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GENERAL STUDIES

1. The word ‘Hindu’ as reference to the 6. Consider the table given below providing
people of Hind (India) was first used by some details of the results of the election
a. the Greeks to the Karnataka State Legislative
b. the Romans Assembly held in December, 1994:
c. the Chinese Political Percentage Number of
d. the Arabs Party of popular seats
2. A meteor is votes secured
a. a rapidly moving star obtained
b. a piece of matter which has entered the Janata Dal 36 116
earth’s atmosphere from outer space Congress 31 35
c. part of a constellation BJP 20.4 40
d. a comet without tail In terms of electoral analysis, the voter-
3. Given below is a map of some countries seat distortion is to be explained as the
which were parts of the erstwhile Soviet result of the adoption of the
Union, with water bodies shown by shaded a. Hare system
areas b. Cumulative vote system
c. First-past-the post system
d. Plural vote system
7. Consider the series given below:
4/12/95, 1/1/96, 29/1/96, 26/2/96,...
The next term of the series is
a. 24/3/96
The countries marked 1. 2, 3, 4 and 5 are
b. 25/3/96
respectively
c. 26/3/96
a. Tajikistan, Turkmenia. Uzbekistan.
d. 27/3/96
Kirgizia, Kazakhstan
8. Who among the following was a
b. Turkmenia, Kirgizia, Tajikistan.
Brahmavadini who composed some hymns
Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan
of the Vadas?
c. Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan. Tajikistan.
a. Lopamudra
Kirgizia, Turkmenia
b. Gargi
d. Kazakhstan, Turkmenia. Uzbekistan,
c. Leelavati
Kirgizia, Tajikistan
d. Savitri
4. Which one of’ the following sets is
9. In track meets both 100 yards and 100
correctly matched?
meters are used as distances. By how
a. Diphtheria, Pneumonia and Leprosy:
many meters is 100 meters longer than 100
Hereditary
yards?
b. AIDS, Syphilis and Gonorrhoea :
a. 0.856 m
Baéterial
b. 8.56 m
c. Colour blindness, Hemophilia and
c. 0.0856 m
Sickle cell anaemia : Sex linked
d. 1.0 m
d. Polio, Japanese B encephalitis and
10. The alpine vegetation in the western
plague : Viral
Himalayas is found only up to a height of
5. To prevent recurrence of scams in Indian
3000 meters while in the eastern
Capital Market, the Government of India
Himalayas it is found up to a height of
has assigned regulatory powers to
4000 meters. The reason for this variation
a. SEBI
in the same mountain range is that
b. RBI
a. eastern Himalayas are higher than
c. SBI
western Himalayas
d. ICICI
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b. eastern Himalayas are nearer to the 4. 58 B.C.
equator and sea coast than western 5. 248 A.D.
Himalayas codes: A B C D
c. eastern Himalayas get more monsoon a. 2 4 5 1
rainfall than the. western Himalayas b. 1 3 2 4
d. eastern Himalayan rocks are more c. 4 5 2 3
fertile than the western Himalayan d. 4 3 2 1
rocks 15. The standard time of the following
11. A person with AB’ blood group is countries is ahead of behind Greenwich
sometimes called a universal recipient Mean Time depending on whether they are
because of the east or west of the longitude passing
a. lack of antigen in his blood through Greenwich.
b. lack of antibodies in his blood 1. Cube
c. lack of both antigens and antibodies in 2. Greece
his blood 3. Iraq
d. presence of antibodies in his blood 4. Costa Rice
12. According to the 1991 census, the highest 5. Japan
percentage of population in India is to be Which one of the following sequential
found in the age group of orders gives the correct arrangement of the
a. 60 years and above countries according to their standard time
b. 35 to 55 years from ahead to behind GMT?
c. 25 to 34 years a. 5, 3, 2, 1, 4
d. 5 to 14 years b. 2, 4, 1, 3, 5
13. Which one of the following is correct in c. 4, 1, 3, 2, 5
respect of the commencement of the d. 3, 5, 4, 1, 2
election process in India? 16. Which one of the following is a membrane
a. The recommendation for election is that protects the developing embryo from
made by the government and the desiccation?
notification for election is issued by a. Amnion
the Election Commission. b. Allantois
b. The recommendation for election is c. Chonon
made by the-Election Commission and d. Yolk sac
the notification for election is issued 17. Which one of the following Five year
by the Home Ministry at the Centre plans recognized human development as
and Home Departments in the States the core of all developmental efforts?
c. The recommendation for election is a. The Third Five Year Plan
made by the Election Commission and b. The Fifth Five Year Plan
the notification for election is issued c. The Sixth Five Year Plan
by the President and Governors of the d. The Eight Five Year Plan
States concerned 18. Which of the following is/are extra-
d. Both the exercises of making a constitutional and extralegal device(s) for
recommendation for election and that securing cooperation and coordination
of issuing a notification in respect of it between the States in India?
are done by the Election Commission 1. The National Development Council
14. Match List I with List II 2. The Governor’s Conference
List I (Eras) 3. Zonal Councils
A. Vikrama era 4. The Inter-State Council
B. Saka era Codes:
C. Gupta era a. 1 and 2
D. Kali era b. 1, 3 and 4
List II (Reckoned from) c. 3 and 4
1. 3102 B.C. d. 4 only
2. 320 A.D. 19. The original home of the gypsies was
3. 78 A.D. a. Egypt
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b. Russia Which one of the following Conclusions is
c. India valid in the context of the above
d. Persia statements?
