NTSE QUESTION PAPER

Q.1
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

What is the meaning of this French word ''Le cit ro yen ''
The people
The Citizen
Resident
All above

Q.2
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Cheif Minister cavour who led the movement of unification of Italy was a
Freedom Fighter
A revolutionary
A democrat
Neither a Revolutionary nor a Democrat

Q.3
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Town planning in Bombay was a result of fear of :

Social revolution
Plague Epidemic
Fire
Over Crowding

Q.4
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Who among the following is the author of the novel ''Hard Times ''
Leo Tolstoy
Thomas Hardy
Charles Dickens
Samuel Richardson

Q.5
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

The majority people in Sri Lanka follow the religion :

Hinduism
Christianity
Islam
Buddhism

Q.6
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

The first Jute Mill in Calcutta was founded by

Dwarkanath Tagore
Dinshaw Petit
Seth Hukum Chand
G.D. Birla

Q.7
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

The shilling series was introduced in

France
US
England
Germany

Q.8
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

The civil disobedience movement began with the event of :

Hartal
Shop Pickings
Fast
Dandi March

Q.9 In which film the heros buddy sung the song " Ai dil hai mushkil jeena yahan
, zara
hat ke zara baachke , ye hai bombay meri jaan.
(a) CID
(b) Guest House
(c) Raja Harishchand
(d) Pyasa
Q.10 How many Theses Martin Luther wrote

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

Sixteen
Sixty
Eighty Nine
Ninety Five

Q.11
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

"Political Science begins and ends with the state" who had this ?
Sheeley
Garner
Laski
Leecank

Q.12
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Which of the following is not the unit of organ of the government

Legislature
Political Party
Executive
Judiciary

Q.13
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Which of the country has the unwrittenconstitution

China
France
Britain
Japan

Q.14
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Which of the following is not the state

Pakistan
Israiel
Afganistan
Rajasthan

Q.15
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Which of the following is correct about India

India is union state
India is federal
India is confederation
None of the above

Q.16
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Name the first women speaker of Lok Sabha.

Mamta Banerji
Meera Kumar
Shushma Swaraj
Vijay Raj Sindhia

Q.17
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Which of the following state does not have bicamral legislator

U.P
Bihar
Jammu and Kashmir
Gujrat

Q.18
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

What was the subject of Sarkaria Commission ?

Election Reforms
Land Reforms
Tax System
Centre State Relation

Q.19
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Which country has smallest constitution in the world

China
USA
Brazil
South Africa

Q.20
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

JMM is the political party of which state.

Orissa
Arunachal Pradesh
Jharkhand
Bihar

Q.21
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

In India after independence which major port was developed first

Jawahar Lal Nehru Port
Kandla Port
Vishakhapatnam Port
Mumbai Port

Q.22 Fatile block soil useful sugarcane and cotton crops is produced by breaking
of
of which rocks
(a) Basalt rocks
(b) Arenaceous rocks
(c) Granite rocks
(d) Obsidian
Q.23
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Which one of the following industries user bauxite as a raw material.

Electronics
Cement
Aluminium
Steel

Q.24
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Out of the following which clouds give more rain ?

Cumulus
Cumnlominimbus
Nimbostratus
Cirrostratus

Q.25
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Which one out of the following is a "Kharif crop" ?

Maize
Wheat
Gram
Mustard

Q.26 A delegation is coming from a country whose land boundry does not touch Ind
ia.
Recognise that country.
(a) Bhutan
(b) Tajakistan
(c) Bangladesh
(d) Myammar
Q.27 If you travel in a straight line from Rajasthan to Nagaland then which one
river
out of the following you will not cross.
(a) Yamuna
(b) Sindhu
(c) Brahamaputra
(d) Ganga
Q.28 Out of the following statements which one is not right about 82 30' E longi
tude.
(a) This is standard meridian of India.
(b) The local time of this meridian is 5.30 hours ahead of greenwich.
(c) This meridian passes through Andhra Pradesh
(d) This meridian divides India in two equal parts.

Q.29
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Out of the following which fountain was formed first ?

Vindhyachal
Aravali
Satpura
Nilgiri

Q.30
.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Which one out of the following rivers does not enter Ganga on its left side
Chambal
Gomti
Ghaghra
Kosi

Q.31 Match column 1 with column 2

Column 1
(1) Availing details of ingredients
y.
of a product.
(2) Agmark
fication of edible
oil and cereals
(3) District Consumer Court
ormation
(4) Bureau of Indian Standard.
consumer cases.
(5) Accident due to faulty engine
institution of
in a Scooter
nsumer welfare organization
(6) Consumer International
develop standards
for
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Column 2
(a) Right to safet
(b) Certi

(c) Right to inf

(d) Dealing with
(e) Global Level
co
(f) Agency that

goods and services.

c,b,d,f,a,e
b,e,c,d,a,f
c,b,e,d,a,f
b,d,c,e,f,a

Q.32 Which is the most appropriate answer for the classification of sectors into
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

private and public ?

The nature of economic activity.
Numbers of the workers employed in the enterprise.
Ownership of enterprises.
Employment conditions.

Q.33 In a SHG (Self Help Group) important decisions in regard to loan and saving
s
are taken by :
(a) Govt. organization.
(b) Bank
(c) Non-government organization
(d) Members
Q.34
(a)
(b)
(c)

Which one of the following activities can be included in primary sector.

Giving loans to the farmers.
Making sugar from sugarcane
Providing storage facility for the grains.

(d) Cultivating sugarcanes.

Q.35
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Which of the following is an example of working capital

Tools
Machine
Building
Raw Material

ANSWER KEY
1. B
2. D
3. B
4. C
5. D
6. C
7. C
8. D
9. A
10. D
11. B
12. B
13. C
14. D
15. A
16. B
17. D
18. D
19. B
20. C
21. B
22. C

23. C
24. C
25. A
26. B
27. B
28. D
29. B
30. A
31. A
32. C
33. D
34. D
35. D