2ND JHARKHAND PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (PRE.) EXAM-2006
2ND JHARKHAND PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (PRE.) EXAM-2006
1. The earliest evidence of the availability of silver in India is:
(a) Harappan culture
(b) Chalcolitic cultures of Western India
(c) Vedic codes
(d) In Silver battered coins.
2. Which of the following most fundamental difference between Mahayana and Hinayana sects of buddhism?
(a) The force of non-violence
(b) Caste devoid Society
(c) Worship of gods
(d) Stupa worship
3. Caves and rock laden temple in Ellora –
(a) Buddhists
(b) The Buddhist and Jains
(c) The Hindus and Jains
(d) The Hindus, Buddhist and Jains
4. Gandhara-Style sculpture of Buddha’s first sermon at Sarnath is the name of the relevant discourse-currency ?
(a) Abbey
(b) Focus
(c) Dharmachakra
(d) Shaka
5. Which ethnic group was Torman?
(a) Shithiyan
(b) Hun
(c) Yuchi
(d) Shaka
6. Which of the following inscriptions mentions the name of Kalidasa?
(a) In Allahabad Pillar article
(b) The inscriptions in Aihole
(c) In Alpatu donation article
(d) The inscriptions in Hanumkonda
7. Who among the following saw rule of the eight sultans of Delhi ?
(a) Jiyauddin Barni
(b) Shams-E-Siraj Afique
(c) Minhaj-us-Siraj
(d) Aamir Khusro
8. Who was the first Indian ruler to Organize Haj pilgrimage at the expense of the state?
(a) Alauddin Khilji
(b) Ferozshah Tughluq
(c) Akbar
(d) Aurangzeb
9. The mansabdari system that Akbar implemented was borrowed from the system prevailing in which country ?
(a) Afganistan
(b) Turkey
(c) Mongolia
(d) France
10. Which of the following women wrote historical details during the Mughal era?
(a) Gulabadan Begam
(b) Nurjahan Begam
(c) Jahanara Begam
(d) Zeb-un-Nissa Begam
11. Which of the following cities was capital of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh ?
(a) Amritsar
(b) Patiala
(c) Lahore
(d) Kapurthala
12. Who were the first to start a joint stock company to trade with India ?
(a) Portuguese
(b) Dutch
(c) French
(d) Danish
13. What was the distinguishing features of the Bengal Regulation of 1793 ?
(a) Provisions of the Supreme .
Court was established
(b) The english method was limited to only english.
(c) The acceptance methods of Hindus and Muslims were also included in it.
(d) It provided for the appointment of law commission of India.
14. First Indian ruler to accept subsidiary treaty was?
(a) Nawab of Awadh
(b) Nizam of Hyderabad
(c) Peshwa Bajirao II
(d) King of Travancore
15. Who among the following supported Mahatma Gandhi in the Champaran struggle?
(a) Vallabh Bhai Patel and Vinoba Bhave
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajendra Prasad
(c) Rajendra Prasad and Anugrah Narayan
(d) Mahadev Desai and Manibane Patel
16. Which of the following form of erosion is the reason for the construction of the khokhado of Chambal valley?
(a) Asfaln
(b) Chadri
(c) Small river
(d) Gully
17. In the ancient Indian historical geography Ratnakar was a suggestive name for?
(a) Arabian Sea
(b) Bay of Bengal
(c) Indian Ocean
(d) Prayag
18. The average elevation above sea level of the Tibetan Plateau is ?
(a) 2 km.
(b) 3 km
(c) 4 km
(d) 5 km
19. The Himalayas are formed of parallel fold ranges. Among them which is the oldest range?
(a) Shivalik range
(b) Low Himalaya range
(c) Wide Himachal range
(d) Dhauladhar range
20. If food grains ensure the safe collection. Then the time of harvest should not exceed the percentage of moisture content ?
(a) 14%
(b) 16%
(c) 18%
(d) 20%
21. The most yielding (Milk) goat breed in India is?
(a) Barbari
(b) Jamunapari
(c) Kali Bengali
(d) Bettal
22. Which agriculture plant have maximum intensity of soil erosion of the given options?
(a) Sorghum
(b) Potato
(c) Wheat
(d) Clover
23. The ideal climatic conditions for the cultivation of rice –
(a) Rainfall above 100 cm and temperature above 25°C.
(b) The cool and moist climate for the entire duration of the crop.
(c) Rainfall and Temperature less than 100 cm and 25°C.
(d) Some hot and dry climate throughout the harvest period.
24. Which of the following formats in India soil is becoming infertile due to excess iron ?
(a) Desert Sand
(b) Alluvial
(c) Podjolik
(d) Lateritic
25. The color of the star indicate
(a) Distance from sun
(b) Its light
(c) Distance from the earth
(d) Temperature
26. To revolve around the center of our galaxy sun takes time?
(a) 2.5 Crore years
(b) 10 Crore years
(c) 25 Crore years
(d) 50 Crore years
27. A planet’s day value and its axistilt are approximately equivalent to Earth’s day value and tilt ?
(a) about of Uranus
(b) about of Neptune
(c) about of Saturn
(d) about of Mars
28. Willy-Willy is:
(a) Types of tree which rises in temperate zone.
