Model Test Paper 36 General Studies Paper I

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DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO TEST BOOKLET GENERAL STUDIES Paper-I B Time Allowed : Two Hours Maximum Marks : 200 ------INSTRUCTIONS 1. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE EXAMINATION YOU SHOULD CHECK THAT THE TEST BOOKLET DOES NOT HAVE ANY UNPRINTED OR TORN OR MISSING PAGES OR ITEMS, ETC, IF SO, GET IT REPLACED BY A COMPLETE TEST BOOKLET. 2. Please note that it is the candidate’s responsibility to encode and fill in the Roll Number and Test Booklet Series A, B, C or D carefully and without any omission or discrepancy at the appropriate place in the OMR Answer Sheet. Any omission/discrepancy will render the Answer Sheet liable for rejection. 3. You have to enter your Roll Number on the Test Booklet in the Box provided alongside . DO NOT write anything else on the Test Booklet. 4. This Test Booklet contains 100 items (questions). Each item comprises four responses (answers). You will select the response which you want to mark on the Answer Sheet. In case you feel that there is more than one correct response, mark the response which you consider the best. In any case, choose ONLY ONE response for each item. 5. You have to mark all your responses ONLY on the separate Answer Sheet provided. 6. All items carry equal marks. 7. Before you proceed to mark in the Answer Sheet the response to various items in the Test Booklet, you have to fill in some particulars in the Answer Sheet as per instructions sent to you with your Admission Certificate. 8. After you have completed filling in all your responses on the Answer Sheet and the examination has concluded, you should hand over to the invigilator only the Answer Sheet . You are permitted to take away with you the Test Booklet. 9. Sheets for rough work are appended in the Test Booklet at the end. 10. Penalty for wrong Answers : THERE WILL BE PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS MARKED BY A CANDIDATE IN THE OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTION PAPERS. (i) There are four alternatives for the answer to every question. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one-third of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty. (ii) If a candidate gives more than one answer, it will be treated as a wrong answer even if one of the given answers happens to be correct and there will be same penalty as above to that question. (iii) If a question is left blank, i.e., no answer is given by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.

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1. In 1907 Maharishii Karve established the ------(a) 1 only -- institution at Karve (b) 2 only

(a) Mahila Vidyalaya (c) Both 1 and 2

(b) Anath Balikashram (d) Neither 1 nor 2

(d) Samta Manch 1. The Aravalli range is the oldest fold mountain range in India 2. Family Planning programme was intensively 2. It lies in the state of Gujarat and Rajasthan implemented during which five year plan for controlling growth of population? (a) 1 only

(a) Third five year plan (b) 2 only

(b) Fourth five year plan (c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Sixth five year plan 8. Degradation of ----- in food is called putrefaction

3. Who assasinated Jackson, the collector of Nasik in 1909 A.D.? (a) Fats

(b) Proteins (a) Khudiram Bose (c) Carbohydrates (b) Anant Kanhere (d) Pectins (c) Prafulla Chaki 9. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar with his followers (d) Barindra Ghosh embraced the Buddhism at Deekshabhumi in

4. Who is the administrative head of the Panchayat Samiti? (a) Nagpur

(b) Mahad (a) Sarpanch (c) Nashik (b) Samiti Adhyaksh (d) Aurangabad (c) Block Development Officer 10. Who of the following created alliances with the (d) Chief Executive Officer Germans during World War I, was part of the Berlin Committee organising Indian students in 5. Modern Biotechnology works on ---- level Europe against the British, and explored actions by the Japanese at that time

(a) Colloidal (a) Rash Bihari Ghosh (b) Atom (b) Madam Bhikaji Cama (c) Molecule (c) Vinayak Sawarkar (d) Substance (d) Virendranath Chattopadhyaya 6. Which scheme was rejected by the Cabinet Mission Plan?

1. Partition of India 2. Creation of Pakistan

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11. In the context of India, which of the following (b) Worsens the nation's terms of trade but does not represent broad money supply? increases the volume of trade

(b) aggregate monetary resources (d) Usually improves the nation's terms of trade but reduces the volume of trade (c) narrow money supply (M1) + time deposits 17. Which of the following transaction is a debit in (d) M3 the current account?

12. Money is created whenever (a) The export of merchandise

(a) a bank accepts a deposit of outside money (b) The export of services

(b) a bank loans out money deposited with it (c) A gift to foreigners

(c) a depositer writes a cheque against a bank (d) A gift from foreigners account 18. Economic growth is associated with (d) a borrower spends money a bank has lent him

13. Who amongst the following is gainer from (a) a decline in the share of agricultural sector both inflation? in labour force and income

(b) a rise in the service sector's share in the labour (a) those who have loaned money (c) a rise in the share of manufacturing sector (b) those who have borrowed money more in income than in labour force

(d) any business that has undertaken to deliver 19. The cause of income inequality in India is goods or services in the future at fixed price

14. A low interest rate policy is known as (a) the difference in opportunities

(b) the law of inheritance (a) dear money policy (c) the system of private property (b) cheap money policy (d) all of the above (c) investment policy 20. "An under developed country is one in which (d) pokicy to curb speculative demand the per capita real income is low when compared with the per capita income of USA, Canada, 15. Fiscal deficit equals Australia and Western Europe" This definiton of UDC is given by

(a) the difference between revenue expenditure and current revenues (a) International Labour Organisation

(b) the difference between total government (b) World Bank expenditure and current revenues (c) Economic and Social Commission for Asia (c) the RBI credit to government (d) United Nation (d) the difference between capital expenditure and current revenues

16. The imposition of an import tarrif by a nation

(a) Usually improves the nation's terms of trade and increases the volume of trade

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21. Who of the following raised the design of the (c) Calcium carbonate Indian flag on 22 August 1907 at the International Socialist Conference in Stuttgart, Germany (d) Silve nitrate

27. Dr. Ambedkar decided to burn 'Manu Smriti' at (a) Sarojini Naidu

(b) Madanlal Dhingra (a) Mahad

(d) Subhash Bose (c) Pandharpur

22. "Futke Nashib" is the biography of (d) Satara

28. A protein molecule is made up of (a) B. G. Tilak

(b) Gopal Ganesh Agarkar (a) Lipid

(d) V. D. Savarkar (c) Carbohydrates

23. In India, the Alternating Current (A.C) changes (d) Nucleic acids its direction ----- times within one second 29. What are known as the power houses of the cells? (a) 10

(b) 50 (a) Lysosomes

(d) 100 (c) Mitochondia

24. Who wrote poetry under the pen name of (d) Vacuoles "Govindagraj"? 30. Which of the following is not an example of protozoa? (a) G. N. Dandekar

(b) V. V. Shirwadkar (a) Hydra

(d) A. R. Deshpande (c) Plasmodium

25. Who was the first editor of the newspaper (d) Euglena 'Kesari'? 31. The All India khilafat conference was held at

(a) Lokmanya Tilak (a) Delhi (b) Gopal Ganesh Agarkar (b) Calcutta (c) Balshastri Jambekar (c) Bombay (d) Dr. Bhau Daji Lad (d) Madras 26. What is used as catalyst in the manufacture of sulphur trioxide (SO 3)?

(a) Vanadium pentoxide

(b) Manganese dioxide

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32. Who founded the 'Bahishkrit Hitakarini Sabha'? (c) Methane and Ethanol

(d) Butane and Isobutane (a) Mahatma Phule 38. Who founded the ""Balhatya Pratibandhak (b) Maharishi Vitthal Ramaji Shinde Griha" at Pune

(c) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (a) Maharshi Dhondo Keshav Karve (d) Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj (b) Ramabai Ranade 33. In which year the "Chavdar Tale Satyagraha" was started in Mahad (c) Mahatma Jyotirao Phule

(d) Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar (a) 1923 A.D. 39. Which of the following statements are correct (b) 1925 A.D. about the Northeast Monsoon in India?

