Exam Details
Subject | general awareness | |
Paper | ||
Exam / Course | ||
Department | ||
Organization | odisha public service commission | |
Position | assistant section officer | |
Exam Date | 2016 | |
City, State | odisha, |
Question Paper
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1. International boundary between India .and China is demarcated by
Radcliffe Line
Maginot Line
Mc Mohan Line
Durand Line
2. The Headquarters of the UNESCO is located at
New York
Paris
Geneva
Berlin
3. IQ stands for:
Intelligent Question
Intelligent Quotation
Intelligence Quotient
Internal Quantity
4. Who was the famous composer of Music and Saint Poet of Medieval Orissa?
Maheswar Mahapatra
Bishnu Panda
Jayadeva
(D) Ananda Deva RF -3A113
5. The Mixed Economy Model of Economic Development was introduced by ..
Mahatma Gandhi
Dr. 6. R. Ambedkar
Jawaharlal Nehru
Indira Gandhi
6. Who was the First Woman President of Indian National Congress
Kadambini Ganguli
Sarojini Naidu
Annie 6esant
Kamala Nehru
7. Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) relate to:
World6ank
RBI
WTO
IMF
Science and Technology
Literature and Education
Social Service
Dance and Music
17.
An algae type ocean deposit is called
18.
Guru Nanak was born at
Amritsar
Sirhind
Talwandi
Anandpur
19.
Swami Vivekananda went to U. S. A. and participated in the World Religions Conference held in 1893 at:
NewYof1(
Chicago
Philadelphia
Washington
20.
What is M-Commerce
(A) Machine Commerce Mobile Commerce RF -3A113
Money Commerce
Marketing Commerce
Jayanta Mahapatra was awarded Padmashree for his contribution to
Centd.
(A) Neritic remains OiatomOoze Pteropod Ooze Pelagic deposits
21. Who was the author of Vikramanka Charitra?
Vikramaditya
Kalhana
Bilhana
Harshavardana
22. Which of the following Sikh Gurus introduced the Concept of Khalsa?
Guru Gobind Singh
Guru Tej Bahadur
Guru Banda Saheb
(D) Dev
23. Who said that the Directive Principles of State Policy are just like "a Cheque on Bank payable at the convenience ofthe Bank"
Jawaharlal Nehru
K.T.Shah
B. R. Ambedkar
Vallabhbhai Patel Contd.
24. Wheat, Barley, Lemon. Orange, Rye. and Pearl millet belong to
The same plant family
Two plant families
Three plant families
Four plant families
25. The South-South Dialogue is associated with:
Co-operatiol" among developing nations
Disarmament Conference
Summit meeting between developed and developing countries
Non-Alignment Movement
26. Who was the author of the book, Annihilation of Caste
B. R. Ambedkar
Jawaharlat Nehru
Jotiba Phule
Periyar Ramaswamy Naickar
27. Ikat is identified with:
Odisha Handlooms
Bengal Cotton
MetalWork
(D) Kanchi Silk RF -3A113
28. Photosynthetic vesicle found in bacteria is called a
Mesosome
Chromatophore
Genophore
Pneumatophore
29. Union Carbide India Ltd. manufactured essentially:
Heavy Water •
Petrochemicals
Fertilizers
Leather Goods
30. The Bokaro Iron and Steel Plant is located in:
West Bengal
Andhra Pradesh
Jharkhand
Bihar
31. Padmini Rout is a
Badminton Player
Chess Player
Cricket Player
(0) Hockey Player (Tum over)
32. The 34th National Games of 2011 were held in
Uttarakhand
Kerala
Karnataka
Jharkhand
33. "Eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth"
,is the guiding principle of Attributive theory of Justice
Retributive theory of Justice
Deterrent theory of Justice
Reformative theory of Justice
34. Earth is a very big magnet. In which direction does its magnetic field extend?
West to East
North to South
South to North
East to West
35. Who among the following was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics? Alfred Marshall
RF -3A113 I
Joan Robbins
J. M. Keynes
AmartyaSen
36. The authority to sepcifywhich castes shall be deemed to be Scheduled Castes rests with the: Commissioner for Scheduled Castes and Tribes
.
Prime Minister
President of India
Governorofthe State
37. Polar-Bears hold cures for:
Type II diabetes
Osteoporosis
Breast Cancer
Kidney failure
38. Which Colour I Colours of Light has the highestvelocitythrough vacuum?
Blue
Red
Green
(0) All ofthe above Contd.
