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ASSISTANT CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER GRADE-II/EXECUTIVE EXAMINATION-2014

Date of exam - 22 02 2015

1.The written examination contains two papers, namely Paper-I (Objective type) and Paper-II (Descriptive type to be attempted in English language only). Total duration for both the papers is 1 hour 40 minutes from 1120 to 1300 hrs.

2. Each question in Paper-I is followed by four alternatives, namely (1), (2), (3) and (4). Only one alternative is the correct answer which should be completely darkened by ball-point pen of blue ink on the OMR response sheet provided separately. Hindi version has not been provided for questions on English language.

1. Curcuma longa is the scientific name of which spice?

A. Cumin

B. Cloves

C. Turmeric

D. coriander

2. Bones found in the hands and feet as the percentage of total number of bones in the body of an adult human being is nearly equal to

A. 20%

B. 30%

C. 50%

D. 40%

3. Europeans are believed to have brought potatoes to India in the 18^th century. Which region of the world is believed to be the origin of potato cultivation?

A. Eastern Ghana

B. Southern Peru

C. Portugal

D. West Indies

4. Oymyakon is generally considered the coldest inhabited area on Earth. Which country Oymyakon is located in?

A. Mongolia

B. Russia

C. Greenland

D. Iceland

5. Which gland in the human body is also known as the "third eye"?

A. Pineal

B. Pituitary

C. Mammary

D. Tear gland

6. Leukaemia is a group of cancers that usually begins in the bone marrow and results in high numbers of which abnormal cells ?

A. White blood cells

B. Red blood cells

C. Platelets

D. All of these

7. During an earthquake, two places 'A' and 'B' record its intensity on Richter scale as 4.0 and 6.0, respectively. In absolute terms, the ratio of intensity of the earthquake at 'A' to that of 'B' is

A. 2:3

B. 7:8

C. 141:173

D. 1:100

8. On a cold day in January, the temperature at a place fell below the freezing point and was recorded as -40° Centigrade. On Fahrenheit scale, the same temperature would be

A. 32°F

B. —8°F

C. —40°F

D. —72°F

9. Universal Gas Constant, R, is a property of

A. Ideal Gases

B. Halogen Gases

C. Inert Gases

D. All Gases

10. In which place was the 1^st Science Congress held in January, 1914

A. Kolkata

B. Allahabad

C. Chennai

D. Pune

11. The class of elementary particles bosons was named after Satyendra Nath Bose, an Indian Physicist. Which of the following Indian Scientists graduated from Presidency College Calcutta as a classmate of Satyendra Nath Bose?

A. Jagdish Chandra bose

B. P.C.Mahalanobis

C. Praful Chandra Ray

D. Meghnad saha

12. To which place Aryabhata, the great mathematician, went for adcanced studies?

A. Takshashila

B. Kashi

C. Patliputra

D. Kaushambi

13. The development of the world's first practical design for an Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile, A9/10, was undertaken in Nazi Germany during the World War II. It was intended for use in bombing

A. London and other coastal cities of Britain

B. Northern cities of France, including Venice

C. New York and other American cities

D. Interiors of USSR to cut off military supply lines to Moscow

14. Homi Jahangir Bhabha, the father of Indian nuclear programme, was also the founding director of which of the following institutes?

A. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

B. Indian Institute of Science

C. Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai

D. Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkatatine

15. Who headed the Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV) project launched by ISRO in 1970?

A. Dr. Vikram Sarabhai

B. Dr. K.Radhakrishnan

C. Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam

D. Dr. G. Madhavan Nair

16. Where was Bhaskara, also known as Bhaskaracharya or Bhaskara II, an Indian mathematician & astronomer, was born?

A. Kanchipuram

B. Bijapur

C. Thanjavur

D. Madurai

17. The BrahMos, a short range supersonic cruise missile, is a joint venture between which foreign country and Indian agency?

A. USA & ISRO

B. UK & ISRO

C. Russia & ISRO

D. Russia & ORDO

18. If the sum of 60% of a fractional number and the number's square root is S greater than one fifth of the number, then the number is

A. 6.25

B. 0.25

C. 12.25

D. 2.25

19. If 'Head' appears consecutively in the first three tosses of a fair/unbiased coin, what is the probability of 'Head' appearing in the fourth toss also?

