1. Snowfall occurs when:

Water droplets freeze as they fall to the ground

Raindrops are carried up by up draughts maIr

Dew point of air is below freezing point

Air is highly moist and rises due to convection

2. One of the regions that receives rainfall from the north-easterly monsoon is:

Assam

Punjab

West Bengal

Tamil Nadu

3. In which part of India are thorn forests commonly found? I;.

Malabar Coast

Assam and Meghalaya

Rajasthan and Gujarat

Terai region

4. Which two iron and steel plants have been established with Soviet collaboration?

Jamshedpur and Rourkela

Durgapur and Bokaro

Bhilai and Durgapur

Bokaro and Bhilai

5. As per Census 2011, which State has the lowest density ofpopulation?

Jammu Kashmir

Rajasthan

Nagaland

Arunachal Pradesh

6. The President's rule can be imposed in a State on account offailure ofconstitutional machinery under:

Article 356

Article 361

Article 371

Article 379

7. The impact of Green Revolution was felt most in the case of:

Wheat

Rice

Pulses

Oil seeds

8. The best conductor of heat among liquids is:

Water

Mercury

Ether

Alcohol

9. Sound travels at maximum speed in:

Vacuum

Air

Water

Steel

10. D are four consecutive odd integers and their average is 42. What is the product of Band

1860

1890

1845

1677
11. A number when divided by 6 leaves a remainder 3 When the square of the same number is divided by the remainder will be:

0

1

2

3

12. The capacity of two pots is 120 litres and 56 litres respectively. The capacity of a container which can exactly measure the contents of the two pots, will be:

7500 C.c.

7850 C.c.

8000 C.c.

9500 C.c.

13. 55/6

40

40.5

42.5

43

14. A part of monthly expenses of a family is constant and the remaining varies with the price of wheat. When the rate of wheat is Rs. 250 per quintal, the total monthly expenses of the family are Rs. 1000 and when it is Rs. 240 per quintal, the total monthly expenses are Rs. 980. The total monthly expenses of the family when the cost of wheat is Rs. 350 per quintal, are:

Rs. 800

Rs.1000

Rs. 1200

Rs. 1400

15. The average of marks scored by the students of a class is 68. The average of marks of the girls in the class is 80 and that of boys is 60. What is the percentage of boys in the class?

40%

60%

65%

70%

16. There were 35 students in a hostel. If the number of students be increased by the expenditure on food increases by Rs. 42 per day while the average expenditure of students is reduced by Re. I. What was the initial expenditure on food per day?

Rs.432

Rs.442

Rs.420

Rs.400

17. Out of 100 students, 50 failed in English and 30 in Mathematics. If 12 students fail in both English and Mathematics, then the number of students who passed in both the subjects is:

26

28

30

32

18. A shopkeeper gives two successive discounts on an article marked Rs. 450. The first discount given is 10%. If the customer pays Rs. 344.25 for the article, the second discount given is:

10%

12%

14%

15%

19. TheratioofincomesofAandBis5:3andthat of their expenditure is 5. If they save Rs. 2600 and Rs. 1800 respectively, then their incomes are:

Rs. 9000, Rs. 5400

Rs. 10000, Rs. 6000

Rs. 6000, Rs. 3600

Rs. 8000, Rs. 4800

20. A man, a woman and a boy together complete a piece of work in 3 days. If a man alone can do itin 6 days and a boy alone in 18 days, how long will a woman take to complete the work?

9 days

21 days

24 days

27 days

21. A train traveled distances of 10 km, 20 km and 30 km at speeds of 50 km/hr, 60 kmlhr and 90 km/hr respectively. The average speed of the train was:

60km/hr

66.67 km/hr

69.23 km/hr

68 krn/hr

22. A sum of money amounts to Rs. 5200 in 5 years and to Rs. 5680 in 7 years at simple interest. The rate of interest per annum is:









23. Which one of the following States does not share boundary with Chhattisgarh?

Uttar Pradesh

Bihar

Odisha

Telangana

24. Free and compulsory education under Right to Education Act 2009 is provided to the children of the Age:

6-14 years

5-12 years

7-15 years

4-16 years

25. What is the correct sequence of atmospheric zones upward from the earths surface?

Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere

Thermosphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere, Troposphere

Stratosphere, Troposphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere

Troposphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Stratosphere

26. Which one of the following pairs (Automobile manufacturer-Country) is not correctly matched?

Volkswagen -Germany

Mahindra -India

Mitsubishi -South Korea

Volvo -Sweden

27. Under Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, the parents of any girl child below 10 years can open a savings account of their daughter and operate it till she attains an age of:

18 years

20 years

21 years

25 years

28. Which one of the following teams has won Indian Premier League

GujaratLions

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Kolkata Knight Riders

29. Barak river, one of the major rivers of South Assam and a part of the Surma-Meghna River System originates from:

Senapati

Tarnenglong

Ukhrul

Silchar

30. During which of the following operating conditions ofan automobile, carbon monoxide content in the exhaust gas is maximum?

