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1. Curcuma longa is the scientific name of 9. Universal Gas Constant, R, is a property of?
which spice? A. Ideal gases - ANSWER
A. Cumin B. Halogen Gases
B. Cloves C. Inert Gases
C. Turmeric - ANSWER D. All Gases
D. Coriander 10. In which place was the 1st Science Congress
2. Bones found in the hands and feet as the held in January, 1914
percentage of total number of bones in the A. Kolkata - ANSWER
body of an adult human being is nearly equal
B. Allahabad
to
C. Chennai
A. 20% B. 30%
D. Pune
C. 40% D. 50% - ANSWER
11. The class of elementary particles, bosons,
3. Europeans are believed to have brought
was named after Satyendra Nath Bose, an
potatoes to India in the 18th century. Which
Indian Physicist. Which of the following
region of the world is believed to be the
Indian Scientists graduated from Presidency
origin of potato cultivation?
College Calcutta as a classmate of Satyendra
A. Eastern Ghana Nath Bose?
B. Southern Peru - ANSWER A. Jagdish Chandra Bose
C. Portugal
B. P.C.Mahalanobis
D. West Indies
C. Praful Chandra Ray
4. Oymyakon is generally considered the
D. Meghnad Saha - ANSWER
coldest inhabited area on Earth. Which
country Oymyakon is located in 12. To which place Aryabhata, the great
mathematician, went for advanced studies?
A. Mongolia
A. Takshashila
B. Russia - ANSWER
B. Patliputra - ANSWER
C. Greenland
D. Iceland C. Kashi
5. Which gland in the human body is also known D. Kaushambi
as the third eye 13. The development of the worlds first practical
A. Pineal - ANSWER design for an Inter-Continental Ballistic
Missile, A9/10, was undertaken in Nazi
B. Pituitary
Germany during the World War II. It was
C. Mammary
intended for use in bombing
D. Tear gland
A. London and other coastal cities of Britain
6. Leukaemia is a group of cancers that usually
B. Northern cities of France, including Venice
begins it the bone marrow and results in high
numbers of which abnormal cells C. New York and other American cities -
ANSWER
A. White blood cells - ANSWER
D. Interiors of USSR to cut off military supply
B. Red blood cells
lines to Moscow.
C. Platelets
14. Homi Jahangir Bhabha, the father of Indian
D. All of these
nuclear programme, was also the founding
7. During an earthquake, two places A and B director of which of the following institutes?
record its intensity in Richter scale as 4.0 and
A. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research -
6.0 respectively. IN absolute terms, the ratio
ANSWER
of intensity of the earthquake at A to that of
B is: B. Indian Institute of Science
A. 2:3 B. 7:8 C. Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai
C. 141:173 D. 1:100 - ANSWER D. Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata
8. On a cool day in January, the temperature at 15. Who headed the Satellite Launch Vehicle
a place fell below the freezing point and was (SLV) project launched by ISRO in 1970?
recorded as -40 Centigrade. }n Fahrenheit A. Dr. Vikram Sarabhai
scale, the same temperature would be B. Dr. K.Radhakrishnan
A. 32F B. -8F C. Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam - ANSWER
C. -40F ANSWER D. -72 D. Dr. G.-Madhavan Nair
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16. Where was Bhaskara, also known as 24. In a triangle ABC, one of the angles is
Bhaskaracharya or Bhaskara II, an Indian average of the remaining two angles. Which
mathematician & astronomer of the following is always true about the
A. Kanchipuramii triangle ABC?
B. Thanjavur A. Isosceles triangle
C. Bijapur - ANSWER B. Equilateral triangle
D. Viadurai C. One of its angles measures 60 - ANSWER
17. The BrahMos, a short range supersonic D. Right angled triangle.
cruise missile, is a joint venture between 25. If the area of a circle C is equal to the area
which foreign country and Indian agency? of a square S, then the ratio of the square
A. USA & ISRO of the perimeter of C to the square of the
B. UK & ISRO perimeter of S is nearly equal to
C. Russia & ISRO A. 22:7
D. Russia & DRDO - ANSWER B. 11:14 - ANSWER
18. If the sum of 60% of a fractional number and C. 88:7
the numbers square root is 5 greater than D. 1:1
one fifth of the number, then the number is 26. The last digit of the number 3^2015 is
A. 6.25 - ANSWER A. 1 B. 3
B. 0.25 C. 5 D. 7 - ANSWER
C. 12.25 27. What is the squareroot of 49%?
D. 2.25 A. 0.7% B. 7.0%
19. If Head appears consecutively in the first C. 70% - ANSWER D. Undefined
three tosses of a fair/unbiased coin, what is
28. Log (40^2-20^2) is equal to
the probability of Head appearing in the
A. log 3
fourth toss also?
