1. Punjab and Haryana plains in India are irrigated with water from the rivers …
A) Jhelum, Beas, and Sutlej
B) Ravi, Yamuna, and Sutlej
C) Ravi, Beas, and Brahmputra
D) Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej
2. The Himalayas cross five countries……
A) Bhutan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Pakistan
B) Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bhutan.
C) Bhutan, India, Nepal, Indonesia, and Pakistan
D) Turkmenistan, India, Nepal, China, and Pakistan
3. ….. is India’s smallest state by area.
A) Tripura
B) Telangana
C) Goa
D) Sikkim
4. Guindy National Park is located in ……
A) Gujarat
B) Bangalore
C) Chennai
D) AP
5. ………. port is the only corporatised major port and which is also registered as a company.
A) Kandla
B) Ennore
C) Pallatam
D) Mundra
6. Which of the following is the correct chronological order ?
(a) Guptas - Kushans - Mauryas - Sungas
(b) Sungas - Mauryas - Guptas - Kushans
(c) Mauryas - Sungas - Kushans - Guptas
(d) Kushans - Guptas - Sungas – Mauryas
7. After the Mauryas, the most important kingdom in Deccan and Central India was that of
(a) Vakatakas
(b) Satavahanas
(c) Pallavas
(d) Cholas
8. Mahathma Gandhi Took part in which Round Table Conference held in London?
(a) 1st
(b) 2nd
(c) 3rd
(d) All the above.
9. During the Medieval India who was the only Hindu King to sit on throne of Delhi?
(a) Hemu
(b) Prithviraj chouhan
(c) Ranjith singh
(d) None
10. Which leader succumbed to injuries in alathi charge during a protest against the Simon Commission in 1928?
(a) Bhagat singh
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) Chandrasekar Azad
(d) Lala Hardayal
11. Which of the following is the basic characteristic of Oligopoly?
a) a few sellers, one buyer
b) a few sellers, many buyers
c) a few sellers, a few buyers
d) many sellers, a few buyers
12. India does not share its boundary with which of the following countries?
a) China
b) Taiwan
c) Mynmaar
d) Bhutan
13. In India which of the following taxes is levied by the state governments?
a) Excise duty on liquor
b) Capital gains tax
c) Customs tax
d) corporation tax
14. SEBI stands for
a) Science and Engineering Board of India
b) Securities and Exchange Board of India
c) Social Equity Bureau of India
d) Science and Educational Board of India
15. Which of the following Five Year Plans recognized human development as the core of all developmental efforts?
a) Eighth Five Year Plan
b) Seventh Five Year Plan
c) Fifth Five Year Plan
d) Third Five Year Plan
16. The reason behind decrease in the boiling point of water at higher altitudes is ?
(a) High temperature
(b) Low temperature
(c) High Atmospheric pressure
(d) Low Atmospheric pressure
17. Which method can be applied to determine purity of a metal?
(a) Boyle’s Law
(b) Pascal’s Law
(c) Archimedes’s principle
(d) Newton’ Law
18.Which of the following substances or chemicals obtained from the plants.?
(a) Insulin
(b) Quinine
(c) Chloromycetin
(d) Aspirin
19. Which instrument is used to measure Electric Current.?
(a) Electrometer
(b) Ammeter
(c) Rheostate
(d) Voltmeter
20. A person standing infront of a mirror finds his image larger than himself. This implies that the mirror is:
(a). Concave
(b). Plane
(c). Convex
(d). Cylindrical with bulging side outwards
21 Which of the following disease is caused by Virus?
(a) Typhoid
(b). Tuberculosis
(b) Malaria
(d). Small pox
22. The model code of conduct for Political parties and candidates to be followed during election is:
A. Laid down in the constitution of India
B. Specified in the representation of the People Act. 1951
C. Enjoined by the supreme court
D. A voluntary agreement among recognized political parties.
23. Which of the following exercised the most profound influence in framing the Indian Constitution ?
(A) British Constitution
(B) U.S. Constitution
(C) Irish Constitution
(D) The Government of India Act, 1935
24. Under the panchayati Raj system Gram-sabha consist of ?
A. Elected executives of a village
B. Persons who is registered in the electoral rolls relating to a village
C. Elected executives of a village and officials nominated by him/Her
D. The village sarpanch and the persons nominated by him/Her.
25. Which Constitutional Article define `Municipalities’ ?
(A) Article 243P
(B) Article 243Q
(C) Article 243T
(D) Article 343U
Directions(26-29): In each of the following questions, a series is given, with one term missing, choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series
26. 1, 5, 13, 25, 41, 61, ....
1)85
2)77
3)81
4)91
27. AZBY, DWEV, HSIR, .......
1) MNNM
2) JKQP
3) JPQK
4) MNOP
28. AB, DEF, HIJK, ........, STUVWX
1) LMNOP
2) LMOR
3) MNOPQ
4) QRSTU
29. ab_accab_acc_bba_cabba_c
1) bbacc
2) acbcc
3) bcabb
4) bcbba
Directions(30-32): In each of the following questions, select the related word from the given alternatives
30. FERTILIZER: CROPS : : .......
1) TEACHER : EDUCATION
2) CHLORINE : WATER
3) TONIC : BODY
4) PESTICIDE : RATS
31. 10: 95: : 12 : .......
1) 144
2) 097
3) 140
4) 138
32. GHIJ : CEGI : : PQRS : .........
1) LNPR
2) LMPR
3) MNPT
4) NMQR
Directions (33-35): In each of the following questions, select the one which is different from other three alternatives
33. 1) 24 2) 60 3) 12 4) 210
34. 1) BIOGRAPHY 2) PHOTOGRAPHY 3) LITHOGRAPHY 4) XEROGRAPHY
35. 1) Debit -- Credit 2) Profit -- Gain 3) Income -- Expenditure 4) Assets – Liabilities
36. VAMSHI introduces ARAVIND as the son of the only bother of his father’s wife .How is ARAVIND related to VAMSHI?
1) Cousin
2) Brother
3) Son
4) Uncle
37. A and B are the children of C, If C is the mother of B, but A is not the daughter of C, then what is the relationship between C ad A?
1) Nephew and Aunty
2) Brother and Sister
3) Mother and Son
4) Niece and Aunty
38. Five friends are sitting in a row facing north. Here Swamy is between Aravid and Vamshi and Vamshi is to the immediate right of Umadevi and Geetha is to the right of Aravind . Who is in extreme right end?
1) Geetha
2) Vamshi
3) Umadevi
4) Aravind
39. Arrange the following words in a meaningful order:
a. Seed b. Plant c. Flower d. Fruit e. Tree
1) a, b, c, d, e
2) b, c, d, e, a
3) a, e, d, c, b
4) a, b, e, c, d
40. If in a certain code, LUTE is written as MUTE and FATE is written as GATE, then how will BLUE be written in that code ?
1) CLUE
2) GLUE
3) FLUE
4) SLUE
41. A person started from a point moving towards south of 50 km from there he took left and travelled 40km from there he took left and travelled 20km , what is the shortest distance from starting to ending point?
1) 20
2) 30
3) 40
4)50
42. Statements:
I. All cities are towns.
II. Some cities are villages.
Conclusions:
I. All villages are towns.
II. No village is a town.
III. Some villages are towns.
1) Only conclusion (III) follows
2) Only conclusion (I) follows
3) Only conclusion (II) follows
4) None of these
43. Select the correct combination of mathematical signs to replace “*” signs and to balance the given equation
5*3*3*5*0
1) × ÷ - =
2) + - ÷ =
3) - - + =
4) - × ÷ =
