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PROTOCOL ASSISTANT IN RAJYASABHA SECRETARIAT
PARLIAENT OF INDIA
(JOINT RECRUITMENT CELL)
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION FOR THE POST OF EXECUTIVE/LEGISLATIVE/COMMITTEE/PROTOCOL ASSISTANT IN RAJYASABHA SECRETARIAT
13TH SEPTEMBER; 2008
PAPER-I : GENERAL KNOWLEDGE & CURRENT AFFAIRS GENERAL ENGLISH
INSTRUCTIONS : (i) Write your Roll No(s) at the appropriate column(s) on the answer sheet. (ii) Put X mark only to mark your response (iii) In case you want to change your responses to any question fully blacken the first response like this and {X} mark in the correct Box
Time : 50 Minutes Marks : 100
PART - A : General knowledge and Current Affairs
1. ______is the capital of Mizoram
(A) Dispur
(B) Aizwal
(C) Kohima
(D) Itanagar
2. The only Indian State that shares its border with Sikkim is_______
(A) Assam
(B)Meghalaya
(C) West Bengal
(D) Arunachal pradesh
3. _______is the capital of Zimbabwe.
(A) Lusaka
(B) Harare
(C) kampala
(D) Brazzaville
4. The Speaker of Lok Sabha is ______
(A) elected by its members
(B) nominated by the president of india
(C) nominated by the leader of the majority party/alliance
(D) the Vice President of India
5. The Mavalankar Hall in Delhi is named after the ______Speaker of Lok Sabha.
(A) Second
(B) First
(C) Third
(D) Fourth
6. Mr. P.A Sangma was the speaker of lok sabha during _____
(A) 1989-91
(B) 1991-96
(C) 1996-98
(D) 1998-2002
7. The Nobel Peace prize was won by ___in 2007.
(A) P.Sainath
(B) Kofi Annan
(C) Muhammed Yunus
(D) Albert AI Gore and Rjendra K.pichauri
8. Saiman Rushdie received_____in 2008.
(A) Man Booker Prize
(B) Nobel Pize for Literature
(C) The Booker of Man Booker Prize
(D) Gyanpeeth Award
9. In july 2008; the Group of Eight (GB) sumit was held in____
(A) Japan
(B) Germany
(C) Russia
(D) The USA
10. International Monetary Fund (IMF) is______
(A) A specialised Agency of the United Nations
(B) A branch of the World Bank
(C) An economic organisation of the European Union
(D) an Independent international organisation
11. The headquarters of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is located in___
(A) New York
(B) Rome
(C) Geneva
(D) Manila
12. Mr.Hugo Chavez is the president of_____
(A) Japan
(B) Germany
(C) Russia
(D) The USA
13. Mr.Pushpa Kamal Dahal `prachand` is the Prime Minister of____
(A) People of Republic of Nepal
(B) Democratic Republic of Nepal
(C) Republic of Nepal
(D) Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
14. The Legislative Branch of Bangladesh is called_____
(A) National Council
(B) Jatiya Sangsad
(C) National Assembly
(D) Majlis-e-Shoora
15. The Indian Parliament enacted the Right to information Act in
(A) 2003
(B) 2004
(C) 2006
(D) 2005
16. India was put under the direct rule of Queen Victoria for the first time in_____
(A) 1757
(B) 1858
(C) 1877
(D) 1876
17. The ____ holds the post of the Chairman of the Planning Commission in India.
(A) Minister of Planning
(B) Finance Minister
(C) Minister of Human Resource Development
(D) Prime Minister
18. The Legislative branch of the USA has a bicameral system; one is called the senate and the other; the ____
(A) Congress
(B) House of Representative
(C) House of Commons
(D) National Assembly
19. The number of nominated members in Rajya Sabha is
(A) 10
(B) 2
(C) 12
(D) 7
20. Bobby Jindal is the first-ever Indian American who was elected the Governor of_____
(A) Arizona
(B) Lousiana
(C) Oklahoma
(D) Nebraska
21. In the ``Warrant of precedence`` the Speaker of Lok Sabha is placed_____
(A) immediately before the Chairman of Rajya Sabha
(B) immediately before the former President of India
(C) with the Chief Justice of India
(D) after the Union Cabinet Ministers
22. The target for the growth performance in the Tenth Five Year Plan was eight per cent but the actual growth was___per cent.
(A) 7
(B) 7.8
(C) 7.2
(D) 6.7
23. In 2008 the Chief Guest in the Republic Day parade in New Delhi was____
(A) Nicholas Sarkozy; President of France
(B) Gordon Brown; Prime Minister of the UK
(C) Hu Jintoo; President of the Republic of China
(D) Hamid Karzal; President of Afghanistan
24. The first coalition government of the Republic of India was formed in
(A) 1977
(B) 1989
(C) 1990
(D) 2004
25. The major languages of Malaysia are Bahasa Malay; English; Chinese and ______
(A) Tamil
(B) Telugu
(C) Thai
(D) Punjabi
26. India became a republic in_____
(A) 1947
(B) 1948
(C) 1949
(D) 1950
27. Dadra and Nagar Haveli are a______
(A) Separate union territory
(B) part of Goa
(C) part of Daman and Diu
(D) part of Gujrat
28. The Adjournment Motion in Indian Parliaent is the procedure for the adjournment of the___
(A) House
(B) Normal Business of the House
(C) Question Hour
(D) Zero Hour
29. The first huse of legislation in India was called_____
(A) Imperial Legislative Congress
(B) Central Legislative Congress
(C) Central Legislative Council
(D) Constituent Assembly
30. The first modern Olympic games were held in 1896 in_____
(A) Paris
(B) London
(C) St.Louis
(D) Athens
31. _____won the largest number of gold medals in one Olympic Games.
(A) Mark Spitz
(B) Michael Phelps
(C) Carl Lewis
(D) Usain Bolt
32. The only individual gold medal was won for India by Abhinav Bindra in the ____olymics
(A) 28th
(B) 24th
(C) 27th
(D) 29th
33. The first Asian country to host the prestigious Olympic Games was____
(A) China
(B) Japan
(C) S.Korea
(D) Singapore
34. India won the 2007 IIC World Twenty 20 Championship by defeating___in the final
(A) Australia
(B) Srilanka
(C) Pakistan
(D) South Africa
35. Out of the previously known planets;____has been demoted as a`dwarf planet`.
(A) Uranus
(B) Pluto
(C) Neptune
(D) Jupiter
36. ____is the main constituent of both brass and bronze.
