GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GENERAL AWARENESS 9. Who among the following literary 17. Which of the following parts of the
personalities won Cervantes Prize skeleton protects the spinal cord?
1. Who among the following is the recently? (1) Auditory Capsule
President of Belarus? (1) Mr. Paulo Coelho (2) Cranium
(1) Georgi Purvanov (2) Mr. Franz Kafka (3) Olfactory Capsule
(2) Alexander Lukashenko (3) Mr. Antonio Gamoneda (4) Vertebral Column
(3) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (4) Mr. Chinua Achebe
(4) Alvaro Uribe Velez 18. The Community of Sahel-Saharan
10. Which of the following countries has States (CEN-SAD) Summit was held
2. Who among the following is the the highest life expectancy at birth? in
Chairman of National Knowledge (1) Australia (2) Japan (1) Sudan (2) Nigeria
Commission? (3) Sweden (4) Canada (3) Libya (4) Niger
(1) Mr. P.M. Bhargava
(2) Mr. P. Balram 11. Which of the following is the world’s 19. Who among the following is the
(3) Mr. Andre Beteille largest city in area? Attorney-General of India?
(4) Mr. Sam Pitroda (1) Mount Isa (Australia) (1) Mr. Goolam E. Vahanvati
(2) Mumbai (India) (2) Mr. Milon Kumar Banerji
3. Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya’s Dargah (3) Wenchuan (China) (3) Mr. Vikas Singh
is located at (4) Tokyo (Japan) (4) Mr. Gopal Subramaniam
(1) Ajmer (2) Mumbai
(3) Delhi (4) Hyderabad 12. Who among the following is 20. Which of the following countries has
regarded as the father of Modern the largest area of forest?
4. With which sport is the term Biology? (1) Russia (2) Canada
‘butterfly’ associated? (1) Aristotle (3) Brazil (4) USA
(1) Kabaddi (2) Swimming (2) Darwin
(3) Boxing (4) Wrestling (3) Robert Hooke 21. The States/UT through which the
(4) Vesalius Kaveri river flows are
5. Who among the following won the (1) Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and
renowned Adiseshiah Award 2007? 13. Which of the following rivers rises Puducherry
(1) Mr. Khushwant Singh in lake Lan-Ka Tso in Tibet? (2) Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and
(2) Mr. Vikram Seth (1) Jhelum (2) Chenab Puducherry
(3) Prof. Amartya Sen (3) Beas (4) Sutlej (3) Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and
(4) Dr. Ram Chandra Guha Puducherry
14. Who among the following tennis (4) Maharashtra, Karnataka and
6. Who among the following tennis players won the women’s singles title Puducherry
sensations announced her in French Open 2007?
(1) Venus Williams 22. PERT is a technique used for which
retirement in 2007? one of the following?
(1) Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (2) Maria Sharapova
(1) Electric Power Transmission
(2) Monica Seles (3) Justine Henin
(2) Project Management
(3) Kim Clijsters (4) Martina Hingis
(3) Railway Safety
(4) Serena Williams (4) Internet
15. By what name is the disease,
7. Which of the following sports will be Varicella, more commonly known? 23. The Asteroid Belt is found between
included in 2010 Asian Games to be (1) Chicken Pox (2) Small Pox which of the following planets?
held in Guangzhou (China)? (3) Malaria (4) Tuberculosis (1) Mars and Jupiter
(1) Baseball (2) Rugby (2) Earth and Mars
(3) Squash (4) Cricket 16. Who among the following noted (3) Jupiter and Saturn
personalities won the prestigious (4) Saturn and Uranus
8. The Dronacharya Award for sports Abel Prize recently?
coaches was instituted by the (1) Mr. M.S. Swaminathan 24. Who among the following
Government in (2) Mr. Srinivasan Padmanabhan propounded the ‘Saptanga’ Theory?
(1) 1961 (2) 1970 (3) Mr. A. Sivathanu Pillai (1) Manu (2) Charaka
(3) 1985 (4) 1987 (4) Mr. Srinivasa Varadhan (3) Kautilya (4) Tulsidas

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25. The visible part of the Sun is called 35. Noted author and activist Arundhati 43. According to the Global Gender Gap
(1) Ionosphere (2) Hydrosphere Roy has been supporting the Report, 2006 by the World Economic
(3) Photosphere (4) Troposphere farmers of Singur in West Bengal Forum, the countr y which has
who are resisting the State provided more political
26. Where was the 14th SAARC Summit Government’s move to acquire land empowerment to women among the
held? and give it to following is
(1) Kathmandu (2) Dhaka (1) Tata Motors (1) USA
(3) Colombo (4) New Delhi (2) Maruti Udyog Ltd. (2) India
(3) Infosys (3) Sri Lanka
27. The 2008 Olympic Games will be (4) Hindustan Motors (4) Bangladesh
held at
(1) Montreal (2) Beijing 36. Who among the following batsmen
44. Noted author and activist Arundhati
(3) Atlanta (4) London achieved the feat of hitting six 6s in
Roy has been supporting the
one over for the first time in
farmers of Singur in West Bengal
28. Which among the following films international cricket during the
who are resisting the State
won the award for ‘Best Motion World Cup 2007?
