PART A – GENERAL ENGLISH [Q1–25]
Q1. What is the main idea of the given passage (Walter Scott)?
Answer: D) To keep his honour unblemished
Explanation: The passage highlights how Walter Scott worked hard to repay debts to
preserve his honor.
Q2. Synonym of "strenuous"?
Answer: C) Tireless
Explanation: "Strenuous" means requiring great effort; "tireless" is the closest in meaning.
Q3. Synonym of "unblemished"?
Answer: A) Untarnished
Q4. Best describes Walter Scott?
Answer: C) A thoroughly honest man
Q5. Antonym of "undermined"?
Answer: C) Improved
Explanation: “Undermined” means weakened; the opposite is “improved”.
Q6–10: Second Passage on Humanitarianism
Q6. What kind of reform?
Answer: C) Reform of society, economics, laws, ethics, religion and deists
Q7. Who demanded reform of laws?
Answer: B) Beccaria and Bentham
Q8. What would reforms lead to?
Answer: D) Human liberty, health, wealth, and human perfection
Q9. Synonym of “Contend”?
Answer: C) Struggle
Q10. Antonym of “trammels”?
Answer: A) Assistance
Explanation: “Trammels” means restrictions; opposite is help or support.
Q11–12: One Word Substitution
Q11. Violation of sacred things
Answer: A) Sacrilege
Q12. One who hates women
Answer: C) Misogynist
Q13–14: Idioms & Phrases
Q13. Gift of the gab
Answer: B) Fluency in speech
Q14. Taken a leaf out of my book
Answer: C) Imitated me
Q15–16: Sentence Rearrangement
Q15. QRP
Answer: B) QPR
Q16. RQP
Answer: D) QRP
Q17–21: Cloze Passage
17. Answer: B) Concept
18. Answer: A) Great
19. Answer: D) Clearly
20. Answer: A) Impractical
21. Answer: D) Information
Q22–25: Error Spotting
Q22.
Answer: B) Is due to fact → Missing "the"; should be “due to the fact”.
Q23.
Answer: C) If you will help me → “If you would help me” is more proper.
Q24.
Answer: B) Whom I know → Should be “who I know”, because “he is” follows.
Q25.
Answer: C) Are excited → "Audience" is singular; should be “is excited”.
Q26. Who escaped from Hazaribagh prison and joined Quit India Movement?
Answer: C) Jayprakash Narayan
Explanation: He made a dramatic escape and played a key role in the movement.
Q27. Only session of INC addressed by Mahatma Gandhi?
Answer: B) Belgaum
Explanation: 1924 session at Belgaum was the only time Gandhi presided.
Q28. Match the following:
List-I (Event) List-II (Amendment)
a) Reorganisation of States 1. Seventh Amendment
b) Sikkim became 22nd State 2. Thirty-sixth Amendment
c) Ninth Schedule Added 3. First Amendment
d) Abolition of Titles of Princes 4. Twenty-sixth Amendment
Answer: D) A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2 ❌
Correct answer: C) A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4
Revised Mapping:
• a → 1 (Reorganisation of States → 7th Amendment)
• b → 2 (Sikkim → 36th Amendment)
• c → 3 (Ninth Schedule → 1st Amendment)
• d → 4 (Abolition of Titles → 26th Amendment)
Thus, Correct answer: C) A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4
Q29. Elements of a group in periodic table:
Answer: A) Have similar chemical properties
Q30. About acetylene:
• Used in welding ✔
• Raw material for plastics ✔
• Obtained from silicon carbide and water ✖ (Incorrect)
Answer: A) 1 and 2 are correct
Q31. Aerated water becomes acidic due to:
Answer: D) Carbon dioxide from air is dissolved
Q32. Enzyme for oxidation of ethanol to vinegar:
Answer: C) Acetobacter
Q33. Isotopes used in carbon dating:
Answer: C) 6C14 only
Q34. Founder President of All India Kisan Sabha:
Answer: B) Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
Q35. Correct about Raja Rammohan Roy:
• Started Atmiya Sabha ✔
• Wrote Gift of Monotheists ✔
• Published Precepts of Jesus ✔
• Founded Brahmo Sabha ✔
Answer: D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Q36. Features in Quit India Movement:
Answer: A) 1, 2 and 3
Q37. Gas welding uses:
Answer: C) Ethyne and Oxygen
Q38. Which has allotropes?
Answer: D) Carbon
Explanation: Examples: diamond, graphite, fullerene
Q39. Odour of garlic is due to:
Answer: B) a Sulphur compound
Q40. Chemical name of limestone:
Answer: C) Calcium carbonate
Q41. Match Mineral and Use:
Mineral Industry
Limestone 1. Cement
Copper 2. Electrical goods
Bauxite 3. Aeroplanes
Manganese 4. Steel
Answer: B) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
Q42. First CNG train in India:
Answer: A) Rewari to Rohtak
Q43. 'Connecting India' tagline belongs to:
Answer: B) BSNL
Q44. Television transmission is:
Answer: A) Simplex Communication
Q45. Weibo is used in:
Answer: B) China
Q46. Ozone content is maximum:
Answer: B) Polewards of 50-degree latitude
Q47. Democratic left and liberal school of rights:
Answer: C) 1 and 2 both are true
Q48. Mismatched schedule:
Answer: B) Second Schedule: The forms of oaths and affirmations ❌
Correct Answer: B is incorrectly matched. Oaths are in Third Schedule.
Q49. Match Committee and Chairpersons:
Committee Chairman
a) Steering Committee 2. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
b) Fundamental Rights Committee 3. J.B. Kripalani
Committee Chairman
c) Union Constitution Committee 4. Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Provincial Constitution Committee 1. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Correct answer: A) 2341
Q50. How many types of emergencies in Constitution?
Answer: B) Three
PART C: COMPUTER SCIENCE [Q51–100] from the MPSC Programmer
(Contractual) exam held on 07-March-2024.
Q51. 'uname -a' in Linux displays:
Answer: C) System information
Explanation: Displays kernel name, version, system architecture, etc.
Q52. IPv6 address size:
Answer: B) 128 bits
Q53. Encryption/Decryption layer in OSI model:
Answer: D) Presentation layer
Q54. OSI layer for frames:
Answer: B) Data Link layer
Q55. Port number used for Telnet:
Answer: B) 23
Q56. Semaphore is:
Answer: A) Integer variable
Explanation: Used for synchronization in concurrent programming.
Q57. Fixed CPU time to each I/O request:
Answer: C) Round Robin (RR)
Q58. Command to display file contents in Linux:
Answer: B) cat
Q59. RAID stands for:
Answer: C) Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks
Q60. Pattern matching checks if:
Answer: C) One string is present in the other
Q61. Command to zip files in Linux:
Answer: A) gzip
Q62. Decoder with enable can act as:
Answer: B) Demultiplexer
Q63. Combinational circuit output depends on:
Answer: B) Present combination of inputs
Q64. Full adder consists of:
Answer: D) Three inputs and two outputs
Q65. Process in Data Flow Diagram:
Answer: D) Circle
Q66. Black Box Testing is also known as:
Answer: B) Functional Testing
Q67. Redefining method in subclass:
Answer: A) Method Overriding
Q68. Output of given C code:
c
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int a = 10, b = 10;
printf("ans:%d", a / b ? a * b / b : b);
Answer: B) ans:10
Q69. Invalid C constant:
Answer: C) 0xfgf
Explanation: 'g' is not a valid hexadecimal digit.
Q70. calloc has:
Answer: B) Two arguments
Q71. *(A + i) refers to:
*Answer: B) (A+i)
Q72. Interface for creating thread in Java:
Answer: D) Runnable
Q73. Keyword for inheritance in Java:
Answer: C) Extends
Q74. MSIL stands for:
Answer: B) Microsoft Intermediate Language
Q75. Invalid constructor type:
Answer: D) Friend Constructor
Explanation: No such constructor exists in C++/Java.
Q76. Operation that commits transaction:
Answer: A) COMMIT_TRANSACTION
Q77. Magnetic disk surface consists of:
Answer: A) Tracks, sectors, blocks
Q78. Recursive function must have:
Answer: D) Base case
Q79. Stack operation output: Push(7), Push(6), Pop, Push(2), Push(7), Pop,
Push(6), Push(3)
Answer: C) 6163
Q80. Octal equivalent of (1110101)₂:
• Convert binary to octal: 111 010 1 → 001 110 101 = 1 6 5
Answer: B) 165
Q81. SQL query for names starting with 'A':
Answer: C) Select FNAME from EMPLOYEE where FNAME like 'A%';
Q82. Schema level defining structure, operations, constraints:
Answer: B) Conceptual Level
Q83. Address (Street, City...) is:
Answer: A) Composite attribute
Q84. Man-made Info System categorized as:
Answer: C) Both (a) and (b)
Q85. Language popular for Machine Learning:
Answer: C) Python
Q86. Not an advantage of distributed systems?
Answer: D) None of these
Q87. False statement:
Answer: D) A prime attribute can be transitively dependent on a key in BCNF relation
Q88. DROP TABLE not allowed if referenced by:
Answer: A) Foreign Key
Q89. Passing array to function passes:
Answer: A) Address of the array
Q90. Secure transmission of email:
Answer: D) PGP (Pretty Good Privacy)
Q91. Event processing model:
Answer: D) Delegation Event Model
Q92. ER model entity type is shown as:
Answer: B) Rectangle
Q93. Full form of OLAP:
Answer: D) On-Line Analytical Processing
Q94. Function to gather data from external sources in warehousing:
Answer: C) Data extraction
Q95. Predicting earthquake magnitude:
Answer: A) Supervised learning
Q96. Group not predefined:
Answer: B) Clustering
Q97. Rare extreme values:
Answer: A) Outliers
Q98. Centre point in K-means clustering:
Answer: B) Centroid
Q99. Tree used in BIRCH clustering:
Answer: C) CF Tree
Q100. Traditional categories of machine learning:
Answer: D) All of the above
