1. Which one of the following is not related to N.P.E. 1986

Operation Black Board

Early childhood care and education

District Institute of Education Training

Opening of Rural Universities

2. As per recommendation of Kothari Commission the duration of first degree course should be

2 years

3 years

4 years

2 to 3 years

3. The proponent of the unit method is

John Dewey

Herbart Spencer

H.C. Morrison

B.S. Bloom

4. Teaching machine was constructed by

S.L. Pressey

W. Allen

I.K. Davis

B.F. Skinner

5. Which one of the following is not a device of teaching

Narration

Description

Explanation

Accumulation

6. Which one of the following has not been included in the list of the contents of the Report of the National Knowledge Commission

School Education

Teacher Education

Open and Distance Education

Vocational Education

7. In the world, agriculture is mostly practised in the

River valleys

Coastal regions

Foothills

Plateau region

8. Mayurakshi project is located in

West Bengal

Andhra Pradesh

Odisha

Madhya Pradesh

9. The main gold producing state of India is

Andhra Pradesh

Karnataka

Bihar

Uttar Pradesh

10. The best soil, for the growth of most plants, is

Sandy

Clayey

Clayey loam

Loam

11. 'Earth day' is celebrated on

22 May

5 June

22 April

22 March

12. Montreal protocol is associated with

protection of wildlife

protection of Himalayas

development of coastal areas

protection of stratospheric ozone layer

13. Small pox and Rabies are

Viral diseases

Bacterial diseases

Fungal diseases

Deficiency diseases

14. Presence of which of the following is the cause of 'Minamata' disease

Sodium chloride

Mercuric chloride

Silver nitrate

Ethyle isocyanate

15. Which of the following gas was responsible for the Bhopal Gas tragedy

Carbon monoxide

Ethyl isocyanate

Methyl isocyanate

None of these

16. Cervical cancer is caused by

Pep Pills

Fatty diet

Epstein Barr Virus

Human Papilloma Virus

17. The first genetically engineered human insulin was launched in the year

1970

1983

1990

1993

18. The antibiotic penicillin is produced by

Bacteria

Fungus

Algae

Lichens

19. In which year was the National Institute for Disaster Management officially established

1992

2006

2010

2013

20. The first Transgenic plant was that of

Pea

Flax

Tobacco

Cotton

21. Which of the following is not a programming language of a computer

Fortran

Java

COBOL

Windows

22. Which mobile application was launched by Delhi police in January 2015

Himmat

Madad

Kismat

Suraksha

23. Which of the following is not a mammal

Duck billed platypus

Bat

Whale

Great Indian Bustard

24. At what temperature is the density of water maximum

100 °C

4 °C

0 °C

4 °C

25. Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) is situated at

Bengaluru

Mumbai

Lucknow

New Delhi

26. The ginger is a

Bulb

Rhizome

Tuber

Modified root

27. Which of the following Vitamins is essential for blood clotting

Vitamin K

Vitamin A

Vitamin D

Vitamin C

28. In an ecosystem green plants are

Consumers

Parasites

Decomposer

Producers

29. Which of the following colours of light travels slowest in glass

Red

Green

Violet

All travel with the same speed.

30. Which one of the following Union Territories has a High Court of its own

Chandigarh

Delhi

Puducherry

Lakshadweep

31. Stephen Hawking is known for his extensive work in the field of

Computer Science

Organic Chemistry

Plant Pathology

Theoretical Physics

32. Under United Nations Development Programme, which of the following Human Development Reports introduced, for the first time, the new measure Multidimensional Poverty Index

HDR 2009

HDR 2010

HDR 2011

HDR 2012

33. Under developed economies are also known as

Primary Sector Economies

Industrial Economies

Advanced Economies

None of the above

34. Which among the following State is not a natural source of Crude Oil in India

Gujarat

Assam

Maharashtra

Madhya Pradesh

35. The writer of the book "Planned Economy for India" is

Jawahar Lal Nehru

Amartya Sen

M. Visvesvarayya

M.N. Roy

36. "Panchayat Raj" in rural development system is related to

Central Planning

Decentralized planning

Capitalistic Planning

Rolling planning

37. The concept of 'Natural Growth Rate' was given by

Harrod

Lamarck

Nurske

Meade

38. In which of the following years, was NREGA launched

2005

2000

1996

1992

39. In which five year plan the 'Capacity Building' through urban local bodies was conceived th th th th

8Plan

9Plan

11Plan

12Plan

40. In which country was the 7th BRICS Summit of 2015 held

Brazil

Russia

Nepal

China

41. Where is the Dev Sanskriti Vishva Vidyalaya located

Varanasi

Prayag

Haridwar

Ujjain

42. After 1885, when did W.C. Bannerjee became the Congress President for the second time

1889

1892

1895

1897

43. In connection of whose case did Mahatma Gandhi go to South Africa

Dada Abdullah (Abdullah Sheth)

