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HP Administrative Service Pre Exam 2010 Smaple Questions General Studies Paper I
HP Administrative Service Pre Exam 2010 Smaple Questions General Studies Paper I
HP Administrative Service Pre Exam 2010 Smaple Questions General Studies Paper I
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5. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? a) Sheep breeding Farm Tal ( Hamirpur District) b) Wild Life sanctuary- Shilli ( Solan District) c) Fruit Museum- Jarol ( Mandi District) d) Akshay Urja Project Dangar ( Bilaspur District) 6. Which princely state of Shimla Hill state signed the Stand Still Agreement with British Govt. in 1947? a) Bilaspur b) Sirmaur c) Chamba d) Suket 7. Given blow ( in list I ) are the names of some players and ( in list II) the name of games with which they are associated. Identify the correct match. List I List a) Novak Djokovic i) Badminton b) Leonal Messi ii) Cricket c) Hashim Amla iii) Tennis d) Kasumatsuti iv) Football Select from the codes given below: a) a- iv, b- i, c- iii, d- ii b) a- ii, b- i, c-iv, d- iii c) a- iii, b- iv, c- ii, d- i d) a- iii, b- ii, c- i, d- iv 8. What is the name of the student who designed the new symbol of Indian rupee? a) Uday Kumar b) Udit Kumar c) Vijay Kumar d) Ajay Kumar 9. The Tunisian revolution is called jasmine revolution because jasmine is national a) anthem of Tunisia b) flag of Tunisia c) flower of Tunisia d) fruit of Tunisia 10. Identify the correct chronological order of the following kings of Gupta dynasty. (i) Samudargupta (ii) Kumar Gupta-I (iii) Chandragupta-II (iv) Skandagupta 2
Select from the code given below: a) i, iii, ii, iv b) iii, iv, i, ii c) i, iv, iii, ii d) iv, i, iii, ii 11. The year 1761 was very bad for India because i. the Marathas were defeated in the third battle of Panipat ii. Shah Alam II was defeated by the British iii. Lally surrendered Pondicherry to the British Which of the above statements are true ? a) i and ii b) i and iii c) ii and iii d) i, ii and iii 12. Who set up Abhinav Bharat? a) B.G. Tilak b) B.C. Pal c) Lala Hardyal d) V.D. Savarkar 13. Which of the following was not included in the Government of India Act- 1919? a) Bicamearl legislature at the centre b) Extension of Franchise c) Extension of reservation for different communities d) Dyarchy at the centre 14. Who acts as President of India when the offices of president as well as Vice president fall vacant? a) Speaker of Lok Sabha b) Chief Justice of India c) Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha d) Chief of the Army Staff 15. What is the upper limit for the total number of minsters in the union council of ministers ? a) 15 percent of the total strength of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha b) 15 percent of the total strength of Lok Sabha c) 10 percent of the total strength of Lok Sabha d) There is no upper limit
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48. Pyramid of energy is a) Sometimes inverted b) Always upright c) Rarely upright d) Always inverted 49. Excessive intake of leads to decline of intelligence quotient a) Aluminum b) Lead c) Silver d) Iron 50. When is International Biological Diversity Day celebrated ? a) May 22 b) June 5 c) December 2 d) April 22 51. In terms of global distribution, among different taxonomic groups of plants which is reported maximum in India. a) Gymnosperms b) Angiosperms c) Fungi d) Algae 52. Where was the conference of parties ( COP -16) on climate change held? a) Cancun, Mexico b) Kyoto, Japan 9
67. Match list 1 with list II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists List I List II Name of warhead ( type) a) Tejas 1. Air to air missile b) Arjun 2. Ship-based missile c) Dhanus 3. Main battle tank d) Astra 4. Light combat aircraft Code: a) b) c) d) A 4 1 4 1 B 3 2 2 3 C 2 3 3 2 D 1 4 1 4
68. Consider the following statements: 1. A person with myopia can see distant objects distinctly but cannot see nearby objects 2. A person with hyper-metropia cannot see distant objects clearly 3. A person with presbyopia can see nearby objects without corrective glasses Which of the statements given above is / are not correct? a) 1,2 and 3 b) 1 and 2 c) 2 and 3 only d) 3 only 69. In terms of comparative position among mega diverse countries, India tops in which of the following? a) Birds b) Reptiles c) Amphibians d) Fishes 70. What is the primary source of food for marine life? 12
71. Which of the following are absent in mothers milk? a) Vitamin C and Iron b) Vitamin C and Phosphorus c) Vitamin A and Iron d) Calcium and Iron 72. The correct sequence of the different layers of the atmosphere from the earth surface up wards is ? a) Troposphere-- Stratosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere b) Stratosphere --Troposphere Ionosphere Mesosphere c) Stratosphere Troposphere Mesosphere --Ionosphere d) Troposphere-- Stratosphere Mesosphere --Ionosphere 73. When a magnet is heated a) It gains magnetism b) Neither loses nor gains magnetism c) None of the above is correct d) It loses its magnetism 74. One-fifth of the cars in a parking lot are blue and a half of the blue cars are convertibles. If one quarter of the cars in a lot are blue, then what percent of the cars in the lot are neither blue nor convertibles? a) 30% b) 40% c) 50% d) 60% 75. In which years, Nobel prizes were not awarded? a) 1939, 1943 and 1944 b) 1940, 1941 and 1942 c) 1944, 1945 and 1950 d) 1930, 1935 and 1940 76. Name the Scientist who was awarded Nobel Prize twice, both times independently? a) George E. Smith b) Paul Krugman c) Linus Carl Pauling d) Perrie Curie 13
