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Subject general studies
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Organization Uttarakhand Public Service Commission
Position
Exam Date 2015
City, State uttarakhand,


Question Paper

1. Through which of the following pairs of the states Kaveri rivers flows

Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu

Karnataka Tamil Nadu

Maharashtra Andhra Pradesh

Karnataka Maharashtra

2. According to Census 2011, which of the following states of India have least population density?

Arunachal Pradesh

Mizoram

Sikkim

Nagaland

3. Which one of the following is not correctly matched:-

National Parks States
Corbet Uttarakhand

Dachigam Jammu Kashmir

Manas Madhya Pradesh

Periyar Kerala
4. Which one of the following countries is the largest producer of coal in the world?

U.S.A.

China

India

Australia

5. Along which of the following the Konkan Railway route runs:­

Himadri

Western Ghats

Eastern Ghats

Nilgiri Hills

6. For which of the following Firozabad is famous?

Cotton textile industry

Information technology

Chemical fertilizer industry

Cottage glass industry

7. Which of the following rivers is known as the "Sorrow of China"?

Yangtze Kiang

Sikiang

Hwang Ho

None of the above


8. In which of the following spheres the ozone layer lies?

Ionosphere

Photosphere

Stratosphere

Troposphere

9. Kirghiz tribes are the inhabitants

Congo Basin

Kalahari Desert

Arctic Tundra Region

Central Asia

10. India accounts for what percentage of the world population?

11.02

12.40

13.28

16.70

11. Which of the following states is the most populous state of India according to 2011 Census?

Bihar

Uttar Pradesh

West Bengal

Maharashtra

12. Which of the following plants is a bio diesel plant?

Jawa grass

Jatropha

Guggul

Rosha grass

13. Based on percentage of World Population -2010, select the descending sequence of the following continents:­

Africa, Europe, North America, South America

Europe, North America, South America, Africa

North America, Europe, Africa, South America

Europe, Africa, South America, North America

14. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes:­

List-I (Mineral Fuel) List-II (Highest Producing Countries-2009)

A. Uranium 1. China
B. Coal 2. Saudi Arabia
C. Crude Petroleum 3. U.S.A.
D. Natural Gas 4. Canada
Code:
A B C D

214 3

341 2

412 3

123 4

15. Which of the following is the largge scale map:­

Physical map of the world

Political map of India

Road map of Uttarakhand

Topographical map of Dehraddun

16. Sri Jayawardene Pura is the capital of which of the following countries:­

Maldives

Thailand

Sri Lanka

Cambodia

17. Which of the following countries s receives the maximum solar insolation in the m month of January:­

Egypt

Kenya

Congo

Botswana

18. Identify the Atomic Power Station which is not correctly located on the given map of India:­

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Rawatbhatta

Narora

Tarapur

Kaiga

19. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:­

List-I (Ports) List-II( States)
A. Haldia 1. Tamil Nadu
B. Tuticorin 2. West Bengal
C. Mangalore 3. Gujarat
D. Kandla 4. Karnataka
Codes:
A B C D

43 2 1

34 1 2

21 4 3

12 3 4

20. For which of the following 'Chal l Khal' is made in the hills of Uttarakhand?

Protection of landslide

Conservation of water

Protection of wild life

For irrigation

21. Which of the following is known as the 'Boiling Tal' of Uttarakhand?

Bhaink Tal

Veni Tal

Bayan Tal

Badani Tal

22. Which of the following Puranas has the description of Uttarakhand?

Airtaiy Brahmana

Skand Purana

Manas and Kedarkhand

Garun Purana

23. Who was the first and only member from the British Kumaon Division (Kumaon and British Garhwal) in the Legislative Assembly of the United Provinces of Agra and Awadh (after independence):­

