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Entrance Test Question Paper

B.A. Honours (Humanities & Social Sciences)

Cluster Innovation Centre, University of Delhi

1. Pick the correct match.

सह .

1. Khushwant Singh i. Urdu

2. Manto ii. Hindi

3. Uday Prakash iii. English

4. Amruta Pritam iv. Punjabi

1. ख शवंत ससह- i. उर्द ू

2. ंटो- ii. सहर्

3. उर्य प्रकाश- iii. अगं्र ज

4. अ ृता प्र त - iv. पंजाब

1 2 3 4

a. iv ii iii i

b. i ii iii iv

c. iii i ii iv

d. iii ii i iv

2. Goti pua is the Dance form of which of the following state?

गोत प स कस ा य क ृ य श ह ?

a. Kerala

क

b. Karnataka

क ाूटक

c. Tamilnadu

त ा

d. Odisha

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सा

3. Which of the following is not a temple architectural style?

स क ं र् ाप य श ह ह ?

a. Nagara Style

ाग श

b. Dravida Style

व श

c. Besara Style

ब सा ा श

d. Ahara Style

अह ा श

4. Chand Minar Located within which of the following forts?

ांर् ा स कस क क त ह ?

a. Junagarh fort

जद ाग क ा

b. Daulatabad Fort

र् ताबार् क ा

c. Golkunda Fort

गो क ं ा क ा

d. Aamer Fort

क ा

5. Which of the following is not correctly matched?

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खत स क सह ह ह ?

a. Yakshgana- Tamilnadu

य गा - त ा

b. Naach- Bihar

ा - बहा

c. Nautanki- Uttar Pradesh

टंक - उ प्रर् श

d. Tamasha- Maharashtra

त ाशा- हा ा

6. Amruta shergil is famous for____.

अ ृता श ग कस य प्र स ह ?

a. Dance

ृ य

b. Music

संग त

c. Painting

क ा

d. Film

7. Who among the following is not a tennis player?

स क ट स ख ा ह ह ?

a. Ivan lendl

वा

b. John McEnroe

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जा क ो

c. Michael Jordan

ा क जा ू

d. Pete Sampras

प ट संप्रास

8. Which of the following is correctly matched?

खत स सह क सा ह ?

a. Amzad Ali Khan- Tabla

अ ज़र् अ खा - तब ा

b. Debu Chaudhary- Sarod

र् बद - स ोर्

c. Pandit- Ravishankar- Santoor

प.ं वशंक - संतद

d. Pandit Vishwamohan Bhatt- Mohan veena

प.ं व ोह - ोह व ा

9. Which of the following city is also called as the „City of lakes‟?

स कस शह को ‘ का शह ’ कहा जाता ह ?

a. Jaipur

b. Udaipur

c. Amritsar

d. Raipur

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ायपद

10. Under which of the following ministry does the Central Police System of our Country

operate?

ह ा र् श क क य प स व ा स कस ं ा य क तहत कायू क त ह ?

a. Ministry of Defence

ा ं ा य

b. Ministry of Home affairs

गहृ ंा य

c. Ministry of Personnel

का क ं ा य

d. Ministry of Law

व ं ा य

11. Which of the following is not an Indian Tribe?

स क ा त य ज जा त ह ह ?

a. Jarwa

जा वा

b. Munda

ं ा

c. Masai

सा

d. Bhil

12. Effect of light on photocells produces

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ोटोस स प प्रकाश क प्र ाव स या उ प होता ह ?

a. Pressure

र्बाव

b. Current

व त

c. Photosynthesis

प्रकाश सं ष

d. none of these

स को ह

13. Conversion of a substance directly from solid to vapour state is known as

एक पर्ा ूक ोस स वा प अव ा स प वतू क प्र या को या कहत ह ?

a. Vaporization

वा प क

b. Sublimation

उ वपूात

c. Decomposition

वघट

d. ionization

य क

14. The Centigrade and Fahrenheit are two scales to measure temperature. At which temperature

do these two scales give the same reading?