Government’s move to acquire land
Picture of the Year’ in 79th Annual (1) Scott Styris
Academy Awards 2007? (2) Sanath Jayasuriya and give it to
(1) The Queen (3) Herschelle Gibbs (1) Tata Motors
(2) The Departed (4) Brian Lara (2) Maruti Udyog Ltd.
(3) The Last King of Scotland (3) Infosys
(4) The Lives of Others 37. The XVI Asian Games are scheduled (4) Hindustan Motors
to be held at
29. Who among the following is the (1) Qatar (2) Incheon 45. The 14th Asia Pacific Economic Co-
Governor of Meghalaya? (3) Guangzhou (4) Jakarta operation (APEC) 2006 Summit was
(1) Mr. K. Sankaranarayan held in
(2) Mr. Shivinder Singh Sidhu 38. Who was the founder of the Asiatic (1) Thailand (2) Vietnam
(3) Mr. B.L. Joshi Society? (3) Brazil (4) China
(4) Mr. Dinesh Nandan Sahaya (1) William Carey
(2) William Jones 46. Which of the following industries are
30. Where is the world’s tallest Pagoda (3) David Hare the major beneficiaries of the
located? (4) Marshman Mumbai port?
(1) Bhutan (2) Japan (1) Sugar and Cotton textile
(3) Nepal (4) China 39. Lance Armstrong, a sportsperson of
industry
international repute, belongs to
(2) Iron and Steel industry
31. At which international film festival which of the following countries?
(3) Cotton textile and Petrochemical
is the ‘Golden Lion’ awarded to the (1) USA (2) Ukraine
industry
best film? (3) Spain (4) Brazil
(4) Engineering and Fertilizer
(1) IIFA industry
(2) Locarno Film Festival 40. ‘Galileo Satellites’, named after their
(3) Cannes Film Festival discoverer, are four large moons of
the planet 47. What is Value Added Tax (VAT)?
(4) Venice Film Festival
(1) Jupiter (2) Neptune (1) A new initiative taken by the
(3) Saturn (4) Uranus Government to increase the tax-
32. With which mythological figure would
burden of high income groups
you associate the weapons – ‘Ajagava’,
‘Khatwanga’ and ‘Pinaka’? BUSINESS (2) A simple, transparent, easy to pay
tax imposed on consumers
(1) Vishnu (2) Shiva
(3) Brahma (4) Indra (3) A single tax that replaces State tax
41. How many companies from India
like surcharge, turnover tax, etc.
found a place in the ‘Global-500’ list?
33. How many companies from India (4) A new tax to be imposed on the
(1) 6 (2) 4
figure in the ‘Global-500’ list? producers of capital goods.
(3) 8 (4) 10
(1) 6 (2) 4
(3) 8 (4) 10 42. Tata Consultancy Ser vices (TCS) 48. The common currency which has
has succeeded in acquiring a big deal been introduced among 11 European
34. Which of the following planets takes from Bank of China worth nations is known as
nearly the same time for a rotation (1) $ 75 million (1) Euro
on its own axis as does the Earth? (2) $ 50 million (2) Euro Pound
(1) Jupiter (2) Mars (3) $ 100 million (3) Euro Dollar
(3) Neptune (4) Uranus (4) $ 125 million (4) None of these
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49. Who amongst the following was the 57. Mr. M. Damodaran is the Chairman of 66. Which one of the following States is
head of the Investment Commission (1) UPSC (2) MRTP being developed as the emerging
which submitted its report to the (3) SEBI (4) UGC electronic manufacturing hub of
Government of India? Asia?
(1) Dr. Rakesh Mohan 58. Which one of the following car (1) Kerala (2) Tamil Nadu
(2) Mr. Ratan Tata models is not from Hyundai? (3) Karnataka (4) Andhra Pradesh
(3) Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla (1) Getz (2) Santro
(4) Mr. Rahul Bajaj (3) Endeavour (4) Accent 67. Gautam Hari Singhania is associated
with
50. Which bank has launched a new 59. Which TV channel has its slogan as (1) Jindal Group (2) Microsoft
health cover scheme under the ‘Subse Tej’? (3) Raymond (4) Wipro
name of “Arogya Shree”? (1) Zee-News (2) Aaj Tak
(1) PNB (2) SBI (3) Star News (4) NDTV India 68. ‘Avenger’ is a bike model launched
(3) Andhra Bank (4) OBC by
60. In the recent past, India has made a (1) Bajaj (2) Yamaha
51. Commercial vehicles are not huge investment in Sakhalin-I (3) Honda (4) None of these
produced by which of the following oilfield. Where is it located?
companies in India? (1) Bangladesh (2) Sri Lanka 69. American automobile industr y
(1) TELCO (3) Russia (4) Indonesia executives have voted ...... as the
(2) Ashok Leyland topmost outsourcing destination.
