1. Bioasphalt is an asphalt alternative made from non-petroleum based renewable resources.

Which of the following are the potential sources of the Bioasphalt?

1. sugar, molasses and rice
2. Corn and potato starches
3. Natural tree and gum resins
4. Natural latex rubber and vegetable oils
5. Lignin, cellulose, palm oil waste
6. Coconut waste, peanut oil waste

2. Fossil fueled power stations are major emitters of CO2. Which of the following statements are correct about the fossil fuels?
1. Brown coal emits 3 times as much CO2 as natural gas.
2. Black coal emits twice as much CO2 per unit of electric energy.

3. A satellite in a geostationary orbit appears stationary, always at the same point in the sky, to ground observers. A perfect stable geostationary orbit is an ideal that can only be approximated. In practice the satellite drifts out of this orbit because of perturbations such as the
1. Solar wind
2. Radiation pressure
3. Variations in the Earth's gravitational field
4. Gravitational effect of the Moon and Sun

4. Which of the following statements are correct about the current state of inflation in India?
1. The inflation rate in India as measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) has been rising continuously over the past three years.
2. Inflation in food products has driven overall inflation.

5. Which of the following syndrome is caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21 (trisomy 21)

6. Which of the following statements are correct about the exports by a country?

7. A microbial fuel cell (MFC) or biological fuel cell is a

8. The fiscal policy of a Government is best described as

9. There has been a steady decline in the total volume of ozone in Earth's stratosphere (the ozone layer) since 1970s to the tune of

10. Which of the following are the strategies to reduce the current account deficit?

11. Which of the following statements are correct about the 73^rd Constitutional Amendment Act?

1. The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992 conferred Constitutional status on the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs)
2. 29 Subjects listed in the Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution have been identified for devolution to the PRIs
3. The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act has created three tier PRIs in the rural areas with allocation of specific subjects to them

12. The Chandipur-on-sea is located in which state?

13. Which of the following is caused by decisions on the part of the central bank to increase the money supply much more than markets had previously expected?

14. Which of the following phenomenon are associated with the demographic dividend?

1. A rising share of working age people in a population
2. Rise in fertility rate
3. Decline in youth dependency rate

15. Carbon credits were one of the outcomes of the

16. Which of the following statements are correct about the Value Added Tax (VAT)

1. Value Added Tax (VAT) is a multistage sales tax with credit for taxes paid on business purchases
2. Uniform schedule rates of VAT for all states
3. VAT is basically a Central Government subject

17. A closed econoomy is an economy in which no activity is conducted with outside economies. It is also known as

18. Bark is a tree's natural armor and protects from external threats. Which of the following functions are carried ot by bark?

1. Ridding the tree of wastes by absorbing and locking them into its dead cells and resins
2. Transporting large quantities of nutrients throughout the tree
3. Preventing loss of water from the tree by evaporation

19. Under terms of the new START treaty the number of strategic nuclear missile launchers will be reduced by

20. The Indian Rhinoceros is one of the 45 species of globally threatened mammals found in the

21. Carbon dioxide dissolves more easily in seawater compared to pure water because seawater naturally contains

22. Upwelling is an oceanographic phenomenon that involves motion of dense, cooler, and usually nutrient-rich water towards the ocean surface driven by

23. Which of the following statements are correct about the tropical rainforest

1. A tropical rainforest is a place roughly within 28 degrees north or south of the equator
2. Minimum normal annual rainfall between 100 and 150 cm
3. Mean monthly temperatures exceed 10 °C during all months of the year

24. The largest family of flowering plants with 750 species in the Himalaya hotspot is the

25. India is divided into how many biogeographic regions

26. In Karl Marx's ideology Membership in a class is defined by one's relationship to the

27. Which of the following layer of atmosphere influences radio propagation to distant places on the Earth?

28. Which of the following statements are correct about the FDI and FII?

1. Foreign direct investment involves in direct production activities and is a short-term investment
2. Foreign institutional investment is a long term investment in the financial market

