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2.

r

l

is the smallest particle of anelement

can exist independently

can retain chemical propertiesof the element

all of the above

Which of the following is not amethod of heat transfer between two

bodies?

a) Conduction

b) Convection

c) Absorption

d) Radiation

3. Land breeze and sea breeze are

caused by difference in rate of

cooling of the Earth and water. Markthe correct answer:

a) Sea breeze moves from sea to

land during night.

b) Sea breeze moves from sea to

land during day.

c) Land breeze moves from sea to

land during night.

d) None of the above.

4. Woollen clothes keep us warm

during winter, which of the followingfacts is incorrect?

a) Wool is a bad conductor ofheat.

b) Electro-static charge of fibresretains heat.

c) Wool keeps air trapped in itsfibres.

d) Wool resists escape of bodyheat to environment.

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6.

7.

8.

At what temperature do the Celsiusand Fahrenheit scales will read the

same?

a)

b)

c)

d)

-32 degree

32 degree

40 degree

Absolute zero

Pressure cooker helps us in cooking

food faster because

a) it raises the boiling point of

liquids. due to increase in

pressure.

it can conserve heat being

made of special metal.

it does not allow atmosphere to

cool down the food.

b)

c)

d) provides better medium of

conduction of heat to food.

Densities of water and ice are

a)

b)

c)

d)

Equal

Different

Can be equal or different

None of the above

An aircraft, which is heavier than air,

flies in air due to

a)

b)

c)

Buoyancy

Forward motion of the aircraft

Difference in pressure on the

upper and lower sides of the

d)

WIngs

Jet propulsion

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1. Atom

a)

b)

c)

d)

10. When a substance passes from solid

state to vapour state without passing

through liquid state, the phenomenon

is called

11. Corrected vision of human eye can

be achieved by prescription glasses

which use the principle of

12. Usually the outside rear view mirrors

of a motor vehicle are

a)

b)

Concave mirrors

Convex mirrors

c)

d)

Plane mirrors

Concavo convex mirrors

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16.

Vaccines are used to build immunity

to disease by

a) simulatinK disease in the body

to produce antibodies.

b) injecting antibodies in bloodstream.

c) enhancing immunity by a largedose of vitamins.

enhancing immunity by a large

dose of enzymes.

d)

Which fact about speed and velocityis incorrect?

a) Speed is the distance travelled

by a body in a particular time.

Speed must be in a particulardirection.

Velocity is the speed in a

particular direction.

Both speed and velocity

depend on distance and time.

b)

c)

d)

Bio-gas plant used for producing

domestic fuel produces

gas(es), which burn(s) without giving

any smoke.

a) Ethane

b) Methane

c) Octane

d) All of the above

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9. Rate of cooling of a body depends on

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13. Electric current flows in a conductor

a) Its size and the velocity of air due to

around it I a) Amperage

b) Difference III temperature b) Wattage

between the body and the c) Potential difference

surroundings d) None of these

c) Method of heat transfer

d) Is independent of the I 14.

temperature of surroundings

a) Vaporisation

b) Mutation

c) Condensation

d) Sublimation

a) Reflection

b) Refraction

c) Chromatic Aberration

d) None of these

17. A solar water heater cannot be used

to get hot water on

a) a sunny day

b) a cloudy day

c) a hot day

d) a windy day

18. Which of the following constitutes afood chain?

a) Grass, wheat and mango

b) Grass, goat and human

c) Goat, cow and elephant

d) Grass, fish and goat

19. At the time of a short circuit, thecurrent in the circuit

a) reduces substantially

b) does not change

c) increases heavily

d) varies continuously

20. Which of the following correctly

describes the magnetic field near a

long straight wire carrying current?

a) The field consists of straight

lines perpendicular to the wire.

b) The field consists of straight

lines parallel to the wire.

c) The field consists of radial

lines originating from the wire.

d) The field consists of concentriccircles centred on the wire.

