1 In the given map of India, which of the following options properly depicts the geographical location of the lakes mentioned below?

Sambhar Woolar Vembanad Chilka

Woolar Sambhar Chilka Vembanad

Chilka Woolar Sambhar Vembanad

Chilka Sambhar Woolar Vembanad

2 In which state coastal area is known as "Coromondel"

Goa

Tamil Nadu

West Bengal

Keral

3 There are various hill ranges in Maharashtra to the east of Sahyadri. Which among the following is the incorrect pair of hill range?

Satmala -Ajintha Hill Range

Harischandra -Balaghat Hill Range

Shambhu -Mahadeo Hill Range

Vindhya -Maikal Hill Range

4 High rainfall, high temperature, sand mixed soil and humid climate are characteristic of crop.

Sugar cane

Cotton

Coconut

Banana

5 Why is per hectare production of crops less in Maharashtra

The soil of Maharashtra is infertile.

Insufficient water supply.

Sufficient agricultural labour is not available for the farmers.

Crops are destroyed by using insecticide and pesticide.

6 Which of the following statements relating to the Standing Committee of the Zilla Parishad is correct?

The President of the Zilla Parishad is the ex-officio Chairperson of the Standing Committee.

The Chairpersons of the Subject Committees are not the members of the Standing Committee.

The members of the Zilla Parishad select six members of the Standing Committee.

The Standing Committee Co-opts one member who has special knowledge of the area.

7 Arrange the list of the speakers of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha in the order in which they held office i.e. the one who held it first to be the first and who held it last to come at the end.
Arunlal Gujarathi
Dilip Walse Patil
Babasaheb Kupekar
Dattaji Nalawade









8 Which Constitutional Article defines Elections of Municipalities?

Article 243

Article 243

Article 243

Article 243

9 Which of the following statements about the Gramsabha given below is/are correct?
The 74th Constitutional Amendment accorded great significance to the Gram Sabha.
It is the general body of the villagers and the fundamental unit of democracy.
It is mandatory for the Sarpanch to call at least two meetings of the Gram Sabha in a year.
Select correct code

Only

and

Only

and

10 Which of the following cases of the Supreme Court of India has had a direct bearing on the centre-state relations?

Keshvanand Bharti Case

Vishakha Case

S.R. Bommai Case

Indira Sawhney Case

11 From which source is maximum energy obtained in Maharashtra

Coal

Atomic Energy

Hydroelectricity

Solar Energy

12 aims at providing:
Urban development
Rural development
Loan finance for housing and urban development
Which is the correct statement?

Only

Only

Only

and

13 To kill the Cancer cells in human body radiation is used.

Alpha

Beta

Gamma

Electron

14 Training for "International Science Olympiad Competition" to Indian students is imparted by

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

Homi Bhabha Centre for Science education

Marathi Vidnyan Parishad

Pune University Pune

15 The World's worst atomic reactor mishap occurred at on 26th April 1986.

Nagasaki

Hiroshima

Chernobyl

Belarus

16 Who is the present Chairman of the "Rajiv Gandhi Science And Technology Cell" of Maharashtra Government

Rahul Gandhi

Supriya Sule

Dr. Anil Kakodkar

Dr. Vasantrao Gowarikar

17 was the first to demonstrate that blood circulates constantly through the heart and vessels.

Louis Pastuer

William Harvey

Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek

Lavoisier

18 The unit for measurement of intensity of sound is

ampere

voltage

metre

decibel

19 Charles Darwin discovered

A natural biological process in species.

A natural selection that could account for changes in species overtime.

Formation of new species

All of the above

20 Nearly 80% of the world energy requirement is fulfilled by which of the following types of sources?

Fossil fuels

Hydro Power

Nuclear and Solar Energy

Dung and Vegetation Waste

21 Which factors are included in "foreign exchange reserve"

Gold, Foreign currency reserve

M1, M2, M3, M4

Money with foreign exchange banks

Bank loans which were given to foreign trade.

