Section 1 - PaperI-General English

Read the below passage and answer the questions that 5) What should be done to enable citizens to live a life of
follows: dignity?

India is an amazing country because it is a melting pot of A) Show respect to senior citizens
diverse cultures, languages, religions and ways of living. B) Remove divisions based on class and caste
The strides made by the country in the social, political and
C) Celebrate all religious festivals
economic areas are impressive and have made it a force
to reckon with. The problems of eradicating illiteracy, D) Provide identity cards to all citizens
removing poverty, tackling the issue of unemployment and
over population need to be addressed. Every citizen of the
country should be able to live a life of dignity. All divisions 6) Choose the correct antonym of the underlined word in
based on class, caste, colour or creed should be the given sentence. The hero was a brave man.
dissolved. India must become a super power not with its
might, but by showing to the world the path that is right.
A) Strong
B) Generous
C) Coward
1) Which of the following is not mentioned as a problem D) Happy
that needs to be eradicated?

A) Pollution 7) Choose the correct spelling of the word to be filled in

B) Poverty the blank. The document that they submitted in the court
C) Illiteracy was _________.
D) Unemployment
A) accepetable
B) acceptable
2) How can India become a super power? C) aceptable
D) accaptible
A) By showing military prowess
B) By showing the world the right path
C) By tackling unemployment 8) Choose the correct statement.
D) By excelling in the field of technology
A) She backed off from city.
B) He had backed up his car when he saw the traffic.
3) As per the passage, what has India been described as? C) When he saw the wild elephant going towards him he
backed off.
A) A country with a glorious past D) The students backed down from their demands when
they feared suspension.
B) A country of many religions
C) A super power
D) A melting pot of diverse cultures
9) Select the sentence with the correct usage of the
phrasal verb.

4) What has made India a force to reckon with? A) He come forward in the line.
B) He came forward when his name was announced to
A) Great strides in Space expeditions receive the prize.
B) Great strides in the social, political and economic C) She come forward to finish the task.
areas
D) They come down to play football.
C) Great measures to control climate change
D) Great progress in Military power

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10) Fill in the blank with an appropriate option.

It's a good idea, but it's …….that the boss will agree with
you.

A) probably
B) sure
C) like
D) unlikely

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 Section 2 - PaperI-Education and General Awareness

11) A Committee was constituted for evolution of the New

Education Policy (2016) that focusses on improving the
quality of education and restoring the credibility of the
education system in India, under the chairmanship of:

A) Daulat Singh Kothari

B) TST Subramanian
C) Lakshmanswami Mudaliar
D) Sevaram Sharma

12) Bleaching powder is formed by the action of which of

the following elements?

A) Silver
B) Zinc
C) Copper
D) Chlorine

13) Which of the following bodies grants approval for

starting new technical institutions, for introduction of new
courses and for variation in intake capacity in technical
institutions?

A) All India Council for Technical Education

B) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
C) Indian Institute of Science Education and Research
D) Central Advisory Board of Education

14) Which of the following parties formed the government

in Karnataka after the elections in May 2018?

A) JD(S)-Congress alliance
B) JD(S)-BJP alliance
C) BJP
D) Congress

15) ‘Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat’, launched in 2014 is a

sub-programme of which of the following major schemes
in India?

A) Jan Shikshan Sansthan

B) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
C) Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan
D) Saakshar Bharat Abhiyan

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 Section 3 - PaperI-Reasoning

16) 90% of a is equal to 70% of b. The value of (a/b)^2 is

A) 36 / 49
B) 64 / 81
C) 49 / 81
D) 25 / 36

17) What is the next term in the given series?

961, 900, 841, ?

A) 784
B) 821
C) 766
D) 832

18) If VINTAGE is coded as IVTNGAE, then SEVENTH

will be coded as

A) ESEVTNH
B) ESEVTTN
C) ESEVTNG
D) ESEVTNE

19) Two numbers are such that, the sum of the squares of
two numbers is 113 and their product is 56. Twice the sum
of the two numbers is

A) 30
B) 46
C) 112
D) 56

20) Rani's mother's sister Pooja is Karthik's maternal aunt.

Pooja has only one sister and no brother. How is Karthik
related to Rani's father?

