Wednesday, June 11, 2008

GENERAL STUDIES QUESTION PAPER

GENERAL STUDIES QUESTION PAPER HELD ON 18th MAY, 2008


 


 

TEST BOOKLET – C


 

Questions start with

    

1.    In the series AABABCABCDABCDE………….

    Which letter occupies the 100th position ?

    a)    H        b)    I        c)    J        d)    K

    Ans : b


 

2.    What is the number of terms ……….117,120,123,126…….333?

    Ans : b


 

3.    In how many different ways…..A,B,C and D…………position ?

    Ans : -


 

4.    Carpenter A can make a chair in 6 hours…………….

    Ans : c


 

5.    A person purchases 100 pens discount of 10%...............

    Ans : c


 

6.    A schoolteacher has to select the maximum possible number………..

    Ans : -


 

7.    In an examination, 70% of the students passed in the Paper-I and 60%..............

    Ans : a


 

8.    What is Bisphenol A (BPA) ?

    Ans : c


 

9.    Which of…….about India's economic indicator……………(GDP per capita)

    Ans : d


 

10.    March 1, 2008 was Saturday………………..

    Ans : b


 

11.    In August 2006, the government of India notified the Rural Electrification policy…………….

    Ans : b


 

12.    As per India's National Population Policy, 2000…………………

    Ans : c


 

13.    Which one………Union Ministries is implementing the Biodiesel Mission………………

    Ans : d


 

14.    Consider…………..Indira Gandhi National Old Age ……………….

    Ans : d

    

15.    What is the name of the scheme …………….non-traditional trades ?

    Ans : d


 

16.    Consider : 1. Orange prize is awarded to a work of published fiction…………woman.

    Ans : a


 

17.    Recently, the manuscripts of which………………UNESCO's Memory …..

    Ans : d


 

18.    Selene-1, the lunar orbiter mission belongs………….

    Ans : c


 

19.    From which one………Barak anti-missile defence systems?

    Ans : a


 

20.    Consider: 1 Rice fields

    Ans : d


 

21.    What is the number of spokes in the Dharmachakra…………………

    Ans : d


 

22.    Which one……….species of the Himalayan vegetation ?

    Ans : b


 

23.    Which of …….Eastern Ghats and the Western Ghats meet ?

    Ans : c


 

24.    Consider : 1. Chambal : Narmada

    Ans : d


 

25.    Consider: 1. Salt-water crocodile is found…………..

    Ans : a


 

26.    Which one………largest livestock population in the world ?

    Ans : c


 

27.    How many High courts in India have jurisdiction…………..

    Ans : b


 

28.    In which one……….organisms is the phenomenon found……………copulation ?

    Ans : c


 

29.    For which one…….snakes is the diet mainly composed…………

    Ans : d


 

30.    Which one…….. an insectivorous plant ?

    Ans : b


 

31.    Starting with the Australian Open Lawn Tennis Tournament……………….

    Ans : d


 

32.    In which one…….. is Malta located ?

    Ans : b


 

33.    ISRO successfully conducted a rocket test……year 20007…………….located ?

    Ans : c


 

34.    Match : A. Foreign Intelligence Service 1. Israel

    Ans : c


 

35.    C. Rangarajan has been actively involved in the Pan-Asian Commission……..issues ?

    Ans : c


 

36.    What is the pH level of blood of a normal person ?

    Ans : c


 

37.    Who among…….office of the Vice-President of India ?

    Ans : b


 

38.    Which was…..capital of Andhra state when it…… year 1953 ?

    Ans : b


 

39.    Which one……football team's performance in the Olympic Games ?

    Ans : d


 

40.    In which.....................….Namchik-Namphuk coalfields located ?

    Ans : a


 

41.    Norman Ernest Borlaug who is regarded………….Green Revolution…………..?

    Ans : a


 

42.    Yom Kippur War …………between which sides/countries ?

    Ans : c


 


 

43.    Consider : about probiotic food…..

    Ans : c


 

44.     Consider: 1. The albedo of an object determines its visual brightness…………reflected light…..

    Ans : a


 

45.    Match : A. Nagender Singh 1. Chief Election Commissioner of India

    Ans : b


 

46.    What does Baudhayan theorem……….

    Ans : a


 

47.    Which of……… 1. Continental Drift : Edwin Hubble

    Ans : b


 

48.    Which of………..minerals are found……….state of Chhattisgarh ?

    Ans : d


 

49.    On which one……..Tehri Hydropower complex located ?

    Ans : b


 