Gobind Ballabh Pant

Victor Mohan Joshi

Barrister Mukundi Lal

Tara Dutt Gairola

24. How many square metre land area is covered under one Nali in hills of Uttarakhand:­

100 m2

200 m2

500 m2

1000 m2

25. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the given codes:­

List-I (Temples) List-II (Places)
A. Kim Kaleshwar Temple 1. Almora
B. Chitai Temple 2. Pauri
C. Tapkeshwar Temple 3. Nainital
D. Garjia Devi Temple 4. Dehradun
Codes
A B C D

123 4

214 3

321 4

213 4

26. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the given codes:­

List-I (Glacier) List-II (Districts)
A. Kafni 1. Uttarkashi
B. Milam 2. Bageshwar
C. Gangotri 3. Bageshwar
D. Pindari 4. Pithoragarh
Code
A B C D

2 31 4

2 41 3

3 24 1

4 23 1

27. According to 2011 census, which of the following is the female literacy percentage in Uttarakhand?

76.63%

74.04%

70.70%

65.46%

28. Which one among the following kings sacrificed his life fighting against the Gorkhas in the war of Khurbura?

Praduman Shah

Pradeep Shah

Sudershan Shah

Kirti Shah

29. On which of the following persons "Gandhi Peace Prize" was conferred in 2013?

Sunder Lal Bahuguna

Deep Joshi

Chandi Prasad Bhatt

Vandana Shiva

30. In which of the following districts 'Reetha Meetha Sahib' the holy place of Sikhs, is situated?

Pithoragarh

Udham Singh Nagar

Chamoli

Champawat

31. Which one of the following is related with the SIDCUL Project of Uttarakhand state?

Industrial development

Sports development

Culture and literature development

Agricultural development

32. In which of the following districts 'Fruit Research and Horticulture University' is situated?

Chamoli

Pithoragarh

Pauri

Tehri

33. What is 'PATAL BHUBNESWAR'?

A Cave

A Tal

A Temple

A Peak

34. Who among the following persons lead 'DOLA -PALKI' Andolan in Uttarakhand?

Bhakt Darshan

Jayanand Bharti

Bhairav Dutt Dhuliya

Baldev Singh Arya

35. In which year the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNURM) was launched?

2013

2004

2005

2006

36. Which of the following cities of Uttarakhand is known as 'Tamra-Nagri' (copper city)?

Almora

Rudra Prayag

Uttarkashi

Pauri

37. Which of the following fairs is organized for business purpose?

Jauljivi fair

Purnagiri fair

Jhanda fair

Bissu fair

38. Satnami sect (17th C.) owes its origin to which of the following?

Tulsidas

Kalidas

Kabirdas

Surdas

39. Who among the following has written 'Tohfutul

Al-Beruni

Mirza Jan

Ziauddin Barani

Abul Fazal

40. 'Yangana' belongs to which Buddhist Pitaka?

Sutla

Vinaya

Abhidhamma

None of these

41. The policies of which of the following pairs of British Monarchs have revived the fortunes of English East India Company?

