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Q.1) ‘Threat of global warming’ is increasing due to increasing concentration of:
(A) Ozone (B) Nitrous oxide
(C) Sulphur dioxide (D) Carbon dioxide

Q.2) When a body is taken from the earth to the moon :
(A) Its weight increases
(B) Its weight decreases
(C) Its weight remains unchanged
(D) It becomes completely weightless

Q.3) Expansion during heating :
(A) Occurs only in solid
(B) Increases the weight of the material
(C) Decreases the density of the material
(D) Occurs at the same rate for all liquids and solids

Q.4) The Finance Commission is primarily concerned with recommending to the President about :
(A) The principle governing grants-in-aid to be given to the States
(B) Distributing the net proceeds of the taxes between the Centre and the States
(C) Neither (A) nor (B)
(D) Both (A) and (B)

Q.5) The Parliament can make law for the whole or any part of India for implementing International
Treaties :
(A) With the consent of all the States
(B) With the consent of majority of States
(C) With the consent of the State concerned
(D) Without the consent of any State

Q.6) Rajya Sabha can delay the Finance Bill sent for its consideration by the Lok Sabha for a maximum
period of :
(A) One month (B) One year
(C) Seven days (D) Fourteen days

Q.7) The First day session of Indian Constituent Assembly was chaired by :
(A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (B) Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru
(C) Dr. B.R.Ambedkar (D) Dr. Sachchidanand Sinha

Q.8) Which one of the following is not a department in the Ministry of Human Resource Development?
(A) Department of Elementary Education and Literacy
(B) Department of Secondary Education and Higher Education
(C) Department of Technical Education
(D) Department of Woman and Child Development

Q.9) Who is known a the first Law Officer of India?
(A) Chief Justice of India
(B) Law Minister of India
(C) Solicitor General of India
(D) Law Secretary

Q.10) The Comptroller and Auditor General is appointed by the President. He can be removed :
(A) By the President
(B) On an address from both Houses of Parliament (C) By the Supreme Court
(D) On the recommendation of the President by the Supreme Court

Q.11) Nathu La Pass is situated in which state?
(A) Arunachal Pradesh (B) Assam
(C) Meghalaya (D) Sikkim

Q.12) Who will decide the Office of Profit?
(A) President and Governor
(B) Union Parliament
(C) Supreme Court
(D) Union Public Service Commission

Q.13) To be officially recognized by the Speaker of Lok Sabha as an Opposition Group, a party or Coalition
of Parties must have at least :
(A) 50 members (B) 60 members
(C) 80 members (D) 1
3
of total members of the Lok Sabha

Q.14) Which of the following is not included in the Directive Principles of State Policy?
(A) Prohibition of liquor
(B) Right to work
(C) Equal wage for equal work
(D) Right to information

Q.15) Right to Education to all children between the age of 6 to 14 years is :
(A) Included in the Directive Principles of State Policy
(B) A Fundamental Right
(C) A Statutory Right
(D) None of the above

Q.16) How many times has Financial Emergency been declared in India so far?
(A) 5 times (B) 4 times
(C) Once (D) Never

Q.17) The annual growth rate of the Indian Economy at 1999-2000 prices during 2005-2006 has been
estimated between :
(A) 8 to 9 per cent (B) 7 to 8 per cent
(C) 6 to 7 per cent (D) 5 to 6 per cent

Q.18) Which one of the following motions can the Council of Ministers in India move?
(A) No Confidence Motion
(B) Censure Motion
(C) Adjournment Motion
(D) Confidence Motion

Q.19) Which one of the following on the Consolidated Fund of India?
(A) Salary and allowances of the President of India.
(B) Salary and allowances of the Vice President of India.
(C) Salary and allowances of the Justices of the Supreme Court of India.
(D) Salary and allowances of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

Q.20) Which one of the following is the time limit for the ratification of an emergency period by the
Parliament?
(A) 14 days (B) 1 month (C) 3 months (D) 6 months

Q.21) Given below are two statements :
Assertion (A) : Powers for conducting elections to the Parliament and State Legislatures in a free and
fair manner have been given to an independent body i.e. the Election Commission.
Reason (R) : Powers of removal of Election Commissioners is with the executive.

In the context of above, which one of the following is correct?
Codes :
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false but R is true.

Q.22) Which one of the following is not an objective of fiscal policy of Indian Government?
(A) Full employment
(B) Price stability
(C) Regulation of inter-State trade
(D) Equitable distribution of wealth and income.

Q.23) Hindu Rate of growth refers to the rate of growth of :
(A) GDP (B) Population
(C) Foodgrains (D) Per capita income

Q.24) As per recommendations of the Twelfth Finance Commission, percentage share of States of the
shareable central taxes is?
(A) 28.5 (B) 29.5
(C) 30.5 (D) 32.4

Q.25) In India, national income is estimated by :
(A) Planning Commission
(B) Central Statistical Organization
(C) Indian Statistical Institute
(D) National Sample Survey Organization


ANSWERS


1. (D)
2. (B)
3. (C)
4. (D)
5. (D)
6. (D)
7. (D)
8. (C)
9. (C)
10. (A)
11. (D)
12. (B)
13. (A)
14. (D)
15. (B)
16. (D)
17. (A)
18. (D)
19. (B)
20. (B)
21. (B)
22. (C)
23. (A)
24. (C)
25. (B)

Q.1) Bharat Nirman Scheme of the UPA Government does not include :
(A) Rural Water Supply Project
(B) Irrigation Benefit Programme
(C) Rural Electrification
(D) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

Q.2) Which one of the following committee recommended the abolition of reservation of items for the
small scale sector in industry?
(A) Abid Hussain Committee
(B) Narasimhan Committee
(C) Nayak Committee
(D) Rakesh Mohan Committee

Q.3) In the last one decade which one among the following sectors has attracted the highest Foreign Direct
Investment inflows into India?
(A) Chemicals other than fertilizers
(B) Services sector
(C) Food Processing
(D) Telecommunication

Q.4) Who formulates the monetary policy in India?
(A) SEBI (B) RBI
(C) Finance Ministry (D) Planning Commission

Q.5) The population of Uttar Pradesh has been rapidly growing during the last two decades because of :
(A) Increased literacy rate (B) Improvement in health and control of diseases
(C) Improved agriculture (D) Rapid urbanization

Q.6) Consider the following statements and select the correct answer using the code given below :
Assertion (A) : Educated unemployment increases with high rate of economic growth.
Reason (R) : It happens only when there is lack of professional education.

Codes :
(A) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false but R is true.

Q.7) Six more Public Sector Undertakings have been accorded status of miniratna by Government of India
(September 2006). Choose the one which is not included amongst them from the following :
(A) Bharat Sanchar Nigam
(B) Indian Telephone Industries
(C) Hindustan Latex
(D) Rashtriya Ispat

Q.8) Consider according to Buddhism :
Assertion (A) : There is no rebirth.
Reason (R) : There is no soul.

Now select your answer from the following code :

Codes : (A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false but R is true.

Q.9) Which one of the following propounded that destiny determines everything, man is powerless?
(A) Jainas (B) Buddhists
(C) Ajivakas (D) Mimansakas

Q.10) Lord Buddha preached the following four noble truths. Put them in correct order using the code given
below :
(a) There is suffering.
(b) There is cessation of suffering.
(c) There is a path leading to the cessation of suffering.
(d) There is cause of suffering.

Codes :
(A) a, d, b, c
(B) a, d, c, b
(C) a, c, b, d
(D) a, b, d, c

Q.11) Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya was the disciple of :
(A) Sheikh Alauddin Sabir
(B) Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti
(C) Baba Farid
(D) Sheikh Ahmad Sirhindi

Q.12) Which one of the following was favoured by Nehru but not favoured by Gandhiji?
(A) Truth (B) Non-violence
(C) Untouchability (D) Heavy industrialisation

Q.13) Consider :
Assertion (A) : Nehru had no regard for the Upanishads.
Reason (R) : His attitude was scientific.

Now select your answer from the following code :

Codes :
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false but R is true.