50.    Which one…….cities are nearest to the equator ?

    Ans : d


 

51.    Which of ……..1. Kapildhara falls : Godavari

    Ans : b


 

52.    Which one…………………nearest to the International Date Line ?

    Ans : b


 

53.    Which of …….. current power generation in India …………100000 MW

    Ans : b


 

54.    Match : 1. Damanganga : Gujarat

    Ans : d


 

55.    Who among………Knighthood and refused to accept………state for India ?

    Ans : c


 

56.    During the……Mughal Emperor did the English East India Company…………….

    Ans : b


 

57.    The term Prisoners Dilemma …………..

    Ans : c


 


 

58.    During the Indian Freedom Struggle,……………… Indian Legion ?

    Ans : c


 

59.    Which one……..Viceroy's Executive Council…………Indian leaders ?

    Ans : c


 

60.    What is Agent Orange ?

    Ans : b


 

61.    Which of……..share borders with Moldova ?

    Ans : a


 

62.    India is a member of which of the …………..Asian Development Bank

    Ans : a


 

63.    Consider : 1. Ajman is one of the seven Emirates of the UAE.

    Ans : c


 

64.    Which one …………..largest (areawise) Lok Sabha constituency ?

    Ans : b


 

65.    For India, China, the UK and the USA, median age of their populations ?

    Ans : b


 

66.    Match : A. Sabyasachi Mukherjee 1. Microfinance loans

    Ans : b


 

67.    Consider : Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer was the Chief Justice of India

    Ans : b


 

68.    Ebraham Alkazi is an eminent personality…………areas ?

    Ans : c


 

69.    Consider : Chikmagalour is well-known for sugar production.

    Ans : d


 

70.    Bimbavati Devi is a well-known dancer of which type of dance ?

    Ans : a


 

71.    How is Sarosh Zaiwalla well-known as ?

    Ans : c


 

72.    Where are Tapovan and Vishnugarh Hydroelectric projects located ?

    Ans : c


 


 

73.    Match: A. Bankimchandra 1. Shatranj Ke Khilari

    Ans : c


 

74.    Who among…………..Congress in a series of articles entitled New Lamps for Old ?

    Ans : a


 

75.    Who among …………..'Un-British' to criticize the English colonial control of India ?

    Ans : c


 

76.    Among the Indian languages……………world after Hindi ?

    Ans : c


 

77.    Who among ………..discovered heavy water ?

    Ans : b


 

78.    Kim Dae-jung won the Nobel prize for peace…………….

    Ans : c


 

79.    Ogaden region has been a source of conflict…………..countries ?

    Ans : d


 

80.    Near which one……….Palitana Temples located ?

    Ans : a


 

81.    Which one ………….Euro Football Tournament, 2004 held in Portugal ?

    Ans : c


 

82.    In order………….Sun, lie between Mars and Uranus ?

    Ans : b


 

83.    Cristina Kirchner succeeded……..South American country.

    Ans : b


 

84.    Who was the viceroy of India when the Rowlatt Act was passed ?

    Ans : c


 

85.    In the year 2007, a earthquake led………………. Did it occur ?

    Ans : c


 

86.    What is the approximate percentage of persons ……………..India's current population ?

    Ans : c


 

87.    Which one ………..is a spacecraft ? (Apophis)

    Ans : b


 


 

88.    In which one……..International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) ……?

    Ans : b


 

89.    What is ……….US Space Agency's Themis Mission………..news ?

    Ans : c


 

90.    Out of all the Biosphere Reserves in India………….UNESCO…………..them ?

    Ans : b


 

91.    Which two countries………China and India ………….order of their populations ?

    Ans : b


 

92.    Amongst the following states,………….rural population………basis of the Census, 2001 ?

    Ans : d


 

93.    Match : A. Amnesty International     1. Viskuli

    Ans : a


 

94.    Match : A. K.P. Singh 1. Banking

    Ans : d


 

95.    Where was the World Summit on Sustainable Development (Rio+10)held ?

    Ans : c


 

96.    Consider : 1. Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) …..Kyoto protocol mechanisms.

    Ans : c


 

97.     Which of……..million-plus cities in India…….census, 2001 ?

    Ans : d


 

98.    Which of…………..public sector undertakings………..government of India ?

    Ans : d


 

99.    Under which Constitution Amendment Acts, …………..Eighth Schedule of the Constitution…..

    Ans : c


 

100.    Consider: 1. The Legislative Assembly of each state shall consist of not more than 450 members…

    Ans : b


 

