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24/HV/M–2023–03 Booklet Series
Serial No.
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Question Booklet
A
LANGUAGE, GENERAL STUDIES AND ENGLISH
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PART—I
( LANGUAGE )
Directions (Q. Nos. 1 and 2) : Fill in 5. Rainy season comes before

the blanks with suitable articles like
(A) winter
‘a’, ‘an’ and ‘the’ :
(B) spring
1. There are 30 or 31 days in _____
(C) summer
month.
(A) the (D) More than one of the above
(B) a (E) None of the above
(C) an
(D) More than one of the above 6. The eighth month of the year is
(E) None of the above
(A) July
2. My father is _____ engineer in (B) September
the Water Works Department.
(C) October
(A) the
(D) More than one of the above
(B) an
(C) a (E) None of the above
(E) None of the above 7. Sister-in-law is
(A) husband’s sister
3. Which of the following is a part
of bedroom? (B) wife’s sister
(A) Pillow (C) brother’s wife
(B) Table lamp
(C) Curtains
(D) More than one of the above (E) None of the above
8. Cousins are
4. Which of the following is a part
of a room? (A) maternal
(A) Window (B) paternal
(B) Ceiling (C) siblings
(C) Floor
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
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9. "Mm±Xr' e„X _| H$m°Z-gr gßkm h°? 13. {deofU H$m ‡_wI ôX H$m°Z-gm Zht h°?
(A) –Ï`dmMH$ gßkm (A) Agmd©Zm{_H$ {deofU
(B) Om{VdmMH$ gßkm (B) JwUdmMH$ {deofU
(C) ^mddmMH$ gßkm (C) n[a_mUdmMH$ {deofU
(D) Cn`w©∫$ _| go EH$ go A{YH$ (D) Cn`w©∫$ _| go EH$ go A{YH$
(E) Cn`w©∫$ _| go H$moB© Zht (E) Cn`w©∫$ _| go H$moB© Zht
10. {ZÂZ{b{IV e„Xm| _| go H$m°Z-gm "EH$dMZ' h°? 14. {ZÂZ{b{IV _| go H$m°Z-gm Aew’ e„X h°?
(A) hÒVmja (A) dr^Àg
(B) N>m`m (B) bJmZ
(C) Am±gy (C) AmJm_r
(D) Cn`w©∫$ _| go EH$ go A{YH$
(E) Cn`w©∫$ _| go H$moB© Zht
11. {h›Xr e„XH$moe _| "j' H$m H´$_ {H$g dU© Ho$

15. {ZÂZ{b{IV _| go H$m°Z-gm ew’ dV©Zr dmbm
~mX AmVm h°?
e„X h°?
(A) Ã Ho$ n¸mV≤
(A) j{Ã`
(B) k Ho$ n¸mV≤
(B) jÃr`
(C) H$ Ho$ n¸mV≤
(C) CÇmdb
12. ""{OgH$s `h nwÒVH$ h°, Cgo bm°Q>m Xmoü&'' Bg
dmä` _| H$m°Z-gm gd©Zm_ h°? 16. {ZÂZ{b{IV _| go H$m°Z-gm "VÀg_' e„X h°?
(A) {Z¸`dmMH$ (A) Ka
(B) gß~ßYdmMH$ (B) ÒZoh
(C) nwÈfdmMH$ (C) N>oX
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17. {ZÂZ{b{IV _| go H$m°Z-gm {dXoer e„X h°? 21. {ZÂZ{b{IV _| go H$m°Z-gm e„X Í$ãT> e„X Zht
(A) ~mK h°?
(B) narjm (A) bH$ãS>r
(C) Mm` (B) ObYmam

(C) _h{f©
18. aMZm Ho$ AmYma na "{OZ e„Xm| Ho$ IßS> gmW©H$
Z hm|' C›h| H$m°Z-gm e„X H$hm OmVm h°? 22. "Im[aO' {H$g ^mfm H$m e„X h°?
(A) Í$ãT> (A) Aa~r
(B) `m°{JH$ (B) \$magr
(C) `moJÍ$ãT> (C) VwH$s©

23. Aew’ Am°a ew’ dV©Zr H$m H$m°Z-gm `wΩ_ ghr
19. {ZÂZ{b{IV _| go {H$g dmä` _| "AH$_©H$
Zht h°?
{H´$`m' h°?
(A) H$mo_bmß{JZrççH$mo_bmßJr
(A) Cgo _V bOmAmoü&
(B) gwlyfmççewlyfm
(B) ~m{bH$m bOmVr h°ü&
(C) _mhmÀ_çç_hmÀÂ`
(C) godH$ ZXr go JmJa âVm h°ü&
24. ""CgH$m ^{dÓ` COdb h°ü&'' Bg dmä` _|
20. {ZÂZ{b{IV _| go H$m°Z-gm XoeO e„X h°? aoImß{H$V e„X H$s ew’ dV©Zr H$m°Z-gr h°?
(A) Amdmam (A) CÇdb
(B) ^m¢am (B) C¡db
(C) nadb (C) CÇmdb
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25. EH$ N>moQ>r AmH•${V H$m M_H$sbm dJ©, Omo ÒH´$sZ 28. {h›Xr ^mfm Ho$ CX≤^d H$m H$mb _mZm OmVm h°
na {H$gr {Mï H$s pÒW{V H$mo ÒnÔ> H$aVm h°,
Cgo ä`m H$hVo h¢? (A) 500 B©0 ny0
(A) H$aga (B) 500 B©0
(B) {Mn (C) 1000 B©0
(C) H$_mßS> (D) Cn`w©∫$ _| go EH$ go A{YH$
(D) Cn`w©∫$ _| go EH$ go A{YH$ (E) Cn`w©∫$ _| go H$moB© Zht