(b) One type of air moving in the desert.
(c) Tropical cyclones of the NorthWest Australia
(d) Types of fish commonly found near Lakshadweep island.
29. An aircraft flies from 30° north latitude, 50° east longitude and lands on the opposite end on Earth. Where will it land?
(a) 30° north latitude, 50° west longitude
(b) 30° south latitude, 50° west longitude
(c) 50° south latitude, 30° west longitude
(d) 30° south latitude and 130⁰ western longitude or 50° western longitude
30. To get the maximum diversity of plants and animal species –
(a) Temperate deciduous forest
(b) In the humid tropical forests
(c) Most polluted river
(d) Deserts and Savannah plains
31. Acceleration due to destructive earthquake gravity
(a) >550 cm/sec²
(b) >750 cm/sec²
(c) >950 cm/sec²
(d) >980 cm/sec²
32. When 82°30′ east longitude is mid night, at which longitude 6:30 is in the morning?
(a) 165° east
(b) 67° 30 east
(c) 0°
(d) 82°30 east
33. What causes clouds to float ?
(a) Momentum
(b) Volume
(c) Pressure
(d) Density
34. Match List-1 to List-2 and choose right answer from help of given below list –
List-1 – List-2
(Crops) – (crop destroyer)
(i) Rice 1. Aphids
(ii) Wheat 2. Knobs
(iii) Sugarcane 3. Shearing greasy grasshopper
(iv) Gram 4. Top Shoot borer moth
5. Moth ball
Code: –
(a) i-1, ii-3, iii-4, iv-5
(b) i-3, ii-1, iit-2, iv-4
(c) i-2, ii-1, iii-4, iv-3
(d) i-5, ii-4, iii-1, iv-3
35. Which of the following is the maximum annual growth rate of population in the area of Asia ?
(a) South Asia
(b) South East Asia
(c) Middle Asia
(d) West Asia
36. Which of the following is not the features of India’s federal constitution?
(a) The constitution is written and
(b) The Judiciary is independent
(c) Residual powers to be vested in the centre
(d) Distribution of power between center and state
37. The Principal of basic structure of the constitution implies that –
(a) Some of the features of the constitution are such that they cannot be taken
(b) Fundamental rights cannot be reduced or taken away
(c) The constitution can be amended only by article 368
(d) The preamble of the constitution cannot be amended, because it is not part of the constitution
38. Freedom of Press in India –
(a) Present in article 19(1) (a) of the Indian Constitution.
(b) Broad freedom of expression is guaranted in article 19(1) (a) the Indian Constitution.
(c) Present in article 361A of the Indian Constitution.
(d) It depend on the rule of the law.
39. Which of the following statements is correct?
(a) Legislative assembly of states elect all members of the upper house.
(b) Vice-president is ex-officio chairman of the Rajya Sabha, therefore a member of the council may contesting for vicepresident.
(c) In Lok Sabha as well as Rajya Sabha, a candidate can contest from any where in India.
(d) The constitution of India expressly prohibits appointment of a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha to the post of Minister. the
40. Who among the following is appointed by the president of India?
(i) Chairman of finance commission
(ii) Chairman of planning commission
(iii) Chief Minister of union territory
Choose correct answer from the codes given below
(a) Only i
(b) Only i and ii
(c) Only i and iii
(d) Only ii and iii
41. Central-state as relations are specifically referred to municipal relations in which context ?
(a) In the context of the center’s control over the state in the area of legislation.
(b) With reference to the center’s control over the state in financial matter.
(c) In the of central context control over the state in the administrative area.
(d) In the context of state and central control in the planning process.
42. Which of the following statements is correct concerning advisory jurisdiction of the supreme court ?
(A) It is binding on the SC to express its opinion in any matter directed by the President.
(B) The full bench of the SC hears any matter under advisory Jurisdiction.
(C) The opinion of the SC under advisory Jurisdiction is not binding on the government.
(D) Only one instruction can be sent to the SC under the power of its advisory Jurisdiction.
> Choose correct answer from given below code.
(a) A and B
(b) Band A
(c) B and C
(d) B and D
43. The rich are becoming richer and the poor more poor, it is essential to know what needs to compare ?
(a) Wholesale price indices of various periods in various fields.
(b) Portraying class during different periods of the distribution of income of taxpayers.
(c) Rich and poor in different periods, the availability of food grain for both classes of persons.
(d) Time special income distribution on various classes of taxpayers.
44. Rupee convertibility implies ?
(a) Rupee exchange for receiving gold.
(b) By the hand of market forces to set the value of the rupee.
(c) Permission to convert Rupee into other major currencies and permission to convert other currencies into Rupee.
(d) To develop international market in India for currencies.
45. Devaluation of the currency means?
(a) Decreased value of a particular currency in comparison to major currencies used in International market.
