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KPSC Excise Inspector Exam Paper

KPSC Excise Inspector Exam Paper


Exam Held On: 16-11-2002

Max: Marks:- 100 Time: 3 hrs

Answer all questions including objective type questions in separate answer book supplied. Do not write your answers in the question paper

Part I (55 marks)

1

If IUIJT means Green then what does XLSQKA mean.
(a) INDIGO (b) VIOLET (c) PURPLE (d) ORANGE

2

If Malu says "Raju's father is the only son of my father", how is Malu related to Raju:
(a) Daughter (b) Mother (c) Sister (d) None of these

3

PQSTVW—
(a) Z (b) A (c) X (d) Y

4

Life of RBC in human blood is:
(a) 30 days (b) 60 days (c) 120 days (d) 15 hour

5

Ratan ranked 8th from the top and 37th from the bottom in the class. How many students are there in the class:
(a) 44 (b) 46 (c) 45 (d) 43

6

Artical is to magazine as slokas is to ____
(a) Ascetic (b) Veda (c) Recite (d) Book

7

A father is twice as old as his son 20 years ago, the age of the father was 12 times the age of the son. The present age of the son is:
(a) 44 years (b) 22 years (c) 40 years (d) 20 years

8

Which river crosses the equator twice?
(a) Amazon (b) Congo (c) Nile (d) Orinoco

9

A piece of wood is floating in water. If we heat the water the piece of wood will:
(a) Increase in size (b) Rise a little
(c) Float at the same level (d) Sink a little

10

The gland, which in relation to body size is largest at birth and then gradually shrinks after puberty is:
(a) Thyroid (b) Pituitary (c) Thymus (d) Adrenal

11

In fireworks, the green flame is produced because of:
(a) Mercury (b) Barium (c) Sodium (d) Potassium

12

Which plant of the solar system spins on its axis at the fastest rate?
(a) Mercury (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Saturn

13

The salient feature of Rig vedic religion was the worship of:
(a) Nature (b) Pashupati (c) Mother Goddess (d) Trimurti

14

If two equations 45 + 15 = 30, 17 + 7 = 10 are solved on the basis of a certain system. Then, 52 + 25 = ?
(a) 77 (b) 27 (c) 50 (d) 45

15

The court language of the Mughals was:
(a) Arabic (b) Persian (c) Hindustani (d) Urdu

16

World's largest producer of wool is:
(a) Australia (b) UK (c) Argentina (d) South Africa

17

Which among the following plateaus is not a desert?
(a) Sahara (b) Patagonian (c) Colorado (d) Bohemian

18

The largest lake is:
(a) Lake superior (b) Caspain sea (c) Lake Thanganika (d) lake Titicaca

19

The planet having highest number of satellites:
(a) Saturn (b) Neptune (c) Venus (d) Jupiter

20

Smallest living cell is that of a
(a) Bacterium (b) Bread mold (c) Mycoplasma (d) Virus

21

A person can swim comfortably in water. This is due to:
(a) Pascal's law (b) Archimedes principle
(c) Newton's III law (d) None of the above

22

Pencil lead is made up of
(a) Graphite (b) Charcoal (c) Lead oxide (d) Sugar charcoal

23

'Give us good mothers and I shall give you good nation'. These words were said by:
(a) Winston Churchill (b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Napoleon (d) Abraham Lincoln

24

To make rubber strong and bounceable, we add:
(a) Sponge (b) Sulphuric Acid (c) Sulphur (d) Petroleum jelly

25

'Zero' was invented by the:
(a) Indians (b) Arabs (c) Egyptians (d) Greeks

26

Milk tastes sour when kept in the open for sometime due to the formation of:
(a) Carbonic acid (b) Lactic acid (c) Citric acid (d) Malic acid

27

Rain drops are spherical in shape. This is due to:
(a) Viscosity of water (b) Evaporation (c) Air friction (d) Surface tension

28

Longest river of Asian continent is:
(a) Lena (b) Indus (c) Howang ho (d) Yangtze

29

Perigee and Apogee are caused due to:
(a) Moon's revolution (b) Earth's revolution
(c) Moon's rotation (d) Earth's rotation