Q.14) Ashtadhayi was written by :
(A) Vedavyas (B) Panini
(C) Shukadeva (D) Balmiki

Q.15) Adi Shankaracharya established four mathas. These mathas are situated at :
(A) Sringeri, Dwarka, Joshimath, Prayab
(B) Dwarka, Joshimath, Prayag, Kanchi
(C) Joshimath, Dwarka, Puri, Sringeri
(D) Puri, Sringeri, Dwarka, Varanasi

Q.16) Who was the founder of ‘Servants of India Society’?
(A) Madan Mohan Malviya (B) Sarojini Naidu
(C) Justice Ranade
(D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Q.17) The third Sangam was held at :
(A) Arrikkamedu (B) Ernakulam
(C) Madurai (D) Tuticorin

Q.18) Who among the following was the founder of the ‘Satya Shodhak Samaj’?
(A) Dr. B.R.Ambedkar (B) Jyotiba Phule
(C) Narayan Guru (D) Ramaswamy Naicker

Q.19) Cotton for textile was first cultivated in :
(A) Egypt (B) Mesopotamia
(C) Central America (D) India

Q.20) Consider the following statements :
Assertion (A) : Muhammad Tughlaq’s scheme of token currency was a failure.
Reason (R) : Muhammad Tughlaq had no proper control over the issuance of coins.

Select the correct answer using the code given below :

Codes :
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false but R is true.

Q.21) By which name was Chanakya known in his childhood?
(A) Ajaya (B) Chanakya
(C) Vishnugupta (D) Deogupta

Q.22) Rock cut architecture in Harapan culture context has been found at :
(A) Kalibangan (B) Dhaulabira
(C) Kotdiji (D) Amri

Q.23) Where was the first Madarsa set up by the British in India?
(A) Madras (B) Bombay
(C) Aligarh (D) Calcutta

Q.24) Who among the following Pakistani National was awarded the ‘Bharat Ratna’ by the Indian
Government?
(A) Liaqat Ali Khan
(B) M.A.Jinnah
(C) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(D) Muhammad Iqbal

Q.25) Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below :
List-I List-II
(a) Lachchu Maharaj 1. Dhrupad
(b) Fayyaz Khan 2. Ghazal
(c) Sidheshwari Devi 3. Kathak
(d) Talat Mehmood 4. Thumri
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 4 3 2 1 (B) 3 1 4 2
(C) 1 2 3 4
(D) 2 3 1 4


ANSWERS


1. (D)
2. (A)
3. (D)
4. (B)
5. (D)
6. (A)
7. (B)
8. (D)
9. (C)
10. (A)
11. (C)
12. (D)
13. (D)
14. (B)
15. (C)
16. (D)
17. (C)
18. (B)
19. (D)
20. (A)
21. (C)
22. (B)
23. (D)
24. (C)
25. (B)

Q.1) Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the code given below :
1. India’s population is characterized by a high growth rate.
2. With the current growth rate it is likely to overtake China in the near future.
3. Out of every six persons of the World one is an Indian.
4. About 40% of the India’s population is below the poverty line level.

Codes :
(A) 1, 2 and 3 are correct (B) 2, 3 and 4 are correct
(C) 1, 3 and 4 are correct (D) 1, 2 and 4 are correct

Q.2) In the Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh States, the joint ‘Rajghat River Valley Project’ is launched
on :
(A) Ken river (B) Son river
(C) Chambal river (D) Betwa river

Q.3) Which state in the country has the largest number of districts?
(A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Maharashtra
(C) Tamil Nadu (D) Uttar Pradesh

Q.4) Environment refers :
(A) As the natural world of land, water, air, plants and animals that exist around it.
(B) To the sum total of conditions which surround man at a given point of time.
(C) The interacting systems of physical, biological and cultural elements which are interlinked.
(D) All the above.

Q.5) The cells which have the capacity to divide and differentiate into any type of cells in the body are the
focus of research of several serious diseases are :
(A) Bud cells (B) Red cells
(C) Mesangial cells (D) Stem cells

Q.6) Environmental degradation means :
(A) Overall lowering of environmental qualities
(B) Adverse changes brought in by human activities
(C) Ecological imbalance because of ecological diversity
(D) All the above

Q.7) Which one of the following is known as ‘Satellite Town’?
(A) Moradabad (B) Hyderabad
(C) Ghaziabad (D) Ahmedabad

Q.8) Which of the following rivers have almost the same point of beginning?
(A) Brahmaputra and Ganga
(B) Tapi and Beas
(C) Brahmaputra and Indus
(D) Indua and Ganga

Q.9) The local time of a place is 6.00 a.m. when the Greenwitch Mean Time (GMT) is 3.00 a.m. What is
the longitude of the place?
(A) 450
W (B) 450
E
(C) 1200
E (D) 1200
W

Q.10) In which State of India is the maximum area irrigated by Tube-wells?
(A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Bihar (C) Rajasthan (D) Uttar Pradesh

