Practice Test

Q1) The word 'Hindu' as reference to the people of Hind (India) was first used by: Show Answer

Q2) In Sankrit plays written during the Gupta period women and Sudras speak: Show Answer

Q3) The name by which Ashoka is generally referred to his inscriptions is: Show Answer

Q4) The term 'Yavanapriya' mentioned in ancient Sanskrit texts denoted: Show Answer

Q5) The concept of Anuvrata was advocated by: Show Answer

Q6) The Mughal school of painting formed the spinal column of different schools of Indian miniature art. Which one of the following painting styles was not affected by Mughal painting? Show Answer

Q7) Who among the following were famous jurists of medieval India? Show Answer

Q8) According to Mimamsa system of philosophy, liberation is possible by means by: Show Answer

Q9) Bronze icons of Nataraja cast during the Chola period invariably show the deity with: Show Answer

Q10) Which one of the following monuments has a dome which is said to be one of the largest in the world? Show Answer

Q11) Ashtapradhan was a council of ministers: Show Answer

Q12) Nastaliq was: Show Answer

Q13) The sufi saint who maintained that devotional music was one way of coming close to God was: Show Answer

Q14) In the interim government formed in 1946, the Vice - President of the Executive council was: Show Answer

Q15) Hooghly was used as a base for piracy in the Bay of Bengal by: Show Answer

Q16) The 'Modi Script' was employed in the documents of the: Show Answer

Q17) Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched? Show Answer

Q18) The word Adivasi was used for the first time to refer to the tribal people by: Show Answer

Q19) The radical wing of the Congress Party with Jawaharlal Nehru as one of its main leaders, founded the Independence for India League in opposition to: Show Answer

Q20) Which one of the following was an emigre communist journal of M.N Roy? Show Answer

Q21) What is the correct sequence of the following events?

1. The Lucknow Pact
2. The Introduction on Dyarchy
3. The Rowlatt Act
4. The Partition of Bengal Show Answer

Q22) The Barrah dacoity was the first major venture of the revolutionary terrorists of the freedom movement in: Show Answer

Q23) In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi started Civil Disobedience Movement from: Show Answer

Q24) Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? Show Answer

Q25) A meteor is: Show Answer

Q26) Willy is : Show Answer

Q27) Which one of the following factors is responsible for the change in the regular direction of the ocean currents in the Indian Ocean ? Show Answer

Q28) The group of small peices of rock revolving round the sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter are called: Show Answer

Q29) The standard time of the following countries is ahead of or behind Greenwich Mean Time depending on whether they are East or West of the longitude passing through Greenwich.

1. Cuba
2. Greece
3. Iraq
4. Costa Rica
5. Japan

Which one of the following sequential orders gives the correct arrangement of the countries according to their standard time from ahead to behind GMT? Show Answer

Q30) The original home of the gypsies was: Show Answer

Q31) Which one of the following is the continent with the highest mean elevation in the world? Show Answer

Q32) Which one of the following does not belong to biosphere reserves set up so far? Show Answer

Q33) Arakan Yoma is the extension of the Himalayas located in: Show Answer

Q34) The alpine vegetation in the Western Himalayas is found only up to a height of 3000 metres while in the Eastern Himalayas it is found up to a height of 4000 metres. The reason for this variation in the same mountain range is that: Show Answer

Q35) ' Monoculture of commercially viable trees is destroying the unique natural profile. Thoughtless exploitation of timber, deforesting vast tracts for palm cultivation, destruction of mangroves, illegal logging by tribals and poaching only compounds the problem. Fresh water pockets are fast drying up due to deforestation and destruction of mangroves'. The place referred to this quotation is: Show Answer

Q36) The palaeomagnetic results obtained from India indicate that in the past, the Indian land mass has moved: Show Answer

Q37) The Indian subcontinent was originally a part of a huge mass called: Show Answer

Q38) Which one of the following mountain ranges is spread over only one state in India? Show Answer

Q39) The National Highway from Amritsar to Calcutta via Delhi is numbered: Show Answer

Q40) Coffee cultivation in Sri Lanka was abandoned because of the disease: Show Answer

Q41) Which of the following is/are extra-constitutional and extralegal device(s) for securing cooperation and coordination between the States in India?

