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Question no. 1 : Who was the First Indian to go to  jail in performance of his duty as a journalist ?   
1) Dadabhai Naoroji 
2) Lokmanya Tilak   
3) G. K. Gokhale 
4) S. N. Banerjee
Question no. 2 : Match list I with list II and select  the correct answer using the codes given in the  alternatives.  
List I (Tiger Reserves)      List II (State)  
A. Bandipur                    1. Arunachal Pradesh  
B. Simlipal                      2. Uttar Pradesh  
C. Namdapha                 3. Karnataka  
D. Dudhwa                     4. Orissa  
 1) A - 1, B - 2, C - 3, D - 4  
 2) A - 3, B - 4, C - 1, D - 2  
 3) A - 4, B - 3, C - 2, D - 1  
 4) A - 2, B - 1, C - 4, D - 3  
Question no. 3 : If there were five Fridays in  February of 2008, then in the year 2012 which day  will appear five times in February ?  
 1) Monday 
 2) Tuesday  
 3) Thursday 
 4) Wednesday
Question no. 4 : In which medical treatment,  principles of osmosis are involved ?  
 1) blood transfusion 
 2) bypass surgery   
 3) dialysis 
 4) artificial breathing
Question no. 5 : ............. is acting as apex  institution to fulfil financial needs in the rural areas.   
1) R. B. I. 
2) S. B. I.  
3) District co. op. Bank 
4) NABARD
Question no. 6 : According to the Constitution of  India, a new All India service can be instituted with  the initiative taken by ..........  
 1) The Rajya Sabha.  
 2) The Lok Sabha.  
 3) The Inter-State council.  
 4) More than 2/3 of the states.  
Question no. 7 : Which of the following alphabets  represents Sudan in the following map ?

 1) A 
 2) B 
 3) D 
 4) C  
Question no. 8 : How many squares are there on a  chess board ?  
1) 64 
2) 168 
3) 204 
4) 256  
Question no. 9 : Which Indian ruler conquered  Java and Sumatra ?  
 1) Rajendra Chola I  
 2) Rajraja Chola I  
 3) Samudra Gupta  
 4) Gautamiputra Satakarni  
Question no. 10 : Match List I with List II and  select the correct answer using the codes given in  the alternatives :  
List I : Personalities      List II : Fields  
A. Jimmy Wales              1. Google  
B. Eric Schmidt               2. Wikipedia  
C. Biz stone                    3. Facebook  
D. Mark Zukerberg          4. Twitter   
 1) A - 1, B - 2, C - 3, D - 4  
 2) A - 4, B - 3, C - 2, D - 1  
 3) A - 3, B - 4, C - 1, D - 2  
 4) A - 2, B - 1, C - 4, D - 3  
Question no. 11 : ‘Garibi Hatao’ slogan was given  in ........... five year plan.  
 1) third 
 2) fourth 
 3) fifth 
 4) sixth
Question no. 12 : Which statements amongst the  following is/are not true about the stem cells ?  
a) They are not specialised.  
b) They can divide and renew themselves for a longer period.  
c) They are found only in the embryonic stage.  
d) None of the above.  
 1) a, b and c 
 2) a and b  
 3) b and d 
 4) c only  
Question no. 13 : In which part of India maximum  bio-diversity is found ?  
 1) Purvanchal 
 2) Great Indian desert  
 3) Karnataka plateau 
 4) Gangetic plain
Question no. 14 : At the grass root level of  Panchayat raj institutions, Gramsabha consists of  ..........  
 1) entire population of the village.  
 2) persons registered in the electoral rolls of   the village.  
 3) all adults in the village.  
 4) all of the above    
Question no. 15 : The paintings of Ajanta depict  the stories of ......  
 1) Jataks 
 2) Ramayana  
 3) Mahabharata 
 4) Panchatantra  
Question no. 16 : The five year plans are approved  by ............  
 1) Planning Commission.  
 2) The Council of Ministers.  
 3) National Development Council.  
 4) Public Accounts Committee.  
Question no. 17 : Which strain of virus causes bird  flue ?  
 1) H₂N₂
 2) H₃N₁ 
 3) H₁N₄ 
 4) H₅N₁    
Question nos. 18 and 19 : Numbers are written  according to a certain rule. Identify the rule and by  applying the same rule, determine the number at the  question mark ?  
18. 

1) 13

2) 26

3) 14

4) 33
19. 