29. ^maVr` H$mÏèmÛ _| j_merb, JÂ^ra,
pÒWa{MŒm, Òdm{^_mZr Edß —ãT> ‡{Vk Zm`H$ H$mo
26. "Hw$ÈjoÃ' Ho$ boIH$ H$m ä`m Zm_ h°?
H$hm J`m h°
(A) h[aAm°Y
(A) Yrab{bV
(B) lrYa nmR>H$
(B) YramoXmŒm
(C) _°{WbreaU Jw·
(C) Yra ‡emßV
27. ""OgmoXm h[a nmbZ° Pwbmd°ü&

hbamd° XwbamB _Îhmd¢, OmoB-gmoB H$Nw> Jmd¢ü&&'' 30. {OZ e„Xm| na qbJ, dMZ, H$maH$ H$m H$moB©
‡^md Z nãS>o, do H$hbmVo h¢
C∫$ H$mÏ`-nß{∫$`m| _| H$m°Z-gm ag h°?
(A) Ï``
(A) ˚m•ßJma
(B) {dH$mar
(B) dra
(C) A{dH$mar
(C) dmÀgÎ`
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PART—II
( GENERAL STUDIES )
31. The floor of a rectangular hall 34. The equation ax 2 + bx + c = 0 has

has a perimeter 250 meters. If two distinct real roots, if
the cost of painting the four
walls at the rate of R 10 per
(A) b 2 - 4ac < 0
(meter ) 2 is R 15,000, then the
height of the hall is
(B) b 2 - 4ac > 0
(A) 7 meters
(B) 16 meters
(C) b 2 - 4ac = 0
(C) 6 meters
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
32. Which of the following
statements is not true?
(A) Every natural number is a
whole number. 35. Mohan can do a bit of work in
(B) Every integer is a whole 25 days which can be completed
number. by Sohan in 20 days. Both
together labour for 5 days and
(C) Every natural number is an afterward Mohan leaves off. How
integer number. long will Sohan take to complete
(D) More than one of the above the remaining work?
(A) 20 days
33. The average of 7 consecutive
numbers is 20. The largest of
(B) 11 days
these numbers is
(A) 20
(C) 14 days
(B) 21
(C) 23 (D) More than one of the above
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PART—II
( GENERAL STUDIES )
31. EH$ Am`VmH$ma hm∞b Ho$ \$e© H$s n[a{Y 34. g_rH$aU ax 2 + bx + c = 0 Ho$ Xmo {^fi
250 _rQ>a h°ü& `{X R 10 ‡{V dJ© _rQ>a H$s dmÒV{dH$ _yb hm|Jo, `{X
Xa go Mmam| Xrdmam| H$mo n|Q> H$aZo H$s bmJV
R 15,000 h°, Vmo hm∞b H$s D±$MmB© h°
(A) b 2 - 4ac < 0
(A) 7 _rQ>a
(B) 16 _rQ>a (B) b 2 - 4ac > 0
(C) 6 _rQ>a
(C) b 2 - 4ac = 0
(E) Cn`w©∫$ _| go H$moB© Zht (D) Cn`w©∫$ _| go EH$ go A{YH$
32. {ZÂZ{b{IV _| go H$m°Z-gm H$WZ gÀ` (E) Cn`w©∫$ _| go H$moB© Zht

Zht h°?
(A) ‡ÀòH$ ‡mH•$V gßª`m, EH$ nyU© gßª`m h°ü&
(B) ‡ÀòH$ nyUm™H$, EH$ nyU© gßª`m h°ü& 35. _mohZ 25 {XZm| _| EH$ H$m_ H$a gH$Vm h°
{Ogo gmohZ 20 {XZm| _| nyam H$a gH$Vm h°ü&
(C) ‡ÀòH$ ‡mH•$V gßª`m, EH$ nyUm™H$ XmoZm| EH$ gmW 5 {XZm| Ho$ {bE l_ H$aVo h¢
gßª`m h°ü& Am°a CgHo$ ~mX _mohZ H$m_ N>moãS> XoVm h°ü& eof
(D) Cn`w©∫$ _| go EH$ go A{YH$ H$m`© H$mo nyam H$aZo _| gmohZ H$mo {H$VZm g_`
bJoJm?
(A) 20 {XZ
33. 7 H´$_mJV gßª`mAm| H$m Am°gV 20 h°ü& BZ_|
go g~go ~ãS>r gßª`m h°
(B) 11 {XZ
(A) 20
(B) 21 (C) 14 {XZ

(C) 23
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36. If X = a 2 - b 2, Y = 30 and 39. Myopia is a disease in which a
a + b = 15, then person cannot see
(A) X is lesser than Y if a = b (A) distant objects clearly
(B) X is greater thanY if a > b (B) nearby objects clearly
(C) Y is greater than X if a = b (C) nearby as well as distant

objects clearly
37. The probability of a non leap

year selected at random will 40. The term ‘heredity’ chiefly refers
contain 53 Sundays is to
1 (A) anatomy
(A)
7
(B) meiosis
2
(B)
53 (C) genetics
1 (D) More than one of the above

(C)
53
(E) None of the above 41. The cans in which food is

packed are coated with tin and
not zinc because
38. If 712x + 6 = 49 3x +12 , then the
value of x is (A) tin is more reactive than
zinc
(A) 3
(B) zinc is more reactive than
(B) 4 tin
(C) 7 (C) zinc is costlier than tin
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36. `{X X = a 2 - b 2, Y = 30 VWm 39. _m`mo{n`m dh ~r_mar h°, {Og_| Ï`{∫$ XoI
a + b = 15 hmo, Vmo Zht nmVm h°
(A) X N>moQ>m h° Y go `{X a = b (A) Xya H$s dÒVwE± ÒnÔ> Í$n go
(B) X ~ãS>m h° Y go `{X a > b (B) nmg H$s dÒVwE± ÒnÔ> Í$n go
(C) Y ~ãS>m h° X go `{X a = b (C) nmg H$s VWm Xya H$s dÒVwE± ÒnÔ> Í$n go
37. `m—p¿N>H$ Í$n go MwZo JE EH$ J°a-brn df© _| 40. "AmZwdß{eH$Vm' e„X _wª` Í$n go {H$go
53 a{ddma hmoZo H$s ‡m{`H$Vm h° gßX{^©V H$aVm h°?
1 (A) eara-aMZm
(A)
7
(B) AY©gyÃr {d^mOZ
2
(B) (C) AmZwdß{eH$s
53
1 (D) Cn`w©∫$ _| go EH$ go A{YH$

(C)
53
(E) Cn`w©∫$ _| go H$moB© Zht 41. {OZ {S>„~m| _| ImZm n°H$ {H$`m OmVm h°, CZ
na {Q>Z H$s naV MãT>r hmoVr h° Z {H$ qOH$ H$s,
ä`m|{H$
38. `{X 712x + 6 = 49 3x +12 hmo, Vmo x H$m
_mZ h° (A) {Q>Z, qOH$ H$s VwbZm _| A{YH$
‡{V{H´$`merb h°
(A) 3
(B) qOH$, {Q>Z H$s VwbZm _| A{YH$
(B) 4 ‡{V{H´$`merb h°
(C) 7 (C) qOH$, {Q>Z go _h±Jm h°
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42. The process in which 44. Trachoma disease is related to
atmospheric carbon dioxide is
converted into carbohydrates (A) lungs
during photosynthesis is
(B) ears
(C) eyes
(A) oxidation
(B) reduction (E) None of the above
(C) hydrolysis 45. Which of the following makes

use of Newton’s third law of
motion?
(A) Archery
(E) None of the above (B) Space rocket
(C) Venturimeter