Kidneys in human beings are part ofthe system for

a) Nutrition

b) Respiration

c) Excretion.,

d) Locomotion

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22. The, xylem ii'l plants are responsiblefor

a}

b)

c)

d)

transport of water

Transport of food

Transport of amino acids

Transport of oxygen

23. Which one of the following is not aweb browser?

a) Internet Explorer

b) Windows Explorer

c) Google Chrome

d) Safari

24. Adobe Acrobat files have suffix

a) .doc

b) .xls

c) .pdf

d) .mp3

25. CAG has pointed out certainirregularities in allotment of

spectrum to cell phone operators.What is spectrum? .

a) It is the territory over which anoperator can provide serviceswithout roaming charges. .

b) It is the frequency channelswhich the operator can use fortelecommunication.

c) It is the total number of cell

phones which an operator canuse on certain frequency.

d) None of the above.

26. Which is correct about the radio

frequencies?

a) Higher the frequency, lowerwill be the wavplength.

b) Higher the frequency, higherwill be the wayelength.

c) Higher the frequency, higherwill be the amplitude.

d) Higher the frequency, lowerwill be the amplitude.

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27. Bhartiya Sahitya Akademi award

winner, Dalip Kaur Tiwana, wasawarded this honour for which of her

writings?

a) Eho Hamara Jeewana

b) Ik Chhit Chanan Di

c) Ik Mian Do Talwaran

d) Adh Chanani Raat

28. Which of the writers and his work

have been paired wrongly?

a) Pilo - MirzaSahiban

b) Waris Shah - Heer Ranjah

c) HashamShah- SassiPunnu

d) KadarYaar - SohniMahinwal

29. Fateh Burj is :

(i) 100 metres tall

(ii) Is taller than Qutab Minar

(iii) Is a monument to commemorate

Baba Banda Singh's win overSirhind

(iv) Is located at Chapar Chiri

Which fact(s) given above is/arecorrect?

a)

b)

c)

Only (i) and (iii) are correct.

Only (iii) and (iv) are correct.

Only (i), (iii) and (iv) arecorrect.

All are correct.d)

30. What moved Shahid Bhagat Singhiin

his early life to resist the Englishrule?

a)

b)

c)

d)

Non-cooperation movement

Simon Commission

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

Naujuan Bharat Subah

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31. Which oh~ of the following is not atraditional Punjabi dal!ce ?

a) Sammi

b) Vain

c) Gidha

d) Bhangra

32. What is correct about Singh Sabha ?

a) It was founded in 1907 atLahore.

b) It aimed at protecting theinterests of Sikhs througheducation and literature.

c) It prescribed a sooial code ofconduct for Sikhs.

d) It was aimed at protecting thehonour of Sikh women andchildren.

33. Which fact about Punjab is not true?

a) Its area is about 50,000 squarekilometres.

b) Punjab has more than 12000

;villages.

T.here are more Panchayats

than the number of villages.

Population density in Punjab is

about 600 people per squarekilometre.

c)

d)

34. Kandi area, an important agro-climatic zone of Punjab, hasfollowing characteristics:

(i) Sub-mountainous undulatingterrain

(ii) Lack of perennial water source

(iii) High cost of cultivation

(iv) Extremely fertile land

a) (i) and (iv) are correct

b) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct

c) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct

d) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct

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35. Namdhari movement also called

Kuka movement was started bywhom and when?

a) Bhai Dial Singh on Ist April,1857

b) Bhai Ram Singh on 1st April,1857

c) Bhai Dial Singh on 13thApril,1925

d} Bhai Ram Singh on 13thApril,f925

36. Arrange the following important

events in the history of Punjab in

chronological o~de{:

(i) Jallianwala Bagh Incident

(ii) Kamagata ManI Incident

(iii) The Ghadar Movement

(iv) Battle of Saraghari

a) (i), (ii), (iv) and (iii)

b) (iii), (ii), (i) and (iv)

c) (iv), (iii), (i) and (ii)

d) (iv), (iii), (ii) and (i)

