NPSC Prelims 2015

The working principle of a washing machine is :

Which one of the following teams has won the Pro Kabaddi League 2015 ?

Who is the highest paid CEO of Indian banks currently ?

In which year Wood's Despatch on Education was introduced ?

In which language 'Baburnamah' was written ?

Who of the following hoped to use the Congress as a Safety valve ?

Which one among the following is the richest source of protein ?

Trickledown hypothesis refers to :

Match the following and choose the correct answer from code given below : Minerals (a) Coal (b) Lime stone (c) Nickel ferrous chromite-magnetite District (i) Phek (ii) Tuensang (iii) Mon

Which one of the following is the 29th state of India ?

Rolling plan is associated with :

What is the population (as per data of 2012) of Nagaland ?

Which one among the following diseases is not caused by virus ?

Who discovered X - rays ?

Three - man Peace Commission secured an agreement for a cease - fire in 1964. Who amongst the following were members of this Three-man Peace Commission ? (i) Jai Prakash Narayan (ii) Jawaharlal Nehru (iii) Z.A. Phizo (iv) Reverend Michael Scott (v) A.B. Chaliha

Under Smart City Mission of the Union Government, the number of city/cities selected in Nagaland are :

"BRICS" seventh summit was held in July 2015 at :

At the beginning of 2011, all the travel restrictions were lifted on Nagaland and ________, the two Indian Union States in which the majority of Nagas currently live.

P.B. Acharya took over charge as Governor of Nagaland on ________ .

The first national emergency in India was declared in the year :

Which one of the following is a water borne disease ?

Need for developing wage goods sector was emphasised by :

As per the accidental deaths and suicides in India 2014 report which among the following states have maximum farmer suicides due to "Bankruptcy" ?

Which country has won the FIFA Women's World Cup - 2015 ?

Base four equivalent of the decimal number 224 is :

Which festival was celebrated in Dimapur in the beginning of September 2015 ?

Palk Strait separates India from :

Who of the following said that after Bahadur Shah's death the Mughals would lose the title of kings ?

At which place Rajaraja Chola allowed Srivijaya ruler to build a Buddhist Vihara ?

Who is the first Vice Chairman of National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog ?

"Take care of poverty as this will take care of the GNP" is said by :

Matti Makkonen, who died recently, was known as :

In the Rajani Kothori's "Indian model of development" the critical and creative role will be played by :

Mushrooms are actually :

Directions for question number 35 and 36 : A family's monthly expenditure towards five heads : House rent (H), Food (F), Education (E), Savings (S) and Miscellaneous (M) given in the following Pie diagram. Using this information answer the questions. Pie diagram (angles at the centre) : Food (F) = 36°, Miscellaneous (M) = 90°, House rent (H) = 54°, Education (E) = 36°, Savings (S) = remaining sector. What percent of monthly income is being spent on house rent ?

Directions for question number 35 and 36 : A family's monthly expenditure towards five heads : House rent (H), Food (F), Education (E), Savings (S) and Miscellaneous (M) given in the following Pie diagram. Using this information answer the questions. Pie diagram (angles at the centre) : Food (F) = 36°, Miscellaneous (M) = 90°, House rent (H) = 54°, Education (E) = 36°, Savings (S) = remaining sector. What percent of monthly income meant for savings ?

The first president of New Development Bank of BRICS Nations is _________.

Who played the role of boxer 'Mary Kom' in the movie having the same name that released in 2014 ?

Abhinav Bharat a revolutionary society was organised by :

What is the predominant type of Indian Agriculture ?

Which one of the following is not correctly matched ?

Sharavathi hydro electric project is located at :

What is the full form of NEHHDC ?

How many times the word 'Jana' occurs in the Rig Veda ?

Who is the current Central Vigilance Commissioner of India ?

Majority of Naga population lives in ________ and depend on ________ .

In which year the Widow Re-marriage Act was passed ?

Who is called as "Missile man of India" ?

