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 1. Match List-I (Distinguished Person) 3. Match List-I (Distinguished Person) with
with 3. List-II (Area of Work) and List-II (Achievement/Known as) and select
select the correct answer using the the Correct answer using the code given
code given below the lists: below the lists:

List-I List-II List-1 List-II

(Distinguished (Area of Work) (Distinguished (Achievement
Person) Person) known as)
A. B. V. Rao I. Automobiles A. Guenter Grass I. First woman Prime
Manufacture Minister of Canada
B. Trevor 2. Nobel Prize Winner
B. C.K. Prahalad 2. Fisheries Huddleston for literature
Economy C. Dicky Dolm 3.Leading campaigner
C. John Kurien 3. Information against apartheid
in South Africa
Technology and D. Kim Campbell. 4. Youngest woman
Software to climb the
D. Kiran Kamik 4. Poultry Fanning Mt. Everest
5. American violinist
5. Management
Code:
Science A B C D
Code: (a) 5 3 2 I
A B C D (b) 2 3 4 I
(a) 2 5 I 3 (c) 5 3 4 2
(b) 4 3 2 5 (d) 2 4 I 3
(c) 2 3 1 5
(d) 4 5 2 3 4. Which one of the following countries does
not border Lithuania?
2. Consider the following statements: (a) Poland
1. The Charter of the United Nations (b) Ukraine
Organisation was adopted at Geneva, (c) Belarus
Switzerland in June, 1945 (d) Latvia
.
2. India was admitted to the United Nations
5. Where are the Balearic Islands located?
Organization in the year 1945.
(a) Mediterranean Sea
3. The Trusteeship Council of the United (b) Black Sea
Nations Organization was established to (c) Baltic Sea
manage the affairs of territories detached (d) North Sea
from Japan and Italy after the Second
World War or such territories not under the 6. Which one of the following is the correct
control of a country at that time. sequence of the given towns of Pakistan
while moving from the North towards the
Which of the statements given above is / are South?
correct ? ( a) Islamabad—Gujaranwaia—Peshawar—
(a) 1,2 and 3; Multan .
(b) Peshawar—Gujranwala—Multan—
(b) 2 only Islamabad
(c) 2 and 3 ( c) Peshawar—lslamabad—Gujranwala—
Multan
(d) 3 only (d) Islamabad—Multan—Peshawar—
Gujranwala

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7. Which one of the following pairs is not 12. Match List –I (Person) with List-II
correctly matched? (Organisation) and select the correct
(a) Bahamas : Nassau answer using the code given below the
(b) Costa Rica : San Jose lists :
(c ) Nicaragua : Belmopan
(d) Dominican : Santo Domingo List-I List-II
Republic (Person) (Organization)
A. V.R.S. Natrajan I. Bharat Heavy
8. Consider the following sites
monuments Electricals Limited
1. Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeo- logical B. A.K. Puri 2. Air India
Park C. V. Thulasias 3. Maruti Udyog
2. Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Station,
Mumbai Limited
3. Mamallapuram D. Jagdish Khattar 4. Bharat Earth
4. Sun Temple (Konark Temple) Movers Limited
5. Indian Space
Which of the above are included in the World
Heritage List of UNESCO? Research Orga-
(a) 1, 2 and 3 nization
(b) 1,3 and 4 Code:
(c) 2 and 4 A B C D
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(a) 2 3 5 I
9. Which one of the following airports in (b) 4 1 2 3
India is the first to be owned by a public (c) 2 1 5 3
limited company? (d) 4 3 2 1
(a) Daholim Airport. Goa
(b) Cochin airport
(c) Hyderabad airport 13. Which one of the following statements is
(d) Bangalore airport not correct?
(a) Rourkela Steel Plant, the first integrated
10. Which one of the following was probed by steel plant in the Public Sector of India
the Liberhan Commission? was set up with the Soviet Union
(a) Test Cricket match fixing collaboration.
(h) Best Bakery Case (b) Salem Steel. Plant is a premier producer
(c) Tehelka tapes Case of stainless steel in India.
(d) Demolition of the disputed structure at
Ayodhya (c) Maharashtra Elektrosmelt Ltd. is a
subsidiary of the Steel Authority of
11. Which one of the following is the correct India Ltd.
statement? (d) Visakhapatnarn Steel Plant is a unit of
(a) The modern Kochi was a Dutch colony the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd.
till India's independence.
(b) The Dutch defeated the Portugues and
built Fort Williams in the modern 14. Which one of the following companies as
Kochi. started a rural marketing network called
(c) The modem Kochi was first a Dutch ‘e-chaupals’ ?
colony before the Portuguese too over (a) ITC
from them. (b) Dabur
(d) The modem Kochi never became a part
of the British colony (c) Proctor and Gamble
(d) Hindustan Lever

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15. For which one of the following, is Satara Directions (For the next FOUR items) : Based
is well-known? . on the information given below, answer the four
(a) Thermal power plant items which follow it :
(b) Wind energy plant
(c) Hydro-electric plant Gopal, Harsh, Inder, Jai and Krishnan have
(d) Nuclear power plant Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Cuttack, Delhi and
Ernakulam as their hometowns (Not necessarily
16. Consider the following statements:
in that order). They are studying in Engineering,
I. Vigyan Rail is a Science Exhibition on
wheels organized by the Council of Medical, Commerce, Economics and History
Scientific and Industrial Research. Colleges (Not necessarily in that order). None of
2. Vigyan Prasar is an autonomous body under the five boys is studying in his hometown, but
the Ministry of Human Resource
Development. each of them studies in one of the cities given
3. EDUSAT, the ISRO's educational satellite above.
was launched from French Guyana in 2004. Further, it is given that:
Which of the statements given above is are (i) Gopal's hometown is Emakulam.
correct?
(a) 1,2 and 3 (ii) Harsh is not studying in Ahmedabad or
(b) I and 2 Bhopal.
(c) 2 and 3 (iii) Economics College is in Bhopal.
(d) None (iv) Inder's hometown is Cuttack
(v) Krishnan is studying in Delhi.
17. Consider the following statements: (vi) Jai is studying in Emakulam and the
1. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is liquefied
History College is in his hometown
under extremely cold temperatures and high
pressure to facilitate storage or Ahmedabad.
transportation in specially designed vessels.
(vii) Engineering College is situated in
2. First LNG terminal in India was built in
Hassan. Emakulam.

3. Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) are separated Based on the information given above answer
from LPG and these include ethane, the next FOUR items :
propane, butane and natural gasoline.
Which of the statements given above is are
correct ? 18. Which is Krishnan's hometown?
(a) 1 only (a) Ahmedabad
(b) 1 and 3 (b) Cuttack
(c) 2 and 3 (c ) Bhopal
(d) 1,2 and 3 (d) Cannot be determined

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19. Which College is situated in Inder' 23. On a railway route between two places A
hometown? and B, there are' 10 stations on the way. If 4
(a) Commerce new stations are to be added, how many
(b) Medical types of new tickets will be required if each
(c) Economics ticket is issued for a one-way journey?
(d) Commerce or Medical (a) 14
(b) 48
20. Who studies in Bhopal? (c) 96
(a) Gopal (d) 108
(b) Harsh
24. Aryan runs at a speed of 40
(c) Gopal or Inder
metre/minute. Rahul follows him after an
(d) lnder or Harsh
interval of 5 minutes and runs at a speed of
21. If lnder studies in Ahmedabad, then
50 metre/minute. Rahul's dog runs at a speed
which one of the following is the correct
of 60 metre/minute and starts along with
combination of Person-Hometown- Place of
Rahul. The dog reaches Arya'1 and then
Study ?
comes back to Rahul, and continues to do so
(3) Gopal—Emakulam-—elhi
till Rahul reaches Aryan. What is the total
(b) Jai—Ahmedabad—Emakulam
distance covered by the dog ?
(c) Krishnan—Delhi—Emakulam
(a) 600 metres .
(d) Harsh—Bhopal—Delhi
(b) 750 metres
(c) 980 metres
22. Left pan of a faulty balance weighs 100
(d) 1200 metres
gram more than its right pan. A , shopkeeper
25. A big rectangular plot of area 4320
keeps the weight measure in the left pan
m2 is divided into 3 square-shaped smaller
while buying goods but keeps it in the right plots by fencing parallel to the smaller side of
the plot. However some area of land was still
pan while selling his goods. He uses only I kg
left as a square could not be formed. So, 3
weight measure. If he sells his goods at the more square-shaped plots were Conned by
fencing parallel to the longer side of the
listed cost price, what is his gain?
original plot such that no area of the plot was
(a) 200/11% left surplus. What are the dimensions of the
original plot?
(b) 100/11%
(a) 160 m x 27 m
(c) 1 00/9%
(b) 240 m x 18 m
(d) 200/9%
(c) 120 m x 36 m
(d) 135 m x 32 m

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26. Match List-I (Atomic Power Plants/Heavy 29. Men and 1 woman board a bus in which 5
seats are vacant. One of these five seats is
Water Plants) with List-II (State) and
reserved for ladies. A woman mayor
select the correct answer using the code may not sit on the seat reserved for ladies
but a man can not sit on the seat reserved
given below the lists:
for ladies. In how many different ways
List-I List-II can the five seats be occupied by these
three passengers?
(Atomic Power Plants (State)
(a) 15
Heat Water Plants) (b) 36
(c) 48
A. Thai 1. Andhra Pradesh
(d) 60
B. Manuguru 2. Gujarat
30 Consider the following statements:
C. Kakrapar. 3. Maharashtra
1. The Constitution of India has 20 parts.
D. Kaiga 4. Rajasthan 2. There are 390 Articles in the
Constitution of India in all.
5. Kamataka
3. Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth
Schedules were added to the
Code : Constitution of India by the
A B C D Constitution (Amendment) Acts.
(a) 2 1 4 5
Which of the statements given above is/ are
(b) 3 5 2 1
correct?
(c) 2 5 4 1 (a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 only
(d) 3 1 2 5
(c) 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
27. Which one of the following is the correct
31. Who among the following was the
sequence of the given substances in the
Chairman of the Union Constitution
decreasing order of their densities? Committee of the Constituent
Assembly?
(a) Steel > Mercury > Gold
(a) B.R. Ambedkar
(b) Gold> Mercury> Steel (b) J.B. Kripalani
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Steel> Gold> Mercury
(d) Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar
(d) Gold> Steel> Mercury
32. Which one of the following pairs is
not correctly matched ?
28. Of which one of the following games (a) Southern Air: Thiruvanantha-
Command puram
is Shanmugham Venkatesh an outstanding
player? (b) Eastern Naval: Visakhapatnam
Command
(a) Table tennis.
(b) Hockey ( c) Armoured Corps: Jabalpur
Centre and School
(c) Football
(d) Basketball (d) Army Medical: Lucknow
Corps Centre
and School

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33. Which of the following pairs are correctly 35. In which country is Bandung, where the
Conference of African and Asian nations
matched?
was held which led to establishing Non-
Publication Group Aligned Movement (NAM), situated?
(a) Thailand
I. Sportstar : The Hindu publication.
(b) Egypt
group (c) Indonesia
(d) Philippines
2. Business: ABP group
world 36. Match items in the List-I
(Businesswomen) with those in the List-II
3. The Week: Malayala Manorama
(Company) and select the correct answer
publication group using the code given below the lists:
4. Reader's: Indian Express publi- , List-I List-II
Digest . cation group
(Businesswoman) (Company)