39.
The ultimate source of energy in a hydroelectric power station is
40.
Mamta Sharma was appointed in 2011 as the Chairperson of:
National Commission for Minorities
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights
National Commission for Women
National Commission for Backward Classes
41.
Identify the odd one from the following:
Tsunami
Earthquake
Windmills
(A) Solar energy The potential energy of water The kinetic energy of water The electro-chemical energy of
water Cyclones RF -3A113
42. Which continent is known as 'Cradle
of Mankind'
Asia
Africa
Europe
South America
43. Which one of the following statements is not correct about India's population as per the 2011 Census Report? •
Literacy rate has gone up from 65% to 74%
Kerala has the highest literacy rate
Bihar has the lowest literacy rate
Men outnumber women in growth of literates
44. Who propounded the adoption of model to eradicate rural poverty?
Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Abhijit Sen
MaulanaAbul KaJamAzad
Prof. A. M. Pathan
) (Tum over)
45. Which one of the following is not a
real Garden?
Vrindavar:l Garden of Mysore
Hanging Garden of Mumbai
Eden Garden of Kolkata
Shalimar Garden of Kashmir
46. Who among the following was the First Viceroy of India?
Lord Ripon
Lord Curzon
Lord Mountbatten
Lord Canning
47. Who among the following introduced Mudravinyoga in Odissi Dance
Kelucharan Mohapatra
Pankaj Charan Oas
Mayadhar Rout
Kumkum Mohanty
48 Bhimsen Joshi was awarded Bharat Ratna in the year:
2001
2006
2008
(D) 2010 RF -3A113 (11
49. C. V. Raman was awarded Nobel
Prize in the field of
Biology
Mathematics
Physics
Chemistry
50. In 2012, Bhavani Mukharjee received Dronacharya Award for:
Table tennis
Badminton
Hockey
Athletics
51. Mahender Singh Dhoni was the Captain of IPL Team known as
Chennai Super Kings
Kolkata Night Riders
Deccan Chargers
Rajasthan Royals
52. Which one of the following Odissi Dancer was awarded the Guinness World Records?
Pratap Das
Payal Biswal
Aruna Mohanty
(D) Niranjan Tripathy i Contd.
53. Who among the following first propounded the idea of Basic Education?
Jawahar Lal Nehru
Raja Rammohan Roy
Mahatma Gandhi
Dayanand Saraswati
54. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
Darjeeling -West Bengal
MountAbu -Rajasthan
Kodaikanal-Tamil Nadu
Simla -Uttar Pradesh
55. The Earth is at its maximum distance from the Sun on
30th January
22nd December
22nd September
4th July
56. The total population divided by available arable land area is referred toas: Population density Nutritional density RF -3A113
Agricultural density
Industrial density
57. Green glands are associated with:
Reproduction
Excretion
Respiration
Digestion
58. During respiration, the gases enter into the blood and leave the same by the process of
Active transport
Diffusion
Diffusion and active transport
Osmosis
59. Heart is devoid of:
Cardiac Muscle
Involuntary Muscle
Voluntary Muscle
Smooth Muscle
60. The humidity is measured by
Conductivity meter
Hygrometer
Psychomotor
(D) Auxanometer (Tum over)
61. Which one ofthefollowing isafungal disease?
Leucodemia
Eczema
Ringworm
Elephantiasis
62. Chickenpox is caused by
DNA Virus
Variola Virus
Streptococcus
Vibrio Cholera
63. Find out the odd one among the following:
Marble
Chalk
Limestone
Slaked Lime
64. Who was the Founder of Indian Institute of Science?
C. V. Raman
G. D. Birla
J. N. Tata
(D) Jawahar Lal Nehru RF -3Al13 10)
65. The hydraulic brake used in automobiles is a directapplication of
Archimedes' principle
Torricelli law
Bernoulli's Theorem
Pascal's law
66. Which one of the following is the fastest?
CD-ROM
RAM
Registers
Cache
67. The process which is not helpful in the prevention of rusting of iron is
Annealing
Applying Grease
Galvanizing
Painting
68. Denatured alcohol:
Is a form of alcohol
Is unfit for drinking as it contains poisonous substances
Contains coloured impurities
Is sweet to taste
Contd.