Deaccelaration

Idlerunning

Cruising

Acceleration

31. What is the full form of the term JPEG often used in photography?

Joint Photographic Experts Group

Jellied Photo Exposure Grade

Joint Portable Electromagnetic Graphics

Japanese Prontor Electromagnetic Grid

32. Who has won the 2016 French Open title in the men's singles category?

Novak Djokovic

David Ferrer

Andy Murray

Feliciano Lopez

33. The Union Carbide India Ltd., Bhopal used to manufacture:

Leather Goods

Heavy Water

Petrochemicals

Fertilizers

34. Department of Official Language comes under:

Ministry of Culture

Ministry of Home Affairs

Ministry of Human Resource Development

MinistryofCommunication&Information Technology

35. What is the full form of IMEI?

International Mobile Equipment Identity

Internet Mobile Enabled Identification

Internal Message Encoded Identity

Integrated Magnetic Embedded Identification

36. What is the full form of NEROCA?

North Eastern Re-Organizing Cultural Association

North Eastern Regional Cooperation Association

North East Regional Organization for Cultural Association

North Eastern Region Olympic Coordination Authority

37. Which of the following is not a deficiency disease?

Goitre

Typhoid

Marasmus

Kwashiorkor

38. Wine, an alcoholic beverage is extracted from:

Apple

Potato

Grapes

Barley

39. Clove and saffron are obtained from which part of plant?

Flower

Root

Seed

Leaf

40. The English Foreign Languages University is located at:

KoIkata

Hyderabad

Mumbai

Bengaluru

41. Water has maximum density at:
o c

4c

32c

100c


42. A keyboard is this kind ofdevice:

Black

Input

Output

Word Processing

43. World Environment Day is celebrated on:

5th June

7th July

21" September

30th March

44. The rectangular area of the computer screen that displays a programme, data, and/or information is

Title Bar

Button

Dialogue Box

Window

45. The process of a computer receiving information from a server on the Internet is known as:

Pulling

Pushing

Downloading

Transferring

46. Promotion in marketing means:

Passing an examination

Elevation from one grade to another

Selling the product through various means

Selling product in specific areas

47. MS-Word is an example of:

Operating System

Application Software

Processing Device

Input Device

48. CD-ROM stands for:

Compactable Read Only Memory

Compact Data Read Only Memory

Compatible Disc Read Only Memory

Compact Disc Read Only Memory

49. MP3 is

Sound Format

Voice Command

Print Format

Picture Format

50. In MICR, C stands for:

Code

Colour

Computer

Character

51. BIOS is the abbreviation for:

Basic Input Output System

Bilingual Input Output System

Basic Input Output Symbol

Binary Input Output System

52. Full form ofURL is:

Uniform Resource Locator

Uniform Registered Link

Universal Resource Link

Unified Resource Library

53. In which of the following forms, data is stored in a computer?

Decimal

Binary

Hexadecimal

Octal

54. Which of the following is not an Operating System?

UNIX

LINUX

WINDOWS

JAVA

55. In a Computer, which of the following converts AC to DC?

POST

Adapter

RAM

SMPS

56. Who of the following are the founder of Whatsapp?

Jan Koum and Brian Acton

Andrew McCollum and Chris Hughes

Bill Gates and Paul Allen

Larry Page and Sergey Brin

57. What is NIC?

National Integrated Computer

Network Interface Card

Network Interface Circuit

National Internet Card

58. Google was set up in the year:

1995

1984

1998

1991

59. RDBMS stands for:

Relational Data Base Management System

Regional Data Base Management System

Router Data Bank Management System r.

Resource Divisional Broadband1 Management System

60. File Extensions are used in order to:

Name the file

Ensure the file name is not lost

Identify the file type

Secure the file

61. I Byte equals:

16 Bit

64 Bit

IOBit

8 Bit

62. Computers on the Internet are identified by:

E-mail Address

IP Address

GPS Coordinates

None of the above

63. Which of the Operating System is used on Mobile Phones')

Windows Vista

Android

Windows XP

All of the above

64. While sending an email. the describes the contents of the message:

Subject

To

CC

Body 7

65. are often delivered to a Computer through an email attachment and are often designed to do hann.

