(c) Both l and 2 1. Which of the following is/are the most distinctive artefacts of the Harappan

(d) Neither 1 nor 2 Civilisation?

1. Steatite seal

4. Which of the following statements 2. Bricks of a standardised ratio is/are correct?

3. Gold bangles 1. The Satavahanas ruled over parts

of western India and the Deccan 4. Silver spittoon

Select the correct answer using the code 2. The Satavahanas repaired and

rebuilt Sudarshana Lake given below:

(a) 1 only

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(b) I and 2 only

(c) 2,3 and 4 (a) 1 only

d) 1,2 and 3

(b) 2 only 2. Which one of the following is NOT

listed as one of the sixteen mahajana-padas in the pre-Mauryan period?

()Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2 (a) Kuru

(b) Vatsa 5. In relation to the fundamental duties enshrined in the Constitution of India, which one of the following is NOT

(c) Gandhara

(d) Kalinga correct?

(a) The fundamental duties were not originally a part of the Constitu

3. Which of the following are prescribed as the duties of Vaishyas according to the Dharmashastras ? tion

b) To safeguard public property and

abjure violence are fundamental duties

1. Studying the Vedas 2. Engaging in trade

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(c) They are not enforceable through Writs

(a) 1 only (d) They may not be used for deter-

mining constitutionality of laws b) 2only

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8. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists

ise 6. The

Governor of a state may exercise

discretionary powers when

1. he or she is not convinced by the

advice of the Council of Ministers List I

(Canoept) (Explanation/Aim) 2. the Constitution requires him/her

to act in his/her discretion in A. Pluralist 1. Power is always

exercised by a privileged few

democracy certain matters

B. People's

democracy 2. Highest and

harmonious 3. he or she is appointed as the

administrator of an adjoining development of individual1

C. Developmental capacities

Union Territory

Select the correct answer using the code democracy

3. Social equality

through common ownership of wealth

given below:

(a) 1,2 and 3 D. Elitist democracy

(6) I and 2 only 4. Capacity of

groups to ensure

Governmental (c) 2 and 3 only

responsiveness (d) 3 only Code

B C D 7. Which one of the following is NOT

true of socialism ? (a) 4 3 2 1 2

(b) 4 23 1 (a) Socialists analyse society in terms

of income distribution (c) 1 2 3 3 4

(d) 1 3 2 4 (6) It emphasises the centrality of

community 9. Which one of the following Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs) is recognized as Miniratnas ? Socialists believe that class divi-

Sions in society are a fact and therefore irremediable

(a) Airport Authority of India

(b) Indian Oil Corporation Limited

(d) It believes that material benefits should be distributed on the basis of need

(c) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

(d) Steel Authority of India Limited

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14. Which of the following sectors

10. Which

one of the

tional

of the following educa-

is

currently

used by United Nations

Development

Programme (UNDP) to

contribute in recent years to the deterioration of asset quality of commercial banks by way of Non- Performing Assets ?

development indicators is

construct Human

Development Index ?

1. Agriculture and allied sector (a)

Level of Literacy

2. Industrial sector b) Gross

Enrolment Ratio

(c) Mean Years of Schooling 3. Infrastructure sector

(d) Dropout rate 4. Information technology sector

11. Which one of the following was

recognized as invisible hand' by

Adam Smith ?

Select the correct answer using the code

given below: by

(a) 1 and 2 only (a) Government

(b) 2 and 3 only b) Market/Price Mechanism

(c) 1 and4 only (c) Judiciary

(d) Legislature (d) 1,2,3 and 4

15. The distance between two successive 12. Fixation of price levels for wheat and

rice by the Commission for Agriculture

Costs and Prices (CACP) is an example of ?

