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1. Density of matter is C. linear momentum

defined as D. angular momentum
A. mass / volume 7. To find the temperature of the
B. mass × volume sun, the following law is used:
C. volume / mass
D. none of these A. Charles’ law
B. Stefan’s fourth power law of
2. The resultant upthrust on a radiation
body partly immersed in liquid C. Boyle’s law
acts through D. Kirchhoff’s law
A. the centre of gravity
B. the metacentre 8. Calotropis is an example of the
C. the centre of pressure following phyllotaxy:
D. none of these A. opposite and decussate
3. A transverse wave travels along B. spiral
z-axis. The particles of the C. whorled
medium travels along D. alternate
A. z-axis C. y-axis 9. Radio carbon dating is used to
B. x-axis D. in x-y plane
A. find diseases
4. Joule-Thomson cooling is B. find the age of relics
A. temperature dependent C. find the carbon content in the
B. temperature independent atmosphere
C. dependent on the molecular D. none of these
weight of the gas
D. dependent on the total mass of 10. Frequency modulation is more
the gas advantageous than amplitude
modulation because
5. The principle of action of points
is used in A. there will be no distortion
B. distortion will be maximum
A. capacitors
B. inductors C. no internal noises produced
C. resistors D. internal noises can be filtered
D. lightning arrestors 11. X-rays travel with the velocity of
6. A jet engine works under the A. light
principle of B. sound
A. mass C. positive rays
B. energy D. alpha rays
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12. A loudspeaker converts 19. Which element is a metalloid in 27. The acid which etches glass is 35. Bacteria generally multiply by
A. electrical energy into sound the following? A. nitric acid A. binary fission
energy A. Copper C. Aluminium B. sulphuric acid B. multiple fission
B. sound energy into electrical B. Arsenic D. Gold C. hydrofluoric acid C. longitudinal fission
energy D. hypochlorous acid D. all of these
20. Night blindness is caused due to
C. small sound into a large sound the deficiency of 28. Which of the following diseases 36. Agar-agar is obtained from
D. none of the above is likely to spread in the entire
A. Vitamin A C. Vitamin K A. gelidium C. ectocarpus
13. The transverse wave nature of B. Vitamin B D. Vitamin E community if a leaky septic tank
B. laminaria D. fucus
light was proved by contaminates the water supply?
21. Mercury is used in 37. Which one of the following
A. interference C. polarisation A. Cholera C. Tuberculosis
thermometers because it animals is cold-blooded?
B. diffraction D. refraction B. Cancer D. Leprosy
A. is heavy A. Pigeon C. Dog
14. Electric iron takes a long time B. is a liquid 29. Yeast help in the production of
B. Fish D. Man
to cool because of C. expands uniformly A. oxygen C. alcohol
A. greater emissivity D. is a metal B. glucose D. salts 38. Nitrogen fixation is done by
B. lesser emissivity 22. Sodium chloride is the scientific 30. Many pulses are obtained from A. blue-green algae
C. less absorptive power name of plants of the family B. green algae
D. more absorptive power C. brown algae
A. common salt C. rust A. Euphorbiaceae
D. red algae
15. Helium is preferred to hydrogen B. soft coke D. chalk B. Fabaceae
in airships because it C. Asteraceae 39. Which type of cancer is the most
23. Fresh foods and fruits contain
A. has greater lifting power D. Musaceae common?
more of
B. is less dense 31. Which of the following A. Carcinoma C. Lymphoma
A. proteins C. vitamins
C. cheaper B. fats D. carbohydrates protozoans possesses definite B. Sarcoma D. Leukaemia
D. does not form explosive shape?
24. Electric bulbs are filled with 40. Which bacteria produce vinegar
mixture with air A. Amoeba
the gas in sugar solutions?
