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Additional Questions for Section 6-Indian and Global Environment 1

Additional Questions for Section 6-Indian and Global Environment 1

Additional Questions for Section 6-Indian and Global Environment 1

Geography

Directions for questions 1 to 75: Select the correct alter- 9. Which of the following instruments is used for mea- native from the given choices. suring humidity? 1. The largest planet in the solar system is (1) hydrometer (2) thermometer (1) Saturn (2) Uranus (3) barometer (4) hygrometer (3) Jupiter (4) Mars 10. Which of the following minerals is most abundant in 2. Which of the following is the largest latitude? the Earth’s crust? 1 (1) Silica (2) Iron (1) 0° latitude (2) 23 ° N. latitude (3) Bauxite (4) Manganese 2 1 1 11. Which of the following countries shares the shortest (3) 23 ° S. latitude (4) 66 ° S. latitude boundary with ? 2 2 (1) (2) 3. Which of the following is called the “longest day”? (3) Bhutan (4) Afghanistan (1) March 21 (2) September 23 (3) December 22 (4) June 21 12. Which of the following is an organic rock? (1) slate (2) granite 4. What is the maximum duration of a solar eclipse? (3) marble (4) coal (1) 3.5 minutes (2) 5.5 minutes (3) 7.5 minutes (4) 10.5 minutes 13. The upper layer of Earth’s crust is called (1) Sial (2) Magma 5. What is the unit of measurement of the distance of (3) Nife (4) Moho stars from the earth? (1) nanometres (2) light year 14. ‘Cirque’ is a landform generally formed by (3) nautical miles (4) kilometres (1) rivers (2) wind (3) glaciers (4) tides 6. Most of the weather phenomena take place in the (1) ionosphere (2) tropopause 15. ‘Stalagmite’ is a (3) troposphere (4) stratosphere (1) local wind (2) local ocean current (3) land form (4) anti-cyclone 7. The doldrums belt located (1) near the equator 16. Relatively strong winds concentrated within a narrow (2) near the polar areas stream in the atmosphere is (3) on the tropic of capricorn (1) a tsunami (2) an anticyclone (4) on the tropic of cancer (3) a cyclone (4) a jetstream 8. The velocity of winds is governed by 17. Which of the following is a cloud that is dark-grey or (1) temperature black, found at very low height, and results in light to (2) rotation of the earth moderate precipitation? (3) Ferrel’s Law (1) Cirrus (2) Cirrostratus (4) pressure gradient (3) Nimbostratus (4) Altocumulus

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18. Lepchas are the original tribal inhabitants of (1) Kumaon (1) Manipur (2) Arunachal Pradesh. (2) Trans-Himalayas (3) Madhya Pradesh. (4) Sikkim (3) Karakoram Range (4) Central Himalayas 19. ‘Mount.Mckinley’ is the highest mountain peak in (1) Europe (2) Africa 31. The ‘Nathula’ pass connects (3) North America (4) South America (1) India–Pakistan (2) India– (3) India–Nepal (4) India–Afghanistan 20. Tasmania is an island owned by (1) Tonga (2) 32. Which of the following foreign countries / Indian ter- (3) Fiji (4) New Zealand ritories is closest to Andaman Islands? (1) Maldives (2) 21. Which of the following oceans is called “Herring (3) (4) Pond”? (1) Arctic Ocean (2) Pacific Ocean 33. Which of the following rivers has India’s largest river- (3) Atlantic Ocean (4) Indian Ocean ine Island? (1) Ganga (2) Narmada 22. Which of the following is the world’s fourth largest (3) Godavari (4) Brahmaputra country in terms of population? (1) (2) 34. The lake which is situated in between (3) (4) Bangladesh and Tamil Nadu is (1) Chilka lake (2) Wular lake 23. The temperate grasslands of Argentina are (3) Pulicat lake (4) Sambhar lake (1) veldts (2) prairies (3) pampas (4) downs 35. The river which flows between Vindhyas and Satpura is the 24. Which type of forest belt supplies most of the world’s (1) Narmada (2) Tapti requirement of newsprint? (3) Mahanadi (4) (1) Mediterranean forest (2) Evergreen forest 36. Which of the following soils is best suited for cultiva- (3) Deciduous forest tion of cotton? (4) Coniferous forest (1) Alluvial Soil (2) Black Soil (3) Red Soil (4) Sandy Soil 25. The largest Island in the Indian Ocean is (1) Sri Lanka (2) Sumatra 37. The ‘Manas’ national park / sanctuary is located in (3) Maldives (4) Madagascar (1) Assam (2) Madhya Pradesh. (3) Chhattisgarh (4) Arunachal Pradesh 26. Which of the following state has the longest coastline in India? 38. The climate of India is (1) Andhra Pradesh (2) Tamil Nadu (1) sub-tropical (3) Gujarat (4) Kerala (2) tropical (3) sub-tropical monsoon 27. The 231/ ° Northern latitude does not pass through 2 (4) temperate (1) Chhattisgarh (2) Jharkhand (3) Tripura (4) Nagaland 39. The word ‘Yellow Revolution’ is associated with an increase in the production of 28. Which of the following countries has the longest inter- (1) sugarcane (2) milk national boundary with India? (3) oilseeds (4) pulses (1) Nepal (2) Bangladesh (3) Pakistan (4) China 40. Which of the following is the deepest port in India? (1) Nava Sheva (2) Haldia 29. Which of the following are the oldest rock formations (3) Kandla (4) Vishakhapatnam in the country? (1) The Siwaliks (2) The Himalayas 41. Who are the Moplas? (3) The Aravallis (4) The Vindhyas (1) Tribals of (2) Muslims of Kerala 30. K2 or Godwin Austin, the highest mountain peak in the (3) Tribals of Madhya Pradesh Indian territory is located in the (4) Dogri speaking people in Jammu and

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42. The headquarters of East – Central Railway is at 53. ‘U’ shaped valleys are generally formed by (1) Hazipur (2) Jabalpur (1) Rivers (2) Glaciers (3) Bilaspur (4) (3) Winds (4) Ocean tides 43. The Loktak Hydro-electric project is located in 54. Which of the following rivers is the biggest in the (1) Arunachal Pradesh. world, in terms of water quantity? (2) Manipur (1) Amazon (2) Nile (3) Tripura (3) Yangtze (4) Hawang Ho (4) Assam 55. Ox-bow lakes are formed in / by 44. The period of one revolution of the sun around the (1) Rivers (2) Wind centre of galaxy is called (3) Deserts (4) Glaciers (1) light year (2) cosmic year 56. Mount Kilimanjaro is located in (3) astronomical year. (4) parsec (1) Asia (2) Europe 45. Which of the following statements regarding latitudes (3) Africa (4) Australia and longitudes is not true? 57. The world’s largest ‘reef’ The Great Barrier Reef is (1) O° latitude is the longest latitude. located off the coast of (2) Latitudes are useful to calculate atmospheric pres- (1) Great Britain (2) Australia sure. (3) Chile (4) Russia (3) Longitudes are useful to calculate time around the world. 58. A sudden rise in a barometer indicates a/an (4) 180° E.W. longitude is called International Date- (1) cyclone (2) rainfall line. (3) anti-cyclone (4) thunderstorm 46. The Ozone layer is a part of the 59. Which of the following is the deepest lake? (1) Troposphere (2) Stratosphere (1) Lake Caspian (2) Lake Superior (3) Ionosphere (4) Exosphere (3) Lake Baikal (4) Lake Huron 47. Which of the following is known as the Evening Star? 60. Roaring Forties is/are (1) Jupiter (2) Mercury (1) the name of a waterfall in North America. (3) Venus (4) Saturn (2) the name of the ocean current which flows in the 48. The second largest continent in terms of area is North of the Atlantic sea. (1) Africa (2) South America (3) westerly winds. (3) North America (4) Asia (4) polar winds. 49. The Panama Canal separates 61. White Coal refers to (1) Europe–Africa (1) uranium (2) Africa–Asia (2) hydro-electricity (3) North America–South America (3) wind energy (4) Europe–North America (4) tidal energy 50. The largest natural lake in the world is 62. The Atlantic and Pacific Oceans are connected by the (1) Superior (2) Caspian (1) Kiel canal (2) Soo canal (3) Victoria (4) Michigan (3) Panama canal (4) Suez 51. The Palk Strait is located between 63. Which country is called the Land of the Midnight (1) India–Pakistan Sun? (2) India–Indonesia. (1) Sweden (3) India–Sri Lanka. (2) (4) India–Bangladesh (3) Finland 52. Which of the following oceans contains the ‘Ring of (4) Greenland Fire”? 64. Which of the following is called the Bird Continent? (1) Indian Ocean (2) Atlantic Ocean (1) Europe (2) North America (3) Pacific Ocean (4) Arctic Ocean (3) South America (4) Asia

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65. Which of the following statement is not correct? (3) warm ocean current (1) India is situated in the Southern Hemisphere. (4) cool ocean current (2) India has the longest international border with 71. India’s EEZ(Exclusive Economic Zone) extends upto Bangladesh. (1) 24 nm (3) Brahmaputra enters India at Arunachal Pradesh. (2) 12 nm (4) India’s southernmost point–Indira Point is located (3) 200 nm in the Great Nicobar Island. (4) 400 nm 66. Which is the largest state in India? 72. The Silent Valley is located in (1) (2) Madhya Pradesh (1) Manipur (3) Gujarat (4) Rajasthan (2) Tamil Nadu. 67. Which of the following is the “youngest” mountain (3) Jammu and Kashmir range? (4) Kerala (1) Aravallis (2) Vindhya 73. One of the regions that receives rainfall from the (3) Satpura (4) Himalayas North-easterly monsoon is 68. Which of the following types of coal contains high (1) Tamil Nadu (2) Kerala percentage of carbon and low percentage of ash? (3) Assam (4) West Bengal (1) Anthracite (2) Bituminous 74. Which among the following is a riverine port? (3) Lignite (4) peat (1) Mormugao (2) Cochin 69. Brahmaputra is called “Tsangpo” in (3) Kandla (4) (1) (2) Bhutan 75. Which state plays host every year to thousands of mi- (3) Nepal (4) Bangladesh grating olive ridley turtles, who come for nesting on 70. Loo is a its coast? (1) hot local wind (1) Gujarat (2) Kerala (2) cool local wind (3) West Bengal (4) Orissa

Answer Keys 1. 3 2. 1 3. 4 4. 3 5. 2 6. 3 7. 1 8. 4 9. 4 10. 1 11. 4 12. 4 13. 1 14. 3 15. 3 16. 4 17. 3 18. 4 19. 3 20. 2 21. 3 22. 3 23. 3 24. 4 25. 4 26. 3 27. 4 28. 2 29. 3 30. 3 31. 2 32. 3 33. 4 34. 3 35. 1 36. 2 37. 1 38. 3 39. 3 40. 4 41. 2 42. 1 43. 2 44. 2 45. 2 46. 2 47. 3 48. 1 49. 3 50. 1 51. 3 52. 3 53. 2 54. 1 55. 1 56. 3 57. 2 58. 3 59. 3 60. 3 61. 2 62. 3 63. 2 64. 3 65. 1 66. 4 67. 4 68. 1 69. 1 70. 1 71. 3 72. 4 73. 1 74. 4 75. 4

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Polity

Directions for questions 1 to 100: Select the correct alter- 8. Which of the following pairs is wrongly matched? native from the given choices. Name Purpose 1. The Liberhan Commission is related to (1) Operation Blue Aimed at Khalistan sup- (1) reservation for minorities Star porters based in the Golden (2) Babri Masjid demolition Temple, Amristar, in 1984. (3) FDI in retail (2) Operation Green Operation launched against (4) fodder scam Star Dacoits in Chambal Valley in 1984. 2. Which state has the maximum percentage (25.3 per (3) Operation It is a joint military exercise be- cent) of scheduled caste population in the country ac- Hand-in-Hand tween India-China. cording to the 2001 census? (4) Operation Tiger This was launched in 2004 (1) by STF of Tamil Nadu po- (2) Uttar Pradesh lice against sandalwood (3) Punjab smuggler K.M.Veerappan. (4) 9. Which among the following countries was the earliest 3. Panchayati Raj envisages a to give women the right to vote? (1) three–tier arrangement (village, block and district) (1) Iceland (2) India (2) four–tier arrangement (village, block district and (3) New Zealand (4) USA state) (3) two–tier (village and block) 10. Part XVIII of the Indian Constitution deals with the (4) single tier (village) (1) Fundamental Rights (2) Union Executive 4. Which one of the following rights was described by (3) Emergency Provisions Dr B.R.Ambedkar as the heart and soul of the consti- (4) Directive Principles tution? 11. The “Bharat Jodo” movement was launched by (1) Right to constitutional remedies (1) (2) Right to equality (2) (3) Right to property (3) (4) Right to freedom of religion (4) 5. Which of the following schedule of the Indian Consti- 12. Which Prime Minister initiated legislation to accord tution gives the details of the division of subjects into constitutional status to Panchayat Raj institutions? the three lists? (1) (1) IV (2) Vth (2) (3) VIIth (4) IXth (3) Charan Singh (4) Morarji Desai 6. In which of the following points is the Indian constitu- tion similar to that of USA? 13. In the warrant of precedence the Governors of states (1) Rigid constitution with in their respective provinces (2) Directive Principles of State policy (1) precede the Deputy Prime Minister (3) Fundamental Rights (2) succeed the (4) Rule of law (3) precede the Vice-President (4) succeed the Speaker of the 7. The Writ of Prohibition issued by the Supreme Court or a High Court is issued against 14. The Chairman of the Zonal Council is the (1) administrative authorities and government (1) Chief Minister (2) administrative authorities only (2) Prime Minister (3) administrative and judicial authorities (3) Union Home Minister (4) judicial or quasi–judicial authorities (4) Governor

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15. The 90th constitutional Amendment Act 2003 pro- 25. The design of the National Flag was adopted by the vided that the total number of Ministers including the Constituent Assembly on Prime Minister in the Council of Ministers shall not (1) 22 July 1947 (2) 24 January 1950 exceed ______per cent of the total number of mem- (3) 22 March 1957 (4) 26 January 1950 bers of the House of People. 26. The holds office till the (1) 20 % (2) 15 % (1) next Lok Sabha is constituted. (3) 10 % (4) 25 % (2) term of the Lok Sabha expires. 16. The directive principles of state policy, and the meth- (3) next Council of Ministers is constituted. ods of nominating the members of the , (4) Lok Sabha is dissolved. are derived from the constitution of 27. Who among the following is called the “Father of Lo- (1) USA (2) Ireland cal Self Government”? (3) South Africa (4) Australia (1) Lord Rippon (2) Lord Curzon 17. Three of the following four Presidents were previous- (3) (4) Lord Mayo ly Vice-Presidents. Who is the odd man out? 28. The Attorney-General of India holds office during the (1) S. Radhakrishnan (2) pleasure of the (3) V.V. Giri (4) (1) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 18. Who was the first Chief Justice of India? (2) Parliament (1) B.K. Mukherjee (2) Maherchand Mahajan (3) Prime Minister (3) M. Patanjali Sastri (4) Harilal J. Kania (4) President 19. The founder of the Swantantra party is 29. English is the official language of (1) C. Rajagopalachari (1) Goa (2) Andhra Pradesh (2) Motilal Nehru (3) Nagaland (4) Tamil Nadu (3) Ram Manohar Lohia 30. India acquired Yanam, Mahe and Karaikal from (4) Jayaprakash Narayan (1) Britain (2) France 20. The headquarters of SAARC is located in (3) Portugual (4) the Dutch (1) Thimpu (2) Kathmandu 31. The 8th Schedule of Indian constitution deals with (3) (4) New (1) the formation of new states. 21. The state which primarily aims at reducing the eco- (2) the list of recognised languages. nomic inequalities among its people can be termed (3) anti-defection legislation. as a (4) land reforms. (1) democratic state (2) secular state 32. The speaker of the legislative assembly (3) socialistic state (4) republic (1) has got two votes. 22. Which of the following is not a feature of the Indian (2) has got one vote. Constitution? (3) has no power to vote. (1) Lengthiest written constitution (4) exercises his vote in the case of a tie. (2) Independent Judiciary 33. The person who becomes the “real” ruler in a state (3) Supremacy of Parliament during the president’s rule is the (4) Unitary in spirit (1) President (2) Chief Minister. 23. Railway and postal services come under the (3) Governor (4) Speaker (1) central list (2) state list 34. Sikkim, which joined the Indian Union in 1975, was (3) concurrent list (4) residual list formerly part of 24. The Right to Property was recognized as a legal right (1) Britain (2) China through the (3) Myanmar (4) None of the above (1) 40th Amendment 35. The words “Secular, Socialist, Integrity” were added (2) 42nd Amendment to the constitution in (3) 44th Amendment (1) 1974 (2) 1976 (4) 46th Amendment (3) 1978 (4) 1980

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36. The first linguistic state in India is (1) members of both houses. (1) Rajasthan (2) Andhra Pradesh (2) elected members of both Houses of Parliament (3) Orissa (4) Tamil Nadu and members of the Legislative Assemblies of all ates. 37. The headquarters of the is at (3) members of the Rajya Sabha. (1) Paris (2) Washington (4) members of the Lok Sabha. (3) Geneva (4) 48. If the head of the state is not a hereditary king or queen 38. At present, the number of Articles and Schedules are but an elected representative, it is a (1) 444 articles, 12 schedules (1) Socialist state (2) Secular state (2) 400 articles, 11 schedules (3) Democratic state (4) Republic (3) 395 articles, 10 schedules (4) 395 articles, 12 schedules 49. Criminal law and education are part of the (1) central list 39. Which commission’s recommendations led to the for- (2) state list mation of the State Reorganisation Act–1956, which (3) concurrent list created 14 states and 6 Union Territories? (4) separate list (1) Fazal Ali (2) S.K. Dhar (3) JVP Committee (4) None of the above 50. Who among the following can be considered as the first citizen of the country? 40. In which of the following ways can Indian citizenship (1) Prime Minister be acquired? (2) Speaker (1) By descent (2) By naturalization (3) President (3) By registration (4) All of these (4) Supreme Court chief justice 41. Fundamental Rights can be suspended by the 51. The term of the Lok Sabha is (1) Prime Minister (2) Supreme Court (1) 4 years (2) 5 years (3) President (4) Parliament (3) 6 years (4) No fixed term 42. The Vice-President discharges the duties of the Presi- 52. The President does not have powers dent in the event of (1) to dissolve the Rajya Sabha (1) his/her absence due to illness (2) to prorogue the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha (2) his/her resignation (3) to convene the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. (3) his/her death (4) to address the joint session of Parliament (4) all the above situations 53. Panchayat Acts of all states have provision for the 43. Reservation is an important device to promote constitution of Gram Sabhas. The Sabha has to meet (1) social justice (2) rule of law at least once in (3) secularism (4) democracy (1) 3 months (2) 6 months 44. The first General Elections were held in India in (3) 9 months (4) 12 months (1) 1950 (2) 1951 54. The Parliament enacted the 74th Amendment Act, re- (3) 1952 (4) 1953 lating to municipalities in 45. Who said “Democracy is the government of the peo- (1) 1976 (2) 1978 ple, by the people and for the people”? (3) 1984 (4) 1992 (1) Mahatma Gandhi (2) Abraham Lincoln 55. Which is the odd man out? [It is not a UN body] (3) John F. Kennedy (4) Aristotle (1) WTO (2) UNESCO 46. Which state has the maximum number of members in (3) WHO (4) ILO the Lok Sabha? 56. India is not a member of (1) Uttar Pradesh (1) ASEAN (2) BIMSTEC (2) Madhya Pradesh (3) SAARC (4) BRIC (3) Tamil Nadu (4) Rajasthan 57. The country where the first Marxist revolution took place was 47. The is elected by an electoral col- (1) China (2) Russia lege comprising (3) Cuba (4) Germany

