Question No 1 to 34

General Paper 1  Booklet Code W

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. Break-down in verbal communication

is described as

 (A) Short circuit

 (B) Contradiction

 (C) Unevenness

 (D) Entropy

Answer:(D)

2. The Telephone Model of

Communication was first developed

in the area of

 (A) Technological theory

 (B) Dispersion theory

 (C) Minimal effects theory

 (D) Information theory

Answer:(D)

3. The Dada Saheb Phalke Award for

2013 has been conferred on

 (A) Karan Johar (B) Amir Khan

 (C) Asha Bhonsle (D) Gulzar

Answer:(D)

4. Photographs are not easy to

 (A) publish (B) secure

 (C) decode (D) change

Answer:(C)

5. The grains that appear on a television

set when operated are also referred to

as

 (A) sparks (B) green dots

 (C) snow (D) rain drops

Answer:(C)

6. In circular communication, the

encoder becomes a decoder when

there is

 (A) noise (B) audience

 (C) criticality (D) feedback

Answer:(D)

7. In a post-office, stamps of three

different denominations of INR 7, INR 8,

INR 10 are available. The exact amount

for which one cannot buy stamps is

 (A) 19 (B) 20

 (C) 23 (D) 29

Answer:(A)

8. In certain coding method, the word

QUESTION is encoded as

DOMESTIC. In this coding, what is

the code word for the word

RESPONSE ?

 (A) OMESUCEM

 (B) OMESICSM

 (C) OMESICEM

 (D) OMESISCM

Answer:(C)

9. If the series 4, 5, 8, 13, 14, 17, 22, ....

is continued in the same pattern,

which one of the following is not a

term of this series ?

 (A) 31 (B) 32

 (C) 33 (D) 35

Answer:(C)

10. Complete the series BB, FE, II, ML,

PP, ...........by choosing one of the

following option given :

 (A) TS (B) ST

 (C) RS (D) SR

Answer:(A)

11. A man started walking from his house

towards south. After walking 6 km, he

turned to his left and walked 5 km.

Then he walked further 3 km after

turning left. He then turned to his left

and continued his walk for 9 km. How

far is he away from his house ?

 (A) 3 km (B) 4 km

 (C) 5 km (D) 6 km

Answer:(C)

12. One writes all numbers from 50 to 99

without the digits 2 and 7. How many

numbers have been written ?

 (A) 32 (B) 36

 (C) 40 (D) 38

Answer:(A)

13. “If a large diamond is cut up into little

bits, it will lose its value just as an

army is divided up into small units of

soldiers, it loses its strength.”

 The argument put above may be

called as

 (A) Analogical (B) Deductive

 (C) Statistical (D) Causal

Answer:(A)

14. Given below are some characteristics

of logical argument. Select the code

which expresses a characteristic

which is not of inductive in character.

 (A) The conclusion is claimed to

follow from its premises.

 (B) The conclusion is based on causal

relation.

 (C) The conclusion conclusively

follows from its premises.

 (D) The conclusion is based on

observation and experiment.

Answer:(C)

15. If two propositions having the same

subject and predicate terms can both

be true but can not both be false, the

relation between those two

propositions is called

 (A) contradictory

 (B) contrary

 (C) subcontrary

 (D) subaltern

Answer:(C)

16. Given below are two premises and

four conclusions drawn from those

premises. Select the code that

expresses conclusion drawn validly

from the premises (separately or

jointly).

Premises :

 (a) All dogs are mammals.

 (b) No cats are dogs.

Conclusions :

 (i) No cats are mammals.

 (ii) Some cats are mammals.

 (iii) No dogs are cats.

 (iv) No dogs are non-mammals.

Codes :

(A) (i) only (B) (i) and (ii)

 (C) (iii) and (iv) (D) (ii) and (iii)

Answer:(C)

17. Given below is a diagram of three

circles A, B & C inter-related with

each other. The circle A represents the

class of Indians, the circle B

represents the class of scientists and

circle C represents the class of

politicians. p, q, r, s ... represent

different regions. Select the code

containing the region that indicates

the class of Indian scientists who are

not politicians.

