetch, Decode, Execute (c) Bubble jet printer (d) Store, Fetch, Execute (d) Laser printer 32. Which of the following is in the ascending order of Data 22. A television channel is characterised by hierarchy ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2015) (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (a) Bit–Byte – Record – Field – Database – File (a) frequency of transmitted signal (b) Byte – Bit – File – Record – Database – Field (b) velocity of transmitted signal (c) Bit– Byte – Field – Record – File – Database (c) physical dimension of television screen (d) Field – Byte – Bit – Record – File– Database 33. Data in database at a particular point of time is called as? (d) size of picture tube (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) 23. Who is the founder of “Facebook” which is currently the No. 1 social networking website in India? (a) Intension (b) Extension (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (c) Back up (d) Application (a) Orkut Buyukkokten (b) Mark Zuckerberg 34. CPU Scheduler is also known as _____ . (c) Bill Gates (d) Martin Cooper (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) 24. Which computer was the first to use the magnetic drum for (a) Job Scheduler memory ? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (b) Resource Scheduler (a) IBM - 650 (b) IBM - 7090 (c) Short-term Scheduler (c) IBM - 701 (d) IBM - 360 (d) Process Scheduler 25. Identify the FIFO (First In First Out) structure among the 35. Which of the following is not an operating system? following : (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (a) Stack (b) Queue (a) Android (b) Vista (c) De-queue (d) Array (c) iOS (d) Opera 26. Which was the first electronic computer constructed at the 36. In IT, the technique of delaying outgoing acknowledgements Moore School of Engineering? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) temporarily is known as (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (a) EOVAC (b) ONIVAC (a) AR Acknowledgement (c) ENIAC (d) EDSAC (b) AR request 27. Which among the following standard protocols is the most (c) Piggybacking widely used by the Internet? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (d) Piggyframing (a) HTTP (b) TCP/IP 37. CPU performance is often measured in: (c) SMTP (d) SLIP (SSC CHSL 2012) 28. Who among the following introduced the world's first laptop (a) MHz (b) MIPS computer in the market? (SSC CGL 2014) (c) Band rate (d) G B (a) Hewlett-Packard 38. The indentations on CDs and DVDs are called: (b) Epson (SSC CHSL 2012) (c) Laplink travelling software Inc (a) pits (b) clusters (d) Microsoft (c) tracks (d) lands C 91 39. Programs which protect a disk from an infection are called 50. Image files can be sent along with the e-mail documents as : (SSC CHSL 2012) using (SSC M 2014) (a) Vaccines (b) Antidotes (a) Attachments (b) Subject (c) Library routines (d) Interpreters (c) Signature (d) CC & BCC 40. A nibble is equal to ______bits. 51. The invention of ______led to the third generation (SSC CHSL 2013) of computers. (SSC M 2014) (a) 16 (b) 32 (a) Vacuum tubes (c)4 (d) 8 (b) Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) 41. In HTML, tags consists of keywords enclosed within (c) Transistors (SSC CHSL 2013) (d) Integrated chips (a) flower brackets { } 52. In a ______network, all devices are connected to (b) angular brackets < > a device called a hub and they communicate through it. (c) parentheses ( ) (SSC M 2014) (d) square brackets [ ] (a) Ming (b) Mesh 42. printer cannot print more than one character at a time. (c) Bus (d) Star (SSC CHSL 2013) 53. Which one of the following acts as a mediator between the user’s program and the hardware? (a) Line (b) Daisy-wheel (SSC S . I . 2012) (c) Laser (d) Dot-matrix (a) Compiler (b) Editor 43. The waste generated by end life personal computers is known as (SSC CHSL 2013) (c) Operating System (d) Browser (a) E-waste (b) PC-waste 54. If you use a font that is supported by a browser, then the text (SSC S . I . 2012) (c) Physical waste (d) Computer waste (a) will be displayed in the default font 44. Telnet stands for (SSC CHSL 2014) (b) will not be displayed (a) Telephone Network (b) Television Network (c) will be displayed using ‘ARIAL’ font only (c) Teletype Network (d) Telefax Network (d) willl be displayed with a particular background 45. In operating system, Round Robin Scheduling means: 55. The telephone line is connected through the______on (SSC CHSL 2015) the computer. (SSC S . I . 2013) (a) A kind of scheduling (a) USB (b) Modem (b) A process allocation policy (c) Ethernet (d) PS2 (c) A memory allocation policy 56. In the nuclear reactors, moderators are used to : (d) Repetition policy (SSC S . I . 2013) 46. FORTRAN is called : (SSC CHSL 2015) (a) Accelerate neutrons (a) Floppy Translator (b) Formula Translator (b) Absorb the neutrons (c) File Translator (d) Format Translator (c) Slow down the neutrons 47. All forms of ROM are also known as ______. (d) Generate neutrons (SSC CHSL 2015) 57. Which is not an extension of a picture file on a computer ? (a) Middleware (b) Firmware (SSC S . I . 2014) (c) Shareware (d) Freeware (a) .jpeg (b) .png 48. The Simplest CUP scheduling algorithm is (c) .gif (d) .mdb (SSC CHSL 2015) 58. Which measure of memory is the largest ? (a) Round-robin scheduling algorithm (SSC S . I . 2014) (b) Multilevel scheduling algorithm (a) MB Megabyte (b) GB Gigabyte (c) FCFS scheduling algorithm (c) TB Terabyte (d) KB Kilobyte (d) SJF scheduling algorithm 59. Which of the following is the maximum number of electrons 49. In MS-Excel, ______provide a visual representation of that can be present in M-shell? the values in a worksheet. (SSC M 2013) (SSC S . I . 2014) (a) Views (b) Charts (a)2 (b) 8 (c) Formulae (d) Templates (c) 18 (d) 32 92 C 60. RAM is used as a short memory in a computer because it. 64...... helps in remote login. (SSC S 2013) (SSC S . I . 2015) (a) Telnet (b) Usenet (a) is very expensive (b) is programmable (c) Milnet (d) Arpanet (c) is volatile (d) has less capacity 65. What kind of data can you send by e-mail? 61. In a computer system, which device is functionally opposite (SSC S 2014) of a keyboard ? (SSC S . I . 2015) (a) Audio (b) Video (a) Joystick (b) Trackball (c) Pictures (d) All of these (c) Mouse (d) Printer 66. Which of the following units used to measure the speed of 62. One strategy of allocating kernel memory is known as a computer ? (SSC S 2016) (SSC S . I . 2016) (a) BAUD (b) Byte (a) frames allocation (c) SYPS (d) MIPS (b) register allocation 67. DHCP is mainly used to (SSC S 2016) (c) slab allocation (a) Converting IP address to domain name (d) resource allocation (b) Multicasting 63. In MS-Excel, ...... is a collection of rows and columns that (c) Provide IP address automatically to the devices holds text and numbers. (SSC S 2013) (d) Routing (a) Workbook (b) Worksheet (c) File (d) Record C 93 & 1. (a) 2. (a) 3. (c) 28. (b) The Epson HX-20 (also known as the HC-20) is 4. (b) Acronym for million instructions per second. A old generally regarded as the first laptop computer, measure of acomputer's speed and power, MIPS announced in November 1981, although first sold measures roughly the number of machine instructions widely in 1983. Hailed by BusinessWeek magazine as that a computer can execute in one second. the "fourth revolution in personal computing", it is 5. (b) 6. (d) 7. (c) 8. (b) generally considered both the first notebook and 9. (d) 10. (d) 11. (c) 12. (c) handheld computer. 29. (c) A parity bit, or check bit is a bit added to the end of a 13. (a) In computing, an interface is a shared boundary across string of binary code that indicates whether the number which two separate components of a computer system of bits in the string with the value one is even or odd. exchange information. The exchange can be between Parity bits are used as the simplest form of error software, computer hardware,peripheral devices, detecting code. humans and combinations of these. 30. (c) Memory management is the process of controlling and 14. (c) Interface Card, Ethernet Cable and Routers are used in coordinating computer memory, assigning portions setting up a LAN. The router can be plugged directly called blocks to various running programs to optimize into the modem via an Ethernet cable, and all other overall system performance.It involves components computers are eventually connected in some fashion that physically store data, such as RAM (random to the route. In terms of LAN, a computer cannot be access memory) chips, memory caches, and flash- said to be an item which constitutes this network. based SSDs (solid-state drives). 15. (b) Mobile Commerce, also known as 31. (c) The first step the CPU carries out is to fetch some data M-Commerce or mCommerce, is the ability to conduct instructions from main memory then store them in its commerce using a mobile device, such as a mobile own internal temporary memory areas. The next step is phone, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a for the CPU to make sense of the instruction it has just smartphone, or other emerging mobile equipment. fetched this process is called Decode. Execute is the 16. (d) 17. (c) 18. (a) 19. (c) 80. (b) part of the cycle when data processing actually takes 21. (a) D is an impact technology place. invented in 1969 by David S. Lee at Diablo Data 32. (c) · Bit (Binary digit) = a bit can only have one of two Systems. It uses interchangeable pre-formed type possible values. elements, each with typically 96 glyphs, to generate · Byte = 1 byte = 8 bits · high-quality output comparable to premium typewriters Field = one or more bits/bytes holding a single such as the IBM Selectric, but two to three times faster. piece of information about a single entity · 22. (a) A television channel is a physical or virtual channel Record (Logical) = all the fields which apply to a over which a television station or television network is single entity (except for "Inverted" files) · distributed. Channel numbers represent actual File = all the records which apply to a collection of entities frequencies used to broadcast the television signal. · Database = a related collection of Files. For example, in North America. "Channel 2" refers to 33. (b) The data in the database at a particular point of time is the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with known as database instance or database sate or carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video snapshot. The database state is also called an (VSB) and 59.75 MHz for analog audio (FM), or 55.31 extension of the schema. MHz for digital ATSC (8VSB). 34. (c) The short-term scheduler (also known as the CPU 23. (b) Mark Elliot Zuckerburg is an American computer scheduler) decides which of the ready, in-memory programmer and internet entrepreneur. He is best processes is to be executed (allocated a CPU) after a known as one of five co-founders of the social clock interrupt, an I/O interrupt, an operating system networking website Facebook. call or another form of signal. 24. (a) The IBM 650 Magnetic Drum Data-Processing 35. (d) 36. (c) 37. (b) 38. (c) 39. (b) Machine was one of IBM's early computers, and the 40. (c) A nibble is equal to 4 bits. In computing, a nibble (often world's first mass-produced computer. It was nybble or even nyble to match the vowels of byte) is a announced in 1953 and almost 2000 systems were four-bit aggregation, or half an octet. As a nibble produced, the last in 1962. Support for the 650 and its contains 4 bits, there are sixteen possible values, so a component units was withdrawn in 1969. nibble corresponds to a single hexadecimal digit (thus, 25. (a) stack 26. (c) 27. (b) it is often referred to as a "hex digit" or "hexit"). 94 C 41. (b) In html, tags consist of keywords enclosed within of a central node, to which all other nodes are angular brackets. In the HTML syntax, most elements connected; this central node provides a common are written with a start tag and an end tag, with the connection point for all nodes through a hub. content in between. An HTML tag is composed of the 53. (c) 54. (a) name of the element, surrounded by angle brackets. 55. (b) A modem turns the digital data of a personal computer An end tag also has a slash after the opening angle into modulated electrical signals in the voice frequency bracket, to distinguish it from the start tag. range of a telephone channel. These Signals can be 42. (b) Daisy wheel printer cannot print more than one transmitted over telephone lines and demodulated by character at a time. The daisy - wheel is named after its another modem at the receiver side to recover the digital shape. The individual characters are arranged on data. flexible petals (or spokes) 'radiating' from the centre of 56. (c) A moderator is a medium that reduces the speed of fast the wheel. Each petal has a raised character at its end. neutrons, thereby turning them into thermal neutrons The spoke hits the ribbon when it is struck by the capable of sustaining a nuclear chain reaction involving hammer. uranium-235. Commonly used moderators include 43 (a) The waste generated by end life personal computers regular (light) water (roughly 75% of the world's are known as e-waste. E-waste or "Electronic waste" reactors), solid graphite (20% of reactors) and heavy may be defined as discarded computers, office water (5% of reactors). electronic equipment, entertainment device electronics, 57. (d) .mdb is not a picture file. It is a database file used by mobile phones, television sets, and refrigerators. Microsoft Access. Though Access is tied into the 44. (a) The acronym TELNET stands for Telephone Network. Microsoft Office, MDB is Access's own format, which 45. (b) is based on the Access Jet Database Engine..jpeg; .gif; 46. (b) FORTRAN is derived from Formula Translator. and .png files are graphic files. The PNG, JPEG, and GIF 47. (b) Firmware is the permanent software programmed into formats are most often used to display images on the a read-only memory. Internet. JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Experts 48. (c) Group. PNG stands for Portable Network Graphics. GIF 49. (b) charts stands for Graphics Interchange Format. 50. (a) Image files can be sent along with the e-mail using 58. (c) Terrabyte (TB) is the largest measure of memory. 1 Bit attachments.An e-mail attachment is a file that is = Binary Digit; 8 Bits = 1 Byte; attached to an e-mail message. For example, you may 1024 Bytes = 1 KB (Kilo Byte);1024 KB = 1 MB (Mega attach a graphic, a spreadsheet, or a word processing Byte); 1024 MB = 1 GB(Giga Byte) document. 1024 GB = 1 TB(Terra Byte). Thus TB > GB> MB > KB 51. (d) The invention of integrated chips led to the third > Byte > Bit generation of computers. During the period of 1964 to 59. (c) Maximum number of electrons present in M-shell are 1971 third generation computers were developed. The 18. The maximum number of electrons that can occupy third generation computers emerged with the a specific energy level can be found using the following development of IC (Integrated Circuits). IC is a single formula. component containing a number of transistors. It made Electron Capacity = 2n2, the variable n represents the the computers more fast and reliable. Principal Quantum Number. Shell M has principle 52. (d) Star networks are one of the most common computer quantum number 3. network topologies. In its simplest form, a star network 60. (c) 61. (d) 62. (a) 63. (b) consists of one central switch, hub or computer, which 64. (a) 65. (d) 66. (d) 67. (c) acts as a conduit to transmit messages. This consists 7 CHAPTER E E A ED E 1 The book titled 'The Indian War of Independence' was 11. The 'Project Snow Leopard' to conserve the endangered written by (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) species, launched by the Union Ministry of Environment (a) Krishna Verma (b) Madame Cama and Forests covers the states of: (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) (c) B.G. Tilak (d) V.D. Savarkar (a) Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh only 2. Who among the following captured his third consecutive (b) Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand National Billiards title in the year 2009 ? only (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) (c) Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and (a) Pankaj Advani (b) Devendra Joshi Arunachal Pradesh only (c) Geet Sethi (d) Dhruv Sitawala (d) Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, 3. What was the name of the ship that sank near the Paradip Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim Port in September, 2009 causing an oil spill ? 12. The 2010 FIFA World Cup Final was held at: (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) (a) Red Rose (b) Black Rose (a) Paris (b) Berlin (c) White Rose (d) Green Rose (c) Johannesburg (d) London 4. Who among the following has been honoured with the 13. Who of the following received– Sangeet Natak Akademi's prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2007 ? Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puruskar for 2009 in 'Hindustani (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) Vocal Music'? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) (a) Yash Chopra (b) Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (a) Ornkar Shrikant Dadarkar (c) Manna Dey (d) A. Nageshwara Rao (b) Ragini Chander Shekar 5. Who among the following won the 'ICC Cricketer of the (c) Abanti Chakravorty and Sukracharya Rabha Year Award' for the year 2009 ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2010) (d) K. Nellai Manikandan (a) M.S. Dhoni (b) Gautam Gambhir 14. Which of the following folk/tribal dances is associated with (c) Mitchell Johnson (d) Tillakaratne Dilshan Uttar Pradesh? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) 6. NIS stands for (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) (a) Veedhi (b) Thora (a) National Infectious diseases seminar (c) Tamasha (d) Rauf (b) National Irrigation Schedule 15. Which of the following books has been written by Atiq (c) National Immunisation Schedule Rahimi? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) (d) National Information Sector (a) Earth and Ashes (b) This Savage Rite 7. Who discovered cement ? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2010) (c) The Red Devil (d) Witness the Night (a) Agassit (b) Albertus Magnus 16. Who is the recepient of the Sahitya Akademi Award 2010 in (c) Joseph Aspdin (d) Janseen Hindi Literature category? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) 8. Red data book gives information about species which are: (a) Uday Prakash (b) Laxman Dubey (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) (c) Nanjil Nandan (d) Mangat Badal (a) extinct (b) endangered 17. First Indian Prime Minister to visit Siachen has been (c) dangerous (d) rare (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) 9. Which of the following is the smallest bird? (a) Rajiv Gandhi (b) Inder Kumar Gujaral (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) (c) Man Mohan Singh (d) None of the above (a) Pigeon (b) Parrot 18. Which of the following books has been written by Kishwar (c) Humming bird (d) House sparrow Desai? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) 10. The world's only floating national park is situated in: (a) The Red Devil (SSC CGL 1 S . 2011) (b) Witness the Night (a) Manipur (b) Kuala Lumpur (c) Tonight This Savage Rite (c) Bilaspur (d) Dispur (d) Earth and Ashes 96 19. Which of the following folk/tribal dances is associated with 33. The most endangered Asiatic top predator on the edge of Karnataka? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) extinction is (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (a) Yakshagana (b) Veedhi (a) Black Bear (b) Asiatic Lion (c) Jatra (d) Jhora (c) Siberian Tiger (d) Dhole 20. The Headquarters of International Atomic Energy Agency 34. Analects is the sacred book of (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) is in (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) (a) Confucianism (b) Judaism (a) Geneva (b) Paris (c) Shintoism (d) Taoism (c) Vienna (d) Washington 35. Ram Sharan Sharma, who died in 2011 was an eminent 21. Vasundhara Summit was held in (SSC CGL 2 S . 2011) (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (a) USA (b) UK (a) Chemist (b) Economist (c) Brazil (d) Australia (c) Indologist (d) Archaeologist 22. The first Indian who was chosen as the Secretary General of 36. The 34th National Games were held in 2011 in: Commonwealth is (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (a) Rakesh Verma (b) Gopalaswami (a) Uttarakhand (b) Kerala (c) Krishna Murthy (d) Kamalesh Sharma (c) Karnataka (d) Jharkhand 23. Kuldip Nayer, a journalist, was appointed as a High 37. Torah is the scared book of: (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) Commissioner in (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (a) Zoroastrianism (b) Confucianism (a) Sri Lanka (b) Australia (c) Taoism (d) Judaism (c) UK (d) Pakistan 38. The 98th Indian Science Congress was held in 2011 at: 24. The National Policy for Empowerment of Women was (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) adopted in the year (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (a) Bengaluru (b) Bhopal (a) 2001 (b) 2005 (c) Chennai (d) Bhubaneshwar (c) 1991 (d) 1995 39. Which bank was the first to introduce ATMs to the world? 25. Ballots were first used in (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (a) Australia (b) USA (a) Hong Kong Bank (c) Ancient Greece (d) England (b) Standard Chartered Bank 26. Which of the following criteria is not used for the (c) Bank of America classification of human races? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (d) Citi Bank (a) Nose (b) Hair 40. Mamta Sharma was appointed in 2011 as the chairperson of: (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (c) Eyes (d) Ear (a) National Commission for Minorities 27. The study of lake is called (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (b) National Commission for Protection of Child Right (a) Topology (b) Hydrology (c) National Commission for women (c) Limnology (d) Potomology (d) National Commission for BCs 28. The Central Drug Research Institute of India is located at 41. Human Development index was formulated by: (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (a) Madras (b) Lucknow (a) ASEAN (b) IBRD (c) Delhi (d) Bangalore (c) UNDP (d) UNCTAD 29. How many spokes are there in the Dharmachakra of the 42. Who is the author of the book ‘Pakistan: Beyond the Crisis National Flag? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) State’? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (a) 14 (b) 18 (a) Khuram Iqbal (b) Maleeha Lodhi (c) 22 (d) 24 (c) Amir Mir (d) M. J. Akbar 30. The latest official language of the U.N. is 43. What is the name of the currency of Bangladesh ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (a) Russian (b) Arabic (a) Taka (b) Lek (c) Chinese (d) Spanish (c) Dinar (d) Peso 31. The latest book 'K K ' is written by 44. The famous car (chariot) festival is held at (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (a) Suryanath Singh (b) Kunal Bhardwaj (a) Puri (b) Gwalior (c) Karan Singh (d) Kuldip Singh (c) Bhopal (d) Konark 32. The organisation involved primarily with environmental 45. The most literate Union Territory in India is planning is (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (a) CIFRI (b) ICAR (a) Chandigarh (b) Lakshadweep (c) CSIR (d) NEERI (c) Delhi (d) Pondicherry 97 46. The first Secretary-General of the United Nations was 56. The 'One Straw Revolution" was written by: (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (a) U. Thant (a) Masanobu Fukuoka (b) Dr. Kurt Waldheim (b) Richael Carlson (c) Dag Hammarskjold (c) M.S. Swaminathan (d) Trygve Lie (d) Norman Borlaug 47. The book “Tinderbox : The Past and Future of Pakistan” is 57. Aung San Suu Kyi is a native to : (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) written by (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) (a) Tibet (a) Jamil Ahmad (b) Khatija Akbar (b) China (c) Khurram Iqbal (d) M.J. Akbar (c) Myanmar 48. Which of the following cities in India is considered the (d) Arunachal Pradesh greenest ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) 58. Non Residential Indians (NRI) Day is marked on: (a) Delhi (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (b) Thiruvananthapuram (a) January 7 (b) January 9 (c) Bangalore (c) January 17 (d) January 19 (d) Chandigarh 59. "Whether I earned your vote or not, I have listened to you, 49. Synagogue is the place of worship of I have learned from you. You have made me a better (SSC CGL 1 S . 2012) President", was said by : (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (a) Zoroastrianism (b) Taoism (a) Pranab Mukherjee (b) Barack Obama (c) Judaism (d) Shintoism (c) George Bush (d) APJ Abdul Kalam 50. One of the following Chief Ministers received the Highest 60. First Hindu American to enter the US House of Civilian Award “Bharat Ratna” (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) Representative as senator is : (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (a) Lalu Prasad Yadav of Bihar (a) Tulsi Gabbard (b) Sunita Williams (b) Late M. G. Ramachandran of Tamilnadu (c) Jyoti Sengupta (d) Ami bera (c) Jyothi Basu of West Bengal 61. Who was not a politician ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (d) Late N. T. Rama Rao of Andhra Pradesh (a) H.N. Bahuguna (b) I.K. Gujral 51. Which one of the following film-actors has been conferred (c) S.L. Bahuguna (d) J.Jayalalitha the Honorary Doctorate in Arts and Culture by the Bedford 62. Which of the following crop cultivation is banned by the University, London? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) Hon’ble Supreme Court of India? (a) Shahrukh Khan (b) Amir Khan (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (c) Saif Ali Khan (d) Anil Kapoor (a) Lathyrus (Khesari) 52. Who advocated the adoption of ‘PURA’ model to eradicate (b) Genetically modified brinjal rural poverty? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) (c) Bt cotton for export (a) Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Bt cotton for local use (b) Sri Abhijit Sen 63. Who is known for establishing-the “Anand Van”? (c) Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (d) Prof. A. M. Patha (a) Jubilant Buddha (b) H. N. Bahuguna 53. Which one of the following though called , (c) Baba Amte (d) Motilal Nehru ? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2012) 64. The civilian Airport of highest altitude is in (a) Vrindavan Garden of Mysore (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (b) Hanging Garden of Mumbai (a) Tibet (d) Nepal (c) Eden Garden of Kolkata (c) India (d) China (d) Shalimar Garden of Kashmir 65. Greenpark Stadium is in (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) 54. Who wrote the book "Why Socialism"? (a) Bengaluru (b) Dehradun (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (c) Chandigarh (d) Kanpur (a) Jayaprakash Narayan 66. Human Environment Conference-1972 was held at (b) Mahatma Gandhi (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (c) Acharya Narendra Dev (a) Stockholm (b) Paris (d) M.N. Roy (c) Geneva (d) Australia 55. Multi purpose river valley projects are the "New temples of 67. Who said “Truth is the ultimate reality and it is God”? modern India ". (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Motilal Nehru (a) Swamy Vivekananda (b) Rabindra Nath Tagore (c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Rajiv Gandhi (c) M. K. Gandhi (d) Radhakrishnan 98 68. Who is the founder of “Facebook” which is currently the 78. The first non-Englishman elected as Chairman of the No. 1 social networking website in India? International Cricket Council was (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (a) Orkut Buyukkokten (b) Mark Zuckerberg (a) Cydle Walcott (b) Gary Sobers (c) Bill Gates (d) Martin Cooper (c) Imran Khan (d) Sunil Gavaskar 69. Who is the author of the book “No Full Stops in India”? 79. For which language included in the Indian Constitution, the (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) Jnanpith Award has not been given upto 2011? (a) Nirad C. Choudhuri (b) Mark Tully (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (a) Sanskrit (b) Sindhi (c) R. K. Narayan (d) Ved Mehta (c) Kashmiri (d) Konkani 70. Which one of the following pairs is matched? 80. Who is the first British Author to win the Man Booker Prize (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) for fiction twice ? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) P L (a) Peter Carey (b) J.M. Coetzee (a) Tiananmen Square - Beijing (c) Hilary Mantel (d) None of the above (b) Tahrir Square - Abu Dhabi 81. Which one of the following is wrongly paired? (c) Trafalgar Square - London (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (d) Red Square - Moscow C C 71. The term of a non-permanent member of the U.N. Security (a) Japan Yen Council is (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (b) Iran Rand (a) 1 year (b) 2 years (c) Bangladesh Taka (c) 3 years (d) 6 months (d) Bhutan Ngultrum 72. Julia Gillard is the Prime Minister of 82. The Red Data Books published by the International Union (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (a) Canada (b) Australia enumerate (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (c) New Zealand (d) Belgium (a) Biodiversity parks and wild life sanctuaries in different 73. Which is the first state in India to pass the Food Security countries. Law? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (b) Centres of origin of cultivated plants. (a) Chhattisgarh (b) Gujarat (c) Centres of origin of all economically important plants. (c) Punjab (d) Kerala (d) Threatened species of plants and animals. 