43. The quality of a printer is
determined as (E) None of the above
(A) words per inch 46. Particles which can be added to

the nucleus of an atom without
changing its chemical properties
(B) strike per inch are
(A) neutrons
(C) dots per inch
(B) electrons
(C) protons
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42. dh ‡{H´$`m, {Og_| ‡H$me-gßÌbofU Ho$ Xm°amZ 44. Q¥>°H$mo_m amoJ H$m gÂ~›Y h°
dm`w_S>br` H$m~©Z S>mBAm∞ägmBS> H$mo
H$m~m}hmBS¥>oQ> _| n[ad{V©V {H$`m OmVm h°, h° (A) \o$\$ãS>m| go
(B) H$mZ go
(A) Am∞ägrH$aU
(C) Am±Im| go
(B) AnM`Z (D) Cn`w©∫$ _| go EH$ go A{YH$

(C) Obr`-{dÌbofU
45. {ZÂZ{b{IV _| go H$m°Z-gm ›`yQ>Z Ho$ J{V Ho$

(D) Cn`w©∫$ _| go EH$ go A{YH$ Vrgao {Z`_ H$m Cn`moJ H$aVm h°?
(A) VraßXmOr
(B) AßV[aj am∞Ho$Q>
(C) do›Myar_rQ>a
43. EH$ {‡›Q>a H$s JwUdŒmm {H$ggo {ZYm©[aV H$s (D) Cn`w©∫$ _| go EH$ go A{YH$
OmVr h°>?
(A) e„X ‡{V BßM

46. amgm`{ZH$ JwUm| H$mo An[ad{V©V aIVo h˛E EH$
na_mUw Ho$ Zm{^H$ _| OmoãS>o OmZo dmbo H$U h¢
(B) ‡hma ‡{V BßM
(A) ›`yQ¥>m∞Z
(C) {~›Xw ‡{V BßM (B) BboäQ¥>m∞Z
(C) ‡moQ>m∞Z
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47. Before Elon Musk announced 50. What is the full form of INDIA, a
change of the signature Blue recently formed alliance of
Bird logo to Sign ‘X’ logo, who is opposition political parties?
regarded as the creator of
Twitter’s iconic Bird in its final (A) Indian National Develop-
version in 2012? mental Inclusive Alliance
(A) Jack Dorsey
(B) Indian National Develop-
(B) Martin Grasser
ment for Improvement
(C) Noah Glass Alliance
(C) Indian National Develop-
(E) None of the above mental Inclusive Associa-
tion
48. Who is the Director of the
famous film Oppenheimer, a film (D) More than one of the above
about high-concept science,
released this year?
(A) Christopher Nolan
(B) Guy Ritchie
(C) Laura McGann
51. What message was sent by
(D) More than one of the above Chandrayaan–2 lunar orbiter to
Chandrayaan–3’s lander module
when it established contact with
it in August 2023?
49. Which one of the following has
pulled out from hosting the
(A) “Welcome home”
2026 edition of Commonwealth
Games due to huge estimated
expenditure on its organization? (B) “Chalo chand ke paar
chalein”
(A) London, UK
(B) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (C) “Welcome, buddy”
(C) Victoria, Australia

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47. EbZ _ÒH$ ¤mam {gæoMa „by ~S>© bmoJmo H$mo 50. hmb hr _| ~Zo {dnjr amOZr{VH$ Xbm| Ho$
~XbH$a "X' bmoJmo H$s KmofUm H$aZo go nhbo, JR>~ßYZ INDIA H$m nyU©Í$n ä`m h°?
2012 _| AnZo Ap›V_ gßÒH$aU _| {Qâ>Q>a Ho$
‡{V{>V ~S>© Ho$ {Z_m©Vm Ho$ Í$n _| {H$go _mZm
(A) Bß{S>`Z ZoeZb S>odbn_|Q>b Bßäby{gd
OmVm h°?
Abm`›g
(A) O°H$ S>mogu
(B) _m{Q>©Z J´mga (B) Bß{S>`Z ZoeZb S>odbn_|Q> \$m∞a BÂ‡yd_|Q>
Abm`›g
(C) ZmoAmh Ωbmg
(C) Bß{S>`Z ZoeZb S>odbn_|Q>b Bßäby{gd
(E) Cn`w©∫$ _| go H$moB© Zht Eogmo{gEeZ
48. Bg df© [abrµO h˛B© CÉ-AdYmaUm {dkmZ Ho$ (D) Cn`w©∫$ _| go EH$ go A{YH$
~mao _| ‡{g’ {\$Î_ "AmonoZhmB_a>' Ho$ {ZX}eH$
H$m°Z h¢?
(A) {H´$ÒQ>mo\$a ZmobZ
(B) JmB [aMr
(C) bm°am _°H$J°Z 51. AJÒV 2023 _| O~ M›–`mZ–2 Mß–
(D) Cn`w©∫$ _| go EH$ go A{YH$ Am∞{~©Q>a Zo M›–`mZ–3 Ho$ b°ßS>a _m∞S>Áyb go
gÂnH©$ ÒWm{nV {H$`m, Vmo CgZo Cgo ä`m gßXoe
(E) Cn`w©∫$ _| go H$moB© Zht ôOm Wm?
49. {ZÂZ{b{IV _| go {H$gZo amÔ¥>_S>b Iobm| Ho$

(A) ""dobH$_ hmo_''
2026 gßÒH$aU H$s _oO~mZr go BgHo$
Am`moOZ na ^mar AZw_m{ZV Ï`` Ho$ H$maU
AnZm Zm_ dmng bo {b`m h°? (B) ""Mbmo Mm±X Ho$ nma Mb|''
(A) bßXZ, `y0 Ho$0
(C) ""dobH$_, ~S>r''
(B) Hw$Ambmbßnwa, _bo{e`m
(C) {däQ>mo[a`m, Am∞ÒQ¥>o{b`m
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52. Name the former President of 55. As per geographical area,
China who crushed the pro- arrange the following physio-
democracy movement in 1989. graphic units of India in
ascending order
(A) Mao Tse Tung
1. Central highlands
(B) Yang Shangkun
2. Great plains
(C) Jiang Zemin 3. Coastal plains
(D) More than one of the above 4. Northern Mountains
(E) None of the above Select the correct answer using

the codes given below.
53. Who has elected for the second (A) 3, 1, 2, 4

term as Ireland’s Prime (B) 1, 2, 3, 4
Minister?
(C) 2, 4, 1, 3
(A) Sanna Marin
(B) Robert Abela (E) None of the above
(C) Leo Varadkar
56. Arrange the following ranges
(D) More than one of the above from North to South in
sequence :
1. Ladakh
54. African Union was made a 2. Karakoram

