Assistant Station Master (ASM) OR GOODS GAURDS exam Previous year Important questions with answer

Common Preliminary Examination for  Assistant Station Master Master (ASM) OR GOODS GAURDS

Q.1.In case the President of India decides to resign,he will address his letter of resignation to

• Prime Minister 
• Chief Justice
• Speaker of Lok Sabha
• Vice-President

Q.2.The metal extracted from Bauxite is—

• Silver 
• Copper
• Manganese
• Aluminium

Q.3.The Cyclone represents a state of atmosphere in which—

• Low pressure in the center and high pressure around 
• There is high pressure in the center and low pressure around
• There is low pressure all around
• None of these

Q.4.The ‘Ocean of Storms’ is the name given to—

• Atlantic Ocean 
• Pacific Ocean
• A waterless area on moon surface
• None of these

Q.5.The capital of Pallavas was—

• Arcot 
• Kanchi
• Malkhed
• Banavasi

Q.6.Which Indian state was ranked as the No. 2 tourist destination in the world by LONELY PLANET?

• Himachal Pradesh 
• Tamil Nadu
• Kerala
• Uttarakhand

Q.7.How much water is contained in our body by mass ?

• 65% 
• 70%
• 60%
• None of these

Q.8.What determines the sex of a child ?

• Chromosomes of the father 
• Chromosomes of the mother
• RH factor of the parents
• Blood group of the father

Q.9.The two civilizations which helped in the formation of Gandhara School of Art are—

• Indian and Roman 
• Indian and Egyptian
• Greek and Roman
• Indian and Greek

Q.10.‘Thinkpad’ is a laptop associated with which among the following companies ?

•  HP 
• TCS
• Infosys
• IBM

Q.11.The first summit of SAARC was held at—

• Kathmandu
• Dhaka  
• Colombo
• New Delhi

Q.12.The wire of flash bulb is made of—

• Copper 
• Barium
• Magnesium
• Silver

Q.13.The curves showing the volume pressure behaviour of gases plotted at different fixed temperatures are called—

• Isochors 
• Isothermals
• V.T.P. Curves
• Isocurves

Q.14.Project Tiger was launched in—

• 1973 
• 1976
• 1978
• 1983

Directions—(Q. 15 and 16) Attempt the question to the best of your judgement.
Q.15.How many letters in the word TRYST have as many letters between them as in the alpha bet ?

• 2
• 3
• 4
• None  of  these

Q.16.From the alternatives,select the set which is most like the given set.Given set (23, 29, 31)—

• 17, 21, 29 
• 31, 37, 49
• 13, 15, 23 
• 41, 43, 47

Directions—What should come in place of question mark (?) in the following number series ?
Q.17.13 13 65 585 7605 129285 …?…

• 2456415 
• 2235675
• 2980565
• 2714985

Q.18.If ‘VEHEMENT’ is written as ‘VEHETNEM’ then in that code how will you code ‘MOURNFUL’ ?

• MOURLUFN 
• MOUNULFR
• OURMNFUL
• URNFULMO

Q.19.MOLLIFY is to APPEASE as APPURTENANCE is to ?

• Gratify 
• Avarice
• Accessory
• Amend

Q.20.Praduman is older than Janaki; Shreshtha is older than Chhama; Ravindra is not as old as Shreshtha ut is older than Janaki. Chhama is not as old as Janaki. Who is the youngest ?

• Praduman 
• Janaki
• Shreshtha
• Chhama

Q.21.In a row of children facing North, Bharat is eleventh from the right end and is third to the right of Samir who is fifteenth from the left end. Total how many children are there in the row ?

• 29 
• 28
• 30
• 27

Q.22.Which number is missing ?
45389, ?, 453, 34

• 34780 
• 8354
• 4892
• 3478

Q.23.If in the word CALIBRE, the previous letter in the English alphabet replaces each consonant and ach vowel is replaced by the next letter and then the order of letters is reversed, which letter will be third from the right end ?

