1.
Right to Information in India is a
(a) Fundamental Right (b) Legal Right (c) Both Fundamental
and Legal Right
(d) Neither Fundamental nor Legal Right
2. Mangrove forests are found in
(a) Lower Himalayan Ranges (b) Sundarbans
(c) Gujarat (d) Western Ghats
3. The blood pressure in humans is connected with the:
(a) Testis (b) Liver (c) Adrenal (d) Pancreas
4. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Dam
/ Lake |
River |
| (a)
Gobind Sagar |
:
Sutlej |
| (b)
Kolleru Lake |
:
Krishna |
| (c)
Ukai Reservoir |
:
Tapi |
| (d)
Wular Lake |
:
Jhelum |
5. The title ‘Indian Napolean’ has been attached to
(a) Chandra Gupta Maurya (b) Samudragupta
(c) Chandragupta – I (d) Harshavardhana
6. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer
using the code given below the Lists:
List
I (Sugar) |
List
II (Source) |
| A. Cellulose |
1.
Honey |
| B. Fructose |
2.
Sugarcane |
| C. Maltose |
3. Cotton wool |
| D. Sucrose |
4. Starch |
Codes:
|
A |
B |
C |
D |
(a) |
3 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
(b) |
3 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
(c) |
2 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
(d) |
2 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
7.
During the time of which Mughal Emperor did the English East
India Company establish its first factory in India?
(a) Akbar (b) Jahangir (c) Shahjahan (d) Aurangzeb
8. Which one of the following is also called Stranger Gas?
(a) Argon (b) Neon (c) Xenon (d) Nitrous oxide
9. Who founded Gadar Party in America?
(a) Tarak Nath Das (b) Hardayal (c) Ramchandra (d)
Kazi Obeidullah
10. The Rupee coins were first minted in India during the
rule of
(a) Shahjahan (b) Shershah Suri (c) East India Company (d)
Razia Begum
11. Whish is the biggest fresh water lake in the world?
(a) Chilka Lake (b) Caspian Lake
(c) Dal Lake (d) Lake Superior
12. Which one of the following combinations is true of the
Rigvedic culture?
(a) Nature worship, varna system, image worship
(b) Rural, pastoral, monarchical
(c) Barter system, sati system, sacredness of cow
(d) Matriarchy, monogamy, defensive weapons
13. In digestion, proteins are converted into
(a) Fatty acids (b) Glucose
(c) Amino Acids (d) Maltose
14. Tansen, a great musician of his times, was in the court
of
(a) Jahangir (b) Akbar
(c) Shah Jahan (d) Bahadur Shah
15. The Mullaiperiyar-dam issue is between which of the following
two state
(a) Karnataka – Kerala
(b) Tamil Nadu – Kerala
(c) Tamil Nadu – Andhra Pradesh
(d) Andhra Pradesh – Maharashtra
16. Where did Sher Shah Suri receive education?
(a) Bengal (b) Kashmir (c) Jaunpur (c) Delhi
17. Directions: Given below are
two statements, one is Assertion (A) other is Reason (R):
Assertion (A): The President
is the part of the Parliament.
Reason (R): A bill passed by the two Houses of Parliament
cannot become law without his signature.
Codes:
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and R is correct explanation
of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but R is nor correct explanation
of (A)
(c) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false, but (R) is true
18. Match List I (Organisations) with List II (Years in Which
Founded) and select the correct answer using the codes
given below the lists:
List
I (Organisations) |
List
II (Years in which Founded) |
| A.
Landholders Society |
1.
1838 |
| B.
British Indian Association |
2.
1851 |
| C.
Madras Native Association |
3.
1852 |
| D.
The Indian Association |
4.
1876 |
Codes:
|
A |
B |
C |
D |
(a) |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
(b) |
3 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
(c) |
1 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
(d) |
3 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
19. Directions: The following item
consists of two statements, one labelled as ‘Assertion A’ and
the other labelled
as ‘Reason R’. You are to examine these two statements carefully
and decide if the Assertion A and the Reason R
are individually true and if so, whether the reason is a correct
explanation of the assertion. Select your answers
to these items using the codes given below and mark your answer
accordingly.
Codes:
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true, and R is the correct
explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true, but R is not a correct explanation
of (A)
(c) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false, but (R) is true
Assertion (A): In ancient India, the status of women,
idealized in literature and art, underwent steady deterioration
through the ages.
Reason (R): Though monogamy was
the ideal, polygamy was often the practice among the higher
classes of society.
20. Which of the following produces more severe burns?
(a) Boiling water (b) Steam (c) Hot air (d) Sun rays
21. Which of the following animals has the longest life span?
(a) Elephant (b) Crocodile (c) Dog (d) Tortoise
22. Refrigerators keep food unspoiled because
(a) at its low temperature, bacteria and moulds are
inactive
(b) at its low temperature, the germs are killed
(c) at its low temperature, the germs are frozen
(d) it sterilizes the food
23. The Rajatarangini of Kalhana was composed in
(a) The eleventh century (b) The twelfth century
(c) The thirteenth century (d) The tenth century
24. Globalisation means
(a) Financial market system is centered in a single
state
(b) The growth of a single unified world market
(c) Geographical location of a firm is of utmost importance
(d) Foreign capitalist transactions
25. The device used for converting alternating current to direct
current is called
(a) Invertor (b) Transformer (c) Transmeter (d) Rectifier
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