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Subject
Paper paper 1
Exam / Course mains
Department
Organization maharashtra public service commission
Position police sub inspector
Exam Date 2009
City, State maharashtra,


Question Paper

51 Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions.
L.I.C. stands Life Insurance Corporation.

With

For

Before

Against

52 Which one is the correct indirect speech of the following direct one?
said to us, "Are you going away today?

He asked us if we were going away today

He asked us whether we are going away today

He asked us that we were going away that day

He inquired of us whether we were going away that day

53 Choose the correct auxiliary verb from the following to fill in the blank:
I was afraid that if I asked him again he refuse.

Can

May

Might

Will

54 If one has to ask for a permission to enter, he/she should say

Can I come in

Should I come in

Would I come in

May I come in?

55 Fill in the blank with the correct preposition.
"You must look and make plans for the future".

On

Ahead

Aside

Upon

56 Choose the correct exclamatory sentence that is the transformation of the following assertive sentence:
greatest ambition is to win the first prize'.

If only I could win the first prize!

How great is it to win the first prize!

What great it is to win the first prize

what a greatest ambition to win the first prize!

57 Choose the correct article from the following to fill in the blank:
He went to Church to see the carvings.

No article

An

A

The

58 Fill in the blank with correct tense.
I will stay here till my father back.

Got

Will get

Get

Gets

59 Choose the correct alternative to complete the statement given below.
soon as she saw

She was bowing before me

She bows before me

She bowed before me

She had bowed before me

60 Pick out the incorrect part of the following sentence:
'Nilesh taught me to playing cricket and football.'

Nilesh taught

Me

To playing

Cricket and football

61 Choose the incorrect alternative from the following:

Above: Below

Arrival: Departure

Knowledge :Acknowledge

Beautiful: Ugly

62 Pick out the incorrect part of the following sentence:
is doubtful weather he received my massage'.

It is doubtful

Weather

He received

My message

63 Which one of the following alternatives is not a

Answer

Writer

River

Smarter

64 Which of the following alternatives is not a

Objective

Adjust

Nationalize

Exemplify

65 Which one of the following alternatIVes is not a 'part of speech' (kind of word)?

Noun

Verb

Adjective

Proverb

66 Select the word nearest to the meaning of confront.

Amaze

Tally

Face

Verify

67 Fill in the blank with correct word.
An assembly of listeners

Audience

Crowd

Viewer ship

Parliament.

68 Fill in the blank with correct word.
One who looks at bright side of things

Optimist

Pessimist

Brightest

Opthalmist

69 Choose the incorrect alternative from the following.

Asses bray

Bees hum

Dogs bark

Frogs mew

70 Select the word nearest to the meaning of authentic.

Factual

Duplicate

Similar

Reasonable

71 Select the word nearest to t.he meaning of mutual.

Separate

Agreement

Common

Active

72 Fill in the blank with correct word.
I must pay my to the pl'incipRJ and wish him every success.

Complaints

Complements

Compliments

Compligents

73 Fill in the blank with correct word.
He the room before his boss came in.

Left

Leaved

Lived

Lift

74 Choose the correct antonym of enlighten.

Unload

Mystify

Strike

Emit

75 Choose the correct antonym of reduce.

Obtain

Deepen

Cultivate

Enhance

76 Choose the correct antonym of loyal.

Unofficial

Rebellious

Carefree

Careless

77 Pick out the most effective word from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
The Soldiers were instructed to restraint and handle the situation peacefully.

Exercise

Control

Prevent

Enforce

78 A person who is the property of another and bound to serve him.

Bondsman

Slave

Servant

Subordinate

79 Choose the correct answer.
I didn't get the part (make affirmative).

I failed to get the part

I was unable to get the part

I haven't got the part

I lost the chance to get the part

80 Choose the correct synonym of the given word 'Eager'.

Clever

Enthusiastic

Curious

Devoted

81 I found a whole new world in Anne Frank's diary. (Change the voice)

A whole new world has been found by me in Anne Frank's diary

A whole new world has been found by him in Anne Frank's diary

A whole new world had been found by me in Anne Frank's diary

A whole new world was found by me in Anne Frank's diary

82 I wrote to him about my wish to become an actress. (Form a question to get the underlined answer)

How can I write to him?

When can I write to him?

What did 1 write to him?

What can I write to him?

83 Choose the correct answer.
Life goes on (Add a question tag).

Life goes on, doesn't

Life goes on, didn't it

Life goes on, isn't

Life goes on, aren't it

84 Transform the following sentence from assertive to interrogative:
I can never forget your kindness.

Can I never forget your kindness?

