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Model Test Paper 36

General Study Paper I
1. In 1907 Maharishii Karve
established the ------------ institution at
Karve
(a) Mahila Vidyalaya
(b) Anath Balikashram
(c) Maharashtra Gram Prathamik Shikshan
Mandal
(d) Samta Manch
Answer is Correct
2. Family Planning programme was intensively
implemented during which five year plan for
controlling growth of population?
(a) Third five year plan
(b) Fourth five year plan
(c) Fifth five year plan
(d) Sixth five year plan
Correct Answer is : (d) Sixth five year plan
3. Who assasinated Jackson, the collector of Nasik in
1909 A.D.?
(a) Khudiram Bose
(b) Anant Kanhere
(c) Prafulla Chaki
(d) Barindra Ghosh
Correct Answer is : (b) Anant Kanhere
4. Who is the administrative head of the Panchayat
Samiti?
(a) Sarpanch
(b) Samiti Adhyaksh
(c) Block Development Officer
(d) Chief Executive Officer
Correct Answer is : (c) Block Development Officer
5. Modern Biotechnology works on ---- level
(a) Colloidal
(b) Atom
(c) Molecule
(d) Substance
Correct Answer is : (c) Molecule
6. Which scheme was rejected by the Cabinet
Mission Plan?
1. Partition of India
2. Creation of Pakistan

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Correct Answer is : (c) Both 1 and 2
7. Which of the following statements are correct?
1. The Aravalli range is the oldest fold mountain
range in India
2. It lies in the state of Gujarat and Rajasthan
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Correct Answer is : (a) 1 only
8. Degradation of ----- in food is called putrefaction
(a) Fats
(b) Proteins
(c) Carbohydrates
(d) Pectins
Correct Answer is : (a) Fats
9. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar with his followers
embraced the Buddhism at Deekshabhumi in
(a) Nagpur
(b) Mahad
(c) Nashik
(d) Aurangabad
Correct Answer is : (a) Nagpur
10. Who of the following created alliances with the
Germans during World War I, was part of the Berlin
Committee organising Indian students in Europe
against the British, and explored actions by the
Japanese at the time
(a) Rash Bihari Ghosh
(b) madam Bhikaji Cama
(c) Vinayak Sawarkar
(d) Virendranath Chattopadhyaya
Correct Answer is : (d) Virendranath
Chattopadhyaya
11. In the context of India, which of the following
does not represent broad money supply?
(a) high powered money
(b) aggregate monetary resources
(c) narrow money supply (M1) + time deposits

(d) M3
Correct Answer is : (a) high powered money
12. Money is created whenever
(a) a bank accepts a deposit of outside money
(b) a bank loans out money deposited with it
(c) a depositer writes a cheque against a bank
account
(d) a borrower spends money a bank has lent
hime
Correct Answer is : (d) a borrower spends money a
bank has lent hime
13. Who amongst the following is gainer from
inflation?
(a) those who have loaned money
(b) those who have borrowed money
(c) those who are working for fixed wage or
salary
(d) any business that has undertaken to deliver
goods or services in the future at fixed price
Correct Answer is : (b) those who have borrowed
money
14. A low interest rate policy is known as
(a) dear money policy
(b) cheap money policy
(c) investment policy
(d) pokicy to curb speculative demand
Correct Answer is : (b) cheap money policy
15. Fiscal deficit equal
(a) the difference between revenue expenditure
and current revenues
(b) the difference between total government
expenditure and current revenues
(c) the RBI credit to government
(d) the difference between capital expenditure
and current revenues
Wrong ! Correct Answer is : (b) the difference
between total government expenditure and current
revenues
16. The imposition of an import tarrif by a nation
(a) Usually improves the nation's terms of trade
and increases the volume of trade
(b) Worsens the nation's terms of trade but
increases the volume of trade
(c) Worsens the nation's terms of trade and
reduces the volume of trade
(d) Usually improves the nation's terms of trade
but reduces the volume of trade
Correct Answer is : (d) Usually improves the
nation's terms of trade but reduces the volume of