स ट ग्र औ ा हा ट ताप ा ाप क र्ो प ा ह . कस ताप ा प र्ो ापक का प एक होता ह ?

a. -40o

b. -32o

c. -273o

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d. 100o

15. Meteorology is the science of

ट यो ोज कसका व ा ह ?

a. Metals

ात का

b. Weather

स का

c. Meteors

उ का का

d. Microbes

ोगा का

16. Which of the following chemicals is used in indelible ink (Election ink)?

खत स कस साय का उपयोग अ ट याह ( ाव याह ) कया जाता ह ?

a. Sodium Nitrate

सो य ा ट

b. Potassium Nitrate

पोट शय ा ट

c. Silver Nitrate

स व ा ट

d. Silver Iodide

स व यो ा

17. Which of the following cell organelles are known as „suicide bags‟?

स कस को शका अवयव को ‘ ह या क ’ क ा स जा त ह

a. Lysosomes

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ा सोसो

b. Mitochondria

ा टोकां या

c. Ribosomes

ा बोसो

d. RNA

ए ए

18. Animals that chew the cud are called ____.

ज गा क वा ज त को या कहत ह ?

a. Ruminants

ो ंक

b. Rodents

दह

c. Scavengers

ा ो वा

d. Reptiles

स सपृ

19. Which of the following is not present in animal cells ?

स या ज त को शका ह पाया जाता ह ?

a. Mitochondria

ा टोकां या

b. Chloroplast

ो ो ा ट

c. Golgi Body

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गा ज काय

d. Nucleus

क क

20. Which disease is not caused by bacteria?

क सा ोग ज वा क का ह होता ह ?

a. Tuberculosis

य ोग

b. HIV

ए व

c. Leprosy

क ोग

d. Typhoid

टाय ाय

21. The synthesis of which of the following vitamins results due to sun exposure?

स कस वटा का सं ष सदय ूप्रकाश क ा ा होता ह ?

a. Vitamin A

वटा ए

b. Vitamin B

वटा ब

c. Vitamin C

वटा स

d. Vitamin D

वटा

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22. ESR in medical science refers to -------------

क सा व ा .एस. . का या अ ूह ?

a. Erythrocytes Sedimentation Rate

ए ो ा स अवसार् र्

b. Environmental Sustainability Rate

पयाूव य ता र्

c. Enzymes Secretion Rate

ंजा ाव र्

d. Element Sublimation Rate

त व उ वूपात र्

23. Which of the following is a plant hormone?

स क सा पार्प हा ो ह ?

a. Estrogen

ए ोज

b. Testosterone

ट टो ट ो

c. Cortisol

का टसो

d. Ethylene

ए

24. How many states in India have coastal areas?

ा त क कत ा य स तट ह ?

a. 8

b. 9

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c. 10

d. 11

25. India shares its largest international land boundary with which of the following countries?

ा त अप सबस ंब य अंत ा य स ा स कस र् श क सा सा ा क ता ह ?

a. China

b. Bangladesh

बा ं ार् श

c. Pakistan

पा क ता

d. Nepal

पा

26. Which of the following is the largest island in the world?

खत स क व का सबस ब ा प ह ?

a. Australia

या

b. Greenland

ग्र

c. Hawai

हवा

d. Borneo

बो यो

27. Day and night on earth are the result of which of the following action?

पृ व क ात औ र् खत कस या का प ा ह ?

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a. Earth‟s revolution around the sun

पृ व क सदय ूक ा ो घद का

b. Earth’s rotation around its axis

प ृव क अप अ प घद का

c. Rotation of the moon around earth

पृ व क ा ो औ ं ा क प ा

d. Venus being closest to earth

श ग्रह का पृ व क कटत हो ा

28. In the year 2015, the monsoon was predicted to be lower than normal due to which of the

following phenomenon?

