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PAPER - IV (GENERAL STUDIES)
PREVIOUS PAPER - 2012
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The Australian Climate Commission warned that the world's sea levels could increase by the end of
21st century
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1) 1.5 meter 2) 3 meter 3) 2 meter 4) 1 meter
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In a move aimed at encouraging investment sentiment in the country, the Union Finance Ministry

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approved what percent of foreign direct investment in Insurance and Pension sector recently?
1) 29% 2) 49%

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3) 39% 4) 19%

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3. The German government has decided to shutdown all of its nuclear power plants by
1) 2017 2) 2020 3) 2022 4) 2025
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Who won first medal for India in London Olympics 2012?

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1) Abhinav Bindra 2) Vijender Singh

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3) Gagan Narang 4) Sushil Kumar
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Winner of EURO Cup 2012 is

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1) Italy 2) Spain 3) Germany 4) England
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India's first food bank has been established at
1) New Delhi 2) Mumbai 3) Chennai
.4) Kolkatan
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The US has launched 'Climate and Clean Air Condition' - a global initiative to combat climate change.

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Which of the following is the only Asian Country to be part of this initiative?
1) Bangladesh 2) Myanmar 3) India 4) Phillippines
8. Name the new President of France.

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1) Lucas papademos
3) George kirtos
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4) Francois Hollande
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Which of the Gulf Country has granted voting rights to woman recently?
1) Bahrain

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2) Qatar 3) Yemen 4) Saudi Arabia

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10. The Tagore University for Liberal Arts, established by Human Resource Development as University for

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Innovation Programme will be set up at

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1) Pune 2) Kolkata 3) Bangalore 4) Guwahati
11. Which of the following states will set up 200 Hi-tech Dairy units to books milk production?

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1) Punjab 2) Haryana
Where was the Global Agri - Business met 2012 held?
1) China 2) Singapore
3) Andhra Pradesh

3) India
4) Tamilnadu

4) Bangladesh
13. Khandelwal Committee is associated with
1) Education 2) Transport 3) Banking 4) Telecom

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14. Which country banned the US - sanctioned Iranian ships from entering its water?
1) Japan 2) Maldives 3) Afghanistan 4) India
15. Which Pakistani origin woman is appointed as Norway's new culture minister?
1) Hina Rabbani Khar 2) Sharmila Forooqui

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3) Kashmal Tariq 4) Hadia Tajik

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16. As per QS world University rankings 2011 - 12, which is number one University for the world?
1) Oxford University
3) Harvard University
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2) Massachsetss Institute of Technology
4) Stanford University

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17. The world's longest bus that runs on biofuel was started in
1) Brazil 2) Russia 3) China 4) Australia
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Whom of the following is appointed as UN good will ambassador for UN AIDS?

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1) Sachin Tendulkar
3) Aishwarya Rai
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4) Amitab Bachan
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Brajesh Mishra, who passed away recently was the first ........ advisor.

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1) Finance
3) National security
2) Science and Technology
4) Telecom
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Justice Altamas Kabir recently sworn in as the ...th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India.

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1) 39 2) 38 3) 37 4) 40
21. Whom of the following is the newly appointed Secretary General of Rajya Sabha?
1) Vivek Kumar Agnihotri 2) Shumsher K Sharif
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3) T.K. Vishwanadhan

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4) U.K. Bansal
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22.
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Which of the following has agreed to grant a loan to improve the water quality of the Yamuna river in
Delhi
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1) European Union 2) United Nations

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1) Amul 2) Mother Dairy p
Verghese Kurian who passed away recently was associated with

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24.

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Who got the 20th Rajiv Gandhi Sadhbhavan National Award?

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1) Spice Macay 2) Wahiduddin Khan
3) D.R. Mehta 4) Shanta Sinha
25.
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Ebrahim Alkazi, who has been Confirmed France's Cultural Award in significantly contributed to

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1) Indian Dance 2) Indian Theatre 3) Indian Music 4) Indian Cinema
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Who is the present Chairman of the Senior National Cricket Selection Committee?
1) Rahul Dravid 2) Vengsarkar 3) Srikanth 4) Sundeep Patil
According to economic freedom of the world; 2012 rankings, which of the following secured first
place?
1) Australia 2) Newzealand 3) Singapore 4) Hong Kong

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28. In which country was the world's biggest women-only University inaugurated recently.
1) China 2) Saudi Arabia 3) Indonesia 4) Spain
29. Good luck Jonathan is the President of which country?
1) Ghana 2) Sudan 3) Nigeria 4) South Sudan

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30.
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India and one of its neighbour have recently opened their first border 'haat', a common market place.
Which is that bordering country?
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1) Bangladesh 2) Nepal 3) Pakistan

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4) Bhutan
31. The battle of Plassey was fought in the year ........
1) 1782 2) 1757 3) 1748
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32.

