1: Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(a) Rationing : Fiscal control
(b) Cash Reserve Ratio : Selective Credit Control
(c) Licensing : Comprehensive Control
(d) Import Quota : Physical control
Correct Answer: D
2: Which among the following has the largest perimeter?
(a) A square with an area of 25 sq cm
(b) An equilateral triangle with side 5 cm
(c) A circle with diameter 4 cm
(d) A rectangle with area 84 sq cm and one side 12 cm
Correct Answer: D
3: Arrange the following in a chronological order
(i) Dandi March
(ii) Simon Commission
(iii) Poona Pact
(iv) Gandhi Irwin Pact
(a) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(b) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
(c) (ii), (i), (iii), (iv)
(d) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)
Correct Answer: C
4: From which one of the following did Kosovo declare its independence?
(a) Macedonia
(b) Serbia
(c) Croatia
(d) Bulgaria
Correct Answer: B
5: The substitution of steel for wooden ploughs in agricultural production is an example of
(a) labour-augmenting technological progress
(b) capital-augmenting technological progress
(c) capital-reducing technological progress
(d) None of the above
Correct Answer: B
6: The foundation of modern educational system in India was laid by
(a) The Charter Act of 1813
(b) Macaulay's Minutes of 1835
(c) The Hunter Commission of 1882
(d) Wood's Despatch of 1854
Correct Answer: B
7: Consider the following statements regarding Indian Planning:
1. The second Five-year plan emphasised in the establishment of heavy industries.
2. The Third Five-year plan introduced the concept of import substitution as a strategy for industrialisation.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Correct Answer: C
8: Assertion (A):
Saluva Narasimha put an end to the old dynasty and assumed the royal title.
Reason (R):
He wanted to save the kingdom from further degeneration and disintegration.
(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
Correct Answer: A
9: Which of the following statements about 'Dinosaurs' is/are correct?
(a) The early man was a contemporary of Dinosaurs
(b) Man appeared first after the Dinosaurs became extinct
(c) The Dinosaurs became extinct about six million years before the appearance of the first man on the earth
(d) The Dinosaurs became extinct about 200 million years before the first man appeared on the earth
Correct Answer: D
10: What was Komagata Maru?
(a) A political party based in Taiwan
(b) Peasant communist leader of China
(c) A naval ship on voyage to Canada
(d) A Chinese village where Mao Tse Tung began his Long march
Correct Answer: C
11: Identical twins are born when:
(a) Two sperms fertilise one ovum
(b) Two sperms fertilise two ovums simultaneously
(c) One sperm fertilises the ovum and zygote divides into two separate cells developing independently
(d) One sperm fertilises two ovums
Correct Answer: C
12: In a factory, quality assurance test is conducted on various samples for a specific characteristic value of the product. The values and the number of samples are as given in the following table :
Characteristic value, X No. of Samples
10 3
11 7
12 10
13 15
14 28
15 33
16 24
17 11
18 10
19 6
20 3
Consider the following statements based on the table :
I. The probability that X ≤ 15 is 0.64.
II. The probability that 13 < X ≤ 17 is greater than 0.64.
III. The probability that X = 15 is less than 0.22.
Which of the above statements is/are not true?
(a) I alone
(b) I and II
(c) II and III
(d) I, II and III
Correct Answer: C
13: B.R. Ambedkar was elected to the Constituent Assembly from
(a) West Bengal
(b) the Bombay Presidency
(c) the then Madhya Bharat
(d) Punjab
Correct Answer: A
14: Stock-farming refers to
(a) Accent on agricultural production to build a buffer stock.
(b) Cooperative farming.
(c) Farming concentrating on the rearing of cattles and sheep.
(d) Large scale capital-intensive commercial farming.
Correct Answer: C
15: Who of the following Prime Ministers sent Cripps Mission to India?
(a) Neville Chamberlain
(b) Stanley Baldwin
(c) Winston Churchill
(d) James Ramsay MacDonald
Correct Answer: C
16: Ticks and mites are actually
(a) Arachnids
(b) Crustaceans
(c) Insects
(d) Myriapods
Correct Answer: A
17: The Prime Minister of which one of the following countries was assassinated in the year 2003?
(a) Czech Republic
(b) Romania
(c) Serbia
(d) Slovenia
Correct Answer: C
18: Match List-I wish List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists :
List-I (Writer) -- List-II(Book)
A. V.S. Naipau l-- 1.The Siege of Krishnapur
B. Salmman Rushdie -- 2. In a Free State
C. Paul Scott -- 3. Midnight's Children
D. J.G Farrell -- 4. Staying On
(A) 4 3 2 1
(B) 2 3 4 1
(C) 2 1 4 3
(D) 4 1 2 3
Correct Answer: B
19: The terms Event Horizon, Singularity, 'String Theory and Standard Model are sometimes seen in the news in the context of
(a) Observation and understanding of the Universe
(b) Study of the solar and the lunar eclipses
(c) Placing satellites in the orbit of the Earth
(d) Origin and evolution of living organisms on the Earth
Correct Answer: A
20: If A = x2 - y2. B = 20 and x + y = 10, then
(a) A is greater than B
(b) B is greater than A
(c) A is equal to B
(d) It is not possible to compare A and B as the data provided is inadequate
Correct Answer: D