74. Who among the following Presidents of MCC was a non- 83. The two South American countries, which are members of professional cricketer? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) are (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (a) Peter May (a) Ecuador and Brazil (b) Christopher Martin Jenkins (b) Ecuador and Bolivia (c) Ted Dexter (c) Ecuador and Venezuela (d) Colin Cowdrey (d) Venezuela and Brazil 75. Who won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2012 ? 84. Who is the Chairperson of the National Green Tribunal ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (a) International Atomic Energy Agency (a) Markandey Katju (b) Swatantra Kumar (b) Liu Xiaobo (c) Satyananda Mishra (d) K.G. Balakrishnan (c) European Union 85. Which is the capital of Mali ? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (d) U. N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (a) Mopti (b) Barmako 76. Who won the Jnanpith Award for 2011? (c) Cairo (d) Nairobi (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) 86. Which was the first film of Jaspal Bhatti ? (a) Sachidananda Routray (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (b) Pratibha Ray (a) Power Cut (c) Gopinath Mohanty (b) Mahaul Theek Hai (d) Sitakant Mahapatra (c) Thank You Jijaji 77. Environmental impact assessment was first formally (d) None of the three above established in 1969 in which country ? 87. Who was the first recipient of the "Bharat Ratna" Award (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) posthumously ? (SSC CGL 2 S . 2013) (a) United Kingdom (b) United States (a) K. Kamaraj (b) Lal Bahadur Shastri (c) France (d) Netherlands (c) M.G. Ramachandran (d) B.R. Ambedkar 99 88. Sarus crane is the state bird of (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) 101. 'Agha Khan Cup' is related with which of the following sport (a) Rajasthan (b) Uttar Pradesh event ? (SSC CGL 2015) (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) West Bengal (a) Cricket (b) Hockey 89. The Daocheng Yading Airport is located in (c) Table Tennis (d) Football (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) 102. Where was the first conference of SAARC (South Asian (a) Thailand (b) Philippines Association for Regional Cooperation) held? (c) China (d) Tibet (SSC CGL 2015) 90. "Martyr's Day" is marked on (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (a) Dhaka (b) New Delhi (a) January 1 (b) January 15 (c) Colombo (d) Kathmandu (c) January 30 (d) January 9 103. First Nobel Prize to India was given for : 91. Which of the following is only domestic Airport? (SSC CGL 2015) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) (a) Physics (b) Literature (a) Dabolin Airport, Goa (c) Medicine (d) Chemistry (b) Srinagar Airport 104. Who was the Indian women president of the United Nations General Assembly ? (SSC CGL 2015) (c) Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport (a) Margret Thatcher (b) Golda Mayer (d) None of the above (c) Sarojini Naidu 92. Second India–Africa Forum Summit–2011 was held in (d) Vijya Lakshmi Pandit (SSC CGL 1 S . 2013) 105. What is the currency of Saudi Arabia ? (SSC CGL 2015) (a) Eretrea (b) Ethiopia (a) Riyal (b) Pound (c) Sudan (d) Nigeria (c) Lira (d) Dinar 93. NIN (National Institute of Nutrition) Central Office is located 106. Reserve Bank of India was nationalised in : at (SSC CGL 2014) (SSC CGL 2015) (a) Hyderabad (b) Mumbai (a) 1951 (b) 1947 (c) Bengaluru (d) Kolkata (c) 1935 (d) 1949 94. "Bull's eye" is used in the game of (SSC CGL 2014) 107. Which among the following is a folk dance of India. (a) Boxing (b) Basketball (SSC CGL 2015) (c) Polo (d) Shooting (a) Kathakali (b) Mohiniattam 95. Pablo Picasso, the famous painter was (SSC CGL 2014) (c) Manipuri (d) Garba (a) French (b) Italian 108. Radio activity was discovered by : (SSC CGL 2015) (c) Flemish (d) Spanish (a) Curie (b) Beequeral 96. To whom the line 'A thing of beauty is a joy for ever' is (c) Soddy (d) Rutherford attributed ? (SSC CGL 2015) 109. ’Mission Indradhanush’ Campaign in India is associated (a) John Keats (b) Dr. Charles Dickens with? (SSC CGL 2016) (c) Dr. Jonathan Swift (d) William Wordsworth (a) Nutrition to Pregnant Women 97. The birthday of which of the following leaders is celebrated (b) Awareness of Diabetes as 'Teachers Day' in India? (SSC CGL 2015) (c) Eradication of blindness (a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (b) S. Radhakrishnan (d) Vaccination of children (c) C. Rajgopalachari (d) Lala Lajpat Rai 110. Who is the recipient of Man Booker International Prize 2016 98. The award given for outstanding performance in sports is for the novel ‘The Vegetarian’? (SSC CGL 2016) (SSC CGL 2015) (a) Orhan Pamuk (b) Han Kang (a) Bharat Ratna (b) Padma Shri Award (c) Elena Ferrante (d) Tonkin (c) Arjuna Award (d) Dronacharya Award 111. The novelist, poet and critic of which language has been 99. Which hill station's name means place of the thunderbolt'? conferred with Jnanpith Award for 2015? (SSC CGL 2015) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (a) Shillong (b) Oottacamand (a) Bengali (b) Telugu (c) Darjeeling (d) Gangtok (c) Odia (d) Gujarati 100. The ship building yard––Mazgaon Dock is located at – 112. Which one of the following countries is not a member of the (SSC CGL 2015) "BRICS" group? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (a) Kochi (b) Kolkata (a) Brazil (b) Russia (c) Mumbai (d) Vishakhapatnam (c) China (d) Indonesia 100 113. Which pair of the following Indians has been selected for 124. Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education (LNIPE) grant of Raman Magasaysay Award 2016? is in: (SSC CHSL 2012) (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (a) Patiala (b) Gwalior (a) Bezwada Wilson and T.M. Krishna (c) Indore (d) Jhansi (b) T.M. Krishna and Arvind Adiga 125. The concept of 'Carbon credit' originated from : (c) Arvind Adiga and Bezwada Wilson (SSC CHSL 2012) (d) T.M. Krishna and Satish Gujral (a) Earth Summit, Rio-de-Janerio 114. At Rio Olympics, what was the final position of Dipa (b) Kyoto Protocol Karmakar in her category? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (c) Montreal Protocol (a)4 (b) 5 (d) None of the above 126. Minorities Rights Day is observed in India on (c)6 (d) 7 (SSC CHSL 2013) 115. The study of mountains is known as (a) 18th December (B 23rd December (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (c)5th September (d) 1st December (a) Oncology (b) Lithology 127. Which one of the following institutes in List I is wrongly (c) Orology (d) Ornithology matched with its location indicated in List II ? 116. The famous Vishnu temple at Angkor Wat in Cambodia was (SSC CHSL 2013) built by ? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) L -I L -II (a) Shrutavarman (b) Suryavarman II (a) Central Institute of Mining Dhanbad (c) Indravarman (d) Aniruddha and Fuel Research 117. The new symbol of Indian currency is designed by? (b) Central Building Research Roorkee (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) Institute (a) Santosh Kumar (b) Y.V. Reddy (c) Central Arid Zone Jodhpur (c) Udayakumar (d) Dr. Rangarajan Research Institute 118. What is MUDRA? (SSC CGL 1 S . 2016) (d) Central Drug Research Kanpur (a) Development and Refinance Agency Institute (b) Scheme for Agricultural Insurance 128. Match the two lists given below: (SSC CHSL 2013) (c) New Planet Discovered L -I L -II (d) Development and Regulatory Authority for Urban a. London 1. St. Peter's Square Township b. Vatican City 2. Times Square 119. Which day is observed as “International Day of Non- c. Moscow 3. Trafalgar Square Violence” (SSC CHSL 2012) d. New York 4. Red Square (a) 1 st May (b) 2 nd October (a) a-1, b-3, c-2, d-4 (b) a-2, b-4, c-3, d-1 (c) 24 th October (d) 30 th January (c) a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2 (d) a-4, b-2, c-1, d-3 120. Which country is the largest producer of wool ? 129. Who among the following women tennis players has won the Grand Slam titles for the maximum number of times ? (SSC CHSL 2012) (SSC CHSL 2013) (a) U.S.A. (b) Australia (a) Serena Williams (b) Venus Williams (a) Britain (d) Canada (c) Steffi Graf (d) Margaret Court 121. Which one of the following African countries in not a 130. In which one of the following films did Pran act as a character member of OPEC ? (SSC CHSL 2012) artist and not in the role of a villain? (SSC CHSL 2013) (a) Angola (b) Libya (a) H K G M (c) South Africa (d) Algeria (b) R S 122. Which one of the following National Park/Sanctuary is not (c) Z in Rajasthan ? (SSC CHSL 2012) (d) M (a) Sariska National Park 131. Who was the first posthumous recipient of Bharat Ratna? (b) Sambar Wildlife Sanctuary (SSC CHSL 2013) (c) Rajaji National Park (a) M.G. Ramachandran (b) B.R. Ambedkar (d) Rhanthambore National Park (c) K. Kamraj (d) Lal Bahadur Shastri 123. Which one of following is called the primary pace maker of 132. Which country won the ICC Women’s World Cup held in the heart ? (SSC CHSL 2012) February 2013 ? (SSC CHSL 2013) (a) A. V. Node (b) Chordae tendinae (a) India (b) New Zealand (c) A.V. Septum (d) S.A. Node (c) England (d) Australia 101 133. Which country’s currency is Ngultrum ? 146. "Life Divine" is a book written by (SSC CHSL 2014) (SSC CHSL 2013) (a) M. K. Gandhi (b) Rabindranath Tagore (a) Bhutan (b) Laos (c) S. Radhakrishnan (d) Shri Aurobindo (c) Bangladesh (d) Nepal 147. The Oscar Award was won 36 times by 134. "Sattriya Nritya” recognised as a classical dance form of (SSC CHSL 2014) India by the Sangeet Natak Akademi only in 2000, originated (a) Charlie Chaplin (b) Alfred Hitchcock from (SSC CHSL 2013) (c) Walt Disney (d) Akiro Kurosawa (a) Tripura (b) Assam 148. Who among the following is not a Bharatanatyam dancer ? (c) Karnataka (d) Gujarat (SSC CHSL 2015) 135. Grammy Award is given in the field of (SSC CHSL 2014) (a) Sitara Devi (b) Leela Samson (a) Acting (b) Music (c) Geeta Ramachandran (d) Sonal Mansingh (c) Singing (d) Boxing 149. Ryder Cup is a famous tournament of : 136. The first woman to get the Bharat Ratan Award is (SSC CHSL 2015) (SSC CHSL 2014) (a) Badminton (b) Golf (a) Mother Teresa (b) Indira Gandhi (c) Cricket (d) Lawn Tennis (c) Lata Mangeshker (d) Sarojini Naidu 150. Kanha National Park is located in : (SSC CHSL 2015) 137. Karl Marx wrote (SSC CHSL 2014) (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Bihar (a) Asian Drama (b) Em ma (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Madhya Pradesh (c) Das Kapital (d) Good Earth 151. Who wrote 'Discovery of India'? (SSC CHSL 2015) 138. The religious text of the Jews is named as (a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Jawahar Lal Nehru (SSC CHSL 2014) (c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (d) APJ Abdul Kalam (a) The Analectus (b) Torah 152. Who is the first woman IPS officer in India ? (c) Tripitaka (d) Zend-Avesta (SSC CHSL 2015) 139. "Meghdoot" was written by (SSC CHSL 2014) (a) Sarojini Naidu (b) Kiran Bedi (a) Humayun Kabir (b) Khushwant Singh (c) Bachendri Pal (d) Indira Gandhi (c) Banabhatta (d) Kalidasa 153. Which of the following is the right expansion of ILO? 140. Who among the following is a famous English writer ? (SSC CHSL 2015) (SSC CHSL 2014) (a) International Labour Organization (a) Amrita Pritam (b) Mahadevi Verma (b) Indian Legal Orientation (c) Ashapurna Devi (d) Mulk Raj Anand (c) Internatioanl Law and Order 141. In which year were the States reorganized on a linguistic (d) Inter–State Lawful Ordinance basis ? (SSC CHSL 2014) 154. In 2010 a newspaper published its 70,000th issue. Which (a) 1951 (b) 1947 was the newspaper ? (SSC CHSL 2015) (c) 1950 (d) 1956 (a) The Oxford Gazette 142. The "Mein Kampf" was written by (SSC CHSL 2014) (b) The Washington Post (a) Hitler (b) Mussolini (c) The Times of London (c) Bismarck (d) Mazzini (d) The Hindustan Times 143. It was decided to observe Mahatma Gandhi's birthday 155. Project tiger programme was launched in : October 2 as the International Nonviolence Day at (SSC CHSL 2015) (SSC CHSL 2014) (a) 1994 (b) 1973 (a) International lndology Conference (c) 1975 (d) 1971 (b) Setyagraha Centenary Conference 156. Which Indian newspaper has the largest readership ? (c) Congress Foundation Day Celebration (SSC CHSL 2015) (d) None of these (a) The Malayala Manorama 144. ISRO's Master Control Facility is in (SSC CHSL 2014) (b) Indian Express (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Orissa (c) The Hindu (c) Gujarat (d) Karantaka (d) The Dainik Jagran 145. Which place is called as "Silicon Valley" of India ? 157. Which day is celebrated as International Yoga Day ? (SSC CHSL 2014) (SSC CHSL 2015) (a) Delhi (b) Pune (a) April 23 (b) September 21 (c) Bengaluru (d) Hyderabad (c) July 21 (d) June 21 102 158. December 1 is celebrated as : (SSC CHSL 2015) 172. Iron filings can be separated from a heterogenous mixture (a) Indian Navy Day (b) UNICEF Day using the technique of (SSC CHSL 2015) (c) Children's Day (d) World AIDS Day (a) Magnetization (b) Sedimentation 159. Who was the first Secretary General of UNO? (c) Evaporation (d) Sublimation (SSC CHSL 2015) 173. In which year did Amartya Kumar Sen receive the Nobel Prize in Economics? (SSC M T 2013) (a) Kurt Waldheim (b) Dag Hammarskjold (a) 1990 (b) 1998 (c) Trygve Lie (d) U–Thant (c) 1995 (d) 2000 160. Earth day is celebrated on : (SSC CHSL 2015) 174. The worldwide Great Depression took place in (a) April 22 (b) September 17 (SSC M T 2013) (c) February 16 (d) April 4 (a) 1930 (b) 1936 161. What is the number of players on each side in Rugby (c) 1929 (d) 1928 Football? (SSC CHSL 2015) 175. Which one of the following is not an All India Service? (a) 16 (b) 12 (SSC M T 2013) (c) 11 (d) 15 (a) Indian Police Service 162. Which was the first linguistic state to be created ? (b) Indian Foreign Service (SSC CHSL 2015) (c) Indian Forest Service (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Andhra Pradesh (d) Indian Administrative Service (c) Maharashtra (d) Kerala 176. The Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project (SSCP) is supposed 163. The headquarters of the Survey of India Dept. (department) to reduce the distance between Chennai and Tuticorin by is located at : (SSC CHSL 2015) ______nautical miles. (SSC M T 2013) (a) Dehradun (b) Hyderabad (a) 305 (b) 361 (c) New Delhi (d) Jaipur (c) 434 (d) 243 164. The Lalit Kala Academy is devoted to the promotion of : 177. Cities with population from one to five million are called (SSC M T 2013) (SSC CHSL 2015) (a) Cosmopolitan (b) Conurbation (a) Literature (b) Music (c) Million City (d) Metropolitan (c) Dance and Drama (d) Fine Arts 178. ‘Kyoto Protocol’, an agreement signed by various countries, 165. World wild life fund was founded in : (SSC CHSL 2015) is associated with (SSC M T 2013) (a) 1969 (b) 1992 (a) Deep Sea Oil and Mineral Exploration (c) 1961 (d) 1965 (b) Clean Environment and Climate Change 166. Arundhati Roy is the author of : (SSC CHSL 2015) (c) Building common food stock to save human beings (a) Disgrace (b) The Tin Drum from any natural disaster (c) My Childhood Days (d) God of Small Things (d) International Trade 167. The first Bio-sphere Reserve in India has been established 179. Sanjukta Panigrahi was famous for the dance in : (SSC CHSL 2015) (SSC M T 2013) (a) Nilgiri (b) Nanda Devi (a) Odissi (b) Bharatnatyam (c) Hazaribagh (d) Kanha (c) Kathak (d) Manipuri 168. Kimono is a dress style of which Asian Country ? 180. ‘White Revolution’ is related to (SSC CHSL 2015) (SSC M T 2013) (a) Korea (b) Laos (a) Fish production (b) Wheat production (c) China (d) Japan (c) Milk production (d) Flood control 169. Dr. P. Rama Rao Committee is related to which of the 181. Who proposed the adage “Survival of the fittest”? following ? (SSC CHSL 2015) (SSC M T 2013) (a) Lamarck (b) Darwin (a) Defence (b) Industry (c) William (d) Huxley (c) Agriculture (d) Taxes 182. What is the name given to Moon Mission in India? 170. Kathakali is a dance prevalent in which state ? (SSC M T 2014) (SSC CHSL 2015) (a) Vikram I (b) Chandrayaan I (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Kalpana II (d) Astrosat (c) Orissa (d) Kerala 183. Lira was the currency of which country? 171. Rand is the currency of : (SSC CHSL 2015) (SSC M T 2014) (a) Iran (b) Romania (a) China (b) Australia (c) Norway (d) Namibia (c) Japan (d) Italy 103 184. Who is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the armed 196. Who was the first woman winner of Kaun Banega Crorepati forces? (SSC M T 2014) 6 ? (SSC S . I . 2014) (a) Prime Minister (b) Defence Minister (a) Kiran Bedi (b) Lata Mangeshkar (c) President (d) Vice-President (c) Sumeet Kaur Sawhney (d) Preity Zinta 185. Which is The second most populous State of India as per 197. Who among the following was named as “Haryana Census 2011? (SSC M T 2014) Hurricane” ? (SSC S . I . 2015) (a) West Bengal (b) Rajasthan (a) Ajay Ratsa (b) Nawab Pataudi (c) Maharashtra (d) Bihar (c) Kapil Dev (d) Ajay Jadeja 186. United Nations Conference on Environment and 198. What does the word ‘amphibian’ mean ? Development is called (SSC S . I . 2012) (SSC S . I . 2015) (a) Earth Summit (b) Water Summit (a) Two lives (b) Four lives (c) Air Summit (d) Resource Summit (c) Three lives (d) One life 187. The headquarters of International Atomic Energy Agency is located at (SSC S . I . 2012) 199. The founder of the ‘Arya Samaj’ was: (a) Geneva (b) Washington (SSC S . I . 2015) (c) Vienna (d) Sydney (a) Dayananda Saraswati (b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy 188. The first woman to conquer Mount Everest twice is (c) Vivekananda (d) Annie Besant (SSC S . I . 2012) 200. The book "Globalization, Democratization and Distributive (a) Surja Lata Devi (b) Jyoti Randhawa Justice" has been authored by (SSC S 2013) (c) Santosh Yadav (d) Suma Shirur (a) Mool Chand Sharma (b) Karan Bajaj 189. Which Indian hockey player has road named after him in (c) Salman Rushdies (d) Anita Nair Germany? (SSC S . I . 2012) 201. Which of the following has become the first airport in the (a) Dhyan Chand (b) Zafar Iqbal world to fully operation all on solar power? (c) Roop Singh (d) Dhanraj Pillai (SSC S 2013) 190. What is the name of the first research station established (a) Lokpriya Gopinath Bardoli International Airport. by India in the Antarctica? (SSC S . I . 2012) (b) Amritsar International Airport. (a) Dakshin Gangotri (b) Maitri (c) Netaji Subash Chandra Bose International Airport. (c) Agnihotri (d) Aryabhatta (d) Cochin International Airport Ltd. (Kerla). 191. The five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council 202. Which of the following countries has become the first are (SSC S . I . 2012) country in the world to receive funds from United Nations (a) China, France, Russia, U.K. and U.S.A. for its fast growing Solar Home Systems? (b) China, Canada, France, U.S.A and Germany (SSC S 2013) (c) China, Germany, Russia, U.K. and U.S.A. (a) Afghanistan (b) Burma (d) China, Germany, U.S.A., U.K and Canada (c) Bangladesh (d) Switzerland 192. Which of the following is correctly paired? 203. Who of the following is not one of the recipients of Arjuna (SSC S . I . 2012) Award 2015? (SSC S 2013) (a) Jwala Gutta — Tennis (a) Anoop Singh (Wrestling) (b) Virat Kohli — Cricket (c) Harbhajan Singh — Kabaddi (b) Dipa Karmakar (Gymnastics) (d) Saina Nehwal — Badminton (c) Jitu Rai (Shooting) 193. Which of the following States has the largest gap in male (d) P. R. Sreejesh (Hockey) and female literacy as per 2011 Census (provisional data)? 204. Who wrote 'Communist Manifesto'? (SSC S 2013) (SSC S . I . 2012) (a) Marx and Engels (b) Mao (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Lenin (d) Che - Cuevara (c) Rajasthan (d) Kerala 205. Where is the permanent headquarters of SAARC? 194. Among the following states, which one has adopted me (SSC S 2013) "Neem" tree as the state tree? (SSC S . I . 2013) (a) New Delhi (b) Kathmandu (a) Maharashtra (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Thimphu (d) Dhaka (c) Kerala (d) Andhra Pradesh 206. The only foreign national to receive the highest Bangladesh 195. When was the Geological Survey of India established ? Award ''Bangladesh Swadhinata Sammanona'' is (SSC S . I . 2014) (SSC S 2013) (a) 1841 (b) 1851 (a) P.V. Narasimha Rao (b) Indira Gandhi (c) 1941 (d) 1951 (c) Sonia Gandhi (d) Rajiv Gandhi 104 207. The headquarters of the Organization of petroleum 218. Where is the permanent secretarial of the SAARC? Exporting Countries (OPEC) is in (SSC S 2013) (SSC S 2014) (a) Baghdad (b) Abu Dhabi (a) New Delhi (b) Islamabad (c) Teheran (d) Vienna (c) Colombo (d) Kathmandu 208. Who was the Captain of Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL - V? 219. 'Statue of Liberty' is the National Emblem of (SSC S 2013) (SSC S 2014) (a) M.S.Dhoni (b) Rahul Dravid (a) UK (b) USA (c) Gautam Gambhir (d) Saurav Ganguly (c) Germany (d) Russia 209. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched? 220. Ozone Day is celebrated on (SSC S 2014) (SSC S 2013) (a) April 21 (b) September 16 (a) Kuchipudi - Andhra Pradesh (c) September 25 (d) June 5 (b) Kathakali - Tamil Nadu 221. The book 'Gokhale, My Political Guru' was written by (c) Kathak - Manipur (SSC S 2014) (d) Bharatnatyam - Kerala 210. The term of a non-permanent member og the U. N. Security (a) Shaukat Ali (b) C.R. Das Council is (SSC S 2013) (c) M.A. Jinnah (d) M.K. Gandhi (a) 6 months (b) 1 year 222. Who amongst the following is the author of the book 'Name (c) 2 years (d) 3 years Sake'? (SSC S 2014) 211. Free and compulsory education for all children is provided (a) Kiran Desai (b) Shobha De until they attain the age of (SSC S 2014) (c) Vikram Seth (d) Jhumpa Lahiri (a) 16 years (b) 18 years 223. National Science Day is observed on (SSC S 2014) (c) 21 years (d) 14 years (a) 14th March (b) 2nd June 212. The Indian recipient of Noble Peace Prize is (c)5th January (d) 28th February (SSC S 2014) 224. Which was the first National news Agency of free India ? (a) Hargovind Khurana (b) Rabindra Nath Tagore (SSC S 2016) (c) Mother Teresa (d) Amartya Sen (a) The Associated Press of India 213. London is situated on the banks of river (b) None of these (SSC S 2014) (c) The Indian Review (a) Tiber (b) Danube (d) The Free press of India (c) Tigris (d) Thames 225. The book 'Problem of Human Geography' was written by 214. Identify the odd sportman among the following (SSC S 2016) (SSC S 2014) (a) Jean Brunches (b) None of these (a) Narain karthikeyan (b) Vijay Hazare (c) Albert Demangeon (d) De Mortonne (c) Sachin Tendulkar (d) Sunil Gavaskar 226. Philadelphia is famous for (SSC S 2016) 215. First Indian to make a speech in Hindi before the UN General Assembly was (SSC S 2014) (a) Locomotives (b) Dairy industry (a) AB Vajpayee (b) Lal Bahadur Shastri (c) Ship building (d) Silk textiles (c) Lal Krishna Advani (d) Morarji Desai 227. Which one among the following book is centered around 216. Which of the following awards is given for excellence in 'environment'? (SSC S . I . 2016) sports coaching? (SSC S 2014) (a) Here I Stand (a) Sahitya Academi Award (b) And Then One Day (b) Dronacharya Award (c) The Late, Great Planet Earth (c) Arjun Award (d) Silent Spring (d) Dada Saheb Phalke Award 228. An international movement with its motto to save the world 217. Who is the winner of the prestigious Man Booker Prize by involving itself with environmental problems is 2013? (SSC S 2014) (SSC S . I . 2016) (a) Haruki Murakami (b) Eleanor Catton (a) Clean En (b) Eco-friend (c) Malala Yousufzai (d) Vikram Seth (c) Green-field (d) Green-peace 105 & 1. (d) 2. (a) 3. (a) 32. (d) The National Environmental Engineering Research 4. (c) Prabodh Chandra Dey known by his stage name Manna Insititute (NEERI) is a research institute created and Dey, was an Indian playback singer. He debuted in the funded by Government of India. It was established in film Tamanna in 1942, by this song “Upar Gagan Bishal” Nagpur in 1958. and went on to record more than 4,000 songs from 1942 33. (d) The Dhole is on the edge of extinction. Also called the to 2013. The Government of India honoured him with Asiatic wild dog or Indian wild dog, it is a species of the Padma Shri in 1971, the Padma Bhushan in 2005 canid native to South and Southeast Asia. and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2007. 34. (a) The Analects of Confucius is an anthology of brief 5. (b) 6. (d) passages that present the words of Confucius and his 7. (c) Joseph Aspdin was an English cement manufacturer disciples, describe Confucius as a man, and recount who obtained the patent for Portland cement on 21 some of the events of his life. The Analects includes October 1824. twenty books, each generally featuring a series of 8. (b) 9. (c) 10. (a) 11. (d) 12. (c) chapter that encompass quotes from Confucius, which 13. (a) 14. (b) 15. (a) 16. (a) 17. (c) were compiled by his disciples after his death. 18. (b) 19. (a) 20. (c) 21. (c) 35. (c) Ram Sharan Sharma was an eminent historian of Ancient 22. (d) Mr. Kamlesh Sharma, an Indian diplomat, became and early Medieval India. Commonwealth Secretary-General on 1 April 2008. He 36. (d) The 2011 National Games, also known as the 34th was appointed to the post by Commonwealth Heads National Games of India, was held from 12 February of Government at their meeting in Kampala, Uganda, in 2011 to 26 February 2011 in Ranchi, Jharkhand. November 2007. 37. (c) The Torah is Judaism's most important text. It is 23. (c) He was appointed High Commissioner to Great Britain composed of the Five Books of Moses. The term in 1990. "Torah" means instruction and offers a way of life for 24. (a) The National Policy for Empowerment of Women 2001 those who follow if. has as its goal bringing about advancement, 38. (c) Indian Science congress Association (ISCA) is a development and empowerment of women in all spheres premier scientific organisation of India with of life through creation of a more responsive judicial headquarters at Kolkata, West Bengal. The 98th session and legal system sensitive to women and was held at SRM University, near Chennai in January mainstreaming a gender perspective in the development 2011. process. 39. (d) The Citibank of New York was the first such bank. 25. (a) First used in the Australian state of Victoria in 1857, the 40. (c) Former Rajasthan Mahila Congress President chief paper ballot listing all the candidates was first known Mamta Shrma was appointed as National Commission as "the Australian ballot. "In 1889, New York became for Women (NCW) chairperson. The appointment was the first American state to use these ballots. cleared by the Prime Minister's Office. 26. (d) The term race or racial group usually refers to the concept of dividing humans into populations or groups 41. (c) The origins of the HDI are found in the annual Human on the basis of various sets of characteristics. The Development Reports of the United Nations most widely used human racial categories are based Development Programme (UNDP). These were devised on visible traits (especially skin colour, cranial or facial and launched by Pakistani economist Mehboob ul Haq features and hair texture), and self-identification. in 1990. 27. (c) Limnology is the story of lakes and other freshwater 42. (b) Maleeha Lodhi is a journalist, academic and diplomat basins. from Pakistan. She was the High Commissioner of 28. (b) CDRI, is located at Lucknow was inugurated in 1951 Pakistan to the United Kingdom and is a former by the then Prime Minister of India, Jawahar lal Nehru. Pakistani Ambassador to the United States. 29. (d) The spokes in the Ashok Chakra represent 24 states as 43. (a) 44. (a) 45. (b) 46. (d) 47. (d) 24 were the number of states at that time. 48. (d) 49. (c) 50. (b) 51. (a) 52. (a) 30. (b) In 1980, the General Assembly made Arabic an official 53. (c) 54. (a) 55. (a) 56. (a) and working language of all its committees and 57. (c) A S S K , also called D A S S K subcommittees. (born June 19, 1945, Rangoon, Burma [now Yangon, 31. (d) The author is Brigadier (Retired) Kuldip Singh. This Myanmar]) politician and opposition leader of book is an effort to understand now the future will Myanmar, daughter of Aung San (a martyred national unfold in Asia 2030. hero of independent Burma) and Khin Kyi (a prominent 106 Burmese diplomat), and winner of the Nobel Prize for 72. (b) Julia Eileen Gillard is the 27th and current Prime Peace in 1991. She has held multiple governmental Minister of Australia and the Leader of the Australian posts since 2016. Labor Party since 24 June 2010. She is the first women 58. (b) to hold the office. 59. (b) B H O II who is the 44th and current 73. (a) Chhattisgarh was the first state in the country to President of the United States. He is the first African introduce the Food Security Act, a unique law so that American to hold the office and the first president born it could become a right of the people to get sufficient outside the continental United States. quantity of food at subsidized rates. 60. (a) 74. (b) Christopher Martin - Jen - kins was a British cricket 61. (c) S B (born 9 January 1927) is a noted journalist and a past President of the MCC. He was Garhwali environmentalist, Chipko movement leader also a commentator for Test Match Special (TMS) on and a follower of Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy of BBC Radio from 1973 until diagnosed with terminal Non-violence and Satyagraha. cancer in January 2012. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second 75. (c) The Nobel Peace Prize 2012 was awarded to European highest civilian honour, on 26 January 2009. Union (EU) “for over six decades contributed to the 62. (a) Grass pea also known as khesari dal was banned for advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy consumption in 1961 as it was believed that Beta–N– and human rights in Europe”. Oxalylaminoalanine, a neuro–toxic amino–acid in the 76. (b) Pratibha Ray is an Indian academic and writer who legume, caused neurolathyrim or a paralysis of the won the Jnanpith Award in 2011. She was the first lower limbs, woman to win the Moortidevi Awards in 1991. 