How can I never forget your kindness?

Won't I forget your kindness?

Can I ever forget your kindness?

85 They shared their clothes and toys. (Use not only but also)

Not only their clothes but also toys they share

Not only their clothes but also toys they shared

Not only did they share their clothes but also their toys

Not only had they share their clothes but also their toys

86 It is a warm, pleasant, familiar sound. (Make complex)

It is a sound which is warm, familiar and pleasant

It was a sound which was warm, familiar and pleasant

It was a sound which has warm, familiar and pleasant touch

It is a sound which is of warm, familiar and pleasant

87 Use the correct phrase in the blank.
Student should clean uniform to school.

To put on

Put on

Be put

Putting

88 Choose the correct form of a verb from the following to fill in the blank .
She and I well

Am

Is

Are

Was

89 Which is the correct present perfect continuous tense?
Sachin is a cricket player and playing cricket since he was 10 years old.

Have been

Should have

Has

Has been

90 Combine the following sentences using a co-ordinator:
He was poor He was not greedy.

But

And

As

Though

Read the following passage and select the correct answers -(From Q. No. 91 to Q 95)

Primitive man was probably more concerned with fire as a source of warmth and as a means of cooking food than as a source of light. Before he discovered less laborious, ways of making fire, he had to preserve it, and whenever he went on a journey he carried a firebrand with him. His discovery that the firebrand from which the torch may very well have developed, could be used for illumination was probably incidental to the primary,purpose' of preserving a flame.

Lamps, too probably developed by accident. Early man may have had his, first conception of a lamp watching a twig or fibre burning in the molten fat dropped from a roasting carcass. All he had to do was to fashion a vessel to contain fat and float a lighted reed in it. Such lamps, which were made of hollowed stones or sea shells, have persisted in identical form up to quite recent times.

91. Primitive man's most important use of fire was

To provide warmth

To cook food

To provide light

Both and

92. The firebrand was used to

Prevent accidents

Provide light

Scare animals

Save labour

93. By 'Primary' the author means

Primitive

Fundamental

Elemental

Essential

94. Lamps probably developed through mere

Hazard

Fate

Chance

Planning

95. Early lamps were made by

Using a reed as a wick in the fat

Letting a reed soak the fat

Putting a fat in a shell and lighting it

Floating a reed in the sea-shell

96-100 Read the following passage and select the correct answers.

It is said that three old men set out on a Journey together. One of them was bald, the second was a philosopher and the third one was a barbel'. At night fall they decided that each one of them should sit for watch turn by turn. The barber was to keep watch first of all, the philosopher after that and the bald man last of all. So the philosopher and the bald man went to sleep and the barber was on witch. For sometime he kept awake but in the end, he felt tired of it and he thought of some diversion as otherwise it was difficult for him to pass time. Then he took out the razor from his box and shaved the head of the philosopher. At the fixed time he woke up the philosopher and himself went to sleep. When the philosopher got up and felt his head all over, he was startled and said in surprise, "It is my turn but this wretched man has awakened bald man."

