8 1. Which of the following is a prominent

5. Find out the odd man Out migratory bird of the country?

(A) Sania Mirza

(B) Leander Paes

(C) Mahesh Bhupati

(A) Sparrow

(B) Peacock

JC) Hornbil

AD) Siberian Crane D) Jwala Gutta

2. Which of the cities shall earn the 6. Why is Jatinga famous for in addition distinction of being the first Asian city to host the summer Olympics twice (1964, 2020)?

to its scenic beauty and where is it located?

(A) A famous tourist destination, A) Seoul

(B) Bangkok

(C) Hongkong

Karbi Anglong

(B) Huge collection of old relics of past kingdoms, Dimapur D) Tokyo

CBirds drop into fires in the evening because of yet unknown reasons, Dima Hasao

3. Who among the following is known as the 'Birdman of India' ?

(A) Humayun Abdul Ali

(B) Biswamoy Biswas

(D) Huge collection of migratory birds during winter season, Arunachal Pradesh

E)Salim Ali 7. Which is the only habitat of lions in (D) A O Hume

India and in which state?

(A) Dachigam Wildlife Sanctuary, 4. The author of "No one writes to the

Jammu & Kashmir Colonel -a Nobel laureate died in the year 2014. Name the person

(A) Nadine Gordimer

(B) VS Naipal

(C) Pablo Neruda

(B) Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand

Gir National Park, Gujarat (D) Jaldapara National Park, West Bengal D) Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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8. Which of the following is not in 12. Which of the following sportspersons were among the first ones to win

gold medals for India and in which

discipline Commonwealth Games?

Assam?

(A) Laokhowa in the Glasgow

(B)

AC) Gibon

AD) Namadapha

Nameri (A) Harshavardhan Rathore, Prakash

Nanjappa; Shooting

(B) Jaspal Rana, Ayonika Paul; Athletics

9. Which of the following places is the )Abhinab Bindra, Apurvi Chandela ; Shooting site of rain forest in Assam and in

which district?

(D) Anjali V. Bhagawat, Annisha

(A) Sonai Rupai (Sonitpur) Sayyed; Decathlon

B) Joypur (Dibrugarh) 13. It is the 16th state of the Indian

Union, earlier a district of greater Assam which has celebrated the golden jubilee of its statehood in December, 2013. Name the state

(C)Sessa (Dibrugarh)

(D) Manas (Kokrajhar)

10. The Navaratnas were members of the (A) Mizoram

(B) Tripura

(C) Arunachal Pradesh

court of which emperor?

(A) Akbar

(B) Rajaraj Chola

C)Vikramaditya or Chandragupta l (D) Naranarayana

AD) Nagaland

14. Which two of the following newspapers have attained more than a century of existence so far?

11. Under which category would you classify these names (A) The Assam Tribune, Dainik Markandeya and Kalika

(A) Upanishad

(B) Vedas

Asom

(B) The Telegraph, The Hindustan

AC) The Tribune (Chandigarh),

AD) The Times of India, The Hindu

Times

Puranas Bombay Samachar

(D Sanghita

19. What landmark verdict the Indias

Supreme Court has passed in regard 15. Between whom and when was Shimla

Agreement signed?

(A) India, Bangladesh 1971

(B) India, Nepal, 1965

India, Pakistan, 1972 (D) India, Bhutan, 1982

to the 'transgenders' in 2014?

They have been recognised as

the 'third gender Supreme Court

by the

(B) They were accorded equal right by the Court

Transgender marriage was given

equal approval (C) 16. The number of districts in Assam

today are

(A) 23

(B) 25

C) 29

(D) Application for their legal rights were not recognised

20. Which of the following is an Indian desert?

(A) Gobi

(B) Sahara

) 27

17. How old is the historic Assam i Thar Accord ?

(D) Arizona (A) 28 Years (January 26, 1986)

21. Among the early Aryans the principal (B) 25 Years (August 15, 1986) C) 20 Years (May 31, 2004)

D) 29 Years (August 15, 1985)

18. Which North American Public leader

means ot earning a living was

(A) Trading

AB) Farming

(C) Manufacturing

(D) Hunting was a devout follower of Gandhiji's Principles of non-violence?

A) Martin Luther King Jr.

(B)Rosda Parks (C) Malcom X

22. The famous Persian Poet Amir Khusru lived in the court of

A) Ala-ud-din Khilji

B) Muhammad Tughlaq

(C)Kutub-ud-din Aibek (D) lItutmish

(D) Paul Robson

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23. The first Railway Line in India was 27. Which of the following is a landlocked cOuntry ?

