1. A man decides to travel 80
kilometers in 8 hours partly by foot and partly on a bicycle. If his speed on
foot is 8 km/hr and on bicycle 16 km/hr, what distance would he travel on foot?
(i) 20 km
(ii) 30 km
(iii)48 km
(iv) 60km
2. Due to a 25 % increase in the
price of rice per kilogram a person is able to purchase 20 kilograms less for
Rupees 400. What is the increased price of rice per kilogram?
(i)Rs 5
(ii)Rs 6
(iii) Rs 10
(iv)Rs 4
3. A toy weighing 24 grams of an
alloy of two metals is worth Rs 174/-, but if the weights of the two
metals be interchanged, the toy would be worth Rs 162/- If the price of one
metal be Rs 8 per ,gram, find the price of the other metal used to make the toy
(i) Rs 10/ gram
(ii) Rs 6/gram
(iii) Rs 4/ gram
(iv) Rs 5/gram
4. Three bells chime at intervals
of 48, 60 and 90 minutes respectively. If all the three bells chime together at
10 AM, at what time will all the three chime again that day
(i) 1
PM
(ii) 2 PM
(iii) 8
PM
(iv)
10 PM
5. Find the last two digits of :
153763519717
(i) 35
(ii) 45
(iii) 55
(Iv) 85
6. After striking the floor, a ball
rebounds to 4/5th of the height from which it has fallen, Find the total
distance that if travels before coming to rest if it has been gently dropped
from a height of 120 meters.
(i) 540 mtrs
(ii) 960 mtrs
(iii) 1080 mtrs
(iv)
1120 mtrs
7. There is a 7-digit telephone
number with all different digits . If the digit at extreme right and extreme
left are 5 and 6 respectively, find how many such telephone numbers are
Possible.
(i) 120
(ii)
1,00,000
(iii) 6720
(iv) 30,240
8. A speaks the truth 3 out’ of 4
time, and B 5 out of 6 times . What is the probability that they will
contradict each other in stating the same fact?
(i) 2/3
(b) 1/3
(c) 5/6
(d) 1/21
9. A circle is inscribed inside an
equilateral triangle touching all the three sides, If the radius of the circle
is 2 cm, find the area of the triangle.
(i)
15
(ii) 18
(iii)
12
(iv) 12
10. Five persons A, B, C, D and E
are sitting in a row facing you such that D is on the left of C; B
is on the right of E; A is on the right of C and B is on the left
of D. If E has only one neighbour, then who is sitting in the centre?
(i) A
(ii)B
(iii)
C
(iv)D
11. In which city is the
headquarters of World Trade Organization (WTO) located?
(i) New York
(ii) Geneva
(iii)
Rome
(iv) Paris
12 In a family of five persons,
Dinesh is Jairam’s son and Gopal’s brother while Meeta is Gopal’s mother and
Jayanti’s daughter If there are no step brothers or half brothers in the,
family which of the following statements is true?
(i) Jayanti is Dinesh’s
mother
(ii) Meeta is Dinesh’s Mother
(iii) Jayanti is Jairam’s
grandmother
(iv) All the above
13. Four sisters-Suvarna, Tara, Uma
and Vihba are playing a game such that the loser doubles the money of each of
the other players from her share, They played four games and each sister lost
one game in alphabetical order, At the end of fourth game, each sister had
Rs.32. How much money did Suvarna start with ?
(i) Rs 60
(ii) Rs 34
(iii) Rs 66
(iv) Rs 28
14. Indira is three times older
than Yogesh while Zaheer is half the age of Wahida. If Yogesh is older than
Zaheer then Which of the following statements can be inferred ?
(i) Yogesh is older than Wahida.
(ii) Indira is older than Wahida.
(iii) Indira may be younger than
Wahida.
(iv) None of the above
15. A four-person team from
Asian Paints is painting Foolan’s house. Mehmood is painting the front of the
house. Ramesh is in the alley behind the house painting the back . Jeevan is
painting the Window frames on the north side and Sudhir is on the south. If
Mehmood switches places With John, and John then switches places with Sudhir,
where is Sudhir how?
(i) in the alley behind the house
(ii) on the north side of the house
(iii) in front of the house
(iv) on the south side of the house
16. What is the total number of
Zodiac constellations (Nakshatra) in Indian astrology?
(i) 12
(ii) 15
(iii) 18
(iv) 27
17. Who established Ramakrishna
Mission?