• A 
• C
• B
• K

Q.24.How many such digits are there in the number 57683421,each of which is as far away from the beginning of the number, as they will be when arranged in descending order within the number ?

• One 
• Two
• Three
• More than three

Directions—(Q. 25 to 27)In the following question there are two words to the left of the sign (::) which are connected in some way. The same relationship obtains between the third word and one of the four alter-natives under it. Find the correct alternative in each case.
Q.25.Medicine : Sickness : : Book : ?

• Ignorance 
• Knowledge
• Author
• Teacher

Q.26.River : Dam : : Traffic : ?

• Signal 
• Vehicle
• Motion
• Lane

Q.27.Session : Concludes : : ? : Lapses

• Leave 
• Permit
• Agency
• Policy

Q.28.If 16 = 11, 25 = 12, 36 = 15, then 49 = ?

• 14 
• 20
• 19
• 17

Q.29.Pick out the odd in the following—

• Ashok—Assam 
• Poonam—Punjab
• Gyanendra—Gujarat
• Anjana—Rajasthan

Q.30.KEATS = 25, SHELLEY = 35, BROWNING = ?

• 45 
• 37
• 50
• 40 

Q.31Who is considered the real founder of the Gupta Empire?

• Chandragupta II 
• Chandragupta I 
• Samudragupta 
• Srigupta

Q.32.Shahjahan ascended the Mughal throne in

• 1628 AD 
• 1626 AD 
• 1625 AD 
• 1627 AD

Q.33.Which is correct order?

• Babur, Humayun, Jahangir, Akbar, Shahjahan, Aurangzeb 
• Babur, Humayun, Akbar, Jahangir, Shahjahan, Aurangzeb 
• Babur, Akbar, Humayun, Shahjahan, Jahangir, Aurangzeb 
• Babur, Humayun, Shahjahan, Akbar, Jahangir, Aurangzeb

Q.34.Ibn Batutah visited India during the rule of

• Alauddin Khilji 
• Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq 
• Sher Shah Suri 
• Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq

Q.35.Who was the Nawab of Bengal during ‘Battle of Plassey’?

• Siraj-ud-daola 
• Mir Jafar 
• Mir Qasim 
• None of these

Q.36.FIFA World Cup, 2006 was played in

• Germany 
• France 
• Spain
• UK

Q.37.Munaf Patel plays which sport?

• Badminton 
• Football 
• Cricket 
• Table-Tennis

Q.38.The first Asian lady swimmer to have crossed the English Channel was

• Bula Choudhury 
• Arati Saha 
• Nilima Ghosh 
• None of these

Q.39.Which country has never won the Cricket World Cup?

• India 
• Pakistan 
• Sri-Lanka 
• England

Q.40.Which cricket playing countries fight for the ‘ASHES’?

• Indian and Pakistan 
• Australia and South Africa 
• Australia and England 
• England and West Indies

Q.41.Who was the first Law Minister of independent India?

• Jawaharlal Nehru 
• Vallabhbhai Patel 
• Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 
• Dr. B.R.Ambedkar

Q.42.Who was the first speaker of the Lok-Sabha?

• B.R.Ambedkar 
• G.V.Mavlankar 
• N.Sanjeeva Reddy 
• Dr. S.P.Mukherjee

Q.43.How many states (except Delhi) are there in India?

• 28 
• 29 
• 25 
• 30

Q.44.Which country won the first World Cup Cricket?

• Australia 
• India 
• England
• West Indies

Q.45.Who was the woman President of the United Nations?

• Sarojini Naidu 
• Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit 
• Golda Mayer 
• Margaret Thatcher

Q.46.Who was the first man to land on moon?

• Neil Armstrong 
• Edwin 
• Gagarin 
• John Collins

Q.47.One inch is equal to how many centimeters?

• 2.54
• 2.84 
• 2.94
• 3.0

Q.48.Bronze is an alloy of copper and

• Nickel
• Tin 
• Zinc
• Aluminium

Q.49.Minus 40 degree centigrade is equal to _____ degree Fahrenheit.

