| Post Name | RESEARCH ASSISTANT |
|---|---|
| Department | STATE PLANNING BOARD |
| Question Paper Code | 048/2018 |
| Date of Test | 11 April 2018 |
| Medium of Question | ENGLISH |
| Exam Type | OMR Examination |
| Total Questions | 96 |
1
“Das Capital” was published in which of the following languages ?
Answer
C. German
2
Who is the first woman writer to win the Jnanpith Award ?
Answer
B. Ashapoorna Devi
3
A Kerala dance form which is also known as KALIYATTAM
Answer
C. Theyyam
4
GUMAR is a dance of
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B. Rajasthan
5
The country which is known as the land of White Elephants
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B. Thailand
6
Which is the election symbol of the Republican Party of U.S.A. ?
Answer
D. Elephant
7
The first postage stamp was introduced by
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B. England
8
The freedom fighter who is known as the Indian Bismark
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D. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
9
National Panchayat is the Parliament of
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D. Nepal
10
The newly appointed Chief Election Commissioner of India is
Answer
Question Cancelled
11
Who is the last Diwan of Travancore ?
Answer
B. P. G. N. Unnithan
12
KARGIL VIJAY DIVAS is celebrated on
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B. 26th July
13
The President of India who is elected with the lowest victory margin
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C. V. V. Giri
14
Swami Vivekananda Airport is located in
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D. Raipur
15
Which among the following States, Constituted a Committee to expedite the possibilities of having its own State flag ?
Answer
B. Karnataka
16
Wagon Tragedy memorial is at
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D. Tirur
17
The first Malayalee to become the Deputy Chairman of Rajyasabha
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B. M.M. Jacob
18
Central Leather Research Institute is located in
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C. Chennai
19
“The Nation” is a newspaper published by
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C. Gopalkrishna Gokhale
20
Who among the following is a leader of Paliyam Sathyagraha ?
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A. A.G. Velayudhan
21
What is India’s fiscal deficit during the financial year 2016 – 17 ?
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C. 3.5
22
What is currency appreciation ?
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D. Rise the value of currency due to interaction of demand and supply
23
Rival but non-excludable goods are called
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A. Common resources
24
Who is the Chairman of 5th State Finance Commission ?
Answer
B. B.A. Prakash
25
Imposing different amounts of tax on people with different ability to pay is known as
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B. Vertical equity
26
Who is the current Chairman of NITI Aayog ?
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D. Narendra Modi
27
Which Committee adopted Cost of Living as the basis for identifying poverty ?
Answer
A. Suresh Tendulkar Committee
28
Which religious group in India has the highest rate of unemployment according to the 68th round of NSSO ?
Answer
D. Christians
29
SGRY launched in
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C. September 2001
30
Who is the regulator of Capital Market in India ?
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D. SEBI
31
Derivative Markets are part of
Answer
Question Cancelled
32
What is the Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate of RBI fixed in August 2017 ?
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B. 6.25%
33
Which of the following commodity outside the ambit of GST ?
Answer
D. Electricity
34
What is the GDP growth rate of India during the financial year 2016 – 17 ?
Answer
B. 7.1
35
The agency responsible for preparing WPI in India
Answer
C. Ministry of Commerce and Industries
36
What is ‘Inflation Tax’ ?
Answer
Question Cancelled
37
Developing a budget from scratch is known as
Answer
A. ZBB
38
Which Committee appointed to review FRBM Act ?
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C. N.K. Singh Committee
39
What is ‘Guillotine’ ?
Answer
B. Passing demand for grants without discussion
40
What is the recommendation of 14th Finance Commission regarding StateÂ’s share of union tax ?
Answer
D. 42%
41
The length of time (minutes) that a certain boy speaks on the telephone is found to be a random phenomenon, with a probability function given by f(x) A e x / 3 for x 0 0 otherwise The value of A, which makes the function of a probability density function is
Answer
C. 1/3
42
Basket of 15 oranges has an average weight of 200 gms. If an orange weighing 250 gms is taken out of the basket and is substituted by another weighing 235 gms, what would be the average weight of 15 oranges now in the basket ?
Answer
A. 199 gms
43
The positive square root of the arithmetic mean of squares of the deviations of the given values from their arithmetic mean is denoted as
Answer
B. Standard deviation
44
A bag contains 5 white and 3 black balls. Another bag contains 4 white and 7 black balls. A ball is randomly drawn from one of the bags and found to be black. What is the probability that it is from the first bag ?
Answer
D. 33 89
45
For a normal distribution, the quartile deviation, the mean deviation and standard deviation are approximately in the ratio
Answer
A. 10 : 12 : 15
46
Let X and Y are two independent Gamma variables. Then X/Y is distributed as
Answer
C. Beta variate of second kind
47
Let X and X be two random variables following the density f(x) = e–x X > 0 then what 1 2 is the distribution of Z = X1/X2 ?
Answer
Question Cancelled
48
A symmetric die is thrown 600 times. The lower bound for the probability of getting 80 to 120 sixes is
Answer
B. 19 24
49
The sampling error associated with a census study is
Answer
A. 0
50
Which type of experimental design does not use the principle of local control in measuring variation among experimental units ?