63. (c) Founded in 1948 by noted social activist, Baba Amte, 77. (b) Environmental impact assessments commenced in the Anandwan, located near Arora in Chandrapur district 1960s, as part of increasing environmental awareness. in the state of Maharashtra. India, is an ashram, and a EIAs involved a technical evaluation intended to community rehabilitation centre for leprosy patients contribute to more objective decision making. In the and the disabled from downtrodden sections of United States, environmental impact assessments society. obtained formal status in 1969, with enactment of the 64. (d) Daocheng Yading Airport in A southwest China's National Environmental Policy Act. Sichuan Province is the world's highest–altitude 78. (a) Sir Clyde Leopold Walcott, KA, GCM (17 January 1926 civilian airport. It is located at a height of 4,411 meters - 26 August 2006) was a West Indian cricketer. Walcott above sea level was a member of the "three W's", the other two being 65. (d) Green Park Stadium is a 60,000 capacity floodlit multi– Everton Weekes and Frank Worrell: all were very purpose stadium located in Kanpur, India, and the successful batsmen from Barbados, born within a short home of the Uttar Pradesh cricket team. distance of each other in Bridgetown, Barbados in a 66. (a) The conference was held in Stockholm. the capital of period of 18 months from August 1924 to January 1926; Sweden. in 1972. The conference agreed upon a all made their Test cricket debut against England in declaration containing 26 principles concerning the 1948. In the mid-1950s, Walcott was arguably the best environment and development. batsman in the world. In later life, he had an active 67. (c) Gandhi was known to have considered truth something career as a cricket administrator, and was the first non- similar to that. Baruch Spinoza considered ultimate truth English and non-white chairman of the International as the ultimate reality of a rationally ordered system Cricket Council. that is God. 79. (b) The Jnanpith Award is a literary award in India. Along 68. (b) Mark Elliot Zuckerburg is an American computer with the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship. It is one of the programmer and internet entrepreneur. He is best two most prestigious literary honours in the country. known as one of five co-founders of the social The award was instituted in 1961. Any Indian citizen networking website Facebook. who writes in any of the official languages of India is 69. (b) Mark Tully is the author of N F S I eligible for the honour. It is presented by the Bharatiya (1998). Its collection of journalistic essays, was Jnanpith, a trust founded by the Sahu Jain family, the published in the US as The Defeat of a Congress-man. publishers of the The Times of India newspaper. 70. (b) Tahrir Square, also known as “ Martyr Square”, is a 80. (c) Hilary Mary Mantel is an English writer whose work major public town square in Down town Cairo. Tahrir ranges in subject from personal memoir and short story Square was the focal point of the 2011 Egyptain to historical fiction and essay. She has twice been Revolution against former president Hosni Mubarak. awarded the Booker Prize. She won her first Booker 71. (b) There are 10 non-permanent members in the United Prize for the 2009 novel, Wolf Hall, a fictional account Nations Security Council, with five elected each year of Thomas Cromwell's rise to power in the court of Henry VIII. She won her second Booker Prize for the to serve two-year terms. 107 2012 novel, Bring Up the Bodies, the second instalment 97. (b) The birthday of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan is celebrated of the Thomas Cromwell trilogy. Mantel was the first as Teacher's Day. The day commemorates the birthday woman to receive the award twice. of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakhrishnan, a philosopher and a 81. (b) The currency of Iran is Rial. teacher par excellence, and his contribution towards 82. (d) The Red Data Book is the state document established Indian education system. As a tribute to this great for documenting rare and endangered species of teacher, his birthday is observed as Teacher's Day animals, plants and fungi as well as some local sub- across India on 5th September. species that exist within the territory of the state or 98. (c) The Arjuna Awards are given by the Ministry of Youth country. This book provides central information for Affairs and Sports, government of India to recognize studies and monitoring programmes on rare and outstanding achievement in National sports. endangered species and their habits. 99. (c) "Place of the Thunderbolt" is associated with 83. (c) OPEC is an intergovernmental organization that was Darjeeling(west Bengal). The word Darjeeling is a created at the Baghdad Conference on September 10- combination of two words 'dorje,' which means 14, 1960, by Iraq, Kuwait, Iran, Saudi Arabia and 'thunderbolt' and 'ling', which means 'place'. Hence the Venezuela. Later it was joined by nine more word Darjeeling means 'the Land of Thunderbolt'. governments: Libya, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, 100. (c) The Ship building yard Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) Indonesia, Algeria, Nigeria, Ecuador, Angola, and is located in Mumbai(Maharashtra).It is India's prime Gabon. OPEC was headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland shipyard. It manufactures warships and submarines before moving to Vienna, Austria, on September 1, 1965. for the Indian Navy and offshore platforms and 84. (b) Swatantra Kumar is the Chairperson of National Green associated support vessels for offshore oil drilling. Tribunal. 101 (d) Aga Khan Cup is related to Football. When Prince 85. (b) Barmako is the capital of Mali. Aga Khan IV of Iran visit in 1958, expressed his interest 86. (b) Jaspal Singh Bhatti (3 March 1955 - 25 October 2012) to start a major international football club tournament was an Indian television personality famous for his in the region. The football authorities of East Pakistan satirical take on the problems of the common man. He in collaboration with Asian Football Confederation is most well known for his television series Flop Show (AFC) decided to start this event. and mini capsules Ulta Pulta which ran on Doordarshan, 102. (a) The first summit was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 7- India's national television network, in the late 1980s 8 December 1985 and was attended by president of and early 1990s. In 2013, he was honoured with the Bangladesh, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, the Padma Bhushan (posthumously), India's third highest kings of Bhutan and Nepal, and the prime minister of civilian award India. 87. (b) Lal Bahadur Shastri was the second Prime Minister of 103. (b) Rabindranath Tagore was the first Indian ever to the Republic of India and a leader of the Indian National receive a Nobel Prize. He was awarded the Nobel Prize Congress party. Shastri joined the Indian independence for Literature in recognition of his work Geetanjali, a movement in the 1920s. collection of poems, in 1913. 88. (b) 89. (d) 90. (c) 91. (d) 92. (b) 104. (d) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit became the first woman to be 93. (a) The National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) is an Indian elected president of the UN General Assembly in 1953. Public health, Biotechnology and Translational She was an Indian diplomat, politician, and a sister of research center located in Hyderabad, India. The India's first prime-minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. She was institute is one of the oldest research centers in India, active in the Indian freedom movement and held high and the largest center, under the Indian Council of national and international positions. Medical Research, located in the vicinity of Osmania 105. (a) The currency of Saudi Arabia is Saudi Riyal. University. 106. (d) After independence, the government passed Reserve 94. (d) Bullseye, also known as conventional pistol, is a Bank (Transfer to Public Ownership) Act, 1948 and shooting sport in which participants shoot handguns took over RBI from private shareholders after paying at paper targets at fixed distances and time limits. appropriate compensation. Thus, nationalisation of RBI 95. (d) Pablo Ruiz y Picasso, also known as Pablo Picasso, took place in 1949 and from January 1, 1949, RBI started was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, working as a government owned central bank of India. stage designer, poet and playwright who spent most 107. (d) Garba is a folk dance of state of Gujarat. of his adult life in France. 108. (b) Antoine-Henri Becquerel (1852-1908) is known for his 96. (a) Endymion is a poem,written by John Keats. It begins discovery of radioactivity, for which he received the with the line "A thing of beauty is a joy forever". The Nobel Prize for Physics jointly with Marie Curie) and poem tells about how nature and its wonder mesmerize Pierre in 1903 and the contributions he made to that us and take away all the sorrow that surrounds us from field. Henri Becquerel discovered radioactivity, and time to time. Mari Curie coined the term. 108 109. (d) Mission Indradhanush was launched by Union Health title in singles category. She is a retired World No. 1 Minister J.P Nadda on 25 December 2014. It aims to professional tennis player and Christian minister from immunize all children under the age of 2 years and Australia. pregnant women against seven vaccine preventable 130. (c) Pran acted as a character artist in the film Zanjeer. It diseases namely diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, made him stand up in defiance as Sher Khan in Zanjeer poliomyelitis, tuberculosis, measles and Hepatitis B (1973) against the six-feet tall, long-legged Amitabh by 2020. In addition to this, vaccines for Japanese Bachchan.Pran had a successful career spanning over Encephalitis (JE), rotavac and Haemophilus influenzae six decades, and his contribution to Hindi cinema type B (HIB) are also being provided in selected states. extends beyond his role as an actor. 110. (b) 111. (d) 131. (d) Lal Bahadur Shastri was the first posthumous recipient 112. (d) BRICS is the acronym for an association of five major of Bharat Ratna in 1966. Lal Bahadur Shastri was the emerging national economies: Brazil, Russia, India, third Prime Minister of the Republic of India and a China and South Africa. Originally the first four were leader of the Indian National Congress party. Shastri grouped as “BRIC” (or “the BRICs”), before the joined the Indian independence movement in the 1920s. induction of South Africa in 2010. 132. (d) Australia won the ICC Women's World Cup held in 113. (a) Bezwada Wilson and TM Krishna are included in the February 2013. The 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup list of the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award was the tenth Women's Cricket World Cup, which was winners for the year 2016. hosted by India for the third time. India previously hosted the World Cup in 1978 and 1997. Australia won 114. (a) Dipa Karmakar returned empty handed from the Vaults the tournament for the sixth time, beating West Indies final at the Gymnastics event of Rio 2016 Olympics by 114 runs in the final. after she finished the event at fourth rank. 133. (a) Bhutan's currency is known as Ngultrum. n 1974, the 115. (c) Orology is the study of mountains.An example of ngultrum was introduced, replacing the rupee at par. orology is research on how a particular mountain came The ngultrum is equal in value to the Indian rupee and to be formed. it does not exchange independently with other nations' 116. (b) It was built by the Khmer King Suryavarman II in the currencies but is interchangeable with the Indian rupee. early 12th century. 134. (b) "Sattriya Nritya" is a classical dance form of India and 117. (d) The Indian rupee sign is the currency sign for the Indian has originated in Assam. Sattriya or Sattriya Nritya , is rupee, the official currency of India. Designed by D. one among the eight principal classical Indian dance Udaya Kumar, it was presented to the public by the traditions. In the year 2000, the Sattriya dances of Government of India on 15 July 2010, following its Assam received recognition as one of the eight selection through an "open" competition among Indian classical dance forms of India. residents. 135. (b) A Grammy Award is an accolade by the National 118. (a) Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency Bank Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) (or MUDRA Bank) is a public sector financial of the United States to recognize outstanding institution in India. achievement in the music industry. 119. (b) 120. (b) 121. (c) 122. (c) 136. (b) Indira Gandhi was the first woman of India who received 123. (d) 124. (b) 125. (b) the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award of the 126. (a) Minorities Rights Day is observed in India in 18th Republic of India, in 1971. December. National Commission for Minorities 137. (c) Das Kapital by Karl Marx, is a critical analysis of celebrated Minorities Rights Day on 18 December 2012. political economy, intended to reveal the economic laws Minorities Rights Day is celebrated on 18th December of the capitalist mode of production. every year. The day is celebrated to protect rights of 138. (b) The Torah is written on scrolls and kept in a special the minorities communities as well as bringing the better cabinet called the aron hakodish, the holy ark, in understanding among religious minorities in India. synagogues. The Torah is read with a pointer called a 127. (d) Central Drug Research Institute is wrongly matched yad (hand) to keep it from being spoiled. Each week, with Kanpur. The Central Drug Research Institute is a one section is read until the entire Torah is completed and the reading begins again. multidisciplinary research laboratory in Lucknow, India, employing scientific personnel from various areas of 139. (d) Meghdoot is a lyric poem written by Kalidas, biomedical sciences. considered to be one of the greatest Sanskrit poets. 128. (c) Trafalgar Square is associated with London, St.Peter's 140. (d) Mulk Raj Anand was an Indian writer in English, notable for his depiction of the lives of the poorer castes in Square is associated with Vatican City, Red Square is traditional Indian society. One of the pioneers of Indo- associated with Moscow and Times Square is Anglian fiction, he together with R. K. Narayan, Ahmad associated with New York. Aliand Raja Rao, was one of the first India-based writers 129. (d) Margaret Court has won the Grand Slams title for the in English to gain an international readership. maximum number of times. She has won 24 Grand Slams 109 141. (d) The States Reorganisation Act, 1956 was a major reform 160. (a) Earth Day is celebrated of 22nd April all over the world of the boundaries of India's states and territories, to demostrate support for environmental protection. organising them along linguistic lines. 161. (d) In Rugby football each team starts the match with 15 142. (a) Mein Kampf is an autobiographical manifesto by Nazi players on the field and seven or eight substitutes. leader Adolf Hitler, in which he outlines his political 162. (b) The first state to be formed on linguistic basis in India ideology and future plans for Germany. was Andhra Pradesh, which was divided into two 143. (d) On 15 June 2007, the United Nations General Assembly Telugu-speaking states. voted to establish 2 October as the International Day 163. (a) The Survey of India Dept. is headquartered at of Non-Violence. The resolution by the General Dehradun. It has 18 civil engineering divisions ranging Assembly asks all members of the UN system to from the prediction of tides to aerial survey. commemorate 2 October in "an appropriate manner and 164. (d) The Lalit Kala Academi or National Academy of Art is disseminate the message of non-violence, including India’s national academy of fine arts. Its headquarters through education and public awareness are at Ravindra Bhawan, Ferozshah Road, New Delhi. 144. (d) The Master Control Facility (MCF) is a facility set up 165. (c) The World Wildlife Fund is an international non- by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in governmental organization founded on 29th April, 1961. the city of Hassan in the Indian state of Karnataka. 166. (d) The God of Small Things (1997) is the debut novel of 145. (c) The Silicon Valley of India is a nickname of the Indian Indian writer Arundhati Roy. city of Bangalore. The name signifies Bangalore's status 167. (a) Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve is India’s first and foremost as a hub for information technology (IT) companies in biosphere reserves with a heritage rich in flora and India and is a comparative reference to the original fauna. Silicon Valley, based around Santa Clara Valley, 168. (d) The Kimono is a traditional Japanese garment. California, a major hub for IT companies in the United 169. (a) Dr. P. Rama Rao committee is related to defence. States. 170. (d) Kathakali is a traditional dance from the south Indian 146. (d) Shri Aurbindo has written 'Life Divine' which deals with state of Kerala. theoretical aspects of Integral Yoga. 171. (d) 147. (c) Walt Disney has won the most Oscar awards. 172. (a) Magnetization technique can be used to seperate the 148. (b) Leela Samson is a Bharatanatyam dancer, iron fillings from the heterogenous mixture assuming choreographer instructor and writer from India. the other element of the mixture are non-magnetic. 149. (b) Ryder Cup is a biennial men’s gold competition 173. (b) Amartya Kumar Sen, (born 3 November 1933) is an between teams from Europe and the United States. Indian economist and a Nobel laureate. He has made 150. (d) Kanha Tiger Reserve, also called “Kanha National contributions to welfare economics, social choice Park” is one of the tiger reserve of India and the largest theory, economic and social justice, economic theories national Park of Madhya Pradesh. of famines, and indexes of the measure of well-being of 151. (b) The Discovery of India was written by India’s first citizens of developing countries. He was awarded the Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru during his imprisoment Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998 for in 1942-46 at Ahmednagar fort in Maharashtra. his work in welfare economics. 152. (b) Kiran Bedi was the first woman IPS officer in India. 174. (a) The Great Depression was a severe worldwide Bedi joined the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1972. economic depression in the decade preceding World 153. (a) ILO stands for International Labour Organisation which War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied is a United Nations agency dealing with Labour issues. across nations, but in most countries it started in 1930 154. (c) The Times of London in 2010 Published its 70,000th and lasted until the late 1930s or middle 1940s. It was issue. the longest, most widespread, and deepest depression 155. (b) Project Tiger was launched in 1973 by the Government of the 20th century. of India during Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s tenure. 175. (b) The Indian Foreign Service is the foreign service under 156. (d) According to the figures compiled by Media Research Group A and Group B of the Central Civil Services of Users Council (MRUC) in the Indian Readership the executive branch of the Government of India. It is Survey (IRS) 2014, the Indian newspaper with the the body of career diplomats of India. The Indian largest readership is the Dainik Jagran. Foreign Service is part of the Central Civil Services of 157. (d) International Yoga day is celebrated annually on June the Government of India. The Foreign Secretary of India 21. is the administrative head of the Indian Foreign Service. 158. (d) World AIDS Day is observed on 1st December, to raise 176. (c) Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project is a proposed awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread project that would link Palk Bay and the Gulf of Mannar of HIV infection. between India and Sri Lanka by creating a shipping 159. (c) Trygve Lie was the first secretary General of UNO. channel through the shallow sea called Sethusamudram and through a chain of islands collectively called 110 Adam's Bridge, Ramar Palam , Ram Sethu and similar 185. (c) Maharashtra is the second most populous state as per names. This would provide a continuously navigable census 2011 after Uttar Pradesh. sea route in and around the Indian Peninsula. 186. (a) 187. (c) 177. (d) A metropolitan area, sometimes referred to as a metro 188. (c) Santosh Yadav is an Indian mountaineer. She is the area or metro, is a region consisting of a densely first woman in the world to climb Mount Everest twice populated urban core and its less-populated in less than a year. She first climbed the peak in May surrounding territories, sharing industry, infrastructure, 1992 and then did it again in May 1993. and housing. A metropolitan area usually comprises 189. (c) Roop Singh Bais was an Indian hockey player. He was multiple jurisdictions and municipalities: part of the celebrated Indian field hockey team which neighborhoods, townships, cities, exurbs, countries, won gold medals for India at 1932 and 1936 Olympic and even states. Games. After the final of the 1936 Summer Olympics, 178. (b) The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Germans were so impressed with him that they named Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an a street after him. international treaty that sets binding obligations on 190. (a) In 1981 with the first Indian expedition to Antarctica.] industrialised countries to reduce emissions of The program gained global acceptance with India's greenhouse gases. The UNFCCC is an environmental signing of the Antarctic Treaty and subsequent treaty with the goal of preventing "dangerous" construction of the Dakshin Gangotri Antarctic anthropogenic (i.e., human-induced) interference of the research base in 1983 superseded by the Maitri base climate system. from 1990. 179. (a) Sanjukta Panigrahi (24 August 1944 - 24 June 1997) [1] 191. (a) 192. (c) was a dancer of India, who was the foremost exponent 193. (c) Rajasthan has the dubious distinction of having the of Indian classical dance Odissi. Sanjukta was the first highest difference in male-female literacy in the country Oriya girl to embrace this ancient classical dance at an at 28%, against the national average of 16.7%. early age and ensure its grand revival. 194. (d) A , also known as Neem, is the state 180. (c) The father of the White Revolution in India was tree of Andhra Pradesh. Products made from Neem trees Verghese Kurien. The white mentioned is milk have been used in India for over two millennia for their production. He was able to implement programs that medicinal properties: Neem products are believed to took India from a country with very little dairy be anthelmintic, antifungal, antidiabetic. antibacterial, production to the world's largest producer. antiviral, contraceptive and sedative. 181. (b) Charles Robert Darwin, FRS (12 February 1809 - 19 195. (b) The Geological Survey of India (GSI), established in April 1882) was an English naturalist and geologist, 1851, is a government organization in India which is an best known for his contributions to evolutionary theory. office attached to the Ministry of Mines of Union He established that all species of life have descended Government of India for conducting geological surveys over time from common ancestors, and in a joint and studies. publication with Alfred Russel Wallace introduced his 196. (c) Sunmeet Kaur Sawhney, a Punjabi woman, is the winner scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution of Rs 5 crore on TV game show Kaun Banega resulted from a process that he called natural selection, Crorepati 6. in which the struggle for existence has a similar effect 197. (c) Kapil Dev's fast pace earned him the nickname, to the artificial selection involved in selective breeding. 'Haryana Hurricane'. 182. (b) Chandrayaan-1 was India's first lunar probe. It was 198. (a) launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation in October 2008, and operated until August 2009. 199. (a) Arya Samaj is an Indian religious reform movement founded by Swami Dayananda on 7th April 1875. 183. (d) Lira was the currency of Italy between 1861 and 2002. Between 1999 and 2002, the Italian lira was officially a 200. (a) 201. (d) 202. (c) 203. (a) 204. (a) national subunit of the euro. 205. (b) 206. (b) 207. (d) 208. (c) 209. (a) 184. (c) The President of India is the Supreme Commander of 210. (c) 211. (d) 212. (c) 213. (d) 214. (a) the Indian Armed Forces. The Indian Armed Forces 215. (a) 216. (b) 217. (b) 218. (d) 219. (b) are under the management of the Ministry of Defence 220. (b) 221. (d) 222. (d) 223. (d) 224. (a) (MoD), which is led by the Union Cabinet Minister of 225. (c) 226. (d) 227. (d) 228. (d) Defence. AC C - 1 1. Which of the following symbiotic associations forms a 9. Which of the following is a laid down principle of the lichen? Panchsheel ? (a) An algae and a fungus (a) Mutual respect for each other's territorial (b) An algae and a bryophyte integrity (c) A bacterium and a fungus (b) Mutual non-aggression (d) A bacterium and a gymnosperm (c) Mutual support for each other in world 2. The headquaters of which one of the following organizations forum (d) Mutual non-interference in each other's is not in Geneva? internal affairs (a) Food and Agricultural Organisation 10. Denatured alcohol (b) World Meteorological Organisation (a) is a form of alcohol (c) World Health Organisation (b) is unfit for drinking as it contains poisonous (d) World Trade Organisation substances 3. The opportunity cost of a factor of production is (c) contains coloured impurities (a) what it earns in its present use. (d) is sweet to taste (b) what it can earn in the long period. 11. The city of Prayag was named Allahabad - the city of Allah (c) what it can earn in some other use. by (d) the cost of production. (a) Aurangzeb 4. Which Amendment Act is referred as mini constitution? (b) Akbar (a)7th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1956 (c) Shahjahan (b) 24th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1971 (d) Bahadur Shah Zafar (c) 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1976 12. Arrange the following historical events chronologically (d) 44th Consitutional Amendment Act, 1978 choosing the correct response: I. French Revolution 5. Inflation is caused by II. Glorious Revolution (a) decrease in production III. American War of Independence (b) increase in money supply and decrease in IV. Russian Revolution production (a) I II III IV (c) increase in money supply (b) II III I IV (d) increase in production (c) II I IV III 6. The equilibrium of a firm under perfect competition will be (d) III II I IV determined when 13. Chromosomes are made up of (a) Marginal Cost > Average Cost (a) DNA (b) Protein (b) Marginal Revenue > Average Cost (c) DNA and Protein (d) RNA (c) Marginal Revenue > Average Revenue 14. While the computer executes a program, the program is held (d) Marginal Revenue = Marginal Cost in 7. Which one of the following cities and the personalities (a) RAM (b) ROM associated with their establishment is wrongly matched? (c) Hard Disk (d) Floppy Disk (a) Calcutta – Robert Clive 15. Presidential form of government consists of the following? (b) Pondicherry – Francis Martin (a) Popular election of the President (c) Ahmedabad – Ahmad Shah I (b) No overlap in membership between the executive and (d) Madras – Francis Day the legislature 8. Arihant is a (c) Fixed term of office (a) Multi barrel rocket launcher (d) All of the above (b) Airborne Early Warning and Control 16. Which of the following places of Sikh religious heritage is System not in India? (c) Unmarmed Combat Aerial Vehicle (a) Nankana Sahib (b) Nanded (d) Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (c) Paonta Sahib (d) Keshgarh Sahib PS-2 P S -1 17. The total population divided by available arable land area is 22. In human body, vitamin A is stored in the – referred to as (a) liver (b) skin (a) Population density (c) lung (d) kidney (b) Nutritional density 23. Ondometer is a – (c) Agricultural density (a) Measuring instrument for distance covered by motor (d) Industrial density wheels 18. The danger signals are red while the eye is more sensitive to (b) Measuring instrument for frequency of yellow because electromagnetic waves (a) absorption in red is less than yellow and hence red is (c) Device for measuring sound intensity visible from a distance (d) Measuring instrument for electric power (b) scattering in yellow light is less than red 24. Which acid is used in rubber, textile, leather and (c) the wavelength of red light is more than yellow light electroplating industries ? (d) none of the above reasons (a) Ethanoic acid 19. Who was the author of "India of My Dreams" ? (b) Methanoic acid (a) J.B. Kripalani (b) M.K. Gandhi (c) Malanic acid (c) G.K. Gokhale (d) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Butairic acid 20. How many players are there in a Polo team ? 25. What is the theme of 2016 National Statistics Day? (a)4 (b) 7 (a) Social Development (c)8 (d) 6 (b) Trees and their calcualtive lives 21. Hemophilia is – (c) Human empowerment (a) caused by bacteria (b) caused by virus (d) Agriculture and Farmers’ welfare (c) caused by pollutants (d) a hereditary defect P S -1 PS-3 HINTS & EXPLANATIONS 1. (a) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (c) 5. (b) 12. (b) 13. (c) 14. (a) 15. (d) 16. (a) 6. (d) 7. (a) 17. (a) 8. (d) Arihant is a Nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine. 18. (c) This is because the scattering in red light is less than 9. (c) Option (c) is not in the list of principles of panchsheel. that of yellow colour. The longest visible wavelength This agreement stated the five principles as: is red and the shortest is violet. The wavelength of red 1. Mutual respect for each other's territorial integrity light is more than yellow light. and sovereignty. 