• 104 
• 122 
• -40 
• None of these

Q.50.What is the value of XC (Roman Number)?

• 100 
• 40 
• 110 
• 90

Q.51.The person of which of the following blood groups can accept the blood of any group?

• AB 
• O 
• A 
• B

Q.52.Mountain K2 is known as

• Everest 
• Nanga Parbat 
• Godwin 
• Austen

Q.53.Lucknow is situated on the banks of river

• Yamuna 
• Tapti 
• Shipra 
• Gomti

Q.54.Who won the Golden Ball Award during FIFA World Cup 2006?

• Ronaldo 
• Klose 
• Ronaldinho 
• Zidane

Q.55.Who is the Chief Minister of Orissa?

• K C Singhdeo 
• Nandini Satyaji 
• Navin Patnaik 
• Rameshwar Thakur

Q.56.Who is the Finance Minister of India?

• Manmohan Singh 
• P Chidambaram 
• Murasoli Maran 
• Pranab Mukherjee

Q.57.Where is the headquarters of South-East Central Railway located?

• Bilaspur 
• Jabalpur 
• Bhopal 
• Raipur

Q.58.Which of the following places in India receives maximum precipitation?

• Itanagar 
• Mawsynram 
• Cherrapunjee 
• Tezpur

Q.59.Who was elected the President of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) in July 2006?

• Prasen Mukherjee 
• Ajit Panja 
• Jagmohan Dalmiya 
• Sourav Ganguly

Q.60.Who built the ‘Tower of Victory’ in Chittor ?

• Rana Sanga 
• Rana Rattan Singh 
• Rana Kumbha 
• Rana Partap
   
  Q.61.Abhinav Bharat was organized by
• Bhai Parmanand
• Khudiram Bose
• Vir Savarkar
• None of these

Q.62.On 22nd December, which of the following places has the largest day and shortest night ?

• Melbourne
• Moscow
• Madrid
• Chennai

Q.63.High pressure subtropical calm belts known as ? Horse Latitudes? lies between

• 00 and 150
• 200 and 250
• 300 and 350
• None of these

Q.64.Zimbabwe was formerly known as

• Rhodesia
• Mali
• Namibia
• Zanzibar

Q.65.Which of the following pairs is correct ?

• Bonn - Danube
• Baghdad - Tigris
• Rome - Seice
• Paris - Tiber

Q.66.The canal joining Baltic Sea to North Sea is

• Kiel Canal
• Suez Canal
• Panama Canal
• None of these

Q.67.Which of the following rivers does not form any delta at its mouth ?

• Cauvery
• Mahanadi
• Godavari
• Tapti

Q.68.Srinagar is situated on the bank of the river

• Ravi
• Sutlej
• Jhelum
• Chenab

Q.69.The Shompens are the tribal people of

• Andaman
• Nicobar
• Lakshadweep
• None of these

Q.70.In India, Plan holiday was after

• China-India war of 1962
• Draught of 1966
• Pakistan war of 1971
• Pakistan war of 1965

Q.71.Which of the following is not a ?Free Trade Zone? ?

• Kandla
• Mumbai
• Visakhapatnam
• Trivandrum

Q.72.The least perfect square number which is divisible by 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 is

• 900
• 1600
• 2500
• 3600

Q.73.A man has Rs. 480 in the denominations of one-rupee notes, five-rupee notes and ten-rupee notes. The number of notes are equal. What is the total number of notes ?

• 60
• 90
• 75
• 45

Q.74.In an organization, 40% of the employees are matriculates, 50% of the remaining are graduates and

remaining 180 are post-graduates. How many employees are graduates ?

• 360
• 240
• 180
• 300

Q.75.Which of the following writs may be issued to enforce a Fundamental Right ?

• Habeas Corpus
• Mandamus
• Prohibition
• Certiorari

Q.76.A common High Court for two or more States and/or Union Territories may be established by the

• President
• Parliament by making law
• Governor of State
• Chief Justice of India

Q.77.Who among the following was the Constitutional adviser to the Constituent Assembly of India ?

• M. C. Setalvad
• K. M. Munshi
• Jawaharlal Nehru
• B. N. Rau

Q.78.During the period of Renaissance, the new style of architecture first developed in

• Italy
• France
• England
• Germany

Q.79.The Barrah dacoity was the first major venture of the revolutionary terrorists of the freedom movement in

• The Madras Presidency
• Punjab
• Bombay-Karnataka
• East Bengal

Q.80.Who among the following were popularly known as Red Shirts ?

• Congress Socialists
• Members of Azad Hind Fauj
• Khudai Khidmatgars
• People led by Rani Gaidinliu

Q.81.The State in India having dry season for only 3 to 4 months every year is

• West Bengal
• Kerala
• Mizoram
• Himachal Pradesh

Q.82.Which of the following is correctly matched ?

• Gulbarga - Karnataka
• Midnapur - Gujarat
• Wardha - Madhya Pradesh
• Cochin - Tamil Nadu

Q.83.U Thant Award is given for

• Contribution to east-west understanding
• Community leadership
• Social service
• Journalism

Q.84.Bishop Desmond Tutu is the native of

• South Africa
• Cuba
• Tanzania
• Zambia

Q.85.The first electric railway was opened in

• 1853
• 1885
• 1905
• 1925

Q.86.Machael Ferreira is associated with which of the following games ?

• Chess
• Snooker
• Golf
• None of these

Q.87.The Lord of Rings : The Return of the King? won Oscar award in how many categories ?

• 10
• 9
• 11
• 12

Q.88.As per Census 2001, which of the following States has the lowest density of population ?

• Manipur
• Meghalaya
• Nagaland
• Mizoram

Q.89.Which of the following is the latest Tank ?

• Akash
• Prithvi
• Arjun
• Bhim

Q.90.Which of the following type of clothes is manufactured by using petroleum products ?

• Rayan Silk
• Terelyne
• Nylon
• Cotton

Q.91.The function of haemoglobin in the body is

• Transport of oxygen
• Destruction of bacteria
• Prevention of anemia
• Utilization of iron

Q.92.Which disease is more common among agricultural workers as compared to urban population ?

• Lungs disease
• Cirrhasis of liver
• Hookworm infection
• Cancer

Q.93.Biological fixation of nitrogen occurs most commonly in which of the following crops ?

• Pulses
• Rice
• Wheat
• None of these

Q.94.Which one of the following grows under the tree ?

• Cabbage
• Bengal gram
• Peanuts
• Castor

Q.95.Which of the following is an example of a plant that bears seeds but not fruits ?

• Cotton Plant
• Peepal tree
• Eucalyptus tree
• Pine tree

Q.96.Radioactive element which has been found to have large reserves in India is

• Uranium
• Thorium
• Radium
• Plutonium

Q.97.The image formed on the retina of a human eye is

• Real and upright
• Real and inverted
• Imaginary and upright
• Imaginary and inverted

Q.98.In increasing sequence, the major elements present in the human body are

• Calcium, iron, sodium, phosphorus
• Calcium, phosphorus, potassium, sulphur
• Calcium, iron, sodium, sulphur
• Calcium, potassium, phosphorus, iron

Q.99.A light sensitive compound used in photography is

• Silver chloride
• Silver sulphide
• Silver bromide
• Silver oxide

Q.100.Protective foods in our diet are

• Fats and vitamins
• Carbohydrates and minerals
• Vitamins and minerals
• Proteins and carbohydrates

Q.101.The ancient name of Bengal was

• Kamrupa
• Vasta
• Gauda
• Vallabhi

Q.102.Ahilyabai was the queen of

• Gwaliar
• Malwa
• Jaipur
• Bijapur

Q.103.Morish traveler, Ibn Batutah, came to India during the time of

• Ala-ud-din Khalji
• Firuz Shah Tughluq
• Balban
• Muhammed-bin-Tughluq

Q.104.The relics of Indus Valley Civilisation indicates that the main occupation of the people was