A. Zia Mody I. Venkateshwara

Select the correct answer using the codes given
Hatcheries
below: .
B. Anuradha J. 2. AZB & Partner
(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Desai
(b) 1, 2 and 3
C. Villoo Morawala 3. Quantum Market -I
(c) 2 and 4 Patell Research
(d) 1 and 3 D. Mrena Kaushik 4. Avestha Gengraine
Technologies
34. Which of the following pairs are 5. Biocor1 India
Code
correctly matched? A B C D
Enterprise Industrial Group (a) 4 1 5 3
(b) 2 3 4 1
1. VSNL : Bharati Group
2. Mundra Special: Adani Group (c) 4 3 5 1
(d) 2 1 4 3
Economic Zone
Ltd. 37. A square is divided into 9 identical
3. CMC Ltd. : Tata Group smaller squares. Six identical balls are to be
placed in these smaller squares such that
4. IPCL : Reliance Group. each or the three rows gets at least one ball
Select the correct answer using the (one pall in one square only). In how many
different ways can this be done?
codes given below: (a) 27
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 36
(b) 3 and 4 (c) 54
(c) 1, 2 and 4 (d) 81

(d) 2, 3 and 4

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 42. Consider the following statements:
38. There are 6 persons —A, 0, C, D, E and 1. The Constitution of the United States of
F. They are to be seated in a row such
that 0 never sits anywhere ahead of A, America came into force in the year 1810.
and C never sits anywhere ahead of B.
III how many different ways can this be 2. All revenue bills must originate in the House
done ?. of Representatives of the US Congress.
(a) 60
3. George W. Bush is the only President in the
(b) 72
history of the United States of America
(c) 120
(d) None of the above whose father was also the President of the
United States of America.
39. For which one of the following items, is
Tirupur well-known as a huge exporter to
many parts of the world ? Which of the statements given above is are
(a) Gems and Jewellery correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) Leather goods
(b) 2 only
(c ) Knitted garn1ents
(d) Handicrafts (c) 1 and 2
(d) 2 and Y
40. Which one of the following pairs is not
correctly matched? 43. Match List-I (City) with List-II (River)
Project Company
(a) Integrated Steel: Steel Authority and select the correct answer using the code
Plant at Jajpur of India given below the lists:
(Orissa) List-I List-II
(b) Power Plant at : Essar Power
(City) (River)
Jamnagar (Gujarat)
A. Washington. D.C 1. River Manzanares
(c ) Nabinagar Power. Indian Railways
Plant (Bihar) B. Berlin 2. River Seine
(d) Kayamkulom Power: National Thermal C. Paris 3. River Spree
Plant (Kerala) Power Corporation D. Madrid 4. River Potomac
Code:
41. Virtual water trade is being looked at
by experts as a solution to the world's water A B C D
crisis. What does virtual water (VW) imply?
(a) 2 3 4 1
(a) Volume of heavy water required to
replace ordinary water (b) 4 1 2 3
(b) Volume of water required to produce a (c) 2 1 4 3
commodity or service
(d) 4 3 2 1
(c) Volume of water saved by using rain-
water harvesting
(d) Volume of water utilized by an effective
flood control

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44. Which one of the following is the correct 47. Which one of the following pairs is "ot
correctly matched ?
sequence of the given Indian cities in the
British Prime Political Party
Decreasing order of their normal annual Minister
(a) John Major: Conservative Party
rainfall?
(b) James Callaghan : Labour Party
(a) Kochi —Kolkata—Delhi—Patna (c) Harold Wilson: Conservative Party
(d) Margaret : Conservative Party
(h) Kolkata —Kochi—Patna—Delhi
Thatcher
(c) Kochi —Kolkata—Patna—Delhi
48. Which one of the following cities is the
(d) Kolkata —Kochi-—Delhi—Patna
seat of Parliament of South Africa?
(a) Pretoria
45. In which one of the following countries, is (b) Durban
(c) Johannesburg
Tamil a major language?
(d) Cape Town
(a) Myanmar
49. Which of the following States border
(h) Indonesia
Uttar Pradesh?
(c) Mauritius 1. Punjab
2. Rajasthan.
(d) Singapore
3. Chhattisgarh
4. Jharkhand
46. Match items in the List-I (Location)
with those in the List-II (Known For/In News Select the correct answer using the code given
below:
for) and select the correct answer using the
(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4
code given below the lists: (b) 2, 3 and 4
(c) I and 4
List-I List-II
(d) I and 3
(Location) (Known For/In
50. There are 10 identical coins and each one
News for)
of them has ‘H’ engraved on its one face
A. Kakinada 1. Skybus Metro rail and ‘T’ engraved on its other face. These
test-run 10 coins are lying on a table and each one
of them has .H' face as the upper face.
B. Dundigal 2. ITC paper board
In one attempt, exactly four (neither
unit
more nor less) coins can turned upside
C. Margao 3. Bio-diesel plant
down. What is the minimum total number
D. Bhadrachalam 4. Indian Air Force
of attempts in which the ‘T’ faces of all
Academy
the 10 coins can be brought to be the
Code:
upper faces?
A B C D
(a) 4
(a) 2 I 4 3
(b) 7
(b) 3 4 I 2
(c) 8
(c) 2 4 I 3
(d) Not possible
(d) 3 I 4 2