1) 12

2) 09

3) 18

4) 08
Question no. 20 : Match list I with list II and select  the correct answer using the codes given in the  alternatives.  
 List I (Author)                 List II (Book)  
 A. Arvind Adiga            1. The Inheritance of Loss  
 B. Arundhati Roy         2. The White Tiger  
 C. Kiran Deasi             3. Midnight’s Children  
 D. Salman Rushdie     4. God of Small Things
 1) A - 3, B - 2, C - 1, D - 4  
 2) A - 2, B - 1, C - 3, D - 4  
 3) A - 2, B - 4, C - 1, D - 3  
 4) A - 1, B - 2, C - 3, D - 4  
Question no. 21 : The British, for the first time,  conceded the demand for partition of India into two  parts under ........  
 1) Cabinet Mission plan.  
 2) Cripps Mission plan.  
 3) Simla Pact of 1945.  
 4) Mountbatten plan.  
Question no. 22 : If TRUCK = 146, CAR = 44, then/Va BUS = ?  
 1) 86 
 2) 84 
 3) 74 
 4) 96  
Question no. 23 : If A + B + C = 6 and R–O = 3 then / Va I ⋅D = ?   
1) 36 
2) 13 
3) 40 
4) 44  
Question no. 24 : Which of the following rivers is  a distributary ?  
 1) Tista 
 2) Hoogali  
 3) Chambal 
 4) Sabarmati 
Question no. 25 : Which of the following  statements are true about Raja Rammohan Roy ?  
1) His book on Christianity incorporated the moral  spiritual precepts of Jesus, as well as, narrations  of miracles.  
2) He defended the Vedanta philosophy from the  ignorant attacks of the Christians.  
3) In the meeting of the Brahmo Samaj he allowed  the Vedas to be read by all non-brahmins.  
4) He incorporated the best teachings of other  religions as well.  
 1) 1, 2 and 3 
 2) 3 and 4  
 3) 2, 3 and 4 
 4) 1, 2 and 4  
Question no. 26 : Which of the following sectors is  attracting the highest FDI ?  
 1) Electrical equipments  
 2) Information Technology  
 3) Telecommunication  
 4) Transportation  
Question no. 27 : Modern Periodic table is a result  of combination of Mendeleev’s theory and .........  
 1) Relativity theory.  
 2) Electronic configuration of atom.  
 3) Bohr’s atomic theory.  
 4) Quantum theory.  
Question no. 28 : Consider the following  statements regarding the Constitution.  
A) Directive principles of state policy was derived  from Canadian Constitution.  
B) India as a union of states with greater powers to  the union was derived from Australian Constitution.  
Which of the above statement/s is / are correct ?  
 1) Only A 
 2) Only B  
 3) both A and B 
 4) Neither A nor B  
Question no. 29 : In the adjoining figure

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m∠A + m∠B + m∠C + m∠D + m∠E = ?   
1) 180^o
2) 270^o
3) 135^o 
4) 300^o  
Question no. 30 : Diamond is the hardest material  because of ..........  
 1) two dimensional carbon network.   
 2) three dimensional carbon network.   
 3) catenation power.  
 4) none of the above   
Question no. 31 : Which of the following  statements are correct with regard to the Indian  National Army (INA) ?  
1) On 15 July 1942, the INA was formed as an  organised body of troops.  
2) Capt. Mohan Singh became the commanding  officer of the INA.  
3) Those who faced the INA trials were - Capt.  Mohan Singh, Prem Sahgal, Shah Nawaz and  G. K. Dillon.  
 1) 1 and 2 
 2) 2 and 3  
 3) 1 and 3 
 4) All of the above
Question no. 32 : What is the average temperature  of earth’s atmosphere ?  
 1) 273 K 
 2) 298 K 
 3) 288 K 
 4) 310 K  
Question no. 33 : In an examination, 30% of the  students fail in Maths, 25% fail in English and 15%  in both. What is the percentage of students passing in both the subjects ? 
 1) 45% 
 2) 55% 
 3) 40% 
 4) 60% 
Question no. 34 : “Dhyan Chand Award” is related  to which of the following sports ?  
 1) Hockey 
 2) Foot Ball   
 3) Base Ball 
 4) Golf  
Question no. 35 : The elections to the Constituent  Assembly were held on the basis of ......   
 1) universal adult franchise.  
 2) equal franchise.  
 3) communal franchise.  
 4) restricted franchise.  
Question no. 36 : Who said, “The congress is  tottering to its fall and one of my greatest ambitions  while in India, is to assist it to a peaceful demise”?   
1) Lord Dufferin 
2) Lord Mayo   
3) Lord Minto 
4) Lord Curzon
Question no. 37 : The districts having female ratio  higher than the male number are indicated by......   

