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(a) What kind of hardship do .a smoker and a non-smoker cause to each other
?
15
(b) Why is it wrong to think that a non-smoker is morally superior to a smoker
?
15
(c) Why is a man without any moral weakness untrustworthy
?
15
(d) What pleasure of life is missed by a non-smoker ?
15
(e) What does Thackeray mean to say ?
15
Q. 3. Make a precis of the following passage in about 230 words. As far as possible, the
precis should be in your own words. It should be written on the special sheets
provided, which should be
fastened securely inside the answer book. State the number of words in your
answer.
75
N.B. : Marks will be deducted if your precis is much longer or shorter than the
prescribed length.
In our country begging has become a profession and the beggars continue to
increase in numbers. So, vast indeed is the fraternity of these beggars that foreigners
visiting India, especially ,cities like Varanasi, our cities of pilgrimage, have been led to
call our cities the cities of beggars and of dust ! There are no statistics available for
estimating their number, but that is not needed for our present purpose. Of course, any
practical reform in this matter does not require a close investigation into the causes and
conditions of the existence of beggars, but we are here concerned with the question of
seeing how these beggars live and what, in particular, is the effect on society of their
existence.
As already suggested, the vastness of the number of the Indian beggars is evident
to any visitor from a foreign country. The causes of the increase in the number of
beggars are many, but of these we may just consider only a few. For good or evil,
Indians have been very religious in their outlook on life, and also very generous and
hospitable towards those who go to them for begging. Our Puranas and Shastras point
out that giving charity to beggars ensures Moksha in the next world. The social
conscience deveolped from such an article of faith has been the main cause of the
increase in the number of beggars. They are always sure of finding people anxious to go
to heaven by offering doles and donations to the needy and so they are thriving. There
are many beggars whose profession has been hereditary - a strange perversion of
human nature, which, as we are told, ought to eat out of the sweat of its brow. The most
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amusing spectacle from the point of view of reason, is to see able-bodied persons,
dressed in abundance of rags and many coloured clothes wandering about the streets
and going from house to house regularly at certain hours for no more serious a purpose
than that of begging ! This might be seen at almost any village and town in our country.
For ages uncounted this thing has been going on. The ignorant masses have a fear of the
curse supposed to emanate from the mouths of angered beggars, and thus the beggars
get more than they need. In fact, strange as it might seem, a considerable number of
these beggars are richer . than their poor patrons !
With the percolation of social consciousness among the modern educated Indians,
the problem of beggars is today being seriously thought about and ways and means are
being seriously mooted on how to solve this problem. When we read how in the West,
for example, begging has become a crime coming under the vagrancy acts of
Parliaments and when we know that in some countries people are warned that "Those
who do not work, neither shall they eat", we begin to think how depressing is the
situation in India. Poverty, no doubt, is one of the major causes of begging, and
unemployment and increase in population have also been responsible for the same, but
the disease-of begging has deeper roots in the social consciousness of us all, and it is to
this that any reformer has to turn. We must make it clear to the masses that there is no
special glory of Punya in giving charity to the able-bodied persons, and that such
misplaced charity is only increasing idleness and chronic poverty. If the masses are
educated in social science, its elementary principles at any rate, there will be a gradual
lessening of the number of beggars in our country.
The State, too, has to devise laws for checking the growth of beggars. Some strict
laws against vagrants must be put into practice in every city and village in India. It is
more important to introduce them in holy cities where the beggars are leading the most
unholy life. Finally, it is for the development of saner outlook on life that we must
agitate if we are to root out this evil of beggary. In one form or another, begging has
become the most widespread thing today. Some are honourable, modernised beggars in
pants and boots and ties and they have subtler ways of exploiting their patron victims.
Q. 4. (a) Fill in the blanks using the appropriate forms of the words given below :
10
abhor, alter, determine, dwell, fellow, handle, innocent, slay, torrent, radiant.
(i) He is making a ..................... effort to succeed in the examination.
(ii) We should hold corruption in ...................... .
(iii) He ....................... in a rented house in Delhi last year.
(iv) There is no ..................... in this, town; it is the same as it was five years ago.
(v) He deserves praise ................... for the situation tactfully.
(vi) We love children for their ................... .
(vii) The crops have been damaged by these ............... rains.
(viii) The rich man has been ................... by the militants.
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bring peace, should begin by looking inward, by examining his own attitude toward
the possibilities of peace.
First, let us examine our attitude toward peace itself. Too many of us think it is
impossible. Too many think it unreal. But that is a dangerous, defeatist belief. It
leads to the conclusion that war is inevitable, that mankind is doomed, that we are
gripped by forces we cannot control.
Our problems are man-made: therefore they can be solved by man. And man
can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.
Man's reason and spirit have often solved the seemingly unsolvable and we believe
they can do it again.
Let us focus on a more practical, more attainable peace, based not on a sudden
revolution in human nature but on a gradual evolution in human institutions, on a
series of concrete actions and effective agreements which are in the interest of all
concerned. There is no single, simple key to this peace, no grand or magic formula to
be adopted by one or two powers. Genuine peace must be the product of many
nations, the sum of many acts. It must be dynamic, not static, changing to meet the
challenge of each new generation. For peace is a process, a way of solving problems.
With such a peace there will still be quarrels and conflicting interests, as there
are within families and nations. World peace, like community peace, does not require
that each man love his neighbour; it requires only that they live together in mutual
tolerance, submitting their disputes to a just and peaceful settlement. And history
teaches us that enmities between nations, as between individuals, do not last forever.
However fixed our likes and dislikes may seem, the tide of time and events will often
bring surprising changes in the relations between nations and neighbours.
So let us persevere. Peace need not be impracticable, and war need not be
inevitable. By defining our goal more clearly, by making it seem more manageable
and less remote, we can help all peoples to see it, to draw hope from it, and to move
irresistibly toward it.
Q. 4. (a) Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of words given below
:
10
deter, increase, ardour, resolve, courage, divide, prestige, commend, pious,
invoke
(i) Paradise Lost opens with an ................... of the divine.
(ii) When is your next .................. due ?
(iii) One must have a firm ................... to achieve one's goal.
(iv) Unless we are .................. we can never face obstacles.
(v) Will our nuclear explosions have quite a .................. effect ?
(vi) United we stand, .................. we fall.
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INSTRUCTIONS
Candidates should attempt all questions.
The number of marks carried by each question is indicated at the end of the question.
Answers must be written in English.
Q. 1. Write an essay in about 300 words on- any one of the following
:
100
(a) The Limits of Science
(b) Our Intellectuals
(c) Have We Lost the Direction ?
(d) Computers in Everyday Life
(e) Below the Poverty Line
Q. 2. Read this passage carefully and answer the questions set at the
end
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We think of the moon as only a stone, a stone gone cold. An airless, waterless
stone and the prophetic image of our own earth when, some few million years from
now, the senescent sun shall have lost its present fostering power . .... And so on.
This passage could easily be prolonged - a Study in Purple. But I forbear. Let every
reader lay on as much of the royal rhetorical colour as he finds to his taste. Anyhow,
purple or no purple, there the stone is - stony. You cannot think about it for long
without finding yourself invaded by one or other of several sentiments. These
sentiments belong to one or other of two contrasted and complementary groups. The
name of the first family is Sentiments of Human Insignificance, of the second,
Sentiments of Human Greatness. Meditating on that derelict stone afloat there in the
abyss, you may feel a worm,. abject and futile in the face of wholly incomprehensible
immensities. 'The silence of those infinite spaces frightens. me.' You may feel as
Pascal felt. Or, alternatively, you may feel as M. Paul Valery has said: `The silence of
those infinite spaces does not frighten me.' For the spectacle of that moon need not
necessarily make you feel like a worm. It may, on the contrary, cause you to rejoice
exultantly in your manhood. There floats the stone, the nearest and most familiar
symbol of all the astronomical horrors: but the astronomers who discovered those
horrors of space and time were men. The universe throws down a challenge to the
human spirit; in spite of his insignificance and abjection, man has taken it up. The
stone glares down at us out of the black boundlessness. But the fact that we know it
justifies us in feeling a certain human pride. We have a right to our moods of sober
exultation.
INSTRUCTIONS
Candidates should attempt all questions.
The number of marks carried by each question is indicated at the end of the question.
Answers must be written in English.
Q. 1. Write an essay of about 300 words on any one of the following :
100
(a) Tolerance is the key to national unity
(b) Your idea of a happy life
(c) Advertisements : need for control
(d) Is vegetarianism a virtue ?
(e) Failures are the pillars of success
Q. 2. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow in your
own words as far as possible.
75
It is true that the smokers cause some nuisance to the non-smokers, but this
nuisance is physical while the nuisance that the non-smokers cause the smokers is
spiritual. There are, of course, a lot of non-smokers who don't try to interfere with the
smokers. It is sometimes assumed that the non-smokers are morally superior, not
realizing that they have missed one of the greatest pleasures of mankind. I am willing to
allow that smoking is a moral weakness, but on the other hand we must beware of a
man without weakness. He is not to be trusted. He is apt to be always sober and he
cannot make a single mistake. His habits are too regular, his existence too mechanical
and his head always maintains its supremacy over his heart. Much as I like reasonable
persons, I hate completely rational beings. For that reason, I am always scared and ill at
ease when I enter a house in which there are no ash-trays. The room is apt to be too
clean and orderly, and the people are apt to be correct and unemotional. Now the moral
and spiritual benefits of smoking have never been appreciated by these correct,
righteous, unemotional and unpoetic souls. In my opinion the smokers' morality is, on
the whole, higher than that of the non-smokers. The man with a pipe in his mouth is the
man after my heart. He is more genial, more open-hearted, and he is often brilliant in
conversation. As Thackeray observes, "The pipe draws wisdom from the lips, of the
philosopher and shuts up the mouth of the foolish; it generates a style of conversation
that is contemplative, thoughtful, benevolent and unaffected."
(a) What kind of hardship do .a smoker and a non-smoker cause to each other
?
15
(b) Why is it wrong to think that a non-smoker is morally superior to a smoker
?
15
(c) Why is a man without any moral weakness untrustworthy
?
15
(d) What pleasure of life is missed by a non-smoker ?
15
(e) What does Thackeray mean to say ?
15
Q. 3. Make a precis of the following passage in about 230 words. As far as possible, the
precis should be in your own words. It should be written on the special sheets
provided, which should be
fastened securely inside the answer book. State the number of words in your
answer.
75
N.B. : Marks will be deducted if your precis is much longer or shorter than the
prescribed length.
In our country begging has become a profession and the beggars continue to
increase in numbers. So, vast indeed is the fraternity of these beggars that foreigners
visiting India, especially ,cities like Varanasi, our cities of pilgrimage, have been led to
call our cities the cities of beggars and of dust ! There are no statistics available for
estimating their number, but that is not needed for our present purpose. Of course, any
practical reform in this matter does not require a close investigation into the causes and
conditions of the existence of beggars, but we are here concerned with the question of
seeing how these beggars live and what, in particular, is the effect on society of their
existence.
As already suggested, the vastness of the number of the Indian beggars is evident
to any visitor from a foreign country. The causes of the increase in the number of
beggars are many, but of these we may just consider only a few. For good or evil,
Indians have been very religious in their outlook on life, and also very generous and
hospitable towards those who go to them for begging. Our Puranas and Shastras point
out that giving charity to beggars ensures Moksha in the next world. The social
conscience deveolped from such an article of faith has been the main cause of the
increase in the number of beggars. They are always sure of finding people anxious to go
to heaven by offering doles and donations to the needy and so they are thriving. There
are many beggars whose profession has been hereditary - a strange perversion of
human nature, which, as we are told, ought to eat out of the sweat of its brow. The most
amusing spectacle from the point of view of reason, is to see able-bodied persons,
dressed in abundance of rags and many coloured clothes wandering about the streets
and going from house to house regularly at certain hours for no more serious a purpose
than that of begging ! This might be seen at almost any village and town in our country.
For ages uncounted this thing has been going on. The ignorant masses have a fear of the
curse supposed to emanate from the mouths of angered beggars, and thus the beggars
get more than they need. In fact, strange as it might seem, a considerable number of
these beggars are richer . than their poor patrons !
With the percolation of social consciousness among the modern educated Indians,
the problem of beggars is today being seriously thought about and ways and means are
being seriously mooted on how to solve this problem. When we read how in the West,
for example, begging has become a crime coming under the vagrancy acts of
Parliaments and when we know that in some countries people are warned that "Those
who do not work, neither shall they eat", we begin to think how depressing is the
situation in India. Poverty, no doubt, is one of the major causes of begging, and
unemployment and increase in population have also been responsible for the same, but
the disease-of begging has deeper roots in the social consciousness of us all, and it is to
this that any reformer has to turn. We must make it clear to the masses that there is no
special glory of Punya in giving charity to the able-bodied persons, and that such
misplaced charity is only increasing idleness and chronic poverty. If the masses are
educated in social science, its elementary principles at any rate, there will be a gradual
lessening of the number of beggars in our country.
The State, too, has to devise laws for checking the growth of beggars. Some strict
laws against vagrants must be put into practice in every city and village in India. It is
more important to introduce them in holy cities where the beggars are leading the most
unholy life. Finally, it is for the development of saner outlook on life that we must
agitate if we are to root out this evil of beggary. In one form or another, begging has
become the most widespread thing today. Some are honourable, modernised beggars in
pants and boots and ties and they have subtler ways of exploiting their patron victims.
Q. 4. (a) Fill in the blanks using the appropriate forms of the words given below :
10
abhor, alter, determine, dwell, fellow, handle, innocent, slay, torrent, radiant.
(i) He is making a ..................... effort to succeed in the examination.
(ii) We should hold corruption in ...................... .
10
Some say that it is useless to speak of world peace or world law or world
disarmament, and that it will be useless until the leaders of those nations, perceived
to be hostile by us, adopt a more enlightened attitude. I hope they do. I believe we
can help them do it. But I also believe that we must re-examine our own attitude, as
individuals and as a nation, for our attitude is as essential as theirs. And every
graduate of this school, every thoughtful citizen who despairs of war and wishes to
bring peace, should begin by looking inward, by examining his own attitude toward
the possibilities of peace.
First, let us examine our attitude toward peace itself. Too many of us think it is
impossible. Too many think it unreal. But that is a dangerous, defeatist belief. It
leads to the conclusion that war is inevitable, that mankind is doomed, that we are
gripped by forces we cannot control.
Our problems are man-made: therefore they can be solved by man. And man
can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.
Man's reason and spirit have often solved the seemingly unsolvable and we believe
they can do it again.
Let us focus on a more practical, more attainable peace, based not on a sudden
revolution in human nature but on a gradual evolution in human institutions, on a
series of concrete actions and effective agreements which are in the interest of all
concerned. There is no single, simple key to this peace, no grand or magic formula to
be adopted by one or two powers. Genuine peace must be the product of many
nations, the sum of many acts. It must be dynamic, not static, changing to meet the
challenge of each new generation. For peace is a process, a way of solving problems.
With such a peace there will still be quarrels and conflicting interests, as there
are within families and nations. World peace, like community peace, does not require
that each man love his neighbour; it requires only that they live together in mutual
tolerance, submitting their disputes to a just and peaceful settlement. And history
teaches us that enmities between nations, as between individuals, do not last forever.
However fixed our likes and dislikes may seem, the tide of time and events will often
bring surprising changes in the relations between nations and neighbours.
So let us persevere. Peace need not be impracticable, and war need not be
inevitable. By defining our goal more clearly, by making it seem more manageable
and less remote, we can help all peoples to see it, to draw hope from it, and to move
irresistibly toward it.
Q. 4. (a) Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of words given below
:
10
deter, increase, ardour, resolve, courage, divide, prestige, commend, pious,
invoke
10
Q. 2. Read the following passage and answer in your own language the questions that
follow : 75
Forecasting the weather, or trying to find out what it will be like in several day's time, has always
been a difficult business. Many different things affect the weather and each one has to be
carefully studied before we can make even a fairly accurate forecast. The ancient Egyptians, of
course, had no need of this- the weather in the Nile valley hardly ever changes -but people living
farther north had to protect themselves and their crops. During a period of drought, when no rain
fell for weeks on end, streams and rivers dried up, cattle died from thirst and crops were ruined.
A storm could wreck ships and houses, and heavy falls of rain caused rivers to flood a whole
countryside. Action in the sky stirred man into action, and in this respect farmers became just as
much men of action as were sailors on the high seas. Both had to reckon with the weather - it
often upset their plans, sometimes with disastrous results.
In early times, when there were no instruments such as thermometer or barometer, man looked
for tell-tale signs in the sky. He made his forecasts by watching the flights of birds or the way
smoke rose from a fire. He thought that the moon controlled the weather - that it held a lot of
water, especially when as a crescent or sickle-shaped moon it lay on its back. Even today there
are people who think that the sight of the moon lying on its back means that the rain is on its
way. Many of the weather-sayings are still heard today. I expect you know the one : 'A red sky at
night is the shepherd's delight. A red sky in the morning is the shepherd's warning.' Do you
believe this ? It's sometimes right but more often wrong. If this and hundreds of other sayings
like it were true, there would be no need for weather science or meteorology.
(a) What is drought and what are its consequences?
(b) Does the writer endorse the popular sayings about the red sky ?
Q. 3. Make a precis of the following passage in your own language, in about 230 words, on
the special precis-sheets provided. The precis sheets should be fastened securely inside the
answer book. State the number of words used by you in your precis. 75
N.B. Marks will be deducted if your precis is much longer or shorter than the prescribed length.
Karl Marx was no gentle dreamer about a better life. such as the Utopian socialists have been. He
was a fighter. As he examined the relations between the capitalists and labourers of the world,
his belief became clearer and sharper, until at last he was sure that he was dealing with a new
science - the science of the means of production. He was sure that his ideas were not dreams but
solid scientific facts, and he therefore referred to himself as a scientific socialist, so that people
would not confuse him with the Utopians.
Marx and a friend named Friedrich Engels were in France during the revolution of 1848, and it
was at this time they published a pamphlet called The Communist Manifesto. This was a call to
battle for the labouring classes of the world: "Workers of the world, arise: you have nothing to
lose but your chains." The last years of Marx were spent in England writing his book Das Kapital
('Capital'). Engels supported Marx and completed the work when the latter died, leaving the book
unfinished.