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The theory of economic drain of India during British imperialism was propounded by
1) Dhadhabhai Naoroji

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3) R.C. Dutt 4) M.K. Gandhi
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1) Robert Clive d
The treaty of Srirangapatna was signed between Tipu Sultan and

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2) Warren Hastings 3) Cornwallis 4) Dalhousie
34.

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The use of Kharoshthi in ancient Indian architecture is the result of India's contact with

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1) China 2) Central Asia
Todal Mal was associated with
3) Iran 4) Greece

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1) Literature 2) Law

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3) Music 4) Land revenue reforms
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The title given by the British Government to Mahatma Gandhi which he surrendered during the non-
cooperation movement was
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1) Kaiser-e-Hind

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2) Hind Kesari

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3) Raj Bahadur

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'The Vedas contain all the truth' was interpreted by t
4) Rt. Honourable

1) Swami Vivekananda

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3) Swami Dayananda

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Tulsidas, the author of "Ramacharit - manas' was a contemporary of which of the following rulers?
1) Humayun

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2) Akbar 3) Shahjahan 4) Sher Shah Suri
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Ustat Mansur was a famous painter in the regime of

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1) Shahjahan 2) Humayun 3) Jahangir 4) Akbar

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40. The up rising of 1857 was described as the first Indian war of Independence by

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1) R.C. Mazumdar 2) V.D. Savarkar 3) S.N. Sen 4) B.G. Tilak
41. The term 'nishka' which meant an ornament in the Vedic period was used in later times to denote ......
1) Coin 2) Weapon 3) Agricultural implement 4) Script
42. The name by which Ashoka is generally referred to in his inscriptions is
1) Dharmakirti 2) Dharmaveda 3) Chakravarti 4) Priyadarsi

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43. The Muslim League advocated a separate Muslim State ...........
1) During the Khilafat Movement
2) As its birth
3) In 1930, when it opposed the Civil Disobedience Movement

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4) At the Lahore session of 1940

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44. 'Quwwat-ul-Islam' Mosque was built by
1) Iltutmish
3) Qutub-ud-din Aibak
2) Alauddin Khilji

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4) Mohammad Adilshah

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45. The city of Dhillaka (Delhi) was founded by
1) Tomaras 2) Pratiharas 3) Chauhans 4) Pawaras
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In his works, Kalidas exhibits a particular leaning towards the worship of

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1) Vishnu 2) Durga

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The inscription which proves Chandragupta's sway over western India is
4) Shiva

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1) Sopara - Rock Edict of Ashoka 2) Kalinga Rock Edict

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3) Girnar Rock Edict of Ashoka
The Panchatantra was written during the
4) Junagarh Rock Edict of Rudradaman

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1) Gupta period 2) Sultanate period

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3) Later vedic period 4) Maurya period
49. Who among the following is the author of the book "yogasutra"?
1) Viswamitra 2) Vasishtha 3) Patanjali
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4) Manu

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50. The great Scholar, Banabhatta lived during the reign of
1) Harsha 2) Kanishka 3) Ashoka 4) Chandragupta-II
51. What is the birth place of Adi Shankara Charya?

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1) Kalady 2) Sriperumbudur 3) Sringeri 4) Vaishali
52.

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What was the type of marriage in the Vedic period in which, in place of the dowry, there was a token

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bride price of a cow and a bull
1) Arsa 2) Gantharva 3) Asura 4) Rakshasa
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Which of the following dynasties patronised the famous Kailsash temple at Ellora?

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1) Gupta

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How many members of the Lok Sabha must support a motion of no confidence in the government,

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before it can be admitted by the speaker?
1) 35 2) 50 3) 25 4) 20
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In which of the following states seats reserved in the Legislative Assembly on the basis of religion?
1) Jammu & Kashmir 2) Sikkim 3) Kerala 4) Goa
56. Which amendment seeks to extend reservation for the Scheduled Castes, Tribes and Anglo Indian upto
January, 2020?
1) 95th 2) 94th 3) 93rd 4) 92nd

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57. The objective of the Morley - Minto Reforms was
1) to abolish the post of secretary of state of India
2) to give more powers to local Government
3) extension of provincial assemblies

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4) none of these

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58. From which constitution did we borrow the concept of our Federation?
1) Irish Constitution
3) German Constitution
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2) Australian Constitution
4) Canadian Constitution
59.