B. log 60 + log 20 - ANSWER
A. 1/8 B. 7/8
C. 1/16 D. 1/2 - ANSWER C. log 40 log 20
20. Archers A and B take aim at a target. If the D. log 20
probability of A hitting the target is 90% and 29. Twelve persons meet in a conference and
of B missing the target is 90%, what is the each shakes hands with all the others. How
probability that both A and B miss the many handshakes take place?
target? A. 66 ANSWER B. 72
A. 90% B. 09% - ANSWER C. 144 D. 132
C. 01% D. 81% 30. A man travels uphill to city C from city B in a
21. If 12 persons working 12 hours a day dig 12 car at the speed of 40 Km/hr, and returns to
meters of a tunnel in 12 days, how many city B at a faster speed of 60 Km/hr. What is
men are required to dig additional 04 meters his average speed for the round trip?
of the tunnel (of the same dimension) given A. 0
that they work 04 hours a day for 04 days? B. 48 Km/hr - ANSWER
A. 27 B. 4 C. 50 Km/hr
C. 12 D. 36 - ANSWER D. Data insufficient
22. A man sells an article at a certain price 31. (7+14+21+28..+700) is equal to :
incurring 20% loss. If he had sold the same A. 35350 - ANSWER
article for Rs.20 more, he would have earned B. 42714
20% profit. What was the cost price of the C. 49420
said article? D. 56707
A. Rs.20 B. Rs. 40 32. In a group of 5 persons, P is taller than Q,
C. Rs. 50 ANSWER D. Rs. 60 but is shorter than both R and S. Both R and
23. Numerator of a fraction is increased by 60%, T are taller than Q, but shorter than S. This
and at the same time its denominator is implies that
decreased by 60%. The new fraction is A. R is taller than P, but shorter than T/ R
A. 2.56 times the older fraction B. T is taller than Q, but shorter than R/ T
B. Equal to the older fraction C. R is taller than Q, but shorter than T/ R
C. 4 times-the older fraction - ANSWER D. S is taller than T while P is shorter than
D. 0.36 times the older fraction R/ S - ANSWER
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33. In a group of Army Officers, 02% of Officers 40. Which famous leader once said, we would
neither take Coffee nor Tea, while rest of not have made economic progress, if we had
them take either Tea or Coffee or both. If not intervened on very personal matters:
60% of Officers take Tea, while 58% take how you live, the noise you make, how you
Coffee, what percentage of Officers take Tea spit
but do not take Coffee? A. Adolf Hitler, Germany
A. 02% B. 20% B. Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
C. 40% - ANSWER D. 60% C. Mussolini, Italy
34. The original name of Ho Chi Minh, the D. Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore - ANSWER
President of the Vietnam Democratic 41. Who brought the printing Press for the first
Republic, was Nguyen Van Thanh which he time to India in the mid-16th century ?