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 54. 300 persons are participating in a
51. An equilateral triangular plate is to be meeting, out of which 120 are
foreigners, and the rest are Indians. Out
cut into n number of identical small
of the Indians, there are 110 men who
equilateral triangular plates. Which are not judges; 160 are men or judges,
and 35 are women judges. There are no
one of the following can be possible
foreign judges. How many Indian
value of n ? women attended the meeting?
(a) 35
(a) 196
(b) 45
(b) 216 (c) 55
(d) 60
(c) 256
(d) 296 55. Consider the following statements
concerning the Indian Railways:
1. The Head Quarters of the North
52. Ten identical particles are moving
Western Railway are located at
randomly inside a closed box. What is
Jodhpur. X
the probability that at any given point
2. 'Indrail pass' — a travel-as-you-
of time all the ten particles will be lying
please ticket has been created
in , the same half of the box?
especially for freedom fighters and
(a) 1/2
sportspersons who have represented
(b) 1/5
India in any game/sport.
(c) 2/9
3. Fairy Queen is a train using the
(d) 2/11
world's oldest working engine and the
53. There are 6 persons A, B, C, D, and F. Indian Railways conduct a journey of
A has 3 items more than C
wildlife and heritage sites on it.
D has 4 items less than B
Which of the statements given above
E has 6 items less than F
is are correct?
C has 2 items more than E
(a) 2 only
F has 3 items more than D
(b) 3 only
Which one of the following figures can
(c) I and 2
not equal to the total number of items possessed
(d) None
by all the 6 persons?
(a) 41
(b) 47
(c) 53
(d) 58

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56. Match List-I (National Park/Wildlife 59.March items In the List-I (Country) with
those in the List-II (Name of Parliament) and
Sanctuary) with List-II (State) and select
select the correct answer using the code given
the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List – I List - II
below the lists:
(Country) (Name of Parliament)
List-I List-II
(National Park/Wild- (State)
A. Netherlands I. Diet
Life Sanctuary)
B. Ukraine 2. States General
A. Bondla Wildlife 1. Orissa
C. Poland 3. Supreme Court
Sanctuary
D. Japan 4. Sejm
B. Kangerghat Natiiona 2. Assam
Park
Code
C. Orang Sanctuary 3. Chhattisgarh A B C D
D. Ushakothi Wildlife. 4. Goa (a) 4 I 2 3
Sanctuary 5. Tripura (b) 2 3 4 I
(c) 4 3 2 I
Code.
(d) 2 I 4 3
A B C D
(a) 2 I 5 3
(b) 4 3 2 1 60. Which one of the following is the
(c) 2 3 5 1 correct sequence of the given
(d) 4 1 2 3 Continents in the decreasing order of
their percentage of Earth's land?
57. Who among the following is not a (a) North America—Africa— South
America—Europe
recipient of the Bharat Ratna Award?
(b) Africa-North America—South
(a) Ustad Bismillah Khan AmericaEurope
(c) North America—Africa—Europe—
(b) Satyajit Ray
South America
(c) Lata Mangeshkar (d) Africa-North—America-Europe—South
America
(d) Raj Kapoor ...
61. Which one of the following pairs is not
58. For which one of the following countries, correctly matched?
is Spanish not an official language? (a) Seikan Rail Tunnel: China
(a) Chilr (b) Petronas Towers: Malaysia
(b) Colombia (c) Appalachian Trail United States
(c) Republic of Congo of America
(d) Cuba (d) Rogun Dam : Tajikistan

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62. Consider the following Statements: 66. Itaipu Dam built on the River Parana
I. Kyoto Protocol came into force in I the is one of the largest darns in the world.
year 2005. Which of the following two countries
2. Kyoto Protocol deals primarily with the have this as a joint project?
depletion of the Ozone layer. (a) Brazil and Peru
3. Methane as a greenhouse gas is more (b) Paraguay and Ecuador
harmful than carbon dioxide. (c ) Brazil and Paraguay
Which of the statements given above is are (d) Colombia and Paraguay
correct ?
67. According to the Census-200 I, which
(a) 1 and 2 one of the following Indian States has
(b) 1 and 3 the maximum population in India after
(c) I only Uttar Pradesh?
(d) 3 only (a) West Bengal
(b) Maharashtra
63. Consider the following statements: (c) Bihar
1. Total land area of Earth is (d) Tamil Nadu
approximately 1475 lakh square
kilometers. 68. Consider the following statements:
2. Ratio of land area to water area of 1. The Parliament cannot enlarge the
Earth is approximately 1 : 4. jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
3. Maximum percentage of Earth's of; India as its jurisdiction is limited
water is in the Pacific Ocean. to that conferred by the
Constitution.
Which of the statements given above is are 2. The officers and servants of the
correct ? Supreme Court and High Courts are
(a) I and 3 appointed by the concerned Chief
(b) 2 and 3 .Justice and the administrative
(c) I only expenses are charged on the
(d) 3 only Consolidated Fund of India.

