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61. The deficiency of which one of the following
leads to anemia?
a. Ascorbic acid
b. Citirc acid
c. Folic acid
d. Nicotinic acid





62. The highly fatal disease of Rabies is caused by
which one of the following?
a. Virus
b. Bacteria
c. Protozoan
d. Nematode worm






63. How in jasmine plant propagated?
a. Grafting
b. Layering
c. Root cutting
d. Stem cutting






64. Which chamber of the heart has the thickest
muscular walls?
a. Right atrium
b. Left atrium
c. Right ventricle
d. Left ventricle



65. Among the following fruits, which one is not a
true fruit?
a. Apple
b. Date
c. Coconut
d. Tomato




66. In human body, while one of the following
glands is located in the neck?
a. Adrenal
b. Hypothalamus
c. Pituitary
d. Thyroid





67. In human body, which one among the
following secretes digestive enzyme?
a. Large institute
b. Liver
c. Pancreas
d. Spleen




68. Which one among the following is a warm
blooded animal?
a. Anaconda
b. Crocodile
c. Shark
d. Whale




69. Which one among the following is an ape
naturally found in India?
a. Chimpanzee
b. Hoolak Gibbon
c. Gorilla
d. Orangutan




70. Which one among the following plants
produces seeds without producing flower?
a. Cashew nut
b. Date Palm
c. Pinus
d. Toddy






71. The stem of which one of the following plants
is usually underground?
a. Banana
b. Sweet potato
c. Topioca
d. Water melon




72. In the context of Wholesale Prize Index (WPI)
in India, under the Primary Articles’ group,
what is the approximate weight of ‘Food
Article’ in WPI?
a. 12
b. 15
c. 18
d. 21




73. Which one of the following is responsible for
bringing out the report on National and Per
Capita Income in India?
a. Ministry of Planning
b. Ministry of Human Resource
Development
c. Ministry of Home Affairs
d. Ministry of Statistics and Programme
Implementation




74. In terms of both quantity and value, which one
of the following countries is the largest cutting
and polishing centre of diamonds in the world?
a. Belgium
b. France
c. India
d. South Africa



75. Regarding the procurement of wheat for
central pool, which one of the following States
has the highest share of contribution?
a. Haryana
b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Punjab
d. Uttar Pradesh





76. So far how many times has the countrywide
“Economic Census” been done in India?
a. Thrice
b. Five times
c. Seven times
d. Nine times





77. Which among the following was the capital of
Shivaji?
a. Singhagarh
b. Raigarh
c. Panhala
d. Poona





78. Who among the following arrived in the court
of Jehangir as an official ambassador of King
of England?
a. William Hawkins
b. Sir Thomas Roe
c. Sir Edward Terry
d. Bernier






79. Which Mughal Emperor granted the Dewani
of Bengal to the British East India Company in
the year 1765?
a. Jehangir
b. Shahjahan
c. Aurangzeb
d. Shah Alam-II





80. Who of the following was the representative of
Indian National Congress in the Second Round
Table Conference, held in London?
a. Madan Mohan Malviya
b. C. Rajagopalachari
c. Mahatma Gandhi
d. Vallabhbhai Patel



81. Where did Lala Hardayal and Sohan Singh
Bhakna form the Gadar Party in 1913?
a. Paris
b. San Francisco
c. Tokyo
d. London




82. Prior to Independence, the elections to the
Constituent Assembly were held under which
one of the following?
a. Mountbatten Plan
b. Cabinet Mission
c. Cripps Proposals
d. Wavell Plan





83. Who among the following introduced cashew
nut, pineapple and tobacco into India?
a. Dutch
b. English
c. French
d. Portuguese




84. When All India Trade Union Congress was
founded in 1920, who of the following was
elected its president?
a. C.R. Das
b. Lala Pajpat Rai
c. N.M. Joshi
d. V.V. Giri




85. Which one of the following was the occasion
on which Jawaharlal Nehru stepped forward,
as an important national leader?
a. Agitation against Rowlatt Act
b. Launch of Non-Cooperation Movement
c. Formation of Swaraj Party
d. Agitation against the arrival of Simon
Commission



At the time of Tripuri Congress Session in
1939 in which Subhash Bose has defeated
Sitaramayya, who among the following had
withdrawn his candidature from
Presidentship?
a. Abdul Kalam Azad
b. Jawaharlal Nehru
c. Jayaprakash Narayan
d. Vallabhbhai Patel



87. Which one of the following was not a
programme of the Non-Cooperation cell given
in 1920?
a. Boycott of titles
b. Boycott of Civil Services
c. Boycott of English education
d. Boycott of police and army





88. In which year was Mahatma Gandhi’s famous
work Hind Swaraj written?
a. 1907
b. 1909
c. 1914
d. 1934




89. Consider the following statements with
reference to Union Government:
1. The tenure of Chairman/Members of Staff
Selection Commission is for five years or
still they attain the age of 62 years,
whichever is earlier.
2. The tenure of Chairman/Member of Union
Public Service Commission is for six years
or till they attain the age of 65 years,
whichever is earlier.
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2




90. According to the provisions of the
Constitution of India, who inquires into all
doubts and decides disputes arising out of or in
connection with the election of Vice-President
of India?
a. The President of India
b. The Supreme Court of India
c. The Election Commission of India
d. The Attorney General of India




91. Who among the following tribes live in the
Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar
Islands?
a. Apatani
b. Jarawa
c. Munda
d. Santhal




92. Match List I with List II and select the correct
answer using the code given below the lists:

List I
(Book)
A. Crime and Punishment
B. Farewell to Arms
C. The Rights of Man
D. Unto The Last
List II
(Author)
1. Ernest Hemingway
2. Feodor Dostoyevsky
3. John Ruskin
4. Thomas Paine
Code:
A B C D
a. 2 3 4 1
b. 4 1 2 3
c. 4 3 2 1
d. 3 1 4 3