69. The Headquarters of the Indian Sapce Research Organisation is located at:
Bangalore
Trivandrum
Chennai
Hyderabad
70. The most populated desert in the world is:
Sahara
Gobi
Thar
None of the above
71. Supersonic airplanes create a shock wave called:
Transition wave
Ultrasound
Transverse wave
Sonic Boom
72. National Maila Mukti Yatra aims to deal with
Manual scavenging
Open defecation
Untouchability
Reservation in jobs
RF - 3A113
73. The Himalayan Queen, Shivalik Express Train runs between:
Siliguri and Darjeeling
Kalka and Shimla
Mettupalayam and Udhagamandalam and Khandala
74. Which of the following gets deficient in the human body due to Dengue fever?
Platelets
Haemoglobin
Sugar
Sodium
75. Who among the following is the director of the film Salabudha?
Sabyasachi Mohapatra
Nirad Mohapatra
Prasanta Nanda
Adoor Gopalakrishnan
76. Kai Po Che film is based on the book Three Mistakes of My Life" written by:
Chetan Bhagat
Vikram Seth
Salman Rushdie
YannMartel
11 (Turn over)
84. Money Bill is introduced in
LokSabha
RajyaSabha
Joint Session of Parliament
None ofthe above
85. Kuchipudi Dance belongs to
Andhra Pradesh
Karnataka
Tamil Nadu
Kerala
86. Consumption for the sake ofenjoying social acknowledgement is called:
Rational consumption
Social consumption
.Conspicuous consumption
Demonstration consumption
87. The red, orange and yellow colours of leaves are due to
Carotenoids
Aldehydes
Tannis
Lignins
RF - 3A113 12
88. Which bank was the first to introduce
ATMs to the world?
Hong Kong Bank
Standard Chartered Bank
Bank ofAmerica
Citi Bank
89. We receive sunlight on earth surface. What type of light beams are these?
Random
Parallel
Converging
Diverging
90. Kaziranga is known for
Tiger
Birds
Lion
Elephants
91. Human Development Index was formulated by
ASEAN
IBRD
UNDP
UNCTAO
I (Tum over)
99. Which of the following is not a
neighbouring State of Odisha
West Bengal
Andhra Pradesh
Chhattisgarh
Madhya Pradesh
(.
RF -3AJ13
100. 'Oesabandhu' is the title of:
R. N. Tagore
B. C. Pal
B. R. Ambedkar
C. R. Oas
15
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1. International boundary between India .and China is demarcated by
Radcliffe Line
Maginot Line
Mc Mohan Line
Durand Line
2. The Headquarters of the UNESCO is located at
New York
Paris
Geneva
Berlin
3. IQ stands for:
Intelligent Question
Intelligent Quotation
Intelligence Quotient
Internal Quantity
4. Who was the famous composer of Music and Saint Poet of Medieval Orissa?
Maheswar Mahapatra
Bishnu Panda
Jayadeva
(D) Ananda Deva RF -3A113
5. The Mixed Economy Model of Economic Development was introduced by ..
Mahatma Gandhi
Dr. 6. R. Ambedkar
Jawaharlal Nehru
Indira Gandhi
6. Who was the First Woman President of Indian National Congress
Kadambini Ganguli
Sarojini Naidu
Annie 6esant
Kamala Nehru
7. Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) relate to:
World6ank
RBI
WTO
IMF
Science and Technology
Literature and Education
Social Service
Dance and Music
17.
An algae type ocean deposit is called
18.
Guru Nanak was born at
Amritsar
Sirhind
Talwandi
Anandpur
19.
Swami Vivekananda went to U. S. A. and participated in the World Religions Conference held in 1893 at:
NewYof1(
Chicago
Philadelphia
Washington
20.
What is M-Commerce
(A) Machine Commerce Mobile Commerce RF -3A113
Money Commerce
Marketing Commerce
Jayanta Mahapatra was awarded Padmashree for his contribution to
Centd.
(A) Neritic remains OiatomOoze Pteropod Ooze Pelagic deposits
21. Who was the author of Vikramanka Charitra?
Vikramaditya
Kalhana
Bilhana
Harshavardana
22. Which of the following Sikh Gurus introduced the Concept of Khalsa?
Guru Gobind Singh
Guru Tej Bahadur
Guru Banda Saheb
(D) Dev
23. Who said that the Directive Principles of State Policy are just like "a Cheque on Bank payable at the convenience ofthe Bank"
Jawaharlal Nehru
K.T.Shah
B. R. Ambedkar
Vallabhbhai Patel Contd.