29. Bacillus Thuringiensis Brinjal, popularly known as Bt brinjal has been developed by

30. With reference to "Aam Admi Bima Yojana", consider the following statements:

1. Aam Admi Bima Yojana is a prestigious scheme of the Central and State / Union Territory Governments and administered by LIC
2. It is a scheme for the rural landless households, wherein the head of rural landless families or one earning member in each such family will be insured
3. In the event of death of a member prior to the terminal date, the Sum Assured of Rs.30,000/- will become payable to the nominee
4. In the event of death by accident or Total Permanent Disability due to accident, Rs.75,000/- is payable

31. Brent Crude is the biggest of the many major classifications of crude oil. Which of the following are the other well-known classifications?

1. OPEC Reference Basket
2. Dubai Crude
3. West Texas Intermediate

32. Which of the following statements are correct about India's position in Heavy water production?

1. India is the world's largest producer of heavy water through its Heavy Water Board
2. India also exports to countries like Republic of Korea and the United States

33. The National Commission for Minorities has been observing the which day as a Minorities Rights Day every year

34. THE PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (Equal Opportunities, protection Of Rights And Full Participation) ACT, 1995 extends to

35. Which of the following guidelines are correct about the Mega Food Park scheme?

1. Each mega food park must benefit at least 6,000 farmers / producers directly and 25,000-30,000 farmers indirectly
2. It should generate about 40,000 direct and indirect jobs
3. In each project, an estimated number of 100-200 food processing industries must be set up

36. Which of the following is in the nature of an imprest and is kept at the disposal of the President of India to enable the Government to meet unforeseen expenditure pending its authorisation by the Parliament?

37. Receipts from the sale of Savings Certificates, contributions into General Provident Fund and Public Provident Fund, Security Deposits and Earnest Money Deposits received by the Government are accounted for under

38. The modern use of the expression "microfinancing" has roots in the 1970s when organizations, such as Grameen Bank of Bangladesh. It was pioneered by

39. Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically

1. South of China
2. East of India
3. West of New Guinea
4. North of Australia

Which of the above are correct

40. Which of the following statements are correct about the Trans fats

1. Trans fat is the common name for unsaturated fat with trans-isomer (E-isomer) fatty acid(s)
2. Trans fats are not essential fatty acids.
3. The consumption of trans fats decreases the risk of coronary heart disease

41. Under the MGNREGA the Central Government meets the cost towards the

1. Payment of wage
2. 1/24 of material cost
3. Some percentage of administrative cost

42. India's "Look East" Policy, which was initiated in 1991, marked a strategic shift in India’s perspective of the world. India has developed multilateral organisations such as the Mekong-Ganga Cooperation and BIMSTEC, forging extensive cooperation on environmental, economic development, security and strategic affairs. Which of the following country has been instrumental in bringing India into ASEAN+6 to dilute the ASEAN+3 process

43. Which of the following statements are correct about the Union Budget of India?

1. The Union Budget of India, referred to as the annual Financial Statement in Article 112 of the Constitution of India
2. It is presented each year on the last working day of March by the Finance Minister of India in Parliament
3. The budget has to be passed by the House before it can come into effect on April 1

44. How many Fundamental Duties prescribed by the Constitution of the nation under PART [IV-A] to its every citizen

45. As per the Constitution, the commission is appointed every five years and consists of a

46. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was the result of the experience of the

47. Which of the following statements are correct about an algal bloom?

1. Algal blooms occur in fresh water
2. Algal boom occur in marine environments
3. Algal bloom concentrations may reach millions of cells per milliliter
4. Algal blooms are green in colour

48. Future CO2 emission can be calculated by the

49. The Australia Group (AG) is an informal forum of countries which, through the harmonisation of export controls, seeks to ensure that exports do not contribute to the development of

