Sample Questions

English


Question 1:
Choose the correct verb to fill the gap.
By the end of the year, she _______ with a degree in business.
  1. already graduates
  2. already graduated
  3. will have already graduated
  4. has already graduated
Question 2:
Choose the synonym for the following word Hallowed
  1. Sacred
  2. Old
  3. Inactive
  4. Effective
Question 3:
As _______ cuts it as well as he does, I always have my hair cut at Johnson’s.
  1. anyone
  2. someone else’s
  3. no one else
  4. everyone
Question 4:
Mohit _______ his century before it is the end of the match.
  1. will score
  2. will have scored
  3. has scored
  4. scores
Question 5:
Which word is a adverb in this sentence?
There are no interesting programmes tonight.
  1. interesting
  2. programmes
  3. there
  4. tonight

Chemistry

Question 1
Which one of the following molecules has the smallest bond angle?
  1. NH3
  2. H2Se
  3. H2S
  4. PH3
Question 2
The addition of arsenic to germanium makes the latter a:-
  1. Extrinsic semiconductor
  2. Metallic conductor
  3. Intrinsic semiconductor
  4. Mixed conductor
Question 3
For an ideal binary liquid solution with p°A > p°B, which of the following relations between xA (mole fraction of A in liquid phase) and yA (mole fraction of A in vapor phase) is correctly represented?
  1. xA > yA
  2. xA = yA
  3. xA < yA
  4. xA and yA cannot be correlated with each other
Question 4
In the reaction, 3Cl2+ 6NaOH → NaClO3 + 5NaCl +3H2O The element which loses as well as gains electrons is:-
  1. CL
  2. Na
  3. O
  4. None of the above
Question 5
An element has three elements in the 4th shell, the atomic number of the elements is:-
  1. 27
  2. 21
  3. 13
  4. 31

Physics


Question 1
The photoelectric effect was discovered by:-
  1. Einstein
  2. Hertz
  3. Millikan
  4. Halwachs
Question 2
An electron, a proton and a deutron and an α-particle have same linear momenta. Which one of them possesses least kinetic energy?
  1. Electron
  2. Deutron
  3. α-particle
  4. Proton
Question 3
Three equal masses P, Q and R pulled with a constant force F. They are connected to each other with strings. The ratio of the tension between PQ and QR is:-
  1. 2:1
  2. 1:2
  3. 3:1
  4. 1:1
Question 4
To avoid slipping while walking on ice one should take larger steps because of the:-
  1. Larger normal reaction
  2. Smaller normal reaction
  3. Smaller friction
  4. Larger friction
Question 5
If the Earth shrinks in its radius by 4%, mass remaining the same, the value of ’g’ on its surface:-
  1. Remains constant
  2. Decreases by about 8%
  3. Increases by about 8%
  4. Decreases by about 4%

Mathematics


Question 1
If a, b, c are in A.P. and p, p' are the A.M. and G.M. respectively between a and b while q,q' are the A.M. and G.M. respectively between b and c, then:-
  1. pq = p' q'
  2. p2 + q2 = p'2 + q'2
  3. p2 - q2 = p'2 - q'2
  4. None of the above
Question 2
The number of ways in which different flowers can be strung to form a garland so that 4 particular flowers are never separated is:-
  1. 288
  2. 5! . 4!
  3. 4! . 4!
  4. 0
Question 3
The chance of throwing a total of 3 or 5 or 11 with two dice is:
  1. 5/36
  2. 1/9
  3. 2/9
  4. 19/36
Question 4
The distance of the point (x, y ) from x-axis is:-
  1. |x|
  2. y
  3. x
  4. |y|
Question 5
The mean of 50 observations is 36. If two observations 30 and 42 are deleted, then the mean of the remaining observations is:-
  1. 36
  2. 48
  3. 38
  4. None of the above

Biology


Question 1
Seeds swell when placed in water due to:-
  1. Transpiration
  2. Imbibition
  3. Hydrolysis
  4. Osmosis
Question 2
Which of the following combinations is correct?
  1. Lipase - Ester bond
  2. Protease - Phosphodiester bond
  3. Nucleases - Glycosidic Bond
  4. Amylase - Peptide bond
Question 3
Proteins embedded in the cell membrane function to:-
  1. Produce energy for the cell
  2. Transport materials in and out of the cell
  3. Carry genetic information
  4. Store excess water
Question 4
Which of the following is not a STOP codon?
  1. Opal
  2. Amber
  3. Ochre
  4. Gyro
Question 5
Who is known as the father of modern bee science?
  1. Huber
  2. Fahian
  3. Whenson
  4. Kurian

