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I. What is 'willy-willy'

a tropical cyclone ofnorth-west Australia


a type ofcomputer virus


anameofamissile


akindofsharp-needle


2. Mitakshara is a book on

Hindu tribal custom Hindu law ofinheritance


Hindu social custom Hindu deity


3. Which one ofthe following rivers flow between Vmdhyan and Satpura ranges?

Nannada Son


Mahe Netravllti


4. In llFA-20l1, the Outstanding Achievement in Indian Cinema Award was given to

Dhannendm AshaBhosle


ShannilaTagore YashChopra


5. Keenan Stadium is located at

Jamshedpur Cuttack


Patna Ranchi


6. Match List-I with list-I! and select the correct answer usmg the codes given below the lists List-l (River) List-ll (Tributary)

Brahmaputra I. Musi


Krishna 2. Tawa
(cl Nannada 3. Bhavani



Cauvery 4. DikJx>w


ABeD ABeD
(Al 42I3 4I23

32I4 (Dl 3I24
7. The wet hill forests are found in the

Aravallis MahadevHills


NIlgjris Satpura Hills


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8. Which ofthe following animals does not make any sowxl

Girnffe Blue Whale


Puma Jaguar


9. In which city the famous museum Madame Thssaud is located

Paris London


New York Moscow


10. The chemical symbol ofgold is
AI Au
Ag Hg
II. One fathom is equal to

5 feet 6 feet


7 feet 10 feet


12. Arrangethefollowingindescendingorder ofcaloriecontentper 100gramandchoosethecorrect
answer:
I. Banana 2. Sugar
3. Rice 4. Potato
I I

I I
13. The deposits ofthe ancieill Tethys Sea were folded to form the:

Himalayas Rockies


Andes Alp;


14. Haemophilia is a hereditary disease carried by

males and expressed by males males and expressed by females


females and expressed by males females and expressed by females


15. Who invented Optical fibre

Samuel Cohen Narinder Kapany


Percy L. Spencer T. H. Maimah


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heart liver
bmin
17. The oral polio vaccine was discovered by

Louis Pasteur Robert Koch


Alexander Flemming None ofthe above


18. The maximum area under crops cultivation inIndia is used forthe cultivationof:
Wheat Rice
Sugarcane Cotton
19. A federal structure for India was first put forward by the

Actof1909 Actofl919


Atofl935 Actof1947


20. WhowonthefrrstlPLTwenty20tournament?

Rajasthan Royals CiJeruW Super Kings


Kings XI Punjab None ofthese


21. Which ofthese international tennis events is played on a grass court?

US Open French Open


W'onbeldon Australian Open


22. In baseball, the two opposing teams consist of:

10 players each 9 players each


8 players each 7 players each


23. Match the following'
A. Vtkram Sambhai 1. Ballllalore
B. Soace Aoolication Centre 2. Alunedabad 3. Hvderabad 4. Thinivananthapuram Tracking and Command Network
C. National Remote Sensilll!A2enCV
D. ISRO Telemelly
5. Hassan

ABeD ABCD

423I (B)1352


I342 234 I


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24. Whoamongthefollowingtmnslated theAutobiographyofMadamCuriein Hindi

Alai Bihari Vajpayee La! Bahadur Shastri


Chaudhary Charan Singh Gobind Vallabh Pant


25. 'My Life' is the autobiography of:

Dr.A. P. J.Abdul Kalam Dr. Rajendra Prasad


Bill Clinlon HilliuyClinton


26. Whichoneofthe following countries first developed-scientific method forrecmitment?

Ancient India USA


Britain China


2"1. Who had coined the tenn All India Service?

