Uttakhand : pcs prelims

Part – A

GENERAL STUDIES

1. In which one of the following countries the ‘Cotton Belt’ is located ?

(a) Brazil

(c)Australia

(b) United States of America

(d) Russia

2. Which one of the following planets is nearest to the Sun ?

(a)Venus

(c)Mercury

3. The highest amount of salinity is found in

(a) Red Sea

(b) Earth

(d) Mars

(b) Dead Sea

(d) Aral Sea

4. Who among the following evolved the concept of relationship between mass and energy ?

(a) Einstein

(b) Planck

(d) Rutherford

5. The water in which hydrogen atoms have been replaced by deuterium atoms is called

(a) Warm water

(b) Cold water

(d) Volatile water

6. Who is regarded as the Father of Plant Physiology ?

(a) Stephen Hales

(c)S. Mayer

7. Neutron was discovered by

(a)Chadwick

(c)Bohr

8. Tritium has an atomic number of

(a)3

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(b) Joseph Priestley

(d) Wood Ward

(b) Rutherford

(d) Newton

(b) 2

(d) 4

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9. What is the name of the layer of earth’s atmosphere which is associated with weather

phenomenon like the rainfall ?

(a)Stratosphere

(c)Mesosphere

10. Mark the wrong combination :

(b) Troposphere

(d) Ionosphere

(b)A.G. Bell

(d) J. Perkins

Steam Engine

Telephone

Television

Penicillin

11. Xerophthalamia is the disease caused by deficiency of the following :

(a) Vitamin - A

(b) Vitamin - B

(d) Vitamin - K

12. Who among the following described protoplasm as the physical basis of life ?

(a)T.H. Huxley

(b) Leeuwenhoak

(d) J.C. Bose

13. Cotton dust from textile mills causes a disease known as

(a) Silicosis

(c)Cancer

(b) Byssinosis

(d) Flurosis

14. Of what kind of rock is granite an example ?

(a) Sedimentary rock

(b) Igneous rock

(d) Pyrolite

15. Which of the following gases is regarded as atmospheric pollutant ?

(b)

(c)SO₂

16. The infection which causes malaria is

(a)Bacterial

(c)Parasitic

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(b) Viral

(d) Fungal

(d)

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17. Which of the following is not a programming language ?

(a)BASIC

(c)PASCAL

18. A bat is a kind of

(a) Reptile

(c)Mammal

(b) COBOL

(d) LOTUS

(b) Bird

(d) Anthropoid

19. If the pressure on a piece of wax is increased, the melting point of wax

(a)decreases

(b) increases

(d) decreases and then increases

20. In the equilibrium state, thermodynamic probability of system is

(a)∞ one

21. Which of the following is digestive hormone ?

(a)Lipase (b) Pepsin

(c)Amylase (d) Gastrin

22. The highest peak of Uttarakhand is

(a)Nanda Devi (b) Chaukhamba

(c)Kamet (d) Trishul

23. ‘SIDKUL’ is related to

(c)Industries (d) Education

24. The State Flower of Uttarakhand is

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(b)

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25. Which of the following persons sacrificed his life, through fasting, against illegal mining

in ‘Ganga’ ?

(a) Baba Uttarakhandi

(b) Swami Nigamanand

(d) Jai Dutt Vella

26. Which of the following directed the recently made film-“Bombay Talkies” ?

(a)Hrishikesh Mukherji

(b)Yash Chopra

(d) None of these

27. The first Chief Information Commissioner of Uttarakhand was

(a) R.S. Tolia

(b) P.S. Pangti

(d) Vinod Nautiyal

28. What percentage of total water available on earth, is in the form of underground water ?

(a)0.7%

29. Who was the leader of Peshawar mutiny ?

(a) Dev Singh Rawat

(b) 4.8%

(d) 9.1%

(b) Darban Singh Negi

(d) Gabbar Singh Negi

30. At which of the following places, there is a unit of BHEL (Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd) ?

(a)Kotdwar

(c)Veer Bhadra

(b) Ranibagh

(d) Bhopal

31. The percentage of total land area of Uttarakhand covered by forest is

(a)80%

(b) 65%

(d) 15.5%

32. The twin sisters who created history by conquering Mt. Everest on the same day and the

same time are

(a) Tasha and Nungshi

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(b) Chandra Prabha Atwal and Harshwati

