NPSC Prelims 2016

Who is the Law Officer of Government of India ?

Which of the following is not programming language ?

The "Ring of Fire" also called Circum - Pacific belt is known for :

First Five Year Plan in India was from :

In which year the Sikh Khalsa was founded by Guru Govind Singh ?

Identify the person who persuaded Gandhiji to come to Champaran to know the problems of the cultivators :

Apiculture is the science and culture of :

A ladder of length 80 m leaning against a wall is 4√2 m away from the wall. Then the angle of elevation is :

The Seventh Rock Edict of Ashoka was located at :

Amarnath Temple is located in :

Thanamir Apples strive in :

Distance : Scale : : Odometer : ______.

Which part of the Constitution deals with the constitutional status of Panchayat Raj Institutions ?

Which type of rocks may contain fossils ?

Galena is an ore of :

Who of the following ruler of slave dynasty adopted a policy of 'Blood and Iron' in dealing with unruly elements ?

The average density of population as per 2011 Census in India :

Who said, "The Battle of Kohima will probably go down as one of the greatest battles in history" ?

Match the following : (a) Copper (i) Hutti (b) Gold (ii) Digboi (c) Petroleum (iii) Zawar (d) Zinc (iv) Khetri

In which of the following places Khudai Khidmatgars played an active role in the civil disobedience movement ?

How many article and schedules did the Indian Constitution contain when it was originally passed ?

Yugantar Ashram was the head quarters of the Ghadar Party set up in :

The coldest place in Nagaland at an altitude of 2133.6 m above sea level is :

Who summons and prorogues both the Houses of Parliament ?

Mixed economy means an economy where there is :

A Vaccine for Rabies was developed by :

'Nagaland Communitisation of Public Services and Institutions Act', a first of its kind in India, was passed by the Nagaland State Assembly in :

Which State came into existence as a result of 13th amendment in the Indian Constitution ?

The election to the office of the President is conducted by :

The book "Terrible Matriarchy" was authored by :

Shilloi lake is shaped in the form of a :

Article 371 (A) :

Urban local bodies under Nagaland Municipal Act, 2001 includes :

Nagaland Pulp and Paper Company LTD, at Tuli was established in :

Dobashis are part of the :

The study of poisons is called :

Emergency in a state can be imposed by the President on the recommendation of the Governor under :

At which session of the Indian National Congress, the president of the session Dadabhai Naoroji declared swaraj as its goal ?

Who allocates the Portfolios to the Union Ministers ?

Which of the following is not 25% of the number x ?

The 'Ainnurvar' was a South Indian :

RAM stands for :

Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were hanged on 23, March in :

First three numbers in a series of four numbers are respectively 10%, 20% and 30% more than fourth number. Then the ratio of first three numbers is :

Nagaland University, a Central University, was established in :

A difference of 1 degree in longitude at the equator is equivalent to nearly :

Which one of the following is a water soluble vitamin ?

Blue revolution is associated with :

To which country Pulakesin II sent an embassy ?

Who of the following organised Abhinav Bharat as a secret society of Revolutionaries in 1904 ?

The Naga club was formed in :

The word pentium is related to :

The famous sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya lived in :

In which year the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) was formed ?

The first Primary English Medium School in the Naga Hills was established by Mary Mead Clark in :

The famous drama 'Mrichchakatika' was written by :

'Komagatamaru' was the name of a :

Tokhu Emong, an important festival of the lotha tribe, is a :

728 : 9 : : 511 : ___?___.

Which of the following crops needs maximum water per hectare ?

The silver coin used as currency during Delhi Sultanate :

Jallianwala Bagh is located in the city of :

Tehri dam has been constructed across the river :

Gross Domestic Capital Formation is defined as :

Which of the following state ranks 1st in area and production of wheat in the country ?

Persons with which blood group are called universal donors :

Who of the following organised a No-tax Campaign in famine stricken Maharashtra in 1896-97 ?

The gas predominantly responsible for global warming is :

In a limited over cricket of 50 overs, the run rate during first 10 overs was 4. If the target to win is 350 runs, then the run rate required in the remaining 40 overs to win the match is :

The total number of Coastal States in India :

Oranges are rich source of :

Shillong is situated in _________ hills.

If numerator and denominator both are increased by 7 the fraction becomes 5/6. If the numerator is decreased by 2 and the denominator is increased by one the fraction becomes 1/6. The sum of numerator and denominator of the fraction is :

Which festival is celebrated by Konyak tribe ?

Charaka, an authority on Medicine lived in the court of :

Match the following : (a) Bhakra Nangal (i) Krishna (b) Sardar Sarovar (ii) Mahanadi (c) Nagarjuna Sagar (iii) Satluj (d) Hirakund (iv) Narmada

Match the following : (a) Oil seeds (i) West Bengal (b) Jute (ii) Karnataka (c) Coffee (iii) Gujarat (d) Tea (iv) Assam

The largest building at Harappa was a :

The first Naga to join the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) was :

Which Moghul ruler legalised the widow remarriage ?

