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After the downfall of the Delhi Sultanate, who was the first ruler to issue the gold coin ?
Akbar
Humayun
Shahjahan
Sher Shah
Which monument is not at Fatehpur Sikri ?
Golden Palace
Panch Mahal
Jodha Bai Palace
Akbari Mahal
The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court established by the East India Company was :
Elijah Impey
Courtney Ilbert
Phillip Francis
None of the above
Azimullah Khan was an advisor to
Kunwar Singh
Rani Laxmi Bai
Tantya Tope
Nana Saheb
Muzaffar Ahmad, S.A. Dange, Shaukat Usmani and Nalini Gupta were jailed for which
conspiracy ?
Kakori train heist
Chittagong Armoury raid
Kanpur Bolshevik conspiracy case
Meerut conspiracy case
According to 2011 Census, which of the following districts of Uttarakhand had negative
population growth-rate ?
Pithoragarh
Almora
Rudraprayag
Uttarkashi
In which of the following rivers’ confluence is Gobindghat located ?
Alaknanda and Bhagirathi
Alaknanda and Khirongad
Alaknanda and Laxman Ganga (Bhyundar Gad)
Alaknanda and Dhauli Ganga
Which one is the most extensive part of the oceanic floor ?
Ocean Deeps
Continental Slope
Continental Shelves
Deep Sea Plains
A telegram was sent from Greenwich at 12.00 Noon. The time for transmission was
12 minutes. It reached a town at 6.00 p.m. The longitude of the town will be
97° E
87° E
87° W
97° W
Which one of the following is not associated to the ‘group’ ?
Gneiss
Sandstone
Limestone
Shale
Which of the following is not properly matched ?
Biosphere Reserves State
Similipal – Odisha
Nokrek – Meghalaya
Agasthyamalai – Kerala
Kanchenjunga – Himachal Pradesh
Which one of the following rivers is associated with Sardar Sarovar Project ?
Narmada
Tapti (Tapi)
Godawari
Cauvery (Kaveri)
On the outline map of India (a), (b), (c) and (d) depict the location of four coal fields.
Which one is not correctly shown on the map ?
Satpura
Son valley
Korba
Karnpura
Which one of the following groups is the correct sequence of mountain peaks from east to
west ?
Everest, Kanchenjunga, Annapurna, Dhaulagiri
Kanchenjunga, Everest, Annapurna, Dhaulagiri
Everest, Kanchenjunga, Dhaulagiri, Annapurna
Kanchenjunga, Dhaulagiri, Annapurna, Everest
Which river among the following does not join the Ganga river from left ?
Gomati
Ghaghra
Kosi
Son
Basaltic Lava rocks over Indian Deccan Plateau are formed in the following period :
Cretaceous period
Pleistocene period
Carboniferrous period
Miocene period
38. Which Constitutional amendment provided constitutional status to urban local government ?
72nd
73rd
74th
71st
State Legislative Assembly can participate in the election of following :
I. President of India II. Vice-President of India
III. Members of Rajya Sabha IV. Members of Legislative Council
Select the correct answer :
I, II and III
I, III and IV
I and III
I, II and IV
Under which agreement International Monetary Fund was established ?
Bretton Woods Agreement
Bretton Stone Agreement
S. Woods Agreement
U. Thant Agreement
Treaties of ‘START-I’ and ‘START-II’ were signed
Between USA and USSR
Between USA and China
Between USSR and China
None of the above
Who is the author of the book ‘The Accumulation of Capital’ ?
Mrs. Joan Robinson
Adam Smith
Lord Maynard Keynes
None of the above
Council of Minister is collectively responsible to whom ?
Prime Minister
President
Rajya Sabha
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha Secretariat comes under the direct supervision of
Ministry of Home Affairs
Ministry of Parliamentry Affairs
President of India
Lok Sabha Speaker
Where the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) can be filed ?
Only in Supreme Court of India
Only in High Courts of States
In Central Administrative Tribunals
Both in High Courts & Supreme Court
Who established the ‘Garhdesh Seva Sangh’ ?
Sridev Suman
Badri Datt Pande
Rampal
Gopi Chand
Who is known as ‘Gandhi of Uttarakhand’ ?
Gaura Devi
Sunderlal Bahuguna
Madho Singh Bhandari
Indramani Badoni
By which Constitutional Amendment OBCs have been given 27 percent reservation in the
admission to educational institutions ?
