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OBSERVERS (ENGINEERING)PREVIOUS PAPER - 2013

GENERAL STUDIES 1. In the recently held Karnataka Assembly Elections, how many seat are around by the Congress Party?

1) 120 2) 121 3) 122 4) 1232. To how manys more people does the Union Govt. want to Impact vocational skills by the end of 12th

Five Year Plan?

1) 50 million 2) 60 million 3) 70 million 4) 80 million3. The longest National Highway in India

1) NH - 2 2) NH - 7 3) NH - 8 4) 314. Thrie elected President of Indian National Congress

1) Dadabhai Naoroji 2) Gopal Krishna Gokhale3) Surendranath Benerjee 4) Maulana Azad

5. Allocation for Health and Family Welfare Ministry in the 2013 - 14 Union Budget

1) `37,330 crore 2) `38,230 crore 3) `39,430 crore 4) `40,130 crore6. Allocation for farm credit in the 2013 - 14 Union Budget

1) `5,00,000 crore 2) `6,00,000 crore 3) `7,00,000 crore 4) `8,00,000 crore7. Allocation for Deffence in the 2013 - 14 Union Budget

1) `2,03,672 crore 2) `2,08,672 crore 3) `2,08,872 crore 4) `2,03,572 crore8. Percentage of allocation for Rural Development in the 2013 - 14 Union Budget

1) 4.11% 2) 4.12% 3) 4.22% 4) 4.82%9. Total expenditure estimated in 2013 - 14 Union Budget

1) `16,43,297 crore 2) `16,54,297 crore 3) `16,65,297 crore 4) `16,76,297 crore10. In which continent is use of Internet the highest?

1) North America 2) South America 3) Africa 4) Europe11. In which two countries in Asia, is the use of Internet the maximum?

1) Vietnam & China 2) Japan & China 3) China & India 4) India & Japan12. First High Court set up in India in 1862

1) Calcutta 2) Guwahati 3) Trivandrum 4) Jaipur13. Chief Justice of India during 1951 - 54

1) M. Patanjali Sastri 2) B.K. Mukherjee 3) S.R. Das 4) A.K. Sarkar14. Of the following States, which has two Houses?

1) Karnataka 2) Maharastra 3) Uttar Pradesh 4) All the above

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15. By 2018, which country would exceed India in development?

1) U.S.A. 2) China 3) Brazil 4) Australia16. Before Independence of India, M.N. Roy prepared an economic plan. Name of that plan is?

1) Bombay Plan 2) Gandhi Plan 3) People Plan 4) Sarvodaya Plan17. Devalustion of Currency occured in which year for the fourth time?

1) 1990 2) 1991 3) 1992 4) 199318. Jyotiba Phule worked for the welfare of

1) Untouchables 2) Physically handicapped3) widows 4) Rural welfare

19. Sunlight gives which Vitamin?

1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D20. Which of the following diseases spreads through air?

1) TB 2) Plague 3) Cholera 4) Thyphoid21. Year of establishment of Planning Commission in India

1) 1949 2) 1948 3) 1947 4) 195022. Name of new Telugu monthly publishing from EENADU K GROUP.

1) Telugu Velugu 2) Telugu Nadu3) Telugu Bhasha 4) Telugu Rachana

23. In which place, on 4 April 2013, 70 people died in the collapse of building?

1) Surat 2) Ahmedabad 3) Pune 4) Thane24. World Environment Day

1) June - 5 2) June - 6 3) June - 7 4) June - 825. Boundary Line between India and Afghanistan

1) Durand Line 2) Radcliffe Line 3) MacMahon Line 4) None of the above26. Of the following women, who won Nobel Prize?

1) Betty Williams 2) Wangari Maathai 3) Jody Williams 4) All the above27. Of the following who was awarded Bharat Ratna?

1) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 2) Chakravarthy Rajagopalachari3) Aruna Asif Ali 4) All the above

28. What is the objective of National Vocational Education Qualification Framework (NVEQF)?1) To make students employable after education2) To develop skills in students so that they get employment immediately after education3) To discourage students go to general education courses4) To promote country's economic development at a faster rate

29. Capital of Uttarkhand State

1) Dehradun 2) Kohima 3) Aizawl 4) Imphal



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30. U.P.A II Government at the Centre in India completed 4 years by what date?

