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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