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1. When environment aspect is taken into account in the calculation of GDP, it is called

Social accounting

Environmental accounting

Green accounting

Economic accounting

2. When was the Service Tax introduced first time in India

1990 91

1994 95

1996 97

1999 2000

3. "Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna" was launched on th th

28August, 2014

28September, 2014 th th

28October, 2014

28November, 2014

4. In Global Hunger Index 2014, India has been placed at th th th th

55

56

57

58

5. The full form of "NITI" Aayog is

National Institute for Transforming India

National Individual for Transforming India

National Institute for Transitional India

Natural Islet for Transport Involute

6. Financial year of Government begins from

Calendar Year

Ashwin Shukla

Beginning of April

Kartika -Saka

7. Kalibangan is in

Rajasthan

Punjab

Sind

Maharashtra

8. Buddha attained Nirvana at

Taxila

Champa

Kausambi

Kushinagar

9. Hawkins came to the court of

Shershah

Akbar

Aurangzeb

Jahangir

10. National Research Centre on Seed Spices is situated at

Tabiji, Ajmer

Lalgarh, Bikaner

Pahuna, Pantnagar

Aroma, Ranchi

11. In Uttarakhand since 2000-01 to 2013-14 the production of

rice is declining

wheat is increasing

pulses is declining

total foodgrains is almost constant

12. In clean city ranking out of 476 city surveyed, the cleanest city is

Hardwar

Mysore

Jaipur

Gangtok

13. What is the objective of "Horticulture Mission for North East and Himalayan States"

Promoting Horticulture

Promoting Organic farming

Promoting inorganic farming

All of the above

14. When was National Agriculture Insurance Scheme started nd st

22nd June, 1999

21nd June, 1998th

05th June, 2000

10th June, 2001

15. District having maximum handicrafts Units in Uttarakhand is

Uttarkashi

Pithoragarh

Almora

Tehri Garhwal

16. Satopanth is a

River

Pass

Glacier

Mountain peak

17. One plant of Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited is located in Uttarakhand at

Hardwar

Roorkee

Haldwani

Rishikesh

18. One of the following districts ranks first in "Investment Attraction Index"

Udham Singh Nagar

Hardwar

Nainital

Dehradun

19. Who founded the Garhwal School of Painting

Mangat Ram

Hira Lal

Shyam Das

Mola Ram

20. Which of the following is known as 'Switzerland of India'

Dehradun

Nainital

Pithoragarh

Kausani

21. Which of the following festival is known as Sankranti

Bikhoti

Bhitoli

Harela

Phuldeai

22. Chanchri is a

Traditional folk dance

Group song dance

Group music dance

Jagar dance

23. Choose the correct answer from the followings

Uttarakhand is the 26th State of India.

The location of Uttarakhand is in between 28°43' north to 31° north in latitudes.

Uttarakhand is bounded by three States.

The total geographical area of the State is 53,000 sq. kilometres.

24. The extent of mountains in Uttarakhand follows the direction from

North-west to South-east

North-east to South-west

North-east to South-east

North-west to South-west

25. The largest drainage system of Uttarakhand is

the Yamuna drainage system.

the Ganga drainage system.

the Kali drainage system.

the Ram Ganga drainage system.

