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1. Sangai Festival is celebrated in which state of India?
(A) Bihar
(B) Manipur
(C) Karnataka
(D) Assam
Answer: Manipur
2. Consider the following statements about Sikh Gurus:
Banda Bahadur was appointed as the military leader of the Sikhs by Guru
Tegh Bahadur.
Guru Arjan Dev became the Sikh Guru after Guru Ram Das.
Guru Arjan Dev gave to Sikhs their own script- Gurumukhi.
Which of the statements given is/are correct?
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 2 and 3
(C) 1 only
(D) 1 and 3
Answer: 1 and 2
3 ‘Tamasha’ is the famous folk form of musical theatre in
(A)
Punjab
(B)
Bihar
(C)
Uttar Pradesh
(D)
Maharashtra
Answer: Maharashtra
4 What is the Jewish place of worship called?
(A)
Synagogue
(B)
None of these
(C)
Church
(D)
Mosque
Answer: Synagogue
5 Who laid the foundation of the ‘School of Possibilism’?
(A)La Blache
(B)Ratzel
(C)Brunches
(D)Humboldt
Answer: La Blache
6 Who composed ‘Jana Gana Mana’?
(A)Rabindra Nath Tagore
(B)Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(C)Sarojini Naidu
(D)Aurobindo Ghosh
Answer: Rabindra Nath Tagore
7 Who is the author of the book Long Walk to Freedom?
(A)Louis Fischer
(B)Mao Tse Tung
(C)Nelson Mandela
(D) Aung Sang Su Kyi
Answer: Nelson Mandela
8 The book ‘Long walk to Freedom’ is written by
(A)Benazir Bhutto
(B)Nawaz Sharif
(C)Sonia Gandhi
(D)Nelson Mandela
Answer: Nelson Mandela
9 Which of the following is different from the others?
(A)Shaurya Chakra
(B)Ashok Chakra
(C)Vir Chakra
(D)Kirti Chakra
Answer: Vir Chakra
10 Bharat Ratna is the highest Civilian Award of India which was first given in the year
and to the person.
(A) The year 1948 – C.V. Raman
(B) The year 1953 – V. Krishnamurthy
(C) The year 1952 – Lata Mangeshkar
(D) The year 1954 – Dr. Radhakrishnan
Answer: The year 1954 – Dr. Radhakrishnan
11 Consider the following statements given below regarding Arjuna Awards 2014 and
select which is/are correct?
Arjuna Awards is given to sportspersons for their consistent outstanding performance for 5 years preceding the year of award.
Arjuna Awards carry a cash prize of 7 lakh rupees, a statuette and a citation.
Choose the appropriate option from those given below:
(A) Only 2
(B) Both 1 and 2
(C) Only 1
(D)Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: Neither 1 nor 2
12 Which of the following received the outstanding Parliamentarian Award for the year
2010?
(A) Karan singh
(B) Arun Jaitley
(C) Sharad Yadav.
(D) Jaswant Singh
Answer: Arun Jaitley
13 Which of the following is used as a logo of the World Wide Fund (WWF) for Nature?
(A) Deer
(B) Lion
(C) Panda
(D) Camel
Answer: Panda
14. The UN has recently passed a resolution against human right violation in a South
Asian country. Which of the following was the country?
India
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Select the answer from the codes given below.
(A)3 only
(B)2 only
(C)1 only
(D)None
Answer: 3 Only
15Which one of the following statements about NATO is not correct?
(A)
Turkey is a member of NATO.
(B)
The US is an ex-officio member of NATO.
(C)
NATO is a collective defence organization in Europe.
(D)
NATO has 28 independent member states.
Answer: The US is an ex-officio member of NATO.
16 Which country decided to join the United Nations, as a Member, on the basis of the
results of a referendum held in the country?
(A)
Switzerland
(B)
Finland
(C)
Belgium
(D)
Austria
Answer: Switzerland
17 Consider the following statements:
Bolt has defended 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m. Gold in Beijing and London
Olympics
Michel Phelps is associated with swimming.
Phelps holds world record for winning most olympic gold medals.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(A) 1and 3
(B) None of these
(C) 2 and 3
(D) 1, 2 and 3
Answer: 1, 2 and 3
18 “Bull’s eye” is used in the game of
(A) Polo
(B) Basketball
(C) Shooting
(D) Boxing
Answer: Shooting
19 How far did the Indian Team reach in the Women’s Cricket World Cup Tournament
2005 held in South Africa?