permanent member in the G–20 3. Pir Panjal
Summit held in India. Who is
4. Zanskar
the Chairman of the African
Union? Select the correct answer using
the codes given below.
(A) Azali Assoumani
(A) 1, 3, 2, 4
(B) Justin Trudeau
(B) 2, 1, 4, 3
(C) Ursula von der Leyen
(C) 3, 4, 1, 2
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52. 1989 _| bmoH$V›Ã g_W©H$ Am›XmobZ H$mo 55. ^m°Jmo{bH$ joÃ\$b Ho$ AZwgma, ^maV H$s
Hw$MbZo dmbo MrZ Ho$ nyd© amÔ¥>n{V H$m Zm_ {ZÂZ{b{IV ^m°°{VH$ ({\${O`moJ´m{\$H$) BH$mB`m|
{b{IEü& H$mo Amamohr H´$_ _| Ï`dpÒWV H$s{OE :
(A) _mAmo Àgo VwßJ 1. Ho$›–r` CÉ^mJ
2. _hmZ _°XmZ
(B) `mßJ emßJHw$Z
3. VQ>r` _°XmZ
(C) {O`mßJ Oo{_Z
4. CŒmar nd©V
(D) Cn`w©∫$ _| go EH$ go A{YH$ ZrMo {XE JE Hy$Q> H$m ‡`moJ H$a ghr CŒma
Mw{ZEü&
(A) 3, 1, 2, 4
53. Amàb¢S> Ho$ ‡YmZ_ßÃr Ho$ Í$n _| Xygao (B) 1, 2, 3, 4

H$m`©H$mb Ho$ {bE {H$go MwZm J`m h°? (C) 2, 4, 1, 3
(A) g›Zm _arZ (D) Cn`w©∫$ _| go EH$ go A{YH$
(B) am∞~Q>© A~obm (E) Cn`w©∫$ _| go H$moB© Zht
(C) {b`mo damS>H$a 56. {ZÂZ{b{IV lo{U`m| H$mo CŒma go X{jU H$s
(D) Cn`w©∫$ _| go EH$ go A{YH$ Amoa H´$_ _| Ï`dpÒWV H$s{OE :
1. b‘mI
2. H$amH$moa_
3. nra n›Omb
54. ^maV _| Am`mo{OV Or–20 {eIa gÂ_obZ _|
A\´$sH$s gßK H$mo ÒWm`r gXÒ` ~Zm`m J`mü& 4. OmßÒH$a
A\´$sH$s gßK Ho$ A‹`j H$m°Z h¢? ZrMo {XE JE Hy$Q> H$m ‡`moJ H$a ghr CŒma
Mw{ZEü&
(A) AOmbr Agm°_Zr
(A) 1, 3, 2, 4
(B) OpÒQ>Z QØ>S>mo
(B) 2, 1, 4, 3
(C) Cg©wbm dm∞Z S>oa boZ
(C) 3, 4, 1, 2
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57. During the monsoon season in 60. When running water cuts
India, most of the cyclones have through clayey soils and makes
their origin deep channels, they lead to
(A) between 8° N and 13° N (A) gully erosion

latitude
(B) sheet erosion
(B) between 10° N and 15° N
latitude (C) deforestation
(C) between 16° N and 21° N (D) More than one of the above
latitude

61. Which of the following receives
heavy rainfall in the month of
58. Which of the following areas is October and November?
not landslide-prone area?
(A) Hills of Garo, Khasi and
(A) Western Ghats Jaintia
(B) Eastern Ghats (B) Coromandel Coasts
(C) Himalayan Regions (C) Plateau of Chota Nagpur
59. Which of the following coasts of

62. Cultivation of fruits and
India is most affected by violent
vegetables is called
tropical cyclones?
(A) floriculture
(A) Malabar
(B) Coromandel (B) agriculture
(C) Konkan (C) horticulture
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57. ^maV _| _m∞ZgyZ grOZ _| A{YH$mße MH´$dmVmoß 60. O~ ~hVm nmZr {MH$Zr {_≈>r H$mo H$mQ>Vm h°
H$s CÀn{Œm hmoVr h° Am°a Jhao M°Zb ~ZmVm h°, Vmo ä`m hmoVm h°?
(A) 8° C0 Am°a 13° C0 Ajmße Ho$ _‹` (A) Jbr H$Q>md

(B) 10° C0 Am°a 15° C0 Ajmße Ho$ _‹` (B) erQ> jaU
(C) 16° C0 Am°a 21° C0 Ajmße Ho$ _‹` (C) dZm| H$s H$Q>mB©
58. {ZÂZ{b{IV joÃm| _| go H$m°Z-gm ^yÒIbZ-

