Exam Details
Subject | screening | |
Paper | ||
Exam / Course | ||
Department | ||
Organization | Uttarakhand Public Service Commission | |
Position | ||
Exam Date | 2015 | |
City, State | uttarakhand, |
Question Paper
1. When environment aspect is taken into account in the calculation of GDP, it is called
Social accounting
Environmental accounting
Green accounting
Economic accounting
2. When was the Service Tax introduced first time in India
1990 91
1994 95
1996 97
1999 2000
3. "Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna" was launched on th th
28August, 2014
28September, 2014 th th
28October, 2014
28November, 2014
4. In Global Hunger Index 2014, India has been placed at th th th th
55
56
57
58
5. The full form of "NITI" Aayog is
National Institute for Transforming India
National Individual for Transforming India
National Institute for Transitional India
Natural Islet for Transport Involute
6. Financial year of Government begins from
Calendar Year
Ashwin Shukla
Beginning of April
Kartika -Saka
7. Kalibangan is in
Rajasthan
Punjab
Sind
Maharashtra
8. Buddha attained Nirvana at
Taxila
Champa
Kausambi
Kushinagar
9. Hawkins came to the court of
Shershah
Akbar
Aurangzeb
Jahangir
10. National Research Centre on Seed Spices is situated at
Tabiji, Ajmer
Lalgarh, Bikaner
Pahuna, Pantnagar
Aroma, Ranchi
11. In Uttarakhand since 2000-01 to 2013-14 the production of
rice is declining
wheat is increasing
pulses is declining
total foodgrains is almost constant
12. In clean city ranking out of 476 city surveyed, the cleanest city is
Hardwar
Mysore
Jaipur
Gangtok
13. What is the objective of "Horticulture Mission for North East and Himalayan States"
Promoting Horticulture
Promoting Organic farming
Promoting inorganic farming
All of the above
14. When was National Agriculture Insurance Scheme started nd st
22nd June, 1999
21nd June, 1998th
05th June, 2000
10th June, 2001
15. District having maximum handicrafts Units in Uttarakhand is
Uttarkashi
Pithoragarh
Almora
Tehri Garhwal
16. Satopanth is a
River
Pass
Glacier
Mountain peak
17. One plant of Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited is located in Uttarakhand at
Hardwar
Roorkee
Haldwani
Rishikesh
18. One of the following districts ranks first in "Investment Attraction Index"
Udham Singh Nagar
Hardwar
Nainital
Dehradun
19. Who founded the Garhwal School of Painting
Mangat Ram
Hira Lal
Shyam Das
Mola Ram
20. Which of the following is known as 'Switzerland of India'
Dehradun
Nainital
Pithoragarh
Kausani
21. Which of the following festival is known as Sankranti
Bikhoti
Bhitoli
Harela
Phuldeai
22. Chanchri is a
Traditional folk dance
Group song dance
Group music dance
Jagar dance
23. Choose the correct answer from the followings
Uttarakhand is the 26th State of India.
The location of Uttarakhand is in between 28°43' north to 31° north in latitudes.
Uttarakhand is bounded by three States.
The total geographical area of the State is 53,000 sq. kilometres.
24. The extent of mountains in Uttarakhand follows the direction from
North-west to South-east
North-east to South-west
North-east to South-east
North-west to South-west
25. The largest drainage system of Uttarakhand is
the Yamuna drainage system.
the Ganga drainage system.
the Kali drainage system.
the Ram Ganga drainage system.
