APSC Assistant Engineer 2024: Assistant Engineer, PWRD and PW (Building and NH) Department (Advt. 34/2023), General Studies and General English
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1. World Health Organization (WHO) Indian toy industry witnesses 52%o
awards countries for progress in decline in imports and 239% rise in
eliminating industria-lly-produced exports in FY 2022-23 from FY
trans fats (iTFAs) for first time. In 2014-15. These observations have
hdia, the step taken to regulate TFA been noted in a case study on
is known as 'Success Story of Made in India Toys'
conducted by
(A) Stop Eating Trans Fat
(A) nM Lucknow
(B) Eat Right India Movement (B) IIM Ahmedabad
(C) Dat Fat Free Food (C) FICCI
(D) Right to Eat Fat Free (D) IIM Shillong
Indian Institute of Science (IISC),
Bangalore study in Eaglenest
Wildlife Sanctuary (EWS) has
DRDO celebrated the 66th revealed the migration of birds uphill
Foundation Day on lst January, amid rising temperatures. Eaglenest
2024. Which of the following or Eagle's Nest Wildlife Sanctuary is
statements is/are correct regarding a protected area of India located in
DRDO? (A) West Kameng district of
(i) It is the R&D wing of the Arunachal Pradesh
Ministry of Defence, formed in (B) Chandel district of Manipur
1956. (C) Bishnupur district of Manipur
(ii) DRDO indigenously developed- (D) Southern districts of Karnataka
Agni and Prithvi series missiles,
Pinaka : Multi-barrel rocket 5. In a historic move, India has
launcher and Akash : Air embarked on a significant journey by
defence system. gifting its in-seryice missile corvette,
INS Kirpan, to a Triendly Foreign
(iii) J. Manjula was the first woman Country'. The transfer of INS Kirpan
Director General of DRDO. aligns with India's visions of
Select the correct statement/
Vasudhaiva Kutumbalam' and
statements using the codes given 'Security and Growth for all in the
below. Region (SAGAR)'. The name of the
foreign country who received INS
(A) only (i) Kirpan from India is
(B) only (i) and (ii) (A) Bangladesh
(B) Sri Lanka
(C) only (ii) and (iii) (C) Vietnam
(D) All of the above (D) Malaysia
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Which of the following statements Who has become the first woman to
is/are correct regarding 'Modern hold the rank of Subedar in the
Monetary Theory (MMT)? Indian Army?
(i) MMT argues that countries that (A) Preeti Rajak
issue their own currencies can
never tun out of money' the (B) Rajeshwari Kumari
way people or business can. (C) Manisha Keer
(ii) As long as there is unemPloY- (D) Shreyasi Singh
ment, it calls for government
spending without being
concemed about fiscal deficit.
(iii) At full employment' MMT 9. In medieval India, the term 'Amir-i-
prescribes taxes and Chahalgani' referred to
government borrowing to
counter ioflation. (A) foreign invaders
Select the correct statement/ (B) trusted nobles
statements using the codes given
(c) women spies
below.
(A) only (i) (D) agricultural labours
(B) Only (ii) and (iii)
(c) Only (i) and (iii)
10. Dr. B, R. Ambedkar was activelY
(D) A1l of the above assoiiated with which of the
following?
7. What is the primary objective of (i) Al1 India Harijan Sevak Sangh
'GHAR Portal', recently seen in the
news?
(ii) All India Scheduled Castes
Federation
(A) Monitor and track the restoration (iii) Independent Labour Party
of historical monuments
(B) Digitally track and monitor the Select the correct answer using the
codes given below
restoraton and repatriation of
children (A) only (i)
(C) To offer healthcare services to (B) Only (i0 and (ii!
children
(C) only (i) and (iii)
(D) To provide real-time updates
about upcoming disasters (D) All of the above
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11. Under the Atmanirbhar Bharat 15. Tocklai Experimental Research
package announced on 13th May, Station was set up in Jorhat for
2020 a Micro Enterprise in India can research and development of a
invest up to particular product of Assam. Name
(A) ( 1 crore (B) {3 crores the product.
(C) <5 crores (D) {7 crores (A) Rice (B) Tea
(C) Sugar (D) Mustard
t2. Eminent Indian scientist M. S.