खत स कस का स वषू 2015 ा सद क सा ा य स क ह क व यवा क ग ह ?

a. El-Nino

ए - ो

b. La-Nina

ा- ा

c. Western Disturbances

प व ा

d. Global Warming

व क ताप

29. Who was the Mughal Emperor at the time of 1857 revolt against British?

ट क व 1857 क व ोह क स य ग स ाट क ा?

a. Akbar

अकब

b. Aurangzeb

औ ंगज़ ब

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c. Bahadur Shah Zafar

बहार्द शाह ज़

d. Babur

बाब

30. Who from the following never became the president of the Indian National Congress?

स क ा त य ा य कांग्र स क अ य क ह ब ?

a. Mahatama Gandhi

हा ा गा ं

b. Jawaharlal Nehru

जवाह ा ह

c. Motilal Nehru

ोत ा ह

d. Annie Beasant

ए ब स ट

31. Who among the following is the author of the book Si-yu-ki?

स-य -क प तक का खक स क ह ?

a. Fa-hien

ा ा

b. Hiuen-tsang

सागं

c. Tao-an

ता

d. It-sing

स सग

32. The third Battle of Panipat was fought between the Marathas and -----------

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पा पत का त स ा य ा ा औ ____ क ब ा गया ा.

a. Akbar

अकब

b. Ahmed Shah Abdali

अह र् शाह अ र्ा

c. Bahadur Shah

बहार् शाह

d. Aurangzeb

औ ंगज़ ब

33. Which one of the following crops was introduced by the British in India?

स क स स ा त अंग्र ज ा ा ा ग ह ?

a. Coffee

कहवा

b. Chilli

ू

c. Tobacco

तंबाक

d. Tea

ाय

34. Sir Charles Wood‟s Despatch of 1854 is associated with _____.

1854 ____.

a. Agriculture

कृ ष स

b. Armed forces

स य ब स

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c. Education

श ा स

d. Finance

व स

35. Which among the following was the first European nation to bring a printing press to India?

स क सा पह ा यद ो पय र् श ह जो ा त प्र टग प्र स क य ?

a. The Dutch

b. The Portuguese

प तगूा

c. The British

टश

d. The French

ांस स

36. Which session of Indian National Congress was marked by the demand for Purna Swaraj (complete self-rule)?

ा त य ा य कांग्र स क कस अ व श को पद ू व ाज क ांग क य जा ा जाता ह ?

a. Lahore

ाह

b. Surat

सद त

c. Lucknow

ख ऊ

d. Rawalpindi

ाव सप

37. Who wrote the book „Poverty and Un-British Rule in India’?

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‘पोवट एं अ - टश ं या’ कताब कस ख ह ?

a. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

बा गंगा त क

b. Aurobindo Ghosh

अ सवर् घोष

c. Dada Bhai Naoroji

र्ार्ा ा ोज

d. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

गोपा कृ गोख

38. Who for the first time addressed Gandhiji as the „Father of the Nation‟?

गां ज को पह बा ‘ ा पता’ स कस संबो त कया?

a. Rabindranath Tagore

व ा ट गो

b. Jawaharlal Nehru

जवाह ा ह

c. Subhash Chandra Bose

स ाष ं बोस

d. Rajendra Prasad

ाज प्रसार्

39. Who founded the Ramkrishna Mission?

ा कृ श क ाप ा कस क ?

a. Lala Hansraj

ा ा हसं ाज

b. Ramkrishna Paramhansa

ा कृ प हसं

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c. Swami Vivekananda

वा वव का रं्

d. Swami Shraddhanand Saraswati

वा ा ंर् स वत

40. Who was the founder of the Indian National Congress?

ा त य ा य कांग्र स क ाप ा कस क ?

a. W.C. Banerji

य .स .ब ज

b. A.O. Hume

ए. . य

c. S.N. Banerji

एस. ए . ब ज

d. B.G. Tilak

ब . ज . त क

41. Hippalus is associated with ______________

ह पा स कसस संबं त ह ?

a. The discovery of Silk Route

श ाग ूक खोज स

b. The invention of Compass

कंपास क खोज स

c. The discovery of Eclipses

ग्रह क खोज स

d. The discovery of Monsoon

ा सद क खोज स

42. Which day was decided by the UN to be celebrated as the International Yoga Day ?

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संय ा संघ ा ा कस र् को अंत ा य योग र्वस क प ाय जा क य ाू त कया गया