A. 1/8

B. 7/8

C. 1/16

D. 1/2

20. Archers 'A' and 'B' take aim at a target. If the probability of 'A' hitting the target is 90% and of 'B' missing the target is 90%, what is the probability that both 'A' and 'B' miss the target?

A. 90%

B. 09%

C. 01%

D. 81%

21. If 12 persons working 12 hours a day dig 12 meters of a tunnel in 12 days, how many men are required to dig_ additional 04 meters of the tunnel (of the same dimension) given that they work 04 hours a day for 04 days?

A. 27

B. 4

C. 12

D. 36

22. A man sells an article at a certain price incurring 20% loss. If he had sold the same article for Rs.20 more, he would have earned 20% profit. What was the cost price of the said article

A. Rs.20

B. Rs. 40

C. Rs. 50

D. Rs. 60

23. Numerator of a fraction is increased by 60%, and at the same time its denominator is decreased by 60%. The new fraction is

A. 2.56 times the older fraction

B. Equal to the older fraction

C. 4 times the older fraction

D. 0.36 times the older fraction

24. In a triangle ABC, one of the angles is average of the remaining two angles. Which of the following is always true about the triangle ABC?

A. Isosceles triangle

B. Equilateral triangle

C. One of its angles measures 60°

D. Right angled triangle

25. If the area of a circle 'C' is equal to the area of a square 151, then the ratio of the square of the perimeter of 'C' to the square of the perimeter of 'S' is nearly equal

A. 22.7

B. 88:7

C. 11:14

D. 1:1

26. The last digit of the number 3²⁰¹⁵ is

A. 1

B. 3

C. 5

D. 7

27. What is the squareroot of 49%?

A. 0.7%

B. 7.0%

C. 70%

D. Undefined

28. Log (40²-20²) is equal to

A. log 3

B. log 60 + log 20

C. log 40 - log 20

D. log 20

29. Twelve persons meet in a conference and each shakes hands with all the others. How many handshakes take place

A. 72

B. 66

C. 144

D. 132

30. A man travels uphill to city C from city B in a car at the speed of 40 Km/hr, and returns to city B at a faster speed of 60 Km/hr. What is his average speed for the round trip

A. 0

B. 48

C. 50

D. Data insufficient

31. (7+14+21+28...... ...+700) is equal to

A. 35350

B. 42714

C. 49420

D. 56707

32. In a group of 5 persons, P is taller than Q, but is shorter than both R and S. Both R and T are taller than but shorter than S. This implies that

A. R is taller than P, but shorter than T

B. T is taller than Q, but shorter than R

C. R is taller than Q but shorter than T

D. S is taller than T while P is shorter than R

33. In a group of Army Officers, 02% of Officers neither take Coffee nor Tea, while rest of them take either Tea or Coffee or both. If 60% of Officers take , while 58% take Coffee, what percentage of Officers take Tea but do not take Coffee

A. 02%

B. 20%

C. 40%

D. 60%

34. The original name of Ho Chi Minh, the President of the Vietnam Democratic Republic, was Nguyen Van Thanh which he later changed to Ho Chi Minh before becoming the President. The literal meaning of Ho Chi Minh is

A. He Who Leads

B. He Who Fight

C. He Who Enlightens

D. He Who Protects

35. In which year, Mahatama Gandhi travelled to Champaran in Bihar to inspire the peasants to struggle against the oppressive plantation system?