A) Daughter
B) Nephew
C) Son
D) Father

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 Section 4 - PaperI-Teaching Aptitude

21) Identify the reading disorder, which is characterized 26) Each time the students performed well or answered
by trouble with reading although the person has normal correctly, the teacher gave them a reward in the form of
intelligence. Problems may include difficulties in spelling praise. This way their performance improved gradually.
words, reading quickly, writing words, "sounding out" The teacher was using the method of
words in the head, pronouncing words when reading
aloud and understanding what one reads. A) positive reinforcement
B) neutral reinforcement
A) Dissociative identity disorder
C) negative reinforcement
B) Dyslexia
D) aggressive reinforcement
C) Schizoaffective disorder
D) Alexia
27) Psychology may be defined as

22) Which philosopher emphasized that the purpose of A) Study of the society
education was the discovery of the psychic self?
B) Study of the soul
C) Study of behaviour
A) Dewey
D) Study of physical attributes
B) Gautam Buddha
C) Aurobindo
D) Rousseau
28) The concept of micro teaching was developed in

A) Princeton University
23) A child in the class who is friendly with all the students
B) Oxford University
and likes to interact with all without any prejudice may be
called C) Cambridge University
D) Stanford University
A) Super smart
B) Hero
C) Star 29) When the pupil teacher is made to teach his/her own
D) Moon peers as if they were students, the training is called

A) skit
B) micro teaching
24) Which method from the following is known as the one
way channel of communication of information? C) street play
D) simulation
A) Discussion method
B) Problem solving method
C) Lecture method 30) Who said, " The art of education will never attain
D) Project method complete clearness in itself without philosophy."?

A) Dewey
B) Spencer
25) Right to Education came into effect on
C) Gandhi
A) April 1, 2001 D) Fichte
B) April 1, 2010
C) May 1, 2001
D) April 10, 2010

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 Section 5 - PaperII-Physical Science

31) How the kinetic energy (E) of an electron is related to A) 195

its De Broglie wavelength ? B) 107
C) 118
D) 168
A)

36) The total number of orbitals associated with the

B) principal quantum number, n = 3 is ___________

A) 9
C) B) 1
C) 5
D) D) 3

37) The difference between successive Node and

32) Which of the following produces a band spectrum Antinode of a vibrating string is
when excited?
A) λ/4
A) Na
B) λ
B) H2
C) 2λ
C) Ne
D) λ/2
D) He

38) What are the oxidation states of the two Cl atoms in

33) In a compound microscope, the focal length of the eye bleaching powder?
piece is 5 cm and magnification is 30. If final image is
formed at 25 cm, then the magnification produced by the
A) +1; +1
object is
B) -1; +1
A) 10 C) -1; -1
B) 5 D) 0; 0
C) 1
D) 15
39) Which of the following statements is FALSE in context
to isotopes?

34) What is the chemical formula of Slaked lime?

A) Isotopes have same atomic number Z but different
mass number A
A) CaO
B) Isotopes possess different physical properties
B) NaOH
C) Isotopes possess different chemical properties
C) Na2O
D) are isotopies
D) Ca(OH)2

35) An extended version of the periodic table was 40) Focal length of biconvex lens is
developed by Glen Seaborg. In this he predicted the
positions of elements up to atomic number: A) Both positive and negative
B) Zero

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C) Positive A) Total linear momentum
D) Negative B) Potential energy
C) Kinetic Energy
D) Total mechanical energy
41) Cathode rays are stream of

A) electrons
46) Find the molecular mass of a sucrose molecule.
B) photons
Given, mass of C = 12.011u, mass of H = 1.008u and
C) protons mass of O = 16.00u
D) neutrons
A) 180.162 u
B) 358.308 u
42) In the following reaction:
C) 342.308 u
D) 29.019 u
PbO2 + 4HCl = PbCl2 + H2O + Cl2

which is the oxidizing agent?

47) In a bar magnet, the ratio of magnetic length to
geometrical length is nearly
A) PbO2
B) Both PbO2 and HCl
A) 0.94
C) HCl
B) 0.80
D) Neither PbO2 and HCl
C) 0.74
D) 0.84
43) What will be the resistance of a conductor at 00 C if
the resistance of the same conductor is 5 ohms at 50 0C
and 6 ohms at 1000 C? 48) Find the volume of air containing 21% oxygen by
volume at STP required to convert 294 cm 3 of sulphur
A) 3 ohm dioxide to sulphur trioxide under the same condition.
B) 4 ohm
C) 1 ohm A) 200 cm3
D) 2 ohm B) 700 cm3
C) 500 cm3
D) 100 cm3
44) What is the oxidation state of oxygen in potassium
superoxide?
49) The mathematical formula representing Gay Lussac's
A) +2 law is

B) -1 A) P1T1 = P2T2
B) T1 / V1 = T2 / V2
C) P1 / T1 = P2 / T2
C)
D) P1V1 = P2V2

D)
50) Which of the following orbital has the lowest energy?