‡d•Œm (‡moZ) Zht h°? 61. {ZÂZ{b{IV _| go H$hm± A∫y$~a Am°a ZdÂ~a Ho$
_hrZo _| ^mar dfm© hmoVr h°?
(A) npÌM_r KmQ>
(A) Jmamo, Imgr Am°a O¢{V`m H$s nhm{ãS>`m±
(B) nydu KmQ>
(B) H$moamo_ßS>b VQ>
(C) {h_mb`r joÃ
(C) N>moQ>mZmJnwa H$m nR>ma
59. {ZÂZ{b{IV _| go ^maV H$m H$m°Z-gm VQ> CJ´
CÓUH${Q>~ßYr` MH´$dmVm| go g~go A{YH$
62. \$bm| Edß gp„O`m| H$s IoVr H$hbmVr h°
‡^m{dV h°?
(A) \y$bm| H$s IoVr
(A) _mbm~ma
(B) H$moamo_ßS>b (B) H•${f
(C) H$m|H$U (C) ~mJdmZr
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63. Who provided leadership in the 67. Queen Victoria’s Proclamation
districts of Patna, Ara and was issued on which of the
Shahabad during the Revolt of following dates?
1857 in Bihar? (A) 1 November, 1857
(A) Raj Kumar Shukla (B) 27 March, 1858
(B) Namdar Khan (C) 1 November, 1858
(C) Kunwar Singh
68. Which of the following
(E) None of the above statements is/are correct?
(A) Raja Rammohan Roy was
64. The Partition of Bengal was
the pioneer of modern
made effective on
education.
(A) 14 October, 1905
(B) Swami Dayanand
(B) 15 October, 1905 proclaimed India for
(C) 16 October, 1905 Indians.
(D) More than one of the above (C) Vivekananda participated in
the Parliament of World
Religions.
65. The Quit India Resolution was (D) More than one of the above
adopted by the Congress in (E) None of the above
Bombay on 69. Who among the following
(A) 7 August, 1942 became India’s unofficial
Ambassador to England?
(B) 8 August, 1942
(A) Surendranath Banerjee
(C) 9 August, 1942
(B) Dadabhai Naoroji
(D) More than one of the above (C) Swami Vivekananda
(E) None of the above (D) More than one of the above
66. The British ruled India for a long
70. Who described the Government
period due to the
of India Act, 1935 as a ‘Charter
(A) liberal policies of the of Slavery’ ?
Congress (A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) imprisonment of Indian (B) Netaji Subhas Chandra
leaders Bose
(C) policy of Divide and Rule (C) Maulana Hasrat Mohani
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63. {~hma _| 1857 H$s H´$mp›V Ho$ Xm°amZ nQ>Zm, 67. {ZÂZ{b{IV _| go {H$g {V{W H$mo amZr
Amam Am°a emhm~mX {Obm| _| {H$gZo ZoV•Àd {däQ>mo[a`m H$s CX≤KmofUm Omar h˛B©?
‡XmZ {H$`m? (A) 1 ZdÂ~a, 1857
(A) amOHw$_ma ewäbm (B) 27 _mM©, 1858
(B) Zm_Xma Im± (C) 1 ZdÂ~a, 1858
(C) Hw±$da qgh (D) Cn`w©∫$ _| go EH$ go A{YH$
(D) Cn`w©∫$ _| go EH$ go A{YH$ (E) Cn`w©∫$ _| go H$moB© Zht
(E) Cn`w©∫$ _| go H$moB© Zht 68. {ZÂZ{b{IV _| go H$m°Z-gm H$WZ ghr h°?
64. ~ßJmb H$m {d^mOZ ‡^mdr h˛Am (A) amOm am__mohZ am` ZdrZ {ejm Ho$
AJÚr Woü&
(A) 14 A∫y$~a, 1905 H$mo
(B) Òdm_r X`mZ›X Zo "^maV ^maVr`m| Ho$
(B) 15 A∫y$~a, 1905 H$mo {bE' H$m Zmam {X`mü&
(C) 16 A∫y$~a, 1905 H$mo (C) {ddoH$mZ›X Zo {dÌd Y_© gßgX _| ^mJ
(D) Cn`w©∫$ _| go EH$ go A{YH$ {b`mü&
(E) Cn`w©∫$ _| go H$moB© Zht (D) Cn`w©∫$ _| go EH$ go A{YH$
65. ~Â~B© _| H$m±Jóg ¤mam ^maV N>moãS>mo ‡ÒVmd nmg
{H$`m J`m 69. BZ_| go H$m°Z BßΩb¢S> _| ^maV Ho$ AZm{YH$m[aH$
(A) 7 AJÒV, 1942 H$mo XyV ~Zo?
(A) gwao›–ZmW ~ZOu
(B) 8 AJÒV, 1942 H$mo
(B) XmXm^mB© Zm°amoOr
(C) 9 AJÒV, 1942 H$mo
(C) Òdm_r {ddoH$mZ›X
66. AßJóOm| Zo ^maV na bÂ~o g_` VH$ am¡` H°$go 70. ^maV gaH$ma A{Y{Z`_, 1935 H$mo {H$gZo
{H$`m? "Jwbm_r H$m MmQ>©a' ~Vm`m?
(A) H$m±Jóg H$s CXmadmXr Zr{V`moß Ho$ H$maU (A) _hmÀ_m Jm±Yr
(B) ^maVr` ZoVmAm| H$s {Ja‚Vmar Ho$ H$maU (B) ZoVmOr gw^mf M›– ~mog
(C) "~m±Q>mo Am°a amO H$amo' H$s Zr{V Ho$ H$maU (C) _m°bmZm hgaV _mohmZr
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PART—III
( ENGLISH )
71. The monster Grendel appears in 74. Who is the narrator of the poem,
which one of the following Phyllyp Sparowe ?
poems? (A) Dame of Margery
(A) Beowulf (B) William Thynne
(B) Historia Regum Britanniae (C) Earl of Surrey
(C) Roman de Brut (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above 75. Which one of the following works
speaks of a government con-
72. The Owl and the Nightingale had trolled by a self-perpetuating
been written primarily for which oligarchy?
one of the following classes of
(A) The History of King Richard III
the audience?
(B) In Praise of Folly
(A) English nuns
(C) Utopia
(B) Women recluses who had
chosen the solitary life (D) More than one of the above
(C) English queens
(D) More than one of the above 76. “Come, let me write. “And to
(E) None of the above what end?” To ease
A burthened heart. “How
73. Which one of the following can words ease, which are
poems had been written as an The glasses of thy daily
allegorical lament on the death vexing care?”
of the first wife of John of The above verse has been in
Gaunt? which one of the following
poems?
(A) The Book of the Duchess
(A) Astrophil and Stella
(B) The Legend of Good Women
(B) Arcadia
(C) Troilus and Criseyde (C) A Hundreth Sundrie Flowres
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77. “Herein may be seen noble 80. Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie
chivalrye, curtosye, humantye, Queene bears the influence of
friendlynesse, hardynesse, love, which one of the following
friendship, cowardyce, murder, works?
hate, virtue and synne.”
(A) Aeneid of Virgil
The above observation
constitutes the parts of which (B) Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso
one of the following works?
(C) Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso
(A) Thomas Malory’s Le Morte and Tasso’s Gerusalemme
d’ Arthur Liberata
(B) Margery Kempe’s The Book
of Margery Kempe (D) More than one of the above
(C) Rolle’s The Commandment (E) None of the above

(E) None of the above 81. “Come live with me and be
my love,”
78. The book entitled The In which one of the following
Schoolmaster has been written works, the above observation
by which one of the following appears?
authors? (A) Hero and Leander
(A) Elyot
(B) Venus and Adonis
(B) Sir Thomas Hoby
(C) Ascham (C) The Passionate Shepherd to
His Love
(E) None of the above (D) More than one of the above

79. Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas
His Pilgrimage containing a
82. Which one of the following is an
history of the world in sea
alternative title to Prosopopoia?
voyages and land travell by
Englishmen and others is (A) Mother Hubberd’s Tale
written by
(B) Colin Clouts Come Home
(A) Richard Hakluyt Againe
(B) Samuel Purchas
(C) The Faerie Queene
(C) Sir Walter Raleigh
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83. Of the 154 Sonnets written by 86. Sir John Falstaff is a character
William Shakespeare, the first in which one of the following
126 are addressed to which one plays?
of the following classes?
(A) The Tragedy of King Richard
(A) Stories of Cupid and Loss of
His Brand (B) Henry IV
(B) The Dark Lady (C) Macbeth

(C) Fair Youth (D) More than one of the above
87. In which one of the following
dramas, Julia disguises herself
84. In which theatre was The as a man in order to follow
Spanish Tragedy, or Hieronimo Is Proteus from Verona to Milan?
Mad Again presented for the
first time? (A) The Two Gentlemen of
Verona
(A) Rose
(B) The Taming of the Shrew
(B) Globe
(C) The Comedy of Errors
(C) Minerva
88. In regard to whom John Dryden