37. As per 2011 census the most and the

least densely populated districts in

Punjab are

a) Amritsar and Mansa

b) ; LudhianaandMuktsar

c) .Ludhiana and Mansa

d) Amritsar and Muktsar

38. In comparison to 2001 census the

population of Punjab as per 2011census has increased

a)

b)

c)

d)

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From 2.28 crores to 2.77 crores

From 2.48 crores to 2.77 crores

From 2.44 crores to 2.77 crores

From 2.58 crores to 2.77 crores

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39. Over the last decade, Punjab has

achieved least growth iy employment

generation in

a)

b)

c)

d)

Primary Sector

Secondary Sector

Tertiary Sector

No growth

40. Sluggish growth in the agriculture

sector in Punjab is due to.

a) Per acre yield of crops has

peaked

b)

d)

Decrease III average

holding of farmers

Increased dependence

ground water

All of the above

on

land

c)

41. Punjab Land Records Society

(PLRS) was formed 'by the PunjabGovernment to

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a)

b)

Implement Land Reforms Act

To study flaws in Land

Records

Provide efficient Land Record

related services

c)

d) To settle disputes related to

Land Records

Balari Rakshak Yojana launched by\

the Punjab government is aimed at

a) Correcting child sex ratio

b) Reducing child mortality

c) Encouraging family planning

d) All of the above

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43. Mealy bug is a pest which affects the

yield of _crop in Punjab.

a) Maize

b) Oil seeds

c) Cotton

d) Pulses

44. In Punjab the maximum number .ofMinisters can be

a)

c)

16

20

b)

d)

18

22

45. Who is Jin Yong Kim.?

a) He is a famous tennis player.

b) He is the President of theWorld Ban1e

c)

d)

He is the new king of MalaysIa.

None of the above.

46. The UN General Assembly elected inOctober, 2012, five new non-

permanent members to the SecurityCouncil. They include

(i) North Korea and Luxembourg

(ii) South Korea and Rwanda

(iii) Australia and Argentina

.(iv) India and Brazil

a) (i) and (iii) are correct

b) (ii) and (iii) are correct

c) (i) and (iv) are correct

d) (iii) and (iv) are correct

The killings of Sarpanches bymilitants and their mass resignations

in the news recently, were in

a) Chhatisgarh

b) Assam

c) J&K

d) Bihar

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48. UN Department of Economics andSoc;jal Affairs data showed that in

2000, which of the following countrieshad female infant mortality rate higherthan male infant mortality?

a) Pakistan and India

b) Pakistan and Sri Lanka

c) China and India

d) Egypt and Iraq

49. BRICS Summit 2012 at New Delhiwas

a)

b)

c)

d)

Second BRICS Summit

Third BRICS Summit

Fourth BRICS SUlmhit

None of the above

50. The headquarters of the InternationalMonetary Fund (IMF) is in

a) Geneva

b) Washington D.C.

c) Rio de Janeiro

d) New York City

51. Which of the following statements isfalse?

a) India is a secular state with

equality to all religions.

b) India does not have an official

state religion.

c) .No .religious instruption isgiven in the govenunent aidedschools.

d) The word 'secular' was

inserted in the Preamble by the44thAmendment, 1976.

52. The idea of G-20 was proposed by

a) Paul Martin

b) John Major

c) Bill Clinton

d) Ge.orgeW Bush

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54.

55.

Who is regarded as the Father of

Local Self Government in India?

a)

b)

c)

d)

Lord Mayo

B.R. Ambedkar

Lord Rippon

None of the above

The 11th Schedule of the Indian

Constitution is concerned with the

a)

b)

c)

d)

Panchayats and Nagarpalikas

State Fianance Commission

Minorities

Panchayats

The provision of District

.Committee is given in the

a) 73rdAmendment Act

b) 74thAmendment Act

c) 815tAmendment Act

d) None of the above

Planning

56., Who is the.present Chief Election

Commissioner of India ?

