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Organization Uttarakhand Public Service Commission
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Exam Date 2014
City, State uttarakhand,


Question Paper

1. The U. N. General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on

15thAugust,1947

16th November, 1948

10th December, 1948

26th January, 1950

2. Administrative Tribunals in India are established by

Parliament

President

Supreme Court

Prime Minister

3. The Consumer Protection Act. 1986 came into force on

24th December, 1986

15th April, 1987

9th April, 1987

15th August, 1987

4. Which one of the following rights has been added to Consumer Protection Act, 1986 in 2002?

The right to consumer education

The right to seek redressa1 against unfair trade

Protection from spurious goods

The right to be heard at appropriate forum

5. Intellectual property essentially includes ownership rights on products of the mind,intellectual work and can be grouped in copyright and industrial property sections. The copyright section does not include

Artistic and literary works

Information and database

Computer software

Trademark

6. Arsenic poisoning from drinking water leads to

Keratosis

Dysentery

Typhoid

Pneumonia

7. Carbon-dioxide is used for

Preparation of soap

Preparation of disinfectant

Preparation of cold drinks

None of the above

8. Prof. M.S. Swaminathan has produced a mutant variety ofwheat, which is called

Pusa Lerma

Pusa 96

Sharbati Sonara

Pusa Parwati

9. The most probable reason of production of energy within the Sun, has been considered to be

Nuclear Fusion

Nuclear Fission

Chemical Reactions

Collision of particles

10. Which of the following players won the Wimbledon singles final match of2014?

Roger Federer

Andy Murray

Novak Djokovic

Rafael Nadal

11. Which one of the following contributes to Green House Effect?

Nitrogen

Argon

Oxygen

Water Vapour

12. What is the source of Radon which is responsible for deaths by causing lung cancer?

Polonium -218

Uranium -238

Radium -226

Plutonium -238

13. The Ozone layer thickness is measured in

Decibel

Dobson Unit

Becquerel

None of the above

14. Which of the following proteins is present in milk?

Casein

Globulin

Albumin

Heamoglobin

15. Which of the following is source of Trypsin enzyme?

Saliva

Pancreatic Juice

Gastric Juice

All of above

16. Father of 'Green Revolution' in India is

Dr. M.S. Swaminathan

Dr. B.B. Lal

Dr. Norman E. Borlaug

Sri Rangaswami Iyengar

17. Which of the following sectors in Indian economy has the highest contribution in National Income?

Primary Sector

Secondary Sector

Tertiary Sector

None of the above

18. Where is the Head Quarters of 'World

Manila

Washington D.C.

New York

Geneva

19. Determinant factors of agricultural productivity are

Land

Labour

Capital

All the above

20. Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, an India born scientist, who has won the 'World Food Prize' for the year 2014, is a citizen

Australia

United Kingdom

India

Mexico

21. Who was given the'Saraswati Samman' for the year 2013?

Govind Mishra

Surjit Patar

S. L. Bhyrappa

Lakshmi Nandan Bora

22. Which medal was won by Seema Puniya in discus throw at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, 2014

Gold

Silver

Bronze

None of the above

23. Who was elected the President ofAfghanistan in 2014?

Hamid Karzai

Abdulla Abdulla

Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai

Mohammad Ali Ahmadi

24. On the single day oflaunchofPrimeMinisterNarendra Modi's'JanDhanYojna',how many bank accounts were opened?

10 crores

1.5 crores

2.5 crores

0.5 crore

25. Asia's first Ballistic Research Centre is to start in which state of India?

Madhya Pradesh

Kerala

Gujarat

Maharashtra

26. The founder of the 'Asiatic Society of Bengal' was:­

William Jones

Alexander Duff

Vincent Smith

James Hickey

27. Parshvanath was associated with which of the following religions?

Pashupata

Buddhism

Jainism

Charvaka

28. Young Bengal Movement was started by

C. R. Das
Henry Derezio
M.. Roy
Arvind Ghosh

29. Which one of the following documents is considered as the Magna Carta of Modem Indian Education?

Macaulay's Minute

Hunter Commission's Report

Wood's Despatch

None of the above

30. The year of the first official census in British India was

1891

1881

1851

1861

31. 'Which one of the following economic organization was formed in the year 1927?

Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry

Reserve Bank of India

Bank of India

None of the above

32. Where was the Arya Samaj founded?

Haridwar

Bombay (Mumbai)

Lahore

Pathankote

33. The state with maximum forest area is

Madhya Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

34. In which of the following states of India is Chilka lake situated?

Andhra Pradesh

Manipur

Maharashtra

Odisha

35. When did the Indian Space Ship -Mars Orbiter enter into martian orbit?

12'h November, 2013

24'h September, 2014

26'h January, 2015

15'h August, 2014

36. After a gap ofhow many years, Indian Hockey team won Gold Medal in Asian Games, 2014?

12

14

16

18

37. Lionel Messi is the world's most valuable footballer. To which country does he belong?

Brazil

Argentina

Portugal

Spain

38. Who was appointed the Governor ofNagaIand in 2014?

Keshari Nath Tripathi

Padmanabha Acharya

O. P. Kohli

Balramji Das Tandon

39. Which Indian Cricketer is the only Indian sportsman to figure on Forbes list of world's 100 highest paid players?

Virat Kohli

Suresh Raina

M. S. Dhoni

Sachin Tendulkar

40. Which one of the following countries produces largest amount of solar power?

Germany

U.S.A.

France

China

41. On which river, largest Hydro power project in Jammu and Kashmir state is located?

Jhelum

Beas

Chenab

Indus

42. Which of the following Longitudes passes near by Ludhiana, Kota, Indore and Kochi cities of India?

74° East

78° East

76° East

80° East

43. Which of the following sets of states has same population density (201

Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand

Madhya Pradesh and Assam

Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu

Tripura and Punjab

44. Which of the following public sector was given priority in the first five year plan?

Agriculture

Irrigation

Agriculture and Irrigation

Communication

45. Which one of the following is not a function of State Trading Corporation?

Export

Import

Domestic Trade

To provide loans for trade

46. Chairman of the 14'h Finance Commission is

C. Rangrajan

y. V. Reddy

Raja J. Chelliah

Vijay Kelkar

47. Which schedule of constitution of India is related to allocation of seats in the Council of States

Second

Third

Fourth

Sixth

48. Which provision of constitution of India is not concerned with Human Rights?

Equal pay for equal work for both men and women

Just and Humane Conditions of work

Rest and leisure

Freedom of Religion

49. Which of the following Articles deals with financial emergency in India?

352

356

357

360

50. Any person aggrieved by an order made by the District Consumer Forum can appeal against such order to the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission within

30 days

90 days

180 days

01 year

51. Which of the following races, Tharu consider as their ancestral

Kol

Kirat

Bhil

Kushan

52. The Bhotia's of Ullarkashi are generally known as

Marchha
Tolchha
Jad
Shaubl

53. From which year the winter snow games were stal1ed at

19831.D.

