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1. Name the co-operative society that provides housing loan facility at reasonable rates

A) Credit co-operatives

B) housing co-operatives

C) Consumer co-operatives

D) Producer co-operatives

2. Name the biggest employer in India

A) Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL)

B) Post & Telecom Department

C) Food Corporation of India (FCI)

D) Indian Railways

3) Which of the following is an allied activity of agriculture?

A) LiveStock

B) Small Scale Industry

C) Money Lending

D) Insurance

4) Disguised unemployment means

A) Working as Self-Employed

B) Not working whole day

C) Marginal productivity is Zero

D) Production is less

5) Cartel is a part of

A) Monopoly

B) Oligopoly

C) Perfect competiton

D) Monopolistic competiton

6) In the presidential system of government, the president is

A) Head of the State

B) Head of the State and Head of the government

C) Head of the State

D) Head of the Executive

7) The chief Election commissioner of India is appointed by

A) Chief Justice of India

B) prime Minister

C) President

D) Parliament

8) The Election Commission of India is

A) An independent body

B) Quasi-judicial body

C) Quasi-legislative body

D) Executive body

9) Article 23 and 24 of the Indian Constitution deal with

A) Right against Exploitation

B) Right to Freedom

C) Right to Freedom of Religion

D) Right to Education

10) Which of the following ideologies aims at the spiritualization of politics?

A) Marxism

B) Socialism

C) Sarvodaya

D) Pluralism

11) Which Delhi Sultan restored to price control and rationing ?

A) Balban

B) Muhammad-bin-tughluq

C) Bahlul Lodi

D) Alaud-din-khilji

12) The Maratha ruler Shivaji ruled his kingdom with the help of a council of Ministers called

A) Ashtapradan

B) ashtadigajas

C) Navratnas

D) Mantriparishad

13) Ms. Florence Nightingale was associated with

A) Seven Years War

B) Thirty Years war

C) Crimean War

D) Hundred Years War

14) Who among the following Gupta emperor was known as Vikramaditya?

A) Samudra Gupta

B) Kumar Gupta

C) Chandra Gupta I

D) Chandra Gupta II

15) The finely painted cotton fabric made in golkonda was called

A) Calico

B) Muslin

C) Kalamkari

D) Palampore

16) Which is the best type of cotton grown in the world

A) Long staple

B) Medium staple

C) Short staple

D) Thick staple

17) Which one of the following is first multi purpose project constructed in India?

A) Rihand

B) Thungabadra

C) Farraka Barrage

D) Damodar

18) What is th symbol of (WWF) World Wildlife Fund?