64. Which one of the following cities is not Which of the statements given above is/are
a former capital of the given country correct?
(Country given in the brackets) ? (a) 1 only
(a) Karachi (Pakistan) (b) 2 only
(b) Auckland (New Zealand) (c) Both I and 2
(c) Kyoto (Japan) (d) Neither 1 nor 2
(d) Brisbane (Australia)
69. Consider the following statements:
65. Consider the following statements: 1. Article 30 1 pertains to the Right to
1. There are 25 High Courts In India: Property.
2. Punjab, Haryana and the Union 2. Right to Property is a legal right but not
Territory of Chandigarh have a common a Fundamental Right.
High Court. 3. Article 300 A was inserted in the
3. National Capital Territory of Delhi has a Constitution of India by the Congress
High Court of its own. Government at the Centre by the 44th
Which of the statements given above is are Constitutional Amendment.
correct?
(a) 2 and 3 Which of the statements given above is/ are
(b) 1 and 2 correct '?
(c) 1,2 and 3 (a) 2 only
(d) 3 only (b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
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70. Who among the following invented 73. Consider the following statements:
Lasers? . 1. Lord Mountbatten was the Viceroy
(a) Theodore Maiman when Simla Conference took place.
(b) Denis Papin
(c) William Morton 2. Indian Navy Revolt, 1946 took place
(d) Francis Crick when the Indian sailors in the Royal
Indian Navy at Bombay and Karachi
71. Consider the following statements: rose against the Government.
I. Articles 371 A to 371 I were Inserted Which of the statements given above is are
in the Constitution of India to meet correct?
regional demands of Nagaland, (a) I only
Assam, Manipur, Andhra Pradesh, (b) 2 only
Sikkim, Mizorarn, Arunachal Pradesh (c) Both I and 2
and Goa. (d) Neither nor 2
2. Constitutions of India and the United
States of America envisage a dual
74. Which one of the following territories
policy (The Union and the States) but
was not affected .by the Revolt of 1857 ?
a single citizenship.
3. A naturalized citizen of India can, (a) Jhansi
never be deprived of his citizenship. (b) Chittor
(c) Jagdishpur
Which of the statements given above is (d) Lucknow
correct? .
(a) 1,2 and 3 75. Which one of the following places did
(b) I and 3 Kunwar Singh, a prominent leader of
(c) 3 only the Revolt of 1857 belong to ?
(d) I only (a) Bihar
(b) Madhya Pradesh
72. Consider the following statements : (c) Rajasthan
I. Part IX of the Constitution of India (d) Uttar Pradesh
contains provisions for Panchayats
and was inserted by the Constitution 76. Which of the following pairs are
(73rd Amendment) Act, 1992. correctly matched ?
2. Part IX A of the Constitution of India Movement/ Person Actively
contains provisions for municipalities Satyagraha Associated With
and the Article 243 Q envisages two 1. Champaran : Rajendra Prasad
types of municipalities — a Municipal
Council and a Municipal Corporation 2. Ahmedabad: Morarji Desai
for every State. Mill Workers
3. Kheda : Vallabhbhai Patel
Which of the statements given above is! Select the correct answer using the code
are correct?
given below:
(a) 1 only
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 only
(b) 2 and 3
(c ) Both I and 2 (c) I and 3
(d) Neither I nor 2 (d) 1, 2 and 3

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77. Who among the following was not a 82. Consider the following statements. On the
associated with the formation of U.P.
eve of launch of Quit India Movement,
Kisan Sabha in February 1918 '?
(a) Indra Narain Dwivedi Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Gauri Shankar Misra I. asked the government servants to resign.
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru 2. asked the soldiers to leave their posts.
(d) Madan Mohan Malviya.. 3. asked the Princes of the Princely States to
accept the sovereignty of their own people.
78. Who among the following drafted the
resolution on fundamental rights for the Which of the statements given above is/are
Karachi Session of Congress in 1931? correct?
(a) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(a) I and 2
(b) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru ...
(b) 2 and 3
(c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (c) 3 only
(d) 1,2 and 3
79. In October 1920, who of the following 83. Where were the Ghadar
headed a group of Indians gathered at
Tashkent to set up a Communist Party of revolutionaries, who became active
India ? during the outbreak of the World War
(a) H.K. Sarkar
I based ?
(b) P.C. Joshi
(a) Central America
(c) M.C. Chagla
(d) M.N. Roy. (b) North America.
(c) West America
80. At which Congress Session was the
Working Committee authorised to launch (d) South America
a programme Civil Disobedience ?
84. What was Komagata Maru ?
(a) Bombay
(a) A political party based in Taiwan
(b) Lahore (b) Peasant communist leader of China,
(c) Lucknow (c) A naval ship on voyage to Canada,
(d) Tripuri (d) A Chinese village where Mao Tse
Tung began his Long march
81. In which one of the following provinces
was a Congress ministry not formed
85. Who among the following was a
under, the Act of 1935?
proponent' of Fabianism as a movement?
(a) Bihar (a) Annie Beasant
(b) Madras (b) A.D. Hume
(c) Orissa (c) Michael Madhusudan Dutt
(d) Punjab (d) R. Palme Dun

