General Science

1. An artificial satellite orbiting the earth does not fall down because

the earth’s attraction

(a) is balanced by the attraction of the moon (b) vanishes at such distances (c) is balanced by the viscous drag
produced by the atmosphere (d) produces the necessary acceleration of its motion in a curved path

2. All bodies whether large or small fall with the

(a) same force (b) same acceleration (c) same velocity (d) same momentum

3. The weight of a body at the centre of the earth is

(a) zero (b) infinite (c) same as at other places (d) slightly greater than that at poles

4. A boy is whirling a stone tied with a string in a horizontal circular path the string breaks, the stone

(a) will continue to move in the circular path (b) will move along a straight line towards the centre of the circular
path (c) will move along a straight line tangential to the circular path (d) will move along a straight line
perpendicular to the circular path away from the boy

5. The weight of an object is the

(a) Mass of the object (b) Force with which it is attracted towards the earth (c) Product of its mass and
acceleration due to gravity (d) Only (b) and (c)

6. Potential energy of your body is minimum when you

(a) are standing (b) are sitting on a chair (c) are sitting on the ground (d) lie down on the ground

7. If a running boy jumps on a rotating table, which of the following is conserved.

(a) Linear momentum (b) K.E (c) Angular momentum (d) Neither of above

8. An athlete runs some distance before taking a long jump because

(a) he gains energy to take him through long distance (b) it helps to apply large force (c) by running action and
reaction force increases (d) by running the athlete gives himself larger inertia of motion

9. A metal ball hits a wall and does not rebound whereas a rubber ball

of the same mass on hitting the wall with the same velocity rebounds

back. It can be concluded that. (a) metal ball suffers greater change in momentum (b) rubber ball suffers greater
change in momentum (c) the initial momentum of metal ball is greater than initial momentum of rubber ball (d)
both suffer same change in momentum

10. A boy carrying a box on his head is walking on a level road from one

place to another on a straight road is doing no work. This statement is. (a) correct (b) incorrect (c) partly correct
(d) insufficient data

11. Construction of a submarine is based on. (a) Bernoulli’s theorem (b) Pascal’s law (c) Archimedes’ principle
(d)None of these

12. Hydraulic brakes are based on. (a) Dulong and Petit’s law (b) Pascal’s law (c) Pressure law (d) Dalton’s law
of partial pressure

13. In the following figure is shown the flow of liquid through a horizontal pipe. Three tubes A, B and C are
connected to the pipe. The radii of the tubes A, B and C at the junction are respectively 2cm, 1 cm and 2 cm. It
can be said that the
(a) Height of the liquid in the tube A is maximum

(b) Height of one liquid in the tubes A and B is the same

(c) Height of the liquid in the three tubes is the same

(d) Height of the liquid in the tubes A and C is the same

14. Cryogenic engines find applications in (a) Rocket technology (b) Frost-free refrigerators (c) Sub-marine
propulsion (d) Researches in superconductivity

15. In a pressure cooker the cooking is fast, because (a) the boiling point of water is raised by the increased
pressure inside the cooker (b) the boiling point of water is lowered by pressure (c) more steam is available to
cook the food at 100ºC (d) more pressure is available to cook the food at 100ºC

16. Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar is playing sitar on its strings, and you,as a physicist (unfortunately without
musical ears), observed the following oddities. I. The greater the length of a vibrating string, the smaller its
frequency. II. The greater the tension in the string, the greater is the frequency III. The heavier the mass of the
string, the smaller the frequency. IV. The thinner the wire, the higher its frequency. The maestro signalled the
following combination as correct one: (a) II, III and IV (b) I, II and IV (c) I, II and III (d) I, II, III and IV

17. Figure shows two rays A and B being reflected by a mirror and going as A' and B'. The mirror

(a) Is plane (b) Is convex (c) Is concave (d) May be any spherical mirror

18. Ozone is found in (a) Stratosphere (b) Ionosphere (c) Mesosphere (b) Troposphere

19. Which scientist experimentally proved the existence of electromagnetic waves (a) Sir J.C. Bose (b) Maxwell
(c) Marconi (d) Hertz

19. A signal emitted by an antenna from a certain point can be received at another point of the surface in the form
of (a) Sky wave (b) Ground wave (c) Sea wave (d) Both (a) and (b)