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58. Who among the following was associated with Fas- 69. Which of the following is one of the main objectives cism? of the directive principles of state policy in the Indian (1) Joseph Stalin (2) Benito Mussolini Constitution? (3) V.I. Lenin (4) Karl Marx (1) To establish a police state. (2) To promote a market economy. 59. Who among the following was India’s first Chief Elec- tion Commissioner? (3) To establish a theocratic state. (1) S.P.Sen Varma (2) (4) To establish a welfare state. (3) K.V.K Sundaram (4) 70. The Governor is responsible to the 60. Who was the first Deputy Prime Minister of India? (1) Prime Minister (1) C. Rajagopalachary (2) State Legislative Assembly (2) (3) State Legislature (3) Govind Vallabh Pant (4) President (4) Sardar Patel 71. The describes India as 61. The state having the largest population of scheduled (1) a quasi-federal system castes is (2) a union of states (1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Bihar (3) a federation (3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Orissa (4) a voluntary federation 62. Which amendment of the constitution gave priority to 72. The President can declare National Emergency under directive principles over fundamental rights? article (1) 40th Amendment (2) 42nd Amendment (1) 352 (2) 356 (3) 34th Amendment (4) 24th Amendment (3) 360 (4) 362 63. The Indian Constitution was amended for the first time 73. The overall objective of fundamental rights is to en- in sure (1) 1954 (2) 1953 (1) secularism. (3) 1952 (4) 1951 (2) judicial independence. (3) democratic government. 64. The country’s first municipal corporation was formed (4) individual liberty. in (1) Madras (2) Delhi 74. The National Song was written by (3) Bombay (4) Calcutta (1) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee 65. At present Tiger is the National Animal of India. This (2) Aurobindo Ghosh pride of place was previously held by the (3) Sarat Chandra Chatterjee (1) Cheetah (2) Lion (4) Rabindranath Tagore (3) Elephant. (4) Black Buck 75. A Bill presented in the Parliament becomes an Act af- 66. The Lok Sabha is summoned to meet by ter (1) the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs. (1) the Prime Minister has signed it (2) the Speaker of Lok Sabha. (2) the President gives his assent (3) the leader of the majority party. (3) the Supreme Court signs on it (4) the President. (4) it is passed by both the Houses of Parliament 67. The Planning Commission is 76. Which of the following newly formed states is the (1) an economic body “youngest”, according to the date and year of forma- (2) a legislative body tion? (3) a non–statutory body (1) (2) Chhattisgarh (4) a statutory body (3) Jharkhand (4) Sikkim 68. The States Reorganisation Bill was passed by the Par- 77. Which one of the following writs is issued by the court liament in in case of an illegal detention of a person? (1) 1962 (2) 1950 (1) Mandamus (2) Certioari (3) 1956 (4) 1959 (3) Quo Warranto (4) Habeas Corpus

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78. India’s first non-congress prime minister who was 87. The founder of the Bhartiya Jana Sangh was never associated with the congress party is (1) Deen Dayal Upadhyaya (1) Morarji Desai. (2) Shyam Prasad Mukherjee (2) I.K. Gujral. (3) Atal Behari Vajpayee (3) V.P. Singh. (4) L.K. Advani (4) Atal Behari Vajpayee. 88. The States Reorganization Commission was appointed 79. Approximately how much time is prescribed to play in National Anthem? (1) 1952 (2) 1953 (1) 20 seconds (3) 1954 (4) 1955 (2) 52 seconds 89. The salary of President is paid out of (3) 2 minutes (1) Consolidated fund (2) Contingency fund (4) 104 seconds (3) Emergency fund (4) President’s Estate 80. The National Calendar is based on 90. Indian Government introduced National Rural em- (1) Saka Era ployment Guarantee Act on (2) Christian Era (1) on 2nd February 2006 (3) Gregorian Calender (2) on 2nd January 2007 (4) Vikram Era (3) on 3rd February 2008 81. The Election Commissioner can be removed by (4) on 5th February 2006 (1) The President 91. A Parliament member will lose his seat if he is absent (2) Minister of Home Affairs from the Parliament without permission for a period of (3) Prime Minister (1) 90 days (2) 100 days (4) Parliament (3) 50 days (4) 60 days 82. The President of India can contest for presidential 92. Which of the following States/UTs has its own exclu- election sive High Court? (1) two times (1) Pondicherry (2) Delhi (2) three times. (3) Manipur (4) Lakshadweep (3) No limit (4) Till, he attains the age of 65 years 93. Who among the following is the Chairman of the 17th Law Commission? 83. The Chairman of the Administrative Reforms Com- (1) Justice B. P. Jeeven Reddy mission is (2) Justice A. S. Anand (1) T.N. Seshan (2) (3) Justice M. Jagannadha Rao (3) Veerappa Moily (4) C. Rangarajan (4) Justice J. S. Verma 84. The Union Public Service Commission was created 94. If Governor of a state dies, who becomes the acting by Governor? (1) The Civil Services Act 1951 (1) The Chief Minister (2) The Constitution of India (2) The Chief Secretary (3) Presidential Orders of 1951 (3) The Chief Justice of High Court (4) The U.P.S.C. Act, 1952 (4) Deputy Governor of the State 85. Which is the primary unit in Panchayat Raj Institu- tions? 95. How many spokes are there in Ashoka Chakra which (1) Village Panchayat (2) Block Panchayat is in the middle of National flag? (3) Mandal Panchayat (4) Zila Panchayat (1) 8 (2) 16 (3) 24 (4) 36 86. Which state has less than required members in the leg- islative assembly? 96. Our National Anthem was composed by (1) Jammu and Kashmir (1) Rabindra Nath Tagore (2) Sikkim (2) Devendra Nath Tagore (3) Kerala (3) Bankim Chandra Chatterji (4) Andhra Pradesh (4) Jaishankar Prasad

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97. The concept of “Gram ” was advocated by (1) A.R. Lakshmanan (2) Fali Nariman (1) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (3) (4) A.S. Anand (2) Jawaharlal Nehru 100. Who are the signatories to the Panchasheel declara- (3) Mahatma Gandhi tion? (4) Ashok Mehta (1) India and Burma 98. The National Judicial Academy is located in (2) India and Pakistan (1) Bhopal (2) Delhi (3) India and China (3) (4) Kerala (4) India and Russia 99. Who is the Chairman of 18th Law Commission of India?

Answer KEYS 1. 2 2. 3 3. 1 4. 1 5. 3 6. 3 7. 4 8. 4 9. 3 10. 3 11. 2 12. 1 13. 1 14. 3 15. 2 16. 2 17. 4 18. 4 19. 1 20. 2 21. 3 22. 3 23. 1 24. 3 25. 1 26. 4 27. 1 28. 4 29. 3 30. 2 31. 2 32. 4 33. 3 34. 4 35. 2 36. 2 37. 4 38. 1 39. 1 40. 4 41. 3 42. 4 43. 1 44 3 45. 2 46. 1 47. 2 48. 4 49. 2 50. 3 51. 2 52. 1 53. 2 54. 4 55. 1 56. 1 57. 2 58. 2 59. 4 60. 4 61. 1 62. 2 63. 4 64. 4 65. 2 66. 4 67. 3 68. 3 69. 4 70. 4 71. 2 72. 1 73. 4 74. 1 75. 2 76. 3 77. 4 78. 4 79. 2 80. 1 81. 4 82. 3 83. 3 84. 2 85. 1 86. 1 87. 2 88. 2 89. 1 90. 1 91. 4 92. 2 93. 3 94. 3 95. 3 96. 1 97. 3 98. 1 99. 1 100. 3

Science and Technology

Directions for questions 1 to 100: Select the correct alter- native from the given choices. 4. The sweetest sugar is (1) lactose (2) fructose 1. To an astronaut, outer space appears to be (3) glucose (4) sucrose (1) white (2) red (3) blue (4) black 5. Which of the following is known as the ‘graveyard of RBCs? 2. The gland that contains the body’s thermostat is (1) Appendix (2) Spleen (1) pituitary (2) pineal (3) Liver (4) Bone marrow (3) thyroid (4) hypothalamus 6. The term “Cyberspace” was coined by 3. INS Shardul, is (1) Fred Cohen (1) Indian Navy’s landing ship. (2) India’s first atomic powered submarine. (2) William Gibson (3) India’s first training ship. (3) Ray Tomlinson (4) India’s first ship equipped with BrahMos missiles. (4) Karel Capek

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7. Which of the following vitamin is called Pyridoxine? 19. When the water is heated from 0°C to 10°C, the vol-

(1) B1 (2) B2 ume of water

(3) B6 (4) B12 (1) first decreases then increases. 8. The phenomenon of two plants living together and de- (2) decreases steadily. pending on each other for their existence is termed as (3) increases steadily. (1) symbiosis (2) parasitism (4) first increases then decreases. (3) synergy (4) altruism 20. Which of the following vitamin is called Thiamine?

9. The scientist or science-fiction writer who visualised (1) B1 (2) B2 the concept of geo-stationery satellites years before (3) B6 (4) B12 their launch is 21. Which of the following is not a disease caused by bac- (1) H.G. Wells (2) Arthur Clarke teria? (3) Stephen Hawking. (4) Isacc Asimov (1) cholera (2) diptheria 10. The pioneer of the nuclear power programme in India is (3) plague (4) chicken pox (1) (2) Homi Bhabha 22. India’s first peaceful underground nuclear experiment (3) Abdul Kalam (4) J.S.Haldane was conducted at Pokhran, Rajasthan on 11. Bronze is an alloy of (1) 1 May 1975 (2) 19 July 1969 (3) 18 May 1969 (4) 18 May 1974 (1) Copper and Zinc (2) Tin and Zinc (3) Copper and Tin (4) Iron and Zinc 23. An astronomical unit is the average distance between (1) earth and moon 12. INS Kadamba is a _____. (2) sun and earth (1) submarine (2) seaboard (3) sun and saturn (3) warship (4) supersonic missile (4) sun and Jupiter 13. The Murrah breed of buffaloes are native to 24. An organization’s introductory webpage is known as (1) Gujarat (2) Punjab (1) website (2) vortal (3) Haryana (4) Andhra Pradesh (3) portal (4) homepage 14. The movement of water and minerals from the earth to 25. ‘Nag’ is a/an . . . leaves of plants through roots is explained by (1) ICBM (1) gravitational force. (2) surface tension (2) air to surface missile (3) capillary action (4) the bernoulis principle (3) anti-tank missile (4) surface to air missile 15. In India, at present nuclear energy contributes only about 3 per cent to the total electricity generation. Un- 26. The first Indian satellite Aryabhatta was designed fab- der the deal with the US, it is expected to go up to 7 ricated and launched under the guidance of per cent by (1) Kasturi Rangan (1) 2010 (2) 2012 (2) U.R. Rao (3) 2017 (4) 2020 (3) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. (4) 16. When was the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) set up to promote use of nuclear technology 27. The aneroid barometer calibrated for measuring alti- for peaceful purposes and limit weaponisation? tude is (1) 1954 (2) 1957 (1) aerometer (2) altimeter (3) 1960 (4) 1955 (3) ammeter (4) anemometer 28. In February 2008, Pakistan test fired a 1300 km range, 17. Egg is a rich source of all nutrients except nuclear capable missile, which was also known as (1) vitamin A (2) vitamin B 6 (1) Shaheen-5 (2) Hatf-9 (3) vitamin C (4) vitamin B 12 (3) Shaheen-1 (4) Hatf-5 18. A sudden dip in mercury barometer indicates 29. A person climbing a hill bends forward in order to (1) cyclone (2) rainfall (1) increase stability. (2) reduce fatigue (3) fair weather (4) snow fall (3) increase speed (4) avoid slipping

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30. ‘Prithvi’ is a 42. India’s oldest biosphere reserve is (1) surface to air missile (1) Manas (2) Nilgiri (2) surface to surface missile (3) Sundarbans (4) Simlipal (3) air to surface missile 43. The device used for measuring the depth of sea is (4) air to air missile called 31. David Keeling is associated with (1) manometer (2) fathometer (1) nanotechnology (3) altimeter (4) hydrometer (2) campaign against global warming 44. An endoscope which is used by doctors works on the (3) HIV research principle of (4) WWW (1) total internal reflection 32. Rusting of iron is an example of (2) scattering of light (1) reduction (3) dispersion of light (2) slow oxidation (4) reflection of light (3) spontaneous combustion 45. The mid-air swing of spinning football can be ex- (4) rapid oxidation plained on the basis of 33. What is the life span of red blood cells (RBC)? (1) Ferrel’s law (1) 120 days (2) 2 days (2) Pascal’s principle (3) 48 hours (4) 2 hours (3) Bernoullis principle (4) Newton’s first law 34. The 58th International Astronautical Congress was held in 2007 at 46. 1 byte is equal to (1) Hyderabad (2) (1) 32 bits (2) 8 bits (3) (4) (3) 16 bits (4) 4 bits 35. India’s first oceanarium was set up in 47. The stones formed in the human kidney consist mostly (1) Orissa (2) Tamil Nadu of (1) calcium (3) Goa (4) Andhra Pradesh (2) sodium acetate 36. Amount of light entering the eye is controlled by (3) magnesium sulphate (1) lens (2) iris (4) calcium oxalate (3) cornea (4) pupil 48. Most of the explosions in mines occur due to the mix- 37. Insulin is a/an ing of (1) enzyme (2) vitamin (1) carbon dioxide with ethane (3) hormone (4) lipid (2) methane with air (3) hydrogen with oxygen 38. In humans, sex is determined by (4) CO with acetylene (1) A and Y – chromosomes 2 (2) A and X – chromosomes 49. Who among the following agricultural scientists was (3) Y chromosome awarded a for Peace? (4) X – chromosome (1) (2) Marie Curie (3) (4) Joseph Stiglitz 39. The Central Rice Research Institute is located at (1) Trivandrum (2) Cuttack 50. ‘Peat’ is one form of (3) Coimbatore (4) (1) iron (2) coal (3) bauxite (4) zinc 40. The study of fungi is called 51. In India, the Gulf of Kutch is a potential site for gen- (1) mycology (2) palynology eration of (3) malacology (4) morphology (1) geothermal energy (2) hydro energy 41. Antrix is the commercial wing of (3) tidal energy (4) wind energy (1) NASA (2) European Space Agency 52. The Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) was estab- (3) ISRO (4) None of the above lished in India in

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(1) 1948 (2) 1952 64. Which of the following is called the queen of spices? (3) 1956 (4) 1965 (1) Clove (2) Cinnamon (3) Cardamom (4) Pepper 53. Which is the only atomic reactor using Uranium–233 in India? 65. Which of the following pairs is wrong? (1) Kamini (2) Kakrapara (1) Lakshya–Pilotless Target Aircraft (3) Narora (4) Kalpakkam (2) Nishant–Unmanned Aerial vehicle (3) Saras–Multipurpose Civilian Aircraft 54. Who led Mission Antarctica from India in 1981? (4) Tejas–Anti Tank missile (1) H.K. Gupta (2) V. K. Raina (3) S.Z. Qasim (4) M.K. Kaul 66. Which country has the world’s largest reserves of tho- rium? 55. The world’s first stem cell bank was started in (1) USA (2) Russia (1) UK (2) U.S.A (3) France (4) India (3) North Korea (4) 67. Exclusive economic zones, extend up to 56. Which of the following is not a primary colour? (1) 20 nautical miles from the coastline (1) Red (2) Green (2) 200 nautical miles from the coastline (3) Blue (4) Yellow (3) 12 to 24 nautical miles from the coastline 57. Position of the moon or an artificial satellite when it is (4) upto 12 nautical miles from the coastline farthest from the earth is called 68. The National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (1) apogee (2) perigee is located in (3) aphelion (4) perihelion (1) Goa (2) Tamil Nadu 58. What does LAN stand for (3) Andhra Pradesh (4) Kerala (1) Local Area Networking 69. Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas? (2) Legal Area Networking (1) CO2 (2) CH4 (3) Linear Area Networking (3) N2O (4) O3 (4) Local Area Network 70. In which of the following processes can we get pure 59. Which is the only human organ, that can regenerate, if water from sea water? as much as two thirds is removed? (1) sublimation (2) evaporation (1) liver (2) the lungs (3) distillation (4) filtration (3) tongue (4) spleen 71. Insulin is a pancreatic 60. Which of the following blood group is called ‘Univer- (1) enzyme sal Receipient’? (2) carbohydrate (1) O (2) A (3) vitamin (3) B (4) AB (4) hormone 61. The light from moon takes ___ seconds to reach the 72. Foam is an example of earth. (1) a gas dispersed in gas. (1) 1.3 (2) 5.2 (2) a liquid dispersed in a liquid. (3) 8 (4) 13 (3) a liquid dispersed in a gas. (4) a gas dispersed in a liquid. 62. Geo-synchronous satellites operate in a circular equa- torial orbit at a fixed altitude of about 73. Which of the following birds fly backwards? (1) 36 km (2) 360 km (1) Kiwi (2) Wood Pecker (3) 3600 km (4) 36000 km (3) Kingfisher (4) Hummingbird 63. Space Application Centre one of the major centres of 74. The mammal that lays eggs is ISRO has three campuses, one is located in Delhi the (1) duck-billed platypyus other two are located in ----- (2) kangaroo (1) Hyderabad (2) (3) otter (3) (4) (4) opossum

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75. Vitamin D is also known as 86. The unit of the astronomical distance is the (1) riboflavin (2) tocopherol (1) light year (2) kilometer (3) retinal (4) calciferol (3) angstram (4) nautical miles 76. Which of the following was the first cloned animal? 87. Hydrogen bomb is based on the principle of (1) Noah (wild Indian ox) (1) uncontrolled fusion reaction. (2) CC (kitten) (2) controlled fusion reaction. (3) Dolly (sheep) (3) uncontrolled fission reaction. (4) Cumulina (mice) (4) controlled fission reaction. 77. Gasoline is obtained from crude oil by the process of 88. Which of the following study deals with cultivation (1) filtration (2) fractional distillation of fruit-bearing plants, their specific requirements and (3) evaporation (4) distillation protection from pests and diseases? (1) Olericulture (2) Pomology 78. Which of the following is the first country to purchase (3) Apiculture (4) Ichthyalogy Brahmos missile, which was developed as the joint 89. Pangolins are project of India and Russia? (1) wild boars (1) Italy (2) Peru (2) toothless anteaters. (3) Chile (4) Australia (3) scaly anteaters 79. The Kyoto Protocol lapses by (4) armadillos (1) 2020 (2) 2016 90. Which of the following diseases is inheritable? (3) 2012 (4) 2010 (1) CAD 80. The cleaning action of soap can be explained by the (2) colour blindness principle of (3) anaemia (1) gravitational force (4) leukemia (2) surface tension. 91. Clear nights are cooler than cloudy nights because of (3) capillary action (1) isolation (2) radiation (4) bernoulli’s principle (3) condensation (4) conduction 81. Neutron was discovered by 92. The first synthetic fibre made by man was (1) Chadwik (2) J.J. Thomson (1) terrycott (2) polyster (3) Rutherford (4) Moseley (3) nylon (4) rayon 82. Which of the following devices converts mechanical 93. Which of the following elements is obtained from sea energy into electrical energy? weeds? (1) Dynamo (1) Iodine (2) Sulphur (2) Washing machine (3) Argon (4) Vanadium (3) Battery charger 94. World Ozone Day is observed on (4) Battery (1) September 5 (2) June 5 83. The gas usually filled in the electric bulb is (3) May 17 (4) September 16 (1) carbon dioxide (2) nitrogen 95. What is the percentage of CO2 in Air? (3) oxygen (4) hydrogen (1) 0.3 % (2) 0.03 % 84. Dialysis is used when a patient has a serious problem (3) 3 % (4) 0.003 % with 96. If the blood group of parents is A–A; what is the pos- (1) kidney (2) heart sible blood group of children? (3) lungs (4) liver (1) A or O (2) A, O, AB 85. India’s first stealth warship is (3) ‘O’ only (4) ‘A’ only (1) INS Shivalik 97. The part of the human eye which performs a function (2) INS Sahyadri similar to that of aperture in a photographic camera is (3) INS Shakul (1) ciliary muscles (2) pupil (4) INS Satpura (3) lens (4) iris