(A) Quarter-finals
(B) Semifinals
(C) Preliminary round
(D) Finals
Answer: Finals
20 Who among the following Tennis players has won the Shanghai Masters Title?
(A) Gilles Simon
(B) Rafael Nadal
(C) Andy Murray
(D) Roger Federer
Answer: Roger Federer
21. Choose the one which best expresses that the meaning of the given words.
“DILATE”
(A) spin
(B) weaken
(C) widen
(D) push
Answer: widen
22. Choose the one which best expresses that the meaning of the given words.
“ABROGATE”
(A) elope
(B) gate-crash
(C) abolish
(D) destroy
Answer: abolish
23. Choose the word opposite (or) ANTONYMS in meaning to the given word as your
answer.
“NOVEL”
(A) naughty
(B) novelist
(C) banal
(D) nasty
Answer: banal
24. Choose the word opposite (or) ANTONYMS in meaning to the given word as your
answer.
“HARMONIOUS”
(A) sonorous
(B) discordant
(C) concordant
(D) balanced
Answer: discordant
25. In the following questions, four words have been written out of which three are
correctly spelt and one is wrongly spelt. find out the misspelt word from among the
groups of four words.
(A) personel
(B) personnel
(C) notional
(D) nationalist
Answer: personel
26 In the following questions, four words have been written out of which three are
correctly spelt and one is wrongly spelt. find out the misspelt word from among the
groups of four words.
(A) prefer
(B) defer
(C) difer
(D) refer
Answer: difer
27. Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given
words/sentence
“Action that is likely to make people very angry”
(A) inflationary
(B) inflammable
(C) commensurable
(D) inflammatory
Answer: inflammatory
28. Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given
words/sentence
“A humorous drawing dealing with current events or politics.”
(A) sketch
(B) illustration
(C) cartoon
(D) skit
Answer: cartoon
29. In each of the following questions four words are given of which two are most nearly
the same or opposite in meaning. Find the two words which are most nearly the
same or opposite in meaning, From the below given options which has the letters
represents its meanings with combination.
(A) Effeminacy (B) Effrontery
(C) Effervescence (D) Impertinence
(A) B-D
(B) C-D
(C) A-D
(D) A-B
Answer: B-D
30 In the following questions, one part of the sentence may have an error.
They will (1)/ leave the office at six and (2)/ reach at home by seven. (3)/ No error (4)
(A) They will
(B) leave the office at six and
(C) reach at home by seven.
(D) No error
Answer: reach at home by seven.
31. Select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.
“We waste much time on trifles.”
(A) Much time was wasted on trifles.
(B) Much time will be wasted on trifles.
(C) Much time is wasted by us on trifle’s.
(D) Much time is wasted on trifles.
Answer: Much time is wasted by us on trifle’s.
32. Select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
Mother told me that I should listen to her first and then do anything as I
pleased.
(A) Mother said to me, “He should listen to her first and then do anything he pleases.
(B) Mother said to me, “You should listen to me first and then do anything I pleased.
(C) Mother said to me, “You should listen to me first and then do anything as you please.
(D) Mother said to me, “I should listen to me first and then do anything I please.
Answer: Mother said to me, “You should listen to me first and then do anything as you please.
33.You must ensure the correctness of the information before________ to conclusion.
(A) drawing
(B) enabling
(C) leaning
(D) jumping
Answer: jumping
34. Do you remember his phone number I “don’t suspect” so.
(A) don’t think
(B) don’t thing
(C) may think
(D) No improvement
Answer: don’t think
35. She is _ tired and cannot walk anymore.
(A) so
(B) too
(C) such
(D) so such
Answer: too
36. Tania is older _ Sara, while Rebecca is _ oldest.
(A)
than, an
(B)
from, the
(C)
then, the
(D)
than, the
Answer: than, the
37. If Emma _ earlier, she would always be on time.
(A)
get up
(B)
got up
(C)
had get up
(D)
had got up
Answer: got up
38. She was watching the television, when he _ in.
(A) walk
(B) walks
(C) walked
(D) was walking
Answer: walked
39. Love is not love/ Which alters when it alterations
(A)
seen
(B)
sees
(C)
finds
(D)
meets
Answer: finds
40. 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.
Ans: I went to the bank yesterday to collect the pass book.