19. (b) 2. Mutual non-aggression. 20. (a) There are 4 players in a polo team. 3. Mutual non-interference in each other's internal affairs. 21. (d) Hemophilia is a . 4. Equality and cooperation for mutual benefit. 22. (a) In human body, vitamin A is stored in the . 5. Peaceful co-existence. 23. (b) Ondometer is a 10. (b) . 11. (b) Emperor Akbar named Prayag as Allahabad - City of 24. (b) M is a colorless, pungent smelling liquid God- also called Allahabad in 1575 AD. The city of with a boiling point 373.5 K. Due to the presence of Allahabad is situated at the confluence of three rivers aldehyde-like hydrogen, it is powerful reducing - Ganga, Yamuna and the invisible Saraswati. Every agent.It reduces Tollen's reagent and Fehling's solution. 12th year when the waters are felt to be especially It is used in , , , and purifying, Allahabad holds a much greater festival called . Kumbh Mela. Built by Emperor Akbar in 1583 AD, the 25. (d) Allahbad fort stands on the banks of the river Yamuna near the confluence site i.e SANGAM. PS-4 P S -2 AC C - 2 1. Which Article of the Indian Constitution guarantees rights 12. Tattvabodhini Sabha was founded by ………...... In 1839 to arrested persons ? (a) Swami Vivekanand (a) Article 22 (b) Article 35 (b) Keshav Chandra Sen (c) Article 20 (d) Article 42 (c) Dabendranath Tagore 2. For a person having hypermetropia, the near point is (d) Swami Sahajanamd ………………….. 13. After the revolt of 1857, British pursued the policy of (a) Greater than 20 cm (b) Lesser than 25cm (c) Greater than 25cm (d) Lesser than 30cm …………… 3. Cryogenic is a science deals with (a) Divide and Policies (a) High Temperatures(b) Low Pressure (b) Rules and Regulation (c) High Pressure (d) Low Temperature (c) Divide and Rule 4...... is an active factor of production (d) Unity and Poliy (a) Product (b) Labour 14. Prithvi-I missile was inducted into the ...... in 1994 (c) Wages (d) Price (a) Indian Army (b) Indian Air Force 5. When total utility becomes maximum, then marginal utility (c) Indian Navy (d) All of these will be 15. 2018 FIFA World Cup to be held in ……………. (a) Maximum (a) China (b) Russia (b) Minimum (c) India (d) Brazil (c) Either maximum or minimum 16. .…………………is issued by the court in case of illegal (d) Zero detention of a person 6. Revealed Preference Theory was propounded by ……………….. (a) Quo Warranto (b) Habeas Corpus (a) Robbins (b) Smith (c) Mandamus (d) Certiorari (c) Samuelson (d) Schumpter 17. At the time of Emergency, the Indian State become unitary 7. One Carat of diamond is equal to ..…………… from ……………………. (a) 200m (b) 100m (a) Semi Federal (b) Federal (c) 150m (d) 300m (c) Unitary (d) Quasi-federal 8. Wood Spirit is which of the following ? 18. The book titled 'The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler' is penned (a) Ethyl Alcohol (b) Propanol by (c) Methyl Alcohol (d) Butanol (a) Z.A. Bhutto 9. Which of the following is chief source of Napthalene ? (b) James Cross Giblin (a) Moth balls (b) Mothflakes (c) J.M. Barrie (c) Tar Camphor (d) Coal tar (d) Gunnar Myrdal 10. Study of crop production is ……………… 19. Bos Taurus is a scientific name of ……………….. (a) Entology (b) Ecology (c) Botany (d) Agronomy (a) Buffalo (b) Horse 11. Who was the last guru of the Sikhs ? (c) Cow (d) Cat (a) Guru Granth Sahib 20. …………….. includes all prokaryotic organism likes bacteria, (b) Guru Gobind Singh cynobacterioa and archiobacteria (c) Guru Angad (a) Animalia (b) Protista (d) Guru Amar Das (c) Monera (d) Planatae P S -2 PS-5 21. …………………… is the Kuchipudi dancer 24. World's largest Charkha (spinning wheels) that was unveiled (a) Anupama Mohan at Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI), (b) Bimbavati Devi New Delhi is made of the teak wood of which country? (c) Arush Mudgal (a) Burma (b) Sri Lanka (d) Swapnasundari (c) Nepal (d) Ukraine 22. Which of the following is not a chief organ of the United 25. The Union Cabinet recently approved The High Courts Nations Organisations? (Alteration of Names) Bill, 2016 to be introduced in the (a) International Labour Organisation Parliament. The bill will facilitate the changing of the names (b) Security Council of which two high courts? (c) International Court of Justice (a) Bombay High Court and Calcutta High Court (d) General Assembly (b) Bombay High Court and Madras High Court 23. The treaty of Mangalore was signed between (c) Calcutta High Court and Madras High Court (a) the English East India Company and Haidar Ali (d) Bombay High Court and Gauhati High Court (b) the English East India Company and Tipu Sultan (c) Haidar Ali and the Zamorin of Calicut (d) the French East India Company and Tipu Sultan PS-6 P S -2 HINTS & EXPLANATIONS 1. (a) Article 22 proceeds to guarantee certain fundamental 13. (c) After the revolt, the British pursued the policy of divide rights to every arrested person. and rule, towards the general populace. 2. (c) Hypermetropia Myopia is corrected by spectacles 14. (a) Prithvi (Sanskrit: prthvi "Earth") is a tactical surface- having concave lens.Near point of aperson suffering to-surface short-range ballistic missile .This class of from hypermetropia is more than 25cm. Prithvi missile was inducted into the Indian Army in 3. (d) Cryogenics is the study of the production and 1994 behaviour of materials at very low temperatures. 15. (b) FIFA's decision to award Russia the right to host the 2018 World Cup surprised many - including some of 4. (b) Some of the important factors of production are: (i) Land the country's leaders (ii) Labour (iii) Capital (iv) Enterprnuer. Land is a passive factor whereas labour is an active factor of production 16. (b) Habeas corpus ("You may have the body") is a recourse in law whereby a person can report an unlawful 5. (d) When total utility is maximum at the 5th unit, marginal detention or imprisonment before a court, usually utility is zero through a prison official 6. (c) Revealed preference theory, pioneered by American 17. (d) Professor K.C. Wheare, who regards the American economist Paul Samuelson, is a method of analyzing constitution as the model of a true federation has choices made by individuals described the Indian constitution as 'quasi federal', that 7. (a) One carat is equal to 0.2 grams is 'a unitary state with subsidiary federal features rather 8. (c) Wood spirit is a poisonous colorless liquid used as a than a federal state with subsidiary unitary features solvent and fuel; ingestion may cause blindness or 18. (b) Many people believe Hitler was the personification of death. Called also methyl or wood alcohol. evil. In this Sibert Medal-winning biography, James 9. (d) Naphthalene is an organic compound with formula C Cross Giblin penetrates this fa ade and presents a picture 10H 8. It is the simplest polycyclic. Naphthalene is the of a complex person-at once a brilliant, influential most abundant single component of coal tar. politician and a deeply disturbed man. Giblin explores 10. (d) Agronomy is the science and technology of producing the forces that shaped the man as well as the social and using plants for food, fuel, fiber, and land conditions that furthered his rapid rise to power. reclamation 19. (c) Cows are raised in many different countries around 11. (b) Guru Gobind Singh was The Tenth Nanak or the last of the world, mainly for the cowsnatural resources such the Sikhpreachers to live. as milk, meat 12. (c) The Tattwabodhinl Sabha ("Truth Propagating/ 20. (c) Monera Kingdom- All the organisms of this kingdom Searching Society") was a group started in Calcutta on 6 are prokaryotes October 1839 as a splinter group of the Brahmo Samaj, 21. (a) Anupama Mohan is one of the best-known disciples reformers of Hinduism and Indian Society. The founding of Kuchipudi. member was Debendranath Tagore 22. (a) 23. (b) 24. (a) 25. (b) P S -3 PS-7 AC C - 3 1. Which one of the following is not a computer language? 11. Which one of the following Schedules of the Constitution (a) Cobol (b) Visual Basic of India includes the disqualification of a Legislator on (c) HTML (d) Netscape grounds of defection? 2. Who among the following was the first Governor General of (a) 8th Schedule (b) 7th Schedule India? (c) 9th Schedule (d) 10th Schedule (a) Lord Amherst 12. Which one of the following causes the chikungunia (b) Lord William Bentinck disease? (c) Sir Charles Metcalfe (a) Bacteria (b) Helminthic worm (d) Robert Clive (c) Protozoan (d) Virus 3. Which one of the following is not a constituent of biogas? 13. Who among the following recommends to the Parliament (a) Methane (b) Carbon dioxide for the abolition of the Legislative Council in a State? (c) Hydrogen (d) Nitrogen dioxide (a) The President of India 4. In which one of the following sessions was the Indian (b) The Governor of the concerned State National Congress split into moderates and extremists? (c) The Legislative Council of the concerned State (a) Nagpur (b) Allahabad (d) The Legislative Assembly of the concerned State (c) Surat (d) Calcutta 14. Which one of the following vitamins helps in clotting of 5. Bar is a unit of which one of the following? blood? (a) Force (b) Energy (a) Vitamin-A (b) Vitamin-B6 (c) Pressure (d) Frequency (c) Vitamin-D (d) Vitamin-K 6. Which of the following metals are present in 15. The ‘Thomas Cup is associated with haemoglobin and chlorophyll, respectively? (a) Table Tennis (b) Lawn Tennis (a) Fe and Mg (b) Fe and Zn (c) Badminton (d) Billiards (c) Mg and Zn (d) Zn and Mg 16. Which one among the following pairs is correctly matched? 7. A mother of blood group O has a group O child. What could (a) The Second Battle : Defeat of Jaichand be the blood group of father of the child? of Tarain of Kannauj (a) Only O (b) A or B or O by Muhammad of Ghori (c) A or B (d) Only AB (b) The First Battle of : Defeat of Sikander 8. Who among the following was the founder of the Muslim Panipat Lodhi by League? Babur (a) Muhammad Ali Jinnah (c) The Battle of : Defeat of Humayun (b) Shaukat Ali Chausa by Sher Shah (c) Nawab Salimullah (d) The Battle of : Defeat of Rana (d) Aga Khan Khanwa Pratap by Akbar 9. Which one among the following is a source of tax 17. What is the purpose of adding baking soda to dough? revenue for the Central Government in India ? (a) To generate moisture (a) Income tax (b) Customs duuties (b) To give a good flavour (c) Service tax (d) Motor Vehicle tax (c) To give good colour 10. Which of the following does form part of current account (d) To generate carbon dioxide of Balance of Payments? 18. The ‘Arthasastra’ is a treatise on which one of the following? (a) Export and import of goods (a) Economics (b) Export and import of services (b) Environment (c) Income receipts and payments (c) Political Philosophy (d) Capital receipts and payments (d) Religion in Administration PS-8 P S -3 19. Which one of the following glands in the human body stores 23. What is the recently extended deadline for states to join iodine? Union Government's Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (a) Parathyroid (b) Thyroid (UDAY) scheme? (c) Pituitary (d) Adrenal (a) March 2017 20. India's first integrated Defense Communication Network (DCN) has been launched in which of the following cities? (b) January 2018 (a) New Delhi (b) Lucknow (c) March 2018 (c) Ahmedabad (d) Kochi (d) January 2017 21. The book "The mind of the terrorist: the Psychology of 24. As of now, how many countries are members of Nuclear terrorism from the IRA to al-Qaeda" has been authored by Suppliers Group (NSG)? whom? (a) 48 (b) 56 (a) Amitav Ghosh (c) 64 (d) 96 (b) Ashwin Sanghi 25. India's first AYUSH university will be set up in which state (c) Kunal Basu of India? (d) Jerrold M. Post (a) Sikkim 22. The Government of India (GoI) has extended the ban on the (b) Haryana import of milk and milk products of China till which year? (c) Karnataka (a) June 2017 (b) March 2017 (d) West Bengal (c) December 2017 (d) January 2017 P S -3 PS-9 HINTS & EXPLANATIONS 1. (d) Netscape is an Internet browser that was popular 14. (d) Vitamin-K adds in blood clotting. Vitamin-K acts as an during the early 1990's. essential cofactor for factor-II, VII, IX, X and also for 2. (a) proteins Z, C and S. 3. (d) Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is not a component of biogas. 15. (c) Thomas Cup is associated with Badminton. 4. (c) The 23rd Session (1907) of the Congress was held at 16. (b) First Battle of Panipat (1526) was fough between two Surat.In the session, there was an open clash between mega-powers- Babur, then ruler of Kabul and Ibrahim the Moderates and the Extremists and ultimately it led Lodhi, king of Delhi Sultanate. It was fought near to a split in the Congress. Panipat (present day Haryana). Babur won the battle 5. (c) 1 Bar = 105 Pa. Both bar and Pa are the unit of pressure. and established the Mughal Empire.Second Battle of 6. (a) Fe and Mg metals are present in haemoglobin and Panipat (1556) was fought between Akbar (Ruler of chlorophyll respectively. Mughal Dynasty) and Muhammad Adil Shah (ruler of 7. (b) The blood group of father of the child could be A or B Pashtan Suri Dynasty), along with his Prime Minister or O. Hemu. Third Battle of Panipat (1761) was fought 8. (c) The All India Muslim League, a political organization between the Afghans and the Marathas. The battle was founded in 1906 by Aga Khan under the Nawab of lasted for two months which ultimately resulted in the Dhaka Salimullah. Its main purpose was to safeguard defeat of Marathas and end of their dominance in the political rights of Muslims in India. India. 9. (d) Motor Vehicle tax is not a source of tax revenue for the 17. (d) Baking soda has sodium bicarbonate as the chief central government in India. constituent. It decomposes on heating giving carbon 10. (d) Capital receipts and payments do not form part of dioxide. This causes dough, cakes, biscuits etc. to current account of Balance of Payment. expand and become light. 11. (d) The 10th Schedule to the Indian Constitution is known 18. (c) The Arthasastra is a treatise on Political philosophy. as Anti-Defection Law. It was inserted by the 52nd The book, written in Sanskrit, discusses theories and Amendment Act 1985 to the Constitution. It sets the principles of governing a state. The meaning provisions for disqualification of elected members on ofArthashastrais 'Science of Polity'. It is written by the grounds of defection to another political party. Kautilya. 12. (d) Chikungunia is caused by chikenguniya virus which 19. (b) Thyroid gland in human body contains iodine. is an insect borne virus of genus Alphavirus. Deficiency of iodine creates goitre disease. Which is Symptoms show high fever, maculopapular rash, observed by the enlargement of larynx. headache, etc. 20. (a) 21. (d) 22. (b) 23. (a) 13. (d) 24. (a) 25. (b) PS-10 P S -4 AC C - 4 1. Which one of the following is a programme that converts 10. In the human body, Cowper's glands form a part of which high level language to machine language? one of the following system? (a) Linker (b) Assembler (a) Digestive system (c) Interpreter (d) Compiler (b) Endocrine system 2. Classification of an enterprise into public or private sector (c) Reproductive system is based on (d) Nervous system (a) number of employees in the enterprise 11. Mist is a result of which one of the following (b) ownership of assets of the enterprise (a) Condensation (c) employment conditions for workers in the enterprise (b) Evaporation (d) nature of products manufactured by the enterprise (c) Sublimation 3. Which one of the following glands produces the growth (d) Saturation hormone (somatotrophin)? 12. ‘Dyarchy’ was first introduced in India under (a) Adrenal (b) Pancreas (a) Morley-Minto reforms (c) Pituitary (d) Thyroid (b) Montford reforms 4. Who among the following was elected as the President of (c) Simon Commision plan All India Khilafat Conference met at Delhi in 1919? (d) Government of India Act, 1935 (a) Motilal Nehru (b) Mahatma Gandhi 13. When Lord Mountbatten became the first Governor-General (c) M A Jinnah (d) Shaukat Ali of India, who among the following became the Governor- 5. Which one of the following Indian states does not have a General for Pakistan? common international border with Bangladesh? (a) Lord Mountbatten (a) Manipur (b) Paschim Banga (b) Muhammad Ali Jinnah (c) Tripura (d) Asom (c) Liaquat Ali Khan 6. Who among the following is the author of the book. ‘The (d) Shaukat Ali Namesake’? 14. Fiscal Policy in India is formulated by (a) Arundhati Roy (b) Amitava Ghosh (a) the Reserve Bank of India (c) Jhumpa Lahiri (d) Kiran Desai (b) the Planning Commission 7. Who among the following was not a member of the (c) the Finance Ministry Constituent Assembly? (d) the Securities and Exchange Board of India (a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 15. Fat can be separated from milk in a cream separation because (b) Acharya JB Kriplani of (c) Lok Nayak Jayprakash (a) cohesive force (d) K M Munshi (b) gravitational force 8. Carbon dioxide is called a greenhouse gas because (c) centrifugal force (a) its concentration remains always higher than other (d) centripetal force gases 16. The average fixed cost curve will always be (b) it is used in photosynthesis (a) a rectangular hyperbola (c) it absorbs infrared radiation . (b) a downward sloping convex to the origin curve (d) it emits visible radiation (c) a downward sloping straight line 9. Laser is a device to produce (d) a U-shaped curve (a) a beam of white light 17. Malaria in the human body is caused by which one of the (b) coherent light following organisms? (c) microwaves (a) Bacteria (b) Virus (d) X-rays (c) Mosquito (d) Protozoan P S -4 PS-11 18. The focal length of convex lens is 22. Mohammad Shahid is associated with which sports? (a) the same for all colours (a) Hockey (b) Badminton (b) shorter for blue light than for red (c) Wrestling (d) Boxing (c) shorter for red light than for blue 23. KG Subramanyan, who passes away recently, was a famous (d) maximum for yellow light personality of which field? 19. The Name of Ram Prasad Bismil is associated with (a) Art (b) Journalism (a) Kanpur Conspiracy Case (c) Sports (d) Politics (b) Alipore Conspiracy Case 24. Who has won the 2016 wins Iceland's presidential election? (c) Kakori Conspiracy Case (a) Dav d Oddsson (d) Meerut Conspiracy Case (b) Olafur Ragnar Grimsson 20. The Indian Research Station 'Himadri' is located at (c) Gudni Johannesson (a) Siachen (b) Darjeeling (d) Andri Snaer Magnason (c) Arctic Region (d) Antarctica 25. Which of the following countries has become the newest 21. What is the theme of the first-ever "National Yoga Olympiad", member of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR)? which has been organized by the NCERT? (a) Canada (b) India (a) Yoga for Peace and Dhyana (c) Brazil (d) Poland (b) Yoga for Health and Harmony (c) Yoga fo r Kriya and Harmony (d) Yoga for Emotional and Mental development PS-12 P S -4 HINTS & EXPLANATIONS 1. (d) A compiler is a special programme that processes 13. (b) Mohammed Ali Jinnah was Indian Muslim politician, statements written in a particular programming founder and first governor-general (1947-48) of language and turns them into machine language or Pakistan. As the first Governor-General of Pakistan, "code" that a computer's processor uses. Jinnah worked to establish the new nation's 2. (b) A company organized for commercial purposes is government and policies, and to help settle the millions called an enterprise. Classification of an enterprise into of Muslim migrants who had emigrated from the new public or private sector is based on ownership of nation of India to Pakistan after the partition. He is assets of the enterprise. revered in Pakistan as Quaid-i-Azam. 3. (c) Somatotrophin is produced by the anterior pituitary. 14. (c) The Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) under It is a peptide hormone that induces growth, cell Ministry of Finance is the nodal agency of the Union reproduction and regeneration. Government to formulate and monitor country's 4. (b) Gandhiji was elected President of the All-India Khilafat economic policies and programmes having a bearing Conference which met at Delhi on November 23, 1919. on domestic and international aspects of economic They decided to withdraw all cooperation from the management. government if their demands were not met. 5. (a) Manipur does not have boundary with Bangladesh. 15. (c) Centrifugal force separates fat from milk. 6. (c) The Namesake (2004) is the first novel by Jhumpa 16. (a) Total fixed costs are constant, so the average fixed Lahiri. cost curve diminishes with the output. Thus, the 7. (c) The Constitution of India was drafted by the average fixed cost curve is a rectangular hyperbola. constituent assembly and it was set up under the 17. (d) Malaria is a mosquito borne disease of humans and cabinet Mission plan on 16 May 1946. The members other animals caused by Plasmodium protozoan. of the constituent assembly were elected by the Severe disease is largely caused by Plasmodium Provincial assemblies by method of single transferable falciparum whereas mild forms are due to P , P vote system of proportional representations.Members and P . of the committee: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, K. M. 18. (b) The focal length of a convex lens is shorter for blue Munshi,Acharya J.B kriplani . Lok Nayak Jai Prakash light than for red. was not the member of the constituent assembly. 19. (c) Ram Prasad Bismil was the famous freedom fighter 8. (c) Greenhouse gases catch the sun's radiation on its way who was involved in the historic Kakori train robbery. back into space and reflect some of that warmth back He was born in 1897 at Shahjahanpur,Uttar Pradesh. to Earth, increasing temperatures. Carbon dioxide is On 9th August, 1925, Ram Prasad Bismil along with known as greenhouse gas because of their ability to his fellow followers looted the money of the British trap and reflect the sun's radiation back to Earth. government from the train while it was passing through 9. (b) A laser is a device that emits coherent light through a Kakori, Lucknow. Except Chandrashekhar Azad, all process called stimulated emission. other members of the group were arrested. Ram Prasad 10. (c) Cowper’s gland is related to reproductive system. Bismil along with others was given capital punishment. Cowper’s gland is the bulbourethal gland found in human males. They are found in pair and secrete This great freedom fighter of India was executed on viscous secretion called pre ejaculate that helps in 19th December, 1927. coitus. 20. (c) Himadri Station is India's first Arctic research station 11. (a) Mist is a thin fog resulting from condensation in the located at Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway. It was air near to the earth's surface. inaugurated on the 1st of July, 2008 by the Minister of 12. (a) Dyarchy was a system of double government Earth Sciences. introduced by British India. 21. (b) 22. (a) 23. (a) 24. (c) 25. (a) P S -5 PS-13 AC C - 5 1. When had Muslim league passed the resolution "Divide 10. According to the Constitution of India, the Right to and Quit" movement ? Property is a – (a) 1945 (b) 1943 (a) Fundamental Right (c) 1944 (d) None of these (b) Directive Principle 2. What is the ratio of money held by the public in currency to (c) Legal Right that they held in deposit ? (d) Social Right (a) The currency deposit ratio 11. Babar declared himself as an emperor first at – (b) The reserve deposit ratio (a) Samarqand (c) Cash reserve ratio (b) Farghana (d) Cash deposit ratio (c) Kabul 3. The chemical behavior of an atom depends upon – (d) Panipat (a) the number of Neutrons in the nucleus (b) the number of Nucleons in the nucleus 12. How many times has financial emergency been declared in (c) the number of Protons in its nucleus India, so far? (d) the number of Electrons orbiting around the nucleus (a) Five times (b) Four times 4. 88th amendement of the Indian Constitution is related to – (c) Once (d) Never (a) The demarcation of new boundaries between states 13. Economy is in the "Liquidity Trap" when – (b) The Constitution of the National Judicial Commission (a) Rate of interest on bonds is minimum (c) Empowering the Centre to levy and appropriate Service (b) Rate of interest on bonds is maximum tax (c) Transaction demand for money is maximum (d) Readjustment of electroal constituencies on the basis (d) None of the above of the population census 2001 14. Who is the author of "The Unseen Indira Gandhi"? 5. The joint sitting of both Houses of Indian Parliament is held (a) K.P. Mathur in connection with – (b) Bilal Siddique (a) Constitutional amendment bill (c) Anurag Mathur (b) Ordinary bill (d) N.R. Narayana Murthy 15. What is 'biomagnification'? (c) Money bill (a) blowing up of environmental issues by man (d) Election of the Vice – President of India (b) growth of organisms due to food consumption 6. Many Fungi belonging to the genera Microporum (c) reduction of dissolved O2 caused by microbial Trichophyton and Epidermophyton are responsible for – organisms (a) Filarial (b) Cancer (d) increase in the concentration of nondegradable (c) Ringworms (d) AIDS pollutants as they pass through food chain 7. A boat will submerge when it displaces water equal to its 16. Subhash Chandra Bose formed the government for own – independent India in Singapore, on – (a) volume (b) weight (a) 22nd September, 1943 (c) surface area (d) density (b) 20th October, 1943 8. Which organ of Human body is affected by Alzheimer (c) 21st October, 1943 (d) 22nd October, 1943 disease ? 17. 'Laffer Curve" shows the relationship between – (a) Brain (a) Government Revenue and Government Expenditure. (b) Bone Marrow (b) Tax Rates and Tax Revenue. (c) Lung (c) Direct Taxes and GDP. (d) Intestine (d) None of the above 9. What is the chemical name of vitamin E ? 18. 'Cerebral palsy' is a brain disorder found generally in – (a) Calciferol (a) Old people (b) Tocopherol (b) Drug addicts (c) Riboflavin (c) Small children (d) Phylloquinone (d) Only in ladies PS-14 P S -5 19. India is not a member of which of the following constituent 23. Which of the following statements are NOT correct? organizations of the World Bank Group? (a) Prithvi-II is a Surface-to-Surface Missile (a) International Centre for Settlement of Investment (b) Prithvi-IIcan carry a 500 kg nuclear warhead Disputes (ICSID) (c) Prithvi-IIhas a range of 350 KM (b) International Development Association (IDA) (c) International Finance Corporation (IFC) (d) Akash is the naval variant of the Prithvi missile (d) Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) 24. The 2016 Copa America Football tournament has been won 20. The mirror used in search light is – by which of the following countries ? (a) Concave Mirror (b) Convex Mirror (a) Argentina (c) Plane Mirror (d) None of these (b) Colombia 21. A.T.F. is related to – (c) Chile (a) Civil Aviation (b) Railways (d) Peru (c) Road transport (d) None of these 25. Which historical site has been declared as the SARRC 22. A hybrid computer is the one having the combined properties cultural capital for 2016-17? of (a) Super and micro computers (a) Bamiyan (b) Mini and micro computers (b) Maynamati (c) Analog and digital computers (c) Shilaidah (d) Super and mini computers (d) Mahashangarh P S -5 PS-15 HINTS & EXPLANATIONS 1. (b) The communal question had become a baffling one as 14. (a) The book “The Unseen Indira Gandhi” has been the Muslim League tightened its demand for Pakistan. authored by Dr. KP Mathur, who was the personal Against the congress demand of “quit India”, the physician of the former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi Muslim League’s new slogan was “Divide and quit”. for nearly 20 years till her assassination in 1984. The On March 21, 1943, Muslim League observed as foreword of the book was written by her granddaughter Pakistan Day. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. The book provides some 2. (a) The currency deposit ratio shows the amount of interesting peeps into the responses of Mrs. Gandhi’s currency that people hold as a proportion of aggregate to challenges both personal and political. deposits. An increase in cash deposit ratio leads to a 15. (d) Biomagnification, also known as bioamplification or decrease in money multiplier. An increase in deposit biological magnification, is the increasing concentration rates will induce depositors to deposit more, thereby of a substance, such as a toxic chemical, in the tissues leading to a decrease in cash to Aggregate Deposit of organisms at successively higher levels in a food ratio. chain. This will in turn lead to a rise in Money Multiplier. 16. (c) On 21st October, 1943, Subhas Chandra Bose 3. (d) The chemical behaviour of an atom depends upon the proclaimed the formation of the Provisional number of Electrons orbiting around the nucleus. Government of Free India at the Cathay Cinema Hall. 4. (c) 5. (b) 6. (c) Two days later, he declared war on Britain and the 7. (b) A boat will float when the weight of the water displaces United States. With help from the Japanese, he equals the weight of the boat and anything will float if reorganised and rejuvenated the A H F (also it is shaped to displace its own weight of water before called the Indian National Army). He lobbied it reaches the point where it will submerge. Floating of aggressively for funds in Malaya and other parts of the boat works on the principle of buoyancy force which Southeast Asia and launched a recruitment drive for is an upward force exerted by a liquid, gas or other the A H F . fluid, that opposes the weight of an immersed object. 