1. Tillana is part of which music tradition?

Hindustani

Carnatic

Western

D)Folk

2. At the WTO Talks in Bali, which country took the position that 'Food security is non-negotiable'?

Brazil

China

India

Russia

3. World Chess Championship 2013 was held in

Mumbai

Chennai

Kolkatta

New Delhi

4. The Centre can rename a State or declare a new one by altering the boundaries using this Article of the Constitution

3

B)4

C)5

D)6

5. Iron Man is a creation of

DC Comics

Marvel Comics

Dark Horse

Image Comics

6. Which is the largest state in India in terms of area?

Rajasthan

Uttar Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra

7. Which of these does not refer to a natural disaster?

Katrina

Maria

Helen

Lehar

8. The first non-citizen ofIndia to be awarded the Bharat Ratna was

Nelson Mandela

Mother Theresa

Amartya Sen

Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

9. Who is the editor-in-chief of Times of India?

Ajit Ninan

Jaideep Bose

Jug Suraiya

None of the above

10. The reality show Big Boss is aired on

Rishtey

Firangi

ETV UP

Colors

11. The winner of the Man Booker Prize, 2013 is

Eleanor Catton

Julian Barnes

Aravind Adiga

Hilary Mantel


12. Which of the following is a spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party?

Brinda Karat

Priya Outt

Nirmala Seetharaman

None of the above

13. Lothal, an Indus Valley City is situated in the state of?

Gujarat, India

Punjab, India

Punjab, Pakistan

Rajasthan, India

14. The Editor-in-ChiefofThe Hindu is

N. Ram

N. Ravi

Malini Parthasarathy

Siddharth Varadarajan

l5. Geneva interim agreement facilitates lifting economic sanctions on?

Iran

Iraq

Saudi Arabia

Syria

16. The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2013 was held in

Bhutan

Bangladesh

Nepal

Sri Lanka

17. The Indian classic film Mughal-e-Azam was directed by

K. Asif

I. Johar

GuIzar

Mehboob Khan

18. Sheikh Hasina is the leader of which political party in Bangladesh?

Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Bangladesh Democratic Party

Bangladesh Awami League

Bangladesh Jatiya Party

19. The lead role in the TV series Adaalat is essayed by

Ram Kapoor

Rahul Roy

Rohit Roy

Ronit Roy

20. The famous Swayambhunath Temple is situated in

Ladakh

Thimphu

Kathmandu

Darjeeling

21. In the world of internet, VoD refers to

Video on Demand

Voice on Demand

Vox-populi on Demand

Vector on Diameter

22. The film Lootera was directed by

Anurag Kashyap

Dipankar Bannerjee

Vikramaditya Motwane

Ayan Mukherji

23. The latest initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, RUSA expands as

Rashtriya Unnati aur Sakshaat Ayojan

Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan

Rashtriya Udhaar Shiksha Abhiyan

None of the above

24. Which country will host the FIFA 20171

India

Norway

Canada

Australia

25. Hepatitis affects the

Liver

Kidney

Pancreas

Spleen


26. In this question one of the pairs does not fall into the same category or conceptual group as the rest. Pick out the odd one set of pairs.

printer/toner

pen/ink

syringe/medicine

pump/water

27. In this question one of the pairs does not fall into the same category or conceptual group as the rest. Pick out the odd one set of pairs.

earth/moon

jupiter/lo

actor/fan

Pianist/singer

28. In this question one of the pairs does not fall into the same category or conceptual group as the rest. Pick out the odd one set of pairs.

lion/mane

rooster/comb

giraffe/neck

girl/ponytail

29. In this question one of the pairs does not fall into the same category or conceptual group as the rest. Pick out the odd one set of pairs.

walk/prowl

speak/shout

listen/eavesdrop

talk/whisper

30. In this question one of the pairs does not fall into the same category or conceptual group as the rest. Pick out the odd one set of pairs.

waiter/restaurant

theatre/usher

performer/audience

bank/teller

31. In this question one of the pairs does not fall into the same category or conceptual group as the rest. Pick out the odd one set of pairs.

stagnant/motion

neutral/balance

arid/moisture

silence/sound

32. In this question one of the pairs does not fall into the same category or conceptual group as the rest. Pick out the odd one set of pairs.

edit/text

retouch/photograph

alter/dress

tune/piano

33. In this question one of the pairs does not fall into the same category or conceptual group as the rest. Pick out the odd one set of pairs.

blouse/sleeve

plug/socket

key/lock

hook/eye

34. In this question one of the pairs does not fall into the same category or conceptual group as the rest. Pick out the odd one set of pairs.

pilgrim/piety

explorer/curiosity

miser/poverty

artist/creativity

35. In this question one of the pairs does not fall into the same category or conceptual group as the rest. Pick out the odd one set of pairs.

embroidery/thread

knitting/wool

weaving/yarn

writing/ink

36. Select the appropriate word/phrase from the options to fill in the blank of the given sentences.

Some people only read lines in a newspaper.

top

big

main

head

37. Select the appropriate word/phrase from the options to fill in the blank of the given sentences.

Newspapers to people's doors every day.

taken

distributed

delivered

handed

38. Select the appropriate word/phrase from the options to fill in the blank of the given sentences.

nothing much happened at the meeting.

quick

briefly

short

shortly

39. Select the appropriate word/phrase from the options to fill in the blank of the given sentences. At the end of the speech the whole assembly gave the speakers a standing

ovation

applause

cheering

support

40. Select the appropriate word/phrase from the options to fill in the blank of the given sentences.

television yesterday evening.

saw

looked

viewed

watched

41. Select the appropriate word/phrase from the options to fill in the blank of the given sentences.
He and good friends

A)ls

are

C)am

D)be

42. Select the appropriate word/phrase from the options to fill in the blank of the given sentences.
you that the new engineer significant experience in system design.

ensure

B)insure

C)assure

D)sure

43. Select the appropriate word/phrase from the options to fill in the blank of the given sentences.
I have never UFO.

An

B)a

C)it

D)one

44. Select the appropriate word/phrase from the options to fill in the blank of the given sentences.
We should not spend luxuries.

