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(c) Jinnah
History (d) Rajgopalachari
B
1979 Which of the following throws light on
Which party was in power in U.K. when Harappan Culture ?
India became independent (a) Archaeological excavations
(a) Labour (b) The script on copper sheets
(b) Conservative (c) Rock edicts
(c) Liberal (d) All of the above
(d) None of these A
A The name Pahlavi Dynasty in Iran is derived
Swaraj Party was founded by from the
(a) Motilal Nehru (a) Language
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) King
(c) B.G. Tilak (c) Religion
(d) C. Rajagopalachari (d) River
A A
Which of the following countries did not Who participated the least in the Indian
suffer imperial aggression? National Movement?
(a) Ethiopia (a) Capitalists
(b) Somalia (b) Landlords and Merchants
(c) Mauritania (c) Princes of States
(d) Liberia (d) Government officials
D C
Aim of Swaraj Party was to Which is not the Indo-Aryart language?
(a) Enter the Legislative Councils by (a) Gujarati
contesting elections in order to wreck the (b) Tamil
legislatures from within (c) Oriya
(b) Boycott the foreign goods (d) Marathi
(c) Launch a non-cooperation movement B
against the British Why could British only succeed in trade and
(d) Adopt Swadeshi in piece goods on a commerce in India?
vast scale (a) Because of government backing
A (b) Quality of merchandise
Swadeshi movement started during (c) Naval superiority
(a) Anti-Bengal partition movement (d) All of the above
(b) Non-Cooperation Movement C
(c) Civil Disobedience Movement Who evolved the national consciousness as
(d) None of the above a formal concept?
A (a) B.G. Tilak
The Prime Minister of Interim Government (b) Mahatma Gandhi
of India after Independence was (c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(a) Gandhi (d) Surendranath Bannerjee
(b) Nehru D
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“Bijanti” government is compared to the following were not included in his

Chola’s for government ?
(a) Rural democracy (a) Rajputs
(b) Administrative system (b) Pathans
(c) Land revenue collection system (c) Marathas
(d) Display of wealth (d) All of these
D C
Which of the following was not the outcome “Chipko movement” in Uttar Pradesh relates
of Jallianwalah Bagh massacre ? to
(a) Suspension of Gen. Dyer (a) Prevention of felling green trees
(b) Change in Gandhiji’s outlook towards (b) Prevention of felling of old trees by
Britishers unauthorised persons
(c) Temporary peace in Punjab (c) Prevention of felling of dead trees by
governmental agencies
2 (d) Planting trees on private plots
A
Which head of state has based his foreign
policy largely on Human Rights ?
(a) President Zia-ur-Rahman of Bangladesh
(b) President Jimmy Carter of U.S.A.
(d) Renunciation of British titles and
(c) President Anwar Sadat of Egypt
positions by many Indians
(d) President Julius Nyerere of Tanzania
C
B
“Red Shirts” movement aimed at
Indian National Congress took the stand
(a) To throw out Britishers from India
during Second World War that
(b) To promote Communist organisational
(a) It would support axis powers
activities
(b) It would support allied powers
(c) To promote trade union activities
(c) It would cooperate with the British if India
(d) All of the above
is promised dominion status after the war
A
(d) It would cooperate with the British if
“Inquilab Zindabad” slogan was given by
India is granted complete Independence
(a) Chandra Shekhar Azad
D
(b) Subhash Chandra Bose
The French supremacy in India came to an
(c) Bhagat Singh
end with the
(d) Iqbal
(a) Battle of Wandiwash
C
(b) Battle of Plassey
What was the important reason for the fall of
(c) Battle of Buxar
Vijayanagar Empire ?
(d) Battle of Panipat
(a) Unity among the Muslim rulers
A
(b) Internal instability and weakness of
Who led the extremists before the arrival of
Princes
Gandhiji on the political scene for freedom
(c) Moplah’s rebellion
struggle ?
(d) Economic bankruptcy
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
A
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
During Aurangzeb’s reign, which of the
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(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (b) Islam

(d) Subhash Bose (c) Hinduism
A (d) Zoroastrianism
The purpose of Mohammad Ghazni’s attack B
on India was Who was the Prime Minister of U.K. at the
(a) To plunder the wealth of India time of India’s Independence ?
(b) To spread Islam in India (a) Lord Attlee
(c) To rule over the territories of India (b) Winston Churchill
(d) None of these (c) Lord Mountbatten
A (d) Harold Wilson
“Mansabdars” in Mughal period were A
(a) Landlords and Zamindars The Interim Government at the Centre after
(b) Officials of the state independence was formed
(c) Those who had to give revenue (a) After the visit of Cripps Mission
(d) Revenue collectors (b) Before the visit of Cripps Mission
B (c) After Mountbatten submitted his plan
The earnings of the kings in the Medieval (d) After the visit of the Cabinet Mission
age were mostly derived from D
(a) Offerings made at the temples Among the following who was the proponent
(b) Land revenue of the ‘Bhakti Cult’ from West Bengal ?
(c) Trade (a) Chaitanya Prabhu
(d) Industrial production (b) Ramanujacharyulu
B (c) Ramanand
Which of the following Muslim rulers (d) Kabir
enforced price control system ? A
(a) Alauddin Khilji Rabindranath Tagore surrendered his title to
(b) Mohd. Tughlaq the British because of
(c) lltutmish (a) Civil Disobedience Movement
(d) Balban (b) Non-Cooperation Movement
A (c) Jallianwalah Bagh massacre
The worship of idols started in India in (d) Partition of Bengal
(a) Pre-Aryan period C
(b) Gupta period The Lucknow Congress Session of 1916
refers to
3 (a) Concession of separate electorates for
the Muslims by the Congress Party
(b) Merger of Muslim League into Congress
(c) Selection of Muslim leader as the
Congress President
(d) None of the above
(c) Mauryan period
A
(d) Kushan period
The aim of the Cripps Mission to India was
B
to
“Sufi Sect” originated and developed in
(a) Appease the Indian public opinion
(a) Christianity
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(b) Appease the American people (a) Annie Besant

(c) Decentralise the power to States (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) None of the above (c) Mahatma Gandhi
“Khilafat” movement subsided because of (d) Lala Lajpat Rai
the A
(a) Concessions given to Muslims by the First Europeans, who started trade with
British India, were
(b) Amity achieved between Congress and (a) The Portuguese
Muslim League
(c) Accession of Kamal Pasha on the throne 4
of Turkey
C
Who commented “the Cripps Mission was a
post-dated cheque on a crashing bank” ?
(b) The British
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) The French
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) The Dutch
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose
A
(d) Sardar Patel
“India Wins Freedom” was written by
A
(a) Rajendra Prasad
Gandhiji’s “Champaran Movement” was for
(b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(a) The security of rights of Harijans
(c) R.N. Tagore
(b) Civil disobedience movement
(d) J.L. Nehru
(c) Maintaining the unity of Hindu society
B
(d) Solving the problem of the Indigo
Who said first : “Swaraj is my birth right and
workers
I shall have it”.
D
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Gandhiji started Dandi March in 1930
(b) M.K. Gandhi
(a) Against imposition of salt tax laws
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(b) Against the announcement of communal
(d) Sardar Patel
award
A
(c) Against atrocities committed on Harijans
The first metal used by the man was
(d) Against all of the above
(a) Iron
A
(b) Copper
The cause for the immediate precipitation of
(c) Aluminium
the Sepoy Mutiny was
(d) Gold
(a) Use of cartridges greased with cow fat
B
(b) Doctrine of Lapse
(c) The disparity between salaries of Native 1980
Sepoys and the British Soldiers
Who is regarded as the greatest lawgiver of
(d) The Spread of Christianity
ancient India ?
A
(a) Megasthanese
The Home Rule movement was launched
(b) Panini
by
(c) Manu
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(d) Kautilya Who was the famous Deccan Hindu King

C whose fleet crossed
At which place Gautama Buddha delivered the Bay of Bengal with an army and
his first sermon ? conquered a number of sates in
(a) Sarnath Sumatra, Java and Malaysia ?
(b) Lumbini (a) Rajaraja I
(c) Bodh Gaya (b) Rajendra Chola
(d) Vaishali (c) Pulakesin
A (d) Mahipala II
Who was the founder of the Servants of B
India Society ? Why did India industrialise only gradually in
(a) G. K. Gokhale the time of
(b) K. M. Roy Britishers ?
(c) M. K. Gandhi (a) Capitalists helped to set up new
(d) B. G. Tilak industries
A (b) Many technicians came from different
Saka era commenced from parts of the world to set up
(a) 78 AD new industries
(b) 120 AD (c) Britishers seized and handicapped
(c) 1000 AD Indian cottage industries
(d) 1953 AD (d) People were fond of new machine made
goods
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A Which of the following was the most
The year 1919 is associated with important characteristic of
(a) Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi Kanishka’s rule ?
(b) Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy (a) Expansion of Buddhism outside India
(c) Chauri Chaura Incident (b) Reemergence of Jainism
(d) Partition of Bengal (c) Fourth Buddhist Council at Srinagar
B (d) Gandhara School of Art
Whose name is associated with Fatehpur
Sikri ?
(a) Akbar
(b) Babar
(c) Shahjehan C
(d) Humayun Gandhiji opposed the untouchability and he
A wanted
Who introduced the ‘Civil Services’ in India (a) The Harijans to revolt against it
? (b) The people of India to give treatment of
(a) Lord Dalhousie equality to the
(b) Lord Curzon untouchables
(c) Lord Wellesley (c) Untouchability to be declared a crime
(d) Lord Cornwallis under law
D (d) A social revolution to create a society
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based on equality Bagh massacre ?

B (a) Rowlatt Act enactment
Which of the following is not a tenet of (b) Communal award
Gandhian Socialism (c) Coming of Simon Commission
(a) Social justice (d) Quit India Movement
(b) Concern for the poor but not hatred for Non Cooperation Movement was
the rich suspended in 1921
(c) Equality of opportunities of all because
(d) Nationalisation of all means of (a) Violence broke out at Chauri Chaura
production and distribution (b) Gandhiji was arrested for five years
D (c) Government accepted the demands of
Neolithic period of age is not characterised Indian leaders
by (d) People were not supporting this
(a) Agriculture movement
(b) Use of copper A
(c) Domestication of animals Sultanates of Delhi have taken which of the
(d) Fishing following in their
B buildings from the ancient architecture?
Which one of the following was the cause of (a) Mehrab
disintegration of (b) Gumbaj
the Mughal Empire ? (c) Arched openings
(a) War of succession among sons of (d) Decoration figures
Aurangzeb C
(b) Attacks of Nadir Shah and Ahmad Shah Who started Bhoodan Movement in India ?
Abdali (a) The English collected the revenues with
(c) Revolts of various communities like Jats, the help of Indian
Sikhs, Rajputs, etc. Officials and they became virtually the head
(d) All of the above mentioned factors of the civil and military
contributed to the downfall of administration
the Mughal Empire (b) The general administrative body
D consisted of two categories of
Idol worship was started in rulers
(a) Gupta period (c) Main items of administration were in the
(b) Vedic period hands of local kings and
(c) Epic period rest were in the hands of British rulers
(d) Maurya period (d) Some portions of land were ruled by the
A local kings and rest by
Which of the following was the main feature the British rulers
of the policy of Dual Government of British A
rulers in India ? The basic education advocated by Gandhiji
in Wardha Congress is related with
6 (a) Compulsory elementary education
Which important event immediately (b) Social relevance of education to society
preceded Jallianwala (c) Demand of separate institutions for
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minorities A
(d) Compulsory military training for every Which dynasty was wellknown for excellent
student village
A administration ?
(a) Pandyas
(b) Pallavas
(c) Cholas
(d) Chalukyas
(a) Gandhiji C
(b) Jayaprakash Narayan The Ajanta Caves were built during the
(c) Vinoba Bhave period of
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru (a) Guptas
C (b) Kushans
Who were ‘Jagirdars’ during the reign of (c) Mauryas
Akbar ? (d) Chalukyas
(a) Large estate owners A
(b) Officials of state who were given ‘jagir’ in The Indus Valley people had contacts with
place of cash pay (a) Egyptians
(c) Revenue collectors (b) Sumerians
(d) Autonomous rulers under Akbar (c) Chinese
A (d) Mesopotamians
What was the impact of Western Industrial D
Revolution on India Lothal is connected as excavation site of the
(a) Handicrafts of India were ruined civilisation of
(b) Machines were introduced in textile (a) Indus Valley Civilisation
industry (b) Sumerians
(c) Heavy import duty was imposed on (c) Mesopotamians
foreign goods (d) Vedic Aryan
(d) All technical hands got employment A
A The DYARCHY as introduced by the
Gandhiji was of the view that Government of India Act,
(a) All old traditions should be followed 1919 postulated which of the following ?
(b) All old traditions should be discarded (a) A system of dual government in Bengal
(c) Only scientifically based traditions (b) Backward classes were entitled to vote
should be followed (c) A few subjects were transferred to the
(d) Those traditions should not be followed Provincial Ministries and
which are against our the rest retained by the Executive Council
moral values (d) Hindus and Muslims could vote
D separately
According to Gandhiji nonviolence is C
(a) A way to attain truth What was not the most important feature of
(b) A way to win political freedom land revenue
(c) The only way to realise God system of Akbar ?
(d) An end in itself (a) Collection of land revenue in kind or
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cash (c) Chandragupta Maurya

(b) Collection of land revenue based on (d) Vikramaditya
accurate measurement of C
land Earliest Indian coins belonged to which
(c) Collection of land revenue directly at the period ?
central treasury (a) 5th century B.C
(d) Fixation of rates b) Ashoka’s reign
C (c) 1st century A.D.
What is true of Indian National Congress (d) 3rd century A.D.
during World War II A
(a) It demanded for its cooperation with the Bijak was written by
British that a provincial (a) Tulsidas
national government may be set up at the (b) Ramdas
centre (c) Guru Nanak
(b) It extended full support to the Indian (d) Kabirdas
National Army to oust the D
British from India Which statement about Amir Khusrau is not
(c) It decided to extend full support to the true ?
allied nations (a) He worked for the Hindu-Muslim Unity
(d) It worked for the defeat of the allied (b) He was a great poet
nations (c) He was a great historian
A (d) He wrote poetry in Hindi and Urdu
A
7 What is the correct order of happenings of
the following three
India’s
Independence ?
(a) Lord Wavell
(b) Lord Mountbatten
Who wrote Vande Mataram ?
(c) Lord William Bentinck
(a) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(d) Lord Cornwallis
(b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
A
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose
Under whose leadership, the Indian
(d) Bankim ChandraChatterjeea
National Army was formed
D
?
The Constitution of India was actually ready
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
in
(b) Subhash Chandra Bose
(a) 1947
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) 1949
(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) 1950
Who said these words at the time of Quit
(d) 1952
India Movement—’Do
B
or die’ ?
Magasthenes visited the court of
(a) Motilal Nehru
(a) Ashoka
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Harsha
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(c) Sardar Patel (c) Civil Disobedience Movement

(d) Subhash Chandra Bose (d) None of the above
B A
Why did Gandhiji stop the NonCooperation Puma Swaraj Day was observed on
Movement? (a) 26th November, 1947
(a) Because of Gandhi-lrwin Pact (b) 26th October, 1949
(b) Because the mob turned violent (c) 26th January, 1950
(c) Because he was ordered to do so by the (d) 26th January, 1930
Britishers D
(d) Because he did not like to continue the Whom did Gandhiji consider his political
movement Guru ?
B (a) Vinoba Bhave
The Indian National Movement refers to the (b) B. G. Tilak
(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
8 (d) Dadabhai Naoroji
events in the British rule in India ? C
I. Rawlatt Act Which of the following periods can be
II. Hunter Report considered as the era of
III. Jallianwallah Bagh Tragedy mass revolution ?
(a) I, III, II (a) 1856-1885 A.D.
(b) II, I, III (b) 1757-1857 A.D.
(c) III, II, I (c) 1920-1947 A.D.
(d) II, III, I (d) 1901-1919 A.D.
A C
Who was the Viceroy when Attlee declared The Indian patriot, who died in jail due to
hunger strike, was
(a) S. C. Bose
(b) Bhagat Singh
(c) Jatin Das
(d) Bipin Chandra Pal
(a) Movement started by Subhash Chandra
C
Bose through I.N.A.
Community Development Programme was
(b) Struggle by the Indians to gain freedom
launched on the
from British colonial rule
birthday of Gandhiji in the year
in India
(a) 1950
(c) Struggle by Indians to gain dominion
(b) 1952
status under British rule
(c) 1956
(d) Struggle by Indians to stop British trade
(d) 1963
in India
B
Which of the following represents the
Why did Md-Bin-Tughlak change his capital
integration of Hindus and
from Delhi to
B
Hyderabad/Deogiri ?
Muslims for a common cause?
(a) Because he wanted to improve trade in
(a) Khilafat Movement
Deccan
(b) Quit India Movement
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(b) Because he wanted to spread Islam in C

the Deccan 1982
(c) Because he wanted to punish the people Q22. The personality who is not connected
of Delhi with 1857 mutiny is
(d) Because he wanted to escape from (a) Bhagat Singh
Mongolian invasion (b) Lakshmibai
D (c) Tantia Tope
Which Mughal ruler introduced the (d) Nana Saheb
Mansabdari system in India A
? Q23. The India-Pakistan boundary line has
(a) Akbar reference to
(b) Humayun (a) McMohan Line
(c) Shahjehan (b) Radcliffe Line
(d) Babar (c) Durand Line
A (d) Maginot Line
Who among the following were associated B
with the birth of “Once again India leads the world” are the
Swarajya Party ? words of
(a) C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru (a) S. N. Bannerjee
(b) C. R. Das and Sardar Patel (b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Motilal Nehru and Rajendra Prasad (c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(d) None of the above (d) None of these
A D
Who among the following was responsible Out of the following the oldest dynasty is
for the revival of (a) Mauryas
Hinduism in the 19th century ? (b) Nandas
(a) Swami Dayanand (c) Pallavas
(d) Guptas
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Lothal is
(a) A closed water system
(b) A poisonous gas
(c) A place in Gujarat where excavations
have established a link
(b) Swami Vivekanand
with the Indus Valley civilisation
(c) Guru Shankaracharya
(d) Legal action taken against defectors
(d) Raja Rammohan Roy
C
C
Who among the following was not a
On which date Constitution of India was
moderate ?
adopted and enacted
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
by the Constituent Assembly ?
(b) W. C. Bannerjee
(a) 15th August, 1947
(c) G. K. Gokhale
(b) 26th January, 1950
(d) B. G. Tilak
(c) 26th November, 1949
D
(d) 30th January, 1948
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Dandi March was organised by Gandhiji to (d) Harsha Vardhana

(a) Break the salt laws B
(b) Protest against atrocities on Harijans Civil Disobedience Movement was started in
(c) Oppose Simon Commission India in 1930 for
(d) Ask for Purna Swaraj (a) Home rule
A (b) Purna Swaraj
Non-Cooperation Movement was called off (c) Non-cooperation with British government
by Gandhiji (d) Hindu-Muslim unity
because C
(a) Of Chauri Chaura incident . The succession of Delhi Sultans to the
(b) Government accepted the demands of throne was generally
Indian leaders (a) Hereditary
(c) Of repressive measures adopted by the (b) After fight between brothers
government (c) By killing the father
(d) None of these (d) Invasion
A B
The script of Indus Valley civilisation was . Doctrine of Lapse was adopted as a
(a) Persian measure to annex Indian
(b) Dravidian states by
(c) Sanskrit (a) Lord Cornwallis
(d) Undeciphered (b) Lord Clive
D (c) Lord Dalhousie
Which of the chronological order for the (d) Lord Wellesley
construction of the c
following is correct ? Which of the following statements is correct
I. Taj Mahal for Guru Nanak ?
II. Qutab Minor (a) He preached punishment for wicked
(b) He preached against Muslims
10 (c) He preached a war society
(d) He preached that “God is one”
d
Raja Rammohan Roy was supporter of
(a) Sati
(b) Widow re-marriage
III. Fatehpur Sikri
(c) Child marriage
IV. Agra Fort
(d) Learning of Sanskrit
(a) II, IV, III, I
b
(b) II, IV, I, III
Mahabalipuram temples were built by
(c) I, II, III, IV
(a) Pallavas
(d) II, III, IV, I
(b) Cheras
A
(c) Cholas
Saka era was introduced by
(d) Pandyas
(a) Ashoka
a
(b) Kanishka
1983
(c) Chandragupta Maurya
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In what way Indian cotton industry was (d) All are correct
inferior to that of D
England during the British rule in India The capital of India was shifted from
(a) Indian textile industry had an ever Calcutta to Delhi in the
increasing and large domestic year
market (a) 1905
(b) There was plenty of raw material (b) 1911
available (c) 1912
(c) The industry was not managed by highly (d) 1916
skilled technicians and B
managers Who can be called the father of local
(d) India was the traditional home for cotton sel-government in India
textiles ?
c (a) Lord Rippon
(b) Lord Minto
11 (c) Lord Curzon
(d) Lord Dufferin
A
Indian National Congress was founded by
(a) W. C. Bannerjee
(b) A. O. Hume
Who represented India at the Chicago
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
Conference of World
(d) Annie Besant
Religions in 1893 ?
B
(a) Swami Vivekananda
The Indian national movement became
(b) Swami Dayananda
organised for the first
(c) Swami Abhedananda
time in
(d) Ramakrishna Paramhansa
(a) 1885
a
(b) 1857
The theory of economic drain from India to
(c) 1905-06
England was
(d) 1916-17
propounded by
C
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
The first great experiment of Gandhiji in
(b) R. C. Dutt
‘Satyagraha’ took
(c) B. G. Tilak
place in
(d) L. K. Jha
(a) Dandi
A
(b) Champaran
Which of the following is correct?
(c) South Africa
1. Shore temple of : Pallavas
(d) Bardoli
Mahabalipuram
C
2. Kailasa temple of : Rashtrakutas Ellora
After Chauri Chaura incident in which 22
3. Khajuraho temples : Chandellas
policemen were
(a) None is correct
killed, the result was that
(b) Only I is correct
(a) Gandhiji started his Dandi March
(c) Only II, III are correct
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(b) Gandhiji called off the no tax campaign I II III IV

(c) Gandhiji withdrew his movement of (a) D A B C
non-cooperation (b) D B A C
(d) Gandhiji went to-talk with the Viceroy, (c) A B C D
Lord Irwin (d) C A B D
C A
The first among the following to establish The wrongly matched pair among the
trade links with following is
India were (a) Gandhiji—Dandi March
(a) Dutch (b) Mohammed Ali Jinnah—Khilafat
(b) French movement
(c) Portuguese (c) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan—Aligarh
(d) English (d) Subhash Chandra Bose—Forward Bloc
C B
The following are the events in national
12 movement
I. Champaran Satyagraha
II. Non-Cooperation Movement
III. Quit India Movement
IV. Dandi March
The correct chronological order is
The demand for Pakistan was made by the
(a) I, II, IV, III
Muslim League
(b) II, I, III, IV
for the first time in
(c) III, II, I, IV
(a) 1938
(d) II, III, I, IV
(b) 1940
A
(c) 1941
Match the following correctly
(d) 1946
A. Ramakrishna Mission I. Swami
B
Which of the following events is not
correctly matched ? 13
(a) Liberation of Goa—1961 Dayanand Saraswati
(b) Death of Jawaharlal Nehru—1966 B. Arya Samaj II. Raja Rammohan Roy
(c) Indo-China War—1962 C. Brahmo Samaj III. Keshab Chandra Sen
(d) First General Elections—1950 D. Prarthana Samaj IV. Swami Vivekananda
B ABCD
Match the following : (a) I II III IV
I. Lord Dalhousie (b) III IV I II
II. Lord William Bentinck (c) II III I IV
III. Lord Rippon (d) IV I II III
IV. Lord Curzon D
A. Prohibition of Sati Which of the following is/are correct ?
B. Local Self-Government Newspaper Publisher/Editor
C. Division of Bengal A. Leader Annie Besant
D. Doctrine of Lapse B. Yugantar C. Y. Chintamani
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C. Young India Aurobindo Ghosh II. Iltutmish

(a) A is correct III. Qutb-ud-din Aibak
(b) B and C are correct IV. Nasir-ud-din Mahmud
(c) A and C are correct The correct order in which these sultans
(d) None is correct ruled over India is
D (a) II, III, I, IV
Arrange the following in chronological order (b) I, IV, II, III
I. Home Rule League (c) IV, I, II, III
II. Swadeshi Movement (d) III, II, IV, I
III. Bardoli Movement D
IV. Round Table Conference The following were famous scholars in
(a) I, II, III, IV ancient India
(b) II, I, III, IV I. Ashvaghosh
(c) III, I, IV, II II. Nagarjuna
(d) IV, II, I, III III. Vasumitra
A IV. Buddhaghosa
Which of them was/were contemporary of
Kanishka ?
(a) I, II, III, IV
(b) I, III, IV
The philosophical systems of the Hindus (c) I, II
were propounded (d) I, II, III
and properly codified in the D
(a) Vedic age The first session of Indian National
(b) Maurya age Congress in 1885 was
(c) Kanishka age held at
(d) Gupta age (a) Bombay
A (b) Calcutta
Which of the following statements is not (c) Lahore
correct about (d) Lucknow
Nalanda University? A
(a) It was an ancient Buddhist learning Who gave the ‘Communal Award’ in India ?
centre (a) C. R. Attlee
(b) A Chinese Hiuen Tsang studied here (b) Ramsay Macdonald
(c) We came to know about it only through (c) Stafford Cripps
the writings of Chinese (d) None of the above
pilgrims B
(d) It was mainly responsible for spreading Quit India Movement was launched in
Buddhism to China, (a) 1936
Japan and South East Asia (b) 1941
C (c) 1942
The following are the rulers of the slave (d) 1947
dynasty C
I. Ghiyas-ud-din Balban Which of the following was mainly
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responsible for the transfer European countries ?

of power by the British to India on August (a) Rupee trade
15, 1947? (b) Free trade
(a) Cabinet Mission Plan (c) Barter trade
(b) Attlee Declaration (d) Bilateral trade
(c) Simon Commission Plan C
(d) Mountbatten Declaration Who was the leader of the Depressed
D Classes in the prelndependence period ?
Which of the following events is not correct (a) Ram Manohar Lohia
? (b) B. R. Ambedkar
(a) Simon Commission—1927 (c) Rajendra Prasad
(b) Salt Satyagraha—1930 (d) Jagjivan Ram
(c) Gandhi-lrwin Pact—1931 B
(d) Quit India Movement—1941 Which of the following statements about
D Mahatma Gandhi is
Ancient Indian art and architecture reached correct in connection with India’s
its zenith during independence ?
(a) He was the happiest man
14 (b) He was a very disillusioned man
(c) He had full satisfaction about his
achievements
(d) He was happy with the formation of
Pakistan
B
the period of
The following States were created after
(a) Rajputs
1960. Arrange them in
(b) Mauryas
chronological order:
(c) Guptas
A. Haryana
(d) None of these
B. Sikkim
C
C. Meghalaya
Assertion :
D. Nagaland
Great Britain gave India her independence
(a) D, A, C, B
on August 15, 1947.
(b) A, B, C, D
Reason :
(c) B, A, C, D
Great Britain became weak after her
(d) A, B, D, C
involvement in World War II.
A
(a) If both A and R are true but R is not the
In the 19th century the people who
reason for A
participated in the national
(b) If both A and R are true but R is the
movement were mostly
reason for A
(a) Zamindars
(c) If neither A nor R is correct
(b) Rich people
(d) If A is correct but R is wrong
(c) Educated middle class
B
(d) Poor people
What type of trade is being undertaken by
C
India with East
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Ruins of Vijayanagar empire can be seen (b) A, B, C

at (c) C, A, B
(a) Hospet (d) C, B, A
(b) Hampi A
(c) Halebid Which of the following is not true about the
(d) Madurni paintings of Mughal
B period ?
Which of the following presents the most (a) Religious scenes were depicted
significant features of (b) Scenes of nature were depicted
Indus Valley Civilisation ? (c) Court and cultural scenes were depicted
(a) Buildings with perfect arches to balance communal
(b) Use of burnt mud bricks harmony
(c) Use of sun dried mud bricks (d) Scenes of battles were depicted
(d) None of these C
B Swaraj Party was established to
Which of the following pairs is incorrect ? (a) Share power in the Government
(a) Lal, Bal, Pal—Extremist Group (b) Ask the British to leave India
(b) Annie Besant—Home Rule movement (c) To enter the Councils and wreck the
Government from within
15 (d) Ask the people to fight against the British
C
What is most significant regarding partition
of Bengal in 1905?
(a) The English undertook partition without
consulting the local
(c) Gandhi—Dandi March
population
(d) None of these
(b) The English established that they were
D
strong people
Match the following :-
(c) Muslims were separated from other
A. Krishnadeva Raya 1. Construction of
people
roads and land reforms
(d) This paved the way for involvement of
B. Hyder Ali 2. Poems in Telugu
people in national
C. Afghans and Turks 3. Mysore Wars
movement
D. Sher Shah 4. Construction of tombs and
D
arches
What is the correct chronological order of
(a) A—2, B—1, C—3, D—4
the following ?
(b) A—2, B—3, C—4, D—1
I. First Round Table Conference
(c) A—1, B—2, C—3, D—4
II. Gandhi-lrwin Pact
(d) A—3, B—4, C—2, D—1
III. Simon Commission
B
IV. Cripps’ Mission
What is the correct order of the following :
(a) III, I, II, IV
A. Fisrt Battle of Panipat
(b) I, II, III, IV
B. Second Battle of Tarain
(c) II, I, III, IV
C. Establishment of East India Company
(d) IV, III, II, I
(a) B, A, C
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A Who had founded the Asiatic Society of

Write the correct chronological order of the Bengal in 1784 ?
following (a) Lord Clive
annexations by the Britishers. (b) Lord Warren Hastings
I. Oudh (c) Queen Victoria
II. Punjab (d) William Jones
III. Upper Burma D
(a) III, II, I Write the correct chronological order of the
(b) I, II, III following events:
(c) I, III, II A. Shifting of capital from Delhi to
(d) II, I, III Daulatabad
D B. First Battle of Panipat
What was the objectives of Home Rule C. Second Battle of Tarain
Movement ? (a) A, B, C
(a) Self-government at all levels (b) C, A, B
(b) Eradication of evils like Sati in the Indian (c) C, B, A
community (d) A, C, B
(c) Participation in Indian National B
Movement Indus Valley Civilisation was spread over
(d) Boycott of foreign goods (a) Baluchistan, Sind, Punjab and Rajasthan
(b) Sind, Punjab and Kashmir
16 (c) Afghanistan, Sind, Punjab, Rajasthan,
Gujarat and Kashmir
(d) None of these
A
Write the following in chronological order
1. Puri—Jagannath temple
A
2. Meenakshi temple
Who was the person behind conversion of
3. Mahabalipuram temples
East India Company
4. Qutab Minar
from a trading company into a regional
(a) 1, 2, 4, 3
power ?
(b) 1, 4, 2, 3
(a) Lord Warren Hastings
(c) 1, 4, 3, 2
(b) Lord Clive
(d) 3, 1, 4, 2
(c) Lord Dalhousie
D
(d) Lord Wellesley
Assertion (A) :
B
The revolt of 1857 failed.
What was the main feature of Maurya
Reason (R) :
dynasty in India ?
It lacked adequate organisation and military
(a) Education was widespread
power.
(b) Terrorists were driven out of Sind and
(a) Both A and R are correct but R is not the
Punjab
correct explanation of
(c) Removal of land tax for the first time
A.
(d) Decentralisation of administration
(b) A is correct but R is incorrect
D
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(c) A is incorrect but R is correct (b) A is correct but R is incorrect

(d) Both A and R are correct and R is (C) A and R are correct and R is the correct
correct explanation of A explanation of A
D (D) A and R are correct but R is not the
Assertion (A) : correct explanation of A.
In 1946 in Bombay the ratings of the Royal C
Indian Navy rose in open 1985
mutiny against the British. 1985
Reason (R) : Match the following :
The Royal Indian Navy joined the INA A. Amir Khusro 1. 14th century
(a) A and R both are incorrect B. Kabir 2. 13th century
(b) A is correct but R is incorrect C. Abul Fazal 3. 15th century
(c) A and R are correct and R is the correct D. Tukaram 4. 16th century
explanation of A 5. 17th century
(d) A and R are correct but R is not the ABCD
correct explanation of A. (a) 3 4 2 5
B (b) 5 2 1 4
Assertion (A) : (c) 2 3 4 5
Our agricultural growth rate is small even (d) 1 3 5 4
after proper planning and C
huge investments. The first Civil Disobedience Movement was
Reason (R) : started by Gandhiji
after the
17 (a) Rowlatt Act of 1919
(b) Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919
(c) Chauri Chaura incident in 1922
(d) Arrival of Cripps’ Mission in 1942
A
Match the following :
The land reform measures are not carried
A. Civil Disobedience Movement 1. B. G.
up to the mark
Tilak
(a) A and R both are incorrect
B. Indian Home Rule League 2. Raja Ram
(b) A is correct but R is incorrect
Mohan Roy
(C) A and R are correct and R is the correct
C. Moderate leader 3. Mahatma Gandhi
explanation of A
D. Brahmo Samaj 4. G. K. Gokhale
(D) A and R are correct but R is not the
ABCD
correct explanation of A.
(a) 3 1 4 2
C
(b) 1 2 3 4
Assertion (A) :
(c) 2 1 3 4
Lal, Bal and Pal formed extremist group in
(d) 3 4 1 2
the Indian National
A
Congress.
Who among the following attended all the
Reason (R) :
three Round Table
They were revolutionary leaders
Conferences ?
(a) A and R both are incorrect
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(a) Madan Mohan Malaviya B

(b) Mahatma Gandhi Shivaji was coronated at
(c) Sarojini Naidu (a) Raigarh
(d) B. R. Ambedkar (b) Aurangabad
D (c) Peshawar
Which of the following Acts gave (d) Bundela
A
18 Which of the following statements is correct
representation to Indians for ?
the first time in legislatures ? (a) The village was the basic unit of Chola
(a) The Indian Councils Act. 1909 administration.
(b) The Indian Councils Act, 1919 (b) The Chola kingdom was on the decline
(c) The Government of India Act, 1935 in the 9th century.
(d) None of the above (c) Amoghavarsha is the best remembered
of the Chola kings.
A
Which of the following pairs are correct
(1) The Indian Councils Act, 1909 —
Dual System of Government ?
Provincial Autonomy
(a) Lord Wellesley
(2) The Government of Act, 1919 —
(b) Lord Canning
Introduction of India Dyarchy
(c) Lord Clive
(3) The Government Act, 1935 — Proposal
(d) Lord Rippon
for a of India Federation
C
of India
Which of the following pairs is correct ?
(4) The Indian Act, 1947 — Provincial
(a) Mahatma Gandhi—”Swaraj is my birth
Independence Legislature
right”
(a) (1) and (4)
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru—”Truth and
(b) (2) and (3)
nonviolence are my God”
(c) (1) and (3)
(c) Sardar Patel—”Dilli Chalo”
(d) (2) and (4)
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose—”Give me
B
blood, I will give you
The partition of Bengal was undertaken with
freedom
the view of
D
(a) Suppressing the revolt arisen
Which of the following laws was passed
(b) Satisfying the Hindus and the Muslims
during the second half
(c) Meeting the demand by the Hindus and
of the nineteenth century under the Social
the Muslims for a
and Religious Reform
separate State
Movement ?
(d) Dividing the Hindus of the West and the
(a) Formation of Theosophical Society
Bast Bengal and
(b) Sanction of inter-caste and
increasing Hindu-Muslim tensions
inter-communal marriages
D
(c) Opening of Aligarh Muslim University’
Which of the following was not known to
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Indus Valley people correct explanation of A

? (b) if A and R both are correct but R is not
(a) Silver the correct explanation of
(b) Copper A
(c) Iron (c) if A is incorrect but R is correct
(d) Bronze (d) if A is correct but R is incorrect
C B
Match the columns : Assertion (A) :
Bhanu Athaiya became the first Indian to
19 win Oscar award.
D Reason (R) :
Who among the following GovernorsGeneral She received this award for her excellent
introduced the portrayal of Kasturba in the
film “Gandhi”.
(a) if A and R both are correct and R is the
correct explanation of A
(b) if A and R both are correct but R is not
the correct explanation of
(A) “Freedom at Midnight” (1) Mahatma
A
Gandhi
(c) if A is incorrect but R is correct
(B) “Nineteen Eighty Four” (2) Sarojini
(d) if A is correct but R is incorrect
Naidu
D
British empire
Assertion (A) :
(b) To break the salt law
The First War of Indian Independence
(c) To boycott foreign goods
started in 1857.
Reason (R) :
B
The soldiers refused to use the greased
Sepoy mutiny of 1 857 failed due to the
cartridges.
(a) Lack of effective organisation
(b) Lack of unity of purpose
(c) Lack of unified system of leadership 20
(d) All of the above (C) “My Experiments with
D Truth”
. The Swaraj Party was founded by Motilal (3) Larry Collins and Dominique
Nehru in Lapierre
(a) 1947 (D) “The Song of India” (4) George Orwell
(b) 1952 ABCD
(c) 1920 (a) 3 4 2 1
(d) 1929 (b) 4 1 2 3
C (c) 3 4 1 2
Assertion (A) : (d) 4 1 3 2
The Cholas had a conquest of Southeast. C
Reason (R) : Match the columns :
They had developed a very strong fleet. (A) Amir Khusro (1) 16th century
(a) if A and R both are correct and R is the (B) Din-i-lllahi (2) 12th century
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(C) Outab Minor (3) 14th century (a) (i), (iii), (ii), (iv)
(D) Chand Bardai (4) 13th century (b) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
ABCD (c) (iv), (ii), (i), (iii)
(a) 4 1 4 4 (d) (ii), (iv), (i), (iii)
(b) 4 1 3 3 B
(c) 3 2 4 4 Which of the following was the principal
(d) 2 3 4 1 article of food of the
A Indus Valley people ?
. Gandhiji started the Dandi March (a) Fish
(a) To demonstrate against the policies of (b) Palm-date
(c) Eggs
(d) Wheat
D
Which of the following is a characteristic
(a) if A and R both are correct and R is the feature of the Indus
correct explanation of A Valley Civilisation?
(b) if A and R both are correct but R is not (a) Their chief deities were Mother Goddess
the correct explanation of and Shiva
A (b) They worshipped bulls
(c) if A is incorrect but R is correct (c) They had all amenities of a developed
(d) if A is correct but R is incorrect city life
D (d) They did not know of iron
Assertion (A) : C
Akbar introduced Din-i-Illahi which became Which of the following statements about
more popular. Hiuen-Tsang is not
Reason (R) : true ?
Din-i-Illahi was a religious order, suitable for (a) He visited India during the reign of
the people of all Harshavardhana
religions. (b) He spent some time at Nalanda
(a) if A and R both are correct and R is the University
correct explanation of A (c) He advocated for strong Indo-China
(b) if A and R both are correct but R is not relations
the correct explanation of (d) He influenced Buddhism
A C
(c) if A is incorrect but R is correct ‘Go back to the Vedas’ was the motto of
(d) if A is correct but R is incorrect (a) Swami Vivekananda
C (b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
1986 (c) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
Arrange the following in a chronological (d) M. G. Ranade
order C
(i) Foundation of Muslim League Arrange the following in a chronological
(ii) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre order :
(iii) Khilafat Movement (i) Dandi March
(iv) Civil Disobedience Movement (ii) Simon Commission
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(iii) Poona Pact (d) None of the above

(iv) Gandhi Irwin Pact A
(a) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) Who inscribed the name of Khalifa of
(b) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv) Baghdad on his coins ?
(c) (ii), (i), (iii), (iv) (a) Alauddin Khilji
(d) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i) (b) Iltutmish
C (c) Qutub-ud-din
(d) Balban
21 B
Match the columns :
(A) Rajendra Prasad 1. “A Nation in the
Making”
(B) Dilip Mukherjee 2. “India Divided”
(C) S. N. Bannerjee 3. “My Experiments
Which of the following statements is true
with Truth”
about Annie Besant ?
(D) Mahatma Gandhi 4. “The Terrorists”
(i) She was the President of Indian National
ABCD
Congress
(a) 2 1 4 3
(ii) She was the founder of the Asiatic
(b) 2 4 1 3
Society
(c) 4 2 3 1
(iii) She was the founder of the
(d) 2 4 3 1
Theosophical Society
B
(a) (i) and (ii)
Poverty and UnBritish Rule in India” was
(b) (i) and (iii)
written by
(c) (i) only
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) (i), (ii) and (iii)
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
B
(c) Sardar Patel
Which of the following statements about
(d) Madan Mohan Malviya
Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq is correct ?
A
(a) He introduced paper currency
The ancient Indian coins were introduced
(b) He introduced the postal system
located in India ?
(c) He was the ablest man among the
(a) Akbar
crowned heads of the
(b) Humayun
medieval age
(c) Jehangir
(d) Itmad-ud-daula
C
C
Which of the following was the main reason
Which of the following Acts was introduced
of the downfall of
by the Britishers
Mauryan empire?
to remove the shortcomings of the
(a) Weak successors of Ashoka who could
Regulating Act ?
not control the empire
properly
(b) Religious policy of Ashoka 22
(c) Ashoka maintained friendly relations with during the
his neighbours (a) 3rd century AD
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(b) 3rd century BC to pay tributes to him

(c) Kanishka’s period (d) He used to decide all the cases
(d) Ashoka’s reignA efficiently
B Ghuzak’ is the name of a place where
. Whose tomb among the following is not (a) Jayapala met his enemy Sabuktigin
(a) Pitt’s India Act, 1784 (b) Mahmud crushed defeat on Jayapala
(b) Rowlatt Act (c) Jayapala burnt himself on a funeral pyre
(c) The Charter Act of 1793 since he was unable to
(d) Government of India Act 1919 survive the disgrace caused by his defeat at
A the hands of Mahmud
A
Arrange the following in a chronological
order
Rajagopalachari’s formula was (i) Surat Split
(a) Merger of princely States (ii) Formation of Muslim League
(b) Formulation of a separate Muslim State (iii) Partition of Bengal
(c) Plebiscite to Muslims whether they (iv) Regulating Act
should form a separate State (a) (i). (ii), (iii), (iv)
(d) Forming a Constituent Assembly (b) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
c (c) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)
Swaraj Party was formed after the failure of (d) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
(a) Quit India Movement b
(b) Satyagraha Movement “Anushilan Samithi” was the terrorist
(c) Non-cooperation Movement organisation with its
(d) Civil Disobedience Movement headquarters at
c (a) Lahore
Gokaldas Tejpal Sanskrit Pathshala was (b) Calcutta
the place where (c) Chandigarh
(a) The first session of Indian National (d) Islamabad
Congress was held b
(b) Max Mueller came to study Sanskrit Who declared, “Swaraj had ‘stunk in the
(c) A.O. Hume used to live nostrils’ and that
(d) Gandhiji made his first Ashram without adequate discipline and restraint on
A the part of the people
Which of the following pairs is wrongly the movement had proved to be a
of Baghdad was ‘Himalayan blunder’.”
strictly observed by Muslim kings in India (a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
because (b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(a) ‘Khalifa’ was treated as religious head of (c) Mahatma Gandhi
the Muslim community (d) Subhash Chandra Bose
(b) ‘Khalifa’ was treated as the legal head of c
the Muslim community The first political association in the Bombay
(c) All the Muslim States in the world used Presidency was
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established by (c) Chittaranjan Das and Rajagopalachari

(a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale in 1905 (d) Mahatma Gandhi and Shaukat Ali
b
23 Which of the following terms is used to
matched ? denote the heavy
(a) New India 1. Henry Cotton rocks of the lithosphere?
(b) Khilafat 2. Maulana Azad movement (a) Substratum
(c) Communal 3. McDonald award (b) SIAL
(d) Bardoli 4. Sardar Patel satyagraha (c) SIMA
A (d) None of the above
The supremacy and sovereignty of ‘Khalifa’ c1
A 987
Match the columns :
(A) M. N. Roy (i) Swarajist Party
(B) C. R. Dass (ii) Hindustan Socialist
Republican
Association
(b) S. N. Bannerjee in 1894
(C) Chandra Shekhar
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji in 1852
Azad
(d) Annie Besant in 1924
(iii) Congress Socialist Party
c
(D) Acharya Narendra (iv) Communist
“The Arctic Home of the Vedas” was written
International
by
(a) A-(iv) B-(i) C-(ii) D-(iii)
(a) Minoo Masani
(b) A-(ii) B-(iii) C-(i) D-(iv)
(b) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
(c) A-(iii) B-(ii) C-(iv) D-(i)
(c) S. Radhakrishnan
(d) A-(iv) B-(iii) C-(ii) D-(i)
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
a
d
Match the columns :
. Match the columns :
(A) Roaper (i) Informs about Mauryan
(A) Sir John Marshall 1. Glory of Indian Art
Empire
(B) H. T. Prinsep 2. History of Indian Culture
(B) Kumarahar (ii) Treaty of alliance
(C) A. K. Coomara Swamy 3. Writer during
between Bentinck and Ranjit
the time of Lord Hastings
ABC
(a) 1 2 3 24
(b) 3 2 1 Singh
(c) 2 3 1 (C) Aihole (iii) Staute of Lord Bahubali
(d) 2 1 3 (D) Shravan
c Belgola
Which pair among the following had the (iv) Sites of Chalukyan architecture
similar views during (a) A-(i) B-(ii) C-(iii) D-(iv)
the national movement ? (b) A-(iv) B-(ii) C-(iii) D-(i)
(a) Subrahmaniam Bharati and Bal (c) A-(ii) B-(i) C-(iv) D-(iii)
Gangadhar Tilak (d) A-(ii) B-(iii) C-(i) D-(iv)
(b) Chittaranjan Das and Motilal Nehru c
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Which of the following pairs is correct ? (d) Germany

