~1~~ ~- LIT OFFICERGRADE-IIExec Examination-2012INSTRUCTION: TOTALDURATIONOFWRITTENEXAMINATION:1HOUR40MINUTES1. The written examination contains two papers namely Paper-I (Objective type) and Paper-ll '(Descriptive typ, to be attempted in English language only). The total duration for boththePapers is 1 hour and 40 minutes (i.e. from 1020hrs to 1200hrs). '

2. ,Eachquestion in Paper I is followed by four alternatives, namely- (i) (ii) (iii) and (Iv). Onlyone alternative is the correct answer which should be completely darkened by Blueink on the OMRResponseSheet provided separately;

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1. A man decides to travel 80 kilometers in 8 hours partly by foot and partly on a bicycle. If hisspeed on foot is 8 km/hr and on bicycle 16 km/hr, wj)at distance would he travel on foot?

(I) 20km (ii) 30 km ~) 48 km (iv) 60km '2. Due to a 25 % increase in the price of rice per kilogram' , a person is able to purchase20

kilograms les,sfor Rupees400. What is the increased price of rice per kilogram?(I)Rs5 (ii)Rs 6 (iii)Rs 10 (iv)Rs4 '

3. A toy weighing 24 grains of an alloy of two metals is worth Rs 174/-, but if the weights of thetwo metals be interchanged, the toy would be worth Rs 162/-. If the price of one metal be....,Rs 8 per gram, find the price of the other metal used to make the to.y l!(I) Rs 101 gram ' (ii) Rs 6/gram , (iii) Rs 41 gram (iv) Rs 5/gram I

4. Three bells chime at intervals of 48, 60 and 90 minutes respectively. If all the three be.!.fchime together at 10AM , at what time will all the three chime again that day. .".<y h\.

(i) 1 PM (ii) 2 PM (iii) 8 PM (iv) 10 PM vp \.5. Find the last two digits of : 15 x 37x 63x 51 x 97 x17 lj

, (i) 35 ~5 ' (Iii) 55 (iv) 85 "76. After striking the floor, a ball rebounds to 4/5th of the height from which it has fallen. Find the

total distance that it travels before coming to rest if it has been gently dropped from a heightof 120 rhetres. (i) 540mtrs (ii) 960mtrs (iii) 1080 mtrs (iv) 1120mtrs

7. There's a 7-digit telephone numb.erwit~ all different digits. If the digit at extreme right andext e left are 5 and 6 respectively,find how many such telephone numbers are possible.. 120 (ii) 1,00,000 (iii) 6720 (iv) 30,240

8. A speaks the truth 3 out of 4 times , and B 5 out of 6 times . What is the probability that theywill contradict each other in stating the samefact? (i) 2/3 ~/3 (c) 5/6 (d) 1/21.

9. A circle is inscribed inside an equilateral triangle touching all the three sides. If the radiusof the circle is 2 cm, find the area of the triangle.

(I) 15 -.J3 (ii) 18-.J3 (Iii) 12 -.J2 (iv) 12-.J310. Five persons A, B, C, 0 and E are sitting in a row facing you such that 0 is on the left of C; B

is on the right of E; A is on the right-of C an(l B is on the left,of D.••...If E has only on~ ,:,~hbour,then who is sitting in the centre?- (i~ (ii)B - (Iii) C ~'

11. In which city is the headquarters oj World 'TradeOrganisation(WTO)located?(i) New York ~Geneva' (iii) Rome ~) Paris

12 In a family of five persons, Dinesh is .Jalrarn'sson and Gopal's br"btherwhile Meeta is• Gopal's mother and Jayanti's daughter. If there are no step brothers or half brothers in the

family which of the following statements.is true? . ~(I) Jayanti is Dinesh's mother (ii) Meetais Dinesh'smothe~ <(Iii) Jayanti is Jairam's grandmother (iv) All the above

13. Four sisfers- Suvarna, Tara, Uma and Vihba are playing a game such that the loserdoubles the money 'of each of the other players from her share. They playe~ fourgamesand each sister lost one game in alphabetical order. At the end of fourth game,each sister had Rs.32. How much (Tloney---pidSuvarna start with?(I) Rs 60 (ii) Rs 34 ~Rs 66 (iv) Rs28

14. Indira i$ three times older .than Yogeshwhile Zaheer is half the age of Wahida. If Yogesh. is older than Zaheer then Which of the following~tatements can be inferred?