(3) DCM Daewoo 61. Who is the designated CEO of the (1) India (2) China
(4) Birla Yamaha new Arcelor-Mittal steel group? (3) Korea (4) None of these
(1) L.N. Mittal
52. What is the position of Tatas, the (2) Roland Junck
70. The ad line ‘Flying for Everyone’ is
largest Indian group in terms of (3) Guy Dolle
associated with which of the following
revenues and market capitalisation, (4) Malay Mukherjee
airlines?
in the Forbes’ list of world’s most
(1) Jet Airways
reputed companies? 62. Which one of the following States
(2) Air Deccan
(1) 20th (2) 18th has received the largest number of
(3) Spice Jet
(3) 22nd (4) 24th formal approvals for establishing
(4) Kingfisher Airlines
Special Economic Zones (SEZs)?
53. The Indian Railways has decided to (1) U.P. (2) Maharashtra
start how many new luxury trains (3) Haryana (4) Karnataka 71. Westside Stores is an enterprise of
on the line of “Palace on Wheels” to (1) Aditya Birla Group
ensure foreign customer? 63. Anil Ambani’s Reliance Energy Ltd. (2) Tatas
(1) 6 (2) 4 is going ahead to implement its ..... (3) Raymond
(3) 10 (4) 15 power plant at Dadri in U.P. (4) None of these
(1) 5,000 megawatt
54. ASEAN, the major trade bloc of the (2) 2,000 megawatt 72. Which of the following airlines is
world, consists of the following (3) 6,000 megawatt planning to become the first Indian
nations (4) 3,500 megawatt carrier to be a part of a global airline,
(1) Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, like the Star Alliance, One World or
Philippines and Singapore 64. Wal-Mart, the world’s largest the Sky team, etc.?
(2) India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri retailer, has decided to enter Indian (1) Indian Airlines
Lanka and Pakistan market and has already announced (2) Air India
(3) Indonesia, India, Thailand, its plan of opening offices in (3) Air Sahara
Malaysia and Singapore (1) Mumbai and Bangalore (4) None of these
(4) Vietnam, Thailand, Mauritius, (2) New Delhi and Mumbai
Singapore and Philippines (3) Kolkata and Mumbai 73. Which of the following companies is
(4) Chennai and Mumbai the world’s second largest automaker?
55. Cinkara, a health tonic, is a product (1) Suzuki (2) Ford
of 65. Which company has acquired Anglo- (3) Toyota (4) Honda
(1) Ranbaxy (2) Baidyanath American drug maker Glaxo
(3) Hamdard (4) Dabur SmithKline’s Mundogen genetic 74. Wockhardt Ltd. is a company dealing
business in Spain? with
56. The ad-line ‘Life’s Good’ is (1) Ranbaxy (1) Textiles
associated with which company? (2) Dr. Reddy’s Lab (2) Steel
(1) Nokia (2) LG (3) Remidex Pharma (3) Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
(3) Samsung (4) Sony (4) Alembics (4) Automobiles and Electronics

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75. Which of the following are the new (3) temperature, rainfall and (1) Gulf of Aden
promoters of Dabhol Power cultivated vegetation (2) Gulf of Guinea
Company (DPC)? (4) temperature (3) Persian Gulf
(1) GE and Bechtel (4) Gulf of Mexico
(2) GE and ABB 84. Which of the following is a
(3) Bechtel and Tatas characteristic of sedimentary rocks? 92. Which of the following States
(4) Bechtel and Reliance Energy They are accounts for the largest share of
(1) brittle (2) hard industrial growth and capital
76. Which of the following has become (3) porous (4) None of these investment?
the hottest job sector/industr y in (1) Maharashtra
India now? 85. Which of the following is wrongly (2) Tamil Nadu
(1) Information Technology paired? (3) Uttar Pradesh
(2) IT–Enabled Services (ITES) (1) Bhakra-Nangal – Sutlej (4) West Bengal
(3) Retail Trade (2) Salal Project – Beas
(4) Telecom (3) Damodar – Ganges 93. In which State are the Gir forests
(4) Hirakud – Krishna located?
77. Lufthansa is an airlines from (1) Assam
(1) France (2) Russia 86. All the major rivers of the Deccan (2) Gujarat
(3) Poland (4) Germany Plateau merge into the Bay of (3) Himachal Pradesh
Bengal, except (4) Maharashtra
78. Fortis Hospitals chain is an (1) Godavari (2) Narmada
enterprise of (3) Mahanadi (4) Krishna 94. Which of the following processes is
(1) Cipla (2) Aventis
related to the formation of
(3) Ranbaxy (4) Glaxo
87. Which of the following is the largest Himalayas?
sugar producing countr y in the (1) Faulting
79. C-class is a vehicle launched by
world? (2) Folding
(1) Maruti Suzuki
(1) Brazil (2) Cuba (3) Sliding
(2) Ford
(3) India (4) Indonesia (4) Volcanic eruptions
(3) Mercedes–Benz
(4) GM
88. The term ‘Eye’ in a cyclone refers 95. For which of the following groups of
to crops has “Green Revolution” been
80. Swift is a car launched by
(1) Honda (1) its velocity most successful in India so far?