Das Kapital is one of the most important books ever written. In it Marx expressed some
astonishing and radical ideas. According to his economic theory, all the wealth in the world is
produced by human labour. This is true of not only the goods turned out by factories and of the
money received for such goods, but is true as well of the factories themselves, which were also
built by human toil, and therefore represent a type of frozen and stored up labour. It is the
workers, said Marx, rather than the capitalists, who have supplied this labour, and therefore the
wealth should belong to them. They do not receive it, but are paid instead only a small fee for
their efforts. The great difference between what the workers produce and what they are paid is
surplus wealth, which goes to the owners of the factory, when it should go to the workers. Hence
the workers are being exploited, or robbed, and the capitalists are growing wealthy. So said
Marx.
Das Kapital also included Marx's philosophy of history. According to this theory, in every age
the social class that controls the source of wealth also controls the government and has power
over the people. There is, however, a considerable overlapping. As the sources of wealth change,
the, old group in power tends to hang on to its control of the government. For example, the
nobles of the Middle Ages owned the land which was the key source of wealth at that time, and
they also controlled the government.
With the coming of factories as the chief producers of wealth, the nobles retained their control of
the various governments of Europe for many years. Finally, the businessmen, or capitalists, who
controlled the new source of wealth gained control of the government. They still control it, said
Marx, but it is an unfair situation, and will not continue. In time, the workers, who really produce
the wealth, will get the power. As wealth piles up, the factories and other means of production
will fall into fewer and fewer hands as the rich grow steadily richer. The poor, at the same time,
will grow steadily poorer and more numerous until at last a point will be reached is which almost
everybody will be living in misery to support a few fabulously wealthy individuals.
This situation will be so intolerable and so ridiculous that the great masses of the workers will
rise up, take industry away from its owners, and run it for the benefit of the workers.
We now know that many of Karl Marx's ideas were wrong, and that many of his predictions have
not come true. Wealth has become more widely distributed rather than less, and the standard of
living of the workers has gone up rather than down. Capitalists have proved not to be the evil
ogres that Mary pictured them. Nevertheless, the ideas of Karl Marx have had a strong appeal for
many people and a profound effect upon the history of the world. Communism. one of the
greatest forces in the twentieth century, had its origins in the writings of Karl Marx.
Q. 4. (a) Fill in the blanks using the appropriate forms of the words given below : 10
stay; reality; health; pertinent; proof; post; stretched; accident; rouse; provision
(i) I am not his ................... brother.
(ii) He got up with a .................. and a yawn.
(iii) Keep him ................. with the latest news about his mother.
(iv) He fell into the gorge ..................... .
(v) I have sold off my farm-house and the land ....................... to it.
(vi) Demagogues try ................... the masses.
(vii) The new typist .................... to be useless.
(viii) I will go ...................... that my expenses are paid.
(ix) .................. you have forgotten one thing.
(x) Had you taken the medicine, the wound ........................ by now.
(b) Use each of the following words in two separate sentences, first as a noun and then as a
verb : 10
(i) dog
(ii) freeze
(iii) spoon
(iv) book
(v) refuse
(c) Rewrite the following sentences as directed parenthetically : 5
(i) Einstein was the greatest scientist of our century.
(Use the comparative degree)
(ii) Let us have a cup of coffee now.
(Use the right tag question)
(iii) She said. "Darling, why are you looking so pale ? Cheer up, please."
(Change the mode of narration)
(iv) The fact is so evident that it requires no proof.
(Replace 'so' by 'too')
(v) He has to do his job well. (Change the voice)
Maximum Marks :
INSTRUCTIONS
Candidates should attempt all questions.
The number of marks carried by each question is indicated at the end of the question.
Answers must be written in English.
Q. 1. Write an essay in about 300 words on any one of the following :
100
(a) Man is saved not by faith but by work
(b) Indian Culture
(c) Contribution of Science to human progress
(d) Political reform you want in India
(e) Laughter is the best medicine
Q. 2. Read the following passage and answer, in your own words, the questions that
follow :
5 x 15 = 75
Two important stages came not so long before the dawn of written history. The
first was the domestication of animals; the second was agriculture. Agriculture, which
began in the river valleys of Egypt and Mesopotamia, was a step in human progress to
which subsequently there was nothing comparable until our own machine age.
Agriculture made possible an immense increase in the numbers of the human species in
the regions where it could be successfully practised but at first these regions were few.
These were in fact, only those in which nature fertilised the soil after each harvest.
Agriculture met with violent resistance, analogous to that which our Ruskins and
Samuel Butlers offered to machines. Pastoral nomads considered themselves vastly
superior to the tame folk who stayed in one place and were enslaved to the soil. But
although the nomads repeatedly won military victories, the physical comforts which the
upper classes derived from agricultural serfs always prevailed in the end, and the area
of agriculture gradually increased. Even now this process is not at an end, but what
remains for it to achieve is no longer very important.
The only fundamental technical advance that preceded the emergence of man into
recorded history was the invention of writing. Writing, like spoken language,
developed gradually. It developed out of pictures, but as soon as it had reached a
certain stage. it made possible the keeping of records and the transmission of
information to people who were not present when the information was given.
(a) What was he second important stage in our pre-history and where did it begin?
(b) What happened in the regions where agriculture was successful ?
(c) What happened in the conflict between the nomads and agriculturists?
(d) What technical advance took place before the period of recorded history and what
did it accomplish?
(e) Who considered themselves superior to whom and why ?
Q. 3. Make a precis of the following passage, in your own language, in about 230
words, on the special precis-sheets provided Marks will be deducted for precis not
written on the precis-sheets. Marks will also be deducted if your precis is much
longer or shorter that the prescribed length. The precis-sheets should be securely
fastened inside the
answer book. State the number of words used by you in your precis.
75
It has been estimated than the human population of 600 B.C. was about five
million people, taking perhaps one million years to get there from two and a half
million. The population did not reach 500 million until almost 8,000 years later-about
1650 A.D. This means it doubled roughly once every thousand years or so. It reached a
billion people around 1850, doubling in some 200 years. It took on1y 80 years or so for
the next doubling, as the population reached two billion around 1930. We have not
completed the next doubling to four billion yet, but we now have well over three billion
people. The doubling time at present seems to be about 37 years. Quite a reduction in
doubling times: 1,000,000 years, 1,000 years, 200 years, 80 years, 37 years.
One of the most ominous facts of the current situation is that roughly 40% of the
population of the undeveloped world is made up of people under 15 years old. As that
mass of young people moves into its reproductive years during the next decade, we're
going to see the greatest baby boom of all time. Those youngsters are the reason for all
the ominous predictions for the year 2000. They are the gun-powder for the population
explosion.
How did we get into this bind ? It all happened along time ago, and the story
involves the process of natural selection, the development of culture, and mans swollen
head. The essence of success in evolution is reproduction .... for reproduction is the key
to winning the evolutionary game. Any structure. physiological process or pattern of
behaviour that leads to greater reproductive success will tend to be perpetuated. The
entire process by which man developed involves thousands of millenia of our ancestors
being more successful breeders than their relatives. Facet number one of our bind-the
urge to reproduce has been fixed in us by billions of years of evolution.
Of course through all those years of evolution. our ancestors were fighting a
continual battle to keep the birth rate ahead of the death rate. That they were successful
is attested to by our very existence, for, if the death rate had overtaken the birth rate for
any substantial period of time, the evolutionary line leading to man would have gone
extinct. Among our apelike ancestors, a few million years ago, it was still very difficult
for a mother to rear her children successfully. Most of the offspring died before they
reached reproductive age. The death rate was near the birth rate. Then another factor
entered the picture - cultural evolution was added to biologicall evolution.
Of course, in the early days the whole system did not prevent a very high
mortality among the young, as well as among the older members of the group. Hunting
and food-gathering is a risky business. Cavemen had to throve very impressive cave
bears out of their caves before the men could move in. Witch doctors and shamans had
a less than perfect record at treating wounds and curing disease. Life was short, if not
sweet. Man's total population size doubtless increased slowly but steadily as human
populations expanded out of the African cradle of our species.
Then about 8,000 years ago a major change occurred - the agricultural revolution.
People began to give up hunting food and settled down to grow it. Suddenly some of
the risk was removed from life. The chances of dying of starvation diminished greatly
in some human groups. Other threats associated with the nomadic life were also
reduced, perhaps balanced by new threats of disease and large scale warfare associated
with the development of cities. But the overall result was a more secure existence than
before and the human population grew more rapidly. Around 1800, when the standard
of living in what are today the developed countries was dramatically increasing due to
industrialization, population growth really began to accelerate. The development of
medical science was the straw that broke the camel's back.
Q. 4. (a) Fill in the blanks using appropriate forms of the words given below :
10
characterize; coagulant; fright; globe; civilized;
disastrous; move; enthusiasm; pessimistic; philosophizing
(i) The ------------- of clouds leads to changes in the weather.
(ii) Man's continuance on earth is shrouded in ----------- .
(iii) A cosmic -------------- may end life on earth.
(iv) Vitamin K is essential for the ------------ of blood.
(v) Is our ---------- going on the right path
(vi) The economic. ---------- of our country is changing.
(vii) Once in the jungle, the boys were -------------- .
(viii) What does Indian ------------- teach?
(ix) ---------------- is affecting India's economy.
(x) He spoke ------------ about the existence of God.
(b) Use each of the following words in two separate sentences, first as a noun and
then as a
verb.
10
(i) hunt
(ii) wound
(iii) discredit
(iv) team
(v) experience
(c) Rewrite the following sentences as directed parenthetically :
5
(i) "Shut the door after you," she told him curtly.
(Change into indirect form)
(ii) Did she commit all the mistakes ?
(Change into passive voice)
(iii) Many difficulties are impossible to overcome.
(Use a single word for the underlined phrase)
(iv) Hard as he tried, the old man failed to find a buyer for his bicycle.
(Use "though'')
(v) She is so good that others cannot beat her.
(Replace "so" by "too")
Q. 5. (a) Correct the following sentences :
(i) She vividly described about the situation.
(ii) He chose only such men for his company whom he could trust.
(iii) He does not boast his-merits.
(iv) The rich lead a luxuriant life.
(v) The work was hard and exhaustive.
(vi) Sages had prophecied the coming of the prophet.
(vii) Earth may again be hit by a huge meteor.
(viii) He came to the city with a view to get a job.
(ix) He was angry upon me.
(x) Why she is doing this ?
10
(b) Of the words given in brackets, choose the one you think appropriate to till in the
blanks :
10
(i) She has the ------------------- to this property.>
(wright ; right)
(ii) He has ------------------- his own method for doing the work.
(devised ; deviced)
(iii) Fetch me a ------------------- of water.
(pale ; pail)
(iv) All the --------------- of the airline were grounded.
(aircraft ; aircrafts)
(v) The government has selected the --------------------- for the hospital.
(site ; cite)
(vi) The ------------------- of Kargil have fallen silent.
(canons ; cannons)
(vii) The tropic of --------------------- is an imaginary line.
(Cancer ; cancer)
(viii) The budget ------------------ could not be offset.
(deficit ; deficiency)
(ix) When they came down the hill the ------------------- was steep.
(descent ; decent)
(x) The government collapsed when there was a -------------- in the party.
(fraction ; faction)
(c) Use the following phrases in sentences so as to bring out their meaning
:
5
(i) bring about
(ii) break in
(iii) heart and soul
(iv) lie low
(v) hold one's breath
should be securely fastened inside the answer book. State the number of words used by you in
your prcis. (75)
No amount of improvement and reconstruction in education will bear much fruit if our schools
and colleges are undermined by indiscipline. An impartial examination makes it clear that
students and teachers alike need more of the spirit of discipline. If proper education is to be
given, acts of indiscipline prevalent in our educational institutions have to be checked.
Indiscipline may take the shape of group indiscipline or individual indiscipline. Group
indiscipline is the worse of the two. While as individuals many of our students are as good as
students elsewhere, the tendency to group indiscipline has increased in recent years. Many
causes have led to this group indiscipline. For various reasons under a foreign regime, acts of
indiscipline became frequent, often necessitated by the political activities, which were launched
against a foreign government. While there may have been justification for such indiscipline
under different political circumstances, we feel that there is no justification on for such acts of
indiscipline after the attainment of independence. The democratic constitution which the country
has adopted permits the redressing of grievances through democratic machinery. It would be
against all principles of democracy if such acts of indiscipline were to continue.
The real purpose of education is to train youth to discharge the duties of citizenship properly. All
other objectives are incidental. Discipline, therefore, should be the responsibility of parents,
teachers, the general public and the authorities concerned. There are some positive factors
promoting discipline. The Indian students natural tendency is to be disciplined. It is only when
forces act strongly on him that he may sometimes be led astray. He appreciates rules and is
normally inclined to abide by them. Much can be done to encourage this trend in school and
college life. Personal contact between teacher and pupil is essential. Emphasis is also to be laid
on the role of the class teacher or tutorial guide in promoting general discipline and the welfare
of the pupils. Further a greater responsibility should devolve upon the students themselves in the
maintenance of discipline. Nothing is more calculated to develop a proper sense of self-discipline
and proper behaviour than their enforcement, not by any outside authority with any symbol of
punishment but by the students themselves. They should choose their own representatives to see
that proper codes of conduct are observed.
Another important method of bringing home to pupils the value of discipline is through group
games. It is on the playing fields that the virtue of playing the game for its own sake and the
team spirit can be cultivated. Such extracurricular activities as Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, the
National Cadet Corps, Junior Red Cross and Social Service activities will promote a proper spirit
of discipline. The building up of a truly harmonious and united form of community life should be
the endeavour of all progressive educational institutions.
Besides these positive factors, certain negative factors also promote discipline. The discipline of
the youth of any country depends upon the discipline that is exercised by the elders. It is a well known fact that in all democracies election time is a time offeverish activity not always
conducted in the most healthy spirit, and the utilization by politicians of immature minds like
students for purposes of electioneering campaigns, with or without slogans attached thereto, is
not calculated to promote sound discipline among students. It should be considered an election
offence for any member or party to utilize the services of pupils under the age of 17 in political
or civic campaigns. Besides, while the educative value of leading politicians addressing our
students from time to time may be readily admitted, the tendency often is for the leaders not to
speak to the audience before hem but to a wider audience whose attention they wish to attract
through the press. It is not necessary that every speech made by a politician should be a political
speech. Lastly, discipline among students can only be promoted if there is discipline among the
staff. The teacher and the educational administrator should realize that their activities are all
being watched by their pupils. To what extent, therefore, both in their personal conduct and in
their general attitude to all problems concerning their country, they have to realize that there are
limitations within which they must act for the best interests of education. Ultimately, it is the
school or college atmosphere and the quality of the teachers there that ensure proper codes of
conduct and discipline among our students.
4. (a) Fill in the blanks using appropriate forms of the words given below: 10
Value, offend, strike, jealous, put, grant, disturb, learn, fly, economic
(i) The man . into a rage and tore away his garments.
(ii) A sensible man never takes everything for
(iii) No one seems to have taken .at her manners.
(iv) When are you out to sea again?
(v) I have no mind to trespass upon you ..time.
(vi) Try to rise above petty personal
(vii) The officer .through one paragraph and accepted the rest.
(viii) The report I have received is very indeed.
(ix) She has sent her paper to a ..journal.
(x) These new measures will give a boost to our
(b) Use each of the following words in two separate sentences, first as a noun and then as a
verb: 10
(i) tum
(ii) spell
(iii) part
(iv) contact
(v) meet
(c) Rewrite the following sentences as directed:
(i) You are too early for the show. (Use enough)
(ii) The Mahanadi is not as long as the Gange. (Use the comparative degree)
(iii) Varsha readily complied ..my request. (Fill in the gap with a preposition)
(iv) We are sure of his honesty. (Change into a complex sentence)
(v) Santa said, Dont open the window. (Change into the indirect form)
5. (a) Correct the following sentences: 10
(i) May 1 now take your leave?
(ii) The soup will taste better if it had more salt in it.
(iii) Is he used to come late everyday?
(iv) Your daughter is twelve years old, isnt it?
(v) We must be true to our words.
ESSAY - 2001
Write an essay on any ONE of the following subjects
(1) What have we gained from our democratic set-up?
(2) My vision of an ideal world order.
(3) The march of science and the erosion of human values.
(4) Irrelevance of the classroom.
(5) The pursuit of excellence.
(6) Empowerment alone cannot help our women.
Maximum marks:
300
Instructions
lost ownership of himself. The discord between the development of positive science on
the one hand and the dehumanization of man on the other is the worst crisis of the
modern age.
Apart from the economic sphere, the socio-political sphere has not escaped this
stratification and the congruent crisis of values. Since the Renaissance, man has been
striving for individual rights and self-dignity. But under the present set-up, only two
types of men are found the conditioner and the conditioned. The propaganda officers
and the planning bureaus have almost crushed the 'individual self', and it has resulted
in the rise of the 'social self'. Due to this pressure, the personality fulfillment or its allround development is denied to many.
(a) What has changed the modes of production today?
(b) What things are being replaced by great enterprises?
(c) What kind of men are needed today for our society?
(d) Why has man become the automaton of his own creation?
(e) Is modern man able to attain personality fulfillment?
3. Make a precise of the following passage in your own language, in about 230 words on
the special precise-sheets provided. The precise-sheets should be securely fastened
inside the answer book. Indicate the number of words used by you in your precise.
N.B.: Marks will be deducted if your precise is much longer and shorter than the
prescribed length. (75)
"What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?" asked
Henry David Thoreau. More than a century later, the Earth seems to be literally falling
to pieces - recent environmental set-backs include billions of tones of ices shelves
breaking off in the Antarctic and unusually warm temperatures in different part of the
world. Panic reactions range from predictions of sinking islands to lamenting the illeffects of global warming induced by release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
The trouble is that we are too much obsessed with the problem of climatic change to
even acknowledge the fact that the state of the planet hinges on much more. Climatic
change is at best a symptom of a far more complex malaise, just as a fever is most often
only an indicator of something that's gone awry in our body. It is time for a complete
and comprehensive planetary health check, that will examine the impacts of change in
land use, loss of biodiversity, use of fertilizers and pesticides and consistent pollution of
water bodies. This would overcome the limitations of evaluating how ecosystems work
by reacting to just one major environmental concern as is happening in the case of
global warming. These considerations have been responsible for the setting up of an
words used by you in the precis and securely fasten the precis-sheets inside the answer-book.
(75)
Some wars in the past were quite as disorganizing and as destructive of the civilization of
devastated areas as was the Second World War. North Africa has never regained the level of
rosperity that t enjoyed under the Romans. Persia never recovered from the Mongols nor Syria
from the Turks. There have always been two kinds of wars, those in which the vanquished
incurred disaster, and those in which they only incurred discomfort. We seem, unfortunately, to
be entering upon an era in which wars are of the former sort.