later changed to Ho Chi Minh before A. Dutch cloth merchants
becoming the President. The literal meaning B. British traders
of Ho Chi Minh is C. Portuguese Missionaries - ANSWER
A. He Who Leads D. Arab manuscript writers
B. He Who Fights 42. Measures in India to impose censorship on
C. He Who Enlightens - ANSWER printed material were initiated in 1798 by the
D. He Who Protects East India Company. It was directed against
35. In which year, Mahatama Gandhi travelled to A. Bengali social reformers
Champaran in Bihar to inspire the peasants B. Englishmen in India - ANSWER
to struggle against the oppressive plantation C. Bengali writers
system? D. Indian Princely States
A. 1914 B. 1915 43. Munshi Premchand was born in 1880 and
C. 1916 D. 1917 - ANSWER died in the year 1936. His best-known
36. With which objective, CR Das and Motilal literary work, `Godan (The Gift of Cow) was
Nehru formed the Swaraj Party within the published in
Congress? A. 1920 B. 1934
A. Spearhead the mass struggles C. 1936 ANSWER D. 1942
B. Forge Hindu-Muslim unity 44. The caste-system during early Vedic age
C. Participate in elections to the provincial prohibited
council - ANSWER A. Inter caste dining
B. Inter caste marriages
D. Organise legislative protests against
Rowlatt C. Both
37. The industrial working class did not D. None of these - ANSWER
participate in the Civil Disobedience 45. In which year, Thums Up, one of Indias
Movement in large numbers, except in great brands, which was sold to Coca-Cola a
A. Nagpur region - ANSWER few years ago, was launched?
A. 1947 B. 1958
B. Madras region
C. 1979 ANSWER D. 1991
C. Surat region
46. Which among the below mentioned Upper
D. Calcutta region Palaeolithic places in India is wrongly
38. Dr B R Ambedkar clashed with Mahatma matched with the state it is located in?
Gandhi at the 2nd Round Table Conference A. Bhimbetka, Madhya Pradesh
demanding B. Betamcherla, Andhra Pradesh
A. Reservation for Dalits in Government jobs C. Inamgaon, Maharashtra
B. Reservation for Dalits in Ministries D. Singh Bhumi, Himachal Pradesh -
C. Separate citizen status for Dalits ANSWER
D. Separate Electorate for Dalits - ANSWER 47. Kalidasas Kumarasambhavam describes
39. A scene of wrestling match in Bombays the story of the birth of which mythological
Hanging Gardens was shot by Harishchandra character?
Bhatwadekar, & it became Indias first A. Sanatkumar
movie. It was shot in the year B. Kartikeya - ANSWER
A. 1896 ANSWER B. 1907 C. Pradyumna
C. 1913 D. 1925 D. Abhimanyu
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48. Where and when was the 2nd Buddhist 55. Part IV of the Indian Constitution deals with
Council held? Directive Principles of State Policy. This
A. Patliputra in 250 BC feature of Indian Constitution was influenced
B. Sri Lanka in the 1st century BC by a similar feature of
C. Vaishali in 383 BC - ANSWER A. Canadian Constitution
D. Mandalay in 1871 AD B. Australian Constitution
49. In which among the following cases, the
C. American Constitution
Supreme Court of India propounded the
theory of basic structure of the Constitution? D. Irish Constitution - ANSWER
A. Gopalan vs. State of Madras 56. Which among the following schedules of the
B. Golak Nath Indian Constitution deals with forms of Oaths
C. Keshvanand Bharati - ANSWER or Affirmations?
D. Minerva Mills A. 2nd Schedule
50. The 52nd amendment to the Constitution of B. 3rd Schedule - ANSWER
India is most closely related to C. 4th Schedule
A. Extention of Reservation in Government
D. 5th Schedule
jobs
B. Provision for special status to Tripura 57. Which of the following is not a constitutional
C. Provisions for increasing age of eligibility provision relating to Governors of States?
for voting A. Same person can be appointed as
D. Provisions against political defections - Governor for two or more States
ANSWER B. He shall be appointed by the President
51. Which among the following political party of C. He shall hold office during the pleasure of
India has an election symbol very similar to the President
the election symbol of Republican Party of D. He should have completed the age of 25
USA? years - ANSWER
A. Samajwadi Party
58. Which Article of the Indian Constitution deals
B. Bahujan Samaj Party - ANSWER
with special provision with respect to the
C. Janta Dal (United)
States of Maharashtra and Gujarat?
D. Telugu Desam Party
A. Article 370
52. How many members, the President of India
can nominate to Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha, B. Article 371 - ANSWER
respectively? C. Article 371-A
A. 12, 2 D. Article 371-B
B. 2,12 - ANSWER
59. Indian Constitution provides for promotion of
C. 2, 10 international peace and security. Which of
D. 10, 2 the following deals with this provision?
53. Which among the following amendments to
A. Article 51 of the Directive Principles of the
the Constitution of India, designated Delhi as
State Policy - ANSWER
National Capital Territory (NCT)?