16. Excessive consumption of B. Paramecium A. Escherichia
alcohol damages the A. oxygen C. Both of these
B. carbon dioxide B. Acetobacter
D. None of these
A. liver C. heart C. argon C. Acetobacter aceti
B. kidneys D. lungs D. nitrogen 32. Which of the following is used D. Rhizobium
for culture medium of bacterial
17. Which of the following has the 25. The sides of a match box 41. Baker’s yeast is
growth?
smell of garlic? contains A. Zygosaccharomyces
A. Iodine C. Sugar
A. White phosphorus A. red phosphorus octosporus
B. Agar-Agar D. Alcohol
B. Red phosphorus B. white phosphorus B. Saccharomyces cerevisae
C. Phosphorus chloride C. phosphorus pentoxide 33. Malaria is caused by C. Laminaria
D. Phosphine D. none of these A. virus C. protozoa D. S. Ludwigii
18. A common nitrogenous fertilizer is B. bacteria D. fungi
26. Penicillin was discovered by 42. The tallest tree occurs in
A. urea A. Edward Jenner 34. One of the following is the A. Pteridophytes
B. superphosphate B. J.C. Bose simplest land plant: B. Monocots
C. triple phosphate C. Alexander Fleming A. Bryophytes C. Algae C. Gymnosperms
D. potassium chloride D. William Harvey B. Lichens D. Fungi D. Dicots
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43. Which of the following has been 52. Triple Antigen is administered 56. Ribosomes in a cell play a 65. Who is the first Indian Woman
identified as the main source of to prevent the attack of significant role in Police Service Officer?
environmental pollution in the A. diphtheria, tetanus and A. Lipid synthesis
city of Delhi? A. Kiran Bedi C. Sasikala
tuberculosis B. Photosynthesis B. Chandrika D. Jaya
A. Automobiles B. tetanus, tuberculosis and C. Protein synthesis
B. Cement Industry D. Secretion 66. Who wrote the novel ‘Ponniyin
malaria
C. Fertilizer Industry C. diphtheria, tetanus and 57. The first sermon of Gautam Selvan’?
D. Thermal Power Station Buddha was delivered at A. Kalki
whooping cough
44. pH of water is D. diphtheria, tetanus and malaria A. Sarnath C. Gaya B. Kannadasan
A. 4 C. 12 B. Lumbini D. Kapilavastu C. Bharathiyar
53. Match List I with List II
B. 7 D. 0 58. Who wrote Arthashastra? D. Bharathidasan
correctly and select your answer
45. The deficiency of iodine causes using the codes given below: A. Kautilya 67. Darwin wrote the book
A. diabetes C. rickets List I B. Gandhiji
A. Philosophic Zoologique
B. scurvy D. goitre C. Nehruji
A. Mitochondria D. None of the above B. Systema Naturae
46. The poisonous substance that B. Chloroplast C. Origin of Species
is present in tobacco is C. Stomata 59. Who was the first Muslim D. Natural Selection in Evolution.
D. Cell wall invader of India?
A. Morphine C. Nicotine 68. The Indian Ruler who fought
List II A. Ghazni Mahmud
B. Aspirin D. Reserpine B. Ghori Mahmud with Alexander the Great was
1. Photosynthesis
47. Which one of the following is C. Aibak A. Porus
2. Transpiration D. Mohamed Bin Kasim
excreted in Urine? B. Asoka
3. Respiration
A. Sugar C. Protein 4. Osmosis 60. “Jazia Tax” was reimposed C. Harsha
B. Creatin D. Fat during the reign of D. Chandragupta II
Codes:
48. Who are more likely to get a b c d A. Akbar C. Jahangir
B. Aurangzeb D. Humayun 69. The longest river in the
tapeworm? A. 1 3 4 2 Southern part of India is
A. Fish eaters C. Meat eaters B. 3 1 4 2 61. The Battle of Plassey was fought A. Kaveri
B. Pork eaters D. Beef eaters C. 1 3 2 4 in the year
B. Vaigai
49. In which animal was the AIDS D. 3 1 2 4 A. 1757 C. 1576 C. Godavari
virus first detected? B. 1775 D. 1761
54. Nucleotide is made up of D. Mullai
A. Rat C. Horse I. Phosphoric acid 62. When was the Battle of Buxar
B. Rabbit D. Monkey fought? 70. Who is called as Nightingale of
II. Deoxyribose sugar India?
50. Hargovind Khurana is credited III. Nitrogenous bases A. 1761 C. 1763
B. 1762 D. 1764 A. Sarojini Naidu
for the discovery of
Which one is correct? B. Subbu Lakshmi Reddy
A. synthesis of protein 63. When was the Permananent
A. I, II and III C. II and III Land Revenue Settlement C. Annie Beasant
B. synthesis of gene
B. I and II D. III alone introduced? D. Jhansi Rani
C. synthesis of nitrogenous bases
D. none of these 55. A bacteriophage is A. 1793 C. 1791 71. Which is the largest epic in the
B. 1792 D. 1790 World?
51. Which one of the following A. a bacterium living on dead tissue
types of sex chromosomes B. a virus that attacks bacteria and 64. When did the rule of East India A. Mahabharata
represents a male human being? destroys them Company come to an end? B. Silappadhikaram
A. YY C. XY C. a bacterium that fights viruses A. 1857 C. 1859 C. Manimekalai
B. XX D. XO D. a blue-green algae B. 1858 D. 1860 D. Natrinai
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72. Which city formulates the 80. Telugu Ganga Project is 86. Which one of the following is B. Uttar Pradesh
Doctrine of Panchsheel? associated with the river not correctly matched? C. Himachal Pradesh
A. Delhi C. London A. Godavari C. Cauvery A. Darjeeling - West Bengal D. Andhra Pradesh
B. Bandung D. Washington B. Krishna D. Mahanadi B. Mount Abu - Rajasthan 93. The Reserve Bank of India was
81. Which of the following takes C. Kodaikanal - Tamil Nadu
73. Who was the father of Indian D. Simla - Uttar Pradesh started in
Archaeology? place due to deforestation? A. 1935 C. 1956
A. Major General Alexander A. Ground water depletion 87. Which state gets maximum B. 1948 D. 1960
B. John Marshall B. Soil erosion rainfall from North-east
C. Smith C. Foods monsoon? 94. The First Five Year Plan was
D. Herbert D. All of these A. Karnataka C. Gujarat launched in
82. The basin area of Narmada lies B. Tamil Nadu D. Maharashtra A. 1948 C. 1956
74. By whose advice Sarafoji II built
the Saraswati Mahal Library? in which of the following states? 88. Find the oddly matched pair: B. 1951 D. 1960
A. Schwartz C. Caldwell A. Maharashtra and Madhya A. Bose Research Institute - 95. The Jawahar Rozgar Yojana
B. Ziegnbalg D. Plutchau Pradesh Kolkata Scheme is meant for
B. Maharashtra and Rajasthan B. Raman Research Institute -
75. Which one of the following cities C. Maharashtra and Bihar A. improving village economy
Chennai B. training urban house building
is famous for the manufacture D. Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh C. National Museum - New Delhi C. promoting small scale
