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1. About 50% of the world population is b) Switzerland and Luxembourg

concentrated between the latitudes of c) Luxembourg and Belgium
a) 5°N and 20°N d) France and Belgium
b) 20°N and 40°N Ans: c)
c) 40°N and 60°N
d) 20°S and 40°S 5. The average rate of domestic savings
Ans: b) (gross) for the Indian economy is currently
estimated to be in the range of
2. After consolidating his power, Balban a) 15 to 20 per cent
assumed the grand title of b) 20 to 25 per cent
a) Tute-i-Hind c) 25 to 30 per cent
b) Kaisr-i-Hind d) 30 to 35 per cent
c) Zil-i-Ilahi Ans: b)
d) Din-i-Ilahi
Ans: c) 6. Match List I with List II and select the
correct answer by using the codes given
3. Match List I with List II and select the below the lists:
correct answer by using the codes given List I List II
below the lists: I. Butler Committee
List I List II A) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Report
(Climatic Conditions) (Reasons) II. Hurtog Committee Report
I. Chennai is warmer than Calcutta B) Relationship between the Indian States
A) North-east Monsoon and Paramount Power
II. Snowfall in Himalayas III. Hunter Inquiry Committee Report
B) Altitude C) Working of Dyarchy as laid down in the
III. Rainfall decreases from Depressions Montague-Chelmsford Reforms
C) Western West Bengal to Punjab IV. Muddiman Committee Report
IV. Sutlej Ganga Plain gets some rain in water D) The growth of education in British India
D) Distance from sea and potentialities of its further progress
E) Latitude Codes:
Codes: a) I-C, II-B, III-A, IV-D
a) I-A, II-B, III-D, IV-E b) I-A, II-D, III-B, IV-C
b) I-D, II-E, III-A, IV-C c) I-B, II-A, III-C, IV-D
c) I-E, II-B, III-D, IV-C d) I-B, II-D, III-A, IV-C
d) I-E, II-A, III-C, IV-D Ans: d)
Ans: c)
7. Match List I with List II and select the
4. The economic and monetary union of 15 correct answer using the codes given below
European Countries is proposed to be made the lists:
by 1999. But the currencies of two countries, List I List II
Franc, have already the same value and I. Deccan Traps A) Late Cenozoic
circulate freely in both the countries. The II. Western Ghats B) Pre-Cambrian
countries are III. Aravalli C) Cretaceous-Eocene
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IV. Narmada-Tapi D) Cambrian Alluvial d) Mongoloids

deposits Ans: d)
E) Pleistocene
Codes: 12. What is the correct sequence of the
a) I-C, II-E, III-A, IV-D descending order of the following States in
b) I-C, II-A, III-B, IV-E respect of female literacy rates as per the
c) I-B, II-A, III-C, IV-D 1991 Census ?
d) I-A, II-D, III-B, IV-E I. Mizoram
Ans: b) II. Kerala
III. Goa
8. The number of industries for which IV. Nagaland
industrial licensing is required has now been Choose the correct answer using the codes
reduced to given below:
a) 15 a) II, III, I, IV
b) 6 b) II, I, III, IV
c) 35 c) II, III, IV, I
d) 20 d) I, II, IV, III
Ans: a) Ans: b)

9. The head of the military department under 13. The tail of a comet is directed away from
the reorganised central machinery of the sun because
administration during Akbar’s reign was a) as the comet rotates around the sun, the
a) Diwan lighter mass of the comet is pushed away due
b) Mir Bakshi to the centrifugal force alone
c) Mir Saman b) as the comet rotates, the lighter mass of
d) Bakshi the comet is attracted by some star situated
Ans: b) in the direction of its tail
c) the radiation emitted by the sun exerts a
10. The January isotherm taken as a basis for radial pressure on the comet throwing its tail
dividing India into tropical and sub-tropical away from the sun
zones is d) the tail of the comet always exists in the
a) 21°C same orientation
b) 18°C Ans: c)
c) 12°C
d) 15°C 14. Assertion (A): The sponsor and the most
Ans: b) prominent figure of the Chisti order of Sufis in
India is Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti.
11. “.........They are people of yellow Reason (R): The Chisti order takes its name
complexion, oblique eyes, high cheek bones, from a village Chisti in Ajmer. In the context
sparse hair and medium height.” The of the above two statements, which one of
reference here is to the following is correct?
a) Nordic Aryans a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct
b) Austrics explanation of A
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b) Both A and R are true, but R is not a correct c) I, II, III and IV
explanation of A d) I, II and IV
c) A is true, but R is false Ans: b)
d) A is false, but R is true
Ans: c) 18. “A graduate at 18, professor and
associated editor of the Sudharak at 20,
15. Match List I with List II and select the Secretary of the Sarvajanik Sabha and of the
correct answer by using the codes given Provincial Conference at 25, Secretary of the
below the lists: National Congress at 29, leading witness
List I List II before an important Royal Commission at 31,
(Minerals) (Typical areas of Occurrence) Provincial legislator at 34, Imperial legislator
I. Coal A) Bhandara at 36, President of the Indian National
II. Gold B) Karanpura Congress at 39......... a patriot whom
III. Mica C) Hutti Mahatma Gandhi himself regarded as his
IV. Manganese D) Nellore master.” This is how a biographer describes
Codes: a) Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya
a) I-A, II-C, III-B, IV-D b) Mahadev Govind Ranade
b) I-B, II-C, III-D, IV-A c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
c) I-C, II-D, III-B, IV-A d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
d) I-B, II-A, III-D, IV-C Ans: c)
Ans: b)
19. The river shown on the map is
16. In which of the following countries will the
no confidence motion to bring down the
government passed by the legislature be
valid only when the legislature is able to find
simultaneously a majority to elect a
successor government?
a) France
b) Germany
c) Italy
d) Portugal
Ans: b)
a) Irrawaddy
17. The sum of which of the following b) Mekong
constitutes Broad Money in India? c) Chao Phraya
I. Currency with the Public d) Salween
II. Demand deposits with banks Ans: d)
III. Time deposits with banks
IV. Other deposits with RBI 20. Which one of the following was NOT
Choose the correct answer using the codes proposed by the 73rd Constitutional
given below: Amendment in the area of Panchayati Raj?
a) I and II
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a) Thirty per cent seats in all elected rural Ans: d)

