Haryana Public Service Commission Exam : HCS & Other Allied Services Pre General Studies Paper

Haryana Public Service Commission Exam-2012
Exam held on: 25.03.2012
HPSC Pre General Studies Solved Questions

1.  During which decade did the population record a negative growth rate in India

• 1921-31
• 1911-21
• 1941-51
• 1931-41

2.  Which Central Government Agency is responsible for the mapping and exploration of minerals?

• The Geological Survey of India
• Surveyor General of India
• National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd.
• Indian Bureau of Mines

3.  What is Gomia in Bihar famous for:

• Coal Fields
• Manganese Mines
• Fertilizer Plant
• Explosive Factory

4.  SEBI is a

• Statutory body
• Advisory body
• Constitutional body
• Non-statutory body

5.  Economic Planning is in :

• Union List
• State List
• Concurrent List
• Not any specific list

6.  Lahiri Commission was associated with

• Industrial sickness
• Minimum support prices of agriculture products
• Price structure of edible oils
• Handicraft export

7.  Open Market Operation is a part of

• Income Policy
• Fiscal Policy
• Credit Policy
• Labour Policy

8.  Which of the following is used for the measurement of distribution of income?

• Laffer Cureve
• Engel's Law
• Gini Lorenz Curve
• Phillip Curve

9.  Automatic route to FDI implies that a foreign investor bring in his capital
1. Without the approval of the FIPB
2. By informing the RBI within one month of bringing in his investments
3. By informing both the FIPB and RBI within one month of bringing in his/her investment
4. By prior permission of the RBI
    Select the correct answer from the above

• 2 and 3
• 2 only
• 1 and 2
• 2 and 3

10. In the context of the Indian Economy consider the following pairs:
1. Melt Down  - Fall in Stock Prices
2. Recession  - Fall in Growth Rate
3. Slow Down -Fall in GDP
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched

• 1 only
• 2 and 3 only
• 1 and 3 only
• 1, 2 and 3

11. In India which of the following is regulated by the Forward Markets Commission?

• Currency future trading
• Commodities future trading
• Equity futures trading
• Both Commodities futures and financial futures trading

12. Union Government has announced New Agriculture Policy in July 28, 2000. New Agriculture Policy has been described as "Rainbow Revolution" which includes :

• Green (Food Grain Production)
• Yellow (Oil Seeds)
• Blue (Fisheries)
• It would cover all aspects of the farm sector

13. Sensitive sector as defined by RBI includes:

• Capital market
• Real Estate
• Commodities
• All the above

14. The RBI is the apex body of Indian Financial System, which of the following functions are performed by the RBI?
1. Monitoring money supply in the Economy
2. Issues currency other than coins and one Rupees note.
3. Functions as Bankers Bank
4. Works as banker to the Government

• 1 & 2 are correct
• 1, 2 & 3 are correct
• 2, 3 & 4 are correct
• All of above are correct

15. Aam Admi Bima Yojana is an insurance scheme for rural landless household introduced by:

• National Insurance
• Life Insurance Co.
• UTI
• ICICI Life Prudential Co.

16. In India those farmers are called "Marginal Farmers" who hold land upto:

• 1 hectare
• 2 hectare
• 3 hectare
• 4 hectare

17. Which one of the following is a measurement of central tendency?

• Median
• Standard Deviation
• Mean Deviation
• Variance

18. Which one of the following is NOT a measurement of location?

• Median
• Mode
• Range
• Mean

19. Combustion of a candle is

• Physical change
• Reduction reaction
• Endothermic reaction
• Exothermic reaction

20. Pure water is obtained from the sea water by :

• Filtration
• Distillation
• Evaporation
• All the above

21. The method that cannot be used for removing permanent hardness of water is:

• Adding Sodium Carbonate
• Distillation
• Adding caustic soda
• Boiling

22. Heavy Water :

• Contains more dissolved air
• Contains more dissolved minerals
• Contains deuterium in place of hydrogen
• Contains organic impurities

23. Fixation of Nitrogen implies

• The liquification of nitrogen
• The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into useful compounds
• The conversion of nitrogen into amines
• The solidification of nitrogen gas into the atmosphere

24. The pH value of the solution obtained by complete neutralization of hydrochloric and sodium hydroxide solution will be :

