1: Duncan pass is located between:
(a) North Andaman and South Andaman
(b) North Andaman and Car Nicobar
(c) South Andaman and Car Nicobar
(d) South Andaman and Little Andaman
Correct Answer: D
2: With reference to the cultural history of India, consider the following statements :
1. White marble was used in making Buland Darwaza and Khankah at Fatehpur Sikri.
2. Red sandstone and marble were used in making Bara Imambara and Rumi Darwaza at Lucknow.
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: A
3: The people of India agitated against the arrival of Simon Commission because
(a) Indians never wanted the review of the working of the Act of 1919
(b) Simon Commission recommended the abolition of Dyarchy (Diarchy) in the Provinces
(c) there was no Indian member in the Simon Commission
(d) the Simon Commission suggested the partition of the country
Correct Answer: C
4: Consider the following statements :
1. Every individual in the population is equally susceptible host for Swine Flu.
2. Antibiotics have no role in the primary treatment of Swine Flu
3. To prevent the future spread of Swine Flu in the epidemic area, the swine (pigs) must all be culled.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Correct Answer: A
5: 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
6: Consider the following statements:
1. The Chinese pilgrim Fa-Hien attended the fourth Great Buddhist Council held by Kanishka.
2. The Chinese pilgrim Huen-Tsangmet Harsha and found him to be antagonistic to Buddhism.
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: D
7: Octopus is
(a) an arthropod
(b) an echinoderm
(c) a heimchordate
(d) a mollusc
Correct Answer: D
8: Consider the following statements:
1. The United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) has a Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air.
2. The UNCAC is the ever-first legally binding global anti-corruption instrument.
3. A highlight of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) is the inclusion of a specific chapter aimed at returning assets to their rightful owners from whom they had been taken illicitly.
4. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is mandated by its member States to assist in the implementation of both UNCAC and UNTOC.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2, 3 and 4 only
(c) 2 and 4 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Correct Answer: C
9: The river shown on the map is
(a) Irrawaddy
(b) Mekong
(c) Chao Phraya
(d) Salween
Correct Answer: D
10: Who among the following directed the film chosen as India's offical entry for the year 2006 Academy Awards?
(a) Adodor Gopalakrishnan
(b) Amol Palekar
(c) Sanjay Leela Bhansali
(d) Kunal Kohli
Correct Answer: B
11: Six faces a cube are numbered from 1 to 6, each face carrying one different number. Further,
1. The face 2 is opposite to the face 6.
2. The face 1 is opposite to the face 5.
3. The face 3 is between the face 1 and the face 5.
4. The face 4 is adjacent to the face 2.
Which one of the following is correct ?
(a) The face 2 is adjacent to the face 3
(b) The face 6 is between the face 2 and the face 4
(c) The face 1 is between the face 5 and the face 6
(d) None of the above
Correct Answer: A
12: In an open economy, the national income (Y) of the economy is :
If C, I, G, X, M stand for Consumption, Investment, Govt. Expenditure, total exports and total imports respectively.
(a) Y = C + I + G + X
(b) Y = C + I + G - X + M
(c) Y = C + I + G + (X - M)
(d) Y = C + I - G + X - M
Correct Answer: C
13: Which one of the following cities has been the venue of the asian Games for the maximum number of times from the year 1951 to the year 2006?
(a) Beijing
(b) Bangkok
(c) Delhi
(d) Rio de janeiro
Correct Answer: B
14: Consider the following:
1. Camphor
2. Chicory
3. Vanilla
Which of the above is/are plant product(s)?
(a) 1 & 2
(b) 1 & 3
(c) 3 only
(d) 1, 2, 3
Correct Answer: D
15: The first bird is believed to have appeared on the surface of the earth
(a) 300 million years ago
(b) 200 million years ago
(c) 150 million years ago
(d) 100 million years ago
Correct Answer: C
16: Which of the following is true?
(a) Physical planning is more important than financial planning
(b) Financial planning is more important than physical planning
(c) Physical planning and financial planning are equally important
(d) Physical planning and financial planning are complementary
Correct Answer: D
17: Unemployment insurance will result in:
(a) Maintenance of consumption level
(b) Decrease in consumption level
(c) Decrease in savings
(d) Increase in savings
Correct Answer: A
18: Running at a speed of 60 km per hour, a train passed through a 1.5 km long tunnel in two minutes. What is the length of the train ?
(A) 250 m
(B) 1000 m
(C) 1500 m
(D) 500 m
Correct Answer: D
19: Gopal, Harsh, Inder, Jai and Krishnan have Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Cuttack, Delhi and Ernakulam as their hometowns (Not necessarily in that order). They are studying in Engineering, Medical, Commerce, Economics and History Colleges (Not necessarily in that order). None of the five boys is studying in his hometown, but each of them studies in one of the cities given above.
Further it is given that:
(i) Gopal's hometown is Ernakulam.
(ii) Harsh is not stuyding in Ahmedabad or Bhopal.
(iii) Economics College is in Bhopal.
(iv) Inder's hometown is Cuttack.
(v) Krishnan is studying in Delhi.
(vi) Jai is studying in Ernakulam and the History College is in his hometown Ahemdabad.
(vii) Engineering College is situated in Ernakulam
If Inder studies in Ahmedabad, then which of the following is the correct combination of Person-Hometown-Place of Study?
(A) Harsh-Bhopal-Delhi
(B) Krishnan-Delhi-Ernakulam
(C) Jai-Ahemdabad-Ernakulam
(D) Gopal-Ernakulam-Delhi
Correct Answer: C
20: Consider the following sites/monuments:
1. Champaner Paragadh Archaeological Park
2. Chatrapati Shivaji Railway Statioin, Mumbai.
3. Mumallapuram.
4. Sun Temple (Konark Temple).
Which of the above are included in the World Heritage List of UNESCO?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 2 and 4
(c) 1, 2 and 4
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Correct Answer: D