Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Who discovered South Pole?
A)
Robert Piery
B)
Amundsen
C)
Columbus
D)
None of these
Roald Amundsen of Norway first reached South Pole on 14 Dec 1911.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Sacrificial ceremony Daibawl in the early Mizo society referred to?
A)
Stomachache
B)
Headache
C)
Fever
D)
Horse
Daibawl was sacrifice for stomach ailments.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
If all plants disappear from the earth’s surface, which of the following gases will also disappear?
A)
Oxygen
B)
Carbon dioxide
C)
Hydrogen
D)
Nitrogen
Photosynthesis by plants produces oxygen; without plants oxygen cycle would collapse and O2 would deplete.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Most stable Ecosystem is
A)
Forest
B)
Grassland
C)
Desert
D)
Marine
Marine/oceanic ecosystem is largest and most stable due to high buffering and continuity.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Where is the famous ‘Finger Lake Region’ located?
A)
Australia
B)
Austria
C)
United States of America (U.S.A.)
D)
Britain
Finger Lakes are group of 11 lakes in New York State, USA.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Who invented steam engine?
A)
George Washington
B)
Plato
C)
James Watt
D)
Newton
James Watt improved Newcomen engine with separate condenser in 1776; credited in exams.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Chalfilh Tourist Resort is located adjacent to
A)
Chalfilh village
B)
Hmuifang village
C)
East Phaileng village
D)
Cheural village
Chalfilh Tourist Resort located adjacent to Chalfilh village.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
A person is addicted to alcohol. The liver gets damaged because
A)
it has to detoxify the alcohol
B)
stores excess of liver
C)
it is over stimulated to secret more bile
D)
it accumulates excess of fat.
Liver metabolizes and detoxifies ethanol via alcohol dehydrogenase; chronic overload leads to fatty liver and damage.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Mammoth is the ancestor of—
A)
Dog
B)
Horse
C)
Camel
D)
Elephant
Mammoth is extinct proboscidean, ancestor/relative of modern elephant.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
A man who took refuge to the chiefs for safety against his guilt became
A)
Chemsen bawi
B)
Tukluh bawi
C)
Sal
D)
Inchhungpui bawi
Chemsen Bawi was anyone who had killed someone and sought sanctuary under the chief, a type of bawi slave.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Bio-magnification means—
A)
Fast spreading of cancer cells in the body
B)
Increasing the amount of substances like pesticides in the organisms of successive trophic level
C)
To see the microscopic parts of the body by microscope
D)
Sudden increase in the number of the individuals of a species in a specific area
Biomagnification is increasing concentration of pollutants like pesticides at successive trophic levels.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Generally where coral reefs are found ?
A)
In temperate climate above 18ºC
B)
Between tropics of cancer and tropics of capricorn coastal areas
C)
On both east and west coasts of continents and islands only
D)
On colder sea coasts
Coral reefs need warm, clear, shallow water >18°C, found mainly between Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn in tropical coastal zones.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
When there is a very heavy rainfall in the Pushkar Hills, where does floods occur ?
A)
Ajmer
B)
Sawai Madhopur
C)
Balotra
D)
Sojat
Runoff from Pushkar Hills feeds Luni River causing floods in Balotra region of Rajasthan.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
When a person enters in a dark room from strong light area, he is not able to see clearly for sometime. Later he gradually begins to see things. This is because—
A)
Changes in the size of pupil
B)
Changes in the diameter and focal length of lens
C)
Bleaching and reformation of Rhodopsins
D)
Eyes become familiar with darkness in course of time
Bright light bleaches rhodopsin; in dark it is re-synthesized, restoring scotopic vision after delay.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
On a specific day and time, temperature was 48°C in Churu and 24°C in Shimla. Two metallic cups identical in all respects contained water at 95°C in Churu and 71°C in Shimla. Which one of these two cups reached room temperature first ?
A)
Cup in Churu
B)
Cup in Shimla
C)
Both cups reached room temperature at the same time
D)
Data are not enough to find out result
Both have same initial excess temperature 47°C (95-48=47, 71-24=47); by Newton's law of cooling time to reach ambient is same.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Hormones
A)
are always proteinceous
B)
control metamorphosis and secondary sexual characters
C)
are non diffusible through cell membrane
D)
control the growth, development and differentiation of body tissues.
Hormones are chemical messengers controlling growth, development, differentiation, metabolism and secondary sexual characters; broadest correct is D.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
A malignant (Cancerous) tumour developing from bone, muscle or other framework tissue in the body is called
A)
carcinous
B)
lymphoma
C)
sarcoma
D)
all of the above
Sarcoma originates from mesenchymal framework tissues like bone, muscle, cartilage; carcinoma from epithelium, lymphoma from lymphoid.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Wild life includes
A)
large and fernocious animals living in jungle (eg. Lions, tigers, wolves, elephants)
B)
all animals, plants and microorganism other than the domesticated animals and cultivated plants
C)
only wild animals.
D)
only undesirable plants
Wildlife definition includes all undomesticated animals, plants and microorganisms in natural habitat.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Who among the Mizo Chief was able to organized confederation of the Eastern Lushai Chiefs and nearly defeat McCabe during the Eastern Lushai promenade of 1892 at Sesawng village?
A)
Kalkhama
B)
Lalburha
C)
Vansanga
D)
Lalhuama
Kalkhama organized eastern Lushai confederation against McCabe at Sesawng 1892.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Which among the following Mizo Kut is not associated with Chhawnghnawh
A)
Pawl Kut
B)
Chapchar Kut
C)
Mim Kut
D)
None of the above
Chapchar and Mim associated with Chhawnghnawh (bountiful harvest); Pawl Kut is straw harvest not chhawnghnawh.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Which of the following is obtained from sea weed?
A)
Argon
B)
Sulphur
C)
Vanadium
D)
Iodine
Seaweeds are major source of iodine; also algin and bromine.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Which of the following alloys is used for making magnets?
A)
Duralumin
B)
Stainless steel
C)
Alnico
D)
Magnalium
Alnico (Al-Ni-Co-Fe) alloy is used for permanent magnets.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
In which city of India, first D.N.A. Bank of Asia is established recently?
A)
Jaipur
B)
Kota
C)
Chennai
D)
Lucknow
Asia's first DNA bank and first DNA bank of India was set up at Biotech Park, Lucknow (2004).
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
The ‘Hot Spot’ of Biodiversity in India are—
A)
Western Himalayas and Eastern Ghat
B)
Western Himalayas and Sunderban
C)
Eastern Himalayas and Western Ghat
D)
Eastern Himalayas and Silent Valley
India has two biodiversity hotspots: Eastern Himalayas and Western Ghats; Western Ghats and Sri Lanka hotspot.
Tourist Officer • 2012 • Paper-III
Who invented penicillin?
A)
Alexander Fleming
B)
Madam Curie
C)
Robert Curie
D)
None of these
Penicillin discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928.