(A) Nickel
(B) Iron
(C) Zinc
(D) Copper
37. The BPO provides______
(A) 24x7 call centre services
(B) non core business services through an outside provider
(C) uninterrupted telephone services
(D) communication to customers at a personal level
38. Nanctechnology is that branch of technology which deals with____
(A) speculative science
(B) the structure and behaviour of materials
(C) biotechnology
(D) manipulation of individual atoms and molecules
39. The virtual reality technology gives us the experience of real life situation in___
(A) a real world
(B) virtual cyberspace
(C) films
(D) multiedia projections
40. Mozquitoes that cause dengue hemorrhagic fever bite people primarily____
(A) during the day time
(B) at night
(C) early in the morning
(D) In the evening
41. The Chikungunya fever is caused by____
(A) protozoan
(B) bacteria
(C) virus
(D) fungi
42. jelly fish is called so because it____
(A) is shaped like jelly
(B) is made up of jelly like substance
(C) can control and expand its body
(D) is also called`sea jelly`
43. APC is a____
(A) palmtop computer
(B) laptop computer
(C) desktop computer
(D) mobile computer
44. Among the genetically modified (GM) food; india produces only______
(A) papaya
(B) rice
(C) mangoes
(D) soyabeans
45. The two astronauts of Indian origin who participatd in the space flights by NASA are Kalpana Chawla and____
(A) R.K Murali
(B) Sunita Williams
(C) Supriya Chakrabarti
(D) G.Madhav Nair
46. The abbreviation BPL stands for___
(A) Business Processing Laws
(B) Below poverty line
(C) Blood pressure level
(D) Bharat petroleum limited
47. RAM stands for____
(A) Rapid Army Manoeuvre
(B) Random Amplified Accessories
(C) Remote Area`s modernisation
(D) Random Access Memory
48. PNR stands for_____
(A) Passenger name recorder
(B) Permanent number record
(C) Public network review
(D) Press network research
49. SMS stands for____
(A) Subscriber`s message server
(B) Satellite message service
(C) Short messaging service
(D) Simple message server
50. LNG stands for______
(A) Light Natural Gas
(B) Liquefied Natural Gas
(C) Liquid Natural Gas
(D) Low-Intensity natural Gas
I. Choose the word/pharse closest in meaning to the following words:51. Timorous
(A) weak
(B) sly
(C) tardy
(D) timid
52. Chiropodist
(A) one who treats spinal coloumn
(B) one who treats feet
(C) one who signs in choir
(D) one who has chapped hands
53. Irate
(A) testy
(B) irriated
(C) enraged
(D) sharp
54. Motely
(A) court jester
(B) confusing
(C) multicultural
(D) offensive joke
55. Imbricate
(A) involve wrongly
(B) copy
(C) arrange in overlapping manner
(D) moisten
56. Shackle
(A) slow down
(B) metal loop
(C) loud laughter
(D) bit
57. Prolix
(A) overweight
(B) relating to population
(C) tedious
(D) constellation
58. Gaffe
(A) rude remark
(B) loud statement
(C) joke
(D) blunder
II Choose the antonym of the following words:
59. Fusty
(A) sweet smelling
(B) chatty
(C) pompous
(D) angry
60. Polyglot
(A) knowing many languages
(B) knowing only one languages
(C) greedy
(D) having one wife
61. Jejune
(A) old
(B) childish
(C) abundant
(D) summer
62. Lithe
(A) tanned
(B) fat
(C) glib
(D) clumsy
III Choose the incorrect part of the sentence.
63. (A) One Who
(B) knows his mind
(C) is usually
(D) treated with respect
64. (A) She is
(B) a sweet child
(C) and an obedient one
(D) isn`t it?
65. (A) Making mistakes
(B) in spelling
(C) and punctuation
(D) are common
66. (A) A fool
(B) and his money
(C) is soon
(D) parted
67. (A) Neither Sita
(B) nor Gita
(C) were
(D) very shy
68. (A) The man
(B) which caught the thief
(C) was given
(D) a medal
69. (A) The treees
(B) and the grass
(C) look green
(D) after the shower
70. (A) The child
(B) wept
(C) at the thought
(D) of she going
71. (A) None of them
(B) are to blame
(C) for the accident
(D) that happened today
IV. Choose the correct preposition to fill in the blank:
72. She never lets a day go___without remembering her friend.
(A) by
(B) past
(C) over
(D) away
73. Will her friend stand___her in her hour of need?
(A) with
(B) on
(C) by
(D) for
74. Have you not got___the cold?
(A) of
(B) by
(C) in
(D) over
75. How can you given___so easily?
(A) up
(B) with
(C) over
(D) on
76. Is the class___yet ?
(A) up
(B) off
(C) over
(D) in
77. She is the best mother___the world.
(A) of
(B) on
(C) in
(D) to78. Have you switched the lights___?