22 What is the prime target of the poverty eradication programme in India

Rural development, self-employment and food security

Urban development and border security

Eradication of corruption

Privatisation and Globalisation

23 Debt obligation of the state governments in India do not include?

Market loans

Loans from banks

Loans from RBI

Loans from World Bank

24 Before 1990, in which of the following years, the lowest trade balance was reported in India?

1950 -51

1970 -71

1989 -90

1980 -81

25 Select proper sequence from the following options for this statement -In India appoints the Comptroller and Auditor General of India and it submits it's report to
President
Prime Minister
Parliament
Finance Minister

and

and

and

and

26 Carbon dioxide, Nitrus oxide, Methane and are the main factors of the Green House Gases.

Sodium Carbonate

Chlorine

Chloroflorocarbon

None of the above

27 Who has been made the Prime Minister of Pakistan in June 2012

Sardar Mehtab Abbasi

Raja Pervez Ashraf

Makhdum Shahabuddin

Maulana Fazlur

28 What is yellow revolution associated with?

Gram

Gold

Sunflower

Oilseeds

29 Which Indian personality has been appointed as the Director of Bank of America

Monteksing Ahluwalia

Mukesh Ambani

J.R.D. Tata

P. Chidambaram

30 Who started the 'Earth hour' movement

World Wide Fund for Nature

World Health Organisation

International Monetary Fund

Green Peace

31 The Government of Maharashtra has declared the year 2011 -12 as the

Food Security year

Wildlife Protection year

Tourism year

Literacy year

32 Where is the first spice park of the country located

Kerala

Rajasthan

Maharashtra

Uttar Pradesh

33 The Constituency Reconstruction Commission has been formed four times i.e. in 1952, 1963, 1973 and in India.

1983

1993

2002

2010

34 Which two Acts have been enacted by the Government of India relating to Public Health?
Health for Poor Act
Public Health Act
Health For All Act
Clinical Establishment Act

and

and

and

and

35 Which of the following is the rural development scheme of the state government?

Ramai Awas Yojana

Biogas

Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana

Indira Awas Yojana

36 Which of the following amendments provided for Municipal Council for small cities and Municipal Corporation for metropolitan cities?

71st

72nd

73rd

74th

37 How much foreign investment has been approved in single brand retail field since January 2012

75%

50%

100%

30%

38 The Taxes and Fees collected by grampanchayat are deposited in

Tahasil Treasury

Gram Nidhi

District Bank

None of the above

39 The duration of the Chairperson of the State Public Service Commission is

05 years from the appointment

06 years from the appointment

04 years from the appointment

02 years from the appointment

40 Which countries of the Eurozone are described as "PIGS"

Poland, Italy, Greece, Spain

Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Sweden

Portugal, Italy, Germany, Surinam

Portugal, Italy, Greece, Spain

41 What does the 110th Constitution Amendment Bill deal with?

33% reservation for women in State legislature

50% reservation for women in local self government institution

Lokpal

Lokayukta

42 Which of the following countries is not a member of the world organisation

Brazil

Russia

China

Indonesia

43 World Health Organisation has omitted India's name from the list of endemic countries recently in 2012.

Bird Flu

Cancer

Polio

Hepatitis

44 Where was the 2011 SAARC Conference held

Bangladesh

Maldives

Srilanka

Bhutan

45 Who is the winner of Women's Singles finals in French Open 2012

Sania Mirza

Serena Williams

Maria Sharapova

Venus Williams

46 Which of the following countries won the 'Euro Trophy Football' championship held in June 2012

Spain

Italy

Brazil

Argentina

47 If adequate revenue is not collected by Gram Panchayat according to the population (per capita Re. of the village then rest of the revenue is given by the state government by way of

Transfer grant

Samanikaran grant

Rural grant

Agricultural grant

48 Who has been selected as the Chairman of the Tata Group of Companies recently?

Cyrus Mistry

P. Batliwala

Cyrus Bharucha

Hoshang Mistry

49 Who has been appointed as the eighth Chairman of the International Cricket Council in June 2012

David Richardson

Alan Isaac

Allan Border

Greg Chappel

50 Who was awarded with the Mahatma Gandhi Peace Prize in January 2012

Aung San Suu Ki

Barack Obama

Medvedev

Dalai Lama

51 What are the sources of power for the MSEDCL
Thermal
Hydro
Gas
Non-conventional sources









52 What are the principle objectives of the National Environmental Policy?
Inter-generational equity
Environment governance
Intra-generational equity
Conservation of critical Environmental resources









53 Who is the Chairman of the district level committee for rehabilitation of the sick units?

District Collector

General Manager DIe

Jt. Director of Industries

Dy. Director of Industries

54 For mega projects, the quantum of incentive within approved limit will be decided by the high power committee under the chairmanship of

Chief Minister, Govt. of Maharashtra

Principal Secretary (Industries), Govt. of Maharashtra

Chief Secretary Govt. of Maharashtra

Additional Chief Secretary (Finance), Govt. of Maharashtra

55 IDR Act 1951 came into force on

8th May 1951

8th May 1952

12th April 1951

22nd November 1951

56 As per Industrial Policy following districts are not considered as a industry district'
Hingoli
Gondia
Godchiroli
Washim









