Exam Details

Subject general studies
Paper
Exam / Course
Department
Organization Uttarakhand Public Service Commission
Position assistant engineer
Exam Date 2013
City, State uttarakhand,


Question Paper

1. A solar cell unit is basically a

A semiconductor Triode

A semiconductor Diode

A Junction between two good conductors

None of the above

2. If 109 electrones move out of a body to mother body every second how much time it requires to get a 1 coulomb charge on the other body?

[Given that 1yr ˜-3 x 107 sec]

About 2000 years

About 200 years

About 20 years

About 02 years

3. As per Einsteins theory, energy equivalent of 1 gm (One gram) substance will be

5.6 x 1026 Mev

9.09 x 1013 Mev

5.6 x 1029 Mev

5.6 x 1032 Mev

4. There is no atmosphere on the moon. It is because

There is no gravitational force

The gravitational force is comparitively small

Gravitational force is very high

Molecules of different gases repell one another on the moon

5. What is browser?

Software to browse a source code

Software to browse virus and malware

Software that enables internet users to view a web page

Software to provide operating system and security

6. Which coding scheme is used in computer to represent data internally?

Decimal

Integral

Binary

None of the above

7. Which is a multi user, time-sharing operating system?

DOS

UNIX

Ms-Office

Android

8. What is RAM

Volatile Memory

Non-Volatile Memory

Cache Memory

None of the above

9. A public switching telephone network (PSTN) uses which switching technique?

Packet

Message

Circuit

None of these

10. The memory management scheme that permits the physical address space of a process to non-contiguous space is called

Paging

Spooling

Swapping

None of the above

11. Which of the following is fastest memory?

Secondary Memory

Cache Memory

Auxiliary Memory

None of the above

12. Firewall application is used for

Trapping inbound or outbound packets

Scanning viruses

Encrypting Message

None of the above

13. CPU stands for

Central Protection Unit

Central Processing Unit

Central Power Unit

Central Prerogative Unit

14. Information is defined as

Processed Data

Unprocessed Data

Raw-facts

None of the above

15. G U I stands for

Graphic Utility Input

Graphical User Interface

Graphics Use Input

None of the above

16. Noise pollution is measured in

Fathoms

Decibel

Ton

Kilogram

17. In which state the land slides are major problem?

Uttar Pradesh

Uttarakhand

Chhattisgarh

Madhya Pradesh

18. Which of the following is identified as most backward tribe in Uttarakhand?

Jaunsari Tribe

Tharu Tribe

Van-Raji

Bhotia-Tribe

19. The name of the person who is the originator of 'Save Childhood Movement' and recipient of Nobel Prize for social work is

Malala Yousufzai

Arundhati Roy

Devendra Satyarthi

Kailash Satyarthi

20. Name the atmospheric layer that has following characteristics

I This layer extends to a height of about 440 km.
II In this layer, temperature rises dramatically reaching up to 1480°C.
III This is due the fact that the gas molecules in this layer absorb the X-rays and ultra­ violet radiation of the sun.
IV It protects Earth from meteors and satellites as its high temperature burns up nearly all the debris coming towards the earth.