26. The Valley of Flowers National Park was declared World heritage by United Nations Organisation in the year

2004 AD

2005 AD

2006 AD

2007 AD

27. Tribe engaged in pastoralism is

Tharu

Bhotia

Boksa

Raji

28. 'Dholasagar' is written in the language of

Garhwali

Sanskrit Misrit Garhwali

Kumaoni

Sanskrit

29. What name was given to Tarai-Bhabar by Muslim historians

Daman-a-Koh

Daman

Koh

Firad-a-Koh

30. How many phases are there in marriage ceremony of Tharu Community

Eleven

Thirteen

Four

Six

31. Gupta Samvat started in

320 A.D.

319 A.D.

322 A.D.

321 A.D.

32. In Uttarakhand, most of the Paper Mills are located in the district of

Nainital

Dehradun

Udham Singh Nagar

Pauri

33. Which organ of Shiva is enshrined at Tungnath, one of the Panch Kedars

Navel

Mouth

Arm

Lock/Jata

34. Kabutari Devi is related to

Folk Songs

Folk Dance

Folk Stories

Folk Paintings

35. Which one of the followings is considered to be the last Katyuri King

Pritam Dev

Dham Dev

Brahma Dev

Pushkarheet

36. One among the followings is a Padma awardee of Uttarakhand relating to trade.

K.S. Valdiya

Shekhar Pathak

Laxman Singh Jangpangi

Pt. Nain Singh

37. Name the Committee which recommended 42nd amendment in the Constitution.

Y.B. Chawan Committee

A.B. Ghani Khan Choudhary Committee

Gurdial Singh Dhillon Committee

Swaran Singh Committee

38. Which Article is related to Power of Parliament to amend the Constitution of India

Article 370

Article 368

Article 354

Article 360

39. Grammar of Politics' is written by

Earnest Barker

T.H. Green

Michael C. Curtis

Harold J. Laski

40. Which State was created in India in 1953

Andhra Pradesh

Orissa

Tamil Nadu

Assam

41. Justice Sarkaria Commission was constituted to look into the

Boundary disputes between States.

Reorganisation of the States.

Centre-State relations.