The atom bomb, and still more the hydrogen bomb, have caused new fears, involving new doubts
as to the effects of science on human life. Some eminent authorities, including Einstein, have
pointed out that there is a danger of the extinction of all life on this planet. I do not myself think
that this will happen in the next war, but I think it may well happen in the next but one, if that is
allowed to occur. If this expectation is correct, we have to choose, within the next fifty years or
so, between two alternatives. Either we must allow the human race to exterminate itself, or we
must forgo certain liberties which are very dear to us, more especially the liberty to kill
foreigners whenever we fell so disposed. I think it probable that mankind will choose its own
extermination as the preferable alternative. The choice will be made, of course, by persuading
ourselves that it is not being made, since (so militarists on both sides will say) the victory of the
right is certain without risk of universal disaster. We are perhaps living in the last age of man,
and, if so, it is to science that he will owe his extinction.
If, however, the human race decides to let itself go on living, it will have to make very drastic
changes in its ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving. We must learn not to say Never! Better
death than dishonour. We must learn to submit to law, even when imposed by aliens whom we
hate and despise, and whom we believe to be blind to all considerations of righteousness.
Consider some concrete examples. Jews and Arabs will have to agree to submit to arbitration; if
the award goes against the Jews, the President of the United States will have to ensure the victory
of the party to which he is opposed, since, if he supports the international authority, he will lose
the Jewish vote in New York State. On the other hand, if the award goes in favour of the Jews,
the Mohammedan world will be indignant, and will be supported by all other malcontents. Or, to
take another instance, Eire will demand the right to oppress the Protestants of Ulster, and on this
issue the United States will support Eire while Britain will support Ulster. Could an international
authority survive such a dissension?
Again: India and Pakistan cannot agree about Kashmir, therefore one of them must support
Russia and the other the United States. It will be obvious to anyone who is an interested party in
one of these disputes that the issue is far more important than the continuance of life on our
planet. The hope that the human race will allow itself to survive is therefore somewhat slender.
But if human life is to continue in spite of science, mankind will have to learn a discipline of the
passions which, in the past, has not been necessary. Men will have to submit to the law, even
when they think the law unjust and iniquitous. Nations which are persuaded that they are only
demanding the barest justice will have to acquiesce when this demand is denied them by the
neutral authority. I do not say that this is easy; I do not prophesy that it will happen; I say only
that if it does not happen the human race will perish, and will perish as a result of science.
4. (a) Fill in the blanks using the appropriate form of the words given below: (10)
offensive, imagination, psychological, conceive, vacation, entire, enthusiasm, lacerating, deify,
margin
(i) I do not believe in the .of an ordinary politician.
(ii) She could not bear to look at his .hand.
(iii) Most people do not have any clear of judicial activism.
(iv) Who can dare to .the boss?
(v) A sensible person can .the plight of others.
(vi) You have to consider the matter in its
(vii) It is difficult to ..such dullards.
(viii) We can no longer ..the poor and the suppressed.
(ix) You will have to .the house.
(x) ..is an interesting subject.
(b) Use each of the following words in two separate sentences, first as a noun and then as a
verb: (10)
(i) help
(ii) nurse
(iii) judge
(iv) pillory
(v) round
(c) Rewrite the following sentences as directed within brackets: (5)
(i) No metal is as costly as gold. (Use the comparative degree of costly)
(ii) I doubt if you have done it. (Change into a negative sentence without changing the meaning)
(iii) He was elected leader. (Change into active voice)
(iv) She confessed that she was guilty. (Turn it into a simple sentence)
(v) She said, Can you write a poem? (Change into indirect speech)
5. (a) Correct the following sentences: (10)
(i) Each of the scholars, belonging to various countries, have spoken about it.
(ii) All were present except he and his sister.
(iii) I wonder if ten thousand rupees are a large sum.
(iv) She lay the table an hour ago.
(v) He absented from the class for no reason.
(vi) He is untidy boy.
(vii) All his plans fell out for lack of help.
(viii) Of milk, coke and coffee the latter is my favourite.
(ix) All this happened prior 1971 war.
(x) Scarcely had she gone that he arrived.
(b) Choose the appropriate words given in the brackets to fill in the blanks in the following
sentences: (10)
(i) Nehruji made a . speech in Parliament on this occasion.
(historical, historic)
(ii) Such heavy responsibilities cannot be .easily.
(born, borne)
(iii) The doctor visits him on .days.
(alternative, alternate)
(iv) I do not know why he is ..towards me.
(contemptuous, contemptible)
(v) To work for more than eight hours is quite
(exhaustive, exhausting)
(vi) Democracy does not allow the ..of the minorities.
(prosecution, persecution)
(vii) No meeting of the ..of ministers has been scheduled for tomorrow.
(council, cabinet)
(viii) All worldly pleasures are considered to be ..by saints.
(momentary, momentous)
(ix) Any . of secret documents is punishable by law.
(tempering, tampering)
(x) He is an ..person to work with.
(amiable, amenable)
(c) Use the following phrases in your own sentences so as to bring out their meaning: (5)
(i) to come across
(ii) to be cut out for
(iii) over head and ears
(iv) to see eye to eye
(v) to draw the line
ESSAY - 2003
Write an essay on any one of the following
1. The Masks of New Imperialism.
2. How far has democracy in India delivered the goods?
3. How should a civil servant conduct himself?
4. As civilization advances culture declines.
5. There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.
6. Spirituality and Scientific temper
Marks will be deduced if the precis is not written on the separate precis sheets provided
and if it is longer or shorter than the prescribed limit. State the number of words used by
you in the precis at its end and securely fasten the precis-sheets inside the answer-book.
(75)
There is some similarity between Italy and India. Both are ancient countries with long raditions
of culture behind them, though Italy is a newcomer compared to India, and India is a much more
vast country Both are split up politically, and yet the conception of Italia, like that of India, never
died, and in all their diversity the unity was predominant. In Italy the unity was largely a Roman
unity, for that great city had dominated the country and been the fount and symbol of unity. In
India there was no such single centre or dominant city, although Benares might well be called the
Eternal City of the East, not only for India, but also for Eastern Asia. But, unlike Rome, Benares
never dabbled in empire or thought of temporal power. Indian culture was so widespread all over
India that no part of the country could be called the heart of that culture. From Kanyakumari to
Amarnath and Badrinath in the Himalayas, from Dwarka to Pun, the same ideas coursed, and if
there was a clash of ideas in one place, the noise of it soon reached distant parts of the country.
Just as Italy gave the gift of culture and religion to Western Europe, India did so to Eastern Asia
though China was as old and venerable as India. And even when Italy was lying prostrate
politically, her life coursed through the veins of Europe. It was Metternich who called Italy a
geographical expression, and many a would-be Metternich has used that phrase for India, and,
strangely enough, there is a similarity even in their geographical positions in the two continents.
More interesting is the comparison of England with Austria, for has not England of the twentieth
century been compared to Austria of the nineteenth, proud and haughty and imposing still, but
with the roots that gave strength shriveling up and decay eating its way into the mighty fabric. It
is curious how one cannot resist the tendency to give an anthropomorphic form to a country.
Such is the force of habit and early associations. India becomes Bharat Mata, Mother India, a
beautiful lady, very old but ever youthful in appearance, sad-eyed and forlorn, cruelly treated by
aliens and outsiders, and calling upon her children to protect her. Some such picture rouses the
emotions of hundreds of thousands and drives them to action and sacrifice. And yet India is in
the main, the peasant and the worker, not beautiful to look at, for poverty is not beautiful.
Does the beautiful lady of our imaginations represent the bare-bodied and bent workers in the
fields and factories? Or the small group of those who have from ages past crushed the masses
and exploited them, imposed cruel customs on them and made many of them even untouchable ?
We seek to cover truth by the creatures of our imaginations and endeavour to escape from reality
to a world of dreams. And yet, despite these different classes and their mutual conflicts there was
a common bond which united them in India, and one is amazed at its persistence and tenacity and
enduring vitality. What was this strength due to? Nor merely the passive strength and weight of
inertia and tradition, great as these always are. There was an active sustaining principle, for it
resisted successfully powerful outside influences and absorbed internal forces that rose to combat
it.
And yet with all its strength it could not preserve political freedom or endeavour to bring about
political unity. These latter do not appear to have been considered worth much trouble; their
importance was very foolishly ignored, and we have suffered for this neglect. Right through
history the old Indian ideal did not glorify political and military triumph, and it looked down
upon money and the professional moneymaking class. Honour and wealth did not go together,
and honour was meant to go, at least in theory, to the men who served the community with little
in the shape of financial reward. The old culture managed to live through many a fierce storm
and tempest, but though it kept its outer form, it lost its real content. Today it is fighting silently
and desperately against a new and all-powerful opponent the bania civilization of the
capitalist West. It will succumb to this newcomer, for the West brings science, and science
brings food for the hungry millions. But the West also brings an antidote to the evils of this cutthroat civilization -- the principles of socialism, of cooperation, and service to the community for
the common good.
4. (a) Fill in the blanks using the appropriate forms of the words given below: (10)
burn, near, harm, perfect, invite, create, join, administer, spendthrift, skill
(i) I did not accept the .because I was angry
(ii) An honest man is the noblest .of God.
(iii) His father prevented him from .a dance school.
(iv) A judge should ..equal justice to all.
(v) He looks gentle enough, but he can be at times.
(vi) He has his case to my satisfaction.
(vii) Your opponent is too to cope with.
(viii) Despite suggestions to the contrary, he continued to be a
(ix) The ..sun made the traveller thirsty.
(x) Bombay is the seaport to Europe.
(b) Use each of the following words in two separate sentences, first as a noun and then as a
verb: (10)
(i) present
(ii) move
(iii) issue
(iv) pain
(v) crowd
(c) Rewrite the following sentences as directed within brackets: (5)
(i) He had to sign or be executed.
(Turn into a complex sentence)
(ii) Given the order.
(Use the passive form)
(iii) I was doubtful whether it was you.
(Turn into a negative sentence)
(temporal, temporary)
(x) I am the owner of the house.
(rightful, righteous)
(c) Use the following phrases in your sentences so as to bring out their meaning: (5)
(i) to call forth
(ii) to fall through
(iii) to get along
(iv) to lay bare
(v) to put up with
ESSAY - 2004
Write an essay on any one topic of the following:
1. Indias Role in Promote ASEAN Co-operation.
2. Judicial Activism and Indian Democracy.
3. Whither Womens Emancipation?
4. Globalization and Its Impact on Indian Culture.
5. The Lure of Space.
6. Water Resources Should Be Under the Control of the Central Government.
and if it is longer or shorter than the prescribed limit. State the number of words used by
you in the precis at its end and securely fasten the precis-sheets inside the answer-book.
(75)
Gautama, the Buddha, has suffered as much as anyone from critics without a sense of history.
He has been cried up, and cried down, with an equal lack of historical imagination. Buddhism
came to be widely known in the west in the latter part of the 19th century when a wave of
scepticism spread over the world as a result of the growth of science and enlightenment.
Positivism, agnosticism atheism and ethical humanism found wide support. In much of the
literature of doubt and disbelief, the name of Buddha is mentioned with respect. The humanists
honour him as one of the earliest protagonists of their cause- the happiness the dignity, and the
mental integrity of mankind.
Those who declare that man cannot know reality and others who affirm that there is no reality to
know, use his name. Agnostics quote his example. Social idealists, ethical mystics rationalist
prophets are all attracted by his teaching. Great as is the value of the Buddhas teaching for our
age, we cannot hope to understand its true significance without reference to the environment in
which he lived. This effort of historical imagination is not easy. To view the Buddha as a thinker
of the sixth century B.C., living, moving and teaching in its peculiar conditions, is a task of
extreme difficulty and delicacy; and the work of reconstruction can never be complete. But we
may be reasonably certain that it yields a picture which in its main outlines, at least, must
correspond fairly well to the reality. The supremacy of the ethical is the clue to the teaching of
the Buddha. His conceptions of life and the universe are derived from his severely practical
outlook. The existence of everything depends on a cause. If we remove the cause, the effect will
disappear. If the source of all suffering is destroyed, suffering will disappear. The only way in
which we can remove the cause of suffering is by purifying the heart and following the moral
law. Man is not divine but is to become divine. His divine status is something to be built up by
good thoughts, good words, and good deeds. The ego consists of the feelings that burn us, of the
passions we brood over, of the desires that hunt us and of the decisions we make. These are the
things that give life its dramatic character. There is nothing absolute and permanent in them.
That is why we can become something different from what we are. The reality of the person is
the creative will. When we deny the clamour of emotions, stay the stream of things, silence the
appetites of body, we feel the power of self within our own being. For the Buddha, the impulse
to dharma, to justice and kindliness is operative in things, and its efficient activity will mean the
reduction of disorder, cruelty and oppression. Dharma is organic to existence and its implication
of karma or right action is the builder of the world. There is not in the Buddhas teaching that
deep personal loyalty, passion of love, and intimate dialogue between soul and soul resembling
closely in its expression of earthly love. And yet the essence of religion, the vision of a reality
which stands beyond and within the passing flux of immediate things, the intuitive loyalty to
something larger than and beyond oneself, and absolute active in the world, is in him. We find
in Gautama, the Buddha, in powerful combination, spiritual profundity and moral strength of the
highest order and a discreet intellectual reserve.
He is one of those rare spirits who bring to men a realization of their own divinity and make the
spiritual life seem adventurous and attractive, so that they may go forth into the world with a
new interest and a new joy of heart. While his great intellect and wisdom gave him
comprehension of the highest truth, his warm heart led him to devote his life to save from
sorrow suffering humanity. The greatness of his personality, his prophetic zeal, and burning love
for suffering humanity made a deep impression on those with whom he lived; but his true
greatness stands out clearer and brighter as the ages pass, and even the sceptical minded are
turning to him with a more real appreciations a deeper reverence and a truer worship. He is one
of those few heroes of humanity who have made epochs in the history of our race, with a
message for other times as well as their own.
4. (a) Correct the following sentences: (10)
(i) Too great a variety of studies destruct the mind.
(ii) The whole fleet of their ships were captured
(iii) Each of these students have done their work.
(iv) None but fools has ever believed it.
(v) He is one of the cleverest boys that has passed through the school.
(vi) My friend, philosopher and guide have come.
(vii) The majority are opposed to this proposal.
(viii) He told me that he saw his father last month.
(ix) If he would have worked hard, he would have passed the examination.
(x) Unless he will be more careful, he will not recover.
(b) Add the suffix able or ible to each of the following words making necessary changes
in spelling. Write out the new words. (10)
(i) Advice
(ii) Contempt
(iii) Force
(iv) Access
(v) Value
(vi) Reduce
(vii) Discern
(viii) Agree
(ix) Detach
(x) Reverse
(c) Use the following phrases in your own sentences so as to bring out their meaning: (5)
(i) Apple of discord
(ii) A bolt from the blue
(iii) A feather in ones cap
(iv) Achilles heel
(v) A man of letters
5. (a) Which of the two words within brackets in the following sentences is correct in the
context? (10)
(i) Poets often (sore, soar) to great heights of imagination.
(ii) Knowledge (proceeds, proceeds) from the Goddess of Learning.
(iii) The tower was struck by (lightning, lightening) and fell down.
result in deduction of marks. The precis must be written on the separate precis sheets
provided for the purpose that must then be securely fastened inside the answer book.
Clearly state the number of words in the precis at the end. (75)
We all show our feelings on issues by the way we look and react. This has been referred to as
body language. We tend to lean forward, hand on chin when we are interested, or turn away
when disinterested. Our hands and arms can indicate we are open to what is being said by being
relaxed, or show that we are not by being clenched or crossed. We are, therefore, making body
pictures of what we feel and think all the time. Indeed people who are taking to us can often get
as much information from our body posture as from what we say of how we say it. We might
calmly but show we are anxious by moving from foot to foot or by blushing. It is hard to control
ones behavioural reactions, for it is more of a stimulus response reaction than the words we use.
Nevertheless through training it is feasible to portray the image you want to others. With the
advent of television as a major political medium there is a lot of effort going into grooming
representatives of organizations and particularly chief executives to control their gestures and
gesticulations. All this may sound as if you need to be a good actor in order to be successful at
conversation control. The answer is, in one sense you do. There is no use in saying one thing and
doing another. The actual visual behaviour of shaking your head, for example while saying yes
will deafen the words. Those who are effective at conversation control act in a congruent way.
Their behaviour matches their words. You can see they mean what they say. They present an
authentic picture because their visuals match their verbals. With practice it is possible to
improve performance in conversation without adding any more words. The improvement can
come because you improve your visual gestures and gesticulations. For example, you can
encourage another person by smiling when he/she says something that pleases you. Indeed the
smile is a very powerful gesture. It can switch people on and off if done at the appropriate time.
Psychologists refer to the laws of conditioning and reinforcement. To be skilled in conversation
control you need to know and apply these laws. Conditioning means having an effect on
someones behaviour by introducing a condition that either encourages or discourages that
behaviour. For example, we have all been conditioned to stop when we see a red light at a traffic
intersection, and to proceed if we see a green light. People can be conditioned in conversation by
such visual cues. For example if you want someone to continue talking, smile and nod at regular
intervals. The smile sets up the green light permission as a condition for the other person to
speak. The nod reinforces what is being said and gives the unspoken permission to continue.
People are very sensitive to such permission cues and clues. If you stop smiling and head
nodding, they will usually stop and you can then contribute. Likewise you can influence the
attention of people with whom you are talking by the way you use your eyes and hands,
particularly when you are addressing a group. To exercise control it is important to make eye
contact with one or more people. If it is a group, move your eye contact from time to time so that
each person is being conditioned to the fact that it could be their turn next for you to speak to
them.
Body language and the gestures and gesticulations you make are key aspects of conversation
control. Many books have been written on the subject of how our body very often tells others
what we are thinking before we have spoken. The visual clues get through much more quickly
than the verbal ones. Also use your hands to emphasize a point or get them to direct the listeners
gaze where you want it to concentrate. The pointed finger or the open palm tells the story. Our
task is to line up what we say with what we do and vice versa, if you do clench your fist and are
angry, then your words should reflect this. If you are relaxed, happy and smiling, they say no.
(words: 705)
4. (a) Rewrite the following sentences after making necessary correction of errors: (10)
(i) Neither percept nor dscipline are so forceful as example.
(ii) Do you know if there is a house for letting in the neighbourhood.
(iii) Who you said was coming to see me in the morning?
(iv) He was finding it increasingly difficult to mike his two ends meet.
(v) The poor people of the village buy neither vegetables nor grow them,
(vi) On entering the hail, the humber of visitors surprised me
(vii) The short story should not exceed more than two hundred words.
