MPSC Superintendent clerical Grade B Question paper 2013

MPSC Superintendent clerical Grade B Question paper 2013

1. Who was the Chairman of Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission till Feb. 2012?

(1) Justice Kshitij Vyas

(2) Justice Katju M.

(3) Justice Balkrushnan B.k.

(4) Mr. R.K. Gailwad

2. The name ‘Boson’ in ‘Higgs Boson’ (God particle) refers to which Indian scientist?

(1) Jagdish Bose

(2) Satyendranath Bose.

(3) Amol Bose

(4) C.V. Raman

3. 5^th ‘BRICS’ summit took place on March 26-27, 2013. Consider the following statements about BRICS.

(1) Command nearly 26 percent of the World’s geographical area.

(2) 43 percent of the global trade.

(3) 17 percent of the global trade.

(4) The summit was held in Beijing.

4. Who was conferred upon the Indira Gandhi Peace Disarmament and Development Award for 2011?

(1) Ila Bhatt

(2) jaimala Shiedar

(3) Saroja Vaidynathan

(4) Aung Sun Suu Kyi

5. Complete the following sentence.

‘The Cauvery water Disputes Tribunal’ deals with sharing of the water of Cauvery among the states of________.

(1) Maharashtra, Karnataka, tamilnadu

(2) Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala

(3) Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Kerala, Puducherry.

(4) Maharashtra, Tamilnadu, Kerala.

6. According to ASSOCHAM report what was the rate of decrease in employment generation in economic sector in India during 1^st Jan, 15^th Dec. 2012?

(1) 10.02 %

(2) 15.96 %

(3) 21.00 %

(4) 07.60 %

7. Whose birthday is celebrated as “national Sports day”?

(1) Khashaba Jadhav

(2) Major Dhyanchand

(3) Dara Singh

(4) Randhava

8. Who has been appointed as a Chief Economic Advisor to the Finance Ministry of India?

(1) K.K. Batra

(2) Avatar Singh

(3) raghuram Rajan

(4) Udit Kulkatni

9. for which research chemistry, American Scientists have received Nobel Prize 2012?

(1) Metabolism

(2) Catabolism

(3) G- Protein

(4) Insulin

10. Which institution has discovered G 2012 – S comet?

(1)  ISO

(2) ISSR

(3) FICR

(4) ISON

11. Which Monday of a month is celebrated as a Democracy Day in Maharashtra?

(1) First

(2) Second

(3) Third

(4) Fourth

12.When was the ‘Rajiv Gandhi Jivandai Health Scheme’ started in Maharashtra?

(1) 2^nd July 2012

(2) 2^nd August 2012

(3) 2^nd September 2012

(4) 2^nd December 2012

13. What is the period of Basel-3 system?

(1) 2011-2015

(2) 2012-2016

(3) 2013-2017

(4) 2014-2018

14. Who has been appointed as a President of the well known Yahoo company?

(1) Robert Kook

(2) Alen Donald

(3) Preet Singh

(4) Marissa Mayer

15. According to the UNO report what will be the population of senior citizens in 2050?

(1) One billion

(2) Two billion

(3) Three billion

(4) Four billion

16. Which of the following films received the Best film Oscar Award in the Oscar Award Ceremony held in February 2013?

(1) Lincoln

(2) Life of Pi

(3) Argo

(4) Zero Dark Thirty

17. Who has been appointed as a High Commissioner of India for Maldives?

(1) Rajiv Shahara

(2) Ratan Shah

(3) Ashish Jadhav

(4) Kamlesh Kumar

18. Who is the recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Award for 2012 for shooting?

(1) Mandeep Singh

(2) Vijay Kumar

(3) Sudha Sing

(4) Vinod Kumar

19. Who is the authoress of the ‘The Casual Vacancy’?

(1) Amruta Pritam

(2) J.K. Rawling

(3) Nancy Krow

(4) Shobha Dey

20. What is the expected growth rate in the 12^th Five Year Plan?

(1) 3.00%

(2) 4.20%

(3) 7.50%

(4) 8.20%

21. As per Reserve bank circular which cheque system is in effect from 1^st January 2013?

(1) CST 2010

(2) CTS 2011

(3) CTS 2012

(4) CTS 2010

22. According to Mumbai Gram panchayat (Second Amendment) Bill 2012, many village meetings have been made mandatory in a year?

(1) Four

(2) Five

(3) Six

(4) Seven

23. As per Forest policy of 1952, out of total land country how much percent land must be under forests?

(1) 20

(2) 25

(3) 33

(4) 40

24. Which website started a movement to get nomination for Noble Prize to Malala Yousafzai?

(1) Nomination.org

(2) Prize.org

(3) Change.org

(4) Move.org

25.What is Semantic Pointer Architecture United Network (SPAUN)?