96. Why did the philosopher get up

He realised that his head was being shaved off

It was his turn to keep watch

He was fee ling drowsy

He wanted some amusement

97. Why did the barber shave off the head of the philosopher?

He was jealous of him

He wanted the philosopher to keep watch first

He was feeling drowsy

He wanted some amusement

98. Who went to sleep first of all

The barbel' and the bald man

The philosopher and the bald man

The barbel' and the philosopher

All the three

99. Which of the following is the correct sequence decided upon by the three to keep watch turn by turn

Barber, bald man and philosopher

Philosopher, barber and bald man

Bald man, philosopher and barber

Barber, philosopher and bald man

100. Which of the following statement is not true in the context of the passage

All the three men decided to keep watch one by one

The barber woke up the bald man

The head of the philosopher was shaved off

The philosopher was startled on feeling his head all over

101 Who amongst the following is associated with the Vedokta episode

Mahatma Gandhi

Tisare Raghoji Bhosale

Rajashree Shahu

Swami Dayanand Sarswati

102 Who among the following founded 'Vidhawa Vivahottejak Mandal'

Mahatma Jyotiba Phule

Maharshi V. R. Shinde

Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj

Maharshi Dhondo Keshav Karve

103 Who translated Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' in Marathi by name 'Vikar Vilasit'?

Justice Ranade

Gopal Ganesh Agarkar

Gopal Hari Deshmukh

Jyotiha Phule

104 To eradicate the untouchability in 1944, Maharshi Karve had established

Samata Manch

Nishkam Karmmath

Dalitmitra

Anandvan

105 In 1896 founded 'Anath Balikashram'.

Maharshee Karve

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar

Lokmanya Tilak

Mahatma Gandhi

106 Who is the author of 'Vakyamimansa'?

Gopal Ganesh Agarkar

Balshastri Jambhekar

Vishnushastri Pandit

Pandita Ramabai

107 "Amache Dosh Amhas Kadhi Disu Lagtil" this essay was written by

Lokhitwadi

Haripant Ghokhale

S. M. Garge

Gopal Ganesh Agarkar

108 To facilitate the education of untouchable students, a hostel named 'Miss Cleark' Boarding was started by whom?

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar

Mahadev Govind Ranade

Ramaswamy Periyar

Chhatrapati Shahu

109 In 1916, who had established Women University?

Mahatma Jyotiba Phule

Chhatrapati Shahu

Maharshee Dhondo Keshav Karve

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar

110 What was the original name of Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj

Debuji Zingaraji Ganorkar

Govind Vitthal Kunte

Manik Bandoji Thakur

Atmaram Pandurang Kale

111 'Sarvajanik Satyadharma' was authored by

Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil

Maharshee Dhondo Keshav Karve

Dadoba Pandurang Tarkhadkar

Mahatma Jyotiba Phule

112 Rashtriya Bhajanawali and Jivan Jagrut Bhajanawali are written by

Dadoba Pandurang Tarkhadkar

Vishnushastri Pandit

Baba Padamanji

Saint Tukadoji Maharaj

113 wrote the book 'Brahamananche Kasab'.

V. D. Apate

Justice M. G. Ranade

Mahatma Phule

Krushnarao Bhalekar

114 'Victoria Maratha Boarding' was started by

Saint Tukadoji Maharaj

Maharshee Karve

Chhatrapati Shahu

Raja Rammohan Roy

115 'Sree Narayan Dharma Paripalana' (SNDP) was established by

Ramaswamy Periyar

Shree Narayan Guru

Shree Narendra Maharaj

None ofthe above

116 'Satyartha Prakash' book was written by

Maharshi V.R. Shinde

Manvendranath Roy

Swami Dayanand Saraswati

Raja Rammohan Roy

117 'Poverty and Un-British rule in India' is authored by

Jyotiba Phule

Dadabhai Naoroji

Gopal Ganesh Agarkar

Rameshchandra Dutta

118 regarded as the father ofIndian Renaissance.

Swami Dayanand Saraswati

Swami Vivekananda

Raja Rammohan Roy

Mahatma Gandhiji

119 'Brahmika Samaj' was established by

Keshavchandra Sen

Pandit Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar

Swami Vivekanand

Raja Rammohan Roy

120 Who established 'People's Education Society'

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar

Mahatma Gandhi

Jyotiba Phule

Ramaswami Periyar

121 Which of the river ofIndia not form a delta?

Cauvery

Godavari

Krishna

Narmada

122 In India maximum area is irrigated irrigation

Tank

Drip

Well

Canal

123 river basin lies between Mahadeo ranges in South and Harischandra-Balaghat ranges in North.

Godavari

Krishna

Bhima

Puma

124 Godavari river originate at

BhimashAnkar

Tryambakeshwar

Mahabaleshwar

Paithan

125 Which city is known as the green belt of Maharashtra

Nagpur

Aurangabad

Nashik

Pune

126 First sugar factory in Maharashtra was established in District.

Kolhapur

Sangli

Ahmednagar

Pune

127 Most urbanized state in India is

Maharashtra

Uttar Pradesh

Tamil Nadu

West Bengal

128 At Ballarpur____ deposits are maximumly found.

Manganese

Coal

Iron are

Bauxite

129 Which of the following state has no million city?

Uttar Pradesh

Maharashtra

Chattisgarh

Andhara Pradesh

130 is found on Mumbai-Nasik highway.

Bor

Thal

Kumbharli

Tamhani

131 Which of the following sector industries helped to build strong industrial base of India?

Co-operative

Private

Public

Joint

132 Which type of foreign trade policy has been adopted in India since 1991

Protection

Closed

Bilateral

Free

133 When Reserve Bank of India was nationalised

1947

1955

1949

1951

134 What are the measures of credit central of Monotary Policy?

Deficit finance and devaluation

Issue of currency notes and purchase of shares

Quantitative and qualitative

Public debt and public expenditure

135 What is the number of 2011 census in India after independence

7th

9th

11th

5th

136 In which type of unemployment the marginal productivity of labour remains zero or negative?

Cyclical unemployment

Disguised unemployment

Open unemployment

Seasonal unemployment

137 What is the rank ofMaharashtra in Human Development Index?

First

Second

Third

Fourth

137 Who remains the President of "Planning Commission" in India

Prime Minister

Finance Minister

Industry Minister

Governor of R. B. I.