41 The runs scored by a batsman in 5 ODIs are 31,97,112, 63, and 12. The standard
deviation is
(A)
24.79
(B)
23.79
(C)
25.79
(D)
26.79
Answer: 25.79
42 Find the mode of the call received on 7 consecutive day 11,13,13,17,19,23,25
(A)
11
(B)
13
(C)
17
(D)
23
Answer: 13
43Find the median of the call received on 7 consecutive days 11,13, 17, 13, 23,25,19
(A)
13
(B)
23
(C)
25
(D)
17
Answer: 17
44 If K is the Mean of Poisson distribution, then the standard deviation is given by
(A)
√k
(B)
K2
(C)
K
(D)
k/2
Answer: √k
45 Find the arithmetic mean of the set of data: 6,1,5,8, and 10
(A)
4
(B)
5
(C)
6
(D)
7
Answer: 6
46 Calculate the geometric Mean of 1,3,9,3
(A)
1
(B)
2
(C)
3
(D)
4
Answer: 3
47 Which type of data is categorical and can be divided into different categories, but has
no inherent order?
(A) Nominal data
(B) Ordinal data
(C) Interval data
(D) Ratio data
Answer: Nominal data
48 What is the formula for the arithmetic mean (average) of a set of numbers?
(A) Sum of numbers divided by the count of numbers
(B) Product of numbers divided by the count of numbers
(C) Difference of numbers divided by the count of numbers
(D) Ratio of numbers divided by the count of numbers
Answer: Sum of numbers divided by the count of numbers
49 Consider a dice with the property that that probability of a face with n dots showing
up is proportional to n. The probability of face showing 4 dots is?
(A) 17
(B) 542
(C) 121
(D) 421
Answer: 421
50 Runs scored by batsman in 5 one day matches are 50, 70, 82, 93, and 20. The
standard deviation is
(A) 25.79
(B) 25.49
(C) 25.29
(D) 25.69
Answer: 25.79
51 Find median and mode of the messages received on 9 consecutive days 15, 11, 9, 5,
18, 4, 15, 13, 17.
(A) 13, 6
(B) 13, 18
(C) 18, 15
(D) 15, 16
Answer: 13, 18
52 A coin is tossed up 4 times. The probability that tails turn up in 3 cases is
(A)12
(B) 13
(C) 14
(D) 16
Answer: 12
53 If E denotes the expectation the variance of a random variable X is denoted as?
(A) (E(X))2
(B) E(X2)-(E(X))2
(C) E(X2)
(D) 2E(X)
Answer: E(X2)-(E(X))2
54 X is a variate between 0 and 3. The value of E(X2) is
(A) 8
(B) 7
(C) 27
(D) 9
Answer: 9
55
The skewness of a random variable measures its:
(A)
Symmetry
(B)
Dispersion
(C)
Kurtosis
(D)
Shape of the distribution
Answer: Shape of the distribution
56
Which of the following is true about a positively skewed distribution?
(A)
The mean is greater than the median
(B)
The median is greater than the mean
(C)
The mean and median are equal
(D)
The distribution is symmetric
Answer: The mean is greater than the median
57
For geographically base data, the bars are used:
(A)
Vertical
(B)
Zigzag
(C)
Horizontal
(D)
Diagonal
Answer: Horizontal
58
A circle in which sectors represents various quantities is called
(A)
Histogram
(B)
Frequency Polygon
(C)
Pie chart
(D)
Component bar chart
Answer: Pie chart
59
A graphical method of representing the sample points of a multiple-step experiment
is
(A)
A frequency polygon
(B)
A histogram
(C)
An ogive
(D)
A tree diagram
Answer: A tree diagram
60
Which of the following graphical representations uses rectangular bars to represent
the frequencies of different classes?
(A)
Bar diagram
(B)
Pie diagram
(C)
Line diagram
(D) Frequency polygon
Answer: Bar diagram
61
In a bar diagram, the height of each bar represents:
(A)
The mean of the data
(B)
The median of the data
(C)
The mode of the data
(D)
The frequency of the corresponding class
Answer: The frequency of the corresponding class
62
The histogram is a graphical representation of the:
(A)
Frequency distribution of ungrouped data
(B)
Frequency distribution of grouped data
(C)
Relative frequency distribution of ungrouped data
(D)
Relative frequency distribution of grouped data
Answer: Frequency distribution of grouped data
63
The width of each rectangle in a histogram corresponds to the:
(A)
Frequency of the corresponding class
(B)
Relative frequency of the corresponding class
(C)
Upper boundary of the corresponding class
(D)
Lower boundary of the corresponding class
Answer: Upper boundary of the corresponding class
64Which of the following graphical representations is obtained by joining the midpoints
of the upper boundaries of each class in a histogram?
