Question No 26 to 60

26. Which of the following item’s expenditure share is almost equal to the remaining three items in

the given years ?

(A) Information & broadcasting

(B) Welfare to SC/ST and OBC

(C) Labour and employment

(D) Social welfare & nutrition

Answer:(D)

27. Which of the following items of social services has registered the highest rate of increase in

expenditures during 2007-08 to 2010-11 ?

(A) Education, sports & youth affairs

(B) Welfare to SC/ST & OBC

(C) Social welfare & nutrition

(D) Overall social services

Answer:(B)

28. Which of the following items has registered the highest rate of decline in terms of

expenditure during 2007-08 to 2009-10 ?

(A) Labour and employment

(B) Health & family welfare

(C) Social welfare & nutrition

(D) Education, sports & youth affairs

Answer:(A)

29. ALU stands for

(A) American Logic Unit

(B) Alternate Local Unit

(C) Alternating Logic Unit

(D) Arithmetic Logic Unit

Answer:(D)

30. A Personal Computer uses a number of

chips mounted on a circuit board called

(A) Microprocessor

(B) System Board

(C) Daughter Board

(D) Mother Board

Answer:(D)

31. Computer Virus is a

(A) Hardware

(B) Bacteria

(C) Software

 (D) None of these

Answer:(C)

32. Which one of the following is correct ?

(A) (17)10 = (17)16

(B) (17)10 = (17)8

(C) (17)10 = (10111)2

(D) (17)10 = (10001)2

Answer:(D)

33. The file extension of MS-Word

document in Office 2007 is _______.

(A) .pdf

(B) .doc

(C) .docx

(D) .txt

Answer:(C)

34. _______ is a protocol used by e-mail

clients to download e-mails to your

computer.

(A) TCP

(B) FTP

(C) SMTP

(D) POP

Answer:(D)

35. Which of the following is a source of

methane ?

(A) Wetlands

(B) Foam Industry

(C) Thermal Power Plants

(D) Cement Industry

Answer:(A)

36. ‘Minamata disaster’ in Japan was

caused by pollution due to

(A) Lead

(B) Mercury

(C) Cadmium

(D) Zinc

Answer:(B)

37. Biomagnification means increase in the

(A) concentration of pollutants in

living organisms

(B) number of species

(C) size of living organisms

(D) biomass

Answer:(A)

38. Nagoya Protocol is related to

(A) Climate change

(B) Ozone depletion

(C) Hazardous waste

(D) Biodiversity

Answer:(D)

39. The second most important source after

fossil fuels contributing to India’s

energy needs is

(A) Solar energy

(B) Nuclear energy

(C) Hydropower

(D) Wind energy

Answer:(C)

40. In case of earthquakes, an increase of

magnitude 1 on Richter Scale implies

(A) a ten-fold increase in the

amplitude of seismic waves.

(B) a ten-fold increase in the energy

of the seismic waves.

(C) two-fold increase in the amplitude

of seismic waves.

(D) two-fold increase in the energy of

seismic waves.

Answer:(A)

41. Which of the following is not a measure

of Human Development Index ?

(A) Literacy Rate

(B) Gross Enrolment

(C) Sex Ratio

(D) Life Expectancy

Answer:(C)

42. India has the highest number of students

in colleges after

(A) the U.K.

(B) the U.S.A.

(C) Australia

(D) Canada

Answer:(B)

43. Which of the following statement(s)

is/are not correct about the Attorney

General of India ?

1. The President appoints a person,

who is qualified to be a Judge of a

High Court, to be the Attorney

General of India.

2. He has the right of audience in all

the Courts of the country.

3. He has the right to take part in the

proceedings of the Lok Sabha and

the Rajya Sabha.

4. He has a fixed tenure.

Select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

Codes :

(A) 1 and 4 (B) 2, 3 and 4

(C) 3 and 4 (D) 3 only

Answer:(A)

44. Which of the following prefix President

Pranab Mukherjee desires to be

discontinued while interacting with Indian

dignitaries as well as in official notings ?

1. His Excellency 2. Mahamahim

3. Hon’ble 4. Shri/Smt.

Select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

Codes :

(A) 1 and 3

(B) 2 and 3

(C) 1 and 2

(D) 1, 2 and 3

Answer:(C)

45. Which of the following can be done

under conditions of financial emergency ?

