1. Consider the following statements:
1.The mode of removal of a judge of a High Court in India is same as that of removal of a judge of the Supreme Court.
2.After retirement from the office, a permanent Judge of a High Court cannot plead or act in any court or before any authority in India .
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

2. Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the formation of the following as full States of the Indian Union?
(a) Sikkim- Arunachal Pradesh- Nagaland- Haryana
(b) Nagaland -Haryana- Sikkim- Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Sikkim -Haryana-Nagaland- Arunachal Pradesh
(d) Nagaland- Arunachal Pradesh-Sikkim-Haryana

3. Tarapore Committee was associated with which one of the following?
(a) Special Economic Zones
(b)Fuller capital account convertibility
(c)Foreign exchange reserves
(d)Effect of oil-prices on the Indian economy

4.Who among the following served as the Chief Economist of the International Monetary fund?
(a)Ashok Lahiri
(b)Sumantra Ghoshal
(c)Saumitra Chaudhuri
(d)Raghuram Rajan


5. Where are Shevaroy Hills located?
(a)Andhra Pradesh
(b)Karnataka
(c)Kerala
(d)Tamil Nadu


6. Participatory Notes (PNs) are associated with which one of the following?
(a)Consolidated fund of India
(b)Foreign Institutional Investors
(c)United Nations Development Programme
(d)Kyoto Protocol

7. A train completes a journey with a few stoppages in between at an average speed
in between at an average speed of 40 km per hour. If the train had not stopped anywhere,
it would have completed the journey at an average speed of 60 km per hours.
On an average, how many minutes per does the train stop during journey?
(a)20 minutes per hours
(b)18 minutes per hours
(c)15 minutes per hour
(d)10 minutes per hours

8. Who among the following have been the Union Finance Ministers of India?
1. V.P. Singh 2. R. Venkataraman 3. Y.B. Chavan 4. Pranab Mukherjee
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1,2 and 3 only
(b) 1,3 and 4 only
(c) 2 and 4 only
(d) 1,2,3 and 4

9. Which one of the following is the correct sequence in the decreasing order
of production (in million tones) of the given food grains in India ?
(a)Wheat-Rice-Pulses-Coarse cereals
(b)Rice- Wheat- Pulses- coarse cereals
(c)Wheat-Rice -Coarse cereals- Pulses
(d)Rice- Wheat- Coarse Cereals- Pulses

10. Which one of the following pairs of countries joined the European Union in January, 2007?
(a) Bulgaria and Romania
(b) Bulgaria and Belgium
(c) Romania and Slovenia
(d) Hungary and Croatia

11. What is the average distance (approximate) between the Sun and the Earth?
(a) 70x105 km
(b) 100x105 km
(c) 110x106 km
(d) 150x 106 km

12. Consider the following statements:
1. If magenta and yellow coloured circles intersect, the intersected areas will have red colour.
2. If cyan and magenta coloured circles intersect,
the intersected areas 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

13. 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

14. Four wires of same material and of dimension as under are stretched
by a load of same magnitude separately. Which one of them will be
elongated maximum?

(a) Wire of 2 m length and 2 mm diameter
(b) Wire of 2 m length and 2 mm diameter
(c) Wire of 3 m length and 15 mm diameter
(d) Wire of 1 m length and 1 mm diameter

15. The average salary of 100 employees in an office is Rs. 16,000 per month.
The management decided to raise salary of every employee by 5% but stopped
a transport allowance of Rs. 800 per month which was paid earlier to every employee.
What be the new average monthly salary?
(a) Rs. 16,000
(b) 16,500
(c) Rs. 16,800
(d) Cannot be known since data are insufficient

A person has to completely put each of three liquids: 403 litres pf petrol, 465 litres of diesel
and 496 liters of Mobil oil in bottles of equal size without mixing any of the above three types of liquids such that each bottle is completely filled. What is the least possible number of bottle required?
(a)34
(b)44
(c)46
(d)None of the above

26. Amit starts from a point 1 and walk to another point B, and then returns from B to A
by his car and thus takes a total time of 6 hours and 45 minutes. If he had driven both ways
in his car, he would have taken 2 hours less. How long would it take for him to walk both ways?
(a)7 hours 45 minutes
(b)8 hours 15 minutes
(c)8 hours 30 minutes
(d)8 hours 45 minutes

27. A and B can complete work together in 5 days. If A works at twice his
speed and B at half of his speed, this work can be finished in 4 days. How many days
would it take for A alone to complete the job?
(a)10
(b)12
(c)15
(d)18

28. Parimarjan Negi has excelled in which one of the following games?
(a)Billiards
(b)Swimming
(c)Chess
(d)Weightlifting

29. If all the number from 501 to 700 are written, what is the total number
of times does the digit 6 appear?
(a)138
(b)139
(c)140
(d)141

30. The National Housing Bank was set up in India as a Wholly-owned subsidiary
of which one of the following?
(a)State Bank of India
(b)Reserve Bank of India
(c)ICICI Bank
(d)Life Insurance Corporation of India