(2) Toyota (2) central region of winds of high (1) Cotton and Jute
(3) Maruti Suzuki speed (2) Mustard and Oilseeds
(4) Tata Motors (3) circular region of relatively light (3) Potato and Sugarcane
winds (4) Wheat and Rice
GEOGRAPHY (4) None of these
96. Ankleswar, one of the major sources
81. Which of the following cause ocean 89. Precipitation takes place when of petroleum in India, is in the
currents? (1) the sky is overcast with clouds State of
(1) Monsoon winds (2) temperature of moisture in air (1) Assam (2) Gujarat
(2) Permanent winds suddenly increases (3) Maharashtra (4) Orissa
(3) Periodic winds (3) temperature of moisture in air
(4) Westerlies sharply decreases 97. Which of the following is not
(4) winds begin to blow in a circular correctly matched?
82. The climate of India can be best motion (1) Manipur – Imphal
described as (2) Meghalaya – Shillong
(1) Desert type 90. The latitude of a point on the Earth’s (3) Mizoram – Itanagar
(2) Mediterranean type surface is the angular distance of (4) Nagaland – Kohima
(3) Sub-tropical monsoon type that point measured at
(4) Tropical monsoon type (1) the centre of the Earth 98. India receives the major part of its
(2) the north pole rain from
83. The major natural regions of the world (3) the south pole (1) North-east monsoon
are delineated primarily on the basis (4) a specific point on the equator (2) North-west monsoon
of (3) South-east monsoon
(1) altitude 91. Which of the following is the largest (4) South-west monsoon
(2) ocean currents Gulf in the world?

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99. Which of the following countries of 106.Podsols are (1) Arthashastra
South-West Asia leads in the (1) Acidic soils (2) Harshacharita
production of oil? (2) Alkaline soils (3) Ramacharita
(1) Iran (3) Alkaline soils with oxidising (4) Rajatarangini
(2) Kuwait action
(3) Saudi Arabia (4) Marshy lands 113.The end of the Gupta Empire is
(4) U.A.E. attributed to the invasions of Huns.
107.Which of the following pairing is Who amongst the following played
100.When does the summer solstice wrong? the part of ‘a lion to the Hun deer’
occur in the Southern Hemisphere (1) Berne – Sweden and routed them out?
of our globe? (2) Copenhagen – Denmark (1) Prabhakaravardhana
(1) 21st March (3) Oslo – Norway (2) Harshavardhana
(2) 21st June (4) Prague – Czech Republic (3) Rajyavardhana
(3) 23rd September (4) Bhaskaravarman
(4) 22nd December 108.Which of the following is used as raw
material for the manufacture of rayon? 114.The famous Pala dynasty, whose rule
101.Which of the following States (1) Coal (2) Cellulose over Bengal commenced in the
depends entirely for its requirement (3) Plastic (4) Petroleum second half of the eighth century,
of tea on other tea-producing began with
States? 109.From north to south, the correct (1) Dharamapala
(1) Andhra Pradesh sequence of the following sea ports (2) Devapala
(2) Karnataka is (3) Gopala I
(3) Kerala (1) Chennai, Tuticorin, Visakha- (4) Jayapala
(4) Tamil Nadu patnam, Paradip
(2) Paradip, Chennai, Visakhapatnam, 115.Who amongst the following were a
102.Which of the following types of Tuticorin maritime power?
climate has the characteristic of ‘dry (3) Visakhapatnam, Paradip, Chennai, (1) Bahmanis (2) Chalukyas
summers with great sunshine and Tuticorin (3) Cholas (4) Rashtrakutas
rainy winters’? (4) Paradip, Visakhapatnam, Chennai,
(1) Equatorial Tuticorin 116.The rulers of which of the following
(2) Mediterranean dynasties established the largest
(3) Tropical 110.For which of the cereals listed below dominion in Southern India?