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Article 21 of the Fundamental Rights deals with which subject?
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2) Protection in respect of conviction of offence
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1) Protection of certain rights regarding freedom of speech

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3) Protection of life and personal liberty
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4) Protection against arrest and detention in certain cases

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60. Which article of our constitution forbids child labour

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1) Article 24 2) Article 36 3) Article 18 4) Article 28
Which Supreme Court Judgement pronounced that Fundamental Rights can not be abridged?

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1) Kesavanand Bharti Vs. State of Kerala

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2) Golak Nath Vs. State of Punjab
3) Indira Gandhi Vs. Rajnarayan
4) Shankari Prasad Vs. Union of India
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62. Which constitutional article empowers amendment in the constitution of India?
1) Article 356 2) Article 368 3) Article 359 4) Article 357
63. Adhoc Committees in Parliament are ...........

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1) Committee on Draft Five Year Plan

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2) Committee in the conduct of certain members during the President address

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3) Select or Joint Committee on Bills

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4) All the above
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Which one of the following Fundamental Rights is guaranteed only to the citizen of India and not to
the foreign living in India?

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1) Right to life and liberty

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2) Equality before law and equal protection of law
3) Freedom of speech and expression
4) Right to the freedom of religion
65. Which constitution Article defines qualifications for Indian Citizen for election to a state Legislature?
1) Article 173 2) Article 177 3) Article 175 4) Article 178

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66. Which article of the Indian Constitution mentions disqualification of members in the Parliament?
1) Article 101 to 104 2) Article 102 to 106
3) Article 106 to 110 4) Article 101 to 105
67. Which union territory became the 25th state of India?

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1) Sikkim 2) Goa 3) Mizoram
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4) Arunachal Pradesh

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68. The Preamble to the constitution was proposed before the Drafting Committee by

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1) B.R. Ambedkar 2) B.N. Rau 3) Sardar Patel
Which of the following is a committee on Panchayat Raj Institution
b h 4) Jawaharlal Nehru

1) Abid Hussain Committee

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2) Khusro Committee

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3) Ashok Mehta Committee

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Gandhian Principles have been enumerated in the ........... of Indian Constitution
1) Preamble
3) Fundamental Rights
d up 2) Fundamental duties
4) Directive Principles
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The concept of a welfare state is included in the constitution of India in the

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1) Fundamental Rights
2) Directive Principles of State Policy

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3) Preamble

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4) Fourth Schedule
72. Among the following who had done pioneering work on Indian National Income?
1) V.K.R.V. Rao 2) P.N. Dhar 3) Prof. Shenoi
a . 4) Jagdish Bhagwati
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Which of the following is not a method of estimating national income?
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1) Income method
3) Export-import method
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2) Expenditure method
4) Value-added method
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Fresh evaluation of every item of expenditure from the very beginning of each financial year is called

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1) Deficit Budgeting 2) Performance Budgeting
3) Zero-based budgeting 4) Fresh Budgeting
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Car making company Audi, belongs to which country?

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1) Korea 2) France 3) Italy 4) Germany
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Rating Agency Moody's down graded the ratings of which of the Private Sector banks?

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1) ABN Amra and HSBC 2) ICICI and Axis Bank
3) Standard Charted and Barclays 4) HDFC and Indus Ind Bank
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'IRDP' (Integrated Rural Development Programme) was introduced in the year.
1) 1978 - 79 2) 1979 - 80 3) 1980 - 81 4) 1981 - 82
Which Panel has been appointed by Finance Ministry to review the service tax issues?
1) Rastogi Panel 2) Rangarajan Panel
3) Abhijitsen Panel 4) Ahluwalia Panel

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79. 'NABARD' was established in
1) Fourth Plan 2) Fifth Plan 3) Sixth Plan 4) Eighth Plan
80. The largest single commodity carried by the Indian Railway is
1) coal 2) iron and steel 3) wheat 4) cotton

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81.
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Who was the Chairman of the working group of Planning Commission which suggested the shifting of
base year of wholesale price Index from 1993 - 94 to 1999 - 2000?
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1) Dr. C.Rangarajan

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2) Prof. A.R. Khusro
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3) Prof. Janakiraman
Asam Admi Bima Yojana provides Social Security to
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4) Prof. Abhijit Sen

1) All labourers in rural areas

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2) All labourers in urban areas

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3) All labourers in both rural and urban areas

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4) All landless labourers living below poverty line in rural areas
The basis of determining Dearness Allowance to employees in India is .............