• Agriculture
• Cattle rearing
• Commerce
• Hunting

Q.105.The Mahabalipuram temples were built by the king of which Dynasty

• Gupta
• Chola
• Pallava
• Kushana

Q.106.The first telegraph line between Calcutta and Agra was opened in

• 1852
• 1853
• 1854
• 1855

Q.107.The first discourse of Buddha in Sarnath is called

• Mahabhiniskraman
• Mahaparinirvana
• Mahamastakabhisheka
• Dharmachakrapravartan

Q.108.The political and cultural center of the Pandyas was

• Vengi
• Madurai
• Kanchipuram
• Mahabalipuram

Q.109.Who wrote Mitakshara, a book on Hindu law ?

• Nayachandra
• Amoghvarsa
• Vijnaneswara
• Kumban

Q.110.Gupta empire declined in the fifth century A.D. as a consequence of

• Chalukya raids
• Greek invasion
• Hun invasion
• Pallava raids

Q.111.Who founded the Hindu Shahi dynasty of Punjab ?

• Vasumitra
• Kallar
• Jayapala
• Mahipala

Q.112.The main external threat to the Sultanate of Delhi was posed by the

• Mughals
• Afghans
• Iranians
• None of these

Q.113.Who among the following was a leading exponent of Gandhian thoughts ?

• J. L. Nehru
• M. N. Roy
• Vinoba Bhave
• Jayaprakash Narayan

Q.114.The speed of light with the rise in the temperature of the medium

• Increases
• Decreases
• Remains unaltered
• Drops sharply

Q.115.Who were the immediate successors of the Imperial Mauryas in Magadha ?

• Kushanas
• Pandyas
• Satvahanas
• Sungas

Q.116.Both Mahavira and Buddha preached during the reign of

• Ajatashatru
• Bimbisara
• Nandivardhan
• Uday

Q.117.Jahangiri Mahal is located in

• Delhi
• Fatehpur Sikri
• Agra Fort
• Sikandara

Q.118.The percentage of glucose present in the normal urine is

• 0.1%
• 2%
• 9.5%
• 0%

Q.119.The magnetic effect of electric current was first observed by

• Henry
• Oersted
• Faraday
• Volta

Q.120.Of the total water on the earth, fresh water reserves constitute approximately

• 4.5%
• 2.7%
• 1.2%
• 5.8%

Q.121.The black hole theory was discovered by

• S. Chandrasekhar
• Har Gobind Khorana
• C.V. Raman
• S. Ramanujan

Q.122.The main contribution of the Chola dynasty in the field of administration lies in

• Systematic provincial administration
• A well planned revenue system
• A well organized central government
• An organized local self government

Q.123.Who founded the philosophy of Pustimarga ?

• Chaitanya
• Nanak
• Surdas
• Ballabhacharya

Q.124.Which of the following battles changed the destiny of a Mughal ruler of India ?

• Haldighati
• Panipat II
• Khanua
• Chausa

Q.125.The Vedas contain all the truth was interpreted by

• Swami Vivekanand
• Swami Dayanand
• Swami Shraddhanand
• S. Radhakrishnan

Q.126.Babur entered India for the first time from the west through

• Kashmir
• Sind
• Punjab
• Rajasthan

Q.127.Which was the first among the following ?

• Doctrine of Lapse
• Subsidiary Alliance
• Permanent Settlement
• Double Government

Q.128.The name of Lord Cornwallis is associated with the

• Dual government
• Maratha wars
• System of subsidiary
• Permanent settlement

Q.129.Sir Charles Wood's Despatch of 1854 delat with

• Administrative reforms
• Social reforms
• Economic reforms
• Educational reforms

Q.130.The sea route to India was discovered by the

• Dutch
• English
• Portuguese
• French

Q.131.Which of the following pairs is correct

• Ashvaghosa - Vikramaditya
• Banabhatta - Harshvardhan
• Harisena - Kanishka
• Kalidasa - Samudragupta

Q.132.4th July, 1776 is important in world history because

• Battle of Plassey started
• Sea route to India was discovered
• English King Charles II was executed
• American Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence

Q.133.Rowlatt Act was passed in the year

• 1917
• 1919
• 1920
• 1923

Q.134.Communal electorate in India was introduced through which of the following acts ?