• Exactly 7
• Zero
• More than 7
• Less than 7

25. Coloured glasses for goggles contain:

• Ferrous oxide
• Lanthanide oxide
• Nickel oxide
• Ferric oxide

26. Which of the following statement is NOT true for soap?

• Soaps are bio-degradbale
• Soaps cannot be  used in acidic medium
• Soaps form a white curdy precipitate with hard water
• Soaps are relatively stronger in their cleaning action than synthetic detergents

27. Which one is a viral disease:

• Cholera
• Typhoid
• Rabbies
• Whooping cough

28. Rubella virus cause:

• Chicken pox
• Measles
• Small pox
• Mumps

29. I'm tired. I'd rather __________ out this evening, if you don't mind.

• don't go
• not go
• not going
• not to go

30. Anthropologists are of the view that Haryana was known by his name because in Post- Mahabharta period lived:

• Abhiras
• Aryans
• Haryanvis
• None of the above

31. According to Delhi Museum Hariana "the Heaven on the Earth" dates back to:

• 1126 AD
• 1328 AD
• 1500 AD
• 1750 AD

32. Haryana state was formed on 1 November 1966 on recommendation of:

• Lal Bahadur Shastri
• Indira Gandhi
• Sardar Hukam Singh
• Sir Chottu Ram

33. Haryana is a landlocked state lies between:

• 28 Degree 37 Minutes to 31 Degree 35 Minutes North
• 24 Degree 26 Minutes to 27 Degree 28 Minutes North
• 29 Degree 20 Minutes to 31 Degree 30 Minutes North
• 27 Degree 37 Minutes to 30 Degree 35 Minutes North

34. Population density according to 2011 census is

• 1002 people/per sqkm
• 642 people/per sqkm
• 573 people/per sqkm
• 945 people/per sqkm

35. Haryana has

• 5682 villages
• 6759 villages
• 4890 villages
• None of the above

36.  How many divisions the state is divided for Administrative purpose?

• 5
• 3
• 4
• None

37. Which of the District is not part of the Gurgaon Division?

• Faridabad
• Palwal
• Hisar
• Rewari

38. Haryana Board of School Education established in Sept. 1969 and shifted in 1981 to

• Sonepat
• Chandigarh
• Bhiwani
• Rohtak

39. Haryana has adopted New Sports Policy on:

• 15th August 2008
• 21st August 2009
• 26th january 2009
• 2nd October 2008

40. KMP stands for

• Kurukshetra Manesar  Panipat Expressway
• Kundli Manesar Palwal Expressway
• Kurukshetra Manesar Pautodi Expressway
• Kurukshetra Mahendragarh Panipat Expressway

41. Haryana Industrial and Investment Policy  2011 became effective in:

• 1-1-2011
• 26-1-2011
• 15-8-2011
• None of the above

42. Haryana Special Economic Zones Act came in existence in:

• 2006
• 2008
• 2009
• None of the above

43. Literacy rate (%) in Haryana is:

• 70.75 percent
• 68.60 percent
• 62.50 percent
• 58.25 percent

44. Arrange the sectoral growth in Haryana

• Service-Agriculture-Industry
• Industry-Service-Agriculture
• Agriculture-Industry-Service
• Service-Industry-Agriculture 

45. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme has been extended in the entire Haryana from:

• 1st January 2008
• 1st July 2009
• 1st January 2010
• None of the above

46. Average Yield per hectare of Wheat and Rice during 2010-11 in Haryana is estimated at:

• 4560kg for Wheat and 2750 kg for rice
• 4500kg for Wheat and 2700 kg for rice
• 4250kg for Wheat and 2750 kg for rice
• None of the above

47. Haryana State Annual Plan for 2011-12 approved by Planning Commission, Govt. of India is:

• Rs. 20158 Crore
• Rs. 20258 Crore
• Rs. 20358 Crore
• Rs. 20458 Crore

48. Which buffalo is called as Black Gold in Haryana?

• Bhadavari
• Niti-Ravi
• Mehsana
• Murrah

49. The Haryana Special Economic Zone came in the year

• 2005
• 2006
• 2007
• 2008

50. The Haryana Government's Land Acquisition Policy,

• has decided to double, even higher in some areas, the minimum floor rate (MFR) payable
  for acquisition of land
• increase both the annuity amount payable over 33 years as well as its incremental annual hike and give bigger-size plots in case one's residential property is acquired
• the affected farmers would also be offered Government jobs, industrial and commercial plots
• All the above