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1 The Chairman is ill and we’ll have to ……. the meeting for a few days.
(A) put on
(B) put of
(C) put away
(D)put off
Answer: (D)
2 The cat and the dog have a ……. enemy in the rat.
(A)same
(B)common
(C)mutual
(D)similar
Answer: (B)
3 He told me that he …….. watching the movie.
(A) is finished
(B) was finished
(C) had finished
(D) not finished
Answer: (C)
4 He is very good …….. making stories.
(A)in
(B)about
(C)at
(D)for
Answer: (C)
5 “In questions choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word :
Frailty”
(A) energy
(B) intensity
(C) vehemence
(D) strength
Answer: (D)
6 ” In questions choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word :
Prevent”
(A) protect
(B) block
(C) hinder
(D) induce
Answer: (D)
7 ” In questions choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word :
Demolish”
(A) shift
(B) build
(C) repeat
(D) hide
Answer: (B)
8 “Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best express the meaning of the word :Abandon”
(A)Forsake
(B)Keep
(C)Cherish
(D) Enlarge
Answer: (A)
9 “Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best express the meaning of the word :
Cease”
(A) Begin
(B) Stop
(C) Create
(D) Dull
Answer: (B)
10 “In the following sentence a word of phrase is written in bold .For each bold part four word/phrases are listed below each sentence. Choose the word nearest in meaning to bold part.
He is a good looking but insipid young man.”
(A) Arrogant
(B) Unscrupulous
(C) sick
(D) lacking in spirit
Answer: (D)
11 “The following sentences consist of a word or a phrase which is written in bold letters. Each of them is
followed by four words of phrases. Select the word or the phrase which is closest to the opposite in
meaning of the bold word or phrase?
You are advised to show clemency to the defeated enemy.”
(A) callousness
(B) mercy
(C) leniency
(D) kindness
Answer: (A)
12 “Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
We have looked at the plan carefully.”
(A) The plan was looked at carefully.
(B) The plan is being looked at carefully.
(C)The plan has been looked at carefully.
(D)The plan have been looked at carefully.
Answer: (C)
13″Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error.
The man played the flute and led all the mouse out of the town.”
(A) all the mouse
(B) the flute and led
(C) out of the town
(D) The man played
Answer: (A)
14 “Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
She told her brother that she was going to meet her friend.”
(A) She said to her brother, “I was going to meet my friend.”
(B) She said to her brother, “She will go to meet her friend.”
(C) She said to her brother, “I am gone to meet her friend.”
(D) She said to her brother, “I am going to meet my friend.”
Answer: (D)
15 Select the incorrectly spelt word.
(A) conscience
(B) continuity
(C) councilor
(D) conceit
Answer: (C)
16 “Select the most appropriate synonym of the given words.
Ineptitude”
(A) incompetence
(B)courage
(C) gossip
(D) radical thinking
Answer: (A)
17. Choose the correctly spelt word.
(A) Maneouvrable
(B) Manoeuvrrable
(C) Maneuverable
(D) Manouverable
Answer: (C)
18 “Pick out most effective word from the given words to fill in the blanks to make the sentence meaningfully complete. You must _________ your career with all seriousness.”
(A) direct
(B) complete
(C) follow
(D) pursue
Answer: (D)
19 “Pick out most effective word from the given words to fill in the blanks to make the sentence meaningfully complete. Freedom is not a______ but our birth right.”
(A) sin
(B) gift
(C) farce
(D) illusion
Answer: (B)
20 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank. Thomas did not ______ the vegetables because he was busy.
(A) bringing
(B) bought
(C) had bought
(D) bring
Answer: (D)
21 This year’s State Rooftop Solar Attractiveness Index (SARAL) has been topped by which state?
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Karnataka
(C) Telangana
(D) Madhya Pradesh
Answer: (B)
22 Which rainforest is facing a raging fire from over a fortnight?
(A) Amazon
(B) Nile
(C) Congo
(D) New Guinea
Answer: (C)
23 For which sport, the Op-Blue Freedom has been organized by armed forces veterans?
(A) Sea Walking
(B) Scuba Diving
(C) Jet Skiing
(D) Wakeboarding
Answer: (B)
24 Who among the following has been appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of RBL Bank? (A) Vishwavir Ahuja
(B) Pankaj Sharma
(C) PV Bharathi
(D) Mrutyunjay Mahapatra
Answer: (B)
25 The boundaries of the plates of the earth’s crust are the weak zones known as ___________ zones. (A) Cosmic
(B) Seismic
(C) Formic
(D) Anaemic
Answer: (B)
26 Who becomes fastest Indian to reach 100 ODI wickets?
(A) Ajit Agarkar
(B) Ravichandran Ashwin
(C) Jasprit Bumrah
(D) Mohammed Shami
Answer: (D)
27Which prominent personality has been conferred the Vatican’s ‘Lamp of Peace of Saint Francis’ award?