139 What was the change in foreign currency stock ofIndia during 1988-89 to 1990-91

Increased

Decreased

Became zero

Became minus

140 Why India is extremely difficult to take action against dumping ofChinese goods?

China is member of W.T.O.

Quality

Smuggling

Lower prices

141 What is the code name of the first Indian inter-continental ballistic missile

Nag

Agni

Surya

Astra

142 In which Bank United Western Bank was merged in 2006?

ICICI Bank

AXIS Bank

IDBI Bank

DCB Bank

143 Legislative Assembly is in

Some

Main

All

Few

144 Local governments in rural area arc unitedly known as

Grampanchayat

Gram Sabha

Panchayat Raj

Panchayat Samiti

145 Where are the benches of Mumbai high court?

Aurangabad -Nagpur

Aurangabad -Nashik

Nagpur -Amravati

Nagpur -Nashik

146 Who is the third Indian Batsman to obtain more than 10,000 (Ten thousand) runs in one day cricket?

Sachin Tendulkar

Rahul Dravid

Virendra Sehwag

Sourabh Ganguli

147 Which article of the Indian Constitution empowers State Government to establish Gram Panchayat

Article -40

Article -52

Article -60

Article -41

148 There should not be the time limit of more than between the last meeting of the session of State Legislative Assembly and the first meeting of the next session of the State Legislative Assembly.

Six months

1 Year

Three months

One month

149 The Chairman of the State Public Service Commission is appointed by

President ofIndia

Prime Minister

ChiefMinister

Governor

150 the most important Committee in Zilla Parishad.

Finance Committee

Standing Committee

Women and Child Welfare Committee

Social Welfare Committee

151 How many countries are the member states of

5

6

7

8

152 ___meetings of Gramsabha take place in a year.

Two

Four

Three

Six

153 According to which article of Maharashtra Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti Act, 1961 Panchayat Samiti is established

Article 55

Article 52

Article 56

Article 51

154 WhICh IndIan Prime Minister started the bus facility from Amrutsar to Lahor for the friendship of India-Pakistan

Smt. Indira Gandhi

Shri. Dr. Manmohan Singh

Shri. Rajiv Gandhi

Shri. Atal Bihari Vajpeyee

155 Anglo-Indian representatives in Legislative Assembly are nominated

President

Speaker

Governor

Chief Minister

156 India refused to sign treaty.

C.T.B.T.

Total disarmament

Nuclear co-operation

Unanimous Disarmament

157 India wishes to solve 'Kashmir problem' by treaty.

Nehru-Nur

Tashkand

Nehru-Ayub

Simla

158 Who established 'Non Alienment Movement'

Pandit Nehru Naser -Hosni Mubarak

Pandit Nehru Naser Marshal Tito

Naser Marshal Tito Bhutto

Marshal Tito Fidel Castro -Pandit Nehru

159 Who mediated 'Tashkand Agreement'

Kosigin

Brenznev

Mikhael Gorbachev

Boris Yelstin

160 the first non-communist country to give recognition to the communist government of China.

Pakistan

India

America

Sri Lanka

161 In the year 2008, in Australia, the cricket team was winner of tri-series for the first time.

Australia

India

Shri Lanka

New Zealand

162 Foreign trade of takes place through Indian territory because it has no coastal area of its own.

Sri Lanka

Bhutan

Nepal

China

163 How many years of age should be completed to become a ChiefMinister?

25 Years

30 Years

28 Years

35 Years

164 Which river's water is the matter of dispute between India and Bangladesh?

Yamuna

Satlaj

Ganga

Kosi

165 For whom 50% reservation law has been passed in Panchayat Raj?

Scheduled Caste

Scheduled Tribes

Women

Other Backward

166 Which article given rights to Parliament to decide the payment and allowance of Judges?

Article No. 221

Article No. 223

Article No. 224

Article No. 225

167 How much monthly meeting allowance do the members of the Village Council get as per new budget?

10 Rupees

15 Rupees

20 Rupees

25 Rupees

168 Which is the fundamental element ofPanchayat Raj?

Gram Sabha

Gram Panchayat

Panchayat Samiti

Panch System

169 To whom 'Dadasaheb Phalke Award' of 2007 was given?

Manna Day

Shohha Day

Bhupen Hajarika

Smt. Lata Mangeshkar

170 winner ofLC.C. Champion Trophy 2009.

