Exam Details
| Subject | general aptitude | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | mains | |
| Department | ||
| Organization | maharashtra public service commission | |
| Position | assistant motor vehicle inspector | |
| Exam Date | 2005 | |
| City, State | maharashtra, |
Question Paper
1 Which of the following countries revalued its currency recently?
India
Sri Lanka
Pakistan
China
2 Name the State where Mr. Sushillrumar Shinde has been appointed as Governor.
Gujarat
Karnataka
Andhra Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
3 The Nobel Peace Prize for the year 2004 was awarded to .
Wangari Maathai
John Maathai
Shirin Ebadi
Jimmy Carter
4 Indian Scientist Modadugu V. Gupta was awarded with June 2005.
World Health Prize 2004
World Agricultural Prize 2003
World Peace Prize 2005
World Food Prize 2005
5 Constituency had the maximum number of contestants in 2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Elections.
Shirdi
Chimur
Parel
Sakri
6 Prakash Karat is the Secretary of
c.P.I.(M)
C.P.I.
B.J.P.
Samata
7 The Chief Minister of the State of Rajasthan is
Sheela Dixit
Mulayamsingh Yadav
Vilasrao Deshmukh
Vasundhara Raje Scindia
8 Where does the Yamuna river join the Ganga?
Haridwar
Allahabad
Agra
Meerut
9 Durgapur is famous for which industry
Cement
Iron and Steel
Glass
Sugar
10 Which of the following factors has revolutionised the trade industry
Population
Transportation
Power Supply
Climate
11 "BHEL", a public sector industry manufacturing heavy electrical equipments is located at
Chennai
Bhopal
Bhubaneshwar
Hyderabad
12 Which of the following statement represents the correct pre-independence industrial scene of India
Import dependent, limitedto consumer goods.
Import independent, Government involvement, limited to capital goods.
Import dependent, involvement ofprivate sector and limited to consumer goods.
Import independent, involvement ofprivate sector and limited to capital goods.
13 The Act prohibiting "Sati" was passed in the Year
1818
1829
1837
1856
14 Small Scale Industries
deal with small area, small market, small machines.
deal with small machines, small bulk of raw materials.
deal with production of small items, small market.
deal with small capital, few labourers, small bulk ofraw materials.
15 G.S. Parkhe Prize is awarded to the person working in the field of
industry
agriculture
music
social work
16 In small scale industries, a silk manufacturing unit requires
a little amount of water and a little effort.
a large amount of water and a little effort.
a large amount of water and a large effort.
a little amount of water and a large effort.