Abdulla Hashim

Dada Gaffar

Nasir and Company

44. Who amongst the following had called Gandhiji "One man boundary force"

Louis Fischer

Valentine Chirole

Lord Mountbatten

Jawahar Lal Nehru

45. Most of Smritis have been written in verse. Which of the following has been written in prose

Narad Smriti

Brihaspati Smriti

Yajnavalakya Smriti

Vishnu Smriti

46. Which Mandal of the Rigveda is dedicated to

Eighth

Ninth

Tenth

Sixth

47. To whom Gautam Buddha gave his last sermon at Kushinagar

Subhadd

Anand

Sariputra

Upali

48. In which year did Swami Dayanand publish his book "Satyarth Prakash"

1890

1880

1870

1875

49. Who amongst the following is the National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of India

J.N. Dixit

Ajit Kuamr Doval

Shiva Shankar Menon

M.K. Narayanan

50. Name the 'Humanoid Machine' developed by Japanese Company Toshiba.

Yoshiko

Norika

Aiko Chihira

Chiyoko

51. Name the Indian Government's operation to help the earthquake victims in Nepal.

Sahyog

Operation Maitri

Operation Sahyog

Operation Parivartan

52. Who has been crowned as 'Femina Miss India 2015'

Aditi Arya

Koyal Rana

Ruchi Singh

Vartika Singh

53. Which country returned back to India, the 12th century sculpture, "Parrot Lady"

U.S.A.

France

Japan

Canada

54. Who is the present General Secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Prakash Karat

Sitaram Yechury

S. Sudhakar Reddy

A.B. Bardhan

55. Match List I with List II and select correct answer using the codes given below

List I Country List II Foreign Minister
A. India 1. John Kerry
B. United States of America 2. Sushma Swaraj
C. Sri Lanka 3. Abdul Hasan Mahmud Ali
D. Bangladesh 4. Mangla Samarweera

Code
A B C D

21 4 3

12 3 4

23 4 1

43 2 1

56. Indian Army's "Operation Meghdoot" was related to

Sri Lanka

Maldives

Tibet

Siachin Glacier

57. With which sport is the word 'Beamer' associated

Football

Cricket

Volleyball

Hockey

58. On which hill the Rastrapati Bhavan is situated in Delhi

Vindhya Hill

Southern Hill

Raiseena Hill

None of these

59. Which currency and country are not matched among the following

U.S.A. Dollar

Australia Pound

South Korea Won

Saudi Arabia Riyal

60. What is the full expanded form of BCCI

Board of Cricket Control in India

Bombay Cricket Control of India

Board of Control for Cricket in India

British Control for Cricket International

61. Who amongst the followings was the Constitutional Advisor to the Constituent Assembly

Sir B.N. Rau

B.R. Ambedkar

T.T. Krishnamachari

K.M. Munshi

62. Which one of the following rights is not available to foreigners living in India

Right of Education

Freedom of Religion

Freedom of Assembly

Equality before Law

63. The Governor has the power to impose Governor's Rule in which of the following State

Nagaland

Manipur

Tripura

Jammu Kashmir

64. The Tenth Schedule of the Indian Constitution relates to

Antidefection Law

Panchayati Raj

Land Reforms

Languages

65. In the Constitution of India 'Education' is included in

The Union List

The State List

The Concurrent List

The residuary power

66. The Vidhan Sabha of which State was addressed for the first time in May 2015 by the President of India

Haryana

Rajasthan

Tamil Nadu

Uttarakhand

67. Who amongst the following is the winner of the Oscar Award

A.R. Rehman

Anu Malik

Sonu Nigam

Kalyanji-Anandji

68. Which one of the following was the first Indian sound film

Alarm Ara

Raja Harishchandra

Kishan Kanhaiya

Mughal-E-Azam

69. When was the Central Information Commission established

2002

2005

2008

2000

70. What was the main cause of Greece problem emerged during June 2015

Terrorism

Political

Educational

Economic

71. Who was the writer of "Aryon Ka Aadi-Niwas Madhya Himalaya"

Mukundi Lal

Shiv Prasad Dabral

Shekhar Pathak

Bhajan Singh "Singh"

