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1. The minimum number of workers who can form a Trade Union and get it registered under Trade Union Act?

(A) 7 (B) 25

(C) 100 (D) 50

2. The National Emergency in India declared by the President of India due to the external aggression or armed revolt through

(A) Article-352/

(B) Article-356/

(C) Article-360/

(D) Article-368/

3. The first Hydroelectric Power Plant in India was set up at

(A) Nizam Sagar/

(B) Shivasamudram/

(C) Ramagundam/

(D) Mettur/

4. Which of the following is not in the infrastructure sector?

(A) Power generation/

(B) Construction of roads/ 

(C) Food production/

(D) Expansion of airports/

5. The best Index of Economic Development is provided by

(A) Growth in Per capita Real Income from year to year/

(B) Growth in National Income at Current Prices/

(C) Growth in savings ratio/

(D) Improvement in the Balance of Payments Position/

6. The minimum number of geostationary satellites needed for uninterrupted global coverage is:

(A) 3 (B) 2

(C) 4 (D) 1

7. The atomic number of carbon is 6 and its atomic mass is 12. How many protons are there in the nucleus of carbon?

(A) 6 (B) 12

(C) 18 (D) Zero

8. Which of the following is NOT one of the important steps in processing of tea leaves?

(A) Rolling/

(B) Drying/

(C) Fermenting/

(D) Plucking/

9. The number of chambers in a human heart is

(A) Four/(B) Two/

(C) Three/(D) Five/¡

10. Karl Marx's book 'Das Kapital' was published in

(A) 1857 (B) 1862

(C) 1867 (D) 1872

11. Headquarters of World Health Organisation are situated at

(A) Hague/(B) Oslo/

(C) Geneva/(D) New York/

12. Which of the following is not correctly matched?

(A) Jeev Milkha Singh (Football)

(B) Sania Mirza (Tennis)

(C) Saina Nehwal (Badminton)

(D) Vishwanathan Anand (Chess)

13. During photosynthesis in plants, the gas evolved is

(A) Carbon dioxide/

(B) Nitrogen/

(C) Oxygen/

(D) Hydrogen/

14. Which of the following gases will effuse out of football bladder most quickly?

(A) He (B) H2

(C) N2 (D) O2

15. The technique of collecting information about an object from a distance without making physical contact with it is

(A) Remote sensing/

(B) Remote control/

(C) Remote accessing/

(D) Space shuttle/

16. Which organ of human body has the largest number of bones?

(A) Hands/

(B) Brain/

(C) Chest/

(D) None of these/

17. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using its codes given below the Lists.

List-I List-II

(a) Pulicat Lake/ 1. Orissa/

(b) Chilka Lake/ 2. Rajasthan/

(c) Wular Lake/ 3. Tamilnadu/

(d) Sambhar Lake/4. Kashmir/

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 3 1 4 2

(B) 3 4 2 1

(C) 4 1 3 2

(D) 1 2 4 3

18. Name the crop-season in India that opens in May-June with major crops like rice and millets.

(A) Zaid season/

(B) Rabi/

(C) Kharif/

(D) Winter season/

19. Which of the following motion is related with the Union Budget?

(A) Adjournment/

(B) Censure/

(C) Cut motion/

(D) None of these/

20. Match the following:

List-I List-II

(Sobriquets) (Names)