James-I and Charles-I

Charles-II and James-II

James-I and Charles-II

Charles-I and James-II

42. Which of the following Charter Acts allowed Christians to enter India without restriction?

Charter Act of 1793

Charter Act of 1813

Charter Act of 1833

Charter Act of 1853

43. Which of the following British Law Code(s) was/were fully implemented after the revolt of 1857?

The Code of Civil Procedure 1859

The Indian Penal Code 1860

The Criminal Procedure Code 1862

All the above

44. Who among the following had drafted the 'Pakistan Resolution'?

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Rehmat Ali

Sikander Hayat Khan

Fazlul Haque

45. At which of the following places Chandragupta Mauriya had received his higher education:­

Takshila

Vaishali

Nalanda

Vikramshila

46. Which one of the following Gupta rulers is referred to as "Lichchhavi Dauhitra"?

Chandragupta-I

Chandragupta-II

Skandgupta

Samudragupta

47. Which of the following inscriptions refers to the defeat of Hunas by Skandgupt?

Gwalior Inscription

Junagarh Inscription

Mandsaur Inscription

None of the above

48. From whom of the following Akbar learnt the doctrines and practices of Parsian religion?

Dastur Mahyarji Rama

Purushottam

Devi

Heer Vijay Suri

49. With which one of the following Sikh Gurus, who blessed the rebel Prince Khusrao, Jahangir was angry?

Guru Ramdas

Guru Angad Dev

Guru Arjun Dev

Guru Har Govind

50. In which of the following chronological order did Dalhousie annexed the states?

Satara, Jaitpur, Jhansi, Udaipur

Jhansi, Jaitpur, Satara, Udaipur

Udaipur, Jhansi, Jaitpur, Satara

Satara, Jaitpur, Udaipur, Jhansi

51. Who among the following leaders had established the 'Ghadar Party' in 1913 at San Fransisco:­

Ajit Singh

Lala Hardayal

Bhikaji Cama

B.D. Savarkar

52. Who among the following had returned the British title of 'Knighthood' against the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre on 30th May 1919?

Rabindra Nath Tagore

Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

Mahatma Gandhi

Annie Beasant

53. Which one of the following terms was applicable to the members of the Swaraj Party?

Revolutionaries

Moderates

No changers

Pro-changers

54. 'Act of 1935 is such a motor which possesses many brakes, not engine'. Who made this statement?

Subhash Chandra Bose

Jawaharlal Nehru

Mahatma Gandhi

Sardar Patel

55. Which one of the following is the correct chronological sequence of the following proposals:­

1 Wavel Plan

2 Cabinet Mission

3 Cripps Mission

Wavel plan; Cabinet Mission; Cripps Mission

Cripps Mission; Cabinet Mission; Wavel Plan

Cripps Mission; Wavel Plan; Cabinet Mission

Cabinet Mission; Cripps Mission; Wavel Plan

56. The ozone layer mostly absorbs:

Infrared radiation

Radio waves

Ultraviolet radiation

Visible light

57. Which one of the following is the order of wave length of X-rays?

10-10 m

10-7 m

10-9 m

10-11 m

58. Which of the following includes seedless vascular plants?

Bryophyta

Pteridophyta

Gymnosperm

Angiosperm

59. The photosynthetic symbiont of a lichen is often:­

Moss

Brown alga

Green alga

Red alga

60. Which of the following sets of chemical elements constitutes more than 92 percent of living beings?

Carbon, Oxygen, Hydrogen, Sodium

Carbon, Oxygen, Hydrogen, Nitrogen

Carbon, Oxygen, Sodium, Potassium

Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Sulphur, Phosphorous

61. Which one of the following statement is true?

Homo eructus had an Asian origin

Australiopithecine had Australian origin

Homosapiens originated in Europe

Homosapiens originated in Africa

62. Which one of the following pairs of plant tissues are found both in xylem and phloem?

Sclerenchyma and Parenchyma

Vessels and Sieve-Tubes

Cortex and Pith

Vascular cambium and cork cambium

63. Which of the following is measured with hygrometer?

Relative humidity

Atmospheric pressure

Seismic waves

Relative density of liquids

64. Which of the following in not affected by HIV?

Helper T cell bearing CD4 receptor

Cytotoxic T-cell

Brain Cell

Macro phages

65. Which of the following diseases/disorders is caused by the death of dopamine secreting brain neuron?

Fibrosis

Depression

Alzheimers disease

Parkinson's disease

66. Bacteria using oxidation of inorganic substance as a source of energy instead of light are known

Photoautotrophs

Chemoautotrophs

Chemoheterotrophs

Saprotrophs

67. Which of the following states has become 29th state of India on 2nd June 2014?

Chhattisgarh

Telangana

Goa

Jharkhand

68. Which of the following National Parks of India has been declared to the included in the World Heritage list of UNESCO?