Accountancy


Question 1
Which of the following is the correct order of the stages in the accounting cycle?
  1. Journalize, final accounts, posting to the ledger and trial balance
  2. Journalize, posting to the ledger, trial balance and final accounts
  3. Posting to the ledger, trial balance, final accounts and journalize
  4. Posting to the ledger, journalize, final accounts and trial balance
Question 2
Which of the following is not a tangible asset of the firm?
  1. Furniture
  2. Goodwill
  3. Machinery
  4. Land and Building
Question 3
Discount allowed to a customer is __________ for business.
  1. Expense
  2. Income
  3. Liability
  4. Asset
Question 4
Furniture for textile industry is a
  1. Current Asset
  2. Fixed Asset
  3. Wasting Asset
  4. Nominal Asset
Question 5
If the profits of the companies get increased it gives rise to:
  1. Capital
  2. Liability
  3. Both Capital and liability
  4. None of these

Business Studies


Question 1
The following is not an objective of management:
  1. Earning Profits
  2. Policy making
  3. Providing employment
  4. Growth of the organisation
Question 2
Under what function of management, policies and strategies are formulated?
  1. Controlling
  2. Directing
  3. Organising
  4. Planning
Question 3
Which of the following statement best describes the principle of? Division of Work?
  1. Resources should be divided among jobs
  2. Labour should be divided
  3. Work should be divided into small tasks
  4. It leads to specialization
Question 4
Which of the following does not explain the impact of Government policy changes on business and industry?
  1. Increasing competition
  2. Change in agricultural prices
  3. More demanding customers
  4. Market orientation
Question 5
Which of the following is not a financial incentive ______________
  1. Pension and Gratuity
  2. Bonus
  3. Recognition
  4. Profit Sharing

Economics


Question 1
In which type of economic system individual make all main economics decision without government intervention
  1. Capitalism
  2. Socialism
  3. Mixed economy
  4. Planned economy
Question 2
Points lying inside the PPC indicate
  1. Full utilization of resources
  2. Waste of resources
  3. Failure of resources
  4. Non-availability of resources
Question 3
An indifference curve is
  1. A Straight line sloping downwards
  2. Parallel to x axis
  3. Convex to origin
  4. Concave to origin
Question 4
Right downward movement along the demand curve is known as
  1. Increase in demand
  2. Decrease in demand
  3. Extension in demand
  4. Contraction in demand
Question 5
In perfect competitive market the shape of demand curve is
  1. Parallel to X axis
  2. Parallel to Y axis
  3. Downward sloping
  4. Right upward

Computer Science


Question 1
Which one is correct according to the distribution law?
  1. A(BC)C
  2. A(B + = AB + AC
  3. A(A+1) = A
  4. A + AB = A
Question 2
To perform stream I/O with disk files in C++, you should:-
  1. Use classes derived from ios
  2. Use C language library functions to read and write data
  3. Open and close files as in procedural language
  4. None of these
Question 3
Following are the components of a database except:-
  1. User data
  2. Reports
  3. Metadata
  4. Indexes
Question 4
Which of these are the 5 generic software engineering framework activities?
  1. Communication, planning, modeling, construction, deployment
  2. Analysis, designing, programming, debugging, maintenance
  3. Analysis, planning, designing, programming, testing
  4. Communication, risk management, measurement, production, reviewing
Question 5
In which code the successive code characters differ in only one bit position?
  1. Gray code
  2. 8421 code
  3. Excess 3 code
  4. Algebraic code

