4. Which one of the following is the guardian of Fundamental Rights ?
Legislature
Executive
Political parties
Judiciary
5. Sarkaria Commission was concerned with—
Administrative Reforms
Electoral Reforms
Financial Reforms
Centre-State relations
6. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha has to address his/her letter of resignation to—
Prime Minister of India
President of India
Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
7. A want becomes a demand only when it is backed by the—
Ability to purchase
Necessity to buy
Desire to buy
Utility of the product
8. The terms ‘Micro Economics’ and ‘Macro Economics’ were coined by—
Alfred Marshall
Ragner Nurkse
Ragner Frisch
J.M. Keynes
9. During period of inflation, tax rates should—
Increase
Decrease
Remain constant
Fluctuate
10. Which is the biggest tax paying sector in India ?
Agriculture sector
Industrial sector
Transport sector
Banking sector
11. “Economics is what it ought to be.”—This statement refers to—
Normative economics
Positive economics
Monetary economics
Fiscal economics
12. The excess of price a person is to pay rather than forego the consumption of the commodity is called—
Price
Profit
Producers’ surplus
Consumers’ surplus
13. Silver halides are used in photographic plates because they are—
Oxidised in air
Soluble in hyposolution
Reduced by light
Totally colourless
14. Tetra Ethyl Lead (TEL) is—
A catalyst in burning fossil fuel
An antioxidant
A reductant
An antiknock compound
15. Curie point is the temperature at which—
Matter becomes radioactive
A metal loses magnetic properties
A metal loses conductivity
Transmutation of metal occurs
16. The isotope used for the production of atomic energy is—
U-235
U-238
U-234
U-236
17. The acceleration due to gravity at the equator—
Is less than that at the poles
Is greater than that at the poles
Is equal to that at the poles
Does not depend on the earth’s centripetal acceleration
18. Which of the following is not a nucleon ?
Proton
Neutron
Electron
Positron
19. The material used in the manufacture of lead pencil is—
Graphite
Lead
Carbon
Mica
20. Angle of friction and angle of repose are—
Equal to each other
Not equal to each other
Proportional to each other
None of the above
21. Processor’s speed of a computer is measured in—
BPS
MIPS
Baud
Hertz
22. ‘C’ language is a—
Low level language
High level language
Machine level language
Assembly level language
23. What happens to a person who receives the wrong type of blood ?
All the arteries constrict
All the arteries dialates
The RBCs agglutinate
The spleen and lymphnodes deteriorate
24. NIS stands for—
National Infectious diseases Seminar
National Irrigation Schedule
National Immunization Schedule
National Information Sector
25. If all bullets could not be removed from gun shot injury of a man,it may cause poisoning by—
Mercury
Lead
Iron
Arsenic
26. Ringworm is a ……… disease.
Bacterial
Protozoan
Viral
Fungal
27. Pituitary gland is situated in—
The base of the heart
The base of the brain
The neck
The abdomen
28. Who discovered cement ?
Agassit
Albertus Magnus
Joseph Aspdin
Janseen
29. According to RBI’s Report on the trend and progress of banking, the Non-performing Assets (NPA’s) in India for 2008-09 for Indian Banks in 2008 have stood at—
2.3 %
2.6 %
3.5 %
5.2 %
30. Windows 7, the latest operating system from Microsoft Corporation has ……… Indian languages fonts.
14
26
37
49
31. TRIPS and TRIMS are the terms associated with—
IMF
WTO
IBRD
IDA
32. A Presidential Ordinance can remain in force—
For three months
For six months
For nine months
Indefinitely
33. Which of the following Indonesian regions was a victim of massive earthquake in 2004 ?
Irian Jaya
Sumatra
Kalibangan
Java
34. The first nonstop airconditioned ‘DURANTO’ train was flagged off between—
Sealdah—New Delhi
Mumbai—Howrah
Bangalore—Howrah
Chennai—New Delhi
35. Which among the following agencies released the report, Economic Outlook for 2009-10 ?
Planning Commission
PM’s Economic Advisory Council
Finance Commission
Reserve Bank of India
36. India and U.S. have decided to finalize agreements related to which of the following ?
Trade and Investment
Intellectual Property
Traditional Knowledge
All of the above
37. Which one of the following states does not form part of Narmada River basin ?
Madhya Pradesh
Rajasthan
Gujarat
Maharashtra
38. Which of the following countries has recently become the third largest market for Twitter ?
China
India
Brazil
Indonesia
39. The exchange of commodities between two countries is referred as—
Balance of trade
Bilateral trade
Volume of trade
Multilateral trade
40. Soil erosion on hill slopes can be checked by—
Afforestation
Terrace cultivation
Strip cropping
Contour ploughing
41. Who coined the word ‘Geography’ ?
Ptolemy
Eratosthenese
Hecataus
Herodatus
42. Which of the following is called the ‘ecological hot spot of India’ ?
Western Ghats
Eastern Ghats
Western Himalayas
Eastern Himalayas
43. The art and science of map making is called—
Remote Sensing
Cartography
Photogrammetry
Mapping
44. The age of the Earth can be determined by—
Geological Time Scale
Radio-Metric Dating
Gravity method
Fossilization method
45. The monk who influenced Ashoka to embrace Buddhism was—
Vishnu Gupta
Upa Gupta
Brahma Gupta
Brihadratha
46. The declaration that Democracy is a Government ‘of the people, by the people; for the people’ was made by—
George Washington
Winston Churchill
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
47. The Lodi dynasty was founded by—
Ibrahim Lodi
Sikandar Lodi
Bahlol Lodi
Khizr Khan
48. Harshavardhana was defeated by—
Prabhakaravardhana
Pulakesin II
Narasimhavarma Pallava
Sasanka
49. Who among the following was an illiterate ?
Jahangir
Shah Jahan
Akbar
Aurangazeb
50. Which Governor General is associated with Doctrine of Lapse ?
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