(c) 1926 A.D. 1. Northeast Monsoon season is the major period of rainfall activity over south peninsula (d) 1927 A.D. 2. It is more severe in the eastern half comprising of the meteorological subdivisions of Coastal 34. Which of the following newspaper was not Andhra Pradesh, Rayalaseema and Tamilnadu- started by Dr. Ambedkar? Pondicherry 3. The normal period of north east monsoon is November to January (a) Bahishkrit Bharat

(b) Janata Patra (a) 1 only

(d) Nava Jawan (c) 1 and 3

35. The meeting of a gram sabha should (d) 1, 2 and 3 compulsorily be held 40. The weight of an adult human brain is approximately (a) once a month

(b) once a year (a) 800-100 gram

(d) no such provision for number of meetings (c) 1500-1600 grams

36. How many members can be nominated by the (d) 400-500 grams Governor in Legislative Assembly? 41. Which of the following statements are correct about Hepatitis B? (a) 2 1. Hepatitis B is an infectious illness of the liver (b) 12 2. It is caused by HIV

(d) One twelfth of the total number of members (b) 2 only present in the Assembly (c) Both 1 and 2 37. LPG contains the chemical components (d) Neither 1 nor 2

(a) Methane and Butane

(b) Methane and Ethane

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42. Which of the following contains more (a) the principles of octaves proportion of calcium? (b) the atomic number of elements

(a) Pulses (c) the atomic mass of elements

(b) Vegetable oils (d) the presence of triods of elements

43. What is the reason for increased judicial (a) Carbon activism in india? (b) Carbohydrates

(a) The growth of population and courts (c) Nitrogen

(b) Public interest litigations (d) Hydrogen

(c) Globalization and liberalization 49. Who was the commander of a battalion 'Rani of Jhansi' in Azad Hind Sena (d) Corruption

44. Who has started the strike against the Court (a) Dr. Lakshmi Swaminathan decision in case of Lokmanya Tilak's imprisonment in June 1908? (b) Sarojini Naidu

(c) Shanti Ghosh (a) The workers of Bombay (d) Pritilata Waddedar (b) The workers of Poona 50. The 'Queen's Proclamation' was declared in (c) The workers of Satara

(d) The workers of Calcutta (a) November 1857

45. Which of the following statements are correct (b) November 1858 about the sessions of the Parliament? (c) Octobe 1905 1. Maximum gap between two sessions of parliament can be of six months (d) August 1947 2. The Indian Parliament conducts three sessions each year 51. In which one among the following is the speed of sound maximum?

(a) 1 only (a) Air at 0° C (b) 2 only (b) Air at l00° C (c) Both 1 and 2 (c) Water (d) Neither 1 nor 2 (d) Wood 46. Who was the founder of the city of Agra?

(a) Mohammad Tughlaq

(b) Alauddin Khilji

(d) Ibrahim Lodhi

47. The modern periodic table is bsed on

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52. Consider the following statements: (c) A is true but R is false

1. If magenta and yellow coloured circles intersect, (d) A is false but R is true the intersected area will have red colour. 2. If cyan and magenta coloured circles intersect, 56. Which one of the following types of waves are the intersected area will have blue colour. used in a night vision apparatus?

Which of the statements, given above Is/are correct? (a) Radio waves

(b) Microwaves (a) 1 only (c) Infra-red waves (b) 2 only (d) None of the above (c) Both 1 and 2 57. Given below are two statements, one labelled (d) Neither 1 nor 2 as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). 53. Consider the following statements: Assertion (A): Transformer is useful for stepping up or stepping down voltages. 1. A flute of smaller length produces waves of Reason (R): Transformer is a device used in D.C. lower frequency. circuits. 2. Sound travels in rocks in the form of longitudinal In the context of the above two statements, which elastic waves only. one of the following is correct?

Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

(a) 1 only (b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A (b) 2 only (c) A is true but R is false (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) A is false but R is true (d) Neither 1 nor 2 58. Domestic electrical wiring is basically a 54. Assertion (A): A jet aircraft moving at Mach Number equal to 1 travels faster at an altitude of 15 km than while moving at Mach Number equal (a) series connection to 1 near the sea level. Reason (R): The velocity of sound depends on the (b) parallel connection temperature of the surrounding medium. (c) combination of series and parallel connections

(a) Both A are R are true and R is the correct (d) series connection within each room and explanation of A parallel connection elsewhere

(b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct 59. Which one of the following is paramagnetic in explanation of A nature?

(c) A is true but R is false (a) Iron (d) A is false but R is true (b) Hydrogen 55. Assertion (A): Radio waves bend in a magnetic field. (c) Oxygen Reason (R): Radio waves are electromagnetic in nature. (d) Nitrogen

(a) Both A are R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

(b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A

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60. A fuse is used in mains electric supply as a 66. Zoji La pass connects safety device. Which one of the following statements about the fuse is correct? (a) Kashmir and Tibet

(a) It is connected in parallel with the main switch (b) Nepal and Tibet

(b) It is made mainly from silver alloys (c) Leh and Kargil

(d) It must have a very high resistance 67. Which of the following are the pure forms of carbon? 61. Sound waves do not travel through 1. Coal 2. Graphite (a) Solids 3. Diamond

(b) Liquids (a) 1 only (c) Gases (b) 3 only (d) Vaccum (c) 1 and 2 62. Who among the following Peshwa's was popularly known as Nanasaheb? (d) 1, 2 and 3

68. Who was the famous British writer of (a) Baji Rao "Himalayan Gazetteer"?

(b) Balaji Vishwanath (a) Edvin Atkinson (c) Balaji Baji Rao (b) P. Baron (d) Raghunath Rao (c) R. V. Vernede 63. Who is considered as the progenitor of Sitar? (d) Jim Corbett

(a) Baiju Bawara 69. Consider the following statements:

(b) Amir Khusro 1. The albedo of an object determines its visual brightness when viewed with reflected light. (c) Mian Tansen 2. The albedo of Mercury is much greater than the albedo of the Earth. (d) Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Which of the statements given above is/are 64. Which device is used in the evaluation of correct? multiple choice tests?

(a) 1 only (a) MICR (b) 2 only (b) OCMR (c) Both 1 and 2 (c) OMR (d) Neither 1 nor 2 (d) PCR 65. Which one of the following causes dropsy?

(a) Argemone maxicana

(b) Brassica oleracea

(d) Brassica campestris

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70. For India, China, the UK and the USA, which (a) Goverdhan M Tripathi one of the following is the correct sequence of the median age of their populations? (b) Munshi Premchand

(c) Fakirmohan Senapati (a) China < India < UK < USA (d) Bhartendu Harishchandra (b) India < China < USA< UK 76. Who was the first Indian to receive a Nobel (c) China < India < USA < UK prize

(d) India < China < UK < USA (a) Rabindranath Tagore 71. In order of their distances from the Sun, which of the following planets lie between Mars and (b) Hargovind Khurana Uranus? (c) C. V. Raman

(a) Earth and Jupiter (d) Ronald Ross

(b) Jupiter and Saturn 77. Who was the first surgeon to conduct heart transplant in India (c) Saturn and Earth

(d) Saturn and Neptune (a) Dr. R. Valiathan

72. Which of the following statements are correct? (b) Dr. Venugopal

1. Vinaya Patrika is a devotional poem containing (c) Dr. R. Kesavan Nair hymns to different Hindu deities especially to Lord Rama in extreme humility (d) Dr. P. K. K. Ayyyangar 2. It was written by Ramdas 78. Which one of the following was the first metal to be discovered by man? (a) 1 only

(b) 2 only (a) Copper

(d) Neither 1 nor 2 (c) Silver

73. Who appoints the members of the State Public (d) Gold Service Commission? 79. The name of Birbal Sahni is associated with

(a) President of India (a) Archaeology (b) Governor of the State (b) Mountaineering (c) Chief Minister of the State (c) Environment (d) Union public Service Commission (d) Paleobotany 74. Tehri dam is built on the confluence of 80. Who was the founder of Civil Aviation in India?