57 Prime Minister Employment generation programme is implemented through following Institutions
27 Public Sector Banks
Regional Rural Banks
Co-operative Banks,private sector scheduled commercial banks approved by state level task force committee.
Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)









58 When was the MSSIDC established?

1962

1964

1961

1967

59 Enterprise engaged in the manufacturing or production of goods pertaining to any industry specified in the first schedule of IDR Act 1951, where the investment in plant and machinery is more than 25lakh rupees but does not exceed 500 lakh rupees, is defined as

micro enterprise

small enterprise

medium enterprise

large enterprise

60 Where are the regional offices of SICOM
Pune
Nashik
Nagpur
New Delhi









61 'Special Economic Zone'
is a deemed foreign territory
houses only 100% exporting units.
Which of the above statements is/are correct

and





None of above

62 Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd. came into existence on

6th June 2005

12th October 2005

3rd April 2005

20th November 2005

63 What is the existing state policy about providing employment to local persons in industries?

Every industrial enterprise has to provide min. 80% employment in supervisory category and 100% in the other to local persons.

Every industrial enterprise has to provide min. 50% employment in supervisory category and 80% in the other to local persons.

Every industrial enterprise has to provide min. 80% employment in supervisory category and 80% in the other to local persons.

Every industrial enterprise has to provide min. 50% employment in supervisory category and 80% overall to local persons.

64 Which of the following are the activities of the MIDC
Acquisition and disposal of land
Provision of infrastructure facilities
Provision of financial assistance to industries
Provision of services









65 For which regions of Maharashtra the regional development corporations are established
Konkan
Rest of Maharashtra
Western Maharashtra
Marathwada









66 According to MSMED Act 2006, the micro service enterprise should have investment in plant and machinery less than

25 lacs

30 lacs

10 lacs

50 lacs

67 Consent given by MPCB to industries includes:
Consent to transfer industrial unit
Consent to establish industrial unit
Consent to operate industrial unit
Consent to close industrial unit

and

and

and

and

68 What are the activities of KVIB
Khadi Stores
Promotion of Rural Artisans.
Village development
Village industries estates

and





and

69 The criteria for eligibility of an industrial undertaking as 'mega project' in A B zone is

Investment more than Rs. 750 Cr. or direct employment of minimum 1500 persons

Direct employment generation for more than 2000 persons

Investment of minimum 1000 Cr.

Both and

70 What is the section 10 of the IDR Act 1951 concerned about?

Registration of new industrial undertakings

Licensing of new industrial undertakings

Revocation and amendment of licences in certain cases

Registration of existing industrial undertakings

71 Under the provisions of Indian Electricity Rules 1956 rule no. 47 a customer should seek permission for setting up electricity generating set of a capacity above

8kW

10kW

12kW

15kW

72 Following are the activities of MSSIDC to assist MSME
Marketing Assistance
Infrastructure Development
Handicraft Development
Raw Material Supply









73 Any electrical accident in connection with generation, transmission, supply and use of energy which has resulted in loss of human being or an animal life shall be reported within 24 hrs. to

Concerned Engineer, MSEDCL

Electrical Inspector

Licensed Electrical Contractor

Both and

74 What does the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act 1951 provide for?

Development, regulation and control of industries

Development, regulation of certain industries

Development, regulation and promotion of industries

None of the above

75 Who is the Chairman of the task force committee under revised seed money scheme?

District Collector

CEO, Zilla Parishad

General Manager, DIC

None of the above

76 The maximum allowable limit that a measurement may vary from the true value, is called

permissible error

expected error

range of error

least error

77 Search engine provides following search operations except:

Mouse Search

Index Search

Keyword Search

Directory Search

78 Match the following:
Protein structure Northern blot
DNA transfer Frederick Sanger
DNA sequencing Ramachandran Plot
RNA transfer Southern bolt









79 Mad cow disease is caused by a

bacterium

virus

viroid

prion

80 In Information Technology field, the word "http" indicates

Service Providers

Main tool bar

Network

Web browser

81 Which type of software allows your computer to communicate with another computer?

Analytical

Systems

Special purpose

Browser

82 In n-type semiconductor, added impurity is

pentavalent

tetravalent

trivalent

bivalent

83 In JAVA, which component is machine dependent?

JAVA source file

JAVA virtual machine

JAVA class

All of the above

84 In a given air vapour mixture, the relative humidity

Increases with increase in temperature

Decreases with increase in temperature

Decreases with decrease in temperature

Has no relation with increase or decrease in temperature

85 Which of the following is a data processing unit?

Hard disk

RAM

Floppy disk

CPU

86 "Nylon is manufactured from:

caprolactum

adipic acid and hexamethylene diamine

maleic anhydride and hexamethylene diamine

sebasic acid and hexamethylene diamine

87 the use of High Power laser beam to burn microscopic spots in an aluminium disk's surface coating.

Magnetic tape

Floppy disk

Hard disk

Optical disks

88 A ceiling fan uses

Split phase motor

Capacitor start and capacitor run motor

Universal motor

Capacitor start motor

89 A flow in which each liquid particle has a defirite path and their paths do not cross each other is called

Steady flow

Uniform flow

Stream line flow

Turbulent flow

90 The nature of chemical bonding in graphite is

covalent

ionic

co-ordinate

Metallic

91 The force acting on current carrying conductor kept in magnetic field is given by

Fleming's left hand rule

Fleming's right hand rule

Kirchhoff's law

Ohm's law

92 Kerosene has following carbon composition

C5 C10

C10 C18

C20 C30

C16 C30

93 The prime mover which converts hydraulic energy into mechanical energy is known as

turbine

pump

fan

motor

94 Major operations in the manufacture of steel ball bearing are given below
Oil lapping
Cold heading
Annealing
Hardening
Rough Grinding









95 The working of a radiation pyrometer is based on the following

Wien's law

Kirchoff's law

Stefan-Boltzaman law

Seebeck effect

96 Which of the following is not an Electronic Device?

Transducer

Rectifier

Thermistor

Rotameter

97 The technique of obtaining images of a part of the body on photographic film uses

X-ray

gamma ray

microwaves

all of the above

98 In order to reverse the direction of rotation of a 3-phase induction motor

Motor should be replaced

Supply voltage should be cut off in one phase

Power factor should be changed

Any two phases should be interchanged

99 An electromagnetic wave is a

mechanical wave

transverse wave

longitudinal wave

combination of longitudinal wave and a transverse wave

100 Which statement is true of 'Solar Energy'

It is exhaustible

It is conventional and inexhaustible

It is non conventional and inexhaustible

It is conventional

101 The nuclei having the same mass number are called

Isobars

Isotopes

Isotones

Isomers

102 Energy of electron in the first orbit of Hydrogen atom is -13.6 eV. It's energy in the third orbit will be:

-3.4 eV

-1.51 eV

-4.53 eV

-9.07 eV

103 A copper wire of Young's modulus 12 x 10^10 m2 has a cross sectional area 1 mm2. The force required to increase its length by is

12 N

120 N

1200 N

12X10^10 N

104 Let ne and nn be the number of electrons and holes respectively in a semiconductor. Then

nn ne in an intrinsic semiconductor

nn ne in an intrinsic semiconductor

nn ne in an intrinsic semiconductor

nn ne in an extrinsic semiconductor

105 Breakdown voltage of Zener diode depends on

applied voltage across the diode

doping level of P and N regions of the diode

current passing through the diode

size of the diode

106 Will the Boyles Law p alpha 1/v be obeyed by a balloon, if pressure is increased by blowing air inside it

Yes, unconditionally

No, unconditionally

Yes, if only temperature of the system is constant

Yes, if mass and temperature of the system are constant

107 Dimensions of Surface Tension are



108 For the constructive interference to take place between two monochromatic light waves of wavelength lambda, the path difference should be



109 Iron pipes are often coated with a layer of zinc to prevent corrosion. This process is termed as

annealing

vulcanization

galvanization

polymerization

110 The shape of the interhalogen compound IF7 is

Octahedral

Tetrahedral

Pentagonalpyramidal

Trigonalbipyramidal

111 Match the following blocks and their electronic configurations:












112 If the radius ratio in a crystal lattice is 0.225, then the co-ordination number of a cation is

6

2

4

8

113 Match the following
Distillation Gasoline from crude oil
Sublimation Table salt from sea water
Crystallisation Purified camphor
Fractional distillation Pure water from sea











114 Which compound gives haloform tests?

Acetone

3 -Pentanone

Propanal

Methanol

115 How are the different fractions obtained by refining of Petroleum used?
The uncondensed gaseous hydrocarbons contain propane and butane are used in LPG.
Kerosene is used in Jet engines and turbines
Diesel oil is used in aeroplanes
Petroleum coke is used as fuel
Which of the statements given above is/are correct