Swaminathan, who recently passed
away, was associated with which 16. Talimeren Ao, legendary footballer of
'economic revolution' in India in mid undMded Assam was independent
1960s? India's first football captain. In 1948
(A) Blue Revolution London Olympics, he earned anotl:er
distinction. What was it?
(B) White Revolution
(C) Green Revolution (A) He scored India's lirst goal
(D) Pink Revolution (B) He won the fair play award
(C) He was the youngest footballer
13. Eminent economist Arvind panagariya,
(D) He was the flag-bearer of the
the first Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog,
has been appointed in which of the
Indian contingent at the
Opening Ceremony
following Constitution designated
bodies?
(A) Govemor of a State L7. Who was the first person from
(B) Member of the Election Assam to be awarded tl:e Arl'una
Commission Award?
(C) Chairman of the 16th Finance (A) Monalisa Baruah Mehta
Commission (B) Bhogeswar Baruah
(D) Nominated for the Rajya Sabha
(C) Debashish Roy
L4. The State Innovation and Trans- (D) Hima Das
formation Aayog (SITA) has replaced
by which particular institution in
Assam from November 2016? 18. Olympic medalist Lovlina Borgohain
(A) State Planning Board had to switch to a new weight
category from 69 kg for the 2024
(B) Planning and Development Paris Olympics. What is her new
Board weight category?
(C) State Planning Aayog (A) 70 kg (B) 72 ks
(D) State Transformation Board (c) 75 ke (D) 77 kg
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19. Bharat Ratna Dr. Bhupen Hazarika 25. Geomorphologically which one of the
won the Best Music Director for following mountain ranges in India
which Assamese movie? is oldest?
(A) Ganga Chilanir Pakhi (A) Himalaya
(B) Aravalli
(B) Bnsti (C) Vindhyas
(Cl CLumeli Memsaab (D) Sahyadri
(Dl Pratidhtaani 24. Which foreign country of the
following is closest to Andaman
20. The railway vacuum brake which Islands?
eventually came to be known as the (A) Sri Lanka
'seamless coil brake'was invented by (B) Myanmar
an Indian, more precisely an (C) Indonesia
Assamese from the district of
Barpeta. Who is he? (D) Thailand
(A) Gaurav Prasad Deka The Indian subcontinent was
(B) Gouranga Prasad Kalita originally a part of which one of the
following land masses?
(C) Colonel Guru Prasad Das (A) Jurassic land
(D) Gokul Prasad Das (B) Angaraland
(C) Aryavarta
2L. Who wrote Karagaror Cithi? (D) Gondwanaland
(A) Gopinath Bordoloi Which forest is single-handedly
planted by the forest man, Jadav
(B) M. Tayyebulla Payeng?
(C) Omeo Kumar Das (A) Molai forest
(D) Puspalata Das (B) Barnadi forest
(C) Barail forest
Nirupama Borgohain's Sahitya (D) Dihing forest
Akademi winning novel, Abhigdti in
1996 was based on which Assamese 27. Assam shares international border
female character? with which of the following
countries?
(A) Joymati (A) Nepal and Bangladesh
(B) Kanaklata Barua (B) Bhutan and Bangladesh
(C) Bhutan, Myanmar and
(C) ChandraprabhaSaikiani Bangladesh
(D) Aideu Handique (D) Bhutan, Nepal and China
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Which one of the following lines of 31. With reference to the modem history
latitude passes through tlle State of of India, 'Damin-i-Koh' refers to
Assam?
(A) duties imposed on the export of
(A) Tropic of Cancer Indian handicrafts
(B) Tropic of Capricorn
(B) revenue system imposed by the
(C) Equator British authorities in North-
East India
(D) None of the above
(C) advances given by the English
East India Company to
29. Which one of the following is the merchants in Bengal
State tree of Assam? (D) land exclusively demarcated for
(A) Segun the Santhals to practice
agriculture
(B) Hollong
(C) Bamboo
(D) Neem
32. Which of the following provisions
under the Constitution of India
ensures the 'Principle of Checks and
Balances' in Indian Polity?
30. With reference to India, consider the
following sites : (i) Parliament is prohibited from
discussing the judicial conduct
(i) Sammed Shikharji of a Supreme Court Judge
(ii) Shatrunjaya (ii) Appointment of the High Court
Judges by the Executive Head
(iii) Thalaivetti Muniyappan of the State
(iii) Judicial review exercised by
(iv) Ashtapad the judiciary over legislative
actions
Which of the above are Jain
pilgrimage sites? Select the correct answer using the
codes given below.