, (i) Yogesh is older than wahida. -. '-tfi) Indira is older than Wahida.(Iii) Indira may be younger than Wahida. (iv) Noneof the above

15 A four-person team from Asian Paints is painting Foolan's house. Mehmood, is painting thefront of the house. Ramesh is in the alley,behind the house painting the back. Jeevan ispainting the window frames on the north side and Sudhir is on the south. If Mehmood

switches places with Joh'1oand John then switches places with Sudhir, where is Sudhirnow?{il i.!!Jhealley behind the house.tii) on the north side of the house

~i~ front of the house E (iv) on the south side of the house16. What )r1he total number of Zodiac constellations (Nakshatra)in Indian astrology?

'<Jif 12 4ii)15 ;' (Iii) 18 (iv) 2717. Who established Ramkrishna Mission? (i) RajaRamMohanRoy (iitS~anand

(iii) SwamiDayanandSaraswati \j.i¥fVivekanand18. If in a coded langU~ge DRASts-wrttten as LBCSZT,how would BOMBAYbe written?

{i) APNCBX (i" PLCZZ (iii) CPOCBZ (iv) CQOCBX19. If under a certain c e the word CARROMis writt~n a ZQQNL,which word will be coded

as HOUSE? (i) GNTRD (ii) INVRF .. IPVTF (iv) GPTID20. Rahul's mother is the only daughter of Monika's fa her. How is Monika's husband related

to Rahul? (i) Uncle (ii) Fathel'\../ (iii) Grandfather (iv) Brother21. A man is facing west. He turns 45· In the clockwise direction and then another 180· in the

same dfrection and then 270· in the anticlockwise direction. Which direction is he facingnow? ~outh -West (ii) South (iii) North-West (iv) West

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22. If it was Saturday on 17th December,1982 what will be the~aY9n~December, 1984.(i) . Monday(ii) Tuesday (iii) Wednesday \ ~v)( Sunday

23. One term in the following number series is not correct. 15, 16, 22, 29, 45, 70Find out the wrong term? . (i) 16 ---w 22 . (iii) 45 . (iv) 70

24. In an exercise, Krishnan walked 25 metres towards South and then he turned to his leftarid moved for iO metres. He again turned to .his left and walked 25 metres. Thereafter,

he turned to his right and walked 15 metres. What is the distance and direction of hispresent location with reference to the starting point.

(i) 5v74 metres North .Pest (ii) 60 metres North(Iii) 35 metre Eas~ (iv) 40 metres South East

25. Where did NASA's land rover Curiosity landed on Marson August 5/6, 2012?\JD--Seaof Tranquility (ii) GaleCrater. (iii) FastMountain (iv) Rover Desert

26. India's Mars Orbiter Mission is likely to be launchedin November 2013.What kind ofrocket will be used by ISROfor this mission. 1:) ,(i) Geo Synchronous Launch Vehicle (GSLV)(ii) Agni III ''''v.:%/_

'-..Lilit, Extended Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (iv) SLY- III 7In London Olympic Games 2012,which country won th highest number of medals? ry(i) GreatBritain (ii) China (iii) Republic of Korea ~) United States of America .Who won the Gold Medal in 100metres race in London Olympics 2012.

(i) Justin Gatlin (Ii) YohanBlak~ (iii ) TysonGay (iv) Usain BoltWho have been selected for Rajiv Gandhi Khel RatnaAward 2012?

(i) RajyabardhanSingh Rathore( Shooting) and Baichung Bhutia (Football)(ii) Gagan Narang (Shooting) and Saina Nehwal (Badminton)(iii) Vijay Kr (shooting) and Yogeshwar Dutt (Wcestling)

~ Mary Kom (Boxing) and Vishwanatha Anand (Chess)30. 'RfiIcfi 'country announced in August 2012 its decision to grant political asylum to the r

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. (i) GreatBritain (ii) China \ 10~Ecuador (iv) Belgium v./

31. India's DRDOhas developeda pilotless target aircraft. What is its name? /"p'" LW'taijas (ii) Nag (iii) Agni III (iv) Lakshya 2 t'/'

32. Wflat is the name of India's first indigenously developed nuclear submarine?(i' INSSindhughosh (ii) K 15 ~ INSArihant (iv) INSVikramditya

33. Why was CERN,the largest particle physic laboratory located near Geneva in newsrecently?(i) For discovery. of Neutrino, a new subatomic particle

~ For dis.covenng••Higgs Boson, anew subatomic particle.(iii) Because of differences among the member nations over finance liabilities.(iv) 'Major breakdown in the laboratory.