(d) Arunima and Madhumita Bisht

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33. The second State Language of Uttarakhand is

(a)Sanskrit

34. The State animal of Uttarakhand is

(a)Sambhar

(c)Neelgai

(b) Urdu

(d) None of the above

(b) Musk deer

(d) Elephant

35. Who is known as “Chanakya of Kumaun” ?

(a) Badridutt Pandey

36. Vyas cave is located in

(a)Badrinath

(c)Yamunotri

(b) Harshdeo Joshi

(d) Kishan Chand Joshi

(b) Kedarnath

(d) Gangotri

37. Year 2001 was celebrated by Uttarakhand government as the

(a) Female Child Year (b)

Woman Year

(d) Development Year

38. What is the density of population in Uttarakhand in 2011 (Provisional) ?

(a)159

(b) 169

(d) 191

39. What is the name of NASA’s Science Laboratory which landed on Mars, in 6^th Aug. 2012 ?

(c)CURIOSITY

(b) ATLANTIS

(d) MARS-ODYSSEY

40. The first lady who won Booker Prize two times is

(a) Hillary Mantel

41. Who founded the ‘Gadar Party’ ?

(a) Shyamji Krishna Verma

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(b) Sarojini Naidu

(d) Taslima Nasreen

(b) Lala Hardayal

(d) Veer Savarkar

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42. Which coast of India was hit by the severe cyclonic storm on 31^st October, 2012 ?

(a) Kerala coast

(b) Tamilnadu coast

(d) Mumbai coast

43. Under whose Captaincy India won under – 19 cricket world cup in 2012 ?

(a) Sandeep Sharma

(b) Hanuman Vihari

(d) Unmukta Chand

44. Who among the following won the Indian Grand Prix Award in Greater Noida on 28^th

October 2012 ?

(a) Sebestian Vettel

(b) Fernando Alonse

(d) Lewis Hamilton

45. Which of the following districts suffered from natural calamity in September 2012, after

the cloud burst in Gangotri of district Uttar Kashi ?

(a) Chamoli

(c)Rudraprayag

(b) Pithoragarh

(d) Tehri Garhwal

46. Which of the following is the first Indian athlete who won a silver medal at the London

Paralympic Games-2012 ?

(a) Oscar Pictorius

(b) M. Maricom

(d) Girisha H. Nagraje Gowda

47. Which of the following sportsman was given Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award-2012 ?

(a) M. Marycom

(b) Yogeshwar Dutt

(d) Gagan Narang

48. In which of the following region of India, agitation is going on for a separate State ?

(a)Telangana

(c)Saurashtra

(b) Vidarbha

(d) Mewar

49. Who of the following had called the “Dams and Factories as temples of Modern India” ?

(a) Mahatma Gandhi

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(b) Lal Bahadur Shastri

(d) B.R. Ambedkar

50. Who among the following Indian actresses has been chosen as the brand ambassador for

sanitation programme ?

(a)Kareena Kapoor

(b) Aishwarya Rai

(d) Hema Malini

51. Which of the following has been awarded the Nobel Prize 2012 in literature ?

(a) Hillary Mentel

(b) V.S. Naipaul

(d) Mo Yan (Guan Moye)

52. Who among the following Indian girls represented India at the Miss World 2012 contest ?

(a) Hasleen Kaur

(b) Ankita Shorey

(d) Prachi Mishra

53. Who is the author of the recently published book “Beyond the Lines : An

Autobiography”?