ह ?

a. 21st June

21 जद

b. 21st May

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c. 21st April

21 अप्र

d. 21st February

21 व

43. Which Indian monument complex was recently provided with WiFi hotspot facility?

कस ा त य ा क प स को हा ह वा ा हा पाट ब ाया गया ह ?

a. Fatehpur Sikri

त हपद सक

b. Agra Fort

ग ा का क ा

c. Taj Mahal

ताज ह

d. Qutub Minar

क त ब ा

44. Which mobile application of Delhi Police allows a woman to send a distress call to Police

Control Room (PCR) and their relatives in case of any emergency?

र् प स का क सा ोबा ए क श कस ह ा को पात त प स यं क औ

प ज को वप -क क क अ त र् ता ह ?

a. Samarth

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स ू

b. Himmat

ह त

c. Sahas

साहस

d. Shakti

श

45. The government has set up NITI Aayog to replace the Planning Commission. What is the

expanded form of the term NITI?

स का योज ा योग को हटात ए त योग क ाप ा क . त का व तृत प या ह ?

a. New Initiative for Transforming India

यद शय टव ा ांस ा ग ं या

b. National Initiative for Transforming India

श शय टव ा ांस ा स ग ं या

c. National Institution for Transforming India

श ं ट श ा ासं ा ग ं या

d. National Institution for Taking Initiative

श ं ट श ा ट कग शय टव

46. Which one of the following Naval Ships was NOT a part of Operation Raahat undertaken by

Indian Army to evacuate Indian and other foreign nationals from Yemen?

क सा स ा जहाज ा त य स ा क ा ा ाय य स ा त य औ अ य र् श क ाग क को

का क य ाय गय प श ाहत का ह सा ह ा?

a. INS Sumitra

ए एस स ा

b. INS Tarkash

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ए एस त कश

c. INS Vikramaditya

ए एस व ा र् य

d. INS Karavati

ए एस क ावत

47. Which city is the capital of Telangana?

क सा शह त ांगा ा क ाज ा ह ?

a. Hyderabad

ह र् ाबार्

b. Seccunderabad

सकंर् ाबार्ा

c. Vijaywada

वजयवा ा

d. Warangal

वा ंग

48. Which one of the following is NOT a member of BRICS?

स क स का सर् य ह ह ?

a. India

ा त

b. Britain

ट

c. Brazil

ाज

d. China

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49. Which of the following states has highest Infant Mortality Rate in India?

ा त क स कस ा य सवाू क शश ृ य र् ह ?

a. Bihar

b. Madhya Pradesh

c. Odisha

शा

d. Jharkhand

ा खं

50. The ReEBOV Antigen Rapid Test kit has been recently approved by WHO for quick testing

of which of the following disease?

बोव एंट ज प ट ट कट जस हा ह य ए प्र ा त कया ह . स कस ब ा क

ज र् जां क ता ह ?

a. Swine Flu

वा

b. HIV/AIDS

ए व /ए स

c. Ebola

बो ा

d. Malaria

या

51. Pampore area in Jammu & Kashmir is best known for the production of____.

ज औ क का पंपो _____उ पार् क य जा ा जाता ह .

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a. Almonds

बार्ा

b. Apricots

ख बा

c. Saffron

क स

d. Apple

स ब

52. Which of the following is true about the Radcliffe Line?

खा क बा या सह ह ?

a. It is a boundary demarcation line between India and Pakistan formed after Kargil War

यह ा त औ पा क ता क ब क ग य क बार् स ा व ाज खा ह

b. It is a boundary demarcation line between India and Afghanistan formed after partition in

1947

यह 1947 क व ाज क बार् ा त औ अ गा ता क ब स ा व ाज खा ह

c. It is a boundary demarcation line between India and Pakistan formed after partition

in 1947

यह 1947 क व ाज क बार् ा त औ पा क ता क ब स ा व ाज खा ह .

d. It is a boundary demarcation line between India and Bangladesh

यह ा त औ बां ार् श क ब स ा व ाज खा ह .

