1. Who was the founder-editor of the famous newspaper Kesari during the National struggle?
a. Mahatma Gandhi
b. Jawaharlal Nehru
c. Lokmanya Tilak
d. Mohammad iqbal
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2. The Ghadar Movement was founded by
a. Ajit Singh
b. Lala Hansraj
c. Lala Hardayal
d. None of these
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3. The book 'Unto This Last' which influenced Gandhi was authored by
a. Boris Yaltsin
b. John Ruskin
c. Pushkin
d. Ruskin Bond
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4. Which among the following is the sacred book of the Buddhists?
a. Upanishad
b. Vedas
c. Tripitaka
d. Aranyak
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5. Budha means
a. the enlightened one
b. the religious preascher
c. the genius
d. the powerful
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6. Bijapur is known for its
a. Heavy rainfall
b. Rock Temple
c. Gol Gumbaj
d. State of Gomateshwara
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7. The famous Kohinoor diamond was produced from one of the mines in
a. Odisha
b. Chhotanagpur
c. Bijapur
d. Golconda
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8. Geostationary orbit is at a height of
a. 6 km
b. 1000 km
c. 3600 km
d. 36000 km
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9. Which scale is used to measure the intensity of earthquake?
a. Richter
b. Metric
c. Centigrade
d. Newton
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10. The largest ocean is
a. Atlantic ocean
b. Indian ocean
c. Arctic ocean
d. Pacific ocean
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11. Dead sea is situated in which one of the following
a. A Rift valley
b. An Intermontane Plateau
c. Intermontane Plains
d. Canyons
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12.The oldest type of energy known to man is
a. wind power
b. solar power
c. tidal power
d. geothermal energy
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13. The 'Dark continent' is
a. Africa
b. South America
c. Australia
d. Asia
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14. The largest producer of glod in the world is
a. Australia
b. Canada
c. Russia
d. South Africa
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15. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
a. Indonesia/jakarta
b. Maldives/Male
c. North Korea/Seoul
d. Zimbabwe/Harare
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16. Which of the following states is a member of the 'Seven sisters'?
a. Paschim Banga
b. Tripura
c. Odisha
d. Bihar
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17. The Finance Commission is constrituted under Article... of the Constitution of India.
a. 275
b. 280
c. 282
d. None of the above
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18. The article of Indian Constitution related to abolition of untouchability is
a. Article 15
b. Article 16
c. Article 17
d. Article 18
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19. The item 'Education' belongs to the
a. Union List
b. State List
c. Concurrent List
d. Residuary Subjects
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20. 'The Federal System with Strong Centre' has been borrowed by the Indian Constitution from
a. USA
b. Canada
c. UK
d. France
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21. The Constitution of India was adopted on
a. 26th January, 1950
b. 26th January, 1949
c. 26th November, 1949
d. 15th August, 1947
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22. Diarchy was first introduced under
a. Morley-Minto Reforms
b. Montford Reforms
c. Simon Commissin Plan
d. Government of India Act, 1935
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23. Which Amendment of the Indian Constitution inserted the two words 'Socialist' and 'Secular' in the preamble?
a. 28th
b. 40th
c. 42nd
d. 52nd
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24. Who had estimated National Income in India first?
a. Dadabhai Naoroji
b. RC Dutt
c. VKRV Rao
d. DR Gadgil
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25. The planning commission of India is
a. a constitutional body
b. a statutory body
c. a non-statutory body
d. an independent and autonomous body
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26. The 2011 census could the
a. 13th census
b. 14th census
c. 15th census
d. 16th census
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27. 'Higher than Hopes' is a biography of
a. Mother Teresa
b. Nelson Mandela
c. Bishop Tutu
d. None of the above
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28. Who coined the term 'Hindu rate of growth' for Indian Economy?
a. AK Sen
b. Kirit S Parikh
c. Raj Krishna
d. Motek Singh Ahluwalia
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29. Net National product(NNP)of a country is
a. GDP minus depreciation allowances
b. GDP plus net income from abroad
c. GNP minus net income from abroad
d. GNP minus depreciation allowances
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30. In which one of year 'Rolling plan' was in operation in India?
