Question No 1 to 28

Paper I 

Note :  This paper contains Sixty (60) multiple choice questions, 

each question carrying two (2) marks.

 Candidate is expected to answer any Fifty (50) questions.

 In case more than Fifty (50) questions are attempted, only the first 

Fifty (50) questions will be evaluated

1. Which one of the following references

is written as per Modern Language

Association (MLA) format ?

 (A) Hall, Donald. Fundamentals of

Electronics,

 New Delhi : Prentice Hall of

India, 2005

 (B) Hall, Donald, Fundamentals of

Electronics,

 New Delhi : Prentice Hall of

India, 2005

 (C) Hall, Donald, Fundamentals of

Electronics,

 New Delhi – Prentice Hall of

India, 2005

 (D) Hall, Donald. Fundamentals of

Electronics.

 New Delhi : Prentice Hall of

India, 2005

Answer:(D)

2. A workshop is

 (A) a conference for discussion on a

topic.

 (B) a meeting for discussion on a

topic.

 (C) a class at a college or a

university in which a teacher

and the students discuss a topic.

 (D) a brief intensive course for a

small group emphasizing the

development of a skill or

technique for solving a specific

problem.

Answer:(D)

3. A working hypothesis is

 (A) a proven hypothesis for an

argument.

 (B) not required to be tested.

 (C) a provisionally accepted

hypothesis for further research.

 (D) a scientific theory.

Answer:(C)

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions (4 to 9) :

 The Taj Mahal has become one of the world’s best known monuments. This domed white

marble structure is situated on a high plinth at the southern end of a four-

quartered garden,

evoking the gardens of paradise, enclosed within walls measuring 305 by 549 metres. Outside

the walls, in an area known as Mumtazabad, were living quarters for attendants, markets, serais

and other structures built by local merchants and nobles. The tomb complex and the other

imperial structures of Mumtazabad were maintained by the income of thirty villages given

specifically for the tomb’s support. The name Taj Mahal is unknown in Mughal chronicles, but

it is used by contemporary Europeans in India, suggesting that this was the tomb’s popular

name. In contemporary texts, it is generally called simply the Illuminated Tomb (Rauza-i-Munavvara).

unavvara).

 Mumtaz Mahal died shortly after delivering her fourteenth child in 1631. The Mughal

court was then residing in Burhanpur. Her remains were temporarily buried by the grief-

stricken emperor in a spacious garden known as Zainabad on the bank of the river Tapti. Six

months later her body was transported to Agra, where it was interred in land chosen for the

mausoleum. This land, situated south of the Mughal city on the bank of the Jamuna, had

belonged to the Kachhwaha rajas since the time of Raja Man Singh and was purchased from

the then current raja, Jai Singh. Although contemporary chronicles indicate Jai Singh’s willing

cooperation in this exchange, extant farmans (imperial commands) indicate that the final price

was not settled until almost two years after the mausoleum’s commencement. Jai Singh’s

further cooperation was insured by imperial orders issued between 1632 and 1637 demanding

that he provide stone masons and carts to transport marble from the mines at Makrana, within

his “ancestral domain”, to Agra where both the Taj Mahal and Shah Jahan’s additions to the

Agra fort were constructed concurrently.

 Work on the mausoleum was commenced early in 1632. Inscriptional evidence indicates

much of the tomb was completed by 1636. By 1643, when Shah Jahan most lavishly celebrated

the ‘Urs ceremony for Mumtaz Mahal’, the entire complex was virtually complete.

4. Marble stone used for the construction of the Taj Mahal was brought from the ancestral

domain of Raja Jai Singh. The name of the place where mines of marble is

 (A) Burhanpur (B) Makrana

 (C) Amber (D) Jaipur

Answer:(B)

5. The popular name Taj Mahal was given by

 (A) Shah Jahan (B) Tourists

 (C) Public (D) European travellers

Answer:(D)

6. Point out the true statement from the following :

 (A) Marble was not used for the construction of the Taj Mahal.

 (B) Red sand stone is non-visible in the Taj Mahal complex.

 (C) The Taj Mahal is surrounded by a four-quartered garden known as Chahr Bagh.

 (D) The Taj Mahal was constructed to celebrate the ‘Urs ceremony for Mumtaz Mahal’.

Answer:(C)

7. In the contemporary texts the Taj Mahal is known

 (A) Mumtazabad (B) Mumtaz Mahal

 (C) Zainabad (D) Rauza-i-Munavvara

Answer:(D)

8. The construction of the Taj Mahal was completed between the period

(A) 1632 – 1636 A.D.

(B) 1630 – 1643 A.D.

(C) 1632 – 1643 A.D.

(D) 1636 – 1643 A.D.