20. The technique used to transmit audio a. If I am bored, I watch T.V
signals in television broadcasts is b. If I am bored, I seek my brother’s
a. Amplitude Modulation company
b. Frequency Modulation c. If I am not with my brother then I
c. Pulse Code Modulation watch T.V.
d. Time Division Multiplexing d. If I am not bored, I do not watch T.V
21. Which one of the following is the 25. In Sanskrit plays written during the Gupta
continent with the highest mean elevation period women and sudras speak
in the world? a. Sanskrit
a. Antarctica b. Prakrit
b. North America c. Pall
c. Asia d. Sauraseni
d. South America 26. The graph given below shows the menu
22. Which of the following are the objectives average monthly temperatures (in °C) md
of the Commission for Agricultural Costs mean monthly rainful (in cms) of a place:
and Prices (CACP)?
1. To stabilize agricultural prices.
2. To ensure meaningful real income
levels to the farmers.
3. To protect the interest of the
consumers by providing essential
agricultural commodities at reasonable This graph is indicative of which one-of
rates through public distribution the climatic zones of the world?
system. a. Wet and dry tropical
4. To ensure maximum price for the b. Rainy tropical
farmer. c. Semi-and tropical
Codes: d. Temperate marine
a. 1, 2 and 3 27. Which one of the following antimicrobial
b. 1, 2 and 4 drugs is suitable for treatment of both
c. 1, 3 and 4 tuberculosis and leprosy?
d. 2, 3 and 4 a. Isoniazid
23. Wh1ch of the fol1oing are matters on b. P-aminosalicylic acid
which a constitutional amendment is c. Streptomycin
possible only with the ratification of the d. Rifampicin
legislatures of not less than one-half of the 28. Consider the table given below
states?
1. Election of the President
2. Representation of states in Parliament
3. Any of the Lists in the 7th Schedule
4. Abolition of the Legislative Council of
a State
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 1, 2 and 4
c. 1, 3 and 4
Which one of the following will fit in the
d. 2, 3 and 4
place marked ‘X’?
24. Examine the following statements
a. Ministers who are not members of
I watch T.V. only if I am bored.
Parliament but who have to get
I am never bored when I have my brothers
themselves elected to either House of
company.
Parliament within six months after
Whenever I go to the theatre I take my
assuming office
brother along.
b. Not more than 20 nominated members

c. Not more than 20 representatives of
Union Territories
d. The Attorney General who has the
right to speak and take part in the
proceedings of either House of
Parliament
29. In the given diagram, circle A represents
teachers who can physics; circle B
represents teachers who can, teach
chemistry .and circle C represents those
who can teach mathematics. Among the
regions marked p, q, r the one which
represent teachers who can teach physics
and mathematics but not chemistry, is A
a. v
b. u
c. s
d. t
30. The name by which Ashoka is generally
referred to his inscriptions is
a. Chakravarti
b. Dharmadeva
c. Dharmakirti
d. Priyadarsi
31. A parachutist jumps from a height of 5000
meters. The relationship between his
falling speed, ‘v’ and the distance fallen
through d’ is best represented as
a.
b.
c.
d.
32. Consider the map given below.
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The division along India’s coastal region
indicates
a. coastal pollution zones
b. salinity density isopleths
c. the areas upto which sovereignty
extends
d. underwater relief contours
33. The only snake that builds a nest is
a. Chain viper
b. King Cobra
c. Krait
d. Saw- scaled viper
34. Which one of the following can be used to
confirm whether drinking water contains a
gamma emitting isotope or not?
a. Microscope
b. Lead plate
c. Scintillation counter
d. Spectrophotometer
35. Who among the following have the right to
vote in the elections to both the Lok Sabha
and the Rajya Sabha?
