ACIO Grade-II/ Executive Examination- 2014 Paper-1

ACIO Grade-II/ Executive Examination- 2014
Paper-1
Q1. Curcuma Longa is the scientific name of which spice?
(1) Cumin
(2) Cloves
(3) Turmeric
(4) Coriander
Q2. Bones found in the hands and feet as the percentage of total no. of bones in the body of an adult
human being is nearly equal to:
(1) 20%
(2) 30%
(3) 40%
(4) 50%
Q3. Europeans are believed to have brought potatoes to India in 18th Century. Which region of world
is believed to be the origin of potato cultivation?
(1) Eastern Ghana
(2) Southern Peru
(3) Portugal
(4) West Indies
Q4. Qymyakon is generally considered the coldest inhabited area on the earth. In which country
Oymyakon is located?
(1) Mongolia
(2) Russia
(3) Greenland
(4) Iceland
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Q5. Which gland in the human body is also known as the ‘third eye’?
(1) Pineal
(2) Pituitary
(3) Mammary
(4) Tear Gland
Q6. Leukaemia is a group of cancers that usually begins in the bone marrow and results in high
number of which abnormal cells?
(1) WBCs
(2) RBCs
(3) Platelets
(4) All of these
Q7. During an earthquake, two places ‘A’ and ‘B’ record its intensity on Richter Scale as 4.0 and 6.0
respectively. In absolute terms, the ratio of intensity of the earthquake at ‘A’ to that of ‘B’ is
(1) 2:3
(2) 7:8
(3) 141:173
(4) 1:100
Q8. On a cold day in January, the temperature at a place fell below the freezing point and was
recorded as -400 Centigrade. On Fahrenheit scale, the same temperature would be:
(1) 320 F
(2) -80 F
(3) -400 F
(4) -720 F
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Q9. Universal gas constant, R, is a property of
(1) Ideal Gases
(2) Halogen Gases
(3) Inert Gases
(4) All Gases
Q10. At which place was the first Science Congress held in January, 1914?
(1) Kolkata
(2) Allahabad
(3) Chennai
(4) Pune
Q11. The class of elementary particles, boson, was named afterSatyendraNath Bose, an Indian
Physicist. Which of the Indian scientists graduated from the Presidency College Calcutta as a classmate
of Satyendranath Bose?
(1) Jagdish Chandra Bose
(2) P.C Mahalanobis
(3) Praful Chandra Ray
(4) Meghnad Saha
Q12. To which place, Aryabhatta, the great mathematician, went for advance studies?
(1) Takshashilla
(2) Patliputra
(3) Kashi
(4) Kaushambi
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Q13. The development of the world’s first practical design for an Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile,
A9/10 was undertaken in Nazi Germany during the World War II. It was intended for use in bombing?
(1) London and other coastal cities of Britain
(2) Northern cities of France, including Venice
(3) New York and other American cities
(4) Interiors of USSR to cut off military supply lines to Moscow.
Q14. Homi Jahangir Bhabha, the father of Indian Nuclear programme, was also the founding director
of which of the following institutes?
(1) Tata Institute of Fundamental research
(2) India Institute of Science
(3) IIT
(4)Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata
Q15. Who headed the Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV) project launched by ISRO in 1970?
(1) Dr. Vikramsarabhai
(2) Dr. K Radhakrishnan
(3) Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam
(4)Dr. G Madhavan Nair
Q16. Where was Bhaskara, also known as Bhaskaracharya or Bhaskara II, an Indian Mathematician &
astronomer, was born?
(1) Kanchipuram
(2) Thanjavur
(3) Bijapur
(4) Madurai
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Q17. The Brahmos, a short range supersonic cruise missile, is a joint venture between which foreign
country and Indian Agency?
(1) USA & ISRO
(2) UK & ISRO
(3) Russia & ISRO
(4) Russia & DRDO
Q18. If the sum of 60% of a fractional number and the number’s square root is 5 greater than one fifth
of the number, then the number is?
(1) 6.25
(2) 0.25
(3) 12.25
(4) 2.25
Q19. If ‘Head’ appears consecutively in the first three tosses of a fair/unbiased coin, what is the
probability of ‘Head’ appearing in the fourth toss also?