(A) Narendra Modi
(B) Muhammad Yunus
(C) Sachin Tendulkar
(D) A.R. Rahman
Answer: (B)
28 What has been the annual growth rate of Indian Population between 2001 and 2011?
(A) 74%
(B) 39%
(C) 64%
(D) 85%
Answer: (C)
29 Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS-1) is located in which among the following states?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Gujarat
(C) Goa
(D) Karnataka
Answer: (B)
30 On which date, National Panchayati Raj Day is observed?
(A) January 20
(B) February 21
(C) March 14
(D) April 24
Answer: (D)
31 What is the full form of DRDL?
(A) Differential Research and Documentation Laboratory
(B) Department of Research and Development Laboratory
(C) Defense Research and Development Laboratory
(D) None
Answer: (B)
32 Which of these is the plant important in sericulture?
(A) Cassia
(B) Legumes
(C) Pea
(D) Mulberry
Answer: (D)
33 The largest public sector undertaking in the country is?
(A) Railways
(B) Airways
(C) Roadways
(D) Iron and Steel Plants
Answer: (A)
34 At which place on earth are there days & nights of equal length always?
(A) Equator
(B) Poles
(C) Prime Meridian
(D) None
Answer: (A)
35 In 2017, Who was appointed as the new Brand Ambassador for Swachh Bharat Mission?
(A) Kangana Ranaut
(B) Priyanka Chopra
(C) Anushka Sharma
(D) Shilpa Shetty
Answer: (D)
36 The study of Heavenly bodies is Known as _________?
(A) Astrophysics
(B) Astronautics
(C) Astrology
(D) Astronomy
Answer: (D)
37 Why is the color of papaya yellow?
(A) Lycopene
(B) Papain
(C) Carotene
(D) Caricaxanthin
Answer: (D)
38 What is the name of the first Indian woman who wins the Man Booker Prize?
(A) Salman Rushdie
(B) Arundhati Roy
(C) V.S. Naipaul
(D) Kiran Desai
Answer: (B)
39 Bihar is the principal holder of which of the following mineral in India?
(A) Bauxite
(B) Iron
(C) Lead
(D) Pyrites
Answer: (D)
40 Beryllium is found in which of the following district of Bihar?
(A) Gaya
(B) Nawada
(C) Rohtas
(D) None
Answer: (A)
41 Malaria fever is caused by ………….…
(A) P vivax
(B) Monocystis
(C) Cockroach
(D) Mosquito
Answer: (D)
42 Classification of phylum Porifera is based on ….
(A) Canal system
(B) Spicules
(C) Shape of chanocytes
(D) Oscocytes
Answer: (A)
43 Which one is bath sponge ……..
(A) Sycon
(B) Chaline
(C) Euspongia
(D) Spongilla
Answer: (C)
44 In the non-chordate animals ……………………………… is absent.
(A) Heart
(B) Eye
(C) Notochord
(D) Vacuoles
Answer: (C)
45 The organisms which belongs to the phylum nemithelminthes are free-living and …………………
(A) Can fly
(B) Have wings
(C) Have pseudopodia
(D) Round worms
Answer: (D)
46 The phylum ………………… Belongs to elongated, cylindrical, metameric segmented animals.
(A) Annelida
(B) Aves
(C) Chondrichthyes
(D) Amphibia
Answer: (A)
47 The organisms with jointed appendages and exoskeleton is chitinous are belong to …………………………… Phylum.
(A) Platyhelminthes
(B) Porifera
(C) Arthropoda
(D) Mollusca
Answer: (C)
48 Phylum ……………….. animals are aquatic or terrestrial organisms with soft bodied animals.
(A) Nemithelminthes
(B) Annelida
(C) Arthropoda
(D) Mollusca
Answer: (D)
49 The ………………………… animals move by tube feet and also for grasping food material.
(A) Molluscan
(B) Echinoderm
(C) Arthropod
(D) None of these
Answer: (C)
50 Which of the following displays the basic features of chordates in simple form due to its body transparency?
(A) Amphioxus
(B) Snake
(C) Lizard
(D) Golden fish
Answer: (A)
51 Which of the following characteristics is not shared by birds and mammals?
(A) Breathing using lungs
(B) Viviparity
(C) Warm-blooded nature
(D) Ossified endoskeleton
Answer:(B)
52 Which of the following is not an avian character?
(A) Cartilaginous bones which are pneumatic
(B) Homoiothermus
(C) Hind limbs have scales
(D) Fertilisation is internal
Answer:(A)
53 The oral hood which is lined with ……………………………………, and in the pharynx helps to generate water current.
(A) Nitrate
(B) Gills
(C) Ammonia
(D) Cilia
Answer:(D)
54 In ascidians when the nerve cord is converted into a single nerve ganglion and pairs of nerves after notochord disappears, this occurs during …………………………………….