trade
17. Which of the following transaction is a debit in
the current account?
(a) The export of merchandise
(b) The export of services
(c) A gift to foreigners
(d) A gift from foreigners
Correct Answer is : (c) A gift to foreigners
18. Economic growth is associated with
(a) a decline in the share of agricultural sector
both in labour force and income
(b) a rise in the service sector's share in the
labour
(c) a rise in the share of manufacturing sector
more in income than in labour force
(d) all of the above
Correct Answer is : (d) all of the above
19. The cause of income inequality in India is
(a) the difference in opportunities
(b) the law of inheritance
(c) the system of private property
(d) all of the above
Correct Answer is : (d) all of the above
20. "An under developed country is one in which the
per capita real income is low when compared with
the per capita income of USA, Canada, Australia and
Western Europe" This definiton of UDC is given by
(a) International Labour Organisation
(b) World Bank
(c) Economic and Social Commission for Asia
(d) United Nation
Correct Answer is : (d) United Nation
21. Who of the following raised the design of the
Indian flag on 22 August 1907, at the International
Socialist Conference in Stuttgart, Germany
(a) Sarojini Naidu
(b) Madanlal Dhingra
(c) Madam Bhikaiji Cama
(d) Subhash Bose
Correct Answer is : (c) Madam Bhikaiji Cama
22. "futke nashib" is the biography of
(a) B. G. Tilak
(b) Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
(c) Vishnushastri Chiplunkar

(d) V. D. Savarkar
Correct Answer is : (b) Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
23. In India, the Alternating Current (A.C) changes
its direction ----- times within one second
(a) 10
(b) 50
(c) 500
(d) 100
Correct Answer is : (d) 100
24. Who wrote poetry under the pen name of
"Govindagraj"?
(a) G. N. Dandekar
(b) V. V. Shirwadkar
(c) Ram Ganesh Gadkari
(d) A. R. Deshpande
Correct Answer is : (c) Ram Ganesh Gadkari
25. Who was the first editor of the
newspaper'Kesari'?
(a) Lokmanya Tilak
(b) Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
(c) Balshastri Jambekar
(d) Dr. Bhau Daji Lad
Correct Answer is : (b) Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
26. What is used as catalyst in the manufacture of
sulphur trioxide (SO3?
(a) Vanadium pentoxide
(b) Manganese dioxide
(c) Calcium carbonate
(d) Silve nitrate
Correct Answer is : (a) Vanadium pentoxide
27. Dr. Ambedkar decided to burn 'Manu Smriti' at
(a) Mahad
(b) Pune
(c) Pandharpur
(d) Satara
Correct Answer is : (a) Mahad
28. A protein molecule is made up of
(a) Lipid
(b) Amino acids
(c) Carbohydrates
(d) Nucleic acids
Correct Answer is : (b) Amino acids
29. What are known as the power houses of the cells?

(a) Lysosomes
(b) Centrosomes
(c) Mitochondia
(d) Vacuoles
Correct Answer is : (c) Mitochondia
30. Which of the following is not an example of
protozoa?
(a) Hydra
(b) Amoeba
(c) Plasmodium
(d) Euglena
Correct Answer is : (a) Hydra
31. The All India khilafat conference was held at
(a) Delhi
(b) Calcutta
(c) Bombay
(d) Madras
Correct Answer is : (a) Delhi
32. Who founded the 'Bahishkrit Hitakarini Sabha'?
(a) Mahatma Phule
(b) Maharishi Vitthal Ramaji Shinde
(c) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar
(d) Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj
Correct Answer is : (c) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar
33. In which year the "Chavdar Tale Satyagraha" was
started in Mahad
(a) 1923 A.D.
(b) 1925 A.D.
(c) 1926 A.D.
(d) 1927 A.D.
Correct Answer is : (d) 1927 A.D.
34. Which of the following newspaper was not
started by Dr. Ambedkar?
(a) Bahishkrit Bharat
(b) Janata Patra
(c) Samata Patra
(d) Nava Jawan
35. The meeting of a gram sabha should compulsorily
be held
(a) Once a month
(b) once a year

