Exam Details
| Subject | ||
| Paper | paper 2 | |
| Exam / Course | preliminary | |
| Department | ||
| Organization | maharashtra public service commission | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | 2013 | |
| City, State | maharashtra, |
Question Paper
1. Consider the following two statements:
During gamva Sai the people worshipped good and evil spirits.
The people worshipped them because they were afraid of them and wanted to please them.
Answer options
Both the statements are correct and the second is the correct explanation for the first.
Both the statements are correct but the second is not entirely the explanation for the first
Neither of the statements is correct.
The first is correct, the second is not.
2. When the agriculture was still to be practised what of the follOWing was uncommon?
gamva sai
love for the jungle
boasting of earmarked plots close by
none of the above options is correct
3. What are the practices involved in the custom of 'Gamva Sai'
Propitiation of gods
Village should be deserted
Ritual worship and blood sacrifice
Barter trade Answer options
4. According to the author, what is not a pre -requisite for the beginning of settled agriculture
Land should be tilled with a plough.
Iron should be abundantly available.
Forests need to be cut and cleared.
None of the above.
Answer options
c
b
d
a
5. Sites for mother -goddess cults were at crossways because
This is where the paths of the nomadic people crossed.
This is where the nomadic people exchanged goods.
They could not cut the forests.
Valleys were Swampy.
Answer options
Drought is basically a distress situation caused by the failure of rainfall. This failure may be due to insufficient rains or due to a wide gap between two or more spells of rain. Droughts are of three types, A meteorological drought is a situation when the actual rainfall is significantly less than the climatologically expected rainfall over a wide area, Here the rains do not arrive in time and are inadequate, Such droughts are mainly concentrated in the areas falling between arid and semi -arid zones of the country and are characterised by high variability of rainfalL Hydrological droughts are associated with the drying up of surface water such as rivers, streams, lakes and reservoirs and fall in ground water levels, Such droughts are augmented by deforestation, mining, road construction, overgrazing and withdrawal of excessive ground water. All these factors contribute to hydrological instability leading to droughts. Agricultural droughts or soil droughts occur when soils lose their effective moisture conserving capacity. This prevents healthy crop growth. Such droughts may occur even when meteorological droughts do not occur and vice versa. Under extreme conditions of such a drought no plant exists and such a condition is called desertification. Although all these three forms of drought occur independent of each other the occurrence of meteorological drought is the basic reason for hydrological and agricultural droughts. Prolonged meteorological drought results into hydrological drought, and may, thereafter, lead to agricultural drought. This transition is a very slow process.
6 Consider the following two statements
In dry areas chances of receiving high or low rainfall are not high.
Hydrological droughts begin with illicit felling of trees and overgrazing only.
Answer options
Both are incorrect
Both are correct
is incorrect is correct
is correct is not
7 Read the following statements and choose the appropriate option.
Climatological drought is the cause for every drought.
Hydrological drought is always an outcome of the human factors.
Answer options
and are correct
and both are wrong
is correct, is wrong
is correct, is wrong
8 If the wells grow in number in a specific area what kind of drought is likely to occur
Hydrological
Agricultural
Climatological
Rain based
The genetic diversity within the handful of crop and livestock species that feed humanityso-called germplasm resources-holds much of the potential for improving agricultural performance. At the same time, great opportunities lie in broadening the base of the species that provide our food and fiber. An agriculture, sufficient to feed the world's population that is expected to double in the next 40 years, will need to use both plant and animal diversities. Increasing of harvests rests on a foundation of genetic diversity by bringing about improvement in the crop up to a desired level. Throughout the history, the selection and breeding of superior plants was done by individual farmers working on limited stocks in their fields, augmented by occasional spontaneous crosses with wild relatives nearby. Cultivated crops, ChiqlfliOl 'ffi'TlT jSPACE FOR ROUGH WORK though single species, contained an incredible array of genetic types adapted to local circumstances. In industrial countries, few farmers can spare the time or land for plant breeding. The selection of high performance crops today is done by government scientists and by private companies who sell specially bred seed to farmers for planting. Farmers have traded their independence for higher performance and larger harvests; as a result, a few successful varieties are being planted on millions of aCres. Fifteen years after a devastating epidemic of Southern Corn Leaf Blight cut the U.s. corn harvest by 15 per cent and alerted the nation to the genetic vulnerability of its crops, a visitor to the wheat fields of the Dakotas or the corn fields of Iowa can still see row upon row of uniform plants stretching to the horizon. Yet under this uniformity lie forms of diversity not available to most of the world's farmers. The many varieties under study by the private plant breeding industry, the widely available information on pest outbreaks and weather conditions worldwide that constitute an "early warning system," and a seed industry that can transport varieties quickly to areas that need them all protect American farmers from fatal vulnerability. These safeguards have come at a substantial price: u.s. farmers now spend over 4 billion each year on seeds, and while the cost per ton of grain harvested has declined in real terms over the past three decades, the cost per harvested acre has doubled.
9 Consider the following two statements:
Today a large number of widely diff. species are getting planted over extensive areas.
Genetic diversity has led us to this situation. Answer options
is correct and is the correct explanation of
incorrect therefore the question does not arise about
is correct but is not the correct explanation thereof,
Nothing can be made out from the passage about the statements.
10 Consider the following two statements:
Higher profits is the main consideration for the farmers and the private companies all alike.
The wild crops have regularly helped their cultivated counter parts throughout the history in producing superior varieties.
Answer options
Both are correct
Neither is correct
is correct is not
is correct is not
11 If we see the history of the genetic diversity the farmers.
have benefitted from higher performance.
have become rich because of the larger production.
have overcome the problems of planting of uniform plants.
but the circumstances do not allow them to decide for themselves.
the market driven tendencies force them to follow.
and the benefits come to them at a great cost.
Which of the above statements are correct?
and
and
12 In industrial countries the farmers who earlier did plant breeding are no more resorting to it because:
Govt. scientists want to take it upon themselves.
Private companies undertake plant breeding for their interests
The farmers are busy otherwise.
The farmers want to put their land to other use.
Answer options:
and
and
and
and
Many people say that 21st century is a century of knowledge, but the people who think more deeply about it say, it is going to be a century of mind. If this is the case then India has demographic advantage. India has 55% of its population less than 25 years old. This means that there are 6000 lakh odd minds to shape destiny of India. But there is a fundamental difference between the mind and the mindset. Mind represents intellect, mind allows you to make smart observations, smart analysis, smart synthesis etc. but it is the mindset which determines your attitude and your approach to life. In India, there is this huge battle between the Indian mind and Indian mindset. The Indian mind is taking us into 2pt century and there is no doubt about it, but it is the Indian mindset which is drawing us back into 14th, 15th, 16th century.
Centuries ago Indian mind introduced the concept of global village with a slogan, "Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam" (Entire world is a family). We say that we are one family but are we practising what we say? We know that when two Japanese come together, how many Japanese they make? They form a great team and become eleven. Someone in a lighter vein has said that when two Indians come together, they become zero as they neutralize each other. They do not make a team and this is the Indian mindset. My basic premise is not that shaping of Indian minds is not required and only changing of the Indian mindset should be attempted. We should start taking up both. We should not only be contented with clever minds, more intelligent minds, more observant minds, more analytical minds, better minds synthesizing in a more clever way, but also mindsets that are positive, constructive, forward looking, mutually reinforcing, -mindsets that will make it possible for us to shape 21" century India.
13 Which of the statements given below about todays world is correct?
It is a clever peoples world.
Many feel it is the
Some say it is the 'knowledge'
None of the above.
14 Which of the following statements is not incorrect?
About 55% of the Indians have modern mindset.
About 45% of the Indians have old traditional mind.
The elderly people are not in majority in India.
About 55% of the Indians make intelligent analysis.
Preamble to constitution of India starts with "We the people.." It does not refer to people of any particular caste or religion, which signifies that the constitution of India places its people at the highest position in democracy. When people of India elect our government, we also have a complete right to get aware of all its aspects and governance. Such awareness gives a chance to actually participate in the process of governance which in turn advances the democracy from being merely representative to become participative. Success of democracy largely depends on participation of its population in making and implementation of government policy. Where common people are not able to actively participate in the process of governance, possibility of protection of rights of select empowered class increases many fold. This holds the potential of eventually becoming a major obstacle in the path of Social Justice. The efforts of creation of knowledge based societies of 'Informed citizenry' are ongoing in various parts of the world. India too, has joined the bandwagon by accepting the Right to Information.
'Informed citizenry' term appears in the RTl Act. Various courts in India have reported that Right to Information is inherent to Freedom of Speech and Expression provided in article 19(1)of constitution of India. Additionally United Nations Organizations stated in its Universal Declaration that Right to Information is fundamental to human rights. In the light of this, Right to Information can play a pivotal role in the process of protection and establishment of social justice. Preamble to constitution of India has resolved for "Justice, Freedom, Equality and Fraternity" to all its citizens. Deliberately the word 'justice' is placed first in the order. Justice is fundamental, in absence of it, freedom, equality and fraternity cannot be achieved. Absence of justice leads to social inequality. This inequality stems not only out of unequal distribution of natural resources but also out of unequal distribution of information. Ruling class controls information to maintain its hegemony over power and resources. Indian history has witnessed this time and again. Social inequality can be won over by making the socially oppressed classes aware of 'power of Information' and therefore Right to Information is extremely crucial in the process of achieving justice.