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a)

b)

c)

d)

S.Y. Quraishi

Navin Chawla

N. Gopalaswami

V.S. Sampath

86thAmendment, 2002 inserted

a) Right to Education under

Article 21A

b) Fundamental

Article 51K

Both of the above

Duty under

c)

d) None of the above

59.

58. Who termed the Right to

Constitutional Remedies as "the heart

and soul of the Constitution" ?

a)

b)

c)

d)

Mahatma Gandhi

J.L. Nehru

Sardar Patel

None of the above

The AADHAAR program of the

UIDAI is an important step towards

a) Creating a database of nurses

b) Creating aw~eness amongconsumers

c) Creating a database of Indiancitizens

d) Creatingchildren

awareness among

60. The basic structure of the Indian

Constitution cannot be altered

because

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a) this is clearly mentioned in theConstitution itself.

it will negatively affect the vote

bank dfthe ruling party.

it has clearly emerged from the

judicial interpretation.

none of the above.

b)

c)

d)

Expression of 'Fundamental Duties'

is a feature of Indian Constitution

which was borrowed from

a)

b)

c)

d)

England

USA

Former USSR

Ireland

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63.

64.

A 'Nagar Panchayat is constitutedma

a)

b)

c)

d)

Small urban area

Large urban area.

Metropolitan area

None of the' above

Which of the following statements is

correct?

a) A Panchayat constituted after

mid-term election. shall have a

full term of five years.

33% seats in Panchayats shall

be reserved for women.

Panchayat Samitis may not be

constituted in a State having a

population not exceeding 20

lakh.

b)

c)

d) All of the above statements are

correct.

Which among the following words

~ppears first in the Preamb,le to ,theConstitution of India ?

a)

b)

c)

d)

Equality

Justice

Liberty

Fraternity

In 2012, who said "Coalition politics

has slowed pace of reforms" ?

a) Manmohan Singh

b) Pranab Mukerjee

c) P. Chidambaram

d) Sonia Gandhi

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66. Who has been awarded honorary

Doctorate of Arts by the Edinburgh

Napier University for out'standingcontribution to Indian "'cinema in

2012 ?

a) Amitabh Bachchan

b) Abhishek Bachchan

c) Shahrukh Khan

d) Sharmila Tagorei,

67. What is SHADE?

a) It is a mechanism to check sea

piracy in Indian Ocean ~ynaval forces of three countries

jointly.

It is a new trade pact signed by

India, Japan and Bangladesh.

It is a new gene discovered in

maize plant by the UKscientists.

Its national intelligence grid to

access all intelligence data:

b)

c)

d)

68. To explore the planet Mars, NASA

last year launched a Rovernicknamed

a)

b)

c)

d)

Crusty

Courtesy

Curiosity

Cursory

69. Anna Hazare has emerged as' a

popular leader. What is meant' by"Anna" in Marathi ?

a)

b)

c)

d)

Food

Army man

Elder brother

Social activist

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70. Which of the following statements is

true regarding London Olympics-2012 ?

a) USA topped the medal tally,

followed by Argentina.

b) USA topped the medal tally,

followed by China.

c) USA topped the medal tally,

followed by Great Britain.

d) China topped the medal tally,

followed by USA.

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71. The legacy of Kapil Sibal as theUnion Education Minister does not

include

a) Passage ofRTE Act

b) Making class X board

examinations optional

c) Allowing foreign education

providers

d) Replacing marks with grades

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72. Which of the following is incorrectlymatched?

a) Devdutt Pishorimal Anand -

Dev Anand

b) Shivaji Rao Gaikwad -

Rajnikanth

c) Jatinder Khanna - RajeshKhanna

d) Aamir Hussain Khan - Aamlr

Khan

~. What is the name of the Pak ForeignMinister who visited India last?