1) 20-5-2013 2) 21-5-2013 3) 22-5-2013 4) 23-5-201331. Of the following, which State does not share its boundry with China?

1) Nagaland 2) Uttara khand 3) Himachal Pradesh 4) Meghalaya32. Major port of the East coast of India

1) Kandla 2) Visakhapatnam 3) Karaikal 4) Puducherry33. Inventor of Tape Recorder

1) Poulsen 2) Harrison 3) Foucault 4) Davy34. Discoverer of Theory of Relativity

1) Einstein 2) Marconi 3) Plimsoll 4) Berline35. Inventor of Safety Razor

1) Gillette 2) Berline 3) Harrison 4) Poulsen36. Planet nearest to the Earth

1) Jupiter 2) Mercury 3) Neptune 4) Venus37. Planet with largest number of satellites

1) Jupiter 2) Mercury 3) Neptune 4) Venus38. Largest Planet

1) Jupiter 2) Mercury 3) Neptune 4) Venus39. Planet nearest to the Sun

1) Jupiter 2) Mercury 3) Neptune 4) Venus40. Planet farthest from the Sun

1) Jupiter 2) Mercury 3) Neptune 4) Venus41. Fill the gaps in the following with appropriate letters:

A_DA_C_AB_D_BC_A

1) ABCDCD 2) CBDCAD 3) ABCCDD 4) None of the above42. Fill the gaps in the following with appropriate letters:

K_M_KL_N_LM_K_MN

1) LNMKNL 2) KLLMNN 3) KLMNLN 4) None of the above43. Father of Biology

1) Aristotle 2) Linnaeus 3) Leeuwenhoek 4) Paul Berg44. Father of Genetics

1) Aristotle 2) G.J. Mendel 3) T.H. Morgan 4) Erdman45. Number to be at the question mark in the following diagram:

5 8 6 ? 10 7

20 56 30 72 90 42

1) 5 2) 4 3) 3 4) 9



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46. For coordinating disaster management activities for all natural hazards, the Nodal Agency at the CentralGovt. is

1) Ministry of Home Affairs 2) Ministry of Rural Development3) Ministry of Science & Development 4) Ministry of Communications

47. U.N. Disaster Management Team (UNDMT) is responsible for solving problems resulting from disasters in

1) Asia 2) Africa 3) Australia 4) All continents48. Floods are caused due to

1) Excessive rainfall 2) Breaches in tanks3) Speedy winds 4) Overflow of water from tanks

49. The State that is prone to earthquakes frequently in India

1) Assam 2) Bihar 3) Meghalaya 4) Maharashtra50. Discoverer of Printing Press

1) Caxton 2) Gillette 3) Gating 4) Harrison51. Discoverer of Barometer

1) Toricelli 2) Davy 3) Harrison 4) Foucault52. Number to be at the question mark in the following figures:

1) 182 2) 168 3) 164 4) 17653. Number to the question mark in the following diagram:

T D 160

F I 108

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1) 180 2) 160 3) 120 4) 15054. Number to be at the question mark in the following figures:

1) 147 2) 188 3) 174 4) 16355. Fill the gaps with appropriate letters in the following letter seris:

P_RPQ_P_R_Q_P1) QRQPR 2) PQQQR 3) PQRQQ 4) None of the above



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56. Fill the gaps with appropriate letters in the following letter series:

B_BA_AB_BA_AB_ _A

1) AAABBB 2) BBBAAA 3) ABABAB 4) None of the above57. Number of triangles in the following figures:

1) 23 2) 28 3) 20 4) 2558. Father of Medicine

1) Mueller 2) Marcello 3) Hippocrates 4) Havey59. Father of Blood circulation

1) Paul Berg 2) Carolus Linnaeus 3) Karl Landsteiner 4) William Harvey60. Father of Cytology

1) Robert Hooke 2) T.H. Morgan 3) G.J. Mendel 4) Linnaeus61. Red Fort in Delhi was built by

1) Akbar 2) Salim 3) Jehangir 4) Shahjahan62. Vasco-de-Gama arrived at Calicut on

1) 27-5-1498 2) 27-4-1499 3) 27-3-1497 4) 27-1-149663. The Dutch established their first factory at

1) Machilipatnam 2) Karaikal 3) Balasore 4) Surat64. The English were permitted to establish their first factory at

1) Machilipatnam 2) Karaikal 2) Balasore 4) Surat65. Substance used as a food preservative

1) Sodium Carbonate 2) Tartaric acid 3) Acetic acid 4) Banzoic acid66. Which one of the following is a super cooled liquid?