(4 only (i) and (ii)
(A) only (i) and (ii)
(B) Only (iii) and (iv)
(B) only (ii) and (iii)
(c) only (ii), (iii) and (id (c) only (i) and (iii)
(D) only (i), (ii) and (ig (D) All of the above
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With reference to 'Money Bill', 35. In India, the Directorate of Enforce-
consider the following statements : ment (ED) is a multi-dimensional
organization investigating economic
(i) It can be introduced only in the offences under which of the following
Lok Sabha and not in the Rajya legislations?
Sabha.
(i) Prevention of Money
(ii) A joint sitting of both Houses of Laundering Act, 2OO2
Parliament can be convened in
case there is a deadlock. (ii) Foreign Exchange Management
(iii) When it is presented to the Act, 1999
President of India, it is (iii) Prevention of Cormption Act,
obligatory for the President of 1988
India to give his/her assent.
(iv) Fugitive Economic Offenders
Which of the statements given above
Act, 2Ol4
is/are correct?
Select the correct answer using the
(A) only (i) codes given below.
(B) only (i) and (ii)
(A) only (i) and (ii)
(c) only (iii)
(B) Only (iii) and (iv)
(D) Only (ii) and (iii)
(c) only (i), (ii) and (id
(D) All of the above
34, Which of the following is not correct
with respect to the Right to Freedom
With reference to Indian Polity, the
of Speech and Expression under 'Doctrine of Proportionality' is
Article 19 of the Constitution of
applied by judiciary to test
India?
(A) It is available to both citizens (A) the reasonable balance
and foreigners except enemy between laws and government
aliens actions
(B) It is enforceable against private (B) validity of a Constitutional
individual and entities Amendment Act
(C) It cannot be restricted on any (C) encroachment by the Cenhal
condition except those Government in the legislative
mentioned under Article 19 jurisdiction of a State
(D) It includes the right to receive (D) validity of the Speaker's
and impart information through decision on the antidefection
social media laws
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37. The seven sisters comprises the 41, Parbati Baruah, a lady from Dhubri,
seven States of North-East India. Assam has been selected for the
The term 'Seven Sisters' was coiled prestigious Padma Award, 2024. She
by is best known as the
(A) Dr. Bhupen Hazarika (A) Iirst female mahout' in the
(B) Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi country to be a female mahout
who began taming the tuskers
(C) Jyoti Prasad Saikia at the age of 14
(D) Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa (B) Iirst female athlete in the
country who had broken the
The Assam Project on Forest and world record in 400-meter
Biodiversity Conservation (APFBC) is hurdles
implemented by a foreign develop- (C) river woman of India
ment agency which aims to restore (D) None of the above
forest ecosystem.
What is the short form of the name Who from the below-mentioned
of this development agency? personalities is known as Chirang
Ke Krishi Chiraag?
(A) FAD (B} DAF
(A) Pulimai Kutum Pegu
(C) AFD (D) DFA
(B) SarbeswarBasumatary
39. Shillong Kongthong, the enchanting (C) Manoj Basumatary
whistling village nestled in the East (D) Suneswar Basumatary
Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, has been
honoured with the Which of the following National
(A) Best Tourism Village (Bronze) Parks in Assam has boundary with
Awatd, 2023
the Sankosh River on the West,
along the inter-State boundary of
(B) India's Cleanest Village Award, West Bengal?
2022
(A) Dehing Patkai National Park
(C) UNWTO Best Tourism Village (B) Manas National Park
Award, 2023
(C) Raimona National Park
(D) AU of the above
(D) None of the above
Which is the only rainforest in 44. The Chipko Movement is related to
Assam? which division of the Himalavas?