45) If a body is falling freely under the action gravity alone A) 6p

in vacuum, then which of the following quantities remain B) 5d
constant during the fall, if air friction is neglected? C) 4f
D) 7s

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 Section 6 - PaperII-Biological Science

51) Which phylum does an Octopus belong to? B) Agricultural waste

C) Kerosene oil
A) Annelida D) Petroleum gas
B) Mollusca
C) Arthropoda
D) Coelenterata 57) Dermis, Epidermis and Hypodermis are related to
which of the following parts of the body?

52) The environment in which a species normally lives or A) Stomach

the location of a living organism is referred as B) Skin
C) Intestine
A) habitat D) Vocal Cord
B) community
C) predation
D) population 58) During translation, ribosomes helps in

A) ATP synthesis
53) Which of the following is a function of Lysosomes? B) carbohydrate synthesis
C) protein synthesis
A) Protein synthesis D) lipid synthesis
B) Photosynthesis
C) Autophagy
D) Lipid synthesis 59) In Marine ecosystem, chemosynthetic sulfur bacteria
are found in which of the following zones?

54) Which one of the following is the renewable sources A) Benthic zone
of energy? B) Oceanic zone
C) Neritic zone
A) Petroleum D) Abyssal zone
B) Nuclear fuel
C) Coal
D) Wind 60) In Kreb's cycle there is oxidative decarboxylation
of isocitrate to form alpha-ketoglutarate. This reaction is
catalyzed by which of the following enzymes?
55) Pyramid of biomass is upright in all ecosystem,
EXCEPT A) Succinate dehydrogenase
B) Isocitrate dehydrogenase
A) forest ecosystem C) Isocitrate synthase
B) tree ecosystem D) Aconitase
C) grassland ecosystem
D) aquatic ecosystem
61) In aquatic biome, which of the following belongs to the
marine biome?
56) Fuels has been classified based on their physical state
of existence. Name the solid fuel from the following A) Estuaries
B) Lake
A) Diesel

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C) River 67) Which of the following is a type of white blood cell that
D) Pond engulfs and digests cellular debris, foreign substances in
multicellular organisms?

A) Platelets
62) Which of the following device can be used to measure
B) Neuronal cells
the salinity of soil?
C) Erythrocytes
A) Refractometer D) Macrophage
B) Hydrometer
C) Electrical conductivity meter
D) Calorimeter 68) Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding
renewable resources?

A) They contain resources which are pollution free

63) If sodium bicarbonate is added in the water having
B) They are limited and will get exhausted one day
Hydrilla plant in a beaker in presence of sunlight, which of
the following process is accelerated? C) They can be recycled in environment by natural
process
A) ATP synthesis D) They are present in huge quantities
B) Respiration
C) Photosynthesis
D) Transpiration 69) Which phylum of invertebrates is commonly called as
flatworms?

A) Coelentrata
64) The principle mainly involved in the generation of
B) Nematodes
biogas is
C) Platyhelminthes
A) crystallization D) Porifera
B) fermentation
C) fractionation
D) aerobic digestion 70) What is the tube like structure in annelids, which acts
to function as its excretory system?

A) Green gland
65) The organs which have different basic structure and
B) Flame cells
developmental origin but have similar appearance and
perform similar functions is referred as C) Kidney
D) Nephridia
A) heterologous organs
B) homologous organs
C) analogous organs
D) vestigial organs

66) Which of the following based on the total amount

of living material at each trophic level in the community?

A) Pyramid of biomass
B) Pyramid of energy
C) Pyramid of numbers
D) Pyramid of food

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 Section 7 - PaperII-Mathematics

Techofworld.In
71) The shortest distance between any two points is C) a rational number
D) a prime number
A) a plane
B) a line segment
C) an arc 77) In a class of 50 students 25 students can play hockey
D) a ray and 35 can play cricket. How many can play hockey and
cricket both?

