PARLIAMENT OF INDIA
(JOINT RECRUITMENT CELL)
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION FOR THE POST OF JUNIOR LIBRARY ASSISTANT IN LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT
29 DECEMBER, 2013
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE & CURRENT AFFAIRS AND GENERAL ENGLISH
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t Who invented the printing press :
(A) Thomas Edison —_(B) Alexander Bell (C) Johannes Gutenberg (0) Deirdre Cartwright
Which is India's second highest peacetime gallantry award :
(A) Ashok Chakra (8) Kirti Chakra (C) Shaurya Chakra (0) Maha Vir Chakra
% Name this scientist, the first indian to have ah-ndex greater than 100. He was also recently honoured
with a highly prestigious Indian Civilian Award :
(A) APJ Abdul Kalam (8) M'S Swaminathan (C) CV Raman (O)CNRReo
4, Whats the folk at of Bihar: (A) Madhubani (B) Kalamkari (C) Pattachitra -(0) Vaishnava
5 The Shore Temples of Mahabalipuram were built by :
(A) Krishnadeva Dynasty (8) Pallava Dynasty (C) Satvahana Dynasty (D) Chola Dynasty
6. ‘Who said : ‘Bombs and pistols do not make a revolution, the sword of revolution is ‘sharpened on the
whetting-stone of ideas’:
(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak —_(B) Shaheed Bhagat: ‘Singh (C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (D) Ram Manohar Lohiya
1 ‘Which is the highest point in India outside the Himalaya-Karakoram mountain range:
(A) Mt. Anaimudi (8) Mt Patani (C) Mt. Eravilukam (0) Mt. Hamiton
8. What is the full form of MRF : (A) Manchester Rubber Factory (8) Modem Robust Federation
(C) Metropolitan Road Festioules __(D) Madras Rubber Factory
9. Atwhat age do Supreme Court Judges retire: (A) 60 @70 (C65 (O75
10. Who was the first Tirthankara of Jains : (A)Rishabh (B) Ajitnath —_(C) Suparshva (0) Mahavir
which river: (A) Beas (8) Chenab (C) Jhelum (O) Sutlej
12. For improving civic sanitation, who founded the Sulabh International in 1970 :
(A) Baba Amte (8) Anna Hazare (C) Swami Agnivesh (D) Bindeshwar Pathak
13. Which indian city you would bein if you were standing on world’s longest railway platform:
(A) Jabelpur(MP) (8) Kharagpur (W.Bengal) (C) Mughalsarai (UP) (0) Secunderabad (AP)
14, Hori a poor farmer, is the main character of which famous Hindi novel by Munshi Premchand :
(A) Gaban (8) Ishwara (C) Godaan (0) Sadan
15. According to Hindi mythology, which warrior was the possessor of “Chandrahas’ sword :
(A) Agjun (8)Kansa (C) Ravana (0) Parshuram
16. Whos the first Indian woman to win Olympic Medal :
(A)PT. Usha (8) Shiny Abraham (C) Kamam Malleshwari (0) Kunjarani Dev
‘17. Directed by Satyajit Ray, the Apu Trilogy was based on the novels of which Bengali writer:
(A) Rabindranath Tagore (8) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(C) Sharat Chandra Chatterjee (0) Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay
18. Which of these is an Indian station in Antarctica :
(A) Maitreyi (8) Samanthi (©) caer le ae Sheetalaya
19, The Bhajan ‘Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram’ was composed in its popular: 2
(a) abhdat ‘Tagore (B) Pattabhi Sitaramayya (C) Bhagat Ram Talwar (D) Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
Which is the oldest paramilitary force in India :
(A) Assam Rifles (B) Border Security Force (C) Indo-Tibetan Border Police (0) National Security Guards
21, Which mineral is mined at Jayamkondam in Tamil Nadu : (A) Zinc (B) Lignite (C) Copper (D) Gold
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“Ramon Magsaysay Award’, often considered as Asia's Nobel Prize, is given in memory of which Asian
‘country’s former president : (A) Singapore _(B) Indonesia (C) Philippines (0) Malaysia
In Mumbai terror attacks on 26 Nov. 2008, what was the code name of security forces commando action
against terrorists : (A) Operation Vijay (B) Operation Shakti (C) Operation Cactus (D) Operation Black Tomado
Launched on 1+ July 1822, which newspaper is the Asia's oldest extant (still in publication) dally :
(A) The Times of India _(B) Mumbai Samachar (C) The Indian Express. (0D) Hindustan Times
Who created the first Portable Computer :
(A) Adam Osbome (8) Charles Babbage (C) Steve Jobs (0) Tim Bemers-Lee
What name has been given to the first Boeing 747/700 jet, inducted into Indian Air Force, designed to
work as the Indian President's office-in-the-sky : (A) Samrat (B) Rajdoot (C) Maharaja (0) Badshah