• 1909
• 1919
• 1935
• None of these

Q.135.Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched ?

• Encephalitis - Brain
• Colitis - Colon
• Hepatitis - Liver
• Jaundice - Throat 

Q.136.When was the first underground railway (Metro Railway) started?

• 1982
• 1989
• 1984
• 1992

Q.137.Shatabdi Express train was started in

• 1984
• 1988
• 1990
• 1985

Q.138.At which of the following places Diesel Component Works is established?

• Jamshedpur
• Patiala
• Perambur
• Varanasi

Q.139.Which Zone is the largest in Indian Railways?

• Central Railway
• Northern Railway
• Eastern Railway
• Western Railway

Q.140.The railway station situated in the extreme south is

• Chennai
• Cochin
• Kanyakumari
• Trivandrum

Q.141.A platform surrounded by rail lines from all the four sides, is called

• dock platform
• passenger platform
• island platform
• goods platform

Q.142.When was the nationalization of Indian Railways done?

• 1952 
• 1950 
• 1951
• 1954

Q.143.In which year Research, Design and Standard organization was established?

• 1954
• 1957
• 1959
• 1967

Q.144.Railway Staff College is situated at

• Bangalore
• Secundrabad
• Chennai
• Vadodara

Q.145.Where is the Research, Design and Standard Organisation situated?

• Pune
• Bangalore
• Lucknow
• New Delhi

Q.146.Which is the following pairs of regional Railways and their headquarters not true?

• South-Central Railway - Secunderabad 
• Central Railway - Bhopal
• South Railway - Chennai
• North Railway - New Delhi

Q.147.Between which of the destinations the first Indian train was started?

• From Calcutta to Delhi
• From Mumbai to Thane 
• From Mumbai to Surat
• From Mumbai to Madras

Q.148.When was the first train in Indian started?

• 1851
• 1852
• 1853
• 1854

Q.149.In which Governor-General’s reign railway lines in India were established

• Lord William Bentick
• Lord Cornwallis 
• Lord Kenning
• Lord Dalhousie

Q.150.A station where the rail lines end, is called

• junction station
• way-side-station 
• block station
• terminal station

Q.151.How much distance was traveled by first train of India?

• 33 km
• 36 km
• 34 km
• 46 km

Q.152.What is the position of the Indian Railway in the world according to the length of rail lines?

• First
• Second
• Third
• Fourth

Q.153. What is the length of North-Eastern Frontier Railway (NEFR)?

• 4300 Km
• 3700 Km
• 4290 km
• 5298 km

Q.154.The headquarters of North-Eastern railway is situated at

• Mumbai (V.T)
• Guwahati
• Gorakhpur
• New Delhi

Q.155.When was the North-Eastern frontier Railway (NEFR) established?

• 15th Jan, 1958
• 15th Jan, 1955 
• 2nd Jan, 1956
• 14th April, 1952

Q.156.The headquarters of North -Eastern Frontier Railway (NEFR) is

• Calcutta
• Maligaon (Guwahati)
• Chennai
• Gorakhpur

Q.157.In which of the following cities, the first sub-way train was started?

• Mumbai
• Delhi
• Calcutta
• Chennai

Q.158.General Manger is responsible for

• Railway Ministry 
• Railway Board
• Both railway Board and Railway Ministry
• None of these

Q.159.The headquarters of South-Central Railways is situated at

• Mumbai (V.T)
• Chennai 
• Secundrabad
• Mumbai (Central)

Q.160.The headquarters of Northern Railway is at

• Guwahati
• New Delhi
• Gorakhpur
• Mumbai (V.T)

Q.161.The headquarters of South Railways is situated at

• Calcutta
• Chennai
• Delhi
• Mumbai

Q.162.In which institution the training of electric work is being given?

• Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering 
• Indian Railways Institute of Electrical Engineering
• Railway Staff College
• Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering

Q.163.Who invented the railway engine?

• Charles Babbage
• Charles Babbage
• Isaac Newton 
• James Watt
• George Stephenson

Q.164.Where is the Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Institute situated?

• Nasik
• Baroda
• Jamalpur
• Pune

Q.165.Metro Railway is functioning in which of the following Indian States?

• Gujarat
• Maharashtra
• West Bengal
• Tamil Nadu

Q.166.The zone with the minimum length is

• North-Eastern Railway
• North-Eastern Frontier Railway
• South-East Railway
• South-Central Railway

Q.167.Where is the Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering Institute situated?

• Chennai
• Pune
• Nasik
• Sikandrabad

Q.168.How many training institutions of Railways are in India?

• Three
• Four
• Five
• Six

Q.169.What is the position of the Indian Railway under the zonal system?

• First
• Second
• Third
• Forth

Q.170.Which of the gauges is used in the hilly areas?

• Broad gauge
• Meter gauge 
• Narrow gauge
• Special gauge

Q.171.Where is the extreme north of India a railway station?

• Amritsar
• Jammutavi
• Pathancoat
• Guwahat

Q.172.How many institutions do give suggestions for railways technology?

• One
• Two
• Three
• Four

Q.173.Diesel Locomotive Works is situated at

• Perambur
• Varanasi
• Kapurthala
• Bangalore

Q.174.The manufacturing of steam engine in Chittranjan Locomotive Works was stopped in

• 1974
• 1961
• 1971
• 1973

Q.175.The passenger bogies of the Indian Railways are manufactured at which of the following places?

• Kapurthala
• Chittranjan
• Perambur
• Bangalore

Q.176.Indian Railways which is the largest of the Public Sector Enterprises, is divided in how many regions?

• 7
• 9
• 8
• 10

Q.177.Besides Mahrashtra, Karnataka and Goa, which of the following is the fourth State for Konakan Railway Project?

• Kerala
• Tamil Nadu
• Gujarat
• Andhra Pradesh

Q.178.Palace On Wheels train was inaugurated in which year?

• 1988
• 1972
• 1982
• 1965

Q.179.When was the Central Railway established?

• 5th Nov 1951
• 14th Nov 1951
• 14th April 1951
• 16th August, 1951

Q.180.Rajasthan is under which of the following railway zones?

• Northern region
• Western region 
• North-Western region
• Central Region

Q.181.The largest national enterprise of India is

• Indian Railway
• Indian Shipyard 
• Airways
• None of these

Q.182.The first locomotive which was manufactured in Chittaranjan on

• November 1950
• October 1950 
• September 1949
• October 1954

Q.183.Where is the wheel and axle plant of Indian Railways situated?

• Chittranjan
• Kapurthala
• Bangalore
• Perambur

Q.184.When was the Jammu City appeared on the map of Indian Railway?

• 1964
• 1963
• 1967
• 1965

Q.185.Where is the headquarters of Central Railway situated?

• Mumbai (V.T)
• Mumbai (Church Gate) 
• Gwalior
• Gorakhpur

Q.186.Where is  Punjab Lalit Kala Academy located ?

• Muktasar 
• Ludhiana
• Patiala
• Chandigarh

Q.187.What does happens when water is condensed into ice ? 

• Heat is absorbed 
• Heat is released
• Quantity of heat remains unchanged
• None of these

Q188.Which of the following gases is not a noble gas ?

• Zenon 
• Argon
• Helium
• Chlorine

Q.189.Which of the following diffuses most quickly ?

• Solid 
• Gas
• Liquid
• None of these

Q.190.Which temperature in Celsius scale is equal to 300 K ?