(1) Artificial Brain

(2) Artificial Head

(3) Artificial Hand

(4) Artificial Lag

26. What does constitution Amendment Bill 97 refer to?

(1) Health

(2) Co-operation

(3) Education

(4) Pollution

27. In which district the prime Minister inaugurated the AADHAR scheme?

(1) Amravati

(2) Thane

(3) Nandurbar

(4) Chandrapur

28.Consider the following statements about world’s tallest statue of Mahatma Gandhi:

(1) It is a bronze statue at Gandhi Maidan, Patna.

(2) It is a bronze statue at Gandhi Maidan, New Delhi.

(3) It is 70 feet high and weighs 25 tonnes.

(4) The President of India unveiled it on Feb. 15, 2013

(5) The Chief Minister of Bihar unveiled it on Feb, 15, 2013.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

(1) (A), (C) and (D)

(2) (B), (C) and (E)

(3) (A), (C) and (E)

(4) (B), (C) and (D)

29.As per the Census 2011, what is the number of girls 1000 boys in Maharashtra?

(1) 773

(2) 883

(3) 972

(4) 975

30. If the product of two numbers is 30 and sum of squares is 61, then what is the sum total of these numbers?

(1) 13

(2) 11

(3) 91

(4) 31

31. 11.98 x 11.98 + 11.98 x x + 0.02 x 0.02

In this expression, which number should replace X so that we get a complete square?

(1) 0.04

(2) 0.16

(3) 0.64

(4) 0.94

32. How many ‘9’ s are there which are Proceeded by 3 and succeeded by 6 in the following sequence?

5693696969364396639635439673965

(1) 5

(2) 8

(3) 6

(4) 7

33. In certain city, all telephone numbers have six digits, the first two digits being 41, or 42 or 46 or 62 or 64. How many telephone numbers will there be having all six digits different?

(1) 8400

(2) 7200

(3) 9200

(4) 9400

34. Calculate the medium and the first quartile from the following values of heights in inches of a group of students.

51, 53, 52, 51, 54, 53, 50, 54, 55, 53, 54

(1) Median = 54, Q₁ = 51

(2) Median = 51, Q₁ = 53

(3) Median = 52.5 Q₁ =52

(4) Median = 53, Q₁ = 51

35. Extract the cube root of 1728.

(1) 22

(2) 12

(3) 18

(4) 14

36. What is the smallest integer which when subtracted from the number 47562 will make it exactly divisible by 13?

(1) -5

(2) +8

(3) 5

(4) -8

37. Divide

2695 by 55 =?

(1) 39

(2) 49

(3) 54

(4) 45

38. If average of four consecutive odd numbers is 42, then what is the difference between the smallest and the largest of them?

(1) 5

(2) 6

(3) 4

(4) 7

39. Multiply:

7621 x 11 =?

(1) 76821

(2) 73831

(3) 83831

(4) 76831

40. In a queue, Prutha is standing on the 7^th place from the front and on the 10^th place from the back. How many persons are there in a queue?

(1) 17

(2) 16

(3) 18

(4) 15

41. If 17 – 4 = 305 and 19 – 7 = 410 then what is the value of 23 – 5 =?

(1) 18

(2) 545

(3) 554

(4) 455

42. find square of 23.1

(1) 533.61

(2) 529.01

(3) 409.61

(4) 5336.1

43. What is the value of the following expression?

0.65 x 0.37 – 0.65 x 0.15+0.65 x 0.78

(1) 6.5

(2) 0.65

(3) 0.065

(4) 0.845

Ans:-

44. In a class of 100 student’s average marks of 70 boys subject are 75. If average marls of the complete class are 72 then what are the average marks of the girls?

(1) 73

(2) 65

(3) 68

(4) 74

45. A cube having each side 5 cm, has every face coloured with a different colour. If the cube is cut into small cubes of volume 1 cubic cm each, how many small cubes will not be coloured on any side?

(1) 25

(2) 98

(3) 27

(4) 100

46. What will be the next consecutive term in the following series?

1, 2, 6,15,31,56?

(1) 92

(2) 81

(3) 71

(4) 60

47. Choose the correct alternative in place of the question mark.

80: 120 :: ? : 224

(1) 168

(2) 160

(3) 180

(4) 100

48. If Blue, Green, Red and Yellow coloured bulbs are fitted in this order, what coloured bulb will be at Sr. No. 67?

(1) Blue

(2) Yellow

(3) Green

(4) Red

49. Find the missing number in the given number series:

4, 8, 16, ____, 44, 64

(1) 22

(2) 28

(3) 32

(4) 34

50. Geeta is older than Sita. Meeta is older than Sita but younger than Geeta. Suvarna is yopunger than both Hari and Sita. Sita is older than Hari . Who is the youngest one?

(1) Geeta

(2) Meeta

(3) Suvarna

(4) Hari

51. New Moore Island is a point of conflict between which two countries?

(1) India and China

(2) India and Pakistan

(3) India and Bangladesh

(4) India and Sri Lanka

52. Which was the first State in the country to give right of NOTA (None of the above) to the voters in the election of Local Self Government?