It is for this reason that Right to Information has become a matter of utmost interest for numerous civil society organizations and human rights movements. Right to Information and Environmental movement are also closely connected. Article 21 of the constitution provides Right to Life and Liberty. In another a words, citizen have a right to know everything that has impact on life and liberty. The same was also reiterated in the earth summit of Rio de Janerio Brazil held in 1992. This also being the core principle of environmental movement, they have keenly promoted Right to Information.
15 Right to Information is more related to which of the following fundamental rights:
Right to Life and Liberty
Right against exploitation
Right to freedom of speech and expression
Right to Education
Which of the option given below is correct?
16 Consider the following two statements:
Right to information is being pursued by individuals all over.
Various societies, movements and countries well informed or otherwise are following right to information.
Answer options
Both are correct
Neither is correct
is correct is not
is correct is not
17 Consider the following statements:
Non dissemination of the information is a root cause of social inequality.
When the participation in the governance is not all round social unjustice could prevail.
Answer options
is correct and is the correct explanation of
is correct but is not the correct explanation of
Both and are incorrect
is incorrect is correct
18 Consider the following statements:
"Citizenry has right to know" was for the first time said in the summit at Rio-de Janerio.
Many courts in India have reiterated that dissemination of information is an absolute must for attaining social justice. Now state whether.
Answer options:
Both are correct
Neither is correct
is correct is not
is correct is not
19 Which of the following indicates the transformation of representative democracy into participatory democracy?
By asking questions in parliament and state legislature
By launching complaint against administration
Using RTI act to make government and administration transparent.
Getting knowledge of functioning of governance
Answer options:
a and c
b and c
c and d
b and d
In India, economic reforms were initiated in mid 1991 due to problems such as increasing external debt, unmanageable balance of payments situation, high possibility of acceleration in the rate of inflation and the fiscal problems. External factors like Gulf war and collapse of soviet economy also contributed to the crisis. With a view to tide over the economic crisis and ensuring sustainability of growth process, it was considered necessary to introduce certain major policy reforms, on industrial trade and public sector fronts. Measures for stabilization aiming at reduction in fiscal and current account deficit in budget were also necessary. The economic reforms basically aimed at aUocation of resources and decision -making to be guided by the market mechanism. In the post reforms period, there has been a lot of optimism regarding long-term economic growth.
In the last two decades, India was among ten to twelve highest growing countries in the world. Some macroeconomic variables performed weU during this period. Rate of inflation declined during 1997-2002. Gross domestic savings as a of GDP increased from 23.1 to 28.2% during 9th and the 10th plan. Gross domestic investment increased and fiscal deficit declined marginaUy during this period. FDI inflow, FOREX reserves showed promising trends. In conclusion, the economy seems to be on a high growth path of to in the last 4 years. The performance of the other variables also seems to be relatively satisfactory.
20 Which of the following is an external factor leading to economic reforms in India
Inflation
FaU in exports
Slowdown of industrial growth rate
None of the above
21 Which of the foUowing is a macro economic variable, not described in this paragraph
Money supply
Inflation
Balance of Payments
Foreign Direct Investment
22 Major limitation of economic reforms of 1991 has been:
Rate of growth is not adequately high
No stress on modernisation
Slow growth rate of exports and imports.
None of the above.
A long lime ago remnants of plants and animals got buried into the earth. Due to the effect of the tremendous pressure of the layers of earth above and the heat inside they were converted into fuel. Such fuels are called fossil fuels. It takes lakhs of years for such fuels to be formed. That is why the deposits of fossil fuel are limited. As a result, a need has now arisen to make prudent use of these resources. Fossil fuels are found in three forms solid, liquid and gaseous -in the bowels of the earth. These fuels include coal, mineral oil and natural gas. All fossil fuels contain hydrocarbon compounds. Besides these, we daily use other fuels too, for example, wood, charcoal, cowdung, pats, etc. Firewood and brushwood are used as fuel in rural areas. It is a lTIatter of concern that the use of wood for fuel is causing destruction of forests and has endangered the enVlfonment. Mineral oil is found may thousand metres deep in the bowels of the earth. Petrol, diesel, kerosene and fuel oil can be obtained from it. Natural gas is a very convenient fuel to use. It lights up quickly and does not leave behind any solid substances. Besides, it is easy to transport from its main sources by means of pipes. A big advantage is that the burning of natural gas can be easily controlled. Methane, ethane, propane, butane etc. are the various types of natural gas. The deposits of fossil and other fuels are limited. That is why, coal, oil etc. are said to be conventional or non-renewable sources of energy -they cannot be produced anew. Even though we are now using renewable sources of energy like wind energy, hydro-electric energy, biogas, biodiesel etc. we are stilI ire the grip of an energy crisis. The main reason for this is the growing population and increasing industrialisation. It is difficult to continuously produce the increasing amounts of energy they need. To find ways of using renewable sources is the need of the hour. In view of this, we must concentrate on the use of solar energy.
23 Which energy source has proved to be the most destructive?
Fuel wood
Oil and gas
Atomic energy
Hydro energy
24 Energy crisis is not a
Social problem.
economic problem.
gift of nature.
manmade problem
global problem.
environmental problem.
Select the correct option
25 Which conventional source of energy is most man-friendly?
Coal
Mineral Oil
Natural gas
Biogas
26 The problem of energy is becoming increasingly acute. What should we resort to
Natural gas as it can be conveniently used.
We must pay more attention to renewable sources of energy.
We should lay stress on solar energy.
We should find new sources of energy.
Answer options:
and
and
and
27 How should we extricate ourselves of the energy crisis?
by containing our teeming millions.
by finding ways of using more and more renewable sources of energy.
by slowing the pace of industrialisation.
by importing more of oil and gas.
Answer options
and
and
and
and
The concept of biotechnology is a wide concept encompassing procedures modifying living organisms as per necessity for the welfare of human beings. The living organisms are modified by various technical procedures for number of human requirements being such as domestication of animals, cultivation of plants and improving plant variety through various breeding practices. Modem technologies used for the purpose include techniques like cell, tissue culture and genetic engineering. The United Nations convention of Biological diversity defines 'biotechnology' as Any technological application that uses biological systems, living organism or derivatives thereof to make or modify products or processes for specific use. In other words, biotechnology can be defined as the application of technical advances in life sciences to develop various products.
Biotechnology also involves pure biological scientific disciplines such as genetics, microbiology animal cell culture, molecular biology, biochemistry, embryology, cell biology and those outside the sphere of biology which include chemical engineering, bioprocess engineering, bioinformatics and biorobotics. Conversely, modem biological sciences are intimately entwined and dependent on the methods developed through biotechnology and therefore all these together constitute the life sciences industry. Biotechnology is research and development in the laboratory using bioinformatics for exploration, extraction, exploitation and production from any living organism and any source of biomass by means of biological engineering where high value added products could be planned, fore casted, formulated, developed, manufactured and marketed. These products should be used on sustainable basis and patent rights thereof must be obtained. (legal protection at national and international level
28 Consider the following statements:
Biotechnology is basically used for obtaining patents.
Biotechnology has nothing to do with economics.
Answer options
Both are right
Both are wrong
is correct is not
is correct is not
29 Consider the following two statements:
Biotechnology does not necessarily always involve organisms or parts thereof:
Biotechnology basically involves both pure and marginally applied sciences
Answer options
Both are correct
Both are incorrect
is correct is not
is correct is not
30 What is the ultimate objective of Biotechnology?
Technological achievement
Engineering marvel
Procedural improvement
Human satisfaction
31 What is the central theme of biotechnology?
Modifying living organisms for their survival.
To invent new techniques for making living organisms stronger.
To convert basic sciences into technologies,
None of the above
32 Consider the following statements:
Biotechnology is a natural Biological process occurring in all the living organisms.
Biotechnological product many a time is an accidental product and doesn't have to be necessarily designed.
Answer options
Both are correct
Both are incorrect
is correct is not
is correct is not
The forest manures itself. It makes its own humus and supplies itself with minerals. If we see a piece of woodland we find a gentle accumulation of mixed vegetable and animal residues constantly taking place on the ground and that these wastes are being converted by fungi and bacteria into humus. The process involved in the early stages of this transformation depends throughout on oxidation: afterwards it takes place in the absence of air. The process is entirely sanitary. There is no nuisance of any kind -no smell, no flies, no dustbins, no incinerators. no artificial sewage system, no water -borne diseases, no town councils, and no rats. On the contrary, the forest affords a place for the ideal summer holiday with sufficient shade and an abundance of pure fresh air. All over the surface of the woods the conversion of vegetable and animal wastes into humus is never so rapid as during the holiday months -July to September. The mineral matter needed by the and the undergrowth is obtained from the subsoil. This is collected in dilute solution in water by the deeper roots, which also help in anchoring the trees. Even in soils markedly deficient in phosphorus, trees have no difficulty in obtaining ample supplies of this element Potash, phosphate, and other minerals are always collected in situ and carried by the transpiration current for use in the green leaves. Afterwards they are either used in growth or deposited on the floor of the forest in the form of vegetable waste being one of the constituents needed in the synthesis of humus. This humus is again utilized by the roots of the trees. Nature's farming, as seen in the forest, is characterized by two things, a constant circulation of the mineral matter absorbed by the trees and a constant addition of new mineral matter from the vast reserves held in the subsoil.