(a) Nand Lal - Dandi March A
(b) Hyder Asti - Morning What is the correct chronological order of
(c) M. F. Hussain - Dream of Shahjehan the following ?
(d) Amrita Shergill – Sunflower (A) Cabinet Mission
a (B) Montague - Chelmsford Reforms
. Indianisation of the Civil Services was (C) Minto - Morley Reforms
done by (D) Cripps’ Mission
(a) Lord Ripon (a) C, B, D, A
(b) Lord Mayo (b) A, B, C, D
(c) Lord Lytton (c) B, C, D, A
(d) Lord Reading (d) D, A, B, C
D A
‘Ghadar party’ in U.S.A. was formed by
(a) V. D. Savarkar
(b) Lala Har Dayal
(c) Swami Varma
Which of the following is not true about (d) Raja Pratap Singh
Mughal army ? B
(a) Mughal army was mainly standing army. Ilbert Bill was prepared for abolishing
(b) It had large cavalry. judicial disqualification
(c) When Mughal army used to come out, it based on racial distinction. The bill was
India. vehemently criticised by the
(c) To discuss future setup for India on the Europeans living in India. Who was the
basis of the Simon Governor-General at that
Commission report. time ?
(d) To suppress ‘Quit India’ Movement. (a) Lord Ripon
a (b) Lord Dalhousie
Alauddin Khilji maintained control on price (c) Lord Curzon
during his reign (d) Lord Chelmsford
because A
(a) He wanted to keep large army at lower Who among the following Sultans declared
expenses. himself as a
(b) He had mercy with poor people. lieutenant of Caliph ?
(c) He wanted to gain popularity. (a) Balban
(d) All of the above (b) Iltutmish
a (c) Ferozeshah Tughlaq
Where was the selection of suitable (d) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
candidates for a particular D
job first started through competitive Lord Cornwallis introduced
examinations ? (a) Zamindari system
(a) China (b) Mahalwari system
(b) Great Britain (c) Mansabdari system
(c) U.S.A. (d) None of the above
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A C
Who among the following accepted Q128. Khilafat movement stressed on
Din-i-Ilahi ? (a) Restoration of Turkish Khalipha as the
(a) Raja Man Singh head of Indian Muslims
(b) Reservation of seats for Muslim
25 community in Government
seemed as if population services
of a big city is emerging. (c) Independent Pakistan
(d) It had large infantry. (d) India’s Independence
A A
The purpose of Cripps’ Mission was Montague - Chelmsford Reforms relate to
(a) To give India dominion status. (a) Dyarchy
(b) To introduce provincial autonomy in (b) Communalism
(c) Provincial autonomy
A
The Reserve Bank of India was established
in
(b) Birbal
(a) 1935
(c) Raja Tansen
(b) 1947
(d) Raja Todarmal
(c) 1952
B
(d) 1969
The court language of Mughals was
A
(a) Urdu
1988
(b) Arabic
Matchthe columns :
(c) Persian
List 1 List 2
(d) Turkish
Authors Books
C
A. Mahatma Gandhi 1. India Divided
Metals known to Indus Valley Civilisation
B. Ram Manohar Lohia 2. India Wins
were
Freedom
(a) Gold, copper, silver but not iron
C. Dr. Rajendra Prasad 3. Hind Swaraj
(b) Silver, iron, bronze but not gold
D. Maulana Azad 4. The Wheel of History
(c) Iron, copper, gold but not silver
(a) 3 4 1 2
(d) Zinc, silver, iron but not gold.
(b) 1 3 4 2
A
(c) 4 3 2 1
Write the correct chronological order of the
(d)2 3 4 1
following ?
A
(A) Pitt’s India Act
Manpassed from the food gathering stage to
(B) Rowlatt Act
the food
(C) Regulating Act
producing stage in the
(D) Indian Councils Act
(a) Neolithic Age
(a) A, C, D, B
(b) Mesolithic Age
(b) B, A, C, D
(c) Chalcolithic Age
(c) C, A, D, B
(d)Palaeolithic Age
(d) D, B, A, C
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A TheBritish rulers introduced a new system

Nearthe banks of which one of the following of education in India
rivers, the chiefly becausethey wanted to
excavation in recent yearshas brought to (a) Provide a class of office workers for the
light that Indus Valley company
Civilisation percolated to far south ? (b) Promote the work of Christian
(a) Mahanadi missionaries
(b) Cauvery (c) Create an awareness of scientific and
(c) Krishna technical developments
(d)Godavari (d)Generate the capacity for
self-government
26 A
Whichone of the following was the most
immediate factor for
the spread of Swadeshiand Boycott
agitation during the first decade
of the present century ?
C
(a) Curzon’s attempt to control the
Akbarfound the Din-i-Ilahi primarily to
Universities
(a) Put an end to the differences between
(b) Curzon’s design to curtail the sphere of
the Hindus and the Muslims.
localself-government
(b) Establish a national religion which would
(c) Curzon’s partition of Bengal
be acceptableto both
(d)Curzon’s plan to curb the growing
the Muslims and the Hindus.
popularity of the Indian
(c) Ensure racial and communal harmony.
National Congress
(d)Found a religious club.
C
B
Theearliest evidence of a Jewish community
heMausoleum of Sher Shah is at
settling in India
(a) Rohtas
is provided by acharter of a
(b) Agra
(a) Chola king
(c) Sasaram
(b) Pandya king
(d)Lahore
(c) Chera king
C
(d)Viiayanagara king
TheLingayat movement owes its origin to
D
(a) Vidyaranya
Whichone of the following pairs is NOT
(b) Purandharadasa
correctly matched?
(c) Appar
(a) Holt Machenzie Mahalvari settlement in
(d)Basava
Northern India
D
(b) Lord Cornwallis Subsidiary system
Albuquerquecaptured Goa from the ruler of
(c) Lord Ripon Local Self-Government
(a) Bijapur
(d)Thomas Munro Ryotwari settlement
(b) Golkonda
B
(c) Ahmadnagar
Whichof the following statements are true of
(d)Vijayanagar
the Congress
A
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Socialist Party ? C. Thanjavur 3. Satavahanas

(1) It was a forum for various kinds of D. Halebid 4. Chalukyas
Socialists in India. 5. Pandyas
(a) 2 4 5 1
27 (b) 3 1 4 2
(c) 3 4 2 1
(d)4 5 2 3
C
Matchthe columns :
List 1 List 2
(2) It was a rival organisation of Indian
(Leaders) (Views on the Cripps Missions
National Congress.
proposals in 1942)
(3) It championed the cause of workers and
(A) Nehru (1) Post-dated cheque
peasants.
(B) Ambedkar (2) The autocratic powers of
Choose the correct answer from the codes
Viceroy would remain
given below:
(C) Gandhi (3) It will do the greatest harm to
(a) 1,2 and 3
the depressed
(b) 1 and 2 only
(D) Sapru & (4) The creation of more than
(c) 1 and 3 only
one Union will be
(d)2 and 3 only
Jayckar disastrous
C
(a) 2 3 1 4
The‘Char Minar’ is in
(b) 3 2 1 4
(a) Hyderabad
(c) 4 2 1 3
(b) Ahmednagar
(d)3 4 2 1
(c) Ahmedabad
A
(d)Fatehpur Sikri
Matchthe columns :
A
List 1 List 2
Matchthe columns :
A. Qutub Minar 1. Mohamed Adil Shah
List 1 List 2
B. Gol Gumbaj 2. Iltutmish
A. Karsondas Mulji 1. Tatvabodhini Patrika
C. Buland Darwaza 3. Aurangzeb
B. Dadabhai Naoroji 2. Satya Prakash
D. Moti Masjid 4. Jahangir
C. Debendranath Tagore 3. Fight for legal
5. Akbar
status to Parsi women
(a) 5 1 3 4
D. Henry Vivian Derozio 4. Peasant
(b) 2 4 5 1
Movement
(c) 4 3 2 1
5. Did not believe in existence of god
(d)2 1 5 3
(a) 2 3 1 5
D
(b) 5 3 1 2
Matchthe columns :
(c) 4 5 2 1
List 1 List 2
(d)5 1 4 2
A. Morley Minto
A
Reforms
Matchthe columns :
1. Dyarchy in the Provinces
List 1 List 2
B. Montague
A. Amaravati 1. Hoysalas
Reforms
B. Aihole 2. Cholas
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2. Provincial Chelmsford Autonomy Assertion (A):

C. Reform Act of The Zamindari Settlement was introduced
by Lord Cornwallis.
28 Reason (R):
The British desired to create a landed class
in India forsupport.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the
correct explanationof A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is NOT a
1935
3. Introduction of separate electorate
(c) A is true but R is false
D. Cripps 4. Provision for Proposals
(d)A is false but R is true
establishment of a
A
Constituent Assembly
Assertion (A):
(a) 4 3 2 1
In the 19th century, India became a victim of
(b) 3 1 2 4
colonialism.
(c) 2 1 4 3
Reason (R):
(d)3 2 1 4
Industrial Revolution resulted in the need for
B
more and
Matchthe columns :
moremarkets.
List 1 List 2
A. Madan Mohan Malviya 1. Ghadr
Movement
(b) Both A and R are true but R is NOT a
B. Sohan Singh Bhakna 2. Swatantra Party
C. Annie Besant 3. Hindu Mahasabha
D. Rajagopalachari 4. Theosophical Society
of India
D
(a) 2 4 5 1
1989
(b) 3 1 4 2
. The “Servants of India Society” was
(c) 3 4 2 1
(d)4 5 2 3
B 29
. Assertion (A): founded by
In the ancient period of Indian history, (a) Annie Besant
urbanisation wasfollowed by (b) Gopala Krishna Gokhale
pastoral life. (c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Reason (R): (d)Dadabhai Naoroji
The Harappan Culture was an urban one. B
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the “Asiatic Society of Bengal” was founded by
correct explanationof A (a) Sir William Jones
(b) Both A and R are true but R is NOT a (b) Annie Besant
correct explanationof A (c) Lord William Bentinck
(c) A is true but R is false (d)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(d)A is false but R is true A
B MahmudGawan was the Prime Minister in
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(a) Gujarat kingdom Swaraj as a national demand was first

(b) Kingdom of Kashmir made by
(c) Bahmani kingdom (a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d)Kingdom of Mysore (b) Dadabhai Naoroji
C (c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d)Chitaranjan Das
b [ According to Bipan Chandra ]
Moderates and extremists of the Indian
National Congress
Mansabdarisystem was introduced by differed mainly on the issue of
(a) Akbar (a) Swaraj
(b) Jahangir (b) Swadeshi
(c) Sher Shah (c) Boycott
(d)Balban (d)National education
A A
Whichof the following introduced a measure Banaras Hindu University was founded by
of provincial (a) Dadabhai Naoroji
autonomy? (b) Gopala Krishna Gokhale
(a) Minto-Morley reforms (c) Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya
(b) Montague-Chelmsford reforms (d)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Cripps’ Mission C
(d)Government of India Act, 1935 The system of ‘Diarchy’ was first introduced
D by
Q59. The first Trade Union in India was (a) Montague-Chelmsford Reforms
(a) Madras Labour Union (b) Minto-Morley Reforms
(b) Bombay Postal Union (c) Government of India Act, 1935
(c) Printers Union of Calcutta (d)None of the above
(d)All India Trade Union Congress A
D On whose recommendations was the
Railway and Telegraphy systems were Constituent Assembly
introduced in India by formed?
(a) Lord Dalhousie (a) Mountbatten
(b) Lord Cornwallis (b) Cripps’ Mission plan
(c) Lord Bentinck (c) Cabinet Mission plan
(d)Lord Wellesley (d)Government of India Act, 1935
A C
Who among the following Indians mostly 1990
encouraged the Who among the following was a
remarriage of the widows? revolutionary who later turned
(a) jaisingh into a yogi and philosopher?
(b) Ahilya Bai (a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Sarfoji (b) Aurobindo Ghosh
(d)Raja Ram Mohan Roy (c) Lala Lajpat Rai
D (d)Agarkar
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B (b) 1 2 3 4
(c) 4 2 1 3
30 (d)3 1 2 4
D
Consider the following sessions of the
Indian National
Congress:
The session in which
In1989, Bahadur Prasad broke a twodecade old
1. The Muslim League and the Indian
national
National Congress met jointly.
athletics record established earlier by
2. The Indian National Congress divided
(a) Milkha Singh
into two groups.
(b) Edward Sequeira
3. The resolution for “Complete
(c) Shriram Singh
Independence” was passed.
(d)Shivnath Singh
4. The Non-cooperation resolution was
B
passed.
Who among the following was not a ‘no
The correct chronological sequence of
changer’?
these sessions is
(a) Dr. Ansari
(a) 3 — 4 — 1 — 2
(b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(b) 2 — 1 — 4 — 3
(c) Sardar Patel
(c) 1 — 2 — 4 — 3
(d)Motilal Nehru
(d)1 — 2 — 3 — 4
D
B
TheI.N.A. was organized by Netaji Subhash
Consider the following events in Indian
Chandra Bose at
Freedom Movement:
(a) Rangoon
1. Singh Sabha Movement
(b) Singapore
2. Quit India Movement
(c) Taiwan
3. Dandi March
(d)Tokyo
4. Gurdwara Reform Movement
B
The correct chronological sequence of
Match List I with List II and select the
correct answer using the
codes given below them:
codes given below them:
List I List II
(Social Reformers of Modern India) (Their 31
contributions) these events is
A. Kesab Chandra Sen 1. Young Bengal (a) 1 — 4 — 3 — 2
Movement (b) 4 — 1 — 2 — 3
B. Henry Vivian Derazio 2. Param Hansa (c) 2 — 3 — 4 — 1
Mandali (d)3 — 2 — 1 — 4
C. Gopal Hari Deshmukh 3. Sadharan A
Brahma Samaj Consider the following events:
D. Devendranath Tagore 4. Tatvabodhini 1. Hunter Commission
Sabha 2. Charles Wood’s Dispatch
(a) 3 2 4 1 3. Sadler Commission
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4. Raleigh Commission 2. Tavernier

Their correct chronological sequence is 3. Rudolf Acquaviva
(a) 3 — 2 — 1 — 4 The correct chronological order of their
(b) 2 — 1 — 4 — 3 visits is
(c) 1 _ 4 — 3 — 2 (a) 1 — 2 — 3
(d)4 — 3 — 2 — 1 Ans-B (b) 2 — 3 — 1
Match List I with List II and select the (c) 2 — 1 — 3
(d)3 — 1 — 2
d
The Second Round Table Conference was
held in
List I List II (a) 1930
(Books) (Authors) (b) 1931
A. India Today 1. Valentine Chirol (c) 1932
B. India Unrest 2. B.G. Tilak (d)1935
C. Geeta Rahasya 3. Jawaharlal Nehru b
D. A Bunch of Old Letters 4. Rajni Palme TheHarappans did not know the use of
Dutt (a) Bronze
5. Mahatma Gandhi (b) Gold
(a) 4 1 2 3 (c) Iron
(b) 5 4 2 3 (d)Silver
(c) 3 4 5 1 c
(d)4 1 3 5 Which one of the following was the
A contemporary Bengal king?
Whichof the following features are during the time of Harsha of Kannauj ?
associated with the (a) Bhaskaravarman
architecture of Tughlaqperiod? Select the (b) Divakaramitra
correct answer using the (c) Devagupta
codes given below the features. (d)Sasanka
1. Sloping walls. d
2. Deliberate attempt to combine the In which one of the following inscriptions is
principles of the arch, the lintel Ashoka mentioned
and the beam in the buildings. by name?
3. Placing the buildings especially the tombs (a) Major Rock edict at Girnar
on a high platform. (b) Minor Rock inscription at Maski
(a) 1 only (c) Bairat inscription
(b) 1 and 3 (d)Lamghan inscription
(c) 2 and 3 d
(d)1 and 2 During the Mughal period, under the Zabti
D system, land
Consider the following European missions revenue was assessed and was required to
during the Mughal be paid
period: (a) In cash or kind.
1. Thomas Roe (b) Only in cash.
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(c) Only in kind. (a) 4 2 1 3

(d)By the zamindar on behalf of the (b) 2 4 1 3
peasants. (c) 3 2 4 1
A (d)1 2 3 4
Who among the following led the Sepoys at B‘
Kanpur in the 1857 The Modern Review’ was started by
uprising? (a) Madan Mohan Malaviya
(b) C. V. Chintamani
32 (c) Raman and Chatterjee
(d)Annie Besant
C
Assertion (A):
Ali Brothers founded the Swaraj Party.
Reason (R):
(a) Tantia Tope
The Swarajists were in favor of council entry
(b) Laxmibai
and obstruction from
(c) Nana Sahib
within.
(d)Kunwar Singh
C
The most effective contribution made by
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not a
Dadabhai Nauroji to the cause of Indian
National Movement was that he
(c) A is true but R is false.
(a) Brought the problems of Indians to the
(d)A is false but R is true.
notice of the British.
D
(b) Exposed the economic exploitationof
The forerunner of the ideas of Glasnost and
India by the British.
Perestroika was
(c) Interpreted the ancient Indian texts and
(a) Dubcek
restored the self-confidence of Indians.
(b) Gorbachev
(d)Stressed the need for eradication of all
(c) Tito
the social evils before
(d)Walesa
anything else.
B
B
1991
TheStone Age people had the first domestic
When the Portuguese arrived in India, the
(a) Asses
foreigners whom they
(b) Dogs
encountered as trade rivals were the
(c) Horses
(a) Persians
(d)Sheep
(b) Arabs
D
(c) Dutch
Matchthe following:
(d) English
List I List II
BT
(Author) (Book)
he intensity of famine increased in India,
A. J. L. Nehru 1. Golden Threshold
under the British rule
B. Piloo Mody 2. Glimpses of World History
because
C. Sarojini Naidu 3. The Judgement
(a) The failure of monsoons became
D. Kuldip Nayar 4. Zulfi, My Friend
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frequent D. The Hindu Maha Sabha 4. P. C. Joshi

(b) The drain of wealth from India was ABCD
uncontrolled (a) 4 2 1 3
(c) Of the poor distribution of food grains (b) 4 2 3 1
(d) Discriminatory protection was extended, (c) 1 4 3 2
to food processing industries (d) 4 3 2 1
B A
The Congress Ministries resigned in Match:
November 1939 because List I List II
A. George Orwell 1. Asian Drama
33 B. Gunnar Myrdal 2. Descent of Man
C. Charles Darwin 3. Lokayata
D. Debiprasad Chattopadhaya 4. Animal
Farm
ABCD
(a) 4 1 2 3
(a) The Provincial Autonomy proved to be a
(b) 2 4 1 3
farce
(c) 2 4 3 1
(b) The Governors interfered too much in
(d) 3 1 2 4
the day today
A
administration of the provinces
Consider the following two statements
(c) India was dragged into the Second
called Assertion (A) and
World War without the
Reason (R) and answer by using the codes
consent of her people
given below the
(d) The British followed the policy of divide
statements.
and rule
Assertion (A):
C
The Quit India Movement of 1942 marked
Which one of the following is the most
the culmination of the
significant contribution of?
Indian Freedom Movement.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to modern India?
Reason (R):
(a) His participation in the Quit India
After the Quit India Movement, it was only a
Movement
Q of time and
(b) His role in the Non-cooperation
determining the actual mechanics of the
Movement
transfer of power.
(c) His achievement of the integration of
princely states
(d) His President ship of the Indian National
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not an
Congress
explanation of A
C
Match:
(d) A is false but R is true
List I List II
C
(Political parties) (Personalities)
Which of the following were the causes for
A. Communist Party of India 1. C. R. Das
the rapid dissolution?
B. Socialist Party 2. Ram Manohar Lohia
of the Mughal empire?
C. Swaraj Party 3. V. D. Savarkar
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I. Degeneration of the Mughal nobility this?

II. The absence of the Law of Succession (a) Rippon
III. Foreign invasion (b) Lord Curzon
Select the correct answer from the codes (c) Minto
given below: (d) Dufferin
(a) II and III only B
(b) I and III only Which one of the following archaeologists
(c) III only initially discovered?
(d) I, II and III the Mohanjedaro site of the Indus valley
D civilization?
Federation, Indian responsibility, reservation (a) Sujohu Marshall
and safeguards (b) Daya Ram Sahni
were the three lynchpins of (c) Rakhal Das Banerji
(d) Sir Mortimer Wheeler
34 C
Tomahawk, a cruise missile was used in
(a) World War II
(b) Iran-Iraq War
(c) Gulf War
(d) World War I
(a) Gandhi-lrwin Pact
C
(b) Macdonald Award
Match:
(c) Poona Pact
List I List II
(d) Radcliffe Award
A. Chandragupta Maurya 1. The great
A
council of Prayag
On whose recommendation was the
B. Samudragupta 2. Jainism
Constituent Assembly
C. Harsha Vardhan 3. Gangaikonda
formed?
Cholapuram
(a) Mountbatten plan
D. Rajendra Chola 4. Allahabad Pillai
(b) Cripp’s Mission
ABCD
(c) Cabinet Mission Plan
(a) 1 4 2 3
(d) Government of India Act, 1935
(b) 2 3 4 1
C
(c) 3 2 1 4
Through the general elections in March
(d) 2 4 1 3
1991 which of the
D
following countries has become a
Roman settlement in India is found at
democratic country?
(a) Ujjain
(a) Nepal
(b) Kshudrakas
(b) Burma
(c) Arikmedu
(c) Bangladesh
(d) Koshambi
(d) Albania
C
C
Communist Manifesto was written by Marx
“English men are more efficient partly by
and
upbringing, partly by
(a) Lenin
race and partly by education”. Who said
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(b) Stalin King Charles II as part?

(c) Engels of his dowry on the occasion of his marriage
(d) Trotsky with Queen Catherina
C of Braganz?
“I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears (a) Bombay
and sweat.” Who (b) Chandranagore
said this? (c) Cochin
(a) Winston Churchill (d) Tranquebar
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru A
(c) Mahatma Gandhi Which one of the following was the state
(d) Mao Tse-Tunq that was not annexed?
A by Lord Dalhousie by using the Doctrine of
Lapse?
35 (a) Nagpur
(b) Udaipur
(c) Mysore
(d) Satara
C
Which one of the following was the name of
1992
salt tax in ancient?
Which of the following are associated with
India under the administration of Cholas?
Lord Lytton?
(a) Bhaga
1. Rowlatt Act
(b) Uppayam
2. The Arms Act
(c) Valiayam
3. The Vernacular Press Act
(d) Hiranya
4. Abolition of duties on the import of coarse
B
cotton goods
The official associated with land revenue
(a) 1, 2 and 3
collection in the
(b) 2, 3 and 4
Maratha administration in medieval India
(c) 1, 3 and 4
was
(d) 1, 2 and 4
(a) Patel
B
(b) Kulkarni
Which of the following political
(c) Mirasdar
parties/organizations were?
(d) Silhadar
established by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar?
A
1. Swaraj Party
The All India Muslim League was formed in
2. Samaj Samata Sangh
1906 at
3. All India Scheduled Castes Federation
(a) Aligarh
4. The Independent Labour Party
(b) Dhaka
(a) 1, 2 and 4
(c) Delhi
(b) 1,3 and 4
(d) Karachi
(c) 2, 3 and 4
B
(d) 1, 2 and 3
The objective of the Morley-Minto Reforms
C
was to
Which one of the following was given to
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(a) Establish dyarchy in Provinces (a) Rastyannikov

(b) Abolish the post-of Secretary of State for (b) Shirokov
India (c) Pavlov
(c) Extension of Provincial Assemblies (d) Nikitin
(d) Give more powers to local government D
C A Voice of Freedom is a book written by
One of the major towns in the Satavahana (a) Benazir Bhutto
kingdom was (b) Corazon Aquino
(a) Arikkamedu (c) Aung San Suu Kyi
(b) Pratishthana (d) Nayantara Sahgal
(c) Korkkai D
(d) Maski Which of the following are correctly
matched?
36 1. Medha Patkar Environment Activist
2. Jamini Roy Painter
3. Bhuvaneshvari Squash player Kumari
given below:
(a) 1 and 2
B
(b) 1 and 3
Akbar’s mausoleum is situated at
(c) 2 and 3
(a) Sasaram
(d) 1, 2 and 3
(b) Sikandraa
D
(c) Agra
Who out of the following was not a
(d) New Delhi
moderate?
B
(a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
In ancient India the territorial name Tosali
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
referred to
(c) Ferozshah Mehta
(a) The region between the rivers Jhelum
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
and Chenab
D
(b) The basin of the river Son
In 1921 the Session of the Indian National
(c) The delta of the river Cauvery
Congress was held
(d) The area of the river Mahanadi
when its President was in prison and with
D
some other leader acting
Among the following Mughal rulers who was
as President. Who was the Congress
the founder of
President in prison?
Mansabdari System?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(a) Akbar
(b) Mohammad Ali
(b) Jahangir
(c) C. R. Das
(c) Shahjahan
(d) Abul Kalam Azad\
(d) Aurangzeb
C
A
Burma was known to ancient Indians as
The Russian traveler who visited the
(a) Suvarnabhumi
Deccan during the
(b) Suvarnadvipa
medieval period of Indian history was
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(c) Yavadvipa (c) Rai Bahadur

(d) Malayamandalam (d) Rt.Honorable
A B
What proportion of geographical land area Which one of the following is a monument
is under actual? constructed by Sher
forest cover in India? Shah?
(a) One fifth (a) Kila-Kuhna Mosque at Delhi
(b) One fourth (b) Atala Masjid at Jaunpur
(c) One third (c) Bara Sona Masjid at Gaur
(d) Two fifths (d) Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque at Delhi
A A
1993 Which one of the following is considered to
be the world’s greatest iconographical
37 creations made by the sthapatis of south
India, particularly during the Chola period?
(a) Mahishasuramardini
(b) Nataraja
(c) Rama
(d) Somaskanda
Assertion (A):
B
Babur wrote his memoirs in Turki.
Which of the following were the main
Reason (R):
objectives of the Khilafat
Turki was the official language of the
movement?
Mughal Court.
I. To rouse anti-British feelings among the
In the context of the above two statements
Muslims of India
which one of the
II. To reform the Muslim society
following is correct?
III. To demand separate electorates and
preserve the Khilafat
IV. To save the Ottoman empire and
preserve the Khilafat.
given below:
(d) A is false but R is true
Codes:
C
(a) I and II
Among the four pairs given below which one
(b) II and III
consists of a
(c) III and IV
correct combination of dignitaries who
(d) I and IV
became Vice-presidents after
D
having held diplomatic posts like
Chanakya, was also known as
Ambassadors and High
(a) Bhattasvamin
Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Rajasekhara
which, he surrendered during the
(c) Vishnugupta
Noncooperation Movement, was
(d) Visakhadatta
(a) Hind Kesari
C
(b) Kaiser-e-Hind
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A lot of details, regarding the village “In the course of a career on the road
administration under the spanning almost thirty years,
Cholas is provided by the Inscriptions at he crossed the breadth of the Eastern
hemisphere, visited territories
38 equivalent to about 44 modern countries,
Commissioners? and put behind him a total
(a) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan and G.S. Pathak distance of approximately 73,000 miles.”
(b) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan and V.V. Giri The world’s greatest traveler of pre-modern
(c) Dr. Zakir Hussain and K.R. Narayanan times to whom the
(d) B.D. Jatti and K.R. Narayanan above passage refers is
C (a) Megasthenes
The title given by British Government to (b) Fa-Hien
(c) Marco Polo
(d) Ibn Battuta
C
Which one of the following statements does
correctly defines
(a) Thanjavur
the term ‘drain theory’ as propounded by
(b) Uraiyur
Dadabhai Naoroji?
(c) Kanchipuram
(a) That the resources of the country were
(d) Uttaramerur
being utilised in the
D
interest of Britain
Asokan inscriptions were first deciphered by
(b) That a part of India’s national wealth or
(a) Buhler
total annual product was
(b) Robert Sewell
being exported to Britain for which India got
(c) James Prinsep
no material return
(d) Codplngton
(c) That the British Industrialists were being
C
given an opportunity to
Who among the following introduced the
invest in India under the protection of the
famous Persian
imperial power
Festival of NAUROJ in India?
(d) That the British goods were being
(a) Balban
imported to the country
(b) Iltutmish
making it poorer day by day
(c) Firuz Tughlaq
B
(d) Ala-ud-din Khilji
The first political organisation established in
A
Congressman and a close
Among the four political parties listed below,
associate of Mahatma Gandhi.” This
which one was the
description fits
last to be formed?
(a) G.D. Birla
(a) The Conservative Party in Britain
(b) M.R. Jayakar
(b) The Democratic Party in U.S.A.
(c) Jamnalal Bajaj
(c) The Republican Party in U.S.A.
(d) V.S. Srinivasa Sastri
(d) The Indian National Congress
C
D
Consider the following passage:
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39 The foundation of modern educational

India in 1838 was system in India was laid
known as by
(a) British India Society (a) the Charter Act of 1813
(b) Bengal British India Society (b) Macaulay’s Minutes of 1835
(c) Settlers Association (c) The Hunter Commission of 1882
(d) Zamindary Association (d) Wood’s Dispatch of 1854
D B
“Indian cotton merchant; banker; Uplift of the backward classes was the
main programme of the
(a) Prathana Samaj
(b) Satyashodhak Samaj
(c) Arya Samaj
(d) Ramakrishna Mission
Mahatma Gandhi was referred to as the
B
‘Father of the nation’
The founder of Boys Scouts and Girl
first by
Guides Movement in India
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
was
(b) Vallabhbhai Patel
(a) Charles Andrews
(c) C. Rajagopalachari
(b) Robert Montgomery
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) Richard Temple
D
(d) Baden Powel
The Ryotwari Settlement was introduced by
B
the British in the
1994
(a) Bengal Presidency
The earliest evidence of silver in India is
(b) Madras Presidency
found in the
(c) Bombay Presidency
(a) Harappan culture
(d) Madras and Bombay Presidencies
(b) Chalcolithic cultures of Western India
D
(c) Vedic texts
What is the correct chronological sequence
(d) Silver punch marked coins
of the following
A
stages in the political life of Mahatama
Who among the following was the leader of
Gandhi?
a number of anti British revolts in
I Champaran
Sambalpur ?
II Ahmedabad Mill Strike
(a) Utirat Singh
III Kheda
(b) Surendra Sai
IV Non-cooperation Movement.
(c) Kattabomman
Choose the answer from the codes given
(d) Sayyid Ahmad Barelvi
below:
B
Codes:
The statue of Gomateswara at
(a) II, IV, III, I
Sravanabelagola was built by
(b) I, III, II, IV
(a) Chandragupta Maurya
(c) IV, III, II, I
(b) Kharavela
(d) III, IV, II, I
(c) Amoghavarsha
B
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(d) Chamundaraya route connecting Kalyana with Vengi ?

D (a) Tagara
(b) Sripura
40 (c) Tripuri
(d) Tamralipti
A
The first Indian ruler who joined the
Subsidiary Alliance was
(a) the Nawab of Oudh
“Live well, as long as you live. Live well
(b) the Nizam of Hyderabad
even by borrowings, for, once cremated,
(c) Peshwa Baji Rao II
there is no ‘return.” This rejection of afterlife
(d) the King of Travancore
in
B
an aphorism of the
Who among the following is said to have
(a) Kapalika sect
witnessed the reigns of eight Delhi Sultans?
(b) Sunyavada of Nagarjuna
(a) Ziauddin Barani
(c) Ajivikas
(b) Shamsi Siraj Afif
(d) Charvakas
(c) MinhajusSiraj
D
(d) Amir Khusrau
Those who joined Mahatma Gandhi during
D
the Champaran struggle included
The first Indian ruler to organize Haj
(a) Vallabhbhai Patel and Vinobha Bhave
pilgrimage at the expense of the state was
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajendra Prasad
(a) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Rajendra Prasad and Anugraha Narayan
(b) Feroz Tughlak
Sinha
(c) Akbar
(d) Mahadev Desai and Maniben Patel
(d) Aurangzeb
C
B
The capital of the kingdom of Maharaja
Who among the following ladies wrote a
Ranjit Singh was
historical account during the Mughal period?
(a) Amritsar
(a) Gulbadan Begum
(b) Patiala
(b) Nurjahan Begum
(c) Lahore
(c) Jahanara Begum
(d) Kapurthala
(d) Zebunnissa Begum
C
A
In ancient Indian historical geography, the
The oldest monarchy in the world is that of
name ‘Ratnakara’denoted
(a) U.K.
(a) the Arabian Sea
(b) Nepal.
(b) the Bay of Bengal
(c) Saudi Arabia
(c) the Indian Ocean
(d) Japan
(d) the confluence of the Ganga, the
D
Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati at
The first to start a joint stock company to
Prayaga
trade with India were the
A
(a) Portuguese
Which one of the following important trade
(b) Dutch
centres of ancient India was on the trade
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III. Setting up of the first cement factory

41 1904 Madras
given below:
Codes:
(a) I and II only
(b) I and III only
(c) French
(c) II and III only
(d) Danish
(d) I, II and III
B
C
Which one of the following upheavals took
What is common among Madam Bhikaji
place in Bengal immediately after the Revolt
Cama, M. Barkatulla, V.V.S. Iyer and M.N.
of 1857?
Roy?
(a) Sanyasi Rebellion
(a) All of them were leading members of the
(b) Santhal Rebellion
International Communist Movement
(c) Indigo Disturbances
(b) M. Barkatulla was the Prime Minister
(d) Pabna Disturbances
and the rest were Ministers in the
C
Provisional Government of Free India
The significance of the Bengal Regulation of
established by a group of revolutionaries at
1793 lies in the fact that
Kabul
(a) it provided for the establishment of the
(c) All of them were among the prominent
Supreme Court
revolutionaries outside India operating in
(b) it restricted the application of English law
different countries during the Freedom
to Englishmen only
Movement
(c) it accommodated the personal laws of
(d) All of them were accused in the case
Hindus and Muslims
relating to the throwing of a bomb on Lord
(d) it provided for the appointment of the
Hardinge
Indian Law Commission
C
C
Q87 Which of the following international
The Mansabdari System introduced by
events influenced the course of the national
Akbar was borrowed from the system
movement in India before the advent of
followed in
Mahatma Gandhi?
(a) Afghanistan
I. Italian Abyssinian War, 1898
(b) Turkey
II. Boxer Movement in China
(c) Mongolia
III. Revolutionary Movement in Ireland
(d) Persia
IV. Victory of Japan in the Russo Japanese
C
War
Which of the following are correctly
Choose the correct answer from the code
matched ?
given below.
Establishment of Manufacturing Industries
Codes:
Place
(a) I, II and III only
I. Setting up of the first cotton mill 1854
(b) I, II and IV only
Bombay
(c) III and IV only
II. Manufacture of the first machine-made
(d) I, II, III and IV
paper 1870 Near Calcutta
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D (a) Punjab
(b) Jammu and Kashmir
42 (c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Nagaland
C
The maximum percentage of the tribal
population in India constitutes
(a) Bhils
Geography (b) Santhals
(c) Mundas
1979 (d) Nagas
Solar eclipse occurs when B
(a) Earth comes between sun and moon In which of the following States the yield of
(b) Moon is at right angle to the earth forest wealth per acre is highest?
(c) Moon comes between sun and earth (a) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Sun comes between moon and earth (b) Madhya Pradesh
C (c) Kerala
Which State is the biggest producer of (d) Assam
cashew nuts? D
(a) Tamil Nadu Which among the following States
(b) Assam possesses oil resources based on
(c) Kerala geographical location ?
(d) Punjab (a) Kerala
C (b) Nagaland
Which of the following cows gives maximum (c) Assam
milk yield? (d) Meghalaya
(a) Jersey C
(b) Holstein Black Pagoda is in
(c) Red Sindhi (a) Egypt
(d) Sahiwal (b) Konark
A (c) Madurai
It has been found recently that the acidity of (d) None of these
the soil increases because of B
(a) Leaching away of bases The crop which is sown with the
(b) Increased use of ammonia commencement of Monsoon is
(c) Increased use of urea (a) Rabi Crop
(d) Increased use of rock phosphate
A
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‘Jhum Cultivation’ is connected with
(a) Tribal people
(b) Delta cultivation
(c) Dry farming
(d) Hilly people
D (b) Kharif Crop
Gondwana hills are located in (c) Cash Crop
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(d) None of these A

B The winter rain in Madras is caused by
At which place will you find maximum (a) South-West Monsoons
sunlight in December ? (b) North-East Monsoons
(a) Kanyakumari (c) Intense land and sea breezes
(b) Pune (d) Cyclonic winds in the Bay of Bengal
(c) Calcutta B
(d) Leh Which of the following crops helps in
A nitrogen fixation ?
You are asked to import ostrich, platypus (a) Rice
and koala bear. Which country would you (b) Wheat
select to go (c) Maize
where you get all these three ? (d) Beans
(a) Japan D
(b) Australia “Laterite Soil” is found in India in
(c) New Zealand (a) Western Ghats
(d) Canada (b) Eastern Ghats
B (c) Deccan Plateau
Maximum number of workers are employed (d) Satpura region in Madhya Pradesh
in which of the following industries in India ? A
(a) Sugar The oldest mountains are
(b) Textiles (a) Himalayas
(c) Jute (b) Aravalis
(d) Iron and Steel (c) Satpura
B (d) Vindhyas
India earns maximum foreign exchange by B
the export of which of the following Line demarcating the boundary between
commodities? India and China is
(a) Iron (a) Durand Line
(b) Tea (b) McMohan Line
(c) Jute (c) Strafford Line
(d) Sugar (d) Radcliffe Line
B B
The sea territory of India extends up to The extinctive type of lions are mostly found
(a) 4 nautical miles in
(b) 12 nautical miles (a) Gujarat
(c) 200 nautical miles (b) Maharashtra
(d) None of these (c) Assam
B (d) Uttar Pradesh
Richter scale is used to measure A
(a) Earthquakes “Golan Heights” belonging to country “A”
(b) Ocean depth were captured by a country “B”. Which of
(c) Intensity of wind the following
(d) Temperature of the body are “A” and “B” respectively?
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(a) Syria and Israel A

(b) Israel and Syria Which two of the following are animal
(c) Syria and Egypt products ?
(d) Egypt and Israe (a) Leather and meat
A (b) Silk and polyester
The crop which grows in alluvial soil and (c) Linen and silk
needs 150 cm rainfall is (d) Cotton and silk
(a) Wheat A
(b) Rice Productivity being low, cottage industry
(c) Groundnut produced a lot because
(d) Sugarcane (a) It employs large number of people
(b) No power is needed to manufacture
44 most of the products
(c) Raw material is generally available
locally
(d) It caters mostly to the rural population
A
The minor planets revolving between the
B
orbits of Mars and Jupiter are called
The planets nearest to Sun are
(a) Asteroids
(a) Mercury and Mars
(b) Comets
(b) Earth and Mercury
(c) Meteors
(c) Mercury and Venus
(d) Novas
(d) Mercury and Uranus
A
C
The weight of an object at the poles is
The great philosopher Shankara advocated
greater than at the equator. This is because
(a) Dvaita
(a) Of the shape of the earth
(b) Advaita
(b) The attraction of the moon is maximum
(c) Hinduism
at the earth’s surface
(d) Altruism
(c) The attraction of the sun is maximum at
B
the earth’s surface
What factors changed the landscape of
(d) Gravitational pull is more at the poles
India most in the last century ?
D
(a) Irrigation
Less dew is formed on cloudy nights
(b) Movement of people from rural to urban
because
areas
(a) Clouds absorb the falling dew
(c) Industrialization
(b) Clouds scatter moisture
(d) Deforestation
(c) In cloudy nights the radiation takes place
B
very slowly
Recent (1979) discovery of method of
(d) In cloudy nights the radiation takes place
reducing salination of soil is
very quickly
(a) Spreading of husk on the soil
C
(b) Extensive use of fertilizers
Feeding of milk cattle with cotton seeds
(c) Intensive use of fertilizers
(a) Increases fat content temporarily
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(b) Decreases fat content temporarily Germany, the Durgapur Steel Plant was
(c) May decrease or increase fat content constructed with the
(d) Causes no change in fat content collaboration of
A (a) Britain
Age of a tree can be determined (b) Japan
(a) By counting the number of rings (c) U.S.A.
(b) By thickness of the bark (d) Romania
(c) By bulk of the tree A
(d) By number of leaves Farakka agreement between Bangladesh
A and India implies
(a) Sharing of river water of Ganges
1980 (b) Free navigation
Which country is known as the ‘Land of the (c) Mutual understanding of border areas
Morning Calm’ (d) A peace treaty
(a) Japan A
(b) Korea What is a continental shelf ?
(c) Taiwan (a) It is a part of the ocean which is really an
(d) Netherlands extension of the land
B mass, but submerged
Country known as the Sugar Bowl of the (b) It is that part where the ocean
World is commences
(a) Cuba (c) It is a land mass which is surrounded by
(b) India water on all sides
(c) Burma (d) It is a part of the continent that is
(d) Norway submerged in relatively shallow
A sea
The only State in India that shows excess of D
females over International date line
males is (a) Roughly corresponds to 180th meridian,
(a) U.P. the regions to the east
(b) Kerala of which are counted as being one day
earlier in their calendar dates
45 than regions to the west
(b) Roughly corresponds to 1 80fh meridian,
the region to the west
of which are counted as being one day
earlier in their calendar dates
than regions to the east
(c) Maharashtra
(c) Roughly corresponds to 90th meridian
(d) Tamil Nadu
which falls on the opposite
B
side of the Greenwich meridian
The Bhilai Steel Plant was set up with the
(d) Roughly corresponds to 135th meridian
collaboration of the
which falls on the
U.S.S.R., the Rourkela Steel Plant with the
opposite side of the Greenwich meridian
collaboration of West
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A
In which type of rocks, fossils are more 46
abundantly found ?
(a) Igneous
(b) Metamorphic
(c) Sedimentary
(d) None of these (b) North America
C (c) Africa
oldrums refer to (d) Eurasia
(a) A belt of calm and light variable winds A
near the equator India ranks first in the production of ____ in
(b) A particular area in the centre of the the world
Pacific Ocean (a) Tea
(c) The region of the upper atmosphere (b) Sugar
extending upward from the (c) Rice
tropopause to about 20 kms. above the (d) Wheat
earth A
(d) None of these
The rising of evening star Venus indicates
A (a) South pole
A narrow strip of land, bordered on both (b) North pole
sides by water, (c) East
connecting to larger bodies of land is called (d) West
(a) Dune D
(b) Equinox
1981
(c) Isthmus
What is the shortest route from Moscow to San
(d) Strait
Francisco ?
C
(a) Moscow to Europe; crossing Atlantic and
When it is 8 A.M. on Wednesday of
East coast of North
Greenwich
America
(a) It is 10.30 P.M. on Wednesday at
(b) Over the North pole and over Canada and
London
crossing Pacific
(b) It is 6.15 A.M. on Tuesday at New York
(c) Moscow to Siberia to Japan and crossing
(c) It is 3.00 P.M. on Wednesday at Hong
Pacific
Kong
(d) Moscow to Europe to Greenland; crossing
(d) It is 5.00 P.M. on Wednesday at Tokyo
Atlantic and then
D North America
Heavy rainfall affects soil by A
(a) Increasing its acidity What is the best way of increasing agricultural
(b) Increasing its alkalinity output in India ?
(c) Reducing its fertility (a) By using more fertilizers
(d) None of these (b) By using more water
C (c) By increasing the area under cultivation
Pampas are the vast grassy plains of (d) By using better seeds, requisite amount of
(a) South America fertilizers and modern
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technology Which of the following is the most common

D wheat disease in
Why the main oil refineries in India are situated India ?
near seaports (a) Green ear
? (b) Smut
(a) Because India needs much crude oil which is (c) Loose smut
mostly imported (d) Rust
(b) Because most of the crude oil is exported to D
other countries Gypsum is added to the soil ?
(c) Because sea water is required for refining (a) To increase the alkalinity
crude oil (b) To decrease the acidity
(d) Because petrol is available near sea ports (c) To decrease the alkalinity
A (d) As an insecticide
Put the following political leaders in serial order C
in which they Why the Indian farmers plough their fields
ruled Afghanistan during the time
1. Karmal interval between two crops ?
2. Daoud (a) In order to keep the soil loose for further
3. Taraki cultivation
4. Amin (b) To increase the porosity of the soil
(a) 2, 4, 3, 1 (c) To escape drought
(b) 1, 3, 4, 2 (d) To prevent clodding
(c) 2, 4, 1, 3 D
(d) 2, 3, 4, 1 Maximum production of paddy per unit water
D consumption
Which of the following States is landlocked ? can be best achieved in a
(a) Maharashtra (a) Non-porous soil
(b) Porous soil
47 (c) Impervious soil
(d) Soil that allows slow percolation
D
Hybridization is useful in developing improved
crops by
(a) Creating new and better genes
(b) West Bengal
(b) Eliminating undesirable genes
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Producing favourable combination of gases
(d) Bihar
(d) By encouraging favourable genes and
D
removing unfavorable
Why U.S.S.R. have many local time
ones
differences?
C
(a) Because of long east-west stretches
Which of the following crops has the highest
(b) Because north-south stretch is more
photosynthetic
(c) Because it covers two continents
activity ?
(d) Because of large differences in climate
(a) Cotton
A
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(b) Sugarcane (d) All of the above