17 Which of the following institutions is known as a bank?
Industrial Co-operative Institution
State Finance Corporation
International Development Organisation
Industrial Development Bank of India
18 Which of the following is used for the extraction of Aluminium?
Mica
Bauxite
Uranium
Lime stone
19 We can hear the sound of frequency between the range of
0 to 20 Hz
20 Hz to 200 Hz
20 Hz to 20,000 Hz
20 Hz to 2,000 Hz
20 Which insect produces a substance called "royal jelly"
Honey bee
House fly
Bumble bee
Butterfly
21 "Light year" is a unit used to measure
Astronomical distance
Intensity of light
Time
None of the above
22 Deficiency of causes night-blindness.
Vitamin-A
Vitamin-D
Vitamin-K
Vitamin-B
23 The pair of physical quantities having the same unit is
energy and force
work and power
work and energy
velocity and momentum
24 "Insulin" is used for the treatment of
Malaria
Diabetes
Cholera
Small-pox
25 Excess intake of the following is not harmful to the human body.
Fluorine
Vitamin-A
Vitamin-13
Vitamin-D
26 A convex lens of focal length 25 cm will have the power of the lens
1/25 DIOpter
25 Diopter
4 Diopter
Diopter
27 Who was the Mughal Emperor in 1857
Baktkhan
Bahadurshah Second
Bahadurshah First
Siraj Ud-duala
28 Who is known as "Lokhitwadi"
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
Mahatma Jotirao Phule
Gopal Hari Deshmukh
29 Which of the following leaders were the Committee Members of the 'Nehru Report' (1928) under the leadership of Motilal Nehru
B.R. Ambedkar, M.K. Gandhi, V.D. Sawarkar, Sardar Patel
Tej Bahadur Sapru, Sir Ali Iman, Sardar Mangal Singh, Subhash Chandra Bose
M.G. Ranade, Surendranath Bannerjee, W.C. Bannerjee, Phirozshah Mehta
Subramaniyam Iyer, K.T. Telang, Narendranath Sen, Dadabhai Naoroji
30 Partition of Bengal was carried out under the Viceroyalty
Lord Curzon
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Lytten
Lord Ripon
31 __inspired the youth for revolutionary work through his paper 'Vande Mataram'
Bhupendranath
Arobindo Ghosh
Khudiram Bose
V.D. Savarkar
32 Who, out of the following, participated in the Temple Entry agitation at Vaikom in Kerala
Pandurang Sadashiv Sane
Maharshi Karve
Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar
Vitthal Ramji Shinde
33 Who was the founder of 'Depressed Class Mission'
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Shahu Maharaj
Vitthal Ramji Shinde
Mahatma Phule
34 Which one of the following is regarded as the first Labour Association in India?
'Bombay Workers' Association
Indian Workers Union
Bombay Millhands' Association
All India Trade Union Association
35 is the highest peak in Aravalis.
Dhupgarh
Mount Abu
Gurushikhar
Panchmarhi
36 Which administrative division of Maharashtra has the largest number of talukas
Pune
Ahmednagar
Nandurbar
Nagpur
37 The amount of rainfall as one goes from South to North ofIndia.
decreases
remams same
increases
not much difference
38 Which is the first satellite launched by India in Space?
Bhaskar
Rohini
Sputnik
Aryabhatta
39 a West flowing river.
Tapi
Godavari
Damodar
Koyana
40 The Ganga-Brahmaputra delta is known as "Sunderbans" because
these forests are beautiful.
it has vast extent.
it is named after a person.
it is named after a particular tree.
41 In which of the following type of rocks "Ajanta-Ellora" caves have been carved?
Granite
Basalt
Quartzite
Marble
42 'Melghat' sanctuary is in __State.
Kerala
Maharashtra
Kamataka
Orissa
43 Which of the following institution's authority has been divided as per the Indian Federal System?
Military
Railways
Judiciary
Legislature
44 Who is the administrative head of a Ministry
Assistant Secretary
Principal Secretary
Commissioner
Chief Secretary
45 Which of the following collects entertainment tax from the people?
Gram Panchayat
Taluka Samiti
Zilla Parishad
Police Commissioner
46 The number of elected seats in the Maharashtra State Assembly
290
288
292
280
47 The Sarpanch is elected by the
Zilla Parishad Members
Panchayat Samiti Members
Gram Panchayat Members
Legislative Assembly Members
48 How many members are elected from the Union Territories in the Lok Sabha
13
54
65
35
49 The Head of the State in India according to the Indian Constitution
The Prime Minister
The President
The Chief Minister
The Governor
50 First mid-term polls for Lok Sabha were held
1971
1967
1995
1999
51 Find the odd man out.
41,61,71,91
41
71
61
91
52 Which one of the following will come in the middle place if arranged in a descending order?
Day, Year, Hour, Minute, Month
Hour
Month
Day
Minute
53 If 36 pages of a book are read every day, it can be completed in 22 days. If 72 pages are read every day, in how many days it will be completed?
36 days
11 days
44 days
18 days
54 Find the odd man out:
17,26,37,64
17
37
26
64
55 Observe the following diagram. Identify the number of teachers who are writers but not poets.
<img src='./qimages/2093-55.jpg'>
5
7
4
6
56 Find the odd man out. 24,54,56,64,84 24 56 54 84
57 A lizard is climbing over a pole of height 4.8 m. Every minute it climbs 25 cm and comes down 10 cm by next minute. How much time it will take to reach at the top of the pole?
48 minutes
64 minutes
84 minutes
92 minutes
58 Find out the next member of the given series.
59 Find the missing figure in the third triangle. 1/3 2/4 23 4
25
100
121
144
60 If pen is called scale, scale is called paper, paper is called bag and bag is called pen, then which of the following should be used for writing?