(a) Bhagirathi-Bhilangana (a) H. J. Bhabha (b) Bhilangana-Alaknanda (b) Vikram Sarabhai (c) Bhagirathi-Alaknanda (c) J. R. D. Tata (d) Bhilangana-Yamuna (d) Jamnalal Bajaj 75. Who wrote the play "Andher nagari chaupat raja"

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(a) 1 and 2 81. The chemical name of vitamin C is (b) 1 and 3

(a) Citric acid (c) 2 and 3

(b) Ascorbic acid (d) 2 and 4

(c) Tartaric acid 87. Which State had been given the status of "Associate State" before it was added to the first (d) Acetic acid schedule of the Constitution?

82. The largest flower in the world is that of (a) Jammu & Kashmir

(a) Giant cactus (b) Sikkim

(b) Lotus (c) Meghalaya

(d) Sun Flower 88. G-24 is a specialised body of

83. Which of the following Constitution Amendment Bill has amended provisions related (a) UNCTAD to appointment and transfer of judges to the higher judiciary? (b) IMF

(c) UNDP (a) The Constitution (117th Amendment) Bill (d) G-77 (b) The Constitution (118th Amendment) Bill 89. The Madura mission was started in the year (c) The Constitution (119th Amendment) Bill

(d) The Constitution (120th Amendment) Bill (a) 1602

84. Jogendra Nath Mandal is known as (b) 1804

(c) 1606 (a) a revolutionary activist (d) 1680 (b) a social reformer 90. The location of ISRO's Liquid Propulsion (c) an active member of Azad Hind Fauj Systems Centre (LPSC) in Tamil Nadu is

(d) one of the founding father of Pakistan (a) Erode 85. Which among the following decides the oil Prices in India? (b) Salem

(a) Government of India (c) Mahendragiri

(b) Ministry of Finance (d) Sankagiri

(d) Oil Companies (a) Pallavas 86. Which of the following types of treasury bills are issued by the Government of India through (b) Cholas auctions? (c) Cheras 1. 14-day 2. 91-day (d) Pandyas 3. 182-day 4. 365-day

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92. The normal lapse rate of the atmosphere is (c) The Supreme Court of India

(d) The election of the Vice President of India (a) 4o C for every 100 metres 98. Tablighi Jamaat was started by (b) 6.5o C for every 100 metres

(d) 1o C for every 111 metres (b) Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad

93. Which of the following statements are correct? (c) Maulana Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi

1. In pancreas, Insulin is secreted by Beta cells of (d) Muhammad Ilyas al-Kandhlawi islets of Langerhans 2. In pancreas, Glucagon is secreted by Alpha cells 99. The most important commercial forests of of islets of Langerhans India are

(a) 1 only (a) Tropical evergreen forests

(b) 2 only (b) Tropical semi-evergreen forests

(d) Neither 1 nor 2 (d) Coniferous forests

94. The molecular tool for genetic engineering is 100. Agricultural taxation in India is difficult becasue of

(a) Hormones (a) scattered nature of land holding (b) Enzymes (b) seasonality of production (c) Pheromones (c) the fact that agriculture is not taxed anywhere (d) Vectors in the world

95. Which average is affected most by the extreme (d) increasing overhead cost of tax collection and values? the lack of political will

(a) Mode

(b) Median

(d) Geometric mean

96. Forces always exist in pairs which was the result of

(a) Newton's first law

(b) Newton's second law

(d) Einstein's law

97. Article 124 of the Constitution deals with

(a) The powers of the Prime Minister

(b) The High Courts of India

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