B
48 Earthquakes are caused due to
(a) Volcanic eruptions
(b) Land slides
(c) Cyclones
(d) Movement of a part of earth’s surface on
account of the faulting
(c) Rice
of rock
(d) Wheat
D
B
There are two places P and Q. The longitudes of
Which of the following statements about the
P and Q are
cultivation of tea
45° E and 60°W respectively. What will be the
and coffee is true ?
difference in their
(a) Tea grows at a higher altitude than coffee
local times
(b) Coffee grows at a higher altitude than tea
(a) 7 hours
(c) Both grow at about the same altitude
(b) 6 hours
(d) There is no climatic relationship between the
two crops
A 49
Q141. Which soil is best suited for paddy crop
(a) Black soil
(b) Loamy soil
(c) Hard soil
(d) Red soil (c) 3.5 hours
B (d) Both places will have the same local time
The varieties of corn can be improved by which A
of the What are the grass lands of South America
following methods ? called ?
(a) Dihybrid cross (a) Stepes
(b) Back cross (b) Prairies
(c) Double cross (c) Pampas
(d) Natural selection (d) Savanna
CF C
orests help in Humidity of the air
(a) Soil erosion (a) Increases with the increase in atmospheric
(b) Soil protection temperature
(c) Depleting the soil of its moisture (b) Decreases with the increase in atmospheric
(d) All of the above temperature
B (c) Is not affected by the change in atmospheric
Different seasons are formed because temperature
(a) Sun is moving around the earth (d) Does not show any consistent behavior with
(b) Of revolution of the earth around the sun on the change in
its orbit atmospheric temperature
(c) Of rotation of the earth around its axis A
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Himalayan rivers are perennial because

(a) They flow from inexhaustible springs in the 50
Himalayas
(b) They are fed in summer by melting snow of
Himalayas
(c) There is continuous rain throughout the year
in the catchment
Irrigation facilities should be improved
areas
urgently in India
because
A
(a) Irrigation yields better output
Why is there a severe difference in the climates
(b) Monsoon is irregular
of Northern
(c) Rivers are dry most of the period in the
and Southern Hemisphere ?
year
(a) Due to rotation of the earth around its axis
(d) Land under irrigation is very small
(b) Due to revolution of the earth around the sun
B
of its orbit
Which of the following States in India has
(c) Both of the above
the highest density
of population ?
C
(a) Kerala
1982
(b) Assam
To visit Tuticorin, Mangalore and Paradip,
(c) Ultar Pradesh
one does not require
(d) Bihar
to go to
Flame of the forest is
(a) Tamil Nadu
(a) A tree blossomed with flowers like flame
(b) Kerala
in leafless season
(c) Karnataka
(b) Fire developed in the forest due to
(d) Orissa
strong wind
D
(c) A lady who worked for the development
Chambal river flows through the States of
of the forests
(a) Maharashtra, Gujarat and Madhya
(d) An insect which glows like a flame in the
Pradesh
forest
(b) Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and
A
Orissa
Which of the following States has the
(c) Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and
largest coastal area in
Rajasthan
India ?
(d) Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and
(a) Kerala
Bihar
(b) Tamil Nadu
C
(c) Karnataka
The largest source of energy in India is
(d) Andhra Pradesh
(a) Hydro-electric
D
(b) Solar
200 cm of rainfall, 20°C of temperature and
(c) Thermal
well drained land is
(d) Nuclear
ideal for the cultivation of
C
(a) Rice
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(b) Tea (b) South-West monsoons

(c) Coffee (c) North-East monsoons
(d) Rubber (d) Western disturbances
B
The largest producer of tea in the world is 51
(a) China
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) India
(d) Malaysia
C
B
Generally speaking, all rocks may be
Q101. Bhakra Nangal, Hirakud and Kosi
classified into three
projects are situated on the
major groups, such as
rivers
(a) Marble, limestone, igneous
(a) Sutlej, Mahanadi and Kosi
(b) Igneous, limestone, mica
(b) Sutlej, Mahanadi and Purna
(c) Igneous, marble, sedimentary
(c) Mahanadi, Beas, Godavari
(d) Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic
(d) Beas, Mahanadi, Sutlej
D
A
The conclusion that Asia and Africa had a
Contour bunding is used
single landmass is
(a) To stop the winds in sandy deserts
provided by
(b) To irrigate desert areas
(a) The deserts in Asia and Africa
(c) To prevent erosion in hilly areas
(b) The similarity in climate of certain
regions of Asia and Africa
C
(c) The finding of same type of fossil in both
Plankton refers to
the regions
(a) A kind of fish
(d) All of these
(b) A submerged platform in waters
D
(c) Drifting of organisms in a body of water
Khetri, Kolar, Sindri and Jharia are
(d) A kind of animal living under water
associated with
C
(a) Copper, gold, fertilizers and coal
Duncan pass is located between
(b) Copper, gold, coal and iron
(a) North Andaman and South Andaman
(c) Copper, gold, coal and gypsum
(b) North Andaman and Car Nicobar
(d) Iron, gold, coal and copper
(c) South Andaman and Car Nicobar
A
(d) South Andaman and Little Andaman
The river which flows between Vindhya and
d
Satpura ranges is
The best conceiving season for cows and
(a) Narmada
buffaloes is
(b) Tapti
(a) Summer
(c) Mahanadi
(b) Winter
(d) Godavari
(c) Spring
A
(d) There is no definite relationship between
North India gets rainfall due to
conceiving and season
(a) Northern cold winds
D
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The most preferential poultry feed is 1. Karmal

(a) Maize 2. Daoud
(b) Barley 3. Taraki
(c) Wheat
(d) Rice husk 52
d
1983
What is the shortest route from Moscow to
San Francisco ?
(a) Moscow to Europe; crossing Atlantic and
4. Amin
East coast of North
(a) 2, 4, 3, 1
America
(b) 1, 3, 4, 2
(b) Over the North pole and over Canada
(c) 2, 4, 1, 3
and crossing Pacific
(d) 2, 3, 4, 1
(c) Moscow to Siberia to Japan and
D
crossing Pacific
Which of the following States is landlocked
(d) Moscow to Europe to Greenland;
?
crossing Atlantic and then
(a) Maharashtra
North America
(b) West Bengal
A
(c) Andhra Pradesh
What is the best way of increasing
(d) Bihar
agricultural output in India ?
D
(a) By using more fertilizers
Why U.S.S.R. have many local time
(b) By using more water
differences?
(c) By increasing the area under cultivation
(a) Because of long east-west stretches
(d) By using better seeds, requisite amount
(b) Because north-south stretch is more
of fertilizers and modern
(c) Because it covers two continents
technology
(d) Because of large differences in climate
D
A
Why the main oil refineries in India are
Which of the following is the most common
situated near seaports
wheat disease in
?
India ?
(a) Because India needs much crude oil
(a) Green ear
which is mostly imported
(b) Smut
(b) Because most of the crude oil is
(c) Loose smut
exported to other countries
(d) Rust
(c) Because sea water is required for
D
refining crude oil
Gypsum is added to the soil ?
(d) Because petrol is available near sea
(a) To increase the alkalinity
ports
(b) To decrease the acidity
A
(c) To decrease the alkalinity
Put the following political leaders in serial
(d) As an insecticide
order in which they
C
ruled Afghanistan
Why the Indian farmers plough their fields
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during the time A

interval between two crops ? Q141. Which soil is best suited for paddy
(a) In order to keep the soil loose for further crop
cultivation (a) Black soil
(b) To increase the porosity of the soil (b) Loamy soil
(c) To escape drought
(d) To prevent clodding 53
D
Maximum production of paddy per unit
water consumption
can be best achieved in a
(a) Non-porous soil
(c) Hard soil
(b) Porous soil
(d) Red soil
(c) Impervious soil
B
(d) Soil that allows slow percolation
The varieties of corn can be improved by
D
which of the
Hybridization is useful in developing
following methods ?
improved crops by
(a) Dihybrid cross
(a) Creating new and better genes
(b) Back cross
(b) Eliminating undesirable genes
(c) Double cross
(c) Producing favourable combination of
(d) Natural selection
gases
C
(d) By encouraging favourable genes and
Forests help in
removing unfavorable
(a) Soil erosion
ones
(b) Soil protection
C
(c) Depleting the soil of its moisture
Which of the following crops has the
highest photosynthetic
B
activity ?
Different seasons are formed because
(a) Cotton
(a) Sun is moving around the earth
(b) Sugarcane
(b) Of revolution of the earth around the sun
(c) Rice
on its orbit
(d) Wheat
(c) Of rotation of the earth around its axis
B
Which of the following statements about the
B
cultivation of tea
Earthquakes are caused due to
and coffee is true ?
(a) Volcanic eruptions
(a) Tea grows at a higher altitude than
(b) Land slides
coffee
(c) Cyclones
(b) Coffee grows at a higher altitude than
(d) Movement of a part of earth’s surface on
tea
account of the faulting
(c) Both grow at about the same altitude
of rock
(d) There is no climatic relationship between
D
the two crops
There are two places P and Q. The
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45° E and 60°W respectively. What will be (c) Both of the above
the difference in their (d) None of the above
local times C
(a) 7 hours 1982
(b) 6 hours
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(d) Both places will have the same local
time
A
What are the grass lands of South America
called ?
To visit Tuticorin, Mangalore and Paradip,
(a) Stepes
one does not require
(b) Prairies
to go to
(c) Pampas
(a) Tamil Nadu
(d) Savanna
(b) Kerala
C
(c) Karnataka
Humidity of the air
(d) Orissa
(a) Increases with the increase in
D
atmospheric temperature
Chambal river flows through the States of
(b) Decreases with the increase in
(a) Maharashtra, Gujarat and Madhya
Pradesh
(c) Is not affected by the change in
(b) Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and
Orissa
(d) Does not show any consistent behaviour
(c) Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and
with the change in
Rajasthan
(d) Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and
A
Bihar
Himalayan rivers are perennial because
C
(a) They flow from inexhaustible springs in
The largest source of energy in India is
the Himalayas
(a) Hydro-electric
(b) They are fed in summer by melting snow
(b) Solar
of Himalayas
(c) Thermal
(c) There is continuous rain throughout the
(d) Nuclear
year in the catchment
C
areas
Irrigation facilities should be improved
urgently in India
A
because
Why is there a severe difference in the
(a) Irrigation yields better output
climates of Northern
(b) Monsoon is irregular
and Southern Hemisphere ?
(c) Rivers are dry most of the period in the
(a) Due to rotation of the earth around its
year
axis
(d) Land under irrigation is very small
(b) Due to revolution of the earth around the
B
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Which of the following States in India has (c) Igneous, marble, sedimentary
the highest density (d) Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic
of population ? D
(a) Kerala The conclusion that Asia and Africa had a
(b) Assam single landmass is
(c) Ultar Pradesh provided by
(d) Bihar (a) The deserts in Asia and Africa
Flame of the forest is (b) The similarity in climate of certain
(a) A tree blossomed with flowers like flame regions of Asia and Africa
in leafless season
(b) Fire developed in the forest due to 55
strong wind
(c) A lady who worked for the development
of the forests
(d) An insect which glows like a flame in the
forest
(c) The finding of same type of fossil in both
A
the regions
(d) All of these
largest coastal area in
D
India ?
Khetri, Kolar, Sindri and Jharia are
(a) Kerala
associated with
(b) Tamil Nadu
(a) Copper, gold, fertilizers and coal
(c) Karnataka
(b) Copper, gold, coal and iron
(d) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Copper, gold, coal and gypsum
D
(d) Iron, gold, coal and copper
200 cm of rainfall, 20°C of temperature and
A
well drained land is
The river which flows between Vindhya and
ideal for the cultivation of
Satpura ranges is
(a) Rice
(a) Narmada
(b) Tea
(b) Tapti
(c) Coffee
(c) Mahanadi
(d) Rubber
(d) Godavari
B
A
The largest producer of tea in the world is
North India gets rainfall due to
(a) China
(a) Northern cold winds
(b) Sri Lanka
(b) South-West monsoons
(c) India
(c) North-East monsoons
(d) Malaysia
(d) Western disturbances
C
B
Generally speaking, all rocks may be
Q101. Bhakra Nangal, Hirakud and Kosi
classified into three
projects are situated on the
major groups, such as
rivers
(a) Marble, limestone, igneous
(a) Sutlej, Mahanadi and Kosi
(b) Igneous, limestone, mica
(b) Sutlej, Mahanadi and Purna
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(c) Mahanadi, Beas, Godavari (b) IV, I, II, III

(d) Beas, Mahanadi, Sutlej (c) I, IV, II, III
A (d) II, IV, III, I
Contour bunding is used D
(a) To stop the winds in sandy deserts Mahatma Gandhi Setu is built over the river
(b) To irrigate desert areas (a) Ganga
(c) To prevent erosion in hilly areas (b) Brahmaputra
C 56
Plankton refers to
(a) A kind of fish
(b) A submerged platform in waters
(c) Drifting of organisms in a body of water
(d) A kind of animal living under water
(c) Godavari
C
(d) Cauvery
Duncan pass is located between
A
(a) North Andaman and South Andaman
Age of tree can be estimated by
(b) North Andaman and Car Nicobar
(a) Counting the number of concentric rings
(c) South Andaman and Car Nicobar
(b) Counting the nodes and internodes of
(d) South Andaman and Little Andaman
the trunk
d
(c) Measuring the girth of the tree trunk
The best conceiving season for cows and
(d) Counting the number of branches
buffaloes is
A
(a) Summer
Q81. In which part of India do tea and
(b) Winter
coffee plantations overlap ?
(c) Spring
(a) South India
(d) There is no definite relationship between
(b) East India
conceiving and season
(c) South East India
D
(d) South West India
The most preferential poultry feed is
Q82. Lucerne is a
(a) Maize
(a) Foliage crop
(b) Barley
(b) Cereal crop
(c) Wheat
(c) Fruit crop
(d) Rice husk
(d) Fibre crop
d
Q83. Indian agriculture largely depends for
1983
its water supply on
The correct sequence of the following
(a) Rivers
densely populated States
(b) Wells
is
(c) Monsoon rains
I. Uttar Pradesh
(d) Desalinised marine water
II. Kerala
Q84. “Mulching” the soil is a process
III. Bihar
whereby
IV. West Bengal
(a) Big pieces of soil are broken down into
(a) II, III, I, IV
smaller pieces
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(b) The field is irrigated at regular intervals (c) New Delhi—Paris—New York—
(c) Transplanting of seedlings take place Vancouver
(d) Loose material, dung, etc. are laid on the (d) New Delhi—Moscow—New York—
ground to prevent Vancouver
excessive evaporation or erosion of the soil D
Q85. Which of the following is not In which of the following cities one can
favourable for the formation of never see the sun shine
deltas ? overhead at noon ?
(a) Calm winds (a) Delhi
(b) Currents and tides
(c) Sheltered coast 57
(d) No large lakes in the river course
B
To check the expansion of Thar desert
which of the following
measures should be vied ?
(b) Visakhapatnam
(a) Construction of dams
(c) Trivandrum
(b) Afforestation
(d) Bangalore
(c) Construction of canals
A
(d) Artificial rain
Q91. The tropical deciduous trees shed
B
their leaves in summer
Tropical rain forests appear in which of the
(a) Leaves get dried up due to the
following regions ?
excessive heat
(a) South America, South Africa and Central
(b) To prevent excessive loss of water
Europe
through transpiration
(b) Central America, parts of Australia,
(c) Because rainfall is inadequate
Guinea Coast
(d) Days are long
(c) Congo basin, Central America, South
B
East Asia
The country scene is one of desolation,
(d) North and South of the Congo basin
with dry, deep and
D
narrow gullies. There is little vegetation and
Which of the following rivers flows westward
that too thorny shrub
?
variety. Human settlements are scarce. The
(a) Krishna
scene may belong to
(b) Cauvery
(a) West Rajasthan
(c) Mahanadi
(b) Bundelkhand region
(d) Narmada
(c) Malwa region
D
(d) Chambal valley
The shortest route from New Delhi to
A
Vancouver is
Which of the following is not correct?
(a) New Delhi—Bangkok—Tokyo—
(a) Doldrums—Equatorial low pressure
Vancouver
zone
(b) New Delhi—London—New York—
(b) Hurricane—A wind having a mean
Vancouver
velocity of less than 100 km
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per hour different from the

(c) New Moore Island—India conventional in that they need
(d) Alluvium—Rann of Kutch (a) Less water
B (b) Less fertilizers
In which State of India is coconut grown (c) More water and more fertilizers
extensively? (d) Less water and more fertilizers
(a) Karnataka D
(b) Andhra Pradesh Gestation period of a goat is about
(c) Kerala (a) 150 days
(d) Assam (b) 200 days
C (c) 250 days
Assertion : (d) 365 days
The same side of the moon is always seen
from the earth. 58
Reason :
The moon rotates on its axis once in each
orbital revolution.
(a) If both A and R are true but R is not the
reason for A
A
(b) If both A and R are true but R is the
The North Atlantic Sea route is regarded as
reason for A
an important
(c) If neither A nor R is correct
international trade route because
(d) If A is correct but R is wrong
(a) It is the oldest sea route
B
(b) It connects two industrially developed
1984
parts of the world
Grenada is situated in
(c) Trade winds will help the shipping
(a) Pacific Ocean
(d) There are lesser number of sea storms
(b) Indian Ocean
in this water way
(c) Caribbean Sea
B
(d) Mediterranean Sea
Sugarcane crop matures in about
A. Lignite
(a) 2 months
(i) Jharia
(b) 4 months
B. Coal
(c) 8 months
(ii) Hazaribagh
(d) 12 months
C. Mica
D
(iii) Neyveli
Micro-elements needed to increase soil
(a) A - (iii), B - (i), C - (ii)
fertility are
(b) A - (i), B - (ii), C - (iii)
(a) Nitrogen, hydrogen and calcium
(c) A - (iii), B - (ii), C - (i)
(b) Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium
(d) A - (i), B - (iii), C - (ii)
(c) Iron, calcium and potassium
A
(d) Manganese, copper and zinc
Mixed farming means
D
(a) Simultaneous cultivation of a number of
New high yielding varieties of food crops are
crops in a single field
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(b) Alternate cropping in a field Karnataka

(c) Growing fruits and vegetables in the (c) Farakka—West Bengal
same field (d) Kosi—Gujarat
(d) None of these D
A What does ‘Roaring Forties’ refer to ?
Arrange the following three atmospheric (a) The tract of stormy westerly winds
layers starting from the between latitudes 20-30°S
surface of the earth : (b) Whirl winds caused in Atlantic Ocean
A. Stratosphere (c) The region between latitudes 40° and
B. Ionosphere 50°S, where the prevailing
C. Troposphere
(a) A, B, C 59
(b) C, A, B
(c) A, C, B
(d) C, B, A
B
Iron ore mines are located in which of the
westerly winds blow over the open oceans
following group of
with great regularity and
places ?
strength
(a) Bokaro, Balaghat, Hazaribagh
(d) None of these
(b) Singhbhum, Monghyr, Singareni
C
(c) Jharia, Raniganj, Wardha
The International Rice Research Institute is
(d) Singhbhum, Mayurbhani, Keonihar
located in
D
(a) The Philippines
Who prepares topographical maps of India
(b) Thailand
?
(c) Indonesia
(a) Survey of India
(d) Malaysia
(b) Ministry of Home Affairs
A
(c) Geological Survey of India
(d) Archaeological Survey of India
A. Korba 1. Atomic Power plant
A
B. Raniganj 2. Heavy Electricals
C. Kalpakkam 3. Coal Mines
A. HAL (i) Coal
D. Hardwar 4. Aluminium
B. BHEL (ii) Aeronautical goods
5. Iron and Steel
C. SAIL (iii) Electrical goods
ABCD
D. CIL (iv) Steel
(a) 1 3 2 5
(a) A — (ii), B — (iii), C — (iv), D — (i)
(b) 4 3 1 2
(b) A — (iii), B — (ii), C — (i), D — (iv)
(c) 2 4 1 5
(c) A — (i), B — (ii), C — (iii), D — (iv)
(d) 2 4 1 3
(d) A — (iv), B — (iii), C — (ii), D — (i)
B
A
Hailey’s comet has to appear in the solar
Which of the following pairs is incorrect ?
family in the year
(a) Nagarjunasagar—Andhra Pradesh
(a) 1986
(b) Tungabhadra—Andhra Pradesh and
(b) 1988
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(c) 1989 (a) I only

(d) None of the above (b) All
A (c) V and VI
Which of the following tribes is not found in (d) III, V and VI
Central India ? D
(a) Todas
(b) Gonds 60
(c) Mundas
(d) Bhils
A
Uttar Pradesh tops the list of sugarcane
producing States in
Which of the following is most suitable for
India. Which of the following States
the remote hilly
occupies the second position in
villages of about 100 families where
this regard ?
streams are tiny and slow ?
(a) Maharashtra
(a) Construction of big dams
(b) Bihar
(b) Installation of solar panels
(c) Karnataka
(c) Building of hydel projects
(d) Madhya Pradesh
A
B
Which of the following States produces
Trade winds are caused by the
maximum quantity of
(a) Revolution of the earth
lignite ?
(b) Rotation of the earth
(a) Gujarat
(c) In flowing movement of air along the
(b) Rajasthan
earth’s surface towards the
(c) Jammu & Kashmir
equator
(d) Tamil Nadu
D
C
Isohyets are the lines drawn on a map
City — River
connecting points
(a) Baghdad — Tigris
having
(b) Bonn — Danube
(a) Equal temperature
(c) Rome — Seine
(b) Equal height
(d) Paris — Tiber
(c) Equal atmospheric pressure
A
(d) Equal rainfall
Which of the following parks/ sanctuaries
D
is/are correctly
Match the columns :
matched with their location :
(A) Magnesium (1) Mantle
I : Ghana—Assam
(B) Upper layer of the earth’s crust (2) Sima
II : Gir—Rajasthan
(C) Light rocks of the lithosphere (3) Bill
III : Manas—Assam
(D) Small Peninsula (4) Sial
IV : Corbett—M.P.
ABCD
V : Periyar—Kerala
(a) 2 3 4 1
VI : Dudwa—U.P.
(b) 3 2 1 4
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(c) 1 3 4 2
(d) 2 1 4 3 61
D
Match the columns :
(A) South-eastern coast of U.S.A. (1)
Florida current
(B) West coast of South Africa (2) Kuroshio
C
current
Match the columns :
(C) South-western coast of South America
(A) Australia 1. Pretoria
(3) Beneguella current
(B) Canada 2. Riyadh
(D) South-eastern coast of Japan (4)
(C) South Africa 3. Canberra
Peruvian current
(D) Saudi Arabia 4. Ottawa
ABCD
ABCD
(a) 2 3 4 1
(a) 2 4 1 3
(b) 1 3 4 2
(b) 3 4 1 2
(c) 1 4 3 2
(c) 4 3 1 2
(d) 2 4 3 1
(d) 3 4 2 1
B
B
Match the columns :
. Match the columns:
(A) Kaziranga National Park (1) Gujarat
(A) Varanasi 1. Indian Rare Earths Ltd.
(B) Gir National Park (2) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Koyali 2. Hindustan Machine Tools Ltd.
(C) Bandipur National Park (3) Assam
(C) Pinjore 3. Diesel Locomotive Works
(D) Kanha National Park (4) Karnataka
(D) Alwaye 4. Petro-chemical complex
ABCD
ABCD
(a) 1 3 4 2
(a) 4 3 2 1
(b) 3 1 4 2
(b) 3 4 2 1
(c) 4 2 1 3
(c) 1 2 3 4
(d) 4 2 3 1
(d) 1 2 4 3
B
B
1986
Pumice is derived from
(a) Volcanic rock
largest population of
(b) Sedimentary rock
Scheduled Tribes?
(c) Igneous rock
(a) Assam
(d) Acid lava
(b) Madhya Pradesh
A
(c) Bihar
The southernmost part of India lies in
(d) West Bengal
(a)Tamil Nadu
B
(b) Kerala
Kahuta is
(c) Lakshadweep
(a) A bird sanctuary in Tamil Nadu
(d) Andhra Pradesh
(b) A tribe of Mizoram
AW
(c) A place in Pakistan where nuclear
hich of the following crops is a tropical
research centre is located
monsoon crop ?
(a) Rice
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(b) Wheat
(c) Ragi
(d) Jowar
A
Operation Flood II refers to (a) Meghalaya, Assam, Nagaland,
(a) Krishna-Cauvery link Arunachal Pradesh
(b) Cleaning of Ganga water (b) Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat,
(c) Decreasing floods in the country Maharashtra
(d) None of the above (c) Meghalaya, Assam, Rajasthan, Jammu
D & Kashmir
Mixed farming means (d) Meghalaya, Delhi, Punjab, Rajastha
(a) Growing two crops at one time A
(b) Growing different crops in succession Massive deforestation causes
(c) Using different soils (a) Soil erosion
(d) Agriculture involving crops and livestock (b) Famine
D (c) Floods
Rotation of crops means (d) None of these
(a) Different crops are grown in succession A
to maintain the soil Which of the following is the correct order of
fertility increasing size
(b) Growing two crops at the same time of the grains of soil particles ?
(c) Same crop is grown after some time (A) Clay
(d) None of the above (B) Silt
A (C) Sand
Mean Sea Level (MSL) is the (D) Gravel
(a) Average level of the sea (a) A, B, C, D
(b) Height of water above ground level (b) D, C, A, B
(c) Average height of waves (c) B, C, A, D
(d) None of the above (d) C, D, B, A
A A
The maximum cropped area of the country . At a certain place, the Greenwich Mean
is in Time is ahead by 12
(a) Maharashtra hours. The place is located
(b) Punjab (a) 180°W of GMT
(c) Madhya Pradesh (b) 180°E of GMT
(d) Uttar Pradesh (c) 90°W of GMT
D (d) 90°E of GMT
The areas in India that receive A
approximately an average of Which of the following two continents are
more than 200 cm of rainfall annually are just like the mirror
images of each other ?
62 (a) South America and Africa
(b) South America and North America
(c) South America and Australia
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A
The shape of the Himalayas is like
(a) An arc
(b) A curvilinear straight line
(c) A straight line
(b) Unmanned station located in Antarctica
(d) A right angle
for continuousweather
A
and scientific recordings.
Extrusive (Intrusive) rocks are forms of
(c) Second source of the river Ganga.
(a) Igneous rocks
(d)Island in the Indian Ocean near
(b) Sedimentary rocks
Antarctica
(c) Metamorphic rocks
B
Thetype of crop which is able to fix nitrogen
A
from air is known
1988
as
Matchthe columns :
(a) Tuber
List 1 List 2
(b) Coffee
A. Land of Rising Sun 1. Korea
(c) Legume
B. Land of Midnight Sun 2. Finland
(d)Wheat
C. Land of Thousand 3. Japan Lakes
C
D. Land of Thunderbolt 4. Norway
Indian Standard Time (I.S.T.) is determined
5. Bhutan
according to the
(a) 2 4 1 5
local time of which oneof the following
(b) 3 4 2 5
longitudes?
(c) 1 3 2 4
(a) 82.5° east longitude
(d)3 1 4 2
(b) 0° longitude or Greenwich meridian
B
(c) 180° east or west longitude
Bysex ratio, we mean
(d)70° east longitude
(a) The number of females in the population
A
per 1000
Among the sources of energy listed below
male population.
which one is nonconventional in present
(b) The number of males in the population
dayrural India?
per 1000
(a) Fuel wood
female population.
(b) Cow-dung cake
(c) The number of married females in the
(c) Biogas
population per 1000male
(d)Hydel
population.
C
(d)The number of married males in the
Which one of the following is not correctly
population per 1000 female
matched?
population.
(a) Isopleth — A line joining places of equal
A
height
DakshinGangotri is a/an
(b) Isobar — A line joining places of equal
(a) River-valley project in Andhra Pradesh.
pressure
(c) Isohyet — A line joining places of equal
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rainfall
(d)Isotherm — A line joining places of equal
temperature
A
. A private company is faced with the A
problem of setting up a Which one of the following States doesn’t
cement plant. Whichof the factors given produce a substantial
below should be taken into quantity of cardamom?
consideration for this venture? (a) Assam
(1) Abundant electricity (b) Karnataka
(2) Abundant limestone/dolomite (c) Tamil Nadu
(3) Abundant labour force (d)Kerala
(4) Abundant gas A
(5) Accessibility to transportation Fogis common around Newfoundland coast
(6) Abundant coal because
Choose the correct answer from the codes (a) Icebergs melt around the coast
given below : (b) Warm and cold currents meet
(a) 1,2 and 3 only (c) The rainfall is heavy
(b) 1, 2 and 4 only (d)High tides cause storms
(c) 1, 2 and 5 only B
(d)3, 4 and 6 only Matchthe columns :
C List 1 List 2
Apart from Tamil Nadu (Neyveli), lignite is (Lakes) (States)
found at A. Wular 1. Rajasthan
(a) Gujarat B. Chilka 2. Orissa
(b) Uttar Pradesh C. Loktak 3. Manipur
(c) West Bengal D. Nakki 4. Jammu and Kashmir
(d)Orissa 5. Madhya Pradesh
A (a) 5 2 3 4
The places Alwaye, Koyna and Korba have (b) 3 5 2 1
(a) Thermal Stations (c) 4 2 3 1
(b) Oil Refineries (d)4 3 5 2
(c) Hydro Stations C
(d)Aluminium Industries Matchthe columns :
D List 1 List 2
The principal cause of soil damage in A. Maharashtra 1. Alluvial
Punjab and Haryana is B. Karnataka 2. Lateritic
(a) Salinity and water-logging C. Uttar Pradesh 3. Red
(b) Deforestation D. Assam 4. Black
(c) Ravine erosion (a) 4 2 1 3
(d)Overgrazing (b) 4 3 1 2
(c) 3 1 4 2
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B
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Matchthe columns : Whichof the following rivers has a ‘bird’s

List 1 List 2 foot’ delta ?
(Industry) (Places) (a) The Amazon
A. Pottery 1. Firozabad (b) The Brahmaputra
B. Bangles 2. Trivandrum (c) The Mississippi
C. Wooden carvings 3. Bhagalpur (d)The Nile
D. Silk 4. Mirzapur C
(a) 4 1 2 3 1989
(b) 3 4 2 1 1987
(c) 2 1 3 4 Match the columns :
(d)4 2 1 3 (A) Groundnut (i) Leguminosae
A (B) Cotton (ii) Graminae
Assertion (A): (C) Sugarcane (iii) Malvaceae
Earthworms are useful to man. (a) A-(i) B-(ii) C-(iii)
Reason (R): (b) A-(i) B-(iii) C-(ii)
Earthworms help in Nitrogen Fixation in (c) A-(ii) B-(i) C-(iii)
plants. (d) A-(iii) B-(i) C-(ii)
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the b
correct explanation of A The trees of spruce, fir, pine, etc. are found
(b) Both A and R are true but R is NOT a in which of the
correct explanation of A following natural regions of the earth ?
(c) A is true but R is false (a) Laurentian type
(d)A is false but R is true (b) Alpine type
A (c) Taiga type
Which one of the following commodities has (d) Siberian type
the highest C
production in India ? ‘Khasi’ and ‘Garo’ tribes mainly live in
(a) Rice (a) Kerala
(b) Wheat (b) Meghalaya
(c) Tobacco (c) Chota Nagpur
(d)Gram (d) Tamil Nadu
A B
7. RiverLuni drains into The largest producer of woodpulp is
(a) Ganga delta (a) Canada
(b) Kerala coast (b) U.S.S.R.
(c) Rann of Kutchh (c) U.S.A.
(d)Godavari delta (d) Japan
C C
Find the odd one out :
65 (a) Greeshma
(b) Sisira
(c) Magha
(d) Sharad
C
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The hybrids of which of the following plants requirements are grown.

are available for D
commercial production ? Largest allocation in the Seventh Five- Year
(1) Rice Plan has been
(2) Wheat given to
(3) Jute (a) Agriculture
(4) Pulses (b) Transport
(a) 1, 2 and 4 (c) Education
(b) 2 and 3 (d) Energy
(c) 3 and 4 A
(d) 2, 3 and 4 . Which of the following is the correct group
A of Kharif crops ?
Which of the following is necessary for (a) Rice, Millet, Maize, Cotton
improvement of the (b) Groundnut, Bajra, Barley, Sorghum,
quality of crops ? Wheat
(1) Introduction (c) Jowar, Bajra, Rice, Cotton, Jute, Gram
(2) Hybridization (d) Wheat, Barley, Gram, Mustard
(3) Selection A
(4) Segregation Q92. Opium is obtained from
(a) 2, 3 and 4 (a) Tablet type latex
(b) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (b) Latex juice
(c) 1, 2 and 3 (c) Seed capsule of opium poppy
(d) 2 and 3 (d) Poppy leaves
C C
UP-308 is a variety of Seismic waves that vibrate perpendicular to
(a) Millet the direction of
(b) Rice their path
(c) Cotton (a) Travel through the solid parts of the
(d) Wheat earth only
d (b) Travel through the solid as well as other
Mixed cropping is useful when parts of the earth
(a) Crops with varying maturity periods are (c) Spread on the surface of the earth
sown together. (d) None of the above
A
66 Physiological population density is the ratio
of
(a) Total population to total area
(b) Total population to total irrigated land
area
(c) Total population to urban land area
(b) Crops with same maturity period are
(d) Total population to rural land area
sown together.
A
(c) Different soils are used for the same
Which of the following are known as
crops.
coastlines of
(d) Crops with different nutritional
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submergence? (D) HB-4 (iv) Sugarcane

(a) Uplifted lowland (v) Bajra
(b) Ria Coasts (a) A-(iii) B-(i) C-(ii) D-(v)
(c) Emergent upland (b) A-(v) B-(iv) C-(iii) D-(ii)
(d) None of the above (c) A-(ii) B-(iii) C-(v) D-(i)
b (d) A-(i) B-(iii) C-(iv) D-(ii)
. Match the columns : a
(A) Bajra (i) Rust ‘Lushai’ is the name given to tribal
(B) Wheat (ii) Wilt population living in
(C) Groundnut (iii) Tikka (a) Nagaland
(D) Banana (iv) Ergot (b) Manipur
(a) A-(i) B-(ii) C-(iii) D-(iv) (c) Tripura
(b) A-(i) B-(iv) C-(iii) D-(ii) (d) Meghalaya
(c) A-(iv) B-(i) C-(iii) D-(ii) C
(d) A-(iv) B-(ii) C-(i) D-(iii) The Narimanam oil field is located in
c (a) Mahanadi delta
. Of the total water on the earth, fresh water (b) Krishna delta
reserves (c) Cauvery delta
constitute approximately (d) Godavari delta
(a) 1.2 % C
(b) 2.7 % Whichof the following iron & steel plants is
(c) 4.5 % closer to coal
(d) 5.8 % deposits than iron ore deposits?
B (a) Bhilai & Bokaro
Which of the following industries was (b) Jamshedpur & Bhadrawati
affected most due to (c) Burnpur & Hirapur
partition ? (d)Durgapur & Rourkela
(a) Cotton and jute C
(b) Small scale industries Savannagrasslands are found in
(c) Steel industries (a) North America
(d) Tea and cotton (b) Africa
A (c) Australia
(d)East Asia
67 B
In India the diamonds are quarried from
(a) Golconda
(b) Jaipur
(c) Patnagiri
(d)Panna
Which of the following varieties are correctly
D
matched to their
Suitable site of a cement plant requires
respective plant types ?
proximity to
(A) CHS-I (i) Rice
(a) Coal and iron
(B) IR-8 (ii) Wheat
(b) Limestone and manganese
(C) RR-21 (iii) Jowar
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(c) Limestone and gypsum (a) A single crop which is mainly consumed
(d)Coal and gypsum (b) The major crop along with cereals
C (c) Cash crops along with fodder
Punjaband Haryana receive rainfall from (d)Grains, vegetables and tubers in rotation
(a) Westerly disturbances D
(b) Cyclones in Bay of Bengal Copper deposits in India are found in
(c) Both of the above (a) Singhbhum
(d)None of the above (b) Kolar
A (c) Salem
Brahmaputra is an example of _______ (d)Karanpura
drainage. A
(a) Annular Whichof the following is not true about
(b) Antecedent Gujarat ?
(c) Superimposed (a) It is the largest producer of salt
(d)Radial (b) It is the largest producer of milk products
B (c) it is the largest producer of tobacco
Angorawool is obtained from a breed of (d)It is the largest producer of groundnut
(a) Sheep C
(b) Rabbit The largest reserve of ‘Sal’ forests is found
(c) Fox in
(d)Cat (a) Nilgiri hills
B (b) Dehradun valley
Whichof the following stream systems (c) The Aravalli’s
dissects Aravalli range ? (d)Eastern Peninsula
(a) Narmada, Son D
Deforestation results in
68 (1) Flora destruction
(2) Fauna destruction
(3) Ecological disbalance
(a) 1, 2 & 3
(b) 1 & 2
(c) 1 & 3
(b) Banas, Luni
(d)2 & 3
(c) Betwa, Koina
C
(d)Ganga, Saraswati
The climate of India is of which of the
A
following types ?
The highest grade of coal, whose surface is
(a) Monsoonal
shining and has
(b) Mediterranean
the highest calorificvalue, is
(c) Tropical
(a) Lignite
(d)Savanna
(b) Peat
A
(c) Bituminous
Matchthe following :
(d)Anthracite
(A) Doda-Beta (i) Nilgiri
D
(B) Makalu (ii) Himalaya
Shifting cultivators normally grow
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(C) Dhupgarh (iii) Aravali side.

(D) Guru-Shikhar (iv) Satpura (a) Both A and R are true and R is the
(a) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv) correct explanation of A
(b) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv) (b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
(c) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii) correct explanation of A
(d)(iv) (i) (ii) (iii) (c) A is true but R is false
C (d)A is false but R is true
Matchthe following: A
(A) Jharia (i) Copper ___________________
(B) Ankleshwar (ii) Iron Whichof the following States lies partly to
(C) Bailadilla (iii) Coal the north of the
(D) Mulkigunj (iv) Oil Himalayas ?
(a) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i) (a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i) (c) Jammu & Kashmir
(d)(i) (iii) (iv) (ii) (d)Sikkim
C C
Assertion (A): The beginning of urbanisation of the
Most of the hot deserts are present on the Ganges from the 6th
western margin of the century was mainly attributed to
continents close to the zones of trade (a) Fertility of soil
winds. (b) Trade improvement
Reason (R): (c) Population growth
(d)None of the above
69 A
The primitive tribes of Andaman are
descendants of
(a) Negroids
(b) Australoids
(c) Mongoloids
Zones of trade winds are characterised by
(d)Caucasoids
seas having reversal of
A
planetary wind direction
Theinternational air route from West Europe
to East Asia
passes through India because
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
(a) It is the shortest route.
(b) India is the only country in Asia providing
refuellingcapacity.
(c) India is a busy centre situated between
B
the two places.
Assertion (A):
A Rainfall is scanty on the east of Western
B
Ghats.
Whichof the following is cold ocean current
Reason (R):
?
The east of Western Ghats is on the lee
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(a) Labrador (a) Removing dead earthworms

(b) Gulf Stream (b) Adding dead earthworms
(c) Kuro Shio (c) Adding living earthworms
(d)None of these (d)Removing living earthworms and adding
A dead earthworms
Whichof the following countries is rich in oil C
? Insolation refers to
(a) Singapore (a) Restraining the flow of electric current
(b) Thailand (b) Restraining the flow of water
(c) Pakistan (c) Exposure to the rays of sun
(d)Indonesia (d)Exposure to the light
D C
12constellations referred to as zodiac are Whichof the following is true ?
(a) Sound waves exhibit interference.
70 (b) Light waves exhibit interference.
(c) Both the light and sound waves exhibit
interference.
(d)Neither sound waves nor light waves
exhibit interference.
1990
(a) Imaginary region that encompass the
Stock-farmingrefers to
path of the planets.
(a) Accent on agricultural production to build
(b) Signs of Roman gods.
a buffer stock.
(c) A group of stars.
(b) Cooperative farming.
(c) Farming concentrating on the rearing of
A
cattles and sheep.
The leading producer of silver is
(d)Large scale capital-intensive commercial
(a) U.S.A.
farming.
(b) U.S.S.R.
C
(c) Mexico
Which one of the following is the main
(d)South Africa
cause of the low?
C
productivity of rice in India?
Bandipuris known for
(a) Low yielding varieties
(a) Wildlife sanctuary
(b) High incidence of pests
(b) Museum
(c) Low fertility of soils
(c) Waterfalls
(d)Low market price
(d)Nuclear plant
A
A
The maturity of a river course is recognised
Whichof the following is a block mountain ?
by the presence of
(a) Alps
(a) V-shaped valley
(b) Vosges
(b) Meanders
(c) Rocky
(c) Gorges
(d)Andes
(d)High denudational power
B
A
Fertility of soil can be improved by
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Which one of the following is not a satellite D

of Jupiter ? Whichof the following is a cash crop ?
(a) Io (a) Groundnut
(b) Callisto (b) Wheat
(c) Europa (c) Rice
(d)Titan (d)Gram
D A
Calderais a feature associated with Thecoal mining areas of the Damodar
(a) Volcanoes Valley region include
(b) Earthquakes (a) Korba, Sonhat and Raigarh
(c) Folding of rocks (b) Singareni, Tandur and Sasti
(d)Faulting of mountains (c) Raniganj, Jharia and Giridih
A (d)Talcher. Ghanda and Sambalour
c
71 Consider the following commodities:
1. Tea
2. Cotton cloth
3. Cereals
4. Edible oils
5. Sugarcane
If the difference in time of the two places is
Among these, whose per capitaavailability
2 hours and 20
has remained more or
minutes, then the difference in their
less static between 1980-81 and 1987-88 in
longitudes would be
India ?
(a) 30°
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 35°
(b) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(c) 40°
(c) 1, 4 and 5
(d)45°
(d)2, 3, 4 and 5
B
d
. For developing inbred lines in farm
Importantoilfields of the Brahmaputra
animals, following factors
Valley include
are taken into consideration :
(a) Digboi and Kilboi
1. The crossbreds should be of outstanding
(b) Lunej and Ankhleshwar
type.
(c) Badarpur and Masimpur
2. They should not carry any detrimental
(d)Naharkatia and Moran
genes.
d
3. Progeny tested animals.
Assertion (A) :
4. Herd size should be large.
India is one of the leading fishing countries
Of the statements given above, whichone of
in the world.
the following
Reason (R) :
combinations of factors is most essential ?
India has a long coastline and a large
(a) 1 and 3
fish-eatingpopulation.
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 4
(d)2 and 4
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(b) Both A and R are true but R is not a The size of the Muslim community in India is
correct explanation of A (a) The largest in the world.
(c) A is true but R is false (b) Next only to that of Bangladesh.
(d)A is false but R is true (c) The second largest in the world.
d (d)Is as large as that in Pakistan.
Mohairis obtained from C
(a) Angora goat ThePalghat gap providing easy access
(b) Beetal goat between the west and
the east coasts of India lie between
72 (a) The Nilgiris and the Cardamom Hills
(b) The Nilgiris and the Anamalai Hills
(c) The Anamalai Hills and the
CardamomHills
(d)The Cardamom Hills and the Palni Hills
A
(c) Karakul sheep
Which one of the following is the largest of
(d)Lincoln sheep
the inner planets ?
a
(a) Venus
(b) Mercury
(c) Mars
codes given below them :
(d)Earth
List I List II
D
A. Udaipur 1. Lead
Out of the total area, the ‘cultivable plains’ in
B. Gondwanaland 2. Tin
India constitutes
C. Kerala 3. Coal
about
D. Koderma 4. Ilmenite
(a) 23 per cent
5. Mica
(b) 36 per cent
(a) 1 3 4 2
(c) 41 per cent
(b) 1 3 4 5
(d)51 per cent
(c) 3 2 4 1
C
(d)3 4 2 5
Match list I with list II and select the correct
b
answer using the
ZojiLa is a Pass between
(a) Kashmir valley and Ladakh
List I List II
(b) Lahul valley and Spiti
(City) (Place)
(c) Chumbi valley and Sikkim
A. Budapest 1. Alexander Platz
(d)Arunanchal Pradesh and Tibet
B. Warsaw 2. Walesa Square
a
C. Berlin 3. Tiananmen Square
Eskers and Drumlins are features, formed
D. Beijing 4. Ceausescu Square
by
5. Parliament Square
(a) Running water
(a) 4 3 1 5
(b) Underground water
(b) 3 4 5 2
(c) The action of wind
(c) 5 2 4 3
(d)Glacial action
(d)5 2 1 3
D
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D each other
Assertion (A) : (d) The Moon and the Sun are in quadrant
The southern half of India lies within the position to each other
tropics and the northern half C
belongs to the warm temperate zone. Which one of the following industries is not
Reason (R): a raw materiallocalised industry?
The tropic of cancer runs almost halfway (a) Cotton Textile Industry
through India (b) Sugar Industry
(c) Cement Industry
73 (d) Glass Industry
D
Terrace cultivation is practised mostly
(a) In urban areas
(b) On slopes of mountains
(c) On tops of hills
(d) In undulating tracts
B
Density of population refers to
(a) The number of persons living per sq km
of land area
(b) The number of persons living per km of
A
land area
Assertion (A) :
(c) The number of persons living per village
Floods are a recurring feature in
theIndo-Gangetic Plain.
A
Reason (R):
Seasons on the Earth are caused due to
The Indo-Gangetic Plain is built of porous
(a) The elliptical orbit of the Earth
and soft alluvium.
(b) Alteration/change in the speed of
revolution of the Earth
(c) Inclination of the Earth on its axis of
rotation
(d) Differences in the amount of energy
received from the Sun
C
C
In which of the following products has
1991
Bangladesh emerged as
Neap tides are produced in the first and
the main competitor to India in the world
third quarters of the
market ?
Moon. Then,
(a) Cotton garments
(a) The Moon and the Sun are in
(b) Jute
conjunction with the other planets
(c) Cement
(b) The Moon and the Sun are in opposition
(d) Pharmaceuticals
with each other
B
(c) The attractions of the Sun and the Moon
Which of the following metals is extracted
are at right angles to
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from the Monazite (a) 2 4 1 3

sand found in plenty in India ? (b) 4 3 1 2
(a) Gold (c) 3 1 2 4
(b) Uranium (d) 3 1 4 2
(c) Thorium C
(d) Copper Match :
C List I List II
Which one of the following pairs is correctly A. Fodder 1. Manure
matched ? B. Compost 2. Jowar
(a) Nawgaon — Maharashtra C. Food crop 3. Linseed oil
(b) Palamau — Gujarat D. Edible oil 4. Straw
5. Groundnut oil
74 ABCD
(a) 2 4 3 1
(b) 2 1 5 3
(c) 4 3 2 5
(d) 4 1 2 5
D
(c) Gir — Madhya Pradesh
Jupiter completes one circuit of the Sun in
(d) Amravati — West Bengal
(a) 13 years
A
(b) 12 years
Below, data regarding cultivation of a
(c) 16 years
particular type of crop in four States/Union
(d) 10 years
Territories of India is given. Of the following
B
which
In his works, Kalidasa exhibits a particular
is this cultivated crop?
leaning towards the
State/Union Territory Area under cultivation
worship of
(million hectares)
(a) Vishnu
Kerala 108
(b) Shiva
Tamil Nadu 8
(c) Durga
Karnataka 2
(d) Ganesha
Andaman & Nicobar Islands 0.8
C
(a) Coffee
Barkhan is a
(b) Tea
(a) Crescent shaped sand-dune
(c) Rubber
(b) Depositional bar, separated by water
(d) Rice
from the coast
C
(c) Dark coloured, fine grained rock
Match :
(d) Glacial erosional feature
List I List II
A
(Metal extracted) (Location of site)
The continental shelf surrounding the
A. Copper 1. Jaduguda
Indian Coast is widest off
B. Uranium 2. Jhawar
the
C. Nickel 3. Malanjkhand
(a) Hooghly Coast
D. Lead 4. Sukhinda
(b) Coromandel Coast
ABCD
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(c) Konkan Coast (c) Greatest when the earth is farthest from
(d) South Gujarat Coast the sun
C (d) Least when the earth is nearest to the
Which of the following is the brightest sun
heavenly body in the B
evening/night sky Which one of the following is useful for
(a) Jupiter biological control of
(b) Saturn pests?
(c) Mars (a) Honey bees and locusts
(d) Venus (b) Scorpions and spiders
D (c) Wasps and birds
The path of Halley’s comet in its orbit (d) Parrots and kites
around the sun is B
On a half-moon night the angle between
75 the moon and the sun
when measured from earth is about
(a) 45°
(b) 60°
(c) 90°
(d) 180°
(a) Parabolic
C
(b) Hyperbolic
Kurds who have been fighting for a
(c) Elliptical
separate homeland live
(d) Circular
mainly in Iraq,
C
(a) Iran and Turkey
The highest fat content is found in the milk
(b) Iran, Turkey and Jordan
of
(c) Iran, Jordan and Saudi Arabia
(a) Buffalo
(d) Turkey and Jordan
(b) Cow
A
(c) Camel
In India diamonds are quarried from
(d) Reindeer
(a) Golconda
A
(b) Jaipur
Which of the following rivers is the source
(c) Ratnagiri
of water for the
(d) Panna
Rajasthan canal?
D
(a) Yamuna
Largest producer of diamond and gem in
(b) Chambal
the world is
(c) Sutlej
(a) Zaire
(d) Ghaggar
(b) South Africa
C
(c) Botswana
The speed of revolution of the earth in its
(d) Ghana
orbit round the sun is
C
(a) Same throughout the year
Which one of the following is not a satellite
(b) Greatest when the earth is nearest to the
of Jupiter?
sun
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(a) Io (a) Rabbit