1) 1 and 2 
2) 2 and 3 
3) 1 and 4 
4) 1 and 3    

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Question no. 38 : Which of the following policies,  introduced by the Government to shed the load of  excess workers in the public sector, has succeeded ?   
 1) Exit policy  
 2) Voluntary retirement scheme  
 3) Compulsory retirement scheme  
 4) Lowering the retirement age  
Question no. 39 : If a pair of dice is thrown  together, what is the probability of getting a total of  7 ?  
1) 1/6 
2) 7/16 
3) 5/36 
4) 7/36  
Question no. 40 : Consider the following  statements :  
A) Haryana, Punjab and Chandigarh (Union  Territory) have a common High Court.  
B) National Capital Territory of Delhi has a High  Court of its own.  
Which of the above statement/s is / are correct ?   
 1) ‘A’ only 
 2) ‘B’ only  
 3) neither A nor B 
 4) Both A and B
Question no. 41 : How many members of Lok  Sabha are elected from Union territories ?  
 1) 18 
 2) 19  
 3) Not more than 25 
 4) Not more than 20 
Question no. 42 : Import of which of the following promotes maximum economic growth of a country?  
 1) capital goods 
 2) consumer goods  
 3) luxury goods 
 4) food items 
Question no. 43 : What is the maximum  permissible strength of the legislative assembly of  any state ?  
 1) 400 members 
 2) 425 members   
 3) 500 members 
 4) 545 members
Question no. 44 : Who is the author of the book,  ‘The Idea of Justice’?  
 1) Deepak Parekh 
 2) Amitav Ghosh   
 3) Amartya Sen 
 4) Mohmmad Yunus
Question no. 45 : Consider the following  statements :  
1) Jotiba Phule founded the Poona Sarvajanik  sabha.  
2) Jotiba Phule believed that education of the  masses would promote the process of Nation  building.  
3) Jotiba Phule also moved in the trade unions.  
4) Narayan Meghaji Lokhande, a trade union  activist was a prominent colleague of Jotiba  Phule.  
Which of these are correct ?  
 1) 1, 2, 3 and 4 
 2) 2, 3 and 4   
 3) 1, 2 and 4 
 4) 1 and 2  
Question no. 46 : ‘Usain Bolt’ is related to which  of the following sport event ?  
 1) Athletics 
 2) Swimming   
 3) High - Jump 
 4) Poll - Volt
Question no. 47 : Which of the following is the  correct sequence of the stations from Kolkata to  Mumbai rail route ?  
 1) Nagpur, Bhandara, Raipur, Jamshedpur   
 2) Bhandara, Nagpur, Raipur, Jamshedpur   
 3) Jamshedpur, Raipur, Bhandara, Nagpur   
 4) Raipur, Jamshedpur, Nagpur, Bhandara
Question no. 48 : The Binary system of 0 and 1  used in computers is based on .......  
 1) Linear Algebra 
 2) Boolean Algebra   
 3) Numerical Algebra 
 4) Basic Arithmatics
Question no. 49 : Prof. Dr. M. S. Swaminathan is  associated with ...... revolution.  
 1) Green 
 2) Blue 
 3) White 
 4) Silver
Question no. 50 : If a number A is divided by 7, the remainder is 5, then how much will be the remainder if the number 2A is divided by 7 ? 
 1) 10 
 2) 3 
 3) 4 
 4) 1  
Question no. 51 : The inclusion of fundamental  duties in the Constitution was welcomed ......  
 1) unanimously.  
 2) by the opposition parties.  
 3) by the ruling party.  
 4) by the bureaucratic structure.  
Question no. 52 : If AZ is multiplied by BZ, then  which of the following could be the answer ?   
 1) 1392 
 2) 875 
 3) 2298 
 4) 2917  
Question no. 53 : Outcome budget of Government  of India introduced from 2005 is a joint effort of the  Finance Ministry and ...........  
 1) Finance Commission.  
 2) Expenditure Commission.  
 3) Commerce Ministry.  
 4) Planning Commission.  
Question no. 54 : The leading buyers of Indian  exports are ...........  
 1) U.S.A., U.K., Japan and Germany.  
 2) Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, England.   
 3) Japan, Germany, Pakistan, U.S.A.  
 4) U.K., U.S.A., Sri Lanka, Pakistan.  
Question no. 55 : Which of the following works  were translated by William Jones ?  
1) Arthashastra 
2) Hitopdesha  
3) Gita Govind 
4) Shakuntalam  
 1) 1, 2, 3 and 4 
 2) 2, 3 and 4  
 3) 2 and 4 
 4) only 2  
Question no. 56 : ‘Galileo’ is a system developed  by ..............  
 1) The US 
 2) India 
 3) Russia 
 4) The EU
Question no. 57 : Ravindra Kelekar was awarded,  the highest literary award - Jnanpith, for his  writings in .............. language.  
 1) Kannada 
 2) Marathi   
