1. In which one of the following countries the 'Cotton Belt' is located

Brazil

United States of America

Australia

Russia

2. Which one of the following planets is nearest to the Sun

Venus

Earth

Mercury

Mars

3. The highest amount of salinity is found in

Red Sea

Dead Sea

Caspian Sea

Aral Sea

4. Who among the following evolved the concept of relationship between mass and energy

Einstein

Planck

Dalton

Rutherford

5. The water in which hydrogen atoms have been replaced by deuterium atoms is called

Warm water

Cold water

Heavy water

Volatile water

6. Who is regarded as the Father of Plant Physiology

Stephen Hales

Joseph Priestley

S. Mayer

Wood Ward

7. Neutron was discovered by

Chadwick

Rutherford

Bohr

Newton

8. Tritium has an atomic number of

3

2

1

4

9. What is the name of the layer of earth's atmosphere which is associated with weather phenomenon like the rainfall

Stratosphere

Troposphere

Mesosphere

Ionosphere

10. Mark the wrong combination

James Watt Steam Engine

A.G. Bell Telephone

J.L. Baird Television

J. Perkins Penicillin

11. Xerophthalamia is the disease caused by deficiency of the following

Vitamin A

Vitamin B

Vitamin C

Vitamin K

12. Who among the following described protoplasm as the physical basis of life

T.H. Huxley

Leeuwenhoak

Rudolf Virchow

J.C. Bose

13. Cotton dust from textile mills causes a disease known as

Silicosis

Byssinosis

Cancer

Flurosis

14. Of what kind of rock is granite an example

Sedimentary rock

Igneous rock

Metamorphic rock

Pyrolite

15. Which of the following gases is regarded as atmospheric pollutant

O2

O3

SO2

N2

16. The infection which causes malaria is

Bacterial

Viral

Parasitic

Fungal

17. Which of the following is not a programming language

BASIC

COBOL

PASCAL

LOTUS

18. A bat is a kind of

Reptile

Bird

Mammal

Anthropoid

19. If the pressure on a piece of wax is increased, the melting point of wax

decreases

increases

un changes

decreases and then increases

20. In the equilibrium state, thermodynamic probability of system is

8

one

zero

minimum

21. Which of the following is digestive hormone

Lipase

Pepsin

Amylase

Gastrin

22. The highest peak of Uttarakhand is

Nanda Devi

Chaukhamba

Kamet

Trishul

23. 'SIDKUL' is related to

Sports

Literature

Industries

Education

24. The State Flower of Uttarakhand is

Brahm Kamal

Rose

Marigold

Jasmine

25. Which of the following persons sacrificed his life, through fasting, against illegal mining in

Baba Uttarakhandi

Swami Nigamanand

Prof. G.D. Agrawal

Jai Dutt Vella

26. Which of the following directed the recently made film-"Bombay Talkies"

Hrishikesh Mukherji

Yash Chopra

Zoya Aktar, Anurag Kashyap, Karan Johar Dibakar Bannerji

None of these

27. The first Chief Information Commissioner of Uttarakhand was

R.S. Tolia

P.S. Pangti

N.S. Nrapchayal

Vinod Nautiyal

28. What percentage of total water available on earth, is in the form of underground water

0.7%

4.8%

6.5%

9.1%

29. Who was the leader of Peshawar mutiny

Dev Singh Rawat