1987 A.D.

1993 A.D.

1997 A.D.

54. Which of the following river. meets Alaknanda at .Karnprayag'?

Nandakini
Mandakini
Bhagirathi
Pinder

55. In which of the following districts 'Dhauli Ganga Power Project" is located'>

Tehri

Pithoragarh

Chamoli

Rudra Pra)ag

56. Which of the following state did introduce the disaster management in its administration for the first time

Gujarat

Ullarakhand

Orissa

Jammu KashmIr

57. Which Political Party/Alliance had its Goernment at centre at the timc of the creation of Ullaranchal stale'>

Janta Dal

National Democratic Alliance

United Progressive Allianee

Communist Party of India

58. Who was the founder of first 'Coolie Agency' in

PI. Dhaniram Varma

Thakur Jodh Singh

Ansuya Prasad Bahuguna

Tara Dutt Gairola

59. Who among the following women of Uttarakhand is known as 'Badminton Queen'?

Kumari Hansa Manral

Madhumita Bisht

Haripriya

Manju Bisht

60. The total cultivated area in Uttarakhand is

7,86,571 hectare

7,68,571 hectare

7,67,571 hectare

7,76,571 hectare

61. Which of the following pass connects Pithoragarh and Tibet0

Lipulckh

Kingari-Bingri

Barahoti

Thagla

62. At which place the Katyuri's had established their first capital0

Kartikeyapur

Joshimath

Baij nath

Bageshwar

63. Select the mismatched option out of the following

Gyan Chand 169& -1708 A.D.

Faleh Sah 1684 -1716 A.D.

jagat Chand 1708 -1730 A.D.

PradeepSah 1717-1772A.D.

64. In which year did the Gorkhas of Nepal invade and capture Kumaun0

1790A.D.

1793 A.D.

1803 A.D.

1812A.D.