 3) Konkani 
 4) Maithili  
Question no. 58 : Which of the following factors is  most responsible for origin of monsoon ?   
 1) Movement of Earth.  
 2) Inter Tropical conversion zone.   
 3) Planetary winds.  
 4) Temperature of atmosphere.  
Question no. 59 : “Kaling Prize” is awarded for  excellence in which of the following fields ?   
1) Sports 
2) Economics   
3) Social activities 
4) Science  
Question no. 60 : Which among the following  terms is not related to space communication ?
 1) GPRS 
 2) GPS 
 3) GSLV 
 4) IRS
Question no. 61 : Match list I with list II and select  the correct answer using the codes given in the  alternatives.  
List I (UN Agencies)       List II (Head quarters)  
A. ADB                             1. Washington  
B. UNDP                          2. Manila  
C. IMF                              3. Geneva  
D. WHO                           4. Vienna  
 1) A - 1, B - 2, C - 3, D - 4  
 2) A - 2, B - 4, C - 1, D - 3  
 3) A - 4, B - 3, C - 2, D - 1  
 4) A - 3, B - 1, C - 4, D - 2  
Question no. 62 : ‘Ex-Hand-in-Hand’ was a joint  military training and exercise of which of the  following countries ?  
 1) India and USA 
 2) India and Russia  
 3) India and China 
 4) India and England  
Question no. 63 : Who said, “The emergency  powers of the president is a fruad on the  Constitution ?”  
 1) K. M. Nambiar 
 2) K. M.Munshi  
 3) B. N. Rau 
 4) D. D. Basu  
Question no. 64 : Match list I with list II, and  select the correct answer using the codes given in  the alternatives.  
List I (Personalities)    List II (Fields)  
A. Nandlal Bose            1. Theater  
B. Tapan Sinha              2. History  
C. Habib Tanvir              3. Painting  
D. Ranjit Guha               4. Films  
 1) A - 1, B - 2, C - 3, D - 4  
 2) A - 3, B - 4, C - 1, D - 2  
 3) A - 4, B - 3, C - 2, D - 1  
 4) A - 2, B - 1, C - 4, D - 3  
Question no. 65 : Water is filled in a container in  such a manner that its volume doubles after every 5  minutes. If it takes 30 minutes for the container to  be full, in how much time will it be one-fourth full?   
 1) 7 mins. and 30 sec. 
 2) 10 mins.  
 3) 25 mins. 
 4) 20 mins.
Question no. 66 : Which of the following forms  basis of rocket ?  
 1) Newtons second law of motion  
 2) Newtons third law of motion  
 3) Newtons law of Gravitation  
 4) Keplers law of planetary motion
Question no. 67 : Match the following :   
  Country    Sattelite launching vehicle  
A) U.S.A.          1) DF-5  
B) Russia         2) Delta - 2  
C) China           3) Arena - 5  
D) France         4) Cosmos - 3M
 1) A - 2, B - 4, C - 1, D - 3  
 2) A - 4, B - 2, C - 1, D - 3  
 3) A - 3, B - 1, C - 2, D - 4  
 4) A - 1, B - 3, C - 4, D - 2  
Question no. 68 : Consider the following  statements :  
1. Under Pradhan Mantri Rozgar Yojana, the  educated youth is provided with bank loans and government subsidy.  
2. Under Antodaya Anna Yojana, BPL population  is provided food grains at subsidised rates.  
Which of the above statement/s is / are correct ?  
 1) 1 only 
 2) 2 only  
 3) Both 1 and 2 
 4) Neither 1 nor 2  
Question no. 69 : Identify the correct sequence of  the crops in India in their increasing order of  production.  
 1) Wheat - Rice - Pulses  
 2) Pulses - Wheat - Rice  
 3) Pulses - Rice - Wheat  
 4) Rice - Wheat - Pulses 
Question no. 70 : Consider the following  statements :  
A) According to 2001 Census, sex-ratio in India is  933.  
B) Sex ratio in Maharashtra is better than that in  Kerla.  
Which of the above statement/s is / are correct ?  
 1) A only 
 2) B only  
 3) Both A and B 
 4) Neither A nor B  
Question no. 71 : Which of the following  statements is incorrect about Sri Aurobindo ?  
1) He criticised the moderates in a series of  articles, ‘New Lamps for the old’.  
2) He is referred to as the originator of  ‘Active Resistance’.  
3) He spiritualised Indian politics.  
4) ‘Savitri’, the longest poem in the  English language was written by him.
Question no. 72 : ‘Cartagena protocol’ is related to  ..............  
 1) sustainable development.  
 2) environmental degradation.  
 3) bio safety.  
 4) global warming.  
Question no. 73 : Which of the following alphabets represents the Dogger Bank fishing ground ?