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1) Consumer Price Index
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3) Percapital Income
Project Sankalp is associated with the elimination of
4) None of these

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1) Illiteracy 2) Polio 3) HIV/AIDS
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4) Unemployment

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85. What is Hawala?
1) Tax evasion

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2) Illegal transactions of foreign exchange
3) Illegal trading of shares
4) Scams in tenders
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86. Which of the following Pairs in not correct?

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1) I Plan : 1951 - 56
p 2) III Plan : 1966 - 71

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3) VI Plan : 1980 - 85

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In which of the following years, the National Food Processing Policy was formulated?
1) 2002

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Which of the following is not a direct tax?

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1) Sales tax 2) Estate tax 3) Corporation tax 4) Wealth tax

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89. Development expenditure of the Central Government does not include
1) Grant to states
2) Expenditure on economic services
3) Defence expenditure
4) Expenditure on social and community services

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90. Which of the following Committees is related with Capital market reforms?
1) Kelkar Committee 2) Naresh Chandra Committee
3) Malegam Committee 4) Swaminathan Committee
91. The system of value added taxation is applicable to

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1) Excise duties
3) Estate duty
2) Income tax

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4) Taxes on agriculture income
92. Among the remedies of inflation we cannot include

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1) Better capacity utilisation
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2) Lowering bank rate

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3) Reducing budgetory deficit 4) An efficient public distribution system
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1) 1985 2) 1986 a
The Board of Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) came into existence in

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The banks are required to maintain a certain ratio between their cash in the hand and total assets. This

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is called

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1) Central Bank Reserve (CBR)
3) Central Liquid Ratio (CLR)
2) Statutory Bank Ratio (SBR)
4) Statutory Liquid Ratio (SLR)
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The Industrial Investment Bank of India was earlier known as the

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1) IDBI 2) IRBI 3) IRDA 4) None
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Which of the following formulates the fiscal policy for the country?

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1) Ministry of Finance 2) Finance Commission

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3) Reserve Bank of India 4) Planning Commission
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1) 408 2) 508 3) 308 h
As per provisional population data of census 2011, the population density of Andhra Pradesh is

b 4) 277
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As per provisional population data census 2011, India's population growth rate for the period

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2001 - 2011 is ...
1) 17.64% 2) 21.65% 3) 18.12% 4) 17.19%
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Which of the following has become the 8th member of SAARC?

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1) Myanmar 2) Maurtius 3) China 4) Afghanistna

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100. Economics is the science of wealth, who gave this definition?

n 2) Marshal 3) Adam Smith 4) Richard Jones

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101. For which International University, Amartya Sen is appointed as the Chancellor?

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1) South Asian 2) Nalanda 3) Noida 4) Symbiosis
102. Consider the following statements

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A. Mirror and water form a prism
B. Splitting of light into colours is process as disperson of light
C. Rainbow is a natural phenomena of dispersion.
Which of the above are true?
1) A and C only 2) C only 3) All the above 4) B only

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103. The hydraulic brakes used in automobiles is based on
1) Archimedes principle 2) Toricellion law
3) Bernoulli's theorem 4) Pascal's law
104. Consider the following statements:

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A. Storage Batteries are store houses of electrical energy

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B. The energy is stored in the form of Chemical Charge
C. Most common storage battery is lead acid
Which of the above are true?
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1) A only

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2) All the above
3) A and B only
105. The tape of a tape recorder is coated with
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1) Ferro magnetic powder

3) Mica
d up 2) Copper sulphate
4) Zinc oxide

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106. In on ordinary dry cell, the electrolyte is
1) Sulphuric Acid 2) Manganees dioxide

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3)Ammonium Chloride 4) Zinc
107. Light from the nearest star (Other than the sun) reaches the earth is
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1) 4.24 years 2) 4.24 seconds

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3) 424 seconds 4) 0.424 years

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108. In the ordinary fire extinguisher, Carbon dioxide is generated by the reaction of
1) Marble powder and dilute Hydro Chloric Acid

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2) Sodium bicarbonate and dilute Sulphuric Acid
3) Lime stone and dilute Sulphuric Acid
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4) Magnesite and dilute Hydro Chloric Acid

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109. What happens in Oxidation?