85. “And ride in triumph made the following obser-
through Persepolis! vation?
Is it not brave to be a
“Who first made writing easily
King, Techelles!”
an art and who first showed us
The above observation appears to conclude the sense most
in which one of the following commonly in Distichs ...”
dramas?
(A) Richard Lovelace
(A) Doctor Faustus
(B) Edmund Waller
(B) The Jew of Malta
(C) Tamburlaine the Great (C) George Herbert
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89. King Arbaces appears in which 92. The character of Beatrice-
one of the following dramas? Joanna is a part of which one of
(A) A King and No King the following dramas?
(B) Philaster (A) The Changeling

(C) The Two Noble Kinsmen
(B) Women Beware Women
(C) The Revenger’s Tragedy
90. Sir Giles Overreach is a (E) None of the above

character in which one of the
following dramas?
93. Hesperides : Or The Works Both
(A) Measure for Measure
Humane and Divine of _____ Esq.
(B) The City Madam Who among the following would
(C) A New Way to Pay Old Debts best fill in the blank?
(D) More than one of the above (A) John Donne

(B) Andrew Marvell
91. “.... deeds, and language, (C) Robert Herrick

such as men do use;
And persons, such as
comedy would choose.
When she would show an
image of the times,
And sport with human 94. How many authors has
follies, not with crimes.” Burton cited in his The Anatomy
The above observation appears of Melancholy ?
in which one of the following
dramas? (A) 1250
(A) Volpone (B) 1760

(B) Bartholomew Fair
(C) 1888
(C) Every Man in His Humour
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95. “Geometry is the only science 97. “I would
that it hath pleased the God Love you ten years before
hitherto to bestow on mankind.” the flood,
And you should, if you
The above observation appears
please, refuse
Till the conversion of the Jews.”
works?
In the above observation, ‘flood’
(A) Religio Medici and ‘Jews’ are precisely which
one of the following?
(A) Wit and magniloquence
(B) Leviathan
(B) Emotion and feeling
(C) Primary imagination
(C) Republic
98. “A full and true account of the

Battle fought last Friday,
between the Ancient and the
Modern Books in St. James’
96. “Books are not absolutely dead
library.”
things, but doe contain a
potencie of life in them to be as Which one of the following is an
active as that soule was whose abridged title to the above?
progeny they are.” (A) A Tale of a Tub
In which one of the following (B) The Battle of the Books
works of art, the above (C) Travels into Several Remote
observation finds place? Nations of the World
(A) The Doctrine and Discipline (E) None of the above
of Divorce
99. Who among the following is an
(B) Areopagitica object of attack in Epistle to
Dr. Arbuthnot ?
(C) Valerius and Publicolo (A) Atticus
(B) John Dryden
(D) More than one of the above (C) Jonathan Swift
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100. In which one of the following 103. “His fall was destined to a
works does the character of Sir barren strand,
Andrew Freeport appear? A petty fortress, and a
dubious hand;
(A) The Beggar’s Opera He left the name, at which
(B) The Dunciad the world grew pale,
To point a moral, or
(C) The Spectator adorn a tale.”
In the above verse, the word ‘fall’
suggests which one of the
(E) None of the above following persons?
(A) Charles XII
101. “The Fable is always made for (B) George V
the Moral, not the Moral for the (C) Edward II
Fable.” (D) More than one of the above
The above observation appears (E) None of the above
works? 104. Who among the following is the
author of A Philosophical Enquiry
(A) Moll Flanders into the Origin of Our Ideas of the
Sublime and Beautiful ?
(B) The Fortunate Mistress
(A) John Locke
(C) The Life and Strange (B) David Hume
Surprizing Adventures of (C) Edmund Burke
Robinson Crusoe (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above 105. William Blake’s A Poison Tree

suggests which one of the
102. Who among the following is an following aspects of the
employer of Pamela in Samuel underlying idea?
Richardson’s Pamela ? (A) Both the forbidden tree of
knowledge and repressed
(A) John Belford emotion
(B) Both the Divine and his
(B) Mr. B
essence in the Absolute
(C) Colonel Jacques (C) Both the Father and the
Son
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Directions (Q. Nos. 106 to 125) : 106. What is the primary difference
Read the passages given below and between religion and
answer the questions that follow : spirituality?
Passage—1 (A) Religion is focussed on
creeds and laws, while
Religion begins for us with an
spirituality is inward and
awareness that our life is not of
evolving
ourselves alone. There is another,
greater life enfolding and sustaining us. (B) Religion emphasizes the
Religion as man’s search for this spiritual core, while
greater self will not accept any creeds spirituality focuses on
as final or any laws as perfect. It will be external practices
evolutionary, moving ever onward. The (C) Religion can be negotiated
witness to this spiritual view is borne, for spirituality
not only by the great religious teachers
and leaders of mankind, but by the (D) More than one of the above
ordinary man in the street, in whose (E) None of the above
inmost being the well of the spirit is set
deep. In our normal experience events 107. According to the passage, what is
happen which imply the existence of a suggested by events like prayer,
spiritual world. The fact of prayer or meditation and encounters with
meditation, the impulse to seek and beauty?
appeal to a power beyond our normal (A) The existence of a spiritual
self, the moving sense of revealation world
which the sudden impact of beauty
(B) The need for more laws and
brings, the way in which decisive
regulations in spirituality
contacts with certain individuals bring
meaning and coherence into our (C) The rejection of spirituality
scattered lives, suggest that we are in favour of religion
essentially spiritual. To know oneself is (D) More than one of the above
to know all we can know and all we
need to know. A spiritual as distinct
from a dogmatic view of life remains 108. What does the author mean
unaffected by the advance of science when he mentions, “To know
and criticism of history. Religion oneself is to know all we can
generally refers to something external, know and all we need to know”?
a system of sanctions and consolations,
while spirituality points to the need for (A) Self-knowledge is unneces-
knowing and living in the highest self sary in the pursuit of
and raising life in all its parts. spirituality
Spirituality is the core of religion and (B) Knowledge of oneself is the
its inward essence, and mysticism same as knowing religious
emphasize this side of religion. doctrines
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(C) Understanding oneself is the Passage—2
key to spiritual enlight-
Arjuna is the fighter in the chariot with
enment
the Divine Krishna as his charioteer. In
(D) More than one of the above Veda, also we have this image of the
human soul and the Divine riding in
(E) None of the above one chariot through a great battle to
the goal of a high-aspiring effort. But
there it is a pure figure and symbol.
109. According to the author, why Divine there is Indra, Master of the
does spirituality remain un- World of Light and Immortality, the
affected by science and power of Divine Knowledge which
historical criticism? descends to the human seeker battling
with the sons of falsehood, darkness,
(A) Because spirituality rejects
limitation, mortality; the battle is with
scientific advancements
spiritual enemies who bar the way to
(B) Because spirituality is the higher world of our being; and the
rooted in personal goal is that plane of Vast Being
experience resplendent with the light of the
supreme truth uplifted to the conscious
(C) Because spirituality is immortality of the Perfected Soul, of
based on external systems which Indra is the Master. The human
and creeds soul is Kutsa, he who constantly seeks
the seer knowledge, as his name
(D) More than one of the above implies, and he is the son of Arjun or
Arjuni, the white one, child of Switra,
(E) None of the above the white Mother; he is, that is to say,
the Sattvic or purified and light-filled
110. What is the relationship between soul which is open to the unbroken
religion and spirituality as glories of Divine Knowledge. When the
chariot reaches the end of its journey,
described in the passage?
the own home of Indra, the human
(A) Spirituality is the core of Kutsa has grown into such an exact
religion likeness of his Divine companion that
he can only be distinguished by Sachi,
(B) Religion and spirituality are the wife of Indra, because she is
unrelated concepts ‘truth-conscious’. The parable is
evidently the inner life of the eternal
(C) Spirituality is a type of Divine by the increasing illumination of
religion knowledge. But the Gita starts from
action and Arjuna is the man of action
and not of knowledge, the fighter, never
the seer or the thinker.
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111. What is the central theme of the 114. Who is Kutsa in the passage,
image of Arjuna in the chariot and what does his name imply?
with Krishna as his charioteer in
the Veda?
(A) Kutsa is a warrior in the
(A) The battle against physical battle
enemies
(B) The human soul’s journey (B) Kutsa is the seer knowledge
with Divine assistance seeker, as implied by his
(C) The pursuit of material name
wealth and happiness
(D) More than one of the above (C) Kutsa is the Divine
companion of Arjuna

