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1. Kathakali dance style belongs to
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Kerala
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Karnataka Answer: Kerala
2. ‘Mera piya ghar aaya’ has been sung by which Pakistani singer?
(A) Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
(B) Faiz Ahmad Faiz
(C) Ghulam Ali
(D) Mehdi Hassan
Answer: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
3. Which one of the following is the most ancient musical instrument?
(A) Veena
(B) Tabla
(C) Sitar
(D) Sarod
Answer: Veena
4. ‘Sufi Kalam’ a type of devotional music, is characteristic of
(A) Kashmir
(B) Punjab
(C) Gujarat
(D) Rajasthan
Answer: Kashmir
5. Which one of the following films directed by Satyajit Ray is based on the story Nastaneer written by Rabindranath Tagore?
(A) Charulata
(B) Apur Sansar
(C) Aparajita
(D) Pathar Panchali
Answer: Charulata
6. Who is the author of Meghdoot?
(A) Vishakhadatta
(B) Chanakya
(C) Shundraka
(D) Kalidasa
Answer: Kalidasa
7. Who wrote the book ‘Systema Naturae’?
(A) Buffon
(B) Linnaeus
(C) Lamarck
(D) Darwin
Answer: Linnaeus
8. The books Chitrangada, Gitanjali and Gora were written by
(A) Amrita Pritam
(B) Khushwant Singh
(C) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(D) Kuldip Nayyar
Answer: Rabindra Nath Tagore
9. The first Indian to win Nobel Prize was
(A) Hargobind Khurana (B) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(C) C.V. Raman
(D) Amartya Sen Answer: Rabindra Nath Tagore
10. Who out of the following, was the first recipient of the Bharat Ratna Award?
(A) C.V. Raman
(B) S. Chandrasekhar
(C) B.C. Roy
(D) Gobind Ballabh Pant
Answer: C.V. Raman
11. The first foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna Award was
(A) Dalai Lama (B) Nelson Mandela
(C) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
(D) Annie Besant
Answer: Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
12. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: List I List II A. Saraswati Samman
1. Science B. Kabir Award
2. Sports C. Arjuna Award
3. Europa D. Social solidarity
4. Bhatnagar Award Codes: A B C D
(A) 3 2 1 4
(B) 4 3 2 1
(C) 2 1 4 3
(D) 3 4 1 2
Answer: 4 3 2 1
13. Which one of the following countries is NOT a permanent member of the UN SecurityCouncil?
(A) United States of America
(B) United Kingdom
(C) Germany
(D) Russia
Answer: Germany
14. The main objective of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is to
(A) establish a centre for trading
(B) increase the volume of international trade through the removal of restrictions on trade gradually
(C) establish a harmonious atmosphere in the world market
(D) encourage international trade
Answer: increase the volume of international trade through the removal of restrictions on trade gradually
15. Which was the latest country to be admitted as a new member State of U.N.?
(A) Montenegro.
(B) South Sudan
(C) Switzerland
(D) East Timor
Answer: South Sudan
16. Once elected for a full term, a judge serves on the International Court of Justice for
(A) ten years
(B) nine years
(C) five years
(D) six years
Answer: nine years
17. Which one of the following depicts the correct chronological order in which the four major Lawn Tennis Tournaments are conducted annually?