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1) Gain in electrons 2) Gain of hydrogen
3) Combustion

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110. Carboxylic acid containing one Carbon atom is called
4) Loss of electrons

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1) Formic Acid 2) Butric Acid 3) Acetic Acid 4) Propanoic Acid

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111. Artificial flavour for orange is obtained from
1) Amyl acetate 2) Isoamylvalcrate

w3) Methyl butyrate 4) Octyl acetate

112. If the distance between the earth sun were twice what it is now, the gravitational force exerted on the
earth by the sun would be
1) Twice as large it is now 2) Half on what it is now
3) Four times as large as it is now 4) One-fourth of what it is now.

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113. The science dealing with the study of Phenomena at very low temperature is known as
1) Frozenics 2) Cytogenics 3) Cryogenics 4) Refregenics
114. Galvanised iron sheets have a coating of
1) Tin 2) Lead 3) Zinc 4) Chromium

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115. The thermometer suitable to measure 2000C is

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1) Vapour Pressure thermometer 2) Total Radiation pyrometer.
3) Gas Thermometer
116. The velocity of light first measured by h
4) Mercury thermometer

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1) Roemer 2) Einstein

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3) Galileo
i 4) Rutherford
117. Which of the following is most viscous?
1) Water 2) Gasoline
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3) Alcohol 4) Honey

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1) The fish becomes dehydrated and dies u
118. A healthy fresh water fish is placed in salt water. The expected consequence of this would be that

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2) The fish becomes bloated and dies

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3) The fish suffers from fungal or bacterial disease and dies
4) There is not observable effect to the fish provided there is sufficient food.

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119. A difference of 1 degree id longitude at the equator is equivalent to nearly

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1) 101 Km 2) 111 Km 3) 121 Km 4) 125 Km
120. Centigrade and Farhenheat scales give some reding at
1) -32 2) -100 3) -273
a . 4) -40

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121. A barrel of crude oil is equal to
A. 42 us gallon B. 159 litre C. 100 litre D. 25 us gallon
Which of the above is/are correct?

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1) Only A 2) Only B

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122. When the speed of a body is halved, its kinetic energy becomes
1) One-fourth 2) Half 3) Quadruple 4) Double
123. Numismatics is the study of

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1) Flags

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124. Which of the following gases is used for ripening the fruits?
4) Metals

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1) Methane 2) Ethane 3) Ethylene 4) Acetylene

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125. Which of the following organ in human body produces albumin?
1) Bone narrow 2) Pancreas 3) Spleen 4) Liver
126. After the first photons of light are produced, which process is responsible for amplification of the light?
1) Blackbody Radiation 2) Einstein Oscillation
3) Stimulated emission 4) Planck's Radiation

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127. Oil is sprinkled on stagnant wate as it:
A. Lowers the surface tension of water
B. Drowns and kills the mosquito larva
C. Repels mosquitoes due its pungent smell.

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Choose the correct statement(s) from the above

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1) Only A 2) Only B 3) A and B only 4) A, B and C

1) Ibuprofen
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128. Asprin can be found in many household cabinets. But what is it chemically?
2) Acetysalicylic acid
3) Paracetamol

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4) Acetaminophen

1) Gravitational force
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129. When the milk is Churned, the cream separate from it due to the

up
2) Frictional force
3) Centripetal force 4) Centrifugal force

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130. Which of the following gases is green in colour

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1) Chlorine 2) Hydrogen 3) Neon 4) Krypton

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131. What does the word 'ayurveda' literally mean?
1) Health care

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2) Science of studying Indian medicines

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3) Science of Life
4) Curing diseases using Indian methods
132. Which of the following is the best conductor of electricity?
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1) Aluminum 2) Silver 3) Copper

b h 4) Iron
133. Prothrombin which helps in clotting of blood is released by
1) Lyphocytes 2) Erythrocytes
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3) Monocytes 4) Blood platelets

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134. Most of the red, blue and purple colours of plants are due to a pigment called
1) Anthocyanin 2) Carotene

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135. Pollution by air craft?