Scale and bag
Bag and paper
Pen and bag
Pen and scale
61 What is the meaning of "All that glitters is not gold"
Gold always glitters.
No other metal glitters like gold.
Some objects are good like gold.
Those who pretend to be good are not always good.
62 Find the odd man out. 77,121,131,143
77
121
131
143
63 If MUMBAI is coded as 59, then what will be the coding of MADRAS?
46
56
64
65
64 The distance between the points A and B is 48 cm. The distance between A and C is half the distance between C and B. C is in between A and B. What is the distance between C and
16 cm
32cm
48cm
64cm
65 Subhash got more marks than Sunil, but less marks than Arun. Shyam got less marks than Ram, but more marks than Arun. Who got the highest marks?
Ram
Shyam
Arun
Subhash
66 Find out the next member of the given series.
0 0
0 0
67 In a certain code language, 'THUMB BMUHT', how will you write in the same code language?
MORTS
MROTS
MORST
MROST
68 If stands for 7564 and for 1233, then 'POSSffiLE' stands for
73231645
72351643
72335641
72335164
69 In a certain code language means 2556, what will be the meaning of 8945 in the same code language
DIED
HIDE
PORK
WIDE
70 axY bz h
S
T
U
V
71 121 441
480
484
488
490
72 Which number will come in the place of question mark
51
57
64
71
72 Find the odd man out. 31 61 41 91
73 If 1 then 2 3 4 5 0 2 0
74
75 Which number will come next? 82 84 Which number will come next 11,16,23,32, 43 47
76 Which number will come in the place of question mark 7
7
8
9
10
77 Which number will come in the place of question mark 7 11, 18,27,.l
36
38
40
42
79 Which letter group will come in the place ofquestion mark? ZY, WV, SR, NM, ..:L
HG
OP
LK
KL
80 If Kilometre: Road, Litre: Grains Cloth Water Length
81 How many times a rope should be cut down to get eleven equal parts of it
11
10
12
82 Naresh will be 25 yrs after 3 yrs. How old was he before 5 yrs
20
17
15
18
83 Rama is standing facing the South direction, if he turns at 90° to his left, what's the direction he is facing now?
West
East
North
North-East
84 Insert the missing number in the following figure: 75 5 15 80 20 78 6 13
85 Complete the series by identifying appropriate digit in the blank space.
12
15
16
14
86 If A B=2and C in this way if we write serially, then what will be addition of QPL?
54
55
45
35
87 The watch shown in the fig. is 5 minutes fast. What is exact time shown by this watch?
10 hours 8 minutes 15 sec.
10 hours 5 minutes 20 sec.
10 hours 13 minutes 20 sec.
10 hours 8 minutes 20 sec.
88 Sushma is in the middle in a queue. She is number eleventh from both sides, then how many girls are there?
20
21
32
23
89 How many letters are between and 7 9 8 6
90 A clock is placcd in front of mirror. In the mirror the time seen is 5 minutes past what is the actual time?
8.55
7.55
8.05
7.05
91 What should corne in place of question mark in the series given below? ohLl h Ll Ll 0 0 0 Ll BYT IQ]
92 Find out which word does not belong to the group. Washington, Baghdad, London, Canada
Canada
Baghdad
Washington
London
93 Alphabet: Word: Word: .l...
Sound
Sentence
Dictionary
Music
94 Find out the word which does not belong to group. Mercury, Moon, Pluto, Venus
Mercury
Moon
Pluto
Venus
95 In a certain code language 'FHNPCE' is written as How you will write 'ACDFCE' in the same code language
ROD
DOT
BAD
BED
96 A figure of garden is given here. All sides of the garden are equal in length. S are the midpoints of the four sides. Ramesh started walking from point facing west. He walked along the sides of the garden and came back to his original place. How many times did Ramesh tum right? R Q S (East) (West)
11
12
97 Find out the digit at question mark in following series. 42,35,28, .:L 14
12
56
21
98 How many triangles are there in the figure?
12
13
14
10
99 Which number will come at the place of question mark?
25
27
28
29
100 Six persons are sitting around a round table. Satish is between Sudhir and Suhas. Gurunath is sitting near Ashok and is in front of Satish. Vijay is sitting near Suhas. Who is opposite to Suhas?
