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GK PAPER - 1

1.

Which Act paved a way for the establishment of open competition system and recruitment of civil servants? a) 1935 Charter act 1833 b) Charter act 1858 c) Charter act 1853 d) Govt of India act

2.

The writ which can be sought by any interested person and not necessarily the aggrieved person? a) Habeas Corpus b) Mandamus c) Quowarranto d) Prohibition

3.

Abolition (or) Creation of legislative council in a state can be done by using a) Simple majority from parliament b) special majority from parliament c) special majority from parliament and consent from states d) Approval from the respective state legistaure

4.

Complete the series 17,51,85,119? a) 120 b) 130 c) 153 d) 170

5.

During National Emergency which article will get suspended Automatically? a) Art 19 b) Art 20 c) Art 32 d) Art 21

6.

Choose the correct statement a) The prime Minister of India may be the member of either house of the parliament b) The vice president of India can act as president of India for an unexpired term during vacancy c) Both (a) and (b) correct d) both (a) and (b) are wrong

7.

In a park there are some rabbit and ducks in two enclosures. If their heads are counted, they are 95, while their legs are 330 are the number of rabbits. a) 90 b) 85 c) 70 d) 65

8.

Arrange the following in appropriate order 1) General discussion 2) Presentation of Budget 3) Voting on demand for grants

4) Scrutiny by dept committees 6) Passing of Finance Bill a) 6,2,4,5,3,1,

5) Passing of Appropriation Bill

b) 6,1,3,4,5,2,

c) 2,1,4,3,5,6,

d) 2,6,5,4,3,1

9.

Which state Introduced lokayukta for the first time? a) Maharashra b) Orissa c) UP d) Bihar

10.

Economic survey of India is published officially every year by a) Reserve Bank of India c) Finance commission b) planning commission d) Ministry of Finance

11.

If a coin is tossed twice what is the probability that it will land either heads both times or tails both times? a) 1/8 b) 1/6 c) 1/4 d)

12.

20 men can finish construction of a wall in ten days. How many more men are required to finish the work in half a day? a) 160 b) 200 c) 180 d) 380

13.

Saddle peak is located in a) Lakshadweep b) Andaman & Nicobar c) srilanka d) Goa

14.

The salary of a person was first reduced by 30% and then increased by 40% what was his percentage loss? a) 2% b) 5% c) 10% d) 15%

15.

Three containers have their volumes in the ratio 3:4:5. They are full of mixtures of milk and water. The mixtures contain milk and water in the ratio (4:1), (3:1) and (5:2) respectively. The contents of all there container and poured into a fourth container. The ratio of milk and water in fourth container is a) 4:1 b) 151:48 c) 157:53 d) 5:2

16. 17.

Mini Switzerland of india is a) Darjeeling b) Shimla (c) khajjar (d) ladakh A leptokurtic distribution curve shown a) a bell shaped curve b) skewness c) steep rise in the middle

d) up to some extent it thus all of these 18. The president can be impeached on the grounds of a) Misbehaviours b) Incapacity c) violation of the constitution d) All the above

19.

Cauvery water disputes tribunal between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka was set up in a) 1983 b) 1985 c) 1990 d) 1995

20.

The sum of the first 10 term of the

21. 22. 23. 24.

The 19th Thirthankara was a) parsavnath b) Mallinath a) Rock edit XIII a) Hinayana c) Acharya d) Haribhadra c) Rock edict VII d) No discriminations d) Rock edit XX Which Rock edict of Asoka depicts his efforts Towards Dhamma? b) Rock Edict XIX Huien Tgang followed ___________ Buddhism? b) Mahayana c) Both Nasik Inscription describes the a achievement of a) Pushyamithra Sungs c) vasudeva kanva b) gautamiputra satakarni d) karavela of kalinga d) lead acid accumulator d) Indo-china

25. 26. 27.

Secondary cells example a) Daniel cell b) voltaic cell c) lechlanche cell Borobudur monument is the complex work of a) Indo-Greek art Match i. Amir kushru ii. Muhamad Bin Tugluq iii. Firoz Tugluq iv. Gnana deva
a) i-a

b) Indo-Java art iii-d iii-d iii-c iii-b iv-b iv-b iv-b iv-a

c) Egyptian art

a) Diwan-i-kohi b) Geetha Govindam c) Sabaq-i-Hind d) Diwan-I-Khariat

ii-c ii-a ii-a ii-c

b) i-c
c) i-d

d) i-d e) 28.

When was khalsa army was establisted by Guru Govind singh?

a) 1699 29.

b) 1717

c) 1740

d) 1802 b) Rajith singh and Ratan singh of punjab d) Bentick and Amirs of sind.