(A) Sonai Rupai (A) Gharwal
(B) Dehing Patkai (B) Kumaon
(C) Laokhowa (C) sikkim
(D) Bura Chapari (D) Nepal I
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45. The Fall of a Sparrow is arr 49. Fill up the blank :
autobiography of an Indian
omithologist and naturalist who is SCD, TEF, UGH, WKL
known as the tsirdman of India'. He
is none other than (A) CMN (B) -,UJI
(A) Chewang Norphel (c) vrJ (D) rJr
(B) Rajendra Singh
(C) AnwaruddinChoudhury 50. A, B, C, D and E are sitting on a
bench. A is sitting next to 4 C is
(D) Salim Ali sitting next to D, D is not sitting with
E who is on the left end of the
46. Choose the pair in which the words bench. C is on the second position
are differently related from the rest. from the right, A is to the right of B
and E. A and C are sitting together.
(A) Malaria : Protozoa In which position A is sitting?
(B) Yeast : Fungi
(A) Between B and D
(C) Typhoid : Bacteria
(D) Polio : Virus
(B) Between B and C
(C) Between E and D
47. One morning Udai and Vishal were (D) Between C and E
talking to each other face to face at
a crossing. If Vishal's shadow was
exactly to the left of Udai, which 51, Arrange the words given below in a
direction was Udai facing? meaningful sequence :
(A) East (B) West 1 Poverty
(C) North (D) South 2, Population
Death
48, Rasik walks 2Om towards North.
Then he tums dght and walks 30 m. 4, Unemployment
Then he turns right and walks 35 m.
Then he turns left and walks 15 m. 5. Disease
Finally he turns left and walks 15 m.
In which direction and how many Select the correct answer using the
meters is he from the starting codes given below.
position?
(A) 2, 3, 4, s, 1
(A) 15 m West
(B) 3, 4, 2, s, I
(B) 30 m East
(C) 30 m West (c) 2, 4, r, s,3
(D) 45 m East (D) 1, 2, 3, 4, s
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52. CUP : LIP :: BIRD : ? b5. Statement :
Population increase coupled with
(A) BEAK depleting resources is going to be
the scenario of many developing
(B) BUSH countries in days to come,
Conclusions:
(C) GRASS
(i) The population of developing
countries will not continue to
(D) FOREST increase in future.
(ii) It will be very dfficult for the
governments of developing
53. If A+B means A is the brother of B, countries to provide its people
A-B means A is the sister of B and decent quality of life.
A x B means A is ttle father of B,
Select the correct answer using the
then which of the following means codes given below.
that C is the son of M?
(A) Only conclusion (i) follows
(A) M-iVx C+F (B) Only conclusion (ii) follows
(B) F-C+lVxM (C) Either (i) or (ii) follows
(D) Neither (i) nor (ii) follows
(C) lV+ M-Fx C
56. Statement :
(D) M x lV- C+ r'
'If you trouble me, I will slap you"
-A mother warns her child.
54, Which digit will appear on the face Assumptions :
opposite to the face with number 4?
(i) With warning, the child may
stop troubling her.
@@ (ii) All children are basically
naughty.
Select the correct answer using the
(A) 3 codes given below,
(B) 5 (A) Only assumption (i) is implicit
(B) Only assumption (ii) is implicit
(c) 6 (C) Either (i) or (ii) is implicit
(D) 2or3 (D) Neither (i) nor (ii) is implicit
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57. Statements : 59. Which Vedic literature coined the
Vamashrama system?
(i) The temperature on Monday
was lower than on Tuesday. (Al RU veda
(ii) The temperature on Wednesday (B) Upanislnd
was lower than on Tuesday.
(Cl Maru Smiti
(iii) The temperature on Monday (Dl Vishnu Smriti
was higher than on Wednesday.
If the first two statements are true,
the third statement is Sutta Htaka is refer:red to which
religion?
(A) true
(A) Jainism
(B) false
(B) Buddhism
(C) Cannot be determined
(C) Taoism
(D) None of the above
(D) Tantricism
Statement :
As stated in the recent census 61. Match the Authors (List-I) with
report the female to male ratio is Books (List-II) :
alarmingly low.
List-I Li^st-II
Courses of Action : a. Kalidasa 7. Mudrarakshasa
(i) The government should b. Shudral<a 2. Kiratarjuniga
conduct another census to
verify the result. c. Bharavi 3. Mrbh?akatikd
(ii) The government should d. Vishakhadatta 4, Meghtduta
immediately issue order to all
the departments to encourage Select the correct ansv/er using the
people to imporve the ratio. codes given below.
Select the correct answer using the (A) a b cd
codes given below.
