TEST 2 Answer Key
TEST 2 Answer Key
Q1. In which one of the following places is the Q7. Study of growing plant without soil in water
forest survey of India a national org. engaged in containing nutrient is -
forest cover mapping, forest inventory and training (a) Hydrotonics
in the field of remote sensing and GIS located (b) Hydroponics
(a) Dehradun (c) Hypotonics
(b) Itanagar (d) None of These
(c) Ahmedabad
(d) Aizawl Ans: b
Ans: b Ans: d
Q3. The author of the book 'India Wins Freedom' Q9. The technique of collecting information about
is? an object from a distance without making physical
(a) Kuldip Nawar contact with it is
(b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (a) remote sensing
(c) Jawahar Lal Nehru (b) remote control
(d) Indira Gandhi (c) remote accessing
(d) space shuttle
Ans: b
Ans: a
Q4. Name of the President of India Who was
elected Unopposed Q10. Which of the following cricketer has been
(a) Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma declared the ''Cricketer of the Twentieth Century''
(b) Dr. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy by the ICC?
(c) Dr. Fakhruddina Ali Ahmed (a) Sunil Gavaskar
(d) Dr. Zakir Husain (b) Kapil Dev
(c) Shane Warne
Ans: b (d) Brian Lara
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Q24. Under whose leadership was the Congress Q28. Consider the following statements about the
Socialist Party founded in 1934? procedure for amending the Indian Constitution:
(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi 1. An amendment bill can be introduced in either
(b) Acharya Narendra Dev and jai Prakash House of Parliament and state legislatures.
Narayan 2. The bill must be passed in each House by a
(c) Subhas Chandra Bose and RC. Joshi special majority.
(d) Saifuddin Kitchlew and Rajendra Prasad 3. If the bill seeks to amend federal provisions, it
must be ratified by the legislatures of half of the
Ans: b states.
Which of the above statements are correct?
Q25. Which one of the following is considered an (a) 1 and 2
encyclopedia of Indian Medicine? (b) 2 and 3
(a) Charaka Samhita (c) 1 and 3
(b) Surya Siddhanta (d) All of the above
(c) Brihat Samhita
(d) Lokayata Ans: b
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Choose the correct answer from the following Sol: Suhungmung introduced the position of
(a) 1 and 2 only Barpatra Gohain during his reign.
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only Q34. The Treaty of Majuli between the Ahoms and
(d) All of the above the Koch kingdom in 1563 was negotiated on
behalf of Ahom by-
Ans: c (a) Suklenmung
(b) Sutupha
Sol: The President is elected not directly by the (c) Sukhampha
people but by members of electoral college (d) Aikhek Buragohain
consisting of:
• the elected members of both the Houses of Ans: d
Parliament;
• the elected members of the legislative Sol: Aikhek Buragohain negotiated the Treaty of
assemblies of the states; (Not by the council) Majuli between the Ahoms and the Koch kingdom.
• the elected members of the legislative
assemblies of the Union Territories of Delhi Q35. Which officer was responsible for overseeing
and Puducherry. every twenty paiks in the Paik system?
(a) Saikia
Q31. In Ancient Assam Which dynasty was known (b) Hazarika
for moving the capital from Pragjyotishpura to (c) Phukan
Harupesvara? (d) Bora
(a) Danava Dynasty
(b) Varman Dynasty Ans: d
(c) Pala Dynasty
(d) Salastambha Dynasty Sol: The Bora was responsible for overseeing
every twenty paiks in the Paik system.
Ans: d
Q36. Which Ahom king was known as
Sol: The Salastambha Dynasty moved the capital “Supungmung” and appointed Lachit Deka as the
from Pragjyotishpura to Harupesvara (present-day new Barphukan?
Tezpur). (a) Chakradhwaj Singha
(b) Udayaditya Singha
Q32. Which Persian chronicle describes the (c) Jayadhwaj Singha
invasions of Assam by Md Bin Bakhtiyar Khilji? (d) Surampha
(a) Tabaqat-i-Nasiri
(b) Akbarnama Ans: a
(c) Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi
(d) Ain-i-Akbari Sol: Chakradhwaj Singha was known as
"Supungmung '' and appointed Lachit Deka as the
Ans: a new Barphukan.
Sol: Tabaqat-i-Nasiri by Minhaj-ul-Siraj describes Q37. In which year did the Assam lemon (Kaji
the invasions of Assam by Md Bin Bakhtiyar Khilji. Nemu) receive the GI tag?