24. Wheat, Barley, Lemon. Orange, Rye. and Pearl millet belong to
The same plant family
Two plant families
Three plant families
Four plant families
25. The South-South Dialogue is associated with:
Co-operatiol" among developing nations
Disarmament Conference
Summit meeting between developed and developing countries
Non-Alignment Movement
26. Who was the author of the book, Annihilation of Caste
B. R. Ambedkar
Jawaharlat Nehru
Jotiba Phule
Periyar Ramaswamy Naickar
27. Ikat is identified with:
Odisha Handlooms
Bengal Cotton
MetalWork
(D) Kanchi Silk RF -3A113
28. Photosynthetic vesicle found in bacteria is called a
Mesosome
Chromatophore
Genophore
Pneumatophore
29. Union Carbide India Ltd. manufactured essentially:
Heavy Water •
Petrochemicals
Fertilizers
Leather Goods
30. The Bokaro Iron and Steel Plant is located in:
West Bengal
Andhra Pradesh
Jharkhand
Bihar
31. Padmini Rout is a
Badminton Player
Chess Player
Cricket Player
(0) Hockey Player (Tum over)
32. The 34th National Games of 2011 were held in
Uttarakhand
Kerala
Karnataka
Jharkhand
33. "Eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth"
,is the guiding principle of Attributive theory of Justice
Retributive theory of Justice
Deterrent theory of Justice
Reformative theory of Justice
34. Earth is a very big magnet. In which direction does its magnetic field extend?
West to East
North to South
South to North
East to West
35. Who among the following was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics? Alfred Marshall
RF -3A113 I
Joan Robbins
J. M. Keynes
AmartyaSen
36. The authority to sepcifywhich castes shall be deemed to be Scheduled Castes rests with the: Commissioner for Scheduled Castes and Tribes
.
Prime Minister
President of India
Governorofthe State
37. Polar-Bears hold cures for:
Type II diabetes
Osteoporosis
Breast Cancer
Kidney failure
38. Which Colour I Colours of Light has the highestvelocitythrough vacuum?
Blue
Red
Green
(0) All ofthe above Contd.
39.
The ultimate source of energy in a hydroelectric power station is
40.
Mamta Sharma was appointed in 2011 as the Chairperson of:
National Commission for Minorities
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights
National Commission for Women
National Commission for Backward Classes
41.
Identify the odd one from the following:
Tsunami
Earthquake
Windmills
(A) Solar energy The potential energy of water The kinetic energy of water The electro-chemical energy of
water Cyclones RF -3A113
42. Which continent is known as 'Cradle
of Mankind'
Asia
Africa
Europe
South America
43. Which one of the following statements is not correct about India's population as per the 2011 Census Report? •
Literacy rate has gone up from 65% to 74%
Kerala has the highest literacy rate
Bihar has the lowest literacy rate
Men outnumber women in growth of literates
44. Who propounded the adoption of model to eradicate rural poverty?
Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Abhijit Sen
MaulanaAbul KaJamAzad
Prof. A. M. Pathan
) (Tum over)
45. Which one of the following is not a
real Garden?
Vrindavar:l Garden of Mysore
Hanging Garden of Mumbai
Eden Garden of Kolkata
Shalimar Garden of Kashmir
46. Who among the following was the First Viceroy of India?
Lord Ripon
Lord Curzon
Lord Mountbatten
Lord Canning
47. Who among the following introduced Mudravinyoga in Odissi Dance
Kelucharan Mohapatra
Pankaj Charan Oas
Mayadhar Rout
Kumkum Mohanty
48 Bhimsen Joshi was awarded Bharat Ratna in the year:
2001
2006
2008
(D) 2010 RF -3A113 (11
49. C. V. Raman was awarded Nobel
Prize in the field of
Biology
Mathematics
Physics
Chemistry
50. In 2012, Bhavani Mukharjee received Dronacharya Award for:
Table tennis
Badminton
Hockey
Athletics
51. Mahender Singh Dhoni was the Captain of IPL Team known as
Chennai Super Kings
Kolkata Night Riders
Deccan Chargers
Rajasthan Royals
52. Which one of the following Odissi Dancer was awarded the Guinness World Records?
Pratap Das
Payal Biswal
Aruna Mohanty
(D) Niranjan Tripathy i Contd.
