DHS ASSISTANT 2018
DHS ASSISTANT 2018
General Knowledge
which
was the Prime Minister of
to Indin from
6. Knutilya
1. The Aryans came
Indian rulers?
of the following
(A) Northerm Europe AA) Chandragupta Maurya
8 Central Ania
(B) Chandrngupta-l
IC South-Eant Asa
C) Ashoka
of which of Delhi
2. Tripitakas a r e the sacred books 7. Who ascended the throne
of the following religions? Sultanate after the death of Qutub-ud-din
A) Jainism Aibak?
(A) Ghiyas-ud-din Balban
B Buddhism
B) Itutmish
IC) Hinduisn
(C) Nasir-ud-din Shah
(D) Zoroastrianism
D) Raziya Sultana
A) Buxar
A Humayun
(B) Akbar
(B) Herat
(C) Jahangir
(C)Kabul
(D) Aurangzeb
D) Hydaspes
10. The Quit India Movement was launched in
5. Who was the author of the book, Indica? Ihe year
Viahnugupta 1924
MB) Mepmsthenes (B) 1934
Diamechus () 1947
(DY Harahavardhana (D) 1942
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11. Garba' dance isa dance from 16. Which planet looks redd sh in he night
A) Rajasthan sky?
A Mercury
(B) Gujarat
(B) Mars
(C Kamataka
(C) Jupiter
D) Maharashtra
(D) Satum
12. The Elephanta Cave is situaled near 17. Which ane of the following planets has the
largest number of natural satellites or
AMumbai
moons?
(B) Chennai
(A) Jupiter
(CMount Abu (B) Mars
(D) Amamath
(C) Saturm
(D) Venus
13. Which of the following was written by
Kalidasa?
18. The carth rotates on its axis from
(A Sursagar
(A north to south
(B) Rajatarangini (B) east to west
C)Kathasaritsagara (C) south to north
(D) Meghadutam (D west to east
14. The classical dance of Andhra Pradesh 19. Through which of the following countries
is
does the equator
A) Kathakali pass?
A) Peru
(B Kuchipudi
(B) Brazil
(C)Mohiniyattam (C) Egypt
(D) Bharatana tyam (D) Thailand
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21. The apecd of rotation of the carth in 26. Malta is located in which of the following
kilometer per hour is the highest seas?
22. Which of the following is a metamorphic 27. Which of the following European countries
ock?
has coastline with the Atlantic Ocean?
(A Slate
A)Portugal
(B) Sandstone
(B) taly
IC Shale
(C) Gemany
(D Limestone
(D) Grecce
23. Which one of the following countries is
known as land of thousand lakes'? 28. The world's largest coral reef is found near
the coast of which of the
Portugal following?
(B) Austria A) Australia
Pinland (B) Ghana
(D Romania (C Cuba
(D) Philippines
24. The Strait that
separates Europe fromm
Africa is
29. What is the
A) Hook Strait capital of Turkey?
(A) Amaterdam
(B) Strait of Gibraltar
(B) Addis Ababa
(CPalk Strait
(D) Bering Stralt C) Ankara
(D) Beirut
25. Which is the
deepest freahwater lake in
the world? 30. What is
the. currency of Thailand?
A Lake Tanganyika
(A) Kyat
B) Lake Superior
(B) Don8
(C Lake Baikal
(C) Won
(D) Lake Michigan
(D) Baht
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36. Two atoms are said to be isotopes if
31. Which of the following Indian 8tates does
not have a coastline? (A) they have the same atomic number,
but different mass numbers
ARajasthan
the same number of
(B) Maharashtra (B) they have
but different mass
neutrons
IC) Odiaha numbers
Which of the following Indian States forms (D) they have same number of neutrons
the easternmost border of the country? but different numbers of protons
(A) Assam
37. The loudness of sound is related to
(B Arunachal Pradesh
(A) its frequency
(Nagaland
(B) its amplitude
(D) Manipur
(C) its speed
33. Which of the following rivers flows from (D) its pitch
cast to west?
38. The phenomenon of total intermal
Narmada relection' is observed in which of the
(B Godavari following?
C) Krishna 4) Olowing tube light
D) Cauvery (B) Light passing through lens
(C) Sparkling diamond
34 Under which Article of the Constitution is
(D) Twinkling star
the President's rule
promulgated in any
State in India?