(b) Callisto (b) Sheep
(c) Europa (c) Goat
(d) Titan (d) Fox
D A
Rainfall on the east coast of Tamil Nadu Which one of the following winds is not a
occurs during planetary wind?
October to November due to (a) Trade
(a) Winter monsoon (b) Westerly
(b) Retreating south-west monsoon (c) Polar Easterly
(c) North-west monsoon (d) Monsoon
(d) Local winds D
B Match :
The most poisonous snakes found in India List I List II
are A. Fissure eruption 1. Alluvial soils
(a) Cobra, Viper, Banded kraits B. Anticlinorium belt 2. Black soils
C. Sea of Tethys 3. Himalayan mountain
76 chain
D. Tsangpo 4. Brahmaputra
5. Ganga
ABCD
(a) 2 1 5 4
(b) 2 1 4 3
(b) King Cobra, Grass snake, Banded kraits,
(c) 2 1 3 4
Cobra
(d) 3 2 4 1
(c) Cobra, Python, Banded kraits, Rat snake
C
(d) Cobra, Grass snake, Kraits, Rat snake
Match :
A
List I List II
Which of the following groups is opposed to
A. Damascus 1. Taiga
the plantation of
B. Cassava 2. City in Syria
Eucalyptus trees?
C. Pine forest 3. West Indian Tribe
(a) Environmentalists
D. Insequent valley 4. Wanganui in New
(b) Wildlife Protection group
Zealand
(c) Paper manufacturers
ABCD
(d) Matches manufacturers
(a) 1 2 3 4
A
(b) 2 3 1 4
Of the following forest regions, the most
(c) 3 4 1 2
suitable wood for
(d) 2 1 4 3
paper pulp is available from
B
(a) Hot and humid regions of Amazon
Match:
(b) Savanna
List I List II
(c) Equatorial forests of Congo basin
A. Mushroom Rocks 1. Fold type
(d) Forests of Burma
B. Cape Verde 2. Low latitude desert
B
C. Thar 3. Volcanic
Angora wool is obtained from a breed of
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D. Vosges 4. Wind erosion (a) Dhiru Bhai Ambani

ABCD (b) Verghese Kurien
(a) 3 4 1 2 (c) Swaminathan
(b) 3 2 4 1 (d) S.K. Birla
(c) 2 4 1 3 B
(d) 4 3 2 1 1992
D Which one of the following shows the
Which of the following statements about the correct sequence of
monsoon in India occurrence of four towns/ cities as one
is incorrect? proceeds from west to east?
(a) South-West monsoon are on-shore (a) Ajmer, Darbhanga, Kohima, Silchar
winds (b) Surat, Wardha, Rourkela, Bharuch
(b) North-East monsoon are off-shore winds (c) Pandharpur, Gulbarga, Kottagudam,
(c) The monsoons retreat gradually Visakhapatnam
(d) The onset of the monsoon is from West (d) Anand, Rajkot, Dhanbad, Aizawl
Bengal only C
The original inhabitants of India are believed
77 to be of the ethnic
type known as
(a) Negrito
(b) Proto-Australoids
(c) Mongoloids
(d) Dravidians
D
D
Swamps are seen in the Siberian rivers
If Amsterdam is X + 1, Montreal is X - 5,
because
Tokyo is X + 9 and
(a) Freezing of the river near the mouth
Lisbon is X, X denotes
prevents water to flow to the
(a) GMT
sea
(b) The temperature as measured by the
(b) Rivers are too narrow
Kelvin scale to arrive at the
(c) Rivers are heavily drained by the large
temperature as measured by the Celsius s
network of canals
(c) Base from which height and depth from
(d) Railway bridges built across the rivers
the sea-level is
obstruct the flow
measured
A
(d) The figure to be used for converting the
Which of the following country is relatively
Imperial System to the
industrially
Metric System
developed?
A
(a) India
Dry Farming in India is extensively practised
(b) Pakistan
in
(c) Bangladesh
(a) Kanara plains
(d) Thailand
(b) Deccan Region
A
(c) Coromandel plains
Who is the pioneer of ‘White revolution’ in
(d) Punjab plains
India?
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B Crop
Match List I with List II and select the 1. Tobacco Coconut Sugarcane
answer using the codes 2. Sugarcane Coffee Coconut
given below the lists. 3. Cotton Tea Cashew
List I List II 4. Coconut Rubber Tobacco
Top Producers (a) 1 and 2
A. Olives 1. USA (b) 1 and 3
B. Cotton 2. Italy (c) 2 and 3
C. Tomato 3. Brazil (d) 3 and 4
D. Coffee 4. China C
5. Indonesia With 2.4 per cent of the world’s area, how
ABCD much of the world’s
(a) 1 4 3 2 population does India support?
(b) 4 1 5 3 (a) 12%
(b) 9%
78 (c) 16%
(d) 7%
C
Which of the following crops are most
suitable for cultivation
under scanty rainfall conditions?
(c) 2 1 3 4
1. Horse gram
(d) 2 4 1 3
2. Rice
D
3. Mustard
Deserts such as the Sahara are generally
4. Wheat
found between 20°
Select the correct answer from the codes
and 30° latitudes in the western parts of the
given below:
continents. This is
(a) 1 and 2
because these regions
(b) 2 and 4
(a) Have off-shore winds throughout the
(c) 2 and 3
year
(d) 1 and 3
(b) Have warm off-shore currents
D
(c) Lie in the belt of the doldrums
In which one of the following places the
(d) Are very hot throughout the year
‘boiling point’ of water
A
is the highest?
After the break-up of the USSR the largest
(a) Dead Sea
country in the world
(b) Mt. Everest
in terms of area is
(c) Nile delta
(a) China
(d) Sunderban delta
(b) Russia
A
(c) USA
In which type of rocks are metals like gold
(d) Canada
and copper mostly
B
found?
Which of the following listings are correct?
(a) Old igneous
Cash Crop Plantation Crop Horticulture
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(b) Old metamorphic to land and back to

(c) Old sedimentary ocean again
(d) New metamorphic (c) Scientific management of water in areas
A excessively plagued
A person stood alone in a desert on a dark with water logging
night and wanted to (d) Planning of water distribution relatively
reach his village which was situated 5 km dry areas
east of the point where he B
was standing. He had no instruments to find The Jharkhand region is spread over
the direction but he (a) Bihar and Madhya Pradesh only
located the polestar. The most convenient (b) Bihar and Orissa only
way now to reach his (c) Bihar, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh and
village is to walk West Bengal
(a) In the direction facing the polestar (d) Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and West
Bengal only
79 C
Assertion (A):
Italy, Switzerland, Sweden and Norway
have abundant power
resources.
Reason (R):
(b) In the direction opposite to the polestar
They have the largest coal deposits in
(c) In the direction keeping the polestar to
Europe. Of these statements
his left
(d) In the direction keeping the polestar to
his right
C
India possesses more than half the total
Assertion (A):
number of the world’s
Italy, Switzerland, Sweden and Norway
(a) Cattle
have abundant power
(b) Buffaloes
resources.
(c) Goats
Reason (R):
(d) Sheep
They have the largest coal deposits in
A
Europe. Of these statements
Of the total population of India, Christians
comprise about
(a) Four per cent
(b) Two-and-a-half per cent
(c) Five per cent
C
(d) Six per cent
The best quality of hard wood for the
B
manufacture of furniture
Water cycle refers to
is obtained from
(a) An integrated attempt to recycle water in
(a) Cedrus deodara
relatively arid regions
(b) Pinus longifolia
(b) Constant movement of water from ocean
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(c) Dalbergia sissio (b) Wider popularization of high yielding

(d) Mangifera indica crop varieties, better and
C more frequent irrigation and increased
The interior regions of Eurasia have a large frequency of aerial sprays of inorganic
number of inland fertilizers and pesticides
seas or lakes. Which one of the following (c) Mixed cropping, organic manures,
touches the boundary of nitrogen-fixing plants and pest
Iran? resistant crop varieties
(a) Aral Sea (d) Improved farm implements and
(b) Lake Balkash machinery, use of potent
(c) Lake Baikal insecticides to minimise post-harvest grain
(d) Caspian Sea losses and mono culture
D cropping practices
C
80 The only land-locked country in South-east
Asia is
(a) Laos
(b) Thailand
(c) Malaysia
(d) Kampuchea
Which one of the following statements
A
regarding SAARC
The production of cultured pearls is an
countries is correct?
important cottage
(a) No SAARC country other than India has
industry of
a common border with
(a) Belgium
another member country, Sri Lanka and
(b) West Indies
Maldives being islands
(c) New Zealand
(b) All the countries with which India has
(d) Japan
border are members of
D
SAARC, Sri Lanka and Maldives being
Consider a specific point on the surface of
islands
the earth (say, the city of Delhi). The
(c) Except Sri Lanka and Maldives, all the
temperature at a given time of day (say,
SAARC countries have
12.00
common border with China
noon) will in general be higher in summer
(d) Except Sri Lanka and Maldives no other
than in winter. This is
SAARC country has
because
islands as part of its territory
(a) the earth is closer to the sun in summer
A
than in winter
1993
(b) sun-rays falling on the earth are inclined
Which one of the following is the best
more towards the
strategy for environment friendly sustainable
surface of the earth in winter
development in Indian agriculture?
(c) evaporation of water from atmospheric
(a) Expansion of cultivable land, increased
precipitation occurring in
use of superphosphate,
winter alone
urea and effective biocides
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(d) the axis of the earth is inclined more When the Couple Protection Rate is going
towards the sun in winter up
A (a) birth rate must necessarily fall
Which one of the following shows the (b) birth rate will fall only if couples are of
descending order of the younger age
four metropolitan cities in the Indian, (c) death rate must necessarily fall
subcontinent in so far as their (d) infant mortality rate must be falling
population strength is concerned? B
(a) Bombay, Calcutta, Dhaka, New Delhi Which of the following places have their
(b) Bombay, Calcutta, New Delhi, Karachi standard times, that
(c) Bombay, Calcutta, Karachi, New Delhi are the same as GMT?
(d) Calcutta, Bombay, Dhaka, Karachi I. Accra
B II. Dublin
III. Madrid
81 IV. Lisbon
given below:
(a) I, II and III
(b) I, III and IV
(c) I, II and IV
The New Population Bomb refers to
(d) II, III and IV
(a) an increase in the population of the aged
A
in the Third World
In Mizoram, the settlement pattern is mostly
(b) rapidly growing urban population in the
of ‘linear type’
Third World
along the ridges, because
(c) large scale distress migration in the
(a) the valleys are cooler than the ridges
Third World
(b) accessibility is easier on the ridge tops
(d) deluge of Soviet emigrants
(c) the ridges are cooler than the valleys
C
(d) the valleys are densely forested
The dispute regarding East Timor is
A
between
Soils of Western Rajasthan have a high
(a) Japan and Russia
content of
(b) China and Philippines
(a) Aluminium
(c) Indonesia and Malaysia
(b) Calcium
(d) Australia and Indonesia
(c) Nitrogen
C
(d) Phosphorus
Which one of the following provides the
D
correct sequence of
A rainy day, as defined by the Indian
occurence of four towns/cities as one
Meteorological department, is
proceeds from west to east?
a day when the rainfall at a point received is
(a) Rajkot, Baroda, Kharagpur, Bilaspur
(a) 0.5 mm to 1 mm in 24 hours
(b) Bikaner, Aligarh, Darbhanga, Nowgong
(b) 1.1 mm to 1.5 mm in 24 hours
(c) Indore, Rourkela, Agartala, Jamshedpur
(c) 1.6 mm to 2 mm in 24 hours
(d) Nasik, Aurangabad, Berhampur, Nanded
(d) above 2.5 mm in 24 hours
B
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D (b) I, III, II
Which among the following pairs of places (c) III, I, II
have most marked (d) II, I, III
difference in total rainfall per annum even BC
though located At the present state of our knowledge and
approximately along the same latitude? resources position,
(a) Bangalore and Madras India will remain self-sufficient for the next
(b) Bombay and Visakhapatnam three decades in
(a) Tin
82 (b) Coking Coal
(c) Copper
(d) Petroleum
C
A fertile-soil, suitable for growing common
crops, is likely to have a pH value of
(c) Ajmer and Shillong
(a) three
(d) Nagpur and Calcutta
(b) four
C
(c) six to seven
Which one of the following was part of the
(d) nine to ten
erstwhile Soviet
C
Union over which Kurdish population is
1994
spread?
An aeroplane takes off from 30° North
(a) Armenia
Latitude, 50° East Longitude, and lands at
(b) Azerbaijan
the opposite end of the earth. Where does it
(c) Georgia
land ?
(d) Turkmenistan\
(a) 30° North Lat., 50° West Long
A
(b) 30° South Lat., 50° West Long
The Neyveli thermal power plant is fed by
(c) 50° North Lat., 30° West Long
(a) Gondwana coal
(d) 30° South Lat., 130° West Long
(b) Tertiary coal
A
(c) Quarternary coal
The length of its day and the tilt of its axis
(d) Cambrian coal
are almost identical to those of the earth’.
B
This is true of
Which arrangement of the following show
(a) Uranus
the correct sequence
(b) Neptune
of demographic transition as typically
(c) Saturn
associated with economic
(d) Mars
development?
D
I. High birth rate with high death
The shortest air route from Perth to London
II. Low birth rate with low death
is
III. High birth rate with low death
(a) Perth, Bombay, Rome, London
Choose the answer from the codes given
(b) Perth, Ankara, Paris, London
below :
(c) Perth, Aden, Paris, London
Codes:
(d) Perth, Mombasa, Rome, London
(a) I, II, III
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B following is correct ?
The Himalayas are formed of parallel fold (a) Both A and R are true, and R is the
ranges, of which the oldest range is correct explanation of A
(a) the Siwalik Range (b) Both A and R are true, but R is not a
(b) the Lesser Himalayas correct explanation of A
(c) the Great Himalayan Range (c) A is true, but R is false
(d) the Dhaula Dhar Range (d) A is false, but R is true
C C
Toramana belonged to the ethnic horde of
83 the
(a) Scythians
(b) Hunas
(c) Yuechis
(d) Sakas
B
The hallmark of watershed development in
Which one of the following types of erosion
the semi arid regions of India is the
is responsible for the formation of Chambal
(a) establishment of sheds on large scale,
Ravines ?
so that the rain water does not evaporate
(a) Splash
(b) undertaking of earthworks, soil
(b) Sheet
conservation measures and tree plantation,
(c) Rill
so as to conserve soil moisture and
(d) Gully
recharge underground water
D
(c) drilling deep tube wells so as to tap
Q56 When it is noon along 82° 30' E
water at the rockstrata level
longitude along what degree of longitude it
(d) setting up a system of tanks by banking
will be 6.30 am ?
water from seasonal rivers
(a) along 165° E
B
(b) along 67°30' W
Which one of the following regions of Asia is
(c) 0° E or W
experiencing the highest annual growth rate
(d) along 82° 30' W
of population ?
C
(a) South Asia
Who among the following became the Prime
(b) SouthEast Asia
Minister of India without being earlier the
(c) Central Asia
Chief Minister of a State ?
(d) West Asia
I. Morarji Desai
B
II. Charan Singh
Assertion (A): The monsoonal rainfall
III. V. P. Singh
decreases as one goes towards the west
IV. Chandrashekhar
and northwest
V. P.V. Narasimha Rao.
in the Ganga plain.
Reason (R): The moisture bearing
given below.
monsoonal winds go higher up as one
Codes :
moves up in the Ganga plain.
(a) I, II and IV
In the context of the above two statements
(b) II, II and V
which one of the
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(d) IV only
D
The density of cattle population per 100
hectares of gross cropped area is the
highest in
(a) Bihar Science And
84 Technology
1979
The Supersonic jets tend to cause
(a) Destruction of ozone layer
(b) Sound pollution
(b) Haryana
(c) Nervous system breakdown
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Uttar Pradesh
A
B
Different notes are produced by a flute by
The average elevation of Tibetan Plateau
(a) Closing and opening the holes
above sea level is
(b) Closing the holes
(a) 2 km
(c) Closing the alternate holes
(b) 3 km
(d) Closing the last two holes
(c) 4 km
A
(d) 5 km
The bats can fly in the dark because
C
(a) They have a better vision in the dark
Which one of the following soil types of
(b) The light startles them
India is rendered infertile by the presence of
(c) They produce ultrasonics
excess iron ?
(a) Desert sand
C
(b) Alluvial
Which of the following metals is used in the
(c) Podzolic
electromagnets ?
(d) Lateritic
(a) Soft iron
D
(b) Stainless steel
The ideal climatic conditions for the
(c) Cobalt
cultivation of rice are
(d) Copper
(a) rainfall above 100 cm, temperature
A
above 25°C
A ball bounces higher at high altitudes than
(b) cool and moist climate for the entire crop
in plains. This is because
period
(a) The pressure on higher altitudes is lower
(c) rainfall below 100 cm, temperature
than that in plains
below 25°C
(b) Downward pull due to gravity is less at
(d) warm and dry climate during the entire
higher altitudes
crop period
(c) The rarefied air offers less resistance to
A
the ball
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(d) You become more energetic at hills, so Carbohydrates, proteins and vitamins which
greater the force applied, higher goes the are responsible for energy, growth and
ball. vitality are
C
An ordinary clock loses time in summer. 86
This is because
(a) The length of the pendulum increases
and time period increases
(b) The length of the pendulum increases
and time period decreases
(c) The length of the pendulum decreases
87
and time period increases
obtained respectively from
(d) The length of the pendulum decreases
(a) Cereals, milk and vegetables
and time period decreases
(b) Milk, pulses and cereals
A
(c) Milk, pulses and vegetables
BCG vaccination is to be given to a new
(d) Pulses, vegetables and cereals
born child
A
(a) Immediately after birth
Decomposition of organic matter is due to
(b) Within 48 hours
(a) Virus
(c) Within seven days
(b) Fungi
(d) Within six months
(c) Bacteria
A
(d) None of these
The growth of seedling plants after
C
transplantation will not always be proper
When a man circles round the earth in a
because
satellite, then
(a) New soil may not contain the required
(a) His mass becomes zero but weight
minerals
remains constant
(b) During transplantation root hairs get
(b) Mass remains constant but weight
damaged
becomes zero
(c) Roots cannot penetrate deep into the
(c) Both mass and weight remain constant
soil
(d) Both mass and weight remain zero
(d) Of all factors stated above
B
B
Gobar gas contains mainly
When light enters a closed room through a
(a) Carbon dioxide
small hole in the door, the image of an
(b) Methane
outside building
(c) Ethylene
appears as inverted on the opposite wall.
(d) Carbon monoxide
This is because
B
(a) The hole acts as a convex lens
The content of water is greater than fats, the
(b) Light takes curvature at the edges of the
plasma is more than proteins, proteins are
hole
more than fats
(c) Of rectilinear propagation of light
and fats less than plasma. Which
(d) The hole acts as a concave lens
constitutes the major Part of the human
C
body ?
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(a) Fats (a) Stop the car, get out of it and lie flat in
(b) Water the field
(c) Plasma (b) Stand below a tree
(d) Proteins (c) Go to a nearby wood pole and stick to it
B (d) Lie flat in the car
Dialysis is used for a patient suffering from A
(a) Kidney trouble If a large number of people are enclosed in
(b) Liver trouble a room, then
(c) Lung trouble (a) Oxygen decreases and carbon dioxide
(d) Bronchitis increases
A (b) Oxygen increases and carbon dioxide
Pulse reading is done by doctors to find out decrease
(a) Temperature (c) Both oxygen and carbon dioxide
(b) Heart beat decrease
(c) Blood pressure (d) Both oxygen and carbon dioxide
(d) Respiration rate increase
B A
After how many days rash appears on the It is not advisable to sleep under a tree at
body after the attack of Measles ? night because of the
(a) One day (a) Release of oxygen in lesser amount
(b) Four days (b) Release of oxygen in larger amount
(c) Six days (c) Release of carbon monoxide
(d) One week (d) Release of carbon dioxide
A D
The Vitamin responsible for anti-sterile Higher plants take up Nitrogen as
activity is (a) Nitrites only
(a) Vitamin A
(b) Vitamin B
(c) Vitamin C
(d) Vitamin D
C (b) Nitrates only
The water in an open pond remains cool (c) Nitrates and ammonia
even in hot summer because (d) Urea
(a) Of continuous evaporation of water B
(b) Water radiates heat more rapidly than Green plants in the sea are useful for the
the atmosphere respiration of fish because
(c) Water absorbs heat less rapidly than the (a) They give out oxygen
atmosphere (b) They give out carbon dioxide
(d) Water absorbs heat more rapidly than (c) The give out oxygen and carbon dioxide
the atmosphere simultaneously
A (d) They take oxygen and give out carbon
You are travelling in a car and a thunder dioxide
storm suddenly takes place. What will be A
your first step ? Stripes on the back of the animals are the
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indication of (c) Increase in Antibodies

(a) Mating habit (d) No change
(b) Food habit A
(c) Cave dwelling In India people suffer from Anaemia due to
(d) Matching of skin colour with lack of
surroundings (a) Iron
D (b) Iodine
Which of the following is a balanced (c) Calcium
fertiliser for plants ? (d) Potassium
(a) Urea A
(b) Ammonia sulphate Reserprine derived from the plant
(c) Nitrates ‘Serpentina’ is used to
(d) Compost (a) Alleviate pains
D (b) Alleviate high blood pressure
Which of the following is not immunised by (c) Alleviate low blood pressure
‘Triple Antigen’ ? (d) Cure rickets
(a) Typhoid B
(b) Whooping cough In India it is found recently that incidence of
(c) Tetanus Malaria is increasing because
(d) Diphtheria (a) The mosquitoes have become DDT
A resistant
Milk fever in cows occurs due to the lack of (b) Of poverty in villages
(a) Phosphates (c) Of poor sanitary conditions
(b) Calcium (d) On account of increase in population it
(c) Iron has become impossible to maintain
(d) iodine cleanliness everywhere
B A
After hatching by the hen, the young chicks Mouth and foot diseases in cattle are
come out of eggs within caused due to
(a) One week (a) Bacteria
(b) Two weeks (b) Virus
(c) Three weeks (c) Fungi
(d) Four weeks (d) Penicillium
C B
Which one of the following is a fast growing A body partially floats in wafer when
tree ? (a) The volume of the displaced liquid is
(a) Teak equal to the volume of the body
(b) Eucalyptus (b) The volume of the displaced liquid is
(c) Banyan greater than the volume of the body
(d) Coconut (c) The weight of the displaced water is
B equal to the weight of the body
Decrease in white blood cells results in (d) The weight of the displaced water is
(a) Decrease in Antibodies greater than the weight of the body
(b) Increase in Antigens C
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(b) Kill all bacteria

88 (c) Store it for long time without coagulation
(d) Kill the micro organisms and other
harmful bacteria
D
What is the most important factor for the
growth of pests in stored grains ?
Permanent hardness of water cannot be
(a) The moisture of grains
removed by
(b) The temperature of grains
(a) Boiling
(c) The moisture and temperature of grains
(b) Adding caustic soda
(c) Distillation
A
(d) Adding soda
Which of the following can be said as the
A
“Theory of Darwin”
In summer, man with excess perspiration
(a) Survival of the fittest and struggle for
feels weak, because of the
existence
(a) Loss of more water through evaporation
(b) Weak and strong always maintain a
(b) Loss of salts through evaporation
fixed proportion
(c) Loss of carbohydrates through
(c) Different species do not arise by genetic
evaporation
mutation
(d) All factors mentioned above
(d) None of these
A
A
The two branches of a plant give two
In high mountain regions bleeding through
different fruits : tomatoes and brinjals. This
nose occurs because
can be explained
(a) The pressure of the blood capillaries is
(a) By hybridisation
higher than the outside pressure
(b) By grafting one with the other
(b) The pressure at high altitudes is greater
(c) By nature’s freak
than that in the plains
(d) By (a) or (c) mentioned above
(c) The blood pressure increases at high
B
altitudes
The density of seawater is highest as
(d) The blood pressure decreases at high
(a) Depth increases and salinity increases
altitudes
(b) Depth decreases and salinity increases
A
(c) Depth increases and salinity decreases
One litre of cold air weighs heavier than the
(d) Depth decreases and salinity decreases
dry air (1 Lit) because of the
A
(a) Increased number of collisions between
The function of the liver is to
the molecules
(a) Promote digestion of food
(b) Increased number of molecules at low
(b) Promote respiration
temperature
(c) Store glucose as glycogen
(c) Greater energy of molecules at high
(d) None of these
temperature
C
(d) Lower energy of molecules at high
The temperature for pasteurisation of milk is
temperature
selected so as to
B
(a) Kill the micro-organisms
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The term ‘Test Tube Baby’ implies (c) Plane

(a) Fertilization of ovum takes place in the (d) Concavo-convex
test tube but it develops in uterus A
(b) Fertilization of ovum takes place in the The escape velocity from the earth’s surface
test tube and develops in the test tube itself is about
(c) Fertilization of the ovum takes place in (a) 30 km/sec
the uterus but develops in the test tube (b) 6 km/sec
(d) Fertilization takes place in uterus and (c) 11.2 km/sec
embryo develops in uterus (d) 300 km/sec
A C
The chief constituent of gobar gas is
1980 (a) Methane
Range of Television Broadcasting is (b) Carbon dioxide
confined to a limited (c) Acetylene
distance because (d) Ethylene
(a) Long waves are used A
(b) Short waves are absorbed by The radiant energy of the sun is due to
atmosphere (a) Nuclear fission
(c) Energy of the waves is dissipated (b) Nuclear fusion
(d) Earth is spherical in shape (c) Sinking of the sun
(d) Violent explosions
89 B
In microphone, transformation of energy
takes place from
(a) Sound into electrical energy
(b) Electrical into sound energy
D (c) Sound into mechanical energy
Another name of Vitamin C is (d) Mechanical into sound energy
(a) Folic acid A
(b) Ascorbic acid Fuel used in a nuclear reactor is
(c) Niacin (a) Uranium
(d) Acetic acid (b) Heavy water
B (c) Barium
Unit of distance used in navigation is (d) Cadmium
(a) Nautical mile A
(b) Kilometer The heater element in an electric iron is
(c) Light year made of
(d) Yard (a) Nichrome
A (b) Tungsten
What type of mirror is used by motorists to (c) Copper
see the road (d) Iron
behind them ? A
(a) Convex Dialysis is used for a patient suffering from
(b) Concave (a) Kidney trouble
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(b) Liver trouble (d) Scurvy

(c) Lung trouble A
(d) Heart trouble Isotopes of the same element differ in the
A number of
. Green colour of plants is due to the (a) Protons
presence of (b) Neutrons
(a) Chlorophyll (c) Electrons
(b) Sugar (d) Positrons
(c) Mitochondria B
(d) Xylem Stainless steel contains which of the
A following ?
Dry ice is (a) Aluminium and Zinc
(a) Solid carbon dioxide (b) Chromium and Carbon
(b) Ice dust (c) Zinc and Mercury
(c) Liquified nitrogen (d) Copper and Cadmium
(d) Liquified hydrogen B
A During processing and cooking which part
Neil Armstrong was the first person to reach of food is mostly
on the moon. destroyed ?
While walking on the moon (a) Proteins
(a) His mass remained the same but weight (b) Vitamins
increased (c) Carbohydrates
(b) His mass remained the same but weight (d) Fats
decreased B
(c) His mass as well as weight decreased When iron rusts, the weight
(d) His mass increased but weight remained (a) Increases
the same (b) Decreases
B (c) Remains the same
Distance of stars is measured in (d) First increases then decreases
(a) Light years A
(b) Kilometres per second What is mainly obtained from bauxite ?
(c) Kilometres only (a) Copper
(d) Nautical miles (b) Aluminium
(c) Iron
90 (d) Gold
B
Which one of the following is secreted by
Pancreas and
regulates the amount of sugar in the body
(a) Renin
A
(b) Creatin
The deficiency of Vitamin D causes
(c) Vitamin
(a) Rickets
(d) Insulin
(b) Night blindness
1981
(c) Pellagra
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Science and Tech (a) Fossil I is heavier than fossil II

Put the following mass communication media in (b) Fossil II is heavier than fossil I
the sequence in (c) Fossil I is older than fossil II
which they came to India ? eat the snakes. Some dogs are brought into the
1. Radio field ? What will be
2. Television its effect?
3. Films (a) Mice will decrease
4. Printing (b) Hawks will decrease
(a) 1, 3, 2, 4 (c) Snakes will increase
(b) 1, 4, 3, 2 (d) Mice and snakes will decrease
(c) 2, 4, 3, 1 D
(d) 4, 3, 1, 2 To an astronaut in the spacecraft, the sky colour
appears to
91 be
D (a) Blue
Which substance is commonly used in (b) White
refrigerators ? (c) Black
(a) Freon (d) Orange red
(b) Oxygen C
(c) Ammonia What are the primary colors ?
(d) Sulphur dioxide (a) Blue, green, yellow
A (b) Yellow, red, blue
Radar is used for (c) Red, blue, green
(a) Detecting objects by using light waves (d) Green, white, black
(b) Reflecting sound waves to detect objects C
(c) Determining the presence and location If water contracts on freezing, which of the
of objects with radio following would
waves happen ?
(d) Tracking rain bearing clouds (a) Icebergs will completely float on the surface
C of water
Municipal water in India is generally treated (b) Ice would become more dense
with (c) Lakes would freeze from top to bottom
(a) Chlorine (d) Rocks will crack due to freezing or internal
(b) Potassium permanganate water
(c) Sodium Chloride B
(d) Sodium Carbonate When the ice floating in a glass of water melts,
A the level of
water will
(a) Increase
(b) Decrease
(c) Remain constant
(d) First increase and then decrease
D
C
Which of the following statements is correct?
When a person moves from poles to the
Fossil I is Found in the upper layer than Fossil II
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equator, the divides into two

population of plants and animals will separate cells developing independently
(a) Increase (d) One sperm fertilises two ovums
(b) Decrease C
(c) Remain unchanged Conception generally takes place at the time of
(d) Not show any consistent behavior (a) Menses
A (b) Before menses
(c) Immediately after menses
92 (d) Two weeks after menses
There are mice in the field which act as prey to D
snakes. Hawks Why mothers feed the child with Vitamin A ?
(d) Fossil II is older than fossil I (a) To prevent rickets
(b) To prevent beri-beri
(c) To prevent night blindness
(d) To prevent polio
C
Growing children require comparatively more
.What is the function of a fuse wire ?
(a) Proteins
(a) To prevent an unduly high electric current
(b) Carbohydrates
from passing through
(c) Vitamins
a circuit
(d) All of these
(b) To increase the current supply
(c) To decrease the current supply
(d) To stabilise the voltage 93
A
Why is it advisable not to draw current for
many appliances
from a single point ?
(a) Current will decrease A
(b) Current will increase How the body temperature is maintained?
(c) Current and voltage both will increase (a) Due to temperature regulating mechanism
(c) Voltage will decrease whereas current will located in the base of
increase the brain
D (b) Due to excessive intake of water
Rickets is caused due to (c) Due to regular intake of foods
(a) Deficiency of Vitamin A (d) Due to the constant flow of blood in the
(b) Deficiency of Vitamin D capillaries
(c) Deficiency of Vitamin C A
(d) Low intake of proteins Why the countries are scared to import fruits ?
B (a) Because they become rotten easily and
Identical twins are born when spread diseases
(a) Two sperms fertilise one ovum (b) Because they are not easily adjustable to new
(b) Two sperms fertilise two ovums climate
simultaneously (c) Because insects carried through fruits are
(c) One sperm fertilises the ovum and zygote dangerous
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C
Which of the following statements is true?
(a) Both salinity and density of sea increase with
depth (d) Chemical reactions stop in the absence of
(b) Both salinity and density of sea decrease water
with depth A
(c) Salinity increases but density of sea What is done to raise the dough while making
decreases with depth bread?
(d) Salinity decreases but density of sea (a) Alcohol is added
increases with depth (b) Yeast is added
A (c) Carbon dioxide is passed
Which of the following is commonly resent in (d) Air is passed
the acids? (d) 2, 1, 3
(a) Oxygen B
(b) Hydrogen A person with which blood group will be a
(c) Sulphur universal donor?
(d) Nitrogen (a) A
B (b) B
In what sequence are the following obtained (c) O
from a natural (d) AB
gas well? C
1. Natural Gas Dysentery and Influenza are caused by
2. Water (a) Bacteria
3. Crude oil (b) Viruses
(a) 1, 3, 2 (c) Bacteria and Viruses respectively
(b) 1, 2, 3 (d) Viruses and Bacteria respectively
(c) 3, 2, 1 C
A Why does man weigh more at the poles than at
Heart patients should avoid faking excess of the equator?
(a) Proteins (a) Because there is no atmosphere at the poles
(b) Fats (b) Because gravitational pull is more at the
(c) Vitamins poles
(d) Carbohydrates (c) Because gravitational pull is less at the poles
B (d) None of the above
How dehydration helps in the preservation of B
food? Which organ is associated with the production
(a) Growth of micro-organism is checked of insulin in the
(b) Nutrients are concentrated human body?
(c) Surface of food stuffs becomes hard (a) Pancreas
(b) Liver
94 (c) Kidney
(d) Heart
A
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Mark the correct answer the volume of water

(a) Planets have an apparent motion and twinkle (c) Water will not freeze at 0°C
(b) Planets have no apparent motion but twinkle (d) None of the above
(c) Planets have an apparent motion but do not B
twinkle The deficiency of causes goiter
(d) Planets have no apparent motion and do not (a) Sulphur
twinkle (b) Iodine
C (c) Calcium
Why camphor disappears when kept on a plate? (d) Vitamin A
(a) It sublimes B
(b) It reacts with the metal of the container Why is it easier to cook in a pressure cooker ?
(c) It reacts with the gases of the air (a) High pressure creates turbulence
(d) None of the above (b) More steam is formed inside the cooker
A (c) Boiling point of water is raised
(d) Boiling point of water is lowered
95 C
When the rice is boiled, it expands because
(a) The starch gelatinises and swells
(b) The starch gets polymerised
(c) The grains absorb moisture and swell
(d) Sugars break down in the grains
The sex of the offspring is determined, when
C
(a) The conception takes place
1982
(b) The sperm fertilises the ovum
Flood hit areas are to be immediately given
(c) The embryo is partially developed
medical cover.
(d) The end of gestation period is near
Which of the following is the most appropriate
A
step?
Colour blindness is
(a) BCG injection
(a) More common among women
(b) Inoculation against Cholera
(b) Very rare in women
(c) Smallpox vaccination
(c) Very rare in men
(d) None of these
(d) Found to the same extent in both the sexes
B
What happens when alcohol is taken in excess? 96
(a) It destroys the liver
(b) It produces inflammation of the stomach
(c) It causes the heart to become weak
D B
What happens when the temperature of water To an astronaut in the spacecraft, the sky
falls from 30°C appears to be
and 0°C ? (a) Blue
(a) The volume of ice formed will be less than (b) White
volume of water (c) Dark
(b) The volume of ice formed will be more than (d) Red
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C (b) Shutter
The rich source of iron is (c) Film
(a) Eggs (d) None of these
(b) Green vegetables
(c) Pulses 97
(d) Milk D
B
Which among the following acts as a resistance
against
disease in the body ?
(a) Vitamins
C
(b) Carbohydrates
Milk of the animals fed on grass contains large
(c) Red Corpuscles
amounts of fat
(d) White Corpuscles
in
d
(a) Summer
A fan makes a hot noon to feel cool by
(b) Winter
(a) Blowing out hot air
(c) Spring
(b) Increasing the rate of evaporation
(d) Autumn
(c) Letting in cool air
A
(d) Regulating the air flow
The process by which metal surface is coated
b
with thin layer of
When a ship enters a sea from a river, its
zinc is called
portion under water
(a) Vulcanising
will
(b) Galvanising
(a) Increase
(c) Electroplating
(b) Decrease
(d) None of these
(c) Show no change
B
(d) Increase and decrease alternately
Kilowatt is the unit of
B
(a) Voltage
A universal donor has the blood group
(b) Power
belonging to
(c) Resistance
(a) A
(d) Current
(b) B
B
(c) O
Honey bees are called social insects because
(d) AB
(a) They visit all flowers to collect nectar
C
(b) They live among men
The substance generally used in the tip of safety
(c) They depend for their food upon other
match stick is
insects
(a) Red phosphorus
(d) They move socially with other insects
(b) Sodium
A
(c) Yellow phosphorus
The sun derives its energy from
(d) Antimony trisulphide
(a) Nuclear fission reactions
Retina in the eyes acts as a ____ in the camera
(b) Nuclear fusion reactions
(a) Lens
(c) Oxidation of helium
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(d) Fission of noble metals The purest form of water is obtained from
B (a) A deep tube well
Metals used in voltaic cell are (b) A running stream
(a) Zinc and lead c) Hot water spring
(b) Carbon and zinc (d) Heavy rains
(c) Zinc and copper D
(d) Carbon and nickel Chlorophyll is a/an
C (a) Halogen acid
Vitamins do not act as a/an (b) A green pigment found in the plants
(a) Source of energy (c) A chloro-organic compound
(b) Stimulant in the growth of the body (d) Element
(c) Agent in regulating the chemical processes in B
the body Health hazard floods are responsible for the
metabolism spread of
(d) All of the above (a) Cholera
A (b) Malaria
Which of the following is useful in the (c) Influenza
chemistry of photography (d) Diarrhoea
(a) Silver bromide A
(b) Aluminium hydroxide Gasohol is mixture of gasoline and
(a) Ethyl alcohol
98 (b) Methyl alcohol
(c) Kerosene
(d) Butyl alcohol
A
Ozone present in the ozone layer of the
atmosphere is
(c) Sodium chloride
important because
(d) Potassium nitrate
(a) It gives oxygen on dissociation
A
(b) It shields other gases
Q73. Which of the following enters human body
(c) It helps in the growth of the plants by
through skin
absorbing a large
(a) Tape worm
proportion of the sun’s ultraviolet radiations
(b) Hook worm
(d) None of these
(c) Ring worm
C
(d) Thread worm
Hydroponics means
C
(a) Cultivation of plants without the use of soil
The dress made out of which of the following is
safe to wear
while cooking ? 99
(a) Nylon
(b) Terylene
(c) Silk
(d) Cotton
D (b) Detection of sound in water
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(c) Animals living in water (a) Vitamins

(d) A Japanese way of flowering (b) Fats
A (c) Proteins
During cardiac failure, which of the following is (d) Carbohydrates
advised as a D
first aid? The easiest way of finding out the nutritional
(a) Mouth to mouth resuscitation status for large
(b) Giving external cardiac massage number of children in a short time is by
(c) Giving cool water to drink (a) Studying their behavior
(d) Giving complete body massage (b) Studying their hair, face and eyes
A
Pearls are formed inside 100
(a) Squids
(b) Snails
(c) Oysters
(d) Mollusks
C
(c) Measuring their height and weight
Diamond and Emerald contain
(a) Carbon and silicon
C
(b) Carbon and zinc
To keep the seeds in good condition, we should
(c) Silicon, aluminium and beryllium
keep it in a
(d) Carbon and calcium
place which is
A
(a) Warm and dry
Hygrometer is used to measure
(b) Warm and wet
(a) Density of a liquid
(c) Cool and dry
(b) Relative humidity of atmosphere
(d) Cool and wet
(c) Absorption power of plants
C
(d) Temperature of air
The chief constituent of gobar gas is
B
(a) Hydrogen
After sowing seeds, the fertilizers used are
(b) Nitrogen
(a) Phosphates
(c) Ethane
(b) Nitrates
(d) Methane
(c) Green manures
D
(d) All of these
1983
D
A radio station is to be set up in a remote village
Dehydration in the human body results due to
without any
loss of
electrical power. The following options are
(a) Salts
available :
(b) Water
A. Laying of transmission lines from power
(c) Vitamins
station to the village
(d) Hormones
B. Installing diesel generators
B
C. Using rechargeable batteries
Ready source of energy is available for athletes
D. Using solar panel/stills
in
Of these the last method is an example of
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(a) Appropriate technology (c) Cryolite

(b) Ultimate technology (d) Monazite
(c) Redundant technology A
(d) Obsolete technology In typhoid which of the following drugs is
b administered ?
Turmeric is obtained from which part of the (a) Chloromycetin
plant ? (b) Penicillin
(a) Fruit (c) Sulphonamide
(b) Stem (d) Tetracycline
(c) Root A
(d) Flower Amoebiasis, malaria and typhoid are diseases
C due to amoeba,
Q57. The process of light exposure in a 24-hour malarial parasites and typhoid bacillus which are
cycle that controls collectively called
the growth and development of certain plants (a) Anthropods
and animals is called (b) Protozoa
(a) Photosynthesis (c) Mollusca
(b) Photoionisation (d) Pisces
(c) Photoperiodism B
(d) Photoluminescence Hypochondria is a
c (a) Disease of eyes
“Mach Number” is a term associated with the (b) Disease of sexual organs
speed of (c) Disease of low blood pressure
(a) Ships (d) State of morbid anxiety about one’s own
(b) Cars health, with complaint of
(c) Aeroplanes imaginary disorders
(d) Light D
Radio carbon dating process is used to know the
101 age of
(a) Fossils
(b) Plants
(c) Rocks
(d) All of these
A
c
Aspirin is a
The internal antenna of a transistor set is made
(a) Pain reliever
of
(b) Sedative
(a) Iron
(c) Cortisone
(b) Ferro-chrome
(d) Soporific
(c) Copper
A
(d) Alnico
Arrange the following fertilizers according to
B
the decreasing
The common ore of aluminium is
order of their nitrogen content
(a) Bauxite
(b) Chromite
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102 (d) The pupil of the eye dilates