A. 63rd Amendment Act B. It is implied by the Preamble of the Indian
B. 69th Amendment Act - ANSWER Constitution
C. 74th Amendment Act C. The 12th Schedule of the Indian
D. 76th Amendment Act Constitution
54. On 29 August 1947, the Drafting Committee D. Article 392 empowers the President in this
for Indian Constitution was appointed, with regard
Dr B. R. Ambedkar as the Chairman along 60. Which Article of the Indian Constitution
with six other members. Who among the defines the Original jurisdiction of the
following was not the member of the Drafting Supreme Court?
Committee?
A. Article -129
A. N. Gopalaswami Ayengar
B. Jawahar Lal Nehru - ANSWER B. Article 130
C. Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi C. Article 131 - ANSWER
D. Alladi Krishnaswamy lyer D. Article 132
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61. Government of India recently announced 68. In which individual event, the 1st Olympic
constitution of NITI Aayog as a policy think- medal for Independent India was won at
tank replacing Planning Commission. NITI Helsinki Olympics?
stands for A. Archery
A. National Institution for Transforming B. Boxing
India - ANSWER C. Wrestling - ANSWER
B. It is not an acronym, but only a Sanskrit D. Weightlifting
word for Policy 69. The Gini Coefficient is a measure of
C. National Initiative for Technological India A. Rodent population
D. New Initiative for Transforming India B. Migration rate of Guineas nationals
62. The power to promulgate ordinances during C. Income inequality - ANSWER
recess of Parliament is vested with D. Ratio of coinage to currency note
A. The Council of Ministers 70. Which of the following indices is not
B. The Parliamentary Standing Committee considered while calculating Human
on Urgent Enactment Development Index (HDI)?
C. The President - ANSWER A. Life expectancy
D. The Prime Minister B. Education
C. Housing - ANSWER
63. In Alternating Current (AC), the direction and
magnitude of the current varies D. Income
71. For the financial year 2013-14, what
A. Randomly
percentage of total tax receipts of the Union
B. Periodically - ANSWER Government came from income tax
C. Exponentially collections?
D. Do not vary A. Around 05%
64. Albert Einstein received the Nobel Prize for B. Around 10%
Physics in the year 1921 for his work on C. Around 20% - ANSWER
A. Mass energy equivalence given by E=mc2 D. Around 40%
B. Hydrogen Atom 72. Indias industrial GDP growth rate for the
C. Theory of Relativity fiscal year 2013-14 (at the factor cost of
2004-05) is estimated to be around
D. Photoelectric effect - ANSWER
A. 0.35% - ANSWER
65. Sir C. V. Raman received the Nobel Prize for
B. 1.43%
Physics in the year 1930 for his ground
C. 2.48%
breaking work in the field of
D. 4.74%
A. Brownian motion
73. As per Census 2011 data, which is the most
B. Scattering of light - ANSWER populated metro city in India?
C. String Theory A. Delhi B. Mumbai - ANSWER
D. Nuclear Physics C. Chennai D. Kolkata
66. Which of the following Indian nationals has 74. As per Census 2011 data, which among the
been the recipient of Ramon Magsaysay following States has higher sex ratio than the
Award for Community Leadership national average?
A. Arvind Kejriwal A. Nagaland
B. Kiran Bedi B. Delhi
C. T.N.Sheshan C. Arunachal Pradesh
D. Dr. M.S.Swaminathan - ANSWER D. Tripura - ANSWER
67. Which of the following awards Satyajit Ray 75. Professor Arvind Panagariya was recently
received posthumously? appointed as
A. Chairman, University Grants Commission
A. Dada Saheb Phalke Award
B. Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog - ANSWER
B. Ramon Magsaysay Award
C. Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister
C. Bharat Ratna - ANSWER
D. Governor, Reserve Bank of India
D. Honorary Oscar
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76. Till date, 13 serving Heads of State have 84. In which subject did Dr Bhabendra Nath
received Nobel Peace Prize. Only one Head of Saikia, famous novelist and film director of
State received it for Literature. Who was he? Assam, obtain PhD from University of
A. Theodore Roosevelt, President of USA London?
B. Eisaku Sato, Prime Minister of Japan A. Assamese Literature
C. Oscar Arias Sanchez, President of Costa B. Physics - ANSWER
Rica C. Mass Communication
D. Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of D. Mathernatics
United Kingdom - ANSWER 85. In his youth, Adolf Hitler aspired to be a/an
77. The Radcliffe Line is named after its A. Architect
architect, Sir Cyril Radcliffe. It is a boundary
demarcation line between B. Painter - ANSWER
A. Pakistan & Afghanistan C. Singer
B. India & Bhutan D. Footballer
C. India & Pakistan - ANSWER 86. Many of the famous political leaders had a
D. India & Myanmar University Degree in Law. Which of the
following world leaders didnt have a Degree
78. Which among the following is the oldest
in Law?
mountain range in India?