Rajaji National Park

Great Himalayan Park

Dudhwa National Park

Bandipur National Park

69. Where was the 8th summit Conference of G-20 countries held in 2013?

Saint Petersburg

Brazil

Germany

Indonesia

70. Which of the following cities will be hosting the next Olympic Games to be held in 2016?

Moscow

Melbourne

Rio de Janeiro

Toronto

71. In which of the following games Heena Sidhu has recently won a World Cup Gold Medal for India?

Shooting

Archery

Weight lifting

Boxing

72. Which one of the following is the first Indian indigenous anti submarine stealth warship that been handed over to Navy?

I.N.S. Vikrant

I.N.S. Sunayna

Samudra Ratnakar

I.N.S. Kamorta

73. Where did the sixth Summit Conference of BRICS countries held on 15-16, July 2014?

Fortaleza

Berlin

Chile

Durban

74. In which of the following articles of the Indian Constitution the special power with respect to Delhi is mentioned?

Article 239A

Article 239AA

Article 239

Article 239B

75. Who among the following in the author of the book "The Dramatic Decade: Indira Gandhi Years":­

Natwar Singh

Jaswant Singh

Kuldeep Nayyar

Pranab Mukherjee

76. Where is the secretariat of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) located?

Vienna

New York

Paris

London

77. Kyoto Protocol is a part

UNEP

UNFCCC

IPCC

All the above

78. To which one of the following parties Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena belongs?

New Democratic Front

Sri Lankan Freedom Party

United Peoples Freedom Alliance

None of the above

79. On which of the following hills Mawsynram which receives the highest average annual rainfall in the world is located?

Arakan hills

Khasi hills

Garo hills

Jauntia hills

80. Who among the following is the author of the book "Himalaya ki Beti"?

Bachendri Pal

Neema Joshi

Radha Bhatt

Sarla Behan

81. Which one of the following cities has become India's first fully Wi-Fi enabled metro city in 2015?

Jaipur

Pune

Chennai

Kolkata

82. Which of the following structures are common to animals and plant cells?

Chloroplast

Mitochondria

Centriole

Cell wall made of cellulose

83. Which of the following five years plan in India aims at "Inclusive growth":­

Fifth Five Years Plan

Sixth Five Years Plan

Eleventh Five Years Plan

Tenth Five Years Plan

84. According to Human Development Report-2014 (HDR-2014) what is India's rank in Human Development Index

134th

135th

136th

137th

85. Which of the following hectorage indicates the marginal farmers in India?

Less than one hectare

1.0 2.0 hectares

2.0 3.0 hectares

More than 3.0 hectares

86. In which of the following years 'National Food Security Mission' was launched?

2001 02

2005 06

2007 08

2010 11

87. The rate at which banks lend to RBI is called:­

Bank Rate

Reverse Repo Rate

Repo Rate

Interest Rate

88. Match List-I with List-II and select correct answer from the given codes:­

List-I (Place) List-II (Minerals)
A. Khetri 1. Gold
B. Bailadila 2. Marble
C. Makrana 3. Iron ore
D. Kolar 4. Copper
Codes
A B C D

12 3 4

21 3 4

32 1 4

43 2 1

89. Which one of the following is not a warm ocean current?

Brazil current

East Australian current

West Australian current

North pacific current

90. Who among the following is the father of Green Revolution?

Norman Barlaug

M.S. Swaminathan

J. Kostrowicki

Mohammad Shafi

91. 12 men complete a work in 9 days. After they have worked for 6 days, 6 more men join them. How many days will they take to complete the remaining work?

2 days

3 days

5 days

6 days

92. The value of 2

625

10625

15625

10245

93. The difference between simple and compound interests compounded annually, on a certain sum of money for two years at per annum is Rs.1 The sum

Rs. 625

Rs. 630

Rs. 640

Rs. 650

94. The radius of a circle is increased by then the area of circle will be increased

400%

300%

200%

100%

95. A laboratory has 55 rabbits, some white and rest brown. Which of the following could be the ratio of white to brown rabbits in the lab?