Darban Singh Negi

Chandra Singh Garhwali

Gabbar Singh Negi

30. At which of the following places, there is a unit of BHEL (Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd)

Kotdwar

Ranibagh

Veer Bhadra

Bhopal

31. The percentage of total land area of Uttarakhand covered by forest is

80%

65%

43%

15.5%

32. The twin sisters who created history by conquering Mt. Everest on the same day and the same time are

Tasha and Nungshi

Chandra Prabha Atwal and Harshwati

Bachendripal and Sarla Negi

Arunima and Madhumita Bisht

33. The second State Language of Uttarakhand is

Sanskrit

Urdu

English

None of the above

34. The State animal of Uttarakhand is

Sambhar

Musk deer

Neelgai

Elephant

35. Who is known as "Chanakya of Kumaun"

Badridutt Pandey

Harshdeo Joshi

Gopal Dutt

Kishan Chand Joshi

36. Vyas cave is located in

Badrinath

Kedarnath

Yamunotri

Gangotri

37. Year 2001 was celebrated by Uttarakhand government as the

Female Child Year

Woman Year

Tourism Year

Development Year

38. What is the density of population in Uttarakhand in 2011 (Provisional)

159

169

189

191

39. What is the name of NASA's Science Laboratory which landed on Mars, in 6th Aug. 2012

COULOMBIA-7

ATLANTIS

CURIOSITY

MARS-ODYSSEY

40. The first lady who won Booker Prize two times is

Hillary Mantel

Sarojini Naidu

Shobha Dey

Taslima Nasreen

41. Who founded the 'Gadar Party'

Shyamji Krishna Verma

Lala Hardayal

Bhikaji Cama

Veer Savarkar

42. Which coast of India was hit by the severe cyclonic storm on 31st October, 2012

Kerala coast

Tamilnadu coast

Andhra coast

Mumbai coast

43. Under whose Captaincy India won under 19 cricket world cup in 2012

Sandeep Sharma

Hanuman Vihari

Prashant Chopra

Unmukta Chand

44. Who among the following won the Indian Grand Prix Award in Greater Noida on 28th October 2012

Sebestian Vettel

Fernando Alonse

Mark Weber

Lewis Hamilton

45. Which of the following districts suffered from natural calamity in September 2012, after the cloud burst in Gangotri of district Uttar Kashi

Chamoli

Pithoragarh

Rudraprayag

Tehri Garhwal

46. Which of the following is the first Indian athlete who won a silver medal at the London Paralympic Games-2012

Oscar Pictorius

M. Maricom

Sushil Kumar

Girisha H. Nagraje Gowda

47. Which of the following sportsman was given Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award-2012

M. Marycom

Yogeshwar Dutt

Sushil Kumar

Gagan Narang

48. In which of the following region of India, agitation is going on for a separate State

Telangana

Vidarbha

Saurashtra

Mewar

49. Who of the following had called the "Dams and Factories as temples of Modern India"

Mahatma Gandhi

Lal Bahadur Shastri

Jawahar Lal Nehru

B.R. Ambedkar

50. Who among the following Indian actresses has been chosen as the brand ambassador for sanitation programme

Kareena Kapoor

Aishwarya Rai

Vidya Balan

Hema Malini

51. Which of the following has been awarded the Nobel Prize 2012 in literature

Hillary Mentel

V.S. Naipaul

Herta Muller

Mo Yan (Guan Moye)