1. Chemical weapons
2. Biological weapons
3. Nuclear weapons

50. Ice floats in the oceans because

51. Which of the following is known as Khur?

52. Which of the following statements are correct about the effect of La Nina and EI Nino on the tropical cyclones?

1. During El Niño there are on average fewer hurricanes over the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribian Sea and the Gulf of Mexico whereas La Niña often brings more
2. The west coast of Mexico and the United States see more landfalling hurricanes during El Niño
3. In the central Pacific Ocean El Niño brings more typhoons, both north and south of the equator
4. There are no effects on the number of cyclones over the Indian Ocean

53. Bluetooth is a proprietary open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances (using short wavelength radio transmissions in the ISM band from 2400-2480 MHz) from fixed and mobile devices. It was developed by

54. Which of the following are the synonyms of Drip irrigation?

1. Trickle irrigation
2. Microirrigation
3. Localized irrigation

55. Generally, there is an increase in biodiversity from the poles to the tropics. Thus localities at lower latitudes have more species than localities at higher latitudes. The main reason for this is

56. Which of the following is a natural constituent of many fermented or aged foods, including soy sauce, fermented bean paste, and cheese, and is also a component of hydrolyzed protein such as yeast extract

57. Sir William, Wedderburn's attention during his tenure in India was focussed on

58. Which of the following are the advantages of LED lamps over CFLs?

1. LED lamps typically use less power (watts) per unit of light generated (lumens)
2. ED lamps last much longer than CFLs, as much as 10x longer
3. LED lamps generate less heat than CFLs
4. LED lamps emit Infrared or Ultraviolet radiation

59. Which of the following statements are correct about TERI?

1. TERI stands for The Energy and Resources Institute, a research institute based in New Delhi focusing its research activities in the fields of energy, environment and sustainable development
2. Formerly it was Tata Energy Research Institute

60. Unto This Last, an essay on economy by John Ruskin had a very important impact on Gandhi's philosophy. Which of the following are the outcomes of this impact?

1. Gandhiji decided to publish his own newspaper, Indian Opinion
2. Gandhiji created Phoenix Settlement where every body would get the same salary.
3. Gandhiji translated it later into Gujarati, entitling it Sarvodaya

61. Blu-ray Discs contain how much data per layer?

62. National Research Centre for Orchids (NRCO), as unit of ICAR s located at Pakyong in

63. How many of India's biosphere reserves are a part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves, based on the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) list

64. Indian census considers an area as urban only if it fulfills the following criteria:

1. The population of the settlement should be 5000 or more
2. Density of atleast 400 persons per sq.km
3. Atleast 75% of the male workers engaged in non agricultural occupations

65. Normally, the vote-on-account is taken for

66. The IMF's fundamental mission is to help ensure stability in the international system. It does so by

67. Arrange the mangrove ecosystem on Indian coastlines in increasing size i.e, smallest to largest

1. Sundarban mangroves
2. Gulf of Kachchh
3. Andaman-Nicobar Islands

68. According to Jainism, this loka or Universe is

69. Salt-affected soils are caused by excess accumulation of salts, typically most pronounced at

70. Which of the following statements are correct about the Red Data Book

1. The Red Data Book is issued by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (lUCN) listing species judged as threatened
2. The pink pages in this publication include the critically endangered species
3. Green pages are used for those species that were formerly endangered, but have now recovered to a point where they are no longer threatened

71. Which of the following are the features of a "Teaser Loan"?

1. An adjustable-rate mortgage loan
2. Low initial interest rate
3. Overall beneficial to the consumers

72. Which of the following statements about the artificial satellites are correct?

1. Artificial satellites can have a range of missions, including scientific research, weather observation, military support, navigation, Earth imaging, and communications
2. Low orbiting satellites are mostly above the Earth’s atmosphere and are likely to last for many years
3. The satellites orbiting in high orbits eventually decays and they crash back into the atmosphere

73. The report titled, 'World Investment Prospects Survey 2009-2012' by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has ranked India in global foreign direct investments (FDI) in 2010 at

74. Which of the following peasant movements were formed by Swami Sahajanand Saraswati

1. Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha (BPKS)
2. All India Kisan Sabha (Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha)