(i) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(ii) Shivanand
(iii) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(iv) Vivekananda
18. If in a coded language MADRAS
is written as LBCSZT, how would BOMBAY be written?
(i) APNCBX
(ii) APLCZZ
(iii) CPOCBZ
(iv) CQOCBX
19. If under a certain code the
Word CARROM is written as BZQQNL, which word will be Coded as HOUSE
(i) GNTRD
(ii) INVRF
(iii) IPVTF
(iv) GPTID
20. Rahul’s mother is the only
daughter of
Monika’s father. How is Monika’s
husband related to Rahul’s?
(i) Uncle
(ii) Father
(iii) Grandfather
(iv) Brother
21. A man is facing west. He turns
450 in the clockwise direction and then another 1800 in
the same direction and then 2700 in the anticlockwise direction.
Which direction is he facing now?
(i)South -West
(ii) South
(iii) North-West
(iv) West
22. If it was Saturday on 17th December,
1982 what will be the day on 22nd December, 1984
(i) Monday
(ii)Tuesday
(iii) Wednesday
(iv) Sunday
23. One term in the following
number series is not correct. 15, 16, 22,
29, 45, 70 Find out the wrong term?
(i) 16
(ii) 22
(iii) 45
(iv) 70
24. ln an exercise, Krishnan walked
25 meters towards South and then he turned to his left and moved, for 20 meters,
He again turned to his left and walked 25 meters. Thereafter, he turned to his
right and walked 15 meters. What is the distance and direction of his present
location with reference to the starting point,
(i) 57 meters North East
(ii) 60 meters North
(iii)35 meter East
(iv) 40 meters South East
25. Where did NASA’s land rover
Curiosity landed on Mars on August 5/6, 2012?
(i) Sea of Tranquility
(ii) Gale Crater
(iii) Fast Mountain
(iv) Rover Desert
26. India’s Mars Orbiter Mission is
likely to be launched in November 2013. What kind of rocket will be used by
ISRO for this mission.
(i) Geo Synchronous Launch Vehicle
(GSLV)
(ii) Agni III
(iii) Extended Polar Satellite
Launch Vehicle
(iv) SLY – III
27. In London Olympic Games 2012,
which country won the highest number of medals?
(i) Great Britain
(ii) China
(iii) Republic of Korea
(iv) United States of America
28. Who won the Gold Medal in 100 meters
race in London Olympics 2012.
(i) Justin Gatlin (ii) Yohan Blake
(iii) Tyson
Gay
(iv) Usain Bolt
29. Who have been selected for
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2012?
(i) Rajyabardhan Singh Rathore (
Shooting) and Baichung Bhutia (Football)
(ii) Gagan Narang (Shooting) and
Saina Nehwal (Badminton)
(iii) Vijay Kr (shooting) and
Yogeshwar Dutt (Wrestling)
(iv) Mary Kom (Boxing) and
Vishwanatha Anand (Chess)
30. Which country announced in
August 2012 its decision to grant political asylum to the Wiki leaks founder
Julian Assange.
(i) Great
Britain (ii) China
(iii) Ecuador
(iv) Belgium
31. India’s DRDO has developed a
pilotless target aircraft. What is its name?
(i) Taijas
(ii) Nag
(iii) Agni III
(iv) Lakshya 2
32. What is the name of India’s
first indigenously developed nuclear submarine?
(i) INS Sindhughosh
(ii) K 15
(iii) INS Arihant
(iv) INS Vikramditya
33. Why was CERN, the largest
particle physic laboratory located near Geneva in news recently?
(i) For discovery of Neutrino, a
new subatomic particle
(ii) For discovering Higgs Boson, a
new subatomic particle.
(iii) Because of differences among
the member nations over finance liabilities.
(iv) Major breakdown in the
laboratory
34. Which of the following
countries in the Middle East is facing a civil war between the Government
forces and rebel insurgents?
(i) Syria
(ii) Egypt
(iii) Tunisia
(iv) Jordon
35. In which country, there has
been a spate of ‘insider killing’ in which NATO soldiers have been killed by
their comrades in local police and Army?
(i) Pakistan (ii) Iraq
(iii) Afghanistan
(iv) Iran
36. How do you observe
every year the first Monday of October?
(i) Environment Day
(ii) World Habitat Day
(iii) World Diabetes Day
(iv) UNO Day
37. Which country’s lower house of
Parliament is known as Wolesi Jirga?