local bodies will be reserved for women
candidates at all levels 25. Match List I with List II and select the
b) The States will constitute their Finance correct answer by using the codes given
Commissions to allocate resources to below the lists:
Panchayati Raj Institutions List I List II
c) The Panchayati Raj elected functionaries (Events) (Results)
will be disqualified to hold their offices if they I. Morley Minto Reforms
have more than two children A) Country-wide agitation
d) The elections will be held in six months’ II. Simon Commission
time if Panchayati Raj bodies are super ceded B) Withdrawal of a movement
or dissolved by the State government III. The Chauri-Chaura incident
Ans: c) C) Communal Electorates
IV. The Dandi March
21. According to the latest census figures sex D) Communal outbreaks
ratio in India is E) Illegal manufacture of salt
a) declining Codes:
b) stable a) I-C, II-D, III-E, IV-B
c) increasing b) I-D, II-A. III-B, IV-C
d) fluctuating c) I-B, II-C, III-D, IV-E
Ans: a) d) I-C, II-A, III-B, IV-E
Ans: d)
22. Who among the following was associated
with the suppression of Thugs? 26. The Poona Pact which was signed
a) General Henry Prendergast between the British Government and
b) Captain Sleeman Mahatma Gandhi in 1932 provided for
c) Alexander Burnes a) the creation of dominion status for India
d) Captain Robert Pemberton b) separate electorates for the Muslims
Ans: b) c) separate electorate for the Harijans
d) joint electorate with reservation for
23. The Alamatti Dam is on the river Harijans
a) Godavari Ans: d)
b) Cauvery
c) Krishna 27. Which one of the following was used as a
d) Mahanadi chemical weapon in the First World War?
Ans: c) a) Carbon monoxide
b) Hydrogen cyanide
24. Which one of the following States of India c) Mustard gas
has passed a legislation (in 1996) making the d) Water gas
maintenance of one’s parents mandatory? Ans: c)
a) Kerala
b) West Bengal 28. Proportional representation is NOT
c) Maharashtra necessary in a country where
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b) a two-party system has developed III. All-party Convention C) 1932

c) the first-past-post system prevails IV Poorna Swaraj Resolution D) 1907
d) there is a fusion of Presidential and E) 1905
Parliamentary forms of governments Codes:
Ans: b) a) I-D, II-C, III-A, IV-E
b) I-D, II-C, III-B, IV-A
29. Match List I with List II and select the c) I-B, II-E, III-D, IV-A
correct answer by using the codes given d) I-A, II-D, III-E, IV-C
below the lists: Ans: b)
List I List II
(Committees) (Chaired by) 32. Consider the map given below:
I. Disinvestment of shares in Public Sector
Enterprises
A) Rajah Chelliah
II. Industrial Sickness
B) Onkar Goswami
III. Tax Reforms
C) R.N. Malhotra
IV. Reforms in Insurance Sector
D) C. Rangarajan
Codes:
a) I-A, II-D. III-B, IV-C
The predominant languages spoken in the
b) I-D, II-B, III-A, IV-C
areas marked A, B, C and D are respectively
c) I-D, II-A, III-B, IV-C
a) Brajbhasha, Bhojpuri, Maithili and Awadhi
d) I-A, II-C, III-D, IV-B
b) Awadhi, Maithili, Bhojpuri and Brajbhasha
Ans: b)
c) Brajbhasha, Awadhi, Bhojpuri and Maithili
d) Maithili, Bhojpuri, Brajbhasha and Awadhi
30. Which one of the following factors is
Ans: c)
responsible for the change in the regular
direction of the ocean currents in the Indian
33. The canal carrying capacity of Farakka is
Ocean?
a) 75,000 cusecs
a) Indian Ocean is ‘half an ocean’
b) 70,000 cusecs
b) Indian Ocean has monsoon drift
c) 40,000 cusecs
c) Indian Ocean is a land-locked ocean
d) 35,000 cusecs
d) Indian Ocean has greater variation in
Ans: a)
salinity
Ans: b)
34. The Prime Minister of which one of the
following countries is chosen by the ruling
31. Match List I with List II and select the
prince from a slate of three candidates put up
correct answer by using the codes given
to him by the President of France?
below the Lists:
a) San Marius
List I List II
b) Liechtenstein
I. Surat Split A) 1929
c) Malta
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d) Monaco
Ans: d)