(a) 2017
Q33. Which ministerial positions were established (b) 2018
during Suhungmung's reign? (c) 2019
(a) Barpatra Gohain (d) 2020
(b) Barphukan
(c) Borbarua Ans: c
(d) Borphukan
Sol: The Assam lemon (Kaji Nemu) received the
Ans: a Geographical Indication (GI) tag in 2019,
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recognizing its unique characteristics and regional Q42. Speed of Deepak and Vinod are in the ratio
origin. Kaji Nemu, has been declared as the State of 19 : 12 respectively. If speed of Vinod is 84
Fruit of Assam due to its cultural and agricultural km/hr, then what will be the speed of Deepak?
significance in the region. (a) 114 km/hr
(b) 117 km/hr
Q38. Under Mission Basundhara 3.0, which (c) 126km /hr
communities will not have to submit a certificate of (d) 133 km/hr
three generations of habitation to get land rights?
(a) Tea and Gorkha communities Ans: d
(b) Adivasi and Assamese communities
(c) ST and SC communities Q43. The total of the ages of Jayant, Prem and
(d) Bodo and Bengali communities Saransh is 93 years. Ten years ago, the ratio of
their ages was 2 : 3 : 4. What is the present age of
Ans: c Saransh?
(a) 44 years
Sol: People belonging to ST (Scheduled Tribes) (b) 36 years
and SC (Scheduled Castes) communities will not (c) 33 years
have to submit a certificate of three generations of (d) 38 years
habitation to get land rights under Mission
Basundhara 3.0. Ans: d
Q39. Which hill range is recognized as the highest Q44. In a mixture of 60 litres, the ratio of milk and
hill range in Assam? water is 2:1 respectively. How much more water
(a) Himalayan Range must be added to make its ratio 1:2 respectively?
(b) Karbi Hills (a) 40 litres
(c) Patkai Range (b) 52 litres
(d) Borail Range (c) 60 litres
(d) More than one of the above
Ans: d
Ans: d
Sol: The Borail Range is recognized as the highest
hill range in Assam. Q45. A shopkeeper sells an article by giving two
successive discounts of 15% and 20% and still
Q40. Which national park in Assam has the highest manages to earn 70% profit. If the marked price of
density of tigers? the article is ₹5000, then find the cost price of the
(a) Kaziranga National Park article.
(b) Manas National Park (a) ₹2000
(c) Orang National Park (b) ₹1000
(d) Dibru-Saikhowa National Park (c) ₹3400
(d) ₹5000
Ans: a
Ans: a
Sol: Kaziranga National Park has the highest
density of tigers. Q46. Two successive discounts of 40% and 20%,
respectively, on the marked price of an article are
Q41. If 2a: 5b = 1:3 and 2c: b = 3:2, then a: b: c is equal to single discount of Rs 988. The marked
equal to: price (in Rs) of the article is:
(a) 10:12:45 (a) 1,900
(b) 45:12:10 (b) 2,200
(c) 12:10:45 (c) 2,470
(d) 45:10:12 (d) 2,070
Ans: a Ans: a
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Ans: b Ans: c
Q51. A cistern has two pipes one can fill it with Q56. Manoj gave Rs 4000 to Raj on simple interest
water in 16 hours and other can empty it in 10 at a rate of 19% for 3 years. How much money Raj
hours. In how many hours will the cistern be will give back to Manoj after 3 years?
emptied if both the pipes are opened together (a) Rs 6280
when 1/5th of the cistern is already filled with (b) Rs 6820
water? (c) Rs 6028
(a) 11.4 hours (d) More than one of the above
(b) 3.66 hours
(c) 5.33 hours Ans: a
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Q57. What will come in the place of question mark (b) inscription
'?' in the following question? (c) Epitaph
60% of 80 ÷ 16 × 30 % of 70=? (d) engrave
(a) 60
(b) 61 Ans: c
(c) 62
(d) 63 Q63. A person who insists on something
(a) Disciplinarian
Ans: d (b) Stickler
(c) Instantaneous
Q58. If a3 – b3 = 208 and a – b = 4, then (a + b)2 – (d) Boaster
ab is equal to
(a) 32 Ans: b
(b) 42
(c) 52 Q64. A person who hates women
(d) 62 (a) cruel
(b) misogynist
Ans: c (c) misanthropist
(d) philanthropist
Q59. The difference between the length and
breadth of a rectangle is 23 m. If its perimeter is Ans: b
206 m, then its area is:
(a) 1520 m2 Q65. Extreme old age when a man behaves like a
(b) 2420 m2 fool
(c) 2480 m2 (a) Imbecility
(d) 2520 m2 (b) Senility
(c) Dotage
Ans: d (d) Superannuation
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that the Constitution would begin to sound like Q76. Which of the following offered a safety net for
rhetoric. primary education?
In order to examine what happened, we must (a) Government of India
make a distinction between school and higher (b) World economic forum
education. When Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha (c) World bank
Rao spoke about liberalisation as the central (d) The District Primary Education Programme
theme of the new economic policy, he also referred (DPEP)
to the ‘structural adjustment programme’. Under (e) None of these
this programme, the World Bank offered a ‘safety
net’ for primary education. It meant additional Ans: c
resources and policy guidance to enable the
system to expand its capacity for enrolling children. Q77. Which of the following statement is/are true
The District Primary Education Programme according to the passage?