1) Ice cream 2) Teflon 3) Glass 4) Mercury67. Main raw material used in the manufacturing of cement

1) Alumina 2) Limestone 3) Gypsum 4) Magnesia68. Generally, what is the colour of emerald?

1) Vilet 2) Yellow 3) Deep green 4) Prussian blue69. VINEGAR is a commercial name of

1) Oxalic acid 2) Hydrochloric acid 3) Acetic acid 4) Citric acid70. Smallest plant

1) Lemna 2) Wolffia 3) Saphira 4) Rafia



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71. Largest flower

1) Macrozamia 2) Saphira 3) Darlingtonia 4) Rafflesia Arnoldii72. Tallest animal

1) Giraffe 2) Loxodonta 3) Balaenoptera 4) Struthio73. Expected life span of Frog

1) 2 years 2) 16 years 3) 10 years 4) 18 years74. Expected life span of Dog

1) 21 years 2) 37 years 2) 28 years 4) 34 years75. Carrot is a rich source of Vitamin

1) A 2) C 3) D 4) E76. The substances used to bring down body temperature in high fever is

1) Tranquilisers 2) Antipyretics 3) Analgesics 4) Antibiotics77. The Queen of 'Beverage' is

1) Tea 2) Coffee 3) Ginger 4) Pepper 78. 'King of Fruits'

1) Mango 2) Banana 3) Guava 4) Litchi79. Herbicides are chemicals which control

1) Weeds 2) Nematodes 3) Insects 4) Fungi80. The soul and heart of the Indian Constitution is Article

1) 29 2) 30 3) 31 4) 3281. When the President Procliams National Emergency under Article 352, on grounds of war or external

aggression, the rights guaranteed by Article - are automatically suspended.

1) 19 2) 20 3) 21 4) 2282. Protecting all monuments of historic interest and national importance is a Directive Principle in the

Indian Constitution under Article

1) 48 2) 49 3) 50 4) 5183. Number of new Directive Principles added by the 42th & 44th Constitutional Amendments in the Indian

Constitution

1) 4 2) 5 3) 6 4) 384. World's deepest metro station is in

1) Russia 2) China 3) Thailand 4) U.S.A. 85. India's rank in 2012 Index of Economic Freedom, Compiled by Heritage Foundation

1) 121 2) 123 3) 125 4) 11186. On what date did the Lok Sabha pass a historic Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011?

1) 28-12-2011 2) 24-12-2011 3) 22-12 -2011 4) 20-12-201187. Prime Minsiter Manmohan Singh declared 2012 as the

1) National Mathematical Year 2) National Physics Year3) National Chemistry Year 4) National Literacy Year



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88. The first non-Congress Prime Minister of India?

1) V.P. Singh 2) A.B. Vajpayee 3) Morarji Desai 4) Chandrasekhar89. India is National river

1) Ganga 2) Brahmaputra 3) Godavari 4) Krishna90. The place in India where minimum rainfall is recorded?

1) Leh 2) Idukki 3) Yanam 4) Mawsynram91. The most populous state of India, as per 2011 Census

1) Uttar Pradesh 2) Bihar 3) Madhya Pradesh 4) Maharashtra92. The most literate State in India, as per 2011 census,

1) Maharashtra 2) West Bengal 3) Tamil Nadu 4) Kerala93. In which Indian State does the Sun Rise First?

1) Manipur 2) Arunachal Pradesh 3) Meghalaya 4) Tripura94. As per 2011 census, highest ST Population in Andhra Pradesh in the district of

1) Hyderabad 2) Khammam 3) Adilabad 4) Nellore95. In Which field did Mo Yan (China) get the Nobel Prize for 2012?

1) Literature 2) Medicine 3) Physics 4) Peace96. Both the Nobel Prize Winners for 2012 in the field of Economics come from?