only

and only

and

and

116 Two or more substances having the same crystal structure are said to be

Isomorphous

Polymorphous

Amorphous

All of these

117 Bird Flu, one of the poultry diseases is caused by:

Bacteria

Virus

Fungi

Protozoan

118 Which gas is liberated as a by-product during photosynthesis?

N2

CO2

O2

O3

119 Which of the following is true for all nucleotides

They contain ribose, a phosphate and a nitrogenous base

They contain a pentose, a phosphate and a nitrogenous base

They contain a deoxyribose, a phosphate and a nitrogenous base

They are double stranded and antiparallel

120 Which type of solid waste can be put into deep pits and be left for natural breakdown?

Recyclable

Bio-degradable

Non-biodegradable

All

121 Which of the following is an example of genetic disease?

Night blindness

Haemophilia

Leprosy

Allergy

122 According to Darwin, Evolution means

Formation of new species

Formation of complex organism

Formation of simple organism

Descent with modifications

123 If the speed of a car to go uphill is 20 km/hr and to go down hill is 30 km/hr then the average speed of the car is (in km/hr)

23

24

25

None

124 If A is any non-singular square matrix of order then A (adjA) is equal to

I

O

I

I

125 Ltx->0 x.2^x x l cosx

log2

2 log2

1/2log2

1/2

126 The value of

100

120

111

110

127 If x then the value of is:

0

2

4

None

128 What is the probability that a leap year selected has 53 Sundays?

1/7

2/7

3/7

None

129 Evaluate: limx->1 (x2 5x



8

6

None

130 The general solution of the differential equation: x(1 y2)dx y(1 x2)dy 0 is

log x2)

C

x2) C(1

C(1 x2)

131 Which of the following categories of sick units fall under the purview of BIFR
Micro
Medium
Small
Large

and

and

and

and

132 The funding pattern for implementation of co-operative industrial estate scheme is

20: 25 :55

15: 20 :65

20: 20 :60

10: 20 :70

133 What is the frequency of Zilla Udyog Mitra Committee meetings as per norms?

Once in two months

Once in three months

Once in six months

Every month

134 Where are the headquarters of the Western Maharashtra Development Corporation (WMDC) located

Mumbai

Pune

Kolhapur

Ahmednagar

135 What is considered as focal point for rural industrialisation?

State

Taluka

District

Region

136 Where is the first Udyog Setu established in Maharashtra

Mumbai

Pune

Nashik

Thane

137 Advisory services to SME sector of SICOM are:
Structuring of financial needs for projects
Site selection services
Marketing related support for Industry/Service sector
Promote government purchase programme









138 No. of regional and sub-regional offices under the Directorate of Industries are:



6

7

5

139 Which of the following schemes are implemented by the District Industries Centre at present?
PMEGP
PMRY
SMS
DIC loan scheme









140 ASIDE scheme of GOI implemented by the Directorate of Industries is

To promote exports by creating export infrastructure

To develop the infrastructure for industrial development

To give subsidy for exports

To develop export awareness

141 The member secretary of the "Industry Facilitation Council" established by Govt.of Maharashtra is

Jt. Director of Industries of the region

General Manager, DIC

Jt. Director, Industrial Health and Safety

ADD. Director of Industries

142 Wooden and Steel furniture workshop of KVIB is located at

Umred

Gokul Shirgaon

Pune

Mahabaleshwar

143 Who is the Chairman of the Zilla Udyog Mitra Committee at the District level?

CEO Zilla Parishad

Collector

General Manager, DIC

Additional Collector

144 Which schemes does Export Facilitation Branch of Directorate of Industries Implement?
Scheme of subsidy for export from Maharashtra
State Export Award Scheme
Space rent subsidy scheme for participation in international exhibition
Scheme of reimbursement of travelling expenses for participation in international exhibition

and

and

and

and

145 Which of the following statements is true MERC was established on 15th August 1999 under the Electricity Regulatory Commission Act, 1998.
The Electricity Regulatory Commission is continued as provided under section 82 of Electricity Act, 2003.

only statement is true

only statement is true

Both statements are true

Neither nor is true

146 The main function of Directorate of Industries, Govt. of Maharashtra is

to formulate policies for the development of industries in the state

to formulate and implement policy for economic development.

to implement various policies for development and promotion of industries

Both and

147 "Maharashtra Small Scale Industries Development Corporation" which is wholly owned by Govt. of Maharashtra was set up as a Pvt. Ltd. Company on

19th October 1962

1st May 1960

1st August 1962

15th August 1965

148 At which locations of the following are regional offices of the Directorate of Industries located?
Pune
Nanded
Aurangabad
Nagpur









149 Under PSI 2007 Divisional Co-ordination Committee between implementing agency and Sales Tax department, is headed by

Development Commissioner (Industries)

Regional Joint Director of Industries

Regional Joint Commissioner (Sales Tax)

Regional Deputy Director of Industries

150 Present Cadre strength of Joint Director of Industries is

9

10

11

12