a) Honey Irani

b) Hina Rabbani Khar

c) Mohammed Nasheed

d) None of the above

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74. "Dengue" is caused by

a) Anopheles mosquito

b) Aedes Aegupti mosquito

c) A bacteria

d) Climate change

75. i VijayKelkarCommitteeReport2012

is a roadmap for:

a) Improvement in sports like

hockey

Fiscal consolidation

Stopping global warming

None of the above

b)

c)

d)

76. Who is the Chairperson of National

Commission for Women?

a)

b)

c)

d)

Dr. Girija Vyas

Smt. Mamta Sharma

Smt. Ambika Soni

Ms. Jayanti Patnaik:;:

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The 16th NAM Summit 2012' was

held at

a)

b)

c)

d)

New Delhi

Dhaka

Islamabad

Tehran

78. Coal allocation controversy came

into light with draft report of theCAG of India

a) Dr. S.Y. Quraishi

b) Shri Vinod Rai

c) Shri T.N. Seshan

d) Shri R. Srinivasan

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79. The literacy rate of India as per the

Population Census of India in 2011

was

80. Who won Nobel Prize for Medicine

for stem cell research?

a)

b)

c)

d)

John Gordon

Shinya Yamanaka

Both of the above

None of the above

81. Hurricanes Sandy and Katrina were

in the neWs recently. Why are the

hurricanes named?

a) To make them easier to

remember when issuing

warnIngs.

-83. Which country

Comprehensive Test

(CTBT) recently?

a) India

b) South Korea

c) Indonesia

d) None of these

adopted

Ban Treaty

b) They are named arbitrarily

after unpopular female

characters.

To remember the names of the

people who died in the Titanic.

All of the above. .

84. Who was appointed 'UN Goodwill

Ambassador for UNAIDS' recently?

85. .In the light of recent Union Cabinet

- reshuffle,matchthe following:

(i) M. Veerappa (1) Human

Moily Resources

(ii) Pawan

Kumar

Bansal

(iii) M.M. Pallam

Raju

(iv) Salman

Khursheed

Development

(2) Law

c)

d)

(3) External

Affairs

(4) Petroleum &

Natural Gas

a) 65.38%

b) 68.58%

c) 82.04%

d) 74.04%

a) Shabana Azmi

b) Amitabh Bachchan

c) Shahrukh Khan

d) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

82. Which country granted Wikileaks

founder Julian Assange political(5) Railways

asylum?(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

a) Iran a) (2) (5) (3) (1)

b) Ecuador b) (4) (1) (5) (2)

c) Syria c) (4) (5) (1) (2)

d) Egypt d) (4) (5) (1) (3)

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86.

87.

88.

89.

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On the basis of the Planning Conums-

sion's Environmental Perfonnance

Index (BPI), which State is named as

the best perfonning State in tenns of

environmentalstandards?

a)

b)

Sikkim

Madhya Pradesh

Uttrakhandc)

d) Himachal Pradesh

Who won the Fonnula 1, Indian

Grand Prix in 2012 ?

a)

b)

Fernando Alonso

Mark Webber

c)

d)

Felipe Massa

Sebastian Vettel

2012 has been designated as the'

National Year of -

a)

b)

Science

Environment

c)

d)

Mathematics

Health

Industrial Revolution first took place

In

a)

b)

England

America

c)

d)

France

Gennany

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90.

91.

92.

The Non-Cooperation Movement did

not envisage

a) hand-spinning andreVIVIng

weaving as part of encouraging

Swadeshi

b)

c)

deliberate violation of laws

d)

boycott of foreign goods

refusal to cooperate with the

Government

Pennanent Revenue System of Lord

Cornwallis proved oppressive to the

tenants because they were

a)

b)

forced to produce more

exploited by the Zamindars

c) asked to pay yearly revenue in

advance

d) asked to pay under military

pressure

Nazi ideology was synonymous with

the Hitler's' worldview. What the

Nazi ideology did not emphasise

upon?

a)

b)

Purity of the Nordic Aryan race

Make the Aryans stronger

c) Empower women for achieving

the goals

d) Dominate the world

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93. Whic\1 was not part of the Allies inthe First World War?