(b) Allow particular currencies to get its fair value in international market.
(c) Determining the value of a particular currency with changes coming in a set of certain predetermined currencies.
(d) Determining the value of a particular currency in multilateral consultations with the IMF, the WB and key trade partners.
46. Which of the following tax imposed by the center, but the collection and appropriation by state ?
(a) Stamp tax
(b) Passenger and goods tax
(c) Property tax
(d) Tax on newspaper
47. The main function of international monetary fund:
(a) Arranging international deposits of bank.
(b) Help the Member countries to resolve balance of payments problem.
(c) The private sector arm of the world bank to act as lender.
(d) Financing of loans to developing countries for investment.
48. Properly cut diamond of exceptional brightness basic reason:
(a) It has very high transparency.
(b) It is the ultra-high refractive index.
(c) He is very hard.
(d) Ensure that there is a cleavage plane.
49. The speed of light going through which will be minimum ?
(a) Glass
(b) Vaccum
(c) Water
(d) Air
50. The color of an opaque object is due to the color of that color. Due to which it?
(a) Absorbs
(b) Refracts
(c) Reflects
(d) Prints
51. Pitch of voice of women is commonly –
(a) Higher than men
(b) Modest than men
(c) Lower than men
(d) Is equally as much as men
52. The bottle was filled with water when frozen stopper breaks because
(a) Freezing the bottle shrinks.
(b) The volume of water is reduced upon freezing.
(c) The volume of water is in creased upon freezing.
(d) Glass is a bad conductor of heat.
53. One mole of hydrogen gas in excess oxygen at water gives heat of 299 kg. 4 grams of hydrogen gas burns in those circumstances, there how is much heat generation?
(a) 145 kg
(b) 290 kg
(c) 580 kg
(d) 1160 kg
54. Whose ore is monazite ?
(a) Zirkonium
(b) Thorium
(c) Tritanium
(d) Iron
55. Galvanized iron sheets is presserve from corrosion, because following layer exists of them –
(a) Lead
(b) Chromium
(c) Zinc
(d) Tin
56. Water is solvent of iron salt, because?
(a) Its boiling point is high
(b) Its Blister movement is high
(c) Its specific heat is higher
(d) It does not have color
57. The in use mosquito-coil pairethrin receives from –
(a) An algebraic plant
(b) An insect
(c) A bacteria
(d) A fungus
58. When the human fetal heart seems to shake?
(a) In the first week of own additions.
(b) In the third week of own additions.
(c) In the fourth week of own additions.
(d) In the six week of own additions.
59. In the case of test tube baby
(a) Fertilization occurs inside the test tube.
(b) The addition of the test tube baby inside.
(c) Fertilization occurs outside the mother’s body.
(d) The egg is fertilized outside of test tube.
60. Balanced diet (carbohydrate and protein) in a day for an adult worker must be respectively –
(a) 600 gm and 420 gm
(b) 600 gm and 600 gm
(c) 420 gm and 600 gm
(d) 420 gm and 420
61. Which of the following vitamin considered as harmones?
(a) Vitamin A
(b) Vitamin B
(c) Vitamin C
(d) Vitamin D
62. Enzyme, renin and lactase are required to digest milk. How many are lost in the age of the human body?
(a) 2 years
(b) 3 years
(c) 5 years
(d) 8 years
63. Hemoglobin merges with which organism’s fluid?
(a) Frog
(b) Fish
(c) Human
(d) Earth worm
64. Mutation theory of evolution ?
(a) Huxlay
(b) Darvin
(c) Lamarck
(d) Hugo de Bridge
65. If a father has blood group À and mother blood group O. So tell me. Which of the following blood group of his son?
(a) B
(b) AB
(c) O
(d) B, AB and O
66. Cholestrol is a?
(a) Insecticide
(b) Vitamin
(c) Steroids
(d) Enzyme
67. Which of the following crops gives rich soil from nitrogen?
(a) Potato
(b) Soghrm
(c) Sunflower
(d) Peas
68. What is S.L.V.-3 ?
(a) Satellite launch vehicle
(b) Missile
(c) Cruz Missile
(d) Satellite
69. Which of the following is used as bio fertiliser?
(A) Azolla
(B) Blue green algae
(C) Alfalfa
Choose correct answer using the code given below –
(a) only B
(b) A and B
(c) A and C
(d) A, B and C
70. If water pollution continues at present, then
(a) Water cycle stops
(b) Rain will stop
(c) Oxygen context will be insufficient for water plants.
(d) Nitrogen context will be insufficient for water plants.
71. Human induced environmental pollutants is called.
(a) Xenobiotic
(b) Antibiotics
(c) Humulin
(d) Analgesic
72. How many new districts have been formed after the formation of the state of Jharkhand ?
(a) Four
(b) Six
(c) Eight
(d) Five
73. What percentage of the total population of India. Jharkhand’s population ?
(a) 2.61%
(b) 4%
(c) 3.21%
(d) 3.01%
74. The literacy rate of Jharkhand is ?
(a) 54.16%
(b) 52.11%
(c) 55.6%
(d) 57.6%
75. What is the total number of blocks in Jharkhand?
(a) 212
(b) 163
(c) 260
(d) 510
76. If the is code of ABSENT ZYHVMG then code of PRESENT will ?
(a) KIHVHGM
(b) KIVHVMG
(c) KITMHMG
(d) GKITYLE
77. A man sprung from the steady boat at pace of 5 m/sec and boat moves at a speed of 0.5 m/s. How much times mass of human of mass of boat ?