52. Who among the following Indian girls represented India at the Miss World 2012 contest

Hasleen Kaur

Ankita Shorey

Vanya Mishra

Prachi Mishra

53. Who is the author of the recently published book "Beyond the Lines An Autobiography"?

Shashi Tharoor

Jaswant Singh

Khushwant Singh

Kuldeep Nayyar

54. In which of the following cities Metro Rail Service was started in 2011

Kolkata

Chennai

Bengaluru

Hyderabad

55. The Targetted Public Distribution System was adopted from

June 1996

June 1997

June 1999

June 2000

56. The share of industry in GDP at Factor Cost (at 2004-05 prices) in 2011-12 was

27 percent

29 percent

24 percent

32 percent

57. Who wrote the book "Indian Economic Crisis"

K.N. Raj

A.K. Sen

C.T. Kurien

L.C. Jain

58. As per 2011 Population Census the sex ratio in India is

933

940

927

945

59. The share of agriculture in India's Exports in 2010-11, was

9.9 percent

10.9 percent

8.0 percent

7.0 percent

60. The Planning Commission of India was set up in

1947

1952

1950

1961

61. When was UN (United Nations) formed

24.10.1945

05.02.1922

05.01.1950

14.08.1947

62. Generally the gap between the two Sessions of the Parliament should not be more than

Three months

Six months

One year

Two years

63. When was the Constitution of India adopted by the Constituent Assembly

26th November, 1949

15th August, 1949

9th December, 1946

26th January, 1950

64. The Quit India Resolution was adopted by the Indian National Congress in

1940

1942

1944

1946

65. Who said, "Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it"

Lala Lajpat Rai

Lokmanya Tilak

Mahatma Gandhi

Rabindra Nath Tagore

66. During whose reign, did Francis Bernior visit India

Akbar

Shahjahan

Aurangzeb

Jahangir

67. Who was the 1st Tirthankar of Jain Religion

Gautam Buddha

Rishabh Dev

Neminath

Mahavira

68. Brihadrath, the last Mauryan ruler was assassinated by

Pushyamitra

Brihaspatimitra

Agnimitra

Bhanumitra

69. During whose reign did Fa-Hien come to India

Kumargupta

Chandragupta I

Chandragupta II

Skandgupta

70. Who composed 'Nuh Sipehar'

Al-Biruni

Amir Khusro

Ziauddin Barni

None of these

71. Which Mughal emperor adopted the policy of "Sulahkul"

Humayun

Akbar

Jahangir

Shahjahan

72. Which national leader published the newspapers the 'Kesari' and the 'Maratha'

Bipin Chandra Pal

Dadabhai Naoroji

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

B.R. Ambedkar

73. The 'Hindu Mahasabha' was established in 1915 on the occasion of 'Kumbha Mela' at

Nasik

Prayag

Ujjain

Haridwar

74. Which work does not belong to Kalidas

Meghdootam

Malvikagnimitram

Mrichhakatikam

Raghuvansham

75. Who was selected as the first Satyagrahi by Mahatma Gandhi to begin the individual Satyagraha in 1940

C.Rajgopalachari

Vallabhbhai Patel

J.B. Kripalani

Vinoba Bhave

76. Which one of the following rivers is the right side tributary of Ganga

Yamuna

Ram Ganga

Gomti

Ghaghra

77. In which one of the following States of India is Pir Panjal Range located

Meghalaya

Arunachal Pradesh

Uttarakhand

Jammu and Kashmir

78. Which one of the following industries located in Saharanpur is the oldest

Fertilizer

Cotton Textile

Woollen Textile

Paper

79. The Konkan Railway Track passes through the mountain range of

Himadri

Sahyadri

Shiwalik

Neelgiri

80. Which one of the following statements is not true according to Census 2011

India accounts for 20% of the World population

Population of India is 121 croes

The increase in population is by 17.64% during the decade 2001-2011

The highest density of population is in Delhi.

81. Seismograph is used for measuring

Humidity in atmosphere

Atmospheric pressure

Earthquake

Minimum and maximum temperature

82. Where among these places the Sun will rise the earliest

New York

Hong Kong

New Delhi

Tokyo

83. Which one of the following countries is not a member of SAARC

Maldives

Pakistan

Afghanistan

Iran

84. Which one of the following tribes use for shelter

Eskimos

Masai

Bushman

Pigmy

85. In which climate of the world winter rainfall is the distinctive characteristic

Savanna

Mediterranean

Monsoon

Equatorial

86. Which is the leading country in the Automobile industry of the world

Germany

France

Japan

Canada

87. Of which country is the capital

South Sudan

Syria

Jordon

Iran

88. Which one of the following dams in India is located on Mahanadi river

Kosi

Hirakud

Nagarjun

Bhakra

89. Which one of the following deserts is the largest in the world

Attacama

Gobi

Sahara

Thar

90. El Nino is related to

Climate

Vegetation

Soil

Cultivation

91. Find the missing number in the following figure

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16

9

85

112

92. The sum of three numbers is 98. If the ratio of the first to second is 2:3 and that of the second to the third is 5:8. Then the second number is

20

30

48

58

93. A man can row a boat at 5 km/hr in still water. If velocity of the current is 1 km/hr and it takes him 1 hour to row to a place and come back, how far is the place

3.6 km

3.0 km

2.5 km

2.4 km

94. The height of a certain pole is 30 feet. Grease is applied to the pole. A monkey attempts to climb the pole. It climbs 3 feet every second but slips down 2 feet in the next second. When will the monkey reach the top of the pole

27 seconds

55 seconds

56 seconds

60 seconds

95. The sum of four numbers is 100. The average of first, second and fourth is 24. Difference of the third and first is 10 and the fourth number exceeds the second by 4. One of the numbers is