Aitehon Commission, 1887 CornmitteeonDivisionofFunction, 1918


Govt.oflndiaAet, 1919 Maxwell Committee


28. Who among the following is considered as the inventor ofthe World Wide Web

Edward Kasner Bill Gates


TmtBemers-Lee VmodDham


29. The tenn 'Penhold Grip' is associated with

Tomis RoWlg


TableTennis Hockey


30. The first PM ofEngland was

OliverCromwell BenjaminDisraelli


Robert Waipal Gladstone


31. Match the following Penon Instrument

BhimsenJoshi 1. VIOlin


BisrnillahKhan 2. Sitar


Ravi Shankar 3. Shehnai


N.Rajam 4. Vocal


ABCD ABCD

I342 432I


1432 (D)423 I


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32. When is the World Mental Health Day observed

Oct. S Oct. 10


Oct. 11 Oct. 18


33. Match the lists List-I (Organization) List-II (Headquarters)

UNESCO I. Geneva


IMF 2. Paris


ILO 3. Vienna


UNIDO 4. Washington D.C.



ABCD ABeD
2 I43 2413
(C) 3I42 I2
34. Money BIll passed by the Lok Sabha has to be passed/returned by Rajya Sabha within:

14 days 21 days


1month 3 months


3S. Sharda Act deals with

Widow Remarriage Child Marriage


Inter-caste Marriage Polygamy


36. These days yellow lamps are frequentiyused as street-lights. Which one ofthe following is used in these lamps?

Sodium Neon


Hydrogen Nitrogen


37. Who composed the song "Zam Yaad Karo Kurbani"?

Pradeep JavedAkhtar


Raghupati Sahai Sameer


38. Powers, privileges and immWlitiesofParJiament and its members are provided

Art.IOS Art. 106


Art.!07 Art. 194


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39. Thecase ofS.R.Bommaivs.Union ofIndia(I994) isrelatedto

Parliamentaly Privileges Freedom ofPress


Imposition ofPresident's Rule Right toEquality


40. The three-tier system ofPanchayats

is Wlifonnly applicable to all States


is applicable only to States with population above 50 lakh


need not be strictly followed in States with population below20 lakh


has been replaced with a four-tier .


4I. Whichofthefollowingeventsevoked tremendousupheavalofpopularfeeling inBengal, leading to the boycott ofBritish goods at the beginning ofthe 20th century?

IndianCouncilsAct, 1892 PartitionofBengal


The Indian Press Act, 1910 Minto-Modey Reforms


42. Who was the founder ofthe cityofAgra?

MohammadTughlaq AlauddinKha1ji


SikandarLodhi Jbrnhim Lodhi


43. In which oftile following constitutional documents did the British Government, for the first time, officially lay down, as tile goal ofconstitutional development in India, not only Dominion Status butalso Responsible Government?

Government ofIndia Act, 1919 Government ofIndia Act, 1935


IndianCouncilsAct, 1892 IndianCouncilsAct, 1909


44. Which ofthe following were known by the popular name of'redshirts'

The Congress Socialists


The Khudai Khidmatgars


The members ofthe Indian NationalAnny


None ofthese


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45. Considerthe following pairs TributaIyRiverl MainRiver
1.
Chambal: Nannada

2.
Sone Yamtma

3.
Manas Bralunaputra
Which ofthe pain; given above is/are correctly matched




1,2 and 3 1 and 2 only


2 and 3 only 3 only


46. Which among the following Presidents held the office ofthe Vice-Presidentoflndia
a.
M. Hidayatullah

b.
FakJuuddinAliAhmad

c.
Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy

d.
Shanker Dayal Shanna
Select.the correctanswer usingthe code given below:




1,2.3.4 40nly


2 and 3 only 3 and 4 only


47. The Solicitor General ofIndia is
GopalSubramaniam Ashok Parija
ROhintonNariman T. P. Sundararajan
48. Who, amongst the following leaden; in the freedom movement. was a moderate?

