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SAMPADA scheme is being implemented by the Ministry of 

A. Finance 

B. Housing and Urban Affairs 

C. Food Processing Industries 

D. Earth Sciences 

The mirrors used as rear-view mirrors in vehicles are 

A. concave 

B. convex 

C. cylindrical 

D. plane

Rudraprayag is situated at the confluence of revers Alaknanda and 

A. Bhagirathi 

B. Mandakini 

C. Nandakini 

D. Dhauliganga

In a vacuum, a five-rupee coin, a feather of a sparrow bird and a mango are dropped simultaneously from the same height. The time taken by them to reach the bottom is  t₁, t₂ and  t₃ respectively. In this situation, we will observe that 

A.  t₁ > t₂ > t₃  

B. t₁ > t₃ > t₂ 

C.  t₃ > t₁ > t₂  

D.  t₁ = t₂ = t₃

Each of the following sentences in this section has a blank space and four words or group of words given after the sentence. Select the word of group of words you consider most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly. most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

1. years________since I saw her last. 

A. have passed 

B. had passed 

C. had been passing 

D. have been passing 

2. When he heard the terrible noise he asked me what was ______on. 

A. happening 

B. being 

C. getting 

D. going 

3. Could you lend me some money? I am very _______of cash at the moment.

A. down 

B. low 

C. short 

D. scarce 

4. I saw her when she ws standing______ the side of the old statue.

A. by 

B. at 

C. in 

D. beyond 

5. True friends never________their loved ones in adversity. 

A. abuse 

B. criticize 

C. befool 

D. desert

Which one of the following waves is used for detecting forgery in currency notes? 

A. Ultraviolet waves 

B. Infrared waves 

C. Radio waves 

D. Microwaves

Golden rice is a genetically-modified crop plant where the incorporated gene is meant for biosynthesis of

A. Omega-3 fatty acids

B. Vitamin A

C. Vitamin B

D. Vitamin C

Which one of the following was set as a target of average growth of GDP of India over the plan period 2012-2017 by the Approach Paper to the Twelfth Five Year Plan ? 

A. 7 percent 

B. 8 percent 

C. 9 percent 

D. 10 percen

In this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled A,B and C. Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., A or B or C. If you find no error, your response should be indicated as D.

A. With regard to interior decoratin, it is the attention given to the less overt aspects of using Space

B. that give it life, an identity, a quality

C. that makes it exciting and unusaual.

D. No error

Step-up transformers are used for 

A. increasing electrical power’ 

B. decreasing electrical power 

C. decreasing voltage 

D. increasing voltage