a. 1968-69
b. 1978-79
c. 1988-89
d. 1990-91
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31. The headquarter of UNHCR is located at
a. New York
b. Rome
c. London
d. Geneva
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32. SI unit of surface tension is
a. N/m2
b. N/m
c. Ns/m
d. J/S
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33. Which of the following is most elastic
a. rubber
b. wet clay
c. steel
d. plastic
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34. The speed of light with the rise in the temperature of the medium
a. increases
b. decreases
c. remains unaltered
d. drops suddenly
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35. The best conductor of heat among the following is
a. alcohol
b. mercury
c. ether
d. water
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36. X-rays ware discovered by
a. Roenthen
b. Becquere
c. Curie
d. Van lane
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37. Which one of the following is not electromagneticin nature?
a. Cathode rays
b. X-rays
c. Gamma-rays
d. Infrared rays
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38. C, BASIC, COBOL and Java are examples of language
a. Low-level
b. computer
c. system programming
d. high level
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39. Where is the headquarter of ONGC?
a. Mumbai
b. Dehradun
c. Vadodra
d. Digboi
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40. Which is used in storage batteries?
a. Copper
b. Lead
c. Tin
d. Zinc
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41. The First field Marshal of India was
a. A Vaidya
b. K.M Cariappa
c. Vikram Singh
d. SHFJ Manekshave
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42. Higher concentration of nitrogen dioxide in atmosphere air causes.
a. cancer
b. bronchitis
c. asphxiation
d. corrosion
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43. Which one of the following is used as an anti - freeze for the automobile engines?
a. propyl alcohol
b. Ethanol
c. Methanol
d. Ethylene glycol
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44. Enzymes are mainly
a. carbohydrate
b. protein
c. lipids
d. amino acid
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45. Virus of bird flue is also known as
a. NH 51
b. NH 5
c. N1H5
d. N5H1
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46. The weights of zinc, copper and aluminium in an alloy are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 7. In the alloy weighing 48 kg, the difference in weights of zinc and aluminium is
a. 20 kg
b. 4 kg
c. 5 kg
d. 16 kg
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47. If a shopkeeper marks the price of googs 50% more than their cost price and allows a discount of 40%, what is his gain or loss percent?
a. 15% loss
b. 10% loss
c. 10% gain
d. 15% gain
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48. Two number are in the ratio 9 : 16. If each number is increased by 15, then the ratio becomes 2 : 3. The numbers are
a. 36 and 48
b. 27 and 48
c. 18 and 32
d. 24 and 36
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49. Cyclist A started his journey on cycle at 7:30 am at a speed of 8km/h. After 30 min, cyclist B started from the same place but with a speed of 10 km/h. At what time did B overtake A?
a. 9 am
b. 9:30 am
c. 8 am
d. 10 am
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50. If the simple interest on a certain sum of money for 3 yr is Rs. 225 and the compound interest on the same sum at the same rate for 2 yr is Rs. 153, then the principal invested (in Rs.) is
a. 3000
b. 1875
c. 1500
d. 2250
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51. The areas, of a square and a rectangle with equal perimeter are denoted by S and R, respectively. Which one of the following is correct?
a. S < R
b. S = 2R
c. S = R
d. S > R
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52. A bought a computer system for Rs. 40000 and sold it to B at a loss of 4%. If B sold it to C for Rs. 40320, profit per cent for B is
a. 3
b. 6
c. 4
d. 5
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53. The difference between the selling price of a shirt sold at profits 15% and 17% is Rs. 3. Then the cost price of the shirt is
a. Rs. 175
b. Rs. 180
c. Rs. 200
d. Rs.150
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55. The value of K for which the system of equations x + 2y = 5, 3x+ky+15 = 0 has no solutions, is
a. 2
b. -2
c. 6
d. -6
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56. If the radius of a circle is increased by 10% then percentage of increase of its area is
a. 17
b. 21
c. 12
d. 15
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57. If the height and radius of a hemisphere and a right circular cyliner are respectively equal, then ratio of the volume of the hemisphere and the cylinder is
a. 1 : 2
b. 1 : 1
c. 2 : 3
d. 3 : 2
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58. The volume of a solid hemisphere is numerically equal to its total surface area. Its radius is
a. 4 1/2 units
b. 9 units
c. 3 units
d. 1 1/2 units
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