20. Watt-hour meter measures (a) Electric energy (b) Current (c) Voltage (d) Power

21. The value of internal resistance of an ideal cell is (a) Zero (b) 0.5 W (c) 1 W (d) Infinity

22. For gold-plating on a copper chain, the substance required in the form of solution is (a) Copper sulphate (b)
Copper chloride (c) Potassium cyanide (d) Potassium aurocyanide

23. Radio frequency choke uses core of (a) Air (b) Iron (c) Air and Iron (d) None of these

24. Quantity that remains unchanged in a transformer is (a) Voltage (b) Current (c) Frequency (d) None of the
above

25.For high frequency, a capacitor offers (a) More reactance (b) Less reactance (c) Zero reactance (d) Infinite
reactance.

26. Of da, para and ferromagnetism, the universal property of all substances is (a) Diamagnetism (b) Para
magnetism (c) Ferromagnetism (d) All the above

27.In a cassette player, materials used for coating magnetic tapes are (a) cobalt (b) CoFe2O4 (c) NiFe2O4 (d)
Nickel

28. Curie temperature is the temp. above which (a) a ferro magnetic material becomes para magnetic (b) a para
magnetic material becomes Dia magnetic (c) a ferro magnetic material becomes Dia magnetic (d) a para
magnetic material becomes ferro magnetic.

29. The direction of magnetic line of force of a bar magnet is (a) from south to north pole (b) from north to south
pole (c) across the bar magnet (d) from south to north pole inside the magnet and from north to south pole
outside the magnet.

30. A dc battery of V volt is connected to a series combination of a resistor R and an ideal diode D as shown in
the figure below. The potential difference across R will be.

(a) 2V when diode is forward biased

(b) Zero when diode is forward biased
(c) V when diode is reverse biased
(d) V when diode is forward biased
31. The diagram below shows a magnet near a pile of particles of iron and sulphur. The magnet attracts the iron,
separating it from the mixture. Based on the diagram, which statement is true? (a) The parts of a mixture keep
their own properties. (b) The elements in a compound keep their own properties. (c) The properties of a mixture
are different from the properties of its parts. (d) The properties of a compound are different from the properties of
its elements.

BIOLOGY
1. Which organelle is usually found associated with the nucleus of the cell in animals ? (a) Centrosome (b)
Vacuole (c) Chromosome (d) Mitochondria

2. Which animal cell structure is characterized by selective permeability? (a) Chromosome (b) Cell membrane (c)
Cell wall (d) Ribosomes

3.. The process of mitosis is divided into 4 phases. Identify the correct order in which these phases appear in
mitosis (a) Anaphase, Metaphase, Telophase and Prophase (b) Telophase, Anaphase, Metaphase and Prophase
(c) Metaphase, Prophase, Anaphase and Telophase (d) Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase and Telophase

4.Regarding the sequence of cell cycle, which one is correct? (a) G1, G2, S and M (b) S, G1, G2 and M (c) G1,
S, G2 and M (d) G2, S, G1 and M

5 Blood, phloem and muscle are (a) Tissues (b) Organs (c) Cells (d) Organ system The two kidney shaped cells
of the stomata are called (a) Epidermis (b) Guard cells (c) Stoma (d) Phloem

6. Bone marrow is absent in (a) Reptilia (b) Amphibia (c) Fishes (d) Birds

7.. The hump of camel is made up of which of the following tissues? (a) Areolar tissue (b) Adipose tissue (c)
Epithelial tissue (d) Muscular tissue

8. Pernicious anaemia is due to (a) Low RBC count (b) Death of WBC (c) Defective RBC maturation (d)
Destruction of young RBC

9. In human body, which one of the following hormones regulates blood calcium and phosphate? (a) Glucagon
(b) Growth hormone (c) Parathyroid hormone (d) Thyroxine

10. A pacemaker is meant for (a) transporting liver (b) transplanting heart (c) initiation of heart beats (d) regulation
of blood flow.