of shoes? D. Survey of India - Dehra Dun
83. Which one of the following is a industries
A. Basti C. Indore Kharif crop?
B. Mysore D. Batanagar 89. Which Indian lake has high D. providing employment to rural
A. Wheat C. Pulses salinity? youth
76. Which one of the following B. Paddy D. Mustard A. Dal C. Wular 96. The State which tops in the yield
states does not have a common B. Chilka D. Sambar
boundary with Bangladesh? 84. Match List I with List II of foodgrains per hectare is
correctly and select your answer 90. Match List I with List II
A. Meghalaya C. Nagaland using the codes given below: A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Tripura D. Mizoram correctly and select your answer B. Haryana
List I List II using the codes given below:
77. Which one of the following cities A. Titagarh 1. Fertilizer C. Tamil Nadu
List I List II D. Punjab
is famous for the manufacture B. Nepanagar 2. Paper
A. Srinagar 1. Krishna
of locks? C. Sindri 3. Cement 97. In India the density of
D. Kutni 4. Newsprint B. Agra 2. Ganga
A. Hyderabad C. Nellore C. Varanasi 3. Yamuna population is highest in the
B. Aligarh D. Nagpur Codes: D. Vijayawada 4. Jhelum following state according to
a b c d Codes: 1991 Census:
78. India’s naval base is located at A. 4 3 2 1 a b c d A. Kerala C. Bihar
A. Mumbai B. 2 1 4 3 A. 4 3 2 1
B. Visakhapatnam C. 3 2 4 1 B. Tamil Nadu D. West Bengal
B. 3 2 1 4
C. Karwar D. 2 4 1 3 C. 2 1 4 3 98. Which crop is grown in largest
D. Tuticorin D. 1 4 3 2 area in India?
85. Which one of the following is
79. According to 1991 census, in not correctly matched? 91. Oriental agriculture is practised in A. Rice C. Jute
which state do women out- A. Rourkela Steel Plant - Orissa B. Sugarcane D. Wheat
number men? A. Britain C. Arabia
B. Bhilai Steel Plant - B. Canada D. India
Maharashtra 99. Decimal coinage was introduced
A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Bihar C. Durgapur Steel Plant - West 92. Through which state does the in India in the year
C. Kerala Bengal Tropic of Cancer pass? A. 1957 C. 1955
D. Tamil Nadu D. Bokaro Steel Plant - Bihar A. Bihar B. 1957 D. 1960
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100. As per the Land Ceiling Act, 108. What is a Scheduled bank? 115. On what date did the 122. Who is India’s Finance Minister?
ceiling on land holding in Tamil A. A bank having a deposit of Constitution of India come into A. T.R. Balu
Nadu is Rs.100 crores force? B. Jaswant Singh
A. 30 standard acres B. A bank which has been A. 14th August, 1947 C. Yashwant Sinha
B. 20 standard acres included in the Second D. None of them
B. 15th August, 1947
C. 15 standard acres Schedule of Reserve Bank of
D. 10 standard acres C. 26th January, 1950 123. Who is India’s Home Minister?
India D. 26th November, 1949
101. The contribution of Agriculture C. A bank having more than 100 A. Ram Naik
in Indian National Income is branches 116. Who was the first Chief Justice B. Jaswant Singh