(a) 5.5 times
(b) 4.5 times
(c) 2.5 times
(d) 10 times
78. The length of a rectangle is increase by 20% and its width is reduced 20% the area?
(a) 4% increase
(b) 4% decrease
(c) 20% increase
(d) 20% decrease
79. A father’s age was three times the age of his son. Five years ago father age was four times the age of his son. The age of son is –
(a) 12 years
(b) 15 years
(c) 18 years
(d) 20 years
80. If a number of its 50% and 25% average is 210. So the number is –
(a) 280
(b) 320
(c) 360
(d) 400
82. The radius of a circle is to be increase 100%, if the area will increase.
(a) 100%
(b) 200%
(c) 300%
(d) 400%
83. A man sold two scooters at the same price. Profit of 25% from one and loss of 25% from second. The selling her –
(a) Loss
(b) Profit
(c) No loss and no profit
(d) None of the above
84. Rs. 1000 is divided among A, B and C in a such way that A get
1/4 th of the income of B and C. 4
B and C get equally. Then, what is the amount C get?
(a) Rs. 100
(b) Rs. 200
(c) Rs. 300
(d) Rs. 400
85. How much the ratio of GDP to tax in India?
(a) 8%
(b) 9%
(c) 10%
(d) 12%
86. Which of these education compaign can be said to produce the highest in the world?
(a) Janashala
(b) Operation black board
(c) Education for all campaign
(d) Shiksha Janshala
87. What was the logo of the 33rd national games held in Guwahati ?
(a) Rongmon
(b) Lion
(c) Kangaroo
(d) Elephant
88. Who is the president of the National Child development society ?
(a) Nafeesa Ali
(b) Ravina Tondon
(c) Jaya Bhaduri
(d) Jaya Bachhan
89. National Rural Health Mission was launched –
(a) 15th August, 2002
(b) 31st March, 2003
(c) 18th June, 2004
(d) 12th April, 2005
90. How many world cup cricket played by Sachin Tendulkar ?
(a) Four
(b) Five
(c) Six
(d) Eight
91. Ramon Magsaysay Award 2007 was presented to these Indian ?
(a) P. Sainath
(b) Shanta Sinha
(c) Arvind Kejriwal
(d) Rajendra Singh
92. Which game the main theme is friendship ties ?
(a) Commonwealth Game
(b) World Cup Football-2002
(c) Busan Asiad
(d) World Cup Cricket
93. Which film has won Oscar Award 2006?
(a) Depoted
(b) Lord of the kings returns of the king
(c) Crash
(d) Hole
94. Who is to act as a close friend of harry potter in the harry potter movie ?
(a) Samuels Grenade
(b) Ron Weasley
(c) Harshll
(d) Titto
95. Who won the Kabaddi Worldcup in 2007?
(a) India
(b) Iran
(c) Pakistan
(d) Germany
96. What is postal voting ?
(a) Wait Vote.
(b) Proxy Voting
(c) Open Voting
(d) Secret ballot
97. Where is Jim Corbett National Park?
(a) Uttarakhand
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Odisha
(d) Tamil Nadu
98. Which day celebrate on 1st December?
(a) World Health day
(b) World Aids day
(c) World Population day
(d) World Environment day
99. First Lady arrived at the North pole:
(a) Ann Bronkraft
(b) Elizabeth
(c) Lucci Jenifer
(d) Chi-ha-Lung
100. The shortest air route from Perth to London?.
(a) Perth, Mumbai, Rome, London
(b) Perth, Ankara, Paris, London
(c) Perth, Aden, Paris, London
(d) Perth, Mombasa, Rome, London
EXPLANATIONS
1. (a) The earliest evidence of the availability of silver in India is found in Harappan culture.
2. (C) Buddhism is divided into two main religious groups Mahayana Buddhism and Hinayana Buddhism (also known as Theravada). Hinayana was the traditional form of Buddhism whereas Mahayana developed later, around first century CE. Hinayana believed in attaining the nirvana from self whereas Mahayana strived for the nirvana through the worship of gods.
3. (d) Ellora is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut monastery-temple cave complexes in the world. There are total 34 cave open for public in which 12 Buddhist caves dated from about 200 BCE to 600 CE, the 17 Hindu temples dated from about 500 to 900 CE, and the 5 Jain temples dated from about 800 to 1000 are present there.
4. (c) Gandhara-Style sculpture of Buddha’s first sermon at Sarnath is the Dharmachakra. The sermon, Buddha gave to the five monks, was his first sermon, called the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta. It was given on the full-moon day of Asalha Puja. Buddha subsequently also spent his first rainy season at Sarnath at the Mulagandhakuti.