 1) A 
 2) B 
 3) C 
 4) D  
Question no. 74 : Find the median and mode  respectively of the following data  
11, 12, 11, 13, 11, 12, 14, 11, 13, 12.  
 1) 11, 12 
 2) 13, 11 
 3) 12, 11 
 4) 11, 12.5
Question no. 75 : Which of the following is not a  Central Government’s Tax ?  
 1) Income Tax  
 2) Agricultural Income Tax  
 3) Custom Duties  
 4) Service Tax  

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Question no. 76 : Who among the following  decides whether a Bill is a Money Bill or not ?  
 1) The Finance Minister  
 2) Director - General of Lok Sabha  
 3) The Prime Minister  
 4) The Speaker of the Lok Sabha  
Question no. 77 : Match list I with list II and select  the correct answer using the codes given in the  alternatives.  
 List I (Persons)                       List II (Field)  
A. Sajjan Jindal                      1. NASSCOM  
B. Harsh Pati Singhania         2. CII  
C. Som Mittal                         3. FICCI  
D. Chandrajit Banerjee          4. ASSOCHAM
 1) A - 1, B - 2, C - 4, D - 3  
 2) A - 4, B - 3, C - 1, D - 2  
 3) A - 3, B - 4, C - 2, D - 1  
 4) A - 2, B - 1, C - 3, D - 4
Question no. 78 : A ray of light passing through a  prism bends and splits into different colours. This is  known as .......  
 1) Dispersion 
 2) Diffraction   
 3) Refraction 
 4) Polarization
Question no. 79 : Who had taken the oath of Prime  Ministership for the first time after Jawaharlal  Nehru ?  
1) Lal Bahadur Shastri 
2) Mrs. Indira Gandhi  
3) Morarji Desai 
4) Gulzarilal Nanda
Question no. 80 : Which of the following  components is not there in ‘Bharat Nirman’ project?   
1) Rural Telephony 
2) Irrigation   
3) Rural Electrification 
4) Drinking water
Question no. 81 : The Fohn and Chinuck winds  blow in ............ region  
 1) Rockys and Alps  
 2) Darling valley and Colorado plateau   
 3) Islands of Hawaii and Tasmania   
 4) between Sudan and Egypt  
Question no. 82 : ‘Ferdinand de Lesseps’ is related  to which of the following ?  
 1) Expedition to South Pole.  
 2) Suez Canal project.  
 3) Tennis player from France.  
 4) Panama Canal project.  
Question no. 83 : Which of the following is not an automobile company ?  
  1) Nissan 
  2) Volkswagen    
  3) Renault 
  4) AIG  
Question no. 84 : ‘Agakhan cup’ is associated with  which of the following sports ?  
 1) Football 
 2) Hockey  
 3) Basket ball 
 4) Volley ball  
Question no. 85 : A person uses glasses of power  +2D. It is a ............  
 1) convex lens of focal length 50 cm.  
 2) concave lens of focal length 50 cm.  
 3) convex lens of focal length 2 m.  
 4) concave lens of focal length 2 m.
Question no. 86 : Which of the following  statements about the ‘Quit India Movement’ is  incorrect ?  
1) Jinnah gave the call of ‘Divide and Quit’  
2) Dr. Ambedkar called his colleagues not to participate in it.  
3) Rajendra Prasad, Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajagopalachari were imprisoned at the Ahmadnagar fort prison.  
4) Jayprakash Narain and Aruna Asaf Ali participated in the movement.  
Question no. 87 : Which of the following alphabets  represents a place receiving maximum rain fall ?  