(a) Frontier Gandhi i. Madan Mohan Malaviya

(b) Grand old Man of India ii. Vallabhbhai Patel/

(c) Mahamana/ iii. Dadabhai Naoroji/

(d) Iron Man of India iv. Balgangadhar Tilak

v. Abdul Gaffar Khan

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) iv ii iii v

(B) v iii i ii

(C) iv ii v i

(D) v iii ii iv

21. Simon Commission was boycotted by the nationalist leaders of India because:

(A) they felt that it was only an eyewash/ 

(B) all the members of the commission were English/

(C) the members of the commission were biased against India/

(D) it did not meet the demands of the Indians/

22. Winner of 3rd season Pro-Kabbadi league is

(A) Puneri Paltan/

(B) Bengal Warriors/

(C) Patna Pirates/

(D) Jaipur Pink Panthers/

23. Thomas Cup is related to which game?

(A) Badminton/

(B) Basketball/

(C) Cricket/

(D) Tennis/

24. The causative virus of AIDS was isolated in the year of

(A) 1980

(B) 1981

(C) 1983

(D) 1986

25. ATM is the abbreviation for

(A) Automatic Teller Machine/

(B) Automated Teller Machine/

(C) Authentic Teller Machine/

(D) Authorised Teller Machine/

26. A 'breath test' used by traffic police to check drunken driving uses:

(A) potassium dichromate-sulphuric acid/ 

(B) potassium permanganate-sulphuric acid/
(C) turmeric on filter paper/

(D) silica gel coated with silver nitrate/

27. Copper is refined by

(A) roasting/

(B) oxidation/

(C) electrolysis/

(D) zone refining/

28. A water tank appears shallower when it is viewed from top due to

(A) rectilinear propagation of light/

(B) reflection/

(C) total internal reflection/

(D) refraction/

29. Consumer's sovereignty means:

(A) consumers determines what goods & services are to be produced/

(B) consumers have the power to manage the economy/

(C) consumer's expenditures influence the allocation of resources/

(D) consumer goods are free from government control/

30. Which State has the lowest per capital income in India?

(A) Bihar/

(B) Orissa/

(C) Rajasthan/

(D) Gujarat/

31. A body absorbs heat most if it is

(A) black and rough/

(B) black and smooth/

(C) white and rough/

(D) white and smooth/

32. Synthetic detergents are made from

(A) Sodium stearate/

(B) Sodium salt of benzene sulphonic acid/

(C) Sodium salt of benzene carboxylic acid/

(D) Sodium palmitate/

33. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List-I List-II

(Symptom) (Cause)

(a) Weak sight/ 1. Deficiency of Iron/

(b) Anaemia/ 2. Deficiency of Vitamin C

(c) Skin problem/ 3. Deficiency of Vitamin A

(d) Breaking of  bones 4. Deficiency of Calcium/

    a b c d

(A) 2 4 1 3

(B) 3 2 1 4

(C) 3 1 2 4

(D) 2 3 4 1

34. The term 'epicentre' is associated with-

(A) earthquake/

(B) folding/

(C) faulting/

(D) earth's interior/

35. Where is the objective of "social justice" articulated in the Constitution of India?

(A) Article 14/

(B) Article 15/

(C) Article 16/

(D) Preamble/

36. Who wrote the song 'Sare Jahan Se Accha Hindustan Hamara'?

(A) Ashafaqullah Khan/

(B) Sahir Ludhianvi/

(C) Muhammad Iqbal/

(D) Ramprasad Bismil/

37. The term 'secular' was added in the Preamble to the Indian Constitution by

(A) 41st Amendment/

(B) 42nd Amendment/

(C) 43rd Amendment/

(D) 44th Amendment/

38. The Grand Trunk Road in India was got constructed by

(A) Ashoka/

(B) Sher Shah Suri/

(C) Akbar/

(D) Humayun/

39. Which of the following exhibits unidirectional flow in an ecosystem?

(A) Light/
(B) Energy/

(C) Water/
(D) Biomass/

40. Who of the following attended all the Three Round Table Conferences?

(A) B.R. Ambedkar/

(B) M.M. Malavia/

(C) Vallabhbhai Patel/

(D) Gandhiji/

41. The 'sorrow of Bihar' is

(A) Damodar/

(B) Kosi/

(C) Son/

(D) Gandak/

42. Full employment is a situation where

(A) there is no involuntary unemployment/

(B) there is involuntary unemployment/

(C) there is no voluntary unemployment/

(D) there is voluntary unemployment/ 

43. A fuse wire is made of-

(A) an alloy of tin and copper/

(B) an alloy of tin and lead/

(C) an alloy of tin and aluminium/

(D) an alloy of nickel and chromium/

44. Soap is prepared by boiling caustic soda with

(A) Alcohol/

(B) Kerosene oil/

(C) Glycerine/

(D) Fats/

45. Of all micro-organisms, the most adaptable and versatile are

(A) Viruses/
(B) Bacteria/

(C) Algae/
(D) Fungi/

46. What are the signals that inform the operating system that some activity has taken place, called?

(A) Informers/

(B) Interrupts/

(C) Events/
(D) Handlers/

47. Which are the cities connected by "Sada-e-Sarhad" bus services?

(A) Aligarh : Amritsar/

(B) Delhi : Lahore/

(C) Suchetgarh : Sialkot/

(D) Srinagar : Muzaffarabad/

48. Who was the first Indian to become member of British Parliament?

(A) Bankim Chander Chatterjee/

(B) W.C. Bannerjee/

(C) Dadabhai Naoroji/

(D) None of the above/

49. The highest dam in India, Bhakra is built on

(A) Vyas river/

(B) Jhelum river/

(C) Sutlej river/

(D) Ghaghara river/

50. Alexander and the army of Porus camped on the opposite banks of which river

(A) Ravi/

(B) Jhelum/

(C) Sutlej/

(D) Chenab/

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