1. The National Development Council
2. The Governor's Conference
3. Zonal Councils
4. Inter-State Council Show Answer

Q42) Which of the following are matters on which a constitutional amendment is possible only with the ratification of the legislature of not less than one-half of the states?

1. Election of the President
2. Representation of states in the Parliament
3. Lists in the 7th Schedule
4. Abolition of the Legislature Council in a State Show Answer

Q43) Who among the following have the right to vote in the elections to both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha? Show Answer

Q44) Which one of the following States of India does not have a Legislative Council even though the Constitution? (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956 provides for it? Show Answer

Q45) Article 156 of the Constitution of India provides that a Governor shall hold office for a term of five year from the date on which he enters upon his office. Which of the following can be deducted from this?

1. No Governor can be removed from office till completion of his term
2. No Governor can continue in office beyond five years Show Answer

Q46) What is not explicitly stated in the Constitution of India but followed as a convention? Show Answer

Q47) Which one of the following is correct in respect of the commencemnt of the election process in India? Show Answer

Q48) Which of the following are the State in which the Lok Ayukta Act includes the Chief Minister in its ambit? Show Answer

Q49) Which of the following political parties is/are national political parties?

1. Muslim League
2. Revolutionary Socialist Party
3. All India Forward Block
4. Peasants and Workers Party of India Show Answer

Q50) If in an election to a State Legislative Assembly, the candidate who is declared elected loses his deposit, it means that: Show Answer

Q51) If the number of seats allocated to a state in the Lok Sabha is 42, then the number of seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes in that state will be: Show Answer

Q52) Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion etc. (Article 15 of the Constitution of India) is a Fundamental Rights classifiable under: Show Answer

Q53) Accrding to the 1991 Census, the highest percentage of population in India is to be found in the age group of : Show Answer

Q54) Which of the following pairs are correctly matched ?
1. Increase in - Monetary expansion
2. Low growth rate in India - Recession in Indian industry
3. Euro issues - Shares held by Indian companies in European countries
4. Portfolio investment - Foreign institutional investors. Show Answer

Q55) Which one of the following is true regarding the Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY)?
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Q56) The Narasimham Committee for financial sector reforms has suggested reduction in Show Answer

Q57) One of the reasons for India's occupational structure remaining more or less the same over the years has been that: Show Answer

Q58) The main reason for low growth rate in India inspite of high rate of savings and capital formation is: Show Answer

Q59) Which one of the following Five Year Plans recognised human development as the core of all development efforts ? Show Answer

Q60) Which of the following are among the non-plan expenditures of the Government of India ?
1. Defence Expenditure
2. Subsidies
3. All expenditures linked with the previous plan periods
4. Interest Payment Show Answer

Q61) What is the annual rate aimed in the Eighth Five Year Plan ? Show Answer

Q62) The largest source of financing the public sector outlay of the Eighth Five Year Plan comes from : Show Answer

Q63) The New Exim Policy announced in 1992, is for period of : Show Answer

Q64) Agriculture income tax is assigned to the State Governement by:
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Q65) Which of the following benefits are likely to accrue to India from the World Trade Organisation ?

1. India's share in the world trade is to go up from the present 600 million US dollars to 5 billion US dollars by 2000 A.D.

2. It will help boost exports of agricultural commodities from India.

3. India's share in the world trade is likely to triple by the year 2000 AD. Show Answer

Q66) In which one of the following crops international trade is low in the context of total produce ? Show Answer

Q67) Corporation tax : Show Answer

Q68) Which of the following constitute the World Bank ?

1. International Bank for Reconstruction and development
2.International Finance Corporation
3.International Development Association
4. Interantional Monetary Fund Show Answer

Q69) Which one of the following is not a instrument of selective credit control in India ? Show Answer

Q70) The Dinesh Goswami Committee was concerned with: Show Answer

Q71) Bank Rate implies the rate of interest: Show Answer

Q72) Consider the following

1. Industrial Finance Corporation of India

2. Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India

3. Industrial Development Bank of India

4. Unit Trust of India

The correct sequence in which the above were established is: Show Answer

Q73) As part of the liberalisation programme and with a view to attract foreign exchange, the government and the RBI have , devised two schemes known as FCNR 'A' and FCNR 'B'.