Thermosphere

Mesosphere

Stratosphere

Toposphere

21. Which produce was not cultivated under Harappan Civilization?

Barley

Sugarcane

Rice

Wheat

22. 'Harshacharita' was written by

Hsuan Tsang

Jayasi

Kalhan

Banabhatta

23. Who is known as 'Napolean of India'?

Akbar

Malik Ambar

Chandragupta Maurya

Samudragupta

24. The first Tirthankar of Jain religion was

Mahavir

Parshwanath

Rishabhdev

Neminath

25. The Ajanta Caves were built in

500 BCE to 1800 BCE

500 BCE to 1000 BCE

200 BCE to 700 CE

300 CE to 1000 CE

26. Which philosophy is associated with the Mahayana Buddhism:­

Vaibhashika

Sautrantika

Shunyavada

Syad Vada

27. For which purpose 'Araghattaghati-Yantra' was used

For irrigation

For weaving cloth

For calculating time

For the construction of building

28. Which ruler completed the structure of Qutub Minar?

Qutbuddin Aibak

Balban

Razia Sultana

Iltutmish

29. Who was the author of the book 'Wonder that was India'?

Gulbadan Begum

R.C. Majumdar

A.L. Basham

Romila Thapar

30. The name of the guru of Kabir Das was

Tulsidas

Ramananda

Ramanujacharya

Vallabhacharya

31. The founder of Vijaynagar Kingdom were

Harihar and Dev Rai

Harihar and Bukka

Bukka and Achutdeva

Harihar and Sadashiv

32. The 'Treaty of Purandar' was signed between

Akbar and Rana Pratap

Jai Singh and Shivaji

Aurangzeb and Sahu

Jai Singh and Golkunda

33. Who founded in 1828 the Brahmo Sabha or Brahmo Samaj

Ram Mohan Roy

Dayananda

Vivekananda

Ram Krishna Paramhansa

34. The Revolt of 1857 was started in Meerut on

10 March, 1857

18 May, 1857

10 May, 1857

18 June, 1857

35. Moplah Rebellion brokeout in Kerala in

1905 CE

1921 CE

1928 CE

1933 CE

36. Who adopted the policy of 'Doctrine of Lapse'?

Clive

Curzon

Dalhousie

William Bentinck

37. 'Quit India Movement' was started in

August 1931

April 1921

August 1942

April 1932

38. 'Azad Hind Fauj' was formed by Captain Mohan Singh at

Tokyo

Beijing

Bangkok

Singapore

39. Which social reformer did not give importance to the existence of God and supernatural questions

Swami Dayanand

Keshava Chandra Sen

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

Swami Vivekanand

40. 'Shulva Sutras' were related to

Rules of the society

Medicine

Military techniques

Measurements and construction of fire altars

41. Which bank has started the facility of cardless cash-withdrawal from ATM

SBI

Axis Bank

ICICI Bank

HDFC Bank

42. Which two international cricketers have been selected as Bradman Honourees-2014?

Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli and Steve Waugh

Shane Warne and Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Waugh

43. The Planet which has largest number of satellites is

Mars

Jupiter

Venus

Saturn

44. 'Playing it my way' is the autobiography of which cricketer?

Sourav Ganguly

Rahul Dravid

Yuvraj Singh

Sachin Tendulkar

45. With which of the following countries was the 2014 edition of SIMBEX Naval exercise conducted by India?

China

Hong Kong

Singapore

Japan

46. In 2015, 'Bharat Ratna' was conferred post-humously, on

B. R. Ambedkar

J.L. Nehru

Madan Mohan Malviya

Nelson Mandela

47. On which route India plans to start its Bullet train

Delhi-Agra

Ahmedabad-Chennai

Mumbai-Delhi

Mumbai-Ahmedabad

48. Who wrote the book 'Little India at

Natwar Singh

Jaswant Singh

Arun Jaitley

Man Mohan Singh

49. Who is the present Attorney General of India?

Ranjit Kumar

Rajiv Mathur

Mukul Rohatgi

Suresh K. Reddy

50. Who is the National Security Advisor under the present BJP Government at centre?

Ajit Doval

Shivshankar Menon

Brajesh Mishra

Gen. V.K. Singh

51. Who was given the Pulitzer prize for poetry in the year 2014?

Arun Shourie

Vijay Seshadri

Arundhati Roy

Chitra Subramanyam

52. Date of creation of Uttarakhand state in Indian Republic was

1st January 2000

9th November 2000

1st January 2001

9th November 2004

53. Presently how many Articles and Schedules are there in the Indian Constitution?

410 Articles and 12 Schedules

412 Articles and 10 Schedules

423 Articles and 11 Schedules

395 Articles and 12 Schedules

54. Which Constitutional Amendment puts a legal check on defection?

51st Constitutional Amendment

52nd and 91st Constitutional Amendments

53rd Constitutional Amendment

55th Constitutional Amendment

55. Vice-President of India is elected by

Rajya Sabha

By the people

By the members of both the houses of Parliament

By Parliament and Legistative Assemblies of the states

56. The Preamble of the Constitution declares India as

Sovereign Democratic Republic

Sovereign Socialist Democratic Republic

Sovereign Republic

Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, Democratic Republic

57. Which article of the Indian Constitution deals with the promotion of International Peace and Security?

Article 52

Article 65

Article 50

Article 51

58. How many seats are reserved for women in Panchayats by the 73rd Constitutional Amendment?

¼ Seats

Seats

20 Percent

No Reservation

59. The purpose of Adjournment Motion in Parliament is

Discussion on urgent matter of public importance.

Oppositions attempt to collect information from Ministers

To demand reduction in the amount of a grant

To demand check on the violent behaviour of some members

60. The power of the Supreme Court of India to decide disputes between the Centre and the State falls under which jurisdiction?

Advisory Jurisdiction

Appellate Jurisdiction

Original Jurisdiction

Writ Jurisdiction

61. President of India can be removed from office through

No-Confidence Motion

Impeachment

Judicial Process

None of these

62. In which of the following regions, is maximum amount of Insolation received?

Polar regions

Sub-Tropical region

Cold region

Temperate region

63. On which river is the Pong Dam constructed

Ganga

Tapti

Yamuna

Beas

64. Nanda Raj-Jat yatra starts from

Kansua

Nauti

Nand Prayag

Kurur

65. Match the List-I with the List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:­

List-I(National park/wild life sanctuary) List-II Location

A. Bandipur National Park 1. Mysore
B. Chandraprabha Sanctuary 2. Varanasi
C. Dachigam Sanctuary 3. Jammu and Kashmir
D. Namdapha National Park 4. Arunachal Pradesh

Code
A B C D

(a) 341 2

3 2 4

2 3 1

2 3 4

66. Which temple of Uttarakhand is popularly known as 'Supreme Court'

Barahi Devi temple (Champawat)

Kalimath (Rudraprayag)