D
The messages received by and transmitted from
the brain to
the various parts of the body take the form of
(a) Nervous impulses
I. Ammonium sulphate
(b) Chemical impulses
II. Ammonium nitrate
(c) Mechanical impulses
III. Potassium nitrate
(d) Automatic impulses
IV. Urea
A
(a) IV, II, III, I
Gerontology is the study of
(b) IV, II, I,’ III
(a) Process of ageing
(c) IV, III, II, I
(b) Growth of cells
(d) II, IV, III, I
(c) Birds
B
(d) Vegetables
What is the difference between an explosion
A
and combustion ?
Helium is used for respiration in deep water
(a) In the former nuclear reaction takes place
instead of nitrogen
while in the latter case
burning takes place
(b) In the former chemical energy is transformed 103
into nuclear energy
while in the latter case the chemical energy is
transformed into heat
energy
(c) In the former it is violent and rapid reaction because
with release of much (a) It is heavier than nitrogen
heat energy while in the latter case it is generally (b) It is lighter than nitrogen
slow reaction with (c) It mixes less In blood than nitrogen
release of less heat energy (d) It helps oxygen burn more quickly
(d) None of the above C
C In a fluorescent tube which of the following
Foot and mouth disease is prevalent among components are
(a) Cattle only found ?
(b) Cattle and pigs only (a) Mercury vapour
(c) Sheep and cattle only (b) Argon and carbon dioxide
(d) Cattle, goats, sheep and other hoofed animals (c) Helium and oxygen
D (d) Argon and neon
When one enters a dark room, he is not able to A
see anything For artificial insemination the semen of a bull
but after some time his vision improves. This is should be stored
because in
(a) The retina of the eye comes forward (a) Cold water
(b) The retina of the eye moves backward (b) Ice
(c) The pupil of the eye contracts (c) Liquid nitrogen
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(d) Liquid oxygen (c) Adipose tissue

C (d) Epithelial tissue
Which one is a high yielding variety of rice ? C
(a) 1R-8 Arrange the following in the decreasing order of
(b) 1R-21 their carbon
(c) K-64 content
(d) M-986 I. Cast iron
A II. Wrought iron
In a remote Indian village with a scarcity of III. Steel
fuel, the people (a) I, II, III
draw water from a well. They should be advised (b) II, I, III
before drinking that (c) III, II, I
water to (d) I, III, II
(a) Boil it D
(b) Use ion exchange resins Assertion :
(c) Use solar stills for distilling Galvanised iron pipes do not rust easily.
D Reason :
(d) Use potassium permanganate for purifying Zinc has a higher rate of oxidation than iron.
the water (a) If both A and R are true but R is not the
Hormones which are necessary for the reason for A
development of the (b) If both A and R are true but R is the reason
human body are secreted by for A
(a) Thyroid gland (c) If neither A nor R is correct
(b) Pituitary gland (d) If A is correct but R is wrong
(c) Parathyroid gland D
(d) Exocrine gland 1984
B Which of the following is not an alloy?
The ductless and secretory glands in the human (a) Bronze
body are (b) Brass
known as (c) Steel
(a) Endocrine glands (d) Zinc
(b) Exocrine glands D
(c) Salivary glands Chlorine is
(d) None of the above (a) A rare earth element
A (b) A halogen
Fat is stored in the human body in (c) A noble gas
(d) Coinage metal
104 B
The first geostationary satellite launched by
India is
(a) Aryabhata
(b) Bhaskara
(c) APPLE
(a) Muscular tissue
(d) INSAT 1-B
(b) Connective tissue
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C atmosphere
Q17 Solution of washing soda in water is (b) Evaporation of water from the body
(a) Acidic (c) Deposition of salt on the body
(b) Basic (d) None of these
(c) Neutral B
Which of the following is an insecticide ?
105 (a) TNT
(b) DDT
(c) Salicylic acid
(d) Ammonium phosphate
B
Which of the following diseases is spread
(d) Sour
through cows milk?
B
(a) Diphtheria
Which of the following discoveries is/are
(b) Typhoid
associated with
(c) Measles
Einstein ?
(d) None of these
(i) Theory of relativity
D
(ii) Quantum theory
Mica is abundantly used in which of the
(iii) Radio activity
following industries ?
(iv) Rocket propulsion
(a) Cement
(a) (i) & (ii)
(b) Electrical
(b) (i), (ii) & (iii)
(c) Plastic
(c) (i), (ii) & (iv)
(d) (i) only
B 106
Select the famous agricultural scientist who was
awarded
Nobel Prize for Peace ?
(a) Norman E. Borlaug
(b) M. S. Swaminathan (d) Fire resistance bricks
(c) N. S. Subba Rao B
(d) None of these Arrange the following in descending order of
A their life spans :
Chips used in integrated circuits in computers A. Elephant
are made of B. Horse
(a) Mica C. Tiger
(b) Manganese D. Wolf
(c) Silicon (a) A, B, C, D
(d) Zinc (b) A, C, B, D
C (c) C, A, B, D
Why do you feel chill after having a dip in sea (d) D, A, B, C
water ? B
(a) The difference in temperature between sea The surface of the water in a lake is frozen and
water and the its temperature
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is -15°C. The maximum possible temperature of

the water inside the
lake in contact with the ice layer will be
(a) 0°C
(b) 4°C (b) Chromosomes of mother
(c) 15°C (c) Rh factor of parents
(d) Insufficient data to predict (d) None of these
One of your friends is in hospital and you want A
to see him. You The most appropriate source of energy for
are safest if he is suffering from cooking and lighting
(a) Mumps purposes in rural India is
(b) TB (a) Bio-gas
(c) Small pox (b) Solar energy
(d) Typhoid (c) Nuclear energy
D (d) Tidal energy
A stone is tied to a rope and attached to a A
wooden bar which The tape of the tape-recorder is coated with
rotates at constant angular velocity. Suddenly (a) Cooper sulphate
the bar is stopped. (b) Mica
The stone gets encircled around the bar. What (c) Ferromagnetic powder
happens to the (d) Zinc oxide
angular velocity of the stone. C
(a) Increases Taj Mahal is reported to be in danger because of
(b) Decreases (a) Water pollution in Jamuna
(c) Remains the same (b) Stealing of marble bricks
(d) First increases and then decreases (c) Decay of marble due to its age factor
A (d) Air pollution due to nearby industries
Jaundice is caused due to the malfunctioning of D
(a) Kidney Silent Valley Project has been abandoned for
(b) Liver (a) Political reasons
(c) Pancreas (b) Ecological reasons
(d) Stomach (c) Non-cooperation of Kerala Government
B (d) Millions of people who would become
Which is not a parasite ? homeless
(a) Tick B
(b) Housefly Cover of a solar cooker is made of glass. Why?
(c) Bed bug (a) It absorbs sun rays
(d) Louse (b) It reflects sun rays
B (c) Sun heat is transmitted through glass without
Sex of a child is determined by the much absorption
(a) Chromosomes of father (d) None of these
C
107 Which of the following groups represents the
correct order of
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four types of teeth in human beings ? (c) Fungi and virus

(a) Incisors, premolars, molars, canines (d) Virus and bacteria
(b) Incisors, canines, premolars, molars A
(c) Molars, canines, incisors, premolars What is the common feature in insects like ant
(d) Canines, incisors, molars, premolars and cockroach
B ?
Which pair is correct? (a) They bite and chew their food
(a) Sea horse, Sea cucumber, Sea urchin (b) They live in temperate climate conditions
(b) Star fish, Cuttle fish, Dog (c) They have cutting and sucking type of mouth
(c) House fly, Dragon fly, Butterfly parts
(d) Earthworm, Ringworm, Tapeworm (d) They are social insects
CW B
hen a brick is dropped in water, bubbles are Which of the following is a perception without
seen to rise. stimuli ?
(a) Hallucination
108 (b) Illusion
(c) Claustrophobia
(d) None of these
A
Sir J. C. Bose was a great scientist because he
showed the
This is due to
(a) Sensitivity in plants
(a) Air in the pores of the brick
(b) Pigments in plants
(b) Air in water
(c) Growth in plants
(c) Water displaced by the brick
(d) Relations between plants and animals
(d) None of these
A
A
A person sitting in a bus experiences a jerk,
Triple Antigen does not immunise against
when the bus
(a) Diphtheria
stops all of a sudden. This is due to
(b) Tetanus
(a) Law of inertia
(c) Typhoid
(d) Whooping cough
C 109
Which comet appears after 76 years and likely to
appear in
1986?
(a) Halley’s comet
(b) Biela’s comet (b) Newton’s third law of motion
(c) Turtle’s comet (c) Einstein’s law of relativity
(d) None of these (d) None of these
A A
Lichens is an association of two types of Write the correct order of occurrence of the
organisms. They are following activities
(a) Algae and fungi while completing the construction of a house
(b) Algae and virus 1. Plastering
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2. White-washing D. Amino acids 4. End product of protein

3. Electrification hydrolysis
4. Furnishing ABCD
(a) 1-3-2-4 (a) 3 1 2 4
(b) 3-1-2-4 (b) 1 2 3 4
(c) 3-2-1-4 (c) 2 1 3 4
(d) (d) 2 3 1 4
B A
1985 ‘Ranikhet’ is a disease found in
1985 (a) Poultry
The genetic code can be translated through an (b) Cows
intermediate, (c) Sheep
adaptor molecule by (d) Dog
(a) tRNA A
(b) mRNA . Which of the following statements about
(c) ATP “Dinosaurs” is/are
(d) ADP correct ?
B (a) The early man was a contemporary of
Mesons are found in Dinosaurs
(a) X-rays (b) Man appeared first after the Dinosaurs
(b) Cosmic rays became extinct
(c) frays (c) The Dinosaurs became extinct about six
(d) None of the above million years before the
B appearance of the first man on the earth
. Bile is secreted by (d) The Dinosaurs became extinct about 200
(a) Liver million years before the
(b) Gall bladder first man appeared on the earth
(c) Kidney Q62. Study the frequency of the following
(d) Pancreas electromagnetic radiations
A and select the correct relationship (‘>’ implies
Match the following : greater than):
A. I. : Infra-red
Carbohydrate II. : Microwave
1. It constitutes oil, ghee, butter and oil seed III. : Ultra-violet
B. Fat 2. Animal and vegetable tissues (a) I > II > III
C. Protein 3. Excellent source of energy, (b) III > I > II
constitutes starch, (c) III > II > I
sugar, etc. (d) II > III > I
Q63. Given :
110 Humidity— H
High—A
Wind Velocity—W
Low—B
Temperature—T
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The desert cooler is an appropriate cooling (c) Special needles are inserted into particular
device for regions where parts of the body for
(a) H—A, W—A, T—B the relief
(b) H—B, W—B, T—A (d) Electric shocks are applied for the relief of
(c) H—A, W—B, T—B pain
(d) H—A, W—A, T—A C
What is the tissue culture ? . Sex chromosomes transmit which of the
(a) Preparation of fragments of the cells of following diseases ?
organism for biochemical (a) Myopia
examination (b) Colour blindness
(c) Longsightedness
111 (d) Night blindness
B
Which of the following parks/ sanctuaries is/are
correctly
matched with their location :
I : Ghana—Assam
(b) Japanese culture
II : Gir—Rajasthan
(c) Name given to a special type of surgery
III : Manas—Assam
IV : Corbett—M.P.
A
V : Periyar—Kerala
(a) 34—40 years
VI : Dudwa—U.P.
(b) 12—15 years
(a) I only
(c) 17—30 years
(b) All
(d) 40—45 years
(c) V and VI
C
(d) III, V and VI
Black hole is
(a) A magnetic dark cavity
(b) Name of a star 112
(c) A hole in the moon
(d) A dying star
D
Genetic code is made up by the four-letter
alphabet forming Ball-bearings are used to reduce the friction by
the pairs (a) Reducing the area of contact with the use of
(a) A—C, C—A, T—G, G—T metallic balls
(b) A—G, G—A, C—A, T—C (b) Increasing the area of contact with the use of
(c) T—G, G—T, A—C, C—A metallic balls
(d) A—T, T—A, C—G, G—C (c) Applying lubricants to the balls used
D (d) None of the above
‘Acupuncture’ is a medical system of treatment A
prominently Microphone is a device in which the
used in China in which (a) Sound waves are converted into electrical
(a) Herbs are used for the pain relief energy and then
(b) Drugs are used for the pain relief reconverted into sound after transmission
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(b) Sound waves are directly transmitted

(c) Electrical energy is converted into sound
waves directly
(d) Amplification is not required at all
A (B) Match (2) Sodium chloride
Which of the following is a weed killer ? (C) Fertiliser (3) Sodium silicate
(a) Insecticide (D) Salt (4) Potassium sulphate
(b) Methyl salicylate ABCD
(c) Heribicide (a) 3 4 2 1
(d) None of these (b) 3 1 4 2
C (c) 2 3 1 4
Ice cubes are floating in a glass of water. When (d) 4 3 2 1
the ice cubes B
melt, the water level in the glass Those who give birth to young-ones are called
(a) Will first increase and then start decreasing viviparous.
(b) Will first decrease and then start increasing Some fishes lay eggs. Therefore,
(c) Will remain unchanged (a) Some fishes do not lay eggs
(d) Will increase (b) Some frogs are fishes
C (c) Some frogs do not lay eggs
Ursa Minor is (d) Some fishes are viviparous
(a) The name of an island A
(b) The name of a satellite . Radio waves travel with a speed of
(c) A group of stars that form the Little Dipper (a) 3 x 106 m/sec
in the most northern (b) 3 x 107 m/sec
constellation (c) 3 x 108 m/sec
(d) The name of a disease in U.S.A. (d) 3 x 109 m/sec
C C
Which of the following is correct for tea ? If the distance that a radio wave can travel in
(a) Alkaline and nicotine the time of one
(b) Alkaline and caffeine complete cycle is 10 metres, then the frequency
(c) Acidic and nicotine of the radio wave in
(d) Acidic and caffeine cycles per second is
B (a) 3 x 108 m/sec
Which of the following pairs is not correct ? (b) 3 x 106 m/sec
(a) Seismograph- Earthquakes (c) 3 x 109 m/sec
(b) Anemometer - Speed of the wind (d) 3 x 107 m/sec
(c) Hygrometer - Water vapour content of the D
atmosphere Match the columns :
(d) Lactometer - Specific gravity of liquids (A) Bauxite (1) Copper
D (B) Monazite (2) Uranium
Match the columns : (C) Malachite (3) Thorium
(A) Glass (1) Phosphorus (D) Pitchblende (4) Aluminium
ABCD
113 (a) 3 4 2 1
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(b) 3 1 2 4 (b) if A and R both are correct but R is not the

(c) 4 3 1 2 correct explanation of
(d) 4 3 2 1 A
C (c) if A is incorrect but R is correct
Snake bite first affects the (d) if A is correct but R is incorrect
(a) Nervous system A
(b) Blood circulation 1986
(c) Brain Lineage is
(d) Lungs (a) A straight line joining any two points on the
B globe
The centre of gravity of the floating ship (b) The line of descendants of a particular
(a) Lies above the metacentre. ancestor
(b) Lies below the metacentre. (c) The Paleolithic age
(d) The linking of genes
114 B
Match the columns :
(A) Vitamin A 1. Beriberi
(B) Vitamin B 2. Rickets
(C) Vitamin C 3. Scurvy
(D) Vitamin D 4. Sterility
(c) Coincides with the metacentre.
(E) Vitamin E 5. Night Blindness
ABCDE
B
(a) 5 4 3 2 1
Assertion (A) :
(b) 5 1 3 2 4
Hiuen Tsang came to India during Harsha’s rule.
(c) 1 2 3 4 5
Reason (R) :
(d) 3 2 1 5 4
His main objective was to visit the Buddhist
B
shrines.
Which of the following statements about ozone
layer is correct
?
(b) if A and R both are correct but R is not the
(a) It converts UV radiations into electrical
energy
A
(c) if A is incorrect but R is correct
(d) if A is correct but R is incorrect 115
A
Assertion (A) :
Photosynthesis and vision are the phenomenon
of visible light.
Reason (R) : (b) It protects the earth’s life forms by
The visible light is absorbed by small particles preventing the damaging UV
containing radiations from reaching earth’s surface
chlorophylls as well as the retina of the eye. (c) It is of uniform thickness
(a) if A and R both are correct and R is the (d) None of the above
correct explanation of A B
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A person walking barefooted in a field feels a (c) Conduction

sharp sting and (d) Inversion
on examination two puncture marks are found A
on his leg. He is most
probably bitten by 116
(a) Poisonous snake
(b) Non-poisonous snake
(c) Scorpion
(d) Rat
A
Triple antigen vaccine is given to the children to
A new biofertiliser is
protect them
(a) Compost
against
(b) Farmyard manure
(a) Polio
(c) Green blue algae
(b) Whooping cough
(d) Nitrates
(c) Contagious diseases
C
High tides at antipodes are caused due to
B
(a) Gravitational pull of the moon and the sun
AIDS is
(b) Gravitational pull of the sun
(1) Caused by virus
(c) Centrifugal, centripetal and gravitational pull
(2) Carried by body fluid, blood and serum
of the sun
(3) Found mostly in males
(d) Centrifugal, centripetal and gravitational pull
(4) Found mostly in homosexuals
of the sun and the
(a) 1 and 4 are correct
moon
(b) 1,2 and 4 are correct
A
(c) 2 and 3 are correct
Influence of genes in controlling the activity of
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 are correct
living organisms
B
is through
Which of the following elements exists in
(a) Photosynthesis
maximum quantity in
(b) Protein synthesis
atmosphere ?
(c) Vitamins
(a) Oxygen
(d) Hormones
(b) Hydrogen
B
(c) Carbon
Interleukin, recently discovered, is a cure for
(d) Nitrogen
(a) Arthritis
D
(b) Diabetes
Q88. A small wooden block is floating in a tub
(c) Cancer
of water. The water is
(d) Influenza
gradually heated. The volume of the wooden
C
block visible above the
Atmospheric temperature increases at the higher
water level
altitudes due
(a) Increases
to
(b) Decreases
(a) Convection
(c) Fluctuates
(b) Radiation
(d) Remains the same
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B (b) Transformer
If a toy boat in a tank sinks, the level of water (c) Inverter
will (d) Rectifier
(a) Increase B
(b) Decrease In the given figure, if P is a point of the source
(c) Fluctuate of light, R is
(d) Remain the same retina and L is the lens of the eye, the person
A having such condition
Black hole of his eyes is suffering from
(a) Does not emit any radiations (a) Cataract
(b) Converts UV/radiations to infra-rec1 (b) Myopia
radiations (c) Hypermetropic
(c) Absorbs all the radiations that fall on it (d) Night Blindness
(d) Is an imaginary concept in Physics C
C Which of the following pairs is incorrect ?
Which of the following is the correct sequence (a) Kiwi — Bird
in order of (b) Alligator — Crocodile
increasing power consumption ? (c) Bat — Mammal
(a) Television, Fan, Electric Kettle, Electric Iron (d) Fish — Pisces
(b) Television, Fan, Electric Iron, Electric Kettle B
Which of the following statements is incorrect ?
117 (a) Entropy is a quantity introduced to give clear
expression to the
results of thermodynamics
(b) Change in entropy is defined as the ratio of
the amount of heat
taken up to the absolute temperature
(c) Fan, Television, Electric Kettle, Electric Iron
(c) Change in entropy is directly proportional to
(d) Fan, Television, Electric Iron, Electric Kettle
the amount of heat
C
taken up
Soybeans are rich in
(d) The entropy of a system is a measure of its
(a) Proteins
degree of disorder
(b) Vitamin A
C
(c) Minerals
Which of the following pairs is/are correct ?
(d) Carbohydrates
(A) Main root — Storage
A
(B) Lateral root — Absorption
The final product of photosynthesis is
(C) Root hair — Conduction
(a) Carbohydrates
(b) Carbon dioxide
(c) Oxygen 118
(d) Water
A
To increase the voltage of alternative current, we
can use
(a) Capacitor (a) Only A
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(b) A and C following statement ?

(c) All are correct A well balanced nutritious diet is essential for
(d) None of the above good athletes. This
A means
Assertion: (a) Bad athletes are having under-nutritious food
Alkalies are used for washing utensils. (b) Well-balanced diet produces good athletes
Reason: (c) Athletes should take nutritious food
Alkalies are readily soluble in water. (d) None of the above
(a) if A and R both are correct and R is the c
correct explanation of A Which of the following is the organic matter of
(b) if A and R both are correct but R is not the animal and
A 119
(c) if A is correct and R is incorrect
(d) if A is incorrect and R is correct
a
Assertion:
Solar eclipse occurs on a new moon day.
vegetable origin in the soil ?
Reason:
(a) Humus
Moon is in conjunction with the sun.
(b) Vermiculite
(c) Fulminic Acid
a
In India, the problem of utilisation of
A
agriculture wastes is in
(a) Conversion of starch into alcohol
(b) Conversion of sugar into carbohydrates
A
(c) Conversion of bran into molasses
Assertion:
(d) Conversion of cellulose into sugar
Carbon dioxide in air is necessary for sustaining
d
life.
1987
Reason:
Match the columns :
Carbon dioxide is assimilated in carbohydrates
(A) Otitis (i) Throat
in photosynthesis
(B) Encephalitis (ii) Ear
(C) Laryngitis (iii) Liver
(D) Hepatitis (iv) Brain
(v) Kidney
(a) A-(i) B-(ii) C-(iii) D-(iv)
A
(b) A-(iv) B-(iii) C-(i) D-(ii)
(c) A-(ii) B-(iv) C-(i) D-(iii)
(d) A-(iii) B-(iv) C-(i) D-(ii)
b
c
Which of the following inferences can be drawn
. Which of the following is/are found in plant
from the
cells but not in
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those of animals? young ones at a

(a) Plastid & Cellular wall time?
(b) Chromosome (a) 2-4
(c) Mitochondria & Golgi apparatus (b) 4-6
(d) Cell wall & lysozyme (c) 6-8
a (d) 8-10
Which of the following diseases is hereditary ? Blood grouping was discovered by
(a) Haemophilia (a) Landsteiner
(b) Tuberculosis (b) Robert Koch
(c) Cancer (c) William Harvey
(d) Dysentery (d) Louis Pasteur
Q13. Ultrafiltering units of kidney are known as A
(a) Nephron Main constituents of Biogas are
(b) Glomerulus (a) Methane and Carbon dioxide
(c) Vena Cava (b) Ethylene and Carbon dioxide
(d) Tubule (c) Butane and Carbon monoxide
a (d) Methane and Carbon monoxide
The human body is immune to which of the A
following diseases Urea is prepared by the chemical reaction of
? (a) Ammonia and Carbon dioxide
(a) Smallpox (b) Ammonium sulphate and calcium chloride
(b) Diabetes (c) Acetamide and ethyl alcohol
(c) Tuberculosis (d) Chlorine and water
(d) jaundice A
A A good source of Vitamin A is
(a) Carrot
120 (b) Potato
(c) Rice
(d) Tomato
A
Which of the following is not a seed-borne
disease ?
Temperature in human beings is controlled by
(a) Brown leaf spot of rice
(a) Pituitary gland
(b) Black arm of cotton
(b) Thyroid gland
(c) Red rot of sugarcane
(c) Hypothalamus gland
(d) Potato mosaic
(d) Adrenal gland
D
a
Which of the following fertilizers leaves acidic
‘Blight’ the disease of potato can be cured by
residue ?
(a) Diathane
(a) Ammonium phosphate
(b) Bordeaux mixture
(b) Ammonium sulphate
(c) Dionine T-4
(d) Agrimycin and Ceresan
B 121
India’s indigenous pigs generally give birth to
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b
Which of the following was the first to escape
out of solar
system ?
(c) Urea (a) Pioneer 10
(d) Sulphate of potash (b) Voyager I
d (c) Voyager II
Foetus development in women’s womb can be (d) Soyuz
ascertained by a
(a) CAT scanning Acceleration due to gravity on moon is 0.166
(b) Ultrasound times than that
(c) PTT scanning on the earth. A man weighing 60 kg on earth
(d) Co-27 experiment would weigh _______
b kg on moon.
The fuel used in Fast Breeder Test Reactor at (a) 16.6 kg
Kalpakkam is (b) 30 kg
(a) Enriched Uranium (c) 60 kg
(b) Thorium
(c) Plutonium 122
b
Which of the following groups of instruments is
required to
have communication line between two television (d) 10 kg
relay centres ? d
(a) Microwave link, telephone, booster relay, Resistance of a 100 watt bulb is R1 and that of a
satellite 60 watt bulb
(b) Radio telescope, microwave link, booster is R2. Which of the following is correct ?
relay, telephone (a) R1/R2 > 1
(c) Microwave link, booster relay, satellite (b) R1/R2 < 1
(d) None of the above (c) R1/R2 = 1
c (d) Data is inadequate
Ozone layer of atmosphere absorbs b
(a) Ultraviolet rays Plants take nitrogen in the form of
(b) Infrared rays (a) Nitrites
(c) All radiations of light (b) Ammonia
(d) Cosmic rays (c) Nitrates
a (d) Element
Which of the following is a conventional source c
of energy ? A man coming down on a lift leaves a ball from
(a) Geothermal his hand. The
(b) Hydropower ball will
(c) Solar (a) Go up
(d) Wind (b) Fall down
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(c) Remain stationary with respect to man Radioactive element which has been found to
(d) Oscillate up and down have large
B reserves in India is
The stars receive their energy from which of the (a) Thorium
following ? (b) Uranium
(a) Chemical reaction (c) Radium
(b) Nuclear Fusion (d) Plutonium
(c) Nuclear Fission A
(d) Gravitational pull Distribution of electric power from one place to
B another is done
Reading of the barometer going down is an at high A.C. voltage because
indication of (a) Wastage of electricity is minimised
(a) Storm (b) Stealing of electric wires is prevented
(b) Rainfall (c) Electricity spreads in very short time
(c) Snow (d) It adds brightness.
(d) Intense heat A
B To a person on the moon, the sky appears
Which of the following is used in diesel engine (a) White
? (b) Black
(1) Cylinder (c) Blue
(2) Spark Plug (d) Orange
(3) Piston B
(a) 1, 2 and 3 Chemical composition of pearl is
(b) 1 and 2 (a) Calcium carbonate
(c) 2 and 3 (b) Calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate
(d) 1 and 3 (c) Calcium sulphate
D (d) Calcium chloride
A biogas plant works to its maximum capacity A
when The chemical name for urea is
(a) Conditions are aerobic and temperature (a) Aneurin
40°C. (b) Chloroethene
(b) Conditions are unerobic and temperature (c) Carbamide
40°C. (d) None of these
(c) Conditions are aerobic and sewage is C
supplied. The cure for which of the following diseases
exists ?
123 (a) Blood cancer
(b) Hepatitis-B
(c) Breast Cancer
(d) Lung Cancer
b
ELISA test is prescribed for
(d) Conditions are unaerobic and sewage is
(a) AIDS
supplied.
(b) Typhoid
B
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(c) Polio List 1 List 2

(d) Cancer Organic acids Substances in which they are
a present
Which of the following is a living fossil ? A. Lactic acid 1. Lemon
(a) Blue green algae B. Acetic acid 2. Rancid butter
(b) Green algae C. Citric acid 3. Milk
D. Butyric acid 4. Vinegar
124 5. Wine
D
The newly discovered high-temperature
superconductors are
(a) Metal alloys
(b) Pure rare-earth metals
(c) Fungus
(c) Ceramic oxides
(d) Ginkgo
(d)Inorganic polymers
b
C
Photosynthesis generally occurs in which
Thedrugs-caffeine, tannin and nicotine are
portions of the plant
?
(a) Leaf and other chloroplast bearing parts 125
(b) Steam and leaf
(c) Roots an chloroplast bearing parts
(d) Bark and leaf
a
Azolla gives a good bio fertilizer when mixed (a) Steroids
with (b) Cortisones
(a) Blue-green algae (c) Alkaloids
(b) Cow dung (d)Mild alkalis
(c) Bone-meal C
(d) Urea Corals is/are
A (a) A particular type of shell found near some of
Why DDT is banned in western countries ? the seacoasts.
(a) It remains in environment for a long time (b) A special variety of fish which live in shells.
(b) The insects are immunised (c) The tiny animals that live in shells in the sea.
(c) It is a highly poisonous insecticide (d)The remains of tiny sea animals resembling
(d) None of the above shells.
A D
1988 Ordinary dry air consists of the following :
Neutron was discovered by (1) Nitrogen
(a) Ouo Hahn (2) Oxygen
(b) Enrico Fermi (3) Argon
(c) Lise Meitner (4) Carbon dioxide
(d)James Chadwick What is the decreasing sequence of these in
D percentages ?
Matchthe columns : (a) 1, 2, 3 and 4
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(b) 1, 2, 4 and 3 non-metallic mineral ?

(c) 2, 1, 3 and 4 (a) Manganese
(d)2, 1, 4 and 3 (b) Magnesium
A (c) Gypsum
LetE, E, E denoteefficiency of a diesel, a petrol (d)Bauxite
and a steam C
engine respectively. Which of thefollowing is Whichof the following chemicals in
correct ? automobile-exhaust can
(a) E >E >E cause cancer ?
(b) E <E <E (a) Carbon monoxide
(c) E >E >E (b) Polycyclic hydrocarbons
(d)E <E <E (c) Lead
C (d)Oxides of nitrogen
The resolving power of an electron microscope A
is much higher TheSri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
than that of an ordinary light microscope broadcasts its
because resolving power programmes on the 25 metreband. Which one of
increases the following is the
(a) If wavelength is short and wavelength of frequency of this transmission ?
electron beam can be (a) 12 Kilo Hertz
made quite small by accelerating the electrons. (b) 1.2 Mega Hertz
(b) If wavelength is short and light given by (c) 12 Mega Hertz
electrons has very short (d)120 Mega Hertz
wavelength. C
(c) If magnification is high and electronic lens Amniocentesis is a method for
provides much higher (a) Determination of foetal sex.
magnification. (b) Separation of amino acids.
(d)If magnification is high and the electron (c) Determination of the sequence of amino
microscope has a battery acids in aprotein.
of lenses to provide high magnification. (d)Inducing abortion.
A A
The saliva helps in the digestion of If camera A has f 4.5 lens and camera B has f
(a) Starch 2.8 lens, and the
(b) Proteins diameters of boththe lenses are equal, then
(c) Fibres (a) Pictures taken by A will always be sharper.
(d)Fats (b) Pictures taken by B will always be sharper.
A (c) A is better for photographing fast moving
objects.
126 (d)B is better for photographing fast moving
objects.
A
Recently developed technique for monitoring
foetal growth
uses
Q55. Which one of the following is a
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(a) X-rays (d)Less than the force exerted by ‘B’ on ‘A

(b) Microwaves A
(c) Ultrasonics On the Moon, astronauts inflate a rubber balloon
(d)Ultraviolet rays with hydrogen
C gas and release it at a height of 2 metres. The
Balloon filled with air is weighed (W) so that it balloon will
just floats in (a) Fall down
water as shown in the figure. When it is further (b) Go upwards
pushed by a short (c) Remain at the height of 2 metres
(d)First go up and finally come down
127 B
The phenomenon of mirage is due to
(a) Increased absorption of light by air at higher
temperature
(b) Change in the refractive index of air with the
change
distance in water, it will
in temperature
(a) Sink to the bottom.
(c) Total internal reflection
(b) Stay at the depth where it stands submerged.
(d)Decreased absorption of light by air at higher
(c) Come back to its original position.
temperature
(d)Sink down a little further but will not reach
C
the bottom.
The limit beyond which stars suffer internal
C
collapse is called
The major ingredient of leather is
(a) Chandrashekhar limit
(a) Collagen
(b) Polymer
(c) Carbohydrate 128
(d)Nucleic acid
A
Seawater is saltier than rain water because
(a) Sea beds have salt producing mines.
(b) Rivers wash away salts from the earth and (b) Eddington limit
pour them into sea. (c) Hoyle limit
(c) The air around sea is saltish. (d)Fowler limit
(d)Sea animals are salt producing. A
B Water hyacinth is related to
Afree-floating astronaut ‘A’ pushes another (a) Lemna
free-floating (b) Pistia
astronaut ‘B’ inspace. The mass of ‘A’ is greater (c) Eichhornia
than that of ‘B’. The (d)None of these
force exerted by the astronaut ‘A’ on the C
astronaut ‘B’ will be If there were no atmosphere, what would be the
(a) Equal to zero. colour of sky
(b) Equal to the force exerted by ‘B’ on ‘A’. ?
(c) Greater than the force exerted by ‘B’ on ‘A’. (a) White
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(b) Black
(c) Blue
(d)Red
B
Assertion (A): oxygen in the atmosphere will
A dry cell cannot be recharged. (a) Remain unchanged.
Reason (R): (b) Be approximately hundred per cent.
The chemical reaction in a dry cell is reversible. (c) Be almost nil.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct (d)Be approximately fifty per cent.
explanation of A A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is NOT a correct Acid rain is caused by pollution of environment
explanation of A by
(c) A is true but R is false (a) Carbon dioxide and nitrogen
(d)A is false but R is true (b) Carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide
C (c) Ozone and carbon dioxide
Assertion (A): (d)Nitrous oxide and Sulphur dioxide
Detergents can easily remove oil and dirt from D
soiled garments. Which one of the following is a breed of cattle
Reason (R): famous for high
Detergents increase the surface tension of water. milk yield as well as draught capacity ?
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct (a) The Kankrey
explanation of A (b) The Tharparkar
(b) Both A and R are true but R is NOT a correct (c) The Haryana breed
explanation of A (d)The Rathi breed
(c) A is true but R is false B
(d)A is false but R is true Iceskating can be used to demonstrate that when
CA ice is under
ssertion (A): pressure, its
Red phosphorous is preferred to white (a) Melting point is lowered
phosphorous in (b) Melting point is raised
the manufacture of matches. (c) Melting point remains unchanged
Reason (R): (d)Coefficient of friction with metal is reduced
Red phosphorous is non-poisonous in nature. A
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct Whichof the following are features of Mughal
explanation of A Style of
(b) Both A and R are true but R is NOT a correct architecture ?
explanation of A (1) Curvilinear roof
(c) A is true but R is false (2) Flat roof
(d)A is false but R is true (3) Domes
A (4) Arches
If there were no organic life on the Earth, the Choose the correct answer from the codes given
amount of below :
(a) 1, 2 and 3
129 (b) 2, 3 and 4
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(c) 1, 3 and 4 angle of incidence is

(d)1, 2 and 4 greater than the critical angle.
C b
. Inspection and dissection of a body after death Sparkling red colour after the blast of fire
in human crackers is due to the
beings as for determination ofcause of death is presence of
called (a) Strontium
(a) Autopsy (b) Sodium
(b) Autotomy (c) Sulphur
(c) Autoesism (d)Magnesium
(d)Autograft a
The chief ingredient of the mosquito repellent
130 cream is derived
from
(a) Tulsi
(b) Neem
(c) Lemon
(d)Rice bran
A
B
1989
A chair is tilted about two of its legs and then
There are more anti-bacterial drugs than
left. It would
anti-viral drugs
return to its original position if
because
(a) Its centre of gravity falls outside the base.
(a) Bacterial diseases are intra-cellular.
(b) Its centre of gravity falls within the base.
(b) Viral diseases are intra-cellular.
(c) It is tilted through an angle of 60°
(c) Virus are smaller than bacteria.
B
(d)Drugs can penetrate bacteria more effectively
Dinosauris
B
(a) A reptile
A boat filled with some stones is floating in
water. If the stones
are dropped into the water, the level of the water 131
will
(a) Rise
(b) Decrease
(c) Remain the same
(d)Insufficient data to predict (b) An amphibian
B (c) A mammal
Total internal reflection occurs when light (d)A bird
travels from A
(a) A rarer medium to a denser medium. Verysmall-time intervals are accurately
(b) A denser medium to a rarer medium. measured by the
(c) A rarer medium to a denser medium and the (a) Pulsars
angle of incidence is (b) White dwarfs
less than the critical angle. (c) Atomic clocks
(d)A rarer medium to a denser medium and the (d)Quartz clocks
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C 132
Chlorophyll contains
(a) Beryllium
(b) Calcium
(c) Magnesium
(d)Strontium
D
C
Heat from the sun is received by the earth
The characteristic feature of virus is that
through
(a) It is made of fats.
(a) Conduction
(b) It multiplies only on dead animals.
(b) Convection
(c) It multiplies only on hosts.
(c) Radiation
(d)It lacks chlorophyll
C
C‘
The distance between the two successive nodes
Black holes’ refers to
of a standing
(a) Holes occurring in heavenly bodies.
wave is
(b) Bright spots on the sun.
(b) ?/2
(c) Collapsing object of high density.
(c) 3?/4
(d)Collapsing object of low density.
(d)?/A
C
B
Whichof the following plants is biennial ?
Whichof the following is true about the Bats ?
(a) Banana
1. Bats are mammals.
(b) Pineapple
2. Bats have wings which are actually the
(c) Jack fruit
modified forelimbs.
(d)Carrot
3. Bats are nocturnal in habit.
D
(a) 1, 2 & 3
The chemical name of ‘aspirin’ is
(b) 2 & 3
(a) Acetyl cyanamide
(c) 1 & 3
(b) Acetyl Salicylic Acid
(d)1 & 2
(c) Benzyl Salicylate
A
(d)Tartaric Acid
Absolute majority means ______ per cent of
B
votes.
Sodiumvapour lamps are preferred to
(a) 50
incandescent lamps
(b) 66
because of
(c) 75
(a) Higher efficiency
(d) 80
(b) Higher tolerance in voltage fluctuations
B
(c) Easy installation
Population of cells derived from a single parent
(d)Higher intensity of illumination
cell is called
D
(a) Haploid
Whichof the following are fed to cattle ?
(b) Diploid
1. Sugarcane tops
(c) Symmetrical cell
2. Sugarcane leaves
(d)Clone
3. Sugarcane bagasse
4. Sugarcane jiggery
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(a) 1, 2, 3 & 4 ‘Lathyrism’is a crippling disease caused by

(b) 1 & 3 (a) Tinned fish
(c) 2 & 3 (b) Chick pea and pulses
(d)1, 2 & 3 (c) Meat
D (d)Adulterated oil
‘Greenhouse effect’ means B
(a) Trapping of solar energy due to atmospheric A small weight put on the pressure cooker
carbon dioxide increases the
(b) Trapping of solar energy due to atmospheric pressure of steam because
oxygen (a) It is air tight
(c) Pollution in houses in tropical region (b) Area of contact is very small
(d) None of the above (c) Density of metal is very high
A (d)Pressure builds up irrespective of the weight
placed
133 B
Birds get thrust (forward motion) and lift
(upward motion) from
the
(a) Flapping of wings
(b) Twisting of feathers
Whichof the following is not an alloy ?
(c) Shape of wings which is similar to aeroplane
(a) Brass
blades
(b) Bronze
(d)Air sacs
(c) Steel
(d)Zinc
D 134
Whichof the following has the highest calories
per gram ?
(a) Proteins
(b) Fats
(c) Sugar A
(d) Glucose Matchthe following :
Atmospheric pressure exerted on earth is due to (A) Vitamin E (i) Scurvy
the (B) Vitamin K (ii) Rickets
(a) Rotation of earth (C) Vitamin C (iii) Sterility
(b) Revolution of earth (D) Vitamin D (iv) Blood coagulation
(c) Gravitational pull (a) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
(d)Uneven heating of earth (b) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
C (c) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
Guinea pigs used in medical research are (d)(ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(a) Rodents B
(b) Black swine 1990
(c) Stocky and brown in colour The conversion of electrical energy into
(d)Found in Asia only chemical energy is
A observed in
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(a) Fan
(b) Heater
(c) Incandescent bulb
(d)Storage battery
D The downward pull due to gravity is less and air
Given below are colors of the visible spectrum. is more rarefied in
Identify the Shimla than in Calcutta.
correct sequence in order of Increasing (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct
wavelengths. explanation of A
(a) Red, Yellow, Blue, Violet (b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct
(b) Violet, Yellow, Blue, Red explanation of A
(c) Blue, Yellow, Red, Violet (c) A is true but R is false
(d)Violet, Blue, Yellow, Red (d)A is false but R is true
D d
The evidence for the rotation of stars comes Assertion (A)
mainly from the When a ship moves from the sea water into fresh
(a) Doppler effect water of a river, the
(b) Photoelectric effect ship will relatively sink.
(c) Stark effect Reason (R) :
(d)Zeeman effect The density of sea water is higher than that of
D the fresh water.
Paraffin is a by-product of (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct
(a) Petroleum refining explanation of A
(b) Processing of agricultural wastes (b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct
(c) Cottage industries involving beekeeping explanation of A
(d)Leather industry (c) A is true but R is false
A (d)A is false but R is true
Thefollowing figure represents atmospheric aAssertion (A):
pressure in Unlike photographic film, which can be used
millibars. only once, video tapes
It is an example of can be reused several times.
(a) Anticyclone Reason (R) :
(b) Cyclone Photography involves chemical change but
(c) Cold front video recording is a
(d)Warm front physical change.
b (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct
Assertion (A) : explanation of A
A tennis ball will bounce higher in Calcutta than (b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct
it would in Shimla explanation of A
Reason (R) : (c) A is true but R is false
135 a
Assertion (A) :
Activated charcoal is used fordecolourising
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sugar solution. c
Reason (R) : Consider the following statements regarding
Activated charcoal absorbs the impurities on its bones in the
surface. human body :
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct 1. They consist of 80% solid matter and20%
explanation of A water.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct 2. Solid matter in the bones is made mainly of
explanation of A cartilage.
(c) A is true but R is false 3. Impregnation of salts including carbonates
(d)A is false but R is true and phosphates of lime
a imparts hardness to the bones.
The Vitamin containing cobalt is 4. In old age, the proportion of lime decreases
Q57. SundaStrait separates and bones become
(a) Burma and Celebes brittle and break easily.
(b) Java and Sumatra Of these statements :
(c) Japan and Korea (a) 1,2 and 3 are correct
(d)Sicily and Italy (b) 2 and 4 are correct
d (c) 2 and 3 are correct
Ringworm is caused by (d)1, 2, 3 and 4 are correct
(a) Bacterium d
The human immuno deficiency virus (HIV) is a
136 living entity
because it can
(a) Excrete in human serum
(b) Disturb host cell respiration
(c) Undergo auto reproduction
(d)Move from one cell to another
(b) Fungus
c
(c) Virus
The process of retting in jute is
(d)Worm
(a) Purely physical
b
(b) Purely chemical
Match List I with List II and select the correct
(c) Microbiological
answer using the
(d)Physico-chemical
a
List I List II
Mycorrhizais a symbiotic association between
(Vectors) (Diseases)
(a) Bacteria and roots of higher plants
A. Tsetse fly 1. Yellow fever
(b) Algae and roofs of orchids
B. Aedes mosquito 2. Sleeping sickness
(c) Fungi and roots of higher plants
C. Water snail 3. Bilharzia
D. Sandflies 4. Typhoid
5. Kala-azar 137
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 3 1 5 2
(c) 2 1 3 2
(d)5 2 3 1
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(d)Protozoa and roots of higher plants (d)2 5 4 1

c A
Match List I with List II and select the correct Water which contains soluble salts of calcium
answer using the and magnesium
codes given below them : is known as
List I List II (a) Heavy water
(Pulse) (Protein %) (b) Soft water
A. Cow pea 1. 22.9 (c) Hard water
B. Rajmah 2. 43.2 (d)Mineral water
C. Soybean 3. 24.1 C
D. Dry peas 4. 19.7 Consider the following statements regarding
(a) 1 2 3 4 hemoglobin :
(b) 1 4 3 2
(c) 3 1 2 4 138
(c)4 3 1 2
C
Consider the following statements regarding
blood pressure :
1. It is the pressure exerted by the blood on the
1. It contains iron
walls of any vessel
2. It is a carrier of oxygen in the blood
2. It decreases in the arteries as the distance
3. It imparts red colour to the blood
from the heart
4. It provides immunity against certain diseases
increases
Of these statements
3. It is lower in the capillaries than in the arteries
(a) 1, 2 and 4 are correct
4. It is usually lower in women than in men.
(b) 1, 2 and 3 are correct
Of these statements
(c) 1, 3 and 4 are correct
(d)2, 3 and 4 are correct
(b) 2, 3 and 4 are correct
B
When compared to the mammals, birds are less
(d)1, 2, 3 and 4 are correct
sensitive to
D
temporary deprivation of water, because
(a) The water requirement per unit weight is less
answer using the
in birds than in
mammals.
List I List II
(b) Absorption of water from the gut is more
(Plant tissue) (Function)
efficient in birds than in
A. Sclerenchyma 1. Conduction of water
mammals.
B. Xylem 2. Transport of food
(c) Urea excretion in mammals entails a greater
C. Phloem 3. Mechanical strength
loss of water than
D. Meristem 4. Cell division
that in birds.
5. Carbon assimilation
(d)None of these
(a) 3 1 2 4
A
(b) 1 4 3 5
Consider the following effects of genetic
(c) 4 2 5 3
engineering :
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1. Disease resistance the rim) closest to the ground will have the
2. Growth promotion lowest speed.
3. Closing Reason (R):
4. Longevity The speed of the point on the rim in the direction
Of these effects, those that have been tried out of motion and along
with a certain amount the circumference of the wheel is additive.
of success include (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct
(a) 1, 3 and 4 explanation of A.
(b) 2, 3 and 4 (b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct
(c) 1, 2 and 4 explanation of A.
(d)1, 2 and 3 (c) A is true but R is false.
D (d) A is false but R is true.
Which one of the following plants is effective in D
reducing water Assertion (A) :
pollution and is also useful for producing Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT) has been
biogas? strongly recommended
(a) Eucalyptus for reducing infant mortality.
(b) Water hyacinth Reason (R):
(c) Salvinio Gastrointestinal problems are very common
(d)Lotus among children
B especially in the developing countries.
Consider the following statements regarding (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct
‘bio medication’. It explanation of A.
involves the use of bacteria and fungi to (b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct
1. Clean up aquifers explanation of A.
2. Clean up toxic dumps (c) A is true but R is false.
3. Clean up oil spills (d)A is false but R is true.
4. Cure bacterial and fungal disease B
(a) 1 and 2 are correct The main difference between raw soybeans and
(b) 1 and 3 are correct cooked
soybeans are in respect of
139 (a) Amino acid composition
(b) Biological value of proteins
(c) Protein content
(d)Calorific value
1991
Rabies is caused by a
(a) Virus and it affects the nervous system
(d)1, 2, 3 and 4 are correct
(b) Virus and it affects the cardiovascular system
B
(c) Bacteria and it affects the nervous system
Assertion (A) :
(d) Bacteria and it affects the cardiovascular
When a wheel is in motion, a point (on the rim)
system
which is farthest
A
away from the ground will have the highest
Photons have properties similar to that of
speed while the point (on
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(a) Waves B
(b) Particles Which of the following pairs of substances can
(c) Both particles and waves be completely
(d) Neither particles nor waves separated by sublimation ?
B (a) Sand and iodine
The thermoregulatory centre of the man body is (b) Ammonium chloride and iodine
(c) Sand and Sulphur
140 (d) Salt and Sulphur
A
Elements having atomic number higher than
‘92’ in the periodic
table are known as
(a) Transitional elements
(a) Pituitary
(b) Rare earth elements
(b) Skin
(c) Transuranic elements
(c) Hypothalamus
(d) Alkaline earth metals
(d) Thyroid
C
C
Mitochondrial DNA in an individual comes
Where does exchange of gases (O2 and CO2)
from
take place in our
(a) Male parent
lungs ?
(b) Female parent
(a) Alveoli
(c) Both parents
(b) Bronchi
(d) Neither of the parents
(c) Pleura
C
(d) Trachea
A
The light from the Sun reaches the Earth in 141
about
(a) 2 min
(b) 4 min
(c) 6 min
(d) 8 min Assume that — A denotes narrow wheel, A
D wider wheel, B
The resinous substance, shellac is obtained from denotes small freewheel, B larger freewheel, C
(a) Crude oil denotes small
(b) The bark of a tree gearwheel, C larger gearwheel, — in a rural area
(c) An insect where there are
(d) Distillation of wood sandy tracts, it will be advisable to use a bicycle
D with
Which one of the following is associated with (a) A
AIDS ? (b) B
(a) GIFT (c) C
(b) HIV (d) all of these
(c) IVF B
(d) MAC A passing motorcycle causes distortion or
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disturbance with D. Nitrogen fixation 4. Legumes