(A) Australian Open – French Open – Wimbledon – U.S. Open
(B) French Open – Australian Open – Wimbledon – U.S. Open
(C) Wimbledon – Australian Open – French Open – U.S. Open
(D) Australian Open – French Open – U.S. Open –Wimbledon
Answer: Australian Open – French Open – Wimbledon – U.S. Open
18. Who was the ‘man of the series’ at the four-nation ODI LG Cup, 1999 tournament held at Nairobi?
(A) Lance Gibbs
(B) Lance Klusener
(C) Vijay Bharadwaj
(D) Sourav Ganguli
Answer: Lance Klusener
19. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below: List I List II (Country) (National game)
A. USA 1. Baseball
B. Canda 2. Judo
C. China 3. ICE Hockey
D. Japan 4. Table Tennis
Codes: A B C D
(A) 1 3 4 2
(B) 2 4 3 1
(C) 4 3 2 1
(D) 1 2 3 4
Answer: 1 3 4 2
20. For the first time Common-wealth Games were played during 1930 in
(A) Brazil
(B) Canada
(C) Pakistan
(D) London
Answer: Canada
21. Choose the correct antonym of the given word “Callous”
(A) Compact
(B) Hardened
(C) Sensitive
(D) Soft
Ans: Soft
22 Choose the correct antonym of the given word “Facilitate”
(A) Further
(B) Impede
(C) Expiate
(D) Assist
Ans: Impede
23. Choose the correct synonym of the given word: “Qualm”
(A) Attribute
(B) Altercation
(C) Scruple
(D) Crisis
Ans: Scruple
24. Choose the correct synonym of the given word: “Domain”
(A) Fielding
(B) Marketing
(C) Main
(D) Area
Ans: Area
25. I am playing cricket.
(A) Cricket had been being played be me.
(B) Cricket is being played by me.
(C) Cricket was being played be me.
(D) Cricket has been played be me.
Ans: Cricket is being played by me.
26 He played many games.
(A) Many games was played by him.
(B) Many games were not played by him.
(C) Many games had been played by him.
(D) Many games were played by him.
Ans: Many games were played by him.
27. In each of the following sentences there is a blank space, followed by four choices of words marked (a), (b), (c) and (d).
(A) Himalaya is the ___ of the Ganges.
(B) The reporter had a valid ___ for the story.
(C) He spent hours looking for the ___ of that question.
(D) The strategy is to ___ supplies from smaller companies.
(A) source
(B) start
(C) look
(D) mother
Ans: source
28. In each of the following sentences there is a blank space, followed by four choices of words marked (a), (b), (c) and (d).
A. He has an ___ in ethnic music.
B. They said nothing of great ___.
C. Primary colours can add ___ to a room.
D. How much ____ did you pay for the new loan?
(A) influence
(B) interest
(C) income
(D) interface
Ans: Interest
29. ___ aims at making people work together for the common good of the organisation.
(A) communication
(B) combination
(C) conversation
(D) connection
Answer: communication
30. ___ describes every type of human communication that is not verbal.
(A) vocalists
(B) prosody
(C) haptics
(D) para language
Answer: para language
31. Choose the one which conveys the meaning of the sentence correctly.
(A) Yesterday to collect the pas book I went to the bank.
(B) To collect the pass book yesterday, I went to the bank.
(C) I went yesterday to the bank to collect the pass book.
(D) I went to the bank yesterday to collect the pass book.
Answer: I went to the bank yesterday to collect the pass book.
32. Choose the one which conveys the meaning of the sentence correctly.
(A) Travelling from Karjat to Khandala, one finds the line most beautifully laid.
(B) While travelling from Karjat to Khandala, one would find the line most beautifully laid.
(C) If one travels from karjat to Khandala, he will find the line most beautifully laid.
(D) As one travels from Karjat to Khandala, he finds the line most beautifully laid.
Answer: Travelling from Karjat to Khandala, one finds the line most beautifully laid.
33. Sivakumar where are you? _____, up this tree.
(A) There am I
(B) There I am
(C) Here I am
(D) Here am I
Answer: Here I am
34. This book is quite similar _____
(A) with the ‘Treasure Island’
(B) of that film we saw at school
(C) to the one I read last week
(D) than a story told by our teacher
Ans: to the one I read last week
35. Choose the best alternatives. Mrs. Johson had staying here since 1954 and has made India her home.
(A) has been staying
(B) is staying
(C) was to stay
(D) will stay
Answer: has been staying
36. Sumit would have been looked smart in traditional clothes.
(A) would have looked
(B) had looking
(C) would be looked
(D) was looked
Answer: would have looked
37. You are required to rearrange these parts, which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence.
(P) different payment services and a bank account
(Q) is considered indispensable
(R) Banks provide
(S) by most business and individuals
(A) SRQP
(B) QPSR
(C) SRQP
(D) RPQS
Answer: RPQS
38. You are required to rearrange these parts, which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence.
(P) a number of segments and reduce the price
(Q) A firm can divide the market into
(R) thus acquiring maximum profit from each segment
(S) at different stages in each
(A) RSPQ (B) PRQS (C) SPRQ (D) QPSR
Answer: QPSR
39. Transform the given sentence into negative. ‘Many people want to travel the world’.
(A) Not many people want to travel the world.