‘Who is popularly known as ‘Father of Indian Cinema’:
(A) Dadasaheb Phalke (8)V. Shantaram (C) Ardeshir rani. (D) Kidar Sharma
Which revolutionary, along with Bhagat Singh, threw a bomb onto the corridors of the Central
Legislative Assembly on 8 April, 1929 :
(A) Khudiram Bose (8) Ram Prasad Bismil (C) Chandrasekhar Azad -_—_(D) Batukeshwar Dutt
Shivaji Rao Gaikwad is the real name of which actor : (4) NTR. (8) Chiranjeevi (C) Rajnikanth (O) Nagarjuna
Satyajit Ray won an honorary Oscar in the year : (A) 1992 (B) 1994 (C) 1986 {D) 1990
Name the only Indian movie to win the prestigious Palme d'Or in Cannes :
(A) Bandit Queen (8) Mother India -_(C) Do Bigha Zameen (0) Neecha Nagar
Whose autobiography is called Sunny Days:
(A) Kapil Dev (8) Sunil Gavaskar (C) Yashpal Sharma (0)Chetan Sharma
In 1965, at which port was the India's first Free Trade Zone established :
(A) Kandla (Gujarat) (8) Kochi( Kerala) (C) Falta (West Bengal) (0) Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
‘Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia, the largest Hindu temple in the world, is dedicated to which God:
(A) Surya (8) Shiva (C) Vishnu (D) Brahma
“Long Walk To Freedom’ is the autobiography of which Bharat Ratna recipient :
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru (B) S. Radhakrishnan (C) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan —_(D) Nelson Mandela’
What is India’s fastest supercomputer :
(A)PARAM Padma (B) PARAM Shaki _(C) PARAM Yuva I (0) PARAM Shikhar *
“Thang-Ta’ martial art is native of which Indian state : (A) Sikkim (B) Nagaland (C) Manipur (0) Meghalaya
“The Argumentative Indian’ book was authored by which Indian Ecohomist :
(A)AmartyaSen (8) Jagdish Bhagwati (C) Manmohan Singh (0) Nani Palkhivala
By which amendment were the "Socialist’ and 'Secular’ words included in the Preamble to the
Constitution of India :(A) 424 Amendment (B) 44% Amendment (C) 48" Amendment (0) 48 Amendment
Inwhich city are the Headquarters of International Olympic Committee ((OC) located :(A) Zurich (Switzerland)
(B) London (United Kingdom ) _(C) Dubai (United Arab Emirates) (D)Lausanne (Switzerland)
With which sport are the "Thomas Cup’, "Uber Cup’ and ‘Sudirman Cup’ tournaments associated :
(A) Squash (8) Table Tennis (C) Lawn Tennis (0) Badminton
Who is the author of the Man Booker Prize winning book “The Inheritance of Loss’ :
(A)Aravind Adiga (8) Vikram Seth (C) Kiran Desai (0) Jamshed Irani
Who was Akbar's financial advisor (A) Birbal (8) Abul Fazal (C) ja TodarMal (0) Raja Man Singh
What name is given to the study or collection of money, coins or often medals :
(A) Lotology (@) Philately (C) Numismatics (0) Philography
What is the boundary line demarcating India and China known as :
(A) Curzon Line (8) Durand Line (C) Memahon Line (0) Radoliffe Line
Who was the first Secretary-General of the United Nations :
(A)U. Thant (8) Trygue Lie (C) Dag Hammarskjold (0) Boutros Boutros-Ghal
Among these, who invented calculus: (A) Leonhard Euler (8) Isaac Newton (C) Carl Gauss (0) Srinivas Ramanujan
Who was the first education Minister of independent india: (A) Lal Bahadur Shastri (B) Shyama Prasad
Mukherjee (C) Valtabhbhai Pate! (0) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
The Grand Trunk Road (GT Road), running from Peshawar in Pakistan to Sonargaon in Bangladesh,
was build by which ruler: (A) Sher Shah Suri (8) Babur—(C) Akbar (0) Humayun
Which special force has the motto “Sarvatra Sarvottam Surakhsha : (A) Special Protection Group
(B) Ant Terrorism Unit (C) Para — Commando Force (0) National Security Guard
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INCENTIVE : (A) Correction (8)Dilemma _(C) Enticement (0) Interest
VEHEMENT =: (A) Evasive (8) Confusing _(C) Erratic (0) Determined
ABLAZE : (A) Cleared out (B)In distress (C) On fire (0) Bui up
GRUDGINGLY : (A) Unwilingly (B) Dejectedly _(C) Generously (©) Quickly
‘CALLOUS : (A) Friendly. (8) Insensitive (C) Concemed (0) Methodical
PROSPERITY : (A) Adversity (8) Appreciation (C) Affuence (0) Autonomy
JUST + (A)Simple (8) Fair (C) Recent (0) Right
WITHSTAND =: — (A) Deny (8) Answer (C) Resist (0) Excuse
Select the word that best completes each sentence :
The resolution was adopted for three reasons. :
(A) compelling (8) corrosive (C) concentrate (0) covetous
Because they did not want him to succeed, they made every effort to his plans.