53. Angkor Wat, one of the most famous sacred temples, is in which country?

अंको वाट, व का एक प्र स प व ं र् , कस र् श ह ?

a. Cambodia

कंबो या

b. Nepal

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पा

c. Philippines

प स

d. Indonesia

ं ो शया

54. Which of the following won the National Award for the year 2015?

वषू 2015 का ा य प का स कस ज ता ह ?

a. Priyanka Chopra for Tamil film „Kochadaiiyaan‟

त ‘क या ’क य प्रयंका ोप ा

b. Kangna Ranaut for the Hindi film ‘Queen’

सहर् ‘ ’ क य कंग ा ा ावत

c. Kangna Ranaut for the Hindi film „Krrish 3‟

सहर् ‘ श 3’ क य कंग ा ा ावत

d. Priyanka Chopra for the Hindi film „Mary Kom‟

सहर् ‘ को ’ क य प्रयंका ोप ा

55. The „Narmada Bachao Andholan‟ initiated by Medha Patkar was started as a protest

movement against which of the following dams?

ा पाट क ा ा श त कय गय ूर्ा ब ा ंर्ो क श त स कस बां क व ो क य

?

a. Bhakra Nangal Dam

ाख ा ांग बां

b. Sardar Sarovar Dam

स र्ा स ोव बा ं

c. Hirakud Dam

ह ाक बां

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d. Tehri Dam

टह बां

56. Who amongst the following personalities has NOT been awarded Bharat Ratna?

स क ा त स स ा त ह ए ह ?

a. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

ए.प .ज . अ र्द क ा

b. B.R. Ambedkar

ब . . अ ब क

c. Sachin Tendulkar

स त र् क

d. Amitabh Bachchan

अ ता ब

57. The sociological term for „marrying within a group‟ is referred to as

‘एक स दह क त ववाह’ क य स ाजशा य पर् का संर् ू ह

a. Exogamy

प गो ववाह

b. Hypergamy

हा प ववाह

c. Polygamy

ब ववाह

d. Endogamy

सगो ववाह

58. Who is the speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha?

सो हव ोकस ा अ य क ह ?

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a. Meira Kumar

ा क ा

b. Sumitra Mahajan

स ा हाज

c. Somnath Chatterjee

सो ा टज

d. Manohar Joshi

ोह जोश

59. Who is th author of „Alice‟s Adventures in Wonderland‟?

‘ए स ज ए व वं ’ क खक क ह ?

a. Father Discoste

ार् को ट

b. Thomas Hardy

ा स हा

c. Charles Dickens

ा सू क स

d. Lewis Caroll

स क ो

60. The brand associated with the punch line “sense and sensibility” is ____.

“ स स एं स ब ट ” पं वा य कस ां स संबं त ह ?

a. Dell

b. Phillips

स

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c. Wipro

वप्रो

d. Crompton and Greaves

ांपट एं ग्र व स

61. „Charlie Hebdo‟ – the satirical weekly – which was recently attacked, is located in which of

the following cities?

‘शा ह र्ो’- ं य प का- जस प हा ह ह ा , स कस शह त ह ?

a. Dublin

ब

b. Toronto

टो ंटो

c. Paris

प स

d. New York

यदयाकू

62. Who among the following is the first Indian cricketer ever to make three Test centuries in

his first three innings as captain?

स क पह ा ा त य क ट ख ा ह जस क ा क त प अप पह त ह शतक

ब ाय ह ?

a. Mahendra Singh Dhoni

ह ससह ो

b. Virat Kohli

व ाट कोह

c. Sourav Ganguly

स गांग

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d. Virender Sehwag

व स हवाग

63. Which of the following is NOT an output device?

?

a. Speaker

b. Monitor

c. Keyboard

d. Printer

64. What is open source software?

सोसू सा टव य या होता ह ?

a. A Software that is open only to the registered members.

एक सा टव य जो क व पंज कृत सर् यो क य ख ा ह .

b. A free software.

एक त सा टव य ह .

c. A software that can be freely used, changed and shared.