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98. Which of the following is used as a lubricant in heavy (3) Hyderabad machines? (4) (1) graphite (2) sulphur 100. Chemically, baking soda is (3) bauxite (4) phosphorous (1) baker’s yeast 99. India’s first Tsunami early warning system was estab- (2) sodium chloride lished at (3) sodium bicarbonate (1) (4) sodium carbonate (2)

Answer KEYS 1. 4 2. 4 3. 1 4. 2 5. 2 6. 2 7. 3 8. 1 9. 2 10. 2 11. 3 12. 2 13. 3 14. 3 15. 4 16. 2 17. 3 18. 1 19. 1 20. 1 21. 4 22. 4 23. 2 24. 4 25. 3 26. 2 27. 2 28. 4 29. 1 30. 2 31. 2 32. 2 33. 1 34. 1 35. 3 36. 4 37. 3 38. 3 39. 2 40. 1 41. 3 42. 2 43. 2 44. 1 45. 3 46. 2 47. 4 48. 2 49. 3 50. 2 51. 3 52. 1 53. 1 54. 1 55. 1 56. 4 57. 1 58. 4 59. 1 60. 4 61. 1 62. 4 63. 4 64. 3 65. 4 66. 4 67. 2 68. 1 69. 4 70. 3 71. 4 72. 4 73. 4 74. 1 75. 4 76. 3 77. 2 78. 3 79. 3 80. 2 81. 1 82. 1 83. 2 84. 1 85. 1 86. 1 87. 1 88. 2 89. 3 90. 2 91. 2 92. 3 93. 1 94. 4 95. 2 96. 1 97. 2 98. 1 99. 3 100. 33

Sports

Directions for questions 1 to 50: Select the correct alter- 4. The first Commonwealth Games were held in Hamil- native from the given choices. ton, Canada in (1) 1930 (2) 1950 1. The term rink is associated with (1) skating (2) snooker (3) 1966 (4) 1974 (3) golf (4) polo 5. Who was the first Indian to score a in Test 2. The Fourth World Military Games were held in Octo- ? ber, 2007 at (1) (1) Pune (2) Bangalore (2) C. K. Naidu (3) New Delhi (4) Hyderabad (3) Vijay Manjrekar (4) 3. The 2014 Winter Olympics are scheduled to be held at Sochi, in 6. ‘Bogey’ and ‘Bunker’ are terms associated with (1) USA (2) Russia (1) bridge (2) golf (3) Germany (4) Japan (3) ice hockey (4) baseball

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7. Which of the following countries is taking part in the (1) Pakistan (2) India 2009 Twenty 20 world cup? (3) Australia (4) Germany (1) Zimbabwe (2) Ireland 19. Which nation has won the Spirit of Cricket Award at (3) Kenya (4) Mauritius the 2008 ICC Awards? 8. Who won the Castrol test batsman of the year award, (1) India (2) Sri Lanka announced in June 2008? (3) West Indies (4) Bangladesh (1) (2) Sanath Jayasuriya (3) (4) Virendra Sehwag 20. “Regga” is the biography of sportsperson (1) Michael Schumacher 9. Which country won the SAFF Football title in June (2) Clay Regazzani 2008? (3) Michael Phelphs (1) India (2) Maldives (4) Usain Bolt (3) Pakistan (4) Bangladesh 21. Which city will play host to the 2014 Asian Games? 10. Who among the following is the CEO of ICC? (1) Manila, The (1) I S Bindra (2) New Delhi, India (2) Haroon Lorgat (3) Guangzhou, China (3) Ray Mali (4) Incheon, South Korea (4) David Morgan 22. Identify the winner of the 2008 ONGC IBSF World 11. Where is the Netaji Subash Chandra Bose National Billiards Championship held in Bangalore. Institute of Sports located? (1) (1) (2) Karnal (2) Pankaj Advani (3) New Delhi (4) Kolkata (3) Peter Gilchrist 12. Which cricketer is nicknamed ‘Punter’? (4) Rupesh Shah (1) (2) 23. Which country will host the 2010 Asian Games? (3) (4) Makhaya Ntini (1) Japan (2) South Korea 13. Who won the 2008 Cricket Champi- (3) China (4) onship? 24. The 2008 Olympic Torch is designed by (1) North Zone (2) South Zone (1) Nike (2) Lotto (3) Central Zone (4) East Zone (3) Lenovo (4) Sony 14. India finished last in the Four Nation Hockey Tourna- 25. In February 2009, which cricket player achieved the ment held in May 2008 in . Who emerged the rare distinction along with of a 100 plus winner? strike rate in ODI’s? (1) Australia (2) South Korea (1) Sanath Jayasuriya (2) M.S. Dhoni (3) New Zealand (4) (3) (4) 15. Jitendar Kumar is associated with the sport/game of 26. Jyothi Randhawa is associated with (1) boxing (2) shooting (1) golf (2) cricket (3) archery (4) swimming (3) shooting (4) archery 16. The first ever Youth Olympics is scheduled to be held 27. The IT service provider for the 2010 FIFA world cup in 2010 at to be held in South Africa is (1) Athens (2) Sydney (1) Infosys (2) TCS (3) (4) Tokyo (3) Satyam Computers. (4) HCL Technologies 17. Kimi Raikkonen has won the 2008 F-1 Spanish Grand 28. Which of the following statements is not true about Prix. He belongs to the Olympics Games? (1) Poland (2) Finland (1) Athens was the venue for the first modern Olym- (3) Italy (4) Sweden pic Games in 1896. 18. The 2010 Men’s World Cup Hockey Tournament will (2) The revival of the games was done by Pierre de be played in Coubertin.

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(3) The 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow was boy- (1) 9 (2) 7 cotted by western countries led by the United (3) 2 (4) 3 States. 36. Olly, Syd, Millie are the mascots of (4) The first Winter Olympic Games were held in (1) Sydney Olympics–2000 1924 in Turin (Italy). (3) Athens Olympics–2004 29. The 2019 World Cup Cricket tournament is scheduled (3) Beijing Olympics–2008 to be held in (4) Atlanta Olympics–1996 (1) West Indies (2) India 37. The term “wagon wheel” is associated with (3) South Africa. (4) England (1) boxing (2) polo (3) football (4) cricket 30. Which of the following statements regarding the Twenty 20 cricket World Cup is/are not true? 38. The highest number of runs scored in the 2007 world (Ι) remained in all his cup cricket was by three innings aggregating 88 at a strike rate of (1) M.Hayden (2) M.Jayawardane 144.26. (3) R.Ponting (4) Sachin Tendulkar (ΙΙ) and Yousuf Pathan became the 39. Which of the following cups and trophies is not as- first pair of brothers to have played in a Twenty sociated with cricket? 20 international for India. (1) Natwest Trophy (ΙΙΙ) Dhoni became the first to win five suc- (2) Benson and Hedges Cup cessive tosses in the ICC World Twenty 20. (3) Wills Cup (ΙV)  had a tally of 13 at 11.92 runs (4) Hopman Cup apiece the most in the competition, surpassing Australia’s Stuart Clark, and Pakistan’s Shahid 40. Who is the winner of ‘Euro cup-2008? Afridi. (1) Greece (2) (1) ΙΙ and ΙΙΙ (2) Ι and ΙΙ (3) France (4) Denmark (3) Only ΙΙΙ (4) Only Ι 41. ‘Salt Lake stadium is located in 31. Which of the statements is not true about the 2008 (1) Delhi (2) Calcutta Beijing Olympics? (3) (4) Mumbai (1) The games were held for the first time in China. 42. The 2008 Laureus sports person of the year is (2) The slogan for the 2008 Olympics is “one China (1) Justin Henin one world”. (2) Roger Federer (3) The emblem of the 2008 Olympics was the “Danc- (3) Paula Radcliffe ing Beijing”. (4) Lewis Hamilton (4) Usain Bolt secured the title of the worlds fastest man and Michael Phelphs broke the record for 43. Roger Federer Won the French open in May 2009. It most golds in one Olympic. was his 14th Grand slam title and he equalled the re- 32. ‘Cue’ is a term associated with cord of (1) billiards (2) basketball (1) Rod Laver (3) bridge (4) polo (2) Pete Sampras (3) Jimmy Connors 33. The Ryder Cup is awarded for (4) Andre Agassi (1) golf (2) billiards (3) badminton (4) archery 44. Rafael Nadal who is the winner of the 2008 wimble- don men’s singles championship hails from 34. The Beijing Olympics which were held in August (1) Spain (2) Switzerland 2008 are the ____ Olympics. (3) USA (4) UK (1) 26th (2) 27th (3) 28th (4) 29th 45. Parimarjan Negi, is the winner of the Philedelphia international open tournament in July/August 2008. 35. The number of medals won by India in the Beijing Which of the following is true, regarding him? Olympics is

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(1) He is the youngest Grandmaster in India. 48. The 2013 women’s World Cup cricket is scheduled to (2) He is the only Grandmaster to win, this award be held in from India. (1) Australia (2) England (3) He is the second youngest grandmaster. (3) India (4) South Africa (4) He won this award for the seventh time. 49. In India, the 3rd Commonwealth Youth Games were 46. The first SAF (South Asia Federation) Games were held in October 2008 in held at (1) Hyderabad (1) New Delhi (2) Kathmandu (2) Tiruvananthapuram (3) Hyderabad (4) Hamilton (3) Pune (4) Chennai 47. “Jeev Milka Singh” is associated with (1) golf 50. Who among the following Indian cricketers is nick- (2) shooting named as – “Jumbo”? (3) marathon (1) Sachin Tendulkar (2) (4) football (3) Irfan Pathan (4) M.S.Dhoni

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

Economy

Directions for questions 1 to 300: Select the correct alter- 4. The World Trade Organisation (WTO) was set up in native from the given choices. 1995, with its headquarters at (1) Paris (2) Geneva 1. A market economy in which both private and public (3) Washington (4) New York enterprises participate in production is called (1) liberalization (2) privatization 5. Who among the following Indian economists was (3) globalization (4) mixed economy honoured with a global award for his contributions to welfare economics? 2. Who was the first chairman of the Planning (1) (2) V.N. Gadgil Commission? (3) P.C. Mahalnobis (4) Amartya Sen (1) M. Visweshwaraiah (2) P.C. Mahalnobis 6. The World Bank is also known as the (3) Jawaharlal Nehru (1) International Monetary Fund. (4) Mahatma Gandhi (2) International Finance Corporation. (3) International Bank for Reconstruction and Devel- 3. What is the tenure of the tenth five-year plan? opment. (1) 2000-2005 (2) 2001-2006 (4) International Development Association. (3) 2002-2007 (4) 2003-2008

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7. Which of the following committee’s recommendations (3) Jute and Cotton deal with the insurance sector? (4) Paper and Iron (1) Raja Chellaiah Committee 19. Octroi is levied and collected by the (2) Narasimhan Committee (3) Rekhi Committee (1) central government (4) Malhotra Committee (2) state governments (3) central and state governments 8. VAT stands for (4) local bodies (1) Value Additional Tax (2) Value Added Tax 20. The custodian of foreign exchange reserves is (3) Valid Advance Tax (1) SBI (2) RBI (4) Value Advance Tax (3) NABARD (4) Exim Bank 9. Total cost per unit of output is called 21. The return for an entreprenurial organisation is (1) average fixed cost (2) average cost (1) profit (2) wages (3) average revenue (4) fixed input (3) rent (4) interest 10. The Bhoodan Movement was launched in 22. Micro-economics is also known as (1) 1950 (2) 1951 (1) savings theory (2) expenditure theory (3) 1952 (4) 1953 (3) income theory (4) price theory 11. Who among the following launched the 20 point Eco- 23. The difference between total expenditure and total re- nomic Programme in India? ceipts is called (1) Jawaharlal Nehru (2) (1) fiscal deficit (2) budget deficit (3) A.B. Vajpayee (4) P.V. Narsimha Rao (3) revenue deficit (4) primary deficit 12. Regional Rural Banks were set up in ______in the 24. Real national income denotes country (1) per capita income (1) 1973 (2) 1969 (2) national income at current prices (3) 1980 (4) 1975 (3) national income at constant prices 13. ______unemployment is a feature of the agricul- (4) net factor income tural sector. 25. Insufficient demand leading to idle men and machin- (1) Structural (2) Disguised ery over a long time is called (3) Frictional (4) Cyclical (1) stagflation (2) reflation 14. Generally, the standard of living is indicated by (3) recession (4) depression (1) GDP (2) NNP 26. The first estimate of national income in India was (3) GNP (4) Per Capita Income made by 15. During inflation, the value of money (1) P.C. Mahalnobis (1) increases (2) decreases (2) Rath & Dandekar (3) increases rapidly (4) multiplies (3) V.K.R.V Rao (4) 16. The Integrated Rural Development Programme was started during the ______plan. 27. The main burden of indirect tax is borne by (1) Fourth (2) Fifth (1) consumers (2) traders (3) Seventh (4) Sixth (3) tax payers (4) manufacturers 17. A market with just two trading firms for a product or 28. Generally the Railway Budget is presented to the Par- service is called liament on (1) Monopoly (2) Duopoly (1) 1st April (2) March 1st (3) Oligopoly (4) Monopsony (3) the last day of February (4) January 1st 18. Which industry in India was the worst affected be- 29. According to the 2001 census, what is the sex ratio of cause of the partition? India? (per 1000 males)? (1) Engineering and Cement (1) 933 (2) 922 (2) Cotton and Sugar (3) 945 (4) 914

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30. The Indian Government gets its maximum revenue 41. India lost _____ per cent of cultivable land during parti- from tion. (1) corporation tax (2) income tax (1) 9 % (2) 13 % (3) sales tax (4) excise duty (3) 22 % (4) 45 % 31. Which is the largest public sector bank? 42. Who is called the Father of Economics? (1) NABARD (2) BOB (1) Karl Marx (2) J.M. Keynes (3) SBI (4) RBI (3) John Marshal (4) Adam Smith 32. The industry that provides the largest employment is 43. Mixed Economy means the (1) assigning equal importance to both agriculture and (1) jute industry (2) textiles heavy industries. (3) mining (4) iron & steel. (2) co-existence of private and public sector. 33. The National Income in India is estimated by the (3) co-existence of the rich and the poor in the society. (1) National Development Council (NDC) (4) co-existence of small scale and large scale industries. (2) Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) 44. Who among the following proposed that the popula- (3) (RBI) tion rise is in geometric progression and the agricul- (4) National Commission for Statistics (NCS) tural production is in arithmetic progression? 34. The main impact of the Green Revolution was on (1) Robert Malthus (2) Karl Marx (1) wheat (2) pulses (3) M.S. Swaminathan (4) J.M. Keynes (3) oil seeds (4) fisheries 45. Which economic philosophy or system advocates a 35. The anti poverty programme, Antyodaya was first free market system and minimal government interven- started in the state of tion in economic matters? (1) Andhra Pradesh (2) Maharashtra (1) Laissez-faire (2) Planned economy (3) Tamil Nadu (4) Rajasthan (3) Socialism (4) Welfare state 36. The apex institution in the field of agricultural finance 46. The contribution of agriculture to India’s economy in is the last decade is not (1) RBI. (2) ICAR (1) constant (3) SBI (4) NABARD (2) increasing rapidly (3) decreasing 37. Which of the following is not the reason for popula- (4) No conclusion can be drawn tion growth in India? (1) High birth rate and low death rate 47. Who is regarded as the founder of ‘Scientific Social- (2) Early marriages ism’? (3) Religious sentiment (1) Lenin (2) Adam Smith (4) Family Planning (3) J.M. Keynes (4) Karl Marx 38. What was the main objective of the Sixth Five year 48. Debenture is a plan? (1) short term loan taken by a company (1) Development of Agriculture (2) long term loan taken by a company (2) Development of IT sector (3) bridge loan taken by a company (3) Eradication of Poverty and Unemployment (4) call loan taken by a company (4) Population stabilization 49. Cheque is 39. The concept of socialist pattern of society was pro- (1) legal tender money (2) smart money posed by (3) optional money (4) paper money (1) Mahatma Gandhi (2) Jawaharlal Nehru 50. Net Domestic Product or NDP = (3) C. Rajagopalachari (4) Dadabhai Naoroji (1) Gross Domestic Product – Depreciation 40. The Tata Iron & Steel Plant was set up at Jamshedpur in (2) Gross Domestic Product + Depreciation (1) 1901 (2) 1903 (3) Gross National Product – Depreciation (3) 1905 (4) 1908 (4) Gross National Product + Depreciation

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51. Washing machines and refrigerators are classified un- (1) BSE (2) NSE der (3) OTCEI (4) NCX (1) perishable goods (2) capital goods 62. A loan with a very low rate of interest is called (3) intermediate goods (4) consumer goods (1) bridge loan (2) soft loan 52. Which technology /management practice was not as- (3) cushion loan (4) roll over loan sociated with the Green Revolution? (1) Intensive use of fertilizers, and pesticides (2) Higher cost of cultivation 63. Which of the following theories talks about the flight (3) Use of High Yielding Varieties (HYV) of intellectual capital? (4) Organic farming (1) Trickle Down theory (2) Filteration theory 53. When was the Second Five Year Plan launched? (3) Brain Drain theory (1) 1958 (2) 1956 (4) Resource Crunch theory (3) 1951 (4) 1960 64. Commodities futures can be traded at the 54. Which city is famous for its Diamond Cutting (1) BSE (2) NSE industry? (3) NCDEX (4) OTCEI (1) Mumbai (2) Surat (3) Ludhiana (4) Coimbatore 65. The country’s oldest financial institution is (1) IDBI (2) NABARD 55. Secunderabad is the headquarters of the (3) IFCI (4) SIDBI (1) Southern Railway Zone (2) South-East Railway Zone 66. A dud cheque is the same as a (3) South-Central Railway Zone (1) bearer cheque (2) crossed cheque (4) South-West Railway Zone (3) bounced cheque (4) Both (1) and (2) 56. According to the 2001 census, which district has the 67. In India, National income is computed by largest population? (1) Ministry of Finance. (1) Pune (2) Medinipur (2) Central Statistical Organization. (3) Mumbai (4) Ahmedabad (3) Planning Commission. 57. The Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) project has (4) Indian Statistical Institute. not been designed to 68. What would you call money which flees quickly from (1) control floods country to country? (2) provide drinking water (1) Slush money (3) generate hydel power (2) Mobile money (4) provide irrigation (3) Hush money 58. The Mahalanobis planning model was adopted for the (4) Hot money (1) First plan (2) Fourth plan 69. An economy where people are free to pursue their own (3) Second plan (4) Third plan self interest without any state intervention is called a 59. Non-food or commercial crops in India are also known (1) decentralized economy as (2) planned economy (1) money crops (2) foundation seed crops (3) command economy (3) plantation crops (4) cash crops (4) laissez faire economy 60. FTSE is the stock exchange index of 70. Which of the following is not true about human capi- (1) New York Stock Exchange tal? (2) London Stock Exchange (1) It can be acquired. (3) Frankfurt Stock Exchange (2) Human capital can be inborn. (4) Milan Stock Exchange (3) Initial Public Offer is one way of acquiring human capital. 61. Which of the following is an exclusive exchange for (4) Human capital is stock of knowledge, skills and trading of shares of unlisted companies? talent.