35. One of the important agreements reached

in the 1996 Ministerial Conference of WTO
relates to
a) Commerce in Information Technology
b) Multilateral Agreement on Investment
c) Multi-fibre Agreement
d) Exchange of Technical Personnel
Ans: a)

36. Match List I with List II and select the

correct answer by using the codes given The places marked A, B, C and D in the map
below the lists: are respectively
List I a) Rift valley region, Chattisgarh plain, Rain
List II shadow region and Chotanagpur plateau
I. Chittagong Armoury Raid b) Chattisgarh plain, Chotanagpur plateau,
A) Lala Hardayal Rift valley region and Rain shadow region
II. Kakori Conspiracy c) Rift valley region, Chattisgarh plain,
B) Jatin Das Chotanagpur plateau and Rain shadow
III. Lahore Conspiracy region
C) Surya Sen d) Chattisgarh plain, Rain shadow region,
IV. Ghadr Party Chotanagpur plateau and Rift valley region
D) Ram Prasad Bismil Ans: c)
E) Vasudev Phadke
Codes: 39. Match List I with List II and select the
a) I-C, II-D, III-A, IV-E correct answer by using the codes given
b) I-D, II-C. III-B, IV-E below the lists:
c) I-C, II-D, III-B, IV-A List I List II
d) I-B, II-D, III-C, IV-A (Crops) (Geographical conditions)
Ans: c) I. Barley A) Hot and dry climate with
poor soil
37. Which one of the following pairs is II. Rice B) Cool climate with poorer
correctly matched? soil
a) Teak: Jammu and Kashmir III. Millets C) Warm and moist climate
b) Deodar: Madhya Pradesh with high altitude
c) Sandalwood: Kerala IV. Tea D) Hot and moist climate with
d) Sundari: West Bengal rich soil
Ans: d) Codes:
a) I-B, II-D, III-A, IV-C
38. Consider the map given below: b) I-C, II-D, III-A, IV-B
c) I-B, II-A, III-D, IV-C
d) I-C, II-B, III-D, IV-A

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Ans: a) The places marked A, B, C and D in the map

are respectively known for the cultivation of
40. The world’s fastest computer has been a) groundnut, ragi, tobacco and sugarcane
able to perform (as of Dec. 1996) b) groundnut, sugarcane, ragi and tobacco
a) 106 operations per second c) ragi, sugarcane, groundnut and tobacco
b) 109 operations per second d) ragi, groundnut, sugarcane and tobacco
c) 1012 operations per second Ans: b)
d) 1015 operations per second
Ans: c) 44. The film The Making of the Mahatma has
been directed by
41. The Basque separatist organisation is a) Peter Ustinov
active in b) Richard Attenborough
a) Russia c) Shyam Benegal
b) Cyprus d) Mira Nair
c) Portugal Ans: c)
d) Spain
Ans: d) 45. “From Aceh in the far north­west to Torres
Strait in the east is 5000 miles, almost as far
42. Match List I with List II and select the as from London to Baghdad. The Archipelago
correct answer by using the code given below has 14,000 islands, some mere equatorial
the lists: rocks, others some of the largest in the
List I List II world.” This description best fits
I. Gupta A) Badami a) West Indies
II. Chandella B) Panamalai b) Japan
III. Chalukya C) Khajuraho c) Philippines
IV. Pallava D) Deogarh d) Indonesia
Codes: Ans: d)
a) I-D, II-C, III-A, IV-B
b) I-D, II-B, III-C, IV-A 46. Human Development Index comprises
c) I-B, II-C, III-D, IV-A literacy rates, life expectancy at birth and
d) I-C, II-D, III-A, IV-B a) Gross Domestic Product per head in US
Ans: a) dollars
b) Gross Domestic Product per head at real
43. Consider the map given below: purchasing power
c) Gross National Product in US dollars
d) National Income per head in US dollars
Ans: d)

47. A major health mission carried in 1996

was
a) war against leprosy
b) small-pox eradication
c) pulse polio immunization
d) popularisation of oral rehydration therapy

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Ans: c) The behaviour of a fictitious stock market

index (comprising a weighted average of the
48. Which one of the following statements market prices of a selected list of companies
regarding Asokan stone pillars is incorrect? including some multinational corporations
a) These are highly polished (MNC’s) over a 15-day period is shown in the
b) These are monolithic graph. The behaviour of the MNC’s in the
c) The shaft of pillars is tapering in shape same period is also shown in the second
d) These are parts of architectural structures graph. Which one of the following is a valid
Ans: d) conclusion?
a) MNC’s fell steeper in the period depicted
49. State Funding of elections takes place in b) Share prices of every non-MNC company
a) USA and Canada soared by over 5% on the 12th day
b) Britain and Switzerland c) Government announced a policy
c) France and Italy disfavouring MNC’s on the 11th day
d) Germany and Austria d) Whatever be the reason favouring market
Ans: d) revival on the 12th day, it appears to be
relevant only to non-MNC companies
50. Which of the following places are known Ans: d)
for paper manufacturing industry?
I. Yamuna Nagar 52. Which one of the following pairs of
II. Guwahati composers in different languages and their
III. Shahabad works on the Mahabharata theme is correctly
IV. Ballarpur matched?
Choose the correct answer using the codes a) Sarladasa — Bengali
given below: b) Kasirama — Oriya
Codes: c) Tikkana — Marathi
a) I, II and III d) Pampa — Kannada
b) I, II and IV Ans: d)
c) I, III and IV
d) II, III and IV 53. Match List I with List II and select the
Ans: c) correct answer by using the codes given
below the lists:
51. List I
List II
(Commodities exported from India)
(Countries of destination)
I. Iron-ore
A) Russia
II. Leather goods
B) USA
III. Tea
C) Japan
IV. Cotton fabrics
D) UK