1 3

3 4

5 11

3 8

96. If are in A.P. as well as in G.P., then:

a b c

a not b not

a not b not c

a b c

97. A school has a total enrollment of 250 students. There are 163 students in Physics, 148 taking Chemistry and 120 taking both. How many students are taking neither Physics nor Chemistry?

65

71

59

89

98. Find the missing letters:-

DCBA, ZYXW, HGFE, VUTS, LKJI,

MNOP

RQPO

NOPQ

ONML

99. Find the wrong term in the following series:­

14, 31, 64, 137, 280

31

64

137

280

100. A farmer built a fence around his square plot. He used 27 fence poles on each side of the square. How many poles did he need altogether?

100

101

104

108

101. Fill in the blanks choosing the similar word:

Sitar; Guitar; Tanpura;

Mridanga

Violin

Harmonium

Flute

102. In an exam, a student scores 4 marks for every correct answer and looses 1 mark for every wrong answer. If he attempts in all 60 questions and secures 130 marks, the number of questions he attempted correctly

38

35

42

40

103. Choose the odd pair of words from the answers:­

Mother-Father

Brother-Sister

Master-Servant

Uncle-Nephew

104. Reena is twice as old as Sunita. Three years ago, she was three times old as Sunita. How old is Reena now?

6 years

7 years

8 years
th nd

105. If it was Saturday on 17th December 2002. What was the day on 22nd December 2004?

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Sunday

106. In a certain code language means 'sweet and means 'coffee is sweet' and means 'tea is hot'. Which of the following would mean 'coffee is

536

731

367

753

107. If L stands for M stands for N stands for P stands for ÷ then 14N10L42P2M8

83

153

216

248

108. If you write down all the numbers from 1 to 100, then how many times the digit 5 is used?

18

19

20

21

109. The monthly salary of a man is Rs. 4,800 and he spends of it. His income increases by of the present salary and his spending also increases by of the present expenditure. His savings will now:­

Decrease by Rs.400

Decrease by Rs.800

Increase by Rs.400

Increase by Rs.600

110. The missing letter in the following is:

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O

R

P

Q

111. A man walks 5 metres straight and then 10 metres to the right. Than he continuously turns left and walks 10, 10 metres respectively. How far is he from his starting point?

5route3 metres

3route5 metres

5route2 metres

10 metres

112. A square of side is divided into four rectangles as shown in the following figure. The lengths of the sides of the rectangles are natural numbers. The area of the two rectangles are indicated in the figure. Then the value of is:

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10

11

15

Cannot be determined

113. What is the minimum number of different colours required to paint the figure given below such that no two adjacent regions have the same colour?

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3

4

5

6

114. If the average of 11, 19 and d is to lie between 19 and d (19 which of the following is true?

d 40

d 40

d 40

none of these

115. Statement: Some bags are trunks. All trunks are shirts. Some shirts are books. All books are shops.

Conclusion: I. Some shops are bags
II. Some books are bags
III. Some shops are shirts
IV. Some shirts are bags

Only I and II are true

Only I and III are true

Only III and IV are true

None of these

116. Several teams take part in a competition, each of which must play one game with all other teams. How many teams took part in the competition if they played 45 games in all?

15

20

5

10

117. In a race of 200 metres, A beats B by 20 metres and C by 40 metres. If B and C are running a race of 100 metres with exactly the same speeds as before, then by how many meters will B beat

11.11 metres

12 metres

10 metres

25 metres

118. A clock is set right at 5am. If it loses 16 minutes in 24 hours, what will be the true time when the clock indicates 10 pm on the 4th day?

11 pm

10:44 pm

10:28 pm

11:04 pm

119. Find the missing number in tthe following figure:

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120. Which of the following grou ups of letters when placed serially in the blankks in the following series, will complete the series s


c b a b

c b c a

c b a a

c b a c


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