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71. The term ‘tax haven’ refers to 82. During “inflation” the value of money always (1) tax holiday (1) first increases next decreases (2) moratorium on taxes (2) first decreases next increases (3) a ‘sanctuary’ for tax evaders (3) increases (4) single point taxation (4) decreases 72. Between which of the following rivers was the ancient 83. RBI was nationalised in town of Takshasila located? (1) 1935 (2) 1949 (1) Ravi and Beas (2) Jhelum and Beas (3) 1954 (4) 1912 (3) Indus and Jhelum (4) Chenab and Ravi 84. Which of the following committee recommendations 73. Which of the following birds was worshipped by the deal with ‘Capital Account Convertibility”? Harrappan people? (1) Narasimhan Committee (1) Peacock (2) Eagle (2) Rakesh Mohan Committee (3) Elephant (4) Humped bull (3) Kelkar Committee 74. The Muslim League’s annual session of 1940 which (4) Tarapore Committee gave effect to Jinnah’s “Two Nation theory” was held 85. FDI stands for in (1) fast direct investment (1) (2) Karachi (2) foreign debt investment (3) Bombay (4) (3) foreign direct investment 75. In 1897 Theodor Hezl launched the Zionist move- (4) free debt investment ment. The movement was related to the _____ religion 86. ‘GI’ stands for /church/sect. (1) General Indication (1) Anglican (2) Jewish (2) Geographical Indication (3) Protestant (4) Quaker (3) Geographical Information 76. Who was the Information and Broadcasting Minister (4) General Information in the Interim Government of 1946? 87. The Uruguay Round of talks led to the formation of (1) C.Rajagopalachari (2) (1) International Trade Organisation (3) (4) Jawaharalal Nehru (2) Multilateral Agreement on Investment 77. The movement in India which became popular during (3) International Monetary Fund the First World War was the (4) World Trade Organistion (1) swadeshi and boycott of foreign goods 88. Which is the most important cause of for an underde- (2) separatist movement veloped Indian economy? (3) Home-Rule movement (4) Quit-India movement (1) Low Per capita Income (2) Co-existence of underutilized man power and 78. Arthashastra is a book on natural resources (1) statecraft (2) economics (3) Lack of capital (3) origin of words (4) astronomy (4) High density of population 79. Trygve Lie was the first Secretary General of UNO. 89. NABARD gives loans directly to He hailed from (1) small farmers (1) Sweden (2) Austria (2) village artisans (3) Ghana (4) Norway (3) petty traders 80. Which of the following is not a part of Shad-Darsha- (4) None of the above na? 90. The Chairman of the Planning Commission of India is (1) Mimansa (2) Nyaya the (3) Vaisheshika (4) Jyotesha (1) Prime Minister of India 81. Who is the Chairman of the 13th ? (2) President of India (1) C.Rangarajan (2) (3) Finance Minister (3) Bimal Jalan (4) Prabhat Patnaik (4) All of the three by rotation system

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91. The India’s Second Five year Plan is based on the 102. Which of the following is not an indirect tax? (1) Chakravathi model (2) Harrod – Domar model (1) Customs Duties (2) Excise Duties (3) Brahmanada model (4) Mahalanobis model (3) Service Tax (4) Income Tax 92. Dow Jones is the stock exchange index of 103. The loan that is raised for a very short period of a few (1) Tokyo (2) days or for a week is called (3) New York (4) London (1) near money (2) call money (3) dear money (4) cheap money 93. The biggest commerical bank in India is (1) ICICI Bank (2) NABARD 104. The largest source of revenue for the Indian Govern- (3) RBI (4) SBI ment is (1) corporation tax (2) sales tax 94. The Manama Dialogue, an international security con- (3) octroi (4) customs duty ference was held in December 2008 Manama is lo- cated in 105. Which committee was appointed by the Union Gov- (1) UAE (2) Bahrain ernment to recommend measures to make Mumbai a (3) Oman (4) Somalia global financial hub? (1) Parekh Committee 95. The Green Revolution in India has been most success- (2) Percy Mistry Committee ful in the case of (3) Kelkar Committee (1) tea and coffee (2) mustard and oil seeds (4) Malhotra Committee (3) potatoes and rice (4) rice and wheat 106. Which of the following is a global generic drug manu- 96. Andhra Pradesh occupies a dominant position in India facturing company? with reference to the (1) Teva (2) Chevron (1) sugar industry (3) Diageo PLC (4) Carrefour (2) ship breaking industry (3) cement industry 107. Which of the following has been renamed as National (4) drugs and pharma industry Aviation Company of India Ltd [NACIL]? (1) Jet Airways 97. Dear Money is associated with (2) Kingfisher Airlines (1) low rate of interest (2) high rate of interest (3) Air Sahara (3) soft loans (4) cheap money (4) Air India and Indian Airlines 98. Which of the following is the largest economy in the 108. “Building India” is the ad-line of world? (1) DLF (1) USA (2) Japan (2) Larsen and Toubro (3) Germany (4) China (3) National Housing Bank 99. A continuous rise in the general price-level is called (4) HDFC (1) deflation 109. Who among the following was awarded the Nobel (2) stagflation Prize for Economics for his contribution to welfare (3) inflation economics? (4) recession (1) Milton Friedman (2) Amartya Sen 100. National Income in India is calculated by the (3) Gunnar Myrdal (4) Paul Samuelson (1) Central Statistical Organization 110. The largest producer of sugarcane based ethanol in the (2) Finance Commission world is (3) Reserve Bank of India (1) USA (2) India (4) Indian Statistical Institute (3) Cuba (4) Brazil 101. Oligopoly refers to 111. The origin of the Narmada is (1) a few sellers, many buyers (1) the Amarkantak Hill (2) one seller, many buyers (2) the Gomuka (3) many sellers, few buyers (3) Triambakeshwar (4) many sellers, many buyers (4) Mahabaleshwar

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112. The Carneige Medal of Philanthropy was awarded in 122. Which country was adjudged as the most heavily 2007 to armed society in the world according to the Small (1) Bill Gates Foundation Arms Survey 2007 by the Geneva-based Graduate In- (2) Richard Branson stitute of International Studies? (3) Tata Group (1) Australia (2) Afghanistan (4) Carlos Slim (3) India (4) U.S.A 113. The Sensex crossed and closed at the 20,000 mark in De- 123. The UNO is observing 2009 as the cember 2007. It crossed the first 1,000 mark in (1) International Year of Dolphins. (1) 1988 (2) 1990 (2) International Year of Deserts and Desertification. (3) 1993 (4) 1995 (3) International Year of Languages. (4) International Year of astronomy. 114. Which of the following pairs is mismatched? (1) Least literate state–Bihar 124. Which of the following was the first DFI (Develop- (2) Least populous district in India–Aizawal ment Finance Institution) to be established in 1948, under an Act of Parliament? (3) Most population density state–Delhi (1) IFCI (2) ICICI (4) Most populous state–Uttar Pradesh (3) IDBI (4) SIDBI 115. The headquarters of NCDEX (National Commodity 125. India is the second largest sugar producing country in and Derivative Exchange) is based at the world after (1) (2) Mumbai (1) Brazil (2) Cuba (3) Surat (4) Gandhinagar (3) China (4) Pakistan 116. The largest wildlife sanctuary in South India is the 126. Which of the following is not a major cotton produc- (1) Mudumalai Sanctuary ing state? (2) Nagarjunsagar Wildlife Sanctuary (1) Maharashtra (2) Gujarat (3) Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary (3) Andhra Pradesh (4) Uttar Pradesh (4) Thattekad Bird Sanctuary 127. Which of the following is an imported exotic cow 117. Who is the author of the book “Everybody Loves a breed? Good Drought”? (1) Merino (2) Holstein (1) P. Sainath (2) M.S. Swaminathan (3) Surati (4) Murrah (3) (4) M.J. Akbar 128. The Jaduguda uranium mines are located in 118. In 2007, the Union Government handed over a 4000 (1) Andhra Pradesh (2) Chhattisgarh MW Ultra Mega Power Project to Reliance Energy. (3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Jharkhand The project is located at Sasan in 129. Iron ore is one of India’s major exports. Which of the (1) Rajasthan following is an iron ore mining area? (2) Madhya Pradesh (1) Hutti (2) Kolar (3) Gujarat (3) Panna (4) Singhbhum (4) Karnataka 130. The Hindustan Antibiotics plant at ______is one 119. The deepest port in India is of the largest in the world. (1) Visakhapatnam (2) Mumbai (1) Pimpri (2) Hyderabad (3) (4) Kandla (3) (4) Jamshedpur 120. Which country devised a new GNH(Gross National 131. The author of “Poverty and Famines-An Essay on En- Happiness) index instead of the conventional GDP titlement and Deprivation” is (Gross Domestic Product)? (1) P. Sainath (2) Dharam Pal (1) Nepal (2) Bhutan (3) Amartya Sen (4) Dadabhai Naoroji (3) Japan (4) China 132. The objective of giving subsidies is to promote effi- 121. Which of the following is a private port? ciency or social justice. Purchase of food grains at an (1) Pipavav (2) Navlakhi assured price, which is higher than the prevailing mar- (3) Bedi Bunder (4) Ratnagiri ket price is termed as

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(1) regulatory subsidies (1) International Crop Research Institute for Semi- (2) in - kind subsidies Arid Tropics. (3) procurement subsidies (2) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. (4) tax subsidies (3) Indian Institute of Science. 133. Which of the following statements is true of the pres- (4) Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic ent state of the Indian economy? Plants. (1) A very high proportion of the working population 142. The Posco Steel Plant is the single biggest FDI project is engaged in the Farm sector. in the country. The steel plant is to be located in (2) Due to the dramatic impact of the economic re- (1) Jharkhand (2) Orissa forms, India is now classified as a developed (3) Chhattisgarh (4) Karnataka country. (3) India’s strength is its manufacturing sector. 143. In the Tenth Five year plan, the highest allocation of (4) The commanding heights of the Indian economy are 26·5 per cent was earmarked for still reserved for the public sector. (1) rural development and irrigation (2) transport (3) social services 134. Who is the author of “Poverty and un - British rule in (4) energy India”? (1) Dadabhai Naoroji (2) 144. The first state to implement the three-tier system of (3) (4) V.D. Savarkar Panchayat Raj was (1) Andhra Pradesh (2) Maharashtra 135. The chairman of the 13th Finance Commission is (3) Tamil Nadu (4) Rajasthan (1) C. Rangarajan (2) Bimal Jalan 145. Find the odd one out. (3) Vijay Kelkar (1) Canara Bank (2) Axis Bank (4) Parthasarathi Shome (3) Syndicate Bank (4) Corporation Bank 136. Higher human development with relatively lower in- 146. ‘India’s International Bank’ is the punch-line of come is a description of (1) Bank of Baroda (2) Bank of India (1) Rajasthan (2) Gujarat (3) ICICI Bank (4) Indian Bank (3) Kerala (4) Haryana 147. Which country has initiated a unique concept of Gross 137. Which of the following accounts for 67 per cent of the National Happiness Index? total energy consumption in the country? (1) Nepal (2) Bhutan (1) Coal (2) Hydro-electricity (3) Norway (4) Denmark (3) Solar (4) Nuclear 148. Robert Zoellick is the president of the 138. India has four major shipbuilding yards. Which is the (1) WTO (2) UNDP odd man out? (3) World Bank (4) IMF (1) Vishakapatnam (2) Tuticorin (3) Calcutta (4) Bombay 149. ‘What Business Demands’ is the punch-line of (1) Satyam Computers 139. Which five year plan gave top priority to heavy indus- tries? (2) IBM (1) First (2) Second (3) Polaris Software (3) Tenth (4) Eleventh (4) 140. PURA is a programme to provide urban amenities in 150. ‘KFX’ is the stock exchange index of rural areas. It is the brainchild of (1) Canada (2) Denmark (1) M.S. Swaminathan (3) Switzerland (4) Ireland (2) Norman Borlaug 151. Which of the following is wrongly matched? (3) (1) Bombay Plan-John Mathai (4) Abdul Kalam (2) Gandhian-Srimannarayana 141. Which of the following institutes is located in Luc- (3) People’s Plan-M. N. Roy know? (4) Rolling Plan-M. Vishweswaraiah

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152. Which of the following statements is not true? (1) ICICI Bank (2) SBI (1) By 2030, India will be the biggest car market after (3) IDFC (4) HDFC Bank the U.S. and China. 162. The Goldman Sachs Group has launched a global pro- (2) Major Indian ports handled cargo of around gramme called “10000 Women” to train women as 463.84 million tonnes in 2006-07. entrepreneurs and managers. The Indian associate for (3) According to the widely-read travel magazine, this global initiative is Conde Nost Traveller, India has become the (1) Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA). world’s most preferred tourism destination. (2) Indian School of Business (ISB). (4) India, with a production of 161 million tonnes, is (3) Infosys Technologies. the world’s second largest producer of cement. (4) Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS). 153. NABARD was instituted in 163. Rajeev Chandrasekhar is the President of (1) 1982 (2) 1984 (1) CII (2) NASSCOM (3) 1991 (4) 1975 (3) FICCI (4) ASSOCHAM 154. The targeted growth rate for the Agriculture sector th 164. Which of the following financial giants is based in The during the 11 Five Year Plan is Netherlands? (1) 4 % (2) 5 % (1) AIG (2) Standard Life (3) 5.6 % (4) 3 % (3) Allianz (4) ING 155. ‘Gresham’s Law’ in Economics relates to 165. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (1) distribution of goods and services (IFAD) is the rural development agency of (2) circulation of currency (1) United Nations (2) WEF (3) consumption of supply (3) ADB (4) World Bank (4) supply and demand 166. C. B. Bhave is the Chairman of 156. In February 2008, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan (1) TRAI (2) NSDL Singh laid the foundation stone for India’s largest hy- (3) IRDA (4) SEBI droelectric power project, the Dibang Power Project, which is located in 167. Global Bank was acquired by (1) Arunachal Pradesh (2) Meghalaya (1) Oriental Bank of Commerce (3) Mizoram (4) Sikkim (2) HDFC Bank (3) Punjab National Bank 157. The Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission (4) State Bank of India (1) holds the rank of a Cabinet Minister (2) is always the Planning Minister 168. Which bank, as part of its image make-over, has (3) is always the Prime Minister launched a campaign with the ad-line, “Together we (4) is always an economist of repute can”? (1) Axis Bank (2) Vijaya Bank 158. The type of unemployment mostly found in India can (3) Canara Bank (4) Bank of India be characterised as (1) disguised (2) frictional 169. The Skoch Challenger Award 2008 for Financial In- (3) cyclical (4) structural clusion has been awarded to (1) ICICI Bank 159. The period of high inflation and low economic growth (2) Punjab National Bank is termed as (3) Bank of Baroda (1) recession (2) stagnation (4) State Bank of India (3) stagflation (4) depression 170. Goldman Sachs is the world’s biggest securities firm 160. Bank of Baroda and Andhra Bank have launched a by market value. The CEO of the firm is joint venture insurance company. The foreign partner (1) Warren Buffett (2) Vikram Pandit in the JV is (3) Lloyd Blankfein (4) Stan O’Neal (1) AIG (2) Legal and General (3) Cardiff (4) Prudential 171. In April 2008, India signed a currency swap agree- ment with 161. In March 2008, Standard Chartered Bank agreed to (1) Japan (2) Singapore sell its Asset Management Company (AMC) to (3) U.S.A (4) U.K

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172. Which of the following combinations is not matched D. The main target pest for Bt. Rice is the yellow correctly? stem borer. (1) LIC–Kal par control E. The Golden Rice or genetically modified rice was (2) BoB–India’s International Bank developed in 2000 to save children affected with (3) Daikin–Complete Silence vitamin A deficiency syndrome. (4) TCS–Experience certainty (1) Only B (2) C, D and E (3) B, C, D and E (4) A to E 173. According to the World Bank’s Migration and Remit- tances Fact Book 2008, which country received the 181. India’s first rural BPO employing 14 people, who are highest inward remittances of $27 billion in 2007? working on legal data processing, was set up in March (1) India (2) China 2005 in (3) Mexico (4) The Philippines (1) Tamil Nadu (2) Andhra Pradesh (3) Kerala (4) Karnataka 174. The Chairman of NASSCOM is (1) Som Mittal (2) 182. India, the world’s largest producer of milk, has what (3) (4) Dr. Ganesh Natarajan per cent of the world’s cattle population? (1) 20 (2) 25 175. Which of the following bank is based in Vadodra (3) 16 (4) 22 (1) Dena Bank (2) BOB (3) State Bank (4) ICICI Bank 183. Which of the following statements about the distress- ing suicides among farmers is/are not true? 176. Who among the following was the founder of Central A. More suicides have been reported in the category Bank of India? of farmers opting for cash crops like cotton. (1) Sorabji Pochkhanawala B. No separate records of farmers suicides were (2) maintained by the Government before 1995. (3) Sayaji Rao Gaikwad C. The suicides are restricted to farmers in the so (4) Pattabhi Sitaramaiah called “BIMARU” belt. 177. According to the WTO, the US is the largest exporter D. NSSO surveys reveal that institutional credit is of commercial services. What is India’s rank? still not available to many poor farmers. (1) 10 (2) 11 E. Farmers in many cases have been the victims of (3) 12 (4) 12 highly capital intensive agricultural technology and a global crash in product prices. 178. ABG Shipyard, India’s largest private sector shipyard, (1) Only C (2) B and C is located at (3) A and C (4) A, B and C (1) Mandvi (2) Dahej (3) Mundra (4) Navibandar 184. Which of the following is not a traditional method of reducing non-performing assets (NPAs) in banks in 179. “An Investment called India” is the punch-line of India? (1) BSE (2) NSE (1) Write-off (3) NCDEX (4) MCX (2) One-time settlement 180. After the controversy over genetically modified cot- (3) Upgradation ton, it is now the turn of genetically modified rice. (4) Auction of NPAs Which of the following statement(s) is / are true of 185. Which of the following statements is in harmony with rice production and genetic engineering? management guru C.K. Prahalad’s approach of “There A. India ranks second in the world after China in rice is a fortune at the bottom of the pyramid”? and basmati rice production. A. The rural poor are a liability in a consumer economy B. The and the Indian Council because they have no income. of Agricultural Research (ICAR) have allowed B. The poor are the untapped potential of the con- transgenic research on long grained scented rice sumer market. varities. C. It is better to concentrate on the lucrative urban C. The Consultative Group on International Agricul- market rather than on increasing numbers of low- tural Research (CGIAR) is developing staple food income consumers. crops rich in micronutrients under Harvest Plus (1) Only B (2) A and C Programme. (3) A and B (4) B and C