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E) Canada Ans: d)
Codes:
a) I-E, II-A, III-B, IV-C 58. Assertion (A): The reservation of thirty-
b) I-C, II-A. III-D, IV-B three per cent of seats for women in
c) I-A, II-E, III-D, IV-C Parliament and State Legislatures does not
d) I-C, II-D, III-A, IV-B require Constitutional amendment.
Ans: b) Reason (R): Political parties contesting
elections can allocate thirty-three per cent of
54. The concept of Public Interest Litigation seats they contest to women candidates
originated in without any Constitutional amendment. In
a) the United Kingdom the context of the above two statements,
b) Australia which one of the following is correct?
c) the United States a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct
d) Canada explanation of A
Ans: d) b) Both A and Rare true, but R is not a correct
explanation of A
55. If the Prime Minister of India belonged to c) A is true, but R is false
the Upper House of Parliament d) A is false, but R is true
a) he will not be able to vote in his favour in Ans: d)
the event of a no confidence motion
b) he will not be able to speak on the Budget 59. Which one of the following dances
in the Lower House involves solo performance?
c) he can make statements only on the Upper a) Bharatanatyam
House b) Kuchipudi
d) he has to become a member of the Lower c) Mohiniattam
House within six months after being sworn in d) Odissi
as the Prime Minister Ans: a)
Ans: a)
60. What is the correct chronological
56. M.C. Setalvad, B.N. Rao and Alladi sequence of the following?
Krishnaswamy Iyer were distinguished I. Wood’s Education Despatch
members of the II. Macaulay’s Minute on Education
a) Swaraj Party III. The Sargeant Education Report
b) All India National Liberal Federation IV. Indian Education (Hunter Commission)
c) Madras Labour Union a) II, I, IV, III
d) Servants of India Society b) II, I, III, IV
Ans: d) c) I, II, IV, III
d) IV, III, I, II
57. The tribal population in Andaman and Ans: a)
Nicobar Islands belongs to the
a) Australoid race 61. The group of small pieces of rock -
b) Caucasoid race revolving round the sun between the orbits of
c) Mongoloid race Mars and Jupiter are called
d) Negroid race a) meteors

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b) comets are multiples of one thousand in the quotient

c) meteorites obtained by dividing the population of the
d) asteroids State by the total number of the elected
Ans: d) members of the Assembly. As at present
(1997) the expression “population” here
62. Which one of the following scripts of means the population as ascertained by the
ancient India was written from right to left? a) 1991 Census
a) Brahmi b) 1981 Census
b) Nandnagari c) 1971 Census
c) Sharada d) 1961 Census
d) Kharoshti Ans: c)
Ans: d)
67. In India, inflation is measured by the
63. Which one of the following techniques a) Wholesale Price Index Number
can be used to establish the paternity of a b) Consumers Price Index for urban
child? non-manual workers
a) Protein analysis c) Consumers Price Index for agricultural
b) Chromosome counting workers
c) Quantitative analysis of DNA d) National Income deflation
d) DNA finger-printing Ans: a)
Ans: c)
68. Which one of the following stars is nearest
64. If the earth’s direction of rotation is to the earth?
reversed, what would be the 1ST when it is a) Polaris
noon at the International Date Line? b) Alpha Centauri
a) 06.30 hrs c) Sun
b) 05.30 hrs d) Sirius
c) 18.30 hrs Ans: c)
d) 17.30 hrs
Ans: c) 69. The medieval Indian writer who refers to
the discovery of America is
65. Bishop Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo and a) Malik Muhammad Jayasi
Jose Ramos Horta who shared the 1996 b) Amir Khusrau
Nobel Peace Prize are known for their work c) Raskhan
for the cause of d) Abul Fazl
a) East Timor Ans: d)
b) Guatemala
c) Bosnia 70. Which one of the following conditions is
d) Barunda most relevant for the presence of life on
Ans: a) Mars?
a) Atmospheric composition
66. In the Presidential election in India, every b) Thermal conditions
elected member of the Legislative Assembly c) Occurrence of ice caps and frozen water
of a State shall have as many votes as there d) Occurrence of ozone

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Ans: c)

71. Which one of the following are/is stated in

the Constitution of India?
I. The President shall not be a member of
either House of Parliament.
II. The Parliament shall consist of the
President and two Houses. Choose the
correct answer from the codes given below: The point marked by A in the above figure
Codes: indicates a country in
a) Neither I nor II a) North America
b) Both I and II b) South America
c) I alone c) Europe
d) II alone d) Asia
Ans: b) Ans: c)