Sudhir
Satish
Vijay
Ashok
India
Sri Lanka
Pakistan
China
2 Name the State where Mr. Sushillrumar Shinde has been appointed as Governor.
Gujarat
Karnataka
Andhra Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
3 The Nobel Peace Prize for the year 2004 was awarded to .
Wangari Maathai
John Maathai
Shirin Ebadi
Jimmy Carter
4 Indian Scientist Modadugu V. Gupta was awarded with June 2005.
World Health Prize 2004
World Agricultural Prize 2003
World Peace Prize 2005
World Food Prize 2005
5 Constituency had the maximum number of contestants in 2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Elections.
Shirdi
Chimur
Parel
Sakri
6 Prakash Karat is the Secretary of
c.P.I.(M)
C.P.I.
B.J.P.
Samata
7 The Chief Minister of the State of Rajasthan is
Sheela Dixit
Mulayamsingh Yadav
Vilasrao Deshmukh
Vasundhara Raje Scindia
8 Where does the Yamuna river join the Ganga?
Haridwar
Allahabad
Agra
Meerut
9 Durgapur is famous for which industry
Cement
Iron and Steel
Glass
Sugar
10 Which of the following factors has revolutionised the trade industry
Population
Transportation
Power Supply
Climate
11 "BHEL", a public sector industry manufacturing heavy electrical equipments is located at
Chennai
Bhopal
Bhubaneshwar
Hyderabad
12 Which of the following statement represents the correct pre-independence industrial scene of India
Import dependent, limitedto consumer goods.
Import independent, Government involvement, limited to capital goods.
Import dependent, involvement ofprivate sector and limited to consumer goods.
Import independent, involvement ofprivate sector and limited to capital goods.
13 The Act prohibiting "Sati" was passed in the Year
1818
1829
1837
1856
14 Small Scale Industries
deal with small area, small market, small machines.
deal with small machines, small bulk of raw materials.
deal with production of small items, small market.
deal with small capital, few labourers, small bulk ofraw materials.
15 G.S. Parkhe Prize is awarded to the person working in the field of
industry
agriculture
music
social work
16 In small scale industries, a silk manufacturing unit requires
a little amount of water and a little effort.
a large amount of water and a little effort.
a large amount of water and a large effort.
a little amount of water and a large effort.