93. In India, when both, the offices of the
President and the Vice-President happen to be
vacant simultaneously, who will discharge the
duties of the President?
a. The Prime Minister
b. The Union Home Minister
c. The Speaker of Lok Sabha
d. The Chief Justice of India




94. For the review of which of the following was a
Commission under the chairmanship of Justice
M.N. Venkatachaliah constituted by Union
Government?
* a. Industrial sickness
b. River water disputes
c. The Constitution of India
d. Centre-State relations




95. In which one of the following countries did the
Industrial Revolution first take place?
a. USA
b. UK
c. Germany
d. France




96. Who of the following is the author of the
famous book ‘Das Kapital’?
a. Adam Smith
b. Karl Marx
c. Rousseau
d. Voltaire




97. Which one of the following is the correct
statement?
In the Parliament of India, a money bill can be
introduced only with the recommendation of
a. the President of India
b. the Prime Minister of India
c. the Speaker of Lok Sabha
d. the Union Finance Minister



98. Which one of the following is a place of
famous Hindu pilgrimage as well as a site of
important hydroelectric power project?
a. Devaprayag
b. Guntur
c. Nasik-Triambakeshwar
d. Omkareshwar




99. State which one of the following groups of
oceanic water currents meet near
‘Newfoundland Island’ of Canada?
a. Gulf Stream and Labrador
b. Kuroshio and Kurile
c. Agulhas and Mozambique
d. Brazilian and Falkland




100. How many Indian States border Myanmar?
a. Three
b. Four
c. Five
d. Six



101. Match List I with List Ii and select the correct
answer using the code given below the lists:
List I
(Name of the River)
A. Godavari
B. Krishna
C. Tapti
D. Cauvery
List II
(Tributary Joining)
1. Parna
2. Hemavati
3. Pranhita
4. Koyana
Code:
A B C D
a.1 4 3 2
b.3 2 1 4
c.1 2 3 4
d.3 4 1 2



102. Where is the Port of East London located?
a. England
b. Ireland
c. East coast of USA
d. South Africa




103. Which one of the following pairs is not
correctly matched?
a. Northern Rhodesia : Namibia
b. Gold Coast : Ghana
c. Dutch Guyana : Suriname
d. Dutch East Indies : Indonesia




104. Khmer Rouge atrocities pertained to which
one among the following?
a. South Africa
b. Iraq
c. Libya
d. Cambodia



105. Recently, the President of India conferred the
India Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament
and Development for 2006 on whom among
the following?
a. Kim Dae Jung
b. Mohamed El Baradei
c. Shirin Ebadi
d. Wangari Muta Maathai




106. In the year 2007, which one of the following
pairs of countries launched spacecrafts to carry
out research on the Moon?
a. Australia and Canada
b. China and Japan
c. France and Germany
d. Russia and South Korea




107. In December, 2007, which one of the
following countries launched in interceptor
missile called AAD-02 to intercept a ballistic
missile?
a. Iran
b. North Korea
c. India
d. Pakistan




108. Recently, who of the following writers in
English, has been awarded the Sahitya
Akademi Fellowship?
a. Amitav Ghosh
b. Anita Desai
c. Jhumpa Lahiri
d. Shashi Tharoor



109. In the context of Indian Defence, what is
Admiral Gorshkov, frequently in the news?
a. Stealth worship
b. Nuclear powered submarine
c. Aircraft carrier
d. Marine oil drilling platform




110. Hugo Chavez, who is frequently in the news,
is a President of which one of the following
countries?
a. Argentina
b. Brazil
c. Cuba
d. Venezuela




111. What is the Defence outlay (approximate) in
India for the year 2008-09?
a. Rs. 65,000 crores
b. Rs. 85,000 crores
c. Rs. 95,000 crores
d. Rs. 1,05,000 crores






112. What is a major use of allethrin?
a. In household insecticides
b. In glass manufacture
c. In steel manufacture
d. In paints and varnishes




113. Which one of the following is not correctly
match (approximately)?
a. 4 Imperial gallons = 18.18 litres
b. 4 pounds = 1.81 kilograms
c. 30 pounds per sq. in. = 2.07 kg per sq. cm.
d. 5 hectares = 18.35 acres




114. Big Mac Index is employed in the
determination of which one of the following?
a. Infrastructure development
b. Purchasing power parity
c. Defence budget per capita
d. Crop yield




115. What does the term ‘Pyrrhic Victory’ imply?
a. A victory in a war wherein Air Force has
played a major role
b. A victory achieved at a great cost to the
winner
c. A victory of a political party wherein
members of the opposition party have
betrayed their own members
d. A victory achieved in games as a result of
match-fixing





116. The well-known sportsman Liu
Xiang has excelled in which event?
a. Table Tennis
b. Weightlifting
c. Hurdles race
d. Swimming




117. Which one of the following subjects is mainly
dealt with by Montreal Protocol?
a. Undersea cable network
b. International cooperation against terrorism
c. Depletion of Ozone layer
d. Exploration of outer space



118. From which year does the 11th Five Year Plan
start?
a. 2005
b. 2006
c. 2007
d. 2008




119. In the context of India’s defence, what is C-
130 J Hercules?
a. A supersonic fighter jet
b. A troop transport aircraft
c. An unmanned patrol aircraft
d. A multi-purpose amphibious vehicle



120. Who among the following is a blanker?
a. Samir Jain
b. Raghav Bahl
c. K.V. Kamath
d. G.M. Rao


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