crests or troughs of sea waves is called

as

(a) Wavelength

(a) Administered Price (b) Wave height

b) Market Price (c) Wave frequency

(c) Control Price (d) Fetch

(d) Support Price

13. Mobile phone operators market in

India is an example of

16. Which one of the following is NOT a Mediterranean country ?

() Monopoly (a) Tunisia

(6) Monopolistic Competition (b) Libya

(c) Oligopoly (c) North Sudan

(d) Perfect Competition (d) Egypt

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17. PAHAL,

an initiative to transfer the

subsidy to

direct bank

beneficiaries, is related to

the (a) A leave of the House is required to nk account of the move it

(b) The Government is free to fix time and date for its discussion

(a) LPG consumers

(c) It can also be moved against the entirety of the Council of Ministers

b) internet consumers

(c) farmers for fertilisers

(d) The Speaker decides whether the

motion is in order ()Central Government Employees for medical treatment

21. Which one of the following is NOT a correct feature of a Money Bill? 18. Which one of the following karst

landforms is the largest in size ? (a) It can be introduced only in the Lok Sabha

(a) Polje (b) A Deputy Speaker can also certify

a Money Bill in case of office of Speaker falling vacant

(b) Uvala

(c) Swallow Hole

(c) A Speaker's authority is final as to whether a bill is Money Bill or not

d) Sink Hole

(d) It can be referred to a joint com- 19. Singapore is known as Port of Call because mittee of the two Houses

(a) it deals in the processing and

shipping of oil 22. The idea of social justice requires that

1. equal treatment be supplemented with principle of proportionality (6) it is a deep water port built away

from the actual port 2. due and equal consideration is given to all individuals (C)it is on main sea route where ships

use to anchor for refueling, water- ing and taking food items

3. equality of treatment be tran- scended to recognise special needs

(a) it serves the parent ports Select the correct answer using the code given below:

by receiving the ships which are unable to approach due to their large size (a) 1,2 and 3

20. Which one of the following statements with regard to Censure Motion is NOT

(b) 1 and 3 only

(c) 2 only

correct 2 (d) 2 and 3 only

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23. Which one of the following statemento

about the Attormey-General of India

NOT comect?

25. Which one of the following statements about the Bhakti Movement in South is

India is NOT correct?

(a) The person must be qualified to

be appointed as a Judge of the (a) The Nalayira Divyaprabandham

was also known as the Tamil Veda Supreme Court

(b) Andal was an Alvar b) He/she enjoys right of audience

only in the Supreme Court and High Courts in India

(c) Karaikkal Ammaiyar was a devo-tee of Vishnu

(d) Metal images of the saints Appar and Sundarar were made and then (c) He/she holds office during the

pleasure of the President consecrated in a Shiva temple (d) He/she receives remuneration as

determined by the President 26. Consider the following statements

about the Treaty of Amritsar (1809): 24. Which of the following is/are correct in

relation to the Panchayats ?

1. The Treaty fixed the Sutlej as the boundary between the Punjab and British India

1. Only the Parliament may endow Panchayats with powers and authority

2. It was after this treaty that Maharaja Ranjit Singh was able to annex Jammu, Multan and Kashmir to his domains

2. A state may devolve powers to Panchayats in preparation of plans for economic development and social justice

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only 3. A state may devolve powers to

Panchayats in implementation of schemes for economic develop- ment and social justice

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

27. Which one of the following statements

about the Harappan script is NOT Select the correct answer using the cod given below:

correct?

(a) 1 only (a) It has about four hundred signs

(6) 1 and 3 (b) It was written from right to left

(c) It has been found on bone rods and jewellery

(e 2 and 3

d) 3 only (d) It refers to the people of Meluhha

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31. Tamilakam was the name of the ancient 28. Which of the following statements

is/are correct?

Tamil country that included 1. Parmahansa Mandali was founded in Bengal by Swami Vivekanand (a) present-day Tamil Nadu as well as

parts of Sri Lanka 2. Prarthana Samaj was started in Maharashtra with the aim of reforming Hindu religious thought and practice (b) land between present day Tirupati hills and the southernmost tip of peninsula

Select the correct answer using the code C) present-day Maharashtra

Tamil Nadu and given below:

(a)1 only (d) present day Kerala, Telangana and Karnataka

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

32. A member giving notice of a resolution for removal of Speaker, Lok Sabha should be addressed to the

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

29. Which one of the following is NOT correct about Mahatma Gandhi's Dandi Yatra or Salt March?

(a) Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha (b) Secretary General, Lok Sabha (a) It was the first national activity in which women participated in large

numbers c) Prime Minister

(d) President (b) Gandhiji allowed the women

participation at the request of Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay

33. Which one of the following statements regarding Public Accounts Committee is correct ? (C)The march was fully covered by the Westerm press (a) It consists of fifteen members

from Lok Sabha and seven mem- (d) The march began after the failure of the First Round Table Confer ence in London

bers from Rajya Sabha

(b) It consists of twenty members from Lok Sabha and ten members S0. The British Committee of the Indian

Naional Congress was founded in

(a) 1889

from Rajya Sabha

(c) The term of members of Public Accounts Committee is five years

(b) 1892 (d) Finance Minister is the Chair-

person of the Public Accounts (c) 1898

Committee (d) 1901

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34. Which of the tollowing statements with regard to the Speaker, Lok Sabha (a) 18 is/are correct?

(b) 17 1, The election of the Speaker of

Lok Sabha is conducted by the Election Commission of India

(c)16

(d) 15

2. The Speaker on assuming his office is not required to make and subscribe oath or affirmation

37. Which one of the following is the greatest number by which the product of three consecutive even numbers would be exactly divisible? 3. The Speaker does not exercise a casting vote in case of equality of (a) 12 votes

(b) 24 Select the correct answer using the code given below: C) 48 (a) 2 only (d) 64

(b) 1 and 3 38. If 15% of A is double of 30% of B, then what is the ratio of A to B? (c) 1only

(a) 1:2 (d) 2 and 3

(b) 2:1 35. Who was the President of the Consti-

tuent Assembly ? (c) 1:4

(d) 4:1 (a) B. R. Ambedkar

39. The cost of gold varies directly as the cube of its weight. A gold piece weighing 20 decigram costs 1,000. If it is broken into two pieces whose weights are in the ratio 2:3, then what is the proit or loss incurred ?

(6) Rajendra Prasad

c) Alladi Krishnaswami Aiyar (d) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

36. In an exam, a candidate attempts Z0 questions and scores 72 marks. If marks are awarded for each correct answer and 2 marks are deducted for cach wrong answer, then how many questions were answered correctly oy him?

(a) 7280 profit

(b) T280 loss

(c) 720 profit

(d) R720 loss

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40. The average age or he boys in a class

is 12 years. The average age of the

girls in the class is Il years. There are

S0% more girls than boys in the class. Which one of the following is the

average age of the class (in years) ?

(a) 50%

(b) 56-25%

(c) 62-25%

(d) 75% (a) 11-2 years

44. The alphabets

numbered from 0 to 9 respectively. Which one of the following is the value of AGJ - CEG +EDB ?

from A to J are (b) 114 years

(c) 116 years

(d)118 years (a) CFE b) DGF 41. A sum triples in ten years under

compound interest at a certain rate of interest, the

compounded annually. In how many years, it would become nine times?

() GFD interest is being

(d) FCE

45. A is the smallest positive integer which when divided by 9 and 12 leaves remainder 8. B is the smallest positive integer which when divided by 9 and 12 leaves remainder 5. Which one of

(a) 20 years

b) 30 years

(c) 40 years the following is the value of A - B? d) 50 years (a) 3

(b) 2 42. The number of ways by which 6 distinct balls can be put in 5 distinct boxes are

c) 1

(d) 0 (a) 7776

46. If South-east is called East, North-west is calledWest, South-west is called South and so-on, what will North be

(b) 15625

() 720 called? Calledd

(d) 120 (a) East

43. A wire of lengt 6 m is stretched such (b) North-east tnat its radius is reduced by 20%. which one of the following is the Value of increase in its length ?

(c) North-west

(d) South

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47. If the day betore yesterday was

Tuesday, when will Saturday be ?

(a) 2 years

(b) 3 years (a) Today

(C) 4 years (b) Tomorrow

(d) 5 years (c) Day after

tomorrow

(d) Two days after tomorrow

51. Who among the following is the author of the Kiratarjuniya ?

48, What is the value of the missing

number? (a) Magha

(b) Bharavi 3,4 15

c) Bhasa 2,6 3,2

(d) Bhavabhuti

,2 3,1 52. Which one of the following is the cor- rect description of Kandaria Mahadeo?