(A) Sudan

(B)

(C)Bangladesh

D) Afghanistan

opened in the year

(A) 1833

B) 1853 Egypt

(C) 1863

(D) 1873

24. The capital of India was shifted from 28. Which state in India has borders with Calcutta to Delhi during the viceroyalty of

Lord Hardinge

BLord Minto

(C) Lord Curzon

(D) Lord Chelmsford

the largest number of other states?

A) Bihar

(B) Uttar Pradesh Stab (C) Rajasthan

(D) Madhya Pradesh

25. Who among the following from 29. What is the minimum strength ot a

Assam joined the famous Dandi State Legislative Assembly? March?

(A) Liladhar Baruah

(B) Nabin Chandra Bordoloi

(C) Tarunram Phukan

(D) Kuladhar Chaliha

(A) 40

B)60

C) 50

(D) 70

30. In which one of the following periods 26. The Assam Association was replaced

by the Provincial Congress Narasingha Rao was the Prime Minister of India?

Organisation in

(A) Nov. 1990-June 1991 (A) 1920

AB) June 1991 - May 1996 B1921

(C) 1922 C) May 1996 - June 1996

p) 1923 (D) June 1996- April 1997

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35. Dachigam Sanctuary is located in 31. In which century did the famous Chinese pilgrim ahien visit India ?

(A) Uttar Pradesh 4th Century A.D

(B) 5th Century A.D

(C) 6th Century A.D

(D) 7th Century A.D

B) Assam

(C)West Bengal

O) Kashmir

36. The difference between the Indian 32. The Phulaguri Uprising of the Standard Time and the Greenwich Phulaguri area in the Nowgong district took place in the year Mean time is

(A) -3h% hours

(B) +3% hours

(A) 1841

B) 1851

MC) 1861

(D) 1871 C)-5% hours

(D)+5h hours

33. Where are the famous Ajanta Caves 37. The water of which of the following located ? seas is most saline?

(A) Baltic sea

(B) Black sea

AMaharashtra (B) Madhya Pradesh

C)

(D) Uttar Pradesh Dead sea Red sea

38. Mahatma Gandhi Setu is built over

Bihar

34. Diego Garcia is an island in the Ocean-

(A) Pacilic

(B) Atlantic

C) Indian

(D) Arctic

the river

A) Ganga

(B) Godavari

(C) Cauvery

(D) Tapti

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39. Which of the following is Kharif crop? 43. The time-gap between two sessions of Parliament must not exceed

(A) Barley (A) 3 months

(B) Gram B) 6 months

Rice (C)9 months (D) Wheat (D) one year

40. Sherpas are 44. The first President of India who was elected unopposed was

(A) A hill tribe of Assam

(A) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan B)A tribe on the border of Tibet

B)N. Sanjiva Reddi (C) Aborigines of West Bengal

(C) V. V. Giri

(D) Natives of Nilgiri hills D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

41. Which one of the following 45. The inquiry Commission to probe Geographical surnames is NOT

Mr. Rajiv Gandhi's assassination was correct?

(A) Blue Mountains- Nilgiri Hills

B)

(C)

headed by

(A) Mr. Justice P. N. Bhagwati

B) Mr. Justice J. S. Verma City of Seven Hills- Rome

Cockpit of Europe - Belgium

Holy Land- Korea

L

(C) Mr. Justice Sarkaria

D) (D) Mr. Justice Vohra

42. Assam shares international border 46. Which one of the following bodies finalises the Five Year Plans Proposal ?

with-

(A) Bangladesh and Nepal

(B) Nepal and Bhutan

Bhutan and Bangladesh

(D) Nepal and China

A) Planning Commission

(B) Union Cabinet

(C) National Development Council

(D) Ministry of Planning

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47. Which one of the following is an 51. Which of the following Articles deals with Equality before law Equal protection of law?

extra-constitutional body?