85. In which section of the plant does photosynthesis takes place a) roots b) stem c) leaves d) flowers 86. Rain water helps to increase in soil the content of a) Nitrogen b) Phosphorus c) Calcium d) Potash 87. Who among the following was a great musician in the court of Akbar a) Amir Khusro b) Tansen c) Ramdas d) Abul Fazal 88. Arya Samaj was founded by a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy b) Swami Dayanand Saraswati c) Swami Viveka Nand d) Gopal Krishan Gokhale 89. The congress session which gave the call for complete independence for India was held at a) Bombay b) Lucknow c) Calcutta d) Lahore 90. Khudai Khidmatgars were organized by a) Maulana Azad b) Abdul Gaffar Khan c) Mohammad Iqbal d) Liaqat Ali Khan 91. Diamond mines are located in a) Uttar Pradesh b) Karnatka c) Madhya Pradesh d) Gujrat 15
92. Of the following the busiest ocean trade route is a) Suez Canal b) Panama Canal c) North Atlantic Route d) Cape Route 93. Which one of the following towns is situated at the highest altitude? a) Lahasa b) Kathmandu c) Gartola d) Thimpu 94. Choose the correct capital and currency of Libya a) Manila-pesco b) Lagos-nyere c) Tripoli-Dinar d) Triploi-bahat 95. Chernobyl is known for a) Coal mine Disaster b) Tsunami c) Nuclear reactor disaster d) Earth quake 96. Indo US Nuclear deal was signed by a) Manmohan Singh and George W Bush b) Obama and Manmohan Singh c) Manmohan Singh and Hillary Clinton d) Hillary Clinton and Pranab Mukherjee 97. Who was the Man of World Cup Cricket 2011 a) MS Dhoni b) Yuvraj Singh c) Sachin Tendulkar d) Virender Sehwag 98. In the month of April 2011, Anna Hazare went on fast unto death to press for a) Lok Pal Bill b) b) Anti Corruption Bill c) Bill against Dowry d) Bill for 50 % reservation for women in Loksabha 99. Who is the author of National Anthem of India 16
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responsible or to which they have committed time or money. Because of these practical difficulties in measuring the effects of developing people reported benefits are often anecdotal and confined to a single aspect of performance. 31
ambiguity concerning the mechanisms by which human resource practices translate into improved business performance, the expert group recognized that rigorous methods of analysis would be required. The literature provided the expert performance benefits individual level, the 32 literature group with some indication of the nature from management development. At demonstrates of the to be anticipated
achievement of critical success factors to the management capacity of organizations. Strategies that recognize core competence as a key resource for gaining competitive advantage are prevalent in the recent literature. Clearly, if the development of core competence, including managerial competence, is a crucial determinant of improved organizational performance The need to link ( as represented by competitive success ) then improved performance of individuals and teams ought to be intervening outcomes. management development with organizational strategy is also prominent in recent literature, as is the need to justify individuals development in terms of benefits to the organization. There is evidence that organizational performance is enhanced when there is a good fit between organizational strategy and employees competencies , whether employees are developed in line with strategy or strategies are designed to match employees competences. Finally, recent literature contains claims that management development is more effective where HRD systems and procedures have adopted the MCI standards. 51. The Most important lesson which is associated with team performance is that a) Team performance is not an indication of organizational performance b) It is important to build organizational knowledge c) Organizational capacity will be affected when individuals change d) None of the above. 52. Choose the correct statement from the following: a) Division of performance levels between individual, process and organization inflates organizations structures b) Division of performance levels between organization improves group performance. 33 individuals, process and
Read the following passage to answer questions (58 to 71) given at the end of the passage. The Answers should be based either on the authors view or inferences drawn from the given passage. The systems perspective, applied to organizations in its classic formulations as an organic or a cybernetic model, is open to criticism for failing to give a sufficient account of change. In the organic model, change is seen primarily as an adaptive response by the system, acting as a whole or through subsystems with specific functions, to maintain itself in balance with a shifting environment. Change is thus externalized beyond the system boundary. The organisms response is characterized as a negative feedback process by means of which a control center becomes aware of a disparity between actual and desired behavior or conditions and triggers actions to reduce the disparity. Thus constituted as to be able to detect significant disparities and to be able to adjust its behavior in response to them. When the organic model is generalized to apply to organizations, the emphasis on boundary, environment, feedback and adaptive response are carried over, and management is readily identified as the control centre, which directs the organizations operations. However, organizations do not possess the same unity or consistency of form as organisms. Their external boundaries as well as internal 35