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186. Milk production in India has risen to over 5 million 191. Which of the following is not a subsidy? tonnes currently from 17 million tonnes in 1950-1951 (1) Concessional power to farmers. primarily due to “Operation Flood” launched in (2) Purchase of foodgrains at an assured price. (1) 1970 (2) 1991 (3) Concessional credit to small-scale industries. (3) 1996 (4) 1967 (4) Tax concessions for medical insurance. 187. The WTO Ministerial conference was held at Hong 192. There is an increasing focus on the functioning of the Kong in December 2005. The outcome of the meeting 196 Regional Rural Banks in the country. Which of was described by the Secretary-General Pascal Lamy the following is the latest measure being adopted by as “Cancun and Seattle had left WTO sinking while RRBs? Hong Kong set it thinking”. Which of the following (1) Increasing non-target group financing statements about the WTO and the outcome of the (2) Lending beyond service area conference is true? (3) Opening extension counters (1) Saudi Arabia, Tonga and Russia are the three lat- (4) Merging with sponsor banks est members of WTO. 193. Which of the following statements is not true of the (2) All forms of farm export subsidies are to be com- Green Revolution and its impact in the country? pletely eliminated by 2010. (1) It was a seed-fertilizer package. (3) The very poorest countries can export 100 % of (2) The initial phase of the Green Revolution covered their products to developed and developing coun- wheat, maize, rice and bajra. tries, duty free and quota free. (3) It did not lead to an increase in production of puls- (4) The developing countries have agreed to reduce im- es. port tariffs on industrial goods under Non-Agricul- (4) Spectacular increase in foodgrain production was tural Market Access. observed mostly in Punjab, Haryana, and western 188. Which of the following statements is not true of Uttar Pradesh. the main purpose of the Public Distribution System 194. What is the share of the dairy sector in the 21 per cent (PDS)? GDP contributed by the farm sector? (1) The main focus of PDS is not BPL families. (1) 5 % (2) 10 % (2) An instrument of price stabilization. (3) 20 % (4) 15 % (3) It is also a welfare programme for the poor. 195. Which sector was accorded top priority in the budget (4) It is a countervailing force against the market allocation of the 2007-08 Union Budget? mechanism. (1) Rural Development (2) Energy 189. Which of the following statements is not true of the (3) Social Services (4) Transport declining opportunities in the agricultural sector spe- 196. The cooperative movement evolved as a mechanism cially in the last decade? for pooling of meagre resources for common good. (1) The growth rate of employment in the agricultural Which of the following statements is/are true of the sector became negative in the 1990s. cooperative movement in the country? (2) The economic growth in the 1990s may have been A. Liberalisation and Globalisation are compatible growth without employment. with the spirit of the cooperative movement. (3) The service sector has grown at the expense of the B. The National Policy on Cooperatives provides for agricultural sector. a full regulatory role for the government in the (4) The farm sector growth rate has matched the over- management and working of cooperatives. all GDP growth rate in recent times. C. Cooperatives provide the advantage of economies 190. Which of the following is not one of the aims of the of scale. Bharat Nirman project? (1) A and B (2) A, B and C (1) Telephone connections to unconnected villages. (3) Only C (4) Only A (2) Massive expansion in irrigation facilities. 197. The Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (3) Housing programme for the rural poor. [CIMAP] is located at (4) Building up world-class infrastructure in urban (1) Lucknow (2) Trivandrum areas. (3) Ghaziabad (4)

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198. In which of the following states will you find the un- 204. Which of the following statements is/are not true of the usual phenomena of the flowering of bamboo, once in recently enacted National Rural Employment Guarantee 40 years, linked with the threat of famine? Programme (NREGP)? (1) West Bengal (2) Assam A. It assures 100 days of employment to the rural and (3) Nagaland (4) Mizoram urban poor. 199. Who among the following economists (who talked of B. The programme is restricted to those who volun- intermediate technology) can be considered as Gan- teer for casual manual labour. dhian-friendly? C. The number of districts to be covered has been (1) Joseph Schumpter (2) John Galbraith increased from the original 150 to cover all the (3) E. F. Schumacher (4) Amartya Sen districts of the country. D. It is basically an asset creating public works pro- 200. The PURA programme is associated with gramme. (1) a comprehensive urban infrastructure pro- (1) A (2) B gramme. (3) B and D (4) D (2) a programme inspired by the Sampurna Kranti movement of Jayaprakash Narain. 205. Which of the following development models/strate- (3) total management solutions. gies is our country following at present? (4) providing urban amenities in rural areas. (1) Heavy industry model (2) State sponsored capitalism 201. Which of the following is the first micro-finance insti- (3) Fabian socialism tution in the country? (4) LPG model (1) Basix (2) Sewa (3) Ujjivan (4) Bandhan 206. The regulator for the three national level multi-com- modity exchanges [NCDEX, MCX and NMCEIL] is 202. To understand the phenomenon of endemic rural pov- the ­ erty in India, it is essential to understand our colonial (1) NSE past. There is now a renewed talk of the supposed ben- (2) SEBI efits of British colonial rule, which no less a person (3) OTCEI than Jawaharlal Nehru described as “outright plunder (4) FMC and pure loot”. In this context, which of the follow- ing statements is / are true of British colonial rule and 207. The 11th plan approach paper targets an average GDP poverty? growth rate of 8.5 per cent during the plan period. The A. The drain of wealth and capital from the country target for the farm sector growth is started after 1857, according to Dadabhai Naoroji. (1) 6.1 % (2) 5.3 % B. India had to export much more than she imported (3) 3.9 % (4) 4.8 % to meet the requirements of economic drain. 208. Which of the following statements is not true about C. One estimate of the annual drain in 1880 was 4.14 Ethanol and Government policy initiatives to promote % of the Indian national income. (1) A, B and C (2) Only C the bio-fuel? (3) A and C (4) A and B (1) The Ethanol blended programme [EBP] will com- mence from 1 November 2006. 203. Which of the following statements about the PURA (2) Ethanol gives 44 % more energy than Petrol. (Programme for Providing Urban Amenities in Rural (3) The world’s largest Ethanol–Petrol blender is Bra- Areas) and Vision 2020 programme of the President zil. APJ Abdul Kalam, is not true? (4) The Indian Sugar Manufacturers Association (1) The aim of PURA is economic development of vil- [ISMA] wants Ethanol price to be linked to global lages without population transfers to urban areas. crude. (2) PURA is a mission under Vision 2020 which pro- vides different connectivities to rural areas. 209. Which of the following is not part of Second Genera- (3) The country should target 360 million tonnes of tion economic reforms in India? food and agricultural production by 2020. (1) Labour sector reforms (4) A sustained growth rate of 7 % is needed for In- (2) Deregulation and delincensing dia to attain the status of a developed nation by (3) Fiscal discipline 2020. (4) Focus on infrastructure

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210. Geothermal Energy is the exploitation of heat energy (3) reduction of the value of a currency against other within 10 km of the earth’s upper crust. India’s most currencies or gold. promising geothermal site is in (4) depriving a note or coin of its value. (1) Bakreswar (2) Puga Valley 220. The World Development Report is an annual publica- (3) Luni river (4) Nilgiri Hills tion of the 211. The first Ministerial Conference of WTO was held in (1) United Nations Development Programme. 1996 at (2) International Bank for Reconstruction and Devel- (1) Doha (2) Singapore opment. (3) Seattle (4) Cancun (3) World Trade Organization. 212. From the coastline the Exclusive Economic Zone (4) International Monetary Fund. (EEZ) extends upto 221. Five year plans in India are finally approved by the (1) 12 nautical miles (1) Union Cabinet (2) 12 to 24 nautical miles (2) President on the advice of the Prime Minister (3) 200 nautical miles (3) Planning Commission (4) 500 nautical miles (4) National Development Council 213. The capital market is regulated by 222. What is the major objective of the Eleventh Five Year (1) SEBI (2) RBI Plan? (3) NSE (4) BSE (1) Eradication of Poverty 214. IRDA stands for (2) Self-Reliance (1) Integrated Rural Development Agency. (3) Faster Inclusive Growth (2) International Rural Development Authority. (4) Employment Generation (3) Insurance Regulatory Development Authority. 223. Which of the following is not a nationalized bank? (4) Insurance Regulatory Development Agency. (1) Vijaya Bank (2) Dena Bank 215. NCDEX (National Commodity and Derivative Ex- (3) Federal Bank (4) Corporation Bank change) is based at 224. Service tax is a/an (1) Thiruvananthapuram (1) indirect tax levied by the state government (2) Ahmedabad (2) direct tax levied by the central government (3) Hyderabad (3) direct tax levied by the state government (4) Bangalore (4) indirect tax levied by the central government 216. The Foreign Reserves of India consists of (1) gold held by RBI 225. The Finance Minister in the interim government of (2) special drawing rights with IMF 1946 was (3) foreign currency assets held by the RBI (1) Rajendra Prasad (2) C. Rajagopalachary (4) All the above (3) Vallabhbhai Patel (4) Liaqat Ali Khan 217. Which of the following banks was not in the list of 14 226. Which environmental conference declared June 5 as banks that were nationalized in July 1969? the World Environmental Day? (1) Bank of Baroda (2) Canara Bank (1) Nairobi Conference 1982 (3) Allahabad Bank (4) Andhra Bank (2) The Rio Summit 1992 (3) Kyoto Summit 1997 218. Which of the following organizations are better known (4) The Stockholm Conference 1972 as the ‘Bretton Woods twins’? (1) World Bank, IMF (2) WTO, ADB 227. Golden Revolution is associated with (3) IMF, WTO (4) BIS, World Bank (1) horticulture (2) milk production (3) pulses (4) oil seeds 219. Devaluation does not mean (1) fall in the value of a currency in relation to other 228. Which of the following is an infrastructure develop- currencies. ment programme? (2) fall in fixed exchange rate between one currency (1) PMRY (2) SGSY and other. (3) SGRY (4) NHDP

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229. The unemployment which is generated due to changes (3) capital account convertibility in market conditions is (change in demand and supply (4) insurance reforms conditions) called 238. Which of the following proposed taxes is still to be (1) seasonal unemployment grounded in the country? (2) disguised unemployment (1) Fringe Benefit Tax (3) structural unemployment (4) frictional unemployment (2) Tax on Goods and Services (3) Banking Cash Transaction Tax 230. In 2006, the CSO (Central Statistical Organization) (4) Value Added Tax changed the base year for calculating national income aggregates at constant price from 1993-94 to 239. A banking system that allows banks to act as invest- (1) 1999-2000 (2) 1997-98 ment banks and offer a wide range of financial ser- (3) 2001-2002 (4) 2003-2004 vices is termed as (1) inclusive banking (2) universal banking 231. The Bank with its registered office at Vadodara is. (3) exclusive banking (4) wholesale banking (1) ICICI Bank (2) Indusind Bank 240. A type of unemployment in which there is simply in- (3) Union Bank of India sufficient demand is (4) Dena Bank (1) frictional unemployment (2) classical unemployment 232. Which among the following is the first long-term in- (3) disguised unemployment dustrial financing institution to be setup in the coun- try? (4) keynesian unemployment (1) ICICI (2) IDBI 241. Which of the following is a private sector bank? (3) IFCI (4) IRBI (1) United Bank of India 233. The SS Tarapore Committee’s recommendations deal (2) Bank of Rajastan with (3) Punjab and Sind Bank (1) CRR (2) SLR (4) Dena Bank (3) PLR (4) CAC 242. M.S. Swaminathan heads the 234. The Sensex crossed its first 1,000 mark in (1) Economic Advisory Council (1) 1988 (2) 1990 (2) Indian Council of Agricultural Research (3) 1992 (4) 1994 (3) National Commission on Farmers (4) Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research 235. Consider the following financial institutions of India. 1. Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI). 243. Which of the following is not a micro-finance institu- 2. Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of tion? India (ICICI). (1) CRY (2) Spandana 3. Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI). (3) Basix (4) SEWA 4. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Devel- opment (NABARD). 244. The Sachar Committee recommendations deal with The correct chronological sequence of the establish- (1) infrastructure sector reforms. ment of these institutions is (2) reservations for OBCs (1) 4, 1, 2, 3 (2) 2, 3, 4, 1 (3) oil for food scandal (3) 1, 2, 3, 4 (4) 3, 4, 1, 2 (4) socio-economic status of Muslims 236. Economic Planning is an essential feature of 245. According to the Approach Paper of the Planning (1) mixed economy Commission for the 11th Five Year plan [2007-2012], 2) dual economy the overall GDP growth rate target is (3) socialistic economy (1) 9.5 % (2) 8.5 % (4) capitalistic economy (3) 8 % (4) 10 % 237. The Kelkar Committee recommendators deals with 246. According to the United Nations, the population of the (1) tax reforms world touched 6 billion mark in October 1999 from (2) banking reforms the 5 billion mark in

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(1) 1960 (2) 1974 (1) Fifth Plan [1974-79] (3) 1927 (4) 1987 (2) Fourth Plan [1969-74] (3) Sixth Plan [1978-83] 247. Which city is the biotechnology capital of India? [Out (4) Seventh Plan [1985-90] of the 340 biotech firms in the country, 137 are in this city]. 256. Which of the following is not a tax on commodities (1) Hyderabad (2) Pune and services? (3) Bangalore (4) Kochi (1) Wealth tax (2) Central excise duties (3) Service tax (4) Custom duties 248. Which of the following is a commodity exchange? (1) NSE (2) BSE 257. Which is the first bank to introduce the reverse mort- (3) OTCEI (4) NCDEX gage scheme for senior citizens under the name of 249. A closed economy Baghban? (1) does not allow freedom of press (1) Punjab National Bank (2) engages in no foreign and domestic trade or tran- (2) SBI sit (3) Bank of Baroda (3) engages in no foreign trade (4) Bank of Rajasthan (4) permits emigration but no immigration 258. “India’s International Bank” is the punchline of 250. Which of the following is not a rural development pro- (1) UCO Bank (2) Yes Bank gramme? (3) Bank of Baroda (4) Corporation Bank (1) PURA (2) JNURM (3) SJSRY (4) e-choupal 259. CRR stands for (1) capital reserve ratio 251. Which of the following is a regulator of the commodi- (2) cash reserve rate ties exchanges? (3) cash reserve ratio (1) SEBI (2) AMFI (4) capital reserve rate (3) FMC (4) NASSCOM 260. When the productive capacity is inadequate to create a 252. Which of the following is an organisation set up to try sufficient number of jobs, it is called defaults of large bank advances? (1) Ombudsman (1) disguised unemployment (2) Indian Banks Association (2) structural unemployment (3) Debt Recovery Tribunals (3) seasonal unemployment (4) Lok Adalats (4) frictional unemployment 253. Which of the following is not a source of union tax 261. Which of the following is not true of the landmark revenue? Kyoto Protocol? (1) Corporate Tax (1) The treaty expires in the year 2012. (2) Excise Duty (2) The Protocol was adopted on December 12, 1997, (3) Customs Duties at Kyoto, Japan. (4) Agricultural Income Tax (3) The Kyoto Protocol has been ratified by 140 coun- 254. Which statement is not true about the planning process tries including USA. in the country? (4) Russia ratified the treaty in 2004. (1) Planning derives some of its objectives from the 262. The 2008 was awarded to directive principles of the constitution. (1) Mohamad Yunus and Grameena Bank (2) One of the main inspirations for the Indian plan- (2) ning process was the Soviet Union. (3) Marthi Ahtisaari (3) The public sector and the private sector are viewed (4) and IPCC as antagonistic to each other. (4) The Prime Minister is the Chairman of the Plan- 263. Manufacturing contributes about ______per cent to ning Commission. the GDP of India. 255. Which plan period witnessed the unusual event of two (1) 55 % (2) 25 % plans launched by two successive governments? (3) 22 % (4) 17 %

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264. Which yields the maximum revenue to the Union (1) HDFC (2) HSBC Government? (3) PNB (4) BOB (1) Income Tax (2) Excise Duties 273. Which of the following statements about the 2008 G-8 (3) Customs (4) Corporation Tax summit is not true? 265. “AGMARK” is (1) The summit was held in the northern island of (1) a quality assurance stamp for commodities like Hokkaido in Japan. eggs, ghee honey etc (2) The G-8 renewed a commitment to double aid to (2) an apex institute, which gives loans to agricultural Africa to $25 billion by 2010. products. (3) The summit set a five year deadline to commit $60 (3) a co-operative for egg production billion to help fight disease in Africa. (4) a regulated agricultural market (4) The G-8 agreed unanimously to accord full mem- bership to India and China. 266. Which of the following statements about the fertiliser sector in the country is not true? 274. Chinese products have recently been consistently in (1) India is the third largest producer and consumer of the news globally for their (lack of) quality. Which fertilisers in the world. statement is not true in this context? (2) Entire Pottasic fertilisers are imported as there are (1) Milk and infant food products made in China were no indigenous sources. contaminated with melamine. (3) Fertiliser prices are determined by market forces. (2) The contaminated milk product was manufactured (4) The National Bio-fertiliser Development centre is by Seoul based Sanlu group. located at Ghaziabad. (3) The melamine contamination has damaged the repu- tation of mainland China’s dairy products. 267. According to India’s First Social Development Report, (4) Infants fed on this milk powder were diagnosed released in January 2006, which state has the least per- with kidney stones centage of below the poverty line population? (1) Haryana (2) Kerala 275. Which committee was appointed by the Union Gov- (3) Punjab (4) Andhra Pradesh ernment to recommend measures to make Mumbai a global financial hub? 268. Which of the following is not a characteristic of In- (1) Parekh Committee (2) Percy Mistry Committee dian agriculture? (3) Kelkar Committee (4) Malhotra Committee (1) Fragmented holdings 276. The Union Government and many state Governments (2) Low productivity are encouraging organic farming. Which statement is (3) Heterogenous cropping pattern not true about organic farming? (4) Capital Intensive (1) Agmark is the standard certification for organic 269. What is the base year in India for calculating the rate farming. of inflation? (2) It takes about 3 years for a “sick” soil to turn (1) 1993-94 (2) 1991-92 healthy (organic). (3) 1995-96 (4) 1997-98 (3) Organic food products have a good export market in Europe and USA. 270. Which five year plan declared “human development” (4) Mizoram is one of the first states to encourage or- as its “ultimate goal”? ganic farming. (1) Fifth Plan (2) Sixth Plan (3) Seventh Plan (4) Eighth Plan 277. Who is the first Union Finance Minister to present the budget three times in a row? 271. In September 2008, which nationalised bank launched (1) Morarji Desai a multi-crore brand repositioning exercise called (2) Yashwanth Sinha Navnirman? (3) (1) SBI (2) Canara Bank (4) P. Chidambaram (3) Bank of Baroda (4) Union Bank of India 278. Under the South Asian Free Trade Area [SAFTA] 272. Who of the following is one of the fund managers of agreement, which three SAARC countries are to bring the corpus of Employees’ Provident Fund Organiza- down their customs duties to 0–5 per cent by 1 January tion (EPFO)? 2009?

