PART B: GENERAL AWARENESS

Q1 Consumers are likely to get a variety of goods

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

Perfect competition
Monopoly
Imperfect competition
Oligopoly

Q2 Under WTO, Protection of Plants Varieties and

famers Rights legislation was passed in august
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

1999
2000
2001
2002

Q3 The level of economic activity of an economy

largely depends on
(a) Aggregate demand in the economy
(b) Aggregate supply in the economy
(c) Aggregate investment in the economy

(d) Aggregate savings in the economy

Q4 Price discrimination is a feature of
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Monopoly
Monophony
Duopoly
Oligopoly

Q5 If the increase in demand is more than the

increase is supply, the price will
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Increase
Decrease
Fluctuate
Remain the same

Q6 The first law officer of the Government of India

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

The chief justice of the supreme court

The law minister
The attorney-general India
None of these

Q7 Who called the newspapers the Bible of

democracy?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Ernest barker
Herman finer
Walter Lipmann
Lindsay

Q8 Sovereignty is derived from supernus which is

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

A Greek word
A French word
A Latin word
None of the above

Q9 In which portion of the constitution, were the

goals of the Indian constitution incorporated?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Directive principles i.e. part IV

Fundamental rights i.e. part III
Preamble
None of the above

Q10 The constitution of India was adopted on

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

26th November, 1949

15th august, 1949
9th December, 1946
26th January 1950

Q11 Of the following congress leaders, who was not

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

Lala lajpat rai

Bal gangadhar tilak
Bipin Chandra pal
All of the above

Q12 Russian revolution broke out in the year

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

1916
1917
1918
1919

Q13 Mahavira preached in which language?

(a) Magadhi
(b) Ardha-magadhi
(c) Suraseni

(d) Apbhransh
Q14 Buddha can best be described as a/an
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Atheist
Theist
Materialist
Agnostic

Q15 Which are the four major languages of the

Dravidian family?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Bangle-tamil-kannada-malayalam
Malayalam-bangla-marathi-tamil
Tamil-telgu-kannada-malayalam
Marathi-kannda-malyalam-telugu

Q16 Lanolin, a fatty substance used in

manufacturing of cosmetics, is obtained from
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Sheep
Cattle
Pig
Horse

Q17 Law of exclusive economic zone is related to

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

Agriculture
Industry
Fishing
Dairying

Q18 Which of the atmospheric layers prevents

penetration of great amounts of ultraviolet
radiation?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Ionosphere
Ozonosphere
Stratosphere
Troposphere

Q19 On which of the following rivers in B located?

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

Chao phraya
Chindwin
Salween
Mekong

Q20 which of the following is a most surveying

technique?

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

Aerial photography
Geographical information system
Satellite remote sensing
Geotactic survey system

Q21 Antibodies combine with antigens

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

At variable regions
At constant regions
At constant regions
Only if macrophages are present

Q22 The diseases caused by virus include

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

Measles, syphilis, rabies, cholera

Polio, syphilis, chicken-pox, mumps
Cholera, tuberculosis, meningitis, syphilis
Measles, small-pox, mumps, rabies

Q23 which one of the following combinations is

correct?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Alluim cepa-cruciferae
Acacia-caesalphiniaceae
Pyrethrum-composite
Brassica-liliaceae

Q24 the antibiotic penicillin was discovered by

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

George Stevenson
Alexander fleming
Thomas alva adison
Boyle

Q25 the group of bacteria which reduces the soil

fertility is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Nitrifying
Denitrifying
Ammonifying
Detoxifying

Q26 Tobacco smoke contains

(a) Co2, co and tar
(b) Co2, and tar
(c) Co2, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and
tar
(d) Co2, co, hydrocarbon and tar
Q27 Atomizer works on the principle of
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Pascals law
Bernoullis theorem
Ideal gas equation
Avogadros hypothesis

Q28 Line spectrum is produced by

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

H2-hyrogen molecule
H-atomic hydrogen
N2-nitrogen molecule
O2-oxygen molecule

Q29 When a body is executing simple harmonic

motion and passes through the mean position, it
has
(a) Both kinetic energy and potential energy
(b) Both kinetic energy and potential energy
maximum
(c) Minimum kinetic energy and maximum
potential energy
(d) Maximum kinetic energy and minimum
potential energy
Q30 When forward bias is applied to a junction
diode, it
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Increases the potential barrier

Decreases the potential barrier
Reduces the majority-carrier current to zero
Reduces the minority-carrier current to zero

Q31 The stored program concept was introduced

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

John von Neumann

Steve john
Thomes hook
John miller

Q32 which of the following is not a search engine?