History


Question 1
Which geographic factor had a major influence on the development of both Egyptian and Babylonian civilizations?
  1. River valleys
  2. Cool temperatures
  3. Locations near a strait
  4. Mountains
Question 2
In which battle did the defeat of Muslims stop their invasions?
  1. Battle of Fontenoy
  2. Battle of Lechfeld
  3. Battle of Verdun
  4. Battle of Vouille
Question 3
Where the Indus Valley Civilization was first noticed?
  1. Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
  2. Ropar
  3. Kalibanga
  4. Lothal
Question 4
Where did Ibn Battuta travel?
  1. Africa, Eastern Europe and Asia
  2. South America, Eastern Europe and Asia
  3. North America, Asia and Africa
  4. Australia, Asia and Africa
Question 5
What were the main reasons for the first world war?
  1. Murder of German President in Berlin
  2. Murder of Austria's heir in Sarajevo
  3. Territorial rivalry
  4. The revolution of Russia with Lenin

Sociology


Question 1
Man is a social animal. Who said this?
  1. MacIver
  2. Aristotle
  3. Karl Marx
  4. Auguste Comte
Question 2
Which one of the following is NOT a dimension/component of culture?
  1. Normative
  2. Material
  3. Cognitive
  4. Non-cognitive
Question 3
Manifest functions are those which are:-
  1. Recognised
  2. Un-intended
  3. Intended
  4. All of these
Question 4
Which one of the following is NOT a characteristic of social fact?
  1. They are external to individuals and exist independently
  2. They exercise external constraint over individuals
  3. They are general throughout society
  4. They help in functioning of a society
Question 5
M.N. Srinivas defines _____________ as "the changes brought about in Indian society and culture as a result of over 150 years of British rule, the term subsuming changes occurring at different levels".
  1. Globalisation
  2. Modernisation
  3. Sanskritisation
  4. Westernisation

Psychology


Question 1
Research first task is to provide:-
  1. Application
  2. Description
  3. Conclusion
  4. Evaluation
Question 2
Our learning from what is present in a culture is called:-
  1. Enculturation and acculturation
  2. Acculturation and socialization
  3. Enculturation and socialization
  4. None of these
Question 3
Absolute threshold is:-
  1. Mixed amount of energy is required to detect it
  2. Least amount of stimulus energy necessary to be able to detect it
  3. Large amount of energy is required to be able to detect it
  4. Smallest amount of stimulus change
Question 4
Emotion is derived from the word emover which means:-
  1. Pleasure
  2. Stire-up
  3. Excitement
  4. Enjoyment
Question 5
Ecology is the study of the:-
  1. Relationship between living and non-living objects
  2. Relationships between living beings and their environment
  3. Relationship between family members
  4. All of these

Geography


Question 1
An irregular surface with various landforms such as mountains, plateaus, plants, valleys, etc is known as:
  1. Hydrosphere
  2. Biosphere
  3. Lithosphere
  4. Atmosphere
Question 2
National Institute of Disaster management is located at?
  1. Poona
  2. Midnapur
  3. New Delhi
  4. Calcutta
Question 3
On the south side, India is bounded by the Indian Ocean, by the Arabian Sea on the southwest and the ……………..on the southeast.
  1. Brahmaputra
  2. Arabian sea
  3. Bay of Bengal
  4. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Question 4
Who is responsible for the construction and maintenance of the National Highways?
  1. State Government
  2. Central Government
  3. Federal Government
  4. National Government
Question 5
Color of infrared images that represent sandy areas, beaches and sand dunes is
  1. Red-magenta
  2. White-cream
  3. Yellow
  4. Pink-red

Agriculture


Question 1
How many agro-climatic zones (ACZ) are found in India?
  1. 16
  2. 18
  3. 15
  4. 20
Question 2
A farming system in which arable crops are grown in alleys formed by trees or shrubs, to establish soil fertility and to enhance soil productivity, is known as—
  1. Relay cropping
  2. Multiple cropping
  3. Alley cropping
  4. Mixed cropping
Question 3
The Minimum Support Price for Food grains was introduced in the year -
  1. 1954
  2. 1944
  3. 1964
  4. 1974
Question 4
Crop rotation helps to
  1. lessen use of pesticides
  2. yield more crops
  3. produce a greater choice of plant products
  4. eliminate parasites which have selective hosts
Question 5
Which one of the following Indian breeds of sheep, you will suggest meat and carpet wool production?
  1. Deccani
  2. Nellore
  3. Gaddi
  4. Mandya

