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1. The Constitution provides that no Vidhan Sabha can
have less than 60 members. Which of the following
State Assemblies is an exception to it ?
(1) Tripura (2) Meghalaya
(3) Sikkim (4) Mizoram
2. Who will discharge the functions of the President of
India, if for any reason both the offices of the President
and the Vice President of India fall vacant?
(1) Prime Minister
(2) Speaker of Lok Sabha
(3) The senior-most Governor of states
(4) Attorney General of India
3. India is not a member of
(1) G-20 (3) G-15
(2) G-8 (4) United Nations
4. The distance between the Earth and the Sun is the
greatest during
(1) Summer Solstice
(2) Winter Solstice
(3) Aphelion
(4) Perihelion
5. CDMA in telephony stands for
(1) Cyclic Divided Microwave Access
(2) Code Division Multiple Access
(3) Centrally Distinct Multiple Access
(4) Coded Dots Mobile Access
6. Which one of the following books is not written
by Munshi Premchand ?
(1) Rangbhoomi (2) Prem Pachisi
(3) Vishkanya (4) Kayakalp
7. Which Taal has sixteen matras ?
(1) Jhaptal (2) Roopak Taal
(3) Teen Taal (4) Aadi Taal
8. Which of the following countries won the World
Youth Football Championship 2004 ?
(1) Brazil (2) Spain
(3) Argentina (4) Germany
TEST I
General Awareness
9. “World Development Report” is an annual
publication of
(1) United Nations Development Programme
(2) International Bank of Reconstruction and
Development
(3) World Trade Organisation
(4) International Monetary Fund
10. India’s first Neutron Reactor ‘Kamini’ was built at
the nuclear research centre located at
(1) Chennai (2) Kalpakkam
(3) Kolkata (4) Trombay
11. Who among the following has written the
controversial book ‘Shivaji: Hindu King in Islamic
India’ ?
(1) Arundhati Roy (2) Sumit Sarkar
(3) James W. Laine (4) Arthur Clarke
12. Which of the following countries does not border
the Mediterranean Sea?
(1) Malta (2) Libya
(3) Italy (4) Bulgaria
13. The deepest oceanic trench ‘Mariana’ is located in
(1) Atlantic Ocean (2) Arctic Ocean
(3) Pacific Ocean (4) Indian Ocean
14. Which of the following pairs is not correctly
matched?
(1) ‘Purna Swaraj’ Resolution : 1929
(2) Martyrdom of Bhagat Singh : 1931
(3) Formation of Congress Socialist Party : 1938
(4) Shimla Conference : 1945
15. Which of the following states has the lowest Sex
Ratio as per CENSUS - 2001 of India?
(1) Haryana (2) Punjab
(3) Sikkim (4) Uttar Pradesh
16. Which of the following newspapers has won five
Pulitzer Prizes for 2004 ?
(1) The New York Times
(2) Washington Post
(3) The Los Angeles Times
(4) The Wall Street Journa