a. Elected members of the Lower House
of the Parliament
b. Elected members of the Upper House
of the Parliament
c. Elected members of the Upper House
of the state of Legislature
d. Elected members of the Lower House
of the State Legislature
36. Seven men, A, B, C, D, E, F and G are
standing in a queue in that order. Each one
is wearing a cap of a different colour like
violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange,
and red. D is able to see in front of him
green and blue, but not violet. E can see
violet and yellow, but not red. G can see
caps of all colours other than orange. If E
is wearing an indigo coloured cap, then the
colour of the cap worn by F is
a. blue
b. violet
c. red
d. orange
37. The Nagara, the Dravida the Vesara are
a. the three main racial groups of the
Indian subcontinent
b. the three main linguistic divisions into
which the languages of India can be
classified
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c. the three main styles of Indian temple 3. Both the schemes stand withdrawn
architecture now.
d. the three main musical gharanas 4. Only scheme ‘A” has been withdrawn.
prevalent in India Codes;
38. The normal temperature of human body on a. 3 only
the Kelvin scale is b. 1 and 2
a. 280 c. 1, 2 and 3
b. 290 d. 1, 2 and 4
c. 300 42. Which one of the fo11owijg States of India
d. 310 does not have a Legislative Council so far
39. In the map given below, three out of the even through the Constitution (Seventh
four places marked indicate places where a Amendment) Act, 1956 provides for it?
thermal power station is located : a. Maharashtra
The place where there is no thermal power b. Bihar
station is marked c. Karnataka
d. Madhya Pradesh.
43. A person traveled from one place to
another at an average speed of 40
kilometers/hour and back to the original
place at an average speed of 50
Kilometers. What is his average speed in
a. 1 kilometers/hour during the entire round-
b. 2 trip?
c. 3 a. 45
d. 4 b. 205
40. Match List I with List II c. 400/9
List I d. Impossible to find out unless the
A. European trans-Continental railway distance between the two places is
B. Trans-Andean railway known
C. Trans-Siberian railway 44. When the same note is played on a sitar
D. Orient Expiree and a flute, the sound produced can be
List II distinguished from each other because of
1. Paris to Istanbul the difference in
2. Leningrad to Vladivostok a. pitch, loudness and quality
3. Leningrad to Volgograd b. pitch and loudness
4. Buenos Aires to Valparaiso c. quality only
5. Paris to Warsaw d. loudness only
Codes: A B C D 45. Given below are two statements, one
a. 5 4 2 1 labelled as Assertion (A) and other
b. 1 4 3 2 labelled as Reason (R):
c. 5 1 2 3 Assertion (A): A diamond sparkles more
d. 1 2 3 4 than a glass imitation cut to the same
41. As part of the liberalization programme shape.
and with a view to attack foreign Reason (R): The refractive index of
exchange, the government and the RBI diamond is less than that of glass.
have, devised two schemes known as In context of the above two statements,
FCNR ‘A’ and FCNR ‘B’. Which of the which one of the following is correct?
following is/are true regarding these two a. Both A and R are true and R is the
schemes? correct explanation of A
1. Under scheme ‘A’ RBI bears exchange b. Both A and R are true and R is not a
rate fluctuations. correct explanation of A
2. Under scheme ‘B’ other banks are to c. A is true but R is false
meet out the difference in exchange d. A is false but R is true
rate fluctuations.
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46. In the map given four areas are differently a. m26 + am25 + abm24 + … + a.b.c …..z
shaded, three of which indicate cereal b. m26 – am25 + abm24 …. –a.b.c …..z
crops production areas and one indicates c. indeterminate
non-cereal crop production area. As per 51. The Mughal school of painting formed the
the index given, the non cereal crop spinal column of the various schools of
production area is Indian miniature art. Which one of the
following painting styles was not affected
by Mughal painting?
a. Pahãri
b. Rjãsthãni
c. Kãngrã
d. Kãlighãta
52. Who among the following were famous
jurists of medieval India?
1. Vijnanesvara
a. 1 2. Hemadri
b. 2 3. Rajasekhara
c. 3 4. Jimutavahana
d. 4 Codes:
47. In the interim government formed in 1946, a. l, 2 and 3
the Vice-President of the Executive b. 2, 3 and 4
Council was c. 1, 2 and 4
a. Jawaharlal Nehru d. 1 and 4
b. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan 53. Most of the desert plants bloom during
c. C. Rajagopalachari night time because
d. Dr. Rajendra Prasad a. their blooming is controlled by low
48. Which of the following are among the temperature
non-plan expenditures of the Government b. they are sensitive to the phases of
of India? moon
1. Defense expenditure c. the desert insects eat away flowers
2. Subsidies during day time.
3. All expenditures liked with the d. the desert insects are active during
previous plan periods night time
4. Interest payment 54. Which of the following pairs are correctly
a. 1 and 2 matched?