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

Altavista.com
Excite.com
Infoseek.com
Intel.com

Q33 which of the followings gases has the highest

average velocity at a certain temperature?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Oxygen
Carbon monoxide
Neon
Methane

Q34 the universal solvent is

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

Aqua regia
Hydrochloric acid
Water
Alcohols

Q35 Dry bleach is done by

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

Hydrogen peroxide
Sulphur dioxide
Chlorine
Ozone

Q36 Cryolite is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Kai Si3 O8
3NaF AIF3
Al2o3
Al(OH)3

Q37 the coarse particles denoting quality for

breathing are termed as
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Pm 1.0
Pm 2.0
Pm 3.0
Pm 10.0

Q38 the snow leopard population in India is

estimated to be
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

100-200
400-500
400-700
400-1000

Q39 A group of interacting living organisms sharing

a populated environment is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Ecosystem
Community
Biome
Biosphere

Q40 CETP stands for

(a) Course on environment training and
projects
(b) Common effluent treatment plant
(c) Continental energy, temperature and
precipitation
(d) Central environment treatment plant
Q41 A film Sadma was remade in Hindi based on a
Tamil film moondram pirai. The director of the
film is also known as creators creator, and his
name is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Kamal haasan
Venkatesh
Mohan lal
Balu mahendra

Q42 The postal department of India has recently on

10th February, 2014 released a stamp in memory of
singer named
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Jagjit singh
Lata mangeshkar
Bhupen hazarika
Daler mehndi

Q43 the designer-creator of AK-47 assault rifle,

Mikhail Kalashnikov is native to
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Russia
Sweden
Italy
France

Q44 A bool entitled The satanic verses is written

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

Wendy doniger
Salman rushdie
Taslima nasrin
Kamal haasan

Q45 How many states were there in india as per the

15th lok sabha update during February 2014?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

25
27
28
29

Q46 which of the following pairs is not correctly

matched?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Sher-e Punjab: lala lajpat rai

Nightingale of India : pandita ramabai
Lokhitwadi : gopal hari deshmukh
Lolmanya : bal gangadhar tilak

Q47 Mother Teresa was awarded nobel prize for

peace in the year
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

1975
1979
1989
1995

Q48 Consumer protection act was enacted in

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

1984
1986
1988
1989

Q49 Identify the film that was based on the work by

Munshi premchand.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Pyaasa
Paa
Parineeta
Sadgati

Q50 which of the following is not correct?

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

NMA-natinal monuments authority

MSP-maximum support price
ASI-archaeological survey of India
UNDP-united nations development
programme

Ans Table
(Q1) (Q2) (Q3) (Q4) (Q5) (Q6) (Q7)
Ans=c Ans=a Ans=c Ans=a Ans=a Ans=c Ans=c
(Q8)
Ans=b
(Q15)
Ans=d
(Q22)
Ans=b

(Q9)
Ans=c
(Q16)
Ans=b
(Q23)
Ans=a

(Q10)
Ans=a
(Q17)
Ans=c
(Q24)
Ans=b

(Q11)
Ans=d
(Q18)
Ans=d
(Q25)
Ans=c

(Q12)
Ans=b
(Q19)
Ans=a
(Q26)
Ans=a

(Q13)
Ans=b
(Q20)
Ans=c
(Q27)
Ans=b

(Q14)
Ans=a
(Q21)
Ans=d
(Q28)
Ans=a

(Q29) (Q30) (Q31) (Q32) (Q33) (Q34) (Q35)

Ans=a Ans=a Ans=a Ans=d Ans=c Ans=c Ans=a
(Q36) (Q37) (Q38) (Q39) (Q40) (Q41) (Q42)
Ans=b Ans=b Ans=b Ans=a Ans=b Ans=d Ans=a
(Q43) (Q44) (Q45) (Q46) (Q47) (Q48) (Q49)
Ans=a Ans=b Ans=c Ans=b Ans=b Ans=b Ans=d
(Q50)
Ans=b