(A) Ascidian necrosis
(B) Ascidian Ganglions
(C) Ascidian metamorphosis
(D) Ascidian paedomorphosis
Answer:(C)
55 Which of the following is the unique feature of mammal ?
(A) Muscular diaphragm
(B) Ear pinna
(C) Mammary glands
(D) All of the mentioned
Answer:(D)
56 In which of the following are air sacs connected to the lungs?
(A) Neophron
(B) Testudo
(C) Ornithorhynchus
(D) Chelone
Answer:(A)
57 Nutrient cycle is a part of
(A) Biogeochemical cycle
(B) Nitrogen cycle
(C) Phosphorus cycle
(D) Sulphur cycle
Answer:(A)
58 The Gestation period of molly
(A) 24 days
(B) 12 days
(C) 28 days
(D) 60 days
Answer:(C)
59 The family which exhibit parental care
(A) Cyprinidae
(B) Characidae
(C) Cichlidae
(D) Cyprinodontidae
Answer:(C)
60 The common name of Vallisneria
(A) Eel grass
(B) Hornwort
(C) Napier grass
D) None
Answer:(A)
61 The sex ratio for gold fish breeding (Male:Female)
(A) 2:01
(B) 1:02
(C) 1:03
(D) 1:01
Answer:(A)
62 Agri-based integrated fish farming system contains which of the following?
(A) Cattle-Fish system
(B) Duck-Fish system
(C) Goat-Fish system
(D) Mushroom-Fish system
Answer:(D)
63 Fin fishes, Milkfish and Mud crab belongs to ________
(A) Brackish water fisheries
(B) Aquarium fisheries
(C) Fresh water fisheries
(D) Capture fisheries
Answer:(A)
64 The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has started a major project for promoting
(A) Renovation of fishing harbor.
(B) Open sea cage farming.
(C) Fisheries management in the EEZ.
(D) Marine fisheries economy.
Answer:(B)
65 An instrument used for measuring and recording distance run by a vessel through water
(A) Gyrompass
(B) Sextant
(C) Compass
(D) Log
Answer:(D)
66 Drawing the lines of the lines plan to full size in boat construction is termed as
(A) Shaping
(B) Mould lofting
(C) Marking
(D) Trimming
Answer:(B)
67 An example of marine borer
(A) Rotifer
(B) Barnacles
(C) Diatoms
(D) Martesia
Answer:(D)
68 An example of passive fishing gear
(A) Trawl net
(B) Purse seine
(C) Gill net
(D) Beach seine
Answer:(C)
69 The craft material used commonly in commercial and pleasure crafts are
(A) Wood
(B) Aluminium
(C) FRP
(D) None of these
Answer:(C)
70 The triangular piece of webbing attached on either side of the upper and lower bellies at the junction with the wings in four seam trawl
(A) Jibs
(B) Flapper
(C) False belly
(D) Square
Answer:(A)
71 A few rows of meshes made of thicker twine provided on the upper and lower sides of webbing in a puseseine is termed as
(A) Bunt
(B) Webbing
(C) Bridles
(D) Selvedges
Answer:(D)
72 The objectible phenomenon in kamaboko processing is
(A) Suwari
(B) Modori
(C) Surimi
(D) None
Answer:(A)
73 Which of the following is the characteristic feature of Fin fishery?
(A) Rearing of animals having fins
(B) Rearing of animals living only in freshwater
(C) Rearing of animals living only in marine water
(D) Rearing of aquatic plants
Answer:(A)
74 Which of the following is the characteristic feature of Shell fishery?
(A) Rearing of fishes
(B) Rearing of only bony fishes
(C) Rearing of aquatic animals having an outer shell
(D) Rearing of cartilaginous fishes
Answer:(C)
75 The management and rearing of aquatic animals is called as ____________
(A) Pisciculture
(B) Sericulture
(C) Aquaculture
(D) Fishery
Answer:(D)