reception of signal in radio and T.V. The cause ABCD
of this is
(a) The intense sound waves effect the small 142
electronic devices of
the receptor
(b) The vehicle’s metal parts block/distort the
radio waves
(c) The spark plug fitted in the engine produces
(a) 3 1 2 4
electro-magnetic
(b) 1 2 4 3
signals due to sparking
(c) 4 1 2 3
(d) Modern motor-cycles are fitted with electric
(d) 2 3 4 1
ignition system which
A
produces radio waves
Match :
C
List I List II
Some medicines are given in the form of
(Vitamins) (Deficiency diseases)
capsules. The
A. B1 1. Haemorrhage
capsules are made of
B. D 2. Skin diseases
(a) Paper
C. K 3. Vascular abnormalities
(b) Gelatinous material
D. E 4. Rickets
(c) Embryonic tissue
5.
(d) Starch
Beriberi
B
ABCD
Which one of the following techniques has
a) 5 4 1 3
helped to solve
b) 5 3 1 2
many mysteries involving murders, robberies
c) 2 4 5 1
and rapes ?
d) 4 1 3 2
(a) Gene splicing
A
(b) Computer tomography
Which one of the following oils is having
(c) DNA fingerprinting
maximum content of
(d) Gene cloning
Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFA) ?
C
(a) Soyabean oil
Which one of the following diseases is least
(b) Cottonseed oil
infectious ?
(c) Coconut oil
(a) Leprosy
(d) Sunflower oil
(b) Tuberculosis
D
(c) Conjunctivitis
Protective action against harmful household
(d) Hepatitis
insects and pests
D
can be taken by the use of
Match :
(a) Infrasonic waves
List I List II
(b) Microwaves
A. Deforestation 1. Vacuoles
(c) Ultrasonic waves
B. Cellular structure 2. Maize
(d) Low frequency radio waves
C. Cross pollination 3. Soil erosion
C
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Which of the following determines the protein D

quality of food? The chemical name of ‘Aspirin’ is
(a) Protein amalgamation (a) Acetyl cynamide
(b) Fibre content (b) Acetyl salicylic acid
(c) Amino acids mixture (c) Benzyl salicylate
(d) Vegetable or animal origin (d) Tartaric acid
C B
An instrument measures the voltage of 50 Hz Pyrilla is a
sinusoidal current (a) Disease of teeth and gums
as 220 V. The mean average voltage of the (b) An insect pest
sinusoidal current is (c) A character of ancient Greek mythology
(a) Zero (d) A building heated by solar energy
(b) 4.4 V B
(c) 220 V Atoms of the same element having the same
(d) None atomic number
A but different atomic weight are called
Significantly higher level of urea in the blood is (a) Isobars
the indication of (b) Isotopes
(a) Liver damage (c) Polymers
(d) Isomers
143 B
Superconductors are so called because they
(a) Efficiently conduct heat from one hot body
to another
(b) Offer no resistance to conduction of heat at
high temperatures
(b) Kidney damage
(c) Offer no resistance to conduction of
(c) Heart attack
electricity at low
(d) Spleen damage
temperatures
B
(d) Produce high temperatures while conducting
The medicines which are used to treat diseases
electricity
caused by
C
allergy are known as
Of the various wildlife and forest observation
(a) Analgesics
schemes
(b) Antihistamines
undertaken with world aid funds in India, which
(c) Antipyretics
one has been the
(d) Allergens
most successful project?
B
(a) Project Tiger
Malaria fever is caused
(a) Immediately after mosquito bite
(b) Upon disintegration and bursting of red 144
blood cells
(c) When the malaria causing germs reach the
liver
(d) Upon release of toxins into blood
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(b) Mangroves arid land development (a) Similar in nature and both are due to
(c) Development of national parks refraction of light
(d) protection/conservation of forests in Terai (b) Different in nature and rainbow is due to
region interference of light,
A while colour of thin film is due to diffraction
Match : (c) Similar in nature and both are due to
Branches of Science Details of study interference of light
A. Taxonomy 1. Functional movements (d) Different in nature and rainbow is due to
B. Mycology 2. Classification refraction, while colour
C. Morphology 3. Shape and Structure of thin film is due to interference of light
D. Physiology 4. Fungus D
ABCD 1992
(a) 1 2 3 4 The gas used for artificial ripening of green
(b) 2 4 3 1 fruits is
(c) 2 3 1 4 (a) Carbon dioxide
(d) 3 4 2 1
B 145
Soap was never actually discovered but instead
gradually
evolved from crude mixtures of alkaline and
fatty material. Up to
1800, soap was believed to be a mechanical
(b) Ethane
mixture of fat and
(c) Hydrogen
alkali, then Chevreul, a French chemist showed
(d) acetylene (ethyne)
that soap formation,
D
was actually a chemical reaction.
Which one of the following plants can fix
Which one of the following follows from the
nitrogen from air?
above statement?
(a) Rice
(a) Soap is a natural product, whose existence
(b) Wheat
was later established
(c) Pea
(b) Alkaline and fatty material, both being
(d) Maize
natural material, their
C
mixture which is used as soap is still natural
Chlorophyll is a naturally occurring chelate
materials mixture
compound in which
(c) Chevreul discovered the process of soap
central metal is
making
(a) Magnesium
(d) Crude mixing of alkaline and fatty material
(b) Copper
in early days was
(c) Calcium
actually chemical process of formation of soap
(d) Iron
D
A
The rainbow and the rainbow-like colors seen
on a thin film
answer using the
of oil on a water surface are two phenomena.
codes given below the lists.
They are
List I List II
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A. Islets of Langerhans 1. Calcitonin answer by using

B. Pituitary gland 2. Epinephrine the codes given below the lists.
C. Thyroid gland 3. Growth hormone List I List II
D. Adrenal gland 4. Insulin A.
Codes: Barometer
ABCD 1. Used for measuring altitudes and angles in
(a) 4 3 2 1 navigation
(b) 4 3 1 2 and astronomy
(c) 3 4 1 2 B.
(d) 3 2 4 1 Chronometer
B 2. Used for measurement of angular distances
Two richest known sources of edible protein are between
(a) Meat and eggs two digits
(b) Some algae and other micro organisms C. Sextant 3. Keeps very accurate time as the
(c) Soyabean and groundnut one that is used to
(d) Milk and leafy vegetables determine longitude at sea
C D. Quadrant 4. Used for measuring atmospheric
Which one of the following chemicals is pressure
responsible for the 5. An instrument used in the diagnosis of
depletion of ozone layer in the atmosphere? pregnancy
(a) Chlorofluorocarbons ABCD
(b) Nitrous oxide (a) 2 3 5 4
(c) Sulphur dioxide (b) 4 2 5 1
(d) Carbon dioxide (c) 1 4 2 3
A (d) 4 3 2 1
What is the increasing order of the wavelengths D
of the following Three important micronutrients essential for
colors? humans are
1. Orange (a) Copper, zinc and iodine
2. Indigo (b) Zinc, copper and potassium
(c) Nitrogen, molybdenum and iodine
146 (d) Sulphur, copper and iron
A
Natural rubber is a plant product which is
chemically known as
(a) Mucilage
(b) Gum
3. Yellow
(c) Latex
4. Violet
(d) Resin
(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4
C
(b) 3, 1, 4 and 2
The bats are able to fly in dark since their wings
(c) 1, 3, 2 and 4
produce
(d) 4, 2, 3 and 1
(a) Infrared rays
D
(b) Ultrasonic waves
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(c) Sound waves (b) Cadmium

(d) Ultraviolet rays (c) Lead
B (d) Zinc
D
147 Gypsum is added to cement clinker to
(a) Increase the tensile strength of the cement
(b) Bind the particles of calcium silicate
(c) Decrease the rate of setting of cement
(d) Facilitate the formation of colloidal gel
C
Which one of the following diseases is caused
Which one of the following is an element?
due to defective
(a) Ruby
genes?
(b) Sapphire
(a) Ulcer
(c) Emerald
(b) Haemophilia
(d) Diamond
(c) Diabetes
D
(d) Cancer
It has been observed that after-effects of low
B
temperature
German silver is an alloy of
treatment are helpful in promoting the flowering
(a) copper, zinc and nickel
in certain plants.
(b) copper, iron and tin
Through this the vegetative period of plant
(c) iron, chromium and nickel
becomes short and early
(d) copper, aluminium and nickel
A
Which one of the following will take place when 148
a watch based
on oscillating spring is taken to a deep mine?
(a) It will become slow
(b) it will become fast
(c) It will indicate the same time as on earth flowering takes place. This phenomenon is
(d) It will stop working known as
A (a) Photoperiodism
Man cannot digest cellulose whereas cows can (b) Floreignation
do so because (c) Vernalisation
(a) Their gut contains certain bacteria capable of (d) Heliotropism
digesting cellulose C
(b) They have a many-chambered stomach The minimum possible temperature beyond
(c) They have efficient grinding molars which matter
(d) They produce an enzyme cellulose which can cannot be cooled is
digest cellulose (a) -98.10° C
A (b) -100.00° C
Galvanising of sheet iron is done by dipping the (c) -273.15° C
sheet metal (d) -459.40° C
into molten C
(a) Mercury 1993
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Given below is a diary of disasters involving

hazardous
chemicals. Which one of the following is
correctly matched?
(a) 1959, Minamata/Nigiata, Japan: Leakage at (b) Inaccessible habitats in Himalayas
pesticide plant (c) Destruction of natural habitats and vegetation
(b) 1976, Sevesor Italy: Mercury discharged into and shifting
waterways cultivation
(c) 1984, Bhopal, India: Leakage of dioxin (d) Creation of biosphere reserves
(d) 1987, Kotka, Finland: Monochloro-benzene C
split In harbour The Government of India has totally banned the
D export of ‘Burnt
Which one of the following is used for dating Coal’ (Jhama), because it contains recoverable
archaeological amount of a
specimens in wood, bones and shells? metal/element used In transistors. Which one is
(a) Uranium-238 the element ?
(b) Argon isotope (a) Phophorus
(c) Carbon-14 (b) Germanium
(d) Strontium-90 (c) Silicon
C (d) Tungsten
Which one of the following is correctly C
matched? When there is depletion of ozone in the
(a) Dr. Kurien : Space Science stratosphere, the
(b) Dr. Malcom Adiseshiah : Cooperative wavelength of radiation striking the earth’s
Movement surface will be
(c) Dr. Abdul Kalam : Development Economics (a) 10-7 m
(d) Dr. Pramod Karan Sethi : Jaipur Foot (b) 10-10 m
D (c) 10-2 m
Camel uses its hump for (d) 100 m
(a) storing water B
(b) storing fat The solar eclipse achieves totality only in the
(c) balancing the body during walking in desert limited
sand geographical regions because
(d) temperature regulation (a) the earth is not a smooth flat surface, but has
A elevations and
Which of the following strongly threatens depressions
biodiversity ? (b) the size of the shadow of the moon on the
(a) Fragile ecosystems such as mangroves and earth is small
wetlands compared to the cross section of the earth
(c) the trajectories of the earth around the sun
149 and the moon around
the earth are not perfect circles
(d) sun rays can reach most of the peripheral
regions of the shadow
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of the moon due to a atmospheric refraction where the acidic components precipitate
B (b) emissions of Sulphur oxides and nitrogen
The working of the quartz crystal In the watch is oxides from thermal
based on the power plants and burning of fossil fuels; these
(a) Photoelectric Effect oxides dissolve in
(b) Johnson Effect atmospheric water vapour and fall back on earth
(c) Piezo-electric Effect as acid rain
(d) Edison Effect (c) natural carbon dioxide released during
C respiration of living
Which one of the following is NOT an organisms dissolves in water, forming carbonic
astronomical object? acid which is the
(a) Pulsar chief contributor to acidity in rain water
(b) Brittle Star (d) chloro-fluoro-carbons readily react with
(c) Black hole various chemicals near
(d) Quasar the earth’s surface, producing acidic
B intermediates which cause acid
precipitation
150 B
Which one of the following colloidal systems is
represented by
fog?
(a) Liquid in gas
(b) Gas in liquid
The formation of brilliant colors in soap film is a
(c) Solid in gas
consequence
(d) Liquid in liquid
of the phenomenon of
A
(a) multiple reflection and interference
Though a few (gas-based) industries have
(b) multiple refraction and dispersion
already been
(c) diffraction and dispersion
established good reserves of natural gas in India
(d) polarisation and interference
remain unutilised.
B
This vast resource of natural gas can be used in
At what temperature are the readings of a
the production of
Centigrade and
(a) fertilizers
Fahrenheit thermometer the same?
(b) carbide
(a) -40
(c) graphite
(b) 212
(d) synthetic petroleum
(c) 40
A
(d) 100
Assertions (A) :
A
Acid precipitation is now regarded as a serious
problem in 151
some European and Asian countries. Its major
cause or source is
(a) discharge of acidic effluents onto neutral or
slightly alkaline land
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A mixture of salt and ice gives temperature C

below 0°C. Sugarcane, sugarbeet, sweet pea, chickpea,
Reason (R) : pigeon pea and
The salt raises the freezing point of ice. French bean belongs to
In the context of the above two statements, (a) two plant families
which one of the (b) three plant families
following is correct? (c) four plant families
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct (d) five plant families
explanation of A B
(b) Both A and Rare true but R is NOT the If a mouse of over eight times its normal size
correct explanation of A has been
(c) A is true but R is false produced by introducing human growth
(d) A is false but R is true hormone gene, the
C
Vinegar is an aqueous solution of 152
(a) oxalic acid
(b) citric acid
(c) acetic acid
(d) hydrochloric acid
C
technique involved is called
The theory of ‘jumping genes’ was propounded
(a) Hybridization
by
(b) Genetic engineering
(a) Gregor Johann Mendel
(c) Mutation Breeding
(b) Thomas Hunt Morgan
(d) Hormonal feeding
(c) Barbara McClintock
B
(d) Watson and Crick
Poison glands of snakes are homologous to
C
(a) electric organs of fishes
Sucrose content in sugarcane decreases
(b) stings of rays
(a) if high rainfall occurs during the period of
(c) sebaceous glands of mammals
growth of the plant
(d) salivary glands of vertebrates
(b) if frost occurs during the period of ripening
D
(c) if there is fluctuation in temperature during
the period of growth of
answer using the
the plant
codes given below the lists:
(d) if there is high temperature during the time
List I List II
of ripening
(Characterstics) (Animal)
C
I. Wingless insect (A) Kiwi
Which one of the following is a man made”
II. Flightless bird (B) Silver fish
cereal NOT found
III. Limbless reptile (C) Turtle
in nature?
IV. Limbless animal (D) Snake
(a) Dwarf wheat
(E) Fish
(b) Hybrid maize
Codes:
(c) Triticale
(a) I-A, II-C, III-B, IV-E
(d) Soya bean
(b) I-B, II-A, III-D, IV-E
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(c) I-B, II-A, III-C, IV-D (c) it stimulates certain nerves which direct the
(d) I-C, II-A, III-D, IV-B brain to increase the
B production of antihistaminic chemicals
Three communicable diseases prevalent in (d) it suppresses the production of enzymes
developing which cause itching
countries caused by unsafe drinking water and C
bad sanitation are Haemophilia is a hereditary disease carried by
(a) acute diarrhoea, cancer and gout (a) females and expressed by females
(b) malaria, acute diarrhoea and schistosomiasis (b) females and expressed by males
(c) onchocerciasis, leukaemia and arthritis (c) males and expressed by females
(d) rheumatism, malaria and AIDS (d) males and expressed by males
B B
Which one of the following approaches comes The blood pressure values of four persons are
under the given below :
category of biotechnology? 1. Mrs. X : 90/60
(a) Use of living organisms or substances 2. Mr. X : 160/120
obtained from them in 3. Mr. Y : 120/80
industrial processes 4. Mrs. Y : 140/100
(b) Modernizing the commercial industries to Who among the following has normal blood
produce products for pressure?
use in biological research (a) Mrs. X
(b) Mr. X
153 (c) Mrs. Y
(d) Mr. Y
D
Biofilms are
(a) colour films used by biologists to photograph
living organisms
(c) Use of modern technology to investigate
biological disorders
(d) Use of industrial technology to increase the 154
biosphere
A
Which one of the following seeds can benefit a
patient of
diabetes mellitus by normalizing his blood sugar (b) photomicrographs of microorganisms from
level? various habitats
(a) Coriander seeds (c) accumulations of microorganisms at surfaces
(b) Mustard seeds such as those of a
(c) Cumin seeds rock, a tooth or an oil droplet
(d) Fenugreek seeds (d) photographic films made through
D fermentation processes of
Scratching eases itching because certain industrial microorganisms
(a) it removes the outer dust in the skin C
(b) it kills the germs Which one of the following does provide the
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best estimate of nearest to the Geographic Equator

world’s biological diversity ? (c) It is situated on the Geomagnetic Equator
(a) Of about ten million species probably alive (d) Outer space near Thumba exhibits queer
today, some 20 atmospheric phenomena
species are lost everyday, most of them C
unknown because no more
than half a million have yet been actually 155
identified by scientists
(b) Of about thirty million living species, some
50 are lost every day,
most of them unknown because no more than
one million have been
If safe storage is to be ensured, the moisture
actually identified
content of food grains at the time of harvesting
(c) Of about forty-five million living species,
should not be higher than
some 100 are lest every
(a) 14%
day, most of them unknown because no more
(b) 16%
than 1.5 million have
(c) 18%
been actually identified
(d) 20%
(d) Of about seventy-five million living species,
A
some 500 are lost
The time taken by the sun to revolve around the
every day, most of them unknown because no
centre of our galaxy is
more than 3 million
(a) 25 million years
have been actually identified
(b) 100 million years
A
(c) 250 million years
In many developing countries, three major
(d) 500 million years
causes of death
C
and disease are
The first bird is believed to have appeared on the
(a) lack of safe drinking water, increasing use of
surface of the earth
pesticides and
(a) 300 million years ago
thinning of the ozone layer
(b) 200 million years ago
(b) contaminated food, global warming and
(c) 150 million years ago
industrial chloro-fluorocarbons
(d) 100 million years ago
(c) polluted air, greenhouse effect and soil
C
erosion
The greatest diversity of animal and plant
(d) dirty water, contaminated food and polluted
species occurs in
air
(a) temperate deciduous forests
D
(b) tropical moist forests
1994
(c) heavily polluted rivers
(d) deserts and savannas
important reason for the establishment of the
B
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre at Thumba?
The pitch of the voice of women is in general
(a) The sea is near to the place in the East, West
(a) marginally lower than that of men
and South directions
(b) higher than that of men
(b) It is a place near to a city in India, which is
(c) much lower than that of men
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(d) the same as that of men break because

B (a) the bottle contracts on freezing
In an electronic watch, the component (b) the volume of water decreases on freezing
corresponding to pendulum of a pendulum clock (c) the volume of water increases on freezing
is a (d) glass is a bad conductor of heat
(a) transistor C
(b) crystal oscillator The halflife of a radio active element is 5 years.
(c) diode The fraction of the radioactive substance that
(d) balance wheel remains after 20 years is
B (a) 1/2
One mole of hydrogen gas burns in excess of (b) 1/4
oxygen to give 290 kJ of heat. What is the (c) 1/8
amount of heat produced when 4g of hydrogen (d) 1/16
gas is burnt under the same conditions ? D
(a) 145 kJ The speed of light will be minimum while
(b) 290 kJ passing through
(c) 580 kJ (a) glass
(d) 1160 kJ (b) vacuum
(c) water
156 (d) air
A
The acceleration due to gravity of a catastrophic
earthquake will be
(a) > 550 cm/sec²
(b) > 750 cm/sec²
C
(c) > 950 cm/sec²
If a gas is compressed to half of its original
(d) > 980 cm/sec²
volume at 27°C, to what temperature should it
D
be heated to make it occupy its original volume
The colour of a star is an indication of its
?
(a) distance from the sun
(a) 327°C
(b) luminosity
(b) 600°C
(c) distance from the earth
(c) 54°C
(d) temperature
(d) 300°C
D
A
The colour of an opaque object is due to the
Which one of the following combinations of
colour it
aperture and
(a) absorbs
shutter speed of a camera will allow the
maximum exposure ?
(a) f22, 1/60 157
(b) f16, 1/125
(c) f8, 1/250
(d) f5.6, 1/1000
AA
corked bottle full of water when frozen will (b) refracts
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(c) reflects (b) II, IV, I, III

(d) scatters (c) II, III, I, IV
C (d) IV, II, I, III
The heart of human embryo starts beating B
(a) in the first week of its development In the case of a Testtube baby’
(b) in the third week of its development (a) fertilization takes place inside the testtube
(c) in the fourth week of its development (b) development of the baby taken place inside
(d) in the sixth week of its development the testtube
D (c) fertilization takes place outside the mother’s
If father has blood group A and mother has body
blood group O, then which one of the following (d) unfertilized egg develops inside the testtube
blood group may be found in their son ?
(a) B 158
(b) AB
(c) O
(d) B, AB or O
C
C
answer from the
Which of the following is/are used as bio
codes given below the lists :
fertilizers ?
List I List II
I. Azolla
(Crops) (Crop Pests)
II. Blue green algae
I. Rice (A) Aphid
III. Alfalfa.
II. Wheat (B) Gundhi bug
Select the correct answer using the codes given
III. Sugarcane (C) Greasy cutworm
below.
IV. Gram (D) Top shoot borer moth
Codes:
(E) Bollworm
(a) II alone
Codes:
(b) I and II
(a) IB,IIC,IIID,IVE
(c) I and III
(b) IC,IIA,IIIB,IVD
(d) I, II and III
(c) IB,IIA,IIID,IVC
B
(d) IE,IID,IIIA,IVC
Even though an animal is fed with carbohydrate
C
rich diet, its blood sugar concentration tends to
What is the correct sequence of the following in
remain constant. This is on account of the fact
a heart attack?
that in the case of an animal
I. Narrowing of the inner orifice of the vessel
(a) hormones of pituitary glands control
II. ‘Plaque’ from fibrous tissue and high
metabolic process
cholesterol
(b) hormones of pancreas cause such a condition
III. Inadequate supply of blood and oxygen
(c) blood sugar is readily absorbed by liver
IV. Clots of blood carried into the coronary
(d) glucose undergoes autolysis
arteries.
B
Choose the answer from the codes given below :
Which of the following are characteristics
Codes:
shown by a breastfed
(a) I, II, III, IV
baby when compared to a bottlefed baby ?
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I. It is less obese. (a) Moloch

II. It shows greater capacity, to resist diseases. (b) Camel
III. It gets more vitamins a proteins. (c) Zebra
IV. Its growth in height is abnormal. (d) Uromastix
Select the correct answer from the codes given B
below. If water pollution continues at its present rate, it
Codes: will eventually
(a) I, II and III (a) stop water cycle
(b) I, II and IV (b) prevent precipitation
(c) I, III and IV (c) make oxygen molecules unavailable to water
(d) II, III and IV plants
A (d) make nitrate unavailable to water plants
Which one of the following crops enriches the C
nitrogen content in soil ? The only anthropoid ape to be found in India is
(a) Potato the
(b) Sorghum (a) hanuman monkey
(c) Sunflower (b) lion tailed macaque of Western Ghats
(d) Pea (c) slow loris of Assam
D (d) white browed gibbon of Assam
In the balanced dietaries for a day of an adult The highest milk producing breed of goat in
working man, weights of carbohydrate food and India is
total protein food (both superior and inferior) (a) Barbari
should be in order of (b) Jamnapari
(a) 600 gm and 420 gm respectively (c) Black Bengal
(b) 600 gm and 600 gm respectively (d) Beetal
(c) 420 gm and 600 gm respectively Assertion (A): A lock of Einstein’s hair, if
(d) 420 gm and 420 gm respectively scientists could locate it and extract its DNA,
A could help in producing another Einstein, by
Which one of the following is caused by the cloning.
expression of a recessive gene present on sex Reason (R): The DNA extracted from the cell of
chromosome ? an embryo at an early stage of development, can
(a) Rheumatism be transferred to individual eggs which in turn
can be implanted into the uterus of a surrogate
159 mother to give birth to an
identical off spring.
In the context of the above two statements,
which one of the following is correct ?
(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct
explanation of A
(b) Nervous shock
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not a correct
(c) Muscular dystrophy
explanation of A
(d) Cerebral hemorrhage
(c) A is true, but R is false
D
(d) A is false, but R is true
Which one of the following animals stores
C
water in the intestine ?
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Which one of the following vitamins is (a) I and lV

considered to be a (b) I and IV
hormone ? (c) II and IV
(d) III and IV
160 A
Phenylketonuria is an example of an in born
error of metabolism. This “error” refers to
(a) hormonal overproduction
(b) atrophy of endocrine glands
(c) inherited lack of an enzyme
(a) A
(d) non disjunction
(b) B
B
(c) C
Which one of the following is in the correct
(d) D
sequential order in
d
which these appeared under simulated primitive
Farm land tends to erode most rapidly when
earth condition ?
planted with
(a) sorghum
(b) potato 161
(c) wheat
(d) clover
C
Rennin and lactase, the enzymes required to
digest milk, disappear in the human body by the (a) Methane, Hydrogen cyanide, nitriles,
age of aminoacids
(a) two (b) Hydrogen cyanide, methane, nitriles,
(b) three aminoacids
(c) five (c) Aminoacids, nitriles. Hydrogen cyanide,
(d) eight methane
B (d) Nitriles, aminoacids, methane, Hydrogen
Haemoglobin is dissolved in the plasma of cyanide
(a) frog A
(b) fish The basic reason for the extraordinary sparkle
(c) man of a suitably cut
(d) earthworm diamond is that
B (a) it has a very high transparency
Which of the following fish are bred (b) it has a very high refractive index
exclusively in the cold regions of India ? (c) it is very hard
I. Catla. (d) it has welldefined cleavage planes
II. Tinca. B
III. Bhekti. The main constituents of pearl are
IV. Trout. (a) calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate
Choose the correct answer from the codes given (b) aragonite and conchiolin
below. (c) ammonium sulphate and sodium carbonate
Codes: (d) calcium oxide and ammonium chloride
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A Water is a good solvent of ionic salts because

Monazite is an ore of (a) it has a high boiling point
(a) zirconium (b) it has a high dipole moment
(b) thorium (c) it has a high specific heat
(c) titanium (d) it has no colour
(d) iron B
b
Galvanised iron sheets are protected from Environment and
rusting due to the
presence of a layer of Biodiversity
(a) lead 1979
(b) chromium The cutting of forests leads to
(c) zinc (a) Soil erosion and uncontrollable floods
(d) tin (b) Desilting and denaturation
C (c) Increase of rainfall and humidity
In recent years, there has been some concern (d) None of these
over the threat posed by the Mathura Oil A
Refinery and the thermal power plants to the Taj The great Indian Bustard is found in
Mahal in Agra. The scientific basis of any (a) Madhya Pradesh
possible damage to the Taj is mainly (b) Rajasthan
(a) stratospheric ozone and the (c) Assam
chlorofluorocarbons which destroy it (d) Nagaland
(b) acid precipitation and tropospheric ozone B
(c) increasing levels of atmospheric CO² which The most common substance responsible
produce the greenhouse effect for pollution is
(d) ultraviolet radiation (240-260 nanometers (a) Smoke
wavelength) and the fumes from the heavily (b) Carbon dioxide
polluted Yamuna river (c) Sulphur dioxide
B (d) Carbon monoxide
Which radioactive pollutant has recently drawn A
the attention of
the public, due to its occurrence in the building 1980
material ? Bustard King is found in
(a) Plutonium (a) Assam
(b) Thorium (b) Himalayan Range
(c) Radon (c) Rajasthan
(d) Radium (d) Madhya Pradesh
C
162 Silent Valley Project in Kerala was dropped
because
(a) Ecologists pointed out that the project
will set up an
environmental imbalance
B (b) India will have to spend a huge amount
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of foreign exchange to (a) Increase in per capita income

complete the project (b) Decrease in per capita income
(c) Skilled labour and cheap power were not (c) Increase in investment
available (d) Decrease in savings
(d) Some political controversy arose A
regarding the project What is a Scheduled Bank ?
A (a) A bank having Rs. 1000 crore deposits
Tallest four legged animal is (b) A bank included in the Second Schedule
(a) Zebra of the RBI
(c) A bank having Rs. 10 crore deposits
163 (d) A bank having Rs. 100 crore deposits
B
“Socialistic Pattern” comes through
(a) Free Economy
(b) Mixed Economy
(c) Public Sector
(b) Elephant
(d) None of these
(c) Giraffe
B
(d) Ostrich
Which among the following States depends
C
primarily on thermal power ?
Reptile that is well known for its intense
(a) Kerala
colour change is
(b) West Bengal
(a) Lizard
(c) Tamil Nadu
(b) Chameleon
(d) Karnataka
(c) Glass Snake
B
(d) Turtle
Buyers’ market denotes the place where
B
(a) The demand exceeds the supply
Which bird has a chisel like bill ?
(b) The supply exceeds the demand
(a) Parrot
(c) The demand and supply are well
(b) Nightingale
balanced
(c) Woodpecker
(d) Commodities are available at
(d) Woodchuck
competitive rates
C
B
Economy Temporary control of inflation can be
effected by
1979 (a) Increasing the prices
Unemployment insurance will result in (b) Increasing the taxes
(a) Maintenance of consumption level (c) Restraint on the growth
(b) Decrease in consumption level (d) Reducing the prices
(c) Decrease in savings B
(d) Increase in savings Sudden decrease of birth rate would cause
A (a) Increase in investment
What is the likely impact of decrease of (b) Increase of savings
population on economy ? (c) Increase in per capita income
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(d) Increase in production (a) Savings

C (b) Disposable income
The Government’s gold auction policy is (c) Expenditure (d) None of the above
aimed at D
(a) Checking of smuggling and reducing the
budgetary deficit of the Central Government 1980
(b) Promoting jewellery exports Highest per capita income is in
(c) Making gold available to consumers for (a) Punjab
ornaments (b) West Bengal
(d) Price stabilization (c) Tamil Nadu
A (d) Gujarat
“Gresham’s Law” in Economics relates to Antyodaya scheme is meant
(a) Supply and demand (a) To help the Muslims
(b) Circulation of currency (b) To help the Harijans
(c) Consumption and supply (c) To help the minorities
(d) Distribution of goods and services (d) To help the economically weakest
B sections of the society
Cause of inflation is D
(a) Increase in money supply Mixed economy refers to
(b) Fall in production (a) The coexistence of heavy, small scale
(c) Increase in money supply and fall in and cottage industries
production (b) The promotion of agriculture as well as
C cottage industries
What is the most remarkable aspect of (c) The coexistence of rich as well as poor
Indian industry since independence ? (d) Coexistence of public as well as private
(a) More employment opportunities sector
(b) Increase in production D
Largest nationalised Bank in India is
164 (a) Central Bank of India
(b) Reserve Bank of India
(c) State Bank of India
(d) Bank of India
C
(c) Capacity utilisation Mixed economy means
(d) Diversification (a) Co-existence of private and public sectors
A (b) Co-existence of small and large scale
Which hydro-electric project produces industries
maximum power energy ? (c) Industries completely owned by the
(a) Bhakra Nangal Government
(b) Koyna (d) Control of means of production by the
(c) Hirakud Government
(d) Salal A
A ‘Grantsinaid’ is given to the States for
Consumer welfare is indicated by (a) Improving the Centre-State relationship
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(b) Reducing regional imbalances rural

(c) Improving the development of backward development, is a
areas (a) Bank
(d) Various development schemes and (b) Board
rehabilitation purposes (c) Block
C (d) Department
What is the main objective of the Rural A
Development Mixed economy means
Programme ? (a) Coexistence of small and large scale
(a) To provide roads in the rural areas industries
(b) To meet the growing and complex needs of (b) Coexistence of private and public sectors
rural people (c) Promotion of agriculture as well as industries
(c) To assist the poorest among the poor in rural (d) Coexistence of rich and poor
areas in B
employment First Five-Year Plan laid stress on
(d) To bring about overall development of rural (a) Agriculture
India covering (b) Industry
resources and cultural and economic aspects of (c) Power
the community life (d) Uplifting of poor people
D A
What was the main aim of Bearer Bonds States earn more revenue directly through which
Scheme ? of the
(a) To mop up black money following taxes ?
(a) Sales tax
165 (b) Custom duties
(c) Excise duties
(d) Income tax
C
Which tax is not levied by the Central
Government ?
(b) To enable the black money holders to invest
(a) Wealth tax
for rural
(b) Profession tax
reconstruction programme
(c) Income tax
(c) To enable the public to deposit money with
(d) Excise duty
the government for
B
development work
Operation Flood refers to
A
(a) Use of preventive measures for flood
1982
devastation
Antyodaya scheme is aimed for
(b) A study about floods
(a) Protection of minorities from atrocities
(c) Dairy development for increased milk
(b) Helping the Scheduled Castes
production
(c) Helping the minorities
(d) Uplifting the poorest among the poor
D 166
NABARD, which is set up to provide loans for
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Plan were :
I. Removal of poverty
II. Economic self-sufficiency
III. Heavy industrialisation
(d) None of these IV. Conservation of foreign exchange
C\ Of these the strategic objectives of the Plan in
Wealth tax on agricultural property is levied by priority order were
(a) Central Government (a) I, II, III, IV
(b) State Government (b) II, I, III, IV
(c) Both the Central and State Governments (c) I, II, IV, III
(d) None of the above (d) II, I, IV, III
A b
Main source of India’s national income is from I. Removal of poverty
(a) Agriculture II. Rehabilitation of economy
(b) Industry III. Heavy industrialisation
(c) Forestry
(d) None of these 167
Capital intensive industries
(a) Increase employment in rural areas
(b) Increase unemployment
(c) Give blow to the growth of large scale
industries IV. Import substitution
(d) Provide opportunities for workers’ Arrange them in correct priority order in
participation in management different Five-Year Plans
B (a) I, II, III, IV
Nehru Model of Development laid greater stress (b) II, I, III, IV
on (c) I, II, IV, III
(a) Collective use of land (d) II, I, IV, III
(b) Using imported seeds b
(c) Agricultural development A. Infrastructure
(d) Rapid industrialisation with particular B. Skilled manpower
emphasis on the C. Finance
development of basic and heavy industries D. Raw materials
D E. Latest sophisticated technology
1983 Of these which is/are the most essential for
If instead of wooden ploughs iron ploughs are proper development of
used it would be an industry?
an example of (a) A, B, C, D, E
(a) Obsolete technology (b) B, C, D
(b) Appropriate technology (c) Only E
(c) Redundant technology (d) A, B, C,D
(d) Ultimate technology A
b In India the computation of national income is
Some of the measures of the Fifth Five-Year often difficult
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because of (d) New expansion programme

(a) Large population growth B
(b) Very low per capita income 1985
(c) Very little domestic savings Which of the following Five-Year Plans was
(d) Non-cooperation of the private sector terminated one
D year before its completion ?
1984 (a) Second
Stagflation refers to (b) Third
(a) Constant rate of inflation (c) Fourth
(b) Low inflation with high recession (d) Fifth
(c) High inflation with low recession D
(d) Stagnation and inflation Which of the following pairs is/are incorrect ?
D I : Consumer Price Index - Inflation
Antyodaya scheme aims at II : Export concessions - Fiscal policy
(a) To uplift the poorest sections of the society III : Imposition of taxes - Economic planning
(b) To provide drinking water to Harijans IV : Income - Standard of living
(c) To implement reservation policy for V : Deficit budgeting - Inflation
Scheduled Castes and (a) I and V
Scheduled Tribes (b) II and III
(d) To allot land to marginal farmers (c) III and V
A (d) None of (a), (b) and (c) is a correct answer
The major source of revenue for executing C
Five-Year Plans is 1986
(a) Direct taxes Standard of living of a nation can be judged by
(b) Indirect taxes (a) Increase in GNP at factor cost
(c) Foreign loans (b) Increase in GNP at cost including taxes and
(d) Interest on investments duties
B (c) Increase in NNP at factor cost
Price rise goes in favor of those who are (d) None of the above
(a) Debtors A
(b) Pensioners The important function of taxation in India is to
(a) Reduce black money
168 (b) Generate funds for Government expenditure
(c) Reduce inflation
B
1987
(c) Businessmen
(a) IDBI - Short-term financing
(d) Government servants
(b) NABARD - Industrial financing
A
(c) RBI - Long-term financing
The novelty in the Sixth Plan was
(d) RRB - Dispensing rural credit
(a) Area planning
d
(b) Sectoral planning
Deficit Financing means
(c) Rural development
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(a) Difference of total expenditure and income D

by revenue from all The long-term fiscal policy formulated in the
context of Seventh
169 Five-Year Plan lays emphasis on
(a) Tackling the problems of deep-seated
poverty and
unemployment
(b) Reforming taxing system
(c) Capital formation by increasing money
sources.
income and reducing real
(b) Government spends in excess of revenues so
consumption
that a budget
(d) Making taxes easily comprehensible to the
deficit is incurred which is financed by the
tax payers
borrowings.
A
(c) Difference in borrowing and external and
Find the correct order of the inception
internal resources.
(1) IRDP
(d) Capital expenditure on items of public
(2) Nationalisation of 14 banks
construction, public
(3) Cooperative Banking
enterprises and public borrowings.
(4) Land reforms
B
(a) 3, 4, 2, 1
Which of the following is true ?
(b) 4, 3, 2, 1
(a) Physical planning is more important than
(c) 3, 2, 4, 1
financial planning
(d) 4, 2, 3, 1
(b) Financial planning is more important than
physical planning
(c) Physical planning and financial planning are 170
equally important
(d) Physical planning and financial planning are
complementary.
D
Which of the following is the correct ascending B
order of In the Sixth Five-Year Plan, priority was given
contribution to domestic savings ? to
(a) Household sector, Corporate sector, Private (a) Strengthen the infrastructure for agriculture
sector, Public and industry both.
enterprises (b) Removal of poverty and attainment of
(b) Corporate sector, Household sector, Public economic self reliance
enterprises, (c) Socialist pattern of society
Government and Public enterprises (d) Petroleum production
(c) Government and Public enterprises, Public B
enterprises, Which of the following countries has highest per
Household sector, Corporate sector capita
(d) Public enterprises, Corporate sector, income ?
Government and Public (a) U.S.A.
enterprises, Household sector. (b) Saudi Arabia
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(c) Denmark
(d) Kuwait
D
1988
Add valorem duty is a tax on the basis of (3) It is for any economic consideration
(a) The price of a commodity involving loss of freedom of
(b) The value added contract leading to forced employment
(c) The advertisement expenditure Choose the correct answer from the codes given
(d)The unit of the commodity below:
A (a) 1, 2 and 3
Assume that the consumer price index (1970 = (b) 1 and 2
100) is at (c) 1 and 3
present 500. This means that (d)2 and 3
(a) Prices of all goods and commodities have C
increased five times. Whichof the following are under the purview of
(b) Prices of all consumer goods have increased Industrial
five times. Development Bank of India?
(c) Prices of all items in a specified list have (1) Unit Trust of India
increased by 400%. (2) Life Insurance Corporation of India
(d)Prices have increased and the weighted mean (3) Export-Import Bank
price increase for (4) State Finance corporation of India
specified items is 400% Choose the correct answer from the codes given
D below:
Which one of the following is NOT an affiliate (a) 1, 2 and 3
of the Reserve (b) 2, 3 and 4
Bank of India? (c) 1, 2 and 4
(a) Agricultural Refinance Corporation (d)1, 3 and 4
(b) Deposit Insurance Corporation B
(c) The Industrial Development Bank of India Oneof the elements mentioned as the strategy for
(d)Unit Trust of India industrial
A development in theSeventh Five-Year Plan is to
Whichof the following is/are true of bonded usher in ‘sunrise
labour? industries’. ‘Sunriseindustries’ refers to those
(1) It is forced employment in consideration of industries which have
an advance or interest (a) High growth potential and relevance to our
payment needs
(2) It is employment arising out of any (b) High employment potential
customary or social or (c) Capacity to face international competition
hereditary obligation or by reason of birth in any (d)High import substitution potential
caste or A
community involved in pledging labour Mechanisationof agriculture will lead to which
of the following
171 ?
(1) Higher per unit cost of operation
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(2) Higher per unit productivity expenditure.