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(1) Bangladesh, Pakistan, India 287. In which year was the First Five Year Plan inaugu- (2) Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India rated? (3) Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal (1) 1947 (2) 1949 (4) India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka (3) 1951 (4) 1953 279. The Chairman of the Prime minister’s Economic Ad- 288. Which of the following is India’s largest private sector visory Council (PMEAC) is bank? (1) Suresh Tendulkar (2) Bimal Jalan (1) HDFC Bank (2) ICICI Bank (3) C. Rangarajan (4) (3) UTI Bank (4) IDBI Bank 280. NABARD was established in 289. What was the average growth of the Indian Economy (1) 1984 (2) 1981 since 1991? [Economic reforms were launched in (3) 1982 (4) 1983 1991] 281. Which of the following statements is not true about (1) 5 % (2) 8 % Cotton and G.M crops? (3) 6 % (4) 7 % (1) It would be fair to say that cotton which is known 290. Which of the following statements in the context of as white gold has become a white elephant to farm- the ongoing global financial crisis is not true? ers. (1) The Great Depression in the USA followed the (2) Gujarat Maharasthra and Andhra Pradesh are the stock market crash of 1929. top three producers of cotton in the country. (2) The Federal Reserve ensured that JP Morgan ac- (3) Boll worm is a major pest of cotton and G.M cot- quired the LTCM in 2008 as the fail- ton is specifically aimed at eradicating the pest. ure of any systemically large institution can have (4) At present genetically modified crops cultivated serious economic consequences. in India are restricted to cotton and paddy. (3) In October 2008 the IMF estimated the total bank 282. Octroi is a tax losses in the world at $1.4 trillion. (1) charged by the municipality or local body on (4) A recent book titled “Animal Spirits” says goods and commodities brought into a town. that monetary and fiscal stimulus will work if (2) payable by the inheritor on a property over a spec- there is a target for credit growth. In short this ified value when the owner dies. is an argument for administered credit in the (3) levied on certain goods produced and consumed USA. within the country. 291. Which of the following is not true of the impact of the (4) levied on goods imported into and exported from post-interim budget announced by the Finance Minis- the country. ter ? 283. Bank Rate is the rate at which (1) The relief’/concessions announced will cost the (1) a bank lends to another bank. Government over Rs 29000 crore. (2) banks lend to the government of India. (2) Cement is to became cheaper by Rs 2-3 per 50 kg. (3) the government of India lends to banks. (3) Extension of customs duty exemption on naptha a (4) the RBI lends to commercial banks crucial input will benefit nuclear power plants. 284. A country which neither exports nor imports is (4) increased income tax bill for companies with units called a in special economic zones. (1) mixed economy (2) socialist economy 292. NPAs in banking jargon, stand for (3) closed economy (4) capitalist economy (1) Non-Paying Assets 285. Which of the following banks has the highest number (2) Non-Performing Assets of branches in the world? (3) Non-Public Assets (1) SBI (2) HSBC (4) Non-Production Assets (3) (4) Stanchart 293. India signed the Kaladan multi-modal transit project 286. India’s first Free Trade Zone is in April 2008 to develop an alternative trade route to (1) NOIDA (2) Kandla (1) Afghanistan (2) Thailand (3) Santa Cruz (4) Falta (3) Myanmar (4) Bhutan

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294. The Government has extended tax benefits on ex- (4) The US Government in October 2008 agrees to port profits to companies in Special Economic Zones extend a two-year loan of $85 billion to America’s (SEZs) from 10 years to largest insurer by assets ING in exchange for a (1) 15 years (2) 18 years 79.9 % of equity. (3) 13 years (4) 20 years 298. Which of the following taxes is proposed to be intro- 295. Who among the following worked as the first Gover- duced in 2010? nor of Reserve Bank of India from 1st April 1935 to (1) FBT (2) BCTT 30 June 1937? (3) VAT (4) TGS (1) James Taylor (2) 299. Ensuring India’s energy security through non-conven- (3) CD (4) tional energy sources is one of the top priorities of the 296. The coexistence of inflation and stagnation is called Government. Which statement is not true in this con- (1) Stagflation (2) Reflation text? (3) Recession (4) Depression (1) India is ranked second in world with reference to the number of bio-gas installations. 297. Which of the following statements is not true? (2) The percentage share of nuclear power in the total (1) Barclays the third largest bank in Britain ac- power pie in India is about 9 to 10 %. quires the North American investment bank- (3) Small hydro projects contribute about 2180.84 mc ing and capital markets business of Lehman in India. Brothers. (4) Wind power farms contribute about 8757 MW in (2) Wells Fargo the only A A A rated financial institu- India. India is ranked at the 4th position in this tion in the USA acquires troubled banking major regard. Wachovia. (3) The German Government decides to guarantee all 300. The cap on FDI in the insurance sector currently is private German Bank accounts worth $776 billion (1) 51 % (2) 26 % to prevent panic withdrawals. (3) 49 % (4) 74 %

Answer KEYS 1. 4 2. 3 3. 3 4. 2 5. 4 6. 3 7. 4 8. 2 9. 2 10. 2 11. 2 12. 4 13. 2 14. 4 15. 2 16. 4 17. 2 18. 3 19. 4 20. 2 21. 1 22. 4 23. 2 24. 3 25. 4 26. 4 27. 1 28. 3 29. 1 30. 1 31. 3 32. 2 33. 2 34. 1 35. 4 36. 4 37. 4 38. 3 39. 2 40. 4 41. 4 42. 4 43. 2 44. 1 45. 1 46. 2 47. 4 48. 2 49. 1 50. 1 51. 4 52. 4 53. 2 54. 2 55. 3 56. 2 57. 2 58. 3 59. 4 60. 2 61. 3 62. 2 63. 3 64. 3 65. 3 66. 3 67. 2 68. 4 69. 4 70. 3 71. 3 72. 3 73. 4 74. 4 75. 2 76. 2 77. 3 78. 1 79. 4 80. 4 81. 2 82. 4 83. 2 84. 4 85. 3 86. 2 87. 4 88. 2 89. 4 90. 1 91. 4 92. 3 93. 4 94. 2 95. 4 96. 4 97. 2 98. 1 99. 3 100. 1 101. 1 102. 4 103. 2 104. 1 105. 2 106. 1 107. 4 108. 1 109. 2 110. 4 111. 1 112. 3 113. 2 114. 2

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115. 2 116. 3 117. 1 118. 2 119. 1 120. 2 121. 1 122. 4 123. 4 124. 1 125. 1 126. 4 127. 2 128. 4 129. 4 130. 3 131. 3 132. 3 133. 1 134. 1 135. 3 136. 3 137. 1 138. 2 139. 2 140. 4 141. 4 142. 2 143. 4 144. 4 145. 2 146. 1 147. 2 148. 3 149. 1 150. 2 151. 4 152. 3 153. 1 154. 1 155. 2 156. 1 157. 1 158. 1 159. 3 160. 2 161. 3 162. 2 163. 3 164. 4 165. 1 166. 4 167. 1 168. 3 169. 2 170. 3 171. 1 172. 1 173. 1 174. 4 175. 4 176. 1 177. 1 178. 1 179. 3 180. 2 181. 1 182. 3 183. 1 184. 4 185. 1 186. 1 187. 4 188. 1 189. 4 190. 4 191. 4 192. 4 193. 2 194. 1 195. 3 196. 3 197. 1 198. 4 199. 3 200. 4 201. 2 202. 1 203. 4 204. 1 205. 4 206. 4 207. 3 208. 2 209. 2 210. 2 211. 2 212. 3 213. 1 214. 3 215. 2 216. 4 217. 4 218. 1 219. 4 220. 2 221. 4 222. 3 223. 3 224. 4 225. 4 226. 4 227. 1 228. 4 229. 4 230. 1 231. 1 232. 3 233. 4 234. 2 235. 3 236. 3 237. 1 238. 2 239. 2 240. 4 241. 2 242. 3 243. 1 244. 4 245. 1 246. 4 247. 3 248. 4 249. 3 250. 2 251. 3 252. 3 253. 4 254. 3 255. 3 256. 1 257. 1 258. 3 259. 3 260. 2 261. 3 262. 3 263. 4 264. 4 265. 1 266. 3 267. 3 268. 4 269. 1 270. 4 271. 4 272. 2 273. 4 274. 2 275. 2 276. 1 277. 1 278. 2 279. 1 280. 3 281. 4 282. 1 283. 4 284. 3 285. 1 286. 2 287. 3 288. 2 289. 3 290. 2 291. 3 292. 2 293. 3 294. 4 295. 2 296. 1 297. 4 298. 4 299. 2 300. 2

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Directions for questions 1 to 300: Select the correct alter- 4. Who among the following was awarded the 2007 Gan- native from the given choices. dhi Peace Prize? 1. Which among the following countries is the largest (1) Shabana Azmi (2) producer of tea? (3) Kenneth Kaunda (4) (1) Sri Lanka (2) India 5. The Chairman of the Petroleum and Natural Gas De- (3) Vietnam (4) Bangladesh velopment Board is 2. How many countries have won the Football World (1) D Swarup (2) L Mansingh Cup since it began in 1930? (3) CS Rao (4) S Damodaran (1) Six (2) Seven 6. Good Day and Marie-Gold biscuit brands are associ- (3) Five (4) Eight ated with 3. Espoo, Finland is the headquarters of (1) ITC (2) Cadbury (1) NTT (2) Nokia (3) Godrej Foods (4) Britannia (3) Motorola (4) Samsung

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7. Roopa Vahini is the television network of 18. Which of the following is the largest continent by (1) Bangladesh (2) Nepal number of countries? (3) Thailand (4) Sri Lanka (1) Europe (2) Asia (3) Africa (4) North America 8. Who among the following is the co-founder of ? (1) Andy Bechtolsheim 19. The first woman to be honoured with the Jnanpith (2) Steve Ballmer Award was (3) Eric Schmidt (1) Indira Goswami (2) Ashapurna Devi. (4) Larry Page (3) (4) 9. Which three countries, have an international border 20. A device used for measuring the depth of the sea is with West Bengal? called (1) Bhutan, Bangladesh, China (1) manometer (2) fathometer (2) Bhutan, China, Myanmar (3) altimeter (4) hydrometer (3) Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar 21. Which of the following was called ‘Miracle Mineral’ (4) Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh by the ancient Greeks? 10. In January 2006, the world’s largest Islamic gathering (1) Asbestos (2) Coal was held at Tongi, in (3) Thorium (4) Silicon (1) Iran (2) Pakistan 22. Which is the largest gland in the human body? (3) Bangladesh (4) Indonesia (1) Thyroid (2) Pituitary 11. Suraksha, Super, Samrat are cement brands associated (3) Liver (4) Adrenal with 23. ‘Red’, an FM channel, has been launched by (1) ACC (2) Aditya Birla (1) Reliance (2) India Today (3) L & T (4) Gujarat Ambuja Cement (3) Star Media (4) Tata Group 12. The Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding is 24. Which of the following is the longest river, after located at Nile? (1) Dehradun (2) Coimbatore (1) Yangtze (2) Niger (3) Bangalore (4) Jorhat (3) Amur (4) Amazon 13. Karachi is located on the banks of the 25. Vinson Massif is the tallest mountain in (1) Sindhu (2) Ravi (1) Asia (2) South America (3) Jhelum (4) Sutlej (3) Arctic (4) Antarctica 14. ‘ipod’ is the product of 26. Which country is in the news for reporting the world’s (1) Apple computers. (2) Nokia highest inflation rate of more than 1000 per cent? (3) Motorola (4) Vodafone (1) Iraq (2) 15. According to its foundation year, which of the following (3) Afghanistan (4) Zimbabwe shipping corporation/shipyard is the oldest? 27. The author of “The Inheritance of Loss” is (1) Hooghly Dock and Port Engineers Ltd (HDPE), (1) V. S. Naipaul (2) Salman Rushdie. Kolkata (3) Kiran Desai (4) (2) Hindustan Shipyard Ltd (HSL), Visakhapatnam (3) Cochin Shipyard (CSL), Cochin 28. Which of the following PSUs is not a Navratna? (4) Shipping Corporation of India, Mumbai (1) BSNL (2) BPCL (3) HPCL (4) MTNL 16. The Basel norms deal with (1) capital adequacy in banks 29. Which of the following stock exchanges is the oldest? (2) corporate governance (1) OTCEI (2) NCDEX (3) money laundering (3) NSE (4) BSE (4) disposal of hazardous wastes 30. Which brand owned by Maruti has the punch- 17. Rabat is the capital of line, ‘let’s go’? (1) Algeria (2) Morocco (1) Esteem (2) WagonR (3) Sudan (4) Libya (3) Zen (4) Alto

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31. The 8th World Meet was held in August 2007 at (1) Bimal Roy (1) Port Louis (2) Durban (2) V Shantaram (3) Paramaribo (4) New York (3) Guru Dutt (4) 32. Which day is celebrated as the United Nations Day? (1) 2nd October (2) 24th October 44. In which of the following years did India launch its (3) 9th August (4) 6th August National Family Planning Programme? (1) 1947 (2) 1951 33. Where is the headquarters of the lo- (3) 1952 (4) 1950 cated? (1) Rome (2) Paris 45. The Kalpakkam Atomic Power Plant is located in (3) London (4) Brussels (1) Kerala (2) Tamil Nadu (3) Pondicherry (4) Karnataka 34. The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki- Moon, is a former foreign minister of 46. Vladivostok, an ice-free port, is located in (1) South Korea (2) Singapore (1) China (2) Russia (3) Japan (4) Myanmar (3) Norway (4) Sweden 35. Which of the following countries does not have the 47. The Nedumbassery Airport is located in ‘Lion’ as its national emblem? (1) Bangalore (1) Sierra Leone (2) Sri Lanka (2) Kochi (3) Norway (4) Italy (3) Thiruvananthapuram 36. Which state is the micro-finance hub of the country? (4) Coimbatore (1) Kerala (2) Andhra Pradesh 48. Land of the White Elephants is the sobriquet of (3) Karnataka (4) Maharashtra (1) Sri Lanka (2) Myanmar 37. According to the Netherlands Environmental Assess- (3) Thailand (4) Bangladesh ment Agency, which of the following countries recent- 49. Who among the following is the writer of the magnum ly overtook the U.S. as the world’s biggest polluter in opus, ‘The Wonder That Was India’? terms of CO2 emission levels? (1) (2) A. L. Basham (1) India (2) Japan (3) Romila Thapar (4) Percival Spear (3) China (4) Russia 50. Which of the following was the first state to imple- 38. The Bering Strait links ment VAT and in which year? (1) USA and Russia (2) Canada and Denmark (1) West Bengal, 2002 (2) Haryana, 2003 (3) Canada and Russia (4) Russia and Denmark (3) Punjab, 2003 (4) Goa, 2002 39. The chairman of the newly-formed Pension Fund 51. The 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments stipu- Regulatory Development Authority RDI (PFRDA) is late that ____ subjects should be transferred by the (1) C. S. Rao (2) L. Mansingh states to local bodies. (3) M. Damodaran (4) D. Swarup (1) 19 (2) 29 40. The 14th SAARC Summit was held in 2007 in (3) 15 (4) 12 (1) Bangladesh (2) Pakistan 52. Taekwondo, a martial art form, is associated with (3) Nepal (4) India (1) China 41. Which country is the world’s third largest by area? (2) Japan (1) USA (2) Canada (3) South Korea (3) China (4) Brazil (4) Thailand 42. Which of the following tanks has been re-christened 53. The headquarters of HSBC is located at by the Indian Army as Bhishma? (1) London (2) Hong Kong (1) T-55 (2) T-90 (3) Shanghai (4) Detroit (3) T-72 (4) T-76 54. The Group of Seven (G-7) was enlarged to G-8 with the 43. Who directed the Hindi classic Pyaasa, which has entry of Russia as a full fledged member in the year been included in the global list of 100 all-time great (1) 1991 (2) 1998 films by Time magazine? (3) 1993 (4) 1995

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55. is a well-known non-governmen- 66. The Indian Civil Service was introduced during the tal organisation in the field of sanitation. The founder reign of of Sulabh International is (1) Lord Bentinck (2) Lord Hastings (1) . (3) Lord Cornwallis (4) Lord Canning (2) Bindeshwari Pathak. 67. Which of the following days is observed as the Inter- (3) national Day of Non-violence? (4) (1) November 14 (2) October 2 56. Article 21(1) of the Indian Constitution guarantees (3) January 30 (4) October 24 (1) right to religious belief 68. Manufacturing contributes about ______per cent to (2) freedom of press the GDP of India. (3) freedom of assembly (1) 55 % (2) 25 % (4) right to free and compulsory primary education (3) 22 % (4) 17 % 57. Kyat is the currency of 69. is associated with (1) Singapore (2) Myanmar (1) badminton (2) cricket (3) South Korea (4) Bhutan (3) archery (4) shooting 58. Suva is the Capital of 70. According to the Planning Commission which state (1) Benin (2) El Salvador has the maximum percentage of BPL population? (3) Congo (4) Fiji (1) Orissa (2) Jharkhand 59. The Advaita School of Philosophy was propounded (3) Chhattisgarh (4) Bihar by 71. Which of the following programmes was conceived (1) Vidura (2) Chanakya by the former President Abdul Kalam? (3) Adi Sankara (4) Charvaka (1) NREGP (2) NHDP 60. Where is the Forest Research Institute located? (3) PURA (4) JNURM (1) Dehra Dun (2) Raipur 72. Which of the following is not a rural development pro- (3) Lucknow (4) Jhansi gramme? 61. In which year did India adopt the Saka Calendar as the (1) JNURM (2) NREGP official National Calendar? (3) PURA (4) SJSY (1) 1947 (2) 1950 73. Which of the following Navaratnas in May 2008 was (3) 1954 (4) 1957 not permitted by the Union Government to raise Rs 62. Who issued the famous call ‘Dilli Chalo’? 6000 crore through an IPO? (1) Subhash Chandra Bose (1) BHEL (2) NTPC (2) Mahatma Gandhi (3) ONGC (4) REC (3) Lala Lajpat Rai 74. Who was honoured with France’s highest award—the (4) Bal Gangadhar Tilak Officer of Legion of Honour, awarded in July 2008? 63. Moonlight is caused by (1) (2) (1) nuclear fission on Moon’s surface (3) (4) (2) reflected sunlight 75. Which of the following is not true of Baba Amte? (3) nuclear fusion on Moon’s surface (1) Gandhiji described him as “Abhay Sadhak”. (4) burning gases on the Moon (2) ‘Anandavan’ was the symbol of his selfless ser- 64. In which year did receive the Noble vice to social outcasts. Prize for Peace? (3) He was awarded the prestigious (1) 1974 (2) 1977 for religion. (3) 1979 (4) 1983 (4) He supported the and launched a movement for Total Revolution In the 65. Murrah, Nili, Surti, Nagpuri are all different breeds 1970’s. of (1) buffaloes (2) cattles 76. Almaty which has the world’s second largest oil well (3) goats (4) sheep is the commercial capital of

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(1) Kazakhstan (2) Kyrgyzstan (3) Averaging a 7 % growth for the past three years. (3) Uzbekistan (4) Turkmenistan (4) Abundant human capital. 77. About 85 per cent of the raw silk produced in India 88. India’s longest National Waterway (NW-I) of Allaha- comes from bad-Haldia stretches to about (1) Karnataka (2) Madhya Pradesh (1) 2200 km (2) 2020 km (3) Maharastra (4) Andhra Pradesh (3) 1620 km (4) 1350 km 78. Which of the following states of India was once named 89. Which among the following states has the lowest as Kamrupa? birth rate? (1) Kerala (2) Assam (1) Goa (2) Kerala (3) Jammu & Kashmir (4) Orissa (3) Karnataka (4) Andhra Pradesh 79. “” is associated with 90. Which of the following are the causes of economic (1) Soil conservation insecurity? (2) Water conservation (1) poverty (3) Conservation of mineral resources (2) unemployment (4) Conservation of forests (3) fall in real wages (4) All the above 80. India’s first genetically modified (GM) variety of veg- etable relates to 91. The National Institute of Agricultural Marketing is lo- (1) Tomato (2) Brinjal cated at (3) Cabbage (4) Potato (1) Nagpur (2) Jaipur (3) Ludhiana (4) Hissar 81. India’s position in the world in production of Rice is (1) Fourth (2) Second 92. The oldest institution in the field of Industrial finance (3) Third (4) First is (1) Reserve Bank 82. Which state is the largest producer of onions in In- (2) Industrial Development Bank of India dia? (3) Industrial Finance Corporation (1) Karnataka (4) Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of (2) Maharashtra India (3) Gujarat (4) Uttar Pradesh 93. Which of the following chemicals is used in creating artificial rains? 83. As per the State of Forest Report 2001, the total for- (1) Sodium thiosulphate est cover of India is _____ per cent of the geographic (2) Carbon monoxide area. (3) Silver bromide (1) 16.38 (2) 18.61 (4) Silver iodide (3) 20.55 (4) 25.50 94. General insurance in India was nationalised in the 84. The Kyoto Protocol will lapse in year (1) 2010 (2) 2015 (1) 1956 (2) 1969 (3) 2012 (4) 2020 (3) 1980 (4) 1973 85. The has been built across the river 95. The National Institute of Organic Farming is located (1) (2) Tapti in (3) Beas (4) Bhagirathi (1) Ghaziabad (2) Bangalore 86. International Human Rights Day is observed on? (3) Panthnagar (4) Ludhiana (1) March 8 (2) April 11 96. December 16 is observed as “Vijay Divas” by the In- (3) June 5 (4) December 10 dian Army to mark the 87. Which of the following is not true of the Indian econ- (1) Victory in the 1971 war omy? (2) Liberation of Hyderabad (1) Advanced developing country. (3) Victory in the Kargil war (2) Dominant service sector. (4) Liberation of Goa