(a) Shashi Tharoor

(b) Jaswant Singh

(d) Kuldeep Nayyar

54. In which of the following cities Metro Rail Service was started in 2011 ?

(a)Kolkata

(c)Bengaluru

(b) Chennai

(d) Hyderabad

55. The Targetted Public Distribution System was adopted from

(a) June 1, 1996

(b) June 1, 1997

(d) June 1, 2000

56. The share of industry in GDP at Factor Cost (at 2004-05 prices) in 2011-12 was

(a) 27 percent

(b) 29 percent

(d) 32 percent

57. Who wrote the book “Indian Economic Crisis” ?

(a) K.N. Raj

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(b) A.K. Sen

(d) L.C. Jain

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58. As per 2011 Population Census the sex ratio in India is

(a)933

(b) 940

(d) 945

59. The share of agriculture in India’s Exports in 2010-11, was

(a) 9.9 percent

(b) 10.9 percent

(d) 7.0 percent

60. The Planning Commission of India was set up in

(a)1947

61. When was UN (United Nations) formed ?

(a)24.10.1945

(b) 1952

(d) 1961

(b) 05.02.1922

(d) 14.08.1947

62. Generally the gap between the two Sessions of the Parliament should not be more than

(a) Three months

(b) Six months

(d) Two years

63. When was the Constitution of India adopted by the Constituent Assembly ?

(a)26^th November, 1949

(b) 15^th August, 1949

(d) 26^th January, 1950

64. The Quit India Resolution was adopted by the Indian National Congress in :

(a)1940

(b) 1942

(d) 1946

65. Who said, “Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it” ?

(a) Lala Lajpat Rai

(b) Lokmanya Tilak

(d) Rabindra Nath Tagore

66. During whose reign, did Francis Bernior visit India ?

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(a)Akbar

(c)Aurangzeb

(b) Shahjahan

(d) Jahangir

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67. Who was the 1^st Tirthankar of Jain Religion ?

(a) Gautam Buddha

(c)Neminath

(b) Rishabh Dev

(d) Mahavira

68. Brihadrath, the last Mauryan ruler was assassinated by

(a) Pushyamitra

(b) Brihaspatimitra

(d) Bhanumitra

69. During whose reign did Fa-Hien come to India ?

(a)Kumargupta

(c)Chandragupta II

70. Who composed ‘Nuh Sipehar’ ?

(a)Al-Biruni

(b) Chandragupta I

(d) Skandgupta

(b) AmirKhusro

(d) None of these

71. Which Mughal emperor adopted the policy of “Sulahkul” ?

(c)Jahangir

(b) Akbar

(d) Shahjahan

72. Which national leader published the newspapers : the ‘Kesari’ and the ‘Maratha’ ?

(a) Bipin Chandra Pal

(b) Dadabhai Naoroji

(d) B.R. Ambedkar

73. The ‘Hindu Mahasabha’ was established in 1915 on the occasion of ‘Kumbha Mela’ at

(a)Nasik

(c)Ujjain

74. Which work does not belong to Kalidas ?

(a)Meghdootam

(c)Mrichhakatikam

(b) Prayag

(d) Haridwar

(b) Malvikagnimitram

(d) Raghuvansham

75. Who was selected as the first Satyagrahi by Mahatma Gandhi to begin the individual

Satyagraha in 1940 ?

(a)C.Rajgopalachari

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(b) Vallabhbhai Patel

(d) Vinoba Bhave

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76. Which one of the following rivers is the right side tributary of Ganga ?

(a)Yamuna

(c)Gomti

(b) Ram Ganga

(d) Ghaghra

77. In which one of the following States of India is Pir Panjal Range located ?

(a)Meghalaya

(b) Arunachal Pradesh

(d) Jammu and Kashmir

78. Which one of the following industries located in Saharanpur is the oldest ?

(a)Fertilizer

(c)Woollen Textile

(b) Cotton Textile

(d) Paper

79. The Konkan Railway Track passes through the mountain range of

(a)Himadri

(b) Sahyadri

(d) Neelgiri

80. Which one of the following statements is not true according to Census 2011 ?

(a) India accounts for 20% of the World population

(b) Population of India is 121 crores

(d) The highest density of population is in Delhi.