17. (b) The Laffer curve, invented by Arthur Laffer, shows 8. (a) Alzheimer’s disease affects the brai . The disease the relationship between tax rates and tax revenue causes degeneration of brain tissues and nerve cells. collected by governments. The chart below shows 9. (b) Chemical namee of Vitamin E is Tocopherols. the Laffer Curve: 10. (c) The Indian Constitution does not recognize the property right as a fundamental right. In the year 1977, the 44th amendment eliminated the right to acquire, hold and dispose of property as a fundamental right. However, in another part of the Constitution, Article 300 (a) was inserted to affirm that no person shall be deprived of his property by the authority of law. 11. (d) Babur declared himself as the emperor at Panipat. 12. (d) Financial emergency in India has never been declared so far. 13. (a) A liquidity trap is a situation, described in the 18. (c) Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of permanent movement Keynesian Economics, in which injections of cash into disorders that appear in early childhood. Signs and the private banking system by a central bank fail to symptoms vary between people. Often, symptoms dec rease interest rates and hence make monetary include poor coordination, stif f muscles, weak policy ineffective. A liquidity trap is caused when muscles, and tremors. There may be problems with people hoard cash because they expect an adverse sensation, vision, hearing, swallowing, and speaking. event s uch as defl ati on, insufficient aggregate Often babies with cerebral palsy do not roll over, sit, demand, or war. Common characteristics of a liquidity crawl, or walk as early as other children their age. trap are interest rates that are close to zero and Difficulty with the a bi lity to think or reason and fluctuations in the money supply that fail to translate seizures each occurs in about one third of people with into fluctuations in price levels. CP. PS-16 P S -5 19. (a) The World Bank Group consists of – India is a member of four of the five constituents of - International Bank for Reconstruction and the World Bank Group viz., International Bank for Development (IBRD), established in 1945, which Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), provides debt financing on the basis of sovereign International Development Association (IDA), guarantees; - International Finance Corporation (IFC), International Finance Corporation (IFC) and established in 1956, provides various forms of Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA). financing without sovereign guarantees, primarily to India is not a member of ICSID (International Centre the private sector; for Settlement of Investment Disputes). - International Development Association (IDA), 20. (d) A search light produces an intense parallel beam of established in 1960, provides concessional financing light. This requires a reflector of large aperture. When (interest-free loans or grants), usually with sovereign a source is placed at the focus of a large concave guarantees; mirror only the paraxial rays (not the marginal rays)are - International Centre for Settlement of Investment reflected as parallel beam, but when a source is placed Disputes (CSID), established in 1965, which works at the focus of parabolic mirror all the rays are reflected with governments to reduce investment risk; as an intense parallel beam. - Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), 21. (a) ATF is A T F related to Civil Aviation. established in 1988, which provides insurance against 22. (c) certain types of risk, including political risk, primarily 23. (d) Dhanush is the naval variant of the Prithvi missile. to the private sector. 24. (c) 25. (d) Current Affairs & GK Update GK-2 Current Affairs & GK Update Current Affairs & GK Update GK-3 GK-4 Current Affairs & GK Update Current Affairs & GK Update GK-5 BOOKS & AUTHORS The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad– Twinkle Khanna The Unseen Indira Gandhi–Dr KP Mathur Driven: The Virat Kohli Story–Vijay Lokapally A Life in Diplomacy–Maharajakrishna Rasgotra Democrats and Dissenters–Ramachandra Guha Blood on my Hands: Confessions of Staged Encounters– One Indian girl–Chetan Bhagat Kishalay Bhattacharjee Six Machine (I Don’t Like Cricket I Love It)–Chris Gayle The Making of India: The Untold Story of British Enterprises– His Bloody Project–Graeme Macrae Brunet Kartar Lalvani AB The autobiography–AB De Villiers A State in Denial–BG Verghese Citizen and Society–Hamid Ansari The Kiss of Life–Emraan Hashmi Anything But Khamosh: The Shatrughan Sinha Biography– The Ocean of Churn: How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human Bharathi S Pradhan History–Sanjeev Sanyal Gandhi: An Illustrated Biography–Pramod Kapoor R D Burmania: Panchamemoirs–Chaitanya Padukone Fixed! Cash and Corruption in Cricket–Journalist Shantanu India Rising: Fresh Hope, New Fears–Ravi Velloor Guha Ray The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the “Who was Shivaji?”–Govind Pansare Unthinkable–Amitav Ghosh A Kingdom for His Love–Vani Mahesh, Shinie Antony Courage & Commitment–Margaret Alva Nathuram Godse: The Story of an Assassin–Anup Ashok India vs Pakistan: Why Can’t we just be Friends?–Husain Sardesai Haqqani The Turbulent Years, Volume II–President Pranab Mukherjee Chaos and Caliphate: Jihadis and the West in the Struggle for The Z Factor–Subhash Chandra the Middle East–Patrick Cockburn Jawaharlal Nehru and The Indian Polity in Perspective– A Call to Mercy: Hearts to Love, Hands to Serve–Mother Hamid Ansari Teresa Maru Bharat Saru Bharat–Jain Acharya Maharaj IMPORTANT APPOINTMENTS 2016 JANUARY Mar 15, Htin Kyaw elected as first civilian President of Jan 1, Amitabh Kant appointed CEO of NITI (National 2016 Myanmar. 2016 Institution for Transforming India) Aayog. Mar 23, Justice Permod Kohli appointed as Chairman of Jan 4, RK Mathur sworn in as 8th Chief Information 2016 Central Administrative Tribunal. 2016 Commissioner (CIC). APRIL Jan 25, K Durga Prasad appointed as DG of CRPF April 7, CP Gurnani appointed as Chairman of 2016 (Central Reserve Police Force). 2016 NASSCOM (National Association of Software FEBRUARY and Services Companies). MAY Feb 2, Archana Ramasundram becomes 1st woman DG 2016 of Sashastra Seema Bal. May 3, Bhupendra Kainthola takes charge as FTII (Film 2016 and Television Institute of India) Director. Feb 3, DJ Pandian appointed AIIB (Asian Infrastructure May 31, Admiral Sunil Lanba takes charge as Navy chief. 2016 Investment Bank) Vice-President. 2016 Feb 13, Ashok Chawla appointed as new Chairman of JUNE 2016 TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute). June 3, Navin Agarwal appointed as DG of NADA Feb 23, KN Vyas appointed as Director of Bhabha Atomic 2016 (National Anti Doping Agency). 2016 Research Centre. June 15, Peter Thomson elected as President of 71st session Feb 25, Rajendra Singh appointed as DG of Coast Guard. 2016 of United Nations General Assembly. 2016 June 15, Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway appointed as Feb 29, Former CJI HL Dattu takes over as Chairman of 2016 UN Women Goodwill Ambassador. 2016 NHRC (National Human Rights Commission). June 22, Ken Miyauchi appointed as President and COO of MARCH 2016 SoftBank Group. Mar 2, Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain appointed as Chief June 23, BCCI appoints Anil Kumble as the head coach of 2016 of Staff of Eastern Naval Command. 2016 Indian Cricket Team. Mar 11, Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan appointed as June 27, Sujoy Bose appointed as first CEO of NIIF 2016 Chairman of 21st Law Commission of India. 2016 (National Investment and Infrastructure Fund). Mar 12, Lt Gen N P S Hira appointed Deputy Chief of June 28, NS Vishwanathan appointed as deputy governor 2016 Army. 2016 of RBI. GK-6 Current Affairs & GK Update JULY OCTOBER July 4, Sudarshan Sen appointed Executive Director of Oct 3, S Sivakumar appointed as full-time member of 21st 2016 RBI. 2016 Law Commission of India. July 11, D Rajkumar appointed as CMD of BPCL (Bharat Oct 6, Sushil Chandra appointed CBDT Chairman. 2016 Petroleum Corporation Ltd). 2016 July 13, Theresa May appointed as PM of the United Oct 14, Portugal’s Antonio Guterres appointed UN 2016 Kingdom. 2016 Secretary-General. July 14, Rakesh Kumar Chaturvedi appointed as Chairman Amandeep Singh Gill appointed as India’s Oct 18, 2016 of CBSE. Ambassador to UN Conference on Disarmament, 2016 July 19, Guruprasad Mohapatra appointed as Chairman of Geneva. 2016 Airports Authority of India. Oct 21, Vice Admiral SV Bhokare assumes office as the July 21, Ajay Bhushan Pandey appointed as CEO of 2016 Commandant of Indian Naval Academy. 2016 UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India). Oct 27, Karnal Singh appointed as Director of Enforcement AUGUST 2016 Directorate. Aug 1, Rani Singh Nair appointed as Chairman of CBDT NOVEMBER 2016 (Central Board of Direct Taxes). Nov. 7, M Rajeshwar Rao new RBI Executive Director. SEPTEMBER 2016 Sep 4, Urjit Patel assumes charge as 24th Governor of Nov. 24, Yudhvir Singh Malik appointed as new Chairman 2016 Reserve Bank of India. 2016 of NHA. Sep 19, DECEMBER Alka Sirohi appointed UPSC chairman. 2016 Dec 5, Senior AIADMK leader O Panneerselvam Sep 28, World Bank reappoints Jim Yong Kim for second 2016 appointed as the new AIADMK chief and the new 2016 term as President. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister. OBITUARY IN 2016 Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Former-Jammu Jun 22, 2016 Amjad Sabri–a famed Pakistani Qawwal. Jan 7, 2016 and Kashmir Chief Minister. Jun 29, 2016 KG Subramanyan–Renowned painter. Jan 10, 2016 David Bowie–Legendary artist. Ramchandra Chintaman Dhere–Eminent Jul 1, 2016 Jan 19, 2016 Ravindra Kalia–Noted Hindi writer. Marathi literary scholar. Jan 21, 2016 Mrinalini Sarabhai–Legendary dancer. Jul 20, 2016 Mohammed Shahid – Indian Hockey legend. Kalpana Ranjani–Noted Malayalam film Jul 28, 2016 Mahasweta Devi–Writer and social activist. Jan 25, 2016 Pandit Lacchu Maharaj–Veteran tabla actress. Jul 28, 2016 Feb 2, 2016 S S Tarapore–Former RBI Deputy Governor. maestro. Feb 2, 2016 Intizar Hussain–Veteran Urdu writer. Aug 14, 2016 Na Muthukumar–Tamil Lyricist. Sushil Koirala–Former Nepal Prime Aug 8, 2016 Mahim Bora–Eminent Assamese litterateur. Feb 9, 2016 Kalikho Pul–Former Chief Minister of Minister. Aug 9, 2016 Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan–Veteran singer of Arunachal Pradesh. Feb 18, 2016 Sellapan Ramanathan–Singapore’s longest Gwalior Gharana. Aug 22, 2016 serving president. Feb 19, 2016 Bhubaneswari Mishra–Renowned singer. Sep 2, 2016 Purno Agitok Sangma–Former Lok Sabha Islam Karimov–President of Uzbekistan. Mar 4, 2016 Sep 5, 2016 Lindsay Tuckett–World’s oldest cricketer. Speaker. Sep 24, 2016 Reoti Saran Sharma–Hindi and Urdu writer. Mar 5, 2016 Ray Tomlinson–inventor of E-mail. Syed Shamsul Haq–Renowned Bangla Ustad Ali Ahmad Hussain–Famous Shehnai Sep 27, 2016 Mar 16, 2016 writer. exponent. Shimon Peres–Former Israeli Prime Sep 28, 2016 Mar 26, 2016 Jim Harrison–Renowned American author. Minister. Barbara Turner–Hollywood actress and Apr 5, 2016 Oct 13, 2016 Bhumibol Adulyadej–King of Thailand. screenwriter. M. Balamuralikrishna–Indian Carnatic Nov 22, 2016 Apr 14, 2016 Satyanand Munjal–Hero Group co-founder. musician and composer Apr 21, 2016 Prince Rogers Nelson–Music legend. Fidel Castro - Cuban Politician, Prime Nov 25, 2016 Apr 27, 2016 V T Thomas–Kerala cartoonist. Minister. May 11, 2016 Tony Cozier–Renowned commentator. Dilip Padgaonkar–Journalist, Editor in Nov 25, 2016 May 27, 2016 RG Jadhav – Noted Marathi writer. Chief. Jun 3, 2016 Muhammad Ali–American Boxer. Jayalalithaa Jayaraman- Indian actor and Dec 5, 2016 Jun 12, 2016 Achyut Lahkar–Noted Playwright and Actor. Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. Current Affairs & GK Update GK-7 BILLS AND ACTS 2016 Maternity Benefits (Amendment) Bill, 2016 • The fine for driving without license goes up ten times to ` • Rajya Sabha has passed this bill on August 11, 2016 which 5,000 while penalty for drunken driving increases fivefold to aims to raise maternity leave for women from 12 to 26 weeks. ` 10,000. • The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, protects the employment • The significant provisions include increase in compensation of women during the time of maternity and entitles them for Hit & Run cases from ` 25000 to ` 2 lakhs. It also has of a full paid absence from work to take care for the child. provision for payment of compensation up to ` 10 lakh in road The amendment bill seeks to increase maternity leave to 26 accidents fatalities. weeks in all establishments, including private sector. • For offences by juveniles, the guardian/owner shall be deemed • The act is applicable to all establishments employing to be responsible. They will have to pay a fine of ` 25,000 10 or more persons. The bill also provides 12 weeks leave apart from three-year imprisonment. The juvenile will be for commissioning and adopting mothers and makes it tried under the Juvenile Justice Act and registration of his or compulsory to provide crèche facility for establishment where her motor vehicle will be cancelled. the number of workers is 50 and above. Adopting mother is • In the area of road safety, bill proposes to raise penalties to the woman who legally adopts a child below 3 months of age. act as restraint against traffic violations. Stricter provisions A commissioning mother is a biological mother who uses her are being proposed in respect of offences like juvenile egg to create an embryo implanted in another woman. driving, drunken driving, driving without license, dangerous • There is already a provision of 26-week or 6-month driving, over-speeding, overloading, etc. Stricter provisions maternity leave for the government employees, most private for helmets have been introduced along with provisions for sector firms offer maximum three months of such leave. The electronic detection of violations. bill may also have an enabling provisions to allow working • To bring agreement of the registration and licensing process, mothers to exercise work-from-home option. it is proposed to create National Register for Driving Licence and National Register for Vehicle registration through nd The Constitution (122 Amendment) (GST) Bill, 2014 “Vahan” & “Sarathi” platforms. This will assist uniformity • Rajya Sabha gave its approval on August 3, 2016 and Lok of the process across the country. Sabha on August 8, 2016 for the crucial 122nd Constitutional Amendment to turn the bill into law. The Lok Sabha had Benami Transaction Bill 2016 already passed the key provisions of the bill on May 06, • The Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Bill, 2015. 2016 was passed by the Rajya Sabha. It was already passed • The Bill amends the Constitution to introduce the goods and by Lok Sabha in the last week of July 2016. services tax (GST). • The bill has provision for confiscating ‘benami’ (proxy) • Parliament and state legislatures will have concurrent assets. powers to make laws on GST. Only the Centre may levy an • The bill seeks to establish adjudicating authorities and an integrated GST (IGST) on the interstate supply of goods and appellate tribunal to deal with benami transactions as also services, and imports. specify penalty for entering into benami transactions. • Alcohol for human consumption has been exempted from the • The bill is part of measures planned by the Government to purview of GST. GST will apply to five petroleum products tackle the problem of black money. at a later date. • A transaction is considered as benami (meaning nameless) • The GST Council will recommend rates of tax, period of levy where a property is transferred to or is held by a person and of additional tax, principles of supply, special provisions to the consideration for such property has been provided or paid certain states, etc. The GST Council will consist of the Union by another person. Finance Minister, Union Minister of State for Revenue, and • People keeping ‘benami’ properties to evade taxes will get state Finance Ministers. up to seven years rigorous imprisonment and fine, as per a • The Bill empowers the Centre to impose an additional tax of new law aimed at checking black money in real estate sector. up to 1%, on the inter-state supply of goods for two years or more. This tax will accrue to states from where the supply Lokpal and Lokayukta (Amendment) Bill, 2016 originates. • The Lokpal and Lokayukta (Amendment) Bill, 2016 was • Parliament may, by law, provide compensation to states for passed by the Lok Sabha on July 27, 2016. any loss of revenue from the introduction of GST, up to a five • The bill seeks to amend the Lokpal and Lokayukta Act, 2013 year period. which provides Lokpal (at Centre) and Lokayukta (at States) • India’s 29 states currently levy their own sales taxes, statutory backing to inquire into allegations of corruption dividing the Indian market. GST aims to provide a uniform against certain public functionaries and for related matters. tax structure across the country. Key Provisions Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill, 2016 • The bill enables the leader of the single largest opposition • The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra party in the Lok Sabha in the absence of a recognised Leader Modi has given its approval on August 03, 2016 for Motor of Opposition to be a member of the selection committee that Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2016. would select the ombudsman. GK-8 Current Affairs & GK Update • It amends section 44 of parent Act that deals with provision • It will lead to greater inclusiveness and will make the of furnishing of details of assets and liabilities of public transgender persons productive members of the society. servants within 30 days of joining the government service. • The Bill will make all the stakeholders responsive and • The amendment has removed the period of 30 days. Now accountable for upholding the principles underlying the Bill. the public servants will make declaration of their assets • It will bring greater accountability on the part of the Union and liabilities in the form and manner as prescribed by Government and State Governments/UT administrations for government. issues concerning Transgender persons. • It gives extension of the time given to public servants • Background Transgender community is among one of the and trustees and board members of Non-Governmental most marginalized communities in the country because they Organisations (NGOs) to declare their assets and those of don’t fit into the stereotypical categories of gender of ‘men’ their spouses. or ‘women’. • In this case public servants and trustees and board members • They face problems ranging from social exclusion, ostracism of NGOs must be receiving government funds of more than and discrimination, as well as verbal, physical and sexual ` 1 crore or foreign funding of more than ` 10 lakh. abuse. • They also lack of access to education and employment Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) opportunities, ending up into organised groups, forced Amendment Bill, 2016 begging or demanding money. • Lok Sabha has passed the Child Labour (Prohibition and Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code Bill, 2016 Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2016, despite opposition by • Rajya Sabha passed the major economic reform Bill moved several MPs. by the Government i.e. ‘Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, • The Bill, passed by the Rajya Sabha on July 19, 2016. 2016’ on 11th May 2016. • The Bill seeks to improve the Child Labour (Prohibition and • The Lok Sabha had earlier passed the Bill on 5th May, 2016. Regulation) Act, 1986, which prohibits the employment of • The objective of the new law is to promote entrepreneurship, children below 14 years in 83 hazardous occupations and availability of credit, and balance the interests of all processes. The amendment extends this ban on employment stakeholders by consolidating and amending the laws of children under 14 across all sectors, prohibits the relating to reorganization and insolvency resolution of employment of adolescents aged 14-18 years in risky corporate persons, partnership firms and individuals in a time occupations and introduces more severe jail term and fines bound manner and for maximization of value of assets of for offenders: a jail term of six months to two years and a fine such persons and matters connected therewith or incidental of ` 20,000 to ` 50,000. thereto. • The opposition by members was mainly to the fact that • The essential idea of the new law is that when a firm defaults children under 14 years will be allowed to work in family on its debt, control shifts from the shareholders/promoters businesses, outside of school hours and during holidays, and to a Committee of Creditors, who have 180 days in which to in entertainment and sports. MPs objected to the definition of evaluate proposals from various players about resuscitating family which includes not only parents and siblings but also the company or taking it into liquidation. the siblings of either parent. • The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code is a comprehensive • The Bill brings down the list of hazardous and systemic reform, which will give a quantum leap to the occupations from the earlier 83 to just three: mining, functioning of the credit market. inflammable substances, and hazardous processes under the Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill, 2016 Factories Act. Read together, with the family enterprises clause, critics say, children can be made to work in carpet, • Parliament passed the Mines and Minerals (Development zari and bidi units, mica or diamond cutting, scavenging, and Regulation) Amendment Bill 2016. The Bill amends the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, brick kilns, slaughterhouses, handling e-waste or as domestic 1957. help. Several MPs objected to the clause that also gives the • The Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha on 16th March 2016 Centre the right to add to the list of non-hazardous work. and in the Rajya Sabha on 2nd May 2016. Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016 • The Bill allows for the transfer of mining leases which have • The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016 been granted through procedures other than auction, and was approved by the Union Cabinet on July 21 to protect where the minerals are used for captive purpose. transgenders from discrimination. Through this Bill the • The Bill adds a definition of leased area, as the area within Union Government has evolved a holistic mechanism for which mining operations can be undertaken. This will also the social, economic and educational empowerment of include the non-mineralised area required for the activities marginalized transgenders community. defined under mine in the Mines Act, 1952. Key Facts • The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, • The Bill will benefit a large number of transgender persons, 1957 regulates the mining sector in India and specifies the mitigate the stigma, discrimination and abuse against them requirement for obtaining and granting leases for mining and also bring them into the mainstream of society. operations. Current Affairs & GK Update GK-9 Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 • It provides to give 10% reservation to these castes for class III and class IV posts and 6% in class 1 and class 2 posts. • Rajya Sabha passed the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2016 which aims to guard the interests • These castes will be given 10% reservation for admission of numerous aspiring house buyers alongside enhancing in educational institutions. State Legislative Assembly also the credibility of construction industry by promoting passed Haryana Backward Classes Commission Bill, 2016 transparency, accountability and efficiency in execution of for institution of a permanent Backward Classes Commission. projects. Aadhaar Act, 2016 • The Bill seeks to set up an effective regulatory mechanism for orderly growth of the sector which is the second largest The Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other seasonal employer after agriculture. Subsidies, benefits and services) Act, 2016 has been notified • It provides that 70% of sale proceeds will have to be kept by the Union Government on March 28. The Act will provide aside by the developer in an escrow account which is a statutory backing for transfer of subsidies and benefits to eligible financial instrument held by a third party on behalf of the people having Aadhaar (UID) number. other two parties in a transaction. Key facts • The Bill will set up state-level real estate regulatory authorities • The act seeks to provide efficient, transparent and targeted and appellate tribunals to monitor transactions relating to delivery of subsidies, benefits and services to individuals both residential and commercial projects and their timely residing in India by assigning them unique identity numbers completion and handover. It will also look after complaints (UID) or Aadhaar number. at both appellate tribunals and regulatory authorities within • It will be used for all benefit that will be linked to consolidated 60 days ensuring timely resolution of disputes. fund of India or the expenditure incurred from it. • The Real Estate Bill enables the people meet their genuine • Both Central and state governments can use Aadhaar for aspirations of owning a house including those of urban poor disbursal for benefits and subsidies. However the Aadhaar by giving a fillip to affordable housing initiative under which number cannot be used as a proof of citizenship or domicile. the Government intends to enable construction of 2 crore by • The Act gives statutory for establishment of the Unique the year 2022 under Prime Minister’s Awas Yojana (Urban). Identification Authority of India consisting of a Chairperson Industries (Development and Regulation) (part time or full time) and two Members (part time). Amendment Bill, 2015 • Those individuals not having Aadhaar number shall be • The Industries (Development and Regulation) Amendment offered alternate and viable means of identification for Bill, 2015 was passed by the Parliament on April 29, delivery of the subsidies, benefits or service. 2016. The Bill amends the Industries (Development and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Regulation) Act, 1951. It was first was passed in Lok Sabha Amendment Act, 2015 in December 2015 and later in Rajya Sabha in April 2016. Now it will go for Presidential assent as per Article 111 of the • The amended law for prevention of atrocities against the Indian Constitution. Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes was enforced Key facts from January 26, 2016 after the Central Government’s • The bill seeks to bring industries engaged in the manufacture approval. of potable alcohol under the exclusive control of States in all • The SC/ST Bill was unanimously passed by the Rajya Sabha respects. on December 21, 2015 without a debate, and had been • The bill amends 1st schedule of the parent Act to bring awaiting a formal notification. The Lok Sabha had passed required changes for regulating industries manufacturing the bill on 4thAugust, 2015. potable alcohol. However, Union Government will continue • After the enforcement, there will be stricter prosecution to be responsible for formulating policy and regulating for new offences of atrocities, such as tonsuring of head, foreign collaboration for all products of fermentation moustache, or similar acts, which are derogatory to the industries, including industrial and potable alcohol. dignity of members of the SC/ST community, garlanding Jat Reservation Bill with chappals, denying access to irrigation facilities or forest rights, dispose or carry human or animal carcasses, The Haryana Backward Classes (Reservation in services or to dig graves, using or permitting manual scavenging, and admission in educational institutions) Bill, 2016 was dedicating an SC/ST woman as devadasi, abusing in caste unanimously passed by the Haryana Legislative Assembly in name, perpetrating witchcraft atrocities, imposing social or May 2016. economic boycott, preventing SC/ST candidates from filing Key Provisions of the bill of nomination to contest elections, hurting an SC/ST woman • It seeks to provide reservation in services and admission in by removing her garments, forcing a member of these educational institutions to persons belonging to backward classes including Jats and five other castes. communities to leave house, village or residence, defiling • The backward classes have been divided into three blocks as objects sacred to members of SC/ST, touching or using Block A, Block B and Block C. Jats, Jat Sikhs, Ror, Bishnoi, words, acts or gestures of a sexual nature against members of Tyagi and Mulla/Muslim Jat have been included in the Block C. the community. GK-10 Current Affairs & GK Update The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of • The 228th report of the Law Commission of India has also recommended for prohibiting commercial surrogacy and Children) Act, 2015 allowing ethical altruistic surrogacy to the needy Indian • The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, citizens by enacting a suitable legislation. 