Indus Navigation treaty was signed between? a) Bentick and Rana pratab of mewar c) Bentick and Ranjth singh of Punjab

30.

On July 10th, 1806, sepoys from which regiments jumped in to the Vellore mutiny? a) 1st & 4th regiment c) 22nd & 23rd regiment b) 1st & 23rd regiment d) 4th & 25th regiment c) Ayub Khan c) ) 6041N - 15061N d) Mohammal ali Jinnal d) ) 8041N - 17051N

31. 32. 33.

Tashkent agreement was signed between lal Bahadur sastri and? a) Benezir Bhuto a) 8041N - 20051N b) Nawab sheriff b) ) 8041N - 13091N Latitude extend of Tamilnadu? Ujjawala scheme is related to the article? a) art 10 b) art 21 c) art 45 d) art 23

34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39.

Koyna river is the tributary of a) Mahandai b) Godavai a) India b) Bangladesh c) Krishna d) Narmala d) Indonesia d) At any time The chakma people are the large ethnic group from c) Afghanistan c) third quarter of moon c) Mantle lunar Eclipse occurs on the day of a) New moon b) full moon a) earth crust b) core Which layer of the earth has enriched with mineral deports? d) oceanic crust c) fossils d) plutonic rocks Rock Formed at great depths below the surface are called? a) sedimentary rocks b) organic rocks MERCOSUR countries includes a) Brazil, argentina, uruguay, Paraguay b) Japan, China, Indonesia, Thailand c) srilanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar d) USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil

40.

Santa Ana is a kind of dry wind occurs in a) Sahara b) sirocco c) southern california d) Iran

41.

Who was the finance minister of India when rupee devaluation was done for the second time in 1966? a) Moraji Desai c) Sachindra chowdry b) T.T. krishnamachari d) Indira Gandhi b) Radha Krishnan d) Subas Chandra Bose c) NATO d) European council d) 9th plan

42.

The first commemoration coin issued for a) Mahatma Gandhi c) Jawaharlal Nehru

43. 44. 45. 46.

CACUN meet is associated with a) WTO b) IMF In which five yr plan growth with distributive Justice is emphasised a) Ist yr plan b) IVth yr plan a) cholera b) polio c) VIIIth plan c) Influenza d) Malaria Which epidemic disease influenced the year 1921, and it leads to great decline in population Which act is called Mini-economic constitution of India? a) Industrial poliay act (1956) c) SEBI d) FERA b) New industrial policy (1991)

47.

The process in which the ore is heated in the absence of air a) Roasting b) calcination c) smelting d) Both (a) & (b)

48.

Amartya sen was awarded noble prize for his work over a) Macroeconomics c) P-index b) economic welfare and social choice theory d) controlling food scarcity b) pump priming c) Trickle down theory

49.

The belief that economic growth will Percolate down to all sectors was known as a) dispersal theory d) decentralized growth theory

50.

Jan Aushadi campaign refers to a) smart cards for health insurance d) To prevent neo-natal death b) Branded quality medicines at low cost c) To enhance proper sanitation and drinking water

51.

What was the mother tongue of Rashtrakutas? a) Telugu b) Sanskrit c) prakrit d) Kannada

52.

Three resistors are connected in series with 10V supply as (R1-5, R2-3, R3-2,) Find the effective resistance. a) 12 V b) 10V d) 15V

53.

In a semiconductor, when the temperature is increased, the resistance will a) decrease b) increase c) first increase and will decrease d) no effect

54.

If a body is moving at a constant velocity, then their acceleration will be a) Zero b) Remains constant c) Maximum d) None of these

55.

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The diagrammatic representation explains b) co-planar vectors d) co-initial vectors

a) orthogonal vectors c) parallelogram vectors 56.

Kalpana is specially launched for a) Remote sensing c) for orthographic pictures b) weather forecasting d) to prevent natural disorders

57.

Match the thermodynamic laws Zeroth law First law Second law equilibrium law of conservation of energy Entropy b) (ii) and (iii) are correct d) all are correct (a) hydrogen (b) sulphur (c) Sodium (d) chlorine b) i-c ii-b iii-d iv-a d) i-c ii-b iii-a iv-d

a) (i) and (ii) are correct c)(i) and (iii) are correct 58. (i) Down process (ii) Frasch process -

(iii) Deacon process (iv) Bosch process

a) i-d; ii-c; iii-a iv-d b) i-d; ii-c iii-d iv-a

59.

An example for liquid in liquid (emulsion) in a) Milk b) paint c) Ink d) all the above

60.

The indicator used for weak acid VS weak base Titration is a) Methyl Red b) Methyl orange c) Phenolpthalein d) No indicators

61.