(1) 1/8
(2) 7/8
(3) 1/16
(4) 1/2
Q20. Archers ‘A’ and ‘B’ take aim at a target. If the probability of ‘A’ hitting the target is 90% and of ‘B’
missing the target is 90%. What is the probability that both ‘A’ and ‘B’ miss the target?
(1) 90%
(2) 09%
(3) 01%
(4) 81%
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Q21. If 12 person working 12 hours a day dig 12 metres of a tunnel in 12 Days, how many are required
to dig additional 4 metres of the tunnel (of same dimensions) given that they work 4 hours a day for 4
Days?
(1) 27
(2) 4
(3) 12
(4) 36
Q22. A man sells an article at a certain price incurring 20% loss. If he had sold the same article for
Rs.20 more, he would have earned 20% profit. What was the cost price of the said articles?
(1) Rs.20
(2) Rs.40
(3) Rs.50
(4)Rs.60
Q23. Numerator of a fraction is increased by 60%, and at the same time its denominator is decreased
by 60%. The new fraction is
(1) 2.56 times the older fraction
(2) Equal to the older fraction
(3) 4 times the older fraction
(4) 0.36 times the older fraction
Q24. In a triangle ABC, one of the angles is average of the remaining two angles. Which of the
following is always true about the triangle ABC?
(1) Isosceles Triangle
(2) Equilateral Triangle
(3) One of its angles measures 600
(4) Right angled triangle
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Q25. If the area of the circle ‘C’ is equal to the area of square ‘S’, then the ratio of square of perimeter
of ‘C’ to the square of perimeter of ‘S’ is nearly equal to?
(1) 22:7
(2) 11:14
(3) 88:7
(4) 1:1
Q26. The last digit of the number 32015 is?
(1) 1
(2) 3
(3) 5
(4) 7
Q27. What is the square root of 49%?
(1) 0.7%
(2) 7.0%
(3) 70%
(4) Undefined
Q28. Log (402 – 202) is equal to?
(1) log 3
(2)log 60 + log 20
(3) log 40 – log 20
(4) log 20
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Q29. Twelve persons meet in a conference and each shake hands with all the others. How many
handshakes take place?
(1) 66
(2) 72
(3) 144
(4) 132
Q30. A man travels uphill to city C from city B in a car at the speed of 40Km/hr, and returns to the city
B at a faster speed of 60Km/hr. what is the average speed of the round trip?
(1) 0
(2) 48Km/hr
(3) 50 Km/hr
(4) Data insufficient
Q31. (7+14+21+28…………+700) is equal to
(1) 35350
(2) 42714
(3) 49420
(4) 56707
Q32. Ina group of 5 persons, P is taller than Q, but is shorter than both R and S. Both R and T are taller
than Q, but shorter than S. This implies that
(1) R is taller than P, but shorter than T/R
(2) T is taller than Q, but shorter than R/T
(3) R is taller than Q, but shorter than T/R
(4) S is taller than T while P is shorter than R/S
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Q33. Ina group of Army Officers, 02% of officers neither take Coffee nor Tea, while rest of them take
either tea or coffee or both. If 60% of officers take Tea, while 58% take coffee, what percentage of
officers take Tea but do not take coffee?
(1) 02%
(2) 20%
(3) 40%
(4) 60%
Q34. The original name of Ho Chi Minh, the president of Vietnam Democratic Republic, was Nguyen
Van Thanh which he later changed to Ho Chi Minh before becoming the president?
(1) He Who Leads
(2) He Who Fights
(3) He Who Enlightens
(4) He Who Protects
Q35. In which year, Mahatma Gandhi travelled to Champaran, Bihar to inspire the peasants to
struggle against the oppressive plantation system?
(1) 1914
(2) 1915
(3) 1916
(4) 1917
Q36. With which objective, CR Das and MotiLal Nehru formed the Swaraj Party within the congress?
(1) Spearhead the mass struggle
(2) Forge Hindu-Muslim Unity
(3) Participate in elections to the provincial council
(4) Organize legislative protests against Rowlatt Act
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Q37. The industrial working class did not participate in the Civil disobedience Movement in large
numbers, except in
(1) Nagpur Region
(2) Madras region
(3) Surat Region
(4) Calcutta Region
Q38. Dr. B.R Ambedkar clashes with Mahatma Gandhi at the 2nd round table conference demanding?