92nd
93rd
94th
96t
Which one of the following states first established the institution of Lokayukta ?
Rajasthan
Maharashtra
Bihar
Gujarat
Which one of the following committees is not associated with Panchayat Raj System in India ?
Dinesh Goswami Committee
L.M. Singhvi Committee
Sadiq Ali Committee
Ashok Mehta Committee
‘Right to Education’ introduced through 86th Amendment came into force :
In 2002
2004
2008
2010
Which of the following food crops of Uttarakhand State, covers the maximum sown area ?
Maize
Bajra
Wheat
Rice
Which one of the following is the highest snow-covered peak of Uttarakhand State ?
Kamet
Trisule
Nanda Devi
Chogori
Which one of the following countries was included in ‘BRICS’ in the last ?
India
China
South Africa
Brazil
Which one of the following organisations publishes the Human Development Report ?
UNESCO
World Bank
U.N.D.P.
I.M.F.
When the exchange rate changes from 1$ = ` 60 to 1$ = ` 58, it means :
I. Rupee value has appreciated
II. Dollar value has depreciated
III. Rupee value has depreciated
IV. Dollar value has appreciated
I and II are correct.
II and III are correct.
I and IV are correct.
II and IV are correct.
The Phillips Curve represents relationship between :
Deflation and Unemployment
Inflation and Unemployment
Inflation and Disguised Unemployment
Deflation and Cyclical Unemployment
The Committee on Financial Sector Reforms 2008, in India was headed by :
Bimal Jalan
b) Raghuram Rajan
C. Rangarajan
M. Narasimham
The Planned Development Model was adopted in India from :
1st April, 1951
15th August, 1947
26th Jan., 1950
1st May, 1965
Which of the following states in India is famous for rubber cultivation ?
Karnataka
Odisha
Andhra Pradesh
Kerala
NREGA was renamed ‘MNREGA’ on :
2nd October, 2007
2nd February, 2008
2nd October, 2009
2nd October, 2010
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority was set up in India on :
April 2000
April 2001
April 2002
April 2003
In Cyber Law terminology ‘DOS’ means :
Denial of Service
Disk Operating System
Distant Operator Service
None of the above
Sending an identical e-mail message repeatedly to a particular address by any abuser is called :
E-mail Spoofing
E-mail Spamming
E-mail Bombing
None of the above
A program that has capability to infect other program and make copies of itself and spread
into other programs is called :
Worm
Trojan
Virus
None of the above
Kedar valley disaster of June, 2013, was cause by heavy rains in the catchment area of a
river, which was :
Alaknanda
Bhagirathi
Yamuna
Mandakini
Minamata disease is caused due to :
Arsenic poisoning
Lead poisoning
Mercury poisoning
Cadmium poisoning
The size of the nanoparticle ranges between :
100 nm to 1000 nm
0.1 nm to 1 nm
1 nm to 100 nm
0.01 nm to 0.1 nm
Bacillus thuringiensis is used as :
Biofertilizer
Biological insecticide
Chemical fertilizer
Chemical insecticide
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
Ebola Virus – Small Pox
Cloning – Genetic replica
Biometric identification – Fingerprints and Iris scan
DNA Fingerprinting – Paternity or criminal identification
The main constituent of biogas is :
Acetylene
Butane
Methane
Hydrogen
Which among the following is not a polymer ?
Nylon
Teflon
Caprolactum
Polystyrene
Which Vitamin is required for in clotting of blood ?
Vitamin A
Vitamin C
Vitamin E
Vitamin K
India’s first dedicated navigation satellite IRNSS – 1A was launched from :
Sriharikota
Ahmedabad
Thiruvananthpuram
Bengaluru
Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) is situated at :
Dehradun
Nagpur
New Delhi
Lucknow
Which one of the following films bagged the Palme d’or award at Cannes Film
Festival-2014 ?
Winter Sleep
Grace of Monaco
The Wonders
Goodbye to Languages
Which one of the following surface to air missiles was successfully testfired in May 2014
from Chandipur (Odisha) ?
Prithavi
Aakash
Trishul
Brahmos
Who among the following won the Asian Billiard Championship in June 2014 ?
Alok Kumar
B. Bhaskar
Dhruv Sitwala
Saurav Kothari
Which of the following state/states will be benefitted by the proposed “Kishau Dam”
Project ?
Haryana
Uttarakhand & Himachal Pradesh
Jammu-Kashmir
Assam
The famous Nanda Rajjat of Uttarakhand took place during which period in 2014 ?