72. Who is known as "Kurmanchal Kesari"

Badri Dutt Pandey

G.B. Pant

Mohan Singh Mehta

Victor Mohan Joshi

73. In which of the following fair, the stone pelting (stone warfare) is prevalent

Kandali festival

Uttarayani Mela

Devidhura Mela

Nandadevi Mela

74. Who was the first British Commissioner of Kumaon

Trail

E. Gardner

Lashington

Batton

75. Who is the first women of Uttarakhand awarded 'Dronacharya Award'

Hansa Manral

Harshwanti Bisht

Bachendri Pal

Parigya

76. Which of the following National Parks is shared by Pauri Garhwal and Nainital district

Valley of flowers

Rajaji National Park

Corbett National Park

Govind National Park

77. Which of the following is not correctly matched

Merg J K (Jammu Kashmir)

Kanda Himachal Pradesh

Bugyal Uttarakhand

Erg Doon Valley

78. 'Chotta Kailash' is situated in

Chamoli District

Pithoragarh District

Bageshwar District

Uttarkashi District

79. Which of the following districts of Uttarakhand is not connected by rail-transport

Pauri

Nainital

Dehradun

Tehri-Garhwal

80. Who is famous for the success of 'Nanda Devi Abhiyan' in 1981

Dr. Harshwanti Bisht

Bachendri Pal

Santosh Yadav

None of the above

81. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched

Gaindi fair Distt. Almora

Chaiti fair Distt. Udham Singh Nagar

Jauljibi fair Distt. Pithoragarh

Maun fair Tehri Garhwal

82. Raini Village of Chamoli district is well known for which forest movement

Rewain movement

Chipko movement

Dungi-Paitoli movement

Maiti movement

83. The author of the book India' is

Dr. Shekhar Pathak

Rushkin Bond

Barrister Mukundi Lal

Jim Corbett

84. The oldest hydro-electric project of the Uttarakhand State is

Lohia head project

Pathri project

Cheela project

Glogi project

85. 'Bhakar' is used in rural Uttarakhand for

Water storage

Fruit collection

Foodgrain storage

Milk storage

86. Which one of the following is not a State University in Uttarakhand

Gurukul Kangri University

Kumaun University

HNB Medical University

Shridev Suman University

87. Among the four Dhams of Uttarakhand, which one is situated at the highest altitude

Badrinath

Kedarnath

Gangotri

Yamunotri

88. The capital of princely State of Tehri was formed in Tehri in th th

12th Feb. 1816 A.D.

28th Dec. 1815 A.D.

10th Oct. 1818 A.D.

28th Dec. 1817 A.D.

89. 'Tand Tax' was collected from

Weavers

Blacksmiths

Goldsmiths

Masons

90. Who participated in 'Dandi March' of Gandhiji from Uttarakhand

Jyotiram Kandpal

Mukundi Lal

Victor Mohan Joshi

Khushi Ram

91. There are some benches in a classroom. If 4 students sit on each bench, then 3 benches are left unoccupied. However if 3 students sit on each bench, 3 students are left standing. How many students are there in the class

64

56

48

36

92. Find the missing alphabet in the following

<img src='./qimages/3399-92.jpg'>

P

R

S

V

93. Which letter is fifth to the right of the eighteenth letter from your right in the English alphabets

M

N

O

P

94. If the first three letters of the word COMPREHENSION are reversed, after that the last three letters are added and then the remaining letters are reversed and added to the series of letters, which letter will be exactly in the middle

H

N

R

S

95. Find out the odd figure in the following

<img src='./qimages/3399-95.jpg'>

1

2

3

4

96. If 25 ÷ 5 15, 30 ÷ 6 20, then 70 ÷

40

45

55

None of these

97. Which number will complete the following series

10, 18, 30, 46, ….

51

61

66

76

98. In the following number series, a wrong number is given. Find that wrong number.
23, 95, 480, 2879

480

95

23

7

99. Which of the following is equal to 34 × 4½

(34 × 40) (34 × ½)

(30 × 4½) ×

(34 × ½) (30 × ×

(30 × × 4½

100. If MACHINE is coded as 19 9 14 15 20 11, how DANGER will be coded

13-7-20-10-11-25

10-7-20-13-11-24

11-7-20-16-11-24

13-7-20-9-11-25

101. There is an imaginary system in which the digits 8 and 9 are substituted by i and j respectively, then the value of

bee fg (ca ×h/be) is equal to

bja

bic

bhc

bib

102. Prabhat is taller than Mahesh. Gopal is taller than Mahesh. Bhuwan is shorter than Mahesh. Who amongst them is the tallest

Bhuwan

Gopal

Prabhat

Gopal or Prabhat

103. In the following question, which number should appear in place of question mark

<img src='./qimages/3399-103.jpg'>

4268

2856

6464

5832

104. A man walks 40 metres towards South, then turning to his right, he walks 30 metres. Then turning to his right, he walks 40 metres. Then he turns to his left and walks 40 metres. How far is he from his initial position

30 metres

50 metres

60 metres

70 metres

105. There are four friends Anil, Sushil, Raju and Harish. One of them is a cricketer and studies Chemistry and Biology. Anil and Sushil play football. Anil studies Commerce. Both the football players study mathematics. Harish is a boxer. One football player also studies Physics. The boxer studies Mathematics and Accountancy. Every person studies two subjects and plays one game.