26. The Valley of Flowers National Park was declared World heritage by United Nations Organisation in the year
2004 AD
2005 AD
2006 AD
2007 AD
27. Tribe engaged in pastoralism is
Tharu
Bhotia
Boksa
Raji
28. 'Dholasagar' is written in the language of
Garhwali
Sanskrit Misrit Garhwali
Kumaoni
Sanskrit
29. What name was given to Tarai-Bhabar by Muslim historians
Daman-a-Koh
Daman
Koh
Firad-a-Koh
30. How many phases are there in marriage ceremony of Tharu Community
Eleven
Thirteen
Four
Six
31. Gupta Samvat started in
320 A.D.
319 A.D.
322 A.D.
321 A.D.
32. In Uttarakhand, most of the Paper Mills are located in the district of
Nainital
Dehradun
Udham Singh Nagar
Pauri
33. Which organ of Shiva is enshrined at Tungnath, one of the Panch Kedars
Navel
Mouth
Arm
Lock/Jata
34. Kabutari Devi is related to
Folk Songs
Folk Dance
Folk Stories
Folk Paintings
35. Which one of the followings is considered to be the last Katyuri King
Pritam Dev
Dham Dev
Brahma Dev
Pushkarheet
36. One among the followings is a Padma awardee of Uttarakhand relating to trade.
K.S. Valdiya
Shekhar Pathak
Laxman Singh Jangpangi
Pt. Nain Singh
37. Name the Committee which recommended 42nd amendment in the Constitution.
Y.B. Chawan Committee
A.B. Ghani Khan Choudhary Committee
Gurdial Singh Dhillon Committee
Swaran Singh Committee
38. Which Article is related to Power of Parliament to amend the Constitution of India
Article 370
Article 368
Article 354
Article 360
39. Grammar of Politics' is written by
Earnest Barker
T.H. Green
Michael C. Curtis
Harold J. Laski
40. Which State was created in India in 1953
Andhra Pradesh
Orissa
Tamil Nadu
Assam
41. Justice Sarkaria Commission was constituted to look into the
Boundary disputes between States.
Reorganisation of the States.
Centre-State relations.
None of these
42. One of the following States in India has Legislative Council
Orissa
Assam
Tamil Nadu
Karnataka
43. The Doctrine of "Natural Rights" was propounded by
Karl Marx
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
T.H. Green
44. The number of non-permanent members of United Nations Security Council is
5
7
10
15
45. Who said, "Imperialism is the highest stage of Capitalism"
V.I. Lenin
Karl Marx
Mao-Tse Tung
Joseph Stalin
46. Under which Constitutional Amendment Act, the number of Lok Sabha Members was increased from 525 to 545
29th
34th
26th
31th
47. Bachpan Bachao Andolan is associated with
Anshu Gupta
Malala Yousafjai
Medha Patkar
Kailash Satyarthi
48. In 2015, Bharat Ratna was awarded to A.B. Vajpayee and
Lala Lajpat Rai
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Subhas Chandra Bose
Madan Mohan Malviya
49. Who among the followings won Stockholm Water Prize in the year 2015
Arundhati Roy
Chetan Bhagat
Rajendra Singh
Amitav Ghosh
50. Which freedom fighter authored 'India Wins Freedom'
Subhas Chandra Bose
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Chandra Shekhar Azad
Bhagat Singh
51. Rishikesh is also known as the
Ashram Capital of the world
Temple Capital of the world
Yoga Capital of the world
Sanskrit Capital of the world
52. Uttarakhand is the State of Republic of India. th th th th
25th
26th
27th
28th
53. Legislative and Judicial capital of Uttarakhand are
Both at Dehradun
Dehradun and Nainital
Nainital and Almora
Dehradun and Almora
54. World's highest Gurudwara is situated in the district of
Chamoli
Mandi
Ladakh
Champawat
55. Harihar II invaded and extracted tribute from
Bengal
Burma
Ceylon
Thailand
56. The Capital of Shivaji was
Prayag
Aurangabad
Nagpur
Raigarh
57. Swachh Bharat Mission was launched on th th
5December, 2011
20November, 2012 nd nd
2October, 2014
2January, 2015
58. Crimea, which was recently annexed by Russia was a part of