The fundamental rights of the Indian Constitution were borrowed with the inspiration from :

If x + 2y = 3z then x³ + 8y³ - 27z³ : xyz = (given that xyz ≠ 0)

Which of the native rulers was first to sign the Subsidiary Alliance Treaty with Lord Wellesley ?

When Nagaland did give world attention from historical point of view ?

The square root of (999)² + 1999 is :

The legend of Jina and Etiben originates in :

Which one among the following is also known as brain of computer ?

Match the following : (a) Pulicat Lake (i) Rajasthan (b) Chilika Lake (ii) Maharashtra (c) Sambar Salt Lake (iii) Andhra Pradesh (d) Lonar Lake (iv) Odisha

How many times can the President of India return a non-money bill passed by the Parliament ?

In India the chromite deposits mainly occurs in :

Which one of the following does not find mention in the Preamble of the Constitution ?

The battle of Plassey was followed by "a night of eternal gloom for India" commented a Bengali poet, who was he ?

There are two groups in an association, namely A and B. The number of persons in A is thrice the number of persons in B. Which of the following numbers does not represent the total number of persons in the association ?

In which year the battle of Kannauj was fought between Humayun and Sher Shah ?

Who of the following was the founder president of the Prarthana Samaj in 1867 ?

Which is the main source of income for the people of Naga society ?

Gun metal is an alloy of :

Radioactivity is measured by :

Which of the following elements is not a metal ?

A money bill passed by the Lok Sabha is sent to the Rajya Sabha, the Rajya Sabha must return such a bill back to Lok Sabha within :

Milk is pasteurised in order to :

The Rajya Sabha can take initiative in :

Who among the following acts as the Presiding Officer of the House without being its member ?

Boundary line between the India and Afghanistan is :

Five bells ring together at 10 AM, and ring respectively at the intervals 4 min., 6 min., 8 min. and 10 min. At what time they ring together after 10 AM ?

The Data of estimation of India's National income is issued by :

The South-West monsoon contributes __________ of the total rain in India.

One of the following was not a member of the Drafting Committee of the Constitution :

Which is the splendid embroidery style of Nagaland that has a internationally acclaimed status ?

Ships use __________ to find the depth of the ocean beneath them.

Who of the following led the Bardoli No-tax movement in 1928 ?

The nearest planet to the Earth is :

Who was the first Chief Minister of Nagaland ?

The only state in India that produces saffron is :

"Vijayanagar is one of the most splendid cities anywhere in the world which he had seen or heard of", who of the following said ?

As 4 is to 17 then 20 is to __________.

T. Amongla Aier became the first Naga woman :

In which of the following states sun rises first ?

Which one of the following Chola rulers built the Rajarajeshvara temple at Tanjore ?

Hormone that maintains the blood glucose level within the limit is :

In which of the following states the Moplah rebellion took place in 1921 ?

The following laid great stress on village as a unit of administration :

Who among the following is known as the father of modern computers ?

Annie Besant tried to spread the Home rule movement through one of her newspaper by name :

In 1879, Political Officer Damant was shot dead at :

Half of an Angh's house falls within Indian territory while the other half lies in Myanmar at :

A solar cell is a device that converts light energy into :

Bandemataram song written by Bankimchandra Chatterjee was first sung by :

Jharia is famous for :

Which is the longest west flowing river in India ?

LPG consists of mainly :

The following table gives you the statistics of India food inflation. Read the table and answer the questions from 132 to 136. Month Inflation Oct, 2015 5.25 Nov, 2015 6.07 Dec, 2015 6.40 Jan, 2016 6.85 Feb, 2016 5.30 Mar, 2016 5.20 April, 2016 6.32 May, 2016 7.47 June, 2016 7.79 July, 2016 8.35 The lowest rate of inflation recorded in the month :

The following table gives you the statistics of India food inflation. Read the table and answer the questions from 132 to 136. Month Inflation Oct, 2015 5.25 Nov, 2015 6.07 Dec, 2015 6.40 Jan, 2016 6.85 Feb, 2016 5.30 Mar, 2016 5.20 April, 2016 6.32 May, 2016 7.47 June, 2016 7.79 July, 2016 8.35 In which month inflation rate is high when compared to its previous month ?

The following table gives you the statistics of India food inflation. Read the table and answer the questions from 132 to 136. Month Inflation Oct, 2015 5.25 Nov, 2015 6.07 Dec, 2015 6.40 Jan, 2016 6.85 Feb, 2016 5.30 Mar, 2016 5.20 April, 2016 6.32 May, 2016 7.47 June, 2016 7.79 July, 2016 8.35 During which month inflation rate is lowest when compared to previous month ?