72. The following are the major oilseeds 75. Match List I with List II and select the
produced in India: correct answer by using the codes given
I. Sesamum below the lists:
II. Mustard List I List II
III. Groundnut (Functionaries) (Oaths or affirmations)
IV. Soyabean I. President of India
Which one of the following is the correct A) Secrecy of Information
sequence of the descending order of the II. Judges of the Supreme Court
quantity of their production? B) Faithful Discharge of Duties
a) I, II, III, IV III. Members of Parliament
b) III, II, IV, I C) Faith and Allegiance to the Constitution of
c) II, IV, III, I India
d) III, IV, II, I IV. Ministers for the Union
Ans: b) D) Upholding the Constitution and the Law
Codes:
73. The famous dialogue between, Nachiketa a) I-C, II-D, III-A, IV-B
and Yama is mentioned in the b) I-D, II-C, III-B, IV-A
a) Chhandogyopanishad c) I-C, II-D, III-B, IV-A
b) Mundakopanishad d) I-D, II-C, III-A, IV-B
c) Kathopanishad Ans: c)
d) Kenopanishad
Ans: c) 76.
In the map shown in the given figure, rivers
74. Consider the geographical details given in labelled as 1, 2, 3 and 4 are respectively
the following figure:

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a) I-A, II-C, III-D, IV-B

b) I-B, II-C, III-D, IV-A
c) I-A, II-B, III-C, IV-D
d) I-C, II-D, III-A, IV-B
Ans: a)

80. The Sixth and the Eighth Five-Year Plans

covered the period 1980-85 and 1992-97
a) Kosi, Gomati, Ghaghara and Gandak
respectively. The Seventh Five-Year Plan
b) Kosi, Ganga, Gomati and Ghaghara
covered the period
c) Gandak, Ganga, Gomati and Ghaghara
a) 1987-92
d) Teesta, Gomati, Ghaghara and Kosi
b) 1986-91
Ans: a)
c) 1985-90
d) 1988-94
77. Milindapanho is in the form of a dialogue
Ans: c)
between the King Menander and the
Buddhist monk
81. Which one of the following edicts
a) Nagasena
mentions the personal name of Asoka?
b) Nagarjuna
a) Kalsi
c) Nagabhatta
b) Rummindei
d) Kumarilabhatta
c) Special Kalinga Edict
Ans: a)
d) Maski
Ans: d)
78. In which one of the following countries
are 75 per cent of seats in both Houses of
82. Consider the map given below:
Parliament filled on the basis of
first-past-the-post system and 25 per cent on
the basis of Proportional Representation
system of elections?
a) Germany
b) Italy
c) France
d) Russia
Ans: d) Of the four shaded areas in the map, that
which is characterised by hot dry summers,
79. Match List I with List II and select the mild and moist winters and seasonal reversal
correct answer by using the codes given of winds is the area labelled
below the lists: a) 1
List I List II b) 2
I. Moplah revolt A) Kerala c) 3
II. Pabna revolt B) Bihar d) 4
III. Eka Movement C) Bengal Ans: d)
IV. Birsa Munda revolt D) Awadh
Codes:

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83. In the following quotation, “WE, THE 85. The following maps shows four of the
PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved sixteen mahajanapadas that existed in
to constitute India into a Sovereign Socialist ancient India:
Secular Democratic Republic and to secure to
all its citizens:
JUSTICE, social, economic and political;
LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith
and worship;
EQUALITY of status and of opportunity;
and to promote among them all;
FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the
individual and the unity and integrity of the
Nation;
The places marked A, B, C and D respectively
In our Constituent Assembly this ‘X’ .......... do
are
hereby adopt, enact and give to ourselves
a) Matsya, Cedi, Kosala, Anga
this Constitution.” ‘X’ stands for
b) Surasena, Avanti, Vatsa, Magadha
a) twenty-sixth day of January, 1950
c) Matsya, Avanti, Vatsa, Anga
b) twenty-sixth day of November, 1949
d) Surasena, Cedi, Kosala, Magadha
c) twenty-sixth day of January, 1949
Ans: c)
d) None of the above
Ans: b)
86. In the Mahayana Buddhism, the
Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara was also known
84. Match List I with List II and select the
as
correct answer by using the codes given
a) Vajrapani
below the lists:
b) Manjusri
List I
c) Padmapani
List II
d) Maitreya
I. Rashtriya Mahila Kosh
Ans: c)
A) Empowerment of women
II. Mahila Samriddhi Yojana
87. Daily weather map showing isobars is an
B) Education for Women’s Equality
example of
III. Indira Mahila Yojana
a) Choropleth map
C) Promotion of savings among rural women
b) Isopleth map
IV. Mahila Samakhya Programme
c) Chorochromatic map
D) Meeting credit needs of the poor women
d) Choroschematic map
Codes:
Ans: b)
a) I-C, II-B, III-A, IV-D
b) I-A, II-C, III-D, IV-B
88. Assertion (A): Willful disobedience or
c) I-D, II-C, III-A, IV-B
non-compliance of Court Orders and use of
d) I-D, II-A, III-B, IV-C
derogatory language about judicial
Ans: c)
behaviour amounts of Contempt of Court.
Reason (R): Judicial activism cannot be
practised without arming the judiciary with