A Planning Commission

(B) UPSC

(C) Election Commission

(D) Finance Commission

A) Article 13

(B) Article 14

(C) Article 15

(D) Article 16 48. Under which amendment were fundamental duties incorporated in the Constitution ? 52. The first speaker of Lok Sabha was

AA) 42nd

(B) 43rd

(C) 44th

(D) 39th

(A) Y. B. Chavan

B) G. V. Movalankar

(C) G. S. Dhillon

(D) Hukum Singh

49. The Mandal Commission was set up by the Janata Government in 53. Who among the following formed the

Swarajya Party in Assam? AA) 1979

(B) -1981

(C) 1983

(D) 19855

JA T. R. Phukan

(B) N. C. Bordoloi

(C) Hem Chandra Barua

(D) Dr. Bhubaneswar Barua

50. Who among the following was the 54. Ali-Aai-Ligang is an agri-based festival Father of Indian Unrest?

(A) B. C. Pal

(B) Lala Lajpat Rai

celebrated by the

(A) Khasis

B) Mising

(C) Nagas

(D) Garoes

CB. G. Tilak (D) Bhagat Singh

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55. Kuchipudi is a classical dance lorm 59. The Indian Satellite used for natural resources survey is called

(A) INSAT

(B) LANDSAT

of

(A) Kerala

AB) Orissa

JC)INDIAN Remote Sensing CAndhra Satellite (IRS)

(D) Karnataka (D) NOAA

56. Which one of the following dance 60. India's intermediate Range Ballistic forms, the Sangeet Natak Academy

Missile is known as do not confer classical status?

(A) Odissi

(B) Manipuri

(C) Kathakali

idA) Agni

(B) Prithibi

(C) Lakshya

(D) Nag D) Bhangra

61. Indian born scientist Subramanium 57. Onam is a festival of Chandrasekhar had won the Nobel

(A) Andhra

B Kerala

(C) Orissa

(D) Meghalaya

Prize for his work in the area of

(A) Nuclear Medicine

(B) Biochemistry

VACAstrophysics (D) Molecular Biology

58. The first Indian Satellite Aryabhatta was launched in

A) April 1970

(B) April 1973

April April 1975

(D) April 1977

62. The half per cent of one hundred is

(A) 50-0

(B) 5-0

VAC) 05

(D) 0-05

63. In a bag there are coins of 25 paisa, 67. Tropical Rain Forests are found in

areas having 10 paisa and 5 paisa in the ratio of 2:3 5. lf there are in all Rs 105/, the number of 5 paisa coins is A)Hot and humid climate

(B) Cool climate (A) 50

(C) Less than 70cm. of rainfall per (B) 200 year

(C) 400 (D) Moderate climate

AD) 500

68. Which state does celebrate the 64. If 34 * 6 170, 27 x 4 81 and 29 x 5 = 116 then 43 x 7 =? Horn Bill festival ?

(A) Meghalaya

(B)Mizoram

(A) 582

258

(C) 285

(D) 528

B)

Nagaland

(D) Arunachal Pradesh

65. If the ages of Ashok, Deepak and 69. The Head-quarter of United National Ramu are in the proportion of 3:5:6 and if the difference between the ages of Deepak and Ramu is 5 years, the age of Ashok is

Human Rights Commission is in

(A) New York

A) 15 years Geneva

C) Madrid (B) 20 years

(C) 25 years (D) Paris (D) 30 years

70. According to the 201l census which of the North Eastern States has the highest literacy rate? 66. In a coded message VHED stands for wife, the GNKCHMF stands for

(A) Tempest

(B) Husband Mizoram

(B) Meghalaya C)Holding C) Tripura (D) Hopeful

(D) Manipur

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71. Pongal is an important lestival o 75. The largest stretch of tropical

JA) Tamils

(B) Khasis

(C)Manipuris (D) Punjabis

rainforest in the world is found in

(A) North Australia

(B) New Guinea

(C) Congo Basin

AD) Amazon Basin

72. Me-Dum-Me-Phi" festival is 76. Where will be 2016 Olyrnpic Garmes celebrated annually on

(A) 31 December

AB) 31 January

(C) 31 August

(D) 31 July

held?

A) Rio-de-Janeiro

(B) Tokyo

(C) Sao Paulo

(D) Melbourne

73. In Assam Project Tiger is operational 77. Which was the first country to in

introduce VAT?

(A) Kaziranga A) England (B) Dibru-Saikhowa 5 France

C) Manas (C) USA

(D) Nameri (D) Japan

74. The ISRO Satellite centre is located 78. The Death Anniversary of Rajiv in

JA) Bangalore

(B) Ahmedabad

(C)Trivandrum

(D) Sriharikota

Gandhi is observed as

(A) Unity Day

(B) Solidarity Day

(C) Anti-poverty Day

DAnti-terrorism Day

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Which countries are going to

the 2018 and 2022 versione

FIFA respectively?

host of the

Cup 83. 79. Panidhing Birds Sanctuary is located

World Football, in which of the following districts ol Assam?

