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
51. Barents Sea in the Arctic Ocean has been controversial over the maritime boundary for 40 years between which of the following two countries? The issue was resolved recently.
Russia and Norway
Norway and Finland
Finland and Russia
Russia and Denmark
52. Navanentham Pillay, a South African national of India origin was the first non-white women of the High Court of South Africa. What is her current profession?
Judge of the International Criminal Court
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
United Nation High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees
53. Consider the following statement: 1. India and Japan agreed to a sweeping liberalization of their bilateral tax regime during PM Manmohan Singh visit to Tokyo on 27th October 2010 2. This is the first in releasing the Indo-Japanese comprehensive Economic partnership AgreementWhich of the above statement are true?
Only 1
Only 2
Both 1 and 2
None of the above
54. Consider the following statements about the Ayodhya verdict: 1. 60 years the matter first went in to Litigation Luknow Bench of the High Court of Allahabad ruled in majority judgement on 30th September 2010 2. Disputed sites to be divided into three equal parts: one part goes to Suni Wakf Board, oneto Nirmohi in Akhara and one part representing "Ramlalla Virajman" 3. Status quo to be maintained at disputed sites for three month 4. The bench which delivered the much awaited verdict consisted of Justice Dharam Vir Sharma,Justice S U Khan and Justice Sudhir Agarwal Which of the above statement are true?
Only 1
Only 2
Only 3
All the above
55. Parliament has passed SBI (Amendment) Bill 2010 which changes the minimum level of share of the government in SBI's equity
from 51% to 55%
from 55% to 51%
from 74% to 51%
from 55% to 49%
56. The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi have launched the Adhar Project under Unique Identification Authority of India at tembli in Nandurbar District. Nandurbar is in which of the following states?
Gujarat
Maharashtra
Madhya Pradesh
Tamilnadu
57. Recently UNO celebrated its 65th Anniversary on date:
20th Oct 2010
24th Oct 2010
29th Oct 2010
27th Oct 2010
58. The government has recently announced a Rs.1052 crore incentive package for critical export sectors including 1. Textile 2. Handicraft 3. Leather Choose the correct answer from the below:
1 and 2
2 and 3
1 and 3
1, 2 and 3
59. Who will be heading the National Innovation Council which will give shape to the government's decision to observe the current decades ( 2000 - 2020 ) as the decade of the innovation?
M S Swaminathan
C Rangarajan
Narayanamurthy
Sam Pitroda
60. Who among the following has been honoured the United Nation?s Millennium Development Goals Award for 2010 for their work in using innovative approaches for poverty and hunger alleviation?
BRIC
WHO
IBSA
G-20
61. Harappan people had a common burial system which is proved by:
The earth burial head of the dead normally laid towards the north
The burial of commonly used items with the dead
Both above
The burial of the dead body in the sitting posture
62. In Vedic Period, the people called panis, were:
Those who controlled trade
Cattle-breeders
Cowherds
Ploughmen
63. In the Vedic Age:
Polygamy was unknown
Child marriage became prominent
Widow could remarry
Hypergamy was allowed
64. Bring the correct statement regarding the first Buddhist Council: 1. Ananda and Upali laid down the Sutta Pataka and Vinaya Pitaka respectively 2. Its proceedings were conducted in Sanskrit 3. It was held during the life time of Buddha 4. Its main purpose was to maintain the purity of Buddha?s teachings
1 and 4
All of them
1 and 2
2, 3 and 4
65. The sacred books of Jains are called:
Agama Sidhanta
Angas
Parvas
Upangas
66. Who founded the Lingayat Movement?
Basava
Ramanuja
Shankracharya
Kamban
67. What was Abwab?
Toll tax
religion tax such as Zakat
Tax on merchandise and custom duties
Miscellaneous kinds of taxes like the house tax, grazing tax, irrigation tax etc.
68. The term used for measurement of land in the Delgi Sutanate Period was:
Kismat-i-ghalla
Ghalla-bakshi
Masahat
Ghazi
69. The earlier Vaishnava Bhakti saints from the South were:
Alvars
Nayanars
Bhagavats
Virshaivites
70. Identify the Vijayanagar coin which were in the circulation and were the most widely recognized currency all over:
Dinnar
Huna
Panam
Pagoda
71. Akbar did not construct:
Purana Quila
Agra Fort
Allahabad Fort
Lahore Fort
72. The main programme of the Red Sirts (Khudai Khidmatgars of Servants of God) organized by Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan in support of the Civil Disobedience Movement was
To proceed on the lines of terrorist and revolutionary activities
To propagate the Congress programme
c) To resist the military operations of the government in the north-western frontier portion
To setup an para-military organization
73. The result of the Poona Pact was that the number of the seats reserved for the depressed classes out of general electorate seats were:
Abolished
Increased
Retained in the same level
Decreased
74. Cripps proposal were rejected because:
It refused to release all the arrested national leaders
of the intention to partition India
It suggested the formation of an interim government
it refused to hand over effective power to the Indians
75. Who presided over the Cabinet Mission?
Clement Attlee
Sir P Lawrence
Strafford Cripps
A V Alexander
76. The Mountbatten Plan (June 3, 1947) was about:
Guidelines for the formation of a Constitution for India by the Constituent Assembly
Creation of fedral government
A plan for controlling communal riots raising all over India at the same time
The method by which power was to be transferred from British to Indian hands
77. The first Muslim to be elected as President of the Indian National Congress was :
M A Jinnah
Maulana Azad
Baddrudin Tyabji
Whooping cough
78. The Non-Cooperation Movement was adopted by the Congress at a Special Session held at ________ in September 1920.
Bombay
Calcutta
Wardha
Allahabad
79. The Non-Cooperation Movement was called off by Mahatma Gandhi because :
of Gandhi-Irwin Pact
of mob-violence at Chauri-Chaura
the Khilafat issue fizzled out with abolition of the office of the Caliph in Turkey
the government accepted the demand in tow
80. Which of the following Fundamental Rights have been deleted from the Constitution through the Constitutional Amendment?
Right against expolitation
Right of freedom of religion
Right of property
Freedom of speech and expression
81. How many Fundamental Rights are enjoyed by the Indians?
Nine
Ten
Seven
Six
82. The basic difference between the Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles is:
Fundamental Rights are Positive while Directive Principles are Negative
Directive Principles are given precedence over the Fundamental Rights by the Court in all the cases
Fundamental Rights are justifiable while Directive Principles are not
None of the above
83. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has been described as the friend, philosopher and guide of :
the Estimate Committee
the committee of the public Undertaking
the Public Account Committee
all the Parliamentary committees
84. Part -V of the Constitution deals with
Union executives
Parliamnet
Supreme Court and High Court
Comptroller and Auditor General
85. If there is a vacancy in the offices of both President and Vice-President, who has been empowered to function as President:
Chief Justice of India
Chief of Army Staff
A person appointed by Parliament
None of these
86. If president returns the bill to the legislature for reconsideration
a re-passage of the bill by the two-thirds majority will compel him to give his assent
a re-passage of the bill by the simple majority will compel him to give his assent
a joint sitting will have to be called to pass it again
the legislature must accept amendments proposed by the President
87. To whom does the President address the letter of resignation?
the Prime Minister
the Vice President
the Speaker
the Chief justice
88. Two houses of the Parliament enjoy co-equal power in all spheres except: 1. Financial matters 2. Responsibilities of the Council of Ministers3. Amendment Procedure 4. Election of President
3 and 4
2, 3 and 4
1, 2 and 3
1 and 2
89. Impeachment proceedings against the President of Indian can be initiated
by the Supreme Court
only in the Lok Sabha
in either House of the Parliament
only in the joint sitting of the two Houses
90. Gulf Stream the most important current of the Atlantic Ocean takes its birth from the Gulf of Mexico.Its importance lies in :
Cooling effect
Warming effect
Area of influence
Influence on travel
91. Which of the following sub-races belong to Mongoloids?
Bantu
Eskimoid
Nordic
Alpine
92. Consider the following statements: 1. The Masai is a tribe of settled cultivators who once wondered with their herds with the cattle in the central highlands of East Africa. 2. The cattle kept by the Masaiare the ?Zebu? cattle with the humps and long horns Which of the statement is/are correct?
Only 1
Neither 1 or 2
Both 1 and 2
Only 2
93. Which of the following are not the Pastoral Nomads?
Pygmies
Kazaks
Masai
Lapps
94. The world's most commercial fishing grounds are located in:
Cool waters of the Northern Hemisphere in comparatively higher latitudes
Cool waters of the Northern Hemisphere in comparatively lower latitudes
Both above mentioned areas
A widespread area near the Poles
95. Which of the following used to be considered a buffer state?
France
Switzerland
Belgium
West Germany
96. The Australian trans-continental railway joins
Perth to Darwin
Hobart to Perth
Sydney to Perth
Adelaide to Perth
97. When did the EEC( European Economic Community) change into EU(European Union)
1992
1995
1996
1991
98. Territorial waters of India extends up to
5 Nautical Miles
12 Nautical Miles
15 Nautical Miles
2 Nautical Miles
99. Which of the following river lies in the Rift Valley?