 1) A 
 2) B 
 3) D 
 4) C  
Question no. 88 : Shantanu’s Mother gave  Shantanu 45% of the total money she had and  additional Rs. 70/-. Still his mother had the same  amount as much she had given to Shantanu. Then,  how much total amount did she have initially ?  
 1) Rs. 1000 /- 
 2) Rs. 1200 /-   
 3) Rs. 1400 /- 
 4) Rs. 1600 /-
Question no. 89 : Communalism in Indian context  means .......  
 1) serving the community in a befitting   manner.  
 2) using communal identity for political   gains.  
 3) a group of people which has common   ethnic feeling.  
 4) creating friendly relations with the other   communities.  
Question no. 90 : Which of the following Acts  formally introduced the principle of elections for  the first time ?  
 1) Indian Councils Act, 1909  
 2) Government of India Act, 1919  
 3) Government of India Act, 1935  
 4) India Independence Act, 1947   
Question no. 91 : Consider the following  statements regarding Indo-US Nuclear Deal.  
1) It deals with removal of restrictions of all aspects of cooperation and technology transfers.  
2) It deals with India’s acceptance as a full and  equal partner of the International Nuclear  Community.  
Which of the above statement/s is / are correct ?   
1) Only 1 
2) Only 2  
3) Both 1 and 2 
4) Neither 1 nor 2  12  
Question no. 92 : Which of the following planets  has year smaller than its day ?  
 1) Saturn 
 2) Mercury  
 3) Jupiter 
 4) Venus  
Question no. 93 : Which of the following stations  comes under rain shadow region ?   

 1) B 
 2) A 
 3) C 
 4) D  
Question no. 94 : ‘National Remote Sensing  Agency’ (NRSA) in located at ....  
 1) Bangaluru 
 2) Chennai   
 3) Mumbai 
 4) Hyderabad
Question no. 95 : ENR technology, which was in  news recently, is related to which of the following  fields ?  
 1) Space 
 2) Defence  
 3) Nuclear 
 4) Bio-technology
Question no. 96 : Consider the following  statements :  
1) Girija Vyas is the Chairperson of National  Commission for women.  
2) Shanta Sinha is the Chairperson of  National Commission on children.  
Which of the above statement/s is / are correct ?   
1) Only 1 
2) Only 2  
3) Neither 1 nor 2 
4) Both 1 and 2
Question no. 97 : The Tenth Schedule of the  Constitution deals with .........  
 1) The Anti - Defection Law.  
 2) The official languages.  
 3) Panchayati Raj.  
 4) Legislative Lists.  
Question no. 98 : Identify the river from the river  regime from the diagram.  

 1) Yamuna 
 2) Mahanadi   
 3) Kaveri 
 4) Satluj  
Question no. 99 : Which of the following countries  is included in the Commonwealth, even though she  has no historical ties with Britain ?  
 1) Australia 
 2) Austria  
 3) New Zealand 
 4) Mozambique  
Question no. 100 : Which of the following  commissions suggested abolition of the post of  ‘Governor’ ?  
 1) Administrative Reforms Commission  
 2) Sarkaria Commission  
 3) Raj Mannar Commission  
 4) Constitutional Review Commission 
Question no. 101 : Which of the following factors  is not responsible for drought in India, in 2009 ?  
 1) Global warming 
 2) Long dry spell  
 3) EL Nino 
 4) Physiography  
Question no. 102 : The average weight of three A,  B, C is 84 Kg. A fourth man D joins them and  average weight of the four becomes 80 kg. If E,  whose weight is 3 kg more than that of D, replaces  A, then average weight of B, C, D and E become 79  kg.  
∴ The weight of A is ................... kg
 1) 64 
 2) 70 
 3) 75 
 4) 80  
Question no. 103 : Sharm - l - Shaikh is ......   
 1) MOU between India and Pakistan.   
 2) place where a joint statement was signed   between India and Pakistan.  
 3) tourist destination.  
 4) famous mosque.  
Question no. 104 : Who said, “If Scindia joins the  rebels, I will pack off tomorrow”?  
 1) Lord Canning 
 2) Lord Dalhousie   
 3) Henry Butler 
 4) Thomas Hislop
Question no. 105 : The volcanic activity - that gave  rise to Deccan trap was of .............. type.   
 1) Explossive 
 2) Fissure  
 3) Placid 
 4) Central  
Question no. 106 : The ITER is being constructed  at which place ?  
 1) Quebec 
 2) Oak Ridge   
 3) Cadrache 
 4) Okasai  
Question no. 107 : ‘Long walk to freedom’ is an  autobiography of .........  
 1) Nelson Mandela 
 2) Mahatma Gandhi   
 3) General V. P. Malik 
 4) Nawaz sharif
Question no. 108 : Match the following :   
Reactors            Fuel used   
A) PHWR        1) MOX  
 B) PFBR        2) Enriched Uranium   
 C) AHWR       3) Natural Uranium   
 D) VVER        4) Thorium-uranium   fuel cycle
 1) A - 1, B - 2, C - 4, D - 3  
 2) A - 2, B - 1, C - 4, D - 3  
 3) A - 3, B - 1, C - 4, D - 2  
 4) A - 1, B - 3, C - 2, D - 4  
Question no. 109 : Ajantha and Ellora Caves are  located on the mountain ranges of.....  
 1) Vindhyan 
 2) Satpura  
 3) Balaghat 
 4) Satmala  
Question no. 110 : Old age pension is granted to  destitute persons of ...... years and above.  
 1) 60 
 2) 62 
 3) 65 
 4) 58  
Question no. 111 : VIth Pay Commission was  headed by ........  
 1) M. Krishna. 
 2) Justice B. N. Shrikrishna   
 3) P.M.A.Hakim 
 4) Dr. Chaddha
Question no. 112 : Match the following :  
 Sports Women             Sports  
A) Dipika Pallaikal      1) Cricket  
B) Tania Sachdev       2) Squash  
C) Zhulan Goswami   3) Chess  
D) Jwala Gutta           4) Badminton  
 1) A - 3, B - 1, C - 4, D - 2  
 2) A - 1, B - 2, C - 3, D - 4  
 3) A - 3, B - 4, C - 2, D - 1  
 4) A - 2, B - 3, C - 1, D - 4  
Question no. 113 : In which of the following  events does Abhinav Bindra won the first gold  medal for India in Bejing Olympics games ?  
 1) 10 m rifle shooting  
 2) 50 m pistol  
 3) 100 m rifle shooting  
 4) Double Trap  
Question no. 114 : Rama Rao Committee is  associated with ........  
 1) I. S. R. O. 
 2) D. R. D. O.  
 3) N. C. L. 
 4) H. E. M. R. L.  
Question no. 115 : River Satluj is indicated by  ........ alphabet in the given map.  