5. (b) Emperor Toraman and his son Mihirkul are famous for their ferocious and flagrant tendencies in Indian history. Hun was their ethnic group. Toramana was a ruler of the Alchon Huns who ruled its Indian region in the late 5th and the early Its reign period was 493-515 century. 6th AD.
6. (b) The poet Kalidasa finds mention in the inscription of Aihole and this has also helped in determining his time. Many inscriptions are found at Aihole, important one is the inscription at Meguti Temple popularly known as Aibole inscription, or Aibole Prashasti which related with Chalukya king Pulakeshi-II.
7. (d) Amir Khusrau (1253 – 1325). He is said to have witnessed the reigns of eight Delhi Sultans from ‘Ghiyasuddin Balban to Sultan Muhammad bin Tughluq’.
8. (c) Emperor Akbar (1542 – 1605 AD) was the first ruler who organize the Haj pilgrimage at state expense and provide subsidies to pilgrims. He also founded a shelter for pilgrims in Makkah. In the 1570s, he appointed a senior noble as a Mir Haj (leader of pilgrims) and also directed his top noble, Abdur Rahim Khan-eKhanan, to set aside three of his ships-The Rahimi, The Karimi and The Salari-for the free transportation of pilgrims to Jeddah.
9. (c) The mansabdari system was common to both the military and the civil department and is believed to have originated in Mongolia. Akbar made important changes to the system and made it more efficient.
The ‘mansab’ of a noble implied.
(a) Salary of the officer
(b) Status of the officer
(c) Number of soldiers, horses and elephants etc., maintained by an officer.
10. (a) Gulbadan Begum (c. 1523 7 February 1603) Gulabdan Begum’s ‘Humayunama’ is a monumental work, as it is the only account which states about of Babur and Humayuns reign. Akbar commissioned Gulbadan Begum to chronicle the story of his father Humayun.
11. (c) Maharaja Ranjit (1780- 1839 CE) also called “Sher-e-Punjab” was a Sikh emperor of the sovereign country of Punjab. Ranjit Singh took the title of Maharaja on April 12, 1801 (to coincide with Baisakhi day). Lahore served as his capital from 1799. In 1802, he took the holy city of Amritsar.
12. (b) The first to start a joint stock company to trade with India were the Dutch. The Dutch East India Company established the first stock market in world at Amsterdam on March 20, 1602.
13. (*) Not any option is correct The Regulating Act 1773 authorized the British crown to establish a Supreme Court at Calcutta by issuing a charter of 1774.
The English method of education promoted through English Education Act 1835. It was a Legislative Act and it not supported tradition of Muslim and Hindu education and the publication of literature in Sanskrit and Persian language.
Under the Charter of 1833, the first Law Commission was appointed in India in 1834. The commission was headed by Lord T.B. Macually as its chairman.
14. (b) The Nizam of Hyderabad was the first to accept subsidiary alliance. The Subsidiary Alliance System was used by Lord Wellesley who was the GovernorGeneral (1798-1805). According to the terms of subsidiary alliance, Indian rulers were not allowed to have their independent armed forces. They were to be protected by the Company, but they had to pay for the “subsidiary forces” that the Company was supposed to maintain for the purpose of this protection. If the Indian rulers failed to make the payment, then part of their territory was taken away as penalty.
15. (c) Champaran Satyagraha was took place in 1917 and it was first movement of Gandhiji. Champaran Satyagraha was farmer uprising, in Champaran district of Bihar. Farmers were protesting against grow indigo for Britishers. Gandhiji was arrived in Champaran on 10 April, 1917 and this movement was joined by Rajendra Prasad, Anugrah Narayan Sinha and others.
16. (d) The Chambal basin is characterised by an undulating floodplain, gullies and ravines. Chambal river is a tributary of Yamuna river. Chambal river originate in Janapav near mhow in Madhya Pradesh. Its total length is 965 km. There are four major dam on Chambal river namely Gandhi Sagar, Rana Pratap Sagar, Jawahar Sagar and Kota Barrage.
17. (c) In the historical geography, Ratnakar was a suggestive name for Indian Ocean as per Hindu mythologies, which means ‘The mine of Gems’.
18. (d) The Tibetan Plateau has an average elevation of over 4,500 meters. It is the highest and largest plateau in the world. Tibetan Plateau covers most of the Tibet Autonomous Region, the Qinghai Province in China, and Ladakh in Kashmir, India. Tibet also referred, as “The Third Pole’ and The Water Tower of Asia’ is the headwater of major rivers that flow into India, Bangladesh, China, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam. The Tibetan Plateau is also referred as “the Roof of the World”.
19. (c) The oldest range of Himalaya is Inner Himalayas and also it is the most widest. This range formed during Oligocene period. The second phase led to formation of Middle Himalayas (miocene period). The third and latest phase was formation of Outer Himalayas (post-pilocene period). Most of the world’s highest peaks are located in this Inner Himalayan region.