(B) Don’t many people want to travel the world?
(C) Many people don’t want to travel the world.
(D) Many people want to travel the world, isn’t it?
Answer: Not many people want to travel the world.
40. Transform the given sentence into assertive. ‘How gorgeous is the sunset!’
(A) How gorgeous the sunset is!
(B) The sunset is very gorgeous.
(C) The sunset is gorgeous, isn’t it?
(D) How is the sunset so gorgeous?
Answer: The sunset is very gorgeous
41 Sampling Cases means:
(A) Sampling using a sampling frames.
(B) Identifying people who are suitable for research.
(C) Literally the researcher’s brief case.
(D) Sampling of people, newspapers, television programmes etc.
Answer: Sampling of people, newspapers, television programmes etc.
42 The aggregate of all the units pertaining to a study is called:
(A) Population or universe.
(B) Unit.
(C) Sample.
(D) Frame.
Answer: Population or universe.
43 _________refers to those elements from which samples are specifically chosen or selected for research.
(A) Finite population.
(B) Target population.
(C) Infinite population.
(D) Sampling population.
Answer: Target population.
44 Probability sampling is also known as:
(A) Bi-variate Analysis.
(B) Uni-variate Analysis.
(C) Random Sampling.
(D) Multiple choices.
Answer: Uni-variate Analysis.
45 Which of the following is not a probability sampling?
(A) Simple random sampling.
(B) Quota sampling.
(C) Stratified Sampling.
(D) Cluster sampling.
Answer: Quota sampling.
46 Which of the following is not a non-probability sampling?
(A) Judgmental sampling.
(B) Convenience sampling.
(C) Extensive sampling.
(D) Cluster sampling.
Answer: Cluster sampling.
47 A technique of Building up a list or a sample of a special population by using an initial set of members as informants is called:
(A) Quota sampling.
(B) Convenience Sampling.
(C) Snow ball Sampling.
(D) Purposive sampling.
Answer: Snow ball Sampling.
48 Sampling based upon equal probability is called:
(A) Probability sampling.
(B) Quota sampling.
(C) Stratified sampling.
(D) Simple random sampling.
Answer: Simple random sampling.
49 Population value is also known as:
(A) Parameter.
(B) Statistic.
(C) Variable.
(D) Data.
Answer: Parameter.
50 Sample value is also known as:
(A) Parameter.
(B) Statistic.
(C) Variable.
(D) Data.
Answer: Statistic.
51 Capacity of flushing cistern is usually
(A) 1 Litre
(B) 5 Litre
(C) 12 to 15 Litre
(D) 20 to 25 Litre
Answer: 12 to 15 Litre
52 For one cubic metre of sand, the member of 50 KG bags required would be
(A) 15
(B) 20
(C) 25
(D) 35
Answer: 25
53 Which roofing material will give the least expected life?
(A) R.C.C.
(B) Jack arch with L.C. terracing
(C) Terraced roofing over stone flags
(D) Country wood in work
Answer: Jack arch with L.C. terracing
54 Building wire for steel reinforcement is
(A) Measured in running metres
(B) Measured in kilograms
(C) Not measured but included in description
(D) Not measured and also not included in description
Answer: Measured in kilograms
55 Detailed drawing is not necessarily required for which of the following estimate?
(A) Detailed estimate
(B) Revised estimate
(C) Supplementary estimate
(D) Rough cost estimate
Answer: Detailed estimate
56 A dummy activity
(A) Does not require any resource nor any time
(B) Requires source as well as time
(C) Requires source but not any time
(D) Does not require any source but requires time
Answer: Requires source but not any time
57 If the values taken by a random variable are negative, the negative values will have _________
(A) Positive probability
(B) Negative Probability
(C) May have negative or positive probabilities
(D) Insufficient data
Answer: Positive probability
58 Which of the following is not a property of a probability density function?
(A) The PDF must be non-negative for all possible values of x.
