Question No 29 to 60

29. Shares of the area under flowers,

vegetables and fruits in the area under

total horticulture are respectively :

 (A) 1, 38 and 30 percent

 (B) 30, 38 and 1 percent

 (C) 38, 30 and 1 percent

 (D) 35, 36 and 2 percent

Answer:(A)

30. Which of the following has recorded

the highest rate of increase in area

during 2005-06 to 2009-10 ?

 (A) Fruits

 (B) Vegetables

 (C) Flowers

 (D) Total horticulture

Answer:(C)

31. Find out the horticultural crop that has

recorded an increase of area by around

10 percent from 2005-06 to 2009-10

 (A) Fruits

 (B) Vegetables

 (C) Flowers

 (D) Total horticulture

Answer:(B)

32. What has been the share of area under

fruits, vegetables and flowers in the area

under total horticulture in 2007- 08 ?

 (A) 53 percent (B) 68 percent

 (C) 79 percent (D) 100 percent

Answer:(B)

33. In which year, area under fruits has

recorded the highest rate of increase ?

 (A) 2006-07 (B) 2007-08

 (C) 2008-09 (D) 2009-10

Answer:(A)

34. ‘www’ stands for

 (A) work with web

 (B) word wide web

 (C) world wide web

 (D) worth while web

Answer:(C)

35. A hard disk is divided into tracks

which is further subdivided into

 (A) Clusters

 (B) Sectors

 (C) Vectors

 (D) Heads

Answer:(B)

36. A computer program that translates a

program statement by statement into

machine language is called a/an

 (A) Compiler

 (B) Simulator

 (C) Translator

 (D) Interpreter

Answer:(D)

37. A Gigabyte is equal to

 (A) 1024 Megabytes

 (B) 1024 Kilobytes

 (C) 1024 Terabytes

 (D) 1024 Bytes

Answer:(A)

38. A Compiler is a software which

converts

 (A) characters to bits

 (B) high level language to machine

language

 (C) machine language to high level

language

 (D) words to bits

Answer:(B)

39. Virtual memory is

 (A) an extremely large main

memory.

 (B) an extremely large secondary

memory.

 (C) an illusion of extremely large

main memory.

 (D) a type of memory used in super

computers

Answer:(C)

40. The phrase ‘tragedy of commons’ is

in the context of

 (A) tragic event related to damage

caused by release of poisonous

gases.

 (B) tragic conditions of poor people.

 (C) degradation of renewable free

access resources.

 (D) climate change.

Answer:(C)

41. Kyoto Protocol is related to

 (A) Ozone depletion

 (B) Hazardous waste

 (C) Climate change

 (D) Nuclear energy

Answer:(C)

42. Which of the following is a source of

emissions leading to the eventual

formation of surface ozone as a

pollutant ?

 (A) Transport sector

 (B) Refrigeration and Airconditioning

 (C) Wetlands

 (D) Fertilizers

Answer:(A)

43. The smog in cities in India mainly

consists of

 (A) Oxides of sulphur

 (B) Oxides of nitrogen and unburnt

hydrocarbons

 (C) Carbon monoxide and SPM

 (D) Oxides of sulphur and ozone

Answer:(B)

44. Which of the following types of

natural hazards have the highest

potential to cause damage to humans ?

 (A) Earthquakes

 (B) Forest fires

 (C) Volcanic eruptions

 (D) Droughts and Floods

Answer:(D)

45. The percentage share of renewable

energy sources in the power

production in India is around

 (A) 2-3% (B) 22-25%

 (C) 10-12% (D) < 1%

Answer:(C)

46. In which of the following categories

the enrolment of students in higher

education in 2010-11 was beyond the

percentage of seats reserved ?

 (A) OBC students

 (B) SC students

 (C) ST students

 (D) Woman students

Answer:(A)

47. Which one of the following

statements is not correct about the

University Grants Commission (UGC) ?

 (A) It was established in 1956 by an

Act of Parliament.