4 I 32
(A) Only (i) follows
(B) a b cd
4 21
(B) Only (ii) follows (c) a b cd
(C) Either (i) or (ii) follows
2 1 34
(D) a b cd
(D) Neither (i) nor (ii) follows 3 2 4t
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62. Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi was written by 66. Arrange the following rulers of
Kamrupa in chronological order :
(A) Amir Khusrau
(i) Salastambha
(B) Habib
(il) Harjaravarman
(C) Mubarak Shah
(iii) Harshavarman
(D) Ziauddin Barani
(iv) Vanamalavarman
select t-l.e correct answer using the
63. proposal for the partition of India codes given below'
was drafted by
(A) Irrd Mountbatten (A) (i)' (ii)' (iii)' (iv)
(B) Rajagopalachari (B) (i)' (iii)' (ii)' (iv)
(C) Iord Linlithgow (C) (iii)' (i)' (ii)' (iv)
(D) v. P. Menon (D) (ii)' (iii)' (i)' (iv)
64. Name the person who was known as 67. In Da-Parbatia, two images of
tsabuji' in Indian politics; woman on both the pillars of a gate
are named as which of the following?
(A) Jayaprakash Narayan
List-I List-II
(B) Raj Narayan
a. Ganga 1. Saraswati
(C) Jagjivan Ram
b. Yamuna 2, Tara
(D) Madhu Dandavate
c. Manasa 3. Yamuna
d' Vairabi 4' Kali
68. sukumar sen served as the first
Election Commissioner of India and Select the corTect answer using the
he was appointed on codes given below.
(Al 24th April, 1951 (A) a and 3
(B) 21st March, 1950 (B) b and 1
(Cl sth August, 1950 (C) c and 4
(D) 9th January, 1952 (D) d and 2
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68. Wild tea in Assam was discovered bv 71. Match the Books (List-I) with
Authors (List-II) :
(A) Maniram Dewan
List-I Li.$-n
(B) David Scott a. Felanee 1. Dr. Dhrubqlyoti
Borah
(C) J. D. Campbell
b, KatLa Ratnalear 2. Navakanta
(D) Robert Bruce Baruah
c, Sanlearadeua and. 3. Dr. Maheswar
Eis nrnes Neog
d, Kolea Deutar Haar 4. Arupa Kalita
69. Who was the first Assamese Patangia
Principal of Cotton College?
Select the correct answer using the
codes given below.
(A) Manik Ch. Baruah
(A) a b c d
(B) Dr. Surya Kumar Bhuyan 4l 3 2
(C) Kanaklata Baruah (B) a b cd
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(D) Dr. Banikanta Kakati (c) a b c d
1 o 3 4
(D) a b c d
3 4 2 1
70, Piln Bhitlw; the author of this book
was a firebrand Assamese woman.
Choose the correct name from the Name the mastermind of lJnd.er the
following. Sal Tlee, theatre festival at Rampur,
Goalpara.
(A) Jogeswari
(A) Kanhailal
(B) Amalprava Das (B) Sukracharjya Rabha
(C) ChandraprabhaSaikiani (C) Pabitra Rabha
(D) Nalinibala Devi (D) Dulal Roy
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73. Find out the ethnic group with 77. Assamese language was recognized
wrong folk tradition given below. as the State language on 10th
October, 1960 under the Chief
(A) Karbi Hacha-Kekan Ministership of
(B) Bodo Bwisagu
(A) Bishnuram Medhi
(C) Mishing Farkanti
(B) Sarat Chandra Singha
(D) Hajong [.€watana
(C) Bimala Prasad Chaliha
74. Bulbul Can Sing was directed bv a (D) Mahendra Mohan choudhury
femare director or e"o-- .na-"rr"i
name 1s
(A) Rima Das
(B) Manju Borah
(C) Dr. Santana Bordoloi 78. Grand Holi Festival is celebrated
every year in
(D) Reema Kagti
(A) Barpeta Kirtanghar
ZE. Dhanada Kumari Saikia got Assam (B) Nabagraha Temple
Sahitya Award in 1929 for her book
on indigenous Assamese cooking.- (c) Ugratara Temple
The name of the book is
(Al Pan-Bhojan (D) Negheriting Shiva Temple
lBl Amar Khad.go Sanskiti
(Cl Randhan-Kala
lDl Randhani Ba Randlnn Pranali
79. Which one of the following places is
famous as 'Manchester of Assam?