(viii) Before giving the mixture to the child shake it thoroughly.
(ix) Nothing has or could be more tragic than his death.
(x) The reason that the students these days are so undisciplined is that they do not get any
guidance from their parents.
(b) Fill in the blanks with appropriate preposition/particle and rewrite the completed
sentences: (5)
(i) I told him that he could not catch a big fish __________ a small rod.
(ii) He was taken __________ task for shortage in cash balance.
(iii) The father pulled ___________ his son for his extravagant habits.
(iv) He is so clever, it is difficult to see __________ his tricks.
(v) I have been invited by my friend __________ tea.
(c) Choose the appropriate verb form to fill in the blanks and rewrite the sentences: (5)
(i) The efficiency of a plant ________ by the load it can take.
(A) knows (B) is known
(C) has been known (D) has known
(ii) Everyday last week my aunt _______ a plate.
(A) breaks (B) was broken
(C) broke (D) has broken
(iii) If I _________ one more question, I would have passed.
(A) had answered (B) would have answered
(C) would answer (D) has broken
(iv) He promised _______________ me a post in his department.
(A) to have given (B) having given
(C) have given (D) to give
(v) Please dont ______________ when you go out.
(A) leave opening the door (B) leave the door open
(C) Leave the door opened (D) leave open the door
(d) Change the following sentences into Indirect Speech: (5)
(i) He said, I will not approve of such a behaviour in future.
(ii) He said on the telephone, We kept on doing our work till late night.
(iii) She said, As your mother is ill, you must go home at once.
(iv) Ram said to Sita, Do you intend to come with me to the forest?
(v) The child said to the Sherpa, Why didnt you choose to climb to the Moon?
5. (a) Fill in the blank with an appropriate derivative of the word given within brackets &
rewrite the sentences: (10)
For example: It has been raining (continue) continuously for two days.
(i) She had few rights but all the (responsible) _______ of her work.
(ii) Women chose not to vote (machine) ____________ at the bidding of their men folk.
(iii) In South Africa, certain areas are (exclude) __________ meant for white people.
(iv) The Pathans of the Frontier are (descend) __________ of Genghis Khan.
(v) The court ordered him a heavy fine and (prison) ____________ of 3 years.
(vi) India lodged a complaint with Pakistan for (courage) ________ terrorism in Kashmir.
(vii) Candidates with Graduate degrees in (Human) _________and Arts prefer office jobs.
(viii) Despite ne call for ceasefire, the war continued (abate) __________.
(ix) A creative person is known for his (source) ___________ and flexibility.
(x) The police could not control the situation as the protesters (number) _________ them
manifold.
(b) Make sentences using the following words as directed so as to bring out the meaning: 10
(i) Pitch (as noun and verb)
(ii) Mirror (as noun and verb)
(iii) Humble (as adjective and verb)
(iv) In (as adverb and preposition)
(c) Use the following phrases/idioms in sentences so as to bring out the meaning: (5)
(i) bell the cat
(ii) thank ones stars
(iii) be on tenterhooks
(iv) true to ones salt colours
(v) come ant with flying
ESSAY - 2006
Write an essay on any one of the following topics
1. Womens Reservation Bill Would Usher in Empowerment for Women in India.
2. Protection of Ecology and Environment is Essential for Sustained Economic Development.
3. Importance of Indo-U.S. Nuclear Agreement.
4. Education For All Campaign in India: Myth or Reality.
5. Globalization Would Finish Small-Scale Industries in India.
6. Increasing Computerization Would lead to the Creation of Dehumanized Society.
thought and talk; and it is capable of providing almost infinite pleasure. There on our
bookshelves or on summons from a library are wits, wisdom, adventure, romance from all ages
and from all over the world. Is there any wonder that our eyes sometimes stray wistfully to the
bookshelves and away from a dull visitor, or that we shirk a tiresome duty for an exciting book?
Books or people? Reading or conversation, listening in to a broadcast or watching a television
programme? Which is the better way to gain knowledge or to spend your leisure? Some fortunate
people seem always to find time for both and to enjoy both almost equally. My great friend,
Arthur Wanchope, a fine soldier, an able administrator and a very gifted personality, was a
constant reader; yet always ready to lay aside a book for talk.
The advantages of reading over talk are, of course, many. We can select the book that suits our
mood, can go at our own pace, skip or turn back whereas we cannot turn over two pages of a
tedious companion or close him or her, with a bang. But reading too has its own drawbacks. It
lacks the human touch, the salt of life, and is therefore a dangerous substitute for thought or
action. Bacon in one of his essays observes that reading maketh a full man; conference (that is
talking) a ready man; and writing an exact man. One would like to be full of knowledge, ready in
speech and exact by training. What short of books have impressed me and what books have
found a permanent place on my bookshelves?
To begin with my profession-soldiering. I do not believe that soldiering, a practical business, in
which human nature is the main element, can be learnt from text-books. But for those who have
grasped the principles of war and have understood that the human factor is the most important
element in it. There is military reading that is quite fascinating and valuable. Real and re-read the
campaigns of the great commanders, said Napoleon. I would venture to put it differently and
would say that the lives and characters of the great commanders are what students of war should
examine, since their campaigns are only incidents in them; and that the behaviour of leaders and
of their men in the field is the real subject for study.
In my general reading history, biography and travel occupy a prominent place; and since I have
spent a considerable proportion of my life in the East there are a good number of volumes on
India and the Middle East. There is plenty of poetry on my shelves and a good deal of it is in my
head. Poetry should dance in the mind, and blow one a kiss; or gallop to adventure with a cheer;
or whisper gently of things past; not shuffle or slouch past with dark incomprehensible
mutterings. Perhaps I am getting old, anyway I prefer the old poets.
Lastly comes what is sometimes called escapist literature, the books we read with no other aim,
than to rest or amuse the mind; to forget the days chores and the morrows anxieties. This is
perhaps the most pleasant form of reading for most, and I suspect the only form of reading for
many. The volume chosen may either be a thriller or soother a thriller to bring sense of
adventure into the dull daily routine or a soother to rest tired nerves. Our grandfathers in their
leisurely days were content with the stately, comfortable three volume novel, but that had passed
before the beginning of this century.
You will choose your books as you choose your friends, with taste and discrimination; I hope;
because they can tell you something of your profession and interests, because they are wise and
helpful, because they can stir your blood with tales of adventure, or because they are gay and
witty. I can only wish you will get as much pleasure from them as I get from my books. (Words:
703)
4. (a) Rewrite the following sentences after making necessary correction of errors: (10)
(i) The Greeks were brave peoples.
(ii) His hat was blown off by the strong air.
(iii) I am the one who am to blame.
(iv) We should sympathies with blind.
(v) Id rather play cricket and not swim.
(vi) Walking through the front door a wasp stung him.
(vii) Two plus nine are eleven.
(viii) I have built the house in 1960.
(ix) Their wedding has not been a very happy one.
(x) Choose only such friends whom you can trust.
(b) Rewrite the following sentences, inserting suitable articles where necessary: (5)
(i) What kind of ______ animals is it?
(ii) He will return in _____ hour.
(iii) He is ______ richest man in our street.
(iv) Gold is not ______ useful metal.
(v) While there is ______ life there is hope.
(c) Form Verbs from the following Nouns: (5)
(i) Courage
(ii) Memory
(iii) Prison
(iv) Class
(v) Friend
(d) Put the verbs in bracket in the correct tense and rewrite the following: (5)
India (have) many calendars which Indians (use) since very early times. More than thirty (be)
still in use. One difficulty about having so many calendars (be) that the same date (fall) on
different days according to each.
5. (a) Use each of the following words in two separate sentences, first as a Noun and then as
a Verb: (10)
(i) Bank
(ii) Battle
(iii) Bite
(iv) Brave
(v) Brush
(b) Change the following sentences into their corresponding (a) Negatives and (b)
Questions: (10)
(i) Ram resembles his father.
Maximum Marks :
Candidates should attempt questions from all the Section I, II, and III. The number of
marks carried by each question is indicated at the end of the question.
SECTION- I
1. Did Jawaharlal Nehru really 'speak' the 'language' of Gandhi? Locate the points of their
agreements and departures.
OR
How did economic nationalism mirror the work of the early nationalist leadership in India?
(About 250 words)
35
2. Answer any two of the following :
=30
(About 150 words on each)
15 x 2
(a) Why did the moderates lose appeal with the Indians and failed to elicit desired response
from the British?
(b) How did the Policy of free trade hurt Indian textile industry and crafts in the latter half
of the 19th century?
(c) Trace the origins of the R.N.I. Mutiny and evaluate its impact on the political situation in
India.
3. Answer any three of the following :
=30
(About 75 words on each)
10 x 3
2 x 15
10 x 3
(a) Examine the fall out of population explosion in India at the close of twentieth century.
(b) Discuss the justification for the creation of new states in U.P. and Bihir.
(c) What are the reasons for the slow progress of SAPTA?
(d) Describe the problem of KOSOVO.
(e) What is ASEAN PLUS? What is its nature and duty?
7. Attempt any five of following :
=30
(About 50 words on each)
6x5
(a) What were the circumstances leading to the promulgation of Prasar Bharati ordinance in
August 1998?
(b) Who has claimed the responsibility for the recent bomb attacks on American embassies
2 x 15
(iii) Planet-B
Frequency
15
35
50
60
100
75
70
60
25
10
Find :
(i) the cut-off point above which 25% most intelligent adolescents fall.
(ii) the cut-off point below which the 25% least intelligent adolescents
fall.
8
12. (a) State whether the following statements are true or false.
Give reasons.
6
(i) A person's monthly income first increases by 20% and then decreases by 20% . There is
no net change in his income.
(ii) All facts expressed numerically pertain to statistics.
(iii) If A stands 50 % change of getting through Test I and Test II independently, then A
stands at least 50 % chance of getting through both the tests.
(b) The following is the series of index numbers taking 1992 as base year :
Year :- 1992
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
Index :- 100
120
135
170
180
210
How would the index numbers be changed if 1993 is taken as base
year?
7
20+20
(a) Highlight the significance of the Seventy-third Amendment to the Constitution of India.
(b) How are the States formed in India? Why have the demands of separate States like those
of Vidarbha, Telangana etc. not been considered by the Government recently?
(c) On what grounds the Legislative Councils are justified? How is it created or abolished in
a State?
(d) Differentiate and state the significance of general election, mid-term election and byelection.
5. Answer any TWO of the following :(Answer to each question should be in about 150 words)
20+20
(a) What are the main reasons for industrial sickness in India? How can it be overcome?
(b) Infrastructure bottlenecks continue to stifle the economic growth in
India. Comment.
(c) Comment on the view that Monetary Policy in India is used more as a stabilisation
device rather than as a development tool.
(d) What has been the role of NRIs in the economic development of India in the recent past?
6. Answer any TWO of the following :(Answer to each question should be in about 150 words)
15+15
(a) What are the geo-economic causes of underdevelopment of various regions in India?
(b) Which parts of India have been identified as draughtprone? Mention the norms for such
identification.
(c) Describe the changes that have taken place in the direction of international trade of India
since independence.
(d) How do the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the Lakshadweep differ in the geological
ecvolution and topographical conditions?
7. Answer any TWO of the following :(Answer to each question should be in about 150 words)
20+20
(iii) TRAI
Maximum Marks :
INSTRUCTIONS
Each Question is printed both in Hindi and in English.
Answers must be written in the medium specified in the Admission Certificate issued to you,
which must be stated clearly on the cover of the answer-book in the space provided for the
purpose. No mark will be given for answers written in a medium other than that specified in
the Admission Certificate. Candidates should attempt ALL questions strictly in accordance
with the instructions given under each question. The number of marks carried by each
question is indicated at the end of the question.
Q.1. Answer any ONE of the following (About 250 words) : 30
(a) Trace the origin of the Swadeshi Movement. How did it involve the masses
(b) What was Mountbatten Plan ? Discuss the reactions of Gandhi and Azad to the Plan.
Q. 2. Answer any TWO of the following (About 150 words each):15 x 2 =
30
(a) Who established the Arya Samaj ? What was its goal ?
(b) How did the terrorist movement gather strength in countries other than India?
(c) Was Jawaharlal Nehru justified in adopting the principle of non-alignment as the cornerstone of India's foreign policy ?
Q. 3. Answer the following (About 20 words each) : 30
(i) Brahmagupta
(ii) Amir Khusro
(iii) William Jones
(iv) C.F. Andrews
(v) Narayan Guru
(vi) Tantia Tope
(vii) Sayyid Ahmad
(viii) Margaret Noble
(ix) Sangam Literature
(x) Gandhara School of art
(xi) Granth Sahib
(xii) Fort William College
(xiii) Epsom
(xiv) Lala Amarnath
(xv) Tiger Woods.
2 x 15 =
2 x 10 =
20
(a) Mention the agro-climatic regions of India stating the basis of classification.
(b) Explain the major racial groups of India.
(c) What is waste land ? Write a note on prospects of waste land development in India.
Q. 5. Write notes on the following (About 20 words each) :10
(i) Linguistic regions of India
(ii) Nagarjunasagar Project
(iii) Mango Showers
(iv) Multi-level planning in India
(v) India's Laterite soils.
5x2=
2 x 10 =
2x5=
Maximum Marks :
INSTRUCTIONS
Each Question is printed both in Hindi and in English.
Answers must be written in the medium specified in the Admission Certificate issued to you,
which must be stated clearly on the cover of the answer-book in the space provided for the
purpose. No mark will be given for answers written in a medium other than that specified in
the Admission Certificate. Candidates should attempt ALL questions strictly in accordance
with the instructions given under each question. The number of marks carried by each
question is indicated at the end of the question.
Q. 1 . Answer any two of the following. (Answer to each question should be in about
150 words) : 15 x 2
= 30
(a) Discuss Indian-Sri Lankan relations in recent years.
(b) India's Kargil victory rested on its successful effort at combining diplomacy with the use
of force. Discuss.
(c) Differentiate and state the significance of Pokharan I and Pokharan II.
Q. 2. Answer the following (Answer to each question should be in about 20 words)
2 x 5 = 10
(a) What does track two diplomacy stand for ?
(b) Non-alignment is a need, not a creed, Elaborate.
(c) Differentiate between Peace-making and Peace-keeping.
(d) What is deterrence ?
(e) Why has the indigenous development of Cryogenic Enging become necessary for India ?
Q. 3. Answer the following. (Answer to each question should be in about 20 words)
2 x 5 = 10
(a) What does the Global organisation of people of Indian origin stand for ?
(b) What is the impact of economic sanctions against India on NRIs ?
(c) Why is Fiji crisis of May 19, 2000 a specific concern for India ?
(d) Examine the role of NRIs in the liberalisation process of India.
(e) Mention few NRIs who have brought name and fame for India.
Q. 4. Answer anyone of the following. (Answer should be in about 250
words)
30
(a) India is rapidly emerging as an Information Technology (IT) Superpower. Discuss some
aspects of the growth of this Sector in the Indian economy. What role can public policy play
in further enhancing growth prospects in this Sector ?
(b) Control over growth of population in India is an essential condition for the country's
rapid economic development. Discuss.
Q. 5. Answer any two of the following. (Answer to each question should be in about 150
words) :
2 x 15 = 30
(a) Discuss the reasons for the failure of the Seattle Millennium talks on the WTO (World
Trade Organisation). Discuss some implications of this failure for the Indian economy.
(b) What is (Revised) Targeted Public Distribution System ? What are its main features ?
(c) Discuss the economic effects of Black money (Parallel economy) in Indian economy.
Q. 6. Answer the following. (Answer to each question should be in about 20 words)
2 x 15 = 30
(a) What are the main objectives of the 9th Five-Year Plan of the Government of India ?
(b) Write a note on MODVAT Scheme of 1986.
(c) Explain per capita income as a measurement of economic growth.
(d) What are the objectives of Social Security ?
(e) What do you mean by 'Parallel Economy' ?
(f) Describe the use of 'Command Area Development' in India.
Number of Students
Humanities
Science
Commerce
2810
890
540
3542
1363
471
4301
1662
652
5362
2071
895
6593
2752
1173
Total
4240
5376
6615
8328
10518
If the production of sugar is 3000 tons, find the total production of rice and
wheat.
8
Q. 14. Answer the following :
(a) The number of overtime hours worked by 1000 employees of a company during the last
six months is as follows :
4x
2=8
Overtime
(in hours)
0-20
20-40
40-60
60-80
80-100
100-120
120-140
140-160
160-180
180-200
Number of
Employees
401
226
182
74
43
38
20
9
5
2
(i) What is the percentage of employees having worked less than 40 overtime hours during
these months ?
(ii) What is the percentage of employees having worked for at least 40 overtime hours but
less than 100 overtime hours ?
(b) A certain company offered its shares, of par-value Rs 120, at a premium of Rs 20. In the
following year a dividend of 21% was declared by the company. Find the rate of interest at
the hands of the
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investor.
Q. 15. Answer the following :
2x4=
8
(a) A farmer has a square plot for cultivation. If the length of each side is increased by 10%,
then the yield from the plot will increase by 20%. Is it true ? Give reason.
(b) A company increased its production 8 times in a period of 3 years. What is the
percentage increase per year ?
(c) The price of a commodity fell by 25% and then rose by 33.33%. Can we conclude that
the current price is 8.33% more of the original price ? Give reason.
(d) A group of 150 workers have Rs 72.60. When both the groups are combined, what be the
average daily wage ?
BSNL is the first telecom service organization in India to launch a nationwide cellular service at
one time
Correct Answer is (c) MTNL is listed on NYSE
7. Which amongst the following States has thehighest population density as per Census2001 ?
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
UttarPradesh
West Bengal
Correct Answer is (d) West Bengal
8. The Ninth Schedule to the Indian Constitutionwas added by
First Amendment
Eighth amendment
Ninth Amendment
Forty Second Amendment
Correct Answer is (a) First Amendment
9. Who headed the Interim Cabinet formed in theyear 1946?
Rajendra Prasad
Jawaharlal Nehru
Sardar Vallabhai Patel
Rajagopalachari
Correct Answer is (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
10. The waterfall 'Victoria' is associated with theRiver
Amazon
Missouri
St. Lawrence
Zambeji
Correct Answer is (d) Zambeji
11. The leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha 1928)Was
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Mahatma Gandhi
Vithlbhai J. Patel
Mahadev Desai
Correct Answer is (a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
12. The Kelkar proposals which were in the newsrecently were the
recommendations for reforms in the powersector
recommendations for tax reforms
guidelines for the privatization of publicsector undertakings
Guidelines for reducing vehicular pollution and the promotion of cng use
Correct Answer is (b) recommendations for tax reforms
2,3 and 4
I,3and4
I,2,3and4
Correct Answer is (d) I,2,3and4
18. Emperor Harsha's southward march was stopped on the Narmada river by
Pulakesin-I
Pulakesin-ll
Vikramaditya-1
Vikramaditya-11
Correct Answer is (b) Pulakesin-ll
19. Under which Article of the Indian constitution did the President give his assent to the
ordinance on electoral reforms when it was sent back to him by the Union Cabinet without
making any changes in the year 2002)?