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punitive powers to punish contemptuous context of the above two statements, which
behaviour. In the context of the above two one of the following is correct?
statements, which one of the following is a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct
correct? explanation of A
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true, but R is not a correct
explanation of A explanation of A
b) Both A and Rare true, but Ris not a correct c) A is true, but R is false
explanation of A d) A is false, but R is true
c) A is true, but R is false Ans: d)
d) A is false, but R is true
Ans: b) 93. The contribution of India’s small-scale
sector to the gross turnover in the
89. Schemes of (i) Urban Micro Enterprises, manufacturing sector since 1992 has been of
(ii) Urban Wage Employment, and (iii) the order of
Housing and Shelter Upgradation are parts of a) 40%
a) Integrated Rural Development Programme b) 34%
b) Nehru Rozgar Yojana c) 30%
c) Jawahar Rozgar Yojana d) 45%
d) Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana Ans: b)
Ans: b)
94. Match List I with List II and select the
90. The silver coins issued by the Guptas were correct answer by using the codes given
called below the lists:
a) rupaka List I
b) karshapana List II
c) dinara (Author)
d) pana (Text)
Ans: a) I. Varahamihira
A) Prabandha Chintamani
91. Which one of the following countries is II. Visakhadatta
the largest producer of fuelwood in the B) Mrchchhakatikam
world? III. Sudraka
a) Indonesia C) Brhat-Samhita
b) Russia IV. Bilhana
c) India D) Devi Chandraguptam
d) China E) Vikramankadevacharita
Ans: b) Codes:
a) I-C, II-D, III-E, IV-B
92. Assertion (A): The emergence of economic b) I-C, II-D, III-B, IV-E
globalism does not imply the decline of c) I-E, II-C, III-D, IV-A
socialist ideology. d) I-A, II-C, III-E, IV-B
Reason (R): The ideology of Socialism Ans: b)
believes in universalism and globalism. In the

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95. One will NOT have to pass through the 99. National Income is the
Suez Canal while going from Mumbai to a) Net National Product at market price
a) Alexandria b) Net National Product at factor cost
b) Suez c) Net Domestic Product at market price
c) Port Said d) Net Domestic Product at factor cost
d) Benghazi Ans: b)
Ans: b)
100. Which one of the following is NOT a
96. The Dinesh Goswami Committee principle of “Panchsheel”?
recommended a) Non-alignment
a) the constitution of state level election b) Peaceful Co-existence
commissions c) Mutual respect for each other’s territorial
b) List System of election to the Lok Sabha integrity and sovereignty
c) governmental funding of parliamentary d) Mutual non-interference in each other’s
elections internal affairs
d) a ban on the candidature of independent Ans: a)
candidates in the parliamentary elections
Ans: c) 101. During a flight from Delhi to Tokyo the
following are the landing airports:
97. Which of the following come under I. Hong Kong
Non-plan expenditure? II. Hanoi
I. Subsidies III. Taipei
II. Interest payments IV Bangkok
III. Defence expenditure The correct sequence of the landing at these
IV. Maintenance expenditure for the airports during an onward journey is
infrastructure created in the previous plans a) I, II, III, IV
Choose the correct answer using the codes b) IV, II, I, III
given below: c) III, IV, I, II
Codes: d) IV, i, ii, iii
a) I and II Ans: b)
b) I and III
c) II and IV 102. The Badami rock inscription of Pulakesin
d) I, II, III and IV I is dated in the Saka year 465. If the same
Ans: d) were to be dated in Vikrama Samvat, the year
would be
98. Which one of the following was a a) 601
corporation of merchants in ancient India? b) 300
a) Chaturvedi Mangalam c) 330
b) Parishad d) 407
c) Ashtadikgaja Ans: a)
d) Manigrama
Ans: d) 103. The Minimum Alternative Tax (MAT) was
introduced in the Budget of the Government
of India for the year

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a) 1991-92 d) vapour pressure

b) 1992-93 Ans: b)
c) 1995-96
d) 1996-97 107. Which one of the following is a vector
Ans: d) quantity?
a) Momentum
104. Which one of the following is present in b) Pressure
the largest amount in terms of per cent by c) Energy
mass in the earth’s crust? d) Work
a) Silicon Ans: a)
b) Oxygen
c) Carbon 108.
d) Calcium
Ans: b)

105. Match List I with List II and select the

correct answer by using the codes given
below the lists:
List I The planet Mercury is revolving in an elliptical
List II orbit around the sun as shown in the given
(Hazardous industries using child labour figure. The kinetic energy of mercury is
leading to the filing of a public interest greatest at the point labelled
petition in the Supreme Court) a) A
(Located at) b) B
I. Glass industry c) C
A) Moradabad d) D
II. Brassware industry Ans: a)
B) Marakpur
III. Slate industry 109.
C) Ferozabad
IV. Hand-made carpet industry
D) Mirzapur
Codes:
a) I-C, II-A, III-B, IV-D
b) I-A, II-C, III-D, IV-B
c) I-C, II-A, III-D, IV-B
d) I-A, II-C, III-B, IV-D
Ans: a)
A boy standing at the point ‘O’ in the given
106. The tendency of a liquid drop to contract diagram, throws a ball three times with the
and occupy minimum area is due to same force, but projecting it along different
a) viscosity inclinations from the ground. The results of
b) surface tension the throws have been plotted in the diagram.
c) density