 1) C 
 2) B 
 3) A 
 4) D  
Question no. 116 : Half life of radio-active element  is 10 days. Therefore, its full life period will be  ........  
 1) 20 days 
 2) 50 days  
 3) 40 days 
 4) infinite days
Question no. 117 : The Cripps Mission visited  India during the tenureship of ................  
 1) Lord Mountbatten 
 2) Lord Wavell   
 3) Lord Linlithgow 
 4) Lord Willingdon
Question no. 118 : Which of the following  countries has experienced fallen ‘birth rate’ for 27  successive years ?  
 1) England 
 2) Japan  
 3) Korea 
 4) Germany  
Question no. 119 : National School of Drama  (NSD) was set up by ...........  
1) Lalit Kala Academy.  
2) Department of Culture.  
3) Indian Council for Cultural Relation  (ICCR).  
4) Sangeet Natak Academy.  
Question no. 120 : How many individuals have won an Olympic medal for India after independence? 
1) 7  
2) 5  
3) 6  
4) 8
Question no. 121 : Consider the following statements :   
A) Margaret Thatchar was the first women Prime  Minister of Britain.  
B) Sir Winston Chirchill won the Nobel Prize for  literature.  
Which of the above statement/s is / are correct ?   
 1) A only 
 2) B only  
 3) Both A and B 
 4) Neither A nor B  
Question no. 122 : Who amongst the following is  associated with ‘Rural Banking’ ?  
 1) Mohammed Yunus 
 2) Chanda Kochhar   
 3) K. V. Kamat 
 4) Deepak Parekh
Question no. 123 : Indian women marked their  entry into the public space during the .... movement.   
1) Swadeshi 
2) Non-cooperation   
3) Civil Disobedience 
4) Quit India
Question no. 124 : ‘Auroville’ is located in ...........   
1) Pondichery 
2) Chennai   
3) Nagar Haveli 
4) Madurai  
Question no. 125 : EL Nino phenomena is  associated with which of the following currents ?   
1) Bengula current 
2) Agulhas current   
3) Californian current 
4) Humbolt current
Question no. 126 : Which of the following places  experiences earlier sunrise than Berlin ?   
1) Belgium 
2) Rome  
3) Helsinki 
4) Amsterdam
Question no. 127 : Who is called as ‘Lion of the  Senate’ ?  
 1) Edward F. Kenedy 
 2) John F. Kenedy   
 3) Barak Obama 
 4) John McGain
Question no. 128 : Who was the only Indian  woman to receive the ‘Kaiser-E-Hind’ ?  