Colloidal antimony is using in the treatment of a) eye cataract b) muscle cramps c) kalaazar d) intramuscular infections

62.

(A) Auxochrome are certain groups which will increase the colour of the chromogen (R) Auxochrome in meta position does not affect the colour of the chromogen a) Both (A) and (R) are correct, and R is correct explanation of A b) Both (A) and (R) are correct, R is not the correct explanation of A c) A is correct, R is wrong d) R is correct, A is wrong

63. 64.

Pygmi deposit scheme was first introduced by a) syndicate Bank b) Bank of India c) Indus Ind Bank d) State Bank of India Give the correct order of Mitosis? a prophase b Anaphase c Metaphase d Telophase a) a, c, b, d b) b, a, c, d c) b, c, a, d d) b, d, a, c

65.

The optimum temperature for pasteurization of milk is? a) 600C b) 900C c) 450Cd) 720C

66.

Guttation in plants occurs through a) stomata b) lenticels c) guard cells d) hydothodes

67.

Which law gives the correct pairing between purines and pyridines? a) Chargaffs law b) punnetts law c) Griffith law d) Fredricks law

68.

Bolting in plants refers to a) sudden drooping of leaves c) sudden onset of flowering b) Transpiration through lenticels d) growth in horizontal axis

69.

Cridu chat syndrome in humans occurs does to the defect in a) chromosome 6 b) chromosome 4 c) chromosome 5 d) chromosome 2

70.

Super females are represented by a) XXO b) XYY c) XXY d) XXX

71.

Statement - AB blood group is universal recipients Reason - AB blood group has no antigens a) Both are correct and R is correct explanation of A b) Both are correct and R is not the correct explanation of A c) A is correct, R is worry d) A is worry, R is correct

72.

Pollination occurs through bats are called a) entomophilies b) chiropterophilly c) malacophilly d) myrmecophily

73.

Messenger RNA was first demonstrated by a) Andrew Z. fire & Craig C. Mellow c) Fredrick & Griffith b) Jacob and Monod d) Beadle & Tatum

74.

Chloromycetin is an antibiotic for a) Influenza b) Tuberculosis c) dysentry d) Typhoid

75.

_____________ is using in CT Scan a) Infrared rays b) X-rays c) UV-rags d) Gamma rays

76.

Arrange the circulation of blood in correct order? 1. left auricle 2. Right auricle a) 1, 2, 3, 4 b) 2, 4, 1, 3 3. Left ventricle d) 4, 3, 2, 1 4. Right ventricle

c) 2, 1, 4, 3

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87.

Vansadhara water dispute is between which states? a) Andhra Pradesh & Orissa b) Andhra Pradesh and karnataka c) Maharastra & Andhra Pradesh d) Karnataka & Orissa

82.

Who won silver medol in London olympics 2012? a) Gagan Narang & vijay kumar c) Vijay kumar & sushil Kumar b) Saina Nehwal and Marry Kom d) yogeswar Dutt & sushil kumar

89.

The decade 2011-2020 is announced by UNO as a) UN Biodiversity c) UN peace promotion b) UN poverty eradication d) UN Higher education.

90.

An Indian Industrialist who got the award The grand of the order of Rising sun by Japan? a) Ratan Tata b) Lakshmi Mittal c) Mukesh Ambani d) Azim premji

91.

Which University granted Doctrate fame to Ban-ki-moon for his work in social service? a) central Hindu University c) Andhra University b) Jawaharlal Nehru University d) Jamia-Miliah Islam University

92.

Eighth continent is suggested as _____________ a) Iceland b) Madagascar c) Indonesia d) Norway

93.

Women child day is observed on? a) Jan 25 b) Jan 24 c) Feb 9 d) Mar 25

94.

National Institute of virology is located in? a) Pure b) Goa c) Ahmedabad ) Nagpur

95.

Chameli Devi award is awarded for emiment

a) Jurists 96.

b) Doctors

c) Journalist

d) Artisans

Shambu Maharaja is associated with which field? a) Singer b) Kathak c) sitar artist d) Violin maestro

97.

The author of the book The Hindu View of life a) V.S. Naipaul c) Surendhanath Banerjce b) Jawaharlal Nehru d) S.Radhakrishnan

98.

Searles apparatus is used to determine a) hardness of material c) to determine youngs modulus b) to measure viscosity d) to measure turbidity of fluid

99.

Mirror formula is given by

d) 1/f = 1/u + 1/v

100.

The function of Buffer solution is a) to resist the change in PH of a solution b) Keep the equilibrium between two solutions c) To adjust the variable PH between two solutions d) all the above