101.    Which of……in the Directive Principles of State Policy ?

    Ans : b


 

102.    How is the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference ……IBRD,GATT and IMF……

    Ans : b


 


 

103.    Where was the first desalination plant in India…………….?

    Ans : a


 

104.    Match : 1. National Centre for cell science :Mysore

    Ans: c


 

105.    With which one………BRIT (Government of India) engaged ?

    Ans : c


 

106.    Which one ………………………. in respect of the Roman numerals- C, D, L and M ?

Ans : c


 

107.    Who among …… scientists shared the Nobel prize in Physics with his son ?

    Ans : c
(William Henry Bragg
shared the Nobel prize in Physics in 1915 with his son, William Lawrence Bragg. )


 

108.    Who among…….Autobiography of Madam Curie in Hindi?

    Ans : b


 

109.    Among the……….. basis of data of Census of India, 2001 ?

    Ans : d


 

110.    Consider: respect of a jet engine and a rocket ?

    Ans : a


 

111.    Which one………laser types is used in a laser printer ?

    Ans : a


 

112.    Consider: A widely used musical scale called diatonic scale……frequencies.

    Ans : -


 

113.    What are Rubies and Sapphires chemically known as ?

    Ans : b


 

114.    Which one….. also called Stranger Gas ?

    Ans : d


 

115.    Mixture of which…………..most of the explosions in mines ?

    Ans : c


 

116.    Which one……. lightest metal and the heaviest metal, respectively ?

    Ans : b


 

117.    How much is one barrel of oil approximately equal to ?

    Ans : b


 

118.    Who among…………..Gandhian followers was a teacher by profession ?

    Ans : c


 

119.    Which one….. journal brought out by Abul Kalam Azad ?

    Ans : a


 

120.    Where was the First Session ……….Indian National Congress held in December 1885 ?

    Ans : b


 

121.    Which of the……1. Francis Collins : Mapping human genome.

    Ans : d


 

122.    What does S & P 500 relate to ?

    Ans : d


 

123.    Rajiv Gandhi National Flying Institute……………

    Ans : b


 

124.    Who among….Captain of the Indian team in cricket test matches…………..

    Ans : c


 

125.    Who among……..poem, Subh-e Azadi ?

    Ans : b


 

126.    How can the height of a person…….six feet tall……….nanometers ?

    Ans : c


 

127.    A person is sitting in a car ………………wheels vary?

    Ans : c


 

128.    With which one…….Omkareshwar project associated ?

    Ans : b


 

129.    Consider : 1. The Nuclear suppliers group………………members.

    Ans : d


 

130.    In the context of the Indian defence what is Dhruv ?

    Ans : c


 

131.    'Hand-in-Hand 2007, a joint anti-terrorism…………….

    Ans : a


 

    Assertion & Reasons :


 

132.    A : In human body, liver has an important role in fat digestion.

    Ans : a


 

133.    A : In the visible spectrum of light, red light…………….green light.

    Ans : d


 

134.    A : Radio waves bend in a magnetic field.

    Ans : a


 

135.    A : The Congress ministries in all the provinces resigned in the year 1939.

    Ans : a


 

136.    Among the ……lays eggs and does not produce young ones directly ?


 

    Ans : a


 

137.    The release of which………….ponds and wells helps in controlling the mosquitoes ? s

    Ans : c


 

138.    Which Schedule of the constitution of India contains…………….several states ?

    Ans : b


 

139.    Department of Border Management is a Department ……………Ministries ?

    Ans : b


 

140.    For which……….Commission set up under…………Veerappa Moily ……………

    Ans : d


 

141.    Elizabeth Hawley is well known for her…………….

    Ans : c


 

142.    In India, how many states share the coastline ?

    Ans : c


 

143.    Nobel prize winning scientists James D.Watson…………

    Ans : d


 

144.    Match : A. Coffee Board 1. Bengaluru

    Ans : b


 

145.    Which one…………….number of National Parks ?

    Ans : a


 

146.    Among the……………. not an age ? ( Gibbon)

    Ans : c


 

147.    In how many different ways can all of 5 identical balls ……..least 1 ball ?

    Ans : d


 


 

148.    There are 6 different letters and 6 corresponding addressed ………..envelops ?

    Ans : a


 

149.    There are two identical red, two identical black ………..two consecutive cells ?

    Ans : -


 

150.    How many different triangles are there in the figure shown above ?

    Ans : a


 

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