(B) The integral of the PDF over all possible values of x must be equal to 1.
(C) The PDF can be used to calculate the probability that the random variable will take on a value between a and b.
(D) The PDF must be continuous for all possible values of x.
Answer: The PDF must be continuous for all possible values of x.
59 The variable that assigns a real number value to an event in a sample space is called _________
(A) Random variable
(B) Defined variable
(C) Uncertain variable
(D) Static variable
Answer: Random variable
60 A random variable that assumes a finite or a countably infinite number of values is called ___________
(A) Continuous random variable
(B) Discrete random variable
(C) Irregular random variable
(D) Uncertain random variable
Answer: Discrete random variable
61 A random variable that assume a infinite or a uncountably infinite number of values is called ___________
(A) Continuous random variable
(B) Discrete random variable
(C) Irregular random variable
(D) Uncertain random variable
Answer: Continuous random variable
62 The covariance of two independent random variables is ___________
(A) 1
(B) 0
(C) -1
(D) Undefined
Answer: 0
63 The weight of persons in a state is a ___________
(A) Continuous random variable
(B) Discrete random variable
(C) Irregular random variable
(D) Not a random variable
Answer: Continuous random variable
64 In random experiment, observations of random variable are classified as ___________
(A) Events
(B) Composition
(C) Trials
(D) Functions
Answer: Events
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65 If the values of two variables move in the same direction, ___________