76. Who is the author of the book,
Paiharya? (A) Ramdia
(A) Pradip Acharya
(B) Sarthebari
(B) Manoj Kumar Goswami
(C) Anuradha Sharm; Pujari (C) Hajo
(D) Anubhab Tulsi (D) Sualkuchi
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8O. Match the Movements (List-l) with 83. Consider the following statements :
Years (List-ll) which took place in
Assam after independence : (i) The Supreme Court has clearly
defined the basic structure of
List-I List-n the Constitution in the
First Refinery 1, July 1960 Kesavananda Bharati chse,
Movement
b. First Medium 2. 16th February, (ii) The limited power of the
Movement 1956
Parliament to amend the
Constitution is a part of the
Movement against 3. 9th August, basic structure of the
Price hike 1979 Constitution.
d. Assam Movement 4. lst August,
1966 Which of the statements given above
is/are correct?
Select the correct answer using the
codes given below. (A) only (i)
(A) a b cd (B) only (ii)
I 2 34
(B) a b cd (c) Both (i) and (ii)
2 3 14 (D) Neither (i) nor (ii)
(c) a b cd
2 1 43
(D) a b cd 84. Consider the following statements
2 4t with respect to the Memorandum of
Procedure (MoP) for the appointment
81. Uudima' is a local drink of which of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) :
one of the following ethnic groups? (i) The Ministry of Ia.w and Justice
(A) The Karbis seeks the recommendation of
(B) The Dimasas the outgoing CJI for the
appointment of the next CJI.
(C) The Tiwas
(ii) The next CJI must be appointed
(D) The Madahis two months before the retire-
ment of the outgoing CJL
82, Ranjan Gogoi, the recipient of the Which of the statements given above
Assam Baibharr Award, 2023 is at is/are correct?
present the m€,mber of the
(A) NITI Aayog (A) only (i)
(B) Rajya Sabha (B) only (ii)
(C) lak Sabha. (C) Both (i) and (ii)
(D) Ram Manclir Nirman Samiti (D) Neither (i) nor (ii)
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85. Which of the following sentences 87. Which word(s) in the following
isfare lnconect? sentence is/are noun(s)?
(i) rhe train rert shortry. ;l;"rru"Hfi."#j;0".?t"tn
was
(ii) The train will leave shortly. (A) Mr. Singh
(iii) The train will leave soon. (B) Mr. Singh, postcards
(iv) The train will leave recently. (C) postman, Mr. Singh
select the correct answer using the (D) Mr. singh, postman, postcards
codes given below.
(A) only (i)
(B) onlv (i) and (iv)
88. Match the River (List-I) with the
(c) only (ii), (iii) and (iv) their Banks (List-II) in
::1""? :"
(D) Only (ii) and (iv) List_r List-Ir
a. Dhansiri 1. Nagaon
a6. Which of the following sentences b. Barak 2' Numaligarh
is/are correct?
c. Kalong 3. Jorhat
(i) The career of the vehicle is
malfunctioning.dBhogdoi4Silchar
(ii) The career of the person is verv Select the corrc'ct answer using the
codes given below
Promising.
Select the correct answer using the (A) b c d
" "2 4 I 3
codes given below.
(A) only (i) is correct (B) a b c d
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(B) Only (ii) is correct (C) a b c d
3 4 2 |
(c) Both (i) and (ii) are correct
(D) a b c d
(D) Both (i) and (ii) are incorrect 4 3 I 2
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89. Match the Wildlife Sanctuaries Read the passage carefully and answer
(List-I) with the Location (District) Question Nos. 91, 92 and 93:
of Assam (List-II) :
Weather and climate are closely related,
List-I List-II but they are not quite the same thing. In
a. Marat Longri 1. Sivasagar any particular location, some days may be
hotter or cooler, clearer or cloudier, calmer
b. Pobitora 2. Karbi Anglong or stormier than others. The ever-varying
combination of winds, clouds, temperature
Nambor 3, Morigaon and pressure is what we call weather.
Climate is the long-term average of
d. Panidihing 4. Golaghat weather, which means it can change only
Select the correct answer using the on much longer time scales. The
codes given below. complexity of weather makes it difficult to
predict, and at best, the local weather can
(A) a bcd be predicted only a week or so in advance.