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86. Recently, to which of the following 90. Consider the following statements:
countries did India offer to build a 1. The number of post offices in India is in
Buddha Temple? excess of 1.5 lakhs.
(a) China 2. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)
(b) Myanmar was formed in the year 1997;
(c) Thailand 3. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
(d) Vietnam (TRAI) was established in the year
2000.
87. Which one of the following is not an Which of the statements given above is/ are
ASEAN member '? correct ?
(a) 1,2 and 3
(a) Cambodia (b) I and 2
(b) China ' {c) I only
(c) Laos (d) 3 only
(d) Philippines
91. Consider the following statements :
I. The Man Booker Prize is awarded to
88. Consider the following: citizen of any of the countries of the
1. Disputes with mobile cellular companies British Commonwealth or the Republic
2. Motor accident cases of Ireland.
3. Pension cases 2. A leading London-based software
company underwrites the Man Booker
For which of the above are Lok Adalats held? Prize presently.
(a) 1 only
3. The winner of the Man Booker Prize in
(b) 1 and 2
year 2004 is a South Asian.
(c) 2 only,
(d) 1, 2 and 3. Which of the statements given above is/ are
correct?
89. Which of the following pairs are correctly (a) 1 only
matched? (b) I and 3
Person A ward (c) 2 and 3
1. Champadevi : Goldman Environ (d) 1,2 and 3
Shukla mental Prize
2. Dr. P. Sri: Vachaspati 92. Consider the following statements:
Ramachanrudu Puraskar 1. The forest cover in India constitutes
3. Ela Ramesh : Lal Bahadur Shastri around 20% of its geographical area.
Bhatt National A ward Out of the total forest cover, dense
for Excellence in forest constitutes around 40%.
Public Administration
2. The National Forestry Action Programme
Academics and
aims at bringing one-third of the area of
Management
India under tree/forest cover.
4. Upamanyu : Lalit Kala Ratna
Chatterjee Award Which of the statements given above is/are
Select the correct answer using the code correct ?
given below: (a) 1 only
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 only
(b) 1, 2 and 3 (c) Both 1 and 2
(c) 3 and 4 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
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93. Which one of the following statements is 95. Match List –I (Lawn Tennis
Tournament) with List-II {Winner of
not correct?
Women Singles) and select the correct
(a) There is no definition of the answer using the code given below the
lists:
Scheduled Tribe in the Constitution of
List-1 List-II
India. (Lawn Tennis (Winner of Women
(b) North-East India accounts for a little Tournament) Singles)
over half of the country's tribal A. French I. Svetlana
population. Open-2004 Kuznetsova
(c) The people known as Todas live in the B. Wimhledon- 2. Anastasia
2004 Myskina
Nilgiri area.
C. US Open-2004 3. Maria Sharapova
(d) Lotha is a language spoken in
D. Australian 4. Serena Williams
Nagaland. Open-2004
5. Justinc Henin-
94. Match List-I (Famous Former Sports- Hardene
Code:
person) with List-II (Gamel / Sport) and A B C D
select the correct answer using the code (a) 5 I 4 2
(b) 2 3 I 5
given below the lists: (c) 5 3 I 2
(d) 2 I 4 5
List-1 List-II
(Famous Former (Game/Sport) 96. Consider the following statements:
. (Sportsperson) 1. India is the second country in the
A. Wally Grout, 1. Swimming world to adopt a National Family
Planning Programme. .
B. Eusebio 2. Lawn Tennis 2. The National Population Policy of
India 2000 seeks to achieve
C. Rod Laver 3. Cricket replacement level of fertility by 2010
with a population of III crores.
D. Mark Spitz 4 Football 3. Kerala is the first State in India to
achieve replacement level of fertility.
5. Basketball Which of the statements given above is/ are
Code : correct?
A B C D
(a) 3 5 2 4 (a) 1 only
(b) 2 4 3 I (b) 1 and 2
(c ) 3 4 2 1 (c) 2 and 3
(d) 2 5 3 4 (d) 1, 2 and 3

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97. The Constitution (98th Amendment)
Act is related to : 101. Which one of the following statements is
(a) Empowering the Centre to levy and correct?
appropriate service tax (a) The First Meeting of the Parties
(b) The constitution of the National (MOP I) to the Cartagena Protocol on
Judicial Commission Biosafety was held in Philippines in
(c) Readjustment of electoral the year 2004
constituencies on the basis of the (b) India is not a signatory to the
Population Census 2001 Biosafety Protocol/Convention on
(d) The demarcation of new boundaries Biological Diversity
between States (c) The Biosafety Protocol deals with
genetically modified organisms
98. Which one of the following is the (d) The United States of America is
correct statement on the basis of member of the Biosafety Protocol/
Census-200 1? Convention on Biological Diversity
(a) Bihar has the highest percentage of the
Scheduled Castes of its population 102. Which one of the following pairs is not
(h) The decadal growth of population of correctly matched?
India (1991-2001) has been below Current Name Old Name
20% (a) Harare : Salisbury
(c) Mizoram is the Indian State with the
(b) Ethiopia: Abyssinia
least population
(d) Pondicherry has the highest sex ratio, (c) Ghana: Dutch Guiana
among the Union Territories
(d) Kinshasa: Leopoldville
99. Consider the following statements:
I. Global Trust Bank has been 103. Consider the following statements:
amalgamated with the Punjab 1. Areawise, Chhattisgarh is larger than West
National Bank. . Bengal.
2. The second report of the Kelkar 2. According to the Population 2001 Census,
Committee dealing with direct and population of West Bengal is larger than
indirect taxes has maintained its that of Chhattisgarh.
original recommendations including Which of the statements given above is/are
the abolition of exemptions relating to correct?
housing loans. (a) I only
Which of the statements given above is/are (b) 2 only
correct ? (c) Both I and 2
(a) I only (d) Neither I nor 2
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 104. In which one of the following countries
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 did hundreds of people die in year 2004 as a
result of flooding and mudslides triggered by
100. Where was world's largest ever Meet on Tropical Storm Jeanne ?
HIV, AIDS held in July, 2004 ? (a) Colombia
(a) Bangkok (b) Haiti
(b) Singapore (c) Sudan
(c) New York (d) Ghana
(d) Rome