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1) Includes emission of high levels of carbon monoxide
2) Includes emission of water vapour

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3) Includes emission of nitrogen oxides at high levels in the atmosphere

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4) is neglibible
136. On which of the following plants did Gregor Mendal perform his classical experiment?

w1) Gram 2) Maize

137. Pigmentation of skin is due to
1) lymphocytes 2) Monocytes
3) Pea

3) Leucocytes
4) Wheat

4) Melanocytes
138. The shape of Carbon dioxide molecule is
1) Trigonal 2) Linear 3) Octahedral 4) Tetrahedral

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139. Match stick's black material is mainly made up of
1) Sodium 2) Phosphorus 3) Charcoal 4) Coke
140. The stones formed in human kidney consist mostly of
1) Magnesium sulphate 2) Calcium 3) Sodium acetate

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4) Calcium oxalate
141. Which of the following minerals are found in natural way?

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A. Bauxite B. Ironore C. Dolamite D. Tin

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Selected the correct answer from the below
1) a, b, c and d 2) a, b and c 3) b and d only 4) a and c only
142. Expand NASSCOM

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2) National Association of Software and Service Companiesa
1) National Association of Services and Software Companies

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3) National Association of Safety and Services Companies

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4) National Association of Services and Safety Companies

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143. Who was appointed as the Chief Economic Advisor in the Finance Ministry?

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1) G.K. Vasan 2) Mukul Ray 3) Raghuram Rajan 4) Ajay Maken
144. Which of the following countries is the largest supplier of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) to India?

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1) Iran 2) Kuwait 3) UAE 4) Qatar

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145. The Champion of Vijay Hazare Cricket Trophy in 2012 is
1) West Bengal 2) Mumbai 3) Punjab

a .4) Karnataka
146. Which among the following body promoted Securities Trading Corporation of India Limited (STCI)
jointly with the Public Sector Banks?

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1) SEBI 2) RBI 3) IDBI 4) ICICI

1) Kamini 2) CIRUS t
147. Which among the following is India's largest indigenous Research and Production Nuclear Reactor?

a 3) Apsara 4) Dhruva

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148. Which among the following is not a part of the London Olympic 2012?
1) Table Tennis

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2) Triathlon 3) Base ball
149. Who among the following is the Chairman of National Knowledge Commission?
4) Tack Wondo

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1) Sam Pitroda 2) Deepak Nayyar
3) Nandan Nilekani 4) Puspha Bhargav

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150. Name the Italian tourist who was released by the Maoist in Orissa in in April 2012?

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1) Allen Carr 2) Giacomo Carr 3) Bosusco Paolo 4) Joel Melchiori
151. Which of the following states is the first state to ban all Gutka products containing tobacco or nicotinc

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under a new law?
1) Madhya Pradesh 2) Kerala 3) Delhi 4) Maharashtra
152. During the Indian freedom struggle, whom of the following founded the Prarthna Samaj?
1) Keshab Chandra Sen 2) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
3) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar 4) Atmaram Pandurang

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153. During the Civil Disobedience Movement, who led the 'Red shirts' of North-Western India?
1) Shaukat Ali 2) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
3) Mohammad Ali Jinnah 4) Abdul Kalam Azad
154. Which one of the following battles was fought between Babar and the Rajputs in 1527?

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1) The Battle of Chanderi 2) The first Battle of Panipat

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3) The Battle of Khanwa 4) The Battle of Ghagra

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155. Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa in...
1) 1915 2) 1912 3) 1913 4) 1916
156. Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS) was founded in...

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1) 1922 2) 1926

r a3) 1923 4) 1925

157. What was the name of the periodical published by Mahatma Gandhi during his stay in South Africa?
1) Afrikaner 2) Navjivan

d up 3) India Gazette 4) Indian Opinion

158. Which of the following political parties/ organizations were established by Dr. B.R Ambedkar?

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A) Swaraj Party B) Samaj Samata Sangh
C) All India Scheduled Castes Federation D) The Independent Labour Party

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1) b, c and d 2) a, b and d 3) a, c and d
159. Who is the new LokAyukta of the state of Andhra Pradesh?
4) a, b and c

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1) Justice A. Seetha Ram Reddy 2) Justice B. Subhashan Reddy

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3) Justice S. Ananda Reddy 4) None of these
160. The 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to...
a .
1) Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland

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2) John B. Gurdon and Shinya yamanaka
3) Robert. J. Lefkowitz and Brian K. Kobilka
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4) Dan Shechfman and Bruc A. Beutler

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161. When is the World Tourism day celebrated?