34. Whi.chof the following countries in the Middle East';s facing a civil war between theGovernment forces and rebel insurgents?

.~yria (ii) Egypt (iii) Tunisia (iv) Jordon.p35. In which country, there has been a spate of 'insider killing' in which NATOSOldyiershave

".CV,/'1~P been killed by their comrades in local police and Army?7 o / t 1i) Pakistan (ii) Iraq ~Afghanistan (iv) Iran o

36. How do you observe every year the first Monday of October? "(i) Environment Day . fi (ii) World Habitat Day

:'7 (Iii) World Diabetes D~ (iv) UNODay

!17. W~iCh untry's lower house of Parliament is known as Wolesi Jirga?/1 Afghanistan (ii) Bangladesh (iii) Pakistan (iv) Iran38. S BI has decided.to introduce "Basic ServicesDematAccount"(BSDA).What is the

, . maximum value of securities in a BSDAat any point of time? ~(i) Rs5 lakh (ii) Rs 4 lakh ~s 3 lakh (iv) Rs 2 lakh

39 Which of the following companies is posing a stiff competition to Sweden's Ericssonto become the world's larqest telecom equipment manufacturer?(i)Samsung , .AiffTHuawei (iii) Nokia (iv) Panasonic

40 WlJat is the presenrpe':miss~'ble p. er density value for mobile towers operating at 1800MHz? ·(i) 4.5 watt/metre2 (i" watt/metre2 (iii) 13.5watt/metre" (iv) 18watt/metre2

41. Mohammed Morsi, Fracois ollande and Bashar ai-Assad are the current Presidentsrespectively of which countries?

(i) Jordon, Germany and Syria (ii)Egypt, Canadaand Iraq(Iii) Qatar,France and Lebanon \..-ti'r) Egypt, Franceand Syria

42. Where are Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic.~earch and Vikram Sarabhai Space ResearchCentre respectively located?

"-tIT Hyderabad,Tarapur and Sriharikota (ii) Chennai,Tarapur and Thiruvanantpuram. (Iii) Hyderabad, Kalpakkamand Thiruvanantpuram (iv) Chennai,Tarapurand Sriharikota

43. What is WakhanCorridor? (i) North Eastern extremity of Afghanistan(ii) Part of the border between India and China in Ladakh region(Iii) A passagebetweenIran and Afghanistan ~arrollJf strip joining Bangladeshwith Myanmar'

44. What does NSABstand for in Indian context?(i) National Society for Animal Breeders (ii) N.-9-tionalSupport Activity for Bhutan(Iii) National Spiritual Assembly of Buddhists 'fWT National Security Advisory Board

45. What is the significance of Ozone layer in . atmosphere?(i) It maintains the cycle of seasons. (ii) It causes timely arrival of Monsoon

~ It filters the ultraviolet rays of the sun (iv) It prevents' the global warming

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\ ~uias (ii) Ambanis. (iii) Goenkas (iv) Kanorias.47. In WhIch country is th~h dquarters of Nestle company located?

(i) Sweden C' Switzerland (iii)Germany (iv) Netherlands48. Which family owns tH Hero group of Companies in In'pia? .

(i) Hindujas (ii) Firodias . (iii) Munja~ (iv) Mansingh49 Where is Tlticaca , the highest lake in the world, located?'

. (i) Russia and Central Asian countries (ii) US and Canada border . /(iii) South Africa (iv) Peru and Bolivia border"

50. At which point of Earth th~re is no gravity? (i) At North and South' Pole (ii) At equator(iii) On the ocean surface ~ centre of the Earth

51. What is the !l1a)P Chemical component of Vinegar?(i) Acetic aciV (ii) Citric Acid (iii) Tartaric acid (iv)Nitric acid

52 Which gas is released from paddy fj.elds? . .(i) Carbon dioxide (ii) Methaftt!"'" (iii) Ammonia (iv)Hygrogen Sulphide

53. Which of these is not a micronutrient essential for plant growth and health?(i) Manganese (ii) Iodine -fff1J Boron (iv)Zinc

54.·Who among the following fO)lr is the odd man out? ..(i) Abanindranath Tagoce/'(ii) J S Swaminathan (iii) Akbar Padamsee (lvl.Javsd Ahhtar

55. In th~ last one decade, which among the following sectors has attracted the highestforeign direct investm,9pt inflows into India? (i) Computer hardware and software(ii) Services sect~. (iii) Automobile sector (iv)Telecommunication