b. 1 and 3 1. Increase in foreign Monetary expansion
c. 2 and 4 exchange reserves
d. l, 2, 3 and 4
49. “Monoculture of commercially viable trees 2. Low import Recession in Indian
is destroying the unique natural profile of growth rate in industry
Thoughtless exploitation of timber, India
deforesting vast tracts for palm cultivation, 3. Euro-issues Shares held by Indian
destruct of mangroves illegal logging by companies in European
tribals and poaching m1v compounds the countries
problem. Fresh water pockets are fast 4. Portfolio in Foreign institutional in
drying up due to deforestation and vestment. vectors
destruction of man groves”. The place
referred to this quotation is Codes:
a. Sunderbans a. 1, 2 and 4
b. Kerala coast b. 3 and 4
c. Orissa coast c. 1, 2 and 3
d. Andaman and Nicobar island d. l, 2, 3 and 4
50. The value of 55. Article 156 of the Constitution of India
(a - m)(b - m) ..... (y - m)(z - m) is provides that a Governor shall hold office
for a term of live years from the date on
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which he enters upon his office. Which of
the following can be deduced from this?
1. No Governor can be removed from
office till the completion of his term.
2. No Governor can continue in office
beyond a period of five years.
a. 1 only

b. 2 only a.
2
c. Both 1 and 2
1
d. Neither b.
56. A rectangular sump of dimension 6m × 5m 2
 1
× 4m is to be guilt by using bricks to make c. 
the outer dimension 6.2m × 5.2m × 4.2m. 4 2
Approximately how many bricks of size 
d. 1
20cm × 10 cm × 5 cm are required to build 2
the sump for storing water? 62. Match List I with List II
a. 1500 List I
b. 3000 A. Ernesto Zedillo
c. 15000 B. Alberto Fumitory
d. 30000 C. Julio Maria sanguinetti
57. Who among the following anticipated D. Fernando H. Cardoso
Newton by declaring that all things List II
gravitate to the earth? 1. Uruguay
a. Atyabhata 2. Brazil
b. Varahamthira 3. Mexico
c. Buddhagupta 4. Bolivia
d. Brahmagupta 5. Peru
58. Coffee cultivation in Sri Lanka was Codes: A B C D
abandoned because of the disease a. 3 5 1 2
a. leaf blight b. 4 5 3 1
b. leaf spot c. 3 4 5 2
c. leaf rust d. 5 3 1 4
d. rot 63. Optical fiber works on the principal of
59. What is the annual rate aimed at an in the a. total internal reflection
Eighth Five Year Plan b. refraction
a. 5.6% c. scattering
b. 6% d. interference
c. 6.5% 64. Which of the following elements are
d. 7% present in all proteins?
60. Prohibition of discrimination on grounds 1. Carbon
of religion etc. (Article 15 of the 2. Hydrogen
Constitution of India) is a Fundamental 3. Oxygen
Right classifiable under 4. Nitrogen
a. the Right to Freedom of Religion a. 2 and 3
b. the Right against Exploitation b. 1, 2 and 4
c. the Cultural and Educational Rights c. 1, 3, and 4
d. the Right to Equality d. 1, 2, 3 and 4
61. Consider the figure given below: 65. Which one of the following is a mixed
PQRS is a square of side 1 unit and Q, S fertilizer?
are the centers of the two circles. The area a. Urea
of the shaded portion is b. CAM
c. Ammonium Sulphate
d. NPK
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66. Which one of the following is the largest d. is levied by the Union and belongs to it
mutual fund organization in India? exclusively
a. SBI Mutual Fund 74. In which one of the following States of
b. GIC Mutual Fund India it is legal for a Hindu male and
c. Ind Bank Mutual Fund illegal for a Muslim male to have more
d. Unit Trust of India than one living wife?
67. According to Mimainsa system of a. Nagaland
philosophy liberation is possible by means b. Mizoram
of c. Goa
a. Jnana d. Arunachal Pradesh
b. bhakti 75. A student has 60% chance of passing in
c. yoga English and 54% chance of passing in both
d. karma English and mathematics. What is the
68. A thief running at 8 km/hour is chased by percentage probability that he will fail in
a policeman whose speed is 10 km/hour. If mathematics?
the thief is 100 meters ahead of the a. 12
policeman, then the time required for the b. 36
policeman to catch the thief will be c. 4
a. 2 minutes d. 10
b. 6 minutes 76. The chemical used as a ‘fixer in
c. 10 minutes photography is
d. 3 minutes a. sodium sulphate
69. The lead character in the film ‘The Bandit b. sodium thiosuiphate
Queen’ has been played by c. ammonium persuiphate
a. Pratiba Sinha d. borax
b. Rupa Ganguly 77. Which of the following constitute the
c. Seema Biswas World Bank?
d. Shabana Azmi 1. International Bank for Reconstruction
70. The Nobel Prize for deciphering the and Development
language of bees was awarded to 2. International Finance Corporation
a. HG. Khurana 3. International Development Association
b. K.V. Frisch 4. International Monetary Fund
c. Julian Huxley a. 1, 2 and 3
d. Dorothy Hodgkins b. 1, and 2
71. Which one of the following polymers is c. 3 and 4
widely used for making bullet proof d. 1, 2, 3 and 4
material? 78. Which one of the following hormones
a. Polyvinyl chloride contains iodine?