(c) twice a year

(d) no such provision for number of meetings
Correct Answer is : (c) twice a year
36. How many members can be nominated by the
Governor in Legislative Assembly?
(a) 2
(b) 12
(c) One sixth of the total number of members
present in the Assembly
(d) One twelfth of the total number of members
present in the Assembly
Correct Answer is : (c) One sixth of the total
number of members present in the Assembly
37. LPG contains the chemical components
(a) Methane and Butane
(b) Methane and Ethane
(c) Methane and Ethanol
(d) Butane and Isobutane
Correct Answer is : (d) Butane and Isobutane
38. Who founded the ""Balhatya Pratibandhak Griha"
at Pune
(a) Maharshi Dhondo Keshav Karve
(b) Ramabai Ranade
(c) Mahatma Jyotirao Phule
(d) Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar
Correct Answer is : (c) Mahatma Jyotirao Phule
39. Which of the following statements are correct
about the Northeast Monsoon in India?
1. Northeast Monsoon season is the major period of
rainfall activity over south peninsula
2. It is more severe in the eastern half comprising of
the meteorological subdivisions of Coastal Andhra
Pradesh, Rayalaseema and Tamilnadu-Pondicherry
3. The normal period of north east monsoon is
November to January
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Correct Answer is : (b) 1 and 2
40. The weight of an adult human brain is
approximately
(a) 800-100 gram
(b) 1300-1400 grams
(c) 1500-1600 grams

(d) 400-500 grams

Correct Answer is : (b) 1300-1400 grams
41. Which of the following statements are correct
about Hepatitis B?
1. Hepatitis B is an infectious illness of the liver
It is caused by HIV
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Correct Answer is : (a) 1 only
42. Which of the following contains more proportion
of calcium?
(a) Pulses
(b) Vegetable oils
(c) Milk
(d) Orange
Correct Answer is : (c) Milk
43. What is the reason for increased judicial activism
in india?
(a) The growth of population and courts
(b) Public interest litigations
(c) Globalization and liberalization
(d) Corruption
Correct Answer is : (b) Public interest litigations
44. Who has started the strike against the Court
decision in case of Lokmanya Tilak's imprisonment
in June 1908?
(a) The workers of Bombay
(b) The workers of Poona
(c) The workers of Satara
(d) The workers of Calcutta
Correct Answer is : (a) The workers of Bombay
45. Which of the following statements are correct
about the sessions of the Parliament?
1. Maximum gap between two sessions of parliament
can be of six months
2. The Indian Parliament conducts three sessions each
year
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Correct Answer is : (c) Both 1 and 2
46. Who was the founder of the city of Agra?

(a) Mohammad Tughlaq

(b) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Sikandar Lodhi
(d) Ibrahim Lodhi
Correct Answer is : (c) Sikandar Lodhi
47. The modern periodic table is bsed on
(a) the principles of octaves
(b) the atomic number of elements
(c) the atomic mass of elements
(d) the presence of triods of elements
Correct Answer is : (b) the atomic number of
elements
48. in photosynthesis, water and carbon dioxide
combine to form
(a) Carbon
(b) Carbohydrates
(c) Nitrogen
(d) Hydrogen
Correct Answer is : (b) Carbohydrates
49. Who was the commander of a battalion 'Rani of
Jhansi' in Azad Hind Sena
(a) Dr. Lakshmi Swaminathan
(b) Sarojini Naidu
(c) Shanti Ghosh
(d) Pritilata Waddedar
Correct Answer is : (b) Sarojini Naidu
50. The 'Queen's Proclamation' was declared in
(a) November 1857
(b) November 1858
(c) Octobe 1905
(d) August 1947
Correct Answer is : (b) November 1858
51. In which one among the following is the speed of
sound maximum?
(a) Air at 0C
(b) Air at l00C
(c) Water
(d) Wood
Correct Answer is : (d) Wood
52. Consider the following statements:
1. If magenta and yellow coloured circles intersect,
the intersected area will have red colour.
2. If cyan and magenta coloured circles intersect, the

intersected area will have blue colour.