Answer
C. CRD
51
The number of treatments in a 22 factorial experiment is
Answer
B. 4
52
If a sample is taken at random from a population, it is likely to posses almost the same characteristics as that of the population. This principle is called
Answer
D. Law of statistical regularity
53
Let (X1, X2, X3) is a random sample of size 3 taken from N (, ) . Let T1 = (X1 + X2 + X3)/3 and T2 = (X1 + 2X2 + 3X3)/6 be the estimators used to estimate . Which estimator is more efficient ?
Answer
A. T1
54
What is the variance of the sufficient estimator for estimating the parameter of the Poisson population on the basis of sample of size n ?
Answer
C. /n
55
A test that is used for testing the equality of means of several normal populations having unknown but common variance 2
Answer
B. ANOVA
56
Probability of rejecting a null hypothesis when it is true is called
Answer
D. Significance level
57
If the two regression equations are 3x + 2y – 80 = 0 and 2x + 3y – 70 = 0, the value of correlation coefficient is
Answer
A. – 2/3
58
The regression lines of Y on X and X on Y are Y = aX + b and X = cY + d. Then the ratio of the standard deviations of X and Y is
Answer
D. Ă–(c/
59
In exponential trend equation Y = ab , the values of X and Y are in the form of
Answer
B. AP, GP
60
The seasonal indices of sales of a firm in the following quarters are for Jan.– Mar.– 100, Apr. – Jun. – 89, Jul.– Sep. – 83, Oct.– Dec. – 128 respectively. If the total sales in Jan.– Mar. of the year be worth Rs. 10,000. How much worth of items should be kept in stock by the firm in Apr.– Jun. to meet the demand ?
Answer
C. 8,900
61
Accounting for Intangible Assets are related to
Answer
D. AS – 26
62
Which of the following errors are not revealed by the Trial Balance ?
Answer
A. Compensating Errors
63
The determination of expenses for an accounting period is based on the principle of
Answer
C. Matching
64
Which financial statement represents the accounting equation “assets = liabilities + owners’ equity” ?
Answer
C. Balance Sheet
65
The Database Schema is written in
Answer
C. DDL
66
The DBMS language component which can be embedded in a program is
Answer
B. The Data Manipulation Language (DML)
67
Key to represent relationship between tables is called
Answer
C. Foreign Key
68
The full form of DDL
Answer
C. Data Definition Language
69
Demand deposit also known as
Answer
A. Current Account
70
Rediscounting and giving advance the Central Bank changes interest at a rate which is known as
Answer
C. Bank Rate
71
_________ is an alpha-numeric code that uniquely identifies a bank branch participating NEFT system
Answer
B. IFSC
72
In India, RTGS has been implemented on
Answer
A. 26 March 2004
73
Marketing helps firms to increase their profits by
Answer
D. Increase in customer
74
Direct marketing refers to a communication between the _______ and _______ directly
Answer
A. Seller and buyer
75
The process of supplying products to all retail outlets is known as
Answer
D. Intensive distribution
76
Demographic segmentation refers to
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A. The description of the people and their place in society
77
Financial decision involve
Answer
A. Investment, financing and dividend decision
78
The appropriate objective of an enterprise is
Answer
B. Maximisation of owners wealth
79
‘Bird in hand’ argument is given by
Answer
B. GordonÂ’s Model
80
Ploughing back of profit means
Answer
D. Retaining the earnings of business for future expansion programme
81
Classify the following differential equation dy e N 3y x y dx
Answer
C. Both separable and linear
82
Which one of the following is the solution of the differential equation y 1 x ? dx 1 x –x Ce N
Answer
A. (1 + Ce ) (1 + x)
83
Which one of the following is the general solution to the problem 25 10 y0? dt dt J J J J
Answer
D. y C e C te J J # # 5 5 dy x
84
Which one of the following represents the solution of the differential equation ? dx 1 y
Answer
B. Family of circles with centre at (0, 1)
86
Let V be a n-dimensional complex vector space and let W denote the subset of V defined by { x V | x x } , where x denote the conjugate of x. Which one of the following is not true ?
Answer
Question Cancelled
87
Which one of the following is the Kernel of the linear transformation T : R R defined by ” ! T(x1, x2, x3, x4) = (x1, 0, x3, 0) ?
Answer
D. Ker(T) = {(0, a, 0
89
The eigen values of the matrix A 1 3 1 are 1 2 2
Answer
D. 5, 1, 1
91
Let R be a commutative ring with unity of characteristic 4. Then for all a, b R, which 4 one of the following is the expansion of (a +
Answer
B. ? 4 4
92
Which one of the following is not a subgroup of the cyclic group Z8 ?
Answer
Question Cancelled
93
Which one of the following is same as the permutation 8 2 6 3 7 4 5 1 ?
Answer
A. (1 8) (3 6 4) (5 7)
94
In a non-abelian group G, the element b has order 108. Which one of the following is 42 the order of b ?
Answer
B. 18
95
Let G be a group such that a = e for each a G, where e is the identity element of G. Which one of the following is true ?
Answer
C. G is abelian
96
If {a } is a sequence of real numbers satisfying (a )2 = 2an – 1, then which one of the n n+1 following is true ?
Answer
A. lim a 1 n
97
Which one of the following is true for the function f (x) x ? 1 for x 0
Answer
D. Continuous for all x except 0
98
Which one of the following statements is true for the function f(z) = y ?
Answer
B. Not analytic at any point
99
If f(z) = u + iv is an analytic function with non-zero derivative then the angle between the family of curves u(x, y) = C1 and v(x, y) = C2 where C1 and C2 are real numbers is
Answer
D. 90° 1
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