33 What is the true source of minerals in the forests as per the passage?
Vegetable residues
Animal wastes
FungI and bacteria
Subsoils
Answer options
and
and
only
only
34 Consider the following statements:
Forest manuring is both aerobic and anaerobic.
Forest manuring IS not hastle free.
Answer optIons:
Both are correct
Both are incorrect
is correct is not
is correct is not
35 Which of the following statements is incorrect
Natural forest manuring goes on round the clock.
It is qUIcker during monsoons.
Forest acts therein as manufacturer, distributor and consumer.
Man's interference therein is absent
Answer options:
none of the above
36. Consider the following statements:
Potash and phosphate are brought from elsewhere
They are used only in the formation of humus.
Now state whether
Both are correct
Both are incorrect
is correct is not
is correct is not
Sympathy is a great secret of life. It overcomes evil and strengthens good. It disarms resistance, melts the hardest heart, and develops the better part of human nature. It is founded on love. It IS but another word for disinterestedness and affection. vVhen we have sympathy for anyone we see ourselves in his place and therefore we help him; we relieve him. There can be no love without sympathy. Like mercy, sympathy and benevolence are twice blessed, blessing both the giver and the receiver. VVhile they bring forth an abundant fruit of happiness in the heart of the giver, they enhance kindness and benevolence in the heart of the receiver. Hardly can there be any other attitude generating love In the human heart. Even hardest of the hard core persons cannot remain aloof of its influence.
It enforces much more than force can. A kind word, or " kind look, can do wonders on those upon whom coercion has been tried in vein. While sympathy invites love and obedience, harshness provokes aversion and resistance. Sympathy glorifies humanity. It is synonym of love. It enables us to help the sorrow stricken and the oppressed. Wherever there is cruelty, or ignorance, or misery, sympathy consoles and alleViates. The Sight of grief, the sound of a groan, hold a sympathetic mind. Sympathv and justice have eradICated very many evil practices of the world, be they abolition of slavery in America, England and France, the ur.educatedness and ignorance of the people or the backwardness at the lowly people. The sympathy that the great people had, could only bring in the improvement for all these.
37 Autocrats will be able to rule more successfully with the help of sympathy than with cruelty because
Sympathy has the capacity to touch one's heart more than anything.
Their don't care' policy is not a correct policy
A kind word gOt:s a long way in establishing control
Sympathy brings in love and obedience
Answer options
and
and
and
all the above
38 Why IS sympathy one of the great secrets of life?
Because life is not possible without it
It is the best way to establish world peace.
It i5 possible to rule over ignorant people with it.
A little show of sympathy can win over people.
Answer options
and
and
39 Why is sympathy a twice blessing:
Because it gives to the giver extra fruits
Because it creates double sympathy in the giver
Because the receiver blesses the giver
None of the above
40 Sympathy can help in uniting the world because:
the scope of sympathy is wide
unity of the world is a part of public philanthropy
it endeavours to alleviate all without discrimination
it unites us in a bond of peace and brotherhood
Answer options
and
and
All the above
41 Some of the world's evil practices were eradicated due to
the capacity of some people to understand the problem
some men and women put themselves in the place of those who were at the receiving end of the practice
some people believed in public philanthropy
some people believed sympathy and justice were the answer to the problem
Answer options
and
and
Is India becoming a proponent of apartheid? Not apartheid based on race, but on gender? The recent proposal to create special banks which will cater only to women customers has created a controversy. While the 'women's bank' has been widely hailed by many as a socially progressive idea in that most women would feel more comfortable dealing with other women in a women-only situation, there are dissenting voices which say that such proposals, well-meant though they are, will serve to further ghettoise women in an already oppressively male-centric scheme of things. Proponents of this point of view argue that what is needed is not to co-coon women in protective environments specially reserved for them -be they in the form of 'ladies' coaches in trains or in the Metro, or auto-rickshaws meant only for women passengers -but to enable them to share common public spaces and services with their male counterparts without fearing for their safety. 'Women's only' banks, and similar facilities, isolate women from the social mainstream. Such discrimination, as well-intentioned as it undoubtedly is, constitutes a form of apartheid based not on race or skin colour but on gender. At best, it is like the equal but separate' policy that some southern American states followed, where by'coloureds' and white people had segregated schools and separate seats on public transport. In effect, this is another way of saying that the'solution' to violent gender crimes like rape -which is a horrifyingly everyday occurrence in India -is to lock up women in the safe custody of their homes and not allow them out in public. The response to such 'solutions', of course, is that it is not the presence of women
in public places which is the cause of rape but the predatoriness of men, who are the ones who should be kept under lock and key where they can't do harm to anyone. The only real and lasting solution to crimes against women is to stop discriminating against them, even with the best of intentions. Instead of being 'protected' from men, women want men to be educated -or rather, re-educated -on gender issues so that they no longer pose a danger to women. It's a long-haul solution But it's the only one that we can all bank on, women as well as men.
46 Women's bank in a way
Protects women around from being oppressed
Emancipates women from the clutches of men
Confirms and perpetuates male dominance
Gives economic freedom to women
47 "Ghetto is a
Place where marriages take place with or without the consent of women.
Custom where women live in slavery against their wishes
Place where people of a group live in poor conditions
Place where the undertials are tormented by the law enforcing agencies.
48 What would women want?
Special protection
Men should be kept under lock and key
Parity with men
Economic freedom to get fully emancipated
A terrible combat ensued. The shark had seemed to roar, if I might say so, the blood rushed in torrents from its wound. The sea was dyed red, and through the opaque liquid I could distinguish nothing more. Nothing more, until the moment, when like lightning, I saw the undaunted captain hanging on to one of the creature's fins, struggling as he was, hand to hand with the monster and dealing successive blows at his enemy. Yet unable to give a decisive one.
49 terrible combat ensued' here implies:
A battle between the two sharks ended
A contest between the captain and the shark ended
A battle between the captain and the shark followed
Warfare between the captain and the shark concluded
50 The writer describes the captain as
scared
angry
disturbed
fearless
51. Three containers are filled with mangoes, bananas, chikkus and pears. Mangoes and bananas are equal in number. Chikkus are double that of bananas. Pears are 3/4 of that of chikkus and bananas together. If total number of fruits in three containers is 1000 how many pears and chikkus are there?
320, 360
360, 320
120, 360
160, 320
52. A symbol x drawn to any size, means x+5 and the symbol drawn to any size means y2, where x and y are numbers. Then what will be the value of the given relation?
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53. A 200 m long goods train crosses a man standing on the platform at a speed of 48 km/hr. At the same time another goods train 150 metres long crosses that man at a speed of 60 km/hr in the reverse direction. Calculate the difference between time taken by both the trains to cross the man
6 m
1/4m
3/20m
6 seconds
54. When a line of words is given as an input to a word-processing machine, the machine rearranges the line in a step by a definite rule. The input and the steps of re-arrangements are given below:
Input NO, GO, Fit, COUNTER, FORCE, TURN, NET
Step I NO, GO, Fit, COUNTER, FORCE, TURN, NET
Step II GO, NO, Fit, COUNTER, FORCE, TURN, NET
Step III t GO, NO, Fit, NET, COUNTER, FORCE, TURN
Step IV GO, NO, Fit, NET, TURN, COUNTER, FORCE
Step V GO, NO, Fit, NET, TURN, FORCE, COUNTER
If the input is, "Class, Rat, An, UP, PEN, TRUE" then,
"An, UP, Class, Rat, PEN, TRUE" will be in what step?
I
II
III
IV
55.
The balling average of a cricket player was 24.85 runs per wicket. In a match he took 5 wickets, giving 52 runs. Then his balling average got reduced by 0.85. Then how many wickets had he taken, before playing the last match?
64
72
80
96
56. P and Q are three sets of 'cup and saucer'. Read the following information about these sets which are not in any particular order:
Cups are blue, white and yellow in colour.
Saucers are red, pink and white in colour.
No set is unicoloured.
Cup of the set 0 is not yellow in colour.
Cup of the set P is not blue in colour.
Cup of the set Q is not white In colour.
Saucer of the set Q is not red in colour.
Saucer of the set 0 is white in colour.
What are the colours of saucer and cup respectively of set P
White and red
Yellow and pink
Red and white
Pink and yellow
57.