75. The Eurasian steppes extends through central and western Asia to

76. Which of the following are the essential differences between a jet aircraft and a propeller-powered aircraft?

1. A jet aircraft is nearly always a fixed-wing aircraft
2. Jet aircraft generally fly much faster than propeller-powered aircraft
3. Jet aircraft fly at higher altitudes than propeller-powered aircraft

77. The Salt Satyagrah was started by Mahatma Gandhi on

78. Which of the following movement is known as "August Kranti"?

79. The Lahore Resolution (commonly known as the Pakistan Resolution), was a formal political statement adopted by the Muslim League at the occasion of its three-day general session on 22–24 March 1940 that called for greater Muslim autonomy in British India. It was authored by

80. The Pakistan Declaration was a pamphlet published on 28 January 1933 by

81. Which of the following are the features of the Companies Bill, 2011

1. Mandatory corporate social responsibility (CSR)
2. Class action suits
3. A fixed term for independent directors

82. Which of the following country entered a new era of democracy with the inaugural session of its democratically elected Constituent Assembly as a result of Arab spring

83. Palestine 194 is the name given to a diplomatic campaign by the Palestinian National Authority to gain membership for the State of Palestine in the United Nations at its 66th Session in September 2011. Which of the following statements are correct in this context?

1. It seeks to effectively gain collective recognition for a Palestinian state based on the borders prior to the Six Day War
The proposed capital is East Jerusalem
3. It has the formal backing of the Arab League

84. India has won a key post in the Joint Inspection Unit, the UN’s only external oversight body by defeating which country's candidate

85. Where does India rank among the 187 countries assessed for their performance in three key areas of human development—education, health and income. The UNDP Global Human Development Index (HDI)?

86. Istanbul conference is concerned with which country

87. The membership of East Asia Summit increased from 16 to 18 at the sixth EAS in Bali, Indonesia by adding which of the following two members

88. Which of the following statements are correct about Vivek Express?

1. It is the longest running train in India
2. The train runs a total distance of 4,286 km from Dibrugarh in upper Assam, to Kanyakumari
3. It commemorates 150^th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda

89. The Addu declaration is concerned with

90. Which of the following sportswear is set to launch a shoe costing one dollar a pair in

91. Which of the following are the components of the Inclusive growth?

1. Rapid pace of growth
2. Pattern of the economic growth
3. Productive employment
4. Direct income redistribution, as a means of increasing incomes for excluded groups

92. Asteroids are chunks of rock that orbit the Sun in a belt and are not very big though. The biggest asteroid in the Asteroid Belt is

93. Where does India rank worldwide in farm output

94. Which of the following methods are used by the Central Banks to increase (or decrease) the amount of money in the banking system?

1. Printing paper currency at its discretion in an effort to increase the amount of money in the economy
2. Modifying reserve requirements, which is the amount of funds banks must hold against deposits in bank accounts
3. Changing short-term interest rates
4. Buying and selling government securities in the open market

95. Which of the following statements are correct about the Westerlies?

1. Westerlies are the prevailing winds in the middle latitudes between 30 and 60 degrees latitude, blowing from the high pressure area in the horse latitudes towards the poles
2. These prevailing winds blow from the east to the west
3. The winds are predominantly from the southwest in the Northern Hemisphere and from the northwest in the Southern Hemisphere

96. Which of the following strait is the main shipping channel between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, linking major Asian economies such as India, China, Japan and South Korea?

97. The Third International Theory is concerned with

98. Which of the following are the diseases involving the blood–brain barrier?

1. Meningitis
2. Epilepsy
3. Multiple sclerosis
4. Neuromyelitis optica

99. Which of the following statements are correct about Wangari Maathai who died recently

1. She was a Kenyan environmental and political activist
2. She founded the Green Belt Movement
3. She is a winner of Nobel Peace Prize
4. She is a winner of the Right Livelihood Award

100. Which of the following are the main crops of the Indo-Gangetic Plain?

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