b. Polyamides a. Thyroxine
c. Polyethylene b. Testosterone
d. Polycarbonates c. Insulin
72. The palaeomagnetic results obtained from d. Adrenaline
India indicate that in the past, the Indian 79. Of the four places marked 1, 2, 3 and 4 of
land mass has moved the map, the one indicating a tidal port is
a. northward
b. southward
c. eastward
d. westward
73. Corporation tax
a. is levied and appropriated by the States
b. is levied by the Union and collected a. 1
and appropriated by the States b. 2
c. is levied by the Union and shared by c. 3
the Union and the States d. 4
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80. The radical wing of the Congress Party
with Jawaharlal Nehru as one of its main
leaders, founded the ‘independence for
India. League’ in opposition to
a. the Gandhi-Irwch Pact
b. the Home Rule Movement
c. the Nehru Report
d. the Mont ford reforms Which one of them is Chechenya? Choose
81. Agricultural income tax is assigned to the the correct answer
State government by a. 1
a. the Finance Commission b. 2
b. the National Development Council c. 3
c. the Inter-state Council d. 4
d. the Constitution of India 87. Which one of the following is not a
82. Suppose a rocket ship is receding from the instrument of selective credit control in
earth at a speed of 2/10 th the velocity of India?
light. A light in the rocket ship appears a. Regulation of consumer credit
blue to the passengers on the ship. What b. Rationing of credit
colour would it appear to an observer on c. Margin requirements
the earth? d. Variable cost reserve ratios
a. Blue 88. In the Cartesian plane four points P. Q, R,
b. Orange Shave co-ordinates (1, 1), 4,2), (4, 4) at
c. Yellow (1.4). The area of the quadrilateral PQRS
d. Yellow-orange
83. A table has three drawers. It is known that
one of the drawers contains two silver
coins, another contains two gold coins and
the third one contains a silver coin and a
gold coin. One of the drawers is opened at a. 9
random and a coin is drawn. It is found to b. 7.5
be a silver coin. What i the probability that c. 4.5
the other coin in the drawer is a gold coin? d. impossible to find unless the lengths
a. 0.25 the diagonals are known
b. 1.00 89. The term ‘Yavanapriya’ mentioned in
c. 0.50 ancient Sanskrit texts denoted
d. 0.60 a. a fine variety of Indian Muslim
84. Bronze icons of Nataraja cast during the b. ivory
chola period invariably show the deity c. damsels sent to the Greek court for
with dance performance
a. eight hands d. pepper
b. six hands 90. The Dinesh Goswami Committee was
c. four hands concerned with
d. two hands a. de-nationalistic of banks
85. Willy Willy is b. electoral reforms
a. a type of tree grown in temperate c. steps to put down insurgency in the
regions north-east
b. a wind that blows in a desert d. the problem of the Chakmas
c. a tropical cyclone of the north-west 91. Which one of the following monuments
Australia has a dome which is said to be one of the
d. a kind of common fish found near largest in the world?
Lakhadweep islands a. Tomb of Sher Shah, Sasaram
86. Consider the map given below indicating b. Jama Masjid, Delhi
four places frequently figuring in the c. Tomb of Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq, Delhi
news: d. Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur

92. Which one of the following is true
regarding the Jawahar Rozgar Yojana
(TRY)?
a. It was launched during the Prime
Minister ship of Indira Gandhi
b. It aims at creating one million jobs
annually
c. The target group of JRY are the urban
poor living below the poverty line
d. Under the scheme 30% of the
employment generated is reserved for
women
93. Bank Rate implies the rate of interest
a. paid by the Reserve Bank of India on-
the Deposits of Commercial Banks
b. Charged by Banks on loans and
advances.
c. Payable on Bonds
d. at which the Reserve Bank of India
discounts the Bills of Exchange
94. Which one of the following is not
explicitly stated in the Constitution of
India but followed as a convention?
a. The Finance Minister is to be a
Member of the Lower House
b. The Prime Minister has to resign he
loses majority in the Lower House
c. All the parts of India are to be
represented in the Council of Ministers
d. In the event of both the President and
the Vice-President demitting office
simultaneously before the end of their
tenure the Speaker of the lower House
of the Parliament will officiate as the
President
95. Consider the diagram given below:
T : Transport
Ec : Education of children
H : Housing
C : Clothing
F : Food
S : Savings
O : Others
From the diagram shown it would be right
to conclude that
a. the family spent more than half the
income on food and clothing
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b. the amount saved by the family was
too little
c. the family had no health problems
d. the family managed to meet all the
essential expenses out of the income
earned.