(4) Tundra is the area under cultivation nearly (1) Chalukyas
three-fourth’s of the total cropped (2) Cholas
103.The estimated reserves of lignite area in India? (3) Pallavas
in India is about 210 crore tonnes. (1) Barley, gram and wheat (4) None of these
Which of the following States (2) Paddy and wheat
accounts for nearly 190 crore tonnes (3) Paddy and bajra 117.Nalanda University was associated
of the reserves? (4) Wheat and bajra with
(1) Gujarat (1) Ashoka
(2) Jammu and Kashmir HISTORY (2) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
(3) Rajasthan (3) Harshavardhana
(4) Tamil Nadu (4) Kanishka
Ancient Period
104.All of the following States have belts 118.The paintings in the famous Ajanta
of Mica, except 111.The celebrated astronomers of Caves belong to the period
(1) Andhra Pradesh ancient India, Ar yabhatta and (1) 500 BC to 100 BC
(2) Bihar Varahamihira, lived during the (2) 100 BC to 30 AD
(3) Orissa (1) Maurya period (3) 300 AD to 700 AD
(4) Rajasthan (2) Kushana period (4) 700 AD to 1100 AD
(3) Gupta period
105.Which of the following river basins (4) Nanda period 119.Who amongst the following was
does not have coal bearing associated with ancient system of
sediments? 112.In the domain of historical literature, medicine?
(1) Damodar basin the post-Gupta period produced (1) Bhaskara
(2) Gangetic basin works, the like of which had not been (2) Charaka
(3) Godavari basin seen in the either ages. Which of the (3) Kalhana
(4) Mahanadi basin following is not one of those works? (4) Somadeva

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120.Who amongst the following was also 127.Who amongst the following Rajputs (2) Indian Councils Act, 1909
a poet and musician, and took delight offered uncompromising resistance (3) Government of India Act, 1919
in the title of “Kaviraja” or “King of to the Mughals in the sixteenth (4) Government of India Act, 1935
Poets”? centur y and never accepted their
(1) Chandragupta I overlordship? 134.Who was the founder of the
(2) Samudragupta (1) Rana Fateh Singh Servants of India Society?
(3) Skandagupta (2) Rana Kumbha (1) G.K. Gokhale
(4) None of these (3) Rana Pratap (2) N.M. Joshi
(4) Rana Sanga (3) Hriday Nath Kunzru
Medieval Period (4) Srinivasa Sastri
128.Who amongst the following, after
succeeding to the throne, came to 135.To evolve a peaceful settlement of
121.Alauddin Khalji became the Sultan the conflict between India and China,
of Delhi in 1296 AD after be known as Emperor Shahjahan?
(1) Jalal-ud-din which of the following non-aligned
treacherously murdering his uncle Afro-Asian nations participated in a
and patron. Who was this patron? (2) Khurram Shihab-ud-din
(3) Nur-ud-din Muhammad conference held in December 1962?
(1) Jalaluddin Firuz (1) Burma (now Myanmar),
(2) Nasiruddin Khusrau Shah (4) Muhi-ud-din Muhammad
Cambodia, Indonesia and UAE
(3) Ghiyasuddin Balban (2) Burma (now Myanmar), Sri
(4) Qutubuddin Mubarak 129.Who amongst the following were the
first to invade India? Lanka, Cambodia and Indonesia
(1) Afghans (2) Arabs (3) Burma (now Myanmar),
122.Who amongst the following was the Indonesia, Ghana and Sri Lanka
first sultan of Tughluq dynasty? (3) Mongols (4) Turks
(4) All the countries mentioned in
(1) Firuz Shah Tughluq (1), (2) & (3)
(2) Muhammad-bin Tughluq 130.Who amongst the following first
(3) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq prohibited the practice of Sati? 136.Which of the following territories
(4) Nasiruddin Muhammad Shah (1) Aurangzeb of India was/were invaded by China
(2) Jahangir on November 19, 1962?
123.Who amongst the following brothers (3) Sher Shah Suri (1) North-East Frontier Agency
of Aurangzeb was condemned to (4) Akbar (NEFA)
death, and his body was paraded in (2) Ladakh, NEFA and Assam
Delhi? Modern Period (3) Ladakh and NEFA
(1) Dara Shikoh (4) Ladakh, NEFA, Assam and Sikkim
(2) Murad Baksh 131.The agreement between India and
(3) Shah Shuja China, by which both accepted 137.Which of the following reform
(4) None of these Panchsheel as the basis of their movements during the 19th century
relations, was signed in resulted in the establishment of a
124.Who amongst the following Mughal (1) 1950 (2) 1951 group or order outside the pale of
rulers reimposed ‘Jaziya’? (3) 1953 (4) 1954 orthodox Hindu society?
(1) Akbar (1) Brahmo Samaj
(2) Aurangzeb 132.Who was the first Indian to be (2) Ramakrishna Mission
(3) Jahangir appointed as Member of the (3) Arya Samaj
(4) Humayun Governor- General’s Executive (4) None of the above
Council? 138.Which of the following reform
125.Ibn Batutah visited India during the (1) Raja Kishori Lal Goswami movements was the first to be
reign of (2) Satyendra Prasanna Sinha (after- started in the 19th century?