(A) pursue (©) prevent (C) flaunt (0) thwart
Mohan brought all the —-~~---+he needed for the camping trip. (A) glare (B) gore (C) gear _Pigen
Several members of the department -—~——her statement.
(A) reformed (8) verified (C) signified (0) informed
| strongly resent your last comment. Kindly wit. : (A) take back (B) remove (C).withdraw (0) recall
The development of microprocessors represents a great technological :
(A) break-out (8) break-up (C) breakdown (0) breakthrough :
She appeared to be-———---with troubles.: (A) burdened (8) lauded (C) buoyant (0) lucid
This contract is 0 no account can it be breached.: (A) defining (B) tying (C) fastening (D) binding
Select the choice that best completes the sentence.
He wondered——-----. (A) why did she persist in making the error (B) why she persisted in making the error
(C) why did she persist to make the error (OD) why she persisted fo make the error
“How many weeks have passed since the committee last ——---?” “I think it's been about three
weeks.”: (A) has met @)met (C) had met (0) has been met
“Has the secretary finished typing the report?" “| —-——--, but Ill ask.”
(A) doubt it (B) don't think it (C) doubt so (0) don't believe it
Due-——-—-a shortage of textbooks, not everyone got acopy.: (A)of (B)at (C)to (0) from
~———he gets, the less he exercises.: (A) Older (B)Asold (C)Asold as (0) The older
When you're in Chanakyapuri, take time to stop —-———the park.
(A) having seen (8) seeing (C)and see (0) for seeing
When|———--home, I'l call you.: (A) wilget_ (8) get (C)got (0) gets
“Have the delegates finished their meeting?" “Yes, they have. It was one of the on record.
(A) longest meetings —_(B) most longest meeting (C) long meetings (0) longest meeting
We-—-----this work by the time Mr. Sharma returns tomorrow.
(A) would complete (B) will be completing (C) will have been completing _(D) will have completed
Galileo Galilel is credited the construction of the first complete astronomical telescope.
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(A) recieve (8) expense (C) quarter (0) revenue
(A) exercise (8) magazine (C) autopsy (0) maintainance
(A) necessary (8) intoxicant (C) incredable (0) identity
(A) to rap up the case _(B) healing time for an injury _(C) tie aknot in the rope (0) hours afer the incident
Choose the antonym of the given word:
REDUCE (A) Enlarge (8) Relate (C) Alot (0) React
DISPERSE (A) Gather (8) Display (C) Reverse (0) Handle
APTITUDE : —_—_(A) Inability (8) Height (C) Peak (0) Talent
REPLENISH : — (A)Reward () Supply (C) increase (0) Deplete
ENLIST + (A)Noin (8) Quit (C)Enter (0) Elect
Choose the best option for the following :
One who abstains completely from alcohol is :
(A) an atheist (8) akleptomaniac (0) ateetotaller (0) a misanthrope
One who dishonestly claims to have medical knowledge and skill :
(A) mountebank. (8) apothecary (C) surgeon (0) quack
The art of producing beautiful handwriting is :(A) calisthemis (B) camage (C) calligraphy (O) cHoreography
‘A trusted person to whom one speaks about one’s private affairs :
(A) confessor (B) listener (C) confidant (0) trustee
Aliterary work published after its author's death : () proxy (B) plagiarism (C) posthumous(D) proletarian
The meaning of citapidatea' : (A) un changing (8) not seen in advance (C) ushin (D) fling ts pieces
The meaning of ‘euthanasia’ : (A) mercy kiling (B)murder —(C) assassination (0) atrocity
Geriatrician is a doctor specializing in : (A) medical care and treatment of od people
(®) heart disease (C)parkinson's disease (0) chitdren's diseases -
Tomeddle for the purpose of altering: (A)simper (8) pamper (C) hamper _—_(D) tamper
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A patient was in a motor vehicle accident. He suffered multiple injuries. His wife says, “Oh, he is in bad
shape.” :(A) healthy again (B) notin agood situation (C) dead (0) feeling very, very bad
After a long and difficult surgery, the patient had a hard time in recovery. It was touch-and-go for a few
days, but in the end the client recovered fully,
(A) dangerous and uncertain (B) a great feeling (C) funny (D) exciting
Harry's bark is worse than his bite.
(A) owns a very fierce dog (8) not in very good health —_(C) talks more than he eats
(0) not as frightening as he seems
Hilary arrived at our house out of the blue this morning
(A) unusually smartly (8) on alovely day (C) when we weren't expecting (0D) feeling depressed
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