11. A zygote which has an X-chromosome inherited from the father will develop into a. (a) boy (b) girl (c) X-
chromosome does not determine the sex of a child (d) either boy or girl

12.Chloramphenicol and Erythromycin (broad spectrum antibiotics) are produced by (a) Streptomyces (b)
Nitrobacter (c) Rhizobium (d) Penicillium

13. The development and flourishment of fishery industry has led to (a) Green revolution (b) Blue revolution (c)
Silver revolution (d) White revolution

14. Lactic acid bacteria convert milk into curd and improves its nutritional quality by enhancing (a) vitamin A (b)
vitamin B (c) vitamin C (d) vitamin D

15. Which gas is responsible for the puffed-up appearance of dough? (a) CO2 (b) O2 (c) SO2 (d) NO2

16. Vinegar is prepared from alcohol with the help of (a) Lactobacillus (b) Acetobacter (c) Azotobacter (d)
Rhizobium

17. A genetically engineered micro-organism used successfully in bioremediation of oil spills is a species of (a)
Pseudomonas (b) Trichoderma (c) Xanthomonas (d) Bacillus

18. 'Witches Broom' of legumes is due to (a) Mycoplasma (b) Bacterium (c) Fungus (d) Virus

19. Bakare disease of Rice is due to (a) Erysiphe (b) Gibberellin (c) Phytophthora (d) Albergo
 HISTORY
1. Indus Valley Civilization was discovered in: (a) 1911 (b) 1921 (c) 1931 (d) 1941

2. Almost the people of Indus Valley Civilization were: (a) Neuroid (b) Proto-Australoid (c) Mediterranean (d)
Nordic

3. Indus Valley Civilization belongs to: (a) pre-historical (b) Historical period (c) Proto-historical (d) post-historical

4. The people of Indus Valley Civilization usually built their houses of: (a) Pucca bricks (b) Wood (c) Stone (d)
None of these

5. Indus Valley Civilization was discovered by: (a) Dayaram Sahni (b) R.D. Banerji (c) Cunningham (d) Wheeler

6. Harsha was a devotee of which of the following Gods? (a) Shiva (b) Surya (c) Buddha (d) All the above

7. Who is considered as the greatest Chalayan ruler of Badami? (a) Pulakesi I (b) Pulakesin II (c) Vinayaditya (d)
Vikramiditya I

8. Which Chalukyan ruler is said to have received an embassy from the Persian king Khusrau II? (a) Pulkesin II
(b) Vikramaditya I (c) Vinay Aditya (d) Vijay Aditya

9. Who among the following Gupta kings had another name Deva Gupta? (a) Chandragupta I (b) Samudragupta
(c) Chandragupta II (d) Kumar Gupta

10. The Gupta gold coins were known as (a) Drama (b) Kars Apana (c) Dinar (d) Niska

11. Which Maratha state was the last to accept the subsidiary alliance of the British? (a) Gaikwad (b) Sandhi (c)
Holkar (d) Bhonsle

12. Between which stations was the first railway line opened in India? (a) Calcutta to Rani Ganj (b) Bombay to
Pune (c) Calcutta to Jamshedpur (d) Bombay to Thane

13. Who of the following laid the first rail line in India? (a) Lord Ellenborough (b) Lord Canning (c) Lord Dufferin
(d) Lord Dalhousie

14. Who was the father of Civil Service? (a) Lord Minto (b) Lord Wellesley (c) Lord William Bentinck (d) Lord
Cornwallis

15. Who among the following was the first Governor General of India? (a) Robert Clive (b) Lord Canning (c) Lord
William Bentinck (d) Lord Wellesley

16. Who was the first Governor General of Bengal? (a) Lord Clive (b) Warren Hastings (c) Lord Wellesley (d)
Lord Hastings

17. The activity of the Congress during the period of Moderate was summed up as (a) Prayer (b) Petition (c)
Protest (d) All the above

18. Who shot dead Michael O’ Dwyer, the Lt. Governor of Punjab at the time of the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?
(a) Udham Singh (b) Kartar Singh Sarabhai (c) Bhagat Singh (d) Mohanlal Dhingra

19. Bardoli Satyagraha was led by– (a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Vallabhbhai Patel (c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Subhash
Chandra Bose

20. The Mantra of “Do or Die”, was given by– (a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Subhash Chandra Bose (c) Mahatma
Gandhi (d) Binoba Brave

BOOKS AND AURTHOR’S

1.'India of our Dreams' is a book written by (a) Dr S. Radhakrishnan (b) Dr. C. Subramanian (c) M.V. Kamath (d)
Dr. Rajendra Prasad

2.. Who has won the Gyan Peeth Award for her book 'Yama'? (a) Maheswari Devi (b) Asha Poorna Devi (c)
Amrita Preetam (d) Mahadevi Verma