(A) off
(B) up
(C) down
(D) under
79. Have you searched___the bed for the missing toy?
(A) of
(B) under
(C) off
(D) above
v. Choose the answer closest in meaning to the following idoms:
80. Cock and bull story
(A) story about animals
(B) bedtie story
(C) improbable tale
(D) fairy tale
81. A stor in a teacup
(A) a fuss about something trivial
(B) a war treaty
(C) a noisy tea party
(D) mental turmoil
82. To go the extra mile
(A) swift runner
(B) good fortune
(C) extra effort
(D) lose way
83. At sixes and sevens
(A) mathematical ability
(B) cheaper in bulk
(C) disordered
(D) quarrelsome
84. Two left feet
(A) good dancer
(B) clumsy
(C) disabled
(D) communist
85. Finding your feet
(A) feeling lost
(B) being shy
(C) making friends easily
(D) gaining confidence
86. Flash in pan
(A) flait
(B) unsustainable action
(C) sudden occurrence
(D) brainwave
87. Get down to brass tacks
(A) military exercise
(B) down to the basics
(C) demotion at work
(D) down on one`s luck
88. Get out of the wrong side of the bed
(A) bad mood
(B) unlucky day
(C) marital infidelity
(D) sudden accident
V I Choose the answer closest in meaning to the foreign phrases commonly used in English :
89. Primus inter pares
(A) one who wins race
(B) enemy of the people
(C) first among equals
(D) friend to all
90. Non de plume
(A) pet name
(B) pen name
(C) endearment
(D) pseudonym
91. inter alia
(A) between ourselves
(B) confidential matter
(C) among other things
(D) pact between two allies
92. Most juste
(A) inappropiate language
(B) fitting vocabulary
(C) instant justice
(D) legal advice
V II. Choose the correct verb form to fill the blank:
93. I___if I were you
(A) would
(B) could
(C) should
(D) will
94. They___a great deal of trouble over this issue.
(A) have
(B) have had
(C) should have
(D) has
95. You___in the examination.
(A) has failed
(B) have failed
(C) fails
(D) fail
96. The weather report says it___rain tomorrow (A) shall
(B) is
(C) should
(D) will
97. When she woke up it___after three.
(A) was
(B) had been
(C) were
(D) was not
98. If I___the accused I should plead quilty.
(A) was
(B) had been
(C) were
(D) was not
99. We___this road before.
(A) have walked
(B) has walked
(C) walked
(D) will walk
100. The patient___to the doctor regularly.
(A) has been
(B) has been going
(C) been
(D) to be
(JOINT RECRUITMENT CELL)
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION FOR THE POST OF EXECUTIVE/LEGISLATIVE/COMMITTEE/PROTOCOL ASSISTANT IN RAJYASABHA SECRETARIAT
13TH SEPTEMBER; 2008
PAPER-I : GENERAL KNOWLEDGE & CURRENT AFFAIRS GENERAL ENGLISH
INSTRUCTIONS : (i) Write your Roll No(s) at the appropriate column(s) on the answer sheet. (ii) Put X mark only to mark your response (iii) In case you want to change your responses to any question fully blacken the first response like this and {X} mark in the correct Box
Time : 50 Minutes Marks : 100
PART - A : General knowledge and Current Affairs
1. ______is the capital of Mizoram
(A) Dispur
(B) Aizwal
(C) Kohima
(D) Itanagar
2. The only Indian State that shares its border with Sikkim is_______
(A) Assam
(B)Meghalaya
(C) West Bengal
(D) Arunachal pradesh
3. _______is the capital of Zimbabwe.
(A) Lusaka
(B) Harare
(C) kampala
(D) Brazzaville
4. The Speaker of Lok Sabha is ______
(A) elected by its members
(B) nominated by the president of india
(C) nominated by the leader of the majority party/alliance
(D) the Vice President of India
5. The Mavalankar Hall in Delhi is named after the ______Speaker of Lok Sabha.
(A) Second
(B) First
(C) Third
(D) Fourth
6. Mr. P.A Sangma was the speaker of lok sabha during _____
(A) 1989-91
(B) 1991-96
(C) 1996-98
(D) 1998-2002
7. The Nobel Peace prize was won by ___in 2007.
(A) P.Sainath
(B) Kofi Annan
(C) Muhammed Yunus
(D) Albert AI Gore and Rjendra K.pichauri
8. Saiman Rushdie received_____in 2008.
(A) Man Booker Prize
(B) Nobel Pize for Literature
(C) The Booker of Man Booker Prize
(D) Gyanpeeth Award
9. In july 2008; the Group of Eight (GB) sumit was held in____
(A) Japan
(B) Germany
(C) Russia
(D) The USA
10. International Monetary Fund (IMF) is______
(A) A specialised Agency of the United Nations
(B) A branch of the World Bank
(C) An economic organisation of the European Union
(D) an Independent international organisation
11. The headquarters of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is located in___
(A) New York
(B) Rome
(C) Geneva
(D) Manila
12. Mr.Hugo Chavez is the president of_____
(A) Japan
(B) Germany
(C) Russia
(D) The USA
13. Mr.Pushpa Kamal Dahal `prachand` is the Prime Minister of____
(A) People of Republic of Nepal
(B) Democratic Republic of Nepal
(C) Republic of Nepal
(D) Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
14. The Legislative Branch of Bangladesh is called_____
(A) National Council
(B) Jatiya Sangsad
(C) National Assembly
(D) Majlis-e-Shoora
15. The Indian Parliament enacted the Right to information Act in
(A) 2003
(B) 2004
(C) 2006
(D) 2005
16. India was put under the direct rule of Queen Victoria for the first time in_____
(A) 1757
(B) 1858
(C) 1877
(D) 1876
17. The ____ holds the post of the Chairman of the Planning Commission in India.
(A) Minister of Planning
(B) Finance Minister
(C) Minister of Human Resource Development
(D) Prime Minister
18. The Legislative branch of the USA has a bicameral system; one is called the senate and the other; the ____
(A) Congress
(B) House of Representative
(C) House of Commons
(D) National Assembly
19. The number of nominated members in Rajya Sabha is
(A) 10
(B) 2
(C) 12
(D) 7
20. Bobby Jindal is the first-ever Indian American who was elected the Governor of_____
(A) Arizona
(B) Lousiana
(C) Oklahoma
(D) Nebraska
21. In the ``Warrant of precedence`` the Speaker of Lok Sabha is placed_____
(A) immediately before the Chairman of Rajya Sabha
(B) immediately before the former President of India
(C) with the Chief Justice of India
(D) after the Union Cabinet Ministers
22. The target for the growth performance in the Tenth Five Year Plan was eight per cent but the actual growth was___per cent.