The six students T and U are studying different subjects at post graduate level. Their subjects are English, History, Philosophy, Physics, Statistics and Mathematics, not necessarily in the same order.
Out of them two live in hostel, two live as paying-guests and remaining two live at home.
R is not paying-guest and studies Philosophy.
The student studying History, lives at home and the student studying Statistics does not live as paying-guest.
T studies Mathematics and 5 studies Physics.
U and 5 live in hostel.
T lives as paying-guest and Q lives at home.
Then which of the following pair is not correct?
U-History
P-English
P-Paying guest
R-at home
58.
Select proper alternative in place of the question-mark? if audio=85 video=80 then Radio
88
83
47
None of the above
59.
The ten members I and J are divided into two teams X and Y. Five members are in each team. The members of both the teams are seating in two rows, such that, exact opposite of each member of team, there is a member of Y team facing each other. The members of team are facing North. 0 is third to the right of A and is seating exact opposite of G. B is immediate right of G and is facing south. H is third to the right of B and exact opposite of F. C is between A and E and exact opposite of 1.
Which group is seating in the same row?
HIE
ACB
CDI
HIG
60. In an examination, 35% of the total students failed in Hindi; 45% failed in English and 20% failed in both. What percent of total students passed in both the subjects?
10
20
30
40
61. Select the figure from given alternatives, which will continue the sequence:
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62. In a small village in no man's land, brains of people are wired to answer inquiries in two sentences. One of the sentences always describes the fact as it is and the other describes nonexistent thing. One among them is the best archer of the area and you are there to get some tips from him for developing your archery skills. On reaching the place you find three persons sitting in the shadow of a banyan tree enjoying gossip. Two of them were busy mending their own arches. When you started inquiring with them, their responses were as follows
Aanu said, "This is my arch. But I am not the best archer among us.
Banu said, "This is not my arch.
Aanu is the best archer of this village.
Chanu said, "I never touch the arch. Banu is the best archer".
From whom will you get the tips about archery?
From both Aanu and Banu
From Aanu or Banu
From Aanu only
From Banu only
63. In an election, the voting power was not used by voters. There were only two candidates in this election. The elected candidate got 48% votes, out of the total votes and he defeated the other candidate by 1100 votes. How many total voters were there in the election?
21000
23500
22000
27500
64. When the speed of a monorail is 60 km/hr it reaches on time. If the speed is increased by 20 kms it reaches one hour earlier then how much distance does the monorail cover?
'240 km
250 km
260 km
270 km
65. The meanings of and are as follows: P8Q means, is not less than Q. P*Q means, is not greater than Q. P%Q means, is not greater than Q and not equal to Q. P$Q means, P is not less than Q and not equal to Q. P@Q means, P is not greater than or less than Q.
Considering the statements true, which of the conclusion II, III is/are perfectly true?
Select the correct alternative.
Statement B%N N8F F*H
Conclusion: I II III
Only I and II are correct
Only I and III are correct
Only II and III are correct
No one is correct
66. Select proper alternative in place of the question-mark.
19
29
33
32
67. The population of five states, of five years, is given in lacs, in the table:
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What is the proportion of the average population of all years of the states A and B taken together, with the average population of all years of the states D and E taken together, respectively?
51: 82
53: 81
52: 83
53:85·
68. Learn the system and find the next term in the given series:
F@53R$jPE1H%IQ4B8AW2UG6*90ZNM©V
5Rj; 8WU
oN@
69Z
*delta M
*delta N
69.
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From the following alphabet triangle find out what that system is. On the basis of the system, which is the third letter on the base line from your right?
F
J
70.
Triangle ABC is an equilateral triangle. Triangle aBC is an isosceles triangle. If angle BOC is 100"; then how much will the LACO be
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71.
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some One watch and one Pen WP Some one has changed the labels on all the boxes, such that, no box contains the items, as per the label on it. If the boxes with labels WB and PP are opened and no item is watch, then which statement will be true in case of the box, having label WW
No item will be watch
One item will be watch
One item will be ball
One item will be pen
72. F and G are the members of a family. Out of them, four are adults and three are children, of which two, F and G are girls. A and D are brothers and A is a Doctor. E is an Engineer and has married one of the two brothers. E has two children. B is married to D and G is their child. Then who is C
Son of A
Daughter of E
Father of F
Brother of G
73. Kabir requires 10 days less than Akshay to complete a certain task. Satyam takes 15 days more than Akshay to complete the same task. If Kabir and Akshay both take 12 days to complete the task together how many days will be required by Akshay and Satyam together to complete it 7
10 days
25 days
27 days
18 days
74. You as an administrative authority have been approached by a house wife of a well-established entrepreneur complaining harassment for having two daughters. She also informs you that her parents are not financially well off to help her in this matter. You would:
counsel wife to empower her to face the situation and wait for the result
arrange counselling sessions for the couple
ask her to lodge a complaint with concerned department
ask wife to make husband's behaviour public through social network
75.
Situation: Government has formulated a policy to ensure that each family in rural area of the State should have a toilet as most of the diseases and epidemics are caused due to e-coli found in human excreta carried through the use of contaminated water. The loss of human life, mandays wasted and the loss of wages due to these ailments and expenditure required to be incurred on the treatment is enormous. The embarrassment to the female population is another factor, so also the village environmental pollution caused. The Supreme Court interpreted Right to life means life with dignity. In fact, human excreta, if treated scientifically, is a rich source of organic manure. In spite of these provisions and severe consequences the percentage of rural families having toilets is only 60% and out of these, who are actually using the toilets is only 50%. The failure is ascribed to the fact that toilet policy is "Construction oriented" and the element of educating and sensitizing the people as to the adverse effects of the non use of toilets is squarely missing. It is felt that a strong public education campaign is the need of the time.
Question: If you are assigned a role of preparing a public awareness campaign, which of the following elements you would incorporate in order of priority 1n the design of the campaign
Regular use of toilet reduces health hazards of open defecation.
Maintaining the ambience of the village.
Maintaining the dignity of the human being, particularly women folk.
Boost to farm productivity and economy
Answer options
76. you are a government representative and a member of a committee that has been given responsibility of selecting young artists for awarding two year government scholarships. An influential artist of high reputation is also a member on this committee as an expert. After studying the short listed artists, for this prestigious state scholarship, another member brought to your notice that many artists are from the institute that is managed by this reputed artist or institutes that are managed by his past students. You would:
talk to the artist and request him to make selection criteria public for avoiding biased selection.
maintain silence with respect to selection of awardees of this year and then publish the misdeeds of this person.
halt the work of the committee by dissolving it immediately and form a new committee.
request all the members of the present committee to go through the original list again and with unbiased approach freshly short list the candidates.
77. As an administrative in charge of a communally sensitive area, you are faced with a situation where the religious heads of both the communities have given inflammatory speeches thereby inciting violence amongst their respective communities. You would:
immediately order the arrest of the two religious heads.
call both the communal heads together and try to broach a peace deal.
call both the heads individually and do some "humble talking" with them to explain the situation
report the matter to your superior and wait for appropriate instruction.
78.
Situation: One major difference between the severe drought faced by the State in the year 1973 vis-ii-vis year 2012-13 is, where as there was a food scarcity in 1973, the year 2012-13 reflects acute water scarcity. Thousands of villages do not have even adequate quantity, forget appropriate quality drinking water. Most Rabi crops could not simply be sown as the moisture in the soil is completely dried away. The chemical contamination like Nitrate, Fluoride is causing a grave concern even where water is available, which if consumed would lead to grave health hazards. Human survival till onset of the monsoon is the major concern.
Question: Under such circumstances if you are entrusted with a responsibility to tackle the situation, which of the following options would you resort to, on priority to manage the immediate crisis.
Reserving all public and private water sources exclusively for drinking water purposes.
To strike a balance between farmers losing their income of Rabi Crops and also to ensure acute drinking water needs, 50-50 distribution plan for crop survival and drinking water.
As the poor farmers will be losing their only income source which may have severe economic consequences, crop production will be given priority and most of the water will be reserved for the agriculture purposes.
Even taking the risk of diseases people will be motivated to use chemically contaminated water for survival till onset of monsoon to save human life there being no alternative as diseases can be cured in due course.
Answer options
79. Your friend has rented his shop to a shopkeeper and shopkeeper has not paid his rent for the last one year and now refuses to vacate his shop. Shopkeeper has offered to purchase that shop from him but only at 50% of the present market value. Shopkeeper uses his contacts and has threatened him of dire consequences if he lodges a police complaint. What kind of advice would you give to your friend as a police officer?
Lodge a complaint against the shopkeeper with the police.
Negotiate with the shopkeeper for a higher price and sell it.
Use your power for threatening the shopkeeper.
Try to sell the shop to a 3rd party at a price slightly less than the market price but higher than the offer of the shopkeeper.
80. Suppose you are going for Public Service Commission's Interview. On the road you see an accident in which few men are stuck in. What will you do
You will not pay attention to the accident and reach the Interview destination.
You will inform nearby Hospital and Police station telephonically regarding the accident.