A. Nelson Mandela
A. Western ghats
B. Fidel Castro
B. Aravalli range - ANSWER
C. Satpura range C. Barack Obama
D. Vindhyan range D. John F Kennedy - ANSWER
79. Which among the following Indian rivers 87. Ernesto Che Guevara, the famous Marxist
flows from east to west, eventually meeting revolutionary of South America, was born in
Arabian sea? A. Bolivia
A. Narmada - ANSWER B. Cuba
B. Godavari C. Argentina - ANSWER
C. Krishna D. Guatemala
D. Kaveri 88. Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical weekly,
80. Which of the following national parks of India first appeared in 1970 as a successor to
is located in one of the north-eastern states? another French magazine that was banned
It is also a declared UNESCO world-heritage for mocking the death of former French
site President Charles de Gaulle. What was the
A. Betla B. Dachigham name of the banned magazine?
C. Manas ANSWER D. Silent valley A. Le Monde
81. Suzanna Arundhati Roy, an Indian author B. Hara kiri - ANSWER
and political activist, was born in C. La Croix
A. Shillong - ANSWER D. Humanite Hebdo
B. Chennai 89. Vasant Govarikar, who passed away
C. Thiruvananthpuram recently, was a famous personality in which
D. Jeddah field?
82. Yellow Revolution in India refers to growth of A. Literature
A. Militancy in the north-east B. Space science - ANSWER
B. Oilseeds production - ANSWER C. Classical music
C. Advertising industry D. Cinema
D. Jaundice outbreak 90. Who is non-member who can participate in
83. French Revolution ended in 1790s with the the debate of Lok Sabha?
ascent of A. Vice President
A. Rousseau B. Chief Justice of India
B. King Louis XVI C. Attorney General of India - ANSWER
C. Napoleon Bonaparte - ANSWER D. None of the above
D. Robespierre
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91. Which of the following is the wrongly A. An adverb

matched word-meaning pair? B. A preposition
A. Indict: Accuse C. A conjunction - ANSWER
B. Onset: Beginning D. A pronoun
C. Recite: Propose - ANSWER 98. Which of the following is a correctly matched
D. Temerity: Boldness adjective-noun pair?
92. Which of the following sentences is A. Restless Restlessly
grammatically correct? B. Restless Restlessness - ANSWER
A. Either he or I am mistaken. - ANSWER C. Restless Restive
B. He gave me an advice. D. Restless Restivity
C. The sceneries here are very good. 99. His bad eyesight exempted him military
D. Let you and I do it. service. Fill in the blank with:
93. Which of the following word is closest in A. in
meaning to the idiom, cast down? B. of
A. Humiliated C. from - ANSWER
B. Defeated D. At
C. Depressed - ANSWER 100. Which of the following is an incorrectly
D. Discouraged matched word-meaning pair?
94. The letter, 0, in the word, about, is A. Excursion Short journey
pronounced like letter, o, in the word: B. Homage Tribute
A. Go C. Sidekick Close companion
B. Boy D. Intact Tactful - ANSWER
C. Got
D. Now - ANSWER Part II (English Language) Max. Marks: 50
95. Khali was sitting on the fence, means Khali
was: Write an essay in English language in only on
A. Living dangerously any one of the following topics is not more
B. Undecided - ANSWER than 400 words.
C. Stubborn
(i) Right to freedom of expression should be an
D. Annoying
absolute right.
96. In the sentence, Dont talk so loud, the word (ii) Inclusive Growth: A pipedream.
loud is used as an : (iii) Intelligence is an important aspect of
A. Adverb statecraft.
B. Adjective - ANSWER (iv) "It is often safer to be in chains than to be
C. Idiom free"
D. Active verb
97. In the sentence, None but the brave
deserves the fair, the word but is used as :

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