Viruses

Spam

E-mail Messages

Portals

66. The Infonnation Technology Act was enacted on:

19th January, 2001

30th June, 200 I

9th June 2000

15th July, 1999

67. The 'home page' of a website is:

The largest page

The first page

The last page

Source Code

68. Which one ofthe following is the most reactive metal?

Fe

Zn

K

Na

69. Under the PIN Code system. the number of Postal Zones in India are:

7

8

6

9

70. Who of the following has not been the Governor of Manipur?

Syed Ahmed

Margaret Alva

Gurbachan Jagat

Ved Marwah

71. The CAG (Comptroller Auditor General of India) is appointed by the President. He can be removed:

By the President

By the Supreme Court

By the Supreme Court on the recommendation of the President

Once appointed, he cannot be removed until his tenure is completed

72. Who wrote National Anthem of India? Bankimchandra Chatterjee

C. Rajagopalachari

Rabindranath Tagore

S. Radhakrishnan

73. Which of the following pairs [Port-Country] is incorrect?

Gwadar

Sittwe

Chittagong

Hambantota -Pakistan -Thailand -Bangladesh -Sri Lanka

74. Murlen National Park is located in:

Arunachal Pradesh

Mizoram

Meghalaya

Assam

75. Which of the following States does not have International Border?

Tripura

Mizoram

Sikkim

Odisha

76. The Northeast Frontier Railway IS headquartered at:

New Jalpaigudi

Cooch Behar

Maligaon

Dibrugarh

77. Altogether, how many seats are reserved in Rajya Sabha for the seven north-eastern States ofIndia-Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura?

19

32

25

48

78. Actinometer is used to measure:

Heating power of sunlight

Alcoholic strength of liquids

Electric current

Specific gravity of liquids

79. Commonwealth Games-20 18 will be hosted by:

UK

Australia

India

Singapore

80. The Almaty Dam is a hydroelectric project on which river'?

Krishna

Cauvery

Godavari

Tungabhadra

81. What does a person suffering from algophobia fear?

Maths

Pain

Public Speaking

Sea Weeds

82. Which part of human body does pneumonia affect?

Brain

Heart

Lungs

Kidneys
83. Which one of the following is not a cereal?

Maize

Sorghum

Barley

Pea

84. National Environmental Engineering Research Institute is located at:

Nagpur

Bengaluru

Dehradun

Ranchi

85. Who is known as the Father of Local Self Government?

Lord Curzon

Lord Rippon

Vinoba Bhave

Lord Irwin

86. Quit India Movement was started in the year:

1941

1942

1943

1945

87. Where did Lord Buddha deliver his first Sermon'?

Sarnath

Gaya

Kushinagar

Patliputra

88. Mount Iso, the highest peak of Manipur is located in:

Ukhrul

Senapati

Tamenglong

Churachandpur

89. Which planet is called Dwarf Planet?

Venus

Mercury

Pluto

Jupiter

90. the which direction does the earth rotate around its axis?

West to east

East to west

North to south

None of the above

91. Who is the new Chief of Naval Staff of Indian Navy?

Amp Raha

Sunil Lamba

D.K. Joshi

P.P. Khandekar

92. What happens when a ship crosses International Date Line from west to east?

It gains one day

It loses one day

It loses 10 hours

It gains four and half hours

93. Amrit Diwan Cup is associated with:

Badminton

Polo

Hockey

Volleyball

94. Loudness of sound depends upon of the sound wave.

Frequency

Amplitude

Pitch

Wavelength

95. The colours of stars depend on:

Distance

Atmospheric Pressure

Temperature

None of the above

96. What does stomach acid mostly consist of?

Acetic Acid

Ascorbic Acid

Hydrochloric Acid

Sulphuric Acid

97. Which of the following principles is associated with Optical Fibre?

Scattering

Interference

Total Internal Reflection "

Refraction

98. Ball pen functions on the principle of:

Lenz's law

Surface tension

Doppler effect

Gravitational force

99. Which one of the following pairs [Country­ Capital] is incorrect?

Libya -Tripoli

Turkey Ankara

Myanmar -Naypyidaw

Laos Phnom Penh

100. Find the number of triangles in the given figure.

8

10

12

14