Article 121
Article 122
Article 123
Article 124
Correct Answer is (c) Article 123
20. Dilip Kaur Tiwana is well known as a
) literateur
Musician
scientist
sportsperson
Correct Answer is (a) ) literateur
21. Consider the following statements:
1. The Maximum limit of shareholding of Indian promoters in private sector banks in India is 49
per cent of the paid up capital.
2. Foreign Direct Investment upto 49 per cent from all sources is permitted in private sector
banks in India under the automatic route.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
Only 1
Only 2
Both l and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
Correct Answer is (c) Both l and 2
22. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer:
List-I cricketers) List II (country)
A.Barry Rchards 1.England
B. Tex Dexter 2.West Indies
C. Alan Davidson 3. South Africa
D. Charlie Griffith 4. New Zealand
5. Australia
A-3 B-2 C-5 D-1
A-5 B-1 C-4 D-2
A-3 B-1 C-5 D-2
A-5 B-2 C-4 D-1
Correct Answer is (c) A-3 B-1 C-5 D-2
23. Regarding the atom of a chemical element, the magnetic quantum number refers to
orientation
shape
size
spin
Correct Answer is (a) orientation
24. Consider the following statements:
1. The common blue green algae Spirogyra and Ulothrix are found in both fresh water ponds and
oceans.
2.The chameleon can look ahead with one eye, and at the same time look behind with another.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
Only 1
Only 2
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
Correct Answer is (c) Both 1 and 2
25. Which among the following countries has the largest population?
Indonesia
Japan
Pakistan
Sudan
Correct Answer is (a) Indonesia
26. Assertion A): Emperor Akbar marched towards Afghanistan in 1581 with a huge
army.
Reason R): He was on his way to reclaim his ancestral country of Ferghana in Central
Asia.
You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items
using the codes given below:
Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both a and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
A is true but R'is false
A is false but R is true
Correct Answer is (a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation
of A
27. Assertion A): During the year 2001-02, the value of India's total exports declined,
registering a negative growth of 2.17%
Reason R): During the year 2001-02, negative growth in exports was witnessed in respect of
iron and steel, textiles and marine products.
You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items
using the codes given below:
Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both a and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
A is true but R'is false
A is false but R is true
Correct Answer is (d) A is false but R is true
28. Assertion A): The eastern coast of India produces more rice than the western coast.
Reason R): The eastern coast receives more rainfall than the western coast.
You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items
using the codes given below:
Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both a and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
A is true but R'is false
A is false but R is true
Correct Answer is (c) A is true but R'is false
29. Assertion A): The EXIM policy is liberal, market-oriented and favours global trade.
Reason R): GATT has played a significant role in the liberalisation of the economy.
You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items
using the codes given below:
Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both a and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
A is true but R'is false
A is false but R is true
Correct Answer is (b) Both a and R are individually true but R is not the correct
explanation of A
30. Assertion A): In the periodic table of chemical elements, electron affinity is always
found to increase from top to bottom in 4 group.
Reason R): In a group, the atomic radii generally increase from top to bottom.
You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items
using the codes given below:
Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both a and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
A is true but R'is false
A is false but R is true
Correct Answer is (d) A is false but R is true
31. Assertion A): Coal-based thermal power stations contribute to acid-rain.
Reason R): Oxides of carbon are emitted when coal burns.
You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items
using the codes given below:
Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both a and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
A is true but R'is false
A is false but R is true
Correct Answer is (b) Both a and R are individually true but R is not the correct
explanation of A
32. Assertion R) : ted when coal burns. The weight of a body decreases with the increase of
latitude on earth.
Reason R) : The earth is not a perfect sphere.
You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items
using the codes given below:
Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both a and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
A is true but R'is false
A is false but R is true
Correct Answer is (d) A is false but R is true
33. Assertion R): Unsaturated fats are more reactive compared with the saturated fats.
Reason R) : Unsaturated fats have only single bonds in their structure
You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items
using the codes given below:
Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both a and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
A is true but R'is false
A is false but R is true
Correct Answer is (c) A is true but R'is false
34. Assertion R) : The amount of moisture in the atmosphere is related to latitude.
Reason R) : The capacity to hold moisture in the form of water vapour is related to
temperature
You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items
using the codes given below:
Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both a and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
A is true but R'is false
A is false but R is true
Correct Answer is (a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation
of A
35. Assertion R) : Unlike temperate forests, the tropical rain forests, if cleared, can yield
productive farmland that can support intensive agriculture for several years even without
chemical fertilizers.
Reason R) : The primary productivity of the tropical rain forest in very high when
disintegration.You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to
these items using the codes given below:
Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both a and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
A is true but R'is false
A is false but R is true
Correct Answer is (a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation
of A
40. Assertion A): Marathas emerged as the strongest native power in India after the decline
of Mughal empire.
Reason R): Marathas were the first to have a clear concept of a untitled Indian nation.
You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items
using the codes given below:
Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both a and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
A is true but R'is false
A is false but R is true
Correct Answer is (b) Both a and R are individually true but R is not the correct
explanation of A
41. Which one among the following countries has the lowest GDP per capita?
China
India
Indonesia
Sri Lanka
Correct Answer is (b) India
42. Consider the following statements:
1. In Mecedonia, ethnic Albanians are a minority.
2. In Kosovo, Serbians are a majority.
Which of these statements is / are correct?
Only 1
Only 2
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
Correct Answer is (c) Both 1 and 2
43. Israel has common borders with
Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt
Lebanon, Syria, Turkey and Jordan
Cyprus, Turkey, Jordan and Egypt
Turkey, Syia, Iraq and Yemen
Correct Answer is (a) Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt
44. What is the correct sequence of the rivers-Godavari, Mahanadi, Narmada and Tapi in
Visakhapatnam
Correct Answer is (b) Kochi
55. Three flags, each of different colour, are available for a military exercise. Using these
flags different codes can be generated by waving
i) single flag in a different sequence of colours, or
ii) any two flags in a different sequence of colours, or
iii) three flags in a different sequence of colours.
The maximum umber of codes that can be generated is
6
9
15
18
Correct Answer is (c) 15
56. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer:
List-I Organisation) List II (Location)
A. National Sugar Institute 1. Dehradun
B. Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited 2. Kamptee
C. Institute of Military Law 3. Pune
Institute of National Integration 4 . Hyderabad
5. Kanpur
A-3 B-1 C-4 D-2
A-5 B-1 C-4 D-3
A-3 B-4 C-5 D-2
A-5 B-4 C-2 D-3
Correct Answer is (d) A-5 B-4 C-2 D-3
57. Tim Montgomery set .a new world record at the IAAF Grand Prix final in the year
2002 in
Long Jump
110m Hurdle Race
100m Dash
High Jump
Correct Answer is (c) 100m Dash
58. With reference to the work of human kidney, consider the following statements:
1. After the waste is removed in the kidney, the cleaner blood is sent back through renal artery.
2. From Bowman's capsule, the filtered liquid passes through tiny tubes where much of the
glucose is reabsorbed and sent back to the blood in the renal vein.
Which of these statements is/are correct ?
Only l
Only 2
Both l and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
SECTION I
1. How did Communalism manifest in Indian political scene? Explain the background of the
passing of the momentous Pakistan Resolution.
35
OR
What were the proposals of the Cabinet Mission ? Analyse there actions of the Congress and the
League to the proposals.
35
(a) Trace the formation of the Swaraj Party. What were its demands.
(b) 'What began as a flight for religion ended as a war of independence, for there is not the
slightest doubt that the rebels wanted to get rid of the alien government and restore the old order
of which the king of Delhi was the rightful representative.' Do you support this viewpoint?
(c) How far Curzon's policy towards Tibet was influenced by strategic consideration. 15x2=30
3.
(a) Assess the contributions of Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar to the making of modern India.
(b) In what way did Ramakrishna infuse a new vigour and dynamism into Hinduism ?
(c) 'Tagore's poetry is a written record of his religious experience.' Elucidate.
(d) How did Nehru's plan for modernization make rapid stride during the decade 1951-61?
10x3=30
4. (a) Write about the chief features of the following : (About 20 words on each)
(i) Chola architecture
(ii) Baisakhi
(x) C. Y. Chintamani
2 x 15 =30
SECTION II
5. What are the highlights of the draft nuclear doctrine formulated by the National Security
Advisory Board ? What shortcomings have been pointed out in media reports relating to the
same?
OR
What are the reasons for the recent diplomatic confrontation between the U.S.E. and China?
What specific measures have been taken by the U.S.E. to defuse the tension building up the
Taiwan strait? (About 250 words)
6. Attempt any three of the following :
35
(About 100 words on each)
(a) What new type of satellite is proposed to be inducted for bolstering surveillance on India
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Each Question is printed both in Hindi and in English. Answers must be written in the medium specified
in the Admission Certificate issued to you, which must be stated clearly on the cover of the answerbook in the space provided for the purpose. No mark will be given for answers written in a medium
other than that specified in the Admission Certificate. Candidates should attempt ALL questions strictly
in accordance with the instructions given under each question. The number of marks carried by each
question is indicated at the end of the question.
Candidate should attempt All questions strictly in accordance with instructions given under each
question.
Q1. Answer any one of the following: (about 250 words) 30 Marks
a) The reforms of 1909 introduced a cardinal problem and ground of controversy at every revision
of the Indian electoral system. Comment.
b) Discuss the problem that impeded the integration of the princely states into the Indian Union. How
were these problems tackled?
Q2. Answer any two of the following: (about 150 words) 2 X15=30 Marks
a) The mainstay of Mahatma Gandhis movements was the rural India. Elucidate.
b) Discuss the character of major tribal uprisings in British India in the nineteenth Century.
c) Bring out the ideological basis of the Moderate-Extermist divide in the Indian National Congress.
Q3. Answer the following: (about 20 words ) 15X2=30 Marks
i) Arthasastra
ii) Saranath Pillar
iii) The Jatiya Sarkar of Tamluk
iv) Punnapra-Vayalar
v) Sajjad Zahir
vi) Al-Hilal
vii) Har Dayal
viii) Khudai Khidmatgar
ix) Mahayana Cult
x) W.W. Hunter
xi) Indu Lal Yajnik
xii) Achhut Patwardhan
xiii) Sir William Jones
xiv) James Wilson
xv) Ghulam-giri.
Q4. Answer any two of the following: (about 125 words) 2X10=20
149.5-154.5
154.5-159.5
24
159.5-164.5
54
164.5-169.5
60
169.5-174.5
27
174.5-179.5
179.5-184.5
Q14. Draw the two ogives (less than and greater than type cumulative frequency curves). Find the
point of their intersection and comment on its significance. 8
a) The mean and variance of a set of 60 observations are 10 and 4 respectively while for a subset of 40
observations these measures are 11 and 2.25 respectively.
Find the mean and variance of the other subset. 8 Marks
b)The three outcomes of an experiment;w1, w2 and w3 are such that w1 is twice as likely to occur as
w3. Find the probability of occurrence of each of the three outcomes. 8 Marks
Q15. a) What are the problems that a statistician encounters in the process of construction of index
number? 2
b)Suppose that the regression line of two random variables y and x given by y=26.38-1.35x and that of x
and y is given by x=16.38-0.45y. find the square of the coefficient of correlation between x and y. 2
c) If the correlation coefficient between two random variables is zero, are the random variables
independent? 2
d) In a certain factory, a unit of work is completed by A in 10 minutes, by B in 20 minutes. What is the
average number of units of work completed per minute? 2
2. Answer any two of the following questions (in about 150 words each): 152 =
30
(a) What are the salient features of the Government of India Acts of 1858 and 1909?
(b) Do you think Mahatma Gandhis support to Khilafat Movement had diluted his
secular credentials? Give your argument based on the assessment of events.
(c) Evaluate the contribution of revolutionary terrorism represented by Bhagat Singh to the
cause of Indias Struggle of independence
b) 3,2,1,4
3) Vedas
c) 3,4,2,1
4) Brahman
d)3,2,4,1
b) 1,2,4,3
5)Find X
5/8, 11/18, x , 47/78
a)17/36
b)19/46
c) 2,1,4,3
c) 31/63
d 2,1,3,4
d) 23/38
d)Zaire basin
7) I) Jainism split into two sects after first Jaina Council at Pataliputhra.
II) Budhism split into two sects after Second Budhist Council at Vaishali
a)I True
b)II True
c)Both True
d)Both Wrong
8) What are true about Igneous Rocks?
1) Acid Rocks Contain mostly Silicon.
2) They are normally non crystalline 3) Dont occur in Layers 4) Dont contain
fossils
a) 1,2,3
b) 2,3,4
c) 1,3,4
d) 1,2,3,4
9) I) In Berubari case preamble was held to be not part of Constitution.
II) In Kesavanda Bharati case Preamble was held to be part of Constitution.
a)I True
b)II True
c)Both True
d)Both Wrong
10) I) James Princep found the Rock Edicts of Ashoka in 1837.
II) The edicts were in 4 languages and the main was Prakarit and Written in Brahmi
a)I True
b)II True
c)Both True
d)Both Wrong
11) Woodbridge (Australia) won 9th Doubles Title with Bjormanof----a) Austria
b)Russia
c) Swedon
d) France
12) Vishnugupta was the last Gupta King. Who was the last GREAT Gupta ruler?
a)Skandagupta
b) Kumaragupta
c) Chandragupta II
d) Samudragupta
13) What are true about Cirrus Clouds?
1) They are silky by appearance and high clouds
2) They are entirely composed of ice crystals
3) When they are arranged irregular they indicate fair weather.
4) When they are systematically arranged they indicate hot weather.
a) 1,2,3
b) 2,3,4
c) 1,2,4
d) 1,2,3,4
14) What is wrong about Pacific Ocean?
a) Largest and Deepest Ocean
b) Continental shelves in Eastern Coast are extensive and on western Coast are less extensive
c) There are more scattered ridges
d) Its area is more than the land area of the world.
15) Which Fundamental Right is available to Citizens only?
a) General Equality b) Religious right
c) Right against Exploitation
d) Freedom of Residence
Answers key:
1)c
2)d
3)a
4)c
5)d
6)d
7)a
8)c
9)c
10)c
11)c
12)a
13)a
14)c
15)d
2. Some time back, the Government of India, decided to delicense `white goods' industry. `White
goods' include
(a) stainless steel and alumunium utensils
(b) milk and milk products
(c) items purchased for conspicuous consumption
(d) soaps, detergents and other mass consumption goods
4. What is the correct sequence of the following Indian states in descending order of their length
of surface roads per 100 km 2 of their area?
1. Haryana 2. Maharashtra 3. Punjab 4. Tamil Nadu
(a) 4, 3, 2, 1 (b) 4, 3, 1, 2 (c) 3, 4, 1, 2 (d) 3, 4, 2, 1
List I List II
A. Potassium bromide 1. Fertiliser
B. Potassium nitrate 2. Photography
C. Potassium sulphate 3. Bakery
D. Monopotassium tartarate 4. Gunpowder
ABCDABCD
(a) 2 4 1 3 (b) 2 4 3 1
(c) 4 2 3 1 (d) 4 2 1 3
6. The four railway junctions shown by numerals 1, 2, 3, 4 on the rough outline map of Gujarat
are respectively
(a) Patanpur, Mahesana, Ahmedabad and Vadodara
(b) Mahesana, Surendranagar, Rajkot and Junagarh
(c) Palanpur, Kanda, Bhuj and Okla
(d) Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Bhavnagar and Broach
7. The damage to the Spektr Module of the Russian Space Station Mir was due to
(a) collision with a Soyuz cargo ship
(b) faulty material design of the Spektr Module
(c) explosion inside the space station
(d) collision with an asteroid
8. The misery index is the sum of a country's unemployment and inflation rate. The higher the
index, the more miserable a is the country to live in. The figure given below is the Misery Index
for various countries in Europe
Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the misery index given above?
1. Britain is the most miserable country to live in.
2. The inflation rate in Spain is less than than in Belgium and Britain.
3. Italy and France seem to have almost identical unemployment rate.
4. The higher the misery index the higher the inflation rate.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
(a) 1 alone (b) 2 and 3
(c) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (d) None
11. Which one of the following elements is essential for the construction of nuclear reactors?
(a) Cobalt (b) Nickel (c) Zirconium (d) Tungsten
13. Which one of the following regions of the world supplies the maximum of our imported
commodities (in terms of rupee value)?
(a) Africa (b) America (c) Asia and Oceania (d) Europe
19. Lord Mountbatten came to India as Viceroy along with specific instruction to
(a) balkanize the Indian sub-continent
(b) keep India united if possible
(c) accept Jinnah's demand for Pakistan
(d) persuade the Congress to accept partition
20. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the states (labeled 1, 2, 3 and 4) of
India shown on the map in descending order in terms of their available ground water-resources
for irrigation?
(a) 3, 4, 1, 2
(b) 3, 4, 2, 1
(c) 4, 3, 1, 2
(d) 4, 3, 2, 1
21. Consider the following statements
The price of any currency in international market is decided by the
1. World Bank.
2. demand for goods/services provided by the country concerned.
3. stability of the government of the concerned country.
4. economic potential of the country in question.
Of these statements
(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 are correct (b) 2 and 3 are correct
(c) 3 and 4 are correct (d) 1 and 4 are correct
25. Among the Indian states shown labeled 1, 2, 3 and 4 in the rough outline map given, the
correct sequence of descending order of percent of scheduled tribe population to their total
population is :
(a) 1, 3, 2, 4 (b) 3, 1, 2, 4 (c) 3, 1, 4, 2 (d) 1, 3, 4, 2
26. Which one of the following sets of states stands to benefit the most from the Konkan
Railway?