(1) Alauddin Khalji wards the first Lord Sinha of (1) Arya Samaj
(2) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq Raipur) (2) Brahmo Samaj
(3) Sher Shah Suri (3) Sir Sankaran Nair (3) Prarthana Samaj
(4) Muhammad-bin Tughluq (4) Sir Ali Imam (4) Ramakrishna Mission

126.Who amongst the following was the 133.In which of the following 139.The Prarthana Samaj came into
first to make use of artiller y in constitutional documents did the existence as a lasting movement in
warfare during the medieval period British Government, for the first 1867 under the enthusiastic guidance
in India? time, officially lay down as the goal of
(1) Babur of constitutional development in (1) Devendranath Tagore
(2) Ibrahim Lodhi India not only Dominion Status but (2) M.G. Ranade
(3) Sher Shah Suri also Responsible Government? (3) Keshab Chandra Sen
(4) Akbar (1) Indian Councils Act, 1892 (4) Ishwar Chander Vidyasagar

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140.All of the following were active (1) marginal utility of n units 153.The consumer’s surplus can be
leaders of the Brahmo Samaj or (2) consumer’s surplus from n units defined as
Sadharan Brahmo Samaj, after Raja (3) consumer’s surplus from ‘n – 1’ (1) extra units of a commodity
Rammohun Roy, except units bought
(1) Devendranath Tagore (4) total utility of n units (2) surplus commodity left after
(2) Keshab Chandra Sen consumption
(3) Akshay Kumar Datta 147.“If the Indian is making a loss on (3) difference between actual price
(4) Swami Vivekananda passenger traffic, it should increase and potential price
its prices.” The suggested remedy (4) total consumer satisfaction
ECONOMICS would only work if the demand for
air travel had a price elasticity of 154.Marginal revenue will be zero if the
(1) one elasticity of demand is
141.Deflation is (1) unity
(2) less than one but more than zero
(1) deficit budget (2) negative
(3) greater than one
(2) reduction in taxation (3) greater than one
(4) zero
(3) contraction in volume of money (4) equal to zero
or credit that results in a decline
of price level 148.The two-gaps theory refers to
(1) savings gap and wage-goods gap 155.Marginal revenue will be negative if
(4) increase in public expenditure the elasticity of demand is
(2) savings gap and exchange gap
(3) savings gap and employment gap (1) unit elastic
142.Saving is a function of (2) relatively elastic
(1) investment (4) the wage-goods gap and
exchange gap (3) inelastic
(2) export (4) perfectly elastic
(3) improvement in productivity
(4) income 149.Currency drain is a phenomenon
156.Marginal revenue will be positive if
referred to when
the demand is
143.Bank rate means (1) the holding of currency by
(1) less than one
(1) interest rate charged by foreigners in a country goes up
(2) greater than one
moneylenders (2) domestic currency is exported
(3) equal to zero
(2) interest rate charged by the (3) the currency holding by parallel
(4) none of these
scheduled banks economy increases
(3) rate of profit of the banking (4) bank’s cash is drained into non-
157.The movement of a consumer’s
institution bank customers budget line, on an indifference map,
(4) the official rate of interest to a parallel position to the right
charged by the central bank of 150.The agency estimating the national indicates that
the country income of India is (1) the price of a commodity has fallen
(1) Reserve Bank of India (2) the consumer taste for a
144.If a firm is producing an output the (2) Planning Commission commodity has changed
marginal cost of which is greater (3) Ministry of Finance (3) the consumer’s income has
than the marginal revenue, it (4) Central Statistical Organisation increased
(1) will be making an absolute loss (4) the rate of taxation has increased
(2) would increase its profit or 151.The goals of monetary policy do not
reduce its loss by reducing output include 158.The Government of India acquired
(3) would increase its profit by (1) Maximum output the ownership and control of major
increasing its output (2) Full employment banks in 1969 whose deposits were
(4) cannot be a monopolist (3) Price stability not less than
(4) Maximum tax revenue (1) Rs. 40 crore
145.Private investment will most likely (2) Rs. 50 crore
to be increased as a result of a rise 152.Gross National Product (GNP) is (3) Rs. 60 crore
in (1) the total output of goods and (4) Rs. 80 crore
(1) the rate of interest ser vices produced by the
(2) the price of shares country’s economy 159.The annual yield from which of the
(3) expected yield on new capital (2) the total domestic and foreign following Union Government taxes
(4) personal taxation output claimed by residents of is the highest?
the country (1) Customs duties
146.The total utility which a consumer (3) the sum of gross domestic (2) Corporation tax and income tax
derives from n units of a commodity product and investment (3) Inheritance tax, wealth tax,
minus the total utility he derives (4) national income minus national interest tax and gift tax
from ‘n – 1’ units is expenditure (4) Excise duties

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160.The aim of a rational consumer in 166.Which of the following could explain (3) J.B. Lamarck
allocating his income is to why the supply cur ve for a (4) Weismann
(1) maximise his total utility commodity slopes downwards?