B. C. Tilak SurenderanathBanneljee


Bipin Chandra Pal Lajpat Rai


49. Maich List I and List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists
List-! (person) List-n (position)
a. Nagendra Singh 1. Chief ElectionCommi.ssioneroflndia 2. President, International Court ofJustice 3. ChiefJustice ofIndia 4. Attorney General ofIndia
b. A.N.Ray
c. R. K. Trivedi
d. AshokDesai

AI. B4. C2, D3 A2, 83, CI, D4
AI, B3, C2, D4 A2,B4.CI,D3
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50. Which was the capital ofAndlua Pradesh State when it was made a separate State in the year 1953

Guntur Kumool


Nellore Waranga


41. In which one ofthe following States are Numchik-Namphuk coal fields located?

Arunachal Pradesh Megha1aya


Manipur Mizoram


52. Which among the Gandhian followers was a teacher by Profession?

A. N. Sinha Brij Kishore Prasad


B. Kripalani Rajendra Prasad


53, 1heCentralVigilanceCommissioneds:

P. Thomas NavinKwnar


Gopal Subrarnaniam Pradeep Kumar


54, Hoda Committee has presented its report concerning

PollutionStandards InflationProblem


National Minera1 Policy National Water Harvesting Policy


55. Inwhich ofthe followingprovlnees ofwxlivided India was areferendwn held to ascertain whether it shouldjoinPakistanor not

Punjab North·WestFrontierProvince


Sind and Baluchistan Bengal'


56, Television broadcasting started in India in:

1969 1959


1949 1979


57. Whatistheintennediatetier ofthePanchayatiRajSystemcalled?

Zi1aParisbad TaJuJcaPanchayat


Panchayat Samiti Gram Sabha


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58. Where was the first Muncipal Corporation in India set up?
Mwnbai Kolkata
Delhi Chennai
59. Which ofthe following is not a recommendation oftheAshok Mehta Committee on Panchayati Raj?

Openparticipation ofpoliticalparties in Panchayati Raj Affairs


Creationofathree-tiersystem


Reservation ofseats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.


Compulsory powers oftaxation ofPanchayati Raj Institution


60. Which one oftile following Articles ofthe Constitution ofIndia makes a specific mention of Village Panchayats?

Article 19 Article 21


Article40 Article 246


61. Whichriverdoesnot fallintoBayofBengal?
Penneru KrisIma
62. Mahatma Gandhi never visited

Britain South Africa


USA Bangladesh'


63. Which among the following is incorrect?

syria Damascus


Mongolia Ulan Bator


Egypt Cairo


Indonesia Hanoi


64. Which among the following is not true

Article 21-Right to Life and Personal Liberty


Article 31-Rightto Property


Article32-RighttoConstitutionalRemedies


Article 25 -Right to Freedom ofReligion


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65. Which book is not the work ofMunshi Premchand

Gaban Godan


Rqbhoomi Gora


66. Which is not a folk dance ofIndia

Kuchipudi Ghoomar


Rauf Chhau


67. On26July2011,RBIincreasedtheRepo RateunderLiquidityAdjustmentFacility (LAP)by50 basic points

From 7.00010 to 7.50% From 7.25% to 7.75%


From 7.50% to 8.00% From 7.75% to 8.25%


68. Which city is not situated in Europe
Milan Venice
Lyon BostoIi

69. WhoisnotaclassicaldancerofIndia

Shobhana Narayan Sona! Mansingh


SitaraDevi Rasoolan Bai


70. Which mountain is not inAsia

Atlas Altai


Elburz Kirthar


71. Who amongst the following Governors-General, endeavoured earnestly to introduce a real ele­ment oflocal self-government inIndia?

LordElgin LordDufferin


Lord Ripon LordLytton


72. Which statement among the following is notcorreet

The Cabinet is resl'Onsible only to Lok Sabha


The Cabinet is responsible to Parliament


The Public Accounts Committee consists of22 members


The Governor is responsible to the President oflndia


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73. Which is incorrect in the following pairs

Lucknow Saryu


Jabalpur Nannada


Ujjain Shipra


Bhagalpur Ganga


74. Which statement is not correct

The longest river in the world is Nile


The deepest lake in the world is Baikal


The largest island in the world is Greenland


The longest mountain in the world is the Himalayas


75. Assertion Subhash Chandra Bose resigned from the Presidentship ofthe Indian National Congress in his second tcrm. Reason He became opposed to the Gandhian movement based on non-violence.