For

B)at

C)in

D)on

45. Select the appropriate word/phrase from the options to fill in the blank of the given sentences. She a famous film star.

as

like

similar

same

46. In the following sentences, choose the correct word from the options provided.

Cigarette packs health warnings.

explicit

B)implicit

implicate

D)eminent


47. In the following sentences, choose the correct word from the options provided.
Don't talk to him about politics because it's like a rag to a bull.

blue

white

red

black


48. In the following sentences, choose the correct word from the options provided.
This exercise was very difficult and I finally

left

resigned

departed

gave up


49. In the following sentences, choose the correct word from the options provided.
My best me in a time of need.

quitted

deserted

departed

resigned


50. In the following sentences, choose the correct word from the options provided.
When they were younger, they used in the park with their kids every weekend.

stagger

stroll

meander

halt


51. In the following sentences, choose the correct word from the options provided. Tens of thousands of people in sub-Saharan Africa are of AIDS.

A)dyeing

B)dying

C)killing

D)thriving

52. In the following sentences, choose the correct word from the options provided. He has been the acting head of the company, but today he was given the title of company president.

A)formerly

B)firmly

C)firstly

D)formally

53. In the following sentences, choose the correct word from the options provided.
Do payment by credit card?

A)acquire

B)accept

C)except

D)subject

54. In the following sentences, choose the correct word from the options provided.
During the district attorney objected only once to her adversary's line of questioning.

A)preceding

B)proceedings

C)precedes

D)processing

55. In the following sentences, choose the correct word from the options provided. The art class was assigned to make a life-size of the model who posed in front of the room.

A)statute

B)statue

C)stature

D)status
Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow,selecting the most appropriate option from the list provided.

Contrary to colonial and educated Bengali expectations, the coming of the printing press in Bengal actually made for an unprecedented democratization of the printed word. Contrasted with the past, when reading was limited largely to the kayasthas and Brahmins, and the scarcity of manuscripts meant an even more limited diffusion of literary ideas, the arrival of print made for a much border social initiative and participation in the production of literature. Cheap printing techniques and growing literacy figures among the less privileged sections made for a booming market in the 'small book' trade. Publishing such works was less capital intensive than intensive markets. Consequently, these genres were .produced primarily for people for such ephemeral works carried with it little regard for literary quality, and thus defined contesting tastes within the world of print. It was the demands and aspirations of these reader groups that guided the commercial book market at Battala and were voiced in its productions.

Cultural theories that emphasize the 'reception' of a text rather than its 'production', and the role of readers in constructing' it have contributed to more sensitive histories of the book in Europe. For some time now, scholars have been highlighting the non-fiXity of text, multiple uses of print ,and reader's intervention in reconstituting the meaning of print did not sweep away pre-print cultures in medieval Europe. They survived simultaneously with the printed book ,often overriding its singular influence.

Such approaches are useful for the Indian situation. They help remind us that when print arrived in India, earlier oral traditions held sway in wider society. Availability of multiple copies of the same work did not inevitably prompt the demise of communal reading and popular performances .Much of the printed literature continued to be read aloud and performed to collective audiences right through into the twentieth century. In fact, in many ways, the printed Bengali book was the direct heir of the manuscript, and preserved on many occasions its formats, genres, and uses. Manuscript composition not only provided the initial ingredients to the printing industry, they themselves continued to flourish alongSide for a long time. Quite typically, most of the 'writing of the period belongs to a residual orality nor to high literacy but to an 'intermediate orality' that successfully evaded the closures of print The study of ways in which various reader groups used print also helps us modify another set of emphases in recent discussion of colonial literature. Gauri Viswanathan and Krishna Kumar argue that school book literature played a unique role in prodUcing and maintaining the structures of domination in colonial India. However,neither have explored the reception of these ideologies among Indian readers themselves. Analysing readership and audience for the new print literature, and the ways in which this world understood and used printed texts are important for challenging ideas of passive reception. Shared imagination, collective aspiration, and multiple reading practices mingled in complex ways to encourage differentiated users and multiple appropriations of the same material objects and ideas. As Roger Chartier comments while discussing the efficacy of the written text vis-a-vis its orally ---ritually or otherwise ---rendered form: 'Once proposed, these models and messages were accepted by adjusting them, diverting them to other purposes, and even resisting them---all of which demonstrates the singularity of each instance of appropriation'.


56. According to the interpretation of the author the history and growth of colonial print culture was suggestive of

A. a homogenous print audience

B. a dominant ideology

C. a contested audience

D. none of the above

57. What are the factors that led to democratisation of the printed word in colonial Bengal?

A. affordable techniques of reproduction

B. growing literacy among the non-elite class

C. little regard for literary tastes

D. all of the above

58. The author alludes to writing 'sensitive histories of the book' which means there is a lesser need to emphasize

A. the role of producers in constructing the text

B. production of the text

C. fixity of the text

D. reception of the text

59. The printed text in Bengal is heir to

A. technology from the West

B. imitative Ideology of the native elites

C. residual orality and high literacy

D. none of the above

60. Did print play a singular role in maintaining structures of domination in colonial India?

A. Yes

B. No

C. Not clear

D. Appropriated by different audiences for clearly different purposes