20. (a) To ensure the safe collection of food grain at the time of harvest it should not exceed 12% -14% of moisture content. In this moisture range we can store the wheat for a year, or more.
21. (b) Jamunapari is the most popular breed for commercial goat farming in India. This goat is reared mainly for milk. The striking feature is that they lactate for more than 300 days per year and milk yield per day is around 3 liter. It is mostly found in Uttar Pradesh. Jamunapari goats are beautiful and have healthy genes. Mostly they are white or yellow mixed white colour with grey patches.
22. (a) Plant like shorghum have capacity to loosened the soil by its roots. It will lead to soil erosion.
23. (a) In India rice is grown under widely varying conditions of altitude and climate. Rice cultivation in India extends from 8 to 35°N latitude and from sea level to as high as 3000 meters. Rice crop needs a hot and humid climate. It is best suited to regions which have high humidity welldistributed rainfall of about 100 cm or above, prolonged sunshine. The average temperature required throughout the life period of the crop ranges from 21 to 37°C. Maximum temp which the crop can tolerate 40°C to 42°C.
24. (d) The laterite soil is formed under conditions of high temperature and heavy rainfall with alternate wet and dry periods, which leads to leaching of soil, leaving only oxides of iron and aluminum. It lacks fertility due to a lower base-exchanging capacity and a lower content of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.
25. (d) The color of a star prominently indicates a star’s temperature, and it can also suggest the star’s age.
26. (C) Sun revolve around the center of our galaxy also known as cosmic year. It is the duration of time for the Sun to orbit once around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. It will take around 22.5 to 25 crore years.
27. (c) Mars planet orbits the Sun, it completes one rotation every 24.6 hours, which is very similar to one day on Earth (23.9 hours). Days on mars called solsshort for “solar day.” Mars years lasts on 669.6 sols, which is the same as 687 Earth days. Mars’ axis of rotation is tilted 25 degrees with respect to the plane of its orbit around the Sun. This is another similarity with Earth, which has an axial tilt of 23.4 degrees. Like Earth, Mars has distinct seasons also.
28. (c) Willy-Willy is a tropical. cyclone of the North-West Australia.
29. (d) If an aircraft flies from 30°North latitude and 50° East longitude, it will land from the opposite pole of the earth at 30° South latitude or 50° Western longitude.
30. (c) Maximum diversity of plant and animal species found at Temperate deciduous forest because sunlight, rainfall and temperature provide ideal condition for growth.
31. (d) Acceleration due to gravity of earth is 9.8m/s². When a body is falling freely, it will have some velocity and therefore it will attain some acceleration. This acceleration is known as acceleration due to gravity. It is denoted by ‘g’.
32. (d) When at 82.5 East longitude which is Indian standard time, in midnight time for 6:30, it means India need to add 97.5 degree which become 0.
33. (d) Clouds form when the sun creates warm, moist air by heating and evaporating water on the earth’s surface. The warm, moist air is less dense than the cold air above it, so that warm air rises. The warm air cools as it comes into contact with the cooler air above. Cold air cannot hold as much moisture as warm air: the vapor has to condense into a liquid. This is the beginning of a cloud.
34. (c) Crop – desrotyer Crop
(i) Rice – 1. Knobs
(ii) Wheat – 2. Aphids
(iii) Sugarcane – 3. Top shoot borer moth
(iv) Gram – 4. Shearing greasy grasshopper
35. (a) South Asia annual growth rate is highest in Asian region. Population growth (annual %) in South Asia was reported at 1.2724 % in 2016, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators. Southern Asia population is equivalent to 24.87% of the total world population.
36. (c) The main federal features of the Indian Constitution are as follows:
> Written Constitution
> Supremacy of the Constitution
> Rigid Constitution
> Division of Powers
> Independent Judiciary
> Bicameral Legislature
> Dual Government Polity
37. (c) The word “Basic Structure” is not mentioned anywhere in the Constitution of India. This concept developed gradually with the interference of the judiciary from time to time. Its main aim protect the basic rights of the people and the ideals and the philosophy of the Indian constitution. In 1973, in Kesavananda Bharti vs. State of Kerala case Supreme Court clear that “basic structure of the Constitution could not be abrogated even by a constitutional amendment”.
38. (a) Freedom of press is included in the fundamental right of freedom of speech and expression guaranteed to the citizens under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution.
39. (c) For contesting an election as a candidate for Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha a person must be registered as a voter. Sec 4 (d) of Representation People Act, 1951 prevent a person from contesting unless he is an elector in any parliamentary constituency. Section 5 (c) of R. P. Act, 1951 has a similar provision for Assembly constituencies
40. (c) According to 280th Article the President of India appoints Finance Commission once for every five years. The Chief Minister of Union territories shall be appointed by the President and other Ministers shall be appointed by the President on the advice of the Chief Minister as per the Art. 239 and Ministers shall hold office during the pleasure of the President.
41. (b) Central-state relations are specifically referred to as municipal relations with reference to the center’s control over the state in financial matter.