a) England

b) Austria

c) France

d) Russia

94. Napoleon Bonaparte was established

as the Emperor of France in

a)

b)

c)

d)

1804

1814

1808

1812

95. The World War II is said to have

commenced when Germany attacked

a) Russia

b) France

c) Poland

d) Bulgaria

96. Which one of the following countries

was not attacked by Germany on 10th

May 1940 ?

a) Belgium

b) Czechoslovakia

c) Netherlands

d) Luxembourg

German Instrument of Surrender was

signed on 29thApril 1945 at

a) Prague

b) Reims

c) Berlin

d) None of the above

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98. The Harappan eivilizati;on was

-mainly concentrated in

a)

b)

Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat

Punjab, Rajasthan and

Madhya Pradesh

Punjab, Rajasthan & D.P.

Delhi, Bengal and Haryana

c)

d)

99. The most common features of all

Indus Valley sites are

a) Elaborate drainage system

and use of baked bricks

100. Which one of the following is

considered to be the homeland of

the Indo-Aryans?

101. Why Buddha's eight-fold path is

known as middle path?

a)

b)

c)

d)

Convergence of all religions

Eternal truth of all religions.

Balanced way of life

The divine truth

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b) Desert and Zoological

features

c) Building and burial system

d) Climate, flaura and fauna

a) Central Europe

b) India

c) Central Asia and Southern

Russia

d) Australia

102. The war between Chandragupta

Maurya and Nanda Kings isdescribed in

a)

b)

c)

d)

Dipavamasa

Puranas

Mudrarakshasa

None of the above

103. Which of the following Sultans of

the Slave Dynasty did not belong tothe Ilbari Tribe?

a) Qutabuddin Aibak

b) Iltutmish

c) Razia Sultana

d) Gyasuddin Balban

104. Which of the following Bhakti

Movement Saints wrote 'VinayPatrika' ?

a) Tulsidas

b) Sankardev

c) Namdev

d) Tukaram

105. The reason behind Nana Sahib's

t~king leadership of the 1857Revolt was

a) His claim to Peshwaship wasabolished.

b) The Britishers refused to

pay him the pension earlier

paid to his father Peshwa

Bajirao II.

c) The British humiliated him

by saying that he was not a

natural son of Bajirao II.

d) His fiiendship with Mangal

Pandey.

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106. Which of the following played a

very important role in the 1857

Revolt at Avadh ?I

Nana Sahib Peshwa

Tantia Tope

Birjis Qadar

Begum Hazrat Mahal

a)

b)

c)

d)

107. Which of the following wasn't a

reform introduced by William

Bentinck ?

a)

b)

c)

Abolishment of Slavery

Abolishment ofSati

Suppression of the organized

bands of thugs

Removal of disabilities due

to change of religion

d)

108. Which of the following

revolutionary activist died in

Lahore jail after 64 days of fast in1929 ?

a) Jatin Das

b) Madanlal Dhingra

c) Chandrashekhar Azad

d) Batukeshwar Dutt

109. Which of the following was not

one of the people to have

propounded the so called 'two-

nation theory' prior to Pakistan

resolution ofthe Muslim League?

a) Sir Sayed Ahmed Khan

b) Vir Savarkar

c) Lord Curzon

d) Mohammad Iqbal

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110. Which of the following Indian

revolutionaries was the author of

'Indian War ofIndependence' ?

a) Vinayak Savarkar

b) Bipin Chandra Pal

c) Madanlal Dhingra

d) Bhagat Singh

111. The pre-reform economic policy

(1947-91) was marked by

a) (Near) public monopoly over

heavy industry

b) (Strict) investment licensing for

private industry

c) import substitution and export

, promotion strategy

d) All the above

112. The banks were nationalized to

a) ensure their greater penetration

into 'unbanked' /'underbanked'

areas.

b) ensure their reach to the

'unreachable' .

,c) Both the above statements are

right.

Both the above statements ared)

wrong.