None of these

42. One of the following States in India has Legislative Council

Orissa

Assam

Tamil Nadu

Karnataka

43. The Doctrine of "Natural Rights" was propounded by

Karl Marx

John Locke

Thomas Hobbes

T.H. Green

44. The number of non-permanent members of United Nations Security Council is

5

7

10

15

45. Who said, "Imperialism is the highest stage of Capitalism"

V.I. Lenin

Karl Marx

Mao-Tse Tung

Joseph Stalin

46. Under which Constitutional Amendment Act, the number of Lok Sabha Members was increased from 525 to 545

29th

34th

26th

31th

47. Bachpan Bachao Andolan is associated with

Anshu Gupta

Malala Yousafjai

Medha Patkar

Kailash Satyarthi

48. In 2015, Bharat Ratna was awarded to A.B. Vajpayee and

Lala Lajpat Rai

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Subhas Chandra Bose

Madan Mohan Malviya

49. Who among the followings won Stockholm Water Prize in the year 2015

Arundhati Roy

Chetan Bhagat

Rajendra Singh

Amitav Ghosh

50. Which freedom fighter authored 'India Wins Freedom'

Subhas Chandra Bose

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Chandra Shekhar Azad

Bhagat Singh

51. Rishikesh is also known as the

Ashram Capital of the world

Temple Capital of the world

Yoga Capital of the world

Sanskrit Capital of the world

52. Uttarakhand is the State of Republic of India. th th th th

25th

26th

27th

28th

53. Legislative and Judicial capital of Uttarakhand are

Both at Dehradun

Dehradun and Nainital

Nainital and Almora

Dehradun and Almora

54. World's highest Gurudwara is situated in the district of

Chamoli

Mandi

Ladakh

Champawat

55. Harihar II invaded and extracted tribute from

Bengal

Burma

Ceylon

Thailand

56. The Capital of Shivaji was

Prayag

Aurangabad

Nagpur

Raigarh

57. Swachh Bharat Mission was launched on th th

5December, 2011

20November, 2012 nd nd

2October, 2014

2January, 2015

58. Crimea, which was recently annexed by Russia was a part of

Ukraine

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Latvia

59. The first Governor of Uttarakhand was

K.K. Paul

Margaret Alva

B.L. Joshi

S.S. Barnala

60. For 2014 Dada Saheb Phalke Award was given to

Shashi Kapoor

Mary Kom

Amitabh Bachchan

P.V. Sindhu

61. A country which is a part of the European Union but does not use Euro is

United Kingdom

France

Spain

Germany

62. Ameenah Garib Fakim, sworn in as the President of Mauritus, is also a prominent

Scientist

Lawyer

Doctor

Academician

63. Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana was launched in

2010

2011

2013

2014

64. Who among the following was also a poet and a musician who took delight in the title of 'Kaviraja' or king of poets

Chandra Gupta Maurya

Samudra Gupta

Skand Gupta

None of these

65. Who founded the Asiastic Society of Bengal in Calcutta for the development of education

Jonathan Duncan

William Jones

Warren Hastings

Charles Grant

66. Who among the following faced impeachment in England for his acts committed as Governor General of India

Cornwallis

William Bentinck

Warren Hastings

Lord Wellesley

67. Famous literary work Tahqiq-a-Hind was written by

Alberuni

Badauni

Ziauddin Barni

Khafi Khan

68. The founder of Sunga dynasty was

Agnimitra

Divakaramitra

Pushyamitra

Vasumitra

69. Who were the originators of the Dravidian Style of architecture and sculpture in the South Indian peninsula

Cholas

Hoysalas

Pallavas

Pandyas

70. The Italian traveller who left very praiseworthy account of the Vijayanagar Empire was

E. Barbosa

Manucci

Marco Polo

Nicolo Counti

71. Gupta Empire declined in the fifth century A.D. as a consequence of

Chalukya invasions

Greek invasions

Huna invasions

Pallava invasions

72. Two sons and one grandson of Emperor Bahadur Shah II were publicly killed by

Jones Micholson

Henry Lawrence

Lt. Hudson

Sir Hugh Roe

73. The Goldmines of South Africa are near which of the following

Durban

Capetown

Johannesburg

Nile Delta

74. The McMohan line lies between

U.S.A. and Canada

Russia and China

England and Ireland

India and China

75. One of the following was the leader in Industrial Revolution.

Germany

Great Britain

U.S.A.

France

76. Amritsar, Ajmer and Vatican City are

Commercial towns

Religious towns

Industrial towns

Port towns

77. From area point of view, India's rank in the world is

3rd

5rd

7th

8th

78. Which of the following is the major component of Ecosystem

Biotic components

Abiotic components

Energy

All of the above

79. Which of the following is the main component of biomass

Animals

Soils

Terrain

Vegetation

80. The length of coastline of India mainland, Lakshadweep and Andaman Nicobar Islands is about

6,100 kilometres

6,200 kilometres

5,800 kilometres

7,516.6 kilometres

81. Which of the following statement is correct for all birds

Have feathers and can fly.

Lay eggs and are endothermic.

Teeth are absent and RBC are without nucleus.

Lungs are spongy and heart is three chambered.

82. Colour-blindness is related with defect in

Rods

Cones

Rods Cones

None of the above

83. Which of the following is a bacterial disease

Measles

Small Pox

Rabies

Tuberculosis

84. The cause of production of energy in a nuclear reactor is

Controlled Nuclear fusion

Uncontrolled Nuclear fusion

Controlled Nuclear fission

Uncontrolled Nuclear fission

85. Yeast is an important source of

Riboflavin

Sugar

Protein

Vitamin C

86. What are the two Pyrimidine bases found in DNA

Adenine and Guanine

Cytosine and Thyamine

Thyamine and Uracil

Thyamine and Guanine

87. What is true for Photosynthesis

Both carbon dioxide and water are reduced.

Carbon dioxide is reduced and water is oxidized.

Both carbon dioxide and water are oxidized.

Carbon dioxide is oxidized and water is reduced.

88. A seed is developed from

Endosperm

Ovule

Egg cell

Carpel

89. H2O2 acts as an antiseptic due to its

reducing property

oxidising property

bleaching property

acidic property

90. Alum is

normal salt

complex salt

basic salt

double salt

91. Paw is related to Cat as Hoof is related to

Horse

Lamb

Elephant

Lion

92. What should come in place of question mark in the following question
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2209

2307

2401

2601

93. If is called is called 'yellow' is called is called and is called what is the colour of blood

yellow

green

white

black

94. What is the L.C.M. of two numbers which are in the ratio 3 5 and whose H.C.F. is 5

300

250

200

75

95. A is 40 m South-West of B. C is 40 m South-East of B. Then C is in which direction of A

South

West

East

North-East

96. A dice having six numbers 1 to 6 on its faces, is shown in its two positions given below. Which number is opposite to 3