42. (c) The opinion of the Supreme Court under advisory Jurisdiction is not. binding on the government. According to the Article 143 of the Indian Constitution the President may seek the opinion of the Supreme Court on any question of law or fact of public importance on which he thinks it expedient to obtain such an opinion.
43. (b) The rich are becoming richer and the poor more poor, for this it is essential to know the portraying class during different periods of the distribution of income of tax payers.
44. (c) Currency convertibility means the freedom to convert one currency into other internationally accepted currencies. In the same way Rupee convertibility implies permission to convert Rupee into other major currencies and permission to convert other currencies into Rupee.
45. (a) Currency devaluation is a deliberate downward adjustment of the value of a country’s currency against another currency. Devaluation is a tool used by monetary authorities to improve the country’s trade balance by boosting exports at moments when the trade deficit may become a problem for the economy.
46. (a) According to the Article 268 taxes levied by the Centre but collected and appropriated by the States. This includes stamp duties on bills of exchange, cheques, promissory notes, policies of insurance, transfer of shares; excise duties on medicinal and toilet preparations containing alcohol and narcotics.
47. (b) The main purpose of IMF is to ensure the stability of the international monetary system that is the system of created in 1945, the IMF is governed by that enables countries (and their citizens) to transact with each other. The IMF was exchange rates and international payments and accountable to the 189 countries that make up its near-global membership.
48. (b) If light from above leaks out the back of a diamond, naturally it has less brightness. But light that enters and leaves in the face up direction. Diamonds sparkles when light enters the diamonds and reflects through the facets. Diamond will sparkle more only when it is given a proper cut.
49. (a) The speed of light will be minimum while going through glass because the optical density of glass is very high in such a situation transmission of light is very slow.
50. (c) The apparent color of an opaque object depends on the wavelength of the light that it reflects. Reflection is the change in direction of a wavefront at an interface between two different media so that the wavefront returns into the medium from which it has originated.
51. (a) In general, women speak at a higher pitch which is about an octave higher than men. An adult woman’s average range is from 165 to 255 Hz, while a man’s is 85 to 155 Hz. Pitch is an integral part of the human voice. The Pitch of the voice is defined as the rate of the vocal folds. The voice’s sound changes as the rate of vibration varies.
52. (c) The bottle was filled with water when frozen stopper breaks because the volume of water is increased upon freezing.
53. (c) 1 Mole of hydrogen means 2 grams of hydrogen.
Hence, if 4 grams of hydrogen gas burns in those circumstances then 2 × 299 kg of heat will be given.
54. (b) Monazite is a ore of thorium. It is often found in placer deposits. India, Madagascar, and South Africa have large deposits of monazite sands. The deposits in India are particularly rich in monazite.
55. (c) Galvanization is the process of applying a protective zinc coating to steel or iron, to prevent rusting. The most common method is hot-dip galvanizing, in which the parts are submerged in a bath of molten zinc.
56. (d) Water is solvent of iron salt, because it does not have color. Iron is applied worldwide for commercial purposes, and is produced in amounts of 500 million tons annually. Elementary iron dissolves in water under normal conditions.
57. (a) Active ingredients found in mosquito coils. It include Pyrethrum is a natural, powdered material from a kind of chrysanthemum plant. Pyrethrins are an extract of the insecticidal chemicals in pyrethrum.
58. (c) The human fetal heart seems to shake in the fourth week of own additions.
59. (c) In the case of test tube baby Fertilization occurs out side the mother’s body. On 25 July 1978, the first “testtube baby,” Louise Brown, was born. Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe, who collaborated on the procedure, are considered to be the pioneers of IVF. In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is a process of fertilisation where an egg is combined with sperm outside the body.
60. (a) Balanced diet (carbohydrate and protein) in a day for an adult worker must be 600 gm and 420 gm respectively.
61. (d) Vitamin D is a hormone the kidneys produce that controls blood calcium concentration and impacts the immune system. It is also commonly known as calcitriol, ergocalciferol, calcidiol and cholecalciferol.
62. (b) 75% of humans invariably stop segregating enzymes that are needed to digest milk when they are three years old. These enzymes are the lactase required to digest the sugar from the milk, the lactose and the renin to digest the casein, which contains the protein and the minerals such as calcium.
63. (d) Hemoglobin is involved in the transport of other gases. It carries some of the body’s respiratory carbon dioxide. Hemoglobin merges with organism’s fluid of Earth worm.
64. (d) Mutation theory of evolution was put forward by Hugo de Bridge in 1901. The theory states that evolution is a jerky process where new varieties and species are formed by mutations (discontinuous variations) that function as raw material of evolution.
65. (c) If a father has blood group A and mother blood group O. Then the blood group of his son will be of blood group A or blood group O.
66. (c) Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance that’s found in all the cells in human body. Human body needs some cholesterol to make hormones, vitamin D, and substances that help in digesting foods. Cholesterol is a Steroids.
A steroid is a biologically active organic compound having four rings arranged in a specific molecular configuration.