53. Who among the following first propounded the idea of Basic Education?
Jawahar Lal Nehru
Raja Rammohan Roy
Mahatma Gandhi
Dayanand Saraswati
54. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
Darjeeling -West Bengal
MountAbu -Rajasthan
Kodaikanal-Tamil Nadu
Simla -Uttar Pradesh
55. The Earth is at its maximum distance from the Sun on
30th January
22nd December
22nd September
4th July
56. The total population divided by available arable land area is referred toas: Population density Nutritional density RF -3A113
Agricultural density
Industrial density
57. Green glands are associated with:
Reproduction
Excretion
Respiration
Digestion
58. During respiration, the gases enter into the blood and leave the same by the process of
Active transport
Diffusion
Diffusion and active transport
Osmosis
59. Heart is devoid of:
Cardiac Muscle
Involuntary Muscle
Voluntary Muscle
Smooth Muscle
60. The humidity is measured by
Conductivity meter
Hygrometer
Psychomotor
(D) Auxanometer (Tum over)
61. Which one ofthefollowing isafungal disease?
Leucodemia
Eczema
Ringworm
Elephantiasis
62. Chickenpox is caused by
DNA Virus
Variola Virus
Streptococcus
Vibrio Cholera
63. Find out the odd one among the following:
Marble
Chalk
Limestone
Slaked Lime
64. Who was the Founder of Indian Institute of Science?
C. V. Raman
G. D. Birla
J. N. Tata
(D) Jawahar Lal Nehru RF -3Al13 10)
65. The hydraulic brake used in automobiles is a directapplication of
Archimedes' principle
Torricelli law
Bernoulli's Theorem
Pascal's law
66. Which one of the following is the fastest?
CD-ROM
RAM
Registers
Cache
67. The process which is not helpful in the prevention of rusting of iron is
Annealing
Applying Grease
Galvanizing
Painting
68. Denatured alcohol:
Is a form of alcohol
Is unfit for drinking as it contains poisonous substances
Contains coloured impurities
Is sweet to taste
Contd.
69. The Headquarters of the Indian Sapce Research Organisation is located at:
Bangalore
Trivandrum
Chennai
Hyderabad
70. The most populated desert in the world is:
Sahara
Gobi
Thar
None of the above
71. Supersonic airplanes create a shock wave called:
Transition wave
Ultrasound
Transverse wave
Sonic Boom
72. National Maila Mukti Yatra aims to deal with
Manual scavenging
Open defecation
Untouchability
Reservation in jobs
RF - 3A113
73. The Himalayan Queen, Shivalik Express Train runs between:
Siliguri and Darjeeling
Kalka and Shimla
Mettupalayam and Udhagamandalam and Khandala
74. Which of the following gets deficient in the human body due to Dengue fever?
Platelets
Haemoglobin
Sugar
Sodium
75. Who among the following is the director of the film Salabudha?
Sabyasachi Mohapatra
Nirad Mohapatra
Prasanta Nanda
Adoor Gopalakrishnan
76. Kai Po Che film is based on the book Three Mistakes of My Life" written by:
Chetan Bhagat
Vikram Seth
Salman Rushdie
YannMartel
11 (Turn over)
84. Money Bill is introduced in
LokSabha
RajyaSabha
Joint Session of Parliament
None ofthe above
85. Kuchipudi Dance belongs to
Andhra Pradesh
Karnataka
Tamil Nadu
Kerala
86. Consumption for the sake ofenjoying social acknowledgement is called:
Rational consumption
Social consumption
.Conspicuous consumption
Demonstration consumption
87. The red, orange and yellow colours of leaves are due to
Carotenoids
Aldehydes
Tannis
Lignins
RF - 3A113 12
88. Which bank was the first to introduce
ATMs to the world?
Hong Kong Bank
Standard Chartered Bank
Bank ofAmerica
Citi Bank
89. We receive sunlight on earth surface. What type of light beams are these?
Random
Parallel
Converging
Diverging
90. Kaziranga is known for
Tiger
Birds
Lion
Elephants
91. Human Development Index was formulated by
ASEAN
IBRD
UNDP
UNCTAO
I (Tum over)
99. Which of the following is not a
neighbouring State of Odisha
West Bengal
Andhra Pradesh
Chhattisgarh
Madhya Pradesh
(.
RF -3AJ13
100. 'Oesabandhu' is the title of:
R. N. Tagore
B. C. Pal
B. R. Ambedkar
C. R. Oas
15
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