Chitai (Almora)

Dhari Devi (Pauri Garhwal)

67. Ozone layer is mainly made up of

Ozone gas

Carbon dioxide gas

Nitrogen gas

Hydrogen gas

68. What is the status of the Earth in the Solar System?

A Satellite

A Planet

A Star

A Comet

69. On which route of the Uttarakhand is Om Parvat situated

Roopkund -Gwaldam

Kedarnath-Kakbhusandi

Malpa-Mansarovar

Badrinath-Satopanth

70. Which seismic wave covers longest distance and is most violent and destructive

wave

wave

wave

wave

71. The Jet aircrafts fly very easily and smoothly in the lower stratosphere. What could be the correct explanation for this

1. There are no clouds or water vapour in the lower stratosphere.

2. There is no vertical wind in the lower stratosphere.

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

72. Consider the following statement and select the correct answer from the given code

Assertion A In Himalaya, different forest belts lie within a particular altitude.

Reason R The Himalaya has different types of forests due to climatic variations. Ans Code

A and R both are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

A and both are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

A is true but R is false.

A is false but R is true.

73. 'Make in India' Campaign started on

01 September 2014

25 September 2014

01 March 2015

25 March 2015

74. 'Clean India Mission' was inaugurated on

1st January 2015

2nd October 2013

2nd October 2014

1st January 2014

75. Prices of total commodities produced and services within a country in, a given year, is known as

GNP

GDP

Personal Income

Per Capita Income

76. Which of the following function is not related to RBI

Credit control

Issue of currency notes

Lending of money to public

Lender of the money to commercial banks as a last resort

77. If the impact and incidence of tax is imposed on one and the same person, then it is known

Direct Tax

Indirect Tax

Progressive Tax

Regressive Tax

78. When was "Special Economic Zone" introduced?

March 1991

April 1998

April 2000

April 2014

79. Data collected originally for an investigation is known as

Primary Data

Secondary Data

Source Data

None of the above

80. Who estimates the National Income data in India?

Planning Commission

Reserve Bank of India

Finance Ministry

Central Statistical Organization

81. Characteristics of a developing country are

Low per capita income

Increasing pressure of population on economy

Capital deficiency

All of the above

82. Disorder of which of the following organs, causes the disease-Diabetes in humans?

Liver

Kidney

Lungs

Pancreas

83. Typhoid fever is an extremely serious infection of the gastrointestinal tract. It is caused

Salmonella typhi

Vibrio Cholerae

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

Trypamosoma

84. Presence of which hormone in the urine is the basis for the common test for pregnancy?

Growth hormone

Testasterone

Human chorionic gonadotropin

Relaxin

85. Ebola Virus causes

Hepatitis

Hemorrhagic fever

Encephalitis

Spring Viremia

86. Tetanus is caused by

Bacteria

Virus

Fungi

Protozoa

87. Betadine is an antibacterial solution containing

Formaldehyde

Hydrogen Peroxide

Iiodine

Alcohol

88. Which plant group is commonly known as amphibians of plant kingdom?

Bryophytes

Pteridophytes

Algae

Gymnosperms

89. Who proposed natural system of plant's classification

Carolus Linnaeus

Bentham and Hooker

Engler and Prantl

Hutchinson

90. Which part is absent in Gymnosperm?

Embryo

Endosperm

Ovule

Ovary

91. Which fungus grows on a bread?

Aspergillus

Rhizopus

Yeast

Synchytrium

92. The class of hormones that stimulates cell division in plants is

Cytokinins

Abscisic Acid

Hydroxyindole acetic acid

Ethylene

93. National Botanical Research Institute is situated at

Lucknow

New Delhi

Kolkata

Mumbai

94. Acid rain is primarily due to

Presence of dust in air

Presence of water vapour in air

Carbon-di-oxide

Oxides of Sulphur and Nitrogen

95. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the given codes

List-I List-II
A. Flows between Satpura and 1. Mahanadi the Vindhyan
B. Forms a delta in Odisha 2. Narmada
C. Hemavati, Herangi and Amravati are its tributaries 3. Brahmaputra
D. River also known as Tsangpo 4. Cauvery

Code
A B C D

(a)214 3

(b)132 4

(c)423 1

(d)341 2

96. Which of the following is not a green house gas

Hydrogen

Carbon Dioxide

Methane

Chlorofluorocarbons

97. What is responsible for the Nitrogen fixation by legumes?

Mycorrhiza

Rhizospheric microflora

Rhizombia

Soil fungi

98. Stone cancer of Taj Mahal is primarily due to pollution from?

Emissions from Mathura refinery

Growing population of Agra

Change in climate s

Pollution from tanneries

99. Who is known as architect of Green Revolution in India?

Dr. Kurien

Dr. Swaminathan

Dr. Pachauri

None of the above

100. In the process of production of energy in Sun, it is

Conversion of hydrogen into oxygen

Conversion of carbon into hydrogen

Conversion of hydrogen into helium

Conversion of helium into hydrogen


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