Answer:(C)

9. The documents indicating the ownership of land, where the Taj Mahal was built, known as

(A) Farman

(B) Sale Deed

(C) Sale-Purchase Deed

(D) None of the above

Answer:(A)

10. In the process of communication,

which one of the following is in the

chronological order ?

 (A) Communicator, Medium,

Receiver, Effect, Message

 (B) Medium, Communicator,

Message, Receiver, Effect

 (C) Communicator, Message,

Medium, Receiver, Effect

 (D) Message, Communicator,

Medium, Receiver, Effect

Answer:(C)

11. Bengal Gazette, the first Newspaper

in India was started in 1780 by

 (A) Dr. Annie Besant

 (B) James Augustus Hicky

 (C) Lord Cripson

 (D) A.O. Hume

Answer:(B)

12. Press censorship in India was imposed

during the tenure of the Prime Minister

 (A) Rajeev Gandhi

 (B) Narasimha Rao

 (C) Indira Gandhi

 (D) Deve Gowda

Answer:(C)

13. Communication via New media such

as computers, teleshopping, internet

and mobile telephony is termed as

 (A) Entertainment

 (B) Interactive communication

 (C) Developmental communication

 (D) Communitarian

Answer:(B)

14. Classroom communication of a

teacher rests on the principle of

 (A) Infotainment

 (B) Edutainment

 (C) Entertainment

 (D) Enlightenment

Answer:(B)

15. ________ is important when a teacher

communicates with his/her student.

 (A) Sympathy

 (B) Empathy

 (C) Apathy

 (D) Antipathy

Answer:(B)

16. In a certain code GALIB is

represented by HBMJC. TIGER will

be represented by

 (A) UJHFS (B) UHJSF

 (C) JHUSF (D) HUJSF

Answer:(A)

17. In a certain cricket tournament 45

matches were played. Each team

played once against each of the other

teams. The number of teams

participated in the tournament is

 (A) 8 (B) 10

 (C) 12 (D) 14

Answer:(B)

18. The missing number in the series

 40, 120, 60, 180, 90, ?, 135 is

 (A) 110 (B) 270

 (C) 105 (D) 210

Answer:(B)

19. The odd numbers from 1 to 45 which

are exactly divisible by 3 are arranged

in an ascending order. The number at

6th position is

 (A) 18 (B) 24

 (C) 33 (D) 36

Answer:(C)

20. The mean of four numbers a, b, c, d is

100. If c = 70, then the mean of the

remaining numbers is

 (A) 30 (B) 85/2

 (C) 170/3 (D) 110

Answer:(D)

21. If the radius of a circle is increased by

50%, the perimeter of the circle will

increase by

 (A) 20% (B) 30%

 (C) 40% (D) 50%

Answer:(D)

22. If the statement ‘some men are

honest’ is false, which among the

following statements will be true.

Choose the correct code given below :

 (i) All men are honest.

 (ii) No men are honest.

 (iii) Some men are not honest.

 (iv) All men are dishonest.

Codes :

(A) (i), (ii) and (iii)

 (B) (ii), (iii) and (iv)

 (C) (i), (iii) and (iv)

 (D) (ii), (i) and (iv)

Answer:(B)

23. Choose the proper alternative given in

the codes to replace the question

mark.

 Bee – Honey, Cow – Milk, Teacher – ?

 (A) Intelligence (B) Marks

 (C) Lessons (D) Wisdom

Answer:(D)

24. P is the father of R and S is the son of

Q and T is the brother of P. If R is the

sister of S, how is Q related to T ?

 (A) Wife

 (B) Sister-in-law

 (C) Brother-in-law

 (D) Daughter-in-law

Answer:(B)

25. A definition put forward to resolve a

dispute by influencing attitudes or

stirring emotions is called

 (A) Lexical (B) Persuasive

 (C) Stipulative (D) Precisions

Answer:(B)

26. Which of the codes given below

contains only the correct statements ?

Statements :

(i) Venn diagram is a clear method

of notation.

 (ii) Venn diagram is the most direct

method of testing the validity of

categorical syllogisms.

 (iii) In Venn diagram method the

premises and the conclusion of a

categorical syllogism is

diagrammed.

 (iv) In Venn diagram method the

three overlapping circles are

drawn for testing a categorical

syllogism.

Codes :

(A) (i), (ii) & (iii)

 (B) (i), (ii) & (iv)

 (C) (ii), (iii) & (iv)

 (D) (i), (iii) & (iv)

Answer:(B)

27. Inductive reasoning presupposes

 (A) unity in human nature

 (B) integrity in human nature

 (C) uniformity in human nature

 (D) harmony in human nature

Answer:(C)

28. Which of the following two years

have recorded the highest rate of

increase in area under the total

horticulture ?

 (A) 2005–06 & 2006–07

 (B) 2006–07 & 2008–09

 (C) 2007–08 & 2008–09

 (D) 2006–07 & 2007–08

Answer:(D)