(1) Reservations for Dalits in Government Jobs
(2) Reservation for dalits in Ministries
(3) Separate Citizen status for Dalits
(4) Separate Electorate for dalits
Q39. A scene of wrestling match in Bombay’s Hanging Gardens was shot by Harishchander
Bhatwadekar, & it became India’s first movie. It was shot in which year?
(1) 1896
(2) 1907
(3) 1913
(4) 1925
Q40. Which famous leader once said, “we would not have made economic progress, if we had not
intervened on very personal matters: how you live, the noise you make, how you spit…”
(1) Adolf Hitler, Germany
(2) Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
(3) Mussolini, Italy
(4) Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore
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Q41. Who bought the printing press for the first time to India in the mid-16th century?
(1) Dutch Cloth Merchants
(2) British Traders
(3) Portuguese Missionaries
(4) Arab Manuscript Writers
Q42. Measures in India to impose censorship on printed material were initiated in 1798 by the East
India Company. It was directed against?
(1) Bengali Social reformers
(2) Englishmen in India
(3) Bengali writers
(4) Indian Princely States
Q43. Munshi Premchand was born in 1880 and died in the year 1936. His best Known Literary work,
Godan, was published in?
(1) 1920
(2) 1934
(3) 1936
(4) 1942
Q44. The caste system during early Vedic age prohibited
(1) Inter Caste Dining
(2) Inter caste marriages
(3) Both
(4) None of these
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Q45. In which year, Thums Up, one of the India’s great brands, which was sold to Coca-Cola a few
years ago, was launched?
(1) 1947
(2) 1958
(3) 1979
(4) 1942
Q46. Which among the below mentioned Upper Palaeolithic places in India is wrongly matched with
the state it is located?
(1) Bhimbetka – Madhya Pradesh
(2) Betamcherla – Andhra Pradesh
(3) Inamgaon – Maharashtra
(4) Singh Bhumi – Himachal Pradesh
Q47. Kalidasa’s ‘Kumarasambhavam’ describes the story of birth of which Mythological character?
(1)Sanatkumar
(2)Karttikeya
(3)Pradyumna
(4)Abhimanyu
Q48. Where and when was the 2ndBudhhist Council held?
(1) Patliputra in 250 B.C
(2) Sri Lanka in First Century B.C
(3) Vaishali in 383 B.C
(4) Mandalaya in 1871 AD
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Q49. In which among the following cases, the Supreme Court of India propounded the theory of basic
structure of Constitution?
(1) GopalanVs. State of Madras
(2) GolakNath
(3)KeshvanandBharti
(4) Minerva Mills
Q50. The 52nd Amendment to the constitution of India is most closely related to?
(1) Extension of Reservations in Government Jobs
(2) Provision for Special Status to Tripura
(3) Provisions for increasing age of eligibility of voting
(4) Provisions against political defection
Q51. Which among the following political party of India has an election symbol very similar to the
election symbol of Republican Party of USA?
(1) Samajwadi Part
(2) Bahujan Samaj Party
(3) Janta Dal
(4) Telugu Desam Party
Q52. How many members, the President of India can nominate to LokSabha & RajyaSabha,
respectively?
(1) 12, 2
(2) 2, 12
(3) 2, 10
(4) 10, 2
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Q53. Which among the following amendments to the Constitution of India, designated Delhi as
National Territory (NCT)?
(1) 63rd Amendment Act
(2) 69th Amendment Act
(3) 74th Amendment Act
(4) 76th Amendment Act
Q54. On 29 August 1947, the Drafting committee for Indian Constitution was appointed, with Dr. B.R
Ambedkar as the chairman along with six other members. Who among the following was not the
member of the Drafting Committee?
(1) N. Gopalaswami Ayengar
(2) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(3) Kanaiyalal Menaklal Munshi
(4) Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer
Q55. Part IV of the Indian Constitution deals with the Directive principle of State Policy. This feature of
the Indian Constitution was influenced by a similar feature of:
(1) Canadian Constitution
(2) Australian Constitution
(3) American Constitution
(4) Irish Constitution
Q56. Which among the following schedules of the Indian Constitution deals with Forms of Oaths or
Affirmations?
(1) 2nd Schedule
(2) 3rd Schedule
(3) 4th Schedule
(4) 5th Schedule
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Q57. Which of the following is, not, a constitutional provision relating to Governor’s of States?
(1) Same person can be appointed as Governor for two or more sates
(2) He shall be appointed by President
(3) He shall hold office during the pleasure of President
(4) He should have completed the age of 25 yrs.