 1) Sarojini Naidu  
 2) Pandita Ramabai  
 3) Sarladevi Chowdhari  
 4) Kadambini Ganguly  
Question no. 129 : Mirza Ghalib was the court poet  of ..........  
 1) Muhammad Shah Rangila  
 2) Shah Alam I  
 3) Akbar II  
 4) Bahadur Shah II ‘Zafar’  
Question no. 130 : Which of the following is best  suitable for the Cement Industry ?  
 1) Dalmianagar 
 2) Siliguri  
 3) Shrinagar 
 4) Karimnagar   
 1) 4 and 2 
 2) 1 and 4 
 3) 3 and 2 
 4) 1 and 2    
Question no. 131 : Which Magadhan King claimed  to be Ekarat, the sole sovereign ?  
 1) Ajata Shatru 
 2) Udayin  
 3) Mahapadma Nanda 
 4) Ashoka  
Question no. 132 : Present ages P and Q are in the  ratio 5 : 6. Seven years later this ratio becomes 6:7.  
What is the present age of P in years ?  
1) 45

2) 49

3) 50

4) 35  
Question no. 133 : ................ has won two Nobel  Prizes, one for science subject and second for other  than science subject.  
 1) Linus Pauling 
 2) Madam Curie  
 3) J. J. Thomson 
 4) Rutherford  
Question no. 134 : National highway No. ........  does not pass through Mumbai.  
1) 03 
2) 17 
3) 06 
4) 04  
Question no. 135 : At which of the following  places excavations in connection with the Vedic  Age have been conducted ?  
 1) Chandigarh  
 2) Pataliputra  
 3) Kurukshetra  
 4) Hastinapur and Atranjikhera  
Question no. 136 : Consider the following  statements :  
1) The length of a mile is greater than a kilometer.  
2) Florida peninsula experiences cyclone frequently  
3) Taiga forests are hard wood forests.  
Which of the above statements are correct ?  
 1) 1 and 3 
 2) 3 and 2  
 3) 1 and 2 
 4) All of above  
Question no. 137 : Consider following statements :  
1) INS Arihant will be the first nuclear submarine  to be inducted into Indian Navy.  
2) It will be fitted with Dhanush Missile.  Which of these is incorrect ?  
 1) None 
 2) Only 1 
 3) Only 2 
 4) Both 
Question no. 138 : Who was the first Muslim ruler  to formulate the theory of divine right of the kings ?   
1) Qutbuddin Aibak 
2) Iltutmish   
3) Balban 
4) Allauddin Khilji
Question no. 139 : Each symbol in following sum  is a different non-zero digit.  
What could be the possible answer for above sum ?
1) 16 
2) 65 
3) 195 
4) 212  
Question no. 140 : As per Indian protocol, who  amongst the following ranks highest in the order of  precedence ?  
 1) Governor of the state within his state   
 2) Former President  
 3) Deputy Prime Minister  
 4) Speaker of Loksabha  
Question no. 141 : The land revenue in Mughal  India was ............  
 1) Tax on land  
 2) Share in produce  
 3) Tax on the cultivation  
 4) Tax on the owner of the land  
Question no. 142 : India has signed Technology  Safeguard Agreement (TSA) with which of the  following countries ?  
1) US 
2) Russia 
3) France 
4) Japan  
Question no. 143 : The President of India does not  appoint .............  
 1) Prime Minister  
 2) Governor  
 3) Chairman of Planning Commission  
 4) Attorney - General of India  
Question no. 144 : A parallelopiped of length 4  cm, breadth 3 cm and height 6 cm is cut diagonally  maintaining the height as 6 cm. What is the total  surface area of each part in cm2 ?  
 1) 108 
 2) 84 
 3) 54 
 4) 94  
Question no. 145 : Which of the following factors  is not a demand-pull factor responsible for rise in  prices ?  
 1) Growth of population  
 2) Black money  
 3) Fluctuation in output  
 4) Government expenditure  
Question no. 146 : In the following sum if there are  seven terms with increase of one digit every time as  3 + 33 + 333 + ........... then what would be the last  three digits in the answer ?  
1) ....... 701   
2) ....... 581   
3) ....... 331   
4) ....... 901 
Question no. 147 : A political party is eligible to be  recognized as a national party only if it fulfills  condition of .....  
1) Secured 6% of valid votes polled in a  State.  
2) Secured 6% of valid votes polled in four  or more states and elected atleast four  members to Loksabha.  
3) Both 1 and 2 above  
4) Secured 4% of valid votes polled in a  state.  
Question no. 148 : What is the radius of incircle of  a triangle whose two sides of 6 cm and 8 cm are  perpendicular to each other ?  
 1) 4 cm 
 2) 7 cm 
 3) 2 cm 
 4) 5 cm  
Question no. 149 : The fundamental rights have  .......... behind them.  
 1) a moral force  
 2) a legal force  
 3) a force of the public opinion  
 4) a rational force  
Question no. 150 : Which company took over  Satyam after the scam ?  
 1) Teck Mahendra 
 2) Infosys  
 3) Persistent 
 4) Sunguard  

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