The following table gives you the statistics of India food inflation. Read the table and answer the questions from 132 to 136. Month Inflation Oct, 2015 5.25 Nov, 2015 6.07 Dec, 2015 6.40 Jan, 2016 6.85 Feb, 2016 5.30 Mar, 2016 5.20 April, 2016 6.32 May, 2016 7.47 June, 2016 7.79 July, 2016 8.35 The average rate of inflation during these 10 months is :

The following table gives you the statistics of India food inflation. Read the table and answer the questions from 132 to 136. Month Inflation Oct, 2015 5.25 Nov, 2015 6.07 Dec, 2015 6.40 Jan, 2016 6.85 Feb, 2016 5.30 Mar, 2016 5.20 April, 2016 6.32 May, 2016 7.47 June, 2016 7.79 July, 2016 8.35 The average rate of inflation during April, 2016 through July, 2016 is :

A survey conducted on 100 students in a college with regard to their playing habits in Carroms (C), Chess (H) and Table Tennis (T) revealed the following information : 51 play Chess, 51 play Carroms, 54 play Table Tennis, 22 play both H and C, 24 play both C and T, 23 play both T and H and 12 play only C and H. Using this information answer the questions from 137 to 141. How many play Chess alone ?

A survey conducted on 100 students in a college with regard to their playing habits in Carroms (C), Chess (H) and Table Tennis (T) revealed the following information : 51 play Chess, 51 play Carroms, 54 play Table Tennis, 22 play both H and C, 24 play both C and T, 23 play both T and H and 12 play only C and H. Using this information answer the questions from 137 to 141. How many play none of these ?

A survey conducted on 100 students in a college with regard to their playing habits in Carroms (C), Chess (H) and Table Tennis (T) revealed the following information : 51 play Chess, 51 play Carroms, 54 play Table Tennis, 22 play both H and C, 24 play both C and T, 23 play both T and H and 12 play only C and H. Using this information answer the questions from 137 to 141. Exactly how many play all the three games ?

A survey conducted on 100 students in a college with regard to their playing habits in Carroms (C), Chess (H) and Table Tennis (T) revealed the following information : 51 play Chess, 51 play Carroms, 54 play Table Tennis, 22 play both H and C, 24 play both C and T, 23 play both T and H and 12 play only C and H. Using this information answer the questions from 137 to 141. The number of students who play either Chess or Carroms but not Table Tennis is :

A survey conducted on 100 students in a college with regard to their playing habits in Carroms (C), Chess (H) and Table Tennis (T) revealed the following information : 51 play Chess, 51 play Carroms, 54 play Table Tennis, 22 play both H and C, 24 play both C and T, 23 play both T and H and 12 play only C and H. Using this information answer the questions from 137 to 141. The number of students who play exactly any two of the three games is :

Let (Y, W) denote the ordered pair (Year, Weapons sales by India), where W is measured in millions of USD. Consider the data (Y, W), given by (2006, 33), (2007, 23), (2008, 15), (2009, 27), (2010, 5), (2011, 3), (2012, 0), (2013, 8), (2014, 53) and (2015, 33). Using this data answer the questions from 142 to 145. What percentage earnings were made in 2014 alone over the span of 10 years total earnings ?

Let (Y, W) denote the ordered pair (Year, Weapons sales by India), where W is measured in millions of USD. Consider the data (Y, W), given by (2006, 33), (2007, 23), (2008, 15), (2009, 27), (2010, 5), (2011, 3), (2012, 0), (2013, 8), (2014, 53) and (2015, 33). Using this data answer the questions from 142 to 145. Which year witnessed lowest rate of weapon sales over its previous year ?

Let (Y, W) denote the ordered pair (Year, Weapons sales by India), where W is measured in millions of USD. Consider the data (Y, W), given by (2006, 33), (2007, 23), (2008, 15), (2009, 27), (2010, 5), (2011, 3), (2012, 0), (2013, 8), (2014, 53) and (2015, 33). Using this data answer the questions from 142 to 145. The ratio of earnings in the first five years to the earnings during last five years is :

Let (Y, W) denote the ordered pair (Year, Weapons sales by India), where W is measured in millions of USD. Consider the data (Y, W), given by (2006, 33), (2007, 23), (2008, 15), (2009, 27), (2010, 5), (2011, 3), (2012, 0), (2013, 8), (2014, 53) and (2015, 33). Using this data answer the questions from 142 to 145. The average sales of weapons during 2006 through 2013 (in USD millions) is :

Muhammad Ali, who died recently, was a professional famous boxer from which country ?

Who among the following Indian won the Ramon Magsaysay Award 2016 ?

The world's highest and longest glass bottomed bridge was opened to visitors in :

Who among the following was conferred with the 2016, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna ?

"Who Moved My Interest Rate ?" is a book authored by :

The 2020 Olympics will be held in :

In which of the following states the Ghatampur Thermal Power Project is present ?

The IIFA award for best film in 2015 was awarded to :

Carolina Marin, who has won women's badminton gold medal at the 2016, Rio Olympics, belonged to which country ?

Which among the following countries is the first country in the world to prohibit deforestation ?

Who was the winner of the Men's Singles in Wimbledon, 2016 ?

Usain Bolt, the fastest man on the Earth, belongs to :

The 2016, G-20 summit was recently held in :

The world's largest single roof top solar power plant has been opened in which state of India ?

The theme of the "International Literacy Day, 2016" is :

Irom Chanu Sharmila also known as the 'Iron Lady of Manipur' is a :

Jallikattu is an ancient bull taming blood sport played in :