Q58. Which article of the Indian Constitution deals with the special provision with respect to the
states of Maharashtra and Gujarat?
(1) Article 370
(2) Article 371
(3) Article 371-A
(4) Article 371-B
Q59. Indian Constitution provides for promotion of International Peace and security. Which of the
following deals with this provision?
(1) Article 51 of the Directive Principles of State Policy
(2) It is implied by the Preamble of Indian Constitution
(3) The 12th Schedule of Indian Constitution
(4) Article 392 empowers the President in this regard
Q60. Which article of the Indian Constitution defines the Original Jurisdiction of Supreme Court?
(1) Article 129
(2) Article 130
(3) Article 131
(4) Article 132
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Q61. Government of India recently announced constitution of NITI Aayog as a policy think-tank
replacing Planning Commission. NITI stands for
(1) National Institute for Transforming India
(2) It is not an acronym, but only a Sanskrit word for Policy
(3) National Initiative for Technological India
(4) New Initiative for Transforming India
Q62. The power to promulgate ordinances during recess of parliament is vested with:
(1) The Council of Ministers
(2) The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Urgent Enactment
(3) The President
(4) The Prime Minister
Q63. In Alternating Current (AC), the direction and magnitude of the current varies
(1) Randomly
(2) Periodically
(3) Exponentially
(4) Do not vary
Q64. Albert Einstein received the Nobel Prize for Physics in the year 1921 for his work on?
(1) Mass Energy Equivalence given by E=mc2
(2) Hydrogen Atom
(3) Theory of Relativity
(4) Photoelectric Effect
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Q65. Sir C.V Raman received the noble prize for Physics in the year 1930 for his ground breaking work
in the field of:
(1) Brownian Motion
(2) Scattering of Light
(3) String Theory
(4) Nuclear Physics
Q66. Which of the following Indian Nationals has been the recipient of Ramon Magsaysay Award for
Community leadership?
(1) Arvind Kejrwal
(2) Kiran Bedi
(3) T. N Sheshan
(4) Dr. M. S Swaminathan
Q67. Which of the following awards Satyajit Ray received posthumously?
(1) Dada sahib Phalke award
(2) Ramon Magsaysay Award
(3) Bharat Ratan
(4) Honorary Oscar
Q68. In which individual event, the first Olympic medal for independent India was won at Helsinki
Olympics?
(1) Archery
(2) Boxing
(3) Wrestling
(4) Weight Lifting
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Q69. The Gini Co-efficient is a measure of?
(1) Rodent Population
(2) Migration rate of Guineas Nationals
(3) Income Inequality
(4) Ratio of Coinage to Currency Note
Q70. Which of the following Indices is not considered while calculating HDI?
(1) Life Expectancy
(2) Education
(3) Housing
(4) Income
Q71. For the financial year 2013-14, what percentage of total tax receipts of the Union Government
came from income tax collections?
(1) Around 05%
(2) Around 10%
(3) Around 20%
(4) Around 40%
Q72. India’s industrial GDP growth rate for the fiscal year 2013-14 (at the factor cost of 2004-05) is
estimated to be around?
(1) 0.35%
(2) 1.43%
(3) 2.48%
(4) 4.74%
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Q73. As per the census 2011 data, which is the most populated metro city in India?
(1) Delhi
(2) Mumbai
(3) Chennai
(4) Kolkata
Q74. As per the census 2011, which among the following states has higher sex ratio than the national
average?
(1) Nagaland
(2) Delhi
(3) Arunachal Pradesh
(4) Tripura
Q75. Professor Arvind Pangariya was recently appointed as?
(1) Chairman, UGC
(2) Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog
(3) Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister
(4) Governor, RBI
Q76. Till date, 13 serving heads of state have received Noble Peace Prize. Only one Head of State
received it for Literature. Who is he?
(1) Theodore Roosevelt, President of USA
(2) Eisaku Sato, Prime Minister of Japan
(3) Oscar Arias Sanchez, President of Costa Rica
(4) Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of UK
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Q77. The Radcliff Line is named after its architect, Sir Cyril Radcliffe. It is boundary demarcation line
between?
(1) Pakistan and Afghanistan
(2) India and Bhutan
(3) India and Pakistan
(4) India and Myanmar
Q78. Which among the following is the oldest mountain range in India?