39. Electricity is produced in a dry cell
AArtice 356 through conversion of energy from
(B)Article 352 A) chemical energy
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in
46. Scurvy is caused by deficiency
41. Non-stick cooking utensiis are coated with
A) vitamin A
A)black paint
(B) vitamin B
(B) PVC
(C)teon IC)vitamin C
(D) vitamin D
(D) polystyrene
(CNitrogen (C)Pituitarygland
(D) Oxygen (D) Thyroid gland
43. Which of the following acids is a mineral 48. Which of the following discases is caused
acid? by bacteria?
4, Which among the following is an example 49. Which of the following diseases is also
of chemical change? known as breakbone fever?
45. Which of the folowing ia the lightest 50. The site for cellular rospiration in animal
metal? cell is
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Section-B
General English
66. What is the plural of handkerchief?
81. What n the synonym of Occupation?
A Space AHandkerchetve
B) gush
53. Which of the following is not a collective
noun? C) violent
(B) Parliament
IC) Nation 58. What is the superlative of inner?
D) Police (A) Innertest
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Pill in the blank with the 64 Use the corect adverb to complete the
60. correct article
1 have only. one-rupee note with me. ollowing eentence
He has. Scena tiger."
(D) never
61. Pll in the blank with correct pronoun
You and Hari have idled away 65. Fill in the blank with correct preposition
time.
He leanedd. the wall and waitod
A your for me."
(B their A) against
Cthere (B) on
(D) between
62. Pil in the blank with correct verb :
The wounded man was. helped
by some boys." 66. What is the verb form of bath?
(A) Bath
A) readily
(B) Bathe
(B being
(C) Baths
(C)ympathetically
(D) Bath's
(D)aectionately
63. What a the paat participle of wear? 67. What ia the diminutive form of hil1?
A) Wore Hlet
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68. Uee the correct for the phrase, in
option to complete the 72. What is the single word
following phrase: spite of ?
from - t o worve
A) Notwithstanding
A)worot
(B) Barring
(B) best
(c) Considering
(C) better
(D) Pending
(D) bad
69. What is the meaning of the 73, Whet is a goup of sheep known as?
idiom,
turn deaf ear to?
A) Crowd
A Disregard
(B) Flock
(B) Disrespect
(C) Herd
(CDisdain
(D) Army
(D Distract
(B) Weaver
money
(C) Widower
(B) capital
C)pains (D) Witch
(D) riak
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Sectionc
General Mathematics
79. Banal has 3 times many two-rupee
as
(B) 21
(C)34
(D) 12
A) 63
107 (B) 96
74 (C) 69
(D 85
(D)
81. Arjun is twice as old as Shriya. Five years
ago, his age was three timea Shrya's age.
What is Acjun's present age?
78. The sum of three conaeeutive multiples of
11 is 363. What is the middle tarm?
A) 20 years
(A 110
(B) 30 years
121
(C) 40 years
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smalMest natura
number. should
82. The value of in the 86. By whlch
x equation that the quotient is a
53240 be divided so
perfect cube?
A
(B) 2
(B 5
(C)
(D -1
(D) 17
83. Find the number of sides of a regular
polygon who's cach exterior angle has a
measure of 45.
87. An item marked at 840 is sold for 714.
6
What is the discount percentage?
(B 8
(A) 10%
(P) 10
(B) 12%
(B) 23453
C 7921
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89. A sum of ? 10,000 Ia borrowed at a rate of 92. The perimeter ofa parallelogram with
interest 15% per annum for 2 years. What side of 7 cm and 12 cm length is
will be the simple interest on this sum at
the end of 2 yearn? A) 84 cm
A)1,500 (B) 19 am
(B)2,400 (C) 38 cm
(D)3,500
about:
93. Which of the following
parallelogram is true?
A) 21 A 64 m
(C37 (C)48 m
(D)43 (D) 44 mn
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95. The area of a rhombus ia 240 em2 and 98. Simplily
one of the diagonals is 16 cm. The
lengh
of the other diagonal is
S-4-4
A) 8 m
(A) 16
(B 16 cm
(B
C30 cm
(D) 32 cm IC)
D) 16
96. An aquarium is in the form of a
cuboid whose external measures (length
breedth height) are 80 cm«30 cm*40 cm.
The base, side faces and back face are 99. What i the value of m
to be covered with a coloured paper. What (-3Tx-3 =(-3 ?
will be the area of the paper needed?
A)
A) 3000 cm
(B) 2
(B)4000cm
(C) 3
8000 cm
(D)4
(D 9000 cm
(B) 17 cm
(B) 6-0435-1023 kg
(C 19 em (C 604-35*1020 kg
(D 21 em (D) 6043-5*1025 kg
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