76 Which of the following is not an edible marine fish?
(A) Salmon
(B) Labeo rohita
(C) Mackerel
(D) Sardinella
Answer:(B)
77 ________ is called masmin
(A) Dried swim bladder
(B) Dry fish
(C) Dried bonito sticks
(D) Smoke cured tuna
Answer:(D)
78 In ______ method, pieces of Garcinia gambogea is mixed along with fish and salt during curing
(A) Dry curing
(B) Wet curing
(C) Colombo curing
(D) Salt curing
Answer:(C)
79 ____________ compounds , present is smoke are responsible for the bactericidal property of the smoke
(A) PAH
(B) Phenolic
(C) Organic
(D) Inorganic
Answer:(B)
80 Best timing of harvesting of fruit during the day is
(A) Evening
(B) Morning
(C) Early morning
(D) After noon
Answer:(C)
81 Most suitable material for canning of vegetables is
(A) Glass
(B) Tin plate
(C) Plastic
(D) Aluminum
Answer:(D)
82 The main types of mechanical damages are
(A) Cuts
(B) Compression / rubbing
(C) Impacts
(D) All of these
Answer:(D)
83 Principle method to dehydrate coffee beans extract
(A) Tunnel drying
(B) Drum drying
(C) Spray drying
(D) None
Answer:(C)
84 Fermentation involved in mango pickle production is
(A) Butyric acid
(B) Lactic acid
(C) Acetic acid
(D) Alcoholic
Answer:(B)
85 The fruit which is injured by exposure to temperature less than 11oC is
(A) Apple
(B) Pear
(C) Orange
(D) Banana
Answer:(D)
86 For disinfection of fish pond———-amount of quick lime is advisable;
(A) 500kg/ha
(B) 200kg/ha
(C) 1000kg/ha
(D) 700kg/ha
Answer:(A)
87 Tumours or warts on body is symptom of;
(A) VHS
(B) IPN
(C) lymphocystis
(D) IHN
Answer:(C)
88 —————–is a fungal disease common in carps,catfishes and murrels;
(A) branchiomycosis
(B) frunculosis
(C) sparolegniosis
(D) icthyophonus
Answer:(C)
89 Vibriosis is common in;
(A) fresh water fishes
(B) estuarine fishes
(C) marine fishes
(D) estuarine fishes and marine fishes
Answer:(D)
90 Fish is dipped for 1-2min. in 500 ppm copper sulphate for treatment of;
(A) tail rot or fin rot
(B) dropsy
(C) IHN
(D) IPN
Answer:(A)
91 Inflammation of intestine and partly destruction of fins is symptom of;
(A) dropsy
(B) fin rot
(C) IPN
(D) vibriosis
Answer:(A)
92 Due to deficiency of which mineral/vitamin, does the glands in the neck appear swollen?
(A) Vitamin C
(B) Vitamin D
(C) Iodine
(D) Calcium
Answer:(C)
93 “Blue Revolution” is related with the following
(A) Food grain production
(B) Oil seed production
(C) Fish production
(D) Milk production
Answer:(C)
94 Pisciculture is rearing and production of
(A) Fishes
(B) Wool yielding animals
(C) Birds
(D) None
Answer:(A)
95 The aquatic organism which can withstand wider range of salinity is known as ___________
(A) Estuarine
(B) Oligohaline
(C) Stenohaline
(D) Euryhaline
Answer:(D)
96 ______ is the term used for breeding of fish in specially constructed tanks and ponds.
(A) Viticulture
(B) Agriculture
(C) Horticulture
(D) Pisciculture
Answer:(D)
97 Induced breeding technique is used in
(A) Culture fishery
(B) Marine fishery
(C) Capture fishery
(D) Inland fishery
Answer:(A)
98 What information can you find in the “PILOT BOOK”?
(A) All the communication frequencies of the shore stations operating in the area.
(B) The lighthouse and buoy data.
(C) List of emergency frequencies in the area of sailing.
(D) Most of the information you need for navigating and routing in the given area
Answer:(D)
99 Lakes that are over nourished with excessive nutrients with high biological productivity resulting in algal blooms are referred to as _________.
(A) Oligotrophic lake
(B) Mesotrophic lake
(C) Eutrophic lake
(D) Dystrophic lake
Answer:(C)
100 You are sailing a 12 meter long vessel in the bay of Eilat at night under sails only. You are sailing slowly at a distance of about half a mile from shore. You turn on, as the law requires, side lights and stern lights. On your starboard appears a large tanker and you are directly in front of its bow. Mark the correct sentence:
(A) The tanker must make way for me since I am a sailboat.