nearly D. A bank for scheduled caste of free India? C. L.K. Advani
A. 50% C. 75% A. Justice Mahajan D. None of them
109. Agricultural Income Tax is
B. 38% D. 25% B. Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer 124. Who is India’s Minister for
levied in Tamil Nadu by
102. The Bank which recently C. Justice Shelat Agriculture?
A. the State Government
launched a scheme ‘Swagat’ is D. None of them A. Nitish Kumar
B. Municipalities
A. Punjab National Bank C. Panchayats 117. Which Article of the B. Advani
B. Gujarat Bank Ltd D. None of these Constitution gives the power to C. Uma Bharti
C. Punjab Bank dismiss a State Government? D. None of them
D. Canara Bank 110. Among the various types of
income from an industrial A. 356 C. 17 125. Who is the Supreme commander
103. The largest producer of fish in activity one of the following is B. 360 D. 365 of Indian Defence Forces?
the world is
uncertain: 118. Pondicherry’s capital is A. Prime Minister
A. China C. Japan B. Defence Minister
B. USSR D. Norway A. Rent C. Interest
A. Pondicherry C. President
B. Wages D. Profit
104. A personal account cannot be B. Mahi D. None of them
opened in 111. What is the link-language of C. Karaikkal
India? D. None of these 126. Who can be the Ex-officio
A. a Cooperative Bank Chairman of the Planning
B. a Scheduled Bank A. English C. French 119. Who is the Lt.Governor of Commission in India?
C. Reserve Bank of India B. Greek D. Hindi Pondicherry?
D. None of these A. President
112. What is the minimum age to A. Chaman Lal B. Vice-President
105. The First Five Year Plan become a Governor? B. Rajani Rai C. Prime Minister
covered the period A. 25 C. 35 C. Agarwal D. Home Minister
A. 1947-52 C. 1951-56 B. 30 D. 60 D. None of them
B. 1950-55 D. 1952-57 127. The Vice-President of India is
113. What is the life of the Rajya 120. Which is the capital of Assam? elected by
106. Who has the authority to issue Sabha?
one rupee currency note in India? A. Dispur A. Members of the Lok Sabha
A. 6 years C. Permanent B. Raipur B. Members of the Rajya Sabha
A. Reserve Bank of India
B. 5 years D. None of these C. Imphal C. Members of Lok Sabha and
B. Union Finance Ministry
C. State Bank of India D. Panaji Rajya Sabha
114. Who appoints the Prime D. Members of State Assemblies
D. President of India Minister of India? 121. Who is India’s Vice-President?
107. Which one of the following A. Lok Sabha A. L.K. Advani 128. The second largest spoken
distributions is continuous? B. Rajya Sabha B. K.R. Narayanan language in India is
A. Binomial C. Normal C. President of India C. Krishna Kant A. Tamil C. Punjabi
B. Poisson D. None of these. D. Chief Justice of India D. None of them B. Bengali D. Telugu
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129. When was the partition of
Bengal revoked by the British
Government?
A. 1911 A.D. C. 1917 A.D.
B. 1914 A.D. D. 1919 A.D.
130. Quit India Movement was
adopted by Indian National
Congress at
A. Bombay C. Pune
B. Ahmedabad D. Calcutta
131. Who was the President of the
Indian National Congress during
Moderate-Extremist split?
A. Rashbehari Bose
B. Pheroze Shah Mehta
C. Madan Mohan Malaviya
D. Bipin Chandra Pal
132. Who was the President of
Indian National Congress
during 1886, 1889 and 1906?
A. A.O. Hume
B. Badruddin Tyabji
C. W.C. Banerjee
D. Dadabhai Naoroji
133. Dadabhai Naoroji is a (an)
A. moderate
B. extremist
C. terrorist
D. none of these
134. Bal Gangadhar Tilak is
A. a moderate
B. an extremist
C. a terrorist
D. none of these
135. Who among the following are
the extremists?
A. Dadabhai Naoroji and
Badruddin Tyabji
B. Surendranath Banerjee and
Madan Mohan Malaviya
C. W.C. Banerjee and Pheroze
Shah Mehta
D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Shri
Aurobindo
136. Who established the Bihari
Students Conference?
A. Sri Aurobindo
B. W.C. Banerjee
C. Bipin Chandra Pal
D. Rajendra Prasad
137. Who drafted the first Indian
Draft Swaraj Constitution?
A. Vijyaraghavachariar
B. T.T. Krishnamachari
C. B.R. Ambedkar
D. Jawaharlal Nehru
138. Who prepared the Preamble of
the Indian Constitution?
A. B.R. Ambedkar
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Jawaharlal Nehru
D. Rajendra Prasad
139. Who founded the English
Weekly ‘New India’?
A. Bipin Chandra Pal
B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C. Dadabhai Naoroji
D. Lala Lajpat Rai
140. Who among the following is
remembered as Lokmanya?
A. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B. Bipin Chandra Pal
C. Lala Lajpat Rai
D. Dadabhai Naoroji
141. An artificial gene was created in
a test tube in 1970 by
A. Khurana
B. Wilhelm
C. Watson
D. Crick.
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142. The Moplah Rebellion was 149. Which one of the following
broken out in 1921 in? vitamins is produced in the
A. Kerala sunrays?
B. Punjab A. Vitamin A C. Vitamin C
C. Madras
B. Vitamin B D. Vitamin D
D. Uttar Pradesh
150. Who is the author of ‘Discovery
143. The boundary between India and
Pakistan was demarcated by of God’?
