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).
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
The only place Asiatic Lion is found in the wild is
A)
Manar sanctuary
B)
Kaziranga
C)
Gir forest
D)
Corbett National Park
Asiatic lions survive only wild in Gir National Park and surroundings in Gujarat.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Food is generally digested in the
A)
Liver
B)
Stomach
C)
Small intestine
D)
Large intestine
Main enzymatic digestion and absorption of food occurs in small intestine, though some begins in stomach.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
which of the following fibres is least prone to fire?
A)
nylon
B)
cotton
C)
rayon
D)
terry cott.
Nylon is thermoplastic polyamide that melts and self-extinguishes, least prone to catch fire versus cotton/rayon.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Place where the ‘Jal Durg’ (fort erected in water) is located?
A)
Ajmer
B)
Amber
C)
Siwana
D)
Gagron
Gagron Fort in Jhalawar, Rajasthan is classic Jal Durg surrounded by Ahu and Kali Sindh rivers.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
In computers HTML stands for
A)
Historical Text Material
B)
Hyper Text Mark-up Language
C)
High Tech Machine Language
D)
None of these
HTML = HyperText Markup Language for web pages.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Ginger and sweet potato are
A)
homologous
B)
stem and root respectively
C)
analogous
D)
both (b) and (c )
Ginger is stem (rhizome) and sweet potato is root; they are analogous (storage function) but different organs - both b and c.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
What is the product found in large quantities in Churu-Bikaner-Sri Ganganagar belt, which is (i) a source of environmental pollution, (ii) used for raising soil fertility, and (iii) after value addition, is used in health and building sector ?
A)
Limestone
B)
Lignite
C)
Fullers Earth
D)
Gypsum
Rajasthan's Churu-Bikaner-Ganganagar belt has large gypsum deposits; used to reclaim sodic soils, causes dust pollution, and after calcination used as plaster of Paris in health/building.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
A person having which one of the following blood groups can receive blood of any group?
A)
A
B)
A B
C)
C
D)
O
AB blood group has no anti-A/B antibodies, so universal recipient (ABO system).
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
The final phase of clearance of the weeds in the Mizo jhuming cultivation is called
A)
Hnuhpui lak
B)
Hnuhhram lak
C)
Pawhchhiat
D)
None of the above
Pawhchhiat is final weeding/clearance in jhuming.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
A butterfly-shaped gland in the front part of the neck which regulated body chemistry and helps control growth is
A)
tongue
B)
pituitary gland
C)
adrenal gland
D)
thyroid gland
Butterfly-shaped thyroid gland in neck regulates metabolism via T3/T4 and controls growth.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Heavy alcohol consuming people generally die of
A)
blood cancer
B)
cirrhosis
C)
liver or stomach cancer
D)
weakening of heart muscles leading to cardiac arrest.
Chronic heavy alcohol causes alcoholic cirrhosis and liver failure, common cause of death.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
A balanced diet contains
A)
animal protein
B)
macro and micro nutrients
C)
food nutrients for growth and maintenance
D)
butter and ghee
Balanced diet must provide carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals and water – macro and micro nutrients.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
A bat is
A)
a mammal
B)
a reptile
C)
an amphibian
D)
an avian
Bat is the only flying mammal, order Chiroptera; classified as mammal.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • General Studies Paper-II
Who among the following is constitutionally empowered to declare a geographic area as a scheduled area?
A)
Governor
B)
Chief Minister
C)
Prime Minister
D)
President
Fifth Schedule paragraph 6 empowers the President to declare any area as Scheduled Area.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • General Studies Paper-II
Nehru wanted to establish in India
A)
A marxian Socialist State
B)
A Democratic Socialist State
C)
A Western Democratic State
D)
None of the above
Nehru advocated democratic socialism blending parliamentary democracy with socialist planning.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • General Studies Paper-II
The political techniques of Tilak include
A)
Civil Dosobedience, Swaraj, National Education
B)
Swadeshi, National Education, Boycott
C)
Strike, Swadeshi, Boycott
D)
All of the above
Tilak's program was Swadeshi, Boycott, National Education as means to attain Swaraj.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • General Studies Paper-II
The Drain Theory was propounded by
A)
Aurobindo Gosh
B)
Dadabhai Naoroji
C)
M.N. Roy
D)
Raja Rammohan Roy
Drain Theory expounded in Poverty and Un-British Rule in India by Dadabhai Naoroji 1867.