(A)
Bar diagram
(B)
Pie diagram
(C)
Line diagram
(D)
Frequency polygon
Answer: Frequency polygon
65 Which measure of central tendency includes the magnitude of scores?
(A)
Mean
(B)
Mode
(C)
Median
(D)
Range
Answer: Mean
66 Mode refers to the value within a series that occurs number of times.
(A)
Maximum
(B)
Minimum
(C)
Zero
(D)
Infinite
Answer: Maximum
67
is not a measure of central tendency.
(A)
Mode
(B)
Mean
(C)
Range
(D)
Median
Answer: Range
68 If a data set is symmetrical, what does it mean?
(A)True distribution
(B)FALSE
(C)True skew
(D)True symmetry
Answer: FALSE
69 What is an assumption when a data set is normally distributed?
(A) The central tendency of populations is always equal to or greater than some
constant.
(B) Data points in a data set are, on average, equally spaced.
(C) It has a standard deviation equal to 1.
(D) All of the above
Answer: Data points in a data set are, on average, equally spaced.
70 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
71
Which of the following measures is used to find the middle value of a data set?
(A)
Mean
(B)
Median
(C)
Mode
(D)
Range
Answer: Median
72
“The relationship between number of beers consumed (x) and blood alcohol content
(y) was studied in 16 male college students by using least squares regression. The
following regression equation was obtained from this study:
!= -0.0127 + 0.0180x
The above equation implies that:”
(A)
each beer consumed increases blood alcohol by 1.27%
(B)
on average it takes 1.8 beers to increase blood alcohol content by 1%
(C)
each beer consumed increases blood alcohol by an average of amount of 1.8%
(D)
each beer consumed increases blood alcohol by exactly 0.018
Answer: each beer consumed increases blood alcohol by an average of
amount of 1.8%
73
SSE can never be
(A)
larger than SST
(B)
smaller than SST
(C)
equal to 1
(D)
equal to zero
Answer: larger than SST
74
In regression analysis, the variable that is being predicted is the
(A)
response, or dependent, variable
(B)
independent variable
(C)
intervening variable
(D)
is usually x
Answer: response, or dependent, variable
75
“If the correlation coefficient is 0.8, the percentage of variation in the response
variable explained by the variation in the explanatory variable is”
(A)
0.80%
(B)
80%
(C)
0.64%
(D)
64%
Answer: 64%
76
If the correlation coefficient is a positive value, then the slope of the regression line
(A)
must also be positive
(B)
can be either negative or positive
(C)
can be zero
(D)
cannot be zero
Answer: must also be positive
77
A residual plot:
(A)
displays residuals of the explanatory variable versus residuals of the response
variable.
(B)
displays residuals of the explanatory variable versus the response variable.
(C)
displays explanatory variable versus residuals of the response variable.
(D)
displays the explanatory variable versus the response variable.
Answer: displays explanatory variable versus residuals of the response
variable.
78
When the error terms have a constant variance, a plot of the residuals versus the
independentvariable x has a pattern that
(A)
fans out
(B)
funnels in
(C)
fans out, but then funnels in
(D)
forms a horizontal band pattern
Answer: forms a horizontal band pattern
79
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
80
What is the first difference of temperature / precipitation variable?
(A)
38.17
(B)
-46.11
(C)
-4.98
(D)
14.29
Answer: -46.11
81
Consider the following set of data: {23.32 32.33 32.88 28.98 33.16 26.33 29.88
32.69 18.98 21.23 26.66 29.89} What is the lag-one sample autocorrelation of the
time series?
(A)
0.26
(B)
0.52
(C)
0.13
(D)
0.07
Answer: 0.13
82
Which of the following cross-validation techniques is better suited for time series
data?
(A)
k-Fold Cross Validation
(B)
Leave-one-out Cross Validation
(C)
Stratified Shuffle Split Cross Validation
(D)
Forward Chaining Cross Validation
Answer: Forward Chaining Cross Validation
83
Use the estimated exponential smoothing given above and predict temperature for
the next 3 years (1998-2000)
(A)
0.2, 0.32, 0.6
(B)
0.33, 0.33, 0.33
(C)
0.27, 0.27, 0.27
(D)
0.4, 0.3, 0.37
Answer: 0.33, 0.33, 0.33
84
Which of the following is not a necessary condition for weakly stationary time series?