You will call Police and Ambulance for help and wait till the help reaches.
You will ask local people to help police and Ambulance in the rescue of people stuck in the accident.
During gamva Sai the people worshipped good and evil spirits.
The people worshipped them because they were afraid of them and wanted to please them.
Answer options
Both the statements are correct and the second is the correct explanation for the first.
Both the statements are correct but the second is not entirely the explanation for the first
Neither of the statements is correct.
The first is correct, the second is not.
2. When the agriculture was still to be practised what of the follOWing was uncommon?
gamva sai
love for the jungle
boasting of earmarked plots close by
none of the above options is correct
3. What are the practices involved in the custom of 'Gamva Sai'
Propitiation of gods
Village should be deserted
Ritual worship and blood sacrifice
Barter trade Answer options
4. According to the author, what is not a pre -requisite for the beginning of settled agriculture
Land should be tilled with a plough.
Iron should be abundantly available.
Forests need to be cut and cleared.
None of the above.
Answer options
c
b
d
a
5. Sites for mother -goddess cults were at crossways because
This is where the paths of the nomadic people crossed.
This is where the nomadic people exchanged goods.
They could not cut the forests.
Valleys were Swampy.
Answer options
Drought is basically a distress situation caused by the failure of rainfall. This failure may be due to insufficient rains or due to a wide gap between two or more spells of rain. Droughts are of three types, A meteorological drought is a situation when the actual rainfall is significantly less than the climatologically expected rainfall over a wide area, Here the rains do not arrive in time and are inadequate, Such droughts are mainly concentrated in the areas falling between arid and semi -arid zones of the country and are characterised by high variability of rainfalL Hydrological droughts are associated with the drying up of surface water such as rivers, streams, lakes and reservoirs and fall in ground water levels, Such droughts are augmented by deforestation, mining, road construction, overgrazing and withdrawal of excessive ground water. All these factors contribute to hydrological instability leading to droughts. Agricultural droughts or soil droughts occur when soils lose their effective moisture conserving capacity. This prevents healthy crop growth. Such droughts may occur even when meteorological droughts do not occur and vice versa. Under extreme conditions of such a drought no plant exists and such a condition is called desertification. Although all these three forms of drought occur independent of each other the occurrence of meteorological drought is the basic reason for hydrological and agricultural droughts. Prolonged meteorological drought results into hydrological drought, and may, thereafter, lead to agricultural drought. This transition is a very slow process.
6 Consider the following two statements
In dry areas chances of receiving high or low rainfall are not high.
Hydrological droughts begin with illicit felling of trees and overgrazing only.
Answer options
Both are incorrect
Both are correct
is incorrect is correct
is correct is not
7 Read the following statements and choose the appropriate option.
Climatological drought is the cause for every drought.
Hydrological drought is always an outcome of the human factors.
Answer options
and are correct
and both are wrong
is correct, is wrong
is correct, is wrong
8 If the wells grow in number in a specific area what kind of drought is likely to occur
Hydrological
Agricultural
Climatological
Rain based
The genetic diversity within the handful of crop and livestock species that feed humanityso-called germplasm resources-holds much of the potential for improving agricultural performance. At the same time, great opportunities lie in broadening the base of the species that provide our food and fiber. An agriculture, sufficient to feed the world's population that is expected to double in the next 40 years, will need to use both plant and animal diversities. Increasing of harvests rests on a foundation of genetic diversity by bringing about improvement in the crop up to a desired level. Throughout the history, the selection and breeding of superior plants was done by individual farmers working on limited stocks in their fields, augmented by occasional spontaneous crosses with wild relatives nearby. Cultivated crops, ChiqlfliOl 'ffi'TlT jSPACE FOR ROUGH WORK though single species, contained an incredible array of genetic types adapted to local circumstances. In industrial countries, few farmers can spare the time or land for plant breeding. The selection of high performance crops today is done by government scientists and by private companies who sell specially bred seed to farmers for planting. Farmers have traded their independence for higher performance and larger harvests; as a result, a few successful varieties are being planted on millions of aCres. Fifteen years after a devastating epidemic of Southern Corn Leaf Blight cut the U.s. corn harvest by 15 per cent and alerted the nation to the genetic vulnerability of its crops, a visitor to the wheat fields of the Dakotas or the corn fields of Iowa can still see row upon row of uniform plants stretching to the horizon. Yet under this uniformity lie forms of diversity not available to most of the world's farmers. The many varieties under study by the private plant breeding industry, the widely available information on pest outbreaks and weather conditions worldwide that constitute an "early warning system," and a seed industry that can transport varieties quickly to areas that need them all protect American farmers from fatal vulnerability. These safeguards have come at a substantial price: u.s. farmers now spend over 4 billion each year on seeds, and while the cost per ton of grain harvested has declined in real terms over the past three decades, the cost per harvested acre has doubled.
9 Consider the following two statements:
Today a large number of widely diff. species are getting planted over extensive areas.
Genetic diversity has led us to this situation. Answer options
is correct and is the correct explanation of
incorrect therefore the question does not arise about
is correct but is not the correct explanation thereof,
Nothing can be made out from the passage about the statements.
10 Consider the following two statements:
Higher profits is the main consideration for the farmers and the private companies all alike.
The wild crops have regularly helped their cultivated counter parts throughout the history in producing superior varieties.
Answer options
Both are correct
Neither is correct
is correct is not
is correct is not
11 If we see the history of the genetic diversity the farmers.
have benefitted from higher performance.
have become rich because of the larger production.
have overcome the problems of planting of uniform plants.
but the circumstances do not allow them to decide for themselves.
the market driven tendencies force them to follow.
and the benefits come to them at a great cost.
Which of the above statements are correct?
and
and
12 In industrial countries the farmers who earlier did plant breeding are no more resorting to it because:
Govt. scientists want to take it upon themselves.
Private companies undertake plant breeding for their interests
The farmers are busy otherwise.
The farmers want to put their land to other use.
Answer options:
and
and
and
and
Many people say that 21st century is a century of knowledge, but the people who think more deeply about it say, it is going to be a century of mind. If this is the case then India has demographic advantage. India has 55% of its population less than 25 years old. This means that there are 6000 lakh odd minds to shape destiny of India. But there is a fundamental difference between the mind and the mindset. Mind represents intellect, mind allows you to make smart observations, smart analysis, smart synthesis etc. but it is the mindset which determines your attitude and your approach to life. In India, there is this huge battle between the Indian mind and Indian mindset. The Indian mind is taking us into 2pt century and there is no doubt about it, but it is the Indian mindset which is drawing us back into 14th, 15th, 16th century.
Centuries ago Indian mind introduced the concept of global village with a slogan, "Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam" (Entire world is a family). We say that we are one family but are we practising what we say? We know that when two Japanese come together, how many Japanese they make? They form a great team and become eleven. Someone in a lighter vein has said that when two Indians come together, they become zero as they neutralize each other. They do not make a team and this is the Indian mindset. My basic premise is not that shaping of Indian minds is not required and only changing of the Indian mindset should be attempted. We should start taking up both. We should not only be contented with clever minds, more intelligent minds, more observant minds, more analytical minds, better minds synthesizing in a more clever way, but also mindsets that are positive, constructive, forward looking, mutually reinforcing, -mindsets that will make it possible for us to shape 21" century India.
13 Which of the statements given below about todays world is correct?
It is a clever peoples world.
Many feel it is the
Some say it is the 'knowledge'
None of the above.
14 Which of the following statements is not incorrect?
About 55% of the Indians have modern mindset.
About 45% of the Indians have old traditional mind.
The elderly people are not in majority in India.
About 55% of the Indians make intelligent analysis.
Preamble to constitution of India starts with "We the people.." It does not refer to people of any particular caste or religion, which signifies that the constitution of India places its people at the highest position in democracy. When people of India elect our government, we also have a complete right to get aware of all its aspects and governance. Such awareness gives a chance to actually participate in the process of governance which in turn advances the democracy from being merely representative to become participative. Success of democracy largely depends on participation of its population in making and implementation of government policy. Where common people are not able to actively participate in the process of governance, possibility of protection of rights of select empowered class increases many fold. This holds the potential of eventually becoming a major obstacle in the path of Social Justice. The efforts of creation of knowledge based societies of 'Informed citizenry' are ongoing in various parts of the world. India too, has joined the bandwagon by accepting the Right to Information.
'Informed citizenry' term appears in the RTl Act. Various courts in India have reported that Right to Information is inherent to Freedom of Speech and Expression provided in article 19(1)of constitution of India. Additionally United Nations Organizations stated in its Universal Declaration that Right to Information is fundamental to human rights. In the light of this, Right to Information can play a pivotal role in the process of protection and establishment of social justice. Preamble to constitution of India has resolved for "Justice, Freedom, Equality and Fraternity" to all its citizens. Deliberately the word 'justice' is placed first in the order. Justice is fundamental, in absence of it, freedom, equality and fraternity cannot be achieved. Absence of justice leads to social inequality. This inequality stems not only out of unequal distribution of natural resources but also out of unequal distribution of information. Ruling class controls information to maintain its hegemony over power and resources. Indian history has witnessed this time and again. Social inequality can be won over by making the socially oppressed classes aware of 'power of Information' and therefore Right to Information is extremely crucial in the process of achieving justice.