evolution, and continually moving between order and disorder and between stability and instability. Organizational models in this third stage go beyond (or may be seen to extend) the system traditions, drawing on theories of chaos, complexity and self organization form the natural sciences. New holistic theories of change are emerging with challenge the centrality of order and control in complex systems. According to these theories, many complex systems are non-linear, i.e. systems in which relationship between cause and effect are not constant. Therefore, small inputs can sometimes lead to disproportionately large consequences ( and at other times not), and small variations in initial conditions can sometimes produce large variations in outcomes ( and sometimes not). Generally, processes cannot be fully controlled or planned, and cannot be run back and repeated. Many natural systems including ecologies and the weather, are non-linear. They are characterized by complex multiple patterns of interaction which combine with random disturbances to produce unpredictable events that will sometimes transform the system into an entirely new configuration. In general , as they move from one relatively stable region of behavior to another, such systems pass through a chaotic transition phase. A system far from equilibrium and at the edge of chaos is one on the point of trans-formative change, but the future state of the system is not predictable. 38
practical action in organization life. The theories of chaos and complexity are seductive, and can easily lead you into a world of butterfly effects, strange attractors and NK fitness landscape. Nevertheless, a cautions and sober application of them might prove fruitful in our area of interest. 58. Choose the correct statement from the following . a) Cybernetic model focuses on actors understanding and formulations of problem situations. b) Organic model focuses on actors understanding and formulations of problem situations. c) Soft systems approach focuses on actors understanding and formulations of problem situations. d) Soft systems approach focuses on organizations as complex system. 39
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Which of the following is the most costlier city of India. a) Bombay b) Calcutta c) Bangalore d) Chandigarh
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ages of my brother and sister including myself. If my mother was 22 years, when I was born. What was her age at the time of birth of her youngest child a) 32 b) 28 c) 16 d) 25 111. A frog is in a 19 m deep well, for every 3m jump frog slips by 1 m. How a) 8 52 many jumps would get the frog out of the well
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Which of the following are in descending order of their value? a) 5/9,7/11,8/15,11/17 b) 5/9,8/15,11/17,7/11 c) 11/17,7/11,8/15,5/9 d) 11/17,7/11,5/9,8/15
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The sum of the two numbers is 25 and their difference is 13 then their prdreks ? a) 104 b) 114 c) 315
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The bar graph provided below give the data of the production of paper ( in lakh tons ) by three different company X, Y and Z of the years. Study the graph then the difference between the production of company y in 2000 and company x in 1996 is a) 2,00,000 tons b) 20,00,000 tons c) 20,000 tons d) 2,00,00,000 tons
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The following pie chart shows the percentage of literate and illiterate - males
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Statement: All cycles are cars. Some cycles are not bullock carts. Conclusion i) Some cars are bullock carts ii) No bullock cart is car taking both the statement as true, which of the conclusion is logical? a) only i b) only ii c) Neither i nor ii
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i) A, B, C, D and E reside in a five storey building ii) B and E do not reside on the ground floor iii) D resides one storey above A and one storey below C iv) E does not reside on the top floor How many of them do reside above C? a) 3 b) 2 c) 4 d) 1
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How many words can be constructed from the all the letters of work
EQUATION when in every word each letter is used once? a) 10080 b) 20160 c) 40320 d) None of these
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There is a committee of two persons from 4 males and 2 females what is the a) 1/3 b) 1/4 c) 7/15 d) 8/15
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The diameters of two circular coins are in the ratio of 1:3. The smaller
coin is made to roll around the bigger coin till it returns to the position from where the process of rolling started. How many times the smaller coin rolled around the bigger coin? a) 9 134. b) 6 c) 3 d) 1.5 Consider the following statements:
1. Every individual in the population is equally susceptible host for swine Flu. 2. Antibiotics have no role in the primary treatment of Swine Flu. 3. To prevent the future spread of Swine Flu all pigs must be culled. Which of the statement given above is /are correct? a) a) 1 and 2 only b) 2 only c) 2 and 3 only d) 1,2 and 3 135. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so from a group.