From 4 August to 6th September
From 16 August to 16th September
From 18 August to 6th September
From 21 August to 10th September
Who has been appointed the new National Security Advisor of India ?
Ajit Kumar Doval
Amit Shah
K.P.S. Menon
Dalbir Singh
Who among the following won the Presidential election of Syria for the third time in 2014 ?
Abdel Fattah el sisi
Bashar-Al-Asad
Nuri Abu Sahmein
Noori-Al-Maliki
Who among the following scientists has been conferred upon ‘Bharat Ratna’ for the year
2013 ?
K.L. Mashelkar
G.P. Rao
Hariharan Parthsarthi
C.N.R. Rao
Where is the Headquarters of North-Central Railway Zone situated ?
Bhopal
Jabalpur
Delhi
Allahabad
According to National Youth Policy 2014, the youths of which one of the following age
groups will be benefitted ?
15-29 years
16-28 years
15-22 years
17-28 years
The “Rashtriya Gokul Mission” announced by the Union Government aims at :
Protecting the indigenous breed of cows
Curbing slaughtering of cattles
Developing high milk yielding cow breeds
Eliminating Foot and Mouth disease in cattles
POCSO Act is related to :
Oceans
Children
Civil servants
Oil companies
Who is the author of the book “Out of Print : Newspapers, Journalism and the Business of
News in the Digital Age” ?
Professor George Brock
Rabbin Jafferey
Nic Newman
Mark Tully
According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Report of July 2014 which
one of the following countries has effectively reduced its stockpile of enriched Uranium ?
North Korea
Iran
Iraq
Libya
Which of the following won the first medal for India at the 17th Asian Games organised in
South Korea ?
Shweta Choudhari
P. Kashyap
Sanjita Chanu
Deepika Kumari
Which one of the following organizations has officially declared India as a Polio free
country in March 2014 ?
W.H.O
U.N.O
Red Cross Society
None of these
Tick out the correctly matched option out of the following combination of king and his
capital :
Man Shah – Chandpur garh
Ajaypal – Tehri
Somchand – Raj Bunga
Kankapal – Devalgarh
Garhwal Sarvadalita Board was constituted in 1928 A.D. by :
Hargovind Pant
Jayananda Bharti
Badri Dutt Pande
Mohan Singh Mehta
Read the statements (A) and (B) and choose the correct answer from the codes given
below :
(A) The sixth century B.C. was a period of great religious upheaval in all parts of the
world.
(B) The Vedic religion had become very complex.
Codes :
(A) is false, while (B) is true.
(A) is true, while (B) is false.
Both (A) and (B) are true.
Both (A) and (B) are false.
‘Hindustan Socialist Republican Army’ was founded in the year
1919
1927
1916
1928
James Andrew Ramsay was the real name of which Governor-General of India ?
Lord Canning
Lord Curzon
Lord North
Lord Dalhousie
There were different causes for the downfall of the Gupta empire. Which one was not the
cause among the statements given below ?
Feudal set-up of administration
Acceptance of Buddhism by the later Guptas
Arab invasion
Huna invasion
Buddhist text ‘Milindapanho’ throws light on which Indo-Greek ruler ?
Diodorus II
Demetrius
Minender
Strato I
Who demanded the separate Administrative Division for hill area in 1946 A.D. ?
Manvendra Shah
P.C. Joshi
Sridev Suman
Badridutt Pande
Which one of the following is not the ancient race of Uttarakhand ?
Khasi
Nag
Kinnar
Yaksha
The Teaty of Sigauli took place in the year
1800 A.D
1805 A.D.
1803 A.D.
1815 A.D.
Battle of Khurbura was fought in the year
1805 A.D.
1804 A.D.
1710 A.D.
1800 A.D.
Maximum Coastal erosion is caused by
Tsunami waves
Currents
Waves
Tides
Under whose leadership the movement against deforestation was launched in the Raini village of Chamoli?
Kalyan Rawat
Gaura Devi
Chandi Prasad Bhatt
Sunder Lal Bahuguna
In which year was the SAPTA (South Asian Preferential Trade Agreement) constituted?
1996
1985
1993
1977
The equatorial circumference of the Earth is nearly
64,000 km
40,000 km
50,000 km
31,000 km
Which one of the following pairs is incorrect?