65. What is the po\er generating capacity of Koteshwar dam?

1000 Megawatt

800 Megawatt

600 Megawatt

Megawatt

66. Which of the natural park in Uttarakhand has been granted the 'World Heritage Status'?

Corbett National Park

Rajaji National Park

Valle) of flowers

Govind National Park

67. Which Chief Minister of Uttarakhand approved 50% reservation for women in Local-Self­Government?

Nityanand Swami

Bhagat Singh Koshyari

Bhuwan Chandra Khandllri

Narayan dutt Tiwari

68. Match the following and choose the correct answer

A Charyo 1. Ear
B Phooli 2.Hand
C Dhagula 3. Neck
D Tuhgyal 4. Nose

A B C D

4 2 1 3

3 4 2 1

2 1 3 4

1 3 4 2

69. Who is the author of the book 'Garhwal Ancient Modern'?

Shiv Prasad Dabral

Hari Krishna Raturi

Rai Bahadur Patiram

Rahul Sanskritayan

70. Which of the following place has the highest number of 'Integrated Industrial Corporation' Units?

Pantnagar

Selaqui Dehradun

Sitarganj

Haridwar

71. "EDUSAT" was launched in

2001

2002

2004

2005

72. Over-Head projector is a

hardware

Software

Hard ware and Soft ware

one of the a bove

73. "Education Without Burden" report was presented

Janardan Committee

Patel Committce

Yashpal Committcc

Ramamurti Committee

74. School drop-out in primary education to

Wastage
Stagnation
Wastage and Stagnation
one of the above related

75, The report of"Education Commission" is entitled

Education and national development

Indian Education Commission Report

Report on entire Education System

Indian Education Report

76. Which of the following is not an audio.-aid of teaching

Radio

Tape recorder

Black-Board

Gramophone

77. The classification or personality on the basis or values has been proposed by

Moreno

Rorschach

Spranger

Thorndike

78. Behaviour Technology is based on

Psychology

Science

Art

Art and Science

79. "Values are the determinants or behaviour". This statement is given by

Lumies

Traver

Geyzer

Philip

80. Factor/Factors responsible for indiscipline in schools is/arc

DefTeetive leaching methods

Lack or leadership in teachers

Lack or values

All or above

81. The basic duty of a Principal is

School Management

Supervision

Administration

All or the above

81. "Operation Black-Board" is related to

Pre-primary education

Primary ICdueation

Secondary Education

Medical Education

83. One of the reason or value-erosion may be as

Population-explosion

More-Education

Becoming-Rich

Scientific-Awareness

84. 14 teaching skills were given

Allen and Rayan

B. K. Passi

I. K. Da,ies

B.S. Bloom

85. Who was the first Education Minister of Government of India after independence?

Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

Sardar Patel

Lal Bahadur Shastri

Maulana Abul Kalam ALad

86. Hierarchy of human needs is given by

Skinner

Bloom

Maslow

Flander

87. Internet facility has been started in India. since the year

1975

1990

1995

1997

88. .. lot me. but you" is the motto

Scout and Guide

National Service Scheme

National Cadet Corps

None of the above

89. The first "women university in India is

Bombay University
CalcuttaUniversity
SNDT Women's University
Agra University

90. Which Constitutional Amendment Act. made the Right to Education a fundamental right?

I" Amendment Act
Amendment Act
Amendment Act
Amendment Act

91. Which one of the following commissions suggested to establish the rural universities? Radhakrishnan Commission

Mudaliar Commission

Kothari Commission

Hunter Commisson

92. What was the jurisdiction of Mudaliar Commission?

Primary Education

Higher Education

Secondary Education

Medical Education

93. When was"" Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan"' started'1

in 1990-1991

in 2000-2001

in 2004-2005

in 1995-1996

94. Teaching skills arc developed with the help

System Analysis

Micro-Teaching

Interaction Analysis

Action Research

95. Attention towards the problem of wastage and stagnation in primary education was first drawn by

Wood's Despatch

G K. Gokhlcy

hartog Committee

Mahatma Gandhi

96. The year in which 'National Literacy Mission' has been launched is

1950

1956

1975

1988

97. Who had rccommcnded the establishment of the University Grants COl1lmission?

Radhakrishnan Commission

hunter Commission

Mudaliar Commission

Sadler Commission

98. the internal discipline of the school is maimained by

State Government

head Master

Community around the school

Parent-Teacher association

99. In which year NCTE was declared a statutory body'

in 1993

in 1973

in 1976

in 1995

100. In which city of the following. therc is no rcgional office of NCTE"

Jaipur

Bhopal

Chennai

Bhubhaneshwar

101. Chronologically arrange the following

1. University Grants Commission

2. Secondary Education Commission

3. University Education Commission

4. Education Commission

3,4

3.2.1,4

1.1,2.3

2.3.4,1

102. Which one of the following is not related to "Skill demonstaration":­

Pupil participation

Use of equipments and teaching aids

Visibility of the demonstration

Prompting

103. What does 3 Cs of technology refer

Content. Camera. and Computer Technology
Computer. Content and Communication Technology
Conference. Camera and Cable Technology
None of these

104. Which of the following is not a characteristic of quantitative measurement

Zero Point

Subjectivity

Objectivity

Units of definite and absolute values

105. 10+ 2 3 system of education was introduced in accordance to

NPE 1968

NPE 1986

Kothari Commission

Radhakrishnan Commission

106. The Chairman of National Knowledge Commission was

Mr. Sam Pitroda

Dr. Deepak Nayyar

Dr. Jayati Ghosh

Mr. Nandan Nilekani

107. Which teaching skill has 'Redirection' as its component?

Skill of explaining

Skill of reinforcement

Skill of probing question

Skill of illustration

108. For the prevention of indiscipline, which approach should be used

Reformative

Preventive

Reformative and preventive

Suppressionistic

109. Rashtriya Uchchttar Shiksha Abhiyan was started by

University Education Commission

Ministry of Human Resource Development

Education Commission

National Policy on Education -1986

110. Which teaching strategy is not included in autocratic teaching strategy?

Tutorial teaching strategy

Programmed instruction

Discovery teaching strategy

All of the above

111. Ram is richer than Shyam but not so rich as Sohan, but poorer than Ramesh. Then Shyam IS

Poorer than Ramesh

Richer than Sohan

As poor as Sohan

Richer than Ramesh

112. A clock gains 15 minutes per day. It is set right at 12 noon. What time will it show at 4 A.M.?

4 02 A.M.

2 A.M.

4:10A.M.

4 30 A.M.