एक सा टव य जस प स त ा , बर् ा औ सा ा कया जा सकता ह .

d. None of the above

स को ह

65. Which leopard is not found in India?

स क सा त र् ा त ह पाया जाता ह ?

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a. Amur Leopard

अ द त र्

b. Snow Leopard

ह त र्

c. Clouded Leopard

द त र्

d. Indian Leopard

ा त य त र्

66. Which tree is known as „Flame of the Forest‟?

कस प को ‘जंग क ग’ स जा ा जाता ह ?

a. Simal (silk cotton tree)

स

b. Palash (dhak)

प ाश

c. Gulmohar (Delonix regia)

ग ोह

d. Ashoka (Saraca indica)

अशोक

67. Which is the only state in India to have a state butterfly?

क सा एक ा ा त य ा य ह जस ाजक य तत ह ?

a. Maharashtra

हा ा

b. Kerala

क ा

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c. West Bengal

प बंगा

d. Sikkim

स

68. Who among the following is not a naturalist?

स क प्रकृ तवार् ह ?

a. Salim Ali

स अ

b. Jim Corbett

ज काब ट

c. Pradip Krishen

प्रर् प कृ

d. Mrinal Sen

ृा स

69. What are „Ramsar sites‟?

‘ ा स ’ कस कहत ह ?

a. The sites of Ram temples in the world

व ा ं र् क

b. Wild medicinal plants of international importance

अंत ा य ह व क जंग क स प

c. Wetlands of international importance

अंत ा य ह व क

d. Forests of international importance

अंत ा य ह व क व

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70. Which of the following is now a national Park in India?

स क ा त अब ा य उ ा ह ?

a. Keoladeo Ghana Bird sanctuary

क व ार् व घा ा प अ या य

b. Okhla Bird sanctuary

ख ा प अ या य

c. Sessa Orchid Sanctuary

स सा क अ या य

d. Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary

ाट ा प अ या य

71. India‟s contribution to total global carbon dioxide emissions is about ___________.

व क काबू उ सजू ा त का योगर्ा कत ा ह ?

a. 6%

b. 10%

c. 15%

d. 3%

72. The theme of this year‟s World Environment Day was?

स वषू क व पयाूव र्वस का ा?

a. Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care.

सात ब य सप . एक ग्रह. साव ा स उप ोग क .

b. Small Islands and Climate Change

ोट प औ स प वतू .

c. Think. Eat. Save.

सो ो, खा , ब ा .

d. Green Economy

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ह त अ ूशा .

73. The value of „π‟ is the ratio of _____.

‘π’ कसका ा अ पात ह .

a. The diameter and the circumference of a circle.

वृत क ास औ प का

b. The circumference and the diameter of a circle.

वतृ क प औ ास का

c. The area and the radius of the circle.

वृत क औ या का

d. The radius and the areas of the circle.

वृत क या औ का

74. One day Akash left home and walked 10 km towards south, turned right and walked 5 km,

turned right and walked 10 km and turned left and walked 10 km. How many km will he

have to walk to reach his home straight?

एक र् काश घ स क ा औ र् क 10 क ा, र्ा ह ा औ 5 क ा, र्ा ह

ा औ 10 क ा औ बांय ा औ 10 क ा. अप घ स प ं क य उस कत र्द

ा होगा?

a. 20

b. 15

c. 30

d. 10

75. A fruit seller was asked how many fruits he had in his bag. He replied that there were all

apples but six, all mangoes but six, and all oranges but six. How many fruits he had in the

bag in all?

एक व ता स पद ा गया क उसक ो कत ह . उस उ र्या क स स ब ह क ह

ह , स ह क : ह , औ स संत ह क ह ह . उसक ो क कत ह ?

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a. 9

b. 18

c. 27

d. 36

76. Volume of a cube is determined by ______.

घ का यत कसस ाू त कया जाता ह ?

a. (4/3) × π × r3

b. (1/3) × π × r3

c. π × r3

d. None of the above ( स को ह )

77. A woman introduced a man as the son of the brother of her mother. How is the man related to

the woman?