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1) September 27 2) October 27 3) July 27 4) June 27

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1) Admiral Nirmal Kumar a
162. Who is the present new navy chief?
2) Admiral Sureesh Mehta

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3) Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi

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4) Admiral Bikram Singh

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163. Atmospheric pressure depends on
A) Altitude B) Temperature C) Earth rotation D) Moon's pull

w1) a, b, c, and d 2) b and c

164. For the formation of frost, there should be
A) a clear sky
3) a and b

B) little or no wind
4) a, b and c

C) low relative humidity D) air temperature at or below 0C

1) a, b and c 2) a, b and d 3) a, c and d 4) a, b, c and d

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165. Match the following
Crops Chief Producer
a. Coffee 1) Kerala
b. Cotton 2) Gujarat

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c. Tapioca
d. Tobacco
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Tamil Nadu
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e. Chillies 5) Karnataka
1) a-1 b-2 c-3 d-4 e-5 2) a-4 b-5 c-3 d-2 e-1 3) a-3 b-5 c-3 d-2 e-1 4) a-5 b-2 c-1 d-3 e-4

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166. Which of the following is east of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands?

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1) Indonesia 2) Srilanka 3) Thailand 4) All of them
167. Alakananda and Bhagirathi join at
1) Rudra Prayag 2) Devprayag
p r3) Rishikesh 4) Prayag
168. The Saka year 1932 corresponds to

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1) 2010

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2) 2009 3) 2011
169. The approximate length of Northern Himalayan Mountain wall is
4) 2012

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1) 1400 km
e 2) 3400 km 3) 2400 km 4) 4400 km

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170. The Ganga in Bangladesh is known as

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1) Nubra 2) Bhagirathi 3) Rupnarayan
171. Which of the following states is the largest producer of Soyabean?
4) Padma

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1) Bihar 2) Madhya Pradesh 3) Uttar Pradesh

a .4) West Bengal

172. Which of the Indian states is known as India's spice Garden?
1) Kerala 2) Andhra Pradesh
b
3) Tamil Nadu h 4) Karnataka

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173. Name the annual fair of Rajasthan that is famous for its Camel trading event?
1) Pushkar Mela 2) Kumbha Mela

r a 3) Suraj Kund Mela

174. Which of the following states has more number of Domestic Airports?
4) Sonepur Mela

1) Karnataka

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2) Tamil Nadu
p 3) Andhar Pradesh 4) Gujarat

1) Telugu d
175. Next to Hindi, the largest speaking language of India is... (As per 2001 Census)

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2) Bengali 3) Marathi 4) Tamil

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176. Which of the following was the first state to privatise its power distribution network?

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1) Gujarat 2) West Bengal 3) Orissa 4) Kerala

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177. Which wood is used to make pencils?
1) Mango 2) Cedar 3) Teak 4) Jack

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178. Block soil requires least tilling because
1) It is fertile
2) It is a lave origin
3) It has plenty of iron aluminium Compounds
4) It develops cracks on drying

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179. Which city is known as the Manchester of South India"?
1) Bengalore 2) Madurai 3) Coimbatore 4) Cochin
180. Which of the following oil seeds is both a karif and Rabi Crop?
1) Sesamum 2) Groundnut 3) Mustard 4) Soya bean

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181. Most of the natural Rubber demand in India is met by

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1) Kerala 2) Karnataka 3) Tamil Nadu 4) None of these

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182. The Buxa tiger reserve is situated in
1) Rajasthan 2) Madhya Pradesh 3) Bihar 4) West Bengal
183. Indian local time is based on

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1) 80 E Longitude
3) 110 E Longitude
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2) 82.5 E Longitude
4) 25 E Longitude

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184. Which of the following is the youngest mountain of India?
1) Aravalis

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2) Nilgiris 3) Himalayas 4) Vindhyachal

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185. The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute is located at
1) Goa

.e e 2) Cochin 3) Chennai
186. The major of the Narmada river flows through the Indian state of
4) Kolkata

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1) Rajasthan 2) Gujarat 3) Madhya Pradesh
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4) Maharashtra

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187. Which of the following cities is not situated on the bank of river Ganga?
1) Varanasi 2) Allahabad
188. India has the largest reserves of... in the world?
3) Kanpur

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4) Lucknow

1) thorium 2) uranium

b
3) platinum
h 4) plutonium

1) Hemamalini 2) Jaya Bachan i

189. The first woman film star nominated/elected to the Rajya Sabha was

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3) Rekha 4) Nargis Dutt

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190. Which of the following Chief Justices of India has acted as president of India?
1) P.N. Bhagwati
3) M. Hidayatullah
u p 2) P.B. Gajendragadkar
4) None of these

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191. To which of the following Bills the President must accord his Sanction without sending it back for fresh

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consideration?