(1) The Western Ghats
(2) The Aravali Range
(3) The Satpura Range
(4) The Vindhya Range
Q79. Which among the following rivers flow from east to west, eventually meeting the Arabian Sea?
(1) Narmada
(2) Godavari
(3) Krishna
(4) Kaveri
Q80. Which of the following National Parks of India is located in one of the north-eastern states? It is
also a declared UNESCO World Heritage Site?
(1) Betla
(2) Dachigam
(3) Manas
(4) Silent Valley
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Q81. Suzanna Arundhati Roy, an Indian author and political activist, was born in?
(1) Shillong
(2) Chennai
(3) Thiruvananthapuram
(4) Jeddah
Q82. Yellow Revolution in India refers to growth of?
(1) Militancy in the North East
(2) Oil Seeds production
(3) Advertising Industry
(4) Jaundice Outbreak
Q83. French Revolution ended in 1790s with the ascent of?
(1) Rousseau
(2) King Louis
(3) Napoleon Bonaparte
(4) Robespierre
Q84. In which subject did Dr. Bhabendra Nath Saikia, famous novelist and film director of Assam,
obtain PhD from University of London?
(1) Assamese
(2) Physics
(3) Mass Communication
(4) Mathematics
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Q85.In his youth, Adolf Hitler aspired to be?
(1) Architect
(2) Painter
(3) Singer
(4) Footballer
Q86. Many of the famous political leaders had a University Degree in law, which of the following
world leaders didn’t have a degree in law?
(1) Nelson Mandela
(2) Fidel Castrol
(3) Barack Obama
(4) John F Kennedy
Q87. Ernesto Che Cuevara, the famous Marxist revolutionary of South America, was born in?
(1) Bolivia
(2) Cuba
(3) Argentina
(4) Guatemala
Q88. Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical weekly, first appeared in 1970 as a successor to another
French magazine that was banned for mocking the death of former French President Charles de
Gaulle. What was the name of the banned magazine?
(1) Le Monde
(2) Hara Kiri
(3) La Croix
(4) Humanite Hebdo
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Q89. Vasant Gowarikar, who passed away recently, was a famous personality in which field?
(1) Literature
(2) Space Science
(3) Classical Music
(4) Cinema
Q90. Who is non-member who can participate in the debate of Lok Sabha?
(1) Vice President
(2) Chief Justice of India
(3) Attorney General of India
(4) None of the above
Q91. Which of the following is the wrongly matched pair?
(1) Indict: Abuse
(2) Onset: Beginning
(3) Recite: Propose
(4) Temerity: Boldness
Q92. Which of the sentence is grammatically correct?
(1) Either he or I am mistaken
(2) He gave me an advice
(3) The sceneries here are very good
(4) Let you and I do it
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Q93. Which of the following word is closest in meaning to the idiom, “cast down”?
(1) Humiliated
(2) Defeated
(3) Depressed
(4) Discouraged
Q94. The letter ’o’ in the word ‘about’ is pronounced like letter ‘o’ in the word?
(1) Go
(2) Boy
(3) Got
(4) Now
Q95.Khali was sitting on the fence, means khali was?
(1) Living dangerously
(2) Undecided
(3) Stubborn
(4) Annoying
Q96. In the sentence, “don’t talk so loud”, the word ‘loud’ is used as an:
(1) Adverb
(2) Adjective
(3) Idiom
(4) Active verb
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Q97. In the sentence, ‘None but the brave deserve the fair’, the word ‘but’ is used as:
(1) An Adverb
(2) A preposition
(3) A conjunction
(4) A pronoun
Q98. Which of the following is correctly matched adjective-noun pair?
(1) Restless- Restlessly
(2) Restless- Restlessness
(3)Restless- Restive
(4) Restless- Restivity
Q99. His bad eyesight exempted him….Military service. Fill in the blanks with:
(1) In
(2) Of
(3) From
(4) At
Q100. Which of the following is an incorrectly matched word-meaning pair?
(1) Excursion- Short Journey
(2) Homage- Tribute
(3) Sidekick- Close Companion
(4) Intact- Tactful
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Paper – II (English Language)
Write an essay in English Language only on any one of the following topics in not more than 400 words:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Right to freedom of expression should be an absolute right
Inclusive Growth: A pipedream
Intelligence is an important aspect of Statecraft
“It is often safer to be in chains than to be free”
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