A) Red Panda

B) Rhododendron

C) Bear

D) White Tiger

19) market gradening comes in this category

A) Horticulture

B) Monoculture

C) Subsistence farming

D) Sericulture

20) A deep or French in the ocean floor is called

A) Ridges

B) Crest

C) Trough

D) Continental Shelf

21) the storage form of glucose is

A) Insulin

B) Glycogen

C) Glucagon

D) Fructose

22) Thigmotropism is the response of the plant to

A) Gravity

B) Water

C) Light

D) Contact

23) Root hairs are produced from

A) trichomes

B) trichoblasts

C) rhizodermis

D) epidermis

24) Second Ozone hole was delected over

A) Antarctica

B) Artica

C) Sweden

D) Northen hemisphere

25) Glycolysis during fermentation result in net gain of

A) 1 ATP

B) 2 ATPs

C) 3 ATPs

D) 4 ATPs

26. In which state is the Gol Gumbaz located: (A) Karnataka (B) Maharashtra (C) Uttar Pradesh  (D) Bihar
27. Which state has the largest population of scheduled tribes: (A) Kerala  (B) Maharashtra (C) Bihar (D) Madhya Pradesh
28. The colour of star is an indication of: (A) Weight (B) Distance (C) Temperature (D) Size
29. How many nations participated in London Olympics 2012: (A) 212 (B) 204 (C) 210 (D) 206 30. Match the Suitable pair: Mineral Usedin A. Mica 1. Almunium Industry B. Bauxite 2. Thermal Power C. Manganese 3. Electrical Industry D. Lignite 4. Steel Alloys (A) A3, B1, C4, D2 (B) A4, B1, C3, D2 (C) A2, B1, C4, D3  (D) A3, B1, C2, D4 31. Find the incorrect statement: (A) Spring tide is caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun together in the same direction (B) A line on a map that join all the places of the same height above sea level is called contour line (C) Full moon occurs when the moon comes between the Earth and the Sun (D) The difference in minutes between the Greenwich time and the local time at a place can be derived by multiplying the longitude of place by four 32. The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee was sworn-in as the President of India by ......... in the Central Hall of Parliament of July 25, 2012: (A) Dr. Manmohan Singh  (B) Hamid Ansari (C) Justice S.H. Kapadia (D) Pratibha Devi Singh Patil 33. The recipient of first mercy Ravi award is: (A) Smt. Sushma Swaraj (B) Smt. Sheila Dixit (C) Smt. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil (D) Smt. Sonia Gandhi 34. We refer Kiran Mazumdar Shaw as one of India’s most outstanding business women. The company she is heading is one of the world’s biggest and in the field of: (A) Banking Software (B) Telecommunications (C) Nuclear Energy  (D) Biotechnology 35. Protein deficiency disease is known as: (A) Cushing’s disease (B) Fabry’s disease (C) Parkinson’s disease (D) Kwashiorkor and Marasmus 36. Which Indian City is closest to the Tropic of Cancer? (A) Kolkata  (B) Ranchi (C) Bhopal  (D) Ahmedabad 37. Which country is the largest producer of saffron? (A) India (B) Iran (C) Spain (D) Belgium
38.  “Panch Mahal” is located at: (A) Fatehpur Sikri  (B) Jaipur (C) Udaipur  (D) Bikaner
39. India is its largest producer and it is found in the black sand on the beaches near cape comorin, the southernmost part of India: (A) Beryllium  (B) Kyanite (C) Lignite  (D) Ilmenite
40. Which of the following Articles confer power on the Supreme Court to issue appropriate directions or orders or writs: (A) Article 226 (B) Article 137 (C) Article 32 (D) Article 140
41. At normal temperature and pressure, water boils at 100°C. Deep down the mine water will boil at a temperature: (A) 100°C (B) More than 100°C (C) Less than 100°C (D) Will not boil at all
42. Match the following: Name of Unit Used to Measure A. Poise 1. Temperature B. Farad 2. Quantity of Heat C. Kelvin 3. Viscosity D. Calorie 4. Electrical capacitance (A) A3, B4, C1, D2 (B) A4, B3, C2, D1 (C) A3, B4, C2, D1 (D) A1, B2, C3, D4
43. Which Raga is supposed to have emanated from the throat of Lord Shiva and sung prior to dawn for invoking vitality: (A) Raga Vilavala (B) Raga Dipaka (C) Raga Vibhasa (D) Raga Bhairvi
44. Which one of the following Mughal emperors donated land for the construction of Golden Temple at Amritsar: (A) Akbar (B) Humayun (C) Jahangir (D) None of these
45. A resolution for the revocation of the proclamation of National Emergency may be moved by: (A) Ten members of Rajya Sabha (B) Ten members of Lok Sabha (C) One fifth of the total membership of the Lok Sabha (D) One tenth of the total membership of the Lok Sabha
46. Chachanama depicts the history of: (A) Kashmir (B) Sindh (C) Punjab (D) Gujarat

47. Latitude of a point on the Earth is measured by the distance in: (A) Kilometers from the equator (B) Angles from the equator (C) Angles from the poles (D) Kilometers from the poles
48. Who is a folk inspired painter in India? (A) Amrita Sher Gill (B) Nandlal Bose (C) Jamini Roy (D) M F Hussain
49. During summer days, water kept in an Earthen pot (Pitcher) becomes cool because of phenomenon of: (A) Diffusion (B) Transpiration (C) Osmosis (D) Evaporation
50. This Nobel prize is awarded by the Royal Swedish  Academy of Sciences and formally known as Bank of Sweden Prize: (A) In Physics (B) In Economics Sciences (C) In Social Sciences (D) In Chemistry