Engineering Services Exam 2016

1. Which one of the following is India’s first indigenously built nuclear-powered submarine?

  1. INS Arihant
  2. INS Sindhurakshak
  3. INS Viraat
  4. INS Vikramaditya

2. The Constitution of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on :

  1. 26th January 1950
  2. 15th August 1947
  3. 30th January 1948
  4. 26th November 1949

3. Which National Highway connects Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu?

  1. NH 4
  2. NH 5
  3. NH 6
  4. NH 7

4. Which one of the following countries is not a member of ASEAN?

  1. Indonesia
  2. South Korea
  3. Thailand
  4. Vietnam

5. The term ‘Bali Action Plan’, is sometimes seen in news in the context of :

  1. Global climate change
  2. Global terrorism
  3. Global wildlife trafficking
  4. World trade

6. Who of the following is known as the ‘Iron man of India’?

  1. Vallabhbhai Patel
  2. Bipin Chandra Pal
  3. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
  4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

7. Bardoli Satyagraha, 1928 was a peasant movement launched against the :

  1. Raised rate of tax by the Government
  2. Failure of Round Table Conference
  3. Visit of Simon Commission
  4. Lathi charge on Lala Lajpat Rai

8. Consider the following pairs :

Well known lakeState
1. Chilika Lake :Odisha
2. Kolleru Lake :Kerala
3. Pulicat Lake :Karnataka

Which of the pairs given above is/ are correctly matched?

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 and 3 only
  3. 1 and 3 only
  4. 1, 2 and 3

9. Which one of the following is not a member of SAARC?

  1. Myanmar
  2. Maldives
  3. Bhutan
  4. Afghanistan

10. In the Union Government, the Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to :

  1. Prime Minister
  2. Lok Sabha
  3. Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
  4. Union Cabinet

11. If the annual Union Budget is not passed by Lok Sabha :

  1. The President of India asks the Finance Minister to resign
  2. The Prime Minister asks the Finance Minister
  3. The Finance Minister modifies it and presents it again
  4. The Prime Minister submits the resignation of his Cabinet

12. Which of the following is/are used as both fertilizer as well as explosive?

  1. Ammonium nitrate
  2. Calcium sulfate
  3. Potassium permanganate

Select the correct answer using the code given below :

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 and 3 only
  3. 1 and 3 only
  4. 1, 2 and 3

13. The expenditure which can be charged on the Consolidated Fund of India:

  1. is discussed and voted by the Parliament.
  2. can be discussed but is not put to vote before Parliament.
  3. can neither be discussed nor voted by the Parliament.
  4. is discussed and voted by the Lok Sabha only.

14. What is NEOShield, sometimes seen in news?

  1. An international consortium to address the asteroid threat to Earth
  2. A geo-engineering project of OECD countries to find the ways to save the Earth from global warming
  3. NASA’s project to find the ways to ward off the effects of solar flares on our communication systems
  4. A ballistic missile defence system developed by a group of countries

15. Consider the following plants :

  1. Cycas
  2. Date palm
  3. Pinus

Which of the above is/are flowering plants?

  1. 1 and 2 only
  2. 2 and 3 only
  3. 2 only
  4. 1, 2 and 3

16. Recently, between which of the following countries has a 534 km long gas pipeline been proposed to be constructed?

  1. France and Hungary
  2. Germany and Italy
  3. Poland and Lithuania
  4. Greece and Turkey

17. Consider the following statements :

  1. Snakes are always at the end of a food chain.
  2. Some snakes are viviparous.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

18. An eastward traveler from India crossing the International date Line, in order to get the correct day and time of the local area should turn his watch :

  1. forward
  2. forward and should move his day calendar backward
  3. backward
  4. backward and should move his day calendar forward