A. Sir Cyril Radcliffe A. Raziq Zakaria
B. Lord Mountbatten B. Abdul Kalam
C. Lord Dalhousie C. Dr.S. Radhakrishnan
D. Lawrence D. None of them
144. Who among the following 151. Who is the Secretary-General
attended the three Round Table of UNO in 2001?
Conferences?
A. Kofi Annan C. George Bush
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Madan Mohan Malaviya B. Robert D. Bill Clinton
C. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 152. Who is awarded the Gandhi
D. B.R. Ambedkar Peace Prize for 2000?
145. Who inaugurated the individual A. Bill Clinton
Satyagraha in 1940?
B. Nelson Mandela
A. M.K. Gandhi C. K.R. Guptaji
B. Jawaharlal Nehru D. None of them
C. Acharya Vinoba Bhave
D. Sardar Vallbhbhai Patel 153. Who is India’s first ever woman
Foreign Secretary?
146. Against what did Gandhiji start
the Satyagraha Sabha in 1919? A. Chokila Iyer
A. Indian Council Act.1909 B. Padma Priya
B. Rowlatt Act C. Mamta Banerjee
C. Government of India Act, D. None of them
1919
D. Jallianwala Bag massacre 154. Who is the new Indian
Ambassador to USA in 2001?
147. Who is the author of ‘Wings of
Fire’? A. Lalit Mansingh
B. M.K. Rao
A. Khushwant Singh
C. K.C. Pant
B. Abdul Kalam
C. Arun Shourie D. None of them
D. Frank Moraes 155. The first recipient of Bharat
148. What is ‘Mir’? Ratna was
A. Russian Space Station A. Jawaharlal Nehru
B. American Space Station B. Govind Vallabh Pant
C. Indian Space Station C. B.C.Roy
D. None of these D. C.V.Raman
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156. Who is India’s Chief Election 163. Where is Agasthiar falls in Tamil 170. Which is the capital of 180. Fiscal Policy is connected with
Commissioner? Nadu? Bangladesh? A. public revenue and expenditure
A. M.S. Gill A. Courtallam A. Dhaka C. Lahore B. population
B. Kumarar Kovil B. Karachi D. None of these C. money issue
B. T.N. Seshan
C. Papanasam 171. In which conference, the D. exports and imports
C. P.K. Rao
D. Kalakkad Panchsheel was given? 181. 3:24 as to?
D. None of them
164. Where is Manonmaniam A. Bandung C. Bangalore A. 5:30 C. 7:35
157. Where would the bacterium B. Cairo D. None of these
E.Coli be readily found? Sundaranar University in Tamil B. 8:35 D. 8:64
Nadu? 172. Where is the headquarters of 182. What is the perimeter of the
A. Soil ILO?
A. Chennai C. Tiruchi triangle ABC formed by joining
B. Ponds A. Rome C. London
B. Thanjavur D. Tirunelveli the centres of the three circles?
C. Human intestine B. Mecca D. Geneva
D. Refuse dumps. 165. "Saraswati Pandaram" was a A
173. Among the following, which
A. kitchen C. library country has an Unwritten I
158. Who is the Registrar General
B. treasury D. shrine Constitution? C B
and Census Commissioner of III
India in 2001? 166. Which falls is called as ‘The Spa A. India C. France II
of the South’? B. Japan D. England
A. J.K. Banthia
A. Manimuthar 174. Where is Mount Abu? Radius of I is 3 cm
B. M.S. Gill
B. Kodaikanal A. India C. Pakistan Radius of II is 5 cm
C. T.N. Seshan Radius of III is 4 cm
D. None of them C. Courtallam B. China D. None of these
D. None of these 175. Where is the Indian Institute of A. 12 cm C. 24 cm
159. What was the average literacy Science? B. 15 cm D. 32 cm
rate according to 1991 census 167. Who among the following gave
a suitable definition for A. Bangalore C. Chennai 183. What is the value of the
in India? B. New Delhi D. Mumbai following determinant?
democracy?