BothAand R are true and R is the correct explanation ofA


BothAand R are true but R is not the correct explanation ofA


A is true but R is false


AisfalsebutRistrue


76. The person arrested in connection with carnage in Norway on July 22, 2011 is

Geir Lippestad Anders Behring Breivik


Andrew Garfield Jens David Breivik


77. Which country is not a member ofthe European Union?

Twkey Cyprus


Slovakia Ireland


78. Whowasnotassociatedwith"SubsidiaI)'Alliance"?

Nizam ofHyderabad ScindiaofGwalior


NawabofOudh -SultanofMysore


79. Which one ofthe following is not a Baltic Stale?
Estonia Belarus
Latvia UtIwania
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80. Which ofthe following is not matched correctly?

NationalInstituteorNutrition:Hyderabad
National Institute ofAnimal Genetics:Karnal



Central Tobacco Research Institute Rajamundry


Indian Institute ofSocial Sciences: Indore


81. Through whichofthe followingcountries theTropicofCancerdoesnotpass?

Nepal Bangladesh


China Myanmar


82. Which one ofthe follow;"g types offorests is most wide-spread in India?
Mangrove . Thorn-scrub
Tropical wet evergreen Tropical dry deciduous

83. Who among the following lawyers gave up the practice oflaw when the Non-Cooperation Movement was launched'?
I. AsafAli 2. C. Rajagopalachari
3. SaifuddinKitchlew 4. T. Prakasam
Select the correct answer using the codes given helow:


Iand 2only 2and 3only


3 and 4 only and 4


84. Whoamongthefollowicgstarted thenewspapercalled the"VoiceofIndia"?

Bhikaji Cama Dadabhai Naoroji


LalaHardayal V. D. Savarkar


85. Where is Satish Dhawan Space Centre located?

Ahmedabad Balasore


Hyderabad Sriharikota


86. Whichofthefollowingspices isobtainedfromflowerbuds?
Coriander Tunneric
Clove Cardamom

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87. Which two countries have the largest Hindu population except India

Nepal and Bangladesh Bangladesh and Indonesia


Nepal and Malaysia Nepal and Sri Lanka


88. Which country is calledthe 'CockpitofEurope'?

Hollard BeIgiIm


France . Gennany


89. Which ofthe following carries out Open Market Operations?
RBI SBI
PlanningConunission FinanceMinistry
90. Which planet is farthest from the Sun? Mercury Neptune
Pluto Venus
9I. Why did Subhash Chandra Bose form IUs Forward Bloc

He was deeply influenced by the Socialist ideas ofthe time


He developed differences with Jawaharlal Neluu


He wanted an immediate onslaught against British rule even as the Second World War
began



He had to resign from Congress Presidentship because ofopposition from Gandhi and his
supporters



92. The most advertised procluct ofthe world in terms ofexpenditure is

Personal care Automotive


Food Soft


93. The Hindi Daily newspaper 'Swatantra Bharat' is published from:

Lucknow Kanpur


Allahabad both


94. Who recently has been appointed as the Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board ofIndia

ShashiKantSharrna D.P.Aggarwal


Wajahat Habibullah Sushma Nath


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Micro Nano


Pico Femto


96. GandhiWldertookhisfirstfastforacause inIndia:

in support ofthe Kheda peasants in the course ofthe Ahmedabad mills dispute


during the Champaran satyagraha to demand a better deal for the Harijans


97. Whichofthefollowing wasinpowerin theU.K.whenIndiagotindependence?

Labour Party Liberal Party


Conservative Party Socialist Party


98. SEBlisa

Statutory body Advisory body


Non-statutory body Constitutional body


99. Which Indian revolutionary helped Subhash Chandra Bose in raising 'Indian National Army'

Batukeshwar Dull Rasbehari Bose


Ram PrasadBismil Surya Sen


100. Which ofthe following fact(s) is/are not true about the Poena Pact?
I. It was signed by B.R. Ambedkaron behalfofthe depressed classes
2.
The pact abandoned separate electorates ofthe depressed classes

3.
The Poona Pact was not accepted by the Government

4.
ItwasanamendmenttotheCommunalAward



and 4 Only4


Only3 Iand 2


101. Whichone ofthefollowing isusedintireextinguishers?

Baking Soda OuckIime


Slaked lime Washing Soda


102. AseriesofamclesbyAlD'ObindoGboshknownas'DoctrineofPassiveResistance'areassociated withwhich one ofthe following movements?