(2) maximise his marginal utility (1) Producers do not like increasing 172.Which one of the following is not
(3) buy goods he wants most production allied to Geophysical Sciences?
whatever the price (2) Producers have to lower price to (1) Hydrology (2) Meteorology
(4) buy goods which he expects to induce consumers to buy more (3) Palaeontology (4) Seismology
be short in supply (3) Costs fall as production increases
(4) Diminishing marginal utility is in 173.Brain of a normal human adult
161.A consumer with a given income operation weighs about
will obtain maximum utility when (1) 1 lb (2) 2 lb
(1) the marginal utility of each 167.The principle of diminishing (3) 3 lb (4) 4 lb
commodity is equal marginal utility implies that
(2) the marginal utility of each (1) the more one has of a 174.Photophobia is
commodity is in the same ratio commodity, the less one values (1) a disease caused by too much
to its price the first units bought sunlight
(3) the utility derived from the first (2) the total utility derived from (2) abnormal intolerance of light
unit of each commodity is equal consumption of a good changes (3) the adjustment of the eye for
(4) the utility derived from each less with increasing quantities of light
commodity is unequal it (4) the ability to perceive light
(3) the price of a commodity tends
162.A demand curve for a commodity is to decline, the greater the 175.Cancer is a disease which
usually drawn on the assumption quantity supplied (1) cannot be spread by those who
have it
that (4) the satisfaction derived from a
(2) is found only in human beings
(1) demand is not affected by the commodity falls, the longer the
(3) develops only in certain organs
price of the good period of time allowed
of the body
(2) supply is affected by the price
(4) is passed from generation to
(3) factors influencing demand other 168.Equilibrium exists in the market for
generation
than price are held constant a commodity when
(4) people buy more of a good when (1) the amount bought equals the
176.The moon has no atmosphere
its price is raised amount sold
because
(2) price is such that consumers do (1) no atmosphere has ever formed
163.A shift to the left of a demand curve not wish to buy more there
could be due to a (3) the price is equal to the marginal (2) the rocky surface completely
(1) rise in the price of a complement utility of the good absorbed the gases
(2) rise in the price of a substitute (4) at the market price, the amount (3) due to the low temperature,
(3) rise in the consumer’s income sellers wish to sell is the same as gases have condensed
(4) fall in the price of the good itself the quantity buyers wish to buy (4) its gravitational pull is not strong
enough to hold an atmosphere
164.If the demand and supply schedules 169.Costs which vary with output may
for a commodity both increase by an be called 177.When a moving bus stops suddenly,
equal absolute amount, the market (1) overhead costs the passengers are pushed forward
price will tend to (2) indirect costs because of the
(1) rise (3) prime costs (1) friction between the earth and
(2) fall in the long run (4) all of the above the bus
(3) first fall and then rise (2) friction between the passengers
(4) remain unchanged 170.Which of the following do not enter and the earth
into marginal costs? (3) inertia of the passengers
165.The supply schedule for a (1) direct costs (2) fixed costs (4) inertia of the bus
commodity is usually assumed to be (3) prime costs (4) variable costs
directly open to influence by all the 178.Which of the following is not an
following, except SCIENCE attribute of bacterium?
(1) the quantity demanded (1) Ability to arise from non-living
(2) the prices of the factors of 171.The theory of inheritance of acquired matter
production characters was propounded by (2) Growth
(3) the costs of production (1) Charles Darwin (3) Reproduction
(4) the prices of other goods (2) Gregor Mendel (4) Respiration

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179.Who is credited with the 186.If the plane of the earth’s equator 194.For digestion of fat, bile is needed.
development of polio vaccine? were not inclined to the plane of This is secreted by the
(1) Linus Pauling the earth’s orbit, (1) stomach
(2) Jonas Salk (1) the year would be longer (2) pituitary gland
(3) Melvin Calvin (2) the winters would be longer (3) pancreas
(4) Selman Waksman (3) there would be no change of (4) liver
seasons
180.Which one of the following (4) the summers would be warmer 195.Which one of the following
statements regarding sound is true? substances is obtained by the
(1) It travels at its greatest speed in 187.Which one of the following fractionation of human blood?
vacuum. elements is least likely to be found (1) Antivenom serum
(2) It produces transverse vibrations in commercial fertilisers? (2) Gamma globulin
in the medium in which it (1) Nitrogen (3) Polio vaccine
travels. (2) Phosphorus (4) Diphtheria antitoxin
(3) Its source is always a vibrating (3) Potassium
material. (4) Silicon 196.Of the blood groups A, B, AB and
(4) It cannot travel through liquids. O, which one is transfused into a
188.Lime is sometimes applied to soil in person whose blood group is A?