17 Which of the following institutions is known as a bank?
Industrial Co-operative Institution
State Finance Corporation
International Development Organisation
Industrial Development Bank of India
18 Which of the following is used for the extraction of Aluminium?
Mica
Bauxite
Uranium
Lime stone
19 We can hear the sound of frequency between the range of
0 to 20 Hz
20 Hz to 200 Hz
20 Hz to 20,000 Hz
20 Hz to 2,000 Hz
20 Which insect produces a substance called "royal jelly"
Honey bee
House fly
Bumble bee
Butterfly
21 "Light year" is a unit used to measure
Astronomical distance
Intensity of light
Time
None of the above
22 Deficiency of causes night-blindness.
Vitamin-A
Vitamin-D
Vitamin-K
Vitamin-B
23 The pair of physical quantities having the same unit is
energy and force
work and power
work and energy
velocity and momentum
24 "Insulin" is used for the treatment of
Malaria
Diabetes
Cholera
Small-pox
25 Excess intake of the following is not harmful to the human body.
Fluorine
Vitamin-A
Vitamin-13
Vitamin-D
26 A convex lens of focal length 25 cm will have the power of the lens
1/25 DIOpter
25 Diopter
4 Diopter
Diopter
27 Who was the Mughal Emperor in 1857
Baktkhan
Bahadurshah Second
Bahadurshah First
Siraj Ud-duala
28 Who is known as "Lokhitwadi"
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
Mahatma Jotirao Phule
Gopal Hari Deshmukh
29 Which of the following leaders were the Committee Members of the 'Nehru Report' (1928) under the leadership of Motilal Nehru
B.R. Ambedkar, M.K. Gandhi, V.D. Sawarkar, Sardar Patel
Tej Bahadur Sapru, Sir Ali Iman, Sardar Mangal Singh, Subhash Chandra Bose
M.G. Ranade, Surendranath Bannerjee, W.C. Bannerjee, Phirozshah Mehta
Subramaniyam Iyer, K.T. Telang, Narendranath Sen, Dadabhai Naoroji
30 Partition of Bengal was carried out under the Viceroyalty
Lord Curzon
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Lytten
Lord Ripon
31 __inspired the youth for revolutionary work through his paper 'Vande Mataram'
Bhupendranath
Arobindo Ghosh
Khudiram Bose
V.D. Savarkar
32 Who, out of the following, participated in the Temple Entry agitation at Vaikom in Kerala
Pandurang Sadashiv Sane
Maharshi Karve
Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar
Vitthal Ramji Shinde
33 Who was the founder of 'Depressed Class Mission'
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Shahu Maharaj
Vitthal Ramji Shinde
Mahatma Phule
34 Which one of the following is regarded as the first Labour Association in India?
'Bombay Workers' Association
Indian Workers Union
Bombay Millhands' Association
All India Trade Union Association
35 is the highest peak in Aravalis.
Dhupgarh
Mount Abu
Gurushikhar
Panchmarhi
36 Which administrative division of Maharashtra has the largest number of talukas
Pune
Ahmednagar
Nandurbar
Nagpur
37 The amount of rainfall as one goes from South to North ofIndia.
decreases
remams same
increases
not much difference
38 Which is the first satellite launched by India in Space?
Bhaskar
Rohini
Sputnik
Aryabhatta
39 a West flowing river.
Tapi
Godavari
Damodar
Koyana
40 The Ganga-Brahmaputra delta is known as "Sunderbans" because
these forests are beautiful.
it has vast extent.
it is named after a person.
it is named after a particular tree.
41 In which of the following type of rocks "Ajanta-Ellora" caves have been carved?
Granite
Basalt
Quartzite
Marble
42 'Melghat' sanctuary is in __State.
Kerala
Maharashtra
Kamataka
Orissa
43 Which of the following institution's authority has been divided as per the Indian Federal System?
Military
Railways
Judiciary
Legislature
44 Who is the administrative head of a Ministry
Assistant Secretary
Principal Secretary
Commissioner
Chief Secretary
45 Which of the following collects entertainment tax from the people?
Gram Panchayat
Taluka Samiti
Zilla Parishad
Police Commissioner
46 The number of elected seats in the Maharashtra State Assembly
290
288
292
280
47 The Sarpanch is elected by the
Zilla Parishad Members
Panchayat Samiti Members
Gram Panchayat Members
Legislative Assembly Members
48 How many members are elected from the Union Territories in the Lok Sabha
13
54
65
35
49 The Head of the State in India according to the Indian Constitution
The Prime Minister
The President
The Chief Minister
The Governor
50 First mid-term polls for Lok Sabha were held
1971
1967
1995
1999
51 Find the odd man out.
41,61,71,91
41
71
61
91
52 Which one of the following will come in the middle place if arranged in a descending order?
Day, Year, Hour, Minute, Month
Hour
Month
Day
Minute
53 If 36 pages of a book are read every day, it can be completed in 22 days. If 72 pages are read every day, in how many days it will be completed?
36 days
11 days
44 days
18 days
54 Find the odd man out:
17,26,37,64
17
37
26
64
55 Observe the following diagram. Identify the number of teachers who are writers but not poets.
<img src='./qimages/2093-55.jpg'>
5
7
4
6
56 Find the odd man out. 24,54,56,64,84 24 56 54 84
57 A lizard is climbing over a pole of height 4.8 m. Every minute it climbs 25 cm and comes down 10 cm by next minute. How much time it will take to reach at the top of the pole?
48 minutes
64 minutes
84 minutes
92 minutes
58 Find out the next member of the given series.
59 Find the missing figure in the third triangle. 1/3 2/4 23 4
25
100
121
144
60 If pen is called scale, scale is called paper, paper is called bag and bag is called pen, then which of the following should be used for writing?
Scale and bag
Bag and paper
Pen and bag
Pen and scale
61 What is the meaning of "All that glitters is not gold"
Gold always glitters.