113. Following marks were secured by 5 students in an examination: 125, 95, 102, 128 and 140 Find the median of the marks

95

102

125

128

114. Which choice provides the answer in the following, if:­2 then

45

105

81

100

115. Find the next two numbers in the following series

13,27

14,28

27, 13.5

27,18

116. Mohan was born on February 29 in the year 1960. How many birthdays will he celebrate up to 1976 February?

4

5

8

16 L

117. Introducing Gaurav, a lady said, "The father of his father-in-law is my father in-law". How is Gaurav related to the lady?

Son

Son-in-law

Father

Husband

118. Which one of the four answer figures has same commonality to the following figures
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119. The L. C. M. of two numbers is 36 times that of their H.C.F. The product of the numbers is 3600. Find their H.C.F.

8

10

15

100

120. Aakash walks 16 meters towards South and turns to left and then walks 5 meters. Then he turns towards north and walks 7 meters. Again he turns to right and walks 12 meters. Again he turns to left and walks 9 meters. How far, he is from his starting point?

24 meters

18 meters

17 meters

None of the above

121. LMF The compound interest of a sum of money for 2 years is 410 and the simple interest on the same sum for the same period and at the same rate is 400. The rate of interest will be









122. A and B can do a piece of work in 30 days, while B and C can do the same work in 24 days and C and A in 20 days. They all work for 10 days and then Band C leave. How many days more will A take to finish the work?

10 days

9 days

8 days

18 days

123. What is the number of triangles in the figure given below?

<img src='./qimages/3399-123.jpg'>

28

32

36

38

124. Find the correct answer to fill in the blank space marked by a question mark APOC ITSK MVUN

ERQF

DRQH

DQRH

EQRH

125. A man takes 3 hours and 45 minutes to row a boat 15 km, with the current in a river and 2 hours and 30 minutes to cover a distance of 5 km, against the current. The speed of the current will be

4 km per hour

3 km per hour

2 km per hour

1 km per hour

126. stands for division; stands for addition; stands for multiplication; stands for subtraction, which of the following equations is correct?

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127. A sum of 1550 was lent partly at and the rest at simple interest. The total interest received after 3 years was 300. The ratio of money lent at to is

5:8

8:5

16:15

31:6

128. A tank is filled 10% in an hour and ofthe water emptied in the next hour. If it is repeated again, find the percentage of the tank filled with water



17.664%

19.2

20%

129. Two pipes A and 8 would fill a tank in 371, minutes and 45 minutes respectively. 80th pipes being opened, after how much time the second pipe must be turned off, so that the tank may be filled in half an hour?

3 minutes

4 minutes

8 minutes

9 minutes

130. A and C are good in Dramatics and Sports; D and A are good in Sports and Studies; C and 8 are good in General Knowledge and Dramatics; 8 and E are good in Studies and General Knowledge; E and D are good in Studies and Social Work. Who is good in Studies, General Knowledge, Sports and Social Work?

D

C

8

A

131. The missing letters in the following letter series are given in proper sequence as one of the four alternatives. The correct alternative will be ab a b a

baab

abab

abba

a a b b

132. Statements:
Some circles are figures.
Some circles are squares.
Find the correct conclusion which logically follows from the two statements given above

Some figures are squares

Some circles are neither figures nor squares

All circles are either squares or figures

(d)None of these

133. Two trains 121 meters and 99 meters in length respectively, are running in opposite directions, one at the rate of 40km /hour and other at the rate of 32 km/hour. In what time will they be completely clear off each other from the moment they meet?

8 seconds

II seconds

12 seconds

13 seconds

134. The number of candidates who failed in English, Hindi and Mathematics in an examination are shown by the Venn-diagram given below. Find the number of candidates who failed in at least two subjects English

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39

72

87

(d)105

135. A grocer mixes 26 kg. oftea, which costs him 200 per kg. With 30 kg. of tea which costs 360 per kg. and sells the mixed tea at 300 per kg. What is total percentage of gain?

10

8

5

No profit and no loss


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