Assam Judicial Service Grade-III 2012 Paper-II
Assam Judicial Service Grade-III 2012 Paper-II Question Paper
Total marks – 100 Duration – 3 hours
PART-A
1. Write on any two of the following topics:
i) Tourism in North-East
ii) Man-animal conflict in Assam
iii) Information Technology and its impact on the society
PART-B
Answer the following questions :-
2.
I. Govind is 3 years older than his wife Shyama and 4 times as old as his son Raghu. If Raghu becomes 15 years old after 3 years, what is the present age of Shyama ?
(a) 60 years (b) 51 years (c) 48 years (d) 45 years
II. Average age of ten persons learning yoga is 32 years. When the age of their instructor is added, the average age becomes 34 years. The age of their instructor is
(a) 54 years (b) 52 years (c) 46 years (d) 56 years
III. Find 12% of 5000
(a) 620 (b) 600 (c) 680 (d) 720
IV. 56 men can complete a piece of work in 24 days. In how many days can 42 men complete the same piece of —work?
(a) 18 (b) 32 (c) 98 (d) None of these
V. Sujit incurred a loss of 45 % on selling an article for Rs.3740. What was the cost price of the article ?
(a) Rs.5725 (b) Rs.5080 (c) Rs.6250 (d) Rs.6800
VI. The average weight of 21 girls was recorded as 58 Kgs. If the teacher’s weight was added, the average increased by 1 Kg. What was the teacher’s weight ?
(a) 96 kgs (b) 80 kgs (c) 78 kgs (d) 62 kgs
VII. Kartik sold an item for Rs.6500 and incurred a loss of 20%. At what price should he have sold the item to have gained the profit of 20% ?
(a) Rs. 10375 (b) Rs.9750 (c)Rs.8125 (d) None of these
VIII. A truck covers a distance of 330 Kms at the speed of 30 Kms/hr. What is the average speed of a car which travels a distance of 110 Kms more than the truck in the same time ?
(a) 42 K.ms/hr (b) 40 Kms/hr (c) 36 Kms/hr (d) None of these
IX. Ravi got 101 marks in Hindi, 100 marks in Science, 96 marks in Social Studies, 108 marks in Mathematics and 78 marks in English. If the maximum marks of each subject are equal and if Ravi scored 84% marks in all the subjects together, what are the maximum marks of each subject ?
(a) 110 (b) 120 (c) 115 (d) 125
X. 3/7×9/14-5/7 =
(a) 27/70 (b) 13/35 (c) 17/70 (d) 12/35
PART-C
Give the answer from the choices given
(Do not write the question)
3A.
I. Krishna Poonia is a
(a) Shooter (b) Discus thrower (c) Boxer (d) Weight lifter
II. What word describes the time of the year when day and night are of equal length ?
(a) Solistice (b) Equinox (c) Equator (d) Equilateral
III. Who won the 2012 Novel Prize for literature ?
(a) Serge Haroche (b) Shinya Yamanaka (c) Mo Yan (d) Alvin Roth
IV. Prof Mohammad Yunus is renowned in which of the following areas ?
(a) International Economics (b) Development Economics (c) Human Rights (d) Micro Finance Concept
V. The singer lyricist duo of the song “Kolaveri Di…” is
(a) Dhanush : Anirudh (b) Anirudh : Dhanush (c) Dhanush : Javed Akhtar (d) Dhanush : Gulzar
VI. With which game will you associate “COPA America” – an international tournament involving 12 countries and previously known as South American Championship ?
(a) Tennis (b) Rugby (c) Football (d) Snooker
VII. Kandla Port is located in which State ?
(a) Orissa (b) Andhra Pradesh (c) Kerala (d) Gujarat
VIII. Man Booker Prize is given for contribution in the field of
(a) Literature (b) Social Service (c) Sports (d) Cinema
IX. The filament of electrical bulb is made of
(a) Silver (b) Tungsten (c) Nickel (d) Cobalt
X. Which one of the following is not formed in our body ?
(a) Vitamin A (b) Protein (c) Enzyme (d) Hormone
XI. Plaster of Paris is obtained from
(a) Limestone (b) Silica (c) Bauxite (d) Gypsum
XII. Spot the odd one out amongst the following :
(a) BASIC (b) WINDOWS (c) DOS (d) UNIX
XIII. The major harmful gas emitted by automobile vehicles which causes air pollution is
(a) Carbon monoxide (b) Methane (c) Carbon dioxide (d) Ozone gas
XIV. Prof Amartya Sen was awarded Nobel Prize for his contribution to the field of
(a) Food and famines (b) Welfare economics (c) Indian economy (d) Poverty
XV. The “Arya Samaj” was founded by
(a) Swami Dayananda Saraswati (b) Swami Vivekananda (c) Keshab Chandra Sen (d) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
XVI. Files are organised by storing them in
(a) Tables (b) Databases (c) Folders (d) Graphs
XVII. Which of the following is the smallest storage ?
(a) Megabyte (b) Gigabyte (c) Kilobyte (d) Nano Mbyte
XVIII. Which of the following is called a “Cash Crop” ?
(a) Wheat (b) Paddy (c) Jowar (d) Sugarcane
XIX. Who among the following is known as the “Father of Green Revolution in India”?
(a) Dr Amartya Sen (b) Dr MS Swaminathan (c) Dr Kurien Vergheese (d) Dr Raja Ramanna
XX. Many times we read in newspapers about the “GM” crops. What is the full form of “GM” ?
(a) Genetically mutated (b) Genetically modified (c) Globally marketed (d) None of these
XXI. Which 168 years old best selling British weekly tabloid owned by Rupert Murdoch had to shut down operations amid a phone hacking scandal ?
(a) News of the World (b) The Sunday Times (c) The Sunday Observer (d) The Mirror
XXII. The first Five-Year Plan in India was launched in the year
(a) 1948 (b)1949 (c) 1950 (d)1951
XXIII. Who amongst the following has written the book “The City of Joy” ?
(a) Dominique Lapierre (b) Vikram Seth (c) Larry Collins (d) Khushwant Singh
XXIV. Subroto Cup is associated with the game of
(a) Hockey (b) Football (c) Tennis (d) Badminton
XXV. Gagan Narang, a Khel Ratna winner is a famous
(a) Footballer (b) Badminton Player (c) Boxer (d) Air Rifle Shooter
XXVI. Kovalam beach is in which Indian State ?
(a) Goa (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Kerala
3B. Match the following:
(a) Amzad Ali Khan Shehnai
(b) Vilayat Khan Tabla
(c) Bismillah Khan Sarod
(d) Alla Rakha Khan Sitar
PART-D
Answer the following questions:-
4.
i) Which metal is used for generation of nuclear power ?
ii) A popular medium in radio is FM. What does FM stand for ?
iii) 1900 was a leap year. Yes or No ?
iv) What four-letter word describes an offspring between a male donkey and a female horse ?
v) Which creatures were dominant on earth during the Jurassic era ?
vi) What is common to Yellow, Scarlet, Q and Hay ?
vii) What connects Tarapur, Narora and Kakrapar ?
viii) With which environmental movement would you associate Medha Patkar ?
ix) What term is used to describe the following rivers
Kosi, Damodar, Hwang Ho and Tennessee ?
x) Who won the 2012 Noble Peace Prize ?