It is for this reason that Right to Information has become a matter of utmost interest for numerous civil society organizations and human rights movements. Right to Information and Environmental movement are also closely connected. Article 21 of the constitution provides Right to Life and Liberty. In another a words, citizen have a right to know everything that has impact on life and liberty. The same was also reiterated in the earth summit of Rio de Janerio Brazil held in 1992. This also being the core principle of environmental movement, they have keenly promoted Right to Information.
15 Right to Information is more related to which of the following fundamental rights:
Right to Life and Liberty
Right against exploitation
Right to freedom of speech and expression
Right to Education
Which of the option given below is correct?
16 Consider the following two statements:
Right to information is being pursued by individuals all over.
Various societies, movements and countries well informed or otherwise are following right to information.
Answer options
Both are correct
Neither is correct
is correct is not
is correct is not
17 Consider the following statements:
Non dissemination of the information is a root cause of social inequality.
When the participation in the governance is not all round social unjustice could prevail.
Answer options
is correct and is the correct explanation of
is correct but is not the correct explanation of
Both and are incorrect
is incorrect is correct
18 Consider the following statements:
"Citizenry has right to know" was for the first time said in the summit at Rio-de Janerio.
Many courts in India have reiterated that dissemination of information is an absolute must for attaining social justice. Now state whether.
Answer options:
Both are correct
Neither is correct
is correct is not
is correct is not
19 Which of the following indicates the transformation of representative democracy into participatory democracy?
By asking questions in parliament and state legislature
By launching complaint against administration
Using RTI act to make government and administration transparent.
Getting knowledge of functioning of governance
Answer options:
a and c
b and c
c and d
b and d
In India, economic reforms were initiated in mid 1991 due to problems such as increasing external debt, unmanageable balance of payments situation, high possibility of acceleration in the rate of inflation and the fiscal problems. External factors like Gulf war and collapse of soviet economy also contributed to the crisis. With a view to tide over the economic crisis and ensuring sustainability of growth process, it was considered necessary to introduce certain major policy reforms, on industrial trade and public sector fronts. Measures for stabilization aiming at reduction in fiscal and current account deficit in budget were also necessary. The economic reforms basically aimed at aUocation of resources and decision -making to be guided by the market mechanism. In the post reforms period, there has been a lot of optimism regarding long-term economic growth.
In the last two decades, India was among ten to twelve highest growing countries in the world. Some macroeconomic variables performed weU during this period. Rate of inflation declined during 1997-2002. Gross domestic savings as a of GDP increased from 23.1 to 28.2% during 9th and the 10th plan. Gross domestic investment increased and fiscal deficit declined marginaUy during this period. FDI inflow, FOREX reserves showed promising trends. In conclusion, the economy seems to be on a high growth path of to in the last 4 years. The performance of the other variables also seems to be relatively satisfactory.
20 Which of the following is an external factor leading to economic reforms in India
Inflation
FaU in exports
Slowdown of industrial growth rate
None of the above
21 Which of the foUowing is a macro economic variable, not described in this paragraph
Money supply
Inflation
Balance of Payments
Foreign Direct Investment
22 Major limitation of economic reforms of 1991 has been:
Rate of growth is not adequately high
No stress on modernisation
Slow growth rate of exports and imports.
None of the above.
A long lime ago remnants of plants and animals got buried into the earth. Due to the effect of the tremendous pressure of the layers of earth above and the heat inside they were converted into fuel. Such fuels are called fossil fuels. It takes lakhs of years for such fuels to be formed. That is why the deposits of fossil fuel are limited. As a result, a need has now arisen to make prudent use of these resources. Fossil fuels are found in three forms solid, liquid and gaseous -in the bowels of the earth. These fuels include coal, mineral oil and natural gas. All fossil fuels contain hydrocarbon compounds. Besides these, we daily use other fuels too, for example, wood, charcoal, cowdung, pats, etc. Firewood and brushwood are used as fuel in rural areas. It is a lTIatter of concern that the use of wood for fuel is causing destruction of forests and has endangered the enVlfonment. Mineral oil is found may thousand metres deep in the bowels of the earth. Petrol, diesel, kerosene and fuel oil can be obtained from it. Natural gas is a very convenient fuel to use. It lights up quickly and does not leave behind any solid substances. Besides, it is easy to transport from its main sources by means of pipes. A big advantage is that the burning of natural gas can be easily controlled. Methane, ethane, propane, butane etc. are the various types of natural gas. The deposits of fossil and other fuels are limited. That is why, coal, oil etc. are said to be conventional or non-renewable sources of energy -they cannot be produced anew. Even though we are now using renewable sources of energy like wind energy, hydro-electric energy, biogas, biodiesel etc. we are stilI ire the grip of an energy crisis. The main reason for this is the growing population and increasing industrialisation. It is difficult to continuously produce the increasing amounts of energy they need. To find ways of using renewable sources is the need of the hour. In view of this, we must concentrate on the use of solar energy.
23 Which energy source has proved to be the most destructive?
Fuel wood
Oil and gas
Atomic energy
Hydro energy
24 Energy crisis is not a
Social problem.
economic problem.
gift of nature.
manmade problem
global problem.
environmental problem.
Select the correct option
25 Which conventional source of energy is most man-friendly?
Coal
Mineral Oil
Natural gas
Biogas
26 The problem of energy is becoming increasingly acute. What should we resort to
Natural gas as it can be conveniently used.
We must pay more attention to renewable sources of energy.
We should lay stress on solar energy.
We should find new sources of energy.
Answer options:
and
and
and
27 How should we extricate ourselves of the energy crisis?
by containing our teeming millions.
by finding ways of using more and more renewable sources of energy.
by slowing the pace of industrialisation.
by importing more of oil and gas.
Answer options
and
and
and
and
The concept of biotechnology is a wide concept encompassing procedures modifying living organisms as per necessity for the welfare of human beings. The living organisms are modified by various technical procedures for number of human requirements being such as domestication of animals, cultivation of plants and improving plant variety through various breeding practices. Modem technologies used for the purpose include techniques like cell, tissue culture and genetic engineering. The United Nations convention of Biological diversity defines 'biotechnology' as Any technological application that uses biological systems, living organism or derivatives thereof to make or modify products or processes for specific use. In other words, biotechnology can be defined as the application of technical advances in life sciences to develop various products.
Biotechnology also involves pure biological scientific disciplines such as genetics, microbiology animal cell culture, molecular biology, biochemistry, embryology, cell biology and those outside the sphere of biology which include chemical engineering, bioprocess engineering, bioinformatics and biorobotics. Conversely, modem biological sciences are intimately entwined and dependent on the methods developed through biotechnology and therefore all these together constitute the life sciences industry. Biotechnology is research and development in the laboratory using bioinformatics for exploration, extraction, exploitation and production from any living organism and any source of biomass by means of biological engineering where high value added products could be planned, fore casted, formulated, developed, manufactured and marketed. These products should be used on sustainable basis and patent rights thereof must be obtained. (legal protection at national and international level
28 Consider the following statements:
Biotechnology is basically used for obtaining patents.
Biotechnology has nothing to do with economics.
Answer options
Both are right
Both are wrong
is correct is not
is correct is not
29 Consider the following two statements:
Biotechnology does not necessarily always involve organisms or parts thereof:
Biotechnology basically involves both pure and marginally applied sciences
Answer options
Both are correct
Both are incorrect
is correct is not
is correct is not
30 What is the ultimate objective of Biotechnology?
Technological achievement
Engineering marvel
Procedural improvement
Human satisfaction
31 What is the central theme of biotechnology?
Modifying living organisms for their survival.
To invent new techniques for making living organisms stronger.
To convert basic sciences into technologies,
None of the above
32 Consider the following statements:
Biotechnology is a natural Biological process occurring in all the living organisms.
Biotechnological product many a time is an accidental product and doesn't have to be necessarily designed.
Answer options
Both are correct
Both are incorrect
is correct is not
is correct is not
The forest manures itself. It makes its own humus and supplies itself with minerals. If we see a piece of woodland we find a gentle accumulation of mixed vegetable and animal residues constantly taking place on the ground and that these wastes are being converted by fungi and bacteria into humus. The process involved in the early stages of this transformation depends throughout on oxidation: afterwards it takes place in the absence of air. The process is entirely sanitary. There is no nuisance of any kind -no smell, no flies, no dustbins, no incinerators. no artificial sewage system, no water -borne diseases, no town councils, and no rats. On the contrary, the forest affords a place for the ideal summer holiday with sufficient shade and an abundance of pure fresh air. All over the surface of the woods the conversion of vegetable and animal wastes into humus is never so rapid as during the holiday months -July to September. The mineral matter needed by the and the undergrowth is obtained from the subsoil. This is collected in dilute solution in water by the deeper roots, which also help in anchoring the trees. Even in soils markedly deficient in phosphorus, trees have no difficulty in obtaining ample supplies of this element Potash, phosphate, and other minerals are always collected in situ and carried by the transpiration current for use in the green leaves. Afterwards they are either used in growth or deposited on the floor of the forest in the form of vegetable waste being one of the constituents needed in the synthesis of humus. This humus is again utilized by the roots of the trees. Nature's farming, as seen in the forest, is characterized by two things, a constant circulation of the mineral matter absorbed by the trees and a constant addition of new mineral matter from the vast reserves held in the subsoil.