(3) Higher dose of employment (a) 1, 2 & 3
(4) Higher utilisation of resources (b) 1 & 3
Select the correct answer from codes given (c) 2 & 3
below: (d)1 & 2
(a) 1 and 4 C
(b) 1 and 2 The structural changes in exports means
(c) 3 and 4 (a) Change in the commodities of export.
(d)1, 2 and 3 (b) Increasing exports along with the imports.
B (c) Increasing imports.
Regional Rural Banks are designed to work in (d)Change in the commodities of imports.
which one of Who among the following is most benefitted
the following ideals ? from inflation ?
(a) Work on basics of Commercial Banks (a) Creditors
(b) Help the targeted groups (b) Debtors
(c) Keep lending rates lower than cooperative (c) Savings bank account holders
institutions (d)Government pensioners
B
172 Which sector of development has the highest
percentage of the
total outlay in the public sector?
(a) Agriculture
(b) Industry
(c) Energy
(d)Work on innovative and adaptive ideals
(d)Defense
B
C
1989
Who among the following is a famous
Real owners of the company are
economist ?
(a) Debenture holders
(a) Max Muller
(b) Directors of the company
(b) Macaulay
(c) Equity shareholders
(c) Gunnar Myrdal
(d)Bearer bond holders
(d)Henry Francis Carry
C
Whichof the following agricultural holdings
have a largest 173
percentage in India?
(a) Marginal holdings
(b) Small holdings
(c) Medium holdings
(d)Large holdings C
A 1990
Zero-BasedBudgeting (ZBB) lays emphasis on G-7refers to a group of
1. Unlimited deficit financing. (a) Less-developed countries within
2. Preparing new Budget, right from the scratch. theUNCTAD.
3. Preparing the Budget neglecting history of the (b) Developed countries within the World Bank.
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(c) Developed countries within the IMF. (d) Acting as the banker to the Government
(d)Less-developed countries within the UN D
C The main watchdog of international trade is
Theterm “Fiscal Crisis” in India currently refers (a) IMF
primarily to (b) World Bank
(a) Increase in non-developmentalgovernment (c) GATT
expenditure. (d) IFC
(b) Increase in public debt. A
(c) Recurring deficit on current account in the
government budget. 174
(d)Phenomenal increase in external
indebtedness.
D
Consider the following policy decisions of the
Government:
The data collection for national income
1. Giving autonomy to the electronic media.
estimation in India is
2. Appointing an industrialist as the Chairman of
done by
the Indian Airlines.
(a) National Sample Survey Organisation
3. Hiring computer services on contract basis
(b) Finance Ministry of the Govt. of India
from the market.
(c) Central Statistical Institute/Organisation
4. Selling equity shares of the State Bank of
(d) Indian Statistical Institute
India in the market
A
Of the above, which would constitute
Of the various sources of income to the Gram
privatization ?
Panchayats, one
(a) 1 and 2
source is
(b) 2 and 3
(a) Income tax
(c) 3 and 4
(b) Sales tax
(d)2 and 4
(c) Professional tax
A
(d) Levy duties
1991
D
A common currency for the members of the
The Panchayati Raj was first introduced in the
Common Market in
States of Rajasthan
Europe is known as
and
(a) Dollar
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Eurodollar
(b) Bihar
(c) Franc
(c) Gujarat
(d) Pound
(d) Orissa
B
C
Which one of the following functions of the
If the capital stock was everlasting, then the rate
Reserve Bank of
of depreciation
India is not performed by the other banks ?
would be
(a) Making advances to agriculturists
(a) High
(b) Dealing in foreign exchange
(b) Low
(c) Industrial Refinancing
(c) Infinite
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(d) Zero B
D Deficit financing means
The main source of financing the (a) An excess of governments’ current
implementation of expenditure over its current
development programmes is revenue
(a) Internal resources from taxes and other (b) An excess of government expenditures
measures minus borrowings other
(b) External finance as borrowings/loans from than those from the RBI
foreign governments (c) An excess of government’s total expenditure
(c) External finance as loans from international over its total
finance agencies revenue
(d) External finance as loans from foreign (d) An excess of government revenue over exp
governments and international finance agencies C
A Among the reasons for disguised unemployment
Betterment levy is imposed by the government in rural areas
because is
(a) Of the improvement in soil/land quality as a (a) Choice of a heavy industry model for
result of irrigational economic development
facilities provided by the government (b) Low levels of technological development in
(b) Of improved industrial production due to the country
1992 (c) Heavy pressure of population along with
The definition of a small-scale industry is based half-hearted
on implementation of agrarian reforms
(a) The market outreach of a unit (d) High illiteracy rates
(b) The size of the sales of a unit C
(c) The fact whether the products manufactured Which one of the following institutions
fall in a list drawn providing finance to the
industrial sector was the first to be set up?
175 (a) Industrial Reconstruction Corporation of
India
(b) Industrial Finance Corporation of India
(c) Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation
of India
(d) Industrial Development Bank of India
up by the Ministry of Industry
B
(d) The value of the plant and machinery
Invisible trade is a trade
investment in a unit
(a) Of corporate and financial institutions with
D
government
Unemployment which occurs when workers
(b) Of government with public institutions
move from one job
(c) Of government with other countries
to another job is known as
(d) Of the services like the banks, marine
(a) Seasonal unemployment
companies and shipping
(b) Frictional unemployment
companies
(c) Technological unemployment
D
(d) Cyclical unemployment
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‘Terms of trade’ between agriculture and (c) Remains same

industry has (d) None of the above
reference to B
Based on the ideals of Supportive Economic
176 Increment,
complete nationalisation based planning was
first adopted by
(a) China
(b) USSR
(c) Poland
(a) Relative price movements between the two
(d) Cuba
sectors
B
(b) Relative quantities of production in the two
1993
sectors
Which one of the following statements is
(c) The extent of trade existent between the two
correct?
sectors
(a) Neither the Finance Commission nor the
(d) Relative international valuation of the
Planning Commission is
agricultural produce in
a constitutional body
contrast to the industrial produce
(b) The scope of the Finance Commission is
D
limited to a review of
‘Interest Rate Policy’ is a component of
(a) Fiscal Policy
(b) Monetary Policy 177
(c) Trade Policy
(d) Direct Control
B
A deflator is a technique of
(a) Adjusting for changes in price level the revenue segment of the budget while the
(b) Adjusting for change in commodity Planning Commission
(c) Accounting for decline of-GNP takes an overall review embracing both capital
(d) Accounting for higher increase of GNP and revenue
Avarious infrastructural requirements of the States
facilities provided by the government (c) No one can be a member of both the Finance
(c) Of increased capacity utilisation due to Commission and
electricity supplied by the Planning Commission at the same time
State Electricity Boards (d) There is no overlapping of work and
(d) Of increased raw material imports possible responsibility of the Finance
due to availability of Commission and those of the Planning
foreign currency provided by the government Commission
A B
As the GNP (Gross National Product) of a When partial convertibility obtains the
nation increases, exchange rate is
the share of the tertiary sector in the total GNP (a) a weighted average
(a) Decreases (b) a simple average
(b) Increases (c) fully floating
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(d) fully administered which are exported

A C
The growth rate of which one of the following A zero rate of Inflation obtains necessarily in a
sectors has very year where the
low employment elasticity? annual rate of inflation
(a) Manufacturing (a) in every week of the year is zero
(b) Construction (b) is falling in every week of the year
(c) Financial services (c) is both falling and rising in a year
(d) Mixed farming (d) is constant in every week of the year
C A
Which one of the following types of borrowings Which one of the following sets of economists
from the IMF strongly favoured
has the softest servicing conditions? a market economy?
(a) Second tranche loan (a) Adam Smith, Keynes, Hicks
(b) SAF (b) Adam Smith, Marx, Strumlin
(c) ESAF (c) Adam Smith, Hayek, Friedman
(d) Oil Facility (d) Adam Smith, Ricardo, J.K. Galbraith
A D
In India the Public Sector is most dominant in Which one of the following pairs is correctly
(a) steel production matched?
(b) organized term lending financial institutions (a) Rationing : Fiscal control
(c) transport (b) Cash Reserve Ratio : Selective Credit
(d) commercial banking Control
A (c) Licensing : Comprehensive Control
The earnings of India from diamond export is (d) Import Quota : Physical control
quite high. Which D
one of the following factors has contributed to Which one of the following modes of
it? privatization is the most
(a) Pre-independence stock-piling of diamonds comprehensive and complete?
in the country which (a) Introduction of private capital in public
are now exported sector
(b) Large production of industrial diamonds in (b) Contracting out management of public
the country enterprises to the private
sector
178 (c) Transferring ownership and management to
the workers
(d) Transferring ownership and management to
the private sector
D
Variable reserve rates and Open Market
(c) Expertise available for cutting and polishing
Operations are
of imported
instruments of
diamonds which are then exported
(a) Fiscal Policy
(d) As in the past, India produces huge quantity
(b) Monetary Policy
of gem diamonds
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(c) Budgetary Policy A

(d) Trade Policy 1994
B To know whether the rich are getting richer and
the poor getting poorer, it is necessary to
179 compare
(a) the wholesale price index over different
periods of time for different regions
(b) the distribution of income of an identical set
of income recipients in different periods of time
(c) the distribution of income of different sets of
Which of the following are the main causes of
income recipients at a point of time
slow rate of
(d) the availability of food grains among two
growth of per capital income In India?
sets of people, one rich and the other poor, over
I. High capital output ratio
different periods of time
II. High rate of growth of population
B
III. High rate of capital formation
The main function of the I.M.F. is to
IV. High level of fiscal deficits
(a) arrange international deposits from banks
Select the correct answer from the codes given
(b) help to solve balance of payments problems
below:
of member countries
Codes:
(c) act as a private sector lending arm of the
(a) I, II, III and lV
World Bank
(b) II, III and IV
(d) finance investment to developing countries
(c) I and IV
B
(d) I and II
Fiscal deficit in the Union Budget means
B
The basic difference between imperative and
indicative 180
planning is that
(a) in the case of the imperative planning the
market mechanism is
entirely replaced by a command hierarchy, while
in the case of (a)the sum of budgetary deficit and net increase
indicative planning, it is looked upon as a way to in internal and external borrowings
improve the (b) the difference between current expenditure
functioning of the market system and current revenue
(b) In the case of indicative planning there is no (c) the sum of monetized deficit and budgetary
need to nationalise deficit
any industry (d) net increase in Union Government’s
(c) in the case of imperative planning all borrowing from the Reserve Bank of India
economic activities belong A
to public sector, while in the other type they Convertibility of the rupee implies
belong to the private (a) being able to convert rupee notes into gold
sector (b) allowing the value of the rupee to be fixed by
(d) It is easier to achieve targets in imperative market forces
type of planning (c) freely permitting the conversion of rupee to
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other major currencies and vice versa stabilisation of the currency

(d) developing an international market for B
currencies in India Assertion (A): The USA reemerged as India’s
C single largest import source in the early nineties.
Which one of the following governmental steps Reason (R): With swift political developments
has proved relatively effective in controlling the in the erstwhile Soviet Union, India gradually
doubledigit rate of inflation in the Indian began to rely on the USA for its defence
economy during recent years ? requirements.
(a) Enhanced rate of production of all consumer In the context of the above two statements,
goods which one of the
(b) Streamlined public distribution system
(c) Pursuing an export oriented strategy 181
(d) Containing budgetary deficits and
unproductive expenditure
D
Devaluation of a currency means
(a) reduction in the value of a currency visavis
following is correct?
major internationally traded currencies
(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct
(b) permitting the currency to seek its worth in
explanation of A
the international market
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not a correct
(c) fixing the value of the currency in
explanation of A
conjunction with the movement
(c) A is true, but R is false
in the value of a basket of predetermined
(d) A is false, but R is true
currencies
C
(d) fixing the value of a currency in multilateral
Q55 ‘Selfsufficiency’ in food. In the true sense
consultation with the
of freedom from hunger, has not been achieved
IMF, the World Bank and major trading partners
in India in spite of a more than threefold
A
rise in food grains production over 1950 1990.
The difference between a bank and a Non
Which of the following are the reasons for it ?
Banking Financial Institution (NBFI) is that
I. The green revolution has been restricted to
(a) a bank interacts directly with customers
small pockets of the country.
while an NBFI interacts
II. The cost of food is too high compared to the
with banks and governments
earnings of the poor.
(b) a bank indulges in a number of activities
III. Too much emphasis is laid on wheat and
relating to finance with a range of customers,
paddy compared to the coarse grains.
while an NBFI is mainly concerned with the
IV. The gain s of the green revolution have
term loan needs of large enterprises
largely accrued to the cash crop rather than food
(c) a bank deals with both internal and
crops.
international customers while an NBFI is mainly
Select the correct answer from the codes given
concerned with the finances of foreign
below.
companies
Codes :
(d) a bank’s main interest is to help in business
(a) I, II and III
transactions and esavings/ investment activities
(b) I, II and IV
while an NBFI’s main interest is in the
(c) I, III and IV
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(d) II, III and IV D

A Which of the following is a dance- drama ?
Even though the Railways are the most (a) Kathakali
pervasive mode of (b) Bharatnatyam
transport in India, it is the road transport which (c) Odissi
received the (d) Manipuri
maximum impetus in most of the post A
independence Ajanta Caves are located in the State of
period. Which of the following are the reasons (a) Maharashtra
for this ? (b) Gujarat
I. Railways are cheap to operate but the (c) Tamil Nadu
associated capital costs are very high. (d) West Bengal
II. Given the geographic spread of the human A
settlements, it is The first month of the Saka era is
unrealistic that the railways alone can serve the (a) Chaitra
needs of transport. (b) Vaishakha
III. The per unit (tonne/km) cost of transport is (c) Phalguna
cheaper in road compared to rail transport. (d) Pausha
IV. Given the indivisible nature of the Railways, A
it is not always convenient for the population to Bhagvad Gita was originally written in which
avail of it with the same ease as private cars, language ?
buses or twowheelers. (a) Pali
Select the correct answer from the codes given (b) Sanskrit
below (c) Hindi
Codes: (d) Prakrit
(a) I, II and III B
(b) I, II and IV 1983
(c) I, III and IV Q14. What is basic to religion?
(d) II, III and IV (a) Idol worship
B (b) Belief in the supernatural element
(c) Priesthood
182 (d) Life after death
b
Match the dances and the States of their
origin in the following
list
I. Kathakali A. Orissa
Culture
II. Odissi B. Kerala
The sculpture with the three faces of
III. Bharatanatyam C. Tamil Nadu
Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh known as
IV. Kuchipudi D. Andhra Pradesh
“Trimurti” appears in
I II III IV
(a) Ajanta caves
(a) B A D C
(b) Ellora caves
(b) A B C D
(c) Kalva caves
(c) B D A C
(d) Elephanta caves
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(d) B A C D (c) Culture

d (d) Law
The tendency of lower caste people to D
improve their living 1984
standard and status by imitating the upper Major difference between ‘Varna’ and ‘Jati’,
class people is known as is that
(a) Assimilation (a) Jatis are limited whereas Varnas are
(b) Sanskritisation unlimited
(c) Urbanisation (b) Jatis are only four whereas Varnas are
(d) Acculturation many
D (c) Varnas are only four whereas Jatis are
Match the following : many
A. Ravi Shanker 1. Painter (d) Jati is decided by birth but not Varna
B. Ravi Verma 2. Tabla C
C. Alia Rakha 3. Sarod Ajanta paintings depict
D. Ali Akbar Khan 4. Sitar (a) Ramayana
The correct match is (b) Mahabharata
ABCD (c) Jatakas
(a) 1 3 2 4 (d) Panchatantra
(b) 2 3 1 4 C
(c) 3 1 2 4 In whose reign Mughal painting art was at
(d) 4 1 2 3 its zenith ?
D (a) Jahangir
Match the following : (b) Babur
A. Gonds 1. Central India (c) Shahjehan
B. Eskimos 2. Canada (d) Aurangzeb
C. Lapps 3. Norway A
D. Moplas 4. Kerala Ramanujacharya advocated
The correct answer is (a) Dvaita
ABCD (b) Advaita
(a) 4 3 1 2 (c) Bhakti cult
(b) 2 3 1 4 (d) Vaishnavism
(c) 2 4 2 3 C
(d) 3 2 1 4 Who established four ‘Maths’ in four
corners of India ?
183 (a) Shankaracharya
(b) Bhaskara
(c) Ramanujacharya
(d) None of these
A
In a civilised urban society, what makes
A. Birju Maharaj (i) Bharatnatyam
people live together ?
B. Sanjukta Panigrahi (ii) Kuchipudi
(a) Patriotism
C. T. Balasaraswathy (iii) Odissi
(b) Religion
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D. Sonal Man Singh (iv) Kathak (d) Lumbini

(a) A—(iv),B—(iii), C—(i), D—(ii) A
(b) A—(iii), B—(ii), C—(i), D—(iv) Which of the following can be regarded as
(c) A—(i), B—(ii), C—(iii), D—(iv) the chief
(d) A—(ii), B—(i), C—(iii), D—(iv) contribution of Buddhism to India ?
A (a) Art and literature
Which of the following places is not (b) Architecture
associated with the growth (c) Ahimsa and self-purification
of art ? (d) Rituals
(a) Mahabalipuram C
(b) Amarnath Who among the following being a renowned
(c) Ajanta poet was a good
(d) Ellora painter also ?
B (a) Rabindra Nath Tagore
Main preachings of Buddha were in regard (b) Amrita Shergil
to (c) A. N. Tagore
(a) Right faith and conduct (d) S. N. Bannerjee
(b) Love of God A
(c) Practice of rituals Which of the following statements is
(d) Idol worship incorrect ?
A (a) Chandragupta Vikramaditya killed the
Bhakti Cult’ laid emphasis on Saka
(a) Idol worship (b) Samudragupta is known as Indian
(b) Universal brotherhood Napolean
(c) Devotion to God (c) Skandagupta defeated Huns
(d) None of these (d) Kumaragupta restored the embankment
C of Sundarsana Lake
1985 D
The great Indian bustard is a/an Which of the following statements regarding
(a) Animal Adi
(b) Reptile Shankaracharya is/are correct?
(c) Bird I : He was one of the greatest Hindu
scholars
184 II : He was born in Kerala
III : First ever Indian feature film in Sanskrit
was made after his
name
IV : The above feature film was adjudged
the best film for the year
(d) Mammal
1983
C
V : He wrote a commentary on the
Gautam Buddha attained Nirvana at
Upanishads
(a) Bodh Gaya
(a) Ail are correct
(b) Sarnath
(b) Only I, II and III are correct
(c) Kushi Nagar
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(c) Only I, III and V are correct Mission ?

(d) All except II are correct (i) Participation of Indian States in the
D Constitution-making body
Match the columns : (ii) Forming separate State for the Muslims
(A) Upanishads (1) World’s oldest scriptures (iii) Election of the Constitution-making body
(B) Samaveda (2) Magical chants by the members of the
(C) Rigveda (3) Mysterious doctrine lower house of the Provincial Legislature
(D) Atharvaveda (4) Ritual juice (a) (i) and (ii)
ABCD (b) (i) and (iii)
a) 4 3 2 1 (c) (ii) and (iii)
b) 3 4 1 2 (d) (i), (ii) and (iii)
c) 1 2 3 4 B
d) 4 2 1 3 Match the columns :
B (A) Amjad Ali Khan 1. Flute
Match the columns : (B) Ali Hussain 2. Sarod
(A) Amarnath (1) Buddhist caves (C) Hari Prasad Chaurasia 3. Tabla
(B) Rock cut temples (2) Jain saint (D) Alia Rakha 4. Shehnai
(C) Ajanta (3) Hindu shrine ABCD
(D) Bahubali (4) Mahabalipuram (a) 2 1 3 4
ABCD (b) 4 2 1 3
(a) 3 4 2 1 (c) 2 4 1 3
(b) 4 3 1 2 (d)1 2 3 4
(c) 3 4 1 2 C
(d) 4 3 2 1 The Nagara style of temple architecture is
C associated with
1986 (a) North India
Arrange the following in proper sequence : (b) South India
(i) “Vinayapitaka” (c) East India
185 Which of the following is wrongly matched ?
(a) Abul Fazal — “Babumama”
(b) Kalhana — “Rajtarangini”
(c) Mohd. Jayasi — “Padmavat”
(d) Abdul Hamid — “Badshahnama”
A
(ii) “Gita Govinda”
Which of the following is not included in
(iii) “Raghuvansha”
Mughal paintings ?
(iv) “Atharvaveda”
(a) Portraits
(a) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
(b) Islamic themes
(b) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
(c) Flowers and plants
(c) (iv), (i), (iii), (ii)
(d) Hunting scenes
(d) (ii), (iv), (iii), (i)
B
C
Arrange the following Buddhist councils in a
Which of the following proposals were made
chronological
by the Cripps
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order (b) Somesgara - Charu Chintamani

(1) Vaishali (c) Kalhana - Ashtadhyayi
(2) Rajagraha (d) Satyanarayana – Mahabharata
(3) Patliputra A
(4) Sreenagar Of the following, the oldest Sanskrit poet,
(a) 1, 4, 3, 2 whose composition
(b) 3, 2, 1, 4 still remains in original classical style, is
(c) 4, 1, 2, 3 (a) Asvaghosa
(d) 2, 1, 3, 4 (b) Dandin
D (c) Kalidasa
1987 (d) Bhavabhuti
Match the columns : A
(A) Namdeva (i) West Bengal Match the columns :
(B) Chaitanaya (ii) Uttar Pradesh (A) West Bengal (i) Alpana
(C) Surdas (iii) Maharashtra (B) Maharashtra (ii) Rangoli
(D) Nanak (iv) Punjab (C) Tamil Nadu (iii) Pahari
(a) A-(iii) B-(i) C-(ii) D-(iv) (D) Rajasthan (iv) Kolam
(b) A-(ii) B-(iii) C-(iv) D-(i) (a) A-(i) B-(ii) C-(iii) D-(iv)
(c) A-(iv) B-(ii) C-(i) D-(iii) (b) A-(iv) B-(iii) C-(ii) D-(i)
(d) A-(i) B-(iv) C-(iii) D-(ii (c) A-(i) B-(ii) C-(iv) D-(iii)
a (d) A-(ii) B-(i) C-(iv) D-(iii)
India’s contribution to Mathematics includes c
1. Number system The Buddhist sculpture and art is found at
2. Decimal system (a) Mahabalipuram
3. Concept of zero (b) Kanchi
(c) Vijayanagar
186 (d) Amravati
B
1987
Match the columns :
(A) Namdeva (i) West Bengal
(B) Chaitanaya (ii) Uttar Pradesh
(a) 1, 2 & 3
(C) Surdas (iii) Maharashtra
(b) 1 & 2
(D) Nanak (iv) Punjab
(c) 2 & 3
(a) A-(iii) B-(i) C-(ii) D-(iv)
(d) 1 & 3
(b) A-(ii) B-(iii) C-(iv) D-(i)
c
(c) A-(iv) B-(ii) C-(i) D-(iii)
Musical instrument used by Amir Khusro
(d) A-(i) B-(iv) C-(iii) D-(ii
was
a
(a) Sitar
India’s contribution to Mathematics includes
(b) Sarod
1. Number system
(c) Tabla
2. Decimal system
(d) Flute
3. Concept of zero
(a) 1, 2 & 3
(a) Surdas - Sahitya Lahari
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(b) 1 & 2 (d) Amravati

(c) 2 & 3 B
(d) 1 & 3 1994
c Which one of the following is a language of
Musical instrument used by Amir Khusro Baluchistan but linguistically Dravidian ?
was (a) Brahui
(a) Sitar (b) Kui
(b) Sarod (c) Parji
(c) Tabla (d) Pengo
(d) Flute A
Which of the following pairs is correct ? Which one of the following is the most
(a) Surdas - Sahitya Lahari fundamental difference between Mahayana
(b) Somesgara - Charu Chintamani Buddhism and Hinayana Buddhism ?
(c) Kalhana - Ashtadhyayi (a) Emphasis on ahimsa
(d) Satyanarayana – Mahabharata (b) Casteless society
A (c) Worship of gods and goddesses
(d) Worship of stupa
187 C
Which one of the following usages was a
post Vedic development ?
(a) Dharma — Artha — Kama — Moksha
(b) Brahmana—Kshatriya—Vaishya—
Shudra
Of the following, the oldest Sanskrit poet,
(c) Brahmacharya—Grihastashrama—
whose composition
Vanaprastha — Sanyasa
still remains in original classical style, is
(d) Indra — Surya — Rudra — Marut
(a) Asvaghosa
C
(b) Dandin
In the Gandhara sculptures the preaching
(c) Kalidasa
mudra associated with the Buddha’s First
(d) Bhavabhuti
Sermon at Sarnath is
A
(a) abhaya
Match the columns :
(b) dhyana
(A) West Bengal (i) Alpana
(c) dharmachakra
(B) Maharashtra (ii) Rangoli
(d) bhumisparsa
(C) Tamil Nadu (iii) Pahari
C
(D) Rajasthan (iv) Kolam
The name of the poet Kalidasa is mentioned
(a) A-(i) B-(ii) C-(iii) D-(iv)
in the
(b) A-(iv) B-(iii) C-(ii) D-(i)
(a) Allahabad pillar inscription
(c) A-(i) B-(ii) C-(iv) D-(iii)
(b) Aihole inscription
(d) A-(ii) B-(i) C-(iv) D-(iii)
(c) Alapadu grant
c
(d) Hanumakonda inscription
The Buddhist sculpture and art is found at
D
(a) Mahabalipuram
Vidhushaka, a common character in
(b) Kanchi
Sanskrit drama, is invariably a
(c) Vijayanagar
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(a) Brahmana (c) Ashtadhyayi

(b) Kshatriya (d)Mahabharata
(c) Vaisya D
(d) Shudra Sculpturesof the Mathura School of Art,
A which flourished in the
The caves and rockcut temples at Ellora are early centuries of the Christian Era, are
(a) Buddhist made out of
(b) Buddhist and Jain (a) Marble
(c) Hindu and Jain (b) Slate stone
(d) Hindu, Buddhist and Jain (c) Granite
D (d)Red sandstone
Whichof the following is/are correctly D
matched ? Who among the following Bhakti leaders
Persons Events used the medium of
1. Keshab Chandra Sen Prarthana Samaj dance and songs (Kirtans)to make one feel
the personal presence of
188 god near him ?
(a) Shankaradeva
(b) Chandidasa
(c) Jnanadeva
(d)Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
D
2. Mahadev Govind Ranade Brahmo Samaj
Which one of the following pairs is not
3. Swami Vivekanand Ramakrishna Mission
correctly matched ?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(a) Islam - Koran
(b) 1 and 3 only
(b) Hinduism - Veda
(c) 1 only
(c) Shintoism - Analects
(d)3 only
(d)Judaism – Torah
B
D
Which one of the following pairs is correctly
Who among the following was not sent to
matched ?
Lanka for the
(a) Abul Fazal — Ain-i-Akbari
propagation of Buddhism ?
(b) Badauni — Akbar Noma
(a) Rashtriya
(c) Abdul Hamid Lahori — Tabkat-i-Akbari
(b) Bhadrasaro
(d)Nizamuddin Ahmad — Badshah Nama
(c) Uttriya
A
(d)Sona
Charakasamhitais a work on
D
(a) Polity
Matchthe columns :
(b) Medicine
List 1 List 2
(c) Architecture
A. Rig Veda 1. Musical hymns
(d)Mathematics
B. Yajur Veda 2. Hymns and rituals
B
C. Sama Veda 3. Charms and spells
Theoldest Hindu epic is
D. Atharva Veda 4. Hymns and prayers
(a) Mahabhashya
(a) 4 2 1 3
(b) Ramayana
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(b) 3 2 4 1 Jainismdiffered from Buddhism in which of

(c) 4 1 2 3 the following
(d)2 3 1 4 aspects ?
A (a) Faith in Karma
Matchthe columns : (b) Doctrine of Ahimsa
List 1 List 2 (c) Belief in fasting
(Artiste) (Instrument) (d)Rejection of Yagna
A. Ali Akbar Khan 1. Flute C
B. Yehudi Menuhin 2. Sarod Whichof the following is not a feature of
Gandhara School of
189 Art ?
(a) It was patronised by Sakas and
Kushanas
(b) It has Indian and Greek influence
(c) It resulted in the origination of
Hinayanism
C. Ravi Shankar 3. Sitar
(d)It portrayed human figures exactly
D. H. P. Chaurasia 4. Santoor
C
5. Violin
Mostpopular Sufis were the
(a) 4 3 1 5
(a) Rabia
(b) 1 2 4 3
(b) Hallaj
(c) 2 3 4 1
(c) Ghazali
(d)2 5 3 1
(d)All of the above
D
D
Whichof the following are features of
BrahmoSamaj was founded by
Mughal Style of
(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
architecture ?
(b) David Hare
(1) Curvilinear roof
(c) Derozio
(2) Flat roof
(d)Alexander
(3) Domes
ThePrakrit text “Gathasaptasati” is attributed
(4) Arches
to the
Satavahana king
given below :
(a) Vasishtiputra Pulumavi
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) Hala
(b) 2, 3 and 4
(c) Gautamiputra Satkarni
(c) 1, 3 and 4
(d)Amaru
(d)1, 2 and 4
B
C
DadaSaheb Phalke Award is given for
1989
outstanding contribution
Q1. Theoriginal name of Mahabharata was
in the field of
(a) Brihit Katha
(a) Cinema
(b) Sahastra Samhita
(b) Literature
(c) Jaya Samhita
(c) Music
(d)Rajatarangini
(d)Medicine
C
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A (c) Atheism
Theparent script of the Indo-Aryan and (d)Monism
Dravidian language is A
(a) Indus Matchthe following :
(b) Brahmi (A) Chaitya (i) Amaravati
(c) Kharosti (B) Stupa (ii) Besnagar
(d)Aramic (C) Pillar (iii) Karle
A (D) Brick Temples (iv) Bhitragaon
(a) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
190 (b) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(c) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(d)(iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
C
(A) Charak (i) Samkhya
Whichof the following is located in
(B) Nagarjuna (ii) Sanskrit author
Aurangabad ?
(C) Kapila (iii) Ayurveda
(a) Shahjehan’s tomb
(D) Gorakhnath (iv) Rasaratnakara
(b) Tomb of Aurangzeb’s queen
(a) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(c) Akbar’s tomb
(b) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(d)Babur’s tomb
(c) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
B
(d)(iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
“Mitakshara”is associated with
A
(a) Yajnawalkya
(b) Poetics
(A) Ravi Verma (i) Modern Art
(c) Drama
(B) Amrita Shergil (ii) Music
(d)Grammar
(C) Jamini Roy (iii) Folk lore
A
(D) Ravi Shankar (iv) Medical Practitioner
. ‘Mattavilasa’is written by
(a) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(a) Harsha
(b) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(b) Rajashekhara
(c) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
(c) Somadeva
(d)(iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(d)Mahendravarman I
D
D
Whichamong the following is a folk dance of
(A) Vikram Seth (i) Photographer
India ?
(B) Raghu Raj (ii) Film Director
(a) Manipuri
(C) Charles Correa (iii) Writer
(b) Garba
(D) Mira Nair (iv) Architect
(c) Kathakali
(a) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
(d)Mohiniattam
(b) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
B
(c) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)
TheBrahmo Samaj is based on the
(d)(iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
principles of
A
(a) Monotheism
Assertion (A):
(b) Polytheism
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The form of government in Rigvedic period A. Bhubaneshwar 1. Vijayanagara

was monarchy architecture
Reason (R): B. Konark 2. Rajarani temple
C. Lepakshi 3. Vijayanagara paintings
191 D. Halebid 4. Hoysala monument
5. Sun temple
(a) 3 2 4 5
(b) 2 5 4 3
(c) 5 4 2 3
(d)
Priest enjoyed both social and political
D
status andinfluenced
Considerthe following pairs :
administration
Vaisnava Saints Region of strongfollowing
1. Ramanujacharya — South India
2. Chaitanya — Central India
3. Vallabhacharya — Gujarat and Brajarea
correctexplanation of A
4. Ramanand — North India
Of these pairs :
(a) 1, 2 and 3 are correctly matched
B
(b) 2, 3 and 4 are correctly matched
1990
(c) 1 and 4 are correctly matched
Matriarchicalsystem obtains among the
(d)1, 3 and 4 are correctly matched
(a) Nagas, Nairs and Meenas
c
(b) Nairs and Khasis
Whoamong the following was not a writer of
(c) Bhils, Nairs and Khasis
legal texts ?
(d)Nagas and Khasis
(a) Yajnavalkya
D
(b) Manu
Considerthe following pairs :
(c) Narada
Person Field of activity
(d)Bharavi
1. Subramania Bharati Literature
c
2. Mokshagundan Visvesvaraya Medicine
MatchList I with List II and select the
3. Jamsetji Tata Nusserwanji Engineering
and Planning
codes given belowthem :
4. Rabanindra Nath Tagore Painting
List I List II
Of these pairs
(Works) (Authors)
(a) 1, 2, 3, 4 are correctly matched.
A. Dayabhaga 1. Harsha
(b) 1 and 2 are correctly matched.
B. Mitakshara 2. Jimutavahana
(c) 1 and 4 are correctly matched.
C. Nagananda 3. Krittivasa
(d)2, 3 and 4 are correctly matched.
D. Ramayana 4. Vijnanesvara
C
(a) 2 3 1 4
MatchList I with List II and select the correct
(b) 2 4 1 3
answer using the
(c) 4 2 3 1
(d)4 1 2 3
List I List II
b
(Place) (Importance)
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MatchList I with List II and select the correct “Nirguna” reformer

answer using the ?
codes given belowthem : (a) Chaitanya
List I List II (b) Kabir
(c) Surdas
192 (d)Tulsidas
B
TheIndian caste system in its classical form
is characterised by
(a) Vertical hierarchy
(b) Horizontal hierarchy
A. Nagarjuna 1. Founder of Kalmukha Sect
(c) Intercaste occupational competition
B. Lakulisho 2. Founder of Vira Saivism
(d)Equality
C. Sankara 3. Founder of Advaita
a
philosophy
Judaismand Christianity arose in
D. Basava 4. Founder of Madhyamika
(a) Palestine
5. Propagator of Pasupata Sect
(b) Rome
(a) 4 5 3 2
(c) Egypt
(b) 3 1 5 4
(d)Iran
(c) 2 1 4 3
A
(d)1 2 3 4
Whichone of the following can be classified
a
as a “Pratiloma
The First Buddhist Council met at
Marriage”?
(a) Rajagriha
(a) A Brahmin girl marrying a Sudra boy
(b) Pataliputra
(b) A Sudra girl marrying a Brahmin boy
(c) Jalandhara
(c) A Brahmin girl marrying a Brahminboy
(d)Kashmir
(d)None of these
a
A
Whichone of the following pairs is correctly
Thewellknown painting ‘Bani Thani’
matched ?
belongs to the
(a) Bhaskaracharya—Ashtanga Sangraha
(a) Kangra School
(b) Bhatti — Sisupala Vadha
(b) Kishangarh School
(c) Hemachandra — Kathasaritsagara
(c) Bundi School
(d)Sri Harsha — Naishadha Charita
(d)Jaipur School
D
B
Inwhich one of the following periods were
MatchList I with List II and select the correct
the rockcut “Hindu”
answer using the
temples acharacteristic feature of
architecture?
List I List II
(a) Sungas
(Artiste) (Instrument)
(b) Satavahanas
A. Sadiq Ali Khan 1. Veena
(c) Pallavas
B. V. G. Jog 2. Sarod
(d)Cholas
C. Ali Akbar Khan 3. Flute
C
D. Pannalal Ghosh 4. Violin
Who,among the following, was known as a
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(a) 1 4 2 3 was the doctrine added by

(b) 2 1 3 4 him ?
(c) 4 3 1 2 (a) Do not commit violence
(d)1 3 2 4 (b) Observe continence
A (c) Do not acquire property
(d) Do not speak a lie
193 B
Ramanuja, the Vaishnava Saint, was born
at
(a) Srirangam
(b) Srivilliputtur
(c) Udipi
Whichone of the following is the National
Flower of India ?
D
(a) Rose
Mitakshara is
(b) Canna
(a) A work on astronomy
(c) Lotus
(b) A treatise on ancient Hindu law of
(d)Marigold
inheritance
C
(c) An Agamic text
Considerthe following statements regarding
(d) A compendium on medicine
Kautilya’s
B
Arthshastra :
Which one of the following is correctly
1. It places morality higher thanpolitical
matched ?
expediency.
(a) Thyagaraja — Tamil
2. It argues the case for afully-centralised
(b) Purandara Das — Kannada
government for the
(c) Jnaneshwar — Bengali
empire.
(d) Sankaradeva — Gujarati
3. It deals with problems ofadministration as
B
well as laws of property
Which one of the following does not indicate
and crime.
the difference
4. It includes section on government ofthe
between Mahayanism and Hinayanism ?
State and diplomatic
(a) Belief in the Bodhisattvas
relations with other States.
(b) Worship of the image of Buddha
Of these statements
(c) Use of the Sanskrit language
(a) 1, 2 and 3 are correct
(d) Admission of women into the
(b) 2 and 3 are correct
monasteries
(c) 3 and 4 are correct
D
(d)1, 2 and 4 are correct
In his works, Kalidasa exhibits a particular
B
leaning towards the
1991
worship of
It is said that of the five doctrines taught by
(a) Vishnu
Jainism four were
(b) Shiva
taken over by Mahavira from previous
(c) Durga
teachers and only one was
(d) Ganesha
added by him. Which one of the following
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Kalhana’s Rajatarangini (twelfth century) List I List II

contains A. Classical music 1. Lata Mangeshkar,
(a) A collection of stories preaching morals Mukesh, Manna Dey
(b) The history of the dynasties of Kashmir B. Light classical music 2. Bade Gulam Ali
(c) The history of early Muslim rule in India Khan, Amir Khan, Jasraj
(d) An account of the early Indian voyages C. Light music 3. Siddeswari Devi, Rasodan
B Bai, Girija Devi
D. Folk music 4. Teejan Bai, Sheikh Gulab,
194 Poorna Das
ABCD
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 2 3 1 4
(c) 3 1 2 4
(d) 1 3 2 4
Inflation tends to reduce the share of labour
B
in the GNP (Gross
Match :
National Product) because
List I List II
(a) Wages lag behind prices
A. Khajuraho temple 1. Hoysala style
(b) Prices lag behind wages
B. Brihadeshwar temple 2. Pallava style
(c) Profits lag behind prices
C. Hoyalesvara temple 3. Chandel
(d) Profits lag behind wages
D. Seven Pagodas 4. Chola
A
5. Chedi
Of the following centres which is the one
ABCD
where the original
(a) 5 1 3 2
monasteries established by Adi
(b) 2 3 1 5
Shankaracharya is not found?
(c) 3 4 1 2
(a) Puri
(d) 3 4 5 1
(b) Kari
C
(c) Shringeri
Painted greyware is attributed to
(d) Dwarka
(a) Vedic period
B
(b) Guptas
Who is the well-known collector of artifacts
(c) Mauryas
and curios?
(d) Indus valley civilization
(a) Salar Jung
A
(b) Wadeyar
1992
(c) Rabindranath Tagore
(d) Motilal Nehru
correct answer by using
A
the codes given below the lists.
The Upanishads are collectively known as
List I List II
(a) Vedangas
A. Nankana 1. Guru Gobind Singh
(b) Vedanta
B. Nanded 2. Guru Amar Das
(c) Sruti
C. Dera Baba Nanak 3. Guru Ram Das
(d) Smriti
Nanak
B
D. Amritsar 4. Guru Nanak
Match :
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ABCD Thillana is a format of

(a) 4 1 3 2 (a) Kathak
(b) 1 3 2 4 (b) Kuchipudi
(c) 4 1 2 3 (c) Odissi
(d) 3 2 4 1 (d) Bharatnatyam
C D
Some Buddhist rock-cut caves are called Which one of the following pairs of famous
chaityas while the sayings and their
sources is correctly matched?
195 (a) Vasudhaiva Kutumbhakam : Artha
Sastra
(b) Yogakshemam vahamyaham : Rig Veda
(c) Satyamevajayate : Mundaka Upanishad
(d) Satyam Shivam Sundaram : Bhagavat
Gita
others viharas. What is the difference
C
between the two?
Gupta architecture is represented by many
(a) Chaitya is a place of worship while
brick temples and
vihara is the dwelling place of
the temple of Bhitargaon is most notable for
the monks
its well preserved and
(b) Chaitya is the stupa at the far end of the
moulded bricks of excellent design, this
cave while vihara is the
temple has
hall axial to it
(a) A tall Gopuram
(c) There is no material difference between
(b) A Pyramidal roof
the two
(c) An Apsidal plan
(d) Vihara is a place of worship while
(d) Double basement
chaitya is the dwelling place of
B
the monks
The well known painting, ‘Bani Thani’
A
belongs to the
Which one of the following does not
(a) Kangra School
constitute part of the
(b) Kishangarh School
Veda?
(c) Bundi School
(a) Nirukta
(d) Jaipur School
(b) Upanishad
B
(c) Brahmana
Which one of the following was worshipped
(d) Samhita
as a heavenly
A
God by ancient Indians?
Which one of the following is a historical
(a) Surya
work by
(b) Angaraka (Mangala)
Hemachandra?
(c) Sukra
(a) Dvasraya-kavya
(d) Sani
(b) Prabandhachintamani
In which one of the following the Gandhara
(c) Kamatakabhasabhushana
sculptures of the
(d) Samaranganasutradhara
Buddha are typically Indian and not Greek
A
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or Roman? (b) Moin-ud-din

(a) In the treatment of the robe (c) Nasiruddin Chiragh-i-Delhi
(b) In the rendering of the physiognomy (d) Hamidud-Din Nagori
(c) In the iconography B
(d) In the style 1993
C The last in the succession of Jaina
Fresco paintings in the Ajanta Caves were Tirthankaras was
done, while which (a) Parsvanatha
of the following dynasties was flourishing? (b) Rishabha
(a) Guptas (c) Mahavira
(b) Sungas (d) Manisubrata
C
196 According to the ancient Indian
geographical concept,
‘Bharatvarsha’ was a part of
(a) Pushkaradweepa
(b) Jambudweepa
(c) Kraunchadweepa
(c) Kanvas
(d) Kushdweepa
(d) Mauryas
B
AM
The earliest rock-cut caves in western India
atch List I with List II and select the
are those at
correct answer by using
(a) Nasik, Ellora and Ajanta
the codes given below the lists:
(b) Junnar, Kalyan and Pitalkhora
List I List II
(c) Ajanta, Bhaja and Kondane
A. Asad Ali Khan 1. Surbahar
(d) Bhala, Pitalkhora and Kondane
B. Sajjad Hussain 2. Tabla
C
C. Zakir Hussain 3. Shehnai
The term nishka, which meant an ornament
D. Bismillah Khan 4. Sarod
in the Vedic period,
5. Been
was used in later times to denote a/an
(a) 5 4 2 1
(a) weapon
(b) 1 5 2 3
(b) agricultural implement
(c) 2 1 4 3
(c) script
(d) 5 1 2 3
(d) coin
D
D
Which one of the following is a Vedanga?
Which one of the following pairs of kings of
(a) Sruti
ancient and
(b) Smriti
medieval periods of Indian history and the
(c) Nirukta
works authored by them
(d) Samhita
is correctly matched?
C
(a) Krishnadevaraya :
The Chishti saint, in whose honour ‘Urs’ is
Samaranganasutradhara
held in Ajmer every
(b) Mahendravarman :
year, was
Mattavilasaprahasana
(a) Nizamuddin Auliya
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(c) Mahendrasharman : Mattavilasa India ?