1) UK 2) USA 3) China 4) France97. In the Civil Services Examination 2012 - 13 conducted by UPSC, the first position was secured by

1) A.J. Varghese 2) V. Sriram 3) Stuti Charan 4) Haritha V. Kumar98. Tajikistan shares border with

1) Afghanistan 2) Uzbekistan 3) Kyrgyzstan 4) All the above99. According to UNICEF report how many children drop out of schools without completing basic

eduction?

1) 90 million 2) 80 million 3) 70 million 4) 60 million100. India has recently signed a pact with the Asian Development Bank for a loan of

1) $ 255 million 2) $ 254 million 3) $ 253 million 4) $ 252 million 101. Julia Gillard is the Prime Minister of

1) France 2) Greece 3) Iraq 4) Australia102. Francois Hollande is the President of

1) France 2) Greece 3) Iraq 4) Australia103. Symbol of Bahujan Samaj Party

1) Elephant 2) Cycle 3) Hand 4) Horse104. Chairman of the First Finance Commission in India?

1) A.K. Chanda 2) K.C. Niyogi 3) K. Santhanam 4) Mahaveer Tyagi105. As per 2011 census, the Indian state with lowest literacy rate in the country

1) Arunachal Pradesh 2) Rajasthan 3) Bihar 4) Jharkhand



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106. Port Louis is the capital of

1) Myanmar 2) Morocco 3) Maldives 4) Mauritius107. International Year of Family Planning

1) 2012 2) 2013 3) 2014 4) 2015108. Number of member countries in the Common wealth

1) 52 2) 53 3) 54 4) 50109. Recipient of 'Padma Vibhushan' Award on the eve of India's 64th Republic Day

1) S. Haider Raja 2) D. Rama Naidu 3) V.K. Gupta 4) Premlata Agarwal110. Headquarters of National Archieves of India

1) Jaipur 2) Kolkata 3) New Delhi 4) Surat111. Number of triangles in the following diagram

1) 3 2) 4 3) 5 4) 7

112. In a particular code SHINE is written as EPLL. In the same code HEART is to be written as

1) UTIMD 2) UDITM 3) UTDIM 4) MIDUT113. In a particular code NATURE is written as OBVWUH. In the same code ANCHOR is to be written as

1) BOEJRU 2) EQJBUR 3) RJOBUE 4) RJOUEB114. In a particular code FAME is written as 100. In the same code MIND is to be written as

1) 178 2) 160 3) 180 4) 176115. The oldest book in the world

1) Rig Veda 2) Sama Veda 3) Yajur Veda 4) Atharva Veda116. Number of known Upanishads

1) 108 2) 109 3) 110 4) 112117. Number of known Puranas

1) 18 2) 19 3) 20 4) 16118. Who is claimed to be the founder of Magadha Kingdom?

1) Sahaja 2) Ajatasatru 3) Bindusara 4) Brihadratha119. Gautama Buddha was born at

1) Pataliputra 2) Kapilavastu 3) Lumbini 4) Bodha Gaya120. Mehr-un-Nisa was the original name of the wife of

1) Jahangir 2) Salim 3) Shah Jahan 4) Aurangzeb121. An earthquake under the same sea is called

1) Cyclone 2) Tsunami 3) Thunder 4) Lighting122. Which of the following is a man made hazard?

1) Earthquake 2) Tsunami 3) Flood 4) None of these



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123. 'Tsunami' is the word derived from

1) Japanase 2) Chinese 3) Greek 4) French124. The date on which a powerful earthquake struck South Eastern Iran and caused heavy damage

including killing 30,000 people

1) 26 - 12 - 2003 2) 26 - 11 - 2003 3) 26 - 10 - 2003 4) 26 - 10 - 2002125. Of the follownig, which is a natural hazard?

1) Earthquake 2) Landslide 3) Cyclone 4) All the above126. A Family Disaster Kit should contain

1) A set warm clothes 2) Food and drinking water3) Medicines 4) All the above

127. Disaster Management Teams should comprise

1) First Aid Team 2) Search & Rescue Team3) Awareness Generation Team 4) All the above

128. In India more than .................. of total land is prone to floods.

1) 11% 2) 12% 3) 13% 4) 14%129. Main hazards which may into disasters are

1) Cyclones 2) Earthquakes 3) Tsunamis 4) All the above130. Disaster Management is

1) More than just response and relief 2) Systematic process3) System with many components 4) All the above

131. Hemid Karzai is the President of

1) Afghanistan 2) Malaysia 3) Maldives 4) Oman132. When may Disaster Management activities be conducted?

