NDA 2012 (1) - Solved Paper

Solved Question Paper - General Knowledge of NDA Exam held on 15.04.2012

61. Which one among the following statements regarding the Government of India Act, 1935 is NOT correct?

  1. Provincial Autonomy came into existence
  2. Bicameral legislature were provided in six provinces
  3. The principles of communal electorates and weightage were further extended
  4. The States were compelled to enter the Federation

62. Consider the following statements relating to Jain literature :

  1. The sacred books of the Jainas are known as Siddhanta or Agama.
  2. The language of the earliest Jain texts is eastern dialect of Pali known as Ardha Magadhi.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Code:

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

63. Which one among the following was a newspaper founded and edited by Raja Rammohan Roy?

  1. The Calcutta Gazette
  2. Mirat-ul Akhbar
  3. Harijan
  4. The Bharat Mihir

64. Which one among the following is not produced by sound waves in air?

  1. Polarization
  2. Diffraction
  3. Reflection
  4. Refraction

65. A body attached to a spring balance weighs 10 kg on the Earth. The body attached to the same spring balance is taken to a planet where gravity is half that of the Earth. The balance will read

  1. 20 kg
  2. 10 kg
  3. 5 kg
  4. 2.5 kg

66. The resistance of a wire is 10 Ω. If it is stretched ten times, the resistance will be

  1. 1 Ω
  2. 10 Ω
  3. 100 Ω
  4. 1000 Ω

67. If the focal length of the biconvex lens is 25 cms, then the power of the lens will be

  1. +4 dioptre
  2. -4 dioptre
  3. +0.04 dioptre
  4. -0.04 dioptre

68. The thermal conductivity of copper is 4 items that of brass. Two rods of copper and brass having same length and cross-section are joined end to end. The free end of copper is at 0o C and the free end of brass is at 100o C. The temperature of the junction is

  1. 20o C
  2. 40o C
  3. 60o C
  4. 10o C

69. The torque on a rectangular coil placed in a uniform magnetic field is large when the

  1. number of turns is large
  2. number of turns is less
  3. plane of the coil is perpendicular to the magnetic field
  4. area of the coil is small

70. Two metallic wires A and B are of same material and have equal length. If the cross-sectional area of B is double that of A, then which one among the following is the electrical resistance of B?

  1. Twice that of A
  2. 4 times that of A
  3. 1/4 that of A
  4. 1/2 that of A

71. Two thin convex lenses of focal lengths 4 cm and 8 cm are separated by a distance of 4 cm in air. The combination will have the focal length

  1. 4 cm
  2. 8 cm
  3. 12 cm
  4. 32 cm

72. The Damuda series of Gondwana system has three stages, namely, Raniganj, Barren Rocks and Barakar. The middle stage is called Barren because

  1. it consists of coal and not iron
  2. it consists of iron and not coal
  3. it consists of neither coal nor iron
  4. it is sedimentary layer consisting of shale and clay

73. The cyclonic storm occurring over the Caribbean Sea is known as

  1. Typhoon
  2. Willy-Willy
  3. Hurricane
  4. Cyclone

74. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists

List I
(Mountain Pass)		 List II
(State)
A. Zoji La 1. Himachal Pradesh
B. Lipulekh 2. Sikkim
C. Shipki La 3. Uttarakhand
D. Nathu La 4. Jammu and Kashmir

Code:

  1. A - 2; B - 1; C - 3; D - 4
  2. A - 2; B - 3; C - 1; D - 4
  3. A - 4; B - 1; C - 3; D - 2
  4. A - 4; B - 3; C - 1; D - 2

75. Where do you find the Isle of Youth?

  1. Near Cuba
  2. Near Bahamas
  3. Near Jamaica
  4. Near Saint Lucia

76. For which among the following house appliances, magnet is an essential part?

  1. Calling bell
  2. Fan
  3. Washing machine
  4. All of the above

77. Consider the following statements :

Hypermetropia is a defect of vision in which

  1. a person cannot see the distant objects clearly
  2. a person cannot see the near objects clearly
  3. the near point of the eye gets shifted away from the normal position
  4. the far point of the eye gets shifted towards the eye

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Code:

  1. 1 and 3
  2. 2 and 4
  3. 1 and 4
  4. 2 and 3