(A) Jorhat (A) South Korea, Japan

B) Golaghat (B) Canada, USA

C)Russia, Qatar

(D) None of these

AC) Sibasagar (D) Dhemaji

80. Fundamental Duties were appended of India

the

84. What is the total number of stat at

to

by recommendation of

the Constitution amendment

and union territories in India

present in this order ?

(A) 25, 9

(B) 21, 7

on

A Swaran Singh Committee

(B)

AC) K. C. Pant Committee (D) C. D. Deshmukh Committee

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Committee 29, 7

D) 28, 8

85. In the year 2014 India achieved a 81. The first session of the Indian National Congress was presided over by major success in a specitic area in the medical field. What is it?

(A) Eradication of HIV/AIDs A) W. C. Bonerjee

B) WHO declared India a polio free (B) B. R. Ambedkar

(C)J. L. Nehru

(D) Sardar Vallabbhai Patel

country

(C) Total eradication of maternal mortality rate

(D) None of these 82. Which of the following is NOT a centre of Nuclear Power Station? 86. In which year the first ever census was undertaken in the country? A) Kalpakkam A) 1851 JB) Narora

(C)

(D) Kundakulam

B) 1872 Tarapur

(C) 1901

(D) 1947

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87. Where does the Stilwell Road originate and end, passing through 90. What is strength of Judges in

which country (in this order)? Suprene Court of India?

A) Assam, China, Myanmar A) 15 Judges and the Chief Justice

of India

(B Assan, China, Bhutan (B) 20 Judges excluding the Chief

Justice

(C)Bhutan, Assam, Bangladesh (C) Chief Justice and upto 25 other Judges

DAssam. Myanmar, China D) None of these

88. Which of the following institutes was

91. On which date the Yandaboo treaty

was signed?

A)March 31st, 1830

B) February 24, 1826

(C)December 25, 1825

specially established fíor training Indian Administration Service officials and in which year?

(A) IAS Academy, Mount Abu (D) None of these (Rajasthan), 1958

92. Who among the following was (B) Indian Administrative Staff awarded the Golden Ball honours in the FIFA 2014 World Cup?

(A) Mario Gotze (Germany)

(B) Ronaldo (Portugal)

College, Delhi, 1960

Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie (Uttarakhand), 1959 AC) Lionel Messi (Argentina)

(D) None of these (D) None of the above

93. Two major events took place in the year 1757 and 1857 with far- reaching implications for the country. Name these events in the order of year mentioned.

89. How many hours before actual

poling, the election campaign has to

stop in our country?

(A) First battle of Panipath, Battle (A) 36 hours of Tarain

(B) Moamaria rebellion, Battle of 48 hours Saraighat

(C) 12 hours CBattle of Plassey, Sepoy' s mutiny

(D) 40 hours (D) None of these

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94. An Ox-Bow lake originates from which of the following sources? 98. SAARC has decided to declare

2006-2015 as AA) Volcanic Crater

(A) Anti-terrorism decade B) Sea

C)River B) Poverty Alleviation decade (D) None of these (C) Natural Disaster Alleviation

decade 95. In which year did the Indian Forest

(D) None of the above Service came into being? A) 1951

(B) 99. Who among the following had the 1975 distinction of being the First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India?

C)1966 (D) 1956

(A) Justice Meharchand Mahajan

(B) Justice M. Patanjali Shastry

Justice H. J. Kania

D) Justice B. K. Mukherjee

96. What is the current limit of Campaign expenditure for Lok Sabha and State Assembly seats in bigger state respectively?

(A) Rs 75 lakh, Rs 30 lakh

B) Rs 40 lakh, Rs 10 lakh

100.What do the items 17-A and 17-B in Rs 70 lakh, Rs 28 lakh

the Concurrent List of Indian Constitution contain?

(D) Rs 54 lakh, Rs 20 lakh

97. In the Khasi Hills British imperial (A) 17-A-National Parks, 17-BWild life sanctuaries penetration raised a great local

conflagration under the leadership of U. Teerut Singh in (B) 17-A-Reserved Forests, 17-B-

Bird Sanctuaries (A) 1827

(B) 1) 17-A-Forest, 17-B-Protection of 1829

wild animals C) 1831

(D) None of these (D) 1833

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