(A) 7
(B) 7.8
(C) 7.2
(D) 6.7
23. In 2008 the Chief Guest in the Republic Day parade in New Delhi was____
(A) Nicholas Sarkozy; President of France
(B) Gordon Brown; Prime Minister of the UK
(C) Hu Jintoo; President of the Republic of China
(D) Hamid Karzal; President of Afghanistan
24. The first coalition government of the Republic of India was formed in
(A) 1977
(B) 1989
(C) 1990
(D) 2004
25. The major languages of Malaysia are Bahasa Malay; English; Chinese and ______
(A) Tamil
(B) Telugu
(C) Thai
(D) Punjabi
26. India became a republic in_____
(A) 1947
(B) 1948
(C) 1949
(D) 1950
27. Dadra and Nagar Haveli are a______
(A) Separate union territory
(B) part of Goa
(C) part of Daman and Diu
(D) part of Gujrat
28. The Adjournment Motion in Indian Parliaent is the procedure for the adjournment of the___
(A) House
(B) Normal Business of the House
(C) Question Hour
(D) Zero Hour
29. The first huse of legislation in India was called_____
(A) Imperial Legislative Congress
(B) Central Legislative Congress
(C) Central Legislative Council
(D) Constituent Assembly
30. The first modern Olympic games were held in 1896 in_____
(A) Paris
(B) London
(C) St.Louis
(D) Athens
31. _____won the largest number of gold medals in one Olympic Games.
(A) Mark Spitz
(B) Michael Phelps
(C) Carl Lewis
(D) Usain Bolt
32. The only individual gold medal was won for India by Abhinav Bindra in the ____olymics
(A) 28th
(B) 24th
(C) 27th
(D) 29th
33. The first Asian country to host the prestigious Olympic Games was____
(A) China
(B) Japan
(C) S.Korea
(D) Singapore
34. India won the 2007 IIC World Twenty 20 Championship by defeating___in the final
(A) Australia
(B) Srilanka
(C) Pakistan
(D) South Africa
35. Out of the previously known planets;____has been demoted as a`dwarf planet`.
(A) Uranus
(B) Pluto
(C) Neptune
(D) Jupiter
36. ____is the main constituent of both brass and bronze.
(A) Nickel
(B) Iron
(C) Zinc
(D) Copper
37. The BPO provides______
(A) 24x7 call centre services
(B) non core business services through an outside provider
(C) uninterrupted telephone services
(D) communication to customers at a personal level
38. Nanctechnology is that branch of technology which deals with____
(A) speculative science
(B) the structure and behaviour of materials
(C) biotechnology
(D) manipulation of individual atoms and molecules
39. The virtual reality technology gives us the experience of real life situation in___
(A) a real world
(B) virtual cyberspace
(C) films
(D) multiedia projections
40. Mozquitoes that cause dengue hemorrhagic fever bite people primarily____
(A) during the day time
(B) at night
(C) early in the morning
(D) In the evening
41. The Chikungunya fever is caused by____
(A) protozoan
(B) bacteria
(C) virus
(D) fungi
42. jelly fish is called so because it____
(A) is shaped like jelly
(B) is made up of jelly like substance
(C) can control and expand its body
(D) is also called`sea jelly`
43. APC is a____
(A) palmtop computer
(B) laptop computer
(C) desktop computer
(D) mobile computer
44. Among the genetically modified (GM) food; india produces only______
(A) papaya
(B) rice
(C) mangoes
(D) soyabeans
45. The two astronauts of Indian origin who participatd in the space flights by NASA are Kalpana Chawla and____
(A) R.K Murali
(B) Sunita Williams
(C) Supriya Chakrabarti
(D) G.Madhav Nair
46. The abbreviation BPL stands for___
(A) Business Processing Laws
(B) Below poverty line
(C) Blood pressure level
(D) Bharat petroleum limited
47. RAM stands for____
(A) Rapid Army Manoeuvre
(B) Random Amplified Accessories
(C) Remote Area`s modernisation
(D) Random Access Memory
48. PNR stands for_____
(A) Passenger name recorder
(B) Permanent number record
(C) Public network review
(D) Press network research
49. SMS stands for____
(A) Subscriber`s message server
(B) Satellite message service
(C) Short messaging service
(D) Simple message server
50. LNG stands for______
(A) Light Natural Gas
(B) Liquefied Natural Gas
(C) Liquid Natural Gas
(D) Low-Intensity natural Gas
I. Choose the word/pharse closest in meaning to the following words:51. Timorous
(A) weak
(B) sly
(C) tardy
(D) timid
52. Chiropodist
(A) one who treats spinal coloumn
(B) one who treats feet
(C) one who signs in choir
(D) one who has chapped hands
53. Irate
(A) testy
(B) irriated
(C) enraged
(D) sharp
54. Motely
(A) court jester
(B) confusing
(C) multicultural
(D) offensive joke
55. Imbricate
(A) involve wrongly
(B) copy
(C) arrange in overlapping manner
(D) moisten
56. Shackle
(A) slow down
(B) metal loop
(C) loud laughter
(D) bit
57. Prolix
(A) overweight
(B) relating to population
(C) tedious
(D) constellation
58. Gaffe
(A) rude remark
(B) loud statement
(C) joke
(D) blunder
II Choose the antonym of the following words:
59. Fusty
(A) sweet smelling
(B) chatty
(C) pompous
(D) angry
60. Polyglot
(A) knowing many languages
(B) knowing only one languages
(C) greedy
(D) having one wife
61. Jejune
(A) old
(B) childish
(C) abundant
(D) summer
62. Lithe
(A) tanned
(B) fat
(C) glib
(D) clumsy
III Choose the incorrect part of the sentence.
63. (A) One Who
(B) knows his mind
(C) is usually
(D) treated with respect
64. (A) She is
(B) a sweet child
(C) and an obedient one
(D) isn`t it?
65. (A) Making mistakes
(B) in spelling
(C) and punctuation
(D) are common
66. (A) A fool
(B) and his money
(C) is soon
(D) parted
67. (A) Neither Sita
(B) nor Gita
(C) were
(D) very shy
68. (A) The man
(B) which caught the thief
(C) was given
(D) a medal
69. (A) The treees
(B) and the grass
(C) look green
(D) after the shower
70. (A) The child
(B) wept
(C) at the thought
(D) of she going
71. (A) None of them
(B) are to blame
(C) for the accident
(D) that happened today
IV. Choose the correct preposition to fill in the blank:
72. She never lets a day go___without remembering her friend.
(A) by
(B) past
(C) over
(D) away
73. Will her friend stand___her in her hour of need?
(A) with
(B) on
(C) by
(D) for
74. Have you not got___the cold?
(A) of
(B) by
(C) in
(D) over
75. How can you given___so easily?
(A) up
(B) with
(C) over
(D) on
76. Is the class___yet ?
(A) up
(B) off
(C) over
(D) in
77. She is the best mother___the world.
(A) of
(B) on
(C) in
(D) to78. Have you switched the lights___?