(d) Somesvara : Amuktamalayada (a) Dhanvantri
D (b) Bhaskaracharya
The Buddhist sect Mahayana formally (c) Charaka
came into existence (d) Susruta
during the reign of B
(a) Ajatashatru 1994
Which one of the following is a language of
197 Baluchistan but linguistically Dravidian ?
(a) Brahui
(b) Kui
(c) Parji
(d) Pengo
A
(b) Ashoka
(c) Dharmapala
fundamental difference between Mahayana
(d) Kanishka
Buddhism and Hinayana Buddhism ?
D
(a) Emphasis on ahimsa
In Jainism ‘perfect knowledge’ is referred to
(b) Casteless society
as
(c) Worship of gods and goddesses
(a) Jina
(d) Worship of stupa
(b) ratna
C
(c) kaivalya
Which one of the following usages was a
(d) nirvana
post Vedic development ?
C
(a) Dharma — Artha — Kama — Moksha
Among the four works mentioned below
(b) Brahmana—Kshatriya—Vaishya—
which one is
Shudra
encyclopaedic in nature?
(c) Brahmacharya—Grihastashrama—
(a) Amarakosa
Vanaprastha — Sanyasa
(b) Siddhantasiromani
(d) Indra — Surya — Rudra — Marut
(c) Brhat Samhita
C
(d) Ashtangahrdaya
In the Gandhara sculptures the preaching
A
mudra associated with the Buddha’s First
In Mughal paintings one notices the
Sermon at Sarnath is
adoption of principle of
(a) abhaya
foreshortening whereby near and distant
(b) dhyana
people and things could be
(c) dharmachakra
placed in perspective. This was due to the
(d) bhumisparsa
influence of the
C
(a) British
The name of the poet Kalidasa is mentioned
(b) Dutch
in the
(c) Portuguese
(a) Allahabad pillar inscription
(d) DanishC
(b) Aihole inscription
Who among the following Is NOT
(c) Alapadu grant
associated with medicine in
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(d) Hanumakonda inscription B

D . Panchayati Raj as introduced in 1959
Vidhushaka, a common character in operates at
Sanskrit drama, is invariably a (a) Samiti and block levels
(b) Block and district levels
198 (c) Samiti and district levels
(d) Village, block and district levels
D
Panchayati Raj administration is primarily
aimed
(a) To increase agricultural production
(a) Brahmana
(b) To ensure rural development
(b) Kshatriya
(c) To work for the upliftment of Harijans
(c) Vaisya
(d) To arouse in the people of each area
(d) Shudra
intensive and continuous interest in the
A
community development
The caves and rockcut temples at Ellora are
programme
(a) Buddhist
D
(b) Buddhist and Jain
The case of dispute in the presidential
(c) Hindu and Jain
election is referred to
(d) Hindu, Buddhist and Jain
(a) Chief Election Commissioner
D
(b) Supreme Court
Polity IR (c) Parliament
(d) None of these
1979 B
Which of the following has not declared The most controversial provision in the 42nd
itself as an Islamic Republic ? Constitution Amendment is
(a) Pakistan (a) Supremacy of Parliament
(b) Iran
(c) Algeria (d) Saudi Arabia 199
D
China attacked Vietnam because
(a) Of armed provocations and
encroachment against Chinese territory
(b) Of Vietnam’s alliance with U.S.S.R. (b) Enumeration of ten Fundamental Duties
(c) Of Vietnam’s involvement in Kampuchea (c) Term of Lok Sabha and Legislative
(d) Of Paracel Islands dispute Assemblies
C (d) Primacy to the Directive Principles over
Liberty, Equality and Fraternity, this the Fundamental Rights
inspiration was derived from D
(a) American Revolution Which of the following States in India has no
(b) French Revolution Legislative Council ?
(c) Russian Revolution (a) Tamil Nadu
(d) None of the above (b) Bihar
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(c) West Bengal (d) Right to freedom of speech and

(d) Maharashtra expression
Which of the following territories is not C
absolutely independent ? A candidate to become a member of Lok
(a) Hong Kong Sabha should not be less than
(b) Singapore (a) 21 years
(c) Switzerland (b) 25 years
(d) Mozambique (c) 30 years
A (d) 35 years
Who is authorised to decide over a dispute B
regarding disqualification of a member of The President of Union of India has the
Parliament ? same constitutional authority as the
(a) Election Commissioner (a) British Monarch
(b) Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b) President of U.S.A.
(c) President of India (c) President of Egypt
(d) A committee set up by the Parliament (d) President of U.S.S.R.
C A
The two highest gallantry awards in India Which of the following is not included in the
are list of Fundamental Duties in the
(a) Param Vir Chakra and Maha Vir Chakra Constitution ?
(b) Param Vir Chakra and Vir Chakra (a) To safeguard public property and to
(c) Ashok Chakra and Maha Vir Chakra abjure violence
(d) Param Vir Chakra and Ashok Chakra (b) To uphold and protect the sovereignty,
A unity and integrity of India
Which of the following Asian languages are (c) Secularism
UN official languages ? (d) To abide by the Constitution and respect
(a) Chinese and Japanese its ideals
(b) Chinese and Arabic C
(c) Japanese and Arabic Which language has been added recently to
(d) Chinese and Hindi the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of
B India?
The word ‘secular’ denotes (a) Urdu
(a) Keeping away from all religions (b) Sanskrit
(b) Freedom of religion and worship to all (c) Sindhi
citizens (d) Assamese
(c) Belief in God C
(d) Practising different religions The Vice-President of India is elected by
B (a) The people directly
Which of the following is not included in (b) The members of Lok Sabha and Rajya
Fundamental Rights in the Constitution of Sabha
India ? (c) The members of Rajya Sabha only
(a) Right to property (d) The members of Lok Sabha, Rajya
(b) Right to freedom of religion Sabha and State Legislatures
(c) Right to vote in all elections B
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In a parliamentary system the executive is C

responsible The members of Constituent Assembly
(a) Directly to the people were
(b) To legislature (a) Elected by the provincial assemblies
(b) Elected directly by the people
200 (c) Nominated by the government
(d) Only representatives of princely states
A
Which are the two States next to U.P.
having maximum representation in Lok
Sabha ?
(c) To judiciary
(a) Bihar and Maharashtra
(b) Bihar and Madhya Pradesh
B
(c) Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
The principal language of Nagaland is
(d) Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra
(a) English
D
(b) Naga
(c) Assamese
(d) Khasi
1980
All responsibilities regarding elections in
A
India are entrusted to
Which of the following is contained in the
(a) President
Concurrent List ?
(b) Prime Minister
(a) Forests
(c) Chief Justice
(b) Education
(d) Chief Election Commissioner
(c) Police
(d) Agriculture D
B In which case a joint session of the Lok
The Constitution 44th Amendment Sabha and Rajya
(renumbered as 43rd Amendment) Sabha is convened by the President?
(a) Ensures the right to property (a) When a Finance Bill is to be passed by
(b) Ensures the press freedom the Lok Sabha and the
(c) Limits the powers of the Government to Rajya Sabha with 2/3rd majority
proclaim internal emergency (b) To impeach the President
(d) Restores to the High Courts and to the (c) If after a bill has been passed by one
Supreme Court their jurisdiction to consider House and transmitted to
the validity of any the other House and the bill is rejected by
Central or State law. the other House
D (d) All of the above
What is the power of Rajya Sabha regarding C
Money Bill ? 44th Amendment of the Constitution speaks
(a) It can amend it of
(b) It can reject it (a) Right to property as no longer a
(c) It can withhold the bill for 14 days to Fundamental Right
make recommendations (b) Suspension of individual liberty during
(d) It has no power regarding Money Bill emergency
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(c) Barring the courts from interfering in the Parliament may not
disputes regarding the meet?
election of Prime Minister (a) Six months
(d) Giving more importance to Directive (b) One year
Principles over Fundamental (c) Two years
Rights. (d) Three years
A A
Finance Commission is appointed after Parliament consists of
every (a) Prime Minister and other Ministers
(a) 2 years (b) President, Prime Minister and other
(b) 5 years Ministers
(c) 7 years (c) President, Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha
(d) 10 years (d) President, Chief Justice and Lok Sabha
B C
Council of Ministers of the Union of India is Rajya Sabha can delay the Money Bill
responsible to the passed by the Lok
(a) Parliament Sabha for a period not exceeding
(b) President (a) 9 days
(c) Prime Minister (b) 14 days
(d) Chief Justice (c) 15 days
A (d) 30 days
A candidate to become a member of Lok B
Sabha should not be How many judges are there in the
less than International Court of
Justice ?
201 (a) 10
(b) 12
(c) 15
(d) 20
C
(a) 21 years The term ‘Fourth Estate’ refers to
(b) 25 years (a) A very backward State
(c) 30 years (b) Judiciary
(d) 35 years (c) Parliament
B (d) Press
The word “secular” denotes D
(a) Keeping away from all religions Whose signatures are found on a hundred
(b) Belief in one God rupee note ?
(c) Freedom of religion and worship to all (a) President of India
citizens (b) Governor of Reserve Bank of India
(d) Practising different religions (c) Prime Minister
C (d) Finance Minister
What is the maximum period during which B
Who was the second President of the Indian
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Republic ? President of India can be decided by

(a) Dr. Zakir Hussain (a) High Court
(b) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan (b) Election Tribunal
(c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (c) Chief Election Commissioner
(d) (d) None of the above
B D
1981 Rajya Sabha is dissolved once in
U.S.S.R. stands for (a) 2 years
(a) Union of Secular Socialist Republics (b) 3 years
(b) Union of Sovereign Socialist Republics (c) 6 years
(c) Union of Soviet Secular Republics (d) It is never dissolved
(d) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics D
D What is land ceiling ?
Which famous judgement restricted the (a) To fix a land area for irrigation purposes
authority of the (b) To fix rural land holdings at the existing
Parliament to amend the Constitution so as to level
damage or destroy its (c) To fix urban land holdings at the existing
basic or essential features or its basic structure ? level
(a) Golaknath case (d) To fix the quantum of land held by a family
(b) Balananda Saraswati case D
(c) Minerva Mills Ltd. and others case Directive Principles of State Policy are
(d) Keshvanand Bharti case contained in
A (a) Part I of the Constitution
Which of the following is incorrect? (b) Part II of the Constitution
(c) Part III of the Constitution
202 (d) Part IV of the Constitution
D
China has which type of Parliamentary System ?
(a) One party
(b) Two-party
(c) Multi-party
(a) 1951-56 First Five-Year Plan
(d) None of these
(b) 1956-61 Second Five-Year Plan
A
(c) 1961-66 Third Five-Year Plan
Which Amendment of the Constitution gave
(d) 1966-71 Fourth Five-Year Plan
priority to Directive
D
Principles over Fundamental Rights ?
Panchayati Raj System was introduced in the
(a) 36th Amendment
year
(b) 38th Amendment
(a) 1948
(c) 40th Amendment
(b) 1959
(d) 42nd Amendment
(c) 1951
D
(d) 1952
B
The dispute regarding the election of Prime 203
Minister and
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(d) People directly

D
The concept of welfare state is included in
the Constitution of
What does secularism mean ? India in
(a) State patronising all religions (a) Preamble
(b) State having its own religion (b) Fundamental Rights
(c) State having no official religion and citizens (c) Fourth Schedule
are free to follow any (d) Directive Principles of State Policy
religion or faith D
(d) State having one official religion and How many members can be nominated to
showing respect to all other the Lok Sabha by
religions the President ?
C (a) 2
Which of the following is not a Fundamental (b) 4
Right? (c) 5
(a) Right to equality (d) 12
(b) Right to property To uphold and protect the sovereignty, unity
(c) Right against exploitation and integrity of
(d) Right to freedom of speech and expression India, a provision has been made in the
B (a) Directive Principles of State Policy
By which Amendment to the Constitution, the (b) Preamble to the Constitution
Fundamental (c) Fundamental Duties
Duties of the citizens were specified ? (d) Fundamental Rights
(a) 38th C
(b) 40th
(c) 42nd 204
(d) 44th
C
Acts and Regulations validated by Article 31 B
are specified in
_____ of the Constitution The 45th Amendment to the Indian
(a) Concurrent List Constitution relates to
(b) State List (a) Minorities Commission
(c) Union List (b) Commission for Scheduled Castes and
(d) Ninth Schedule Scheduled Tribes
D (c) Extension of reservation of seats for
1982 Scheduled Castes and
President of India is elected by Scheduled Tribes
(a) Lok Sabha (d) None of the above
(b) Rajya Sabha C
(c) Elected representatives of Lok Sabha, Directive Principles of State Policy are
Rajya Sabha and State included in which part of
Legislative Assemblies the Indian Constitution ?
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(a) Part IV (a) Rural employment

(b) Part III (b) Agricultural and rural industries
(c) Part II development
(d) Part I (c) Political awareness among village
A people
Which one of the following is not a (d) Giving training to villagers for fighting
Fundamental Right ? elections
(a) Freedom of speech and expression b
(b) Right to assemble peaceably and 1984
without arms Which one of the following is part of Preamble
(c) Right to property of the Constitution
(d) Right to equality of India ?
C (a) We, the people of India, having solemnly
The dispute regarding the election of resolved to constitute
President of India is to be India into a Sovereign Socialist Secular
referred to Democratic Republic .... do
(a) Chief Election Commissioner hereby Adopt, Enact and Give to ourselves this
(b) Supreme Court Constitution
(c) Parliament (b) We, the members of the Parliament, do
(d) Attorney-General hereby Adopt, Enact and
If President wants to resign, he should Give to ourselves this Constitution
address his resignation (c) We, the people of Constituent Assembly, do
letter to the hereby Adopt, Enact
(a) Parliament
(b) Prime Minister 205
(c) Chief Justice of India
(d) Vice-President
D
Council of Ministers of the Union of India is
responsible to
and Give to ourselves this Constitution
(a) Rajya Sabha
(b) Prime Minister
A
(c) President
Who decides whether a Bill is a ‘Money Bill’ or
(d) Lok Sabha
not ?
D
(a) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
When a money bill is passed by the
(b) President
Parliament, the President
(c) Prime Minister
has the power to
(d) Vice-President
(a) Amend it
A
(b) Reject it
Sarkaria Commission has been set up to study
(c) Kept it with him
(a) Centre-State relations
(d) Return it for reconsideration
(b) Inter-State relations
D
(c) Financial aid to States
Panchayati Raj is mainly aimed at
(d) Splitting of LIC
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A
Being a non-member who among the following
can participate
in the proceedings of either House of Parliament
without having the (a) Conscious of social obligations
voting right? (b) Not bothered about anything
(a) Vice-President (c) Educated
(b) Chief Justice of India (d) Rich in cultural heritage
(c) Comptroller & Auditor-General Centre-State financial relations are looked after
(d) Attorney General by the
D (a) Finance Commission
The Eighth Schedule of Indian Constitution (b) Sarkaria Commission
contains (c) Ministry of Finance
(a) Fundamental Rights (d) Planning Commission
(b) Directive Principles A
(c) A list of 1 8 languages recognised by the Who selects persons for appointment to the
Constitution Central Civil
(d) Number of States and Union Territories Services in India ?
C (a) President
Match the following : (b) Prime Minister
(A) Chief Election Commissioner 1. Elected by (c) Planning Commission
members of Rajya (d) UPSC
Sabha D
(B) Speaker of Lok Sabha 2. Appointed by the Panchayati Raj system was adopted to
President (a) Make people aware of politics
(C) Deputy Chairman of Rajya (b) Decentralise the power of democracy
Sabha (c) Educate the peasants
3. Elected by members of Lok (d) To introduce a form of local self-government
Sabha at the village, block
(a) A—1, B—2, C—3 and district levels
(b) A—2, B—3, C—1 D
(c) A—3, B—2, C—1 Democracy exists in India. Government is run
(d) None of these by the elected
B representatives of the people. For proper
Mandal Commission report pertains to other functioning of this system
(a) Backward Classes (a) One should cast vote in elections
(b) Minorities (b) One must be prompt in paying taxes
(c) Scheduled Castes (c) One must be good to himself and to the
(d) Scheduled Tribes society
A (d) None of these
A good citizen is one who is A
Which is correct ?
206 (a) Lok Sabha cannot be dissolved before 5
years
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(b) Rajya Sabha lasts only for 6 years (c) Gujarat

(c) Lok Sabha can be dissolved before 5 years (d) Haryana
(d) Life of Lok Sabha can be extended A
indefinitely In a Parliamentary System of Government
Defense (a) The parliament is responsible to the
\ executive
1985 (b) The parliament is responsible to the
The original structure of the Indian judiciary
Constitution cannot be (c) The executive is responsible to the
changed”. In which of the following cases, parliament
Supreme Court of India (d) The judiciary is responsible to the
gave this verdict ? parliament
(a) The Golak Nath case C
(b) The Minerva Mills case The Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha can
(c) The Kesavananda Bharati case be removed by a
(d) None of the above resolution
(a) Passed by a two-thirds majority of its
207 total members at that time
(b) Passed by a simple majority of its total
members at that time
(c) Moved by Rajya Sabha but passed by
Lok Sabha
The President of India is elected indirectly
B
by the electoral
The Seventh Schedule of the Indian
college consisting of the elected members
Constitution contains
of the
(a) States and Union Territories
(a) Lok Sabha only
(b) Salaries of the President, Governors of
(b) Rajya Sabha only
States, Judges of
(c) Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha only
Supreme Court, etc.
(d) Lok Sabha, the Rajya Sabha and the
(c) Union List, State’ List and Concurrent
Legislative Assemblies of
List
the States
(d) Allocation of seats in the Rajya Sabha
D
C
After retirement, a High Court Judge
Which of the following languages are
(a) Can plead in the same High Court
included in the Eighth
(b) Cannot plead in the same High Court
Schedule of the Indian Constitution ?
(c) Can plead in the Supreme Court
(a) Sindhi and English
(d) Can plead in any of the High Courts
(b) English and Kashmiri
D
(c) Kashmiri and Konkani
The Panchayati Raj was first introduced in
(d) Sindhi and Kashmiri
the States of
D
Rajasthan and
The National Anthem was written by
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Bihar
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(b) Bankim Chandra Chatterji intentions, opinions or motives

(c) Mohammed Iqbal of a sovereign or of a leader, party or body.
(d) None of the above (d) The principle of hybridisation, discovered
A by Gregor Mendel
What is the minimum percentage of the which led to the improved breeds of plant
strength of opposition and animal life.
required in a State legislature for the A
appointment of an opposition The year of ‘Great Divide’, in Indian
leader ? demography, is
(a) 20% (a) 1905
(b) 25% (b) 1921
(c) 40% (c) 1947
(d) None of the above (d) 1965
D B
Yuan is the currency of 1986
Which of the following States has ‘Urdu’ as
208 its official language
?
(a) Bihar
(b) Jammu & Kashmir
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Rajasthan
(a) China
B
(b) Japan
Sarkaria Commission was set up to
(c) Indonesia
(a) Investigate about the riots that took
(d) Burma
place in Delhi in 1984
A
(b) Maintain Centre-State relationship
The most irritating factor in the Gentre-State
(c) Make necessary investigations and
relationship is
suggestions regarding the
the
problem of Punjab
(a) River water dispute
(d) Investigate about the assassination of
(b) Interference of the Centre in the
Mrs. Indira Gandhi
functions allotted to them by the
B
Constitution
The Directive Principles of State Policy have
(c) Allocation of finances
been given
precedence over Fundamental Rights in the
B
.... Constitutional
andamus means
Amendment
(a) A writ issued by a superior court
(a) 41st
command that a specified thing
(b) 42nd
be done.
(c) 43rd
(b) A legal term for a prisoner’s right to
(d) 45th
appear in person and be
B
tried in court.
The Prevention of Food Adulteration Act
(c) A written public declaration of the
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came into force in (b) It leads to inequality which is against the

(a) 1954 Constitution
(b) 1955 (c) It leads to untouchability
(c) 1964 (d) All of the above
(d) 1976 D
B Direct taxation was introduced by the ___
Which of the following States are not committee
covered by the (a) Wanchoo
Panchayati Raj ? (b) Chetty
(a) Tripura and Sikkim (c) Kaldor
(b) Manipur and Assam (d) Raja Chelliah
(c) Meghalaya and Nagaland A
(d) Assam and West Bengal Which of the Following is a ‘cognizable
Match the columns : offence’ ?
(a) First offence committed by any person
209 (b) Offence committed by a minor
(c) Offence other than murder
(d) Offence which can be dealt with by the
court
d
If suitable Scheduled Caste/Tribe
(A) English 1. Israel
candidates are not
(B) Amharic 2. Namibia
available, the posts
(C) Swahili 3. Ethiopia
(a) May for the time being be filled by other
(D) Hebrew 4. Kenya
candidates
(a) 3 4 1 2
(b) Are left vacant
(b) 4 1 2 3
(c) Are filled by Other Backward Classes
(c) 2 4 1 3
candidates
(d) 2 3 4 1
D
a
Which of the following is correct about the
1987
Chief Election
A Parliamentary bill passed by the Lok
Commissioner ?
Sabha is sent to the
He holds the office till he attains the age of
President for assent. The President sends it
(a) 62 years
back to Lok Sabha for
(b) 65 years
reconsideration. If the Lok Sabha again
(c) 62 years or completes 3 years of
sends it back to the
service, whichever is earlier
President without making any changes, the
(d) 65 years of age or completes 5 years of
President
service, whichever is
(a) Must give his assent to it
earlier
(b) Can again send the bill for
B
reconsideration
Constitution does not recognise the caste
(c) Can take help of the Supreme Court
system because
(d) Can arrange referendum
(a) India is secular
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a (c) Deputy Speaker of the House

The Institute of Ombudsman was first (d) President
established in c
(a) Norway . Judges of a High Court are appointed by
(b) Sweden the President with
(c) Finland the consent of the
(d) Denmark (a) Governor
a (b) Governor, the Chief justice of India and
India is a federal state because of the Chief Justice of the
(a) Dual Citizenship prevalent here High Court concerned
(c) Governor and the preceding Chief
210 Justice of the High court
(d)
b
India has Parliamentary democracy system
because
(a) Members of the Lok Sabha are elected
(b) Dual judiciary
by the public
(c) Share of power between the Centre and
(b) Council of Ministers is responsible to the
the States
Legislature
(d) Written Constitution
(c) Of distribution of power between the
c
Centre and the States
Governor of which State has been
(d) Of a single constitutional framework
entrusted with the special
b
powers for the administration of tribal areas
Parliament can legislate matters in the
?
State List
(a) Bihar
(a) By wish of the President
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(b) If Rajya Sabha passes a resolution by
(c) Assam
2/3rd majority
(d) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Under any circumstances
c
(d) By asking the legislature of the State
Representation of any State in Rajya
concerned
Sabha, is according to
b
(a) Population of the State
The maximum gap between two sessions
(b) Area of the State
of the Parliament
(c) Fixed number of candidates for each
can be of
State
(a) Six months
(d) Number of representation in Lok Sabha
(b) Three months
from that State
(c) Nine months
a
(d) Twelve months
The Speaker of the lower house of a State
a
can step down by
First non-Congress government to come in
submitting his resignation to the
power in any
(a) Chief Minister
Indian State is
(b) Governor
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(a) DMK in Tamil Nadu C

(b) Communist Party of India in Kerala Apolitical party is recognised as a national
(c) CPI (M) in West Bengal party
(d) None of the above (a) When it contests elections in all the
b States of thecountry.
Death penalty for drug smuggling is given in (b) When it secures at least five per cent of
(a) Thailand the totalvotes cast in a
(b) Singapore national election.
(c) Malaysia (c) If it captures power at least in three
(d) Bangladesh States.
C (d)If it is recognised as a political party in
four or more States
211 D
Whichone of the following countries has
tricameral legislature
with one House forethnic group ?
(a) South Africa
(b) Sri Lanka
1988
(c) Fiji
‘EconomicJustice’, as one of the objectives
(d)Malaysia
of the Indian
A
Constitution, has beenprovided in the
Whoamong the following have a right to
(a) Preamble and Fundamental Rights
vote in the VicePresidential election butnot
(b) Preamble and Directive Principles
in the Presidential election?
(c) Fundamental Rights and Directive
(a) Ministers who are not members of either
Principles
House of theParliament
(d)Preamble, Fundamental Rights and
(b) Elected members of the Upper Houses
Directive Principles
of the States
Q35. Seasonalmigration of men and
(c) Nominated members of the Parliament
animals from lower to higher
(d)Members of the Parliament who abstain
altitudes during the summeris known as
from all meetings of the
(a) Nomadism
House for aperiod of sixty days without
(b) Migration
permission of the House
(c) Transhumance
C
(d)Pastoralism
Whoamong the following has the right to
B
speak and otherwise
TheConstitution of India provides for the
take part in theproceedings of either House
nomination of two
of the Parliament and to
members to the LokSabha by the President
be a member of anyParliamentary
to represent
Committee in India but is not
(a) Men of eminence in arts, letters,
entitled to vote ?
science, etc.
(a) The Chief Election Commissioner
(b) Parsis
(b) The Comptroller and Auditor-General
(c) The business community
(c) The Chairman of the Finance
(d)The Anglo-Indian community
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Commission (c) Full power to discuss during financial

(d)The Attorney-General emergency.
D (d)None of the above
Assertion (A): B
The Indian Constitution closely follows the . Ifthe Speaker of the State Legislative
Britishparliamentary Assembly decides to
model. resign, he shouldsubmit his resignation to
Reason (R): the
In India the Upper House of the Parliament (a) Chief Minister
has judicialpowers. (b) Governor
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the (c) Judge of the High Court
correct explanationof A (d)President
(b) Both A and R are true but R is NOT a B
correct explanationof A Whichof the following is the most
(c) A is true but R is false industrialised country ?
(d)A is false but R is true (a) Bangladesh
(b) Malaysia
212 (c) Nepal
(d)Singapore
D
. Thefirst Leader of the opposition to get
recognition in the
Indian Parliament was
C
(a) Y. B. Chavan
Dietis the name of the Parliament in
(b) Ram Subhag Singh
(a) U.K.
(c) A. K. Gopalan
(b) U.S.A.
(d)C. M. Stephen
(c) India
B
(d)Japan
Cognizableoffence refers to an offence
D
where
1989
(a) Arrests can be made without warrant.
Ina political party of 36 members, the
(b) Arrests can be made with warrant.
minimum number of
(c) It is under the jurisdiction of a court.
members needed to splitfor disqualifying the
(d)Police can register a case without formal
original political party
complaint.
as per Anti-Defection Law shouldbe
C
(b) 12
Nomoney bill can be introduced in the
(c) 18
legislative assembly
(d)24
without therecommendations of the
B
(a) Speaker
Inthe estimation of expenditure charged on
(b) Governor
the Consolidated
(c) Chief Minister
Fund of India, theParliament has
(d)Finance Minister
(a) No power to discuss.
B
(b) Full power to discuss.
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The‘Interest Rate Policy’ is a component of B

(a) Fiscal Policy Matchthe following :
(b) Monetary Policy (A) A person with maximum number of
(c) Trade Policy votes
(d)Direct Control gets elected
B (i) List system
The42nd Amendment to the Indian (B) A person votes for the party not for the
Constitution is notable candidate
because it gives (ii) Limited vote plan
(a) Primacy to Fundamental Rights over (C) 1 candidate = 1 vote (iii) Single
Directive Principles transferable
(b) Primacy to Directive Principles over vote
Fundamental Rights (D) 1 elector = many votes (iv) Relative
(c) Special treatment to Jammu & Kashmir majority
(d)Special treatment to Sikkim (a) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
B (b) (iv) (i) (ii) (v)
(c) (v) (iv) (ii) (i)
213 (d)(ii) (v) (i) (iii)
B
Assertion (A):
Finance Commission aims to safeguard the
fiscal autonomy ofthe
States.
Whichamong the following is not a part of
Reason (R):
electoral reforms ?
Finance Commission is constituted every
(a) Registration of political parties
fifth year.
(b) Disqualifying the offenders
(c) Installation of electronic voting machines
(d)Appointment of the Election
Commissioner
correctexplanation of A
C
AllIndia Services can be created by the
(a) President
B
(b) U.P.S.C.
1990
(c) Prime Minister
Considerthe following statements regarding
(d)Parliament
“booth capturing”
D
in an election:
Whichof the following committees was
1. It has been defined in theConstitution of
appointed for
India after the 61st
investigating into the Delhiriots in November
Amendment.
1984 ?
2. It includes the seizure of andtaking
(a) Sarkaria Commission
possession of a polling booth
(b) Ranganath Mishra Commission
to prevent the orderly conduct ofelections.
(c) Thakkar-Natarajan Commission
3. It is also committed when anyelector is
(d)Santhanam Commission
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threatened and prevented a

from going to the polling station to casthis Considerthe following statements regarding
vote. a No-confidence
4. It has been declared a cognisableoffence Motion in the Parliament.
punishable by 1. There is no mention of aNo-confidence
imprisonment. Motion in the Constitution
Of these statements of India.
(a) 2, 3 and 4 are correct 2. A period of six months must
(b) 1, 2 and 3 are correct elapsebetween the introduction of
(c) 2 and 3 are correct one No-confidence Motion and the other.
(d)1, 2, 3 and 4 are correct 3. At least 100 members must support
A aMotion of No-confidence
Considerthe following pairs : before it is introduced in the House.
Constitutional Subject Amendment 4. A motion of No-confidence can
1. 52nd Anti-Defection Law beintroduced in the Lok Sabha
2. 56th Statehood for Goa only.
3. 59th Emergency in Punjab Of these statements
214 (b) 1, 2, 3 and 4 are correct
(d)1 and 4 are correct.
a
Parliamentor a State Legislature can
declare a seat vacant if a
4. 62nd Reservation for Scheduled
member abstains himselfwithout permission
Castes and Tribes in services
from the sessions for
(a) 1, 2 and 3 are correctly matched.
atleast
(b) 3 and 4 are correctly matched
(a) 30 days
(c) 1, 2 ,3 and 4 are correctlymatched.
(b) 60 days
(d)2, 3 and 4 are correctly matched.
(c) 90 days
a
(d)120 days
Assertion (A) :
b
Panchayati Raj institutions were set upto
Considerthe following activities indulged in
decentralise planning to
by a candidate
village level.
during an election campaign:
Reason (R) :
1. Giving gifts to voters to inducethem to
Village panchayats are in a betterposition to
vote
have a proper
2. Appealing for votes on the groundsof
appreciation of their developmental needs.
caste or religion
(a) Both A and R are true and R is
3. False character assassination ofother
thecorrect explanation of A
candidates
(b) Both A and R are true but R is nota
4. Propagation and glorification ofsati
Which of these constitute the
corruptpractices ?
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(a) 1 and 2 D
(b) 2 and 3 Holdingof elections for the Panchayats is
(c) 1, 2 and 3 decided by
(d)1, 2, 3 and 4 (a) The District Magistrate
c (b) Constitutional mandate
Thevalue of a vote of a member of the (c) The State Government
Parliament for the (d)The Election Commission
election of the Presidentof India is C
determined by dividing the 1991
(a) Nation’s population as per thelatest The right to Freedom of Speech in India
census by the number of Lok may be restricted, if the
Sabha members. freedom is used to
(b) Population as per the latest censusby (a) Incite people to violence
the total strength of the (b) Propagate nationalisation of the private
two Houses of the Parliament. sector
(c) The total value of votes of themembers (c) Level charges of corruption against
of all the State those in power
Legislative Assemblies by the elected (d) Spread superstition
members of thetwo Houses of A
the Parliament India is opposed to the Nuclear
(d)Particular State’s population as per the Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT)
latest census by the because
(a) It is discriminatory against the
215 non-nuclear powers
(b) It forbids India to use nuclear energy for
peaceful purposes
(c) It aims at making South Asia a nuclear
free zone
(d) It allows Pakistan to develop its own
number of membersof Parliament elected
nuclear capability
from that State
A
D
Of the following, with which does Article 78
Assertion (A) :
of the Constitution
Equality before the law is notapplicable to
deal with ?
the President of India.
(1) Emergency powers of the President
Reason (R):
(2) The Prime Minister’s duty regarding
The President of India enjoys specialpowers
keeping the President
and privileges under
informed about the government’s decisions,
the Constitution.
policies and actions
(a) Both A and R are true and R is
(3) The President’s power to send advisory
thecorrect explanation of A.
messages to the
(b) Both A and R are true but R is nota
Parliament
(4) The President’s power to get information
from the Council of
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Ministers Law Commission of India

(a) 1 and 4 B
(b) 2 and 3 Which one of the following can be
(c) 2 and 4 prorogued but cannot be
(d) 2 only dissolved ?
D (a) Rajya Sabha
Which one of the following statements is (b) State Council
true ? (c) Municipal Corporation
(a) Union Territories are not represented in (d) Governing Council in a Union Territory
the Rajya Sabha A
(b) Jurisdiction regarding election disputes To elect the President of India which one of
rests with the Chief the following
Election Commissioner election procedures is used?
(c) Jnaneshwar — BengaliThe Speaker (a) System of proportional representation by
continues in his post even means of a single
after the state council is dissolved till a new transferable vote
speaker is elected by (b) Proportional representation through list
the succeeding state council system
(d) According to the Indian Constitution (c) Collective voting system
Parliament consists of Lok Sabha and Rajya (d) Secondary voting system
Sabha only A
B The Panchayati Raj was first introduced in
In India political parties are given the States of Rajasthan
recognition by and
(a) Andhra Pradesh
216 (b) Bihar
(c) Gujarat
(d) Orissa
C
Match :
List I List II
(a) President
Measuring instruments Which measure
(b) Law Commission
A. Anemometer 1. Motor power
(c) Speaker of Lok Sabha
B. Tachometer 2. Wind speed
(d) Election Commission
C. Dynamometer 3. Revolutions per minute
D
D. Barometer 4. Atmospheric pressure
The appointment of the Judges of Supreme
5. Current from a dynamo
Court is done by
ABCD
(a) The Prime Minister on the advice of the
(a) 1 3 5 4
Union Cabinet
(b) 2 1 3 4
(b) The President in consultation with the
(c) 2 3 1 4
Chief Justice of India
(d) 1 3 5 2
(c) The Prime Minister in consultation with
C
the Chief Justice
Holding of election for the Panchayats is
(d) The President in consultation with the
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decided by D
(a) The District Magistrate Which of the following statements regarding
(b) Constitutional mandate literacy in India are
(c) The State government correct?
(d) The Election Commission 1. A person who can only read but cannot
C write is not defined literate
1992 2. Children below 5 years of age are not
Which one of the following statements taken into consideration
regarding the election of even if they are able to read and write
the President of India-is correct? 3. For the purpose of census, a person is
(a) A candidate securing the majority of deemed literate if he or
votes is not automatically she can read and write with understanding
elected in any of the 15
(b) The Supreme Court has no jurisdiction in languages mentioned in the Eighth
any doubt or dispute Schedule of the Constitution
arising in connection with the election of the 4. The fact that a district has attained
President hundred per cent literacy does
(c) The Presidential election cannot take not mean that the entire population in the
place when one or more district is literate
State Assemblies stand dissolved because (a) 1, 3 and 4
all the State Assemblies (b) 2, 3 and 4
form part of the electoral college (c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) The total value of the votes allotted to (d) 1, 2 and 4
both Houses of Parliament B
is much more than the total value of the Which one of the following is not in the
votes of all the States taken State List under the Constitution of India?
together (a) Fisheries
A (b) Agriculture
(c) Insurance
217 (d) Betting and Gambling
C
If there is any disagreement between the
Senate and the
House of Representatives in USA, it is
resolved by
Which of the following are Financial
(a) The President
Committees of Parliament
(b) The Vice-President
in India?
(c) The Speaker
1. Public Accounts Committee
(d) Conference committee consisting of 3 to
2. Estimates Committee
9 members from each
3. Committee on Public Undertakings
House
(a) 1 and 3
D
(b) 1 and 3
Which one of the following is used by the
(c) 2 and 3
International Court of
(d) 1, 2 and 3
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Justice in disputes concerning riparian the case of the two

rights? Houses of Parliament
(a) Geneva Agreement (c) While no Bill other than a Money Bill can
(b) Helsinki Agreement originate in the State
(c) Paris Agreement Legislative Council, no Bill can originate in
(d) Reykjavik Agreement the Rajya Sabha
D (d) While Rajya Sabha has twelve
Assertion (A): nominated members, the State
Minimum wages in India are fixed in Legislative Council has none
accordance with the levels of B
living and the labour participation ratios. The Constitution of India borrowed the
Reason (R) : scheme of Indian
All workers covered by the Minimum Wages Federation from the Constitution of
Acts are above the (a) USA
poverty line. (b) Canada
Of these statements (c) Ireland
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the (d) UK
correct explanation of A B
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the Which of the following statements regarding
correct explanation of A judiciary in India
(c) A is correct while R is wrong are correct?
(d) A is wrong while R is correct 1. Supreme Court of India is free from the
C control and influence of
Which one of the following correctly reflects legislature and executive
the position of the 2. Subordinate courts are at the head of the
Upper House of the State legislature as judicial hierarchy of the
compared to the position of state.
the Upper House of the Parliament? 3. The Chief Justice and other judges of the
(a) While one-third of the members of the High Court are
Rajya Sabha retire every appointed by the Governor in consultation
second year, one-fourth of the members of with the Chief Justice of
the Legislative Council India
4. A High Court can withdraw a case from a
218 subordinate court and
can deal with the case itself if it is satisfied
that the case involves a
substantial point of constitutional law
given below:
retire every eighteen months
(a) 1 & 2
(b) There is no provision for a joint sitting of
(b) 1 & 3
the Legislative
(c) 1 & 4
Assembly and the Legislative Council in the
(d) 2, 3 & 4
States for resolving
C
deadlocks while there is such a provision in
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Which of the following are the C

circumstances under which an The Chief Minister of a State In India is
elected member of Parliament may be NOT eligible to vote in
disqualified on the ground of the Presidential election if
defection? (a) he himself is a candidate
1. If he voluntarily gives up his membership (b) he is yet to prove his majority on the
of a political party floor of the Lower House of
2. If he votes or abstains from voting the State legislature
contrary to any direction issued (c) he is a member of the Upper House of
by his political party without prior permission the State legislature
of the political party (d) he is a caretaker Chief Minister
3. If he speaks against the political party C
4. If he joins a political party other than the The Swaran Singh Committee considered
party on whose ticket he the Q of
contested and got elected (a) more autonomy to Punjab on the model
Select the correct answer from the codes of Jammu & Kashmir.
given below: (b) the suitability of the Presidential form of
(a) 1, 2 and 3 government for India.
(b) 1, 2 and 4 (c) the precedence of the Directive
(c) 1, 3 and 4 Principles over Fundamental
(d) 2, 3 and 4 Rights.
B (d) administrative reforms
1993 C
The abolition of the I.A.S. and the I.P.S. has The Employment Guarantee Scheme, a
been recommended rural work programme,
by the was first started in
(a) Dhebar Commission (a) West Bengal
(b) Kalekar Commission (b) Punjab
(c) Kher Commission (c) Kerala
(d) Rajamannar Commission (d) Maharashtra
D D
The only instance when the President of Which one of the following is a feature
India exercised his common to both the
power of veto related to Indian Federation and the American
(a) the Hindu Code Bill Federation?
(a) A single citizenship
219 (b) Three lists in the Constitution
(c) Dual judiciary
(d) A federal Supreme Court to interpret the
constitution
D
Which one of the following is in the
(b) the PEPSU Appropriation Bill
Concurrent List in the
(c) the Indian Post Office (Amendments) Bill
Constitution of India?
(d) the Dowry Prohibition Bill
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(a) Population control and family planning D

(b) Public health and sanitation Match List I with List II and select the
(c) Capitation taxes correct answer by using
(d) Treasure trove the codes given below the lists:
A List I List II
Which one of the following comes under the (Features of the Indian Constitution)
jurisdiction of both (Borrowed from)
the High Courts and the Supreme Court? I. Fundamental Rights (A) U.K.
(a) Disputes between the Centre and the II. Parliamentary system of Government (B)
States U.S.A.
(b) Disputes between the States interse III. Emergency provisons (C) Ireland
(c) Protection of the Fundamental Rights IV. Directive Principles of State Policy (D)
(d) Protection against the violation of the German Reich
Constitution (E) Canada
A Codes:
Most-Favoured-Nations (MFN) clause under (a) I-B, II-D, III-E, IV-A
GATT implies (b) I-E, II-A, III-C, IV-D
(a) most favour to some countries (c) I-B, II-A, III-D, IV-C
(b) most favour to all countries (d) I-A, II-B, III-D, IV-C
(c) no favour to any country C
(d) no favour to some countries The Anti-Defection Law was enacted as
A early as 1979 in
Which one of the following statements (a) Kerala
regarding the office of (b) Jammu and Kashmir
the Speaker is correct ? (c) West Bengal
(a) He holds office during the pleasure of (d) Tamil Nadu
the President B
Which one of the following is INCORRECT
220 in respect of
Parliamentary Control over the Budget?
(a) Parliament has no say In the preparation
of the budget
(b) Parliament has the power to increase
expenditure charged on
(b) He need not be a member of the House
the Consolidated Fund
at the time of his
(c) Parliament has no power to impose a tax
election but has to become a member of the
without the President’s
House within six
recommendation
months from the date of his election
(d) Parliament has no power to increase a
(c) He loses his office if the House is
tax without the
dissolved before the end of its
President’s recommendation
normal tenure
B
(d) If he intends to resign, the letter of his
Eurodollars are
resignation is to be
(a) a currency issued by European
addressed to the Deputy Speaker
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Monetary Union Choose the correct answer from the codes

(b) special currency issued by federal given below.
government of U.S.A. to be Codes:
used only in Europe (a) I only
(c) U.S. dollars circulating In Europe (b) I and II only
(d) European currencies exchanged for the (c) I and III only
U.S. dollar in U.S (d) II and III only
A C
Next to Hindi, the language spoken by the According to the newly adopted Constitution
largest number of of Russia, the Prime Minister is appointed
people in the Indian sub-continent is by
(a) Urdu (a) the State Duma, the Lower Chamber of
(b) Telugu the Federal Assembly
(c) Bengali (b) the President, with the consent of the
(d) Tamil State Duma
C (c) the President, with the consent of the
Which of the following statements regarding Federal Council
the Constituent (d) the Federal Council
Assembly are true? B
I. It was not based on adult franchise. The basic structure theory of the
II. It resulted from direct elections. Constitution of India implies that
III. It was a multi-party body. (a) certain features of the Constitution are
IV. It worked through several committees. so essential to it that they cannot be
Select the correct answer from the codes abrogated
given below. (b) fundamental rights cannot be abridged
Codes: or taken away
(a) I and II (c) the Constitution cannot be amended
except in accordance with the procedure
221 prescribed in Art, 368
(d) the Preamble of the Constitution cannot
be amended for it is not a part of the
Constitution and at the same time
represents its real spirit
A
(b) II and III
“The Uniting for Peace Resolution” adopted
(c) I and IV
by the U.N. has
(d) I, II, III and IV
(a) enhanced the powers of the General
D
Assembly in a comprehensive way
1994
(b) reduced the powers of the General
Who among the following are appointed by
Assembly
the President of India ?
(c) made no difference to the powers of the
I. The Chairman, Finance Commission .
General Assembly
II. The Deputy Chairman, Planning
(d) empowered the General Assembly to act
Commission
in specific situations in matters of peace and
III. The Chief Minister of a Union Territory.
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security (c) The term veto was used in Article 27 of

D the United Nations
Which of the following statements regarding Charter to enable any permanent member
the advisory jurisdiction of the Supreme of the Security Council to
Court are correct ? prevent any resolution from being passed
I. It is binding on the Supreme Court to give by the majority
its opinion on any matter referred to it by the (d) Any member of the Security Council can
President. prevent any resolution
II. The full bench of the Supreme Court from being passed by voting against it
hears any reference made to it under its B
power of advisory jurisdiction. Which one of the following statements is
III. The opinion given by the Supreme Court correct ?
on a reference under advisory jurisdiction is (a) All the members of the Rajya Sabha are
not binding on the government. elected by State Legislative Assemblies
IV. Not more than one reference at a time (b) As the VicePresident is the exofficio
can be made to the Supreme Court under Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, only a
its power of advisory jurisdiction. member of the Rajya Sabha can contest for
Select the answer from the codes given the office of the VicePresident
below: (c) A point of difference between the Lok
Codes : Sabha and the Rajya
(a) I and II Sabha is that while a candidate to the Lok
(b) I and III Sabha can contest from
(c) II and III any State in India, a candidate to the Rajya
(d) II and IV Sabha should ordinarily
B be are resident of the State from where he
Which one of the following statements is contesting
regarding the “veto” power in the Security (d) The Constitution of India explicitly
Council is correct according to the United prohibits the appointment of a
Nations Charter ? nominated member of Rajya Sabha to the
post of a minister
222 C
Freedom of the Press in India
(a) is specifically provided in Article 19
(1)(a) of the Constitution (b) is implied in the
wider freedom of expression guaranteed by
Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution
(a) The decisions of the Security Council on
(c) is guaranteed under the provisions of
all nonprocedural matters must be made by
Article 361 A of the Constitution
an affirmative vote of nine members,
(d) emanates from the operation of the Rule
including the concurring, votes of the
of Law In the country
permanent members of the Council
B
(b) Every permanent member of the
In which respect have the CentreState
Security Council can prevent
relations been specifically termed as
any decision from being accepted, by
“municipal relations” ?
vetoing it
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(a) Centre’s control of the State in the majority vote system decide the result on
legislative sphere the basis of relative majority of votes
(b) Centre’s control of the State in financial secured.
matters In the context of the above statements,
(c) Centre’s control of the State in the which one of the following is
administrative sector correct?
(d) Centre’s control of the State in the (a) Both A and R are true, and R is the
planning process correct explanation of A
D (b) Both A and R are true, but R is not a
Which one of the following statements correct explanation of A
regarding ‘Exit Poll’ is correct ? (c) A is true, but R is false
(a) ‘Exit Poll’ is a term used to denote a (d) A is false, but R is true
postelection survey of C
voters regarding the candidate in whose Which of the following is/are among the
favour they had exercised their franchise functions of the Election Commission of
(b) ‘Exit Poll’ and ‘Opinion Poll’ are one and India ?
the same I. Conduct of election for the posts of the
(c) ‘Exit Poll’ is a device through which Speaker and the Deputy
results of voting can be most exactly Speaker, Lok Sabha and the Deputy
predicted Chairman, Rajya Sabha.
(d) ‘Exit Poll’ is an administrative device II. Conduct of election to the Corporations
made recently by the Chief Election and Municipalities.
Commissioner to prevent impersonation III. Deciding on all doubts and disputes
A arising out of the elections.
The latest regional economic block to be Select the correct answer from the codes
formed is given below.
(a) ASEAN Codes :
(b) COMECON (a) I and II
(c) APEC (b) I and III
(d) NAFTA (c) II and III
D (d) None of these
Assertion (A): In India, the political parties D
which formed the governments represented Which of the following electoral systems
have been adopted for various elections in
223 India ?
I. System of direct elections on the basis of
adult suffrage.
II. System of proportional representation by
means of the single transferable vote.
III. List system of proportional
the majority of seats secured in the
representation.
elections to the House of the People at the
IV. Cumulative system of indirect elections.
Centre and the Legislative Assemblies in
the States but not the majority of votes.
given below.
Reason (R): The elections based on the
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Codes: (c) Rodhin Auguste

(a) I and II (d) Ferdinand M. V. De Lesseps
(b) I and III A
(c) I, II and III 1981
(d) II, III and Lv White paper is a
A (a) Paper of good quality
Which of the following taxes is/are levied by (b) Paper having white colour
the Union and collected and appropriated by (c) Document published by the government
the States ? on matters of national
(a) Stamp Duties importance
(b) Passenger and Goods Tax (d) Paper used for bearer bonds
(c) Estate Duty C
(d) Taxes on Newspapers Multinational means
A (a) A person having passports and visas of
Which one of the following determines that many countries
the Indian Constitution is Federal? (b) A person having property in many
(a) A written and rigid Constitution countries
(b) An independent Judiciary (c) A person holding citizenship of many
(c) Vesting of residuary powers with the countries
Centre (d) A company operating in more than one
(d) Distribution of powers between the country
Centre and the States D
D INTERPOL means
(a) International Criminal Police
224 Organisation
(b) International Political Conference
(c) International Association of Police
Officers
A
Miscellaneous 1993
1979 correct answer using the
The first Asian Games were held at codes given below the lists:
(a) New Delhi in 1950 List I List II
(b) Bangkok in 1952 I. Grand Slam A. Chess
(c) Singapore in 1952 II. Grand Prix B. Polo
(d) Kuala Lumpur in 1952 III. Grand Master C. Bridge
A D. International race
Codes:
1980 (a) IA, IIB, IIIC
Who designed the city of Chandigarh ? (b) IB, IID, IIIC
(a) Le Corbusier (c) IC, IID, IIIA
(b) Jacob Epstein
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C
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“Bijanti” government is compared to the following were not included in his

(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (b) Islam

(b) Appease the American people (a) Annie Besant

(d) Kautilya Who was the famous Deccan Hindu King

based on equality Bagh massacre ?

cash (c) Chandragupta Maurya

(c) Sardar Patel (c) Civil Disobedience Movement

(b) Because he wanted to spread Islam in C

Dandi March was organised by Gandhiji to (d) Harsha Vardhana

(b) Gandhiji called off the no tax campaign I II III IV

C. Young India Aurobindo Ghosh II. Iltutmish

responsible for the transfer European countries ?

Ruins of Vijayanagar empire can be seen (b) A, B, C

A Who had founded the Asiatic Society of

(c) A is incorrect but R is correct (b) A is correct but R is incorrect

(a) Madan Mohan Malaviya B

Indus Valley people correct explanation of A

(iii) Poona Pact (d) None of the above

(b) 3rd century BC to pay tributes to him

established by (c) Chittaranjan Das and Rajagopalachari

Which of the following pairs is correct ? (d) Germany

A TheBritish rulers introduced a new system

Socialist Party ? C. Thanjavur 3. Satavahanas

2. Provincial Chelmsford Autonomy Assertion (A):

(a) Gujarat kingdom Swaraj as a national demand was first

4. Raleigh Commission 2. Tavernier

(c) Only in kind. (a) 4 2 1 3

frequent D. The Hindu Maha Sabha 4. P. C. Joshi

I. Degeneration of the Mughal nobility this?

(b) Stalin King Charles II as part?

(a) Establish dyarchy in Provinces (a) Rastyannikov

(c) Yavadvipa (c) Rai Bahadur

39 The foundation of modern educational

(d) Chamundaraya route connecting Kalyana with Vengi ?

III. Setting up of the first cement factory

(d) None of these A

(a) Syria and Israel A

technology Which of the following is the most common

(b) Sugarcane (d) All of the above

Himalayan rivers are perennial because

(b) Tea (b) South-West monsoons

The most preferential poultry feed is 1. Karmal

during the time A

longitudes of P and Q are sun of its orbit

(c) Mahanadi, Beas, Godavari (b) IV, I, II, III

per hour different from the

(b) Alternate cropping in a field Karnataka

(c) 1989 (a) I only

(d) Europe and Asia 63

Matchthe columns : Whichof the following rivers has a ‘bird’s

The hybrids of which of the following plants requirements are grown.

submergence? (D) HB-4 (iv) Sugarcane

(C) Dhupgarh (iii) Aravali side.

(a) Labrador (a) Removing dead earthworms

Which one of the following is not a satellite D

from the Monazite (a) 2 4 1 3

(a) Io (a) Rabbit

D. Vosges 4. Wind erosion (a) Dhiru Bhai Ambani

(b) Old metamorphic to land and back to

(c) Dalbergia sissio (b) Wider popularization of high yielding

indication of (c) Increase in Antibodies

(b) Kill all bacteria