No other metal glitters like gold.
Some objects are good like gold.
Those who pretend to be good are not always good.
62 Find the odd man out. 77,121,131,143
77
121
131
143
63 If MUMBAI is coded as 59, then what will be the coding of MADRAS?
46
56
64
65
64 The distance between the points A and B is 48 cm. The distance between A and C is half the distance between C and B. C is in between A and B. What is the distance between C and
16 cm
32cm
48cm
64cm
65 Subhash got more marks than Sunil, but less marks than Arun. Shyam got less marks than Ram, but more marks than Arun. Who got the highest marks?
Ram
Shyam
Arun
Subhash
66 Find out the next member of the given series.
0 0
0 0
67 In a certain code language, 'THUMB BMUHT', how will you write in the same code language?
MORTS
MROTS
MORST
MROST
68 If stands for 7564 and for 1233, then 'POSSffiLE' stands for
73231645
72351643
72335641
72335164
69 In a certain code language means 2556, what will be the meaning of 8945 in the same code language
DIED
HIDE
PORK
WIDE
70 axY bz h
S
T
U
V
71 121 441
480
484
488
490
72 Which number will come in the place of question mark
51
57
64
71
72 Find the odd man out. 31 61 41 91
73 If 1 then 2 3 4 5 0 2 0
74
75 Which number will come next? 82 84 Which number will come next 11,16,23,32, 43 47
76 Which number will come in the place of question mark 7
7
8
9
10
77 Which number will come in the place of question mark 7 11, 18,27,.l
36
38
40
42
79 Which letter group will come in the place ofquestion mark? ZY, WV, SR, NM, ..:L
HG
OP
LK
KL
80 If Kilometre: Road, Litre: Grains Cloth Water Length
81 How many times a rope should be cut down to get eleven equal parts of it
11
10
12
82 Naresh will be 25 yrs after 3 yrs. How old was he before 5 yrs
20
17
15
18
83 Rama is standing facing the South direction, if he turns at 90° to his left, what's the direction he is facing now?
West
East
North
North-East
84 Insert the missing number in the following figure: 75 5 15 80 20 78 6 13
85 Complete the series by identifying appropriate digit in the blank space.
12
15
16
14
86 If A B=2and C in this way if we write serially, then what will be addition of QPL?
54
55
45
35
87 The watch shown in the fig. is 5 minutes fast. What is exact time shown by this watch?
10 hours 8 minutes 15 sec.
10 hours 5 minutes 20 sec.
10 hours 13 minutes 20 sec.
10 hours 8 minutes 20 sec.
88 Sushma is in the middle in a queue. She is number eleventh from both sides, then how many girls are there?
20
21
32
23
89 How many letters are between and 7 9 8 6
90 A clock is placcd in front of mirror. In the mirror the time seen is 5 minutes past what is the actual time?
8.55
7.55
8.05
7.05
91 What should corne in place of question mark in the series given below? ohLl h Ll Ll 0 0 0 Ll BYT IQ]
92 Find out which word does not belong to the group. Washington, Baghdad, London, Canada
Canada
Baghdad
Washington
London
93 Alphabet: Word: Word: .l...
Sound
Sentence
Dictionary
Music
94 Find out the word which does not belong to group. Mercury, Moon, Pluto, Venus
Mercury
Moon
Pluto
Venus
95 In a certain code language 'FHNPCE' is written as How you will write 'ACDFCE' in the same code language
ROD
DOT
BAD
BED
96 A figure of garden is given here. All sides of the garden are equal in length. S are the midpoints of the four sides. Ramesh started walking from point facing west. He walked along the sides of the garden and came back to his original place. How many times did Ramesh tum right? R Q S (East) (West)
11
12
97 Find out the digit at question mark in following series. 42,35,28, .:L 14
12
56
21
98 How many triangles are there in the figure?
12
13
14
10
99 Which number will come at the place of question mark?
25
27
28
29
100 Six persons are sitting around a round table. Satish is between Sudhir and Suhas. Gurunath is sitting near Ashok and is in front of Satish. Vijay is sitting near Suhas. Who is opposite to Suhas?
Sudhir
Satish
Vijay
Ashok