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Which one of the following is a valid 114. Which one of the following is
conclusion? paramagnetic in nature?
a) The larger the initial inclination, the longer a) Iron
the throw b) Hydrogen
b) The larger the height reached, the longer c) Oxygen
the throw d) Nitrogen
c) The larger the height reached, the shorter Ans: c)
the throw
d) The larger the initial inclination, the 115. Which one of the following has the
greater the height reached highest fuel value?
Ans: c) a) Hydrogen
b) Charcoal
110. The working principle of a washing c) Natural Gas
machine is d) Gasoline
a) centrifugation Ans: a)
b) dialysis
c) reverse osmosis 116. Which one of the following is used as an
d) diffusion anti-freeze for the automobile engines?
Ans: a) a) Propyl alcohol
b) Ethanol
111. The characteristic odour of garlic is due c) Methanol
to d) Ethylene glycol
a) a chloro compound Ans: d)
b) a sulphur compounds
c) a fluorine compounds 117. The pituitary gland by virtue of its tropic
d) acetic acid hormones controls the secretory activity of
Ans: b) other endocrine glands. Which one of the
following endocrine glands can function
112. Which one of the following is an active independent of the pituitary gland?
component of oil of clove? a) Thyroid
a) Menthol b) Gonads
b) Eugenol c) Adrenals
c) Methanol d) Parathyroid
d) Benzaldehyde Ans: d)
Ans: d)
118. Oxygen transportation in a human body
113. The most reactive among the halogens is takes place through
a) fluorine I. Blood
b) chlorine II. Lungs
c) bromine III. Tissue
d) iodine The correct sequence of transportation is
Ans: a) a) I, II, III
b) III, I, II
c) II, I, III

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d) I, III, II a) glucose
Ans: c) b) sucrose
c) maltose
119. Corpus luteum is a mass of cells found in d) fructose
a) brain Ans: d)
b) ovary
c) pancreas 125. Arteries supplying blood to the heart are
d) spleen called
Ans: c) a) carotid arteries
b) hepatic arteries
120. Which one of the following organisms is c) coronary arteries
likely to show the highest- concentration of d) pulmonary arteries
DDT once it has been introduced into the Ans: d)
ecosystem?
a) Grasshopper 126. Recommended daily intake of proteins
b) Toad for a moderately active woman is
c) Snake a) 30 g
d) Cattle b) 37 g
Ans: d) c) 40 g
d) 46 g
121. Alpha-keratin is a protein present in Ans: d)
a) blood
b) skin 127. The sequencing of the entire genome
c) wool (the totality of all genes) of an organism was
d) eggs completed in 1996. The organism was
Ans: b) a) albino mouse
b) yeast
122. Which one of the following is cultivated c) human being
by transplanting seedlings? d) Plasmodium vivax
a) Maize Ans: c)
b) Sorghum
c) Onion 128. Match List I with List II and select the
d) Soyabean correct answer by using the codes given
Ans: c) below the lists:
List I List II
123. What is the average fat content of buffalo I. Malaria A) Bone marrow
milk? II. Filaria B) Brain
a) 7.2% III. Encephalitis C) Muscle
b) 4.5% IV. Leukaemia D) Lymph node
c) 9.0% E) Blood cells
d) 10.0% Codes:
Ans: c) a) I-E, II-C, III-B, IV-A
b) I-E, II-D, III-B, IV-A
124. The major component of honey is c) I-D, II-C, III-E, IV-A

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d) I-E, II-D, III-A, IV-B 132.

Ans: b)

129. Antigen is a substance which

a) lowers body temperature
b) destroys harmful bacteria
c) triggers the immune system
d) is used as an antidote to poison
Ans: c)

130.

In the given figure, if QRS is an equilateral

triangle and QTS is an isosceles triangle and x
= 47°, then the value (in degrees) of y will be
a) 13
b) 23
c) 33
d) 43
Ans: a)

133. In the series POQ, SRT, VUW, ? The blank

space refers to
A rectangular plot of lawn shown in the figure a) XYZ
has dimensions x and y and is surrounded by b) XZY
a gravel pathway of width 2 m. What is the c) YXZ
total area of the pathway? d) YZX
a) 2x + 2y + 4 Ans: c)
b) 2x + 2y + 8
c) 4x+ 4y + 8 134.
d) 4x + 4y + 16
Ans: d)

131. The average monthly income of a person

in a certain family of 5 is Rs. 1000. What will
be the monthly average income of a person in
the same family if the income of one person
increased by Rs. 12,000 per year?
a) Rs. 1200 A smooth inclined plane is inclined at an
b) Rs. 1600 angle 9 with the horizontal as shown in the
c) Rs. 2000 above figure. A body starts from rest and
d) Rs. 3400 slides down the inclined surface. The time
Ans: d) taken by the body to reach the bottom is

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137. When three coins are tossed together the