(A) The correlation is said to be non-linear
(B) The correlation is said to be linear
(C) The correlation is said to be negative
(D) The correlation is said to be positive
Answer: The correlation is said to be positive
66 If the values of two variables move in the opposite direction, ___________
(A) The correlation is said to be linear
(B) The correlation is said to be non-linear
(C) The correlation is said to be positive
(D) The correlation is said to be negative
Answer: The correlation is said to be negative
67 Which of the following statements is true about the arithmetic mean of two regression coefficients?
(A) It is less than the correlation coefficient
(B) It is equal to the correlation coefficient
(C) It is greater than or equal to the correlation coefficient
(D) It is greater than the correlation coefficient
Answer: It is greater than the correlation coefficient
68 The independent variable is also called:
(A) Regressor
(B) Regressand
(C) Predictand
(D) Estimated
Answer: Regressor
69 Identify the other name of dependent variable.
(A) Regressor
(B) Regressand
(C) Continuous variable
(D) Independent
Answer: Regressand
70 The straight line graph of the linear equation Y = a + bX, slope is horizontal if:
(A) b = 0
(B) b ≠ 0
(C) b = 1
(D) a = b
Answer: b = 0
71 The straight line graph of the linear equation Y = a + bX, slope will be downward If:
(A) b > 0
(B) b < 0
(C) b = 0
(D) b ≠ 0
Answer: b < 0
72 The straight line graph of the linear equation Y = a+ bX, slope will be upward if:
(A) b = 0
(B) b < 0
(C) b > 0
(D) b ≠ 0
Answer: b > 0
73 A ___________ is a sequence of observations over a certain period.
(A) Theano
(B) Scikit
(C) Time series
(D) Tensor
Answer: Time series
74 A time series has ______ components.
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
Answer: 4
75 Noise is the error in the observations added due to environmental factors.
(A) Yes
(B) No
(C) Can be yes or no
(D) Can not say
Answer: Yes
76 The best-fitted trend line is one for which sum of squares of residuals or errors is
(A) Positive
(B) Minimum
(C) Negative
(D) Maximum
Answer: Minimum
77 In the theory of time series, shortage of certain consumer goods before the annual budget is due to
(A) Seasonal Variation
(B) Secular Trend
(C) Irregular Variations
(D) Cyclical Variation
Answer: Seasonal Variation
78 A set of observations recorded at an equal interval of time is called
(A) Array data
(B) Data
(C) Geometric Series
(D) Time series data
Answer: Time series data
79 A fire in a factory delaying production for some weeks is
(A) Secular Trend
(B) Cyclical Trend
(C) Irregular Trend
(D) Seasonal Trend
Answer: Irregular Trend
80 Index number was first constructed in:
(A) 1750
(B) 1760
(C) 1764
(D) 1770
Answer: 1764
81 Most widely used weighted index is:
(A) Laspeyres Index
(B) Paasche’s Index
(C) Fisher’s ideal Index
(D) Marshall-Edgeworth Index
Answer: Laspeyres Index
82 Circular test is satisfied by:
(A) Fisher’s ideal index
(B) Paasche’s index number
(C) Simple aggregative method
(D) Laspeyres Index
Answer: Simple aggregative method
83 Consumer price index is equal to:
(A) Laspeyres price index
(B) Paasche’s price index
(C) Fisher’s ideal index
(D) Bowley’s price index
Answer: Laspeyres price index
84 Circular test is an extension of:
(A) Time reversal test
(B) Factor reversal test
(C) Circular test
(D) Unit test
Answer: Time reversal test
85 Index numbers are expressed in:
(A) Ratios
(B) Squares
(C) Percentages
(D) Combinations
Answer: Percentages
86 Index for base period is always taken as:
(A) 100
(B) One
(C) 200
(D) Zero
Answer: 100
87 If a data set is symmetrical, what does it mean?
(A) True distribution
(B) FALSE
(C) True skew
(D) True symmetry
Answer: FALSE
88 Which one of the following statements does not contain an assumption of the standard deviation measure?
(A) The data points in a data set are not necessarily equal values.
(B) The distribution is normal.
(C) The data points are not all positive or negative.
(D) The distribution is abnormal.
Answer: The distribution is normal.
89 What is the Central Limit Theorem?
(A) A statement about the distribution of scores in samples
(B) A statement about the mean of scores from random samples
(C) A statement about the distribution of scores from a normal population
(D) A statement about the distribution of scores for any sample
Answer: A statement about the distribution of scores for any sample.
90 Which measure of central tendency includes the magnitude of scores?
(A) Mean
(B) Mode
(C) Median
(D) Range
Answer: Mean
91 Mode refers to the value within a series that occurs ________ number of times.
(A) Maximum
(B) Minimum
(C) Zero
(D) Infinite
Answer: Maximum
92 _________ is not a measure of central tendency.
(A) Mode
(B) Mean
(C) Range
(D) Median
Answer: Range
93 Percentiles divide a series into ______.
(A) Ten equal parts
(B) Twenty equal parts
(C) Fifty equal parts
(D) Hundred equal parts
Answer: Hundred equal parts
94 If all the observations within a series are multiplied by five, then __________.
(A) The new standard deviation would be decreased by five
(B) The new standard deviation would be increased by five
(C) The new standard deviation would be half of the previous standard deviation
(D) The new standard deviation would be multiplied by five
Answer: The new standard deviation would be multiplied by five
95 While calculating the standard deviation, the deviations are only taken from ________.
(A) The mode value of a series
(B) The median value of a series
(C) The quartile value of a series
(D) The mean value of a series
Answer: The mean value of a series
96 ____________ and ____________ are types of measures of dispersion.
(A) Nominal, Real
(B) Nominal, Relative
(C) Real, Relative
(D) Absolute, Relative
Answer: Absolute, Relative
97 The Lorenz curve was developed in 1905 by ________.
(A) Dr. Max O. Lorenz
(B) Dr. Max C. Lorenz
(C) Dr. Max M. Lorenz
(D) Dr. Max S. Lorenz
Answer: Dr. Max O. Lorenz
98 The range represents _________.
(A) The lowest number
(B) The highest number
(C) The middle number
(D) The difference between the lowest and highest number
Answer: The lowest number
99 What is the Arithmetic average of the Absolute Deviation of a series called?
(A) Coefficient of Mean Deviation
(B) Mean Deviation
(C) Quartile Deviation
(D) Standard Deviation
Answer: Mean Deviation
100 Are the variations present in the unit of a variable represented by which dispersion method?
(A) Coefficient of Variation
(B) A relative measure of dispersion
(C) The absolute measure of dispersion
(D) Measure of dispersion
Answer: The absolute measure of dispersion
