1. Which of the following is not a fixed cost?
- Salaries of administrative cost
- Rent of factory building
- Property taxes
- Electricity charges
2. Which of the following would not constitute an economic activity in economics?
- A teacher teaching students in his college
- A teacher teaching students in a coaching institute
- A teacher teaching his own daughter at home
- A teacher teaching students under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Scheme
3. Zero hour is at the discretion of
- Prime Minister
- Speaker
- Opposition leader
- President
4. Elasticity of demand measures the responsiveness of the quantity demanded of a good to a
- change in the price of the good
- change in the price of substitutes
- change in the price of the complements
- change in the price of joint products
5. Consumption function expresses the relationship between consumption and
- savings
- income
- investment
- price
6. Mixed economy refers to
- the co-existence of heavy, small scale and cottage industries
- the promotion of agriculture as well as cottage industries
- the co-existence of rich as well as poor
- the co-existence of public as well as private sector
7. Parliament exercises control over public expenditure through
- Advocate General
- Comptroller and Auditor General
- Commerce Minister
- Finance Minister
8. Who was the court poet of Harsha Vardhana?
- Bhani
- Ravi Kriti
- Bana
- Vishnu Sharma
9. The Judges of High court are administered oath of office by
- The Chief Justice of High Court
- The President of India
- The Chief Justice of India
- Governor of the state
10. Which slogan was given by the French revolution to the world?
- Liberty, Authority, Equality
- Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
- Liberty, Law, Fraternity
- Tradition, Authority, Law
11. The president of India can issue a proclamation of National Emergency only on the written recommendation of
- The Prime Minister
- The Cabinet consisting of only Cabinet Ministers of the Union
- The Council of Ministers of the Union
- Parliament
12. Match the following:
| Rivers | Towns |
|---|---|
| A. Gomti | 1. Guwahati |
| B. Brahmaputra | 2. Rajahmundry |
| C. Godavari | 3. Tiruchirapalli |
| D. Kaveri | 4. Lucknow |
- A - 3 ; B - 4 ; C - 2 ; D - 1
- A - 2 ; B - 1 ; C - 3 ; D - 4
- A - 4 ; B - 1 ; C - 2 ; D - 3
- A - 4 ; B - 2 ; C - 1 ; D - 3
13. The example of hermaphrodite animal in which cross fertilisation occurs is
- Hydra
- Ascaris
- Earthworm
- Silkworm
14. Blubber is
- a milky secretion of rubber plant
- a layer of thick fat
- a device to trap insects by some aquatic plants
- fungal infection of rice plants
15. The coding segment of DNA is called
- Codon
- Muton
- Intron
- Exon
16. Fat soluble vitamins are
- tocopherol, niacin, cyanocobalamin
- calciferol, carotene, tocopherol
- ascorbic acid, calciferol, riboflavin
- thiamine, carotene, biotin
Broadly speaking, Calciferol is Vitamin D, Carotene is a form of Vitamin A and tocopherol is Vitamin E. All the three are fat soluble while B group of vitamins viz niacin, thiamin, riboflavin, biotin, cobalamins etc. and Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) are all water soluble.
17. Silk is produced by
- egg of a silkworm
- pupa of silkworm
- larva of silkworm
- insect itself
The definition of cocoon - A protective case of silk or similar fibrous material spun by the larvae of moths and other insects that serves as a covering for their pupal stage - indicates that silk is made by the larva. Pupa of an insect is generally inactive and undergoes slow transformation into an adult.
18. The poorna swaraj resolution was adopted in the annual session of the Indian national congress held at
- Bombay
- Lahore
- Calcutta
- Madras
19. In which of the following countries were Buddhas idols disfigured and removed recently?
- Pakistan
- Turkey
- Afghanistan
- Iran
20. Go back to Vedas. This call given by
- Ramakrishna paramahamsa
- Vivekananda
- Jyotiba phule
- Dayanand Sarswati
21. Which of the following pairs is incorrect?
- Babar vs Sangram singh
- Sher shah vs. Humayun
- Chengiz Khan vs. Alauddin khiji
- Akbar vs. Hemu
Chengiz Khan invaded at the time of Iltutmish's rule over Delhi.
22. The natural gaps across the mountains which provide routes are called
- Peaks
- Dunes
- Plateaus
- Passes
23. Jhumming is shifting agriculture practised in
- North-eastern India
- South-western India
- South-eastern India
- Northern India
24. Frontal rain is caused by
- Convection currents
- Winds from sea
- Cyclonic activity
- Condensation of water evaporated from mountains
25. The palk strait lies between
- Bay of Bengal and Gulf of mannar
- Andaman and Nicobar islands
- Rann of kutch and gulf of khambhat
- Lakshadweep and Maldives
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