72) Five years ago, Amrit was thrice as old as Barkha and A) 25
ten years later, Amrit will be twice as old as Barkha. What B) 20
is the present age (in years) of Amrit? C) 15
D) 10
A) 50
B) 40
C) 20 78) If cos Ɵ = 1/√2, then cos2Ɵ – sin2Ɵ =
D) 60
A) √3/2
B) 0
73) If cos2a + cos4a = 1, then the value of (tan2a + C) 1/2
tan4a)/(sec2a tan2a) is D) 1

A) 3
B) 1
79) If α and β are the roots of x² -2x + 3 = 0, then the
C) -1 equation with roots α+2, β+2 is
D) 2
A) x² + 6x - 11 = 0
B) x² -11x + 6 = 0
74) If x:y = 1:3, then the ratio (7x2+3xy):(2xy+y2) is C) x² - 6x + 11 = 0
D) x² +11x - 6 = 0
A) 16 : 7
B) 16 : 15
C) 16 : 5 80) The number of proper subsets of a set of order three
D) 10 : 3 is

A) 4
75) The number system which contains only 8 different B) 6
digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 is called C) 7
D) 8
A) quinary system
B) octal system
C) hexadecimal system 81) If the simultaneous equations are given as 13x - 6y =
D) binary system 20, 7x + 4y = 18, then the values of x, y are respectively

A) 2, 4
76) Logarithm of 7 to the base 2 is B) 1, 2
C) 6, 1
A) an irrational number D) 2, 1
B) an integer
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82) If ax = b, by = c and cz = a, then the value of xyz is A) 46.20 m
B) 66.52 m
A) 2
C) 51.96 m
B) 1
D) 85.23 m
C) 3
D) 0
88) If log 8 = 0.9030 and log 9 = 0.9542, the value of log 5
512 is
83) Consider a right angle triangle PQR right-angled at Q.
If PQ is 27 cm and QR is 27√3 cm, then the angle P is A) 2.87
B) 2.967
A) 60°
C) 3.876
B) 75°
D) 3.912
C) 45°
D) 30°
89) If the monthly pay of salesman is 'y' which includes
basic pay of $200 plus a commission of $5 for every unit
84) If log 2 = 0.30103, the number of digits in 264 is he sales, then the function for this can be written as

A) 21 A) x = 205 + 5y
B) 18 B) y = 205 + x
C) 19 C) y = 200 + 5x
D) 20 D) 200 + 5xy

85) In ΔABC, two points D and E are taken on the lines 90) If a bicycle wheel has 48 spokes, then the angle
AB and BC respectively in such a way that AC is parallel between any two alternate spokes is
to DE. If BC = 9 cm, DE = 4 cm, AC = 12 cm, then EC =
A) 16°
A) 12 cm B) 7.5°
B) 6 cm C) 9.6°
C) 9 cm D) 15°
D) 3 cm

86) A sum of money is to be distributed among four people

Arun, Barun, Chetan, Dinesh in the proportion of 5 : 2 : 4
: 3. If Chetan gets Rs. 1000 more than Dinesh, what is
Barun’s share?

A) Rs. 500
B) Rs. 1500
C) Rs. 2000
D) Rs. 2500

87) The distance between the foot of a light house and a

certain point is 30 m. If the angle of elevation from that
point to the top of the lighthouse is 60°, then the height of
the pole is

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 Question Paper No: 46992_50

Answer Key
1. A 31. A 61. A
2. B 32. B 62. C
3. D 33. B 63. C
4. B 34. D 64. B
5. B 35. D 65. C
6. C 36. A 66. A
7. B 37. A 67. D
8. D 38. B 68. B
9. B 39. C 69. C
10. D 40. C 70. D
11. B 41. A 71. B
12. D 42. A 72. A
13. A 43. B 73. B
14. A 44. D 74. B
15. B 45. D 75. B
16. C 46. C 76. A
17. A 47. D 77. D
18. A 48. B 78. B
19. A 49. C 79. C
20. C 50. C 80. C
21. B 51. B 81. D
22. C 52. A 82. B
23. C 53. C 83. A
24. C 54. D 84. D
25. B 55. D 85. B
26. A 56. B 86. C
27. C 57. B 87. C
28. D 58. C 88. C
29. D 59. D 89. C
30. D 60. B 90. D

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