2015 has come into force from January 15, 2016 and repeals the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000. HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Control) Bill, 2014 • The Bill was passed by Lok Sabha on 7th May, 2015 The Union Cabinet has given its approval to introduce and Rajya Sabha on 22nd December, 2015 and received amendments to the HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Control) Presidential assent on 31st December, 2015. Bill, 2014. • Under Section 15, special provisions have been made to • Prevent and control the spread of HIV and AIDS. It prohibits tackle child offenders committing heinous offences in the discrimination against persons with HIV and AIDS. No age group of 16-18 years. person will be compelled to disclose his HIV status except President assent to the Sugar Cess (Amendment) with his informed consent, and if required by a court order Bill, 2015 establishments keeping records of information of PLHIV must adopt data protection measures. • President Pranab Mukherjee gave his assent to the Sugar • Obligations on establishments to safeguard rights of persons Cess (Amendment) Bill, 2015 on 8th January, 2016. living with HIV arid create mechanisms for redressing • This will raise the ceiling of the impost from ` 25 to ` 200 per complaints. Lists various grounds on which discrimination quintal, a measure that will help sugarcane growers and cash against HIV-positive persons and those living with them is starved mills. prohibited. • The Sugar Cess (Amendment) Bill, 2015 was introduced • These include the denial, discontinuation, termination or in the Lok Sabha by Mr. Ram Vilas Paswan, Minister unfair treatment with regard to employment, educational of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution on establishments, health care services, renting property etc. December 11, 2015. The Bill proposes to amend the Sugar Prohibits, requirement for HIV testing as a pre-requisite for Cess Act, 1982. obtaining employment or accessing health care or education. Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 • Prohibits any individual from publishing information or • Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra advocating feelings of hatred against HIV positive persons Modi gave its approval for introduction of the “Surrogacy and PLHIV. (Regulation) Bill, 2016” on 24th August. National Water Framework Bill, 2016 • The Bill will regulate surrogacy in India by establishing The Central Government has brought final draft of the National National Surrogacy Board at the Central level and State Water Framework Bill, 2016 to provide uniform national legal Surrogacy Boards and Appropriate Authorities in the State framework to manage water in a better and efficient way. The and Union Territories. The legislation will ensure effective comprehensive draft Bill proposes model law for all states. regulation of surrogacy, prohibit commercial surrogacy and However, water being a State subject under VII Schedule of allow ethical surrogacy to the needy infertile couples. Constitution the law will be not binding on States for adoption. • All infertile Indian married couple who want to avail ethical surrogacy will be benefited. Further the rights of surrogate Key Features of Bill mother and children born out of surrogacy will be protected. • Every person has a right to sufficient quantity of safe water The Bill shall apply to whole of India, except the state of for life within easy reach of the household regardless of his/ Jammu and Kashmir. her socio-economic factors. • The major benefits of the Act would be that it will regulate the • All basin states have equitable rights over the use of river surrogacy services in the country. While commercial surrogacy water provided such use does not violate the right to water will be prohibited including sale and purchase of human for life of any person in the river basin. States must recognise embryo and gametes, ethical surrogacy to the needy infertile the principle that the rivers are public trustees and not owned couples will be allowed on fulfillment of certain conditions by the basin-States. and for specific purposes. As such, it will control the unethical • All the basin States are equal in rights and status, and there practices in surrogacy, prevent commercialization of surrogacy is no hierarchy of rights among them. Here equality of and will prohibit potential exploitation of surrogate mothers rights means not equal but equitable shares in river waters. and children born through surrogacy. Managing water at river basin-level and right measurement • No permanent structure is proposed to be created in the Draft of State’s contribution to river system in order to resolve Bill. Neither there are proposals for creating new posts. The conflicts. proposed legislation, while covering an important area is • Establishing River Basin Authority (RBA) for each inter- framed in such a manner that it ensures effective regulation State basin to ensure optimum and sustainable development but does not add much vertically to the current regulatory of rivers and valleys. Establishing institutional arrangements structure already in place at the Central as well as states. to deal with inter-state water disputes in order to “obviate” Accordingly, there will not be any financial implications disputes through negotiations, mediation or conciliation. except for the meetings of the National and State surrogacy • Proposes other mechanisms such as National water quality Boards and Appropriate Authorities which will be met out of and footprint standards, Integrated river basin development the regular budget of Central and State governments. and management plan and graded pricing system. Current Affairs & GK Update GK-11 Merchant Shipping Bill, 2016 • It also provides for survey, inspection and certification of vessels to enable simplified regime for convenience of Indian Union Cabinet approved the introduction of Merchant Shipping shipping industry. Bill, 2016 in the Parliament. Simultaneously, the Cabinet also approved repealing of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 and the Taxation Laws (Second Amendment) Bill, 2016 Coasting Vessels Act, 1838. The Union Government has introduced the Taxation Laws The Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 has been amended 17 times (Second Amendment) Bill, 2016 in the Parliament. The bill between 1966 and 2014 resulting in an increase in the number of amends existing tax laws to impose a higher rate of tax and sections to more than 560 sections. However, these provisions penalty in respect of undisclosed incomes. It proposes, Taxation have been shortened to 280 sections in the Bill. and Investment Regime for Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Salient Features Yojana, 2016 (PMGKY), an anti-poverty scheme. It seeks to • It allows substantially-owned vessels and vessels on Bare attract more people to disclose their unaccounted cash and also Boat-cum-Demise (BBCD) to be registered as Indian flag to put in a framework in place to use that for the welfare of vessels. the people especially in the rural areas. It also ensures that tax defaulting assessees and black money holders are subjected to • It recognises Indian controlled tonnage as a separate category. tax at a higher rate and stringent penalty provision • It provides for issuing the licences to Indian flag vessels Key features of Bill for coastal operation and for port clearance by the Customs • Mandatory for black money declarants to deposit 25% of authorities. amount disclosed in Pradhan Mantri Garibi Kalyan Yojana • It calls for making separate rules for coastal vessels to (PMGKY) 2016 for a 4 year lock-in period without interest. develop and promote coastal shipping. • Those who choose to declare their ill-gotten wealth stashed • It introduces welfare measures for seafarers by providing till now in banned `1,000 and Rs. 500 currency notes under them with the wages till they are released from hostage the PMGKY scheme will have to pay a tax at the rate of captivity of pirates and reach back home safely. 30% of the undisclosed income. • It directs owners of vessels to take insurance of crew engaged • Additionally, 10% penalty will be levied on the undisclosed on vessels including fishing, sailing, etc. This applies for the income and PMGK Cess (Surcharge) at the rate of 33% of vessels whose net tonnage is less than 15 tons. tax (33% of 30%). • It says that the requirement of signing of articles of agreement • Further, the declarants will have to deposit 25% of the by the crew will no longer be necessary. undisclosed income in a scheme to be notified by the • It calls for registration of few residuary category of vessels government in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India not covered under any statute and makes provisions for (RBI). security-related aspects. • The money from PMGK will be used for projects in • It adds provisions relating to seven different conventions- irrigation, infrastructure, primary education, primary health, housing, toilets and livelihood so that there is justice Intervention Convention 1969, Search and Rescue and equality. Convention 1979, Protocol for Prevention of Pollution from • For those who continue to hold onto undisclosed cash and Ships Annex VI to Marine Pollution Convention, Convention are caught they will be levied with flat 60% tax plus a for Control and Management of Ships Ballast Water and surcharge of 25% of tax (15%), which will amount a levy Sediments 2004, Nairobi Wreck Removal Convention 2007, of 75%. Salvage Convention 1989 and International Convention for • Besides, if the assessing officer can charge a 10% penalty in Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001. addition to the 75% tax. POLICIES AND SCHEMES 2016 Pashudhan Bima Yojana • Under it, the insurance companies would give compensation Haryana Government launched the Pashudhan Bima Yojana in case of death of animal (cattle). The scheme is free of cost in Jhajjar on 29th July. The Yojna was launched by the state’s for cattle breeders from the scheduled castes. • The state Animal Husbandry and Dairying Department has Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister, O P Dhankar. The set a target to cover one lakh cattle under Pashudhan Bima Yojana was started in accordance to the recommendations Yojana. made in Swaminathan Report. Animal Husbandry and Dairying Department has set a target to cover one lakh cattle under Sewage & Waste Water Policy in Rajasthan Pashudhan Bima Yojana. Rajasthan has become the first state to give go-ahead to the Key Facts sewage and waste water policy, in the country. The state cabinet • Pashudhan Bima Yojana will provide insurance cover to meeting chaired by the Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje in Jaipur cattle breeders in the state at different premium rates for approved the first-of-its-kind policy. different animals. Key Facts • Insurance cover will be provided at a premium of ` 100 for • Under this policy, all district headquarters, heritage cities, and cows, buffaloes, bulls, camels and at ` 25 for sheep, goat and cities in the state which have more than one lakh population pig for a period of three years. will be included. GK-12 Current Affairs & GK Update • Waste water treated under it will be used in irrigation and National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme agricultural work. The requirement of next 30 years will be The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra covered in this poilcy. Modi approved a National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme • It will be compulsory for every house in the state to connect on 5th July. The Scheme has an outlay of ` 10,000 crore with a with sewage system in those cities which have 100% sewage target of 50 lakh apprentices to be trained by 2019-20. system in next five years. Features of the scheme KVK Portal • The Scheme would be implemented by Director General of The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Radha Training (DGT) under Ministry of Skill Development and Mohan Singh formally launched Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Entrepreneurship (MSDE). It provides for incentivizing portal (http://kvk.icar.gov.in) on 8th July in New Delhi. employers to engage apprentices. 25% of the total stipend Features of the Portal payable to an apprentice would be shared with employers • The portal provides provisions for online monitoring of directly by Government of India. It is for the first time a KVKs which will include reporting of major events on scheme has been designed to offer financial incentives regular basis and submission of monthly reports online. to employers to engage apprentices. In addition, it also • The portal will also provide information on different services supports basic training, which is an essential component being provided by different KVKs. of apprenticeship training. 50% of the total expenditure • Weather and Market related informations can also be incurred on providing basic training would be supported by accessed by the farmers and others. Government of India. • The forthcoming programmes will also be available on the • The Scheme will catalyze the entire apprenticeship website which will benefit farmers and youth in joining ecosystem in the country and it will offer a win-win situation different training programmes being organized by KVKs. for all stakeholders. It is expected to become one of the most • Question and answer facility will also be available for the powerful skill-delivery vehicle in the country. farmers. • The National Policy of Skill Development and • Agriculture related information of the districts will also be Entrepreneurship, 2015 launched by the Prime Minister available on the portal. focuses on apprenticeship as one of the key components • The farmers and the Agricultural Officers may register for creating skilled manpower in India. The present scheme themselves and seek different informations related to KVKs. also aims to achieve the objective as stated in the National ‘Namami Gange’ programme Policy, 2015. The policy proposes to work pro-actively with the industry including MSME to facilitate ten fold increase Union Minister Uma Bharti on 7th July launched 43 projects worth opportunities in the country by 2020. ` 250 crore under Namami Gange programme in Uttarakhand. The Government has lined up 1,000 projects in different states National Green Highways Mission including Delhi, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping and West Bengal as part of the National Mission for Clean Nitin Gadkari launched the initial plantation drive on 1,500 km Ganga. Bharati said the second phase of the project will begin of National Highways at a cost of about ` 300 crore under the by October 2018. st Key Facts National Green Highways Mission in New Delhi on 1 July. Key features • The Namami Gange Programme aims at cleaning the holy • NGHM was launched under the Green Highways Policy, river and ensuring its unfettered flow. Union Government has allocated ` 20,000 crore budget for it. 2015 to provide a holistic vision of developing eco-friendly • Under it, projects such as modernization and redevelopment and green National Highways. of ghats, crematoriums and other development activities will • The mission aims to provide a green canopy along 100,000 be undertaken. km of highways and create jobs for 1 million youth. • Besides it will also undertake project for development • It has been initiated to engage corporates, Public Sector of sewage infrastructure and treatment, tree plantation, units, Government organizations and other institutions for afforestation, pilot drain project, interceptor drain project, trash developing green corridor along National Highways through skimmers and conservation of biodiversity. plantation and allied activity on median, avenue and other • The projects were launched simultaneously in five basin states available nearby land patches . of the river Ganga viz. Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, • The funds for the mission will be met by Green Fund corpus Jharkhand and West Bengal. Besides, projects were also which is 1% of the total project cost set aside for plantation launched in Delhi and Haryana through which Ganga’s purposes. The afforestation across National Highways is largest tributary Yamuna passes. expected to help in sequestering approximately 12 lakh • In Uttar Pradesh alone total 112 projects were launched metric ton carbon annually. through this ambitious scheme. 47 projects were inaugurated • It will also generate jobs and can be a game-changer for at various locations in Uttrakhand. 20 projects were agriculture and rural economy. In future, the mission will be inaugurated at various locations in West Bengal. 26 projects linked with the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment were inaugurated in Bihar. Guarantee (MNREG) scheme. Current Affairs & GK Update GK-13 Chandranna Bima Yojana • The benefits will also be extended to family pensioners including war widows and disabled pensioners. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has launched • All arrears will be paid in four half-yearly instalments. Chandranna Bima Yojana in Vijayawada on 1st May. The Yojana However all widows, family pensioners including those launched on the occasion of May Day is an insurance scheme in receipt of Gallantry award will be paid arrears in one for the working class people. instalment. Salient features of the scheme • Pension will be re-fixed every five years and future • All unorganised workers in the State in the age group of enhancements in rates of pension would be automatically 18 to 70 years are eligible to be registered as unorganised passed to the past pensioners. workers and enrolled as beneficiaries of the Chandranna • Armed forces personnel who retire voluntarily would be not Bima Scheme. covered under OROP scheme. However, it will be applicable • All unorganised workers will be registered under the to personnel who have already retired prematurely. Unorganised Workers Social Security Act, 2008 and enrolled as beneficiaries under Chandranna Bima Scheme. Stand up India scheme for SC/ST & Women • SERP shall facilitate registration of unorganised workers and The Stand-up India scheme was launched on April 6 by their enrollment in the Chandranna Bima Scheme, data entry, Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide credit to Scheduled maintenance of data base, hard copies of signed applications Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), and women borrowers and other connected matters. in the non-farm sector. The scheme is intended to promote • Assistant Labour Officer of the Labour Department shall be entrepreneurship among SC/ST and women and further gives a the Registering Authority. push to government’s financial inclusion programme. • The registered unorganised workers will be enrolled as Main features of the scheme members under State Accident Death and Disability Scheme • Composite loan between 10 lakh rupees and up to 1 crore and under Aam Admi Bima Yojana (AABY) and will also rupees will be provided to SC/ST and women and also be covered under the Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana inclusive of working capital component for setting up any (PMSBY). new enterprise. UJALA Scheme • Debit Card (RuPay) for withdrawal of working capital: Credit history of borrower to be developed of these under- The National LED programme – Unnat Jyoti by Affordable banked sections of society. LEDs for All (UJALA) was launched by the Union Government • Refinance window through Small Industries Development on May 1. The scheme was launched by Union Minister for Bank of India (SIDBI) with an initial amount of 10,000 crore State (IC) for Power, Coal and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal rupees. in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. • Creation of a corpus of 5,000 crore rupees for credit guarantee Key facts through National Credit Guarantee Trustee Company • The UJALA scheme is being implemented by Energy (NCGTC). Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a joint venture of PSUs • Handholding support for borrowers with comprehensive under the Union Ministry of Power. support for pre loan training needs, facilitating loan, • It is LED based Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme factoring, marketing, etc. (DELP). • Web Portal for online registration and support services will • Under the scheme, 3 crore LED Bulbs will be distributed in be provided. Madhya Pradesh in the next 6 months. • Under the scheme, 1.25 lakh bank branches will provide loans • People of Madhya Pradesh will get subsidised 9W energy up to 1 crore rupees to SC/ST and women entrepreneurs. Thus efficient LED bulbs by paying just 85 rupees per LED bulb. it will help in creating 2.5 lakh entrepreneurs throughout the • The scheme will help reduce electricity bills of consumers, country. contribute to the energy security of India and also help in Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin environment protection. The implementation of the rural housing scheme of Pradhan • It will help in saving energy around 24 crore units every year. Mantri Awaas Yojana- Gramin was given approval by the Union One Rank One Pension Scheme Cabinet on March 25. Under the scheme, financial assistance will be provided for construction of pucca houses to all houseless One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme was given ex-post facto and households living in dilapidated houses. approval on 7 April by the Union Cabinet for implementation of Key facts retrospectively with effect from 1st July, 2014. Decision in this • The expenditure involved in implementing the project is ` regard was taken by Union Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime 81975 crore in a span of 3 years from 2016-17 to 2018-19. Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. OROP will provide ex- • Under the scheme, it is proposed to provide assistance to one servicemen of the same rank and same length of service uniform crore households for construction of pucca house. pension regardless of date of retirement. • It will be implemented in rural areas throughout the country Key facts except in Delhi and Chandigarh. • The benefits of OROP will be given with effect from 1st • The beneficiaries will eb identified using Socio Economic and of July 2014 and it will benefit ex-servicemen of all three Caste Census (SECC)-2011 data ensuring total transparency services- Army, Navy and Air Force. and objectivity. GK-14 Current Affairs & GK Update • The cost of houses would be shared between Centre and • To improve technology depth in Indian capital goods from States Governments in the ratio 60:40 in plain areas and the current basic and intermediate levels to advanced levels. 90:10 for North Eastern and hilly states. • Objectives: Increase total production to achieve total • Under this scheme, annual list of beneficiaries will be production in excess of 5 lakh crore rupees by 2025 from the identified from the total list through participatory process by current 2.2 lakh crore rupees. the Gram Sabha. • To increase domestic employment from the current 15 • Funds will be transferred electronically directly to the account of the beneficiary. lakhs to at least 50 lakhs by 2025 thus providing additional • He will be able to track the progress of his payments through employment to over 35 lakhs people. the app. Inspection will be done through a mobile app. • To increase the share of domestic production in India’s • Locally appropriate house designs, will be mainly practised capital goods demand from 56% to 80% by 2025 and in the to address the natural calamities. process improve domestic capacity utilization to 80-90%. • The beneficiary is entitled to 90 days of unskilled labour • To improve skill availability by training 50 lakhs people by from MGNREGA. This will be ensured through a server 2025. linkage between PMAY and MGNREGA. • To improve ‘technology depth’ in capital goods sub-sectors • The additional requirement of building materials, bricks by increasing research intensity in India from 0.9% to at least using cement stabilised earth or fly ash will be taken up 2.8% of GDP. under MGNREGA. • National Technical Support Agency will be established Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana to provide technical support to the Centre and On May 1, the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) was States to ensure their quality of construction of the houses. launched. The scheme will benefit the poor, especially the Udyam Aakansha scheme women. The scheme aims to provide cooking gas connections Chhattisgarh Government has launched ‘Udyam Aakansha’ to five crore below-poverty-line beneficiaries over the next three Scheme for promoting micro, small and medium enterprises in years. the state on February 9. Salient features of the scheme • Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved Highlights of the scheme 8000 crore rupees for the next 3 years starting from financial • The scheme would facilitate free online registration and year 2016-17. self-certification to the investors interested in investment on • PM Ujjwala Yojana will provide 5 crore LPG connections to micro, small and medium enterprises and service businesses. BPL Families. • The investors can enrol themselves online through website • A budgetary provision of the scheme is 2000 crore rupees. of the Industries department which will be based on self- • 5 crore LPG connections will be provided to BPL families certification process. with a support of 1600 rupees. • For the online registration, investors need not submit any • Connections will be given in the name of women beneficiaries. documents nor have to pay any fee. • Identification of BPL families will be made in consultation • Chhattisgarh is among some leading states where this scheme with State Governments and Union territories. has been initiated. • EMI Facility for meeting the cost of Stove and Refill cost. • Keeping in view the objective of promoting the ease of doing business, the process of registration and self-certification for Pradhan Mantri Yuva Yojana entrepreneurs has been simplified. The Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) launched the Pradhan Mantri YUVA Yojana to boost up National Capital Goods Policy 2016 an ecosystem of entrepreneurship for young people. National Capital Goods Policy 2016 was unveiled by Union Ministry of Heavy Industries on 15 February 2016. The policy, Highlights of the Yojana with the theme Building India of Tomorrow, seeks to achieve • The scheme was launched for the time period of over five the vision of Make in India initiative and establishes India as a years (2016-17 to 2020-21) with a project cost of 499.94 global manufacturing hub by unlocking the potential for capital crore rupees. goods sector. • It will offer entrepreneurship education and training to Main Features around 7 lakh students in 5 years through 3050 Institutes. • Vision: To increase the share of capital goods contribution • It will also offer easy access to information and mentor from present 12 to 20% of total manufacturing activity by network, credit and advocacy to build a way-out for the 2025. youngsters. • Mission: To become one of the top capital goods producing • The institutes under the Yojana include 2200 Institutes nations of the world by raising the total production to over of Higher Learning (colleges, universities, and premier twice the current level. institutes), 300 schools, 500 ITIs and 50 Entrepreneurship • To raise exports to a significant level of at least 40% of total Development Centres. production and thus gain 2.5% share in global exports of • These institutes will carry out the training through Massive capital goods. Open Online Courses (MOOCs). Current Affairs & GK Update GK-15 Other Launches The scheme had also found its mention in Prime Minister • The Ministry also unveiled the guidelines for State Narendra Modi’s monthly radio address Mann Ki Baat in June Engagement under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 2016. 2.0 (2016-2020). It allocated around 3000 crore rupees for Salient Features the States to achieve its target of training 10 million people • To provide healthy life to pregnant women in over 4 years. • To lower the maternity mortality rate • To make pregnant women aware of their health issues and • It also launched the Lab Guidelines towards standardisation diseases of lab equipment across skill development training centres in • To ensure safe delivery and healthy life of the baby India. • The Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan is applicable • MSDE announced the institutionalisation of National for all pregnant women. It will provide medical checkups Entrepreneurship awards for first generation achievers below completely free to pregnant women. 30 years for the very first time. The Entrepreneurship Awards • The checkups will take place at the medical centres, will be given on 16 January 2017. government and private hospitals and private clinics across the country. Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan • These free of cost tests will include blood pressure, sugar level, weight, haemoglobin test, blood test and screening. The scheme aims at providing pregnant women ante-natal • Women will be marked differently using coloured stickers services and required treatment for free at government health based on their health problems so that doctors can easily centres and hospitals on 9th of every month. detect the problem. INDIAN STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES INDIAN STATES & UNION TERRITORIES India/State Capital Area Language Establishment Sex Literacy Pop. Festivals Dance Tribes (Sq.Km) Year Ratio Average Density /1000 % (Sq. Km) INDIA New Delhi 3.3 No National 15-08-1947 940 73% 382 G.Jayanti, – – Million Language I.Day. & R. Day 1. Andhra Hyderabad 160205 Telugu, 01-10-1953 992 67.7% 308 Sankranti, Kuchipudi Andh, Bagata, Pradesh Urdu Ugadi Bhil, Konda 2. Arunachal Itanagar 83,743 English 20-02-1987 920/ 66.95% 17 Losar” or The Bardo Chham Abor, Aka, Pradesh 1000 New Year Apatani 3. Assam Dispur 78,550 Assamese, 1st April 1912 – – 397 Bihu Ankia Naat Mikirs, Khasis, (Assom) Bengali, (Onkeeya) Nagas, Boro 4. Bihar Patna 99,200 Bhojpuri, 1st April 1936 916 63.4% 1,102 Chhath Bidesia Kajari Gonda, Maithili Mundas, Gaur 5. Chhattisgarh Raipur 135,194 Chattisgarhi, 1-11-2000 991 71.04% 189 Bastar Panthi, Rawat Agariya, Andh, Hindi Dussere, Nacha Baiga, Bhaina, Bhoramdeo 6. Goa Panaji 3,702 Konkani 30-05- 1987 968 88.70% 394 per Ganesh Dekhnni, Fugdi Dhodia, Dubla sq km. Chaturthi (Halpati), 7. Gujarat Gandhinagar 196,204 Gujarati 01-05-1960 918 79.31% 310 Makar Rass-garba Bhils, Barda, Sankranti Bavacha 8. Haryana Chandigarh 44,212 Punjabi, 01-11-1966 877 76.64% 573 Haryali Teej, Saang, Dhamal Meo, Ror Haryanvi Lohri, 9. Himachal Shimla 55,673 Pahari, 25-01-1971 974 83.78% 123 Kullu, Losar Shona Bhot, Bodh, Pradesh Kangri Shoolini Chuksam Gaddi, Gujjar 10. J & K Srinagar 222,236 Kashmiri, 26-10-1947 883 66.7% 56 Hemis, Urs Dumhal, Rouff Balti, Beda, Urdu Bot, Boto 11. Jharkhand Ranchi 79,714 Santhali, 15-11-2000 947 67.6% 414 Jhumar, Paika, Karam, Vat Asur, Agaria, Mundari, Ho Chau, Agni savitri Baiga, Banjara 12. Karnataka Bengaluru 191,791 Kannada 01-11-1956 968 75.60% 320 Mysore Bharatanatyam, Adiyan, Barda, Dasara, Ugadi Bolak-aat Bavacha, Bhil GK-16 Current Affairs & GK Update 13. Kerala Thiruvanantha- 38,863 Malayalam, 01-07-1949 1,084 93.91% 860 Onam Kathakali Adiyan, puram English Arandan 14. Madhya Bhopal 308,245 Hindi 01-11-1956 930 70.60% 236 Shivratri, Badhai, Rai, Bhil, Bhunjia, Pradesh Bahgoriya Saira Biar, Binjhwar 15. Maharashtra Mumbai 307,713 Marathi 01-05-1960 929 82.9% 370 Vijayadashami Lavani, Koli Andh, Baiga, or Dasara Barda 16. Manipur Imphal 22,327 Meeteilon 21-01-1972 987 79.21% 120 Lui-ngai- Manipuri Aimol, Anal, ni Ningol Angami Chakouba, Yaoshang 17. Meghalaya Shillong 22,429 Khasi,Garo 21-01-1972 986 75.84% 130 Nongkrem, Nongkrem` Chakma, Wangala Dimasa, Garo 18. Mizoram Aizawl 21,087 Mizo 20-02-1987 975 91.58% 52 Chapchar Kut, Cheraw, Chakma, Thalfavang Khuallam Dimasa, Garo Kut, 19. Nagaland Kohima 16,579 English 01-12-1963 931 80.11% 119 Hornbill, Zeliang Naga, Kuki, Sekrenyi Mikir, Garo 20. Odisha Bhubaneshwar 155,820 Odia, Eng- 01-04-1936 978 73.45% 270 Ganesh Odissi Agata, Bathudi, lish Chaturthi Birhor 21. Punjab Chandigarh 50,362 Punjabi 15-08-1947 893 76.68% 550 Bandi Chhor, Bhangra, – Vaisakhi, Giddha Lohri 22. Rajasthan Jaipur 342,239 Hindi, 01-11-1956 926 67.68% 201 Gangaur, Teej, Ghoomar – Rajasthani Gogaji 23. Sikkim Gangtok 7,096 Nepali, 16-5-1975 889 82.2% 86 Maghe, Losar Singhi Chham Bhutia, Lepcha, Bhutia Limboo 24. Tamil Nadu Chennai 130,058 Tamil 26-01-1950 995 80.33 % 550 Pongal Bharata-natyam Adiyan, Aranadan, 25. Telangana Hyderabad 114,840 Telugu, 02-06-2014 – 66.50% 310 Ugadi Kuchipudi Andh, Konda Urdu 26. Tripura Agartala 10,491.69 Bengali , 21-01-1972 961 94.65% 350 – Goria, Jhum Bhil, Bhutia, Kokborok Chaimal 27. Uttarakhand Dehradun 53,483 Garhwali, 9-11-2000 963 79.63% 189 Kandali, Langvir Nritya Bhotia, Buksa, Kumaoni Ramman Jaunsari, Raji 28. Uttar Pradesh Lucknow 243,286 Hindi, Urdu 01-04-1937 908 69.7% 820 Makar Sankranti, Kathak Bhotia, Buksa, Chhath Tharu, Baiga 29. West Bengal Kolkata 88,752 Bengali and 15-08-1947 947 77.08% 1,000 Durga Puja, Chau dance Asur, Baiga, English Kali Puja Bedia, Chero Union Territory 1. Andaman and Port Blair 8,073 English, 01-11-1956 878 86.27% 46 – – Andamanese, Nicobar Islands Hindi Chariar, Chari 2. Chandigarh Chandigarh 114 Punjabi 01-11-1966 818 81.9% 9,300/ Lohri Bhangra – 3. Dadra and Silvassa 102 English, 11-08-1961 775 77.65% 698 Pongal Tarpa, Bhavada Warlis, dublas Nagar Haveli Gujarati 4. Daman and Daman 102 Gujarati, 30-05-1987 618 87.07% 2169 Garba Mando, Vira Dhodia, Dubla Diu Marathi (Halpati) 5. Lakshadweep Kavaratti 32 English, 01-11-1956 946 92.28% 2013 Eid-Ul-Fitr, Lava, Kolkali Koya, Malmi Malayalam Muharram 6. NCT of Delhi New Delhi 1,484.0 Hindi 01-02-1992 866 86.34% 11,297 Diwali, Eid – – ul-Fitr 7. Puducherry Pondicherry 492 Malayalam, 07-01-1963 1,038 86.34% 2,500 Pongal Garadi Grulas, Villi Tamil Current Affairs & GK Update GK-17 STATE ANIMALS AND BIRDS State Animal Birds Andhra Pradesh Blackback (Antilope cervicapra) Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis) Arunachal Pradesh Gayal (Bos frontalis) Great Hornbill (Buceros bicornis) Asom (Assam) One-horned rhino (Rhinoceros unicornis) White-winged wood duck (Cairina scutulata) Bihar Gaur (Bos gaurue) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Chhattisgarh Wild buffalo (Bubalis arnee) Bastar Hill myna (Gracula religiosa) Goa Gaur (Bos gaurus) Black-crested bulbul (Pycnonotus gularis) Gujarat Asiatic lison (Panthera leo persica) Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) Haryana Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra) Black Francolin (Francolinus francolinus) Himachal Pradesh Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia or Panthna uncia) Jujurana Western Irogapa (Trogopan melanocephalus) Jammu and Kashmir Kashmir Stag (Cervus elaphus hanglin) Black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis) Jharkhand Indian Elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopacea) Karnataka Indian Elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis) Kerala Indian Elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) Great Hornbill (Buceros bicornis) Madhya Pradesh Barasingha (Rucervus duvaucelii) Asian Paradise Flycatcher (Trepsiphone paradisi) Maharashtra Indian Giant Squirrel (Ratufa indica) Yellow footed green pigeon (Treron phoenicoptera) Manipur Sangai (Cervus eldi) Mrs. Humes Pheasant (Syrmaticus humiae) Meghalaya Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) Hill Myna (Gracula religiosa) Mizoram Hoolock gibbon (Hoolock hoolock) Mrs. Humes pheasant (Syrmaticus humaie) Nagaland Gaur (Bos gaurus) Blyth’s Tragopan (Tragopan blythii) Odisha Sambar (Rusa unicolor) Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis) Punjab Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra) Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) Rajasthan Chinkara (Gazella bennettii) Great Indian Bustard (Ardeotis nigps) Sikkim Red panda (Ailurus fulgens) Blood pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus) Tamil Nadu Nilgiri Tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius) Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps indica) Telangana Chital (Zinka) Pala Pitta (Coracias benghalensis) Tripura Phayre’s Langur (Trachypithecus phayrel) Green Imperial Pigeon (Dacula genea) Uttarakhand Musk deer (Moschus cupreus) Himalayan Monal (Lophophorus impejanus) Uttar Pradesh Swamp Deer (Rucervus duvaucelii) Sarus Crane (Grus antigone) West Bengal Fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) White-breasted Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) Lakshadweep House Sparrow (Passer Domesticus) National Capital House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Territory of Delhi Puducherry Squirrel Sciuridae ratufinae Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus) Four Ends of India Foundation day of States Easternmost point of India is known as Kibithu; situated on right 1st January Nagaland Day bank of river Lohit separating India from China-Tibet region. 21st January Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura Day It is a small village at the altitude of 3,350 metre in Arunachal 6th February Jammu and Kashmir Day Pradesh. Westernmost point is situated in Kuch area of Gujarat 20th February Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh day called as Ghuar Mota. The region is famous for its harsh climate 11th March Andman and Nicobar Islands Day with 45°C in summer and 20°C in winter. During monsoon 22nd March Bihar Day (Bihar Diwas) season this region looks like a tortoise surrounded by sea water. 30th March Rajasthan Day Northernmost point of India has been in controversies ever since India’s independence. The Siachen Glacier in the state of J&K is 1st April Utkal (Odisha) Day the northern boundary of India according to the official division 14th April Tamil Nadu Day of India during the time of independence. The Southernmost 15th April Himachal Pradesh Day point of the mainland of India is Kanyakumari District in the state 1st May Gujarat and Maharashtra Day of Tamil Nadu. Kannyakumari, formerly was known as Cape 16th May Sikkim Day Comorin. It is the second largest and urbanized of Tamil Nadu. 1st November Chattisgarh Indira Point is a village in the Nicobar district of Andaman and 9th November Uttaranchal (Now Uttarakhand) Day Nicobar Islands, India. It is located in the Great Nicobar tehsil. 15th November Jharkhand Day (Jharkhand Diwas) It is the location of the southernmost point of India’s territory. 2nd June (2014) Telangana Day GK-18 Current Affairs & GK Update AWARDS AND HONOURS Gallantry Awards Gandhi Peace Prize Param Vir Chakra: The highest Gallantry Award • Established in 2 October, 1994. It carries a cash prize of ` 1 Mahavir Chakra: The second highest Gallantry Award crore. Vir Chakra: The third highest Gallantry Award Ashok Chakra: The highest peacetime Gallantry award Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Kirti Chakra: For conspicuous Gallantry Development Shaurya Chakra: For an act of Gallantry • Instituted in 1985, this prestigious award is regarded as Bharat Ratna ‘Nobel’ and over the years it has been awarded to those The highest civilian award of India. persons who have done outstanding work for international • The first three recipients of Bharat Ratna: C. Rajagopalchari, peace, disarmament and development. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan and DR. C.V.Raman (1954) Dadasaheb Phalke Award Padma Awards • It is India’s highest award in cinema. • Padma Vibhushan : The second highest civilian award given • It is presented annually at the National Film Awards for exceptional and distinguished service. ceremony by the Directorate of film festival. • Padma Bhushan : The third highest civilian award given for distinguished service of a high order. Borlaug Award • Padma Shri : The fourth highest civilian award given for • Instituted in 1973, carries a cash prize of ` 1 lakh. distinguished service. • Instituted to honour outstanding agricultural scientists. Bharatiya Jnanpith Award Sahitya Akademi Award • Instituted in 22 May, 1961, carries a cash prize of ` 5 lakh, a • Awarded for outstanding literary work and carries a cash citation and a bronze replica of Vagdevi (Saraswati). ` • This award is given for the best literary writing by an Indian prize of 1 lakh. citizen in a language listed in eight schedule of the Indian • Sahitya Academi gives 22 awards for literary works in the Constitution. languages which has recognized works. INDIA’S POLITICAL JOURNEY 70 YEARS Date/ Period Events 1946 The Constituent assembly elected in 1946 served as the Parliament 15 Aug. 1947 • India became independent • Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the 1st P. M. of Independent India 30 Jan. 1948 • Mahatma Gandhi was shot dead by Nathuram Godse • India sends troops and took over the State of Hyderabad • Sheikh Abdulla became the Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. • Pakistan adopted Guerrilla War in J & K but India recaptured Dras, Kargil and Poonch. 26 Nov. 1949 Constitution of India was adopted with a Preamble, 395 Articles & 8 Schedules. 26 Jan. 1950 • Constitution of India was enforced & India was declared a Republic State • Rajendra Prasad, 1st President of India • Home Minister Vallabhbhai Patel died on 15 Dec. 1950. 1951 • India’s first general/Lok Sabha election ( 25 Oct. 1951 to 21 Feb. 1952) & Indian National Congress won with full majority (75%) 1953 • Sheikh Abdulla was dismissed, arrested and Ghulam Mohammed became the Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. 1954 • French finally gave up its territory Pondicherry to India. 1956 Death of B. R. Ambedkar on 6 Dec. 1956 1957 • Second general elections held in India & Congress won 371 seats 1959 • Mrs. Indira Gandhi was elected the president of Indian National Congress. 1960 • The states of Gujarat and Maharashtra came into being on May 1, 1960 & Bombay got allocated to Maharashtra. 1961 • Indian troops liberated Goa from Portuguese colony by Operation Vijay 1962 • Congress retained its majority in the general elections (361 seats out of 494). Current Affairs & GK Update GK-19 1964 • Jawahar Lal Nehru passed away. Gulzarilal Nanda was sworn in as acting prime minister. • Congress Working Committee finalized on Lal Bahadur Shastri as Nehru’s successor. (Other contenders were Tamilian K. Kamraj & Morarji Desai) 1965 • Pakistan invaded India over a salt marsh in Kachchh desert forcing Indians to withdraw some 40 miles. 1966 • L.B. Shastri & Pakistani President Ayub Khan met in Taskent along with the Soviet Union P.M. Kosygin, and signed “Taskent Agrement”. • Lal Bahadur Shashtri dies in sleep, of cardiac arrest. • Gulzarilal Nanda was (once again) sworn in as acting prime minister. • Indira Gandhi became PM on Congress president Kamraj endorsement for which Morarji Desai was interested. • Punjab and Haryana divided into separate states. 1967 • 4th general elections held in February & INC got 283 seats. 1969 14 banks were nationalized which was opposed by then Finance Minister Morarji Desai 1971 • The Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 over Bangladesh liberation. Pakistani troops surrendered & Provisional Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh came into being. • 5th general elections of India was held 14 months before scheduled time and Congress returned with 362 seats out of 520 1975 • On 26th June 1975 national emergency was declared. • Opposition leaders, including, Jayprakash Narayan, Morarji Desai, were sent to jail. Sanjay Gandhi became leading political executive overshading Indira Gandhi 1977 • Mrs. Gandhi dissolved Lok Sabha and general elections were held. • The Congress lost around 200 seats. Both Indira Gandhi and Sanjay Gandhi lost. • Janata Party came with majority & Morarji Desai became PM of India. 1979 • Morarji Desai resigned after Janata Party splits into three parts: headed by Morarji Desai, Jagjivan Ram and Charan Singh. • Charan Singh was sworn as Prime Minster, but a month later Indira’s Congress (I) withdrew support, which forced a mid-term election. 1980 General elections of India was held & INC won 353 seats as a result Mrs.I. Gandhi became PM. Sanjay Gandhi died in a plane accident. 1984 • Indira Gandhi shot dead by two of her Sikh personal bodyguards. • Rajiv Gandhi became Prime Minister of India. • 8th general elections of India was held & INC won 404 seats. 1989 General elections of India was held & INC won 197 seats. The Janata Dal led by V P Singh secured 143 seats, BJP 85 & Left Parties 45 seats. V.P. Singh became PM with support of BJP & Left parties. 1991 • Rajiv Gandhi assassinated by suicide bomber sympathetic to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers(LTTE). • 10th General elections were held. INC+ got 244, BJP+ 120 & NF got 69 seats. P.V. Narasimha Rao became PM with the support of Left parties. 1992 Babri Mosque in Ayodhya was demolished, triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence. 1996 • General elections were held. UF 192(Janata Dal+) won 192, BJP 187, & INC 140 seats. • AB Vajpayee became PM only for 13 days followed by H.D. Deve Gowda & IK Gujral (Janata Dal). The 11th Lok Sabha produced three Prime Ministers in two years. 1999 General elections were held. NDA(BJP+) won 254(182+), INC+ 144 & UF 64 seats. AB Vajpayee became PM. 1999 Kargil war between India & Pakistan. India came as victorious. 2004 General elections were held. UPA got 218, NDA 181 seats & Manmohan Singh became PM of India. 2009 General elections were held. UPA got 262, NDA 159 seats & Manmohan Singh became PM of India. 2014 General elections were held. BJP got 282, INC 44. Narendra Modi became PM of India. 2016 India got entry into Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) group. GK-20 Current Affairs & GK Update INDIA'S ECONOMIC JOURNEY 70 YEARS 70 INDIA'S ECONOMIC JOURNEY Current Affairs & GK Update GK-21 IMPORTANT DAYS OF THE YEAR 9th January: NRI Day 28th July: World Hepatitis Day 10th January: World Laughter Day 29th July: International Tiger Day 12th January: National Youth Day 30th July: International Day of Friendship 15th January: Indian Army Day 6th August: Hiroshima Day 23rd January: Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary 12th August: International Youth Day 24th January: National Girl Child Day 15th August: India’s Independence Day 25th January: National Tourism Day 19th August: World Humanitarian Day 26th January: Republic Day 29th August: National Sports Day 29th January: National Newspaper Day 5th September: Teacher’s Day 30th January: Martyr’s Day 8th September: International Literacy Day 2nd February: World Wetlands Day 14th September: Hindi Day 4th February: World Cancer Day 15th September: World Engineer’s Day 13th February: World Radio Day 16th September: World Ozone Day 14th February: St. Valentine’s Day 18th September: International Day of Peace 21st February: International Mother Language Day 21st September: Biosphere Day 28th February: National Science Day 24th September: Girl Child Day 8th March: International Women’s Day and Mother’s day 25th September: Social Justice Day, World Maritime Day 13th March: No Smoking Day 27th September: World Tourism Day 15th March: World Consumer Rights Day 1st October: International Music Day 22nd March: World Water Day 2nd October: Gandhi Jayanti, International Non-Violence Day 23rd March: World Meteorological Day 3rd October: World Habitat Day 24th March: World Tuberculosis Day 8th October: National Air force Day 27th March: World Theatre Day 9th October: World Postal Day National Postal Week (9th 2nd April: World Autism Awareness Day October to 14th October) 7th April: World Health Day 12th October: World Sight Day 18th April: World Heritage Day 16th October: World Food Day 22nd April: World Earth Day 31st October: National Integration Day 25th April: World Malaria Day 7th November: World Cancer Awareness Day 30th April: World Jazz Day 11th November: National Education Day 1st May: International Labour Day 14th November: Children’s Day 3rd May: World Asthma Day 16th November: National Press Day 5th May: World Athletics Day 21st November: World Fisheries Day, World Hello Day, World 8th May: International Red Cross Day Television Day 11th May: National Technology Day 25th November: International Day for the Elimination of 17th May: World Telecommunications Day Violence against Women 20th May: World Refugee Day 26th November: National Constitution day 21st May: Anti-terrorism Day 26th November: National Milk day 24th May: Commonwealth Day 30th November: Flag Day 31st May: World No Tobacco Day 3rd December: World Conservation Day 1st June: World Milk Day 5th December: World Soil Day 5th June: World Environment Day 7th December: Armed Forces Flag Day 8th June: World Ocean Day 9th December: International Day against Corruption, National 20th June: International Refugee Day Immunization Day 21st June: International Yoga Day 10th December: World Human Rights Day, International 23rd June: International Olympic Day Broadcasting Day 27th June: World Diabetes Day 11th December: UNICEF Day 1st July: World Doctor’s Day Van Mahotsav Week (1st July to 14th December: National Energy Conservation Day 7th July) 16th December: Vijay Diwas 11th July: World Population Day 22nd December: National Mathematics Day 26th July: Kargil Victory Day 23rd December: Kisan Diwas (Farmers’ Day) GK-22 Current Affairs & GK Update SPACE SCIENCE Space mission 1975-2016 EDUSAT 20-Oct-04 GSLV-F01 Satellite Launch Date Launch Vehicle HAMSAT 5-May-05 PSLV-C6 Aryabhata 19-Apr-75 u-11 Interkosmos CARTOSAT-1 5-May-05 PSLV-C6 Bhaskara-I 7-Jun-79 C-1 Interkosmos INSAT-4A 22-Dec-05 Ariane-5GS Rohini Technology 10-Aug-79 SLV-3 INSAT-4C 10-Jul-06 GSLV-F02 Payload CARTOSAT-2 10-Jan-07 PSLV-C7 Rohini RS-1 18-Jul-80 SLV-3 Space Capsule Recovery 10-Jan-07 PSLV-C7 Rohini RS-D1 31-May-81 SLV-3 Experiment (SRE-1) Ariane Passenger 19-Jun-81 Ariane-1 (V-3) INSAT-4B 12-Mar-07 Ariane-5ECA Payload Experiment INSAT-4CR 2-Sep-07 GSLV-F04 Bhaskara -II 20-Nov-81 C-1 Intercosmos INSAT-1A 10-Apr-82 Delta 3910 PAM-D CARTOSAT-2A 28-Apr-08 PSLV-C9 Rohini RS-D2 17-Apr-83 SLV-3 IMS-1 (Third World 28-Apr-08 PSLV-C9 INSAT-1B 30-Aug-83 Shuttle [PAM-D] Satellite – TWsat) Stretched Rohini 24-Mar-87 ASLV Chandrayaan-1 22-Oct-08 PSLV-C11 Satellite Series RISAT-2 20-Apr-09 PSLV-C12 (SROSS-1) ANUSAT 20-Apr-09 PSLV-C12 IRS-1A 17-Mar-88 Vostok Oceansat-2 (IRS-P4) 23-Sep-09 PSLV-C14 Stretched Rohini 13-Jul-88 ASLV GSAT-4 15-Apr-10 GSLV-D3 Satellite Series CARTOSAT-2B 12-Jul-10 PSLV-C15 (SROSS-2) StudSat 12-Jul-10 PSLV-C15 INSAT-1C 21-Jul-88 Ariane-3 GSAT-5P / INSAT-4D 25-Dec-10 GSLV-F06 INSAT-1D 12-Jun-90 Delta 4925 RESOURCESAT-2 20-Apr-11 PSLV-C16 IRS-1B 29-Aug-91 Vostok INSAT-2DT 26-Feb-92 Ariane-44L H10 Youthsat 20-Apr-11 PSLV-C16 Stretched Rohini 20-May-92 ASLV GSAT-8 / INSAT-4G 21-May-11 Ariane-5 VA-202 Satellite Series GSAT-12 15-Jul-11 PSLV-C17 (SROSS-C) Megha-Tropiques 12-Oct-11 PSLV-C18 INSAT-2A 10-Jul-92 Ariane-44L H10 Jugnu 12-Oct-11 PSLV-C18 INSAT-2B 23-Jul-93 Ariane-44L H10+ RISAT-1 26-Apr-12 PSLV-C19 IRS-1E 20-Sep-93 PSLV-D1 SRMSAT 26-Apr-12 PSLV-C18 Stretched Rohini 4-May-94 ASLV GSAT-10 29-Sep-12 Ariane-5 VA-209 Satellite Series SARAL 25-Feb-13 PSLV-C20 (SROSS-C2) IRNSS-1A 1-Jul-13 PSLV-C22 IRS-P2 15-Oct-94 PSLV-D2 INSAT-3D 26-Jul-13 Ariane-5 INSAT-2C 7-Dec-95 Ariane-44L H10-3 GSAT-7 30-Aug-13 Ariane-5 IRS-1C 29-Dec-95 Molniya Mars Orbiter Mission 5-Nov-13 PSLV-C25 IRS-P3 21-Mar-96 PSLV-D3 (MOM) INSAT-2D 4-Jun-97 Ariane-44L H10-3 GSAT-14 5-Jan-14 GSLV-D5 IRS-1D 29-Sep-97 PSLV-C1 IRNSS-1B 4-Apr-14 PSLV-C24 INSAT-2E 3-Apr-99 Ariane-42P H10-3 IRNSS-1C 10-Nov-14 PSLV-C26 Oceansat-1 (IRS-P4) 26-May-99 PSLV-C2 GSAT-16 7-Dec-14 Ariane-5 INSAT-3B 22-Mar-00 Ariane-5G IRNSS-1D 28-Mar-15 PSLV-C27 GSAT-1 18-Apr-01 GSLV-D1 GSAT-6 27-Aug-15 GSLV-D6 Technology 22-Oct-01 PSLV-C3 Astrosat 28-Sep-15 PSLV-C30 Experiment Satellite (TES) GSAT-15 11-Nov-15 Ariane 5 VA-227 INSAT-3C 24-Jan-02 Ariane-42L H10-3 IRNSS-1E 20-Jan-16 PSLV-C31 Kalpana-1 (METSAT) 12-Sep-02 PSLV-C4 IRNSS-1F 10-Mar-16 PSLV-C32 INSAT-3A 10-Apr-03 Ariane-5G IRNSS-1G 28-Apr-16 PSLV-C33 GSAT-2 8-May-03 GSLV-D2 Corbo Set-2C 22-Jun-16 PSLV-C34 INSAT-3E 28-Sep-03 Ariane-5G Insat 3DR 8-Sep-16 GSLV-F05 RESOURCESAT-1 17-Oct-03 PSLV-C5 SCATSAT-1 26-Sep-16 PSLV-C35 (IRS-P6) GSAT-18 5-Oct-16 Ariane 5 ECA VA-231 Current Affairs & GK Update GK-23 FIRST IN MALE First Governor of Bengal Lord Clive (1757-60) The first Prime Minister of India who Charan Singh Last Governor of Bengal Warren Hastings did not face the Parliament (1772-74) The first Field Marshal of India S.H.F. Manekshaw The first British Governor General of Lord Warren Hasting The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in C.V.Raman Bengal (1774-1885) Physics The first British Governor General of Lord William The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna Dr. Radhakrishnan India Bentinck award (1833-1835) The first Indian to cross English Mihir Sen The first British Viceroy of India Lord Canning (1856- Channel 62) The first Person to receive Jnanpith Sri Shankar Kurup The first Governor General of free Lord Mountbatten award India (1947-1948) The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar The first and the last Indian to be C. Rajgopalachari Governor General of free India (1948-1950) The first Vice-President of India Dr. Radhakrishnan The first President of Indian Republic Dr. Rajendra Prasad The first Education Minister Abdul Kalam Azad The first Prime Minister of free India Pt. Jawahar Lal The first Home Minister of India Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel Nehru The first Indian Air Chief Marshal S. Mukherjee The first Indian to win Nobel Prize Rabindranath Tagore The first Indian Naval Chief Vice Admiral R.D. The first President of Indian National W.C. Banerjee Katari Congress The first Judge of International Court Dr. Nagendra Singh The first Muslim President of Indian Badruddin Tayyabji of Justice National Congress The first person to reach Mt. Everest Sherpa Anga Dorjee The first Muslim President of India Dr. Zakir Hussain without oxygen The first man who introduced printing James Hicky The first person to get Param Vir Major Somnath press in India Chakra Sharma The first Indian to join the I.C.S Satyendra Nath The first Chief Election Commissioner Sukumar Sen Tagore The first person to receive Magsaysay Acharya Vinoba India’s first man in Space Rakesh Sharma Award Bhave The first Prime Minister of India who Morarji Desai The first person of Indian origin to Hargovind Khurana resigned without completing the full receive Nobel Prize in Medicine term The first Chinese traveller to visit India Fa-hein The first Indian Commander-in-Chief General Cariappa The first person to receive Stalin Prize Saifuddin Kitchlu of India The first person to resign from the Shyama Prasad The first Chief of Army Staff Gen. Maharaj Central Cabinet Mukherjee Rajendra Singhji The first person to receive Nobel Prize Amartya Sen The first Indian Member of the S.P.Sinha in Economics Viceroy’s Executive Council The first Chief Justice of Supreme Justice Hirala J. The first President of India who died Dr. Zakir Hussain Court Kania while in office The first Indian Pilot J.R.D. Tata (1929) FIRST IN FEMALE The first lady to become Miss World Rita Faria The first woman President of Indian Mrs Annie Besant The first woman judge in Supreme Mrs. Meera Sahib National Congress Court Fatima Bibi The first woman pilot in Indian AirHarita Kaur Dayal The first woman Ambassador Miss C.B. Muthamma Force The first woman Governor of a state in Mrs Sarojini Naidu The first woman Graduates Kadambini Ganguly free India and Chandramukhi The first woman Speaker of a State Shanno Devi Basu, 1883 Assembly The first woman Airline Pilot Durga Banerjee The first woman Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi The first woman Honours Graduate Kamini Roy, 1886 The first woman Minister in aRajkumari Amrit The first woman Olympic medal Winner Karnam Malleswari, Government Kaur 2000 The first woman to climb Mount Everest Bachhendri Pal The first woman Asian Games Gold Kamlijit Sandhu The first woman to climb Mount Everest Santosh Yadav Medal Winner twice The first woman Lawyer Cornelia Sorabjee GK-24 Current Affairs & GK Update The first woman President of United Mrs Vijaya Laxmi The first woman Lieutenant General Puneeta Arora Nations General Assembly Pandit The first woman Air Vice Marshal P. Bandopadhyaya The first woman Chief Minister of anMrs Sucheta The first woman chairperson of Indian Sushma Chawla Indian State Kripalani Airlines The first woman Chairman of Union Roze Millian Bethew The first woman IPS officer Mrs. Kiran Bedi Public Service Commission The first and last Muslim woman ruler Razia Sultan The first woman Director General ofKanchan Chaudhary of India Police Bhattacharya The first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra Neerja Bhanot The first woman Judge Anna Chandy (She The first woman to receive Jnanpith Ashapurna Devi became judge in a Award district court in 1937) The first woman to cross English Aarti Saha The first woman Chief Justice of High Mrs Leela Seth Channel Court (Himachal Pradesh The first woman to receive Nobel Prize Mother Teresa High Court) The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna Mrs Indira Gandhi The first woman Judge in Supreme Kumari Justice M. The first woman to receive Jnanpith Ashapurna Devi Court of India Fathima Beevi Award FIRST IN OTHERS First Wax statue of a Living Indian Mahatma Gandhi at Madame Tussaud’s in 1939 First Exclusive internet magazine Bharat Samachar First Miss India to participate in Miss Universe Indrani Rehman First Judge in International Court of Justice Dr. Nagender Singh First Graduate in Medicine Soorjo Coomar Goodeve Chukerbutty India’s First University Nalanda University India’s First Open University Andhra Pradesh Open University India’s First Lok Sabha Member to be elected with a record P.V.Narasimha Rao maximum number of votes First Indian to reach Antarctica Lt. Ram Charan First Test tube baby of India Indira (Baby Harsha) First Post Office opened in India Kolkata(1727) SUPERLATIVES Structures •• Longest Railway Tunnel- Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel (11 km) •• Longest Road Tunnel - 9.2 km long tunnel on Jammu- •• Highest Tower ( Minaret ) – Qutub Minar Srinagar National Highway •• Higher Gateway – Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri near •• Largest Public Sector Bank- State Bank of India Agra. Built by Akbar (53.5 m /175 ft High) •• Largest Botanical Garden - National Botanical Garden in •• Highest Dam – Bhakra Dam Kolkata •• Highest Bridge – Chenab Bridge •• Largest Church- Se Cathedral at Old Goa, 10 km from Panaji. •• Highest Airport- Leh Air Port in Ladakh (3256 m/ 16080 ft •• Largest Delta- Sunderbans (75,000 sq km) formed by the Ganga high) and Brahmaputra in West Bengal and Bangladesh •• Highest Hydel Power Station- Rongtong Hydel Project in •• Largest Stupa- Kesariya Stupa in Bihar Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh. •• Largest Library- National Library, Kolkata •• Highest Mountain Peak- Kanchenjunga •• Largest Planetarium- Birla Planetarium, Kolkata. •• Highest Road- Road at Khardungla in the Leh-Manali Sector •• Largest Prison- Tihar Jail, Delhi •• Highest Waterfall- Jog Waterfall, Karnataka •• Largest Concentration of Scheduled Tribes- Madhya Pradesh •• Largest Residence – Antilia Bhawan built by Mukesh •• Largest Scheduled Caste- Community Santhal Ambani •• Longest River Bridge – Bandra-Worli sea link which is 5.6 •• Largest Cinema Hall – Prasad Max, Hyderabad km. •• Largest Museum – National Museum Delhi •• Largest Corridor – Rameshwaram Temple Corridor •• Largest River Barrage – Farakka Barrage •• Largest irrigation Canal-Indira Gandhi Canal or Rajasthan •• Biggest Auditorium (Mumbai) – Sri Shanmukhanand Hall Canal (959 km long) •• Largest zoo – Arignar Anna Zoological Park •• Longest Dam-Hirakund Dam on Mahanadi river in Odisha •• Largest Cave Temple – Ellora (24.4 km long) •• Largest Gurudwara – Golden Temple, Amritsar •• Longest Glacier-Siachen Glacier on the Indo-Pakistan •• Largest Mosque – Jama Masjid, Delhi (built by Shah Jahan border (75.6 km long and 2.8 km wide) in 1644-58) •• Longest