Which of the statements, given above Is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Correct Answer is : (c) Both 1 and 2
53. Consider the following statements:
1. A flute of smaller length produces waves of lower
frequency.
2. Sound travels in rocks in the form of longitudinal
elastic waves only.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Correct Answer is : (b) 2 only
54. Assertion (A): A jet aircraft moving at Mach
Number equal to 1 travels faster at an altitude of 15
km than while moving at Mach Number equal to 1
near the sea level.
Reason (R): The velocity of sound depends on the
temperature of the surrounding medium.
(a) Both A are R are true and R is the correct
explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct
explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
Correct Answer is : (a) Both A are R are true and
R is the correct explanation of A
55. Assertion (A): Radio waves bend in a magnetic
field.
Reason (R): Radio waves are electromagnetic in
nature.
(a) Both A are R are true and R is the correct
explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct
explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
Correct Answer is : (a) Both A are R are true and
R is the correct explanation of A
56. Which one of the following types of waves are
used in a night vision apparatus?
(a) Radio waves
(b) Microwaves

(c) Infra-red waves

(d) None of the above
Correct Answer is : (c) Infra-red waves
57. Given below are two statements, one labelled as
Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Transformer is useful for stepping up
or stepping down voltages.
Reason (R): Transformer is a device used in D.C.
circuits.
In the context of the above two statements, which one
of the following is correct?
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct
explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct
explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
Correct Answer is : (c) A is true but R is false
58. Domestic electrical wiring is basically a:
(a) series connection
(b) parallel connection
(c) combination of series and parallel
connections
(d) series connection within each room and
parallel connection elsewhere
Correct Answer is : (b) parallel connection
59. Which one of the following is paramagnetic in
nature?
(a) Iron
(b) Hydrogen
(c) Oxygen
(d) Nitrogen
Correct Answer is : (c) Oxygen
60. A fuse is used in mains electric supply as a safety
device. Which one of the following statements about
the fuse is correct?
(a) It is connected in parallel with the main
switch
(b) It is made mainly from silver alloys
(c) It must have a low melting point
(d) It must have a very high resistance
Correct Answer is : (c) It must have a low melting
point
61. Sound waves do not travel through
(a) Solids

(d) Vaccum
Correct Answer is : (c) Gases
62. Who among the following Peshwa's was
popularly known as Nanasaheb?
(a) Baji Rao
(b) Balaji Vishwanath
(c) Balaji Baji Rao
(d) Raghunath Rao
Correct Answer is : (a) Baji Rao
63. Who is considered as the progenitor of Sitar?
(a) Baiji Bawara
(b) Amir Khusro
(c) Mian Tansen
(d) Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
Correct Answer is : (b) Amir Khusro
64. Which device is used in the evaluation of multiple
choice tests?
(a) MICR
(b) OCMR
(c) OMR
(d) PCR
Correct Answer is : (c) OMR
65. Which one of the following causes dropsy?
(a) Argemone maxicana
(b) Brassica oleracea
(c) Oenothera lamarkiana
(d) Brassica campestris
Correct Answer is : (a) Argemone maxicana
66. Zoji La pass connects
(a) Kashmir and Tibet
(b) Nepal and Tibet
(c) Leh and Kargil
(d) Leh and Srinagar
Correct Answer is : (d) Leh and Srinagar
67. Which of the following are the pure forms of
carbon?
1. Coal
2. Graphite
3. Diamond
(a) 1 only
(b) 3 only

(b) Liquids

(c) 1 and 2

(c) Gases

(d) 1, 2 and 3

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Correct Answer is : (d) 1, 2 and 3
68. Who was the famous British writer of
"Himalayan Gazetteer"?
(a) Edvin Atkinson
(b) P. Baron
(c) R. V. Vernede
(d) Jim Corbett
Correct Answer is : (b) P. Baron
69. Consider the following statements:
1. The albedo of an object determines its visual
brightness when viewed with reflected light.
2. The albedo of Mercury is much greater than the
albedo of the Earth.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
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