(A) off
(B) up
(C) down
(D) under
79. Have you searched___the bed for the missing toy?
(A) of
(B) under
(C) off
(D) above
v. Choose the answer closest in meaning to the following idoms:
80. Cock and bull story
(A) story about animals
(B) bedtie story
(C) improbable tale
(D) fairy tale
81. A stor in a teacup
(A) a fuss about something trivial
(B) a war treaty
(C) a noisy tea party
(D) mental turmoil
82. To go the extra mile
(A) swift runner
(B) good fortune
(C) extra effort
(D) lose way
83. At sixes and sevens
(A) mathematical ability
(B) cheaper in bulk
(C) disordered
(D) quarrelsome
84. Two left feet
(A) good dancer
(B) clumsy
(C) disabled
(D) communist
85. Finding your feet
(A) feeling lost
(B) being shy
(C) making friends easily
(D) gaining confidence
86. Flash in pan
(A) flait
(B) unsustainable action
(C) sudden occurrence
(D) brainwave
87. Get down to brass tacks
(A) military exercise
(B) down to the basics
(C) demotion at work
(D) down on one`s luck
88. Get out of the wrong side of the bed
(A) bad mood
(B) unlucky day
(C) marital infidelity
(D) sudden accident
V I Choose the answer closest in meaning to the foreign phrases commonly used in English :
89. Primus inter pares
(A) one who wins race
(B) enemy of the people
(C) first among equals
(D) friend to all
90. Non de plume
(A) pet name
(B) pen name
(C) endearment
(D) pseudonym
91. inter alia
(A) between ourselves
(B) confidential matter
(C) among other things
(D) pact between two allies
92. Most juste
(A) inappropiate language
(B) fitting vocabulary
(C) instant justice
(D) legal advice
V II. Choose the correct verb form to fill the blank:
93. I___if I were you
(A) would
(B) could
(C) should
(D) will
94. They___a great deal of trouble over this issue.
(A) have
(B) have had
(C) should have
(D) has
95. You___in the examination.
(A) has failed
(B) have failed
(C) fails
(D) fail
96. The weather report says it___rain tomorrow (A) shall
(B) is
(C) should
(D) will
97. When she woke up it___after three.
(A) was
(B) had been
(C) were
(D) was not
98. If I___the accused I should plead quilty.
(A) was
(B) had been
(C) were
(D) was not
99. We___this road before.
(A) have walked
(B) has walked
(C) walked
(D) will walk
100. The patient___to the doctor regularly.
(A) has been
(B) has been going
(C) been
(D) to be
Saturday, April 24, 2010
JUNIOR LIBRARY ASSISTANT IN LOK SABHA
JUNIOR LIBRARY ASSISTANT IN LOK SABHA AND
RAJYA SABHA SECRETARIATS
PAPER-I : GENERAL KNOWLEDGE & CURRENT AFFAIRS GENERAL ENGLISH AND LIBRARY METHODS & TECHNIQUES
INSTRUCTIONS : (i) Write your Roll No(s) at the appropriate column(s) on the answer sheet. (ii) Put X mark only to mark your response (iii) In case you want to change your responses to any question fully blacken the first response like this and {X} mark in the correct Box
