1: Which of the following can be regarded as the chief contribution of Buddhism to India?
(a) Art and literature
(b) Architecture
(c) Ahimsa and self-purification
(d) Rituals
Correct Answer: C
2: Which one of the following is a modified stem ?
(a) Carrot
(b) Sweet Potato
(c) Coconut
(d) Potato
Correct Answer: D
3: A two member committee comprising of one male and one female member is to be constituted out of five males and three females. Amongst the females. Ms. A refuses to be a member of the committee in which Mr. B is taken as the member. In how many different ways can the committee be constituted?
(a) 11
(b) 12
(c) 13
(d) 14
Correct Answer: D
4: Where it the volcanic mountain, Mount St. Helens located?
(a) United States of America
(b) Japan
(c) Philippines
(d) Chile
Correct Answer: A
5: In order of their distances from the Sun, which of the following planets lie between Mars and Uranus?
(a) Saturn and Neptune
(b) Saturn and Earth
(c) Earth and Jupiter
(d) Jupiter and Saturn
Correct Answer: D
6: A body is attached to a spring balance suspended from a stand. The reading on the balance is 0.5 kg. The two together are detached from the stand and allowed to fall through a height. While falling the reading in the balance will be
(a) Zero
(b) Less than 0.5 kg but not zero
(c) More than 0.5 kg depending on the height
(d) 0.5 kg
Correct Answer: A
7: From which one of the following did Kosovo declare its independence?
(a) Macedonia
(b) Serbia
(c) Croatia
(d) Bulgaria
Correct Answer: B
8: A class starts after lunch at 1 p.m. and lasts till 3.52 p.m. Four periods are over during this interval. After every period, 4 minutes are allowed for going from one classroom to another. What is the exact duration of each period held?
(a) 42 minutes
(b) 41 minutes
(c) 40 minutes
(d) 39 minutes
Correct Answer: C
9: The easiest way of finding out the nutritional status for large number of children in a short time is by:
(a) Studying their behaviour
(b) Studying their hair, face and eyes
(c) Measuring their height and weight
(d) All of the above
Correct Answer: C
10: Economic growth in country X will necessarily have to occur if
(a) there is technical progress in the world economy
(b) there is population growth in X
(c) there is capital formation in X
(d) the volume of trade grows in the world economy
Correct Answer: C
11: Bishop Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo and Jose Ramos-Horta who shared the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize are known for their work for the cause of
(a) East Timor
(b) Guatemala
(c) Bosnia
(d) Barunda
Correct Answer: A
12: Which one of the following territories was not affected by the revolt of 1857?
(a) Lucknow
(b) Jagdhishpur
(c) Chittor
(d) Jhasi
Correct Answer: C
13: Hydroponics means:
(a) Cultivation of plants without the use of soil
(b) Detection of sound in water
(c) Animals living in water
(d) A Japanese way of flowering
Correct Answer: A
14: Constitution does not recognise the caste system because:
(a) India is secular
(b) It leads to inequality which is against the Constitution
(c) It leads to untouchability
(d) All of the above
Correct Answer: D
15: Assertion (A):
The Central Rural Sanitation Programme was launched in 1986 to improve the quality of life of rural people in India.
Reason (R) :
Rural sanitation is a subject in the Concurrent List in the Constitution of India.
(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: C
16: The theory of economic drain from India to England was propounded by:
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) R. C. Dutt
(c) B. G. Tilak
(d) L. K. Jha
Correct Answer: A
17: Heat from the sun is received by the earth through:
(a) Conduction
(b) Convection
(c) Radiation
(d) None of the above
Correct Answer: C
18: Consider the following Princely States of the British rule in India:
1. Jhansi
2. Sambalpur
3. Satara
The correct chronological order in which ; they were annexed by the British is:
(a) 1-2-3
(b) 1-3-2
(c) 3-2-1
(d) 3-1-2
Correct Answer: C
19: The process of light exposure in a 24-hour cycle that controls the growth and development of certain plants and animals is called:
(a) Photosynthesis
(b) Photoionisation
(c) Photoperiodism
(d) Photoluminescence
Correct Answer: C
20: ".........instil into the vast millions of workers, men and women, who actually do the job, a sense of partnership and of cooperative performance...."
The above passage relates to
(a) Planned Development
(b) Community Development
(c) Panchayati Raj System
(d) Integrated Development Programme
Correct Answer: B