(a) Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala
(b) Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala
(c) Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa, Maharashtra
(d) Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Tamil Nadu
27. The supply-side economics lays greater emphasis on the point of view of
(a) producer (b) global economy (c) consumer (d) middle-man
28. Which one of the following languages belongs to the Austric group ?
(a) Maratlti (b) Ladakhi (c) Khasi (d) Tamil
29. Which one of the following metals does not form amalgams?
(a) Zinc (b) Copper (c) Magnesium (d) Iron
30. Indonesian forest fire in 1997 was caused by
(a) greenhouse effect (b) depletion of ozone laver
(c) EL Nino effect (d) None of the above
31. LMNOP, is semicircle with center at R and diameter LP, LSRand RQP are also semicircles
with centers at T and U and diameters LR= RP =1 /2 LP. The ratio of perimeters of LMNOP and
LSRQP us
(a) 0.75: 1
(b) 1:1
(c) 1 : 0.75
(d) 1.25: 1
32. Match the following research institutes A, B, C and D with their respective location labelled
as 1 to 6 in the given rough outline map :
(a) 4 3 2 6
(b) 4 5 1 6
(c) 2 3 4 5
(d) 1 6 2 3
34. Which of the following statements are true about the Indian born woman astronaut Kalpana
Chawla ?
1. She was born in Karnal.
2. She flew on board the shuttle flight STS - 87.
3. She was trained at the Kennedy Space Centre.
4. She did a space-walk to retrieve the Spartan Satellite.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 4
35. A man purchases two clocks A and B at a total cost of Rs. 650. He sells A with 20% profit
and B at a loss of 25% and gets the same selling price for both the clocks. What are the
purchasing price of A and B respectively
(a) Rs. 225 ; Rs. 425
(b) Rs. 250 ; Rs. 400
(c) Rs. 275 ; Rs. 375
(d) Rs. 300 ; Rs. 350
36. A fuse is used in main electric supply as a safety device. Which one of the following
statements about the fuse is correct ?
(a) It is connected in parallel with the main switch
(b) It is made mainly from silver alloys
(c) It must have a low melting point
(d) It must have a very high resistance
Directions : - The following fourteen items consist of two statements, one labelled as 'Assertion
A and the other labelled as 'Reason R'. You are to examine these two statements carefully and
decide if the Assertion A and the Reason R are individually true and if so, whether the Reason is
a correct explanation of the Assertion. Select the your answers to these items using the codes
given below and mark your answer sheet accordingly.
Codes:
(a) Both A and Rare true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
37. Assertion A : The Gandhara School of Art bears the mark of Hellenistic influence.
Reason R : Hinayana form was influenced by that art.
38. Assertion A : Formic acid is a stronger acid than acetic acid.
Reason R : Formic acid is an organic acid.
39. Assertion A : At first the Turkish administration in India was essentially military.
Reason R : The country was parcelled outas'Iqtas' among leading military leaders.
40. Assertion A : According to Asoka's edicts social harmony among the people was more
important than religious devotion.
Reason R : He spread ideas of equity instead of promotion of religion.
41. Assertion A : The temperature of a metal wire rises when an electric current is passed
through it.
Reason R : Collision of metal atoms with each other releases heat energy.
42. Assertion A : The Khilafat movement did bring the urban Muslims into the fold of the.
National Movement.
Reason R : There was a predominant elements of anti-imperialism in both the National
and Khilafat Movement.
43. Assertion A : Phenyl is used as a household germicide. Phenyl is a phenol derivative and
phenol is an effective germicide.
Reason R : Phenyl is a phenol derivative and phenol is an effective germicide
44. Assertion A : Partition of Bengal in 1905 brought to an end the Moderates role in the Indian
freedom movement.
Reason R : The Surat session of Indian National Congress separated the Extremists from
the Moderates.
45. Assertion A : The first ever Bill to make primary education compulsory in India was
rejected in 1911
Reason R : Discontent would have increased every cultivator could read
46. Assertion A : Sodium metal is stored under kerosene
Reason R: Metallic sodium melts when exposed to air
47. Assertion A : The cngress rejected the cripps proposals
Reason R : The cripps Mission consisted solely of whites
48. Assertion A : The United States of America has threatened to ask the World Trade
Organisation (WTO) to apply sanctions against the developing countries for the non-obsergance
of I.L.O. conventions
Reason R : The United States of America itself has adopted and implemented those I.L.O.
conventions.
49. Assertion A : During the reign of Shahjahan, Dara Sikoh was sent on expedition to Balkha,
Badakhshan and Qandahar.
Reason R : The expedition sent by Shahjahan to the Middle-East was a marvellous success
50. Assertion A : Gandhi stopped the Non-Co-operation Movement in 1922.
Reason R : Violence at Chauri Chaura led him to stop the movement.
51. The correct sequence of different layers of the atmosphere from the surface of the Earth
upwards is
(a) Troposphere, Stratosphere, Lonosphere, Mesosphere
(b) Stratosphere, Troposphere, Lonosphere, Mesosphere
(c) Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Lonosphere
(d) Stratosphere, Troposphere, Mesosphere, Lonosphere
52. If 15 pumps of equal capacity can fill a tank in 7 days, then how many extra pumps will be
required to fill the tank in 5 days'?
(a) 6
(b) 7
(c) 14
(d) 21
54. Which one of the following pairs of cities has recently been connected through a 6-lane
express way ?
(a) Ahmedabad : Vadodra
(b) Dhaka : Chittagong
(c) Islamabad : Lahore
(d) Mumbai : Pune
55. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer
List-I List II
A. Ringgit 1. Indonesia
B. Baht 2.Siuth Korea
C. Rupiah 3.Thailand
D. Won 4.Malaysia
ABCD
(a) 1 3 4 2
(b) 4 3 1 2
(c) 1 2 4 3
(d) 4 2 1 3
56. Consumption offish is considered to be healthy when compared to flesh of other animals
because fish contains
(a) polyunsaturated fatty acids
(b) saturated fatty acids
(c) essential vitamins
(d) more carbohydrates and proteins
57. Consider the following statements Ahadis were those troopers who
1. offered their services singly.
2. did not attach themselves to any chief.
3. has the emperor as their immediate colonel.
4. attached themselves to Mirzas.
Of these statements
(a) 1, 3 and 4 are correct
(b) 1, 2 and 3 are correct
(c) 2 and 3 are correct
(d) 1 and 4 are correct
58. Out of three annual examinations, each with a total of 500 marks, a student secured average
marks of 45% and 55% in the first and second annual examinations. To have an overall average
of 60%, how many marks does the student need to secure in the third annual examination ?
(a) 450
(b) 400
(c) 350
(d) 300
59. When the Indian Muslim League was inducted into the interim government in 1946, Liyaqat
Ali Khan was assigned the portfolio of
(a) Foreign affairs
(b) Home
(c) Finance
(d) Defence
60. Which one of the following ancient Indian records is the earliest royal order to preserve foodgrains to be utilised during the crises in the country ?
(a) Sohagaura Copper-plate
(b) Rummindei pillar-edict of Asoka
(c) Prayaga-Prasasti
(d) Mehrauli Pillar inscription of Chandra
61. According to Meadows(1972), if the present trends in world population industrialization,
pollution, food production and resource depletion continue unchanged, the "Limits to Growth"
on our planet will be reached in the next
(a) 50 years (b) 100 years (c) 150 years (d) 200 years
62. Human Poverty Index was introduced in the Human Development Report of the year
(a) 1994 (b) 1995 (c) 1996 (d) 1997
63. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer
List-I (Disease) List II (Organism)
A. Malaria 1. Fungi
B. Poliomyelitis 2. Bacteria
C. Tuberculosis 3. Virus
D. Ringworm 4. Protozoan
ABCDABCD
(a) 4 3 2 1 (b) 4 3 1 2
(b) 3 4 1 2 (c) 1 2 3 4
65. Which one of the following satisfied the relationship Dda : aDD :: Rrb: ?
(a) D D A (b) R R R (c) b R R (d) B B r
67. The recent Land Mines Conference to sign the historic treaty was held in the Capital city of
(a) Canada (b) Japan (c) Sweden (d) Zimbabwe
69. The Indian National Congress agreed in 1947 to the partition of the country mainly because
(a) the principle of two-Nation theory was then acceptable to them
(b) it was imposed by the British Government and the Congress was helpless in this regard
(c) they wanted to avoid large-scale communal riots
(d) India would have otherwise lost the opportunity to attain freedom
71. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer
List-I List-II
A. 1556 1. Battle of Haldi Ghati
B. 1600 2. Nadir Shah's capture of Delhi
C. 1686 3. Death of Shivaji
D. 1739 4. Grant of Charter to East India Company
5. Accession of Akbar
ABCDABCD
(a) 3 4 2 1 (b) 5 4 3 2
(c) 5 2 1 4 (d) 1 5 3 2
72. A square pond has 2 in sides and is 1 m deep. If it is to be enlarged, the depth remaining the
same, into a circular pond with the diagonal of the square its diameter its shown in the fixture,
then what would be the volume of earth to be removed ?
(a) (2 p - 4) m 3 (b) (4 p - 4) m 3
(c) (4 p - 2) m 3 (d) (2 p - 2) m 3
73. Match river labelled A, B, C and D on the given map with their names given in the list and
select the correct answer
List-I
ABCD
1. St. Lawrence
(a) 4 3 2 1
2. Orinoco
(b) 5 3 1 2
3. Mackenzie
(c) 5 4 1 3
4. Amazon
(d) 3 1 4 2
5. Yukon
74. Consider the following statements about acetylene
1. It is used in welding industry.
2. It is a raw material for preparing plastics.
3. It is easily obtained by mixing silicon carbide and water.
Of these statements
(a) 1 and 2 are correct (b) 1 and 3 are correct
(c) 2 and 3 are correct (d) 1, 2 and 3 are correct
76. A ball is dropped from the top of a high building with a constant acceleration of9.8 m/s7.
What will be its velocity after 3 seconds'?
(a) 9.8 m/s (b) 19.6 m/s (c) 29.4 m/s (d) 39.2 m/s
77. The economist who was associated with the WTO draft document is
(a) A. K. Sen (b) T. N. Srinivasan
78. One local and another express train were proceeding in the same direction on parallel tracks
at 29km/hourand65 km/hour respectively. The driver of the former notices that it look exactly 16
seconds for the faster train to pass by him. What is the length of the faster train?
(a) 60 m (b) 120 m (c) 160 m (d) 240 m
79. In the given map, the shaded part represents Akbar's empire at a certain empire : 'A' stands
for an independent country and B' marks the site of a city. Which one of the following
alternatives given all correct information
S 22.3 12.7
O 18.3 7.0
N 12.2 5.0
D 6.7 3.5
These are most likely to be found in the natural regions of
(a) China type (b) Equatorial type
(c) Hot desert type (d) Monsoon type
82. A, B, C, D, E and F, not necessarily in that order are sitting on six chairs regularly placed
around a round table. It is observed that
A is between D and F, C is opposite D, and D and E are not on neighbouring chairs.
Which one of the following pairs must be sitting on neighbouring chairs ?
(a) A and B (b) C and E (c) B and F (d) A and C
83. The number of economically active women (excluding students and those doing domestic
duties in their homes) as a percentage of all women of working age (generally those aged 15-64
years) was the highest in 1996 in
(a) USA (b) China (c) Russia (d) S. Korea
84. If in a certain code SAND is VDOG and BIRD is ELUG, then what is the code for LOVE
(a) PRYG (b) ORTG (c) NPUH (d) ORYH
85. When there is noon at I.S.T. meridian people on another place of the Earth are taking their at
6 O'clock morning tea. The longitude of the place is
(a) 17 30' E (b) 7 30' W (c) 172 30' E (d) 90 W
86. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer
List I List II
(Special characteristic) (Name of planet)
A. Smallest planet of the 1. Mercury solar system
B. Largest planet of the 2. Venus solar system
88. In a family, a couple has a son and a daughter. The age of the father is three times that of his
daughter and the age of the son is half of his mother. The wife is nine years younger to her
husband and the brother is seven years older than his sister. What is the age of the mother'?
(a) 40 years (b) 45 years (c) 50 years (d) 60 years
90. Which one of the following schedules of the Constitution of India contains provisions
regarding anti-defection Act '1
(a) Second Schedule (b) Fifth Schedule (c) Eighth Schedule (d) Tenth Schedule
91. Which one of the following types of micro organisms is most widely used in industries ?
(a) Bacteria (b) Bacteria and Fungi
(c) Bacteria and algae (d) Bacteria, microalgae and fungi
92. Many of the Greeks, Kushanas and Shakas embraced Buddhism rather than Hinduism
because
(a) Buddhism was in the ascendant at that time
(b) they had renounced the policy of war and violence
(c) caste-ridden Hinduism did not attract them
(d) Buddhism provided easier access to Indian society
93. There are 50 students admitted to a nursery class. Some students can speak only English and
some can speak only Hindi. 10 students can speak both English and Hindi. If the number of
students who can speak English is 21, then how many students can speak only Hindi, how many
can speak only Hindi and how many can speak only English?
(a) 21, 11 and 29 respectively (b) 28, 18 and 22 respectively
(c) 37, 27 and 13 respectively (d) 39, 29 and 11 respectively
94. Match the names of outstanding Indian scientists given in List-I with area of their specialized
work given in List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists
List-I List II
A. Dr. Raja Ramanna 1.Plant Chemistry
B. Dr. M. S. Swaminathan 2.Nuclear Physics
C. Prof U.R. Rao 3.Thermodynamics
D. Prof Meghnad Saha 4.Space Research
5.Agricultural sciences
ABCDABCD
(a) 3 5 2 1 (b) 2 1 4 3
(c) 2 5 4 3 (d) 3 1 4 2
95. The satellites of which one of the following countries have helped in the preparation of a
detai- -led and complete map of Antarctica?
(a) Canada (b) France (c) Russia (d) U.S.A.
96. The Indian parliamentary system is different from the British parliamentary system in that
India has
(a) both a real and a nominal executive (b) a system of collective responsibility
(c) bicameral legislature (d) the system of judicial review
97. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer
List-I List II
A. Fruit 1.Ovule
B. Seed 2.Leaf
C. Wood 3.Stem
D. Starch 4.Ovary
ABCDABCD
(a) 2 1 3 4 (b) 4 1 3 2
(c) 2 3 1 4 (d) 4 3 1 2
98. The member of Shivaji's Astha Pradhana who-looked after foreign affairs was
(a) Peshwa (b) Sachiv (c) Pandit Rao (d) Sumant
99. PanchayatRajwasfirstintroducedinIndiainOctober,1959 in
(a) Rajasthan (b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Kerala (d) Karnataka
100. Some people in Manipur live in houses built on floating is lands of weeds and decaying''.
vegetation held together by suspended silt. These islands are called
(a) Tipis (b) Burkhans
(c) Phoomdis (d) lzba
101. The Ashokan major rock edicts which tell us about the Sangam Kingdom include rock
edicts
(a) I and X (b) I and XI
(c) II and XIII (d) II and XI V
102. Which one of the following east flowing rivers of India rift valley due to down warping ?
103. According to the World Development Report, low income economies are those for which
the per capita GNP in 1994 was
(a) US $ 925 or less (b) US $ 825 or less
(c) US $ 725 or less (d) US $ 525 or less
104. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer
List-I List II
A. Theory of Mutation 1. Beadk and Tatum
B. Theory of Evolution 2. Jacob and Monod
C. One gene one enzyme 3. Darwin
hypothesis
D. Operon concept 4. DeVries
ABCDABCD
(a) 3 4 1 2 (b) 4 3 1 2
(c) 4 3 2 1 (d) 3 4 2 1
105. What is the correct sequence of the following events ?
1. Tilak's Home Rule League.
2. Kamagatamaru Incident.
3. Mahatma Gandhi's arrival in India.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
(a) 1, 2, 3 (c) 2, 1, 3 (b) 3, 2, 1 (d) 2, 3, 1
106. An accurate clock shows the time as 3.00. After hour hand has move 135, the time would
be
(a) 7.30 (b) 6.30 (c) 8.00 (d) 9.30
107. The loss of Qandhar was a big blow to the Mughal empire from the view point of
(a) natural resources
108. A tree species in Mauritius failed to reproduce because of the extinction of a fruit-eating
bird. Which one of the following was that bird ?
(a) Dove (b) Dodo
(c) Condor (d) Skua
110. Forest areas have been labelled as 1, 2, 3 and 4 in the rough outline map given :
Among these, those which were threatened in 1997 by a serious epidemic include
(a) teak forests of 3 and 4
(b) oaks forests of 1 and sal forests of 2
(c) sal forests of 3
(d) sandalwood forests of 4
112. The current price index (base 1960) is nearly 330. This means that
(a) all items cost 3-3 times more than what they did in 1960
(b) the prices of certain selecteditemshavegoneupto3-3times
(c) weighted mean of prices of certain items has increased 3-3 times
(d) gold price has gone up 3-3 times
113.
In the above set of figures (I) to (IV), some parts are shown to change their position in a regular
direction. Following the same sequence, which one of the following will appear at the fifth
stage?
114. The Indian Muslims in general, were not attracted to the Extremist movement because of
the
(a) influence of the Sir Sayid Ahmed khan
(b) anti-Muslim attitude of Extremist leaders
(c) indifference shown to Muslim aspirations
(d) Extremists' policy of harping on Hindu past
115. Which one of the following statements regarding starch and cellulose is NOT correct ?
(a) Both of them are of plant origin
(b) Both of them are polymers
(c) Both of them give colour with iodine
(d) Both of them are made up of glucose molecules
116. Commercial production of mineral oil has started recently in which one of the areas of
India, labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4 in the rough map given below
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
117. Examine the following statements
1. All members of Mohan's family are
2. Some members of Mohan's family are not employed.
118. The banks are required to maintain a certain ratio between their cash in hand and total
assets. This is called
(a) SBR (Statutory Bank Ratio)
(b) SLR (Statutory Liquid Ratio)
(c) CBR (Central Bank Reserve)
(d) CLR (Central Liquid Reserve)
120. What is the correct chronological order in which the following appeared in India ?
1. Gold coins.
3. Iron plough.
2. Punch-marked silver coins.
4. Urban culture.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
(a) 3, 4, 1, 2 (b) 3, 4, 2, 1
(c) 4, 3, 1, 2 (d) 4, 3, 2, 1
121. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer
List-I List II
(Minerals) (Mining area)
A. Graphite 1. Bellary
B. Lead 2. Didwana
C. Salt 3. Rampa
D. Silver 4. Zawar
ABCDABCD
(a) 3 4 1 2 (b) 1 4 2 3
(c) 3 1 4 2 (d) 2 3 1 4
122. In a dinner party both fish and meat were served. Some took only fish and some only meat.
There were some vegetarians who did not accept either. The rest accepted both fish and meat.
Which one of the following logic diagrams correctly reflects the above situation ?