Railway Bridge Nehru Setu Bridge (4.62 km) long •• Largest Man-made Lake – Govind Sagar (Bhakra) •• Fastest Train-Gatiman Express between New Delhi and •• Largest Dome – Gol Gumbaz (Karnataka) Agra at a speed of 160 kmph •• Largest Cantilever Bridge – Howrah Bridge •• Tallest Light House – Jakhau, light hour, Gujarat Current Affairs & GK Update GK-25 •• Tallest Statues – Statue of Jain Saint Gomateswara at Leader of Nations-Famous Father Sravanabelagola in Karnataka •• America—George Washington •• Tallest Chimber – Hanuman Swami statue with 135ft. tall. •• Bangladesh—Mujibur Rehuman •• Oldest Church- St. Thomas Church at Palayar in Trichur •• China—Sunyatsen district in Kerala built in 52 AD. •• India—Gandhiji •• Oldest Monastery- Buddhist Monastery, (situated at an •• Indonesia—Sukarno altitude of 3,048 m /10,000 ft) at Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh. •• Mauritius—Ramgoolam •• Largest mall- Lulu Mall Kochi •• Namibia—Sam Nujoma •• Most Populous City- Mumbai •• Pakistan—Muhammad Ali Jinna Natural •• Sri Lanka—D.S.Senanayeke •• Longest River – Ganges •• Tanzania—Julius Nerera •• Largest Desert – Thar ( Rajasthan) •• Turkey—Musthafa Kamal •• Largest Lake – Wular Rajasthan •• Largest Fresh Water Lake-Kolleru in Andhra Pradesh Founders of Towns in India •• Largest Cave- Amarnath (about 44 km from Pahalgam in •• Agra- Sikandar Lodhi Jammu and Kashmir) •• Ahmedabad - Ahmed Shah •• Ajmer- Ajaypal Chauhan Founders of Indian Institutions •• Allahabad- Akbar •• Arya Samaj-Swami Dayanand Saraswati •• Calcutta- Job Charnock •• Athmiya Sabha-Raja Ram Mohan Roy •• Delhi- Anankapalan •• Brahma Samaj-Raja Ram Mohan Roy •• Fatehpur Sikri - Akbar •• Deccan Education Society-G.G.Agarkar, M.G.Ranade, •• Hisar- Ferozshah Tuglaq V.G.Gibhongar •• Hyderabad - Quli Qutabshah •• Dharma Sabha-Radhakanthadev •• Jodhpur- Rao Jodha •• Indian Brahma Samaj-Keshav Chandra Sen •• Mahabalipuram - Narasimhawarman •• Manavadharma Sabha-Durgaram Manjaram •• Siri- Alauddin Khilji •• Prarthana Samaj-Athmaram Pandurang •• Vijayanagaram - Hariharan 1 •• Pune Sewa Sadan-Smt.Remabhai Ranade, G.K.Devdhar •• Ramakrishna Mission-Swami Vivekananda Agricultural Revolution •• Sadharan Brahma Samaj-Shivananda Sashtri, Anand Mohan •• Blue Revolution - Fisheries Development Bose •• Brown Revolution - Leather Production •• Servants of India Society-Gopalakrishna Gokhale •• Grey Revolution - Housing Development •• Sewa Sadan-Bahuramji M.Malabari •• Green Revolution - Agriculture Production •• Sewa Samithi-H.N.Kunsru •• Pink Revolution - Drugs & Pharmaceuticals •• Social Service League-N.M.Joshi •• Silver Revolution - Egg Production •• Thathwabodhini Sabha-Debendranatha Tagore •• White Revolution - Dairy Development •• Theosophical Society-Madam H.P.Blavadski, Col.H.L.Olkott •• Yellow Revolution - Oil Seed Production SOBRIQUETS A sobriquet is a nickname, occasionally assumed and often Manitas de Plate Flamenco guitarist Ricardo given by another. Baliardo Person Primary Names Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Anna C N Annadurai Nightingale of India Sarojini Naidu Badshah Khan/ Frontier Gandhi Abdul Ghaffar Khan Panditji Jawahar Lal Nehru Buddha Siddhartha Gautama Punjab Kesari Lala Lajpat Rai Chacha Jawahar Lal Nehru Rajaji C Rajagopalachari Deenabandhu C F Andrews Saint of the Gutters Mother Teresa Deshbandhu C. R. Das Father of the Nation Mohandas Karamchand Father of the Nation Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Gandhi Haryana Hurricane Kapil Dev Grand Old Man of India Dadabhai Naoroji Prince of Kolkata Saurav Ganguly Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore Places Primary Names Guruji M S Gohlwalkar Bengal’s Sorrow Damodar River Kaviguru Rabindranath Tagore Blue Mountain Niligiri Hills Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan City of Golden Temple Amritsar Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas K. Gandhi City of Palaces Kolkata Man of Peace Lal Bahadur Shastri Diamond City in India Surat, Gujarat GK-26 Current Affairs & GK Update Garden City of India Bengaluru States & its Slogans Garden of India Kashmir •• Rice bowl of India, Egg bowl of Asia – Andhra Pradesh. Gateway of India Mumbai •• The Orchid state of India or the paradise of the Botanists- Arunachal Pradesh. God’s Own Country Kerala •• Rice bowl of Central India – Chhattisgarh. Land of Five Rivers Punjab •• Jewel of the Western part of India– Gujarat. Pink City Jaipur •• State of Apples, Dev Bhoomi (Adobe of Gods) – Himachal Queen of Arabian Sea Kochi Pradesh Spice Garden of India Kerala •• Heaven on Earth – Jammu and Kashmir. The City of Joy Kolkata •• The Land of Jungles & Jharis (Bushes) – Jharkhand •• God’s own country – Kerala The City of Palaces Kolkata •• Heart of India – Madhya Pradesh Venice of East Alleppey •• Gateway of the East – Manipur Queen of Arabian Sea Kochi •• The adobe of the clouds – Meghalaya Garden City of India Bangalore •• Land of the hill people – Mizoram Blue Mountains Niligiri Hills •• Falcon capital of the world-Nagaland Silicon Valley of India Bengaluru •• Granary of India, India’s bread-basket – Punjab •• Land of the Gods – Uttarakhand Planned City of India Chandigarh •• Hindi Heartland of India – Uttar Pradesh HISTORY LITERATURE OF MUGHAL PERIOD Book Author Contents Nuriyya-i- Abdul Haq Theory of Kinship during Sultaniyya Mughal Period Tuzuk-i-Baburi Babur Describes military tactics and administrative organisation Waqt-i- Nimat Khan Aurangzeb's Golconda conquest during Babur’s reign Hyderabad Ali Qanun-i- Khwand Describes Humayun’s Futuhat-i- Ishwar Das Aurangzeb's history Humayu Amair administration, festivities and Alamgiri buildings of that period Nuskha-i- Bhimsen Analysis of Aurangzeb's rule Humayun Nama Gulbadan Biography of Humayun Dilkusha Saxena and character Begum Khulasat-ul- Sujan Raj History of Aurangzeb's rule Tawarikh Khatri Akbar Nama Abul Fazl Gives a history of Akbar’s reign Padshah Namah Abdul Hamid History of Shah Jahan's reign Lahori Tobaqat-i- Khwajah -do- Akbari Nizamuddin Padshah Namah Muhammad -do- Ahmad Baksh Waris Shahjahan Muhammad -do- Tuzuk-i- Jahangir Memoirs of his own reign Jahangiri Namah Salih Shahjahan Inyat Khan -do- Iqbalnama-i- Muhammad History of Jahangir's reign Namah Jahangiri Khan Hamlai-Haidri Muhammad History of Aurangzeb's rule Chahar Chaman Chandra History of Shah Jahan's rule Rafi Khan Bhan Brahman Namah-e- Aquil Khan -do- Alamgiri Zafar Alamgir-nama Munshi Mirza Gives an account of Sirr-i-Akbar Dara Shikoh Urdu translation of Muhamma Aurangzeb's first 10 years of Upanishad Kazin rule Safinat-ul- -do- Biographies of Sufi Saints Massir-i- Saqi Mustaid Official history of Auliya Alamgiri Khan Aurangzeb’s reign written after his death Majma-ul- -do- Philosophical ideas discussed Bahrain Ain-i-Akbari Abul Fazl History of Akbar's reign Raqqat-e- Aurangzeb A compendium of his letters Muntakhab-ul- Badauni History of Akbar's rule Alamgiri Tawarikh Hasmat-ul- Dara Shikoh Religious ideas discussed Tawarikh-i-Alfi Mulla Daud -do- Arifin Current Affairs & GK Update GK-27 THE FREEDOM STRUGGLE TIME LINE 1885 Pherozeshah Mehta, K.T. Telang, Badruddin Tyabji formed Bombay Presidency Association. 28 Dec. 1885 Indian National Congress was formed by Allan Octavian Hume. 28-31 Dec. 1885 First session of Indian National Congress was attended by 72 delegates under the presidency of W.C. Bonnerjee. 1896-97 Bal Gangadhar Tilak initiated a no-tax campaign in Maharashtra. 20 July, 1905 Partition of Bengal order was passed by Lord Curzon. Dec. 1905 Gokhale then the president of Congress condemned the partition of Bengal and supported Swadeshi and Boycott movement. 1906 Dadabhai Naoroji became the president of National Congress and clearly declared their goal to be self- government or Swaraj like the other colonies. 30 Dec. 1906 All India Muslim League was formed by Aga Khan III and the founding meeting was hosted by Nawab Sir Khwaja Salimullah. 1909 The Indian Councils Act or Morley-Minto Reform was announced. 1911 Government announced the withdrawal of Partition of Bengal. 1913 Ghadar Party founded by Punjabi Indians in the United States and Canada aiming at securing India’s independence. April, 1915 First session of Hindu Mahasabha was held under the presidentship of Maharaja of Kasim Bazar. 26 Dec. 1916 Lucknow Pact was signed dealing with the structure of the government of India and with relation to the Hindu and Muslim communities. 1917 Indigo Satyagraha started by M.K. Gandhi in Champaran, Bihar. 1918 Edwin Montagu, then the Secretary of State and Lord Chelmsford, the Viceroy produced a scheme of constitutional reform which was called as the Montague-Chelmsford reforms. 1919 Enactment of the Government of India Act. March, 1919 Rowlatt Act was passed which enabled government to imprison people without trial. 13 April, 1919 Unarmed crowd gathered at Jallianwala Bagh to protest against the arrest of Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr. Satyapal was attacked by the British army as commanded by General Dyer. 31 August, 1920 Khilafat Committee launched a non-cooperation Movement. 1 February, 1922 M.K. Gandhi announced mass Civil Disobedience movement. 5 Feb. 1922 Protesters participating in the Non-cooperation Movement turned violent, leading to police opening fire in Chauri Chaura. Congress as a result halted the non-cooperation Movement. 1925 Communist Party came into existence. Nov. 1927 Simon headed commission was set up to submit report on working of Indian constitution established by Government of India Act, 1919. 17 Nov. 1928 Lala Lajpat Rai died due to the injuries by the beating of local police during a protest demonstration at Lahore. Dec. 1928 Gandhi joined back the active politics at Calcutta session. 26 Jan. 1930 Was fixed as theFirst Independence Day and since then was celebrated every year up to 1947. Feb. 1930 Chandra Shekhar Azad was shot dead in a park called Azad Park at Allahabad, in an encounter with British police. 12 March, 1930 Dandi March lead by M.K. Gandhi took place. Together with 78 companions he walked 375 km from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi. 6 April, 1930 Gandhi reached Dandi and broke the Salt law. 12 Nov. 1930 First round table conference was held in London, was chaired by British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald. 5 March, 1931 Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed between Gandhi and then viceroy of India Lord Irwin. According to which British agreed to withdraw all ordinances and end prosecutions and release all political prisoners. 24 August, 1932 Poona Pact was signed between Gandhi and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar at Yerwada Central Jail. 1935 Government of India Act was passed according to which All India Federation was established including British India and Princely States (representative were appointed by the rulers) forming a bicameral federal legislature. October, 1940 Gandhi gave an order for limited satyagraha (for few individuals only). 8 August, 1942 Quit India Movement was launched by M.K.Gandhi. 1945 Congress working committee adopted a resolution to abolish landlordism. 2 Sept. 1946 Interim government of India formed the newly elected Constituent Assembly of India. This idea was rejected by Muslim league. 9 Dec. 1946 The Constituent Assembly met for the first time. GK-28 Current Affairs & GK Update POLITY Fundamental Rights 32 Articles Remedies Right to Constitutional Constitutional to Right Includes writs: Corpus (1) Habeas (2) Mandamus (3) Prohibition (4) Certiorari (5) Quo–Warranto 16, 19, 29, 30 & Not to Foreigners- Art. 15, Foreigners- Not to & FRs available only to citizens to only available FRs 29-30 Articles Cultural and Cultural Protection of Protection of interests minorities. Right of minorities Right establish to administer & educational institutions. Educational Rights Educational (29) (30) Can be Suspended Can during Emergency during Emergency except Art. 21 20 & except 25-28 Articles Religion Right to Freedom of Freedom to Right Freedom of conscience & of conscience & Freedom & practice profession, free of religion. propagation Manage religious affairs. Manage religious Freedom from payment of payment from Freedom of any promotion for taxes religion. attending from Freedom instruction religious in certain worship or educational institutions. (25) (26 ) (27) (28) USA & France & USA Borrowed from from Borrowed Fundamental Rights Fundamental 23-24 Articles Prohibition of traffic in of traffic Prohibition forced human beings & labour. Prohibition of Prohibition of employment in factories children etc. Right Against Exploitation Against Right (23) (24) 12 to 35) 12 to Part III (Article Part 19-22 Articles Right to Freedom to Right 6 Rights: Freedom of Freedom 6 Rights: expression, speech & Association, Assembly, & Residence Movement, Profession. Protection in respect of in respect Protection offences. for conviction Protection of life & & of life Protection personal liberty. Protection against against Protection in & detention arrest certain cases. (19) (20) (21) (22) of India 14-18 Magna Carta Magna Carta Articles Equality before Law Law before Equality protection Equal & of law. Prohibition of Prohibition discrimination on of religion, grounds etc. sex race, Equality of Equality opportunity in public employment Abolition of Abolition untouchability. of titles. Abolition Right to Equality to Right (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) Current Affairs & GK Update GK-29 Indian Legislature Union Leg State Leg (Parliament) President Rajya Sabha Lok Sabha Bicameral Unicameral Legislative Assembly Upper House Lower House Also known as House of People council of states Maximum Leg. Council or Leg. Assembly or Total members-250 Strength - 552 Vidhan Parishad Vidhan Sabha 238 12 530 20 2 (Nominated Lower House Indirectly Nominated (States) (UTs) members from Upper House Maximum elected Anglo-Indian Community) Maximum Strength - 500 rd Permanent Body Strength - 1/3 Members are of total strength Minimum directly elected Strength - 60 Term of individual of Assembly. member - 6 years Term - 5 years Minimum Members are Strength - 40 directly elected 1/3 rd members Members are by people retires at expiration indirectly Term - 5 years of every 2nd year. Presiding Officers Speaker Deputy elected Speaker Permanent body 1/3rd of its members Presiding officers retire every second Chairman Deputy Qualification year. Chairman Citizen Not less Term - 6 years of India than 25 years. Qualification Citizen of Not less than India 30 years GEOGRAPHY MAJOR STRAIT OF THE WORLD Taurus Strait Arafura Sea & Gulf of Papua New Guinea - Name Joins Location Papua Australia Bass strait Tasman Sea & South Australia Malacca Strait Andaman Sea & South Indonesia - Malaysia Sea China Sea Bering Strait Bering Sea & Chukchi Alaska-Russia Palk Strait Palk Bay & Bay of India-Sri Lanka Sea Bengal Bonne-Fasio Mediterranean Sea Corsika-Sardinia Sunda Strait Java Sea & Indian Indonesia Strait Ocean Bosphorus Black Sea and Marma- Turkey Yucatan Strait Gulf of Mexico and Mexico-Cuba Strait ra Sea Caribbean Sea Dardanelle Marmara Sea and Ae- Turkey Messina Strait Mediterranean Sea Italy-Sicily Strait gean Sea Otranto Strait Adriatic Sea & Ionian Italy-Albania Davis strait Baffin Bay & Atlantic Greenland-Canada Sea Ocean Bab-el-Man- Red Sea & Gulf of Yemen-Djibouti Denmark North Atlantic and Greenland-Iceland deb Strait Aden strait Arctic Ocean Cook Strait South Pacific Ocean New Zealand (N & S Dover strait English Channel & England-France islands) North Sea Mozambique Indian Ocean Mozambique - Mala- Florida Strait Gulf of Mexico and USA-Cuba Strait gasy Atlantic Ocean North Chan- Irish Sea & Atlantic Ireland-England Hormuz strait Gulf of Persia & Gulf Oman-Iran nel Ocean of Oman GK-30 Current Affairs & GK Update Hudson strait Gulf of Hudson & At- Canada Gulf of Mannar, between India and Sri Lanka lantic Ocean Gulf of Mexico, between Mexico, the United States, and Cuba Gibraltar Mediterranean Sea & Spain-Morocco Strait Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Morbihan, a natural harbour on the coast of the Département of Morbihan in the south of Brittany Magellan Pacific and South At- Chile strait lantic Ocean Gulf of Nicoya, in Costa Rica, Central America. Makassar Java Sea & Celebeze Indonesia Gulf of Oman, between the south eastern Arabian Peninsula, Strait Sea Iran, Pakistan and Arabian Sea. Tsugaru Strait Japan Sea and Pacific Japan (Hokkaido-Hon- Gulf of Oristano, near Oristano on the Western Sardinian Ocean shu island) coast Tatar Strait Japan Sea & Okhotsk Russia (E Russia- Gulf of Panama in the Pacific Ocean south of Panama Sea Sakhalin Island) Persian Gulf between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula MAJOR GULFS AND THEIR LOCATION Gulf of Roses, the most northeastern bay on the Catalan coast Gulf of Aden of the southwestern corner of the Arabian Gulf of Saint Lawrence, the world’s largest estuary and the Peninsula outlet of the Saint Lawrence River into the Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Alaska in the Pacific Ocean south of the state of Alaska Gulf St Vincent, separated from Spencer Gulf by the Yorke Amundsen Gulf in the Arctic Ocean northwest of Canada Peninsula Gulf of Aqaba in the northern end of the Red Sea, leading to Gulf of Sidra, just north of Libya in the Mediterranean Israel and Jordan Spencer Gulf, near Port Lincoln, South Australia Gulf of Bahrain, part of the Persian Gulf Gulf of Suez, in the northern end of the Red Sea, leading to Gulf of Bothnia, part of the Baltic Sea between Sweden and the Suez Canal Finland Gulf of Thailand, just south of Thailand in the Indian Ocean Gulf of Cádiz, part of the Atlantic Ocean off the southern Gulf of Tonkin, just east of North Vietnam in the Pacific border of Spain and Portugal Ocean Gulf of California in the Pacific Ocean in northwestern Gulf of Tunis, in the Mediterranean off the coast of Tunisia Mexico Gulf of Carpentaria a large bay off northern Australia Tribal Groups of India Gulf of Cazones a large gulf in southern Cuba Tribal Region Tribal Region Group Group Gulf of Corinth, which extends into Greece from the Mediterranean Abhor Arunachal Pradesh Kharia Jharkhand, Odisha Davao Gulf in the Philippines Adivasi A.P, Bihar, Odisha, Kol Madhya Pradesh Gulf of the Farallones, westward from the opening of the San Jharkhand, Madhya Francisco Bay and Drakes Bay to the Farallon Islands Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gulf of Finland, between the southern coast of Finland and Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, the northern coast of Estonia in the Baltic Sea. Some Northeastern States, West Bengal, An- Gulf of Genoa inside the Ligurian Sea on the northwestern daman and Nicobar coast of Italy Ahgani Manipur Kolam Maharashtra, Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Equatorial Andhra Pradesh, Africa Telengana, M.P Gulf of Izmir in the Aegean Sea between Turkey and Greece. Apatani Arunachal Pradesh Kota Karnataka It was formerly called the Gulf of Smyrna. Baiga Madhya Pradesh Kuki Mizoram Gulf of Khambhat in the Arabian Sea, formerly known as the Bakar- Jammu and Kashmir Lahaula Himachal Gulf of Cambay wal Pradesh Gulf of Kutch in the Arabian Sea Bhil M.P and Rajasthan Lepcha Sikkim Lingayen Gulf of western Luzon, the Philippines, in the South Birhor M.P and Bihar Lushai Mizoram, China Sea Manipur Gulf of Lion, a bay on the Mediterranean coastline of Chang Nagaland Muria Chhattisgarh Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence in France Chench- Telengana, Karnataka Miha Rajasthan Gulf of Maine, off the State of Maine, New Brunswick, and uas Nova Scotia in the Atlantic Ocean Sutiya Assam Moplah Malabar Current Affairs & GK Update GK-31 Gaddis Himachal Pradesh Munda West Bengal, Ghana Bird Rajasthan Water Bird, Black-buck, Cheetal, Jharkhand, Sanctuary Sambar Odisha, Panchmarhi Madhya Tiger, Panther, Sambhar, Nilgai, Chhattishgarh Pradesh Baskeng, Deer Gallong Arunachal Pradesh Nishi Assam Dandeli Karnataka Tiger, Panther, Elephant, Cheetal, Garo Meghalaya Naga Nagaland Sanctuary Sanbhar, Wild Boar Gond M.P and Bihar Oraon MP, Bihar and Kutch Near Great Indian Bustard, Lesser Florican, Odisha, Chhota Bustard Naliya, Houbara bustard, Chinkara, Blue Nagpur, W.B, Sanctuary Kachchh bull, Herpetofauna Gujjar Rajasthan Onges Andaman & Nicobar BIOSPHERE RESERVES IN INDIA AREA-WISE Irula Tamil Nadu Singpho Assam, Arunachal Name State Key Fauna Pradesh Nilgiri Tamil Nadu, Nilgiri tahr, lion-tailed macaque Jaintia Meghalaya Santhal WB, Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Biosphere Kerala and Assam Reserve Karnataka Jarawa Andaman, Islands Sangtam Nagaland Nanda Devi Uttarakhand Himalayan musk deer, mainland National Park serow, Himalayan tahr Kanikar Tamil Nadu and Kerala Sema Nagaland & Biosphere Kalkari Maharashtra Sentine- Andaman & Reserve lese Nicobar Gulf of Tamil Nadu Dugong or sea cow Kharia Maharashtra Shompen Andaman & Mannar Nicobar Nokrek Meghalaya Red panda Khond Jharkhand Toda Tamil Nadu Sundarbans West Bengal Royal Bengal tiger Khasi Meghalaya Uralis Kerala Manas Assam Golden langur, red panda Wancho Arunachal Pradesh Simlipal Odisha Gaur, Royal Bengal tiger, elephant Warli Maharashtra, Dihang- Arunachal Mishmi takin, red goral, musk Daman and Diu, Dibang Pradesh deer Bihar, Madhaya Pachmarhi Madhya Giant squirrel, flying squirrel Pradesh, West Biosphere Pradesh Bengal Dadra and Reserve Nagar Haveli Achanakmar- Madhya Four horned antelope (Tetracerus WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES IN INDIA Amarkantak Pradesh, quadricornis), Indian wild dog (Cuon Biosphere Chhattisgarh alpinus), Saras crane (Grus antigone), Name of the Location Major Species Reserve Asian white-backed vulture (Gyps Sanctuary bengalensis), Sacred grove bush frog Gir Wildlife Sasan Gir, Lion, Leopard, Chausinga, Chital, (Philautus sanctisilvaticus) Sanctuary Junagadh, Hyena, Sambar, Chinkara, Great Rann Gujarat Indian wild ass Amreli Herpetofauna, Crocodiles and birds of Kutch Wild Ass Little Rann Wild Ass, Chinkara, Blue Cold Desert Himachal Snow leopard Sanctuary of Kachchh bull, Houbara bustard, Wolf, Pradesh Waterfowls, Herpetofauna Khangchendzonga Sikkim Snow leopard, red panda Hingolgadh Hingolgadh, Chinkara, Blue bull, Wolf, AgasthyamalI Kerala, Nilgiri tahr, elephants Sanctuary Rajkot Hyena, Fox, Birds, Herpetofauna Biosphere Tamil Nadu Marine Gulf of Sponges, Corals, Jellyfish, Reserve Sanctuary Kachchh, Sea horse, Octopus,Oyster, Great Andaman Saltwater crocodile Jamnagar Pearloyster, Starfish, Lobster, Nicobar and Nicobar Dolphin, Dugong, waterfowls Biosphere Islands Simlipal Odisha Elephant, Tiger, Leopard, Gaur, Reserve Sactuary Cheetal Dibru- Assam Golden langur Kutch Great Rann Chinkara, Hyena, Fox, Flamingo, Saikhowa Desert of Kachchh Pelicans & other waterfowls, Seshachalam Andhra Yellow-throated bulbul Sanctuary Herpetofauna Hills Pradesh Rampara Rampara, Blue bull, Chinkara, Wolf, Fox, Panna Madhya Tiger, chital, chinkara, sambhar Sanctuary Rajkot Jackal, Birds, Herpetofauna Pradesh and sloth bear GK-32 Current Affairs & GK Update BIOLOGY DIGESTION OF FOOD Name of the Name of the enzymes Substrate End product Digestive juice Saliva Ptyalin (Salivary amylase) Starch Maltose Pancreatic Juice Amylopsin (pancreatic amylase) Starch, Glycogen Maltose and Glucose Intestinal juice Sucrase (invertase), Maltase, Lactase Sucrose; Maltose, Lactose Glucose, fructose and galactose Gastric Juice Pepsin, Rennin Proteins, Casein Proteoses and peptones, Calcium caseinate Pancreatic Juice Trypsin, Chymotrypsin, Carboxyl Proteins, Proteins Peptides Proteoses and peptides Peptides Amino peptidases acid. Intestinal juice Amino peptidase, Dipeptidase Peptides Amino acids Vitamin Required by the Body Vitamin Chemical Name Function in Body Deficiency Disease Sources B1 Thiamine Part of coenzyme for respiration Beri-beri: nerve and heart disorders Cereals, legumes, beans, pyrophosphate nuts. B2 Riboflavin Part of coenzyme FAD needed for Ariboflavinosis: skin and eye Milk, yogurt, meat, leafy respiration disorders greens, whole grains. B12 Cyanoco-balamin Coenzyme needed for making red Pernicious anaemia Meat, fish, poultry, blood cells, bone, blood and nerve shellfish, eggs, cheese, changes milk. B5 Nicotinic Part of coenzymes NAD, NADP Pellagra: skin, gut and nerve Widespread in foods. acid (‘niacin’) used in respiration disorders C Ascorbic acid Not precisely known Scurvy: degeneration of skin teeth Citrus fruits, e.g. lemon. and blood vessels. A Retinol Not fully known but forms part of Xeropthalmia: ‘dry eyes’ Milk, eggs, meat, fish liver visual pigment, rhodopsin oils, Green leafy vegetables. D Cholecalciferol Stimulates calcium absorption by Rickets: bone deformity Exposed to sunlight, Dairy small intestine, needed for proper products, egg yolk, fish bone growth liver oils, oysters, yeast. E Tocopherol Not precisely known Infertility Plant oils, green, leafy vegetables, egg yolk, nuts, seeds, and liver. K Phylloquinone Involved in blood clotting Possible haemorrhage Bacterial synthesis in the digestive tract. Green leafy vegetables, cabbage and milk DISEASE AND DEFENCE MECHANISM Pratozoan Diseases Bacteria Diseases Disease Pathogen Disease Pathogen Malaria Plasmodium Amoebiasis Enta moeba histolylica Dysentery Shigella Giardiasis Giardia lambia Plague Pasteurellapestis Sleeping sickness Trypanosoma Leshmanis Leishmania Diphtheria Corynebacterium diphtheriae Trichomoniasis Trichomonas vaginalis Cholera Vibrio cholerae Fungal diseases Tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis Disease Pathogen Tetanus Clostridium tetani Aspergillosis Aspergillus fumigatuo Whooping cough Bordetella pertussis Candidiasis Candida albicens Leprosy Mycobacterium leprae Ringworm Trichoplyton Blastomycosis Blasto myces dermatitidis Anthrax Bacillus anthrasis Sporotnichosis Sporothrix Schenckii Weil’s disease Leptospira Current Affairs & GK Update GK-33 Viral Diseases Important Vaccines Disease Pathogen Vaccine Developed by Country Year Rabies Rabies virus Small Pox Edward Jenner England 1796 Dengue Dengue virus Cholera Louis Pasteur France 1880 Influenza Influenza virus Diphtheria and Emil Adolf Von Behring Germany/ 1891 Tetanus and Shibasaburo Kitasato Japan Measles Rubeola virus TB Vaccine Albert Calmette and France 1922 German measles Rubella virus Camille Guerin Mumps Mumps virus Polio Vaccine Jonas E. Salk US 1952 Chicken pox Varicella zoster Oral Polio Albert Bruce Sabin US 1955 Small pox Variola virus Vaccine Polio Polio virus Measles Vaccine John F. Enders, Thomas US 1953 Chikungunya Chikungunya (CHIK) Virus peeble Avian flu H5N1 virus Rabies Vaccine Louis Pasteur France 1885 H1N1(Swine flu) H1N1 virus Typhus Vaccine Charles Nicolle France 1909 SPORTS TROPHIES ASSOCIATED WITH SPORTS NATIONAL Merdeka Cup Football (Asia) Name of the Trophy Related game Thomas Cup World Badminton (Men) Aga Khan Cup Hockey Uber Cup World Badminton (women) Barna Bellack Cup Table Tennis US-Open Lawn Tennis French-Open Lawn Tennis Beighton Cup Hockey Australian Open Lawn Tennis Bombay Gold Cup Hockey Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Burdwan Trophy Weight Lifting Masters Champions Trophy Hockey D.C.M. Trophy Football British Open Golf Dhyan chand Trophy Hockey Malaysian Open Badminton Dr. B.C. Roy Trophy Football Tata Open Lawn Tennis Duleep Trophy Cricket Durand Cup Football Number of Players on Each Side Ezra Cup Polo Badminton 1 or 2 Polo 4 I.F.A Shield Football Baseball 9 Rugby Football 15 Lady Ratan Tata Trophy Hockey Basketball 5 Tennis and Table tennis 1 or 2 Moin ud daula Gold Cup Cricket Cricket 11 Water Polo 7 Rangaswami Cup Hockey Football 11 Volleyball 6 Hockey 11 Kabaddi 7 Ranji Trophy Cricket Chess 1 Santosh Trophy Football Scindia Gold Cup Hockey National Sports of Famous Countries Subroto Mukherjee Cup Football (Inter-School) Name National game Wellington Trophy Rowing Australia Cricket INTERNATIONAL Brazil Football Canada Ice Hockey Name of the Trophy Related game China Table Tennis Nehru Trophy Hockey England Cricket American Cup Yatch Racing India No Game Ashes Cup Cricket (Australia-England) Japan Judo or Ju Jitsu Azlan Shah Hockey Malaysia Badminton US Masters Golf Pakistan Hockey Hopman Cup Lawn Tennis Russia Chess, Football Colombo Cup Trophy Football Scotland Rugby, Football Davis Cup Lawn Tennis Spain Bull Fighting Kings Cup Race Air Races (England) United States of America Baseball GK-34 Current Affairs & GK Update TERMS USED IN SPORTS AND GAMES Hockey Bull, Carry, Centre Forward, Carried, Dribble, Goal, Hat trick, Penalty corner, Scoop, Short corner, Badminton Deuce, Double, Drop, Fault, Game, Let, Love, Sticks, Striking circle, Under cutting. Smash. Horse Racing Jockey, Place, Protest, Punter, Win. Baseball Bunt, Diamond, Home, Pitcher, Put out, Strike. Lawn Tennis Back-hand-drive, Service, Smash, Volley, Deuce, Billiards Break, Cannons, Cue, In off, Jigger, Scratch, Game, Set, Love. Boat Race Cox Polo Bunder, Chuckker, Mallet. Boxing Hook, Jab, Knock-out, Punch, Upper cut. Rifle Shooting Bull’s eye. Bridge Diamonds, Dummy, Grand slam, Little slam, Rugby Drop kick, Screen. Revoke, Ruff, Tricks, Trump. Swimming Stroke. Volley ball Booster, Deuce, Love, Service, Spikers. Chess Check, Checkmate, Gambit, Stalemate Wrestling Half Nelson, Heave. Cricket Bowling, Bouncer, Crease, Cover point, Drive, Duck, Follow on, Googly, Gulley, Hat Trick, Hit SPECIFIC NAMES OF PLAYING AREAS wicket, L.B.W. (Leg Before Wicket), Leg Break, Sport Name of Sport Name of Playing Leg spinner, Leg bye, Maiden over, No ball, Pitch, Playing Area Area Run, Silly point, Stumped, Wicket keeper. Badminton Court Golf Link, Green** Football Dribble, Drop Kick, Foul, Hattrick, Off-side, Penalty, Baseball Diamond Lawn Tennis Court Throw in, Touch Down. Boxing Ring Ice Skating Rink Golf Bogey, Caddie, Hole, Links, Put, Putting the green, Cricket Pitch* Wrestling Ring, Arena Stymie, Tee. * Pitch in fact is the space between the wickets and not the entire cricket field. ** It is the area around the hole only.