2,7 2,3 (a) A Shiva temple at Elephanta

(a) 9 (b) The title of a work by Bhatti

(b) 7 (c) The capital of Chandella kings

(c)5 (d) A temple at Khajuraho (d) 3

53. Consider the following statements about the Lingayats: 49. In a group of 100 children, 64 children

like to play cricket, 53 children like to

play football and 20 children like to 1. They bury their dead

play both cricket and football. How many children do NOT like to play cricket or football ?

2. They are great believers in the

caste system, especially in the

theory of purity and pollution

3. They are against child marriage

and favour widow remarriage (a) 3

b) 5 Which of the statements given above

is/are correct? (c) 7

(d) 9

(a) 1 and 2 S0. Two years ago, the age of A was thre

times the age of B. If B is curreuy

9years old, then after how many years,

tne age of A will be double of the age of B?

(b) 1 only

(c) 2 and3

(d) I and3

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4. At which one of the tollowing places is

the Vitthala temple located? b) Both Parliament and State Legis-

latures have the power to legislate over a subject under the Concur-

rent List (a) Elephanta

(b) Chidambaram

(c) A legislation made under the Con- current List by Parliament should be ratified by half of the State Legislatures so as to become a law of the country

()Hampi

(d) Nagarjunakonda

55. In relation to the powers of the Union

Government of India, which one of the following statements is NOT correct?

(d) Only State Legislatures are em- powered to make laws under Con current List

(a) The Government of India may undertake legislative functions of a teritory outside of India by agreement with the Government of that temitory

57. Which of the following statement(s) regarding passing a law under the State List is/are correct?

1. Even in the sphere (State List) exclusively reserved States, Parliament can legislate

b) The Union Government may not for the entrust a State Government with functions over matters where under certain circumstances executive power of the Union extends 2. Parliament cannot legislate a

subject under the State List under cThe Union Government may direct

States for construction and mainte nance of means of communication

any circumstances

3. A resolution supported by two- thirds of the members present and voting is required to be passed by

Rajya Sabha to pass a law under the State List

of military importance

(d) The Governor may, with consent of Government of India, entrust its officers with functions on matters

which fall within the executive

power of the State Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a) 1,2 and 3 S6. As per provisions of the Constitution of India, which one of the following 1s

(b) 2 and 3 only correct?

(c) 1 and 3 only (a) Only Parliament has the power to

legislate over a subject under the Concurrent List

(d) 1 only

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58. Which of the tollowing statement(s)

regarding promulgation of ordinance 60. SAUBHAGYA, a Central Government

scheme, is related to is/are correct?

1. President can promulgate ordi-nances which are of temporary

(a) providing cash money to women giving birth of single female child

duration (6) connecting kitchen of every house hold with piped cooking gas 2. An ordinance promulgated by the

President has to be ratified by (c)strengthening and augmenting infrastructure for piped supply

Parliament within six weeks of its water

re-assembly

Select the correct answer using the code d) achieving universal household electrification in the country given below:

(a) 1 only 61. The Cartagena Protocol, to which India is a party, is related1 to (b) 2 only

(a) combat the green house gasses

and to reduce the global warming and climate change

(c) Both l and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

(b) biosafety, negotiated under the

aegis of the Convention on Bio-

logical Diversity

59. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given

below the Lists:

(c) combat the ozone depleting sub

stances to protect the human lives

from diseases

List I List II

(Country) (Name of Shifting Cultivation)

of phenomenon (d) combat desertification by improving dry

land farming in dry regions

the 1. Zaire A. Milpa

2. Brazil B. Ladang

3. Malaysia C. Rocca

vegetation occupying the boundary

between two adjacent and differing

plant communities is known as

62. Transition zone of varied

natural

4. Mexico D. Masole

Code A B C

D (a) ecological succession

2 1 (a) 4 3 (b) ecotone

3 1 (b) 4 2 (c) ecological niche

4 3 (c) 1 2 (d) climax

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63. Consider the following statements

about sulh-i kul:

65. Tulsidas was the author of

1. Ramcharitmanas1. It means 'absolute peace' 2. Padavali

2. It provided for freedom of expres- sion to all religions and schools of

thought

3. Kavitavali

Select the correct answer using the code

given below 3. The ideal of sulh-i kul was imple

mented through state policies (a)1 only b) 2 and 3 only

Which of the statements given above (c) 1,2 and 3 is/are correct ? (d) 1 and 3 only

(a) 1 and 2 only

66. On which one of the following conditions, did the Marathas agree to serve the Mughal king with a cavalry contingent of 15,000 in the carly 18th century?

b) 1,2 and 3

c) 3 only

(d) 2 and 3 only (a) Grant of the jagir of Malwa

province 64. Which one of the following statements about the religious policies of the Mughal kings is NOT correct?

(b) Control of the resources of Gujarat

(c) The right to levy chauth and sardeshmukhi in the Deccan and (a) The tax on pilgrimage was

abolished in 1563, and the jirya

tax on non-Muslim Subjects was abolished in 1564

South India

(d) The right to mint coins in their own name

(6) Akbar issues instructions to his officers to follow the policy of

religious toleration

67. According to the Delimitation Com- mission of India and subject to Article

333 of the Constitution of India, what is the maximum number of members (c) Not all Mughal emperors gave

grants for the building and mainte nance of places of worship

that a State Legislative Assembly may have?

(a) 450 d) Grants were issued for the repair ot

(b) 500 number of temples in the reigns of Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb, after They had been destroyed during

(c)550

war d) 600

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68. Who among the following was the first

n-official member to be elected as

Speaker of the Central Legislative Assembly on

24-8-1925 ?

70. With regard to Panel of Chairperson, Lok Sabha, which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Panel of Chairperson is drawn

from the ruling party only (a) Vithalbhai J Patel

b) Muhammad Yakub 2. Panel of Chairperson is nominated by different political parties and appointed by Speaker, Lok Sabha (c) G. V. Mavalankar

(d) Sardar Hukum Singh 3. Panel of Chairperson consists of

10 members and one of them

69. Which of the following statements are correct with regard to Speaker/Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha ?2

presides over the House when both Speaker and Deputy Speaker are not there

Select the correct answer using the code 1. On dissolution of the Lok Sabha,

both the Speaker and Deputy Speaker cease to be members of the House.

given below:

(a) 1 and 3

(b) 2 and 3 2. Both Speaker and Deputy Speaker

vacate their office on dissolution of the Lok Sabha

(c) 3 only

(d) 2 only 3. Only Deputy Speaker vacates his

office and Speaker shall not va- cate his office until immediately before the first meeting of the Lok

Sabha after dissolution

71. Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?

(a) Mahogany is a timber species of Tropical Rainforest Select the correct answer using the code

given below: (b) Chaparral vegetation is found in

Taiga climate (a) 1 only

(c) Lichens are predominantly found in Tundra region

(6) 1,2 and 3

c) 2 and 3 only (d) Sal is a representative species of

Moist Deciduous Forest (d) 1 and 3 only

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72, Consider the following statements (c) Botswana

1. River Kaveri has well developed

valley (d) Namibia

76. Which one of the following minerals is NOT a naturally occurring silicate?

2. Valley of River Alakananda is still

growing (a) Feldspar 3, River Krishna is largest east flow-

ing peninsular river b) Zeolite Which of the statements given above (c) Mica is/are correct?

(d) Bauxite (a) 1 only

77. In which part of the cell, the glucose is converted into pyruvate? b) 1 and 2

()2 and 3 (a) Mitochondria (d) 2 only (b) Nucleus

c) Cytoplasm 73. According to Koppen's climatic classi-

fications of India, Great Northern Plains are represented by

(d) Endoplasmic reticulum

78. After fertilization, the ovule and ovary (a) Cwg Climate subsequently develop to form

(b) Aw Climate (a) seed and fruit respectively

(c) Amw Climate (b) fruit and seed respectively

(c) seed and flower respectively (d) As Climate

(d) degenerated ovule and seedless fruit respectively 74. Which one among the following

stations receives maximum rainfall? 79. Which one of the following statements (a) Hyderabad is correct?