2ℎ 2𝑙 probability that all coins have the same face
A. √ B. √
𝑔 𝑔 up is
C. √
2𝑙
D.
1
√
ℎ a) 1/3
𝑔𝑆𝑖𝑛𝜃 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 2𝑔
b) 1/6
c) 1/8
Ans: c)
d) None of these
Ans: d)
135. There are three drawers in a table. One
contains two gold coins, another two silver
138. The number of students in two sections,
coins, and the third, a silver coin and a gold
A and B having different heights is shown in
coin. One of the drawers is pulled out and a
the following Table: Height (in meters)
coin is taken out. It turns out to be a silver
Number of students with that height in
coin. What is the probability of drawing a
Section A in Section B
gold coin, if one of the other two drawers is
1.55 3 2
pulled out next and one of the coins in it is
1.60 7 3
drawn at random?
1.62 12 14
a) 37.5%
1.65 15 14
b) 50%
1.68 8 9
c) 62.5%
1.71 6 5
d) 75%
1.75 3 4
Ans: b)
The ratio of the number of students of a
particular height in Section A to that in
136.
Section B is the maximum for the height of
a) 1.55 m
b) 1.60 m
c) 1.65 m
d) 1.71 m
Ans: a)

139. The following table shows the per cent

change in the number of sales (in rupees) at
different retail stores in a given
neighbourhood market in the period 1993 to
1995: Retail Store Percent Change 1993 to
P is 300 km eastward of O and Q is 400 km 1994 1994 to 1995
north of O. R is exactly in the middle of Q and Anshu +10 -10
P. The distance between Q and R is Borna-20 +9
a) 250 km Calpo +5 +12
b) 300 km Dilip -7 -15
c) 350 km Elegant +17 -8
d) 250* km If the sales at Anshu store amounted to Rs. 8
Ans: a) lakhs in 1993, then the number of sales (in
lakhs of rupees) at that store in 1995 was

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a) 7.92 I. Saxena, David. Jain and Kumar were

b) 8.00 District Collectors at places P, Q, R and S
c) 8.80 respectively in 1970.
d) 9.68 II. In 1972 they were transferred. Saxena and
Ans: a) Jain interchanged places. Kumar and David
also interchanged places.
140. If the number representing volume and III. One year later in 1973 they were again
surface area of a cube are equal, then the transferred such that David and Jain
length of the edge of the cube in terms of the interchanged places and Saxena and Kumar
unit of measurement will be were also interchanged. What should be the
a) 3 next round of transfers so that all the four
b) 4 persons could have been posted at all the
c) 5 four places?
d) 6 a) Interchange Saxena and David as well as
Ans: d) Jain and Kumar
b) Interchange Saxena and Kumar as well as
141. The length, breadth and height of a room David and Jain
are 1, b and h respectively. The perimeter of c) Interchange David and Kumar as well as
the ceiling expressed as a percentage of the Saxena and Jain
total area of the four walls is d) It is not possible for all the four persons to
a) 100 h have been posted at all the four places
b) 100/h Ans: a)
c) h
d) h/100 144. A girl is swinging on a swing in sitting
Ans: b) position. When the same girl stands up, the
period of swing will
142. Seven persons P, Q, R, S, T, U and V a) be shorter
participate in and finish all the events of a b) be longer
series of swimming races. There are no ties at c) depend on the height of the girl
the finish of any of the events. V always d) not change
finishes somewhere ahead of P. P always Ans: a)
finishes somewhere ahead of Q. Either R
finishes first and T finishes last or S finishes 145. In a group of persons travelling in a bus,
first and U or Q finishes last. If in a particular 6 persons can speak Tamil, 15 can speak
race V finished fifth, then which one of the Hindi and 6 can speak Gujarati. In that group
following would be true? none can speak any other language. If 2
a) S finishes first persons in the group can speak two
b) R finishes second languages and one person can speak all the
c) T finishes third three languages, then how many persons are
d) R finishes fourth there in the group?
Ans: a) a) 21
143. Consider the following: b) 22
c) 23
d) 24

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Ans: c) A survey was conducted on a sample of 1000

persons with reference to their knowledge of
146. Examine the following statements English, French and German. The results of
regarding a set of balls: the survey are presented in the given Venn
I. All balls are black. diagram. The ratio of the number of persons
II. All balls are white. who do not know any of the three languages
III. Only some balls are black. to those who know all the three languages is
IV. No balls are black. a) 1/27
Assuming that the balls can only be black or b) 1/25
white, which two statements given above can c) 7/550
both be true, but cannot both be false? d) 175/1000
Choose the correct answer from the codes Ans: b)
given below:
Codes:
a) I and IV 149. Consider the figures given below:
b) I and III
c) II and III
d) III and IV
Ans: a)

147. A boat which has a speed of 5 km/hr in

still water crosses a river of width 1 km along
the shortest possible path in 15 minutes. The In the given sequence of figures, the figure
velocity of the river water in km/hr is that would logically appear at Sl. No. V is
a) 1
b) 3
c) 4
d)
Ans: a)

148.

Ans: a)

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150. The number of times in a day the Hour

hand and the Minute hand of a clock at right
angles is
a) 44
b) 48
c) 24
d) 12
Ans: c)

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