113. Ihdiari Economic Planning is

a)

b)

c)

d)

totalitarian in nature

totally centralized

essentially imperative

None of the 'above

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114. The link between infrastructure. ,and

economic development is:- '

a) a once for all affair, ,

b) casual and symbiotic

c) insignificant

d) an ongoing process

115. Which one of the followiJ?-gis notregarded as a social sector indicator?

116. The New Agricultural Policy was

presented in Parliament in the year

a)

b)

c)

d)

1991

2000

2001

2011

117. India's share in the world trade since

1950 has

a)

b)

c)

d)

remained constant

increased

shown a mixed trend

declined

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118. The term Mini-Navratna is used in

regard to

a) Micro Enterprises

b) Public Sector Enterprises

c) Small Enterprises-

d) Co-operative Enterprises

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a) IMR

b) Hunger ratio

c) NNP

d) Literacy level

119. Over time, the share of agriculture inthe GDP has

a)

b)

c)

d)

nsen

fallen

remained stable

fluctuated

120. In which Five Year Plan poverty

removal was given top priority?

a) Seventh.

b) Third

c) Tenth

d) Fifth

121. PURA aims to

a)

b)

c)

d)

strengthen urban infrastructure

reduce overall poverty

increase rural connectivity

remove overall unemployment

122. Demographic dividend implies

a) improvement in the

employability of labour force

b) increase in the ratio of labourforce

c) greater availability of job

opportunities

All the aboved)

123. The Fiscal Responsibility and Budget

Management Act aims to control

a) Fiscal deficit

b) Public expenditure profligacy

c) Revenue deficit

d) Private sector extravagance

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124. The focus of Eleventh Five Year Plan

was

125. The present base year for the

computation of National Income at

constant prices is

126. The most acceptable indicator of

economic development is

a) a rise in the Monetary National

Income.

a rise in the Real Nationalb)

c)

Income.

a rise in the Per Capita

Monetary Income.

d) a rise in the Real Per Capita

Income.

127. Inflation measured in terms ofWPI is

called

a)

b)

. c)

d)

Core inflation

Food inflation

Headline inflation

None of the above

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a) Inclusive growth

b) Highergrowth

c) Balanced growth

d) Self-sufficient growth

a) 2004-05

b) 2001

c) 2010

d) 1993-94

128. The National Income Statistics are

computed by

a) Planning Commission

b) CSO

c) NSSO

d) All of them

129. Of the following which is the most

important source ofsaving?

130. The objective(s) of the National

Manufacturing Policy is to

a)

b)

growth of,

manufacturing sector to 12 - 14

percent in the medium period.

enable manufacturing to

contribute at least 25 percent of

GDP by 2022.

enhance global competitiveness

of Indian manufacturing.

Increase

c)

d) All the above.

131. Which one of the following ports has

been developed as Ith major port of

India?

a)

b)

c)

d)

Tuticorin

Jawaharlal Nehru (Navasheva)

Ennore

Kandla

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132. Which one of the following pairs isnot correctly matched?

a) Bluerevolution - Fish

b) Yellow revolution - Oil seeds

c) GoldenRevolution- Fruits and

Vegetables

d) White revolution - Cotton

133. Which one of the following isconsidered as the best indicator of

development?

a) Infant mortality

b) Female literacy

c) Per Capita Income

d) Degree of urbanization

134. Criteria used by the census of India

to designate settlement as 'urban' are

1. Population size of 5000

persons.

More than 75 percent of its

male work force engaged in

non-agricultural activities.

Density of 600 persons per sq.km.

Which of the criteria given aboveis/are correct?

2.