Ukraine
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Latvia
59. The first Governor of Uttarakhand was
K.K. Paul
Margaret Alva
B.L. Joshi
S.S. Barnala
60. For 2014 Dada Saheb Phalke Award was given to
Shashi Kapoor
Mary Kom
Amitabh Bachchan
P.V. Sindhu
61. A country which is a part of the European Union but does not use Euro is
United Kingdom
France
Spain
Germany
62. Ameenah Garib Fakim, sworn in as the President of Mauritus, is also a prominent
Scientist
Lawyer
Doctor
Academician
63. Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana was launched in
2010
2011
2013
2014
64. Who among the following was also a poet and a musician who took delight in the title of 'Kaviraja' or king of poets
Chandra Gupta Maurya
Samudra Gupta
Skand Gupta
None of these
65. Who founded the Asiastic Society of Bengal in Calcutta for the development of education
Jonathan Duncan
William Jones
Warren Hastings
Charles Grant
66. Who among the following faced impeachment in England for his acts committed as Governor General of India
Cornwallis
William Bentinck
Warren Hastings
Lord Wellesley
67. Famous literary work Tahqiq-a-Hind was written by
Alberuni
Badauni
Ziauddin Barni
Khafi Khan
68. The founder of Sunga dynasty was
Agnimitra
Divakaramitra
Pushyamitra
Vasumitra
69. Who were the originators of the Dravidian Style of architecture and sculpture in the South Indian peninsula
Cholas
Hoysalas
Pallavas
Pandyas
70. The Italian traveller who left very praiseworthy account of the Vijayanagar Empire was
E. Barbosa
Manucci
Marco Polo
Nicolo Counti
71. Gupta Empire declined in the fifth century A.D. as a consequence of
Chalukya invasions
Greek invasions
Huna invasions
Pallava invasions
72. Two sons and one grandson of Emperor Bahadur Shah II were publicly killed by
Jones Micholson
Henry Lawrence
Lt. Hudson
Sir Hugh Roe
73. The Goldmines of South Africa are near which of the following
Durban
Capetown
Johannesburg
Nile Delta
74. The McMohan line lies between
U.S.A. and Canada
Russia and China
England and Ireland
India and China
75. One of the following was the leader in Industrial Revolution.
Germany
Great Britain
U.S.A.
France
76. Amritsar, Ajmer and Vatican City are
Commercial towns
Religious towns
Industrial towns
Port towns
77. From area point of view, India's rank in the world is
3rd
5rd
7th
8th
78. Which of the following is the major component of Ecosystem
Biotic components
Abiotic components
Energy
All of the above
79. Which of the following is the main component of biomass
Animals
Soils
Terrain
Vegetation
80. The length of coastline of India mainland, Lakshadweep and Andaman Nicobar Islands is about
6,100 kilometres
6,200 kilometres
5,800 kilometres
7,516.6 kilometres
81. Which of the following statement is correct for all birds
Have feathers and can fly.
Lay eggs and are endothermic.
Teeth are absent and RBC are without nucleus.
Lungs are spongy and heart is three chambered.
82. Colour-blindness is related with defect in
Rods
Cones
Rods Cones
None of the above
83. Which of the following is a bacterial disease
Measles
Small Pox
Rabies
Tuberculosis
84. The cause of production of energy in a nuclear reactor is
Controlled Nuclear fusion
Uncontrolled Nuclear fusion
Controlled Nuclear fission
Uncontrolled Nuclear fission
85. Yeast is an important source of
Riboflavin
Sugar
Protein
Vitamin C
86. What are the two Pyrimidine bases found in DNA
Adenine and Guanine
Cytosine and Thyamine
Thyamine and Uracil
Thyamine and Guanine
87. What is true for Photosynthesis
Both carbon dioxide and water are reduced.
Carbon dioxide is reduced and water is oxidized.
Both carbon dioxide and water are oxidized.
Carbon dioxide is oxidized and water is reduced.