Q.11) Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(A) Haldia : Orissa
(B) Jamnagar : Maharashtra
(C) Numaligarh : Gujarat
(D) Panangudi : Tamil Nadu

Q.12) Which one of the following Indian rivers forms as estuary?
(A) Godavari (B) Kaveri
(C) Tapi (D) Mahanadi

Q.13) Which one of the following areas of India does not come under the zone of high seismic intensity?
(A) Uttaranchal (B) Karanatak Plateau
(C) Kachch (D) Himachal Pradesh

Q.14) Which of the following Indian island lies between India and Sir Lanka?
(A) Elephanta (B) Nicobar
(C) Rameshwaram (D) Salsette

Q.15) In which state do the Monsoons arrive first?
(A) Assam (B) West Bengal
(C) Maharashtra (D) Kerala

Q.16) Who among the following is constitutionally empowered to declare a geographic area as a scheduled
area?
(A) Governor (B) Chief Minister
(C) Prime Minister (D) President

Q.17) The World’s highest ground based telescopic observatory is located in :
(A) Colombia (B) India
(C) Nepal (D) Switzerland

Q.18) In U.P., the district with the highest literacy percentage is :
(A) Auraiya (B) Ghaziabad
(C) Etawah (D) Allahabad

Q.19) A memorandum of understanding for India’s first river linking project has been signed between two
states linking two rivers. The states and the rivers concerned are :
List-I List-II
(A) Punjab and Rajasthan : Beas and Banas
(B) Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh : Ken and Betwa
(C) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu : Krishna and Kaveri
(D) Uttar Pradesh and Bihar : Gomti and Sharda

Q.20) Consider the following statements about Uttar Pradesh :
1. Geographical area of UP is about 2,41,000 sq kms.
2. Sex ratio in UP as per 2001 census was 933 females per 1000 males.
3. UP has 17 Revenue Divisions.
4. Literacy percentage in UP as per 2001 census was 60.1.

Select the correct answer from the code given below :

Codes :
(A) 1 and 2 only (B) 1 and 3 only
(C) 3 and 4 only (D) 2 and 3 only
Q.21) Consider the following statements about Uttar Pradesh :
1. Literacy percentage as per 2001 census is 56.3.
2. The density of population is 690 per square km.
3. The most populous district is Kanpur Nagar.
4. The largest population of scheduled castes is in district Sitapur.

Select the correct answer from the code given below :

Codes :
(A) 1 and 2 only (B) 2, 3 and 4 only
(C) 1, 2 and 4 only (D) All the four

Q.22) Consider the following statements :
1. According to a survey conducted by Uttar Pradesh Department recently, Lucknow has been found
to be most developed.
2. As per recent study conducted in 20 states by the ‘Centre for Media Studies’, corruption in 2005 in
India is less than what it was in 2002.
3. As per target set for Bharat Nirman Yojna, houses to be constructed for the rural poor would not
even meet 50% of the shortage of rural houses.

Select the correct answer from the code given below :

Codes :
(A) 1 and 2 only (B) 2 and 3 only
(C) 1 and 3 only (D) All the three

Q.23) Special Economic Zones are being set up in UP at :
(A) Agra, Kanpur and Noida
(B) Agra, Kanpur and Greater Noida
(C) Meerut, Moradabad, Kanpur and Noida
(D) Moradabad, Kanpur, Noida and Greater Noida

Q.24) The ancient site where the full text of the Mahabarat was delivered orally to a congregation of 60,000
sages is :
(A) Ahichatra (B) Hastinapur
(C) Kampilya (D) Naimisharanya

Q.25) The quaintest relic of Chunar Fort is the shrine of :
(A) Adi Shankaracharya (B) Bhartruhari
(C) Chaitanya (D) Ramananda


ANSWERS


1. (A)
2. (D)
3. (D)
4. (D)
5. (D)
6. (D)
7. (C)
8. (C)
9. (B)
10. (D)
11. (D)
12. (C)
13. (B)
14. (C)
15. (D)
16. (D)
17. (B)
18. (A)
19. (B)
20. (B)
21. (D)
22. (A)
23. (B)
24. (D)
25. (B)

Contact Details:
Staff Selection Commission
Pragati Vihar,
CGO Complex,
New Delhi,
Delhi 110003 ‎
India

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