1. State Legislative Assemblies can be

abolished.

2. Central Government can acquire

control over the budget and

expenditure of States.

3. Salaries of the Judges of the High

Courts and the Supreme Court can

be reduced.

4. Right to Constitutional Remedies

can be suspended.

Select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

Codes :

(A) 1, 2 and 3

(B) 2, 3 and 4

(C) 1 and 2

(D) 2 and 3

Answer:(D)

46. Match List – I with List – II and select

the correct answer from the codes given

below :

List – I  List – II

(a) Poverty (i) Mid-day

Reduction Meals

Programme

(b) Human (ii) Indira Awas Yojana

Development (IAY)

Scheme

(c) Social (iii) National Old

Assistance Age Pension(NOAP)

Scheme

(d) Minimum (iv) MNREGA

Need Scheme

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)

(B) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)

(C) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)

(D) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)

Answer:(A)

47. For an efficient and durable learning,

learner should have

(A) ability to learn only

(B) requisite level of motivation only

(C) opportunities to learn only

(D) desired level of ability and

motivation

Answer:(D)

48. Classroom communication must be

(A) Teacher centric

(B) Student centric

(C) General centric

(D) Textbook centric

Answer:(B)

49. The best method of teaching is to

(A) impart information

(B) ask students to read books

(C) suggest good reference material

(D) initiate a discussion and

participate in it

Answer:(D)

50. Interaction inside the classroom should

generate

(A) Argument

(B) Information

(C) Ideas

(D) Controversy

Answer:(C)

51. “Spare the rod and spoil the child”,

gives the message that

(A) punishment in the class should be

banned.

(B) corporal punishment is not

acceptable.

(C) undesirable behaviour must be

punished.

(D) children should be beaten with

rods.

Answer:(C)

52. The type of communication that the

teacher has in the classroom, is termed

as

(A) Interpersonal

(B) Mass communication

(C) Group communication

(D) Face-to-face communication

Answer:(C)

53. Which one of the following is an

indication of the quality of a research

journal ?

(A) Impact factor

(B) h-index

(C) g-index

(D) i10-index

Answer:(A)

54. Good ‘research ethics’ means

(A) Not disclosing the holdings of

shares/stocks in a company that

sponsors your research.

(B) Assigning a particular research

problem to one Ph.D./research

student only.

(C) Discussing with your colleagues

confidential data from a research

paper that you are reviewing for

an academic journal.

(D) Submitting the same research

manuscript for publishing in more

than one journal.

Answer:(B)

55. Which of the following sampling

methods is based on probability ?

(A) Convenience sampling

(B) Quota sampling

(C) Judgement sampling

(D) Stratified sampling

Answer:(D)

56. By which of the following proposition,

the proposition ‘some men are not

honest’ is contradicted ?

(A) All men are honest.

(B) Some men are honest.

(C) No men are honest.

(D) All of the above.

Answer:(A)

57. A stipulative definition is

(A) always true

(B) always false

(C) sometimes true sometimes false

(D) neither true nor false

Answer:(D)

58. Choose the appropriate alternative

given in the codes to replace the

question mark.

Examiner – Examinee, Pleader – Client,

Preceptor – ?

(A) Customer (B) Path-finder

(C) Perceiver (D) Disciple

Answer:(D)

59. If the statement ‘most of the students

are obedient’ is taken to be true, which

one of the following pair of statements

can be claimed to be true ?

I. All obedient persons are students.

II. All students are obedient.

III. Some students are obedient.

IV. Some students are not disobedient.

Codes :

(A) I & II (B) II & III

(C) III & IV (D) II & IV

Answer:(C)

60. Choose the right code :

A deductive argument claims that :

I. The conclusion does not claim

something more than that which is

contained in the premises.

II. The conclusion is supported by the

premise/premises conclusively.

III. If the conclusion is false, then

premise/premises may be either

true or false.

IV. If premise/combination of premises

is true, then conclusion must be

true.

Codes :

(A) I and II (B) I and III

(C) II and III (D) All the above

Answer:(A)