123. Which one of the following events, was characterized by Montague as 'Preventive Murder?
(a) Killing of INA activists (b) Massacre of Jallianwalla Bagh
(c) Shooting of the Mahatma (d) Shooting of Curzon-Wythe
124. Fawazil in the Sultanate period means
(a) extra payment made to the nobles
(b) revenue assigned in lieu of salary
(c) excess amount paid to the exchequer by the iqtadars
(d) illegal exactions extracted from the peasants
125. The discovery of Oak flora in 1966 added a new chapter to the history of Indian Sericulture.
Which one of the following states is the leading producer of Oak tasar silk ?
(a) Assam (b) Bihar (c) Manipur (d) Orissa
126. What is the correct sequence of the following events ?
1. The August offer.
2. The I.N.A. trial.
127. Nobel Prize in Economics for the year 1997 was awarded for contribution in the area of
(a) International Economics (b) Financial Economics
(c) Public Economics (d) Development Economics
128. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer
List-I List- II
(Places) (Industries)
A. Jamnagar 1.Aluminium
B. Hospet 2.Wollen Textile
C. Korba 3. Fertilizers
D. Haldia 4. Cement
5. Iron and Steel
ABCDABCD
(a)4 3 1 2 (b) 2 5 1 3
(c)4 5 2 1 (d) 2 1 4 3
129. The complete conversion of glucose in the presence of oxygen into carbon dioxide and
water with release of energy is called
(a) aerobic respiration (b) anaerobic respiration
(c) glycolysis (d) hydrolysis
130. Which one of the following defines extremist ideology during the early phase of Indian
freedom movement'?
(a) Stimulating the production of indigenous articles by giving them preference over imported
commodities
(b) Obtaining self-government by aggressive means in place of petitions and constitutional ways
(c) Providing national education according to the requirements of the country
(d) Organizing coups against the British empire through military revolt
131. In the vicinity of Mumbai, a number of specialized towns have been developed. Match the
lists of specialization with towns and select the correct answer using the codes given below the
lists:
List-I List- II
(Towns) (Specialization)
A. Alibag 1. Fishing Centre
B. Balapur 2. Holiday Resort
C. Nhava Sheva 3. Petro-Chemical complex
D. Ratnagiri 4. Port
ABCDABCD
(a) 1 3 2 4 (b) 2 3 4 1
(c) 3 4 2 1 (d) 2 1 4 3
133. The Sultan of Delhi who is reputed to have built the biggest network of canals in India was
(a) Iltutmish (b) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
(c) Feroze Shah Tughlaq (d) Sikandar Lodi
134. The major chemical compound found in human kidney stone is
(a) Uric acid (b) Calcium carbonate
(c) Calcium oxalate (d) Calcium sulphate
136. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer
List-I List -II
(Agricultural products) (Foremost Producer)
A. Cotton 1. Madhya Pradesh
B. Gram 2. Gujarat
C. Black pepper 3. West Bengal
D. Pineapple 4. Kearla
ABCDABCD
(a) 2 1 4 3 (b) 2 1 3 4
(c) 1 2 4 3 (d) 1 2 3 4
137. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of decreasing order of the given
currencies in terms of their value in Indian Rupees ?
(a) US dollar, Canadian dollar, New Zealand dollar, Hong Kong dollar
(b) US dollar, New Zealand dollar, Canadian dollar, Hong Kong dollar
(c) US dollar, Hong Kong dollar, New Zealand dollar, Canadian dollar
(d) US dollar, Hong Kong dollar, Canadian dollar, New Zealand dollar
139. A, B, C, D, E, F and G are members of a family consisting of 4 adults and 3 children, two of
whom, F and G are girls. A and D are brothers and A is a doctor. E is an engineer married to one
of the brothers and has two children. B is married to D and G is their child. Who is C?
(a) G's brother (b) F's father (c) E's daughter (d) A's son
142. The rough outline map given shows centres if cement industry labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4. Match
these centres with the following
ABCDABCD
(a) 3 4 2 1 (b) 2 4 1 3
(c) 1 2 4 3 (d) 2 3 1 4
143. The Congress is tottering to its fall and one of my great ambitions while in India, is to assist
it to a peaceful demise." This statement is attributed to
(a) Lord Duferin (b) Lord Curzon (c) Lord Lytton (d) None of the above
148. Which of the following Parties were not a part of the United Front which was in power
during '96-97' '?
1. Bahujana Samaj Party.
2. Samata Party:
3. Haryana Vikas Patty.
4. Asom Gana Parishad.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (b) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 3 and 4 (d) 1 and 2
149. World Environment Conference to discuss global warming was held in 1997 in
(a) Stockholm
(b) Riodejaneiro
(c) Paris
(d) Kyoto
150. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer
List-I List-II
A. Blue Vitriol 1. Sodium Biocarbonate
B. Epsom salt 2. Sodium Hydrooxide
C. Baking soda 3. Magnesium Sulphate
D. Caustic soda 4. Copper Sulphate
ABCDABCD
(a) 3 4 2 1 (b) 4 3 2 1
(c) 3 4 1 2 (d) 4 3 1 2
Only 2
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
Correct Answer is (c) Both 1 and 2
66. Who is the author of the book 'New Dimensions of India's Foreign Policy'?
A. B. Vajpayee
JaswantSingh
P.C. Alexander
Yashwant Sinha
Correct Answer is (a) A. B. Vajpayee
67. How did the Mughal Emperor Jahandarshah's reign come to an early end?
He was deposed by his Wazir
He died due to a slip while climbing down steps
He was defeated by his nephew in a battle
He died of sickness due to too much consumption of wine
Correct Answer is (c) He was defeated by his nephew in a battle
68. In India, among the following locations, the Dutch.established their earlier factory at
Surat
Pulicat
Cochin
Cassimbazar
Correct Answer is (b) Pulicat
69. Consider the following statements:
1. While members of the Rajya Sabha are associated with Committees on Public Accounts
andPublic Undertakings, members of Committeeon Estimates are drawn entirely from LokSabha.
The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs works under the overall direction of Cabinet Committee
on Parliamentary Affairs.
The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs nomi-nates members of Parliament on Committees,
Councils, Board and Commission etc. set up by the Government of India in the various
ministries.
Which of these statements are correct?
l and 2
2 and 3
l and 3
1,2, and 3
Correct Answer is (d) 1,2, and 3
70. The Genetic Engineering Approval committee,whose permission is required for
cultivationof any genetically modified crop such as Bt-Cotton in India, is under the Union
Ministry of
Agriculture
Environment and Forests
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
Correct Answer is (c) Both 1 and 2
82. Diffusion of light in the atmosphere takes placedue to
Carbon dioxide
Dust Particles
Helium
Water vapours
Correct Answer is (b) Dust Particles
83. In India, the first bank of limited liability managed by Indians and founded in 1881 was
Hindustan Commercial Bank
Oudh Commercial Bank
Punjab National Bank
Punjab and Sind Bank
Correct Answer is (b) Oudh Commercial Bank
84. Which one of the following statements is NOTcorrect?
The Press Council of India is an autonomous quasijudicial body established under an Act of
Parliament
The press Information Bureau provides accreditation to media person so as to have easy access
to information from government sources
Among all the states of India, Maharashtra publishes the largest number of newspapers
Press Trust of India is the largest newsagency in the county
Correct Answer is (c) Among all the states of India, Maharashtra publishes the largest
number of newspapers
85. The Government holding in BPCL is
More than 70%
Between 60% and 70%
Between 50% and 60%
less than 50%
Correct Answer is (a) More than 70
86. Consider the. following statements regardingthe relations between India and Pakistan
1. During Shimla Agreement, Indira Gandhi andZulfikar Bhutto agreed to maintain the sanctity
of LOC.
2. Lahore Summit took place in the year 1997.
3. Islamabad Summit was held'between RajivGandhi and Nazan Sharif.
Which of these statements is / are correct?
1,2and3
l and 3
Only 2
Only 1
Correct Answer is (d) Only 1
87. During the year 2000-01, which one of the following industries recorded highest growth
ratein India?
Cement
Coal
Electricity
Steel
Correct Answer is (c) Electricity
88. An oil tanker is partially, filled with oil and moves forward on a level road with
uniform acceleration. The free surface of oil then
Remains horizontal) is inclined to the horizontal with smaller depth at the rear end is
inclined to the horizontal with larger depth at the rear end Assumes parabolic curve.
Correct Answer is (c) is inclined to the horizontal with larger depth at the rear end
89. In December 2002, the Prime, Minister of India signed 'Delhi Declaration' with the
President of Indonesia
President of Russia
Prime Minister of Cambodia
Prime Minister or Laos
Correct Answer is (b) President of Russia
90. Among the following cities, which one is nearest to the tropic of Cancer?
Delhi
Kolkata
Jodhpur
Nagpur
Correct Answer is (b) Kolkata
91. 'Mrichchhakatika' an ancient Indian bookwritten by Shudraka deals with
the love affair of rich merchant with the daughter of a courtesan
the victory of Chandragupta II over the Shaka Kshtrapas of western India
the military expeditions and exploits of Samudragupta
the love affair between a Gupta King and a princess of Kamarupa
Correct Answer is (a) the love affair of rich merchant with the daughter of a courtesan
92. Consider the following statements:
1. Vardhaman Mahavira's mother was the daughter of Lichchhavi chief Chetaka.
Gautama Buddha's mother was a princess from the Koshalan dynasty.
3. Parshvanatha, the twenty-third Tirthankara, belonged to Banaras.
Which of these statements is / are correct?
Only 1
Only 2
2 and 3
1,2, and 3
Correct Answer is (d) 1,2, and 3
93. A car travels the first one-third of a certain dis-.tance with a speed of 10 km/hr, the next
one-third distance with a speed of 20 km/hr and the last one-third distance with a speed of
60 km/ hr. The average speed of the car for the whole journey is
18 km/hr
24 km/hr
30 km/hr
36 km/hr
Correct Answer is (a) 18 km/hr
94. Consider the following statements:
The purpose of adding sodium sulphate and sodium silicate to the detergent in a washing powder
is
1. to keep the washing powder dry.
2. to maintain the availability of the powder.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
Only 1
Only 2
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
Correct Answer is (b) Only 2
95. Debenture holders of a company are its
Shareholders
Creditors
Debtors
Directors
Correct Answer is (c) Debtors
96. Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?
The National Song Vande Mataram was composed by Bankimchandra Chatterji originally in
Bengali
The National calendar of India based on Saka era has its 1 st Chaitra on 22nd March normally
and 21st March in a leap year
The design of the National Flag of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 22nd July,
1947
The song 'Jana-gana-mana', composed originally in Bengali by labindranath Tagore was adopted
in its Hindi version by the Constituent Assembly on 24th January, 1950 as the National Anthem
of India.
Correct Answer is (a) The National Song Vande Mataram was composed by
Bankimchandra Chatterji originally in Bengali
97. Which one of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution provides that 'It shall be
the duty of the Union to protect every State against external aggression and internal
disturbance'?
Article 215
Article 275
Article 325
Article 355
Correct Answer is (d) Article 355
98. 'A' walks around a circular field at the rate ofone round per hour while 'B' run 'around
it atthe rate of six rounds per hour. They start inthe same direction from the same point at
7.30a.m. They shall first cross each other at
8.30 a.m.
8.10a.m
7.48 a.m.
7.42 a.m
Correct Answer is (d) 7.42 a.m
99. Consider the following statements:
In India, stamp duties on financial transaction are
1. Levied and collected by the State Government.
2. Appropriated by the Union Government.
Which of these statements is/are correct ?
Only 1
Only 2
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
Correct Answer is (c) Both 1 and 2
100. Which one of the following statements is correct ?
East Timor was a British colony for four centuries
The European colonial rulers handed over East Timor to Indonesia in 1975
The United Nations took over East Timor in 1999 to prepare it for independence
East Timor finally declared its independence in December 2001
Correct Answer is (b) The European colonial rulers handed over East Timor to Indonesia
in 1975
101. Match List I with List II and select the correctanswer:
List-I Item in the Indian Constitution) List-IICountry from which it was derived)
A. Directive Principles of State Policy 1. Australia
B. Fundamental Rights 2. Canada
C. Concurrent List in Union-State Relations 3. Ireland
D. India as a Union of States with greater powers to the Union 4. United Kingdom
5. United States of America
A-5 B-4 C-1 D-2
A-3 B-5 C-2 D-1
A-5 B-4 C-2 D-1
A-3 B-5 C-1 D-2
Rs.9.75
Rs. 12.50
Correct Answer is (c) Rs.9.75
107. Which one of the following statements is correct with reference to FEMA in India?
The Foreign Exchange Regulating Act FERA) was replaced by Foreign Exchange Management
Act FEMA) in the year 2001
FERA was given a sunset clause of one year till 31 st May, 2002 to enable Enforcement
Directorate to complete the investigation of pending issues
Under FEMA, violation of foreign ex- change rules has ceased to be a criminal offence
As per the new dispensation, Enforcement Directorate can arrest and prosecute the people for the
violation of foreign exchange rules
Correct Answer is (c) Under FEMA, violation of foreign ex- change rules has ceased to be a
criminal offence
108. Consider the following Statements:
1. India's import of crude and petroleum products during the year 2001-02, accounted for about
25% of India's total imports.
2. During the year 2001-02, India's exports hadincreased by 10% as compared to the previous
year.
Which of these statements is/are correct ?
Only 1
Only 2
Both l and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
Correct Answer is (a) Only 1
109. Who among the following was selected for the 2001 Dada Saheb Phalke Award ?
Dev Anand
Lata Mangeshkar
Ramanand Sagar
Yash Chopra
Correct Answer is (d) Yash Chopra
110. Which one of the following statements is NOT correct ?
Milk contains non of the B-vitamins
Vitamin-A retinol) deficiency leads to dry and scaly skin
One of the symptoms of scurvy is pain in the joints
Vitamin B, thiamine) deficiency can leadto heart failure
Correct Answer is (a) Milk contains non of the B-vitamins
111. As per the Human Development Index given by UNDP, which one of the following
sequences of South Asian Countries is correct, in the order of higher to lower
development?
India -Sri Lanka -Pakistan- Maldives
Maldives - Sri Lanka - India - Pakistan
117. Which one among the following covers the, highest percentage of forest area in the
world ?
Temperate Coniferous forests
Temperate Deciduous forests
Tropical Monsoon forests
Tropical Rain forests
Correct Answer is (a) Temperate Coniferous forests
118. A two member committee comprising of one male and one female members is to be
constituted out of five males and three females.Amongst the females, Ms. A refused to be a
member of the committee in which Mr. B is taken as the member. In how many different
ways can the committee be constituted?
11
12
13
14
Correct Answer is (d) 14
119. Consider the following statements:
1.The last Mauryan ruler, Brihadratha was assassinated by his commander-in - chief,Pushyamitra
Sunga.
2. The last Sunga King, Devabhuti was assassinated by his Brahmana minister Vasudeva Kanva
who usurped the throne.
3.The last ruler of the Kanva dynasty was deposed by the Andhras.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
.
l and 2
Only 2
Only 3
1,2, and 3
Correct Answer is (d) 1,2, and 3
120. The aim of education as stated by the Wood's dispatch of 1854 was
The creation of employment opportunities for native Indians
the spread of western culture in India
the promotion of literacy among the people 128. using English medium of language
the introduction of scientific research andrationalism in the traditional Indian education
Correct Answer is (c) the promotion of literacy among the people 128. using English
medium of language
121. Who won the title in the finals of French Open men's singles tennis championship in
the year 2002?
Albert Costa
Juan Carlos Ferrero
Andra Agassi
Pete Sampras
Sailing
Hockey
Golf
Athletics
Correct Answer is (d) Athletics
128. Which one of the following is produced during the formation of photochemical smog?
Hydrocarbons
Nitrogen Oxides
Ozone
Methane
Correct Answer is (c) Ozone
129. Consider the following statements:
1. Kitab-i-Nauras, a collection of songs in praiseof Hindu deities and Muslim saints, was written
by Ibrahim Adil Shah II
2. Amir Khusrau was the originator in India ofthe early form of the musical style known
asQawali.
Which of the statements is/are correct?
Only 1
Only 2
Both l and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
Correct Answer is (c) Both l and 2
130. Three bells toll at intervals of 9, 12 and 15 minutes respectively. All the three begin to
toll at 8 a.m. At what time will they first toll together again?
8.45a.m.
10.30a.m.
11.00a.m
1.30p.m
Correct Answer is (c) 11.00a.m
131. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer:
Table border=1 border-style=solid cellpading=0 cellspacing=0 width=400px
List-I Distinguished Lady) List-II Organisations / Industry )
A. Amrita Patel National Dairy Development Board
B. Anu Aga 2. Park Hotels
C. Mallika Srinivasan 3. Pfizer Limited
D. Priya Paul 4. Thermax Limited
5. Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited
A-1 B-4 C-5 D-2
A-2 B-4 C-1 D-5
136. Among the following which planet takes maximum time for one revolution around the
Sun?
Earth
Jupiter
Mars
Venus
Correct Answer is (b) Jupiter
137. Which one among the following languages has largest number of speakers in the
world?
Bengali
French
Japanese
Portuguese
Correct Answer is (a) Bengali
138. Which one of the following provisions was NOT made in the Charter Act of 1833?
The trading activities of the East India Company were to be abolished
The designation of the supreme authority was to be changed as the Governor-General of India in
Council
All law-making powers to be conferred on Governor-General in Council
An Indian was to be appointed as a Law Member in the governor-General's Council
Correct Answer is (d) An Indian was to be appointed as a Law Member in the governorGeneral's Council
139. With reference to normal human beings, consider the following statements:
1. In response to the presence of HCI, secretin is produced from the duodenum.
2. Enterogastrone is produced in the small intestine in response to the presence of fatty acids.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
Only 1
Only 2
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
Correct Answer is (b) Only 2
140. Survey of India is under the Ministry of
Defence
Environment arid Forests
Home Affairs
Science and Technology
Correct Answer is (d) Science and Technology
141. Which among the following countries was the earliest to give wornen the right to vote?
Iceland
India
New Zealand
U.S.A.