30

Which was the building about which it was written that 'If there is an Eden of bless in the earth, it is this, nothing but this':
(a) Taj Mahal (b) Moti Masjid (c) Diwani Khaz (d) Panch Mahal

31

What is a Black Hole?
(a) Vacuum in space (b) A dying star
(c) A spot in the sun (d) A type of meteorite

32

Who is the author of the book 'My Presidential Years'?
(a) Neilam Sanjeev Reddy (b) R. Venkataraman
(c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (d) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

33

The sex of a child is determined by:
(a) Chromosomes of father (b) Chromosomes of mother
(c) Rh factor of parents (d) Blood group of father

34

'The council if Nine Gems' is associated with the name of :
(a) Harshavardhana (b) Devapala (c) Chandragupta II (d) Bellala Sena

35

Mixing up of molecules of different gases is called:
(a) Dispersion (b) Diffusion (c) Drifting (d) Osmosis

36

An object weighs maximum in:
(a) Air (b) Water (c) Hydrogen (d) Vacuum

37

Railway was first introduced in India by:
(a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Mountbatten (c) Lord Dalhousie (d) Lord Bentinc

38

'Gobar gas' contains mainly:
(a) Methane (b) Carbon-dioxide (c) Acetylene (d) Ethylene

39

By the use of which of the following types of lens can myopia be corrected
(a) Biconcave (b) Concave (c) Convex (d) Plano-concave

40

Who among the following was associated with the ancient system of medicine?
(a) Bhaskara (b) Kalhana (c) Somadeva (d) Charaka

41

Which of the following cities are connected by National Highway No.1?
(a) Mumbai to Delhi (b) Delhi to Chennai
(c) Delhi to Amritsar (d) Jaipur to Delhi

42

When a moving bus stops suddenly, the passengers and pushed forward because of the:
(a) Friction between earth and bus
(b) Friction between passengers and earth
(c) Inertia of the passengers
(d) Inertia of the bus

43

Oil refineries are located in all the following States, Except:
(a) Andhrapradesh (b) Kerala (c) Madhyapradesh (d) Tamilnadu

44

Vande Mataram was taken from:
(a) Rajatharangini (b) Anada Math (c) Akbar Nama (d) Akbarkosha

45

'Dome of the Rock', a monument in Jerusalem is held sacred by the:
(a) Muslims (b) Christians (c) Jews (d) Zoroastrians

46

What is the folk dance of Meghalaya?
(a) Nati (b) Bamboo dance (c) Loho (d) None of these

47

Ajanta Paintings depict sences from the:
(a) Ramayana (b) Mahabharata (c) Jatakas (d) Upanishads

48

Who is the author of 'A Passage to England'?
(a) E. M. Forster (b) Nirad C. Chaudhuri
(c) G.B Shaw (d) Winston Churchill

49

2004 Olympic Games will be held in:
(a) Sydney (b) Berlin (c) Athens (d) Barcelona

50

Cattle-bone power is used as fertiliser since it is rich in:
(a) Nitrogen (b) Chloride (c) Sodium (d) Phosphorus

51

Nasik is situated on the banks of river:
(a) Godavari (b) Narmada (c) Tapti (d) Ganga

52

The unit of currency used in Germany is:
(a) Yen (b) Peso (c) Mark (d) Russia

53

Which one of the following is not a fundamental right?
(a) Right against exploitation (b) Right to equality
(c) Right to freedom of religion (d) Right to property

54

The second largest island in the world is:
(a) Bornes (b) Madagascar (c) New Guinea (d) Greenland

55

Ferozabad in UP is famous for its:
(a) Leather industry (b) Glass industry
(c) Rubber industry (d) Cotton industry


(55 × 1 = 55 marks)


Part II (Essays) (45 marks)


Write essays on any three of the following topics. No essay should exceed 600 words. Each essay carry 15 marks

56

National Integration

57

Equality for women

58

Environmental Pollution

59

Corruption in Public Life

60

India in 2002 AD

61

Advantages and disadvantages of television

62

Functioning of Grama Sabha

63

International Terrorism

64

Functions of NABARD

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