Rajyaseva Pre 2014 - Paper 1

Match the following pairs and choose the correct option from those given below :

Teej a Hindu festival is dedicated to which Goddess ?

Tea is made from young leaves of the tea plant. Chinese were the earliest tea drinkers in the world. The British first discovered the Assam tea in 1829 in the forests of North-East India. The popular brands in the world are :

(a) Large leaved China tea

(b) Small leaved Assam tea

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Consider the following two statements :

(a) Tropical Evergreen forests : Scattered distribution of one particular species of tree eg. Rosewood.

(b) Tropical Deciduous Forests : They have fewer species but they are found in close proximity eg. Teak.

Now state whether :

Newly developed 'Ennore' port near Chennai is the _______ th largest port in the country and _______ th largest port on the eastern coast.

Arrange the following States in descending order of their forest area, according to forest survey report 2009 :

(a) Arunachal Pradesh

(b) Maharashtra

(c) Madhya Pradesh

(d) Chattisgarh

Answer options :

Which of the following hills connect Eastern and Western Ghats?

Match the following and choose the correct option from those given below : 

Match the following and choose the correct option from those given below:

Which of the following factors determine diurnal and seasonal variation in intensity and amount of solar radiation ?

(a) Inclination of the axis of the earth.

(b) Length of the day.

(c) Extent of clouds

(d) Angle of inclination of the Sun's rays

Answer options :

Accumulation of mercury into human body leads to______ disease.

The continuous increase in concentration of a toxicant at successive trophic levels in food chain is : 

The main gas responsible for ozone depletion is:

Heterotrophic organisms, chiefly bacteria and fungi that breakdown the complex compounds of dead protoplasm and release simple usable substances for other organisms are :

The First National Park established in India was _______.

Which of the following is considered as a land mark year in the history of legislative action in India for environment concerns during which National Committee for Environment Planning and Co-ordination (NCEPC) was set up ?

Kidneys are helping to maintain pH balance by which of the following?

One of the worst natural disasters of the World was the cyclone struck in Bangladesh. As many as 3,00,000 people, lost their lives, it is said. When did the disaster struck Bangladesh, then East Pakistan ?

Silicon Valley, California, United States is one of the greatest science parks in the world today as it contains hundreds of hightech information technology industries. Which of the following two statements about the Sillicon Valley is correct ?

(A) Silicon Valley was once called the "Valley of Heart's Delight". 

(B) It was so called because hundreds and thousands of varieties of flowers bloomed therein.

Human development report of 2011, presented Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) estimates of 109 countries. What proportion of population according to this report, in these countries experience multidimensional poverty?