• 30°C 
• 27°C
• 300°C
• None of these

Q.191.First Youth Olympic games will be held in—

• Japan 
• China
• North Korea
• Singapore

Q.192.Where was the capital of Pandya dynasty situated ?

• Mysore 
• Kanchipuram
• Madurai
• Delhi

Q.193.Tripitik is the scripture of—

• Jain religion 
• Hindu religion
• Buddhishtha religion
• Muslim religion

Q.194.Who is the author of ‘Adhe-Adhure’ ?

• Prem Chand
• Mohan Rakesh
• Nirala
• Pant

Q.195.Which of the following Constitutional Amendments has included fundamental duties into the Constitution ?

• 42nd 
• 43rd
• 44th
• 39th

Q.196.Where is the Central Food Technology Research Institute situated ?

• Delhi 
• Anand
• Ahmedabad
• Mysore

Q.197.Which of the following is common in both, Buddhism and Jainism ? 

• Violence 
• Nonviolence 
• Triratna
• Truth

Q.198.Light-year measures which of the following ?

• Intensity of light 
• Mass
• Distance 
• Time

Q.199.Which of the following gases is used for ripening the fruits ?

•  Methane 
• Ethane
• Ethylene
• Acetylene

Q.200.Who among the following was involved in Alipore bomb case ?

• Aravind Ghosh
• P. C. Banerjee
• Bipin Chandra Paul
• Chandrashekhar Azad

Q.201Sikh Guru Arjundev was contemporary to which of the following rulers ?

• Humayun 
• Akbar
• Shahjahan
• Jahangir

Q.202.Besides hydrogen, which of the following elements is common in organic compounds ?

• Phosphorus 
• Sulphur
• Nitrogen
• Carbon

Directions—(Q. 203–206)Find the correct meanings of the words given below :
Q.203.EWE

• Calf 
• Female sheep
• Deer
• None of these

Q.204.Buffalo

• Calf 
• Baby box
• Baby bison
• Baby cow

Ans : (C)
Q.205.Veneration—

• Esteem 
• High respect
• Devotion
• Worship

Q.206.Vicious—

• Remorseless 
• Ferocious
• Kind
• Wicked

Ans : (D)
Directions—(Q. 207–210)Choose the word / phrase which is nearest in meaning to the words in question :
Q.207.Bizarre

• Colourful 
• Odd
• Insipid
• Smart

Q.208.Innuendo

• Narration 
• Insinuation
• Insist
• Insutale

Q.209.Salutary

• Welcome 
• Discharge
• Promoting
• Remove

Q.210.Fictile

• Fiction 
• Moulded
• Fictitious
• Smooth

Q.211.Solid Carbon dioxide is termed as—

• Soft ice 
• Dry ice
• White ice
• None of these

Q.212.1 kg of a liquid is converted into its vapour at its boiling point. The heat absorbed in the process is called— 

• Latent heat of vaporisation 
• Latent heat of fusion
• Latent heat of sublimation
• None of these

Q.213.Whether all the universities in the country should start online admission at all levels with immediate effect ?
(i) No, since all the students may not have access to the internet easily.
(ii) Yes, it may liberate the students and their parents from the long-standing problems of knocking at the doors of different colleges and standing in queue.

• Only argument (i) is correct 
• Only argument (ii) is correct
• Neither argument (i) nor argument (ii) is correct
• Both the arguments, (i) and (ii), are correct

Q.214.The product ‘Fair and Lovely’ is related to—

• WIPRO 
• I.T.C. 
• P & G
• H.U.L.

Q.215.Should the Government make it compulsory for the private medical colleges to join the entrance test conducted by the Government ?
(i) No, private institutions should be empowered, so that they may decide their own admission strategy and improve their work-management.
(ii) Yes, all medical institutions, whether these are private or government’s, should adopt the same entrance standard.

• Only argument (i) is correct 
• Only argument (ii) is correct
• Either argument (i) is correct or argument (ii) is correct
• Neither argument (i) is correct nor argument (ii) is correct