Codes :

 (A) q and s only

 (B) s only

 (C) s and r only

 (D) p, q and s only

Answer:(B)

18. Which of the following sources of

Irrigation has registered the largest

percentage of decline in Net area under

irrigation during 1997-98 and 2005-06 ?

 (A) Government canals

 (B) Private canals

 (C) Tanks

 (D) Other sources

Answer:(C)

19. Find out the source of Irrigation that has

registered the maximum improvement

in terms of percentage of Net irrigated

area during 2002-03 and 2003-04.

 (A) Government canals

 (B) Tanks

 (C) Tube wells and other wells

 (D) Other sources

Answer:(D)

20. In which of the following years, Net

irrigation by tanks increased at the

highest rate ?

 (A) 1998-99 (B) 2000-01

 (C) 2003-04 (D) 2005-06

Answer:(D)

21. Identify the source of Irrigation that

has recorded the maximum incidence

of negative growth in terms of Net

irrigated area during the years given

in the table.

 (A) Government canals

 (B) Private canals

 (C) Tube wells and other wells

 (D) Other sources

Answer:(A)

22. In which of the following years, share

of the tube wells and other wells in the

total net irrigated area was the highest ?

 (A) 1998-99 (B) 2000-01

 (C) 2002-03 (D) 2004-05

Answer:(C)

23. The acronym FTP stands for

 (A) File Transfer Protocol

 (B) Fast Transfer Protocol

 (C) File Tracking Protocol

 (D) File Transfer Procedure

Answer:(A)

24. Which one of the following is not a/an

image/graphic file format ?

 (A) PNG (B) GIF

 (C) BMP (D) GUI

Answer:(D)

25. The first web browser is

 (A) Internet Explorer

 (B) Netscape

 (C) World Wide Web

 (D) Firefox

Answer:(C)

26. When a computer is booting, BIOS is

loaded to the memory by

 (A) RAM (B) ROM

 (C) CD-ROM (D) TCP

Answer:(B)

27. Which one of the following is not the

same as the other three ?

 (A) MAC address

 (B) Hardware address

 (C) Physical address

 (D) IP address

Answer:(D)

28. Identify the IP address from the

following :

 (A) 300 - 215 - 317 - 3

 (B) 302 - 215@ 417 - 5

 (C) 202.50.20.148

 (D) 202 – 50 – 20 – 148

Answer:(C)

29. The population of India is about 1.2

billion. Take the average consumption

of energy per person per year in India

as 30 Mega Joules. If this

consumption is met by carbon based

fuels and the rate of carbon emissions

per kilojoule is 15 × 106

 kgs, the total

carbon emissions per year from India

will be

 (A) 54 million metric tons

 (B) 540 million metric tons

 (C) 5400 million metric tons

 (D) 2400 million metric tons

Answer:(X)

30. Which of the following cities has been

worst affected by urban smog in

recent times ?

 (A) Paris

 (B) London

 (C) Los Angeles

 (D) Beijing

Answer:(D)

31. The primary source of organic

pollution in fresh water bodies is

 (A) run-off urban areas

 (B) run-off from agricultural forms

 (C) sewage effluents

 (D) industrial effluents

Answer:(C)

32. ‘Lahar’ is a natural disaster involving

 (A) eruption of large amount of

material

 (B) strong winds

 (C) strong water waves

 (D) strong winds and water waves

Answer:(A)

33. In order to avoid catastrophic

consequences of climate change, there

is general agreement among the countries

of the world to limit the rise in average

surface temperature of earth compared

to that of pre-industrial times by

 (A) 1.5 °C to 2 °C

 (B) 2.0 °C to 3.5 °C

 (C) 0.5 °C to 1.0 °C

 (D) 0.25 °C to 0.5 °C

Answer:(A)

34. The National Disaster Management

Authority functions under the Union

Ministry of

 (A) Environment

 (B) Water Resources

 (C) Home Affairs

 (D) Defence

Answer:(C)