33 What is the true source of minerals in the forests as per the passage?
Vegetable residues
Animal wastes
FungI and bacteria
Subsoils
Answer options
and
and
only
only
34 Consider the following statements:
Forest manuring is both aerobic and anaerobic.
Forest manuring IS not hastle free.
Answer optIons:
Both are correct
Both are incorrect
is correct is not
is correct is not
35 Which of the following statements is incorrect
Natural forest manuring goes on round the clock.
It is qUIcker during monsoons.
Forest acts therein as manufacturer, distributor and consumer.
Man's interference therein is absent
Answer options:
none of the above
36. Consider the following statements:
Potash and phosphate are brought from elsewhere
They are used only in the formation of humus.
Now state whether
Both are correct
Both are incorrect
is correct is not
is correct is not
Sympathy is a great secret of life. It overcomes evil and strengthens good. It disarms resistance, melts the hardest heart, and develops the better part of human nature. It is founded on love. It IS but another word for disinterestedness and affection. vVhen we have sympathy for anyone we see ourselves in his place and therefore we help him; we relieve him. There can be no love without sympathy. Like mercy, sympathy and benevolence are twice blessed, blessing both the giver and the receiver. VVhile they bring forth an abundant fruit of happiness in the heart of the giver, they enhance kindness and benevolence in the heart of the receiver. Hardly can there be any other attitude generating love In the human heart. Even hardest of the hard core persons cannot remain aloof of its influence.
It enforces much more than force can. A kind word, or " kind look, can do wonders on those upon whom coercion has been tried in vein. While sympathy invites love and obedience, harshness provokes aversion and resistance. Sympathy glorifies humanity. It is synonym of love. It enables us to help the sorrow stricken and the oppressed. Wherever there is cruelty, or ignorance, or misery, sympathy consoles and alleViates. The Sight of grief, the sound of a groan, hold a sympathetic mind. Sympathv and justice have eradICated very many evil practices of the world, be they abolition of slavery in America, England and France, the ur.educatedness and ignorance of the people or the backwardness at the lowly people. The sympathy that the great people had, could only bring in the improvement for all these.
37 Autocrats will be able to rule more successfully with the help of sympathy than with cruelty because
Sympathy has the capacity to touch one's heart more than anything.
Their don't care' policy is not a correct policy
A kind word gOt:s a long way in establishing control
Sympathy brings in love and obedience
Answer options
and
and
and
all the above
38 Why IS sympathy one of the great secrets of life?
Because life is not possible without it
It is the best way to establish world peace.
It i5 possible to rule over ignorant people with it.
A little show of sympathy can win over people.
Answer options
and
and
39 Why is sympathy a twice blessing:
Because it gives to the giver extra fruits
Because it creates double sympathy in the giver
Because the receiver blesses the giver
None of the above
40 Sympathy can help in uniting the world because:
the scope of sympathy is wide
unity of the world is a part of public philanthropy
it endeavours to alleviate all without discrimination
it unites us in a bond of peace and brotherhood
Answer options
and
and
All the above
41 Some of the world's evil practices were eradicated due to
the capacity of some people to understand the problem
some men and women put themselves in the place of those who were at the receiving end of the practice
some people believed in public philanthropy
some people believed sympathy and justice were the answer to the problem
Answer options
and
and
Is India becoming a proponent of apartheid? Not apartheid based on race, but on gender? The recent proposal to create special banks which will cater only to women customers has created a controversy. While the 'women's bank' has been widely hailed by many as a socially progressive idea in that most women would feel more comfortable dealing with other women in a women-only situation, there are dissenting voices which say that such proposals, well-meant though they are, will serve to further ghettoise women in an already oppressively male-centric scheme of things. Proponents of this point of view argue that what is needed is not to co-coon women in protective environments specially reserved for them -be they in the form of 'ladies' coaches in trains or in the Metro, or auto-rickshaws meant only for women passengers -but to enable them to share common public spaces and services with their male counterparts without fearing for their safety. 'Women's only' banks, and similar facilities, isolate women from the social mainstream. Such discrimination, as well-intentioned as it undoubtedly is, constitutes a form of apartheid based not on race or skin colour but on gender. At best, it is like the equal but separate' policy that some southern American states followed, where by'coloureds' and white people had segregated schools and separate seats on public transport. In effect, this is another way of saying that the'solution' to violent gender crimes like rape -which is a horrifyingly everyday occurrence in India -is to lock up women in the safe custody of their homes and not allow them out in public. The response to such 'solutions', of course, is that it is not the presence of women
in public places which is the cause of rape but the predatoriness of men, who are the ones who should be kept under lock and key where they can't do harm to anyone. The only real and lasting solution to crimes against women is to stop discriminating against them, even with the best of intentions. Instead of being 'protected' from men, women want men to be educated -or rather, re-educated -on gender issues so that they no longer pose a danger to women. It's a long-haul solution But it's the only one that we can all bank on, women as well as men.
46 Women's bank in a way
Protects women around from being oppressed
Emancipates women from the clutches of men
Confirms and perpetuates male dominance
Gives economic freedom to women
47 "Ghetto is a
Place where marriages take place with or without the consent of women.
Custom where women live in slavery against their wishes
Place where people of a group live in poor conditions
Place where the undertials are tormented by the law enforcing agencies.
48 What would women want?
Special protection
Men should be kept under lock and key
Parity with men
Economic freedom to get fully emancipated
A terrible combat ensued. The shark had seemed to roar, if I might say so, the blood rushed in torrents from its wound. The sea was dyed red, and through the opaque liquid I could distinguish nothing more. Nothing more, until the moment, when like lightning, I saw the undaunted captain hanging on to one of the creature's fins, struggling as he was, hand to hand with the monster and dealing successive blows at his enemy. Yet unable to give a decisive one.
49 terrible combat ensued' here implies:
A battle between the two sharks ended
A contest between the captain and the shark ended
A battle between the captain and the shark followed
Warfare between the captain and the shark concluded
50 The writer describes the captain as
scared
angry
disturbed
fearless
51. Three containers are filled with mangoes, bananas, chikkus and pears. Mangoes and bananas are equal in number. Chikkus are double that of bananas. Pears are 3/4 of that of chikkus and bananas together. If total number of fruits in three containers is 1000 how many pears and chikkus are there?
320, 360
360, 320
120, 360
160, 320
52. A symbol x drawn to any size, means x+5 and the symbol drawn to any size means y2, where x and y are numbers. Then what will be the value of the given relation?
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53. A 200 m long goods train crosses a man standing on the platform at a speed of 48 km/hr. At the same time another goods train 150 metres long crosses that man at a speed of 60 km/hr in the reverse direction. Calculate the difference between time taken by both the trains to cross the man
6 m
1/4m
3/20m
6 seconds
54. When a line of words is given as an input to a word-processing machine, the machine rearranges the line in a step by a definite rule. The input and the steps of re-arrangements are given below:
Input NO, GO, Fit, COUNTER, FORCE, TURN, NET
Step I NO, GO, Fit, COUNTER, FORCE, TURN, NET
Step II GO, NO, Fit, COUNTER, FORCE, TURN, NET
Step III t GO, NO, Fit, NET, COUNTER, FORCE, TURN
Step IV GO, NO, Fit, NET, TURN, COUNTER, FORCE
Step V GO, NO, Fit, NET, TURN, FORCE, COUNTER
If the input is, "Class, Rat, An, UP, PEN, TRUE" then,
"An, UP, Class, Rat, PEN, TRUE" will be in what step?
I
II
III
IV
55.
The balling average of a cricket player was 24.85 runs per wicket. In a match he took 5 wickets, giving 52 runs. Then his balling average got reduced by 0.85. Then how many wickets had he taken, before playing the last match?
64
72
80
96
56. P and Q are three sets of 'cup and saucer'. Read the following information about these sets which are not in any particular order:
Cups are blue, white and yellow in colour.
Saucers are red, pink and white in colour.
No set is unicoloured.
Cup of the set 0 is not yellow in colour.
Cup of the set P is not blue in colour.
Cup of the set Q is not white In colour.
Saucer of the set Q is not red in colour.
Saucer of the set 0 is white in colour.
What are the colours of saucer and cup respectively of set P
White and red
Yellow and pink
Red and white
Pink and yellow
57.
The six students T and U are studying different subjects at post graduate level. Their subjects are English, History, Philosophy, Physics, Statistics and Mathematics, not necessarily in the same order.
Out of them two live in hostel, two live as paying-guests and remaining two live at home.