3 214 Scientists today have a very good
(B) a bcd understanding of the physical laws and
I 234 mathematical equations that govern the
behaviour and motion of atoms in the air,
(c) a bcd oceans and land. To understand why the
2 413 weather is so unpredictable we must look
at the nature of scientific prediction.
(D) a bcd
2 341
91. According to the passage; it will be
difficult to predict weather
90. Sort in ascending order (lower to (A) unless we learn more about
higher) the final price of the item chaotic systems
after giving discount as follows :
(B) because we do not communicate
(i) 50o/o off at < 800 globally
(i0 2Oo/o off at < 540 (C) without more powerful
computers
(iii) 5olo off at { 400
(D) unless we understand the
(iv) 80% off at { 2,200 physical laws of atoms
Select the correct answer using the
codes given below. 92. The word 'particular'in the passage
is closest in meaning to
(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (M
(A) basic
(B) (iii), (ir), (r, (rq
(B) unusua-l
(c) (ii), (iii), (19, (i) (C) new
(D) (iii), (i), (iil, (M (D) specific
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93. The word 'govern' in the passage is 97. If Gaganyaan pairs with ISRO, then
closest in meaning to Apollo pairs with
(A) change (A) NASA
(B) usA
(B) show
(C) Neil Arrnstrong
(C) explain (D) Roscosmos
(D) control
In the list given below, identif the word
Choose the most appropriate meaning from which is different from the rest in Question
the given alternatives in Question Nos. 94, Nos. 98 and 99 :
95 and 96 :
98, transient, ephemeral, evanescent,
94. At one's lingertips perpetual, fugacious, fleeting
(A) complete lmowledge (A) ephemeral
(B) evanescent
(B) Confused
(C) fugacious
(C) Perplexed (D) perpetual
(D) In perfect order
99. alleviate, abate, augnr.ent, relieve,
98. Bad blood mitigate, diminish
(A) alleviate
(A) Brue blood
(B) abate
(B) Blood with low haemoglobin (C) mitigate
(C) Blood with low iron (D) augment
(D) Bitter relations
1OO. India's Y. Nuklu Phom has been
e5. rn the limeright l#ii,:*s:l:*:y**":,ffi:"* '
(O To stand in front of the light which Indian State?
(A) Nasaland
(B) To be visible
(B) Meghalaya
(C) To be prominent (C) Sikkim
(D) To stand in the shade (D) Manipur
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Series: B
Marks: 100 Time: 2:00 hours
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I C 26 D 5l B 76 D
2 A 27 D 52 B 77 C
3 D 28 A 53 D 78 B
4 A 29 B 54 A 79 C
5 C 30 C 55 B 80 A
6 A JI A 56 D 81 D
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16 A 41 C 66 C 91 D
17 D 42 A 61 A 92 C
18 D 43 B 68 B 93 B
19 A 44 D 69 A 94 B
20 D 45 B 70 B 95 A
21 D 46 C 71 C 96 D
22 A C 72 A 9'7 B
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Series: C
Marks: 100 Time: 2:00 hours
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1 C 26 A 51 D 16 B
2 B 27 D )l A 77 D
3 C 28 A )-J B 78 A
4 A 29 C 54 C 79 B
5 D 30 A 55 A 80 D
6 A 31 D 56 A 81 B
7 B C 57 C 82 D
8 A 33 B 58 D 83 D
9 C 34 B 59 B 84 B
10 B 35 B 60 A 85 A
11 C 36 A 61 B 86 A
t2 B B 62 B 87 C
l3 B 38 B 63 A 88 A
14 B 39 D 64 C 89 C
15 D 40 A 65 C 90 C
16 C 41 D 66 A 91 A
17 B 42 D 67 B 92 B
l8 R 43 A 68 D 93 A
19 A 44 D 69 ts 91 B
20 D 45 D 70 C 95 C
21 B 46 A 71 C 96 A
22 C 4'7 D 12 C 97 D
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Series: D
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4 A 29 C 54 A 79 B
5 B 30 A 55 C 80 C
6 D 31 D 56 A til A
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l1 A 36 B 61 B 86 A
12 A C 62 A 87 B
l3 C 38 B 63 B 88 B
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17 A 42 C 6l D 92 A
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