81. Seismograph is used for measuring

(a) Humidity in atmosphere

(b) Atmospheric pressure

(d) Minimum and maximum temperature

82. Where among these places the Sun will rise the earliest ?

(a) New York

(c)New Delhi

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(b) Hong Kong

(d) Tokyo

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83. Which one of the following countries is not a member of SAARC ?

(a) Maldives

(c)Afghanistan

(b) Pakistan

(d) Iran

84. Which one of the following tribes use ‘Iglu’ for shelter ?

(b) Masai

(d) Pigmy

85. In which climate of the world winter rainfall is the distinctive characteristic ?

(a)Savanna

(c)Monsoon

(b) Mediterranean

(d) Equatorial

86. Which is the leading country in the Automobile industry of the world ?

(a)Germany

(c)Japan

87. Of which country is ‘Juba’ the capital ?

(a)South Sudan

(c)Jordon

(b) France

(d) Canada

(b) Syria

(d) Iran

88. Which one of the following dams in India is located on Mahanadi river ?

(a)Kosi

(c)Nagarjun

(b) Hirakud

(d) Bhakra

89. Which one of the following deserts is the largest in the world ?

(a)Attacama

(c)Sahara

90. El Nino is related to

(a) Climate

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(b) Gobi

(d) Thar

(b) Vegetation

(d) Cultivation

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Part-B

GENERAL APTITUDE TEST

91. Find the missing number in the following figure :

(a)16

(b) 9

(d) 112

92. The sum of three numbers is 98. If the ratio of the first to second is 2:3 and that of the

second to the third is 5:8. Then the second number is

(a)20

(b) 30

(d) 58

93. A man can row a boat at 5 km/hr in still water. If velocity of the current is 1 km/hr and it

takes him 1 hour to row to a place and come back, how far is the place ?

(a) 3.6 km

(b) 3.0 km

(d) 2.4 km

94. The height of a certain pole is 30 feet. Grease is applied to the pole. A monkey attempts to

climb the pole. It climbs 3 feet every second but slips down 2 feet in the next second.

When will the monkey reach the top of the pole ?

(a) 27 seconds

(b) 55 seconds

(d) 60 seconds

95. The sum of four numbers is 100. The average of first, second and fourth is 24. Difference

of the third and first is 10 and the fourth number exceeds the second by 4. One of the

numbers is

(a)21

(b) 31

(d) 25

96. Let S = {1, _x, y, _x + y} where 1< _x < y < _x + y then the difference between the mean and

the median of S is

(a) 1/2

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(b) 1/3

(d) 1/5

97. Ajay and Vijay, two friends live at the extreme ends of a road. Ajay takes 20 minutes to go

to Vijay’s house whereas it takes Vijay 24 minutes to reach Ajay’s house. If they start

exactly at 9:00 a.m. from their respective houses to go to each other’s house, at what time

approximately they will meet on the way ?

(a) 9:15 a.m

(b) 9:09 a.m

(d) 9:11 a.m

98. 4 men and 6 women can complete a work in 8 days, while 3 men and 7 women can

complete it in 10 days. In how many days will 10 women complete it ?