(1) Madhya Pradesh

(2) Rajasthan

(3) Chhattisgarh

(4) Maharashtra

53. Registered number of voters in Maharashtra as on 1.1.2014 were

(1) 9.50 crores

(2) 8.25 crores

(3) 7.89 crores

(4) 6.75 crores

54. Consider the following statements:
55. Lokpal Bill 2013 was assented by the Humble President on January 1, 2014.
56. Prime Minister, Ministers and Members of Parliament are within the jurisdiction of Local.

(1) Statement ‘A’ is correct, ‘B’ is false

(2) Statement ‘A’ is false, ‘B’ is correct

(3) Both the statements ‘A’ and ‘B’ are correct

(4) Both the statements ‘A’ and ‘B’ are false

55. One number is smaller than the second number by 3, the second number is smaller than the third number by 5, the third number is smaller than the fourth number by 13. The total of all four numbers is 96. Then what is the difference between the and the smallest number?

(1) 19

(2) 20

(3) 21

(4) 22

56. Akshay and Vijay start from a fixed point. Akshay moves 3 km. North and turns right and then covers 4 km. Vijay moves 5 km west and turns right and walks 3 km. Now how far are they, from each other?

(1) 10 km.

(2) 9 km.

(3) 8 km.

(4) 6 km.

57.In the classroom, five boys are sitting in a row; Prakash is to the left of Mohan and to the right of Aman. Rohan is sitting to the right of Naman, but to the left of Aman. Who is sitting at the centre?

(1) Aman

(2) Rohan

(3) Prakash

(4) Mohan

58. What is the average annual rainfall on Maharashtra?

(1) 140 c.m.

(2) 135 c.m.

(3) 155 c.m.

(4) 130 c.m.

59. According to 2011 census, which of the following districts has the highest female population?

(1) Thane

(2) Mumbai-Suburban

(3) Nashik

(4) pune

60. Apart from Mumbai district, which of the following district has the least number of talukas?

(1) Nandurbar

(2) Dhule

(3) jalgaon

(4) Hingoli

61. According to climate classification by Triwartha the climate of Vidarbha and Eastern Marathwada is which of the following types?

(1) Af

(2) Am

(3) Aw

(4) As

62. In Summers, which of the following places has the highest range of temperature?

(1) Mumbai

(2) Solapur

(3) pune

(4) Nagpur

63.Which of the following stations record the highest number or rainy days?

(1) Amboli

(2) Mahabaleswar

(3) Gaganbavda

(4) Swantmadi

64.Which of the following creeks is to the North of Mumbai?

(1) Dharmapur

(2) Vasai

(3) Bankot

(4) Karti

65. Which of the following sanctuary was declared in 2010 as Sahyadri tiger project?

(1) Radhanagari

(2) Koyna

(3) Chandoli

(4) None of these

66. Which hill range boasts of Chikhaldara hill station in Amravati district?

(1) Shambhu Mahadev

(2) Sarmala Ajintha

(3) Gavilgarh

(4) none of the above

67. What was responsible for extinguishing of Bronze Age Culture in around 1200 BC in Maharashtra?

(1) Floods

(2) Drought

(3) Earthquake

(4) landslide

68. As per 2011 census in which of the following districts decadal growth population was most negative?

(1) Pune

(2) Mumbai city

(3) Ratnagiri

(4) Sindhuburg

69. Which of the following forts is not a Sea Fort?

(1) Khanderi-Underi

(2) Kulaba

(3) Korlai

(4) Hirakot

70. Which of the following rivers is the longest river in Kokan?

(1) Ulhas

(2) Savitri

(3) vaitarna

(4) vashishti

71. Which of the following sequences of rivers from North to South in Konkan is correct?

(1) patalganga, Bhatsa, Tansa, vaitarna

(2) Vaitarna, Tansa, Bhatsa, Patalganga

(3) Tansa, Vaitarna, Patalganga, Bhatsa

(4) Bhatsa, Patalganga, Vaitarna, Tansa

72. Which of the following forests in Maharashtra is called as Tropical monsoon forests?

(1) Tropical dry Deciduous forest

(2) tropical semi Evergreen forest

(3) Tropical evergreen forest

(4) Moist Deciduous forest

73. What is the height of “Kalsubai” the highest Peak in Maharashtra?

(1) 1046 m

(2) 1064 m

(3) 1640 m

(4) 1460 m

74. Female migration due marriage is_______ in rural Maharashtra.

(1) low

(2) high

(3) medium

(4) none of the above

75. Which of the following administrative divisions in Maharashtra has the largest area?

(1) Pune

(2) Aurangabad

(3) Nagpur

(4) Nashik

76. As per 2011 census, what was the percentage of rural population in Maharashtra?

(1) 50.76

(2) 66.70

(3) 54.77

(4) 67.78

77. In which of the following district Vanadium is found?

(1) Nagpur

(2) Sindhudurg

(3) Bhandara and Gondia

(4) Satara

78. In 2001 which of the following district in Maharashtra had the highest scheduled caste population?

(1) Nagpur

(2) Pune

(3) Solapur

(4) Nanded