1) Before disaster 2) During disaster 3) After disaster 4) At all the above times133. Largest country in the World (Area wise)

1) Russia 2) China 3) Canada 4) Brazil134. Indian National Congress was formed in

1) 1885 2) 1886 3) 1887 4) 1888135. Raja Rammohan Roy lived during the period of

1) Lord Cornwallis 2) Lord Dalhousie 3) Lord Wellesley 4) Lord Bentinck136. Indian National Congress was split into two groups in the year?

1) 1905 2) 1906 3) 1907 4) 1908137. In 1942, Netaji formed the Azad Hind Fauj in

1) Singapore 2) Moscow 3) Rangoon 4) Kathmandu138. Tattvabodhini Sabha was founded by

1) Dayananda Saraswati 2) Tulsi Ram3) Rabindranath Tagore 4) Debendranath Tagore



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139. The number of Sovereign countries who are members of UNO

1) 180 2) 185 3) 183 4) 193140. United Nations Day

1) April - 7 2) October -24 3) November - 24 4) June - 7 141. The first meeting of the UN General Assembely was held in

1) London 2) New York 3) Tehran 4) San Francisco142. The membership of Security Council of UNO was increased from 11 to 15 in

1) 1955 2) 1965 3) 1975 4) 1972143. Which of the following is not an official language of UNO?

1) Hindi 2) German 3) Japanese 4) All the above144. Of the follownig, which is besides other things, concerned with human rights and freedoms without

distinction of race, sex, language or religion?

1) UNICEP 2) UNEPA 3) UNESCO 4) None of the above145. Of the following, which is not a member of UNO?

1) Taiwan 2) Israel 3) Cuba 4) South Africa146. The UN Library is known by the name of

1) U.Thant Library 2) Trygve Lie Library3) Nation's Library 4) Hammarkj old Library

147. South Sudan, which became the 193rd member of UNO, is in the continent of

1) South America 2) Europe 3) Asia 4) Africa148. The first Secretary General of UNO

1) Trygve Lie 2) Dag Hammarskjold 3) U. Thant 4) None of the above149. Of the following which country is not a permenent member of UN security Council?

1) Britain 2) China 3) Canada 4) France150. Commonwealth Day

1) May - 21 2) May - 22 3) May - 23 4) May - 24

ANSWERS

1-2; 2-3; 3-2; 4-1; 5-1; 6-3; 7-1; 8-4; 9-3; 10-1; 11-3; 12-1; 13-1; 14-4; 15-2; 16-3; 17-2; 18-1; 19-4; 20-1; 21-4; 22-1; 23-4; 24-1; 25-1; 26-4; 27-4; 28-2; 29-1; 30-3; 31-1&4; 32-2; 33-1; 34-1; 35-1; 36-4; 37-1; 38-1; 39-2; 40-3; 41-2; 42-1; 43-1; 44-2; 45-4; 46-1; 47-4; 48-1; 49-1; 50-1; 51-1; 52-3; 53-1; 54-3;55-1; 56-3; 57-4; 58-3; 59-4; 60-1; 61-4; 62-1; 63-1; 64-4; 65-4; 66-3; 67-1; 68-3; 69-3; 70-1; 71-4; 72-1;73-3; 74-4; 75-1; 76-2; 77-1; 78-1; 79-1; 80-4; 81-1; 82-2; 83-2; 84-1; 85-2; 86-1; 87-1; 88-3; 89-1; 90-1;91-1; 92-4; 93-2; 94-2; 95-1; 96-2; 97-4; 98-4; 99-2; 100-4; 101-4; 102-1; 103-1; 104-2; 105-3; 106-4; 107-3; 108-3; 109-1; 110-3; 111-3; 112-3; 113-1; 114-3; 115-1; 116-1; 117-1; 118-4; 119-3; 120-1; 121-2;122-4; 123-1; 124-1; 125-4; 126-4; 127-4; 128-2; 129-4; 130-4; 131-1; 132-4; 133-1; 134-1; 135-4; 136-3;137-1; 138-4; 139-4; 140-2; 141-1; 142-2; 143-4; 144-3; 145-1; 146-4; 147-4; 148-1; 149-3; 150-4.



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