Physical Education


Question 1
Where was the ’School Games Federation of India’ (SGFI) formed?
  1. Mumbai
  2. Chennai
  3. Karnataka
  4. Pune
Question 2
Ballistic method develops
  1. Speed
  2. Endurance
  3. Agility
  4. Flexibility
Question 3
First women in Olympic who secure first individual medal for India
  1. Sayna nehwal
  2. Karnam malleswari
  3. P.V.sindhu
  4. M.C.merrycom
Question 4
In Vedic teachings, what is the general term for the channels in which prana moves through the astral body?
  1. Pingala
  2. Nadis
  3. Ida
  4. Sushumna
Question 5
Suggestions for controlling the use of performance-enhancing substances is to replace traditional drug education programmes with
  1. blood-testing and DNA-testing programmes
  2. programmes on nutritional supplements
  3. programmes on biofeedback and stress management
  4. deviance and health education programmes

Political Science


Question 1
The nature of Indian legislature at the central level is
  1. Unicameral
  2. Bicameral
  3. Both Unicameral and Bicameral
  4. None of these
Question 2
Which writ is issued by a higher court (High Court or Supreme Court) when a lower court has considered a case going beyond its jurisdiction?
  1. Quo Warranto
  2. Prohibition
  3. Mandamus
  4. Certiorari
Question 3
Which Article is related to Equality before law?
  1. Art. 13
  2. Art. 14
  3. Art. 15
  4. Art. 16
Question 4
The RTI movement has its roots in which state.
  1. Rajasthan
  2. Maharashtra
  3. West Bengal
  4. Uttarakhand
Question 5
India borrowed the idea of five year plan from which country
  1. USA
  2. USSR
  3. Germany
  4. England

Public Administration


Question 1
Which among the following is known as top level in Panchayati Raj System?
  1. Gram Panchayat
  2. Panchayat Samiti
  3. Zila Parishad
  4. Gram Sabha
Question 2
Which one is the Chief Vigilance institution in India?
  1. Central Board of Investigation
  2. Central Vigilance Commission
  3. Comptroller and Auditor General of India
  4. Lokpal
Question 3
Citizen Participation fosters:
  1. Efficiency and effectiveness
  2. Transparency and accountability
  3. Clean and open governance
  4. All of the above
Question 4
No confidence motion, to be admitted in the Lok Sabha, needs the support of:
  1. 50 Members
  2. 70 Members
  3. 80 Members
  4. 100 Members
Question 5
Who is the first Lokpal of India?
  1. S.M. Krishnamurthy
  2. Ranjan Gogoi
  3. Pinaki Chandra Ghose
  4. Om Birla

General Awareness


Question 1
India won its first Olympic hockey gold in:-
  1. 1932
  2. 1942
  3. 1928
  4. 1936
Question 2
Who is the first Prime Minister under the newly adopted Constitution of Nepal?
  1. Radhika Shakya
  2. Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
  3. Promise Phan
  4. Chandra Dangi
Question 3
Biopic movie ’The Theory of Everything’ which is based on the life of which iconic physicist?
  1. Enrico Fermi
  2. Stephen Hawking
  3. C.V Raman
  4. Albert Einstein
Question 4
The Rath Yatra at Puri is celebrated in honour of which Hindu deity?
  1. Lord Vishnu
  2. Lord Ram
  3. Lord Jaganath
  4. Lord Shiva
Question 5
Which of the following sites is famous for stupas, monasteries, temples and pillars?
  1. Sanchi
  2. Kanpur
  3. Gooty
  4. Agra

General Aptitude


Question 1
A train moving at a uniform speed crosses a platform 99m long in 13 ½ seconds and an electric pole in 9 seconds. Find the length of the train?
  1. 194 m
  2. 196 m
  3. 198 m
  4. 200 m
Question 2
A can run 15 metres while B runs 20 metres. In a km race B beats A by
  1. 200m
  2. 100m
  3. 220m
  4. 250m
Question 3
A does alone a work in 4 days. B does alone a work in 8 days. In how many days the work will be completed if A & B work together?
  1. 4 days
  2. 8 days
  3. 32 days
  4. 8/ 3 days
Question 4
If 20% discount, then SP is 24. What is SP if discount is 30% ??
  1. 21
  2. 22
  3. 23
  4. 28
Question 5
How much water be added to 14 litres of milk worth Rs. 5.40 a litre so that the value of the mixture may be Rs. 4.20 a litre?
  1. 7 litres
  2. 6 litres
  3. 5 litres
  4. 4 litres