a) PRT b) QOM c) CEG d) UWY
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You have to take the two given statements to be true even if they seem to
be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. Statement : Some papers are pencils All pencils are lions Conclusions: i) All lions are pencils ii) Some lions are pencils iii) Some lions are papers iv) Some papers are lions a) All follow b) Only ii) iii) and iv follow c) Only iii) and iv follow d) Only i),ii) and iii) follow 138. Find the next term in the alphanumerical series. AIZ, C2W, E6T, G21 Q ? a) I 88 N b) H 66 O c) I 88 O d) H 66 N 139. The following letter series has some blanks. Which set of letters when ? a bb ? ? b b ? a b b ? a b b ? a) a a a a a a b) b a b a b a c) a b a a b a 59
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The percentage of scrap steel imported in the 6 months period is a) 37.5 b) 35.5 c) 36.1 d) 31.2
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The difference ( in thousands of tons) between coil steel and sheet steel during imports in the first three months of the year is : a) 10 b) 16 c) 20 d) 18
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Approximate ratio of sheet steel and coil steel imports in the first three months of the year is a) 11:9 b) 8:9 c) 7:11 d) 7:4
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North West University and the number of non- US students in the Arts faculty. These percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole number. There are a total of 1047 students in the Arts faculty. Use this information to encircle the correct option out of the four options given against question numbers (I) to (v).
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There are 34 European medical students. This represents the percentage of medicine faculty as : a) 14% b) c) d) 18% 12% 15%
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about their favorite style of music. Use this information to Encircle the correct option out of the four options mentioned against each of the question from (i) to (iv) Table- II Favourite Music Classical Pop Rock Jazz Blues Hip- Hop Ambient Total (i) 15-20 6 7 6 1 2 9 2 33 Age 21-30 4 5 12 4 3 3 2 33 Group 31 and above 17 5 14 11 15 4 2 68
The percentage of respondents under 31, who indicated Blue as their favorite style of Music is a) 17.1
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The percentage of the total sample indicated that Jazz is their favourite style of music is : a) 6% b) 8% c) 12% d) 22%
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In a school there are 200 boys and 300 girls. Among girls 160 are above
the age of 14 years. Among boys 60 are below the age of 14 years. The percentage of students below 14 years of age in the school will be : a) b) c) d) 145. 60% 60% 40% 35%
hour and comes back at a speed of 15 km per hour. His average speed in K.M. per hour is: a) 64 12.5
completes ( 1/30 ) th of the same work in one day, if both of them work together than the number of day they will take to finish this work are: a) b) c) d) 148. characteristics
Month Average maximum temp 0C Average minimum 0C Rainfall (mm) J 31 21 51 F 31 21 85 M 31 21 188 A 31 21 158 M 20 21 139 J 30 21 121 J 29 20 134 A 28 20 168 S 29 20 185 O 29 20 221 N 30 290 198 D 31 20 86
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If this geographic area were to have a natural forest, which one of the following would it most likely be ? a) Moist temperate coniferous forest. b) Montane subtropical forest . c) Tropical rain forest d) Tropical rain forest. 149. The difference between the simple interest received from two banks on
Rs. 500 for two years is Rs. 2.50. What is the difference between their rates? a) 0.25% 65
A cuboid has six sides of different colours. The red side is opposite to
black. The blue side is adjacent to white. The brown side is adjacent to blue. The red side is face down. Which one of the following would be the opposite to brown? a) b) c) d) 152. Red Black White Blue
Two trains leave New Delhi at the same time. One travels north at 60
kmph and the other travels south at 40 kmph. After how many hours will the trains be 150 km apart.? a) b) c) d) 3/2 4/3 15/2
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