एक औ त एक र् को उसक ां क ा क ब ट क प प य र्या. वह र् उस औ त स क स

संबं त ह ?

a. Nephew

त जा

b. Cousin

ा ा

c. Son

प

d. Uncle

ा ा

78. Complete the following series.

खत शृंख ा को पद ा क .

4, 7, 12, 19, 28, _?_

a. 30

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b. 36

c. 39

d. 49

79. Which of the following is NOT a fundamental right according to Indian Constitution?

ा त य सं व ा क अ सा स क सा द अ का ह ह ?

a. Right against exploitation.

शोष क व अ का

b. Right to freedom of religion.

ा क जार् का अ का

c. Right to freedom.

वतं ता का अ का

d. Right to employment.

ोजगा का अ का

80. Which of the following is India‟s first supercomputer?

स क सा ा त का पह ा स प कं यदट ह ?

a. EKA

b. PARAM 8000

8000

c. Aditya

d. SAGA – 220

e. —220

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81. Which of the following is the internal memory of a computer?

स कं य ट क ंत क ृ त या ह ?

a. Hard Disk

हा ू क

b. INTEL Core

ंट को

c. RAM

d. ROM

ो

82. Which operation is not performed by a computer?

क सा काय ूकं यदट क ा ा ह कया जाता ह ?

a. Input

प ट

b. Processing

प्रोस ससग

c. Control

कं ो

d. Understanding

अ ं ट ग

83. GDP of a country refers to its _____.

कस र् श क ज प का या शय ह ?

a. Gross Domestic Product.

सक घ उ पार्

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b. Gross Domestic Price.

सक घ द य

c. Gross Demand for Petroleum.

प ो य क सक ांग

d. General Democratic Party.

घ द पाट

84. Indian Standard Time (IST) is _____.

ा त य ा क स य ह या ह ?

a. 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of GMT.

ज ए ट स 5 घटंा 30 ट ग .

b. 5 hours and 30 minutes behind GMT.

ज ए ट स 5 घंटा 30 ट प

c. 2 hours 30 minutes ahead of GMT.

ज ए ट स 2 घंट 30 ट ग .

d. 2 hours 30 minutes behind GMT.

ज ए ट स 2 घंटा 30 ट ग .

85. Currently total number of states in India is?

वतू ा ा त कत ा य ह ?

a. 30

b. 28

c. 29

d. 27

86. Which of the following mountains are the oldest?

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स क सा पहा सबस प ा ा ह ?

a. Himalayas

ह ा य

b. Aravalli

अ ाव

c. Shivalik

शवा क

d. Nilgiri

ग

87. Consider the following statements about a matrilineal society. (1) Descent is traced through

mothers rather than fathers. (2) Property is often passed from mothers to daughters.

ातृस ा क प वा क बा खत क प व ा क . . (1) ज का ाू पता क बजाए

ाता स होता ह . (2) संप त का ह तांत ाता स ब टय को होता ह .

a. Only statement 1 is correct.

क व क 1 सह ह .

b. Only statement 2 is correct.

क व क 2 सह ह .

c. Both 1 and 2 are correct.

1 औ 2 र्ो सह ह .

d. Neither 1 nor 2 are correct.

ा तो 1 सह ह ा ह 2.

88. Which of the following is NOT an Indian satellite?

स क ा त य उपग्रह ह ह ?

a. ARYABHATA

यू

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b. OCEANSAT

सअ स ट

c. MONSOONSAT

ा स स ट

d. JUGNU

ज ग

89. Jamshedpur city is associated with which of the following industries?

ज श र्प शह का संबं स कस उ ोग स ह ?

a. Steel and fertilizers

पात औ उवू क

b. Iron and steel

ोहा औ पात

c. Iron and coal

ोहा औ कोय ा

d. Copper and fertilizers

तांबा औ उवू क

90. The age of a candidate for the office of the President of India should not be less than _____.

ा त य ा प त पर् क कायाू य क य उ र्वा क यद त य या ह ?

a. 25 years of age.

25 वषू.

b. 30 years of age.

30 वषू

c. 35 years of age.