39. Which one of the following parts of human brain is the regulation centre for
swallowing and vomiting?
(a)Cerebellum
(b)Cerebrum
(c)Medulla oblongata
(d)Pons

40. Production of which one of the following is a function of the liver?
(a)Lipase
(b)Urea
(c)Mucus
(d)Hydrochloric acid

41. Which one of the following countries recently upgraded its defense agency
to a full defence ministry?
(a)Italy
(b)Japan
(c)Switzerland
(d)Poland

42. Who among the following was chosen as the FIFA World Player
of the Year for the year 2006?
(a)Zinedine Zidane
(b)Fabio Cannavaro
(c)Ronaldinho
(d)Thierry Henry


43. Which one of the following is not a digestive enzyme in the human system?
(a)Trypsim
(b)Gastrin
(c)Ptyalin
(d) Pepsin

44. Which of the following type of light are strongly absorbed by plants?
(a)Violet and orange
(b)Blue and red
(c)Indigo and yellow
(d)Yellow and violet

45. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:
List I (Person) List II(Known As)
A. Johan C. Mather 1. Co- founder of Microsoft

B. Michael Griffin 2. Space Walker

C. Paul G. Allen 3. Administrator of NASA

D. Piers Sellers 4. Nobel Prize Winner, 2006 in Physics
Codes:

A B C D
a) 4 1 3 2
b) 2 3 1 4
c) 4 3 1 2
d) 2 1 3 4

46. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matches?
(a)Cosmic Background Explorer : Satellite Programme (COBE)
(b)Falcon : Under-sea cable system
(c)Discovery : Space shuttle
(d)Atlantis : Space station

47. Consider the following statements:
1.China has the observer’s status at the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation.
2.India has the observer’s status at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
(a)1 only
(b)2 only
(c)Both 1 and 2
(d)Neither 1 nor 2

48. Match List 1 with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:
List I(Eminent Person) List II (Known As)
A. Bhanu Bharti              1. Music composer
B. Milk Pandey                2. Poet and litterateur
C. Mohd. Zahur Khayyam 3. Theature diector
D. Vinda Karandikar        4. Wildlife film maker
Code:
      A B C D
(a)  1 4 3 2
(b)  3 2 1 4
(c)  1 2 3 4
(d)  3 4 1 2

49. Three identical vessels A, B and C are filled with water, mercury and kerosene respectively up to an equal height.
The three vessels are provided with identical taps at the bottom of the vessels. If the three taps are opened simultaneously,
then which vessel is empties first?
(a)Vessel B
(b)All the vessels A, B and C will be emptied simultaneously
(c)Vessel A
(d)Vessel C

50. In the latter half of the year 2006, in which one o fn the following countries did a military coup take place?
(a)Cambodia
(b)Laos
(c)Thailand
(d)Vietnam

51. Match List I with List II and select and the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:
List I(Aluminium Company) List II (Location)
A. BALCO                          1. Hirakud
B. HINDALCO                     2. Korba
C. Indian Aluminium          3. Koraput
D. NALCO                         4. Renukoot

Code: A B C D
(a)      3 1 4 2
(b)      2 4 1 3
(c)      3 4 1 2
(d)      2 1 4 3

52. Which one of the following is located in the Bastar region?
(a)Bandhavgarh National Park
(b)Dandeli Sanctuary ]
(c)Rajaji National Park
(d)Indravati National Park

53. Out of the four southern States: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, which shares boundaries with the maximum number of India States?
(a)Andhra Pradesh only
(b)Karnataka only
(c)Each of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
(d)Each of Tamil Nadu and Kerala

54. Dalbergia species is associated with which one of the following?
(a)Cashew nut
(b)Coffee
(c)Tea
(d)Rosewood

55. Which one among the following major Indian cities is most eastward located?
(a)Hyderabad
(b)Bhopal
(c)Lucknow
(d)Benguluru ( Bangalore )

56. Which one of the following rivers originates at Amarkantak?
(a)Damodar
(b)Mahanadi
(c)Narmada
(d)Tapti

57. Which one among the following rivers is the longest?
(a)Amazon
(b)Amur
(c)Congo
(d)Lena

58. Consider the following statements:
1.Either of the belts over the oceans at about 30o to 35o N and S Latitudes is known as Horse Latitud e.
2. Horse latitudes are low pressure belts.
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

59. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given bellow the Lists:
List I(City)         List II (River)
A. Bangkok        1.Irrawaddy
B. Phnom-Penh   2. Mekong
C. Hanoi            3.Menam( Chao Phraya )
D. Yangon          4. Red River

Code: A B C D
(a)      3 2 4 1
(b)      4 1 3 2
(c)      3 1 4 2
(d)      4 2 3 1

60. Which one among the following states of India has the lowest density of population?
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Meghalaya
(c) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) Sikkim