56. What is the estimated size of Indian economy for 2012-13 (GDP in US Dollars). /(i) one trillion (ii) two trillion , (iii) three trillion (iv) four trilliort-/

57. What percentage of India's GDP..I2011-12 was contributed by Agriculture and alliedsectors. (i) 20% ~14% :, (iii) 54% (iv) 34% '

58. What was India's crude import bill (in US Dollars) in 2011-12 and its percentile share. tototal imports? (i) $150 billion, 32% . /' (ii) $56 billion, 26%

, (iii) $475 billions ,80%v' (iv) $250 billion,51%59. In which country is the Great Victoria Desert located? '/'

< (i) Namibia (ii) Argentina (iii) Mongolia (iv)Australi'a'"" "60. Which of the following is not caused by movement of tectorjit plates?

(i) Earthquakes (ii) Volcanic eruptions '(iii) Ocean curre""" (iv) Oceanic trench formation61; Which of the following is not a "greenhouse gas"(GHG)?

(i) Oxygen (ii) Carbon dioxide (iii) Water vapour (iv) Methane62. Which of the following is the basic structural and, functional unit of a kidney?

(i) Lymphocyte (ii) Nephron (iii) Lobule (iv) Neuron63 German Silver is an alloy of? (i) Copper, Zinc and Nickel (ii) Silver, Copper and Carbon

(iii) Silver, Zinc' and Aluminium (iv) Aluminium, Zinc and Cobalt'64. Which of the foflowing substances-is most'"commonly used for-cloud seeding. (artificial

rains)? (i) Magnesium hydroxide (ii) Potassium Chloride. (iii) Silver iodide- (iv) Zinc Sulphate

65. A Theodolite is used for measuring .' ./(i) oceanic temperature variation (ii) celestial distanc~

• (iii) river water flow (iv) angles in horizontal and Vertical planes.66.Which of the following is not a jovian planet (gaseous planet) in the Solar system?

(i) Jupiter (ii) Saturn '-tMTl Venus .. (iv) Neptune67.Which is the only internal organ of human bodY'c'!Pable of regenerating its lost tissues?

. (i)' Lungs (ii) ~idney' ---crii) Liver '{iv) Brain68. What is meant by Sulphur Shower? (i) Sulphuric acid raiJl due to air pollution '

(ii) Shower of yellow pollen from conifers in spring-..;'" .. (iii) An industrial process to treat porcelain with Sulphuric acid(iv) Release of hydrogen sulphide from industries

69. WhiJ*('mobile. operating system today has the largest share in global smartphone market?~ Anproid OS (ii) BlackBerry ,?S (iii) App.le. iO~ (iv) Nokia S40 OS.

7.0. Alterat,ion of conscrousness- durmg deep sea dlvmg IS known as . .,, . (i),Raptures of the deep (ii) Martini Effect (iii) -Nltroqen Narcosis (iv) All the three

71. The gases used in normal, welding process -are . .... .(i) Oxygen and Hydrogen (ii) Oxygen,· Hydrogen and Acetylene(iii) Acetylene and Nitrogen ~ Oxygen and Acetylene

72. Who was the first European to s~ around the Cape of Good Hope in 1488?(i) Bartolomeu Dias -.j.i.if Ferdinand Magellan (iii) Columbus (iv) James cook

I 73. Northern Africa was divided between two Muslim Caliphates at around 1000 AD. WhileL _ J

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northwestern Africa (essentially, modern Morocco) and southern Spain were-ruled by theUmayyads, which Caliphate ruled over what is now modern Tunisia, Libya and Egypt?

(i) Hafsid (ii) Idrisi~ (iii) Fatimid (iv) Aghlabid .74. Who founded the "Young Italy" movement, the. anchor organization behind the unification, of

Italy in the nineteenth century?'(i) Count Cavour ~aribaldi (iii) Giuseppe Mazzini , (iv) Red Shirts .

75. Where was the battle of Badr fought in which Muslims led by Muhammad defeated Quraishof Mecca decisively 'on March 13, 624..AD?