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105. Consider the following statements: 108. Under which one of the Ministries of the
1. Silent Valley National Park is in the Government of India does the Food and
Nutrition Board work?
Nallamalai range.
(a) Ministry of Agriculture
2. Pathrakkadavu Hydroelectric Project is (b) Ministry of Health and Family
proposed to be built near the Silent Welfare
Valley National Park. (c) Ministry of Human Resource
3. The Kunthi river originates in Silent Development
Valley's rainforests. (d) Ministry of Rural Development
Which of the statements given above is/ are
correct ? 109. Which of the following diseases of
(a) 1 and 3 milching animals are infectious ?
I. Foot and Mouth disease
(b) 2 only
2. Anthrax
(c) 2 and 3
3. Black Quarter
(d) 1,2 and 3
4. Cowpox
106. Who among the following is not a Select the correct answer using the code given
member of the Investment Commission below :
formed in December, 2004 '? (a) 1,2 and 3
(a) Ratan Tata
(b) 2,3 and 4
(b) Deepak Parekh
(c) 1 and 4
(c) Ashok Ganguly
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(d) Kumannangalam Birla.
110. Match items in the List-I (Power
Station) with those in the List-II (State)
107. Consider the following statements: and select the correct answer using the
1. Dengue is a protozoan disease code given below the lists:
List-1 List-II
transmitted by mosquitoes.
(Power Station) (State)
2. Retro-orbital pain is not a symptom of
A. Kothagudem 1. Andhra Pradesh
Dengue.
B. Raichur 2. Gujarat
3. Skin rash and bleeding from nose and
C. Mettur 3. Karnataka
gums are some of the symptoms of
D. Wanakbori 4. Tamil Nadu
Dengue.
Which of the statements given above is/are
Code:
correct ? A B C D
(a) 1 and 2 (a) 4 2 1 3
(b) 3 only (b) 1 3 4 2
(c) 2 only (c) 4 3 1 2
(d) 1 and 3 (d) 1 2 4 3

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111. Which one of the following pairs is not
correctly matched ? 116. Which one of the following is the
(a) Arjun : Indigenously produced correct chronological order of the
battles. Fought in India in the 18th
Main Battle Tank (MBl) Century ?
(b) Phalcon : Cruise missile supplied (a) Battle of Wandiwash— Battle of
Buxar-Battle of Ambur-Battle of
by Russia to India Flassey
(c) Saras : Indigenously developed (b) Battle of Ambur—Battle of Plassey-
civilian passenger Battle of Wandiwash—Battle of
Buxar
aircraft (c) Battle of Wandiwash—Battle of
(d) Operation: New Indian Naval Plassey-Battle of Ambur-Battle of
Buxar .
Seabird Base at Karwar
(d) Battle of Ambur—Battle of Buxar-
Battle of Wandiwash-Battle of
112. Consider the following statements: Plassey
1. India is the only country in the world
producing all the five known commercial 117. Consider the following statements:
varieties of silk. 1. Warren Hastings was the first Governor
2. India is the largest producer of sugar in General who established a regular
the world.
police force in India on the British
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct? pattern.
(a) 1 only 2. A Supreme Court was established at
(b) 2 only
(c) Both I and 2 Calcutta by the Regulating Act, 1773.
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 3. The Indian Penal Code came into effect

113. Whose autobiography is the book “My in the year 1860.

Music My Life” ? Which of the statements given above are
(a) Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma correct?
(a) I and 2
(b) Ustad Amjad Ali Khan V
(c) Pandit Ravi Shankar. (b) 2 and 3

(d) Ustad Zakir Hussain (c) I and 3

(d) I, 2 and 3
114. Where do thc Sahariya tribals, who were
recently in the news, live? 118. Consider the following statements:
(a) Andhra Pradesh The Government of India Act, 1935 provided for
(b) Assam 1. the provincial autonomy.
(c) Rajasthan 2. the establishment of Federal Court.
(d) Orissa
3. All India Federation at the centre.
115. Which countries played in the Lawn Which of the statements given above are
Tennis Davis Cup Final in the year correct?
2004 (a) I and 2
(a) Switzerland and United States of
America (b) 2 and 3
(b) Spain and United States of America (c) 1 and 3
(c) Australia and Argentina
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1l9. Who among the following was not a 123. What is the order of magnitude of
contemporary of the other three? electric resistance of the human body
(a) Bimbsara . (dry) ?
(a) 102 ohm
(b) Gautama Buddha
(b) 104 ohm
(c) Milinda
(d) Prasenjit (c) 106 ohm
(d) 108 ohm
120. Pneumoconiosis afflicts the workers
who work mainly in : 124. Consider the following statements:
(a) Tanneries 1. A geostationary satellite is at an
approximate height of 10.000 km.
(b) Coal mining industry
2. FM transmission of music is of very
(c) Distilleries good quality because the atmospheric or
(d) Glass industry man-made noises which are generally
frequency variations can do little harm.
121. Which one of the following is the Which of the statements given above is/ are
landmark perfom1ance of Dr. V. correct?
Mohan Reddy, an Indian born doctor (a) I only
working in USA. during. February. (b) 2 only
2005 ? (c) Both I and 2
(a) Research on human stem cell which is (d) Neither I nor 2
likely to revolutionise treatment of
deadly disease like cancer. 125. Consider the following statements :
(b) Successful open heart procedure 1. Anhydrous sodium carbonate is
called arterial switch performed on an commonly known as baking sods.
infant. 2. Baking soda is used in fire extinguishers.
(c) Research on genetic engineering 3. Bleaching powder is manufactured in
which can help in treatment of deadly Hasenclever plant.
disease like AIDS. Which of the statements given above is/are
(d) Successful brain surgery to revive the correct?
function of nearly dead brain of a (a) 1.2 and 3
premature born infant. (b) 2 and 3
(c) 3 only
122. Consider the following statements: (d) 1 and 2
1. The axis of the earth's magnetic
126. `Consider the following statements:
field is inclined at 231/2 O to the
1. During the year 2004, India's foreign
geographic axis of the earth.
exchange reserves did not exceed the 125
2. The earth's magnetic pole in the billion U.S. Dollar mark.
northern hemisphere is located on 2. The series of index numbers of wholesale
a peninsula in northern Canada. prices introduced from April, 2000 has the
3. Earth's magnetic equator pass. If year 1993-94 base year.
through Thumba in South India. Which of the statements given above is/are
Which of the statements given above is/are correct '?
correct? (a) 1 only
(a) 1.2 and 3 (b) 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 (c) Both I and 2
(c) 2 only (d) Neither I nor 2
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127. Who among the following is the 131. Consider the following statements:
President 1. Great Britain comprises England, Wales,
of the FICCI ? \
Scotland and Northern Ireland.
(a) Sunil Mittal
2. England covers less than 60% of the total
(b) Brijmohan Lal Munjal
area of the United Kingdom.
(c) Onkar S. Kunwar .
(d) Vivek Bumlan
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
128. Which party was founded by Subhash (a) 1 only
Chandra Bose in the year 1939 after he
(b) 2 only
broke away from the Congress?
(a) Indian Freedom Party (c) Both 1 and 2
(b) Azad Hind Fauj
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
.(c) Revolutionary Front
(d) Forward Block. 132. Consider the following statements:
I. During the process of osmosis, the solvent
travels from the concentrated solution to
129. Consider the following statements:
the dilute solution.
1. Second World Buddhist Summit was held
2. In the reverse osmosis, external pressure is
in Bangkok in November-December,
applied to the dilute solution.
2004. .
Which of the statements given above is/ are
2. World Punjabi Conference was held in
correct?
Jalandhar in December, 2004.
(a) 1 only
3. 4th Meeting of the SAARC Trade
Ministers was held in Islamabad in (b) 2 only
November, 2004.
(c) Both 1 and 2
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct ? (d) Neither I nor 2
(a) 3 only
(b) 1 and 2 133. Consider the following statements:
(c) 2 and 3 1. The Headquarters of the International
Organization for Standardization are
(d) 1, 2 and 3 located in Rome.
2. ISO 9000 relates to the quality
management system and standards.
130. Consider the following statements :
1. The Parliament of Russia is called 3. ISO 14000 relates to environmental
Federal Assembly. management system standards.
2. The Council of the Federation in the Which of the statements given above is/are
Russian Parliament is the lower house. correct?
3. The name of the upper house in the (a) 1, 2 and 3
Russian Parliament is State Duma.
Which of the statements given above is/ are (b) 3 only
correct? (c) 2 and 3
(a) I, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2 (d) None
(c) 2 and 3
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136. Consider the following statements: 140.Which one of the following statements is
1. In the First Round Table Conference, Dr. Is not correct ?
Ambedkar demanded separate electorates (a) The Western Ghats are relatively higher in
for the depressed classes. their northern region.
2. In the Poona Act, special provisions for (b) The Anai Mudi is the highest peak in the
representation of the depressed people in Western Ghats.
the local bodies and civil services were (c) Tapi river lies to the South of Satpura
made. (d) The Narmada and the Tapi river valleys
3. The Indian National Congress did not
take part in the Third Round Table 141. Gandhi Sagar Dam is a part of which
Conference. one of the following :