21

31

26

25

96. Let S x where x y x y then the difference between the mean and the median of S is

1/2

1/3

1/4

1/5

97. Ajay and Vijay, two friends live at the extreme ends of a road. Ajay takes 20 minutes to go to Vijay's house whereas it takes Vijay 24 minutes to reach Ajay's house. If they start exactly at 9:00 a.m. from their respective houses to go to each other's house, at what time approximately they will meet on the way

9:15 a.m

9:09 a.m

9:05 a.m

9:11 a.m

98. 4 men and 6 women can complete a work in 8 days, while 3 men and 7 women can complete it in 10 days. In how many days will 10 women complete it

35

40

45

50

99. A sum of money was divided equally among a certain number of persons. Had there been six more, each would have received a rupee less and had there been four less, each would have received a rupee more than he did. The sum of money and number of men are

120, 24

150, 30

160, 20

140, 10

100. If side of a square is increased by then percentage increase in its area will be

11%

31%

44%

48%

101. A pump can fill a tank with water in 2 hours. Because of a leakage, it took 231 hours to fill the tank. The leakage can drain all the water of the tank in 1

4 1/3 hours

7 hours

8 hours

14 hours

102. 'Reading' is related to 'Knowledge' in the same way is related to

Money

Employment

Experience

Labour

103. If 'MOBILITY' is coded as '46293927', then 'EXAMINATION' is coded as

67250623076

56149512965

57159413955

45038401854

104. In the first 10 overs of a cricket match, the run rate was only 3.2. What should be the run rate in the remaining 40 overs to reach the target of 282 runs

6.25

6.50

6.75

6.15

105. How many triangles are there in the following figure

<img src='./qimages/3399-105.jpg'>
24

28

32

36

106. Which is the smallest prime number

1

2

3

4

107. At what time between 7 and 8 clock, will the hands of a clock be in the same straight line, but, not together 52

5 5/11 mint. past 7

5 2/11 mint. past 7

5 3/11 mint. past 7

5 mint. past 7

108. If FULFNHW is the code for CRICKET, then EULGH is the code for which word

PRIDE

BRIDE

BLADE

BLIND

109. What amount of money invested at per annum would receive simple interest of 180/-over 11 years 2

dallor 1500

dallor 2000

dallor 1800

dallor 1850

110. Find the smallest number which when divided by 7 and 9 then remainders are 2 and respectively.

315

312

156

150

111. Out of 1500 students, 520 studied Hindi, 335 studied Sanskrit, 425 studied History, 100 studied both Hindi and History, 180 studied both Hindi and Sanskrit, 150 studied both Sanskrit and History and 28 studied all the three subjects. The number of students who studied only Hindi is

240

332

282

268

112. When the cost of petroleum increases by a man reduces his annual consumption by 20%. The increase in his annual expenditure on petroleum is

20%

12%

16%

40%

113. A rectangle whose area is 180 sq.ft. has its sides, respectively, diminished by 7 ft. and 4 ft. so as to become a square. The length of the side of the square is

3 feet

8 feet

10 feet

12 feet

114. The length of the bridge, which a train 130 metres long and travelling at 45 km/hr speed can cross in 30 seconds is

200 m

225 m

245 m

250 m

115. Raman ranks sixteenth from the top and forty-ninth from the bottom in a class. How many students are there in the class

63

64

65

66

116. walks 10 metres in front and 10 metres to the right. Then, every time turns to his left, he walks 14 and 18 metres, respectively. How far is he now from his starting point

3 metres

4 metres

5 metres

7 metres

117. Six friends E and F are sitting in a circle facing the centre. E is to the left of C is between A and F is between E and A. Who is to the right of C

A

B

D

E

118. Arrange the given words in a meaningful sequence and then choose the most appropriate sequence from the given alternatives

1. Income
2. Status
3. Education
4.Well-being
5. Job

4

4

4

4

119. The age of a father is twice that of the elder son. Ten years hence the age of the father will be three times that of the younger son. If the difference of ages of the two sons is 15 years, the age of the father is

50 years

55 years

60 years

70 years

120. The number of boys in a class is two more than three times the number of girls. Which one of the following numbers cannot represent the total number of children in the class

50

46

44

42