(a) Glucose breaks down to CO, H,O

and energy in all organisms (b) Bengaluru (c) Delhi

(b) Glucose breaks down into ethanol,

CO, and energy in our muscle cells

(d) Raipur

75. Which one among the following (c) Glucose breaks down into CO

HO and energy in all aerobic tissues

countries does NOT have common

boundary with South Africa ?

(d) Glucose breaks down into lactate and energy in yeast

(a) Zambia

b) Zimbabwe

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84. Which one of the following has the

largest contribution to the Gross Tax 80. Growing

two or more crops in the

same field but in different rows is

called Revenue of Government of India in

2019-20 (BE) ? (a) Crop rotation

(a) Goods and Services Tax (b) Inter cropping

(b) Corporation Tax

(c) Alternate cropping (c) Customs

(d) Kharif cropping (d) Union Excise Duties

81. Who among the following won the Fed

Cup Heart Award, 2020?

85. What is meant by MSME?

(a) Medium, Small and Marginalized

Enterprises (a) Sania Mirza

b) PV Sindhu (b) Micro, Small and Marginalized

Enterprises (c) Saina Nehwal (c) Medium,

Enterprises Strategic and Micro

(d) Hima Das

(d) Micro, Small and Medium Enter- prises

82. National Technology Day is observed on 86. Which one of the following is the top

ranking country in the World Economic Forum's 74th Global Energy

Transition Index ?

(a) 9 August

(b) 8 September

(c) 11 May (a) China

(d) 17 May (b) Switzerland

(c) Sweden

83. Which one of the following ships was

deployed in 'Mission Sagar', which

was sent to different countries carrying

Food and COVID related items on

(d) India

87. Operation Sadbhavna is an initiative

of 10 May 2020?

(a) Indian Army

(a) INS Kesari (b) Indian Navy

b) INS Satpura (c) Indian Air Force

(c) INS Shivalik (d) Indian Army and UN Peacekeep-

ing Mission

(d) INS Gomati

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88. Which one among the following is the

equivalent rank of 'Wing Commander 91. Natural Population Change is calcu- lated by of Indian Air Force in Indian Amy ?

(a) subtracting the death rate from the (a) Lieutenant

birth rate

(b) Captain (6) multiplying the death rate with the birth rate (c) Lieutenant Colonel (c) adding the death rate with the (d) Colonel birth rate

(d) subtracting the birth rate from the death rate 89. What is the minimum reduction in

projected energy at the end of five years as per the 'development of solar cities pro-

demand of conventional

92. A long narrow stretch of sand and/or shingle with one end attached to the mainland is called

gramme ?

(a) 2 per cent

(a) Sand spit(6) 5 per cent

(b) Sand bar

(c) 10 per cent (c) Sand dune

(d) 15 per cent (d) Tombolo

90. Which one of the following countries has suggested the name 'Amphan' to

the cyclone that devastated parts of West Bengal and Bangladesh in May

93. Which one of the following does NOT illustrate the importance of the Coral Reef?

(a) They provide employment to the people

2020?

(a) Bangladesh (6) They supply building materials

(6) Thailand

(c) They protect shoreline from storms

(c) Maldives

(d) They protect communities from

earthquakes (d) India

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94. Which one of the following statements

about the Acacia tree is/are correct ? 97. Which of the following statements

about employment situation in India according to periodic Labour Force Survey 2017-18 is/are correct?