(a)35

(b) 40

(d) 50

99. A sum of money was divided equally among a certain number of persons. Had there been

six more, each would have received a rupee less and had there been four less, each would

have received a rupee more than he did. The sum of money and number of men are

(a)` 120, 24

(c)` 160, 20

(b) ` 150, 30

(d) ` 140, 10

100. If side of a square is increased by 20%, then percentage increase in its area will be

(a)11%

(b) 31%

(d) 48%

101. A pump can fill a tank with water in 2 hours. Because of a leakage, it took 23 hours to fill

the tank. The leakage can drain all the water of the tank in

(a)41

3 hours

(b) 7 hours

(d) 14 hours

102. ‘Reading’ is related to ‘Knowledge’ in the same way ‘Work’ is related to

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(a)Money

(c)Experience

(b) Employment

(d) Labour

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103. If ‘MOBILITY’ is coded as ‘46293927’, then ‘EXAMINATION’ is coded as

(a)67250623076

(b) 56149512965

(d) 45038401854

104. In the first 10 overs of a cricket match, the run rate was only 3.2. What should be the run

rate in the remaining 40 overs to reach the target of 282 runs ?

(a)6.25

(b) 6.50

(d) 6.15

105. How many triangles are there in the following figure ?

(a)24

106. Which is the smallest prime number ?

(a)1

(b) 28

(d) 36

(b) 2

(d) 4

107. At what time between 7 and 8 O’ clock, will the hands of a clock be in the same straight

line, but, not together ?

(a)5 5

11 mint. past 7

(b) 5 2

11 mint. past 7

(d) 5 mint. past 7

108. If FULFNHW is the code for CRICKET, then EULGH is the code for which word ?

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(a)PRIDE

(c)BLADE

(b) BRIDE

(d) BLIND

109. What amount of money invested at 6% per annum would receive simple interest of ` 180/-

over 1₂1 years ?

(a)` 1500 (b)

(c)` 1800 (d)

` 2000

` 1850

110. Find the smallest number which when divided by 5, 7 and 9 then remainders are 1, 2 and

3, respectively.

(a)315

(b) 312

(d) 150

111. Out of 1500 students, 520 studied Hindi, 335 studied Sanskrit, 425 studied History, 100

studied both Hindi and History, 180 studied both Hindi and Sanskrit, 150 studied both

Sanskrit and History and 28 studied all the three subjects. The number of students who

studied only Hindi is

(a)240

(b) 332

(d) 268

112. When the cost of petroleum increases by 40%, a man reduces his annual consumption by

20%. The increase in his annual expenditure on petroleum is

(a)20%

(b) 12%

(d) 40%

113. A rectangle whose area is 180 sq.ft. has its sides, respectively, diminished by 7 ft. and 4 ft.

so as to become a square. The length of the side of the square is

(a) 3 feet

(b) 8 feet

(d) 12 feet

114. The length of the bridge, which a train 130 metres long and travelling at 45 km/hr speed

can cross in 30 seconds is

(a) 200 m

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(b) 225 m

(d) 250 m

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115. Raman ranks sixteenth from the top and forty-ninth from the bottom in a class. How many

students are there in the class ?

(a)63

(b) 64

(d) 66

116. ‘A’ walks 10 metres in front and 10 metres to the right. Then, every time turns to his left,

he walks 5, 14 and 18 metres, respectively. How far is he now from his starting point ?

(a) 3 metres

(b) 4 metres

(d) 7 metres

117. Six friends A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting in a circle facing the centre. E is to the left of D,

C is between A and B, F is between E and A. Who is to the right of C ?

(a)A

(c)D

(b) B

(d) E

118. Arrange the given words in a meaningful sequence and then choose the most appropriate

sequence from the given alternatives :

1.Income

4.Well-being

2. Status

5. Job

Education

(a) 1, 3, 2, 5, 4

(b) 1, 2, 5, 3, 4

(d) 3, 5, 1, 2, 4

119. The age of a father is twice that of the elder son. Ten years hence the age of the father will

be three times that of the younger son. If the difference of ages of the two sons is 15 years,

the age of the father is

(a) 50 years

(b) 55 years

(d) 70 years

120. The number of boys in a class is two more than three times the number of girls. Which one

of the following numbers cannot represent the total number of children in the class ?

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(a)50

(b) 46

(d) 42

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