88. A seed is developed from
Endosperm
Ovule
Egg cell
Carpel
89. H2O2 acts as an antiseptic due to its
reducing property
oxidising property
bleaching property
acidic property
90. Alum is
normal salt
complex salt
basic salt
double salt
91. Paw is related to Cat as Hoof is related to
Horse
Lamb
Elephant
Lion
92. What should come in place of question mark in the following question
<img src='./qimages/3399-92.jpg'>
2209
2307
2401
2601
93. If is called is called 'yellow' is called is called and is called what is the colour of blood
yellow
green
white
black
94. What is the L.C.M. of two numbers which are in the ratio 3 5 and whose H.C.F. is 5
300
250
200
75
95. A is 40 m South-West of B. C is 40 m South-East of B. Then C is in which direction of A
South
West
East
North-East
96. A dice having six numbers 1 to 6 on its faces, is shown in its two positions given below. Which number is opposite to 3
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6
5
4
1
97. There are 20 people in a room. They shake each other's hands once and only once. How many handshakes are there altogether
170
180
190
200
98. Find the term which does not fit into the Alpha-Numeric series
1CV, 5FU, 9IT, 15LS, 17OR
5FU
9IT
15LS
17OR
99. In a shop, the items are arranged in a shelf consisting of 6 rows. Biscuits are arranged above the tins of chocolates but below the row of packets of chips, cakes are placed at the bottom and packets of toffees are below the chocolates. The top most row has the display of jam bottles. Where exactly are the packets of toffees, from the top
2 nd row
3 nd row
4 th row
5throw
100. Which number is wrong in the given series 18, 36, 108, 216, 648, 1290, 3888
36
108
648
1290
101. In a group of boys and girls, if 15 girls leave the group, the ratio of boys to girls becomes 2 1. After sometimes 45 boys also leave the group, then the ratio of boys to girls becomes 1 5. What is the number of girls in the beginning
50
40
30
20
102. Around a circular garden, there is a road 14 m wide. If the cost of getting it cemented at the rate of dollar 25 per sq. metre comes to `dollar 77,000, find the area of the garden.
770 sq.m.
1540 sq.m.
2464 sq.m.
3080 sq.m.
103. If means means means and means then what will be the value of 16 ÷ 64 8 ×
14
16
18
24
104. A man invests 20,000 at a certain rate of interest and 16,000 at higher. The whole interest in 3 years is 9,600. Find the lower rate of interest. 11 2
8
8
8 32 3
105. In a group, eight persons like chocolates. The remaining persons, who represent 7 times the square root of the strength of the group, like sweets. What is the strength of the group
25
36
49
64
106. Which number should be the last in the following series 13, 23, 43, 83,
193
183
163
166
107. is related to in the same way as is related to
VUSQ
VTRP
DBYU
VTQM
108. Three times a number is 122 less than the five times of another number. If the sum of the numbers is 74, then the numbers are
19 and 55
28 and 46
31 and 43
50 and 24
109. Vijay can do a piece of work in 5 hours, while Amit can do the same work in 3 hours. How long will they take to complete the work, if they both work together
1 hour 52 min. and 30 secs.
2 hours
4 hours
8 hours
110. Two candidates participate in an election. 10% voters did not cast their votes and 20% votes found invalid. Winning candidate polled 75% of the valid votes and won by 10,800 votes. Find the total number of voters.
29,000
30,000
27,000
28,000
111. Find the missing term of the series
C4X, F9U, I16R,
L25P
L25O
L27P
L24M
112. The cost of a diamond varies directly as the square of its weight. Once, this diamond was broken into four pieces with weights in the ratio 1 2 3 4. When these pieces were sold, the merchant got 1.4 lakhs less. Find the original cost of that diamond.