Time : 75 Minutes Marks : 150
PART - A : General knowledge and Current Affairs
1. Secretary - General of UNO is
(A) Kofi Annan
(B) Juan Soana
(C) George Bush
(D) Ban Ki-moon
2. Nithari is a village in
(A) Rajasthan
(B) UP
(C) Haryana
(D) Delhi
3. Rajnath Singh has been elected President of BJP for
(A) two years
(B) one year
(C)three years
(D) four years
4. In the recent Ashes Cricket series Australia defeated England
(A)5-0
(B)4-1
(C) 3-2
(D) 3-1
5. Foreign Secretary of India is
(A)Shiv Shankar Menon (B)G.Parthasarthy
(C) Nirupan Sen
(D) M.K Narayanan
6. Deputy Chairman Rajya Sabha is
(A)Najma Heptullah (B)Charanjit Singh Atwal
(C) B.S Shekhawat
(D)K. Rahman khan
7. Recently the following personality resigned from Union Cabinet on being convicted on account of murder charges
(A)Navjot Singh Sidhu (B)Shibu Soren
(C) Lalu Prasad Yadav
(D) Taslimuddin
8. Prof Muhammad Yunus; the recipient of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize; hails from
(A)Pakistan
(B)Indonesia
(C)Bangladesh
(D) Libya
9. Who among the following Test cricketers has taken 700 wickets in Test Cricket?
(A)Murali Dharan
(B)Glen Macgrath
(C) Anil Kumble
(D) Shane warne
10. Recently violence erupted in the following Indian State aimed at Hindi Speaking migrants
(A) Assam
(B) Nagaland
(C) Arunachal Pradesh
(D) West Bengal
11. The follwing is the for ongoing Ardh kumbh Mela in UP
(A) Lucknow
(B) Allahabad
(C) Kanpur
(D) Varanasi
12. Common Wealth Games 2010 will be held in
(A) Mumbai
(B) Delhi
(C) London
(D) Kolkata
13. India was Places______in the final medals tally at 15th Doha Asian Gaes
(A) 8th
(B) 6th
(C) 7th
(D) 5th
14. Union Home Minister is
(A) Pranab Mukherjee
(B) Arjun Singh
(C) A.K.Antony
(D) Shivraj V.Patil
15. Chief minister of West Bengal is :
(A) Mamta Banerjee
(B) Praksh Karat
(C) Buddhadev Bhatacharjee
(D) Sita Ra Yetury
16. Capital of Lakshadweep is
(A) Daman
(B) Kavaratti
(C) Silvassa
(D) Port Blair
17. Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission is
(A) Montek Singh Ahluwalia
(B) Ratan Tata
(C) Y.V. Reddy
(D) R.Chidambaram
18. Any political party in India can be recognised as National Party if it has State Party Status in at least
(A) 3 States
(B) 4 States
(C) 5 States
(D) 6 States
19. Lok Sabha is called in session at least
(A) once a year
(B) thrice a year
(C) four times a year
(D) twice a year
20. No. of Lok Sabha seats from Maharashtra is
(A) 42
(B) 52
(C) 48
(D) 46
21. As per the constitution of India; a citizen of India should not be less than ___ of age to become the President of India
(A) 30 years
(B) 35 years
(C) 40 years
(D) 25 years
22. A dispute relating to the election of the president of india is decided by
(A) Election Comission
(B) Chief Justice of India
(C) Supree Court
(D) Parliament
23. India is a Union of States; Executive power of union is vested in the
(A) President
(B) Prime minister
(C) Home minister
(D) Chief Justice of India
24. Implementation of law is the function of
(A) Legistature
(B) Executive
(C) Judiciary
(D) None Executive
25. `Deshbandu` is the title of
(A) B.R. Ambedkar
(B) C.R.Das
(C) B.C. Pai
(D) R.N. Tagore
26. The term Fourth Estate is used for
(A) The press and news paper
(B) Parliament
(C) Judiciary
(D) Excutive
27. In 1905; Gopal krishna gokhele founded the
(A) Asiatic society
(B) Bharat Sewak Samag
(C) Brahmo samag
(D) Servents of India Society
28. Simon Commission visited India after:
(A) Civil Disobedience movement
(B) Swashe movement
(C) Non corporation movement
(D) quit india movement
29. The first indian to win noble prize was
(A) C.V. Raman
(B) R.N. Tagore
(C) Hargovianda quarana
(D) Amaritya sen
30. The literate state in india is
(A) Delhi
(B) Maharastra
(C) Punjab
(D) Kerala
31. Jnanpith Award is given in the field of
(A) Literature
(B) sports
(C) science
(D) music
32. Who was the author of Gita Govinda
(A) Vidyapathi
(B) surdas
(C) jayadeva
(D) Mirabai
33. Which part of the human body is effected by cataract
(A) ears (B) eyes
(C) nose (D) throat
34. Who abolished sati prath and chaild marriage
(A) G.K. Gokhale
(B) Swami dayanand
(C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (D) Swami Vivekanand
35. Who discovered the vaccine for chiken pox?
(A) Edward Jennar
(B) Harvey
(C) Koya
(D) Louis Pasteur
36. On which river; Lucknow is situated?
(A) Tapti
(B) Narmada
(C) Ganga
(D) Gomti
37. During whose reign did huen Tsang visit india ?
(A) Kanishka
(B) Chandra gupta
(C) Harshvardhan
(D) Ashoka
38. Who was founder of Homeopathy?
(A) Robert Koch
(B) Hahnermann
(C) Einstien
(D) Berliner
39. Total number of bones in huan body is
(A) 206
(B) 210
(C) 220
(D) 232
40. UNO was established in
(A) 1942
(B) 1939
(C) 1945
(D) 1947
41. Renal failure is a disease of
(A) liver
(B) galbladder
(C) heart
(D) kidneys
42. The famous international company `De Beers` is engaged in the business of
(A) beer
(B) diamonds
(C) animal skins
(D) coal
43. Which one of the following is not an example of direct tax?
(A) sales tax
(B) income tax
(C) wealth tax
(D) gift tax
44. What is the name of MTNLs cellular service ?
(A) BSNL
(B) Connect next
(C) Dolphin
(D) Airtel
45. The most flood prone state of India is
(A) Assam
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Bihar
(D) UP
46. The Industry for which Nepa nagar is known is
(A) cement
(B) fertiliser
(C) handloom
(D) newsprint paper
47. Solar energy is received by the earth through
(A) conduction
(B) radiation
(C) convection
(D) refraction
48. Which one of the following is the largest lake in the world?
(A) Lake Superior
(B) Caspian Sea
(C) Lake Baikal
(D) Lake victoria
49. The religious text of the jews is named as
(A) Tripalika
(B) Zend Avesta
(C) Torab
(D) Bible
50. March 8 is observed as
(A) Woemens Day
(B) World Environment Day
(C) Youth Day
(D) Heritage Day
PART - B : GENERAL ENGLISH
I Select the word which is closest in meaning to the given word.
51. Expiate
(A) to carry out quickly
(B) to make amends for
(C) to talk freely and at length
(D) to send or give forth
52. Disseminate
(A) scatter
(B) conduct
(C) distinguish
(D) deduct
53. Surreptitious
(A) shrewd
(B) secret
(C) subtle
(D) scheming
54. Valediction
(A) conclusion
(B) introduction
(C) farewell
(D) curse
55. Prudent
(A) industrious
(B) energetic
(C) active
(D) cautious
56. Arrogance
(A) jealousy
(B) envy
(C) conceit
(D) greed
57. Immense
(A) increase
(B) grand
(C) broad
(D) great
II. Select the word most nearly opposite in meaning to given word.
58. Curtail
(A) abbreviate
(B) withhold
(C) compress
(D) prolong
59. Eradicate
(A) extrminate
(B) re-establish
(C) destroy
(D) demolish
60. Patriot
(A) citizen
(B) soldier
(C) traitor
(D) king
61. Plentiful
(A) odd
(B) scarse
(C) peculiar
(D) doubtful
62. Sodden
(A) dry
(B) damp
(C) decayed
(D) dusty
63. Gradually
(A) shortly
(B) widely
(C) slowly
(D) suddenly
64. Sparse
(A) plentiful
(B) dense
(C) abundant
(D) numerous
65. Knowledge
(A) reduction
(B) darkness
(C) ignorance
(D) shortage
III. Questions 66 to 70 are the definitions of certain words; choose the correct word.
66. A medicine to counteract poison
(A) anecdote
(B) antiseptic
(C) antidote
(D) sedative
67. To give up voluntarily
(A) avoid
(B) abdicate
(C) abduct
(D) abandon
68. Full of turns; twists and bends
(A) torturous
(B) tortuous
(C) intricate
(D) maze
69. One who can use either of his hands with ease
(A) amateur
(B) abidextrous
(C) avaricious
(D) bigot
70. Walking in sleep
(A) somnambulism
(B) somniloquism
(C) stoic
(D) philanderer
IV. Each of the following sentences has been divided into four parts; A;B;C and D. Identify the part having an error.
71. (A) Have anybody
(B) found a white
(C) handkerchief with
(D) my intials?