R is not paying-guest and studies Philosophy.
The student studying History, lives at home and the student studying Statistics does not live as paying-guest.
T studies Mathematics and 5 studies Physics.
U and 5 live in hostel.
T lives as paying-guest and Q lives at home.
Then which of the following pair is not correct?
U-History
P-English
P-Paying guest
R-at home
58.
Select proper alternative in place of the question-mark? if audio=85 video=80 then Radio
88
83
47
None of the above
59.
The ten members I and J are divided into two teams X and Y. Five members are in each team. The members of both the teams are seating in two rows, such that, exact opposite of each member of team, there is a member of Y team facing each other. The members of team are facing North. 0 is third to the right of A and is seating exact opposite of G. B is immediate right of G and is facing south. H is third to the right of B and exact opposite of F. C is between A and E and exact opposite of 1.
Which group is seating in the same row?
HIE
ACB
CDI
HIG
60. In an examination, 35% of the total students failed in Hindi; 45% failed in English and 20% failed in both. What percent of total students passed in both the subjects?
10
20
30
40
61. Select the figure from given alternatives, which will continue the sequence:
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62. In a small village in no man's land, brains of people are wired to answer inquiries in two sentences. One of the sentences always describes the fact as it is and the other describes nonexistent thing. One among them is the best archer of the area and you are there to get some tips from him for developing your archery skills. On reaching the place you find three persons sitting in the shadow of a banyan tree enjoying gossip. Two of them were busy mending their own arches. When you started inquiring with them, their responses were as follows
Aanu said, "This is my arch. But I am not the best archer among us.
Banu said, "This is not my arch.
Aanu is the best archer of this village.
Chanu said, "I never touch the arch. Banu is the best archer".
From whom will you get the tips about archery?
From both Aanu and Banu
From Aanu or Banu
From Aanu only
From Banu only
63. In an election, the voting power was not used by voters. There were only two candidates in this election. The elected candidate got 48% votes, out of the total votes and he defeated the other candidate by 1100 votes. How many total voters were there in the election?
21000
23500
22000
27500
64. When the speed of a monorail is 60 km/hr it reaches on time. If the speed is increased by 20 kms it reaches one hour earlier then how much distance does the monorail cover?
'240 km
250 km
260 km
270 km
65. The meanings of and are as follows: P8Q means, is not less than Q. P*Q means, is not greater than Q. P%Q means, is not greater than Q and not equal to Q. P$Q means, P is not less than Q and not equal to Q. P@Q means, P is not greater than or less than Q.
Considering the statements true, which of the conclusion II, III is/are perfectly true?
Select the correct alternative.
Statement B%N N8F F*H
Conclusion: I II III
Only I and II are correct
Only I and III are correct
Only II and III are correct
No one is correct
66. Select proper alternative in place of the question-mark.
19
29
33
32
67. The population of five states, of five years, is given in lacs, in the table:
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What is the proportion of the average population of all years of the states A and B taken together, with the average population of all years of the states D and E taken together, respectively?
51: 82
53: 81
52: 83
53:85·
68. Learn the system and find the next term in the given series:
F@53R$jPE1H%IQ4B8AW2UG6*90ZNM©V
5Rj; 8WU
oN@
69Z
*delta M
*delta N
69.
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From the following alphabet triangle find out what that system is. On the basis of the system, which is the third letter on the base line from your right?
F
J
70.
Triangle ABC is an equilateral triangle. Triangle aBC is an isosceles triangle. If angle BOC is 100"; then how much will the LACO be
<img src='./qimages/3399-70.jpg'>
71.
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some One watch and one Pen WP Some one has changed the labels on all the boxes, such that, no box contains the items, as per the label on it. If the boxes with labels WB and PP are opened and no item is watch, then which statement will be true in case of the box, having label WW
No item will be watch
One item will be watch
One item will be ball
One item will be pen
72. F and G are the members of a family. Out of them, four are adults and three are children, of which two, F and G are girls. A and D are brothers and A is a Doctor. E is an Engineer and has married one of the two brothers. E has two children. B is married to D and G is their child. Then who is C
Son of A
Daughter of E
Father of F
Brother of G
73. Kabir requires 10 days less than Akshay to complete a certain task. Satyam takes 15 days more than Akshay to complete the same task. If Kabir and Akshay both take 12 days to complete the task together how many days will be required by Akshay and Satyam together to complete it 7
10 days
25 days
27 days
18 days
74. You as an administrative authority have been approached by a house wife of a well-established entrepreneur complaining harassment for having two daughters. She also informs you that her parents are not financially well off to help her in this matter. You would:
counsel wife to empower her to face the situation and wait for the result
arrange counselling sessions for the couple
ask her to lodge a complaint with concerned department
ask wife to make husband's behaviour public through social network
75.
Situation: Government has formulated a policy to ensure that each family in rural area of the State should have a toilet as most of the diseases and epidemics are caused due to e-coli found in human excreta carried through the use of contaminated water. The loss of human life, mandays wasted and the loss of wages due to these ailments and expenditure required to be incurred on the treatment is enormous. The embarrassment to the female population is another factor, so also the village environmental pollution caused. The Supreme Court interpreted Right to life means life with dignity. In fact, human excreta, if treated scientifically, is a rich source of organic manure. In spite of these provisions and severe consequences the percentage of rural families having toilets is only 60% and out of these, who are actually using the toilets is only 50%. The failure is ascribed to the fact that toilet policy is "Construction oriented" and the element of educating and sensitizing the people as to the adverse effects of the non use of toilets is squarely missing. It is felt that a strong public education campaign is the need of the time.
Question: If you are assigned a role of preparing a public awareness campaign, which of the following elements you would incorporate in order of priority 1n the design of the campaign
Regular use of toilet reduces health hazards of open defecation.
Maintaining the ambience of the village.
Maintaining the dignity of the human being, particularly women folk.
Boost to farm productivity and economy
Answer options
76. you are a government representative and a member of a committee that has been given responsibility of selecting young artists for awarding two year government scholarships. An influential artist of high reputation is also a member on this committee as an expert. After studying the short listed artists, for this prestigious state scholarship, another member brought to your notice that many artists are from the institute that is managed by this reputed artist or institutes that are managed by his past students. You would:
talk to the artist and request him to make selection criteria public for avoiding biased selection.
maintain silence with respect to selection of awardees of this year and then publish the misdeeds of this person.
halt the work of the committee by dissolving it immediately and form a new committee.
request all the members of the present committee to go through the original list again and with unbiased approach freshly short list the candidates.
77. As an administrative in charge of a communally sensitive area, you are faced with a situation where the religious heads of both the communities have given inflammatory speeches thereby inciting violence amongst their respective communities. You would:
immediately order the arrest of the two religious heads.
call both the communal heads together and try to broach a peace deal.
call both the heads individually and do some "humble talking" with them to explain the situation
report the matter to your superior and wait for appropriate instruction.
78.
Situation: One major difference between the severe drought faced by the State in the year 1973 vis-ii-vis year 2012-13 is, where as there was a food scarcity in 1973, the year 2012-13 reflects acute water scarcity. Thousands of villages do not have even adequate quantity, forget appropriate quality drinking water. Most Rabi crops could not simply be sown as the moisture in the soil is completely dried away. The chemical contamination like Nitrate, Fluoride is causing a grave concern even where water is available, which if consumed would lead to grave health hazards. Human survival till onset of the monsoon is the major concern.
Question: Under such circumstances if you are entrusted with a responsibility to tackle the situation, which of the following options would you resort to, on priority to manage the immediate crisis.
Reserving all public and private water sources exclusively for drinking water purposes.
To strike a balance between farmers losing their income of Rabi Crops and also to ensure acute drinking water needs, 50-50 distribution plan for crop survival and drinking water.
As the poor farmers will be losing their only income source which may have severe economic consequences, crop production will be given priority and most of the water will be reserved for the agriculture purposes.
Even taking the risk of diseases people will be motivated to use chemically contaminated water for survival till onset of monsoon to save human life there being no alternative as diseases can be cured in due course.
Answer options
79. Your friend has rented his shop to a shopkeeper and shopkeeper has not paid his rent for the last one year and now refuses to vacate his shop. Shopkeeper has offered to purchase that shop from him but only at 50% of the present market value. Shopkeeper uses his contacts and has threatened him of dire consequences if he lodges a police complaint. What kind of advice would you give to your friend as a police officer?
Lodge a complaint against the shopkeeper with the police.
Negotiate with the shopkeeper for a higher price and sell it.
Use your power for threatening the shopkeeper.
Try to sell the shop to a 3rd party at a price slightly less than the market price but higher than the offer of the shopkeeper.
80. Suppose you are going for Public Service Commission's Interview. On the road you see an accident in which few men are stuck in. What will you do
You will not pay attention to the accident and reach the Interview destination.
You will inform nearby Hospital and Police station telephonically regarding the accident.
You will call Police and Ambulance for help and wait till the help reaches.
You will ask local people to help police and Ambulance in the rescue of people stuck in the accident.