Securities and Exchange Board of India : SEBI Assistant Manager Exam

Securities and Exchange Board of India

SEBI Assistant Manager Exam

1. Railway rolling stock is not manufactured at

• Ahmedabad
• Madras
• Kapurthala
• Varanasi

2. Which industry in India was worst affected be cause of the partition?

• Paper and Iron
• Cotton and Sugar
• Jute and Cotton
• Engineering and Cement

3.A large sized nitrogenous plant based on the gas supplied through Hazira-Bijapur-Jagdishpur pipeline is being set up at

• Hazira
• Bijapur
• Jagdishpur
• Babrala

4. Fazilka-Abohar region is noted for

• luxurious growth of cotton
• prosperous cotton textile industry
• cottage and handicrafts industry
• None of these

5. In which industry is sal wood used mostly?

• Railway sleepers
• Matches
• Paper
• None of these

6. Which of the following is the principal reason for the concentration of heavy industries in the South Bihar region?

• Availability of cheap labour
• Availability of capital
• Availability of raw materials in the region
• Nearness to Calcutta

7. Out of the following, India earns the maximum foreign exchange from the export of

• leather goods
• engineering goods
• handicrafts
• electronic goods

8. Kandla, situated on the Gulf of Kachchh, is well known for which of the following?

• Cutting and polishing of diamonds
• Export processing zone
• Center for marine food products
• Traditional art and craft centre
• Ship building industry

9. The main center of diamond cutting industry in India is

• Panna
• Kolar
• Agra
• Surat

10. The Himalayan region inspite of having raw material for paper and pulp industry could not develop so far. Which of the following is the most important factor for this?

• Non-availability of hydroelectric power in the area
• Less demand of paper in the market
• Non-availability of cheap labour in the area
• Poor means of transport in the region

11. As per the latest figures available, out of the total sugar production in India, Maharashtra contributes about

• 23%
• 17%
• 40%
• 32%

12. Where is the Hindustan Shipyard located?

• Cochin
• Vishakhapatnam
• Bombay
• Calcutta

13. The ‘satellite freight city’ is being developed near which of the following cities?

• Calcutta
• Bangalore
• Kandla
• Gurgaon
• New Bombay

14. Which of the following states accounts for the largest share of industrial production and capital investment?

• West Bengal
• Karnataka
• Gujarat
• Maharashtra

15. Consider the following statements:
The Rourkela steel plant obtains
1. hydel power from the Hirakud dam
2. coking coal from Jharia coalfields
3. iron ore from Baba Budon hills
Of these statements, the correct ones are:

• 1 and 2
• 1 and3
• 2 and 3
• 1, 2 and 3

16. A group of tourists is interested in visiting some beaches in India. Which of the following groups of cities would you suggest?
A. Calcutta, Bangalore, Baroda
B. Ahmedabad, Ranchi, Hyderabad
C. Bombay, Goa, Madras

• Only A
• Only B
• Only C
• Both A and B
• Both A and C

17. Which of the following cities is situated on the bank of river Saryu?

• Patna
• Ayodhya
• Varanasi
• Allahabad

18. India conducted its first underground nuclear test

• Rajasthan
• Gujarat
• Kerala
• Karnataka

19. Of the following cities, which one is situated along the banks of river Sabarmati?

• Patna
• Hyderabad
• Nasik
• Ahmedabad

20. Which of the following states in India is the largest in area?

• Maharashtra
• Uttar Pradesh
• West Bengal
• Madhya Pradesh

21. Which of the following cities is known as ‘Pink City’?

• Gwalior
• Lucknow
• Hyderabad
• Alwar
• Jaipur

22. Indian Standard Time is the time at which of the following longitudes East of Greenwich?

• 30°
• 68°
• 82 .5 °
• 97°

23. Which of the following places is not associated with India’s space programme?

• Bangalore
• Arvi
• Trombay
• Sriharikota

24. Garo and Khasi tribes are mainly found in

• Manipur
• Meghalaya
• Mizoram
• Chhota Nagpur

25. In terms of the area of the countries, India ranks in the world.

• 5th
• 6th
• 7th
• 11th

26. Which is the most urbanized state in India?

• Punjab
• Tamil Nadu
• Gujarat
• Maharashtra

27. In addition to the entire Union Territory of Delhi, the National Capital Region covers parts of the states of

• Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh
• Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh
• Haryana, Rajasthan and Punjab
• Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh

28. ‘Ghotul’, a tribal youth dormitory is found among the

• Oraon of Bihar
• Bhutia of West Bengal
• Garo of North East India
• M of Madhya Pradesh

29. Which one of the following organizations is responsible for production of topographical sheets?

• Geological survey of India (GSI)
• National Atlas and Thematic Mapping Organisation (NATMO)
• Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)
• Survey of India (501)

30. In terms of area, which of the following is the smallest state in India?

• Sikkim
• Goa
• Nagaland
• Tripura

31. India’s oldest planetarium is located at

• Calcutta
• Bombay
• Patna
• Ahmedabad

32. Consider the following satellites put into orbit by India
1. Bhaskara
2. INSAT-1 B
3. Rohini
4. APPLE
Among these, geostationary satellites include

• 1, 3 and 4
• 1 and 3
• 2 and 4
• 2, 3 and 4

33. What is SLV-3?

• Communication satellite
• India’s space launching vehicle
• Space launching pad
• None of these

34. Which one of the following is the most important reason for the establishment of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre at Thumba?

• The sea is near to the place in the East, West and South directions.
• It is a place near to a city in India, which is nearest to the geographic Equator.
• It is situated on the Geomagnetic Equator
• Outer space near Thumba exhibits queer atmospheric phenomena.

35. The first submarine built by India is

• INS Shalki
• INS Ganga
• INS Godavari
• INS Himgiri

36. The satellite Aryabhatta was built at

• Hassan
• Thumba
• Bangalore
• Sriharikota

37. In which of the following regions is ‘Dandakaranya’ located?

• Uttar Pradesh and Orissa
• Maharashtra, Orissa and M.P.
• Nepal and Bihar
• Orissa, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh

38. Onge tribe is mainly settled in which of the following States / Union Territories?

• Bihar
• Nagaland
• Lakshadweep
• Meghalaya 
• Andaman & Nicobar

39. Which of the following places is not associated with the launching of the space satellites?

• Kourou
• Sriharikota
• Cape Kennedy
• Hassan

40. INSAT – 2B was launched from

• Sriharikota
• Thumba
• Moscow
• Kourou

41. What is the percentage of geographical area of India in the world area?

• 2.3%
• 3.2%
• 4%
• 5%

42. India- built remote sensing satellite Bhaskara II was put into space with the help of

• an intercosmos rocket from a soviet cosmodrome
• an SLV-3 rocket from Thumba
• an Ariana from French Guiana
• None of the above

43. Which one of the following is known as the Pearl City?

• Cochin
• Tuticorin
• Masulipatnam
• Rameshwaram

44. In which of the following places is India’s second satellite launching station being developed?

• Sriharikota
• Trombay
• Hyderabad
• Vishakhapatnam
• Balasore

45. The highest number of tribal population in Tamil Nadu is

• Todas
• Irulas
• Kodas
• Malayalis

46. Kukis belong to which state?

• Nagaland
• Tripura
• Manipur
• Arunachal Pradesh
• Mizoram

47. Which one of the following pairs is not correct?

• Sriharikota – India’s satellite launching centre
• Bangalore   – India’s space application centre
• Thumba      - India’s first earth satellite station
• SLV-3        - India’s four stage rocket

48. In Mizoram, the settlement pattern is mostly of ‘linear type’ along the ridges because

• the ridges are cooler than the valleys
• the valleys are densely forested
• the valleys are cooler than the ridges
• accessibility is easier on the ridge tops

49.The city of Surat is situated on the bank of the river

• Krishna
• Kaveri
• Tapti
• Godavari

50. The first district in India to have telephones in all its villages is

• Dakshina Kannada
• Nellore
• Gurdaspur
• Ahmednagar