(i) Afghanistan (ii) Bangladesh
(iii) Pakistan
(iv) Iran
38. SEBI has decided to introduce
“Basic Services Demat Account”(BSDA), What is the maximum value of securities
in a BSDA at any point of time?
(i) Rs 5 lakh
(ii) Rs 4 lakh
(iii) Rs 3 lakh
(iv) Rs 2 lakh
39. Which of the following
companies is posing a stiff competition to Sweden’s Ericsson to become
the world’s largest telecom equipment manufacturer?
(i)Samsung
(ii) Huawei
(iii)
Nokia
(iv) Panasonic
40 What is the present permissible
power density value for mobile towers operating at 1800 MHz?
(i) 4.5 watt/meter
(ii) 9 watt/meter
(iii) 13.5 watt/meter
(iv) 18 watt/meter
41. Mohammed Morsi, Fracois
Hollande and Bashar al-Assad are the current Presidents respectively of which
countries?
(i) Jordon, Germany and Syria
(ii)Egypt, Canada and Iraq
(iii) Qatar, France and Lebanon
(iv) Egypt, France and Syria
42. Where are Centre for Cellular
and Molecular Biology, Indira Gandhi Centre Atomic Research and Vikram Sarabhai
Space Research Centre respectively located?
(i) Hyderabad, Tarapur and
Sriharikota
(ii) Chennai, Tarapur and
Thiruvanantpuram
(iii) Hyderabad , Kalpakkam and
Thiruvanantpuram
(iv) Chennai, Tarapur and
Sriharikota
43. What is Wakhan Corridor?
(i) North Eastern extremity of
Afghanistan
(ii) Part of the border between
India and China in Ladakh region
(iii) A passage between Iran and
Afghanistan (iv)Narrow strip joining Bangladesh with Myanmar
44. What does NSAB stand for in
Indian context?
(i) National Society for Animal
Breeders
(ii)National Support Activity for
Bhutan
(iii) National Spiritual Assembly
of Buddhists
(iv)National Security Advisory
Board
45. What is the significance of
Ozone layer in atmosphere?
(i) It maintains the cycle of
seasons
(ii) It causes timely arrival of
Monsoon
(iii)It filers the ultraviolet rays
of the sun
(iv) It prevents the global warming
46. Which business house has
promoted Essar group of companies?
(i) Ruias
(ii)Ambanis
(iii) Goenkas
(iv) Kanorias
47. In which country IS the
headquarters of Nestle company located?
(i) Sweden
(ii) Switzerland
(iii)Germany
(iv) Netherlands
48. Which family owns the Hero
group of Companies in India?
(i) Hindujas
(ii) Firodias
(iii)
Munjals
(iv) Mansingh
49 Where is Titicaca, the highest
lake in the world, located?
(i) Russia and Central Asian
countries
(ii) US and Canada border
(iii) South Africa
(iv) Peru and Bolivia border
50. At which point of Earth there
is no gravity?
(i) At North and South Pole
(ii) At equator
(iii) On the ocean surface
(iv) At centre of the Earth
51. What is the main Chemical
component of Vinegar?
(i)Acetic acid
(ii) Citric Acid
(iii) Tartaric acid
(iv) Nitric acid
52 Which gas is released from paddy
fields?
(i) Carbon dioxide
(ii) Methane
(iii) Ammonia
(iv)
Hydrogen Sulphide
53. Which of these is not a
micronutrient essential for plant growth and health?
(i) Manganese
(ii)
Iodine
(iii) Boron
(iv) Zinc
54. Who among the following four is
the odd man out?
(i) Abanindranath Tagore
(ii) J S Swaminathan
(iii) Akbar Padamsee
(iv)Javed Ahhtar
55. In the last one decade, which
among the following sectors has attracted the highest foreign direct investment
inflows into India?
(i) Computer hardware and software
(ii) Services sector
(iii) Automobile sector
(iv)Telecommunication
56. What is the estimated size of
Indian economy for 2012-13 (GDP in US Dollars)?
(i) one trillion
(ii) two trillion
(iii) three trillion
(iv) four trillion
57. What percentage of
India’s GDP in 2011-12 was contributed by Agriculture and allied sectors.
(i) 20%
(ii) 14%
(iii) 54%
(iv) 34%
58. What was India’s crude import
bill (in US Dollars) in 2011.12 and its percentile share to?
total imports?
(i) $150 billion, 32% (ii)
$56 billion, 26%
(iii) $475 billions,
80% (iv) $250
billion, 51%
59. In which country is the Great
Victoria Desert located?