Correct Answer is (c) New Zealand
142. Total time taken by a person in going to a place by walking and returning on cycle is 5
hours 45 minutes. He would have gained 2 hours by cycling both ways.. The time taken by
him to walk both ways is
6 hours 45 minutes
7 hours 45 minutes
8 hours 15 minutes
8 hours 30 minutes
Correct Answer is (b) 7 hours 45 minutes
143. Sandeep Pandey, the winner of Raman Magsaysay Award, is mainly an activist in
prevention of child marriages
promotion of communal harmony
environmental protection
education and livelihood projects for Dalits
Correct Answer is (d) education and livelihood projects for Dalits
144. What was the main reason for a great civil strife in Argentina recently?
Ethnic conflict between the native red Indian tribes and others
Economic crisis due to huge public debt
The issue of using native languages as medium of instruction in schools
clashes between government troops and secessionist groups
Correct Answer is (b) Economic crisis due to huge public debt
145. With reference to colonial rule in India what was sought by the Ilbert Bill in 1883?
To bring Indians and Europeans on par as far as the criminal jurisdiction of courts was concerned
to impose severe restrictions on the freedom of the native press as it was perceived to be hostile
to colonial rulers
to encourage the native Indians to appear for civil service examinations by conducting mem in
India
To allow native Indians to possess arms by amending the Arms Act
Correct Answer is (a) To bring Indians and Europeans on par as far as the criminal
jurisdiction of courts was concerned
146. An important aspect of the Cripps Mission of1942 was
That all Indian States should join the Indian Union as a condition to consider any , degree of
autonomy for India
the creation of an Indian Union with Do minion status very soon after the Second World War
the active participation and cooperation ot the Indian people, communities and political parties in
the British,war effort as a condition for granting independence with full sovereign status to India
after war
the framing of a constitution for the entire. Indian Union, with no separate constitution for any
province, and a Union .Constitution to be accepted by all provinces
Correct Answer is (b) the creation of an Indian Union with Do minion status very soon
1. Match List-I (Institute) with List - II (located At) and select the correct answer
using the codes given below the Lists:
List - I
(Institute)
A. Indian Institute of Geomagnetism
B. International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and
New Materials
C. Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History
D. Tropical Forestry Research Institute
List - II
(Located At)
1. Coimbatore
2. Mumbai
3. Jabalpur
4. Hyderabad
Codes:
(a) A B C D
2314
(b) A B C D
1423
(c) A B C D
2413
(d) A B C D
1324
2. Consider the following statements:
1. Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research uses fast reactor technology.
2. Atomic Minerals Directorate for Research and Exploration is engaged in heavy water
production.
3. Indian Rare Earths Limited is engaged in the manufacture of Zircon for Indias
run at an average speed of 60 km/hr. Car X stops at 10 a.m. and again starts at 11 a.m.
while the other car
Y continues to run without stopping. When do the two cars cross each other?
(a) 2 : 40 p.m. (b) 3 : 20 p.m.
(c) 4 : 10 p.m (d) 4 : 20 p.m.
7. In a question of a test paper, there are five items each under List-A and List-B. The
examinees are required to
match each item under List-A with its corresponding correct item under List-B. Further, it is
given that
(i) no examinee has given the correct answer
(ii) answers of no two examinees are identical
What is the maximum number of examinees who took this test?
(a) 24 (b) 26
(c) 119 (d) 129
The details given below relate to the four items that follow:
Amit wishes to buy a magazine. Four magazinesone each on politics, sports, science and
films are
available to choose from. They are edited by Feroz, Gurbaksh, Swami and Ila (not
necessarily in that order)
and published by Aryan, Bharat, Charan and Dev Publishers (not necessarily in that order).
Further, it is given that
(i) Dev Publishers have published the magazine edited by Feroz
(ii) the magazine on politics is published by Aryan Publishers
(iii) the magazine on films is edited by Swami and is not published by Charan Publishers
(iv) the magazine on science is edited by Ila
For the following four items, select the correct answer:
8. The magazine on science is published by
(a) Aryan Publisher
(b) Bharat Publishers
(c) Charan Publishers (d) Dev Publishers
9. The magazine on sports is
(a) edited by Feroz
(b) edited by Gurbaksh
(c) published by Bharat Publishers
(d) published by Charan Publishers
10. The magazine on films is
12. Match List-I (Distinguished Ladies) with List-II (Area of Work) and select the correct
answer using the codes given below the Lists:
List-I
(Distinguished Ladies)
A. Jhumpa Lahiri
B. Sunita Narain
C. Naina Lal Kidwai
D. Ravina Raj Kohli
List-II
(Area of Work)
1. Science and environment
2. Novel-writing
3. Film industry
4. Banking
5. Television media
Codes:
(a) A B C D
4531
(b) A B C D
2145
(c) A B C D
4135
(d) A B C D
2541
400 m 300 m. And B walk at the rate of 3 km/hr and 2.5 km/hr respectively. How many
times shall they
List-II
(States)
1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Kerala
3. Gujarat
4. Goa
5. Karnataka
Codes:
(a) A B C D
5421
(b) A B C D
3154
(c) A B C D
5124
(d) A B C D
3451
16. A car is running on a road at uniform speed of 60 km/hr. The net resultant
cover?
(a) Sikkim (b) Goa
(c) Haryana (d) Kerala
19. How many three-digit even numbers are there such that 9 comes as a succeeding
digit in any number only when 7 is the preceding digit and 7 is the preceding
(b) A B C D
3421
(c) A B C D
1423
(d) A B C D
3251
but after every duration of 10 days, 5 men and 8 women are removed till the work is
completed. The work is
completed in
(a) 45 days (b) 50 days
(c) 54 days (d) 62 days
26. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Unit of Indian Railway Location
(a) Railway Staff : Vadodra
College
(b) Central : Varanasi
Organization
for Railway
Electrification
(c) Wheel and Axle Plant : Bangalore
(d) Rail-coach : Kapurthala
Factory
27. Consider the following statements:
1. Smart Card is a plastic card with an embedded microchip.
2. Digital technology is primarily used with new physical communication medium such as
satellite
the
Internet only.
Which of the statements given above is /are correct?
(a) 3 only (b) 1 and 2
(c) 2 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3
28. Match List-I (New Names of the Countries) with List-II (Old Names
of the Countries) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:
List-I List-II
(New Names of (Old Names of the
the Countries) Countries)
A. Benin 1. Nyasaland
B. Belize 2. Basutoland
C. Botswana 3. Bechuanaland
D. Malawi 4. British Honduras
5. Dahomey
Codes:
(a) A B C D
3124
(b) A B C D
5431
(c) A B C D
3421
(d) A B C D
5134
29. Which one of the following is the correct in the descending order of precedence in the
warrant of precedence?
(a) Attorney General of India-Judges of the Suprem Court-Members of Parliament - Deputy
Chairman of Rajya Sabha
(b) Judges of the Supreme Court-Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha-Attorney General of
India-Members of Parliament
(c) Attorney General of India-Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha-Judges of the Supreme
Court-Members of Parliament
(d) Judges of the Supreme Court-Attorney General of India-Deputy Chairman of Rajya
Sabha-Members of Parliament
30. Three students are picked at random from a school having a total of 1000 students. The
probability that these three students
2. Croatia remained under the Hungarian Administration until the end of First World War.
3. Claims to Macedonia Territory have long been a source of contention between Belgium
and Greece.
4. In 1991, Slovenia declared independence from Czechoslovakia.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 2, 3 and 4 (d) 1, 3 and 4
32. Shirin Ebadi, who won the Nobel Peace Price in 2003, is from
(a) Iraq (b) Nigeria
(c) Iran (d) Libya
33. A person stands at the middle point of a wooden ladder which starts slipping between a
vertical wall and
the floor of a room, while continuing to remain in a vertical plane. The path traced by a
person standing at the middle point of the slipping ladder is
(a) a straight line
(b) an elliptical path
(c) a circular path
(d) a parabolic path
34. The research work of Paul Lauterbur and Peter Mansfield, the Nobel Prize winners for
Medicine in 2003, relates to
(a) the control of AIDS
(b) magnetic resonance imaging
Development
Programme (UNDP)
B. United Nations 2. Vienna
Environment Programme
(UNEP)
C. United Nations Industrial 3. Berne
Development Organization
(UNIDO)
D. Universal Postal Union 4. New
(UPU) York
Codes:
(a) A B C D
2341
(b) A B C D
4123
(c) A B C D
2143
(d) A B C D
4321
40. Which of the following authors won the Booker Prizes twice?
(a) Margaret Atwood
(b) J.M. Coetzee
(c) Grahm Swift
(d) Ian McEwan
41. In the well-known Lawn Tennis doubles team, Max Mirnyithe partner of Mahesh
Bhupati, comes
42. Which of the following cricketers holds the record for the highest score in a Cricket Test
Match innings by an Indian?
2. Guru Arjan Dev became the Sikh Guru after Guru Ram Das.
3. Guru Arjan Dev gave to Sikhs their own scriptGurumukhi.
(a) (b)
(c) (d) Zero
58. Which one of the following cities (they were in the news in recent times) is not correctly
matched
Codes:
(a) A B C D
2143
(b) A B C D
4321
(c) A B C D
2341
(d) A B C D
4123
1. Damodar Valley Corporation is the first multipurpose river valley project of independent
India
2. Damodar Valley Corporation includes thermal and gas power stations.
Which of the statements given above is /are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
68. Match List-I (Persons) with List-II (Positions) and select the correct answer using the
codes given below the Lists:
List-I
(Persons)
A. B.P. Mishra
B. Suresh Kalmadi
C. Praful Patel
D. V.S. Jain
List-II
(Positions)
1. Executive Director, IMF
2. Chairman, Steel Authority of India Ltd.
3. President, Indian Olympic Association
4. Vice-President, South Asian Region, World Bank
Codes:
(a) A B C D
4213
(b) A B C D
1342
(c) A B C D
4312
(d) A B C D
1243
69. Who among the following is well known as an exponent of flute?
(a) Debu Choudhuri
(b) Madhup Mudgal
(c) Ronu Mazumdar
(d) Shafaat Ahmad
70. Consider the following statements:
Among the Indian States
1. Andhra Pradesh has the longest coastline
2. Gujarat has the highest number of airports
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
71. Tarun Bharat Sangh, an organization based in a village near Alwar (Rajasthan), has
become famous because of
(a) cultivation of genetically modified cotton
(b) rehabilitation of women victims of AIDS
(c) livelihood projects for destitute rural women
(d) rain-water harvesting
72. Consider the following statements:
1. The National Housing Bank, the apex institution of housing finance in India, was set up as
a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of India.
2. The Small Industries Development Bank of India was established as a wholly owned
subsidiary of the Industrial Development Bank of India.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
73. Param Padma, which was in news recently, is
(a) a new Civilian Award instituted by the Government of India
2. Titan Industires
3. Rallis India
4. Indian Hotels
Which of the above companies are in the Tata Group of industries?
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2, 3 and 4
(c) 1, 3 and 4 (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
83. In which of the following countries, did an ethnic violence between the communities of
Hema and Lendu result in the death of hundreds of people?
(a) Democratic Republic of Congo
(b) Indonesia
(c) Nigeria
(d) Zambia
84. More than 40 Heads of States / Governments were invited by Vladimir Putin in May,
2003 to
(a) discuss the issues related to the rehabilitation of Iraq
(b) celebrate the tricentenary of the city of St Petersburg
(c) convene a meeting of European and CIS countries to discuss the issues of missile shield
for European and CIS countries
(d) develop the strategies for containing global terrorism
85. Consider the following geological phenomea:
1. Development of a fault
2. Movement along a fault
3. Impact produced by volcanic eruption
4. Folding of rocks
Which of the above cause earthquakes?
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 2 and 4
(c) 1, 3 and 4 (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
86. Which Article of the Constitution of India says, 'No child below the age of fourteen years
shall be employed to work in any factory or
1. The Oil Pool Account of Government of India was dismantled with effect from 1-4-2002.
2. Subsidies on PDS kerosene and domestic LPG are borne by Consolidated Fund of India.
3. An expert Committee headed by Dr. R. A. Mashelkar to formulate a national auto fuel
policy recommended that
Bharat Stage-II Emission Norms should be applied throughout the country by 1 April, 2004.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3
94. In the last one decade, which one among the following sectors has attracted the highest
Foreign Direct Investment inflows into India?
(a) Chemicals other than fertilizers
(b) Services sector
(c) Food processing
(d) Telecommunication
(b) The Jainas who remained under the leadership of Bhadrabahu were called Shvetambaras
after the Council held at Pataliputra
(c) Jainism enjoyed the patronage of the Kalinga king Kharavela in the first century BC
(d) In the initial stage of Jainism, the Jainas worshipped images unlike Buddhists
98. Which one of the following four Vedas contains an account of magical charms and
spells?
(a) Rig-veda (b) Yajur-veda
(c) Atharva-veda (d) Sama-veda
99. The Montagu-Chelmsford Report formed the basis of
(a) the Indian Councils Act, 1909
him by the
British Government as a token of protest against the atrocities in Punjab in 1919 was
(a) Tej Bahadur Sapru
(b) Ashutosh Mukherjee
(c) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(d) Syed Ahmed Khan
104. The resolution for removing the Vice-President of India can be moved in the
(a) Lok Sabha alone
(b) either House of Parliament
(c) Joint Sitting of Parliament
(d) Rajya Sabha alone
105. With reference to the Constitution of India, which one of the following paris is not
correctly matched?
2. The Indian Constitution provides for the establishment of a Consolidated Fund, a Public
Account and a Contingency Fund for each State.
3. Appropriations and disbursements under the Railway Budget are subject to the same
form of parliamentary control as other appropriations and disbursements.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3
108. Consider the following statements:
1. Narasimha Saluva ended the Sangama dynasty and siezed the throne for himself and
started the Saluva dynasty.
2. Vira Narasimha deposed the last Saluva ruler and seized the throne for himself.
(a) The Constituent Assembly of India was elected by the Provincial Assemblies in the year
1946
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru, M. A. Jinnah and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel were members of the
Constituent Assembly of India
(c) The First Session of the Constituent Assembly of India was held in January, 1947
2341
(c) A B C D
1342
(d) A B C D
2431
129. Which among the following National Highway routes is the longest?
(a) Agra-Mumbai
(b) Chennai-Thane
(c) Kolkata-Hajira
(d) Pune-Machilipatnam
130. Which of the following institutes have been recognized as the Institutes of National
Importance (by an Act of Parliament)?
1. Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha, Chennai
2. National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Mohali
3. Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Services and Technology,Thiruvananthapuram
4. Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education, Gwalior
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Codes:
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 3 and 4
(c) 1, 2 and 4 (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
131. Consider the following statements:
1. Baking soda is used in fire extinguishers.
2. Quicklime is used in the manufacture of glass.
3. Gypsum is used in the manufacture of Plaster of Paris
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
132. With reference to Indian Parliament, which one of the following is not correct?
(a) The Appropriation Bill must be passed by both the Houses of Parliament before it can be
enacted into law
(b) No money shall be withdrawn from the Consolidated Fund of India except under the
appropriation made by the Appropriation Act
(c) Finance Bill is required for proposing new taxes but no another Bill/Act is required for
making changes in the rates
as not to impede or prejudice the exercise of the executive power of the Union?
(a) Article 257 (b) Article 258
(c) Article 355 (d) Article 356
135. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
List-I List-II
(Period) (Wars)
1. AD 1767-69 : First Anglo-Maratha War
2. AD 1790-92 : Third Mysore war
3. AD 1824-26 : First Anglo Burmese War
4. AD 1845-46 : Second Sikh War
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(a) 2 and 4 (b) 3 and 4
(c) 1 and 2 (d) 2 and 3
136. Consider the following:
1. Mahadeo Hills
2. Sahyadri Parvat
3. Satpura Range
What is the correct sequence of the above from the north to the south?
(a) 1-2-3 (b) 2-1-3
Rajasthan?
(a) Bharatpur (b) Jaipur
(c) Jodhpur (d) Udaipur
138. Match List-I (Articles of the Constitution of India) with List-II (Provision) and select the
correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:
List-I List-II
(Articles of the Consti- (Provision)
tution of India)
A. Article 14 1. The State shall not discriminate against any citizen on grounds only of
religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them
B. Article 15 2. The State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal
protection of laws withing the territory of India
C. Article 16 3. Untouchability is abolished and its practice in any form is forbidden
D. Article 17 4. There shall be equality of opportunity for all citizens in matters relating to
employment or appointment to any office
140. Match List-I (National Park/Sanctuary) with List-II (State) and select the correct
answer using the codes given below the Lists:
List-I List-II
(National Park/ (State)
Sanctuary)
A. Kanger Ghati 1. Chhattisgarh
National Park
B. Nagerhole 2. Haryana
National Park
C. Kugti Wildlife 3. Himachal
Sanctuary Pradesh
D. Sultanpur Bird 4. Karnataka
Sanctuary
Codes:
(a) A B C D
3214
(b) A B C D
1432
(c) A B C D
3412
(d) A B C D
1234
Directions:
The following 8 (eight) items consist of two Statements; one lablelled as the
Assertion(A) and the other as Reason (R). You are
to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items using the
codes given below:
Codes:
(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the corrrect explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
143. Assertion (A) : Bangalore receives much higher average annual rainfall than that of
Mangalore.
Reason (R) : Bangalore has the benefit of receiving rainfall both from south-west and northeast monsoons.
144. Assertion (A) : The Central Rural Sanitation Programme was launched in 1986 to
improve the quality of life of rural people in India.
Reason (R) : Rural sanitation is a subject in the Concurrent List in the Constitution of India
145. Assertion (A) : West-flowing rivers of Peninsular India have no deltas.
Reason (R) : These rivers do not carry any alluvial sediments.
146. Assertion (A) : The thickness of the atmosphere is maximum over the Equator.
Reason (R) : High insolation and strong convection currents occur over the Equator.
147. Assertion (A) : In our houses, the current in AC electricity line changes direction 60
times per second.
Reason (R) : The frequency of alternating voltage supplied is 60 hertz.
148. Assertion (A) : Fatty acids should be a part of the balanced human diet.
Reason (R) : The cells of the human body cannot synthesize any fatty acids.
149. Assertion (A): India does not export natural rubber
Reason (R) : About 97% of Indias demands for natural rubber is met from domestic
production.
150. Assertion (A) : For the first time, India had no trade deficit in the year 2002-03.
Reason (R) : For the first time, Indias exports crossed worth $50 billion in the year 200203.
Answers
1. c 2. a 3. a
4. a 5. a 6. b
7. c 8. c 9. a
10. b 11. b 12. b
13. d 14. b 15. b
16. d 17. d 18. c
19. c 20. d 21. c
22. d 23. b 24. a
25. b 26. b 27. d
28. b 29. b 30. c
31. b 32. c 33. c
34. b 35. b 36. c
37. b 38. d 39. b
40. b 41. c 42. d
43. c 44. a 45. d
46. d 47. a 48. b
49. a 50. b 51. b
52. d 53. c 54. d
55. c 56. d 57. b
58. b 59. d 60. b
61. b 62. d 63. c
64. b 65. a 66. b
67. c 68. b 69. c
70. b 71. d 72. c
73. b 74. b 75. d
76. b 77. b 78. c
79. a 80. b 81. c
82. d 83. a 84. b
85. d 86. a 87. c