Which of the following is/are true regarding these schemes ?

1. Under scheme 'A' RBI bears exchange rate fluctuations

2. Under scheme 'B' other banks are to meet out the difference in exchange rate fluctuations.

3. Both the schemes stand withdrawn now.

4. Only scheme 'A' has been withdrawn Show Answer

Q74) The only snake that bulids a nest is: Show Answer

Q75) Most of the desert plants bloom during night time because Show Answer

Q76) Which one of the following sets is correctly matched ?

1. Diphtheria, Pneumonia and leprosy : Heriditary

2. AIDS, Syphilis and Gonorrhoea : Bacterial

3. Colour blindness, Haemophilia and Sickle cell anaemia : Sex linked

4. Polio,Japanese B encephalitis and Plague: Viral Show Answer

Q77) A person with 'AB' blood group is sometimes called a universal recipient because of the Show Answer

Q78) Which one of the following antimicrobial drugs, is suitable for treatment of both tuberculosis and leprosy ? Show Answer

Q79) Which one of the following is a membrane that protects the developing embryo from desiccation ? Show Answer

Q80) The normal temperature of human on Kelvin scale is Show Answer

Q81) Which of the following elements are present in all proteins ?

1. Carbon
2. Hydrogen
3. Oxygen
4. Nitrogen Show Answer

Q82) Which one of the following hormones contains iodine ? Show Answer

Q83) By Weaving threads of physics, chemistry and biology into a rich tapestry, this remarkable scientist provided a unifying molecular view of the world. He touted the wonderful properties of Vitamin C, first as a cure of common cold and later as preventing agent against cancer". One of science's major figures of all time referred to above is Show Answer

Q84) " It begins as a single cell and grows into a merciless disease that claims millions of lives year after year. But scientists are steadily unlocking its mysteriesand the fight against it, may now have reached a dramatic turning point. New discoveries promise better therapies and hope in the war against...."

The disease referred to in the above equation is Show Answer

Q85) Which of the following are correctly matched?
1. Hamas : Palestinian extremist group
2. Sinn Fein : I.R.A's political wing
3. True path party : A major constituent of the ruling coalition in Turkey
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Q86) The lead character in the film "The Bandit Queen" has been played by: Show Answer

Q87) The Nobel Prize for deciphering the language of bee was awarded to:
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Q88) In which one of the following States of India it is legal for a Hindu male and illegal for a Muslim male to have more than one living wife? Show Answer

Q89) Which one of the following countries had in 1994 voted against joining the European Union ? Show Answer

Q90) Comet shoemaker-Levy 9 hit the planet : Show Answer

Q91) The signatories to the treaty banning chemical weapons include : Show Answer

Q92) To prevent recurrence of scams in Indian Capital Market, the Government of India has assigned regulatory powers to : Show Answer

Q93) In the field of space technology-India has demonstrated during 1994, her capability to : Show Answer

Q94) The clouds float in the atmosphere because of their low : Show Answer

Q95) When the same note is played on a sitar and a flute, the sound produced can be distinguished from each other because of the difference in : Show Answer

Q96) Given below are two statements, one labelled Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R).
ASSERTION (A) : A diamond sparkles more than a glass imitation cut to the same shape.
REASON (R) : The refractive index of diamond is less than that of glass.
In context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ? Show Answer

Q97) Optical fibre works on the principle of : Show Answer

Q98) Suppose a rocketship is receding from the earth at a speed of 2/10 th the velocity of light. A light in the rocketship appears blue to the passengers on the ship. What colour would it appear to an observer on the earth ? Show Answer

Q99) An air bubble in water will act like a : Show Answer

Q100) The technique used to transmit audio signals in television broadcasts is : Show Answer

Q101) Cryogenic engines find application in : Show Answer

Q102) Which one of the following can be used to confirm whether drinking water contains a gamma emitting isotope or not ? Show Answer

Q103) Which one of the following pairs of materials serves as electrodes in chargeable batteries commonly used in devices such as torchlights, electric shaver etc. ? Show Answer

Q104) 'Yellow cake', an item of smuggling across border is Show Answer

Q105) The difference between a nuclear reactor and an atomic bomb is that Show Answer