(i) 80 miles south west of Medina ~ outskirts of Mecca (iii) Jeruselam (iv) Mount Arafat76. Who was the Commander - in- Chief of Confederate States in the American Civil war

(1861-65). ~braham, Lincoln (ii) Jefferson Davis (iii) Robert E Lee (iv) James Longstreet

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77. o.~hich date US dropped the first atom bomb on Hiroshima?'-""iT) August 9,1945 (ii) May 8,1945 (iii) July 26,1945 (iv) August 6,1945

78. The Treaty of Srirangapatna was signed in 1792 between Tipu Sultan and. (i) Dalhousie (ii) Cornwallis \..(.Hi)Warren Hastings (iv) Lord Clive

79. Wimbledon Tournament is associated with which game?(i) Football . (ii) Golf ~Tennis (iv) Badminton

80. Under an agreement with which of the following countries did Subhas Chandra Boseorganize the Indian soldiers, taken as prisoners by the Axis Powers, into the Azad Hind

Fauj? (i) China Iii) Germany (iii) Italy 0W]Japan81. In which part of ancient India was Kharoshthi script in use between 3'· century BC and 3'·

century AD. (i) Magadh region (ii) Central region(iii) Southern region ~Gandhar region

82.BaUle of Jamrud was fought between Sikhs and Afghans in April 1837 in which Afghanswere defeated but an important Sikh general was killed. Who was this Sikh general?

~ Jorawar Singh (ii) Mahan Singh (iii) Hari Singh Nalwa (iv)Diwan Bhiwani Das83. Who was the first Muslil'T) president of Indian National Congress?

(i) Mohammad Ali Jinnah (ii) Badraddin Tayabji~) Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad (iv) Syed Ahmed Khan

84 Three Round Table Conferences were organized by British Government between 1930and 1932 to discuss the constitutional reform in India. In which Round Table Conference

did the Congress attend? (i) First (ii) Second ~Third (iv) All the three85. Who was the Chairman of Drafting Committee of Indian Constitution?

.. (i) Dr Rajendra Prasad (ii) K M Munsi (iii) N G S Ayanger \...{WfB R Ambedkar86.What is the Quorum laid down to constitute a meeting of either of the Houses of Parliament.

. (i) one-tenth of the total number of members of that House(ii~ one-fourth of the total number of members of that House(iii) one-fifth of the total number of members of that House(iv) one-half of the total number of members of that House

87. Who has the authority to call a joint session of the two Houses of Parliament?(i) Prime Minister (ii) President \...(.ijfj Speaker of Lok Sabha (iv) Chairman of Rajya Sabha

88. In which session of the year, President addresses both the Houses of Parliament?'--'11) First session (Budget) (ii) Second session (Monsoon)

(iii) Third session (wint!tl') J!v) none of the above89.Wl:lich of the following States do not have bicameral legisla!.YJ:e?

(i)Bihar (ii)- Uttar Pradesh (iii) Madhya Pradesh "1Iv) Maharashtra90.What fraction of Legislative Council Members are nominated by Governor on the advice

of Cabinet from amongst those having excelled in the fields of science ,arts, literature,cooperative movement or social science? (i) 1/3 (ii) 1/6 ~ 1/12 (iv) 1/4

. 91. In which of the following states is the construction site of proposed Tipaimukh damlocated? (i) Mizoram ~ Assam (iii) Manipur (iv) Nagaland

92. The capitals of Manipur ,Mizoraf;E.an Arunachal Pradesh respectively ~re ..,.-.(i) Imphal, Aizawl and Itanag (ii) Itanagar , Aizawl and Impha~(iii )Kohima, Shillong and Agarta a (iv) Imphal, Itanagar and Aizawl

93. Which of the following is not a tributary of Krishna river? \ ~(i) Tungbhadra (ii) Bhima (iii) Koyna ~IVI GodavariWhich of the following is not a hill station in South India? . ,. ~(i) Ooty (ii) Kodaikanal (iii) Munnar ~ voimbatoreWhich of the following states shares border with China?(i)West Bengal \-.-fi11Himachal Pradesh (iii) NagalndWhich of the following is not a land locked state?(i) Bihar (ii)Chhattisgarh (iii) Mizoram \..{W}OrissaWhich of the following is not matched cor~e!:~!~(i) US - CIA (ii) UK - MI 6 ~ r rance - MossadIn which year was Guru Nanak Dev born?(i) 1242 AD - yfit(1358 AD (iii) 1469 AD (iv) 1542 ADWhich religious leader established 'four mathas' in India?(i) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ~hankaracharya (iii)Vivekananda (iv) RamanujaWho was the first Christian missionary to India?

'~omas the Apostle (ii) John Breeden (iii) Richard Knill (iv) St George

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Paper -II (English Language) Maximum Mark-50Write an essay in English language only on anyone of the following topics in not more than 400words.

(i) India's Space Programme(ii) Causes of Corruption in India(iii) How to deal with Left Wing Extremism

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