Basuki Tal – Rudra Prayag
Devriyan Tal – Tehri
Beni Tal – Chamoli
Dodi Tal – Uttarkashi
Which one of the following is not a natural unit of time?
Tropical year
Lunar month
Day
Standard time
Clouds are the result of
Evaporation
Normal Temp
Catabatic lapse rate
Condensation
Which association shows correct sequence of sanctuaries from west to east location in Uttarakhand?
Nanda Devi – Kedarnath – Binsar – Askot
Kedarnath – Nanda Devi – Binsar – Askot
Kedarnath – Nanda Devi – Askot – Binsar
Kedarnath – Askot – Nanda Devi – Binsar
Which of the following is considered a ‘hot-spot’ of biodiversity in India?
Western Ghats
Eastern Ghats
Indo-Gangetic plan
Aravalli hills
Match List- I with List-II select the correct answer
List-I [Source Region]
Brahmgiri Hills
Verinag Spring
Mahabaleshwar
Chhota Nagpur Plateau
List-II [ River]
Cauvery
Jhelum
iii. Krishna
Subarnarekha
Codes :
A B C D
iii ii i iv
i ii iii iv
ii i iv iii
iv iii ii i
Which State in India has the largest extent of irrigation [percent]?
Madhya Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Haryana
Punjab
What is Dakshin Gangotri?
River Valley in Andhra Pradesh
Indian Research Station in Antarctica
Second source of river Ganga in the South of Gangotri
Island in the Indian Ocean near Antartica
Which group of States receives water from the Bhakhara Nangal project?
Jammu & Kashmir , Haryana, Punjab
H.P. , Punjab, Haryana
Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan
Haryana, U.P., Rajasthan
How many members of Lok Sabha are elected from Uttarakhand?
4
5
6
7
The Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration is located in
Delhi
Nainital
Mussoorie
Hyderabad
Who among the following was the Lady Governor of Uttarkhand?
Ms.Kamla Beniwal
Ms.Mridula Sinha
Ms. Margret Alva
Ms. Sheila Dikshit
According to which Article of the Constitution the state of Jammu and Kashmir has got a special status?
Article 13 [II] & 14
Article 14 & 15
Article 15 [IV] & 16[IV]
Article 17 & 18
Which Article of the Constitution of Indian Republic relates to the Protection of Life and Personal Liberty?
Article 19
Article 21
Article 20
Article 22
The demand for democratisation of U.N.O is mainly related to
General Assembly
Economic and Social Council
Security Council
Trusteeship Council
In the year 1997, the World Environment Conference was organised in
Reo-de-Janeiro
Nairobi
Kyoto
New York
Who coined the term ‘BRICS’ in 2001?
Jim O’ Neil
Barack Obama
John Kennedy
Vladimir Putin
The first phase of liberalization was initiated in India under the regime of
Whih of the following has been recognised as a National party in 2016?
I.N.L.D
Akali Dal
T.M.C
A.I.A.D.M.K
Who recognises the political parties in India
President of India
Election Commission of India
Ministry of Law and Justice
Speaker of the Lok Sabha
The system of Panchayat Raj is mentioned in
The Union List
The State List
The Concurrent List
None of the above
Which one of the following Articles provides reservation of seats for the Schedule Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the Panchayats?
243 [D]
243 [B]
243 [C]
243 [A]
61) In the Budget for the year 2016-17 of the State of Uttarakhand which of the following items has been allotted the highest amount?
School Education
Agricultural Development
Industrial Development
Roads Construction
HARELA’ festival of Uttarakhand is related to
Plantation
Folk Dance
Animal Husbandry
None of the above
Which one of the following shrines of Uttarakhand was visited by a maximum number of tourists in the year 2015?
Yamnotri
Gangotri
Kedarnath
Badrinath
Which one of the following countries is the largest Trading partner of India?
U.S.A
U.K
France
China
As per Census, 2011, which of the following states in India has the lowest sex ratio?
Punjab
Haryana
Odisha
Rajasthan
The Apex bank for providing Agricultural Refinance in India is
RBI
NABARD
LDB
SBI
Which sector in India attracts the highest FDI equity flow?
Construction sector
Energy sector
Service sector
Automobile sector
Human Development Index is a composite index of which of the following?
Nutritional status, quality of life and per capita GDP
Poverty, life expectancy and educational attainment
Life expectancy, educational attainment and per capita income
Inflation, Unemployment and per capita GDP
In which year ‘BRIC’ grouping was formed as ‘BRICS'?