dallor 2.0 lakhs
dallor 2.5 lakhs
dallor 3.0 lakhs
dallor 3.5 lakhs
113. In which ratio, a tea selling at 140 per kg and another tea selling at 150 per kg should be mixed so as to make a mixture of 15 kg selling at 2,220
4
3
2
1
114. A vendor sells certain number of fruits for 70. If the price of each fruit was 2 less, he would have sold 4 more fruits for the same amount. What is the number of fruits, he sold originally
14
10
16
15
115. The area of a rectangular lawn of a tourist resort is increased by increasing its length by 25% and decreasing its width by 10%. The area of the new lawn is increased by
22.5%
15%
12.5%
12%
116. Let
N 553 173 723, then N is divisible by
Both 3 and 17
Both 7 and 13
Both 3 and 13
Both 7 and 17
117. I am facing North and turn 90° in the clockwise direction and then 135° in the same direction. At last turning 270° anticlockwise, which direction I am facing now
South-West
North-West
South
West
118. Find the odd one
December
January
June
July
119. Fruit is to Banana as Mammal is to
Snake
Fish
Cow
Sparrow
120. How many letters of the English alphabet (Capitals) appear same when looked at a mirror
12
30,000
27,000
28,000
Social accounting
Environmental accounting
Green accounting
Economic accounting
2. When was the Service Tax introduced first time in India
1990 91
1994 95
1996 97
1999 2000
3. "Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna" was launched on th th
28August, 2014
28September, 2014 th th
28October, 2014
28November, 2014
4. In Global Hunger Index 2014, India has been placed at th th th th
55
56
57
58
5. The full form of "NITI" Aayog is
National Institute for Transforming India
National Individual for Transforming India
National Institute for Transitional India
Natural Islet for Transport Involute
6. Financial year of Government begins from
Calendar Year
Ashwin Shukla
Beginning of April
Kartika -Saka
7. Kalibangan is in
Rajasthan
Punjab
Sind
Maharashtra
8. Buddha attained Nirvana at
Taxila
Champa
Kausambi
Kushinagar
9. Hawkins came to the court of
Shershah
Akbar
Aurangzeb
Jahangir
10. National Research Centre on Seed Spices is situated at
Tabiji, Ajmer
Lalgarh, Bikaner
Pahuna, Pantnagar
Aroma, Ranchi
11. In Uttarakhand since 2000-01 to 2013-14 the production of
rice is declining
wheat is increasing
pulses is declining
total foodgrains is almost constant
12. In clean city ranking out of 476 city surveyed, the cleanest city is
Hardwar
Mysore
Jaipur
Gangtok
13. What is the objective of "Horticulture Mission for North East and Himalayan States"
Promoting Horticulture
Promoting Organic farming
Promoting inorganic farming
All of the above
14. When was National Agriculture Insurance Scheme started nd st
22nd June, 1999
21nd June, 1998th
05th June, 2000
10th June, 2001
15. District having maximum handicrafts Units in Uttarakhand is
Uttarkashi
Pithoragarh
Almora
Tehri Garhwal
16. Satopanth is a
River
Pass
Glacier
Mountain peak
17. One plant of Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited is located in Uttarakhand at
Hardwar
Roorkee
Haldwani
Rishikesh
18. One of the following districts ranks first in "Investment Attraction Index"
Udham Singh Nagar
Hardwar
Nainital
Dehradun
19. Who founded the Garhwal School of Painting
Mangat Ram
Hira Lal
Shyam Das
Mola Ram
20. Which of the following is known as 'Switzerland of India'
Dehradun
Nainital
Pithoragarh
Kausani
21. Which of the following festival is known as Sankranti
Bikhoti
Bhitoli
Harela
Phuldeai
22. Chanchri is a
Traditional folk dance
Group song dance
Group music dance
Jagar dance
23. Choose the correct answer from the followings
Uttarakhand is the 26th State of India.
The location of Uttarakhand is in between 28°43' north to 31° north in latitudes.
Uttarakhand is bounded by three States.
The total geographical area of the State is 53,000 sq. kilometres.
24. The extent of mountains in Uttarakhand follows the direction from
North-west to South-east
North-east to South-west
North-east to South-east
North-west to South-west
25. The largest drainage system of Uttarakhand is
the Yamuna drainage system.
the Ganga drainage system.
the Kali drainage system.
the Ram Ganga drainage system.