72. (A) He had just left
(B) the country
(C) than his father
(D) died
73. (A) I cannot
(B) understand you
(C) telling such
(D) a deliberate lie
74. (A) I should feel
(B) safer if
(C) he was to
(D) accompany me
75. (A) He is poorer
(B) than them
(C) but he is
(D) much happier
76. (A) We have been
(B) to his house
(C) no less than
(D) on three occasions
77. (A) The group was
(B) quite for a while
(C) but suddenly
(D) raised their voice
78. (A) The soldiers which
(B) were being sent into
(C) battle had no previous
(D) experience of fighting
79. (A) Every one had to
(B) show their invitation
(C) before being admitted
(D) into the hall
80. (A) None of the
(B) boys were able
(C) to answer
(D) the question
81. Up in arms
(A) raise one;s arms
(B) run away
(C) fight earnestly
(D) ready to fight
82. Wild goes cahse
(A) a hopeless enterprise
(B) chasing geese
(C) to follow happly
(D) chasing anything swifty
83. Throw cold water upon
(A) treat a person with indifference
(B) insult a person
(C) cool a person;s temper
(D) discourage some plan or effort
84. Writing on the wall
(A) sign of bad behavior
(B) sign of bad manners
(C) sign of comming events
(d) sign of good fortune
85. A dark horse
(A) A black horse
(B) an un expected pace of luck
(C) a person with un expected talents
(D) an animal which runs very fast
86. After the cinema they returned to the house...... their parents did.
(A) while
(B) before
(C) through
(D) since
87. His family prevailed..........him to accept the job
(A) above
(B) upon
(C) over
(D) beyond
88. He did not wish to go out.......of the rain.
(A) except
(B) while
(C) because
(D) since
89. He was undesided.........to go or not.
(A) unless
(B) untill
(C) whether
(D) that
90. They swa about in the river........it was time for lunch.
(A) if
(B) as
(C) till
(D) while
91. After everyone........his seat the play began.
(A) had taken
(B) were taken
(C) has taken
(D) is taken
92. He arived at the stop just as it.....
(A) a will be closed
(B) was closing
(C) is closed
(D) will be closing
93. If I ................you were comming; i would have prepared something special .
(A) had been konwing
(B) had known
(C) would not
(D) had not
94. she would not have broken her ankle; if she.....slipped.
(A) has not
(B) was not
(C) would not
(D) had not
95. If the car attendent had not been carelless; the fire......
(A) would never have started
(B) have never have started
(C) would have never started
(D) will never be starting
96. He was diseased with blindless.
(A) effected
(B) afflicted
(C) injured
(D)will never be starting
97. The authorites refuse to accept any claim for loss of property
(A) negligence
(B) demands
(C) risk
(D) liability
98. They did not listen to their parents advice and suffered as a result
(A) Head
(B) Prepere
(C) obeyed
(D) watch
99. He refused to lend the servant money as the latter ill-treated his genrosity.
(A) discarded
(B) dispossed
(C) devalued
(D) abused
100. The drink was rather week as it had distilled
with a great deal of water.
(A) dissolved
(B) instilled
(C) diluted
(D) infused
101. Which of the following statements about PARLIINE Database is incorrect
(A) It provides a brief description of parlia ments around the world.
(B) It is a database developed by inter- parliamentry union (IPU)
(C) It is a database developed by the parliament of india
(D) it provides general inforation on parlia ments. electrol system. result of recent election.
102. what does IFLA stand for.
(A) International Federation of libarary associations
(B) Indian federation of library associations
(C) International forum for libarary associa tions
(D) International forums for legislative associations
103. which of the following did not make recomandations with regard to leblraries
(A) Radhakrishnan commission
(B) kothari commission
(C) Ray Committlee
(D) sarkana commission
104. Law of the scattering was formulated by
(A) Dr. S.R. Ranganathan
(B) S.C. Bradford
(C) A.J. Lotka
(D) B.C. Brookes
105. Unterm Indexing system was invented by
(A) Allenkant
(B) Mortimer taube
(C) Calvin N Mooers
(D) H.P. Lukh
106. who among the following does not belong to the feild of library science
(A) Prof. P.N. Kaula
(B) Dr. Rangananthan
(C) Charless Dickens
(D) Melvil Dewey
107. which one of the following does not come under house keeping activities in library.
(A) Acquistion
(B) Circulation control
(C) Cataloguing
(D) Printing
108. Who conceptulised library in a desk
(A) Robert landau
(B) Melvil dewey
(C) Ass Don Dickinson
(D) S.C. Bradford
109. Microimages can be recorded in the following microforms. excluding one.
(A) Microfilm
(B) Microfiche
(C) Ultrafiche
(D) Macrofilm
110. What type of nations are used in CC
(colon classification)
(A) Mixed
(B) Pure
(C) Multiple
(D) None of these
111. The author of five laws of library science is-
(A) Engine garfield
(B) Pauline Atherton
(C) Micheel Gorman
(D) S.R. Ranganathan
112. DIALOG is a -
(A) Software
(B) Interactive website
(C) National computer network
(D) Information Retrivel service
113. Who is considered the Father of
Library science in india
(A) Dr. S.R. Ranganathan
(B) Dr. Velaga venkatapaiaha
(C) Prof. S.Das Gupta
(D) Prof. Bashiruddin
114. Who introduced deway decimal
classification in india
(A) Prof. P.N. Kaula
(B) S.R. Ranganathan
(C) Prof. W. Boyd reyward
(D) Asa Don Disknson
115. Which of the following is the
National Library of the USA
(A) The library of congress
(B) The Library of senate
(C) The American national library
(D) The National library of washington
116. A coputer network set up by the informatics
center in india is known as.