112. According to the passage, who is
Indra?
(A) The human seeker battling
against spiritual enemies
(B) The power of Divine
knowledge aiding the seeker 115. What distinguishes human
(C) The goal of conscious Kutsa from his Divine
immortality companion at the end of the
journey?
(A) Sachi, the wife of Indra,
because she is ‘truth-
113. What is the goal of journey conscious’
described in the passage?
(A) The acquisition of worldly (B) They remain indistin-
power and riches guishable
(B) The attainment of spiritual
illumination and conscious (C) The passage does not
immortality provide this information
(C) The conquest of physical
enemies (D) More than one of the above
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Passage—3 for the devoted soul to wander
For thinking minds to blossom, for arts peacefully through them, dream
and sciences to flourish, the first strange dreams and burst forth into
condition necessary is a settled society joyous songs ... It was in the Ashramas
providing security and leisure. A rich and Tapovanas or forest hermitages
culture is impossible with a community that the thinking men of India
of nomads, where people struggle for meditated on the deeper problems of
life and die of privation. Fate called existence. The security of life, the
India to a spot where nature was free wealth of natural resources, the
with her gifts and every prospect was freedom from worry, the detachment
pleasing. The Himalayas, with their from the cares of existence, and the
immense range and elevation on one absence of tyrannous practical interest,
side and the sea on the others, helped stimulated the higher life of Indian,
to keep India free from invasion for a with the result that we find from the
long time. Bounteous nature yielded beginnings of history, an impatience of
abundant food, and the man was spirit, a love of wisdom and a passion
relieved of the toil and struggle for for the saner pursuits of the mind.
existence. The Indian never felt that the

world was a field of battle where men 116. What does it call for being in a
struggled for power, wealth and position to think and speculate?
domination. When we do not need to (A) A settled society having

waste our energies on problems of life security and leisure
on earth exploiting nature and
(B) An enlightened society with
controlling the forces of the world, we assertive and possessive
begin to think of the higher life, how to prejudices
live more perfectly in the spirits.
(C) A progressive society with
Perhaps an enervating climate inclined historical and political
the Indian to rest and retirement. The ambitions
huge forests with their wide leafy
avenues afforded great opportunities
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117. According to the author, which 119. Which one of the following best
one of the following is suggestive described the eternal character
of high culture? of Indian philosophy?
(A) Bounteous nature lays (A) Presence of tyrannous

down universal forms of life practical interest with an
affording a freedom for intention to subject and
reflection and speculation subjugate
(B) Defiant nature contests the (B) An impatience of spirit, a

erratic humanity love of wisdom, and a
passion for saner pursuit of
(C) Nature and the human the mind
condition are fastened along
utilitarian urgencies (C) Struggle for existence with
an insistence on toil, power,
wealth and domination
118. The greatness of Indian

philosophy is precisely because
of which one of the following
120. What does the author mean
reasons?
when he says, “the absence of
tyrannous practical interest”?
(A) It grew in the midst of
bounteous nature and
(A) There is no prejudice and
prosperous society
bias about the conviction
(B) It flourished in the (B) Intention and conviction

background of compelling both suffer from indulgence
nature and society and infatuation
(C) It originated in the material- (C) Erratic world view manifest

istic preoccupations in hideous intention
24/HV/M–2023–03/S5 (HS)/227-A 30
Passage—4 121. Which one of the following is
the central theme of the
The central theme of the Upanishads is Upanishads ?
the problem of philosophy. It is the
search for what is true. Dissatisfaction (A) Relationship between cause
and effect
with things and second causes suggest
the questions, which we read at the
(B) The nature of ultimate
beginning of the Svetasvatara. “Whence reality which is the cause of
are we born, where do we live and all the causes
whether do we go? O, ye who know

(C) The creation is a product of
Brahman, tell us at whose command mere chance
we abide here whether in pain or in
pleasure. Should the time or nature, or (D) More than one of the above
necessity or chance, or the elements be
considered cause, or he who is called
‘Purusha’, the man that is the supreme
spirit? In the Kena Upanishad, the
122. According to the Upanishads,
pupil asks, “At whose wish does the the ultimate reality has which
mind sent forth proceed on its errand?” one of the following
At whose command does the first characteristics?
breath go forth, at whose wish do we