96. Which one of the following was an
emigree Communist journal of M.N. Roy?
a. Kisan Sahba
b. The Worker
c. Vanguard
d. Anushilan
97. In which one of the following crops
international trade is low in the context of
total produce?
a. Rice
b. Coffee
c. Rubber
d. Wheat
98. ‘By waving threads of physics, chemistry
and biology into a rich tapestry, this
remarkable scientist provided a unifying
molecular view of the world ………. He
touted the wonderful properties of Vitamin
C first as a cure of common cold and later
as a preventive agent against cancer.” One
of science’s major figures of all time
referred to above is
a. G.N. Lewis
b. Linus Carl Pauling
c. Fritz London
d. Walter Heitle
99. The Narasimham Committee for Financial
Sector Reforms has suggested reduction in
a. SLR and CRR -
b. SLR, CRR and Priority Sector
Financing
c. SLR and Financing to capital goods
sector
d. CRR, Priority Sector Financing and
Financing to capital goods sector
100. Which of the following are the States in
which the Lok Ayukla Act includes the
Chief Minister in its ambit?
a. West Bengal and Kerala
b. Gujarat and Maharashtra
c. Madhya Pradesh and Orrisa
d. Rajasthan and Karnataka
101. Ashtapradhan was a Council. of ministers
a. in the Gupta administration
b. in the Chola administration
c. in the Vijayanagar administration
d. in the Maratha administration
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102. Which one of the following pairs of promise better therapies and hope in the
materials serves as electrodes in war against’………….. The disease
chargeable batteries commonly used in referred to in the above quotation is
devices such as torchlight’s, electric a. Cancer
shavers etc.? b. AIDS
a. Nickel and cadmium c. Tuberculosis
b. Zinc and carbon d. Alzheimer’ s disease
c. Lead peroxide and lead 107. Consider the table given below providing
d. Iron and cadmium details of traffic volume per hour for four
103. The Indian subcontinent was originally locations:
part of a huge mass called Locati Total %of Avera Noise
a. Jurassic land mass on traffi Heavy ge polluti
b. Aryavarta c Vehicl noise on
c. Indiana volu es level level
d. Gondwana continent me in dB in dB
104. Which of the following are correctly (A) (A)
matched? I 377 24.40 73.50 84.00
1. 1. Hamas: Palestinian extremist group II 380 12.50 72.60 83.00
2. 2. Sinn Fein: I.R. As political wing III 377 30.00 73.50 86.50
3. 3. True Path Party: A major constituent IV 225 12.50 72.98 80.90
of the ruling coalition in Turkey When the total traffic volume is the same,
a. 1 and 2 the for (s) which affect (s) the noise
b. 1 and 3 pollution level is/are
c. 1, 2 and 3 a. % of heavy vehicles
d. 2 and 3 b. noise pollution level and average noise
105. “The final Agent Orange raid in Vietnam level
took place in 1970 areas have begun to c. average noise level and % of heavy
bloom again. But 19 years after the war’s vehicles
end, it seems plain that Agent Orange is d. indeterminable on the basis of details
killing and maiming human beings, given
something it never intended to do. The 108. Which one of the following dose not
apparent toxic fallout from those clouds is belongs to biosphere reserves set-up so
a crop of human miseries including far?
cancers, miscarriages and birth defects - a. Great Nicobar
that may persist for decades. b. Sunder bans
The offensive substance referred to in this c. Nanda Devi
quotation is d. Gulf of Kachchh
a. DDT used as insecticide 109. Cryogenic engines find applications in
b. a complex mixture of herbicides and a. sub-marine propulsion
weedicides used to increase b. frost-free refrigerators
agricultural output in the South c. rocket technology
Vietnam under1 the U.S. aid d. researches in superconductivity
programme 110. Consider the map given below:
c. a complex mixture of DDT and other
insecticides used as aerial sprays for
protection against malaria and other
tropical diseases
d. dioxin used as defoliants.
106. “It begins as a single cell and grows into a
merciless disease that claims millions of
lives year after year. But scientists are The route indicated in the map was
steadily unlocking its mysteries, and the followed, during the course of his military
fight against it may now have reached a exploits, by
dramatic turning point. New discoveries a. Chandragupta II
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b. Harshavardhana c. Hoysalas
c. Rajendra Chola d. Marathas
d. Malik Kafur 117. ‘Yellow cake’, an item of smuggling
111. The clouds flods in the atmosphere across borders is
because of their low a. a crude form of heroin
a. temperature b. a crude form of cocaine
b. velocity c. uranium oxide
c. pressure d. unrefined gold
d. density 118. One of the reasons for India’s occupational
112. Which one of the following mountain structure remaining more or less the same
ranges is spread over only one State in over the years has been that
India? a. investment pattern has been directed
a. Aravalli towards capital intensive industries
b. Satpura b. Productivity in agriculture has been
c. Ajanta high enough to induce people to stay
d. Sahyadri with agriculture
113. Hughly was used as a base for piracy in c. Ceiling on land holdings have enabled
the Bay of Bengal by more people to own land and hence
a. the Portuguese their preference to stay with agriculture
b. the French d. People are largely unaware of the
c. the Danish significance of transition from
d. the British agriculture to industry for economic
114. The variations in temperatures from 0°C to development
100°C with respect to time of two liquids 119. Which one of the following countries had
P, Q are shown in the graph gives below: in 1994 voted against joining the European
Union?
