State Bank of India (SBI) launched and inaugurated India's first start-up focussed
bank branch called as

For the first time since 1950, a foreign army contingent marched down the Rajpath
during the Republic Day parade on 26th January, 2016. To which country did this
army troop belong ?

Odisha Government announced a new scheme 'Anwesha'. According to this scheme

Consider the following statements regarding Shrikant Bahulkar :

a. He is the recipient of the Bhasha Samman Award of Sahitya Akademi.
b. He is the Honorary Secretary and Scholar at Bhandarkar Oriental Research
Institute.
c. He has made valuable contribution in the area of Dogri literature.

Which of the statements given above are correct ?

Consider the following statements regarding Serena Williams :
a. She is an American professional tennis player who is ranked No. 01 in women's
singles tennis.
b. She became the world No. 01 for the first time on July 8,2002.
c. She has won four Olympic gold medals.
d. In December 2015, she was named Sportperson of the Year by the Sports
Illustrated magazine.
Which of the statements given above are correct ?

Consider the following statements :
a. Three Urban Development Schemes, viz., AMRUT, Smart Cities Mission and
Housing far All (Urban) have been launched.
b. AMRUT Scheme aims to develop civic infrastructure in 500 cities and towns
having population of one lakh and above.
c. Smart Cities Mission has an aim to build 100 smart cities; each selected city
would get Central assistance off INR 100 crore per year for five years.
Which of the above statements isfare correct ?

Which one of the following statements about BRAHMOS is not correct ?

Recently, which of the following has been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme
Court of India ?

Which one of the following statements is not correct ?

Consider the following statements :
a. The United Nations reached an agreement on a new 'Sustainable Development
Agenda'.
b. This agenda is for the next 25 years.
c. The draft agreement outlines 17 goals with 169 specific targets.
d. The agreement calls for eradicating poverty and hunger, achieving gender
equality and taking urgent action to combat climate change.
Which of the statements given above is/are false ?

Select the minimum number of colours that are sufficient for colouring the areas of
the accompanying image such that there would not be same colour on the two sides
of any curve.

A statement is given and a and b are assumptions related to it. Select the option that
is true with respect to the given statements.
The king has decided to levy 3% tax on the amount payable for funding drought
relief programmes.
a. The king does not have sufficient money to fund drought relief programmes.
b. