Questions asked in TA Exam held on 18 AUG 2013 with answers

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                                    SECTION 1

                                PART 1 (ESSAY)

A) Write an essay in about 300 words in any one of the topics mentioned below? (Marks – 30)

1) Role of Army Navy Air Force in Uttarakhand flood tragedy.

2) Write about controversy Over CAG report regarding improper Allocation of Coal Blocks.

3) Case on Ranbaxy in US.

4) Election in Pakistan.

5) India China relationship.

PART – II 

ENGLISH COMPREHENSION

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

B) Comprehension passage (5 marks)

The duty of armed forces comes in extra ordinary adverse situations. For those situations, there is a force which makes the society stable. Police maintain law & order in the country .Police protects customs and religious rights of people. It protects the people of the country. It helps the gentle and law abiding citizens. Police capture the anti-social persons and hand over to the court. Court punish them, the fear of punishment makes the anti-social persons no to do any crime. Police make the irresponsible people responsible towards their duty. However, all the powers lie in the hand of ministers and inspector General of Police.

1) What is the meaning of customs and religious rights in the passage?

2) In extra ordinary adverse situation which organization does its duty?

3)4)5):not able to recollect.

C)Antonyms (5 marks)

1)Darken

2)Meticulous

3)Secure

4)5):not able to recollect.

SECTION – 2

 GENERAL AWARENESS 

MARKS:60

                                                   

1) Where is doldrums effect occurs?

Ans-Sub tropical region

2) How many Gold Medal P.T. Usha won in 1986 Asian games in Seoul?

Ans-3

3) Who was runner up for ICC world cup cricket in 2013 (Men's)?

Ans-Controversial question

4) Chlorophyll has one metal content?

Ans-magnesium.

5) Red soil is suitable for which crops?

Ans-Millets, Sugarcane, Ragi

6) Martin Luther King was from which country?

Ans-USA

7) Reinforcement movement was initiated by?

Ans-Martin Luther

8) Paris is situated in the bank of which river?

Ans-Seine

9) Quit India movement was initiated in year?

Ans-1942

10) Which is not a permanent member of UN security council?

Ans-Germany

11) How soap work?

Ans-soap mix with oil and separate it from dirt.

12) Who was first Governor General of free India?

Ans- Lord Mountbatten

13) Capital of Iceland?

Ans-Reykjavik

14) Raja Ram Mohan Rai Established By?

Ans-Brahmo Samaj

15) Capital of Sudan?

Ans-Juba

16) Where is Kilimanjaro Volcano?

Ans-Tanzania

17) Where is Angkot Vishnu Temple located?

Ans-Cambodia

18) When did Saurav Gangulay first played for India?

Ans-11 Jan .1992

19) When did India got its first Gold medal in Olympic Games?

Ans-1928(Hockey)

20) Who heads the planning commission?

Ans- Prime Minister

21) Oral rehydration therapy ORT is used for?

Ans-cholera

22) The action of bile on is?

Ans-Emulsification

23) Kilowatt per Hour is unit of?

Ans-Electric energy

24) White revolution is about of which product?

Ans-Milk

25) The instrument used for measuring air pressure?

Ans-Barometer

26) Aryabhataa was the contemporary of which king??

Ans-Chandragupta

27) Pallavs ruled in which states?

Ans-Kanchi

28) McMahon line is border of?

Ans-India & China

29) Submarine uses which instrument?

Ans-Periscope

30) Which kind of mirror is used in periscope?

Ans-Plane mirror

31) Which is not a Rabi corps?

Ans-Millets

32) Buddhism Literature is written in which language?

Ans-Pali

33) What kind of reaction is nerve impulse send?

Ans-Electro-chemical

34) Urea is separated/produced by which organ?

Ans-Kidney

35) Who was first Indian to sail in boat around the world alone?

Ans-Lieutenant Commander Abhilash Tomy

36) Which is called heat waves also?

Ans-Microwaves

37) Who makes oath to President?

Ans-Chief Justice India

38) Which of these is example of Public litigation, Court take action?

Ans-Judicial Activism

39) Nthula Pass is situated in?

Ans-Sikkim

40) When did India adopted its constitution?

Ans-26th Jan, 1950

41) Where is Gulf of Mannar?

Ans-Tamilnadu

42) Which fact is right about leaving of Britishers from India

Ans- indian national army forced them

43) Emergency cannot be imposed in which of following conditions?

Ans-Political disturbance

44) Name of the line joining equal rain falling places?

Ans-Isohyets

45) Which is not a real fruit?

Ans-plum

46) rain shadow area?

Ans-Orographic rain

47) What is Photo synthesis?

48) What is the name of the tiger used as mascout in commonwealth games?

Ans- Raju

49) Which is the top award given to any Indian for literature, science and art?

Ans-Bharataratna

50) Lance Armstrong belongs to which country?

Ans-USA

51) When did Quit India movement started?

Ans-1942

52) Kovvada Nuclear power plant is in which state?

Ans-Andra Pradesh

53) Dada Saheb Falke award is given for?

Ans-Cinema

54) Which state produces most coffee in India?

Ans-Karnataka

55) Which is called evening star?

Ans-Venus

56)  Which is not a Mammal?

Ans-Shark

57) Which is not a component of Milk?

Ans-vitamin c

58) How water get acidic?

Ans- due to the dissolved oxygen

59) Sodium kept in which liquid?

Ans-kerosene

60) Which actor won the best actor award in National Film Award 2012?

Ans- Irfan Khan & Vikram Gokhle

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