3.. The book 'Gulliver's Travels' was written by (a) Alexandra Dumas (b) Charles Lamb (c) Charles Dickens (d)
Jonathan Swift

4. The celebrated novel 'The Godfather' was authored by (a) Harold Robbins (b) John Milton (c) Victor Hugo
(d) Mario Puzo

5. The author of the book 'Waiting for the Mahatma' is (a) R.K. Narayan (b) N.A. Palkhiwala (c) Amrita Pritam
(d) Manohar Malgonkar
 CURRENT AFFAIRS
1. Olympic torch was recently lit atop the highest peak of Europe and also Russi(a) The name of the highest peak
is (a) Mount Elbrus (b) North Pole (c) Siberia's Baikal Lake (d) None of the above

2. Name the body that on 3 February 2014 announced that the tea production of India has gone up by 6.5
percent in the year 2013. (a) Indian Tea Research Association (b) Indian Tea Association (c) Tea Board India (d)
None of the above

3. Which State team won the 2014 Ranji Trophy? (a) Maharashtra (b) Karnataka (c) Jammu & Kashmir (d)
Andhra Pradesh

4. India on 5 February 2014 extended the facility of visa-onarrival for the tourists of how many nations? (a) 167
(b) 175 (c) 25 (d) 180

5. Name the Hindi writer, who has been selected for the prestigious Vyas Samman for the year 2013? (a) Chitra
Mudgal for Anwan (b) Mannu Bhandari for Ek Kahani Yah Bhi (c) Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari for Phir Bhi Kuch
Rah Jayega (d) Vishwanath Tripathi for Vyomkesh Darvesh

6. Police of which place on 7 February 2014 successfully dismantled the largest ever find of World War II bomb?
(a) Brazil (b) Indonesia (c) Assam (d) Hong Kong

7. Maruti has stopped the production of a car in February 2014. That car is considered as the first car of middle
class Indians. The name of the car is (a) Maruti 800 (b) Alto (c) Omni (d) None of these

8. Kumar Sangakkara, the cricketer of Sri Lankan national team on 7 February 2014 became the second person
in the history of Cricket to score a triple century and a century in the same test match. Name the first person on
whose name this rare record is registered (a) Brain Lara (b) Andrew Greenwood (c) Graham Gooch (d) Chuck
Fleetwood-Smith

9. John Abraham, who turned producer successfully with "Vicky Donor" and "Madras Cafe", is now gearing up to
produce a biopic on an Indian wrestler in which he will play the title role. Name the person on whose story, he is
producing a biopic? (a) Sushil Kumar (b) Stan Stasiak (c) Great Gama (d) Muhammad Aziz

10. She was the favourite of Mahatma Gandhi, Jawahar Lal Nehru and Indira Gandhi. She even sang bhajans on
All India Radio. She was often referred to as Adhunik Meera after Meera Bai. She died recently at the age of 93
in Kolkata(a) The person in the reference is (a) Kamal Dasgupta (b) Jhutika Roy (c) Arundhati Roy (d) Suraiyaa

11. Who was given the Amazing Indian Award on 6 February 2014 by the Vice-President of India, M Hamid
Ansari, for scaling Mount Everest despite being physically challenged? (a) Santosh Kumar (b) Bachendri Pal (c)
Arunima Sinha (d) Deepika Roy

12. Government has increased the number of workdays from 100 days to 150 days under the Mahatma Gandhi
National Rural Employment Programme (MGNREGA) for __: (a) SC and ST (b) Tribals with Forest Rights (c)
Below Poverty Rural Households (d) All who are enrolled in the scheme

13 Which among the following movies has bagged the best picture award at the 86th Oscar Awards 2014? (a) 12
Years A Slave (b) Gravity (c) American Hustle (d) Frozen

14. The duration of President's rule in a State in the first instance is ____? (a) Twelve Months (b) Six Months (c)
Nine Months (d) One Year

15. Where is the headquarters of the "Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)" located? (a)
Geneva, Switzerland (b) New York, USA (c) Vienna, Austria (d) Durban, Germany

16. India's first private bank to commence operation in China is __: (a) HDFC Bank (b) Axis Bank (c) ICICI Bank
(d) Federal Bank

17. C R Simha who passed away recently was a renowned theatre and film personality in which language? (a)
Telugu (b) Kannada (c) Malayalam (d) Marathi