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97. Asia’s first Rubber Dam was built in India in 2006, in 108. Who is the author of the book “Everybody Loves a the state of Good Drought”? (1) Rajasthan (2) Karnataka (1) P. Sainath (3) Uttaranchal (4) Andhra Pradesh (2) M.S. Swaminathan (3) Arun Shourie 98. Development of Fisheries is associated with the (4) M.J. Akbar (1) Blue Revolution (2) Green Revolution (3) White Revolution (4) Yellow Revolution 109. In 2007, the Union Government handed over the 4000 MW Ultra Mega Power Project to Reliance Energy. 99. Which crop has the highest irrigated area under culti- The project is located at Sasan in vation in India? (1) Rajasthan (2) Madhya Pradesh (1) Rice (2) Jowar (3) Gujarat (4) Karnataka (3) Bajra (4) Wheat 110. One of the worlds worst industrial disaster–the Bhopal 100. Earth Day is observed on Gas Tragedy, occurred at Union Carbide’s plant in (1) April 8 (2) April 22 (1) 1980 (2) 1982 (3) April 7 (4) June 5 (3) 1984 (4) 1986 101. Non-food or commercial crops in India are also known 111. The difference between total expenditure and rev- as enue receipts plus non-debt creating capital receipts is (1) Money crops called (2) Plantation crops (1) budget deficit (2) fiscal deficit (3) Oil seeds crops (3) revenue deficit (4) primary deficit (4) Cash crops 112. The founder of Pugwash is 102. The New Agricultural strategy called “Green Revolu- (1) . (2) M.S. Swaminathan. tion” was initiated in (3) Linus Pauling (4) Norman Borlaug (1) 1961 (2) 1951 (3) 1965 (4) 1969 113. What is the sex ratio in India as per census 2001? (1) 966 (2) 927 103. Which is the world’s fourth largest country by area? (3) 933 (4) 947 (1) USA (2) Brazil (3) Russia (4) China 114. The headquarters of is located at 104. Sunderlal Bahuguna, the noted social activist, is pri- (1) New York (2) Washington D. C. marily associated with (3) London (4) Brussels (1) Sarvodaya Movement (2) Chipko Andolan 115. The UNO is observing 2009 as the (3) Bonded Labour Liberation Front (1) International Year of Dolphins (4) Narmada Bachao Andolan (2) International Year of Deserts and Desertification (3) International Year of Languages 105. “Fourth Estate” refers to (4) International Year of Astronomy (1) Judiciary (2) Legislature (3) Executive (4) Press 116. Which of the following was the first DFI (Develop- ment Finance Institution) to be established in 1948, un- 106. “Mango showers” are der an Act of Parliament? (1) Pre-monsoon showers received in Punjab and (1) IFCI (2) ICICI Harayana (3) IDBI (4) SIDBI (2) Post-monsoon showers received by Kerala (3) Pre-monsoon showers received by Kerala and 117. “One Caste, One Religion, One God” was the inspir- coastal plains of Western India. ing message of (4) Post-monsoon showers received by Rajasthan (1) Mahatma Gandhi (2) Jawaharlal Nehru 107. Norman Borlaug is associated with (3) (1) Rainbow Revolution (4) Sri (2) Green Revolution (3) White Revolution 118. The Chairperson of the National Commission for the (4) Blue Revolution Protection of the Rights of Children is

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(1) Shanta Sinha (2) Sunita Narain 130. National Income in India is calculated by the (3) (4) Swami Agnivesh (1) Central Statistical Organization (2) Finance Commission 119. Which of the following is India’s highest civilian (3) Reserve Bank of India award? (1) Bharat Ratna (4) Indian Statistical Institute (2) 131. Which of the following states is a major producer of (3) uranium? (4) (1) Andhra Pradesh (2) Tamil Nadu 120. The ceiling for FDI in single brand retail ventures is (3) Kerala (4) Jharkhand (1) 49 % (2) 74 % 132. The basic aims and objectives of the constitution are (3) 51 % (4) 26 % discussed in 121. Which is the longest National Highway in India? (1) Chapter IV (1) NH 1 (2) NH 5 (2) Chapter III (3) NH 7 (4) NH 9 (3) The Preamble (4) The Fundamental Duties 122. What is the average per capita daily calorie intake to decide the poverty line in rural areas? 133. The first Lok Sabha, which was dissolved before the (1) 2400 calories (2) 2900 calories expiry of its normal term was the (3) 2100 calories (4) 2700 calories (1) ninth (2) fourth (3) sixth (4) fifth 123. The loan that is raised for a very short period of a few days or for a week is called 134. Which of the following is not an eye disease? (1) near money (2) call money (1) Astigmatism (2) Glaucoma (3) dear money (4) cheap money (3) Hypermetropia (4) Aneroxia 124. What was India’s position in the medal’s tally, at the 135. The Naina Devi Temple is located in Beijing Olympics? (1) Madhya Pradesh. (2) Rajasthan (1) 50th (2) 55th (3) Himachal Pradesh. (4) Uttarakhand (3) 60th (4) 65th 136. Chenchu is a tribal group, mainly located in 125. The target share of Indian trade in the world trade pie by (1) Madhya Pradesh. (2) Andhra Pradesh the end of 2009 is (3) Orissa (4) Karnataka (1) 1.5 % (2) 2.5 % 137. Which two rivers were interlinked for the first time in (3) 3.5 % (4) 0.5 % August 2005? 126. The Chairman of the National Disaster Management (1) Kosi-Ghagra (2) Ken-Betwa Authority (NDMA) is (3) Ken-Kosi (4) Ghagra-Betwa (1) Manmohan Singh. (2) Shivraj Patil 138. The Satpura range lies between (3) N. C. Vij (4) (1) Krishna-Godavari 127. Which state has the highest population density in the (2) Lani-Bani country? (3) Narmada-Sabarmati (1) Kerala (2) Bihar (4) Narmada-Tapti (3) Uttar Pradesh (4) West Bengal 139. India has the shortest international border with 128. A continuous rise in the general price-level is called (1) Afghanistan (2) Pakistan (1) deflation (2) stagflation (3) Nepal (4) Bhutan (3) inflation (4) recession 140. The unit of the astronomical distance is the 129. Which of the following is the second largest country in (1) light year the G-8 after the U.S. in terms of GDP? (2) kilometer (1) Germany (2) Russia (3) angstram (3) (4) Japan (4) nautical miles

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141. Hydrogen bomb is based on the principle of 152. Which of the following diseases is inheritable? (1) uncontrolled fusion reaction (1) CAD (2) colour blindness (2) controlled fusion reaction (3) anaemia (4) leukemia (3) uncontrolled fission reaction 153. Railways is part of the (4) controlled fission reaction (1) residual list (2) state list 142. Which of the following study deals with cultivation (3) union list (4) concurrent list of fruit-bearing plants, their specific requirements and 154. Who was the viceroy of India at the time of Jallian- protection from pests and diseases? wala Bagh massacre? (1) Olericulture (2) Pomology (1) Lord Irwin (3) Apiculture (4) Ichthyalogy (2) Lord Chelmsford 143. Pangolins are (3) Lord Hardinge (1) wild boars (2) toothless anteaters. (4) Lord Curzon (3) scaly anteaters (4) armadillos 155. Who was the political guru of Gandhiji? 144. Who has been named as NASSCOM’s Global Indian (1) Lala Lajpat Rai 2008? (2) Gopala Krishna Gokhale (1) Laxmi N Mittal (2) Anil Ambani (3) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (3) Mukesh Ambani (4) Ratan Tata (4) Dadabhai Naoroji 145. Which of the following sport/game was started before 156. Clear nights are cooler than cloudy nights because of the inaugural day of Olympics at Beijing on August 8, (1) isolation (2) radiation 2008? (3) condensation (4) conduction (1) Football (2) Hockey 157. The first synthetic fibre made by man was (3) Sailing (4) Fencing (1) terrycott (2) polyster 146. Who was the first king to have the image of Lord Bud- (3) nylon (4) rayon dha inscribed on his coins? 158. Which of the following elements is obtained from sea (1) Harshavardhana (2) Asoka weeds? (3) Kanishka (4) Samudragupta (1) Iodine (2) Sulphur 147. Which Mughal ruler banned music and dancing? (3) Argon (4) Vanadium (1) Babar (2) Jahangir 159. The term ‘tee’ is connected with (3) Humayun (4) Aurangazeb (1) golf (2) billiards 148. The first Muslim president of the Indian National Con- (3) bridge (4) polo gress was 160. The headquarters of South-East Central Railway is lo- (1) M.A. Jinnah (2) Ajmal Khan cated at (3) Abul Kalam Azad. (4) Badruddin Tyyabji (1) Hubli (2) Bilaspur 149. The maximum difference in the spacing of longitudes (3) Jabalpur (4) Jaipur is 161. Iran was formerly known as (1) at the arctic circle. (2) at the tropics (1) Persia (2) Mesopotamia (3) at the poles (4) at the equator (3) Siam (4) Formosa 150. The youngest mountain range in the world is 162. Yuan is the currency of (1) The Andes (1) Japan (2) Nepal (2) The Alps (3) Bhutan (4) China (3) The Great Dividing Range Mountains (4) The Himalayas 163. The first neutron reactor of India, Kamini is situated at 151. Who among the following was the constitutional advi- (1) Kalpakkam sor to the Constituent Assembly of India? (2) Trombay (1) B.N.Rao (2) K.M.Munshi (3) Narora (3) B.R.Ambedkar (4) M.K.Gandhi (4) Kota

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164. The oldest monarchy in the world is that of 176. Which amendment added Fundamental Duties to the (1) Nepal (2) U.K Indian Constitution? (3) Thailand (4) Japan (1) 40th (2) 42nd (3) 44th (4) 46th 165. What is Russia’s rank in the world in terms of area? (1) Sixth (2) Fourth 177. Which of the following is also called City of Joy? (3) Second (4) First (1) Mumbai (2) Chennai (3) Kolkata (4) New Delhi 166. The Capital of Georgia is (1) Kiev (2) Skopje 178. The Land of Maple Leaf is the nickname for (3) Tbilisi (4) Minsk (1) Mexico (2) Canada (3) Bulgaria (4) Belgium 167. Who among the following was not a member of the Interim Government of 1946? 179. In terms of area, which is the smallest state in India? (1) (1) Tripura (2) Manipur (2) C. H. Bhaba (3) Goa (4) Sikkim (3) Sardar Baldev Singh 180. National Sports Day is observed on (4) John Mathai (1) January 30 (2) February 28 168. Find the odd one out. (3) August 29 (4) October 24 (1) Rig Veda (2) Ayurveda 181. Which of the following is not a member of the (3) Dhanurveda (4) Gandharvaveda SAARC? (1) Afghanistan (2) China 169. Under whose presidency did the Indian National Con- (3) Maldives (4) Bhutan gress declare Poorna Swaraj as its objective in 1929? (1) Subhash Chandra Bose 182. The Indira Gandhi National Tribal University is being (2) Jawaharlal Nehru set up at Amarkantak in (3) Mahatma Gandhi (1) Jharkhand (2) Orissa (4) Motilal Nehru (3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Chhattisgarh 170. Galena is the chief ore of 183. ‘The Heart of India’ is the punch-line of (1) gold (2) lead (1) Andhra Pradesh (2) Maharashtra (3) mercury (4) nickle (3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Chhattisgarh 171. Which of the following countries shares the shortest 184. Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour, was boundary with India? first awarded in (1) Pakistan (2) Nepal (1) 1950 (2) 1951 (3) Bhutan (4) Afghanistan (3) 1953 (4) 1954 172. Lepchas are the original tribal inhabitants of 185. Accra is the Capital of (1) Manipur (2) Arunachal Pradesh (1) Gabon (2) Ghana (3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Sikkim (3) Chad (4) Niger 173. The Earth is at the maximum distance from the Sun 186. ‘Tamasha’ is a form of folk theatre in on (1) Rajasthan (2) Gujarat (1) December 22 (2) September 22 (3) Kerala (4) Maharashtra (3) January 3 (4) July 4 187. The Central Potato Research Institute is located at (1) Pune (2) Shimla 174. Which soil swells when wet and develops cracks when (3) Hyderabad (4) Ludhiana dry? (1) Black (2) Laterite 188. Which dynasty’s last monarch was Brihadratha? (3) Red (4) Alluvial (1) Kanva (2) Maurya (3) Sunga (4) Nanda 175. Tasmania is an island owned by (1) Tonga (2) Australia 189. Which state has the highest number of Lok Sabha con- (3) Fiji (4) New Zealand stituencies (80)?

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(1) Bihar 200. Which continent has the largest number of indepen- (2) Andhra Pradesh dent countries in the world? (3) Uttar Pradesh (1) Europe (2) Asia (4) Madhya Pradesh (3) North America (4) Africa 190. Which of the following ports is located on the East 201. Among the following, who has been the only woman Coast? finance minister of India? (1) New Mangalore (2) Paradeep (1) (3) Kandla (4) Kochi (2) Sucheta Kripalani (3) 191. Which of the following weather conditions is indicat- (4) Indira Gandhi ed by a sudden fall in barometer reading? (1) Hot and sunny weather 202. Which of the following dance forms was born in (2) Calm weather Andhra Pradesh? (3) Stormy weather (1) Kathakali (2) Kuchipudi (4) Cold and dry weather (3) Bharatanatyam (4) Odissi 192. Articles 36 to 51 in the Indian Constitution deal with 203. In India, June 29 is observed as (1) Fundamental Rights (1) Air Force Day (2) Fundamental Duties (2) National Post Day (3) Directive Principles of State Policy (3) National Statistical Day (4) Citizenship (4) National Technology Day 193. Which of the following countries does not have a state 204. What is India’s rank in the global production of veg- religion? etables? (1) Sri Lanka (2) India (1) First (2) Second (3) Bangladesh (4) Great Britain (3) Third (4) Fourth 194. Who among the following directed the film, ‘Bridge 205. The first non-Congress government at the Centre came on the River Kwai’? to power in (1) David Lean (1) 1977 (2) 1979 (2) Steven Spielberg (3) 1996 (4) 1998 (3) Francis Ford Coppola 206. The Baglihar Dam is located on the river (4) Clint Eastwood (1) Jhelum (2) Chenab 195. Who directed the 1953 classic, ‘Do Bigha Zamin’? (3) Ravi (4) Sutlej (1) V. Santharam (2) Mehboob Khan (3) Bimal Roy (4) Raj Kapoor 207. G. Sankara Kurup won the inaugural Jnanpith Award in 196. In 1961, the first summit of the Non-Aligned Move- (1) 1965 (2) 1966 ment (NAM) was held at (3) 1967 (4) 1968 (1) Cairo (2) Lusaka (3) New Delhi (4) Belgrade 208. KMT is a political party in (1) Japan (2) 197. Which of the following is the highest mountain peak (3) (4) Indonesia in India? (1) Kanchenjunga (2) Mount Everest 209. Minamata is a disease caused by (3) Nanga Parbat (4) K2 (1) mercury (2) coal (3) lead (4) uranium 198. The Subscriber Trunk Dialing (STD) service started in India in 210. The parent company of (ICL) (1) 1955 (2) 1960 is (3) 1965 (4) 1970 (1) Star Sports (2) ESPN 199. Who was the first recipient of the ‘Rajiv Gandhi Khel (3) Zee Sports (4) DD Sports Ratna’? 211. The first day of spring is celebrated as Navroj by the (1) P. T. Usha (2) (1) (2) Ahmediyas (3) (4) (3) Bohras (4) Tibetan Buddhists

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212. Which of the following is not true of the strategic 223. Karsanbhai Patel is associated with ‘Chicken’s Neck’? (1) National Dairy Development Board (1) It separates China from Bangladesh. (2) (2) It connects India with the Northeast. (3) Nirma (3) Arunachal Pradesh is a buffer state between China (4) Vadilal Foods and the Chicken’s Neck. (4) It separates Nepal from Bangladesh. 224. Which of the following dynasties built the Dilwara temples? 213. Which was the first state to introduce an Employment (1) Pushyabhuti (2) Tomar Guarantee Scheme (EGS) in 1973? (3) Solanki (4) Chalukya (1) Rajasthan (2) Maharashtra (3) Tamil Nadu (4) Karnataka 225. Which Indian state has the lowest density of popula- tion? 214. The National Tiger Conservation Authority has classi- (1) Sikkim (2) Manipur fied the Jim Corbett National Park as a safe tiger zone (3) Arunachal Pradesh (4) Nagaland with the highest tiger density. The park is located in (1) Uttarakhand (2) Uttar Pradesh 226. Which of the following countries has 11 time zones? (3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Jharkhand (1) Canada (2) Russia (3) USA (4) Australia 215. The Coco Island, near Andaman and Nicobar Islands, belongs to 227. Which of the following countries is a republic? (1) Sri Lanka (2) Bangladesh (1) USA (2) Australia (3) Myanmar (4) Indonesia (3) Canada (4) New Zealand 216. In April 2008, Cyclone Nargis devastated the Irrawad- 228. Brazil is the largest producer of coffee. Which country dy delta in is the largest consumer of coffee? (1) Bangladesh (2) Sri Lanka (1) China (2) Indonesia (3) Myanmar (4) Thailand (3) Germany (4) U.S.A 217. Mount Qomolangma is better known as 229. Deltiology is the collecting and study of (1) Mount Kailas (2) Mt. Everest (1) sea-shells (2) postcards (3) Dhaulagiri (4) Annapurna (3) dentures (4) stamps 218. Baichung Bhutia who withdrew from the Olympic 230. The 2012 Olympic Games will be held in Torch Relay in India to protest China’s policy on (1) Montreal (2) London. Tibet, is the captain of the Indian ______team. (3) (4) Chicago (1) hockey (2) football (3) archery (4) shooting 231. The Kailash Temple in Ellora was built by (1) Krishna I 219. Which country played host to the 2008 G-8 Summit? (2) Anantavarma Chodaganga (1) Italy (2) Russia (3) Rajasimha (3) Japan (4) Canada (4) Suryavarman II 220. Yellow Revolution is associated with production of 232. Who among the following built the Gateway of In- (1) oilseeds (2) fish dia? (3) eggs (4) wheat (1) George Wittet (2) 221. The Mysore Iron and Steel Works at Bhadrawati was (3) (4) Edwin Lutyens started by (1) J. R. D. Tata (2) Chidambaram Pillai 233. Dayana Mendoza has been crowned Miss Universe (3) M. Visweswarayya (4) C. P. Ramaswami Iyer 2008. She belongs to (1) Jamaica (2) Mexico 222. ‘The Bin Ladens’ is a book written by (3) Iceland (4) Venezuela (1) Rohan Gunaratna. (2) Tariq Ali 234. The Muslim League was founded in Dhaka in (3) Steve Coll (1) 1919 (2) 1906 (4) Peter Bergen (3) 1921 (4) 1935