Which of the statements given above are/is (a) Chambal Project

correct? (b) Kosi Project
(a) 1 and 2 (c) Damodar Valley Project
(b) 2 and 3 (d) Bhakra Nangal Project
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3 142. Which one of the following is the correct
sequence of the given hills starting from
137. Consider the following statements: the north and going towards the south?
1. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar founded the (a) Nallamalai Hills—Nilgiri Hills—Javadi
Bethune School at Calcutta with the main Hills—Anaimaiai Hills
aim of encouraging education for women. (b) Anaimalai Hills—Javadi Hills-—Nilgiri
2. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was the Hills—Nallamalai Hills
first graduate of the Calcutta University. (c) Nallamalai Hills—Javadi HillsvNilgiri
3. Keshav Chandra Sen's campaign against Hills—Anaimalai Hills
Sati led to the enactment of a law to ban (d) Anaimalai Hills—Nilgiri Hills—Javadi
Sat; by the then Governor General. Hills—Nallamalai Hills
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct ? 143. Which one of the following is not a
(a) I only Biosphere Reserve?
(b) 1 and 2 (a) Agasthyamalai
(b) Nallamalai
(c) 2 and 3
(c) Nilgiri
(d) 1, 2 and 3 (d) Panchmarhi

138. Who among the following repealed the

Directions :
Vernacular Press Act?
The following 7 (Seven) items consist of two
(a) Lord Dufferin
statements: one labelled as the 'Assertion (A)'
(b) Lord Ripon and the other as 'Reason (R)', You are to
examine these two statements carefully and
(c) Lord Curzon
select the answers to these items using the code
(d) Lord Hardinge given below:

Code:
139. Where is the volcanic mountain, Mount
(a) Both A and R are individually true and
St. Helens located?
R is the correct explanation of A
(a) Chile
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R
(b) Japan is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(c) Philippines
(d) A is false but R is true
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144. Assertion (A): The same face of the 148. Assertion (A): Wind patterns are
Moon is always clockwise in the
presented to the Earth. northern hemisphere
Reason (R) : The Moon rotates about and anti-clockwise in
its own axis in 231/2 the southern
days which is about the hemisphere.
same time that it takes Reason (R) : The directions of wind
to orbit the Earth. patterns in the northern
and the southern
145. Assertion (A): Existence of human life hemisphere are
on Venus is highly governed by the
improbable. Coriolis effect.
Reason (R) : Venus has extremely
high level of carbon 149. Assertion (A): The main constituent of
dioxide in its the Liquefied Petroleum
atmosphere. Gas is methane.
Reason (R) : Methane can be used
146. Assertion (A): All the proteins in our directly for burning in
food are digested in homes and factories
small intestine only. where it can be supplied
Reason (R) : The protein-digesting through pipelines.
enzymes from pancreas 150. Assertion (A): The person with
are released into small diabetes insipidus feels
intestine. thirsty.
Reason (R) A person with diabetes
147. Assertion (A): Amoeba reproduces by insipidus suffers from
fission. excess secretion of
Reason (R) : All unicellular vasopressin.
organisms reproduce by
asexual methods.

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