Which of the following is the largest state in India by area ?

Rahmat Ali who in 1933 talked about 'Pakistan' was a university student of :

The Indian model of constitution is :

The campaign "Give it up" is associated with :

The Zemi Nagas build stone lined ponds which are held to increase fertility of the ________ .

The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is expected to cover all rural habitations with a population with road network in hill and tribal area is :

Which of the following dams is located near Wokha village in Nagaland ?

Where is the pearl fishing done in India ?

Which one of the following elements reacts violently with water ?

Match List - I with II and select the correct answer using the code given below in the lists : List - I Vitamin (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D List - II Deficiency disease (i) Night Blindness (ii) Scurvy (iii) Rickets (iv) Beriberi

A Hindu college was opened in January 1817 at Calcutta by :

Match the following and choose the correct answer from the code given below : Tribe (a) Phom (b) Rengma (c) Angami (d) Ao Festival (i) Monyu (ii) Moatsu (iii) Ngada (iv) Sekrenyi

How much Hydropower Generation Capacity is installed in the state of Nagaland ?

The metal used in storage batteries is :

A fraction remains same when the numerator is decreased by 6 and the denominator is decreased by 4. Then the fraction is :

The Self Respect Movement was started in Tamil Nadu by :

Which among the following variety of coal contains highest percentage of carbon ?

Which of the following is not a natural resource ?

Fluorine, chlorine and bromine belong to group 17. They have same :

Recently, ISRO's PSLV - 28 has successfully launched five satellites belonging to :

Which one of the following country will host the Twenty 20 cricket World Cup in 2016 ?

The sum of numerator and denominator of a fraction is 16. If the numerator is decreased by 3 and the denominator is decreased by 4 the result is 4/5. Then the sum of squares of numerator and denominator is :

Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi has launched Atal Pension Yojana (APY) for :

Which of the following is an electronic presentation tool in MS Office ?

The Swadeshi Movement was launched and the famous Boycott resolution was passed on :

The Vice - President of India can be removed from office by :

Who is Chief Secretary of Nagaland State ?

Name the well known Hindi writer who was awarded with the 28th Moortidevi Award for 2014 :

How many countries share boundary with India ?

Name the Newspaper started by Gandhi in South Africa :

Arrange the following layers of atmosphere vertically from the surface of the earth : (a) Stratosphere (b) Thermosphere (c) Mesosphere (d) Troposphere

Which one of the following is used for treating indigestion ?

Who of the following rulers collected 'Jizya' from the Brahmans ?

The units digit of the number 123^128 + 105^110 is :

Which of the following Indian films won Critics (FIPRESCI) Award at the 68th International Cannes Film Festival ?

Who was the Chief Minister of Nagaland during 26th January 2008 to 1st March 2008 ?

Identify the Indian state which has the lowest sex ratio.

Who was conferred with Rajiv Khel Ratna Award - 2015 ?

In the following figures fill the gap with suitable number : Figure 1 : outer numbers 2, 3 ; inner number 13 Figure 2 : outer numbers 4, 5 ; inner number 41 Figure 3 : outer numbers 7, 6 ; inner number 85 Figure 4 : outer numbers 4, ? ; inner number 25

Which is the main staple diet of the people of Nagaland ?

Consider the two triangles ΔABC, ΔDEF. If ∠A = ∠E and ∠F = ∠B, then which of the following is not true ?

According to the Constitution of India executive power is vested in :

If p and q are two statements, then the statement (p → q) → q is equivalent to (under usual notation).

Find the odd one out among the following : rectangle, square, parallelogram, trapezium

If tn denotes the nth term of an arithmetic progression with t50 - t20 = 15, then the common difference is :

Fill in the blank with suitable number in the following sequence : 100, 111, 1010, 1101, __________, 10011

The average size of land holdings in India is :

In 2008, Naga Singer Naro won Musical Contest __________ .

Which one of the following is an artificial ecosystem ?

