Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
What is a cursor in the computer?
A)
It is a blinking object or insertion point
B)
It is a stick
C)
It is the mouse
D)
It is the system
Cursor is the blinking insertion point showing where typed text will appear.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Deep blue colour is imparted to glass by the presence of
A)
cobalt oxide
B)
cupric oxide
C)
ferrous oxide
D)
nickel oxide
Cobalt oxide gives deep blue to glass; cupric gives light blue, ferrous green, nickel brown.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
In what direction Monsoon rainfall in Rajasthan increases ?
A)
Southwest-Northeast
B)
Southeast-Northwest
C)
Northwest-Southeast
D)
South-North
Rajasthan rainfall decreases towards Thar desert in northwest; it increases from northwest to southeast and west to east.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
‘Archaeopteryx’ is a connecting link between which of the following classes of animal ?
A)
Amphibia and Aves
B)
Reptilia and Aves
C)
Reptilia and Mammalia
D)
Aves and Mammalia
Archaeopteryx shows reptilian and avian features, linking Reptilia and Aves.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
A biological method of soil conservation is
A)
strip forming
B)
dry farming
C)
mulching
D)
contour terracing
Biological/agronomic conservation uses living/organic cover like mulching and strip cropping; mulching conserves moisture organically.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
A camel adapts easily in a desert due to
A)
hump with stored food as fats
B)
water cells in stomach to store metabolic water.
C)
pads beneath two digits and hair growth near eyes and nostrils
D)
RBCs are nucleated
Camel desert adaptations include broad padded digits for sand, long eyelashes/hair to block sand, and hump fat; pads and hair are key morphological adaptations.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Who among the Wales Missionary was given court case for his persistent effort toward emancipation of slaves
A)
D.E.Jones
B)
Edwin Rowlands
C)
Dr. Peter Frazer
D)
Edith Chapman
Edwin Rowlands pursued emancipation of slaves and faced court case.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
What is a joy stick in the computer?
A)
It is a input device
B)
It is the mouse
C)
The keyboard
D)
None of these
Joystick is an input device used for controlling movement, especially in games.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
The children by the real wife are legitimate among the Mizo society and are known as
A)
Hmeifa
B)
Chhungpuifa
C)
Sawn
D)
Falak
Chhungpuifa is legitimate child/progeny out of legal marriage; real wife's children are known as Chhungpuifa, concubine's as Hmeifa.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
A fine imposed on a guilty on judicial proceedings, given to the Chief for acting as the Judicial Officer of the village was known as
A)
Fathang
B)
Sachhiah
C)
Salam
D)
None of the above
Salam is fee/fine of losing party given to chief acting as judicial officer; Fathang is paddy tax, Sachhiah is meat tax.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
What is PARAM 1000?
A)
Newly developed Jet fighter
B)
New medicine for cancer
C)
Super computer developed by India
D)
Title of a T.V. serial
PARAM 1000 is the supercomputer developed by C-DAC, India in 1980s-90s series.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Minamata disease is caused by—
A)
Mercury
B)
Cadmium
C)
Lead
D)
Zinc
Minamata disease is caused by mercury poisoning from methyl-mercury contaminated water.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Where is Port Paradeep located ?
A)
Kerala
B)
Karnataka
C)
West Bengal
D)
Orissa
Paradip Port is major port in Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha (erstwhile Orissa).
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Which of the following is used as a filler in the rubber tyre?
A)
Carbon black
B)
Coal
C)
Coke
D)
Graphite
Carbon black used as reinforcing filler and pigment in rubber tyres to increase strength and abrasion resistance.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Which one of the following acid is formed during the change of milk into curd ?
A)
Acetic acid
B)
Ascorbic acid
C)
Citric acid
D)
Lactic acid
Lactobacillus converts lactose to lactic acid causing milk to curd.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
The Mizo indigenous society never counts their wealth in terms of money, which among the following was not the traditional Mizo wealth?
A)
Sial
B)
Dar
C)
Phurh hlan
D)
Silai
Traditional Mizo wealth includes sial (mithun), dar, phurh hlan; silai (gun) modern.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Which one of the following statements in FALSE ?
A)
The special rubber tyres of air craft are made slightly conducting
B)
The blue waves scattered more than violet waves of light so that the sky appears blue not violet
C)
A comb run through one’s wet hair does not attract small bits of paper
D)
Vehicles carrying inflammable material usually have metallic ropes touching the ground
Rayleigh scattering ∝1/λ^4, violet scatters more than blue; sky appears blue due to eye sensitivity and ozone absorption, so statement B is false.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Nobel Prize is NOT given in
A)
Physics
B)
Mathematics
C)
Chemistry
D)
Medicine
Nobel Prizes are given in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, Peace, Economics; not in Mathematics.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Milk tastes sour when kept in the open for some time due to the formation of
A)
lactic acid
B)
citric acid
C)
acetic acid
D)
carbonic acid
Lactobacillus ferments lactose to lactic acid, making milk sour.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Which among the following is not included among the mizo customary marriage prize
A)
Nuta man
B)
Palal
C)
Pusum
D)
Nau puak puan
Bride price includes man, palal, pusum; nau puak puan is separate child-related cloth.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Which one of the followings is used in the synthesis of polythene ?
A)
Methane
B)
Ethylene
C)
Propane
D)
Butane
Polythene is polymer of ethylene (CH2=CH2) via addition polymerization.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Pheromones are found in—
A)
Insects
B)
Snakes
C)
Birds
D)
Bats
Pheromones are chemical signals most well documented in insects for mating, trail marking and alarm.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
The Pendulum clock was invented by
A)
Galileo
B)
Faraday
C)
Christiaan Huygens
D)
Aristotle
Christiaan Huygens invented pendulum clock in 1656 using Galileo's isochronism principle.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
By which process, Alum cleans the muddy water ?
A)
Absorption
B)
Adsorption
C)
Coagulation
D)
Dialysis
Alum (potash alum) acts as coagulant causing suspended clay particles to coagulate and settle.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
In the Mizo marriage ceremony, if a Puandum is included in a woman’s possession it is known as
A)
Puanrin
B)
Mangpuan
C)
Puanhlap
D)
Zawlpuan
Puandum as Zawlpuan when included in woman's possession for husband's funeral.
