Question No 32 to 60

32. By the year 2022, the Climate Change

Action Plan of Government of India

aims at installing

 (A) 20,000 MW of wind power

 (B) 25,000 MW of wind power

 (C) 20,000 MW of solar power

 (D) 10,000 MW of solar power

Answer:(C)

33. Which one of the following biosphere

reserves has UNESCO recognition ?

 (A) Manas

 (B) Kanchenjunga

 (C) Seshachalam Hills

 (D) Greater Nicobar

Answer:(D)

34. Which activity contributes to water

pollution more than any other

throughout world ?

 (A) Agriculture

 (B) Hydroelectric power generation

 (C) Industry

 (D) Urbanisation

Answer:(A)

35. Match List – I with List – II and find

the correct answer from the codes

given below :

List – I   List – I)

(Area of  Area of

Biosphere  Location)

Reserve)

a. Nilgiri  i. Deccan

Peninsula

b. Manas  ii. Chhattisgarh

c. Similipal  iii. Eastern

Himalaya

d. Achankmar iv. Western

Amarkantak   Ghat

Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) i ii iii iv

 (B) ii iii iv i

 (C) iii iv ii i

 (D) iv iii i ii

Answer:(D)

36. G5 are the five most important

emerging economies of world. Which

one of the following does not form

part of G5 ?

 (A) Mexico (B) Brazil

 (C) China (D) Korea

Answer:(D)

37. Which of the following nations has

the maximum per capita emissions of

carbon di-oxide ?

 (A) China

 (B) Japan

 (C) USA

 (D) India

Answer:(C)

38. The world population growth rate at a

certain reference year was 3.5%.

Assuming exponential growth of

population, after how many years, the

population of the world would have

increased by a factor 16 ?

 (A) ~ 80 years (B) ~ 40 years

 (C) ~ 160 years (D) ~ 320 years

Answer:(A)

39. Telephone is an example of

 (A) linear communication

 (B) non-linear communication

 (C) circular

 (D) mechanised

Answer:(A)

40. Means of grapevine communication

are

 (A) formal (B) informal

 (C) critical (D) corporate

Answer:(B)

41. Communication issues at the

international level are addressed by

 (A) ILO (B) ITU

 (C) UNDP (D) UNESCO

Answer:(D)

42. Referential framing used by TV

audience connects media with

 (A) reality (B) falsity

 (C) negativity (D) passivity

Answer:(A)

43. The communicated knowledge in a

classroom is considered as

 (A) non-pervasive treasure

 (B) limited judgement

 (C) autonomous virtue

 (D) cultural capital

Answer:(D)

44. Classroom communication is

normally considered as

 (A) effective (B) affective

 (C) cognitive (D) non-selective

Answer:(C)

45. A person writes all the numbers from

0 to 99. The number of times digit 3

will be written is

 (A) 18 (B) 19

 (C) 20 (D) 21

Answer:(C)

46. Starting from point A, Ajit walks 14

metres towards west, he then turns to

his right and walks 14 metres and then

turns to his left and walks 10 metres.

He again turns to his left and walks 14

metres and reaches to the point E. The

shortest distance between A and E is

 (A) 38 (B) 42

 (C) 52 (D) 24

Answer:(D)

47. A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting around

a round table. A is between E and F. E

is opposite to D and C is not in either

of the neighbouring seats of E. The

person opposite to B is

 (A) C (B) D

 (C) A (D) F

Answer:(D)

48. The missing term in the series

 2, 7, 24, 77, ?, 723 is

 (A) 238 (B) 432

 (C) 542 (D) 320

Answer:(A)

49. In certain city the Taxi charges

comprise of a fixed charge and the

charge of the distance travelled. A

person paid ` 156 for a journey of

16 km and another person paid ` 204

for the journey of 24 km. The amount

paid by a passenger who has travelled

30 km is

 (A) 236 (B) 240

 (C) 248 (D) 256

Answer:(B)

50. In certain code HEALTH is written as

KHDOWK. The code of NORTH will be

 (A) QRUWK (B) RQWUK

 (C) RWQUK (D) RWUKQ

Answer:(A)

51. Yadav, Arjun, Rajesh and Kamal play

cricket. Rajesh and Kamal play tennis

but do not play football. Yadav does

not play Badminton but play golf.

Arjun does not play tennis. Kamal

sometimes plays Badminton. Who

does play only cricket ?

 (A) Yadav (B) Arjun

 (C) Rajesh (D) Kamal

Answer:(B)

52. A deductive argument can not be

valid :

 (A) If its premise / premises is/are

true and its conclusion is true.

 (B) If its premise / premises is /are

true and its conclusion is false.

 (C) If its premise / premises is/are

false and its conclusion is false.

 (D) If its premise / premises is / are

false and its conclusion is true.

Answer:(B)

53. An analogical argument is

strengthened by

 (A) making the claim bolder while

its premises remain unchanged.

 (B) reducing the claim made on the

basis of the premises affirmed.

 (C) remaining the claim unchanged

while the evidence in its support

is found to exhibit greater

frailty.

 (D) None of the above.

Answer:(B)

54. If two propositions cannot both be

false but may both be true, what is the

relation between the two propositions ?

 (A) Contrary

 (B) Sub-contrary

 (C) Sub-alternation

 (D) Contradictory

Answer:(B)

55. Given below are some codes of

arrangements of three items in order of

wider scope. Select the correct code.

 (A) Garments, cloth and shirts

 (B) Cloth, garments and shirts

 (C) Shirts, garments and cloth

 (D) Garments, shirts and cloth

Answer:(B)

56. What is equivalent of the statement

‘All atheists are pessimists’ ?

(A) All non-pessimists are non-atheists.

(B) All non-atheists are non-pessimists.

(C) All pessimists are atheists.

 (D) None of the above.

Answer:(A)

In the following table, trends in production

of energy in India by primary sources are

given. Study the table and answer

Question Nos. 57 to 60 : (Production in

peta Joules)

57. In which year primary sources

recorded the lowest growth in total

production of energy ?

 (A) 2007–08 (B) 2008–09

 (C) 2009–10 (D) 2010–11

Answer:(C)

58. Which source of energy has shown

the highest growth rate in production

during 2006-07 to 2010-11 ?

 (A) Coal & lignite

 (B) Crude petroleum

 (C) Hydro & nuclear electricity

 (D) Total production of energy

Answer:(A)

59. Which one of the following primary

sources of energy has recorded the

highest growth in production in

2008–09 ?

 (A) Coal & lignite

 (B) Crude petroleum

 (C) Natural gas

 (D) Hydro & nuclear electricity

Answer:(A)

60. In which year, production of hydro

and nuclear electricity was almost

double the production of crude

petroleum and natural gas taken

together ?

 (A) 2006–07 (B) 2007–08

 (C) 2008–09 (D) 2009–10

Answer:(C)