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235. Which of the following is not a member of the Euro- 247. The headquarters of the International Red Cross soci- pean Union? ety is at (1) Latvia (2) Norway (1) New York (2) Paris (3) Malta (4) Cyprus (3) Manila (4) Geneva 236. A heavy dark grey mass of cloud of great vertical 248. The International Day against Drug Abuse is observed height which usually results in heavy showers of rain on or snow is termed as (1) June 14 (2) June 26 (1) cumulonimbus. (2) cirrus (3) July 1 (4) July 11 (3) cirrostratus (4) nimbostratus 249. Which country played host to the 15th SAARC Sum- 237. A line on a meteorological map joining places of equal mit? rainfall is termed as (1) Bangladesh (2) Maldives (1) isobar (2) isometric (3) Sri Lanka (4) Bhutan (3) isohyet (4) isotherm 250. India’s smallest state by population is 238. Which of the following is not considered part of the (1) Mizoram (2) Sikkim southern hemisphere supercontinent of Gondwanal- (3) Nagaland (4) Manipur and that was formed 200 million years ago? (1) Africa (2) India 251. The recent devastating floods in Bihar were caused by (3) South America (4) North America a breach in the upstream embankment on the River Kosi in 239. Which of the following is not a type of coal? (1) Bangladesh (2) Nepal (1) Lignite (2) Anthracite (3) Bhutan (4) China (3) Peat (4) Gneiss 252. Which of the following is Kerala’s first e-literate 240. Which of the following countries is not bigger than city? India by area? (1) Thiruvananthapuram (1) USA (2) China (2) Kochi (3) Brazil (4) Japan (3) Kozhikode 241. Which of the following mountains is the highest in Af- (4) Thrissur rica? 253. Parva Paryushan is the holy month of (1) Mont Blanc (2) Mt Elbrus (1) Buddhists (2) Parsis (3) Kilimanjaro (4) McKinley (3) Sikhs (4) Jains 242. In which year was the fought? 254. The 2008 Magsaysay Award in the Peace & Interna- (1) AD 1764 (2) AD 1761 tional Understanding category has been conferred on (3) AD 1757 (4) AD 1754 Ahmad Syaffi Maarif of 243. Vikram Era began from (1) Malaysia (2) Bangladesh (1) 58 BC (2) 78 BC (3) Saudi Arabia (4) Indonesia (3) 78 AD (4) 58 AD 255. The author of ‘The White Tiger’, which was awarded 244. Ashoka was influenced towards Buddhism mainly be- the 2008 Booker Prize, is cause of monk (1) Margaret Atwood (2) Yann Martel (1) Upagupta (2) Ajatasatru (3) Arvind Adiga (4) Peter Carey (3) Vasudeva (4) Ahvagosha 256. Grasslands in high plateaus of South Africa are termed 245. Which of the following river is west flowing? as (1) Bhagirathi (2) Mahanadi (1) Prairies (2) Pampas (3) Damodar (4) Narmada (3) Steppes (4) Veldts 246. Japan is commonly referred to as (1) Land of morning calm 257. The coniferous forest region covering most of North- (2) Little dragon ern Russia and Siberia is termed as (3) Land of rising sun (1) Tundra (2) Taiga (4) Land of Kimonos (3) Terai (4) Downs

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258. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a federation of (1) Pushpak seven independent states. The odd man out is (2) Babe (1) Abu Dhabi (2) Dubai (3) Maachis (3) Sharjah (4) Oman (4) Kathapurusan 259. The terms ‘socialist’, ‘secular’, and ‘integrity’ were add- 270. The largest gland of human body is ed to the Preamble of the Indian Constitution by the (1) Liver (2) Pituatory (1) 44th Amendment, 1979 (3) Pancreas (4) Spleen (2) 42nd Amendment, 1976 (3) 73rd Amendment, 1993 271. Bats can fly in dark because they are capable of taking (4) 52nd Amendment, 1985 the help of (1) Ultraviolet waves 260. Which of the following is the longest river, after (2) Microwave Nile? (3) Electromagnetic waves (1) Yangtze (2) Niger (4) Ultrasonic waves (3) Amur (4) Amazon 272. Who is considered responsible for the decline of the 261. Vinson Massif is the tallest mountain in Mughal Empire? (1) Asia (2) South America (1) Ibrahim Lodhi (3) Arctic (4) Antarctica (2) Jahangir 262. Which country is in the news for reporting the world’s (3) Bahadurshah Zafar highest inflation rate of more than a million percent? (4) Aurangzeb (1) Iraq (2) Nigeria 273. was founded by (3) Afghanistan (4) Zimbabwe (1) Swami Dayanand Saraswati 263. The author of “The Sea of Poppies” is (2) Swami Vivekananda (1) Amitav Ghosh (2) Salman Rushdie (3) M.G.Ranade (3) VS Naipaul (4) Kiran Desai (4) Raja 264. The largest tribe found in India is 274. The word “Adivasi” was first time used to refer the (1) Bhils (2) Gonds tribal people by (3) Munda (4) Santhal (1) Thakkar Bappa 265. The President of India who was also considered a great (2) Mahatma Gandhi philospher was (3) Jyotiba Phule (1) Dr Rajendra Prasad (4) B. R. Ambedkar (2) Dr Zakir Hussain 275. Which of the following fuels causes minimum envi- (3) Dr Radhakrishnan ronmental pollution? (4) Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (1) Diesel (2) Coal 266. Deficiency of Iron in the human body causes (3) Hydrogen (4) Kerosene (1) Goitre (2) Trachoma 276. Zero was invented by (3) Anaemia (4) Glaucoma (1) Egyptians (2) Persians 267. The controversial project is being (3) Mayans (4) Indians built on the river (1) Betwa (2) Tapti 277. The chemical used to artificially ripen fruits is (3) Sabarmathi (4) Narmada (1) Methane (2) Ethylene (3) CO2 (4) Formic acid 268. The word ‘MODVAT’ is associated with (1) medical science 278. Bauxite is an important ore of (2) judiciary (1) Copper (2) Zinc (3) banking (3) Iron (4) Aluminium (4) taxation 279. Who among the following suggested the winding up 269. Which of the following award winning films had no of the after India attained dialogues? Independence?

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(1) C. Rajagopalachari (2) Acharya Kriplani 290. Which Indian State which is virtually sandwiched be- (3) Mahatma Gandhi (4) Jayaprakash Narayan tween Bangladesh and Myanmar? (1) Tripura (2) Mizoram 280. India’s first power plant to generate electricity exclu- (3) Manipur (4) Meghalaya sively from vegetable waste is to be located in (1) Mumbai (2) Surat 291. One of the countries where a conditional cash transfer (3) Chennai (4) Kolkata scheme to fight poverty has been successfully imple- mented is 281. What is the EEZ in the sea around the Indian coast- (1) USA (2) Venezuela line? (1) Eastern Ecology Zone (3) Brazil (4) Mexico (2) Exclusive Economic Zone 292. ISRO recently launched the remote sensing satellite (3) Executive English Zone. RISAT-2, which was built in collaboration with (4) Easy Economic Zone (1) NASA (2) ESA 282. What is the principle constituent of the black‑sand de- (3) Israel (4) Japan posit in Kerala coast extending from Quilon to Kanya- 293. Which IT company is handling the IT event manage- kumari? ment systems for FIFA world cup-2010 in South Af- (1) Monazite (2) Zircon rica? (3) Rutile (4) Ilmenite (1) Infosys (2) TCS 283. Mitakshara is (3) Wipro (4) Satyam computers (1) A work of astronomy 294. Narmada Hydro-Electric Development Corporation is (2) A treatise on ancient Hindu law of inheritance a joint venture of NHPC and (3) An Agamic text (1) Gujarat (2) Maharashtra (4) A compendium of medicine (3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Rajasthan 284. Seasons on the Earth are caused due to 295. The country’s largest BPO firm, Genpact, is based in (1) The elliptical orbit of the earth. (1) Bangalore (2) Pune (2) Change in the speed of the earth’s revolution. (3) Gurgaon (4) Hyderabad (3) Inclination of the Earth on its axis of rotation. (4) Difference in the amount of energy received from 296. Artemisinin is a wonder drug to fight sun. (1) malaria (2) tuberculosis (3) cancer (4) SARS 285. To which country did the first UN Secretary‑General belong? 297. According to the State of World’s Cities report 2008- (1) Australia (2) Sweden 09, nearly ____ of the world’s population will be in (3) Burma (4) Norway urban areas in 20 years. (1) 30 % (2) 60 % 286. The term of office for a Judge of International Court (3) 40 % (4) 50 % of Justice is (1) 5 years (2) 6 years 298. NTT DocoMo the Japanese telecom giant has a 26 per (3) 9 years (4) 10 years cent stake in (1) Tata Teleservices (2) Reliance Communication 287. Ayurveda system of medicine, is said to be founded (3) Vodafone (4) Bhartiairtel by (1) Sage Atreya (2) Sage Agasthya 299. The annual budget under Member of Parliament Local (3) Sage Dhruva (4) Sage Bharatha Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) is (1) Rs 5 crore 288. Which mineral is called liquid gold? (2) Rs 2 crore (1) Mercury (2) Petroleum (3) Rs 1 crore (3) Aqua‑regia (4) Uranium (4) Rs 10 crore 289. The term “Greenhouse effect” was first coined by 300. Which is the odd man out? (1) D.B.Botkin (2) Hugo Devries (1) AICTE (2) PFRDA (3) J. Fourier (4) Fred Hoyle (3) NCTE (4) NCERT

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History

Directions for questions 1 to 75: Select the correct alter- 9. The founder of the Lingayat movement was native from the given choices. (1) Kamban (2) Sankaracharya (3) Ramanuja (4) Basavaraja 1. Who led the first sea voyage around the world? (1) Vasco Da Gama (2) Magellan 10. The total number of Buddhist councils held was (3) Marco Polo (4) Pizarro Francisco (1) three (2) four 2. The Allahabad Pillar inscription is associated with (3) one (4) two (1) Chandragupta Maurya 11. Akbar did not construct the (2) Mahapadma Nanda (1) Lahore Fort (2) Agra Fort (3) Samudragupta (3) Purana Qila (4) Allahabad Fort (4) Asoka 12. Who among the following viceroys ruled for the lon- 3. Between which of the following rivers was the ancient gest period? town of Takshasila located? (1) Lord Linlithgow (1) Ravi and Beas (2) Lord Willingdon (2) Jhelum and Beas (3) Lord Hardinge ΙΙ (3) Indus and Jhelum (4) Lord Curzon (4) Chenab and Ravi 13. Which of the following was the first newspaper pub- 4. The leader of the Bardoli (1928) was lished in India? (1) Vallabhbhai Patel (1) The Indian Gazette (2) Mahatma Gandhi (2) The Bengal Gazette (3) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (3) The Digadarshan (4) M.G.Ranade (4) The Calcutta Gazette 5. Who among the following repealed the Vernacular 14. When was the Non co-operation movement suspended Press Act? by Mahatma Gandhi? (1) Lord Curzon (2) Lord Hardinge (1) 1923 (2) 1920 (3) Lord Ripon (4) Lord Dufferin (3) 1921 (4) 1922 6. Which of the following was worshipped by the Har- 15. The Muslim League’s annual session of 1940 which rappan people? gave effect to Jinnah’s “Two Nation theory” was held (1) Peacock (2) Eagle in (3) Elephant (4) Humped Bull (1) Lucknow (2) Karachi 7. Name the founder of the Chalukyas of Badami? (3) Bombay (4) Lahore (1) Pulakesi–Ι (2) Kirtivarman–Ι 16. Who among the following organized the Ghadar Party (3) Vikramaditya–Ι (4) Vijayaditya in the USA? 8. Muhammad Ghori was defeated by Prithviraj Chau- (1) Raja Mahendra Pratap han in the battle of (2) V.D. Savarkar (1) Tarain–ΙΙ (2) Thaneswar (3) Lala Hardayal (3) Panipat (4) Tarain–Ι (4)

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17. The Finance Minister in the interim government of (1) Rishabha (2) Parswanath 1946 was (3) Mahavir (4) Ajitnath (1) Rajendra Prasad (2) C. Rajagopalachary 30. Which of the following pillar rock edicts mentions the (3) Vallabhbhai Patel (4) Liaqat Ali Khan exemption of Lumbini the birth place of the Buddha 18. Constantinople is the old name of from Land revenue? (1) Rome (2) Istanbul (1) Rummindei Pillar Inscription (3) Baghdad (4) Cairo (2) Kandahar Inscription (3) Bhabru Inscription 19. Which of the following is the earliest Veda? (4) 13th Rock Edict (1) Sama veda (2) Yajur veda (3) Atharva veda (4) Rig veda 31. The author of—“Siddhanta Siromani is (1) Datta Vishakha (2) Aryabhatta 20. The Lion Capital at Sarnath belongs to the (3) Vishnu Sharma (4) Bhaskaracharya (1) Gupta era (2) Mauryan era (3) Kushan era (4) Sunga era 32. Which of the following pairs relating to events in Shivaji’s life is mismatched? 21. Mahatma Gandhi established the Tolstoy Farm in 1910 (1) Birth-1627 in (2) Conquest of Torana-1646 (1) Russia (2) South Africa (3) First Attack on Surat-1664 (3) India (4) Britain (4) Death-1690 22. The sun temple at Modhera was built in 1027 AD by 33. Bhagath Singh, Sukhdev and Raj Guru were associ- (1) Vimala Shah ated with the (2) Anangpal (1) Muzzafarpur conspiracy case (3) Anantavarman Choda Ganga (2) Alipore conspiracy case (4) Bheemadeva Ι (3) case 23. Coal mining started in India in 1774 at Ranigunj, lo- (4) Lahore conspiracy case cated in 34. The visited India during the regime of (1) Orissa (2) Maharashtra (1) Lord Wellington (3) West Bengal (4) Andhra Pradesh (2) Lord Wavell 24. Sakya Muni refers to (3) Lord Mountbatten (1) Mahavira (2) Gautama Buddha (4) Lord Linlithgow (3) Vashishta (4) Vishwamitra 35. Who was the Information and Broadcasting Minister 25. The was formed in 1938 to in the Interim Government of 1946? propagate Indian values. The founder was (1) C. Rajagopalachari (1) Madan Mohan Malaviya (2) (2) Aruna Asaf Ali (3) V.D. Savarkar (4) K.M. Munshi (3) Vallabhbhai Patel (4) Jawaharalal Nehru 26. Vaishnava mystics and saints are called (1) Nayanars (2) Alvars 36. The movement in India which became popular during (3) Acharyas (4) Bauls the First World War was the (1) Swadeshi and boycott of foreign goods 27. The only President to serve for two terms was (2) Separatist movement (1) Rajendra Prasad (2) S. Radhakrishan (3) Home-Rule movement (3) V. V. Giri (4) N. Sanjeeva Reddy (4) Quit-India movement 28. The Maastricht Treaty resulted in the formation of the 37. Arthashastra is a book on (1) WTO (1) Statecraft (2) Economics (2) European Union (3) Origin of words (4) Astronomy (3) World Bank and IMF (4) United Nations 38. Which temple is located in the state of Assam? (1) Konarak (2) Khajuraho 29. Who among the following was the first of the (3) Kamakhya (4) Pasupathinath Tirthankaras?

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39. Jayasamhita is popularly known as (1) Lord Reading (1) Ramayana (2) Mahabharatha (2) Lord Hardinge (3) (4) Bhagavata (3) Lord Rippon (4) Lord Chelmsford 40. Who wrote the book—“Ayodhya 6th December 1992”? 50. The reign of eight Delhi Sultans was witnessed by (1) Arun Shourie (1) Amir Khusrau (2) Jaswanth Singh (2) Shams-I-Siraj (3) P.V. Narasimha Rao (3) Minhaj-us-Siraj (4) Chandrashekar (4) Ziauddin Barani 41. Trygve Lie was the first Secretary General of UNO. 51. Who among the following sent Ibn Batutah as his ‘en- He hailed from voy’ to Toghan Timur, the Chinese emperor, in AD (1) Sweden (2) Austria 1347? (3) Ghana (4) Norway (1) Alauddin Khalji (2) Muhammad bin-Tughlaq 42. The total number of Puranas are (3) Firuz Shah Tughlaq (1) twelve (2) sixteen (4) Ghiyasuddin Balban (3) eighteen (4) twenty two 52. In which ‘Upanishad’ does the idea of ‘transmigration 43. At which of the following places did Mahavira’s death of soul’ appear for the first time? take place? (1) Mundaka (1) Pava (2) Vaishali (2) Brihadaranyaka (3) Rajagriha (4) Kusinagara (3) Chandogya 44. When and by whom were Ashokan inscriptions and (4) Aitareya their Brahmi script deciphered for the first time? 53. The credit for integrating the Indian princely states (1) 1825 – Charles Met Calfe into the Indian Union goes to (2) 1837 – James Princep (1) Lord Mountbatten (3) 1837 – Charles Wilkins (2) Rajendra Prasad (4) 1810 – Harry Smith (3) Jawaharlal Nehru 45. Which Pala ruler founded the famous Vikramasila (4) Sardar Patel University for the Buddhists? 54. The first telegraph line introduced by Lord Dalhousie (1) Dharmapala in 1853 ran between (2) Devapala (1) Bombay and Thane (2) Bombay and Agra (3) Gopala (3) Calcutta and Agra (4) Kanpur and Calcutta (4) Mahipala 55. The Simla Peace Accord of 1972 was between India 46. The finest specimens of Pallava architecture is/are and (1) the Kailashnath temple of Ellora (1) Bangladesh (2) Pakistan (2) the temples of Tanjore (3) Chenai (4) Bhutan (3) the temples of Madurai (4) Rock temples at Mahabalipuram 56. The flowering of bamboo and a subsequent famine in the 1960’s led to an armed rebellion in 47. The first invasion of India by Sultan Mohammed (1) Nagaland (2) Mizoram Ghazni was in (3) Manipur (4) Tripura (1) 999 AD (2) 1000 AD (3) 1026 AD (4) 1027 AD 57. In which year was the partition of Bengal an- nounced? 48. Who among the following was one of the founders of (1) 1901 (2) 1905 the Theosophical Movement? (3) 1910 (4) 1911 (1) Annie Beasant (2) O A Hume (3) (4) Helena Blavatsky 58. Which dynasty’s last monarch was Brihadratha? (1) Kanva (2) Maurya 49. Who was the Viceroy of India when the Jallianwala (3) Sunga (4) Nanda Bagh Incident took place?

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59. The Battle of Buxar was fought in AD 1764 between 67. In which city is the world famous Brihadeswara Tem- the British and the ple located? (1) Nizam of Hyderabad (1) Tanjore (2) Marathas (2) Madurai (3) Nawab of Bengal (3) Puri (4) Maharajah of Patiala (4) Bhubaneswar 60. The Fourth Buddhist Council was held during the 68. Who gave the inspiring slogan of “Jai Hind”? reign of (1) Subash Chandra Bose (1) Ajatashatru (2) Asoka (2) Mahatma Gandhi (3) Kanishka (4) Samprati (3) Jawaharlal Nehru (4) Bal Gangadhar Tilak 61. Which Mughal emperor issued the Firman of 1717 to the East India Company to trade duty free? 69. A Jaina council was held in AD 6th century which (1) Bahadur Shah made a final collection of the Jaina scriptures and re- (2) Jahandar Shah duced them to writing. This council was held at (3) Farrukh Siyar (1) Valabhi (2) Rajagriha (4) Mohammad Shah (3) Kanauj (4) Dwaraka 62. India’s first communist party government was formed 70. The Rig Veda contains _____ hymns. in 1957 in (1) 1001 (2) 1027 (1) West Bengal (3) 1010 (4) 1116 (2) Kerala 71. The Tripitakas are the sacred texts of (3) Tripura (1) Judaism (2) Jainism (4) Andhra Pradesh (3) Buddhism (4) Bahaism 63. The founder of the Bharatiya Jana sangh which later 72. What is the collective name given to Siksha, Kalpa, evolved into the BJP was Vyakarana, Nirukta, Chhanda, and Jyotisha? (1) Deen Dayal Upadhyaya (1) Upavedas (2) Balraj Madhok (2) Darsanas (3) Shyam Prasad Mukherjee (3) Upanishads (4) Atal Behari Vajpayee (4) Vedangas 64. Which event is associated with the genocide of jews 73. India’s national song, ‘Vande Mataram’, was written in Europe? by (1) Crusades (1) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (2) Diaspora (2) Rabindranath Tagore (3) Holocaust (3) Lala Lajpat Rai (4) Inquisition (4) Vinobha Bhave 65. Which among the following new seven wonders of the 74. Which of the following is known as the ‘Adi Guru’ of world is in Rome? Carnatic music? (1) The ruins of Petra (1) Muthuswami Dikshitar (2) Statue of Christ the Redeemer (2) Thyagaraja (3) Ancient city of Chichen Itza (3) Purandardasa (4) The Colosseum (4) Shyama Shastri 66. Which of the following is not a former French 75. Who among the following was associated with the Ka- colony? kori Conspiracy? (1) Mahe (1) Ashfaqulla (2) Karaikal (2) Bagha Jatin (3) Yanam (3) Aurobindo Ghosh (4) Daman and Diu (4)

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