OF INDIA (JOINT RECRUITMENT CELL) PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION FOR THE POST OF PARLIAMENTARY REPORTER GRADE-II (ENGLISH/HINDI) IN LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT 29" JANUARY, 2012 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE & CURRENT AFFAIRS AND GENERAL ENGLISH INSTRUCTIONS : (i) Write your Roll No. at the appropriate column on the answer sheet. (i) Put °X' ‘mark only in the correct Box like this (X). No marks will be given for responses outside the Box. Use blue or black ball pen only to mark your response. (il) In case you want to change your response to any question, fully blacken the first response like this Ml and {X) mark in the correct Box (iv) There will be NO negative marking for the wrong answers. Time: 50 Minutes Marks: 100 PART - A : General Knowledge and Current Affairs 1. The first Mughal emperor was (A) Humayun (B) Babar (C) Jahangir (D) Shahjahan 2 Which of the following is not a metamorphic rock (A) granite (B) Marble (C) Slate (0) Quartzite 3. The thinner layer of the earth is the (A) mantle (B)Core (C) Crust (D) None of these 4, Which of the following is not associated with an earthquake (Epicenter (B)focus _(C)Crater__—_(D) Seismic waves 5. The radio communication are made possible by (A) troposphere (B) stratosphere (C) lonosphere (0) exosphere 8. Which among the following bodies finalizes the market borrowing programmers of State Governments in india (A) State Governments (B) RBI (C) Union Ministry of Finance — (D) Planning Commission 7. Which among the following is India's largest indigenous Research and Production Nuclear Reactor (A) Apsara (8) Dhruva (C) Kamini (0) Cirus Where was held the 98” Indian Science Congress in early 2011 (A) Hyderabad (8) Chennai (C) Kochi (0) Kolkata Which of these statements is/are correct about ‘gender-critical’ districts on the basis of the Census 2001 data: (1) There are 262 gender critical districts or cities in the country (2) Madhya Pradesh has the highest number of gender critical districts or cities (3) Kerala is the only State which does not have any gender critical district or city (A) only (B) 1 and 2 only (C) 2 only (D) 3 and 1 only 10. _Inwhich of the following States of India is located tiger reserve, which is also a World Heritage Site (A) Rajasthan (6) Assam {C) Madhya Pradesh (0) Uttar Pradesh 11. In-which of the following States of india, world’s first Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership was started a few months back (A) Rajasthan (B) Kerala _(C) Haryana (0) Uttar Pradesh 12, Which among the following Industrial Policy Resolution/Statement was based upon Mahalanobis Model of growth —_(A) Industrial Policy Resolution- 1956 (8) Industral Policy Statement - 1973 (C) Industrial Policy Statement - 1977 (©) None of these 13. Which of the following became the first Oil and Gas Company to find Shale gas deposits in india recently (A) Reliance Industries Ltd. (B) Cairn India (C) ESSAR Oil (0) ONGC 14. _ 8. Sundar Committee was in news recently for its report on which of the following (A) Land Acquisition ‘Act, 1894 (B) Copyright Act, 1957 (C) Rightto Information Act, 2005 (D) Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, 15. RiverMississipi drains (A) Canada (B) Africa. (C) USA (0) Germany 16. With which of the following period do we associate the “microlith implements’. (A) Palaeolithic (8) Mesolithic (C) Neolithic. (0) Chaleoiithic 17. The stone age people had the first domestic (A) asses (8) dogs (C) horses (D) sheep 18. The exact time taken by the earth for single rotation on its own axis is (A) 24 hrs (8) 26s 35sec (C)23hrs50min7.2sec _(D) 23 hrs 6 min 4.09 sec 19. _ NASA's Deep Impact Space Mission was employed to take detailed picture of which Comets nucleus (A) Halley's Comet (8) Hale-Bopp (C) Hyakutake (0) Tempel 1 20. Which of the following layers of the earth is believed to have the heaviest mineral materials of highest density (A) CentralCore (8) Crust (C)Mantle (0) Both B and C 21, The Tibetan river “Tsangpo' enters India through the State of (A) Arunachal Pradesh (8) Assam (C) Manipur (0) Nagaland 22, By what name is the Ganga known in Bangladesh (4) Padma (6) Bhagirathi (C) Rupnarayan (D) NubraSS ‘The Bhakra-Nangal Multi-purpose Project is a joint venture of (A) Punjab & Haryana only (8) Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan only (C) Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan & Himachal Pradesh (D) Punjab and Himachal Pradesh only Which one of the following