 (B) It is tasked with promoting and

coordinating higher education.

 (C) It receives Plan and Non-Plan

funds from the Central

Government.

 (D) It receives funds from State

Governments in respect of State

Universities.

Answer:(D)

48. Consider the statement which is

followed by two arguments (I) and

(II) :

Statement : Should India switch

over to a two party

system ?

Arguments : (I) Yes, it will lead

to stability of

Government.

 (II) No, it will limit the

choice of voters.

 (A) Only argument (I) is strong.

 (B) Only argument (II) is strong.

 (C) Both the arguments are strong.

 (D) Neither of the arguments is

strong

Answer:(C)

49. Consider the statement which is

followed by two arguments (I) and

(II) :

Statement : Should persons with

criminal background be

banned from contesting

elections ?

Arguments : (I) Yes, it will

decriminalise politics.

 (II) No, it will

encourage the

ruling party to file

frivolous cases

against their

political opponents.

 (A) Only argument (I) is strong.

 (B) Only argument (II) is strong.

 (C) Both the arguments are strong.

 (D) Neither of the arguments is

strong.

Answer:(A)

50. Which of the following statement(s)

is/are correct about a Judge of the

Supreme Court of India ?

 1. A Judge of the Supreme Court is

appointed by the President of

India.

 2. He holds office during the

pleasure of the President.

 3. He can be suspended, pending

an inquiry.

 4. He can be removed for proven

misbehaviour or incapacity.

 Select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

 Codes :

 (A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 1, 3 and 4

 (C) 1 and 3 (D) 1 and 4

Answer:(D)

51. In the warrant of precedence, the

Speaker of the Lok Sabha comes next

only to

 (A) The President

 (B) The Vice-President

 (C) The Prime Minister

 (D) The Cabinet Ministers

Answer:(C)

52. The black-board can be utilised best

by a teacher for

 (A) putting the matter of teaching in

black and white

 (B) making the students attentive

 (C) writing the important and

notable points

 (D) highlighting the teacher himself

Answer:(C)

53. Nowadays the most effective mode of

learning is

 (A) self study

 (B) face-to-face learning

 (C) e-learning

 (D) blended learning

Answer:(C&D)

54. At the primary school stage, most of the

teachers should be women because they

 (A) can teach children better than

men.

 (B) know basic content better than

men.

 (C) are available on lower salaries.

 (D) can deal with children with love

and affection.

Answer:(D)

55. Which one is the highest order of

learning ?

 (A) Chain learning

 (B) Problem-solving learning

 (C) Stimulus-response learning

 (D) Conditioned-reflex learning

Answer:(D)

56. A person can enjoy teaching as a

profession when he

 (A) has control over students.

 (B) commands respect from students.

 (C) is more qualified than his

colleagues.

 (D) is very close to higher

authorities

Answer:(B)

57. “A diagram speaks more than 1000

words.” The statement means that the

teacher should

(A) use diagrams in teaching.

 (B) speak more and more in the

class.

(C) use teaching aids in the class.

 (D) not speak too much in the class

Answer:(C)

58. A research paper

 (A) is a compilation of information

on a topic.

(B) contains original research as

deemed by the author.

(C) contains peer-reviewed original

research or evaluation of

research conducted by others.

(D) can be published in more than

one journal.

Answer:(C)

59. Which one of the following belongs to

the category of good ‘research ethics’ ?

(A) Publishing the same paper in

two research journals without

telling the editors

(B) Conducting a review of the

literature that acknowledges the

contributions of other people in

the relevant field or relevant

prior work

(C) Trimming outliers from a data

set without discussing your

reasons in a research paper

(D) Including a colleague as an

author on a research paper in

return for a favour even though

the colleague did not make a

serious contribution to the

paper

Answer:(B)

60. Which of the following sampling

methods is not based on probability ?

(A) Simple Random Sampling

(B) Stratified Sampling

(C) Quota Sampling

(D) Cluster Sampling

Answer:(C)