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6

5

4

1

97. There are 20 people in a room. They shake each other's hands once and only once. How many handshakes are there altogether

170

180

190

200

98. Find the term which does not fit into the Alpha-Numeric series

1CV, 5FU, 9IT, 15LS, 17OR

5FU

9IT

15LS

17OR

99. In a shop, the items are arranged in a shelf consisting of 6 rows. Biscuits are arranged above the tins of chocolates but below the row of packets of chips, cakes are placed at the bottom and packets of toffees are below the chocolates. The top most row has the display of jam bottles. Where exactly are the packets of toffees, from the top

2 nd row

3 nd row

4 th row

5throw

100. Which number is wrong in the given series 18, 36, 108, 216, 648, 1290, 3888

36

108

648

1290

101. In a group of boys and girls, if 15 girls leave the group, the ratio of boys to girls becomes 2 1. After sometimes 45 boys also leave the group, then the ratio of boys to girls becomes 1 5. What is the number of girls in the beginning

50

40

30

20

102. Around a circular garden, there is a road 14 m wide. If the cost of getting it cemented at the rate of dollar 25 per sq. metre comes to `dollar 77,000, find the area of the garden.

770 sq.m.

1540 sq.m.

2464 sq.m.

3080 sq.m.

103. If means means means and means then what will be the value of 16 ÷ 64 8 ×

14

16

18

24

104. A man invests 20,000 at a certain rate of interest and 16,000 at higher. The whole interest in 3 years is 9,600. Find the lower rate of interest. 11 2



8

8

8 32 3

105. In a group, eight persons like chocolates. The remaining persons, who represent 7 times the square root of the strength of the group, like sweets. What is the strength of the group

25

36

49

64

106. Which number should be the last in the following series 13, 23, 43, 83,

193

183

163

166

107. is related to in the same way as is related to

VUSQ

VTRP

DBYU

VTQM

108. Three times a number is 122 less than the five times of another number. If the sum of the numbers is 74, then the numbers are

19 and 55

28 and 46

31 and 43

50 and 24

109. Vijay can do a piece of work in 5 hours, while Amit can do the same work in 3 hours. How long will they take to complete the work, if they both work together

1 hour 52 min. and 30 secs.

2 hours

4 hours

8 hours

110. Two candidates participate in an election. 10% voters did not cast their votes and 20% votes found invalid. Winning candidate polled 75% of the valid votes and won by 10,800 votes. Find the total number of voters.

29,000

30,000

27,000

28,000

111. Find the missing term of the series

C4X, F9U, I16R,

L25P

L25O

L27P

L24M

112. The cost of a diamond varies directly as the square of its weight. Once, this diamond was broken into four pieces with weights in the ratio 1 2 3 4. When these pieces were sold, the merchant got 1.4 lakhs less. Find the original cost of that diamond.

dallor 2.0 lakhs

dallor 2.5 lakhs

dallor 3.0 lakhs

dallor 3.5 lakhs

113. In which ratio, a tea selling at 140 per kg and another tea selling at 150 per kg should be mixed so as to make a mixture of 15 kg selling at 2,220

4

3

2

1

114. A vendor sells certain number of fruits for 70. If the price of each fruit was 2 less, he would have sold 4 more fruits for the same amount. What is the number of fruits, he sold originally

14

10

16

15

115. The area of a rectangular lawn of a tourist resort is increased by increasing its length by 25% and decreasing its width by 10%. The area of the new lawn is increased by

22.5%

15%

12.5%

12%

116. Let

N 553 173 723, then N is divisible by

Both 3 and 17

Both 7 and 13

Both 3 and 13

Both 7 and 17

117. I am facing North and turn 90° in the clockwise direction and then 135° in the same direction. At last turning 270° anticlockwise, which direction I am facing now

South-West

North-West

South

West

118. Find the odd one

December

January

June

July

119. Fruit is to Banana as Mammal is to

Snake

Fish

Cow

Sparrow

120. How many letters of the English alphabet (Capitals) appear same when looked at a mirror


12

30,000

27,000

28,000


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