18. Who among the following is the writer of CRPF theme song? (a) Gulzar (b) Javed Akhtar (c) Vishal Bhardwaj
(d) Prasoon Joshi

19. The "International Woolmark Prize" is an award given in which of the following fields? (a) Fashion Design (b)
Textile Industry (c) Handicrafts (d) Small Scale Industry

20. Who among the following has become the first Indian President of Administrative Tribunal of the Asian
Development Bank (ADB)? (a) Aruna Bandyopadhyay (b) Lakshmi Swaminathan (c) Ashwini Chandran (d)
Rathnamala Prakash
 MATHS
1. A train is moving at a speed of 132 km/h. If the length of the train is 110 metres, how long will it take to cross a
railway platform, 165 metres long? (a) 5s (b) 7.5 s (c) 10 s (d) 15 s

2. If the compound interest on a certain sum of money for 3 years at 10% p.a. be ` 993, what would be the simple
interest? (a) ` 800 (b) ` 950 (c) ` 900 (d) ` 1000

3. The average of five positive numbers is 213. The average of the first two numbers is 233.5 and the average of
last two numbers are 271. What is the third number? (a) 64 (b) 56 (c) 106 (d) Cannot be determined

4. Find the value of: (84)2 - (67)2 +? = 2588 (a) 361 (b) 529 (c) 441 (d) 625

5. 75% of a number is equal to three seventh of another number. What is the ratio between the first number and
the second number respectively? (a) 4: 7 (b) 7 : 4 (c) 12 : 7 (d) 7 : 12

6. Average age of 36 children of the class is 15 years. 12 more children joined whose average age is 16 years.
What is the average age of all the 48 children together? (a) 15.25 years (b) 15.5 years (c) 15.3 years (d) 15.4
years 7. If 54 , 169 39 = x then x = ? (a) 108 (b) 324 (c) 2916 (d) 4800

8. Ghanshyam purchased an article for `1850. At what price should he sell it so that 30% profit is earned? (a) `
2450 (b) ` 2245 (c) ` 2405 (d) ` 2425

9. 10 men can complete a piece of work in 8 days. In how many days can 16 men complete that work? (a) 4 days
(b) 5 days (c) 6 days (d) 3 days

10. What amount of compound interest can be obtained on an amount of ` 8, 840 at the rate of 5% p.a at the end
of 3 years? (a) ` 1,393.405 (b) ` 1,326 (c) ` 1,384.50 (d) ` 1340

11. Find the value of : 420 ÷ 28 × 288 ÷ 32 = ? (a) 235 (b) 236 (c) 135 (d) 132 12. 71% of a number is more than
its 46% by 120. What is 30% of that number? (a) 108 (b) 150 (c) 140 (d) 148

13. What approximate amount of compound interest can be obtained on an amount of ` 9, 650 at the rate of 6%
p.a. at the end of 3 years ? (a) ` 1,737 (b) ` 1,843 (c) ` 1,720 (d) ` 1, 860

14. 16 men can complete a piece of work in 7 days. In how many days will 28 men complete the same work. (a) 6
days (b) 8 days (c) 3 days (d) 4 days

15. A 240 metres long train crosses a platform of equal length in 27 seconds. What is the speed of the train in
kmph ? (a) 48 (b) 60 (c) 56 (d) 64

16. Simple interest accured on an amount in eight years @ 11% per annum is ` 57200. What was the principal
amount? (a) ` 72000 (b) ` 82000 (c) ` 75000 (d) ` 65000

Different from the others. (17-18)

17. (a) HEAT (b) MEAT (c) MEET (d) BEAT

18. (a) FhjL (b) PrtV (c) KnpR (d) CegI

19. A man coming out of the backdoor of his house which is facing East, walked for one kilometre, turned to his
right and walked for another kilometre. Then he turned to his right and walked a kilometre again. Where was he
from his house at the end? (a) 1 km away in north (b) 1 km away in south (c) 1 km away in east (d) 1 km away in
west

20. In the following question one term in the number series is wrong. Find out the wrong term. 49, 81, 121, 156,
225 (a) 81 (b) 121 (c) 156 (d) 49

21. Following question is based on the five three-digit numbers given below:

519 364 287 158 835 If the positions of the first and the third digits within each number are interchanged, which
of the following will be the third digit of the second lowest number? (a) 9 (b) 4 (c) 7 (d) 8