67. (d) Peas are pulses crops which gives rich soil from nitrogen. Pulses are part of the legume family (any plants that grow in pods), but the term “pulse” refers only to the dry edible seed within the pod. Beans, lentils, chickpeas and split peas are the most common types of pulses. Pulses are special because they have distinct health benefits apart from other legumes.
68. (a) The Satellite Launch Vehicle or SLV was a project started in the early 1970s by the Indian Space Research Organisation to develop the technology needed to launch satellites. SLV was intended to reach a height of 400 kilometres and carry a payload of 40 kg. The first experimental flight of SLV-3, in August 1979, was a failure. The first successful launch took place on 18 July, 1980. It was a four-stage rocket with all solid-propellant motors.
69. (b) Blue green algae are widely used as bio fertilizer. Biofertilizers such as Rhizobium, Azotobacter, Azospirilium and Blue Green Algae (BGA) have been in use a long time: Rhizobium inoculant is used for leguminous crops.
70. (c) Water is the most important resource of the human beings as well as aquatic life. If water pollution continues at present, then Oxygen context will be insufficient for water plants.
71. (a) Human induced environmental pollutants is known as Xenobiotic.
72. (b) The state of Jharkhand was formed with 18 districts that were formerly the part of south Bihar. Some of these districts were reorganized and 6 new districts, namely, Latehar, Saraikela, Kharsawan, Jamtara, Pakur, Khunti and Ramgarh were formed. At present, the state has 5 Divisions and 24 Districts.
73. (a) Jharkhand’s population is 2.61 percentage of the total population of India.
74. (*) Not any option is correct. According to the census 2001, the literacy rate of Jharkhand is 53.56%. While according to the census 2011, the literacy rate of Jharkhand is 55.42 percent.
75. (a) In 2003, the total number of blocks in Jharkhand were 212 but now it has increased to 260..
76. (b)
77. (d)
78. (b)
79. (b)
80. (c)
82. (c)
83. (a)
84. (d)
85. (b) During 2006 – 07, the tax to GDP ratio was around 9%. The gross tax to GDP ratio was 10.9 percent in 2018-19.
86. (c) Education for all campaign that is Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan can be said to produce the highest in the world. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (Education for All) as a programme was launched by the Indian government to achieve its goal of Universal Elementary Education. It was started in the year 2000 2001 as multiple intervention programmes for access to education, retention ratio in school, assimilation of girl students, reconciling social category gaps and betterment of the learning quality.
87. (a) The 2007 National Games is also known as the 33rd National Games of India, it was held from 9 February 2007 to 18 February 2007 in Guwahati, Assam, India. The logo of this event was Rongmon.
88. (a) Nafeesa Ali was the president of the National Child Development Society.
89. (d) National Rural Health Mission was launched on 12th April, 2005. It aims to provide accessible, affordable and quality health care to the rural population, especially the vulnerable groups.
National Rural Health Mission seeks to provide equitable, affordable and quality health care to the rural population, especially the vulnerable groups.
90. (c) Sachin Tendulkar had played six cricket world cup. He was a part of the Indian team that won the 2011 World Cup, his first win in six World Cup appearances for India.
91. (a) Ramon Magsaysay Award 2007 was presented to P. Sainath. He is an Indian journalist who focuses on social & economic inequality, rural affairs, poverty and the aftermath of globalization in India.
92. (a) Commonwealth Game’s main theme is friendship ties. The Commonwealth Games is an international multi sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first time held in 1930.
93. (c) The movie ‘Crash’ won Oscar Award 2006.
94. (b) Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, a 13-year-old British wizard famous for surviving his parents murder at the hands of the evil dark wizard Lord Voldemort as an infant. Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley, Harry’s Pure-blood best friend at Hogwarts.
95. (a) 2007 Kabaddi World Cup was played in India. Host India won the world cup by beating Iran in the finals by 29 – 19.
The Kabaddi World Cup, is an indoor international kabaddi competition conducted by the International Kabaddi Federation (IKF) in standard style, contested by men’s and women’s national teams. The competition has been previously contested in 2004, 2007 and 2016. All the tournaments have been won by India.
96. (b) Postal voting is voting in an election whereby ballot papers are distributed to electors or returned by post, in contrast to electors voting in person at a polling station or electronically via an electronic voting system. Proxy voting is Postal voting.
97. (a) Jim Corbett National Park is locatecd in Nainital District, Ramnagar, Uttarakhand. It is known for its Bengal tigers. Animals, including tigers, leopards and wild elephants, roam the Dhikala zone. On the banks of the Ramganga Reservoir, the Sonanadi zone is home to elephants and leopards, along with hundreds of species of birds.
98. (b) 1st December is celebrated as the World AIDS Day. The day is observed to raise awareness among people towards the problem of AIDS and HIV, a disease that affects the immune system of the body.
99. (a) Ann Bronkraft is the first Lady arrived at the North pole. She was also the first woman to cross both polar ice caps to reach the North and South Poles.
100. (a) The shortest air route from perth to London is: Perth →Mumbai → Rome London
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