26. The Valley of Flowers National Park was declared World heritage by United Nations Organisation in the year
2004 AD
2005 AD
2006 AD
2007 AD
27. Tribe engaged in pastoralism is
Tharu
Bhotia
Boksa
Raji
28. 'Dholasagar' is written in the language of
Garhwali
Sanskrit Misrit Garhwali
Kumaoni
Sanskrit
29. What name was given to Tarai-Bhabar by Muslim historians
Daman-a-Koh
Daman
Koh
Firad-a-Koh
30. How many phases are there in marriage ceremony of Tharu Community
Eleven
Thirteen
Four
Six
31. Gupta Samvat started in
320 A.D.
319 A.D.
322 A.D.
321 A.D.
32. In Uttarakhand, most of the Paper Mills are located in the district of
Nainital
Dehradun
Udham Singh Nagar
Pauri
33. Which organ of Shiva is enshrined at Tungnath, one of the Panch Kedars
Navel
Mouth
Arm
Lock/Jata
34. Kabutari Devi is related to
Folk Songs
Folk Dance
Folk Stories
Folk Paintings
35. Which one of the followings is considered to be the last Katyuri King
Pritam Dev
Dham Dev
Brahma Dev
Pushkarheet
36. One among the followings is a Padma awardee of Uttarakhand relating to trade.
K.S. Valdiya
Shekhar Pathak
Laxman Singh Jangpangi
Pt. Nain Singh
37. Name the Committee which recommended 42nd amendment in the Constitution.
Y.B. Chawan Committee
A.B. Ghani Khan Choudhary Committee
Gurdial Singh Dhillon Committee
Swaran Singh Committee
38. Which Article is related to Power of Parliament to amend the Constitution of India
Article 370
Article 368
Article 354
Article 360
39. Grammar of Politics' is written by
Earnest Barker
T.H. Green
Michael C. Curtis
Harold J. Laski
40. Which State was created in India in 1953
Andhra Pradesh
Orissa
Tamil Nadu
Assam
41. Justice Sarkaria Commission was constituted to look into the
Boundary disputes between States.
Reorganisation of the States.
Centre-State relations.
None of these
42. One of the following States in India has Legislative Council
Orissa
Assam
Tamil Nadu
Karnataka
43. The Doctrine of "Natural Rights" was propounded by
Karl Marx
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
T.H. Green
44. The number of non-permanent members of United Nations Security Council is
5
7
10
15
45. Who said, "Imperialism is the highest stage of Capitalism"
V.I. Lenin
Karl Marx
Mao-Tse Tung
Joseph Stalin
46. Under which Constitutional Amendment Act, the number of Lok Sabha Members was increased from 525 to 545
29th
34th
26th
31th
47. Bachpan Bachao Andolan is associated with
Anshu Gupta
Malala Yousafjai
Medha Patkar
Kailash Satyarthi
48. In 2015, Bharat Ratna was awarded to A.B. Vajpayee and
Lala Lajpat Rai
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Subhas Chandra Bose
Madan Mohan Malviya
49. Who among the followings won Stockholm Water Prize in the year 2015
Arundhati Roy
Chetan Bhagat
Rajendra Singh
Amitav Ghosh
50. Which freedom fighter authored 'India Wins Freedom'
Subhas Chandra Bose
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Chandra Shekhar Azad
Bhagat Singh
51. Rishikesh is also known as the
Ashram Capital of the world
Temple Capital of the world
Yoga Capital of the world
Sanskrit Capital of the world
52. Uttarakhand is the State of Republic of India. th th th th
25th
26th
27th
28th
53. Legislative and Judicial capital of Uttarakhand are
Both at Dehradun
Dehradun and Nainital
Nainital and Almora
Dehradun and Almora
54. World's highest Gurudwara is situated in the district of
Chamoli
Mandi
Ladakh
Champawat
55. Harihar II invaded and extracted tribute from
Bengal
Burma
Ceylon
Thailand
56. The Capital of Shivaji was
Prayag
Aurangabad
Nagpur
Raigarh
57. Swachh Bharat Mission was launched on th th
5December, 2011
20November, 2012 nd nd
2October, 2014
2January, 2015
58. Crimea, which was recently annexed by Russia was a part of