(B) According to the rules of the open seas she must make way for me but in this case I am in its path and must make way to it.
(C) I will turn on the discretionary lights (red over green), because these entitle me to right of way.
(D) I get out of there because you are not allowed to stop in the bay of Eilat at night.
Answer:(B)
101 At the entrance to a marina in Israel there are two flashing lighthouses (red and green). What is their meaning?
(A) At the entrance to a marina, the green lighthouse is on the starboard of the vessel and the red on its port.
(B) At the exit from a marina, the green lighthouse is on the starboard of the vessel and the red on its port.
(C) At the entrance to a marina, the green lighthouse is on the port of the vessel and the red on its starboard.
(D) In any event you must pass to the starboard of the green and to port of the red.
Answer:(A)
102 What lights must you turn on when anchoring in a secluded bay with a vessel 13 meters long?
(A) A sailboat will turn on a masthead light (steaming).
(B) Surround white light.
(C) Deck lights, stern light and masthead light (steaming)
(D) A motorized vessel will turn on a top of mast light.
Answer:(B)
103 Plants which grow in shade are called
(A) Sciophytes
(B) Heliophytes
(C) Oxylophytes
(D) Epiphytes
Answer:(A)
104 Plants which grow in light are called
(A) Sciophytes
(B) Heliophytes
(C) Oxylophytes
(D) Epiphytes
Answer:(B)
105 Lotic ecosystem refers to
(A) Static water system
(B) Ecosystem of flowing water
(C) Ecosystem of estuaries
(D) Deep marine water system
Answer:(B)
106 How many types of aquatic ecosystems are there?
(A) One
(B) Two
(C) Three
(D) Four
Answer:(B)
107 What made organisms to build their ecosystem in quatic?
(A) Curiosity
(B) Evolution
(C) Force from other organisms
(D) Increase in water level
Answer:(B)
108 Where can we find both running water as well as stagnant water?
(A) Marine ecosystems
(B) Wetlands
(C) Coral reefs
(D) Freshwater ecosystems
Answer:(D)
109 India’s first mega food park is located in:
(A) Delhi
(B) Haridwar
(C) Chandigarh
(D) Lucknow
Answer:(B)
110 Loktak lake is located in which state–
(A) Meghalaya
(B) Arunachal Pradesh
(C) Manipur
(D) Andhra Pradesh
Answer:(C)
111 The national fish of India is–
(A) Rastrelliger kauagurta
(B) Labeo rohita
(C) Catla catla
(D) Clarias batrachus
Answer:(A)
112 Carp fry production in India how to stand at about–
(A) 10, 000 million
(B) 17, 000 million
(C) 21, 000 million
(D) 32, 000 million
Answer:(D)
113 Chinese dip – nets are most common in–
(A) W. B.
(B) Gujarat
(C) Kerala
(D) A. P.
Answer:(C)
114 What is the purpose of a Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) in fisheries management?
(A) To monitor the health of fish populations
(B) To track the movement of fishing vessels
(C) To provide weather forecasts to fishermen
(D) To regulate fish market prices
Answer:(B)
115 Which international agreement aims to prevent and eliminate illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities?
(A) Kyoto Protocol
(B) Montreal Convention
(C) Cartagena Protocol
(D) Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA)
Answer:(D)
116 Which term refers to the area along a coastline where a nation exercises sovereignty over natural resources?
(A) High Seas
(B) Territorial Waters
(C) Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
(D) Continental Shelf
Answer:(B)
117 What is a “bycatch”?
(A) Fish caught intentionally for commercial purposes
(B) Fish that escape from fishing gear
(C) Unwanted species caught incidentally while fishing for a target species
(D) Fish caught using illegal fishing methods
Answer:(C)
118 What is the role of a Regional Fishery Management Organization (RFMO)?
(A) Monitoring local fish markets
(B) Managing fisheries within a single country
(C) Coordinating fisheries management across international boundaries
(D) Implementing regulations for recreational fishing
Answer:(C)
119 What does the Precautionary Principle advocate for in fisheries management?
(A) Prohibiting all fishing activities
(B) Taking preventive measures even when scientific data is uncertain
(C) Ignoring potential risks in favor of economic growth
(D) Allowing unrestricted fishing to maximize catch
Answer:(B)
120 Which international body sets guidelines for the conservation and management of highly migratory fish stocks in the Atlantic Ocean?
(A) International Maritime Organization (IMO)
(B) International Whaling Commission (IWC)
(C) Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO)
(D) Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC)
Answer:(C)