(A)
Mean is constant and does not depend on time
(B)
Autocovariance function depends on s and t only through their difference |s-t| (where
t and s are moments in time)
(C)
The time series under considerations is a finite variance process
(D)
Time series is Gaussian
Answer: Time series is Gaussian
85
Which of the following is not a technique used in smoothing time series?
(A)
Nearest Neighbour Regression
(B)
Locally weighted scatter plot smoothing
(C)
Tree based models like (CART)
(D)
Smoothing Splines
Answer: Tree based models like (CART)
86
If the demand is 100 during October 2016, 200 in November 2016, 300 in December
2016, 400 in January 2017. What is the 3-month simple moving average for
February 2017?
(A)
300
(B)
350
(C)
400
(D)
Need more information
Answer: 300
87
What is the probability of an impossible event?
(A)
1
(B)
0
(C)
Insufficient data
(D)
Not defined
Answer: 0
88
Two unbiased coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting at most one head?
(A)
3/4
(B)
1/6
(C)
1/3
(D)
1/2
Answer: 1/2
89
Which of the following mentioned standard Probability density functions is applicable
to discrete Random Variables?
(A)
Rayleigh Distribution
(B)
Exponential Distribution
(C)
Poisson Distribution
(D)
Gaussian Distribution
Answer: Poisson Distribution
90
In a discrete probability distribution, the sum of all probabilities is always?
(A)
1
(B)
0
(C)
Undefined
(D)
Infinite
Answer: 1
91
If the probability of hitting the target is 0.3, find mean and variance.
(A)
0.3, 0.16
(B)
0.3, 0.21
(C)
0.6, 0.16
(D)
0.6, 0.24
Answer: 0.3, 0.21
92
Find the number of ways of arranging the letters of the words DANGER, so that no
vowel occupies an odd place.
(A)
144
(B)
96
(C)
36
(D)
48
Answer: 144
93
If the probability that a bomb dropped from a place will strike the target is 70% and if
10 bombs are dropped, find the mean and variance.
(A)
4, 1.6
(B)
0.4, 0.16
(C)
7, 2.1
(D)
0.7, 0.21
Answer: 0.7, 0.21
94
What is an index number?
(A)
A statistical measure that represents the changes in a variable over time.
(B)
A fixed number used for comparison purposes.
(C)
A method for calculating probabilities.
(D)
A measure of central tendency.
Answer: A statistical measure that represents the changes in a variable over
time.
95
What are the types of index numbers?
(A)
Simple index numbers and aggregate index numbers.
(B)
Positive index numbers and negative index numbers.
(C)
Weighted index numbers and unweighted index numbers.
(D)
Base index numbers and current index numbers.
Answer: Simple index numbers and aggregate index numbers.
96
What is deflating in index number construction?
(A)
Adjusting the index for changes in the general price level
(B)
Applying a weighted average to the index
(C)
Removing seasonal variations from the data
(D)
Comparing the index to a base year
Answer: Adjusting the index for changes in the general price level
97
What is the Consumer Price Index (CPI)?
(A)
An index that measures changes in the prices of goods and services purchased by
consumers.
(B)
An index that measures changes in the prices of goods and services purchased by
businesses.
(C)
An index that measures changes in the prices of financial assets.
(D)
An index that measures changes in the prices of imports and exports.
Answer: An index that measures changes in the prices of goods and services
purchased by consumers.
98
What is deflating in the construction of index numbers?
(A)
Adjusting an index number series for the effects of inflation
(B)
Adjusting an index number series for seasonal variations
(C)
Removing outliers from an index number series
(D)
Changing the base year of an index number series
Answer: Adjusting an index number series for the effects of inflation
99
Which index number is used to measure changes in the overall cost of living for a
specific group of consumers?
(A)
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
(B)
Producer Price Index (PPI)
(C)
Wholesale Price Index (WPI)
(D)
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Deflator
Answer: Consumer Price Index (CPI)
100
Which type of index number uses a fixed set of weights based on a specific year?
(A)
Fixed Base Index
(B)
Chain Base Index
(C)
Weighted Index
(D)
Unweighted Index
Answer: Fixed Base Index