181.The clear sky looks blue because of order to (1) Group A only
(1) reflection of light (1) increase the alkalinity of the soil (2) Group B only
(2) refraction of light (2) increase the acidity of the soil (3) Group A and O
(3) diffraction of light (3) restore nitrates to the soil (4) Group AB only
(4) dispersion of light (4) make the soil more porous
197.The three abundant elements in the
182.Which of the following in the 189.An element found in all organic earth’s crust are aluminium, oxygen
human body is popularly called the compounds is and silicon. The correct order of
‘Adam’s Apple’? (1) oxygen their abundance is
(1) Adrenal (2) Liver (2) calcium (1) oxygen, aluminium, silicon
(3) Thyroid (4) Thymus (3) nitrogen (2) aluminium, silicon, oxygen
(4) carbon (3) oxygen, silicon, aluminium
183.The drug quinine is used in the (4) silicon, oxygen, aluminium
treatment of 190.Most commonly used bleaching
(1) bubonic plague agent is 198.Penicillin is widely used as
(2) malaria (1) alcohol (1) an antiseptic
(3) typhus (2) carbon dioxide (2) a disinfectant
(4) yellow fever (3) chlorine (3) an antibiotic
(4) sodium chloride (4) an insecticide
184.Reproductive cells in normal human
beings are produced 191.Which of the following diseases is 199.Excessive secretion from the
(1) in greater numbers for a longer generally spread by fleas? pituitary gland in children results in
period of time in the male (1) Small pox (2) Tetanus (1) increased height
(2) for a longer period in the female (3) Typhus (4) Yellow fever (2) retarded growth
than in the male (3) weakening of bones
(3) in equal numbers in both sexes 192.All of the following are plant (4) None of the above
(4) in greater numbers by the female products except
than by the male (1) cork (2) hemp 200.Weight of an object put in a satellite
(3) silk (4) linen orbiting in space around the earth is
185.The conservation of hawks and owls (1) the same as on the earth
is important to mankind chiefly 193.Which of the following colours has (2) slightly more than that on the
because these birds eat got the maximum refractive index earth
(1) numerous weed seeds for glass? (3) less than that on the earth
(2) harmful birds (1) Blue (2) Green (4) reduced to zero
(3) many harmful rodents (3) Red (4) Indigo
(4) harmful reptiles

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 ANSWERS
1.(2) 2.(4) 3.(3) 4.(2) 5.(4) 6.(3) 7.(4) 8.(3) 9.(3) 10.(2)
11.(1) 12.(1) 13.(4) 14.(3) 15.(1) 16.(4) 17.(4) 18.(3) 19.(2) 20.(1)
21.(1) 22.(2) 23.(1) 24.(3) 25.(3) 26.(4) 27.(2) 28.(2) 29.(3) 30.(4)
31.(4) 32.(2) 33.(1) 34.(2) 35.(1) 36.(3) 37.(3) 38.(2) 39.(1) 40.(1)
41.(1) 42.(3) 43.(2) 44.(1) 45.(2) 46.(3) 47.(3) 48.(1) 49.(2) 50.(1)
51.(4) 52.(1) 53.(1) 54.(1) 55.(3) 56.(2) 57.(3) 58.(3) 59.(2) 60.(3)
61.(2) 62.(2) 63.(4) 64.(2) 65.(1) 66.(3) 67.(3) 68.(1) 69.(1) 70.(3)
71.(2) 72.(2) 73.(3) 74.(3) 75.(1) 76.(2) 77.(4) 78.(3) 79.(3) 80.(3)
81.(2) 82.(4) 83.(3) 84.(3) 85.(4) 86.(2) 87.(1) 88.(3) 89.(3) 90.(1)
91.(4) 92.(1) 93.(2) 94.(2) 95.(4) 96.(2) 97.(3) 98.(4) 99.(3) 100.(4)
101.(1) 102.(2) 103.(4) 104.(3) 105.(2) 106.(1) 107.(1) 108.(2) 109.(4) 110.(2)
111.(3) 112.(1) 113.(1) 114.(3) 115.(4) 116.(2) 117.(3) 118.(3) 119.(2) 120.(2)
121.(1) 122.(3) 123.(1) 124.(2) 125.(4) 126.(1) 127.(3) 128.(2) 129.(2) 130.(4)
131.(4) 132.(2) 133.(3) 134.(1) 135.(4) 136.(3) 137.(1) 138.(2) 139.(2) 140.(4)
141.(3) 142.(4) 143.(4) 144.(2) 145.(3) 146.(1) 147.(4) 148.(2) 149.(1) 150.(4)
151.(4) 152.(2) 153.(3) 154.(1) 155.(3) 156.(2) 157.(3) 158.(2) 159.(4) 160.(1)
161.(2) 162.(3) 163.(1) 164.(4) 165.(1) 166.(3) 167.(2) 168.(4) 169.(1) 170.(2)
171.(3) 172.(3) 173.(3) 174.(2) 175.(1) 176.(4) 177.(3) 178.(1) 179.(2) 180.(3)
181.(4) 182.(3) 183.(2) 184.(1) 185.(3) 186.(3) 187.(4) 188.(1) 189.(4) 190.(3)
191.(4) 192.(3) 193.(3) 194.(4) 195.(2) 196.(3) 197.(4) 198.(3) 199.(1) 200.(4)

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