(DPEP), which later mutated into Sarva Shiksha i. The purpose of ‘adjustment’ was to facilitate
Abhiyan (SSA), symbolised the ‘safety net’ India’s integration into the global economy.
approach. It was designed to cushion the harsh ii. It was designed to cushion the harsh effects that
effects that ‘structural adjustment’ under ‘structural adjustment’ under liberalisation was not
liberalisation was expected to cause in welfare expected to cause in welfare sectors like children’s
sectors like children’s education and health. The education and health.
DPEP and SSA efficiently served this role, creating iii. The national policy on education drafted in 1986
an ethos in which children’s education seemed to had mostly adhered to the established state-
have become a major priority of the state. The centric view.
success of these programmes emboldened the (a) Only i
government to push the Right to Education (RTE) (b) Only i and iii
law through Parliament. Governments of many (c) Only iii
States registered their anxiety over their capacity (d) Only ii
to fund the implementation of RTE after the Central (e) All i, ii, iii
assistance provided under SSA runs dry.
In higher education, the new economic policy Ans: b
designed on the principles of liberalisation offered
no safety net. From the beginning, the assumption Q78. What was the central theme of new economic
was that higher education ought to generate its policy according to the given passage?
own resources. An accompanying idea was that (a) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)
higher education should respond to market (b) Education and health.
demands in terms of knowledge and skills. Over (c) New economic policy
the last three decades, these two guiding ideas (d) Right to Education (RTE)
have dented the established system of higher (e) Liberalization
education in all parts of the country. Both Central
and State universities have been starved of Ans: e
financial resources. Cutting down on permanent
staff, both teaching and non-teaching, has Q79. Which two guiding ideas have dented the
emerged as the best strategy to cope with financial established system of higher education in the
crunch. A complex set of outcomes, specific to country?
different universities, makes any general analysis (a) The DPEP and SSA should serve their role
difficult. In some, self-financed courses, mostly efficiently
vocational in nature, have provided a means of (b) Higher education should respond to market
income. In others, such courses have been demands in terms of knowledge and skills.
resisted by teacher unions. However, these unions (c) Cutting down on permanent staff, both
have gradually lost their power and say because teaching and non-teaching
they are broken from within. (d) Additional resources and policy guidance to
enable the system to expand its capacity
(e) None of these
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Ans: b Ans: b
Q80. Which of the following statement is not true Q85. 0, 5, 60, 615, ?
according to the passage? (a) 6030
i. The questions she was asking could hardly be (b) 6170
addressed without invoking the political economy (c) 6130
that has emerged over the last three decades. (d) 6000
ii. Some critics of the new economic policy
expressed anxiety about the consequences of Ans: b
state withdrawal from its prime role and
responsibility in sectors like education and health. Q86. If FLATTER is coded as 7238859 and
iii. In 1991 came the dramatic announcement of a MOTHER is coded as 468159, then how is
new economic policy, accompanied by a package MAMMOTH coded?
of steps to be taken for ‘structural adjustment’ of (a) 4344681
the Indian education. (b) 4344651
iv. All are true. (c) 4146481
(a) Only i (d) 4346481
(b) Only i and iii
(c) Only iii Ans: a
(d) Only ii
(e) All i, ii, iii Q87. In a certain code language, GRAPE is written
as 27354 and FOUR is written as 1687. How is
Ans: c GROUP written in that code?
(a) 27384
Q81. 13 : 19 :: 21 : ? (b) 27684
(a) 41 (c) 27685
(b) 81 (d) 27658
(c) 141
(d) 14 Ans: c
Ans: a Ans: b
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Q90. A man coming out of the backdoor of his Q95. At what time between 3PM to 4PM minute
house which is facing East, walked for one hand and hour hand will coincide?
kilometre, turned to his right and walked for (a) 3:16 4/11
another kilometre. Then he turned to his right and (b) 3:15 4/11
walked a kilometre again. Where was he from his (c) 3:17 4/11
house at the end? (d) None of these
(a) 1 km away in north
(b) 1 km away in south Ans: a
(c) 1 km away in east
(d) 1 km away in west Q96. M, N, P, R, T, W, F and H are sitting around
a circle facing the centre. P is third to the left of M
Ans: a and second to the right of T. N is second to the right
of P. R is second to the right of W, who is second
Q91. Two squads of soldiers A and B, facing East to the right of M. F is not an immediate neighbour
and West respectively received the following of P. Then Who is to the immediate right of P?
commands - Left Turn, About Turn, Right Turn, (a) H
Left Turn. Which directions would the squads A (b) F
and B face at the end? (c) R
(a) East, West (d) Data inadequate
(b) West, East (e) None of these
(c) North, South
(d) South, North Ans: a
Ans: d
Ans: c
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(a) 32
(b) 48
(c) 40
(d) 50
Ans: b
(a) 10
(b) 30
(c) 40
(d) 20
Ans: b
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