A. 40 per cent C. 48 per cent 176. Nasik is on the banks of the river
A. Lincoln 8 3 2
B. 42 per cent D. 52 per cent B. Washington 11 4 3
A. Godavari C. Cauvery
160. Which among the following is C. J.F. Kennedy B. Sutlej D. Vaigai 14 5 4
the oldest dynasty? D. None of them 177. What book did V.O. A. 0 C. 10
Chidambaram author? B. 1 D. –15
A. Kanva C. Maurya 168. The first Indian to be the
B. Kushan D. Sunga President of UN General A. Meyyarivu 1
Assembly was B. Veera Viduthalai 184. 3+ 2+2 1
161. For what Mundandurai is C. Pennin Perumai 2

especially famous for? A. Indira Gandhi D. None of these

B. R. Venkataraman 5 19 4 5
A. 19 B. 5 C. 5 D. 4
A. Horses C. Tigers C. Vijayalakshmi Pandit 178. Who is the author of
B. Cows D. Dogs ‘Gitanjali’?
D. None of them 185. How many squares are there in
A. Tagore
162. For what Koonthankulam in 169. Remains of Roman civilization B. Bharathiyar the given figure?
Tamil Nadu is noted for? have been found in C. Bharathidasan
A. Birds D. Kannadasan
A. Arikamedu
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C. Teakwood C. Mohenjodaro A. Bank C. Committee
D. None of these D. Lothal B. Board D. Centre A. 10 B. 15 C. 8 D. 9
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186. If the vertex of a parabola is 194. If the day tomorrow is Sunday,

(2, 0) and the directrix is the what was it yesterday?
y-axis, then its focus is A. Wednesday C. Friday
A. (–2, 0) C. (–4, 0) B. Thursday D. Saturday
B. (4, 0) D. (3, 0) 195. If a clock strikes once at 1
O’clock, twice at 2 O’ clock, how

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187. If 54 = x , find x many times will it strike in 24
A. 72 C. 36 hours?

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B. 78 D. 12
0.5 + 0.5 × 0.5 = ?
188. 0.4 + 0.1 196. Complete the following series:
A. 0.5 C. 0.75 7, 8, 10, 13, 17, .........
B. 1.5 D. 0.05 A. 22 C. 30 JUST RELEASED
B. 25 D. 40
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189. If A is 3 and B is 2 of C then
197. The average of three numbers
A:B:C is is 28. The second number is

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A. 1:3:6 C. 3:1:6 twice the first. The third number
B. 2:3:6 D. 3:2:6 is twice the second. The three
190. OA = 2i + j, and OB = i − j + k numbers in order are
are two vectors.The vector
perpendicular to both OA and
A. 12, 24, 48
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B. 3 i + k D. 198. For an auditorium 4 th of the
3 seats were occupied by boys and
191. How is 4 expressed as 3
8 th by girls. What percentage
percentage?
A. 0.75% C. 75%
of the audience consisted of
these children?
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B. 60% D. 7.5% A. 62.5% C. 75%
B. 70% D. 80%
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192. How is 2 % expressed as a WRITE TO :
199. Choose the one which is
decimal fraction?
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different from the rest three?
A. 0.5 C. 0.005 A. 11 C. 15
B. 0.05 D. 0.0005 B. 13 D. 17
200. Area under normal curve
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193. 7 of 644= between Z = − ∞ and Z=0 is
A. 640 C. 1460 A. 0.25 C. 0.50
B. 460 D. none of these B. –0.50 D. 0.75