States of India is the largest producer of Lignite Coal (A) Maharashtra _(B) Gujarat (C) Madhya Pradesh (©) Tamil Nadu ‘The largest coal reserves of India are found in (A) Chhattisgarh (8) Jharkhand (C) Madhya Pradesh (0) Orissa ‘The Concept of Five Year Plans in India was introduced by (A) Lord Mountbatten (B) Jawahar Lal Nehru (C) Indira Gandhi (0) Lal Bahadur Shastri Which of these bodies finalises the Five Year Plan proposals (A) Planning Commission {G) Union Cabinet (C) National Development Council (D) Ministry of Planning For internal financing of Five Year Plans, the Government depends on (A) taxation only (6) taxation and public borrowing (C) public borrowing and deficit financing (D) taxation, public borrowing and deficit financing Planning in India derives its objective from (A) Fundamental Rights (8) Directive Principles of State Policy __(C) Fundamental Duties (0) Preamble ‘Absolute poverty means (A) poverty in terms of absolute Number of people _(B) poverty in terms of the basic minimum Calories requirements (C) poverty in terms of the prevailing price level. (D) poverty in terms of the absolute level of unemployment ‘The situation with increasing unemployment and Inflation is termed as (A) hyperinfation (8) galloping inflation (C) stagflation (0) refiation ‘Who among the following was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Indian Constitution (A) Rajendra Prasad (8) Tej Bahadur Sapru (C)C. Rajgopalachari (0) B.R. Ambedkar ‘The idea of the Constitution of india was first of all given by (A) Mahatma Gandhi (8) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (C) Jawahar Lal Nehru (D) MN. Roy Which of the following was not one of the features of Government of India Act, 1935. {A) provincial autonomy (B) Dyarchy of Centre (C) Bicameral Legisiature (0) All India Federation Which of the following Is not a part of the Preamble to the indian Constitution {A) Secularism (8) Socialism (C) Democratic Republic (0) Federalism ‘The words Socialist Secular and Unity and integrity of the Nation were added to our Constitution by (A) 42" Amendment of the Constituton _(B) 44" Amendment of the Consttution (C) it does not acknowledge, recognize or proclaim anything about the Constitution (0) it has separate entity in the Constitution Under which Article of our Constitution are the Cultural and Educational Rights granted (A) Atticies 29 and 31. (B) Articles 29 and 32 (C) Articles 29 and 30 (0) Articles 30 and 31 ‘On whom does our Constitution confer special responsibility for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights (A) Parliament (8) Supreme Court (C) President (0) State Legislatures Which one of the following subjects is under the Union List in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India (A) Regulation of Labour and safety in Mines and oilfiekis (8) Agriculture (C) Fisheries (0) Public Health Which one of the following Articles of the Constitution of India says that the executive power of every State shall be so exercised as not to impede or prejudice the exercise of the executive power of the Union (A) Article 257 (8) Article 258 (C) Article 355 (0) Article 356 Which of the following does the President of India not appoint (A) Finance Commission (8) Planning Commission (C) Commission on official languages (0) UPSC In india, the power to increase the number of judges in the Supreme Court lies with (A) The President of 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RAL iH Indicate the option closest in meaning to the words in BOLDICAPITALS: ‘ABYSMAL (A) bottomless (B)etemal _(C) meteoric (0) diabotic PIQUE (A) pyramid (B) revolt —_(C) resentment (0) struggle CARICATURE (A) embrace (B) lampoon _(C) cheer (0) distike PLATITUDE (A) banality (B) exclusion (C) compassion (0) distortion EUPHORIC (A)evasive (B)elated—_(C) estranged (0) excessive ‘CONSTRUE (A)reserve (8) promote _(C) explain (O) erect FURTIVE (A) undertand (8) coy (C) batiant (O) abortive FETTERED {A) constrained (B) completed (C) furious (0) angered IGNOMINY (A)ignorant —(B) dishonour (C) oblivious (©) impudence HERETIC (A) believer (B) pacifist (C) dissenter (0) recluse Choose the option opposite in meaning to the words in BOLDICAPITALS: AGGRAVATE (A) disperse _(B) alleviate (C) heed (0) negotiate IMPLAUSIBLE (A) admirable (8) believable (C) controllable (D) practical PROPITIATE (A) appease (B) mollfy (C)distur> (0) destroy GLUT (A)dearth (8) drain (C)supply (0) void MORDANT (A) supine (8) uninteresting (C) bitter (0) genial RAPACIOUS: (A) predatory (8) generous (C) comfortable (0) offensive INCENTIVE (A) doubt (B) complement (C) deterrent (0) disagreement ‘MOROSE, (A) joyful —_(B) sober (©) earthly (D) spotted Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option out of the given alternatives (A, B, C & D): ‘The losing animal in a struggle saves itself from destruction by an act of an act usually recognized and accepted by the winner. (A) submission (8) hostility (C) bluffing (D) anger He was able to. my argument effectively by quoting actual statistics. (A) retaliate (8) counter (C) reciprocate (0) confront, Although there are weeks of negotiations ahead, and perhaps setbacks and new surprises, leaders of both parties are___ that their differences can be resolved. (A) optimistic. (8) perplexed (C) apprehensive (0) incredulous: Most people are shameless where the very rich are concerned, insatiably curious about how they get their money and how they spend it. (A) pigs (8) critics (C) voyeurs (D) exhibitionists The Selection Pane! was most impressed by the Regional medium school candidate whose English was: (A) spotiess (B) impeccable (C) infallible (D) irreproachable- The semantic of ancient documents is not unique; even in our own time, many documents are difficult to decipher. (A) aspect + (8) pattern (C)opacity (0) intention Ifthe work-force respected you, you wouldn't need to__ your authority so often. (A) assert (8) affirm (C) maintain’ (0) inflict Choose the alternative (A, B, C & D) that best brings out the meaning of the idiom or phrase: Go the extra mile (A) take a detour (B) take the longer route (C) go above and beyond whatever is required (D) Be extravagant Go out on a limb (A) stand on one leg _(B) put yoursetf in a tough position in order to support someone/something (C) extend your arm (0) extend a peace offer ‘Make no bones about something (A) care very litle about an issue (8) to state a fact so there are no doubts or objections, (C) find fault with the issue (0) being shameless =mBES RSESSR 238 100. meet oe Really on the ball (A) knows a lot (B) plays sport regularly (C) is agood runner —_(D) is very tired Tide has turned (A) difficulty level has increased (8) better days are ahead (C)be in a situation that is hard to get out of (0) the sea is stormy Fill_in the blanks with the appropriate word or phrase (A, B, C & D) which best completes the sentences given below: When we arrived ____her house she had already left. at (B)t (C) from (0)in Please don't put bicycles __ the shop window. (Ajat (B) against’ (C) between (D) on He tured round and walked away ___ the trees (A)along (8) through (C) under. (D) off studied German two years (A) during (6) (C) for (0) in Will you be finished with your work _nine o'clock. (A) by (8) until (Cyat (D) on My husband and his colleague ___golf whenever they are not too busy. (A) play (®)plays (Care ares (O) played Before the games begin, the Olympic torch __at Olympus by a mirror reflecting the sun. (Aistighted (6) is lt (C) was lighted (D) is being it How many copies ___with the order? (A) did we sent (8) we sent (C) have we sended (D) did we send ‘Their product _ more imaginatively this season (A) is being marketed (B) is marketed (C)is been marketed (D) have been marketed Mr. Gupta ten years (A)has been head of this department for (B) is head of this department for (C)is head of this department since (D) has been head of this department since Each of the following sentences is divided into four parts (A, B, C & D). Select the part that contains the error: (A) When the post (8) will arive. (C)lbring it (D) into your office (A) Weare (8) looking forward (C) to see you (D) at next year's conference (A) Mr. Sharma is working _(B) at this school (C)forthe _(D) last seven years (A) Sunil fled his driving test (B) three times because (C) he doesn't know — (D) how to park the car (A) Whoever objects tome (B) going to the convention (C) ought fo state (0) his position clearly ‘Choose the most appropriate one word substitution: ‘Someone who is fanatical in their beliefs and tries to make other people share them (A) Zionist (B)Zeaious (C) Radical (0) Militant Living as a beggar (A) Sponger (B) Vagrant (C) mendicant (0) vassal ‘Someone who acts differently from the rest of the group (A) maverick (B) dissident (C) bohemian (0) eccentric Mysterious and known only to a few people (A) abstract () esoteric: (C)exotic _(D) espionage ‘A person who arranges for performances in theatres, concert halls (A) impresario. 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