A. 1914

B. 1915

C. 1916

D. 1917

36. With which objective, CR Das and Motilal Nehru formed the Swaraj Party within the Congress?

A. Spearhead the mass struggles

B. Forge Hindu-Muslim unity

C. Participate in elections to the provincial councils

D. Organize legislative protests against rowlatt act

37. The industraial working class sis not participate in the civil disobedience movement in large numbers, expect in

A. Nagpur region

B. Madras region

C. Surat region

D. Calcutta region

38. Dr B R Ambedkar clashed with Mahatma Gandhi at the 2^nd Round Table Conference demanding

A. Reservation for Dalits in Government jobs

B. Reservation for Dalits in Ministries

C. Separate citizen status for Dalits

D. Separate Electorate for Dalits

39. A scene of wrestling match in Bombay's Hanging Gardens was shot by Harishchandra Bhatwadekar, & it became India's first movie. It was shot in the year

A. 1896

B. 1907

C. 1913

D. 1925

40. Which famous leader once said, "we would not have made economic progress, if we had not intervened on very personal matters: how you live, the noise you make, how you spit-

A. Adolf Hitler, Germany

B. Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

C. Mussolini, Italy

D. Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore

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1. A trader gains 15% after selling an item at 10% discount on the printed price. The ratio of the cost price and printed price of the item is

A) 18 : 23

B) 17 : 18

C) 17 : 23

D) 18 : 25

2. The prices of a scooter and a television are in the ratio of 8 : 7. If a scooter costs Rs. 2000 more than a television, then find out the price of television.

A) 14,000

B) 28,000

C) 10,000

D) 18,000

3. A truck covers a distance of 640 km in 10 hours. A car covers the same distance in 8 hours. What is the respective ratio of the speed of the truck to that of the car ?

A) 3 : 4

B) 1 : 2

C) 5 : 6

D) 4 : 5

4. In what ratio must a grocer mix two type of rice costing Rs. 7.50 per kg and Rs. 10 per kg, respectively, so as to get a mixture worth Rs. 8.25 per kg ?

A) 4 : 3

B) 7 : 3

C) 8 : 3

D) 2 : 5

5. A train of length 250 meters passes a platform of 350 meters in length in 50 sec. what time will it take to pass the platform of 230 meters length ?

A) 60 sec

B) 45 sec

C) 40 sec

D) 55 sec

6. Akanksha can do a piece of work in 6 days, while vasudha can do the same work in 5 days. If the total amount to be given for this work is Rs. 660, then what will be the share of vasudha, if both work together ?

A) 560

B) 300

C) 360

D) 420

7. A bicycle, marked at Rs. 2,000, is sold with two successive discounts of 20% and 10%. An additional discount of 5% is offerd for cash payment. The selling price of the bicycle at cash payment is

A) 1368

B) 1468

C) 1568

D) 1668

8. From two places, 60 km apart, A and B start towards each other at the same time and meet each other after 6 hours. Had a travelled with 2/3 of his speed and B travelled with double his speed , they would have met after 5 hours. The speed of A is

A) 4kmh

B) 6kmh

C) 10kmh

D) 12kmh

9. Three years ago, the average age of a family of 5 members was 17 years. A baby having been born , the average of the family is the same today. What is the age of the baby?

A) 1year

B) 2year

C) 6month

D) 9month

10. 30 oranges and 75 apples were purchased for Rs. 510. If the price per apple was Rs. 2, then average price of oranges was

A) 12

B) 14

C) 10

D) 15

11. Find the least number that when divided by 16, 18, and 20 leaves a remainder 4 in each case, but is completely divisible by 7

A) 364

B) 2254

C) 2884

D) 3234

12. The smallest number added to 680621 to make the sum a perfect square is

A) 4

B) 5

C) 6

D) 8

13. The ratio of present ages of two brother is 1 : 2 and 5 years back the ratio was 1 : 3 . what will be the ratio of their ages after 5 years?

A) 1 : 4

B) 2 : 3

C) 3 : 5

D) 5 : 6

14. Rs. 68,000 is divided among A, B and C in the ratio of ½ : ¼ : 5/16 . The difference of the greatest and the smallest part is

A) 6,000

B) 14,440

C) 9,200

D) 16,000

15. If 28 men complete 7/8 of a piece of work in a week, then the number of men who must be engaged to get the remaining work completed in another week, is

A) 5

B) 6

C) 4

D) 3

16. Three bells chime at intervals of 48, 60, and 90 minutes respectively. If all the three bells chime together at 10.00 a.m., at what time will all the three chime again that day ?

A) 1.00 p.m.

B) 2.00 p.m.

C) 8.00 p.m.

D) 10.00 p.m.

17. Find the largest possible number of 5 digits which is exactly divisible by 32, 36 and 40.

A) 99360

B) 98360

C) 99340

D) 99380

18. A sum of money amounts to Rs. 3,750 in 4 years at the rate of 12 ½ % per annum simple interest. The sum is

A) 2500

B) 3000

C) 4000

D) 4500

19. A shopkeeper bought 80 kg of suger at the rate of Rs. 13.50 per kg. he mixed it with 120 kg of suger costing Rs. 16 per kg. in order to make a profit of 20 % , he must sell the mixture at

A) 18 per kg

B) 17 per kg

C) 16.40 per kg

D) 15 per kg

20. Some toffees were bought at the rate of 11 for Rs. 10 and the same number at the rate of 9 for Rs. 10. If the whole lot was sold at one rupee per toffee, then the gain or loss in the whole transaction was

A) Loss of 1 %

B) Gain of 1%

C) Neither gain nor loss

D) Gain for 1.5 %

21. In a certain code , CHARCOLE is coded as 45164913 and MORALE is coded as 296137, how is the word ALLOCHRE coded in that language ?

A) 13396875

B) 16693985

C) 13394567

D) 19943785

22. If REASON is coded as 5 and BELIEVED is coded as 7, then what is the code for GOVERNMENT ?

A) 6

B) 8

C) 9

D) 10

23. In a certain code, DEAF is written as 3587 and FILE is written as 7465, how is IDEAL written in that code ?

A) 43568

B) 43586

C) 63548

D) 48536

24. A is the son of B. C, B’s sister, has a son D and a daughter E. F is the maternal uncle of D. how is A related to D ?

A) Cousin

B) Nephew

C) Uncle

D) Brother

25. In a code language, ‘mok dan sil’ means ‘ nice big house’, fit kon dan’ means ‘house is good’ and ‘warm tir fit’ means ‘cost is high’. Which word stands for ‘good’ in that language ?

A) Mok

B) Dan

C) Fit

D) Kon

26. War : destruction

A) Fire : burn

B) Court : justice

C) Water : drown

D) Food : hunger

27. Doctor : hospital

A) Plumber : wrench

B) Chef : kitchen

C) Water : drown

D) Food : hunger

28. Cistern : water

A) House : family

B) Cup : tea

C) Vase : water

D) Book : knowledge

For questions 29 to 30, choose the word which is least like the other words in the group.

29. A] Zebra B] Lion C] Tiger D] Horse

30. A] Parrot B] Bat C] Crow D] Sparrow

31. In 1921, All India Khilafat Conference was held at

A) Karachi

B) Bombay

C) Poona

D) Nagpur

32. The beautiful temple at Tanjore built by Rajaraja, the great was dedicated to which deity ?

A) Brahma

B) Shiva

C) Mahavira

D) Murugan

33. To which dynasty did Bimbisara, the ruler of Magad

A) Nanda dynasty

B) Haryanka dynasty

C) Lichchavi clan

D) Sisunaga

34. Which text gives us valuable insight into the trade between India and the Roman empire ?

A) Periplus of the Erythrean Sea

B) Silappadikaram

C) Padirrupattu

D) None of this

35. Which of the following rulers was a great patron of Mahayana Buddhism ?

A) Gondophermes

B) Sushruta

C) Kanishka

D) Charaka

36. Which school of art the earliest images of the Buddha in human form belong to

A) Gandhara

B) Mathura

C) pala

D) Gupta

37. Which of the following is not a representative of Buddhist art ?

A) Stupa

B) Chaitya

C) Vihara

D) Relic towers

38. The foreigner who was the chief of the Dutch factory of Agra during Jahangir's time was

A) Terry

B) Nicholas Withington

C) William Hawkins

D) Francisco Pelsaert

39. Aurangzeb defeated ________ in the battle of samugarh.

A) Shah Shuja

B) Dara Shikoh

C) Murad

D) Shah Jahan

40. Senguttuvan was the greatest king of

A) The Cholas

B) The pandyas

C) The cheras

D) None of the above

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