a. Norway
b. Sweden
c. Finland
d. Austria
120. Examine the map given below:
Which one of the following statements is
correct?
a. During heating, liquid P remained
hotter than liquid Q throughout
b. At no point of time during heating did
the two liquids have the same The places marked 1, 2, 3 and 4 were
temperature respectively the seats of powers of the
c. P attained the temperature of 100°C a. Scindias, Holkars, Gaekwards and
faster than Q Bhonsles
d. Q attained the temperature of 100°C b. Holkars, Scindias, Gaekwads and
faster than P Bhonsles
115. In the field of space technology India has c. Gaekwads, Bhonsles, Scindias and
demonstrated during 1994, her capability Holkars
to d. Scindias, Hlkars, Bhonsles and
a. design advance intercontinental Gaekwads
ballistic missile warning systems 121. Which of the following benefits are likely
b. build satellites to accrue to India from the World Trade
c. build stealth missiles Organization?
d. launch geo-stationary satellites. 1. India’s share in the world trade is to go
116. The ‘Modi script’ was employed in the up from the present 600 million US
documents of the dollars to 5 billion US dollars by 2000
a. Wodeyars AD.
b. Zamorins
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2. It will help boost exports of c. Battle of Chilianwala ……. Dathousie
agricultural commodities from India. vs Marathas
3. India’s share in the world trade is d. Battle of Kharda ……Nizam vs East
likely to triple by the year 2000 AD. India Company
a. 1, 2 and 3 125. Examine the following statements:
b. 1 and 2 1. All children are Inquisitive.
c. 1 and 3 2. Some children arc inquisitive.
d. 2 and 3 3. No children are inquisitive.
122. Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 hit the planet 4. Some children are not inquisitive.
a. Pluto Among these statements, the two
b. Mars statements which cannot both be true
c. Jupiter simultaneously but can both be false
d. Saturn would be
123. The price fluctuations of 4 scrips in a stock a. 1 and 3
market in the four quarters of a year are b. 1 and 4
shown in the table below. Four different in c. 2 and 3
rectors had the following portfolios of d. 3 and 4
investment in the four companies 126. Arakan Yoma is the extension of the
throughout the year: Himalayas located in
Portfolios a. Baluchistan
Investor 1 10 of A, 20 of B, 30 of C and 40 b. Myanmar
of D c. Nepal
Investor 2 40 of A, 10 of B, 20 of C and 30 d. Kashmir
of D 127. The signatories to the realy banning
Investor 3 30 of A, 40 of B, 10 of C and 20 chemical weapons include
of D a. U.S.A. Russia, India, Iran and Israel
Investor 4 20 of A, 30 of B, 40 of C and l0 b. Iraq, Libya, India, Russia and China
of D c. Brazil, Angol North Korea, Pakistan
Stock Market Performance and U.S.A.
I II III IV d. Syria, Sri Lanka, Japan Singapore and
Quarter Quarter Quarter Quarter France
Scrip A Up 10% Down Up 10% Down 128. What is the correct sequence of the
15% 10% following events?
Scrip B Up 2% Up 1% Up 2% Up 2% 1. The Lucknow Pact
Scrip C Up 1% Up 1% Down Down 2. The Introduction of Dyarchy
5% 1% 3. The Rowlett Act
Scrip D Up 20% Down Up 30% Down 4. The partition of Bengal
15% 10% a. 1, 3, 2, 4
In the light of the above which one of the b. 4, 1, 3, 2
following statements is correct? c. 1, 2, 3, 4
a. investor 2 has made the best d. 4, 3, 2, 1
investment 129. An air bubble in water will act like a
b. Investor I has made the best a. convex mirror
investment b. convex lens
c. Investor 2 suffered a net loss during c. concave mirror
the year d. concave lens
d. Investor 3 suffered a net loss during 130. X and Y are two variables whose values at
the year any time are related to each other as shown
124. Which one of the following pairs is in fig. (i). X is known to vary periodically
correctly matched? with reference to time as shown in Fig.
a. Battle of Bexar …… Mir Jafar vs (ii).
Clive
b. Battle of Wand wash …... French vs
East India Company
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c. 38
d. 30
135. Which one of the following is incorrect in
respect of Local Government in India?
a. According to the Indian Constitution,
local government is not an independent
tier in the federal system
b. 30% of the seats in local bodies are
reserved for women
Which of the following curves depicts c. Local government finances are to be
correctly the dependence of Y on time? provided by a Commission
d. Elections to local bodies are to be
determined, by a Commission
136. The Barrah dacoity was the first major
a.
venture of the revolutionary terrorists of
the freedom movement in
a. Bombay - Karnataka
b. b. Punjab
c. East Bengal
d. The Madras Presidency
137. Which of the following political parties
c. is/are national political parties?
1. Muslim League
2. Revolutionary Socialist Party
3. All India Forward Block
d.
131. The national highway from Ainritsar to 4. Peasants and Workers Party of India
Calcutta via Delhi is numbered a. 1, 2 and 3
a. 1 b. 2 and 4
b. 2 c. 3 only
c. 4 d. None
d. 8 138. The difference between a nuclear reactor
132. The word Adivari was used for the first and an atomic bomb is that
time to refer to the tribal people by a. no chain reaction takes place in nuclear
a. Mahatma Ghancihi reactor while in the atomic bomb there
b. Thakkar Bappa is a chain reaction
c. Jyotiba Phule b. the chain reaction in nuclear reactor is
d. B. R. Arnhedkar controlled
133. The concept of Anuvrata was advocated c. the chain reaction in nuclear reactor is
by not controlled
a. Mahayana Buddhism d. no chain reaction takes place in atomic
b. Hinayana Buddhism bomb while it takes place in nuclear
c. Jainism reactor
d. the Lokayata school 139. The main reason for low growth rate in
134. Out of a total of 120 musicians in a club, India, in spite of high rate of savings and
5% can play all the three instruments, capital formation is
guitar, violin and flute. It so happens that a. high birth rate
the number of musicians who can play any b. low level of foreign aid
two and only two of the above instruments c. low capital/output ratio
is 30. The number of musicians who can d. high capital/output ratio
play the guitar alone is 40. What is the 140. Examine the map of Jammu and Kashmir
total number of those who can play violin given below:
alone or flute alone? the mountain ranges marked 1, 2, 3 and 4
a. 45 are respectively
b. 44
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2. Industrial Credit and Investment
Corporation of India
3. Industrial Development Bank of India
4. Unit Trust of India
a. Ladakh, Zanskar, Karakoram and Pir 5. The correct sequence in which the
Panjal above were established is
b. Karakoram, Ladakh, Zanskar and Pir a. 1; 2, 3, 4
Panjal b. 1, 3, 2, 4
c. Karakoram, Zanskar, Pir Panjal and c. 4, 3, 2, 1
Ladakh d. 1, 4, 3, 2
d. Ladakh, Pir Panjal, Karakoram and 147. In 1930 Mahatma Gandhi started Civil
Zanskar Disobedience Movement from
141. Which one of the following fuels causes a. Sevagram
minimum environmental pollution? b. Dandi
a. Disel c. Sabarmati
b. Coal d. wardha
c. Hydrogen 148. If in an election to a State Legislative
d. Kerosene Assembly the candidate who is declared
142. The largest source of financing the public elected loses his deposit, it means that
sector outlay of the Eighth Five Year Plan a. the polling was very poor
comes from b. the election was for a multi-member
a. balance from current revenue constituency
b. contribution of public enterprises c. the elected candidate’s victory over his
c. government borrowings nearest rival was very marginal
d. deficit financing d. a very large number of candidates
143. The new Exim Policy announced in 1992, contested the election
is for a period of 149. A person earns Rs. 2000 per month over
a. 3 Years and above his salary as additional charge
b. 4 Years allowance. However, 30% of this
c. 7 Years additional income will be deducted as
d. 5 Years additional income tax at source. If the
144. Zero was invented by person would deposit Rs. 1000 per month
a. Aryabhata on a long term saving fetching 12%
b. Varahaimihira interests his tax liability on the additional
c. Bhaskara I allowance would reduce to 10%. What is
d. an unknown Indian the effective interest for this person for
145. Which of the following can be inferred money invested in the long term savings
from the statement that ‘Either John is scheme?
stupid or John is lazy’? a. 12%
1. John is lazy / therefore, John is not b. 18%
stupid. c. 19%
2. John is not lazy / therefore, John is d. 20%
stupid. 150. Which one of the following pairs if not
3. John is not stupid / therefore, John is correctly matched?
lazy. a. Jamnalal Bajaj …... Satyagraha
4. John is stupid / therefore, John is not Ashram at Wardha
lazy. b. Dada’bhai Naoroji ….. Bombay
a. 1 and 2 Association
b. 2 and 3 c. Lala Lajpat Rai ..... National School at
c. 3 and 4 Lahore
d. 1 and 4 d. Bal Gangadhar Tilak ...... Satya
146. Consider the following: Shodhak Sabha
1. Industrial Finance Corporation of India