(i) Namibia
(ii) Argentina
(iii) Mongolia
(iv) Australia
60. Which of the following is not
caused by movement of tectonic plates?
(i) Earthquakes
(ii) Volcanic eruptions
(iii) Ocean current
(iv) Oceanic trench formation
61. Which of the following is not a
“greenhouse gas” (GHG)? ‘
(i) Oxygen
(ii) Carbon dioxide
(iii) Water
vapour (iii) Methane
62. Which of the following is the
basic structural and functional unit of a kidney?
(i) Lymphocyte
(ii) Nephron
(iii) Lobule
(iv) Neuron
63 German Silver is an alloy of?
(i) Copper, Zinc and Nickel
(ii) Silver, Copper and Carbon
(iii) Silver, Zinc and Aluminum
(iv) Aluminum, Zinc and Cobalt
64. Which of the following
substances is most commonly used for cloud seeding (artificial rains)?
(i) Magnesium hydroxide
(ii) Potassium Chloride
(iii) Silver iodide
(iv) Zinc Sulphate
65. A Theodolite is used for
measuring
(i) oceanic temperature variation
(ii) celestial distances
(iii) river water flow
(iv) angles in horizontal and
vertical planes.
66. Which of the following is not a
Jovian planet (gaseous planet) in the Solar system?
(i) Jupiter
(ii) Saturn
(iii) Venus
(iv) Neptune
67. Which is the only internal
organ of human body capable of regenerating its lost tissues?
(i) Lungs
(ii) Kidney
(iii) Liver
(iv) Brain
68. What is meant by Sulphur
Shower?
(i) Sulphuric acid rain due to air
pollution
(ii) Shower of yellow pollen from
conifers in spring
(iii) An industrial process to
treat porcelain with Sulphuric acid
(iv) Release of hydrogen sulphide
from industries
69. Which mobile operating system
today has the largest share in global smartphone market?
(i) Android OS
(ii) BlackBerry OS
(iii) Apple iOS
(iv) Nokia S40 OS
70. Alteration of consciousness
during deep sea diving is known as
(i) Raptures of the deep
(ii) Martini Effect
(iii) Nitrogen Narcosis
(iv) All the three
71. The gases used in normal
welding process are
(i) Oxygen and Hydrogen
(ii) Oxygen, Hydrogen and Acetylene
(iii) Acetylene and Nitrogen
(iv) Oxygen and Acetylene
72. Who was the first European to
sail around the Cape of Good Hope in 1488?
(i) Bartolommeo Dias
(ii) Ferdinand Magellan
(iii) Columbus
(iv) James cook
73. Northern Africa was divided
between two Muslim Caliphates at around 1000 AD. While northwestern Africa
(essentially, modern Morocco) and southern Spain were ruled by the Umayyads,
which Caliphate ruled over what is now modern Tunisia, Libya and Egypt?
(i) Hafsid
(ii) Idrisid
(iii) Fatimid
(iv) Aghlabid
74. Who founded the “Young Italy”
movement, the anchor organization behind the unification of Italy in the
nineteenth century?
(i) Count Cavour
(ii)
Garibaldi
(iii) Giuseppe Mazzini
(iv) Red Shirts
75. Where was the battle of Badr
fought in which Muslims led by Muhammad defeated Quraish of Mecca decisively on
March 13, 624 AD?
(i) 80 miles south west of Medina
(ii) outskirts of Mecca
(iii) Jerusalem
(iv) Mount Arafat
76. Who was the Commander – in –
Chief of Confederate States in the American Civil war (1861-65)?
(i) Abraham Lincoln (ii) Jefferson Davis
(iii) Robert E Lee
(iv) James Longstreet
77. On which date US dropped the
first atom bomb on Hiroshima?
(i) August 9, 1945
(ii) May 8, 1945
(iii) July 26, 1945
(iv) August 6, 1945
78. The Treaty of Srirangapatnam
was signed in 1792 between Tipu Sultan and
(i) Dalhousie
(ii) Cornwallis
(iii) Warren Hastings (iv) Lord Clive
79. Wimbledon Tournament is
associated with which game?
(i) Football
(ii) Golf
(iii) Tennis
(iv) Badminton
80. Under an agreement with which
of the following countries did Subhas Chandra Bose organize the Indian
soldiers, taken as prisoners by the AXIS Powers, Into the Azad Hind Fauj?