1. It has a long shallow root system which enables it to find moisture

1. Construction sector gave employ- ment to nearly one-tenth of urban male workforce in India

2. It has thorny leaves to prevent

water loss

3. It has wide crown so the foliage

can absorb the maximum Sunlight 2. Nearly one-fourth of urban female workers in India were working in manufacturing sector Select the correct answer using the code

given below: 3. One-fourth of rural female workers

in India were engaged in the agri culture sector

(a) only

b) 2 and 3 only

(c) 1 and 2 only Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(d) 1,2 and 3 (a) 2 only

95. Dardic group of language belongs to which language family?

(b) 1 and 2 only

(c) 1 and 3 only (a) Indo European

(d) 1,2 and 3 (b) Austric

98. Kumar used to eat 30 samosas ina month when the price of each samosa was12. When the price of samosa increased to R15 per piece, he eats

only 20 samosas a month. What is the

price elasticity of demand for samosa

by Kumar?

(c) Sino-Tibetan

(d) Dravidian

96. 2011 Census has divided the working8

population of India into four major

categories. Which one of the following is NOT one of them ?

(a) 1-33

(a) Cultivators (b) 1-00

(b) Domestic workers(c)0-75

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99. Which of the following goods are

included to estimate food inflation in 101. Which one of the following statements

for an object falling freely under the

intluence of gravity is correct? India ?

(a) Zero acceleration always implies zero velocity

1. Wheat

2. Paddy (b) Zero acceleration has no relation

with the velocity of the object 3. Tobacco

(c) Zero velocity at any instant neces sarily means zero acceleration at that instant

4. Sugar

Select the correct answer using the code

given below: (d) Acceleration is throughout the free fall

constant all

(a) 1,2 and 3

102. Two magnetic field lines produced by (b) 2,3 and 4 the same source

(c) 1,3 and 4 (a) never intersect

(d) 1,2 and 4 (b) can originate from same point

(c) can terminate at same point 100. In which of the following states high

yielding varieties of food grains were introduced as part of the first phase of Green Revolution (1966-72) ?

(d) can intersect depending on situa- tion

103. Which one of the following statements regarding Fleming's Rule is correct? 1. Andhra Pradesh

(a) Fleming's left hand rule gives 2. Tamil Nadu direction of force on a current-

carrying conductor in a magnetic

field 3. Punjab

4. Haryana (b) Fleming's right hand rule gives direction of force on a current-

Select the correct answer using the code

given below carrying conductor in a magnetic

field

(c) Both the left-hand and right-hand rule can be used for finding direc- tion of force on a current-carrying conductor in a magnetic field

(a) 1,2 and 3

(b) 2,3 and 4

(c) 1 and 2 only (d) Fleming's rules has nothing to do with magnetic field (d) 3 and4 only

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104. Wh

ich o

ne o

f the fo

llow

ing

statemen

ts

regard

ing

mo

tion

is co

rrect ?

107. Magnesium

is used in

(a) A

ll th

e p

erio

dic

m

otions are

necessarily

simp

le harm

on

ic

(a) firew

ork

s to m

ake a

brig

ht w

hite

light

(b)

gem

ston

es in jew

ellery

b)

All th

e simple

harm

on

ic m

otio

ns

are necessarily periodic m

otio

ns

(c) exam

ination o

f alimentary

canal o

f the patient

(c) T

here

is n

o

co-relatio

n betw

eenth

e simple h

armo

nic m

otio

ns an

d

the periodicity o

f mo

tion

(d)

purification of w

ate

r

(d) T

he

relation

b

etween

th

e simple

harmonic

motion

and periodic

mo

tion

dep

end

s up

on

the m

ass of

object undergoing the m

otio

n

108. Which one o

f the following ingredients

does NO

T constitute paint?

(a) T

urpentine oil (thinner)

10

5. T

he

radar

used

by police

to

check

over-speeding veh

icles w

ork

s o

n

the

prin

ciple o

f

(b) Poly-hydroxy phenols

(anti-skin-ning agent)

(c) T

hiourea (accelerator)

(a) R

aman

effect (d)

Titan

ium

dioxide (pigment)

b)

Ind

uctio

n effect

(c) D

op

pler effect

10

9. W

hich

on

e o

f the follow

ing state

men

ts

ab

ou

t alk

alin

e

earth

m

etals is

NO

T

(d)

Co

ulo

mb

effect tru

e ?

10

6. W

hich

on

e o

f the follow

ing statemen

ts

with

regard to

N

ew

ton

's th

ird la

w o

f

mo

tion

is NO

T c

orre

ct?