Ukraine
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Latvia
59. The first Governor of Uttarakhand was
K.K. Paul
Margaret Alva
B.L. Joshi
S.S. Barnala
60. For 2014 Dada Saheb Phalke Award was given to
Shashi Kapoor
Mary Kom
Amitabh Bachchan
P.V. Sindhu
61. A country which is a part of the European Union but does not use Euro is
United Kingdom
France
Spain
Germany
62. Ameenah Garib Fakim, sworn in as the President of Mauritus, is also a prominent
Scientist
Lawyer
Doctor
Academician
63. Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana was launched in
2010
2011
2013
2014
64. Who among the following was also a poet and a musician who took delight in the title of 'Kaviraja' or king of poets
Chandra Gupta Maurya
Samudra Gupta
Skand Gupta
None of these
65. Who founded the Asiastic Society of Bengal in Calcutta for the development of education
Jonathan Duncan
William Jones
Warren Hastings
Charles Grant
66. Who among the following faced impeachment in England for his acts committed as Governor General of India
Cornwallis
William Bentinck
Warren Hastings
Lord Wellesley
67. Famous literary work Tahqiq-a-Hind was written by
Alberuni
Badauni
Ziauddin Barni
Khafi Khan
68. The founder of Sunga dynasty was
Agnimitra
Divakaramitra
Pushyamitra
Vasumitra
69. Who were the originators of the Dravidian Style of architecture and sculpture in the South Indian peninsula
Cholas
Hoysalas
Pallavas
Pandyas
70. The Italian traveller who left very praiseworthy account of the Vijayanagar Empire was
E. Barbosa
Manucci
Marco Polo
Nicolo Counti
71. Gupta Empire declined in the fifth century A.D. as a consequence of
Chalukya invasions
Greek invasions
Huna invasions
Pallava invasions
72. Two sons and one grandson of Emperor Bahadur Shah II were publicly killed by
Jones Micholson
Henry Lawrence
Lt. Hudson
Sir Hugh Roe
73. The Goldmines of South Africa are near which of the following
Durban
Capetown
Johannesburg
Nile Delta
74. The McMohan line lies between
U.S.A. and Canada
Russia and China
England and Ireland
India and China
75. One of the following was the leader in Industrial Revolution.
Germany
Great Britain
U.S.A.
France
76. Amritsar, Ajmer and Vatican City are
Commercial towns
Religious towns
Industrial towns
Port towns
77. From area point of view, India's rank in the world is
3rd
5rd
7th
8th
78. Which of the following is the major component of Ecosystem
Biotic components
Abiotic components
Energy
All of the above
79. Which of the following is the main component of biomass
Animals
Soils
Terrain
Vegetation
80. The length of coastline of India mainland, Lakshadweep and Andaman Nicobar Islands is about
6,100 kilometres
6,200 kilometres
5,800 kilometres
7,516.6 kilometres
81. Which of the following statement is correct for all birds
Have feathers and can fly.
Lay eggs and are endothermic.
Teeth are absent and RBC are without nucleus.
Lungs are spongy and heart is three chambered.
82. Colour-blindness is related with defect in
Rods
Cones
Rods Cones
None of the above
83. Which of the following is a bacterial disease
Measles
Small Pox
Rabies
Tuberculosis
84. The cause of production of energy in a nuclear reactor is
Controlled Nuclear fusion
Uncontrolled Nuclear fusion
Controlled Nuclear fission
Uncontrolled Nuclear fission
85. Yeast is an important source of
Riboflavin
Sugar
Protein
Vitamin C
86. What are the two Pyrimidine bases found in DNA
Adenine and Guanine
Cytosine and Thyamine
Thyamine and Uracil
Thyamine and Guanine
87. What is true for Photosynthesis
Both carbon dioxide and water are reduced.
Carbon dioxide is reduced and water is oxidized.
Both carbon dioxide and water are oxidized.
Carbon dioxide is oxidized and water is reduced.