(i) China (ii) Germany
(iii) Italy
(iv) Japan
81. In which part of ancient India
was Kharoshthi script in use between 3′d century BC and 3′d
century A.D.
(i) Magadha region
(ii) Central region
(iii) Southern region
(iv) Gandhar region
82. Battle of Jamrud was fought between
Sikhs and Afghans in April 1837 in which Afghans were defeated but an important
Sikh general was killed. Who was this Sikh general?
(i) Jorawar Singh
(ii) Mahan Singh
(iii) Hari Singh Nalwa (iv) Diwan
Bhiwani Das
83. Who was the first Muslim
president of Indian National Congress?
(i) Mohammad Ali Jinnah (ii) Badraddin Tayabji
(iii) Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad (iv)
Syed Ahmed Khan
84 Three Round Table Conferences
were organized by British Government between 1930 and 1932 to discuss the constitutional
reform in India. In which Round Table Conference did the Congress attend?
(i)
First
(ii) Second
(iii) Third (iv) All the three
85. Who was the Chairman of
Drafting Committee of Indian Constitution?
(i) Dr Rajendra Prasad (ii) K M Munsi
(iii) N G S Ayanger
(iv) B R Ambedkar
86. What is the Quorum laid down to
constitute a meeting of either of the Houses of Parliament?
(i) one-tenth of the total number
of members of that House
(i) one-fourth of the total number
of members of that House
(iii) one-fifth of the total number
of members of that House
(iv) one-half of the total number
of members of that House
87. Who has the authority to call a
joint session of the two Houses of Parliament?
(i) Prime Minister
(ii) President
(iii) Speaker of Lok Sabha
(iv) Chairman of Rajya Sabha
88. In which session of the year,
President addresses both the Houses of Parliament?
(i) First session (Budget)
(ii) Second session (Monsoon)
(iii) Third session (winter)
(iv) none of the above
89.Which of the following States do
not have bicameral legislature?
(i) Bihar
(ii) Uttar Pradesh
(iii) Madhya Pradesh (iv) Maharashtra
90.What fraction of Legislative
Council Members are nominated by Governor on the advice of Cabinet from amongst
those having excelled in the fields of science ,arts, literature, cooperative
movement or social science?
(i) 1/3
(ii) 1/6
(iii) 1/12
(iv) 1/4
91. In which of the following
states is the construction site of proposed Tipaimukh dam located?
(i) Mizoram
(ii) Assam
(iii) Manipur
(iv) Nagaland
92. The capitals of Manipur ,
Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh respectively are
(i) Imphal, Aizawl and Itanagar
(ii) Itanagar , Aizawl and Imphal
(iii )Kohima, Shillong and Agartala
(iv) Imphal, Itanagar and Aizawl
93. Which of the following is not a
tributary of Krishna river?
(i) Tungabhadra (ii) Bhima
(iii) Koyna
(iv) Godavari
94. Which of the followings not a
hill station in South India?
(i) Ooty
(ii) Kodaikanal
(iii) Munnar
(iv) Coimbatore
95. Which of the following states
shares border with China?
(i) West
Bengal (ii)Himachal Pradesh
(iii) Nagalnd
(iv)Uttar Pradesh
96. Which of the following is not a
land locked state?
(i) Bihar
(ii)Chhattisgarh
(iii) Mizoram
(iv) Orissa
97. Which of the following is not
matched correctly?
(i) US – CIA
(ii) UK – MI 6
(iii) France – Mossad
(iv) India’ – R&AW
98. In which year was Guru Nanak
Dev born? .
(i) 1242 AD
(ii) 1358 AD
(iii) 1469 AD
(iv) 1542 AD
99. Which religious leader
established ‘four mathas’ in India?
(i) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
(ii) Shankaracharya
(iii)Vivekananda
(iv) Ramanuja
100. Who was the first Christian
missionary to India?
(i) Thomas the Apostle
(ii) John Breeden
(iii) Richard Knill
(iv) St George
Part II
(English Language) Max. Marks: 50
Write an essay in English language
in only on any one of the following topics is not more than 400 words.
(i) India’s Space Programme
(ii) Causes of corruption in India
(iii) How to deal with left wing extremism.
See also: ACIO IB-2013 Solved Paper
ACIO IB-2012 Solved Paper
ACIO IB-2015 Solved Paper
See also: ACIO IB-2013 Solved Paper
ACIO IB-2012 Solved Paper
ACIO IB-2015 Solved Paper
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