'Swadeshi andBoycott movement CivilDisobedience movement


Non-Cooperationmovement YoungBengalmovement


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103. Whichoneofthefollowingtookoverthe'Anglo-DutchSteelCompanyCorus'

Jindal Steel . MittalArcelor


NeeianchalIspatNigamLtd. Tala Steel


104. During the Indian freedom struggle, who ofthe following started the weekly Yugantar in April
1906

JnanendranathBasuand Bipin Chandra Pal


Barindra Kumar Ghosh and Bhupendranath Dulla


Aswini Kumar Dulla and Satish-chandra MukheIji


Krishna Kumar Mitra aild Hem-chandra Kanungo


105. Match the following: Events Results
A. Morley Minto Reforms I. CountIy-wide agitation
B. SimonCommission 2. Withdrawalofamovement
C. The Chauri-Chaura incident 3. Communal Electorates
D. The Dandi March 4. Communal outbreaks
5. illegal manufacture ofsalt
ABCD ABCD

3452 4123


2345 3 125


106. Kisan Credit Card scheme was introduced in

1998 2000
107. Government takes Ways and Means advances from:

RBI IDBI


SBI ICICI


108. The'NuclearNon-ProliferationTreaty'cameinto forcein:

1967 1970


1971 1974


109. The LokayuktaofKarnatakais

Justice Santosh Hegde Justice K. G Balakrishnan


Justice Shivaraj V. Patil Justice Dinakaran


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110. Whentoomuchmoneyischasingtoo fewgoods,thesituationis__.
Deflation lnflaIion
Recession Slllgflation
111. 'Liquidity trap' is a situation in which:


people want to hold only cash because prices are falling everyday


people want to hold only cash because there is too much ofliquidity in the economy


the rate ofinterest is so low that no one wants to hold interest bearing assets and people wantto hold cash


thereisanexcessofforeignexchangereservesintheeconomyleading toexcessofmoney supply


112.
MatchListIwithList IIandselectthecorrectanswerusing thecodegivenbelowtheLists:

113.
NationallncomeofIndiaiscompiledby:


List I (Musician) List II(Instrument)
A. AmiadAliKhan I. Flute 2. Sarod 3. Sitar
B. Lalgudi G Jayaraman
C. Pannalal Ghosh
D. Vilayat Khan 4. VK>Iin

A B C D
3 1 4 2
2 4 I 3
3 4 I 2
2 I 4 3


Finance Commission Indian Statisticallnstitute


NationalDevelopmentCouncil Central Statistical Organisation


114. Considerthefollowingstatementsin thecontextofConstitutionalprovisions:
I. OrganizationofvillagePanchayats isincludedinthe FundamentalRightsin theConstitution ofIndia
2. Freedom as to payments oftaxes for promotion ofany particular religion is included in the Directive Principles ofState Policy. Which ofthe statements given above is/are correct?

I only 2 only


Both I and 2 Neither I nor 2


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115. To an astronaut, the outer space appears

White Black


Deep blue Crimson


116. Which one ofthe following not a plant product?
Caffeine Piperine
Nicotine Saccharin
117. Which ofthe following cities lies to the western-most Longitude?

Jaipur Nagpur


Bhopal Hyderabad


118. TIle only sanctuary where Kashmir stag is found is

Kanha Dachigam


Gir Mudumlai


119. Wunbeldon 2011 champion in Mens' Singles is

Rafael Nadal Roger Federer


Andy Murray Novak Djokovic


120. In which State is the Guru Shikhar Peak located

Rajasthan Gujarat


Madhya Pradesh Maharashlra



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