(a) S

tron

tium

sa

lts b

urn

w

ith

a re

d

flame

(b) B

ariu

m m

eta

l is use

d in

med

icin

e

to e

xam

ine th

e a

limen

tary

can

al o

f

a patient by X

-ray (a)

Fo

rce n

ev

er

occu

rs

singly in

natu

re

(b) W

hen

the

earth

pu

lls a

sto

ne

do

wn

ward

s due

to

gravity, th

e

sto

ne e

xerts

a

force

on

the earth

(c) G

reen

plants need

mag

nesiu

m in

ord

er to

mak

e th

e c

hlo

ro

ph

yll th

at

trap th

e

en

erg

y fro

m sunlight in

ph

oto

sy

nth

esis

(c) T

here

is a

cau

se-e

ffect

relation

implied in

the th

ird la

w

(d) R

ed

co

lou

r of g

em

sto

ne R

ub

y is

du

e

to

the

elem

en

t

bery

llium

pre

sen

t in it

(d

Th

ere is

no

cau

se-e

ffect

rela

tion

implied

in the th

ird law

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10. Which one of the following gases

produces a red light when electricity

flows through it?

(a) Porifera

(b) Platyhelminthes c) Cnidaria

(a) Helium

(d) Annelida b) Argon

115. During respiration in human beings, the actual place of gaseous exchange is

(c) Nitrogen

(d) Neon

(a) Bronchi 111. Which one of the following methods

can be used to remove permanent (6) Nasal passage

hardness of water? (c) Alveoli

(a) Boiling () Trachea

(b) lon-exchange 116. In human body, the hormone which is (c) Lime treatment secreted into blood and which controls

the rate of heart beat is (d) Bubbling sulphur dioxide gas

(a) Adrenaline

112. Which one of the following is NOT

a component of photochemical smog? (b) Thyroxine (c) Insulin

(a) Ozone (d) Testosterone

(6) Peroxyacetyl nitrate 117. In human beings, certain chemicals

which cross the synapse between nerve

cells are released from

(c) Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (d) Nitric oxide

(a) cell body of nerve cell 113. The eukaryotic chromatin is composed of (b) nucleus of nerve cell

(a) DNA only C)nerve endings of nerve cell

(b) DNA and Protein (d) axon of nerve cell

(c) DNA and RNA 118. Which one of the following is the

major function of platelets? (d) RNA and Protein

(a) Clotting of blood 114. In which of the following phylum,

would you place an animal with a

bilaterally symmetrical, triploblastic body without a true internal cavity (coelom) ?

(b) 0, transport

() Immunity

(d) Phagocytosis

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119. An electron and a photon have same

de Broglie wavelength. It implies that they have the same

(c) pressure only

(d) temperature, volume and pressure (a) linear momentum

123. Which one of the following statements on photoelectric effect is NOT correct ? (b) energy

(c)speed (a) Albert Einstein received the Nobel Prize in Physics for explaining photoelectric effect

(d) angular momentum

120. Oil and water do NOT mix because of (b) For each metal, threshold frequency vbelow which this effect is not observed

there is a the property of

(a) bulk modulus

(c) At a frequency v> vo, the kinetic energy of ejected electrons does not change on increasing the fre-

quency of incident lighe

(b) shear strain

(c) volume effect

(d) surface tension (d) The number of electrons ejected

is proportional to the intensity of incident light

121. At triple point the substance co-exists in

1. Liquid phase 124. Which one of the following is the average atomic mass of chlorine atom ? 2. Solid phase

3. Vapour phase (a) 35-9u

Select the correct answer using the code

given below: (b) 35-5 u

(c) 35-0 u (a) 1 only

(d) 37-0 u b) 1 and 2 only

125. Which one of the following is NOT

a heterocyclic aromatic compound? (c) 2 and 3 only

(d) 1,2 and 3 (a) Tropolone

122. Latent heat corresponds to the change in heat at constant

(b) Furan

(a) temperature only (c) Thiophene

b) volume only (d) Pyridine

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