(A) One who is seer of seeing,
utter this speech? What God directs the thinker of thinking, mover
eye or the ear? The thinkers did not of moving and light of
everything
take experience to be an inexplicable
datum, as common sense does. They
(B) One who is bereft of
wondered whether the report of the qualities
senses could be taken as final. Are the
(C) One who is reflective in
mental faculties by which we acquire
nature
experience self-existent, are they
themselves effects of something (D) More than one of the above
mightier still, which lies behind them?
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123. Which one of the following 126. She quickly picked up her books
meanings would best describe and left.
‘Purusha’?
In the above statement, the
(A) The ‘Purusha’ is an
word ‘quickly’ belongs to which
experience of the world and
one of the following categories?
its effects
(B) The ‘Purusha’ is an absolute
who does not undergo any (A) Noun
contradictions
(C) The ‘Purusha’ is Brahman
(B) Adjective
hence the cause of all the
causes
(D) More than one of the above (C) Adverb
124. According to the passage, which (D) More than one of the above
one of the following is true in
terms of Upanishadic philos-
ophy? (E) None of the above
(A) The mind is the ultimate
source of knowledge
(B) The nature is the ultimate 127. This is a depressive time to be
source of knowledge living here.
(C) The Brahman is the
In the above, the word
ultimate knowledge
‘depressive’ belongs to which
one of the following?
125. “At whose wish does the mind
(A) Interjection
sent forth proceed on its
errand”?
In the above observation, the (B) Adverb
term ‘errand’ has which one of
the following meanings?
(C) Adjective
(A) Pursuit
(B) Goal
(C) Intention (D) More than one of the above
24/HV/M–2023–03/S5 (HS)/227-A 32
128. We are going to sing and play at 131. Which one of the following is a
the camp. synonym of the word ‘erratic’?
To which one of the following
categories does the word ‘play’ (A) Unchanging
belong?
(B) Unpredictable
(A) Adverb
(C) Steady
(B) Verb
(C) Conjunction (D) More than one of the above
132. Which one of the following is an

129. Which one of the following is a antonym of the word ‘modest’?
synonym of the word ‘avert’?
(A) Unhappy
(A) Face
(B) Conceited
(B) Permit
(C) Prevent (C) Sullen
130. Prepositions link a _____ to

another word or sentence part. 133. Which one of the following is an
antonym of the word ‘ecstasy’?
Which one of the following
would best fill in the blank?
(A) Hate
(A) verb
(B) Agony
(B) adjective
(C) Languor
(C) noun
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134. Which one of the following best 136. I can’t figure out _____ gave me
explains the meaning of ‘afraid this gift.
of one’s shadow’?
(A) The person has a phobia of
shadows (A) whom
(B) who
(B) The person is afraid of
the dark (C) that

(C) The person is very nervous
or easily frightened (E) None of the above
(D) More than one of the above 137. I am very happy _____ in India. I
miss India.
(E) None of the above Which one of the following
(A) to have lived

135. Which one of the following
would best explain the meaning (B) to live
of the saying, “the darkest hour
(C) to be living
is just before the dawn”?
(A) A mistake can be a great
teacher
(B) When things seem at their 138. I wish I _____ those words. But
worst, they may just begin now it’s too late.
to improve Which one of the following
(C) A satisfactory conclusion (A) not having said
makes up for earlier
disappointments (B) never said
(C) had never said

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139. The Captain said, “Alas! Our 141. What’s _____ river in the world?
foes are very strong.” Which one of the following
Which one of the following is the would best fill in the blank?
best indirect form of the above?
(A) the wider
(A) The Captain told that alas
our foes are very strong.
(B) widest
(B) The Captain told him that
our foes are too strong.
(C) the widest
(C) The Captain exclaimed with

sorrow that their foes were (D) More than one of the above
very strong.
142. I arrive _____ the station _____

a taxi.
140. You know you have got _____
family. Which of the following would
best fill in the blanks?
Which of the following would be
the most appropriate to fill in
the blank? (A) to, by
(A) the nicest

(B) at, in
(B) nicer than

(C) at, by
(C) the most nice

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143. Your conduct was not consistent 145. He has helped these children.
_____ your usual politeness.
Which one of the following would be the best passive form
would best fill in the blank? of the above?
(A) at (A) These children have been

helped by him.
(B) in
(B) These children has been
helped by him.
(C) with
(C) These children had been
helped by him.

144. By whom was the chair stolen?
Which one of the following 146. He helps me.

would be the most appropriate Which one of the following
active form of the above? would be the best passive form
of the above?
(A) Who has stolen the chair?

(A) I am helped by him.
(B) Who steals the chair?

(B) I did help by him.
(C) Who stole the chair?

(C) I was helped by him.
24/HV/M–2023–03/S5 (HS)/227-A 36
147. Where are your luggages? 149. Rahul and his friends _____ also
invited to the party.
would be the correct form of Which one of the following
the above? would best fill in the blank?
(A) Where is your luggage? (A) is
(B) Where have you kept your (B) was

luggages?
(C) were
(C) What are your luggages?

150. A bouquet of flowers _____

required for the event.
148. Which one of the following is the
antonym of the word ‘stingy’? Which one of the following
(A) Parsimonious
(A) are
(B) Liberal
(B) is
(C) Niggard (C) have
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24/HV/M–2023–03 Booklet Series

Directions (Q. Nos. 1 and 2) : Fill in 5. Rainy season comes before

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(B) narjm (A) bH$ãS>r

(C) Mm` (B) ObYmam

(C) `moJÍ$ãT> (C) VwH$s©

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(B) {Mn (C) 1000 B©0

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27. ""OgmoXm h[a nmbZ° Pwbmd°ü&

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31. The floor of a rectangular hall 34. The equation ax 2 + bx + c = 0 has

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(B) 21 (C) 14 {XZ

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(A) X is lesser than Y if a = b (A) distant objects clearly

(B) X is greater thanY if a > b (B) nearby objects clearly

(C) Y is greater than X if a = b (C) nearby as well as distant

37. The probability of a non leap

1 (D) More than one of the above

(E) None of the above 41. The cans in which food is

(C) 7 (C) zinc is costlier than tin

(E) None of the above (E) None of the above

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1 (D) Cn`w©∫$ _| go EH$ go A{YH$

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(B) reduction (E) None of the above

(C) hydrolysis 45. Which of the following makes

(E) None of the above (B) Space rocket

(D) More than one of the above

(A) words per inch 46. Particles which can be added to

(E) None of the above (E) None of the above

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(E) Cn`w©∫$ _| go H$moB© Zht

45. {ZÂZ{b{IV _| go H$m°Z-gm ›`yQ>Z Ho$ J{V Ho$

(A) e„X ‡{V BßM

(C) {~›Xw ‡{V BßM (B) BboäQ¥>m∞Z

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(C) Victoria, Australia

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(E) None of the above Select the correct answer using

53. Who has elected for the second (A) 3, 1, 2, 4

54. African Union was made a 2. Karakoram

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(A) between 8° N and 13° N (A) gully erosion

(E) None of the above

(B) Eastern Ghats (B) Coromandel Coasts

(C) Himalayan Regions (C) Plateau of Chota Nagpur

(E) None of the above (E) None of the above

59. Which of the following coasts of

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