3.

a)

b)

c)

d)

1 and 2 only

2 only

1 and 3 only

1, 2 and 3

135. Which one among the followinggases is heavier than the others?

a) Carbon dioxide

b) Argon

c) Oxygen

d) Nitrogen

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a) Households

b) Corporate sector

c) Government

d) None of these

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136. The nonnallapse rate throughout the

troposphere is

a) 1 °C per 150 metre ascent

b) 3 °C per 500 metre ascent

c) 6.5 °C per 1000 metre ascent

d) 2.5 °C per 400 metre ascent

137. Which one of the following gases is

not a greenhouse gas ?

a) Ozone

b) Methane

c) Nitrous oxide

d) Chlorine

138. Combustion of coal and oil releases

a)

b)

c)

d)

Carbon monoxide

Sulphur dioxide

Nitrogen oxide

Non-methane hydrocarbons

139. Which is the correct sequence of

layers of the atmosphere from the

Earth surface?

a) Stratosphere, Thennosphere,

Troposphere, Mesosphere,

Exosphere

Troposphere,

Exosphere,

Thennosphere

Thennosphere, Stratosphere,

Mesosphere, Troposphere,

Exosphere

Troposphere, Stratosphere,

Mesosphere, Thennosphere,

Exosphere

b) Mesosphere,

Stratosphere,

c)

d)

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140. Generally the coral polyps are found

between the latitudes of

141. Which one of the following types of

clouds are often accompanied by

heavy rains?

147. The subsistence agriculture IS

characterized by

1. Small and scattered holdings

2. Majority of farmers practice it

3. Most of the food production is

marketed

Select the correct answer using the

codes given below:

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~

a) 5°-25°N

b) 5° - 25° S

c) 25° N and 25° S

d) 35° - 65° N and S

a) Cumulonimbus

b) Stratocumulus

c) Altocumulus

d) Nimbostratus

a) 1 only

b) 1 and 2 only

c) 2 and 3 only

d) 1, 2 and 3

143. Human Development Index (HDI) is

a composite measure of

Select the correct answer using the

codes given below:

144. Maximum water-vapour that exists in

the atmosphere byits volume of air is

145. 'Horse latitudes' are characterized by

1. High pressure condition

2.

3.

Subsidence and piling of air

Calm condition with feeble winds

Select the correct featUre/s from the

above using the code below:

146. In the 2012 US Presidential Elections,

Barack Obama and Mit Romney

obtained how many electoral votes?

a) 303 and 206 respectively

b) 287 and 253 respectively

c) 31508198 and 27892876

respectively

d) 48962378

respectively

and 31685230

147. Which political leader recently

stirred a controversy by allegedly

terming Lord Ram as "badhusband" ?

a) Sonia Gandhi

b) Salman Khursheed

c) Ram Jethmalani

d) Buta Singh

148. In England a bronze bust of Indian

origin woman was unveiled in

London recently for her services in

France during WorId War II. Hername IS

a)

b)

c)

d)

Balbir Kaur

Noor Inayat Khan

Dalip Kaur

Nargis Fatima

149. Immediately afternew storm caused

New York?

a) Laurin

c) Athena

Sandy which

heavy rains in

b)

d)

Morris

Terry

150. Doldrums is a zone of

a) Mid latitudes

b) Inter-tropical convergence

c) Inter-tropical divergence

d) Sub-polar

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1. Life expectancy

2. Educational attainment

3. Standard of living

a) 1 only

b) 2 and 3 only

c) 1 and 3 only

d) 1, 2 and 3

a) 1 - 2 percent

b) 3 - 4 percent

c) 5 - 6 percent

d) 8 - 10percent

a) 1 and 2 only

b) 2 and 3 only

c) 2 only

d) 1, 2 and 3

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2 C 27 B 52 B 77 C

3 C 28 B 53 D 78 B

4 D 29 D 54 C 79 D

5 C 30 D 55 C 80 C

6 D 31 C 56 B 81 D

7 B 32 D 57 C 82 A

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9 A 34 D 59 A 84 C

10 A 35 C 60 C 85 B

11 D 36 A 61 A 86 D

12 C 37 C 62 B 87 A

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14 C 39 A 64 C 89 A

15 D 40 C 65 B 90 D

16 B 41 D 66 C 91 B

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21 C 46 B 71 D

22 A 47 A 72 B

23 D 48 C 73 C

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