35 वषू

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d. 40 years of age.

40 वषू.

91. The maximum no. of members in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha at present are _______.

वतू ा ोकस ा औ ा यस ा क अ कत सर् य सं या या ह ?

a. 545 and 250 respectively.

श: 545 औ 250

b. 245 and 545 respectively.

श: 245 औ 545

c. 542 and 232 respectively.\

श: 542 औ 232

d. 232 and 542 respectively.

श: 232 औ 542

92. The importance of Bombay High lies in its _______.

बा ब हा का ह व कस य ह ?

a. Monuments

पहा

b. Film industry

उ ोग

c. Oil

त .

d. Enchanting beaches

ोहक प

93. India is a „mixed economy‟. This means _______.

ा त एक ‘ त अ ू व ा’ ह य क___.

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a. Its economic system is combined of private and state enterprises.

स अ ूव ा ज औ ा य उ सयं होत ह .

b. Its economic system is combined of agriculture and industries.

स अ ू व ा कृ ष औ उ ोग संय होत ह .

c. Its economy is mixed with the social wellbeing of its people.

सक अ ू व ा सक ोग क सा ा जक क या क य होत ह .

d. None of the above.

स को ह .

Language

English

94. The idiom ‘smell a rat’ refers _____.

a. To something that has rotted.

b. To behave like a cat.

c. To suspect or have a feeling that something is wrong in a situation.

d. To be certain that something is wrong .

95. The meaning of the word „plummet‟ is best described by_____.

a. Rise sharply

b. Drop sharply

c. Rise slowly

d. Drop slowly

96. Which of the following words is correctly spelt?

a. Beligrent

b. Beligerent

c. Belligrent

d. Belligerent

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97. We were _______ by the unexpected beauty of the landscape. Choose the correct phrase from

the following to complete the sentence.

a. Bowled over

b. Throw down

c. Eaten away

d. Tipped off

98. Choose the grammatically correct sentence from the following.

a. He is laid up with typhoid.

b. He as well as you are guilty.

c. He insisted me to go on there.

d. I offered my thank to him.

99. Which of the following words is NOT a preposition?

a. at

b. before

c. with

d. ago

100. Shakespeare wrote many poems of fourteen lines each. What is this form of poetry

called?.

a. Malady

b. Sonnet

c. Idyll

d. Charade

101. The antonym of the word „legible‟ is ______.

a. Eligible

b. Illegitimate

c. Illegible

d. Unlegible

102. The price situation continues to be worrisome _____ strong growth in production.

(Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word from the following).

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a. despite

b. instead of

c. inspite

d. although

Or/

HINDI

94. :+कपट स ब ा श र् ह

a. कपट

b. कपट

c. कपट

d. पट

95. सह .

क. अव य हो वा ा 1. असं व

ख. ह हो वा ा 2. अव यं ाव

ग. ऐसा पह क ह 3. वगत

घ. जो ब त का हो 4.अ दतपदवू

क ख ग घ

a 1 2 3 4 b 2 1 4 3 c 2 1 3 4 d 1 3 4 2

96. हसं उ ा ा हाव का सह अ ू या ह ?

a. ज क हसं ा

b. हसंत ह ा

c. हसं ख हो ा

d. उपहास उ ा ा

97. व ो श र् क य स स क सा सह ह

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a. जगं - ाव

b. उ साह- व ग

c. ख - क ख

d. ष्ट- अ ष्ट

98. क सा श वा य ह ?

a. अप य प ता ह.ं

b. उ का ब त ा स ा .

c. र् र्ा स र् ख ा .

d. यह कताब का या द य ह ?

99. स कस उप यास क खक प्र ंर् ह ह ?

a. गोर्ा

b. गब

c. प्र ा

d. यागप

100. र्ांत काट ोट हो ा हाव का सह अ ूह ?

a. झ ड़ b. बहुत म त्रता होना c. ख न ल d. भ ख ल

101. च्छ :

a. न + b. + c. अतत+ आचा d. ई

102. रू :

a. वि ष b. शिक्ष ल

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c. भ d. ग्र ि ष