2010
2015
2009
2012
The main emphasis of OPEC (Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) is on which of the following?
the production of petroleum
control over prices of petroleum
Both (a) and (b)
None of the above
How many countries are members of World Bank?
189
181
164
193
The Indian Grain Storage Management and Research Institute for providing training to the SAARC member countries is situated at
New Delhi
Pantnagar
Hapur
Hyderabad
‘TRIMs’ stands for
Trade Related Income Measures
Trade Related Investment Measures
Trade Related Innovative Measures
Trade Related Incentive Measures
Thalassemia is a hereditary disease which affects
Blood
Lungs
Heart
Kidney
the training centre of the Uttarakhand Livestock Development Board is located at
Dehradun
Rishikesh
kalsi
Haridwar
Nickel-Cadmium (Ni-Cd) battery is used in
calculator
Cordless electronic appliances
Transistors
All of the above
Cellulose and starch both are made up of
(+) – glucose
(-) – fructose
Both (a) and (b) given above
(+) – galactose
With the rise or temperature, the viscosity of liquid:
Increases
Decreases
Remains unchanged
May increase or decrease depending on nature of liquid
The time period of revolution of a geostationary satellite is
12 hrs
24 hrs
48 hrs
6 hrs
Which pair of following is of Copper alloys?
Brass and invar
Bronze and Nichrome
Brass and Bronze
None
Electric conduction in a semiconductor takes place due to
Electrons only
Holes only
Both electrons and holes
Neither electrons nor holes
“Red Data Book” is published by
USEPA
IUCN
WWF
IG-BP
In Uttarakhand, Oak – Rhododendron are characteristic plants of
Sub-tropical forest
Sub-alpine forest
Temperate forest
All of the above
Maintenance of genetic diversity in National Parks is done by
In-situ conservation
Ex-situ conservation
Gene pool
None of the above
Which one is an example of “Parallel Cropping”?
Potato + Rice
Wheat + Mustard
Cotton + Wheat
Sugarcane + Potato
Which of the following is an extremely fast small memory between CPU and main memory?
Main RAM and ROM
Cache memory
Secondary memory
None of the above
The set of protocols, which defines all transmission exchanges across the internet is called?
CSMA/CD
TCP/IP
FDDI
None of the above
When did Tehri State merge with the Indian Union?
1st August, 1949
15th August, 1947
20th January, 1950
26th January , 1952
Which of the following National Parks of Uttrakhand has been included in ‘Project Tiger Scheme’ in 2016?
Corbet National Park
Rajaji National Park
Gangotri National Park
Govind National park
Eastern Dhauliganga (Poorvi Dhaulinganga) is a tributary of
Alaknanda
Kali river
Gontil river
Sharda river
What is the historical name of Uttarkashi?
Govishan
Gangadwar
Brahmpur
Barahat
To which of the following games in Chirag Sen related?
Cricket
Football
Badminton
Hockey
Who had founded the “Tehri Rajya Praja Mandal”?
Sri Deo Suman
Badri Dutt Pandey
Vir Chandra Singh Garhwali
Indra Mani Budoni
In which event Deepa Malik won a silver medal at the Rio Paralympics?
Javellin Throw
Discuss Throw
Hammer Throw
Shot Put
In which year was the Collegium system —
1993
1996
2000
2004
NASA’s ‘Cassini’ spacecraft is on a mission for which planet?
Jupiter
Mars
Saturn
Venus
Which country has the world’s longest network of bullet train?
Russia
Japan
USA
China
Which Physician of Indian origin was honoured with the U.S National Humaneterioun Medal – 2015?
Ranjit Bhushan
Arifa Tehslin
Abraham Verghese
Sukefu Mehta
Which Indian Para-military force has the distinction of raising the first women’s battalion?
CISF
CRPF
BSF
ITBP
Which is the first Private Sector Bank in India to use Software Robotics?
ICIC Bank
IDBI Bank
Axis Bank
Bandhan Bank
The financial instrument, through which Indian companies can raise money from overseas market in Rupees, is known as
RBI Bonds
Gold Bonds
Masala Bonds
Overseas Bonds
Who is the world’s first woman to receive the “Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea” from the International Maritime Organisation [L.M.O]?
Sunitha Krishnan
Irom Sharmila
Richa Kar
Radhika Menon
Sultan who raised the land revenue to fifty percent of the produce was
Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
Allauddin Khilji
Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Balban