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1) Ordinary Bills
2) Finance Bills

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3) Bill seeking Amendment to the constitution
4) Bills passed by the houses of the Parliament

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192. What is Zero hour?
1) When matters of utmost importance are raised without prior notice
2) When a money bill is introduced in the Lok Sabha
3) When the proposals of the oppositions are considered
4) Lunch Interval between the morning and afternoon sessions

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193. A Bill referred to a joint sitting of the two houses of the Parliament is to be passed by
1) 2/3rd majority 2) 3/4th majority
3) A simple majority 4) Absolute majority of total membership

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194. Which of the following Bills was discussed in the Lok Sabha but was withdraw before it could be
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discussed in the Rajya Sabha?
1) Hill Council Bill 2) Newspaper Employees Bill
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3) Benami Transaction Bill

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4) Defamatin Bill
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Opposition?
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195. Which Parliamentary Committee in India is normally Chaired by a prominent member of the

1) Public Accounts Committee

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2) Estimates Committee
3) Privileges Committee

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196. Which of the following did India acquire from France?
4) Committee on Government Assurances

1) Yanam 2) Mahe

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1) 14 days a
197. A money bill passed by the Lok Sabha has to be passed by Rajya Sabha within

n2) 21 days 3) 1 month 4) 3 months

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198. According to the constitution of India, the maximum number of members representing the Union

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Territories in the Lok Sabha can not exceed

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1) 10
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199. If a new state is to be created, which of the following schedules of the constitution must be amended?

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200. The name of the Laccadive, Minicoy and Aminidivi islands was changed to Lakshadweep by an Act of

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Parliament in
1) 1970 2) 1973 3) 1972 4) 1971

ANSWERS
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1-4; 2-2; 3-3; 4-3; 5-2; 6-1; 7-1; 8-4; 9-4; 10-1; 11-2; 12-1; 13-3; 14-4; 15-4; 16-2; 17-1; 18-3; 19-3; 20-1;

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21-2; 22-4; 23-1; 24-3; 25-2; 26-4; 27-4; 28-2; 29-3; 30-1; 31-2; 32-1; 33-3; 34-4; 35-4; 36-1; 37-3; 38-2;
39-3; 40-2; 41-1; 42-4; 43-4; 44-3; 45-1; 46-2; 47-2; 48-1; 49-3; 50-1; 51-1; 52-1; 53-2; 54-2; 55-1; 56-1;

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57-3; 58-4; 59-3; 60-1; 61-2; 62-2; 63-4; 64-3; 65-1; 66-1; 67-2; 68-4; 69-3; 70-4; 71-2; 72-1; 73-3; 74-3;
75-4; 76-2; 77-1; 78-1; 79-3; 80-1; 81-4; 82-4; 83-1; 84-3; 85-2; 86-2; 87-4; 88-1; 89-3; 90-3; 91-1; 92-2;

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93-4; 94-4; 95-2; 96-1; 97-3; 98-1; 99-4; 100-3; 101-2; 102-3; 103-4; 104-2; 105-1; 106-3; 107-1; 108-2;
109-4; 110-1; 111-4; 112-4; 113-3; 114-3; 115-2; 116-1; 117-4; 118-1; 119-2; 120-4; 121-3; 122-1; 123-2;

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124-3; 125-4; 126-3; 127-3; 128-2; 129-4; 130-1; 131-3; 132-2; 133-4; 134-1; 135-3; 136-3; 137-4; 138-2;
139-2; 140-4; 141-1; 142-2; 143-3; 144-4; 145-1; 146-2; 147-4; 148-3; 149-1; 150-3; 151-1; 152-4; 153-2;

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154-3; 155-1; 156-4; 157-4; 158-1; 159-2; 160-3; 161-1; 162-3; 163-4; 164-2; 165-4; 166-3; 167-2; 168-1;
169-3; 170-4; 171-2; 172-1; 173-1; 174-4; 175-2; 176-3; 177-2; 178-4; 179-3; 180-1; 181-1; 182-4; 183-2;
184-3; 185-2; 186-3; 187-4; 188-1; 189-4; 190-3; 191-2; 192-1; 193-3; 194-4; 195-1; 196-4; 197-1; 198-4;
199-3; 200-2.

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