Q106) Which one of the following is a mixed fertilizer ? Show Answer

Q107) The chemical used as 'fixer' in photography is Show Answer

Q108) consider the series given below:
4/12/95, 1/1/96, 29/1/96,
26/2/96, ....the next term of the series is Show Answer

Q109) Which one of the following polymers is widely used for making bullet proof material ? Show Answer

Q110) Seven men A, B, C, D, E, F and G are standing in a queue in that order. Each one is wearing a cap of a different colour like violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red. D is able to see green and blue, but not violet. E can see violet and yellow, but not red. G can see caps of all colours other than orange. If E is wearing indigo colour cap, then the colour of the cap worn by F is Show Answer

Q111) Examine the following statements :
(I) All children are inquisitive
(II) Some children are inquisitive
(III) No children are inquisitive
(IV) Some children are not inquisitive
Among these statements the two statements which cannot both be true simultaneously but can both be false, would be Show Answer

Q112) Which of the following can be inferred from the statement that "Either John is stupid or John is lazy " ?
(I) John is lazy / therefore, John is not stupid
(II) John is not lazy/therefore, John is stupid.
(III) John is not stupid/therefore, John is lazy
(IV) John is stupid/therefore, John is not lazy Show Answer

Q113) In track meets both 100 yards and 100 metres are used as distances : By how many metres is 100 metres longer than 100 yards ? Show Answer

Q114) The value of (a - m) (b - m) .... (y - m) (z - m) is Show Answer

Q115) Out of a total of 120 musicians in a club, 5% can play all the three instruments, guitar,violin and flute. if so happens that the number of musicians who can play any two and only two of the above instruments is 30. The number of musicians who can play the guitar alone is 40. What is the total number of those who can play violin alone or flute alone ? Show Answer

Q116) Zero was invented by Show Answer

Q117) A person earns Rs 2000 per month over and above his salary as additional charge allowance. however, 30% of this additional income will be deducted as additional income tax at source. If the person would deposit Rs 1000 per month on a long term saving fetching 12% interest his tax liability on the additional allowance would reduce to 10%. What is the effective interest for this person for money invested in the long term savings scheme ? Show Answer

Q118) A rectangular sump of dimension 6m x 5m x 4m is to be built by using bricks to make the outer dimension 6.2 m x 52 m x 4.2 m. Approximately how many bricks of size 20 cm x 10 cm x 5 cm are required to build the sump for storing water ? Show Answer

Q119) Who among the following anticipated Newton by declaring that all things gravitate to the earth ? Show Answer

Q120) A student has 60% chance of passing in English and 54% chance of passing in both English and Mathematics. What is the percentage probability that he will fail in Mathematics ? Show Answer

Q121) A table has three drawers. It is known that one of the drawers contains two silver coins, another contains two gold coins and the third one contains a silver coin and gold coin. One of the drawers is opened at random and a coin is drawn. It is found to be a silver coin. What is the probability that the other coin in the drawer is a gold coin ? Show Answer

Q122) A person travelled from one place to another at an average speed of 40 kilometres/hour and back to the original place at an average speed of 50
kilometres/hour. What is his average speed (in kilometres/hour) during the entire round-trip ?
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Q123) The final Agent Orange raid in Vietnam took place in 1970 - areas have begun to bloom again. But 19 years after the war's end, it seems plain that Agent Orange is killing and maiming human beings, something it never intended to do. The apparent toxic fallout from those clouds-is a crop of human miseries including cancers, miscarriages and birth defects-that may persist for decades.
The offensive substance referred to in this quotation is :
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Q124) Which one of the following fuels causes minimum environmental pollution ? Show Answer

Q125) A parachutist jumps from a height of 5000 metre. The relationship between his falling speed, v and the distance fallen through d is best represented as

: Show Answer

Q126) Which one of the following is incorrect in respect of Local Government in India ? Show Answer

Q127) Which of the following are the objectives of the Commission of Agricultural Cost and Prices (CACP)?
1. To stabilize agricultural prices.
2. To ensure meaningful real income level to the farmers.
3. To protect the interest of the consumers by providing essential agricultural commodities at reasonables rates through public distribution system
4. to ensure maximum price to the farmers. Show Answer