Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Which software is used to start a computer?
A)
System software
B)
System hardware
C)
Data
D)
DNT
System software/BIOS is used to start computer.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
A famous mizo chief Sibuta’s memorial stone was erected at
A)
Falkawn
B)
Phulpui
C)
Sumsuih
D)
Tachhip
Sibuta memorial stone (Sibuta lung) at Tachhip.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Pearl is mainly constituted of—
A)
Calcium oxalate
B)
Calcium sulphate
C)
Calcium carbonate
D)
Calcium oxide
Pearl nacre is mainly calcium carbonate (aragonite) secreted by mollusk.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
A gene is
A)
sleeping drug
B)
unit of heredity
C)
a kind of vitamin
D)
a type of body cell.
Gene is unit of heredity located on chromosome transmitting traits.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
A ‘biological death’ is when
A)
there is no pulse and heart beat
B)
pupils show ne reaction to light
C)
all the body cells die after a few hours of clinical death
D)
pupils are fixed and dialed
Clinical death is reversible cessation of heart/breathing; biological death is irreversible death of all body cells after hours.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Buxa Tiger Project is located in which state of India ?
A)
Madhya Pradesh
B)
Rajasthan
C)
Gujarat
D)
West Bengal
Buxa Tiger Reserve is in Alipurduar district, West Bengal, part of Eastern Dooars.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Plants die in winter by frost because
A)
there is no transpiration
B)
no photosynthesis takes place at such low temperature
C)
respiration ceases at such low temperature
D)
of desiccation and mechanical damage to tissues.
Frost causes extracellular ice formation, desiccation and rupture of cells leading to plant death.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
The symbol of World Wild-life Fund is—
A)
Polar Bear
B)
White Bear
C)
Giant Panda
D)
Cheeta
WWF logo since 1961 is giant panda, chosen from Chi-Chi panda at London Zoo.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Polythene is industrially prepared by the polymerization of
A)
methane
B)
styrene
C)
acetylene
D)
ethylene
Polythene formed by polymerization of ethylene monomer.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Which one of the following changes occur when salt is added in the water?
A)
Boiling point is increased and freezing point is decreased
B)
Boiling point is decreased and freezing point is increased
C)
Both boiling point and freezing point are decreased
D)
Both boiling point and freezing point are increased
Salt is non-volatile solute: elevation of boiling point and depression of freezing point (colligative properties).
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Gene is
A)
a segment of DNA
B)
a segment of DNA and histone
C)
segment of DNA, RNA and histone
D)
all of the above
Gene is defined as functional segment of DNA coding for product, classically a segment of DNA.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Which State is not a part of ‘seven sisters’ of North-Eastern States?
A)
Meghalaya
B)
West Bengal
C)
Arunachal Pradesh
D)
Tripura
Seven sisters are Arunachal, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura; West Bengal is not in NE.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
A Mizo ceremony in order to yield productive jhuming cultivation is called
A)
Fanodawi
B)
Kawngpui siam
C)
Chungbawl
D)
Lo-hman
Lo-hman is ceremony for productive jhuming.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
In which premise men are given first priority during the early Mizo culture?
A)
at the village drinking water well
B)
choosing of the jhuming field
C)
at the blacksmith’s (pum)
D)
none of the above
At blacksmith (pum) men given first priority.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
What is the function of CAPS LOCK key?
A)
To type the characters in blocks
B)
To italicize
C)
To delete
D)
Lock the computer
CAPS LOCK toggles typing in capital/block letters.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
The first election of the Village Council in Mizoram was held in
A)
July-August 1954
B)
February- May 1956
C)
June-August 1958
D)
September-November 1954
First Village Council election in Mizoram held July-August 1954.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
What is the function of a printer?
A)
To process data
B)
It is the keyboard
C)
To get a copy of a document
D)
To send fax
Printer is output device to get hard copy of electronic document.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Puithiam, a village priest in the early Mizo society was remunerated in
A)
Paddy
B)
Flesh of meat
C)
Selection of Jhum
D)
Both A and B
Village priest Puithiam/Sadawt was provided with one basket of paddy per household per year as remuneration.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Which one of the following groups of organisms has significance in diagnosing the death by drowing?
A)
Lichens
B)
Protozoa
C)
Cyanobacteria
D)
Diatoms
Diatoms (acid-resistant silica shells) aspirated into lungs/blood help confirm drowning and site of drowning.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
For which desirable character the transgenic crop ‘Golden Rice’ is produced?
A)
Vitamin ‘A’
B)
Essential Amino Acids
C)
Insulin
D)
Characteristic Starch
Golden Rice is genetically engineered to produce beta-carotene, precursor of Vitamin A.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
The Lushai Scout Corps recruited in 1944 was also known as
A)
Biate Sipai
B)
Regular Army
C)
Burma Army
D)
None of the above
Lushai Scout Corps recruited 1944 also known as Biate Sipai.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
A Mizo chief who claimed to have imprinted his image in the coin was
A)
Suakpuilala
B)
Lallula
C)
Rothangpuia
D)
Lalburha
Suakpuilala claimed to imprint image in coin.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
A big log horizontally fastened at the main entry in the early Mizo Zawlbuk is called
A)
Bawhbel
B)
Dawvan
C)
Awkpaka
D)
Awlrawt
Bawhbel is log at zawlbuk entrance for strength test.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
By which process the sea water can be converted into pure water?
A)
Deliquescence
B)
Efflorescence
C)
Electric separation
D)
Reverse osmosis
Reverse osmosis / desalination removes salts from seawater to produce pure water.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Chandrayaan-I was launched from—
A)
Orissa
B)
Tamil Nadu
C)
Karnataka
D)
Andhra Pradesh
Chandrayaan-1 launched 22 Oct 2008 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh (now AP/Andhra border).