88. A seed is developed from
Endosperm
Ovule
Egg cell
Carpel
89. H2O2 acts as an antiseptic due to its
reducing property
oxidising property
bleaching property
acidic property
90. Alum is
normal salt
complex salt
basic salt
double salt
91. Paw is related to Cat as Hoof is related to
Horse
Lamb
Elephant
Lion
92. What should come in place of question mark in the following question
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2209
2307
2401
2601
93. If is called is called 'yellow' is called is called and is called what is the colour of blood
yellow
green
white
black
94. What is the L.C.M. of two numbers which are in the ratio 3 5 and whose H.C.F. is 5
300
250
200
75
95. A is 40 m South-West of B. C is 40 m South-East of B. Then C is in which direction of A
South
West
East
North-East
96. A dice having six numbers 1 to 6 on its faces, is shown in its two positions given below. Which number is opposite to 3
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6
5
4
1
97. There are 20 people in a room. They shake each other's hands once and only once. How many handshakes are there altogether
170
180
190
200
98. Find the term which does not fit into the Alpha-Numeric series
1CV, 5FU, 9IT, 15LS, 17OR
5FU
9IT
15LS
17OR
99. In a shop, the items are arranged in a shelf consisting of 6 rows. Biscuits are arranged above the tins of chocolates but below the row of packets of chips, cakes are placed at the bottom and packets of toffees are below the chocolates. The top most row has the display of jam bottles. Where exactly are the packets of toffees, from the top
2 nd row
3 nd row
4 th row
5throw
100. Which number is wrong in the given series 18, 36, 108, 216, 648, 1290, 3888
36
108
648
1290
101. In a group of boys and girls, if 15 girls leave the group, the ratio of boys to girls becomes 2 1. After sometimes 45 boys also leave the group, then the ratio of boys to girls becomes 1 5. What is the number of girls in the beginning
50
40
30
20
102. Around a circular garden, there is a road 14 m wide. If the cost of getting it cemented at the rate of dollar 25 per sq. metre comes to `dollar 77,000, find the area of the garden.
770 sq.m.
1540 sq.m.
2464 sq.m.
3080 sq.m.
103. If means means means and means then what will be the value of 16 ÷ 64 8 ×
14
16
18
24
104. A man invests 20,000 at a certain rate of interest and 16,000 at higher. The whole interest in 3 years is 9,600. Find the lower rate of interest. 11 2
8
8
8 32 3
105. In a group, eight persons like chocolates. The remaining persons, who represent 7 times the square root of the strength of the group, like sweets. What is the strength of the group
25
36
49
64
106. Which number should be the last in the following series 13, 23, 43, 83,
193
183
163
166
107. is related to in the same way as is related to
VUSQ
VTRP
DBYU
VTQM
108. Three times a number is 122 less than the five times of another number. If the sum of the numbers is 74, then the numbers are
19 and 55
28 and 46
31 and 43
50 and 24
109. Vijay can do a piece of work in 5 hours, while Amit can do the same work in 3 hours. How long will they take to complete the work, if they both work together
1 hour 52 min. and 30 secs.
2 hours
4 hours
8 hours
110. Two candidates participate in an election. 10% voters did not cast their votes and 20% votes found invalid. Winning candidate polled 75% of the valid votes and won by 10,800 votes. Find the total number of voters.
29,000
30,000
27,000
28,000
111. Find the missing term of the series
C4X, F9U, I16R,
L25P
L25O
L27P
L24M
112. The cost of a diamond varies directly as the square of its weight. Once, this diamond was broken into four pieces with weights in the ratio 1 2 3 4. When these pieces were sold, the merchant got 1.4 lakhs less. Find the original cost of that diamond.
dallor 2.0 lakhs
dallor 2.5 lakhs
dallor 3.0 lakhs
dallor 3.5 lakhs
113. In which ratio, a tea selling at 140 per kg and another tea selling at 150 per kg should be mixed so as to make a mixture of 15 kg selling at 2,220
4
3
2
1
114. A vendor sells certain number of fruits for 70. If the price of each fruit was 2 less, he would have sold 4 more fruits for the same amount. What is the number of fruits, he sold originally
14
10
16
15
115. The area of a rectangular lawn of a tourist resort is increased by increasing its length by 25% and decreasing its width by 10%. The area of the new lawn is increased by
22.5%
15%
12.5%
12%
116. Let
N 553 173 723, then N is divisible by
Both 3 and 17
Both 7 and 13
Both 3 and 13
Both 7 and 17
117. I am facing North and turn 90° in the clockwise direction and then 135° in the same direction. At last turning 270° anticlockwise, which direction I am facing now
South-West
North-West
South
West
118. Find the odd one
December
January
June
July
119. Fruit is to Banana as Mammal is to
Snake
Fish
Cow
Sparrow
120. How many letters of the English alphabet (Capitals) appear same when looked at a mirror
12
30,000
27,000
28,000
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