17. In which of the following countries, have scientists
recently created mice by using two genetic mothers
and no fathers?
(2) Canada (2) Russia
(3) Japan (4) Germany
18. In April 2004, the President of which of the following
countries was impeached by its Parliament?
(1) South Korea (2) Brazil
(3) Thailand (4) Lithuania
19. ‘Straight from the Heart’ is the autobiography of
(1) Imran Khan (2) Kapil Dev
(3) Richard Hadlee (4) Ian Botham
20. Which chemical is mainly responsible for depletion
of ozone layer in the atmosphere?
(1) Sulphur dioxide
(2) Chlorofluoro-carbon
(3) Carbon dioxide
(4) Nitrous oxide
21. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
(1) ‘Hertz’ is used to measure frequency
(2) ‘Kelvin’ is used to measure temperature
(3) ‘Bel’ is used to measure atmospheric pressure
(4) ‘Ohm’ is used to measure electrical resistance
22. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
(1) Cosmic describes anything occurring or located
in outer space
(2) Lithosphere is the top crust of the earth which
includes the land surface and the ocean floors
(3) Silicon constitutes the second most important
element in the composition of the earth
(4) A tributary is a river which leaves the main river
and flows separately
23. The first Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement
(NAM) was held in
(1) Algiers (2) Belgrade
(3) Jakarta (4) New Delhi
24. How many members can be nominated to the Lok
Sabha by the President of India?
(1) 2 (2) 4
(3) 8 (4) 12
25. The shape of the earth is best described as
(1) Spherical (2) Spheroid
(3) Geoid (4) Oblate spheroid
26. Ginger is an example of
(1) Tuber (2) Rhizome
(3) Bulb (4) Corm
27. The critical temperature at which unsaturated air
becomes saturated, is called
(1) Absolute Humidity (2) Condensation
(3) Dew Point (4) Frost
28. Water glass is chemically
(1) Aluminium silicate (2) Calcium silicate
(3) Potassium silicate (4) Sodium silicate
29. Who among the following is the India’s first Woman
Grandmaster in Chess?
(1) Koneru Humpy
(2) Aarthie Ramaswamy
(3) S. Meenakshi
(4) S. Vijaya Lakshmi
30. Which of the following projects envisages to connect
all the police stations in the country in one network?
(1) POL. COM (2) IPOL. COM
(3) POLNET (4) IPOLNET
31. According to the passage, leaders of pre-modernised
society considered war to be
(1) a valid tool of national policy
(2) an important act of aggression
(3) economically wasteful and socially unfeasible
(4) restricted in scope to military participants
32. Which of the following cannot be cited as a psychic
advantage of war in the pre-modernized society,
according to the author?
(1) The creation of a sense of security
(2) The perception of war as a noble aspect of life
(3) The enhancement of national self-esteem
(4) The pride that followed as a result of power over
others
33. The author most likely places the word “civilized”
in quotation marks in order to
(1) show dissatisfaction at not having found a better
word
(2) acknowledge that the word was borrowed from
another source
(3) express irony that war should be a part of
civilisation
(4) impress upon the reader the tragedy of war
34. The author mentions all of the following as possible
reasons for going to war in a pre-modernised society,
except
(1) possibility of material gain
(2) total annihilation of the enemy and destruction
of enemy territory
(3) potential for increasing the security of the nation
(4) desire to capture productive farming lands
35. Which of the following best describes the tone of
the passage?
(1) Outraged and indignant
(2) Humorous and wry
(3) Concerned and optimistic
(4) Scientific and detached
36. War in the pre-modern society was often the subject
of legend because
(1) it was a noble aspect of life
(2) it was required to be recorded for history
(3) it was an unavoidable part of existence
(4) it was considered an exciting and dramatic
phenomenon
37. According to the passage, war in the modern time is
no longer desirable because
(1) people have realised the costs of going to war
are enormous
(2) there is far greater desire for peace and
coexistence than for power
(3) of the realisation that ruling over other countries
is no longer economically advantageous
(4) technological advances have obviated the need
for war
38. The words ‘war has escaped the battlefield’ have been
used in the passage to indicate that
(1) technological advances have made the field of
war all pervasive
(2) the area of war is now not definable
(3) war has become uncontrollable
(4) battlefields are now extinct
39. The contents of the passage show that it has been
written
(1) very recently
(2) about 5 years back
(3) sometime in the 1980s
(4) cannot be determined from the passage
40. Putting people first, according to the passage is
(1) easier said than done
(2) profitable
(3) politically though not economically defensible
(4) good for the company’s public image
41. The term ‘lean and mean organisation’, as used in
the passage, means
(1) a meaningful organisation
(2) an organisation staffed with slim and well
meaning people
(3) a competitive organisation with no overstaffing
(4) an organisation which means business
42. Some countries have abandoned their traditional
policy of permanent employment because
(1) employees have become a variable cost
(2) it is no longer viable in a globally competitive
environment
(3) employees are no longer keen on life-long
employment in the same organisation
(4) they would like to take the benefit of outsourcing
43. The term ‘a bottomline focus’ is used in the passage
to indicate
(1) the organisational focus on profitability
(2) a concern for the lowest possible costs
(3) the ground reality
(4) the attention to breakeven point
44. As per the passage, staff reduction is the first
response of
(1) organisations getting into the competitive mode
(2) organisations with problems
(3) organisations seeking to reengineer
(4) organisations without problems
45. The author’s tone in the passage is
(1) ironical and critical
(2) scientific and incisive
(3) pragmatic and informed
(4) humorous and entertaining

46. ABERRATION
(1) deviation (2) abhorrence
(3) dislike (4) absence
47. COPIUS
(1) cheating (2) plentiful
(3) dishonourable (4) inspired
48. DECIMATE
(1) disgrace (2) kill
(3) search (4) collide
49. GERMANE
(1) middle European (2) prominent
(3) warlike (4) relevant
50. PIQUE
(1) pyramid (2) revolt
(3) resentment (4) inventory

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