India

Australia

West-Indies

New Zealand

171 Who owned Gold Medal in World Archery Competition held at Dubai

Limbaram

Dola Banerjee

Anuradha Patil

Jaspal Rana

172 The name of Mr. Jaswant Singh's controversial book is

Jinnah: India-Pakistan and Partition

Speed-post

Jinnah and India

Call of Honour

173 What percent does Zilla Parishad get out of its total revenue collection?

60%

70%

80%

90%

174 Of which age-group of the children the Government of India has accepted the constitutional responsibility of primary education?

8 to 16

7 to 14

10 to 16

6 to 12

175 Which of the following is the major reason of Global warming?

C.F.C. gases

Intensity of sun rays

Less rainfall

Forest fire

176 Which of the following is adopted from anthropometries initiated by Bertillon, a French scientist?

Voice print

Identification parade

Portrait parley

Photo fit

177 For examining bank notes for detecting counterfeiting which lamp is used?

Ultraviolet

Infra red ray

X ray

Gamma ray

178 Ultraviolet rays are extensively used for the detection of

Differences in papers

Variations in inks, stamps, tickets etc.

Counterfeit currency notes and coins

All of above

179 While sending attached legal material to F.S.L. and C.A., all exhibits should be properly sealed with sealing wax and impressed with

coin

button

keys

official seal

180 Which of the following technique is used in speed detection devices?

Radio detection and ranging

Electron radiography

Neutron radiography

None of the above

181 By examining which part of fire arm, it is possible to say, when exactly the fire arm was used?

Tiger guard

Butt and Body

Muzzle

Barrel and Fouling

182 Which of the following power of dogs have made them useful in police work

Olfactory power

Beauty

Agility

Vision

183 Which Section ofMotor Vehicle Act, 1988 empowers the police to require a person to provide specimen of his breath (Breath test) when there is a suspicion of drunken driving?

85

185

129

203

184 Foot print on plain surface can be lifted by

Tracing on a glass sheet

Photography

Photofilm or photoprinting paper

By all above means

185 The principle of exchange was put forward by

Locard

Bertillon

Rontgen

None of above

186 To search for the live bomb which is the most effective among the following?

Specially trained dog

Based upon vapour analysis

The human search

None above is effective

187 Which of the following medium is helpful in sending all criminal records over the long distances?

Television

Miniature photography

Wireless

Internet

188 Sound level of loudspeaker during day time in notified 'silent zone' is restricted upto decible.

65

55

50

45

189 Sound waves in a space travels at a speed of per second.

2,86,000 miles/sec.

1,86,000 miles/sec.

3,86,000 miles/sec.

4,86,000 miles/sec.

190 Which of the following technique is used for visualising latent finger prints

Iodine fuming

Ultraviolet rays

Thermal imager

None of the above

191 In explosive system detonator is used to

Decrease damage

Increase damage

Explode main change

Reduce pollution

192 What is the chemical name of RDX

Acetic acid

HMX

Gunpowder

Cyclonite

193 Gelatine/Gelignite is

A medicinal ointment

An explosive

An adhesive

An edible food

194 Which of the following explosive substance is used in fire crackers

Potassium nitrate

Lead Azide

Nitrocellulose

Gelatine

195 Which of the following is a high explosive?

RDX

Ammonium nitrate

Potassium chlorate

Arsenic sulphide

196 What are the objects of performing postmortem examination after doing exhumation?

For knowing identity or cause of death

For cremation of the dead person

To show exhumed body to the public

All of the above

197 In attempted suicide by sharp edged weapon, injuries are commonly seen over

Legs

Back

Head

Wrist

198 The most characteristic external sign of antemortem drowning is

Cutis anserina

Washer women's hand and feet

Copious fine white froth oozing out from mouth and nasal opening

Distended abdomen

199 In case of Firearm injuries, before autopsy is started, the investigating police officer should request the autopsy surgeon for

X-ray examination of the dead body

To remove the Jaw along with teeth of dead person for medical examination

Examination of any maggots or ants present over the dead body

Examination for any typical smell or odour of dead body

200 Kerosene like odour is found in poisoning due to

Insecticides

Acids

Alcohol

Phenol


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