(A) TYMENT
(B) TELENET
(C) NICNET
(D) COMNET
117. One of the following services is not provided
by the liabarities
(A) Reference services
(B) Reserch Services
(C) Retrival services
(D) Telecasting services
118. who deviced colon classifications.
(A) melvil dewey
(B) prof. m.v. gopinath
(C) Ass Don Dickinson
(D) prof. S.R. Ranghanathan
119. Which of the following is not a coponent of
facet.
(A) matter property
(B) matter method
(C) matter metteria
(D) matter subject
120. How any editions of DDC have been publiched so far.
(A) 20
(B) 21
(C) 22
(D) 23
121. Who is known as the Archicts of public librarary in india.
(A) D.R. S.R. Ranghanathan
(B) Prof. K.N.Kaula
(C) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
(D) Padmashri I.V. Ramayahia
122. KARDEX System is devised for...
(A) Keeping records of maps
(B) Keeping records of periodicals
(C) Keeping records of books
(D) Keeping records of manuscripts
123. LARDDIS stands for..
(A) Librarary assotions of Reference research
documentation and inforation services
(B) Legislative association of reference. Reserch documentation and inforation services
(C) Librarary reference. records. Documenta tion and information services
(D) Library refereces reserch. Documentation
and information service
124. Which one of these is not a National Library.
(A) British library
(B) The library of congress
(C) The national council of educational research and traing
(D) The national library of India - Calcutta
125. KWC Indxing syste comes under category of.
(A) Pre coordinate indexing system
(B) Post coordinate indexing system
(C) chain indexing system
(D) Hyper indexing system
126. Data base management system (DBMS) consists of the following. except one.
(A) Source data
(B) Database administrator
(C) COBOL
(D) User Profile
127. Common Isolates in DDC are called...
(A) View point numbers
(B) Form divisions
(C) Standard sub divisions
(D) Auxiliary tables
128. In the context of CDS/ISIS full form of FST is.
(A) First stand Table
(B) First select table
(C) Field stand table
(D) Field select table
129. Which among the following falls under the five fundamental categories...
(A) PMEST
(B) PMSST
(C) PMETE
(D) ABDEC
130. Parliament libraray is a...
(A) Public Library
(B) National Libraray
(C) Acadamic Libraray
(D) None of these
131. Which one of the following is not a
specialized data bank....
(A) INSL
(B) UNISIST
(C) NISSAT
(D) GAIL
132. PARLIS stands for....
(A) Palrliamentary international system
(B) Parliamentary libraray information system
(C) Parliamentary international system
(D) Parliamentary information technology services
133. Who was the founder of delhi library associa tion; established in 1953...
(A) Prof. Kaual
(B) Dr. S.R. Ranganathan
(C) Prof. M.V. Gopinath
(D) Prof. Basheeruddin
134.Prof. P.N. Kaula;s works on classification include...
(A) How to use your classification scheme(1963)
(B) Analytico-Synthentic classification(1964)
(C) A Treatise on clolon classification (1985)
(D) All of these
135. Which one among the following librarary...
(A) The Library of Congress
(B) The British House of commons library
(C) The Parliament Library india
(D) The Parliamentaty Library - Australia
136. The full form of DVD is ....
(A) A digital versibal disk
(B) Digital value disk
(C) Digital virtual disk
(D) Digital volume disk
137. Who contitutes the library committee of Parliament..
(A) Speaker loksabha
(B) Deputy speaker. loksabha
(C) Deputy chairman rajyasabha
(D) Chairman Rajya sabha
138. The Parliament library caters to the require ment of ...
(A) Members of loksabha only
(B) Members of loksabha as well as Rajyasabha
(C) Members of loksabha; Rajyasabha and state and state ligislature
(D) Chairman Rajya sabha
139. The new parliamentary building as known as....
(A) Sansadiya Gyanpeeth
(B) Sansadiaya vidyapeeth
(C) Sansadiaya Gyanamandali
(D) Sansadiya Gyanalaya
140. OPAC refers to ....
(A) On line Public - Access catlog
(B) Open public - Access catlog
(C) Open parliamentary access catlog
(D) On-line Parliamentary Access centre
141. American centre library is an integral
part of the ....
(A) United states congressional services
(B) United states senete service
(C) United information service
(D) None of these
142. An Intorduction to Library Science.. written in 1933 was authored by...
(A) Leepierce butler
(B) Thomas Reiding
(C) Edmond hambers
(D) Walter suther land
143. Which one of these is not a National library..
(A) The national library at the INSDOC
(B) The national mediacal librarary Ministry of Health.
(C) The Khudabax Oriental Library. Patna
(D) The Delhi university Library
144. BLAISE refers to...
(A) British library autoated inforation services
(B) Big liabrary informaton services
(C) British legislative inforation services
(D) British libraries association and informa tion services
145. Which of these are also known as copyright or legal deposit Libraries....
(A) Legal libraries
(B) Law department libraries
(C) Legal lexicon Libraries
(D) National Libraries
146. Which system(s) are mostly used in indian libraries...
(A) Dewey Decimal Classification
(B) Colon classification
(C) Universal classification
(D) All of these
147. Which one of the following functions is not performed by a Public Library
(A) To provide free and direct access to tools of inforation and education
(B) To serve as an instrument of informal self-education
(C) To preserve materials of local/regional cultural heritage
(D) To serve as an instruent of format education
148. Who among the following developed the method of `Faced Analysis`-
(A) Jesse Shera
(B) James Perry
(C) F.W Lancaster
(D) Dr.S.R Ranganathan
149. The CDS/ISIS refers to -
(A) Database
(B) Training Programme
(C) Networking System
(D) All of these
150. Who has said about Melvil Deway that he ``Puck-like put a girdle round the earth with his dammed dots....and with his library methods were carried from Albany to Antipodes``-
(A) Ernest A Savage
(B) Joel C Downing
(C) Lloyd P Smith
(D) W Boyd Rayward
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