Name the person who is not a boxer but studies Chemistry and Biology both.

Anil

Sushil

Raju

Harish

106. The average weight of B and C is 45 kg, that of A and B is 40 kg and of B and C is 43 kg. Find the weight of B.

31kg

26kg

20kg

17kg

107. In a certain code language, 'come and is coded as 758, home soon' is coded as 839, 'good and bad' is coded as 521. Which of the following is coded for

5

7

8

2

108. Which of the given options should be placed at question mark logically

BD3 CE5 DF15
EG2 FH4 GI12
HJ4 IK6

IJ9

JL18

JK18

JL9

109. P is mother of K. K is sister of D. D is father of T. How P is related to T

Mother

Grandmother

Aunt

Sister-in-law

110. If the selling price of a commodity is doubled, its profit triples. Its profit percentage now is

100

105

115

120

111. A man completes a journey in 10 hours. He travels first half of journey at the rate of 21 km/hr. and second half at the rate of 24 km./hr. The total journey he completed in 10 hrs. is

234 km

230 km

224 km

220 km

112. Statements
All flowers are toys.
Some toys are trees.
Some angels are trees.
Conclusions Some angels are toys.
Some trees are flowers.
Some flowers are angels.

Only conclusion follows.

Only conclusion follows.

All conclusions follow.

None of the conclusions follows.

113. Which one of the four interchanges in signs and numbers would make the given equation correct



+and-,2and3

+and-,2and5

+and-,3and5

None of these

114. In the following Venn diagram, one circle represents teachers, the other represents painters and the third one represents historians

<img src='./qimages/3399-114.jpg'>

Which of the following regions represents the persons who are teachers and painters but not historians

F

G

D

B

115. Two equations I and II are given as follows

<img src='./qimages/3399-115.jpg'>
Which of the following is the correct answer (answers)

x y

x y or x y

x y

x y

116. Find the number of triangles in the given figure 26 None of the above

<img src='./qimages/3399-116.jpg'>

117. Five children are sitting in a row. S (but not is sitting next to P. K is sitting next to who is on the extreme left. T is not sitting next to K. Who is sitting adjacent to S

RandP

PandT

KandP

onlyP

118. If ASHA 79, then VINAYBHUSHAN

211

144

180

None of these

119. If it was Saturday on 17th December, 2002, what was the day on 22nd December, 2004

Sunday

Monday

Saturday

None of these

120. How many are there in the following series, which are preceded by 8 and followed by 0 840480480480840804804840804

1

2

3

4

141. Fill in the blank space by picking out the correct preposition from the choices given below The man died heart attack.

with

in

of

by

142. Choose a one-word substitute for the following expression A person pretending to be somebody he is not.

Rogue

Liar

Magician

Imposter

143. Insert the appropriate article iron is a metal.

A

An

The

X (no article)

144. Choose the correct sentence

If you had seen him, you would have liked him.

If you had seen him, you would like him.

If you had seen him, you will like him.

If you had seen him, you had liked him.

145. Choose the correct meaning of the idiom To grease the palm.

to put grease on the palm

to make the palm greasy

greasy palm tree

to bribe

146. What is the noun of the word

Deeply

Depth

Deepen

Deeper

Character is the base of every man's life. It is the backbone of our existence. A man who has no character can get no mental or spiritual attainment. M.K. Gandhi attained higher things and Gautam Buddha found a rare gift in his life on account of character. Character is like a touchstone which converts even a base metal into gold. In India corruption can be easily observed in various fields of life. In the field of public administration there is an utter lack of character. Bribe is gladly accepted by those in power and dishonesty is supposed to be a part of practical wisdom. Duty is regarded as secondary and personal gains as primary.


147. What is the synonym of the word 'mental'

Intellectual

Psychological

Rational

Physical

148.What is the opposite of the word 'dishonesty'

Fairness

Honesty

Insincerity

Sweet

149. Choose the correct Hindi translation of the underlined English sentence









150. From the following, choose the most suitable title for the above passage

Importance of Character

Character and Corruption

The Crisis of Character in India

Corruption in Public Life