The angle between two radii of a circle is 123°. Then the angle between the tangents at the ends of the radii is :

The concept of multi-member commission is introduced in the election commission of India in the year :

Suppose m and n are odd integers. Then an odd integer among the following is :

Which of the following is not an audio file format ?

In which session the Congress passed a resolution on Fundamental Rights ?

Which one among the following statements is not true for mammals ?

With how many followers Gandhi Started Dandi March in March 1930 ?

Zunheboto district of Nagaland State shares it's boundaries with __________ other districts of the State.

Bauxite is an ore of :

The perimeter of the triangle with vertices (0, 0), (5, 0), (0, 12) is :

What is defined as the change in velocity over time ?

The Deccan Trap is made up of :

Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) is located at :

Which among the following tops the list in production of wind energy ?

Which one of the following is a constitutional body ?

Suppose p, q are any two statements, then the statement (~p) → (p → q) is a :

Which one of the following rivers does not originate in India ?

The text 'Madhura Vijayam' was written by :

'Chihalgani' refers to :

Auxins are responsible for :

Which amongst the following districts Intanki National Park is situated ?

Where is Nagaland Police Headquarters located ?

The Head quarters of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) which is established to finance infrastructure projects in Asia, is located at :

The 10° channel separates :

In 1938 the Congress appointed a National Planning Committee under the chairmanship of :

By annexing which state Aurangazeb finally conquered Deccan in 1687 ?

The arch priest of ideology of "non congressizm" was :

In which year Akbar abolished 'Jizya' ?

Aeropanics is a technique of growing plants without :

Gandhi wrote in Young India that through this Movement he would bring Swaraj in one year. He was referring to :

Name the Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region :

Consider the graph of f(x) = 1 + ||x| - 2|. Which of the following statements is true about this graph ? (I) Y-intercept is 3 (II) Symmetric about X-axis (III) Symmetric about Y-axis

Consider the graph of |x| + |y| = 1. Then which of the following statements is not true ?

In which year Cabinet Mission visited India ?

In which year the Chauri - Chaura incident took place ?

Binary equivalent of the decimal number 220 is :

Koyank believe that great amount of power is there in hands of their High God __________ .

Who authored the Book 'Poverty and Un - British Rule in India' ?

The first woman graduate of Calcutta University :

Artificial method of propagation grafting is a method in which :

Who has topped the list of the world's most powerful women released by Forbes in 2015 ?

GAGAN, India's indigenous navigational system is jointly developed by ISRO in association with :

The financial year for Millennium Development goals target is :

By which Act Dyarchy was introduced in India ?

Aoleang Monyu is a significant festival for which one of the major tribe ?

A women's regiment of Indian National Army was formed by Bose and named after :

Sodium carbonate is a basic salt because it is a salt of :

The title 'Vichitra - Chitta' was used by :

The target growth rate of twelfth five year plan is :

The piedmont areas of Himalayas are covered by :

If 2652 is the product of two consecutive positive integers, then the sum of those integers is :

The shifting cultivation practiced in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh is known as :

Who is the Governor of Bihar ?

Who of the following along with the Mughal Emperor and Mir Kasim of Bengal fought and lost Buxar war in 1764 ?

The reproductive parts of flower which possess the sex cells or germ cells called :

Bollywood actor Shashi Kapoor is the _________ winner of the Dada Saheb Phalke Award.

Twelfth five year plan aims at reducing head count ratio of consumption of poverty over the plan period by :

Which district of Nagaland shares it's boundaries with Myanmar, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam ?

The Rajya Sabha can authorize to legislate a state subject by :

Which of the following rulers introduced the Revenue System called 'Dahsala' ?

Naga Origin myth says that the Spirit, Man and the __________ are the three sons of the same woman.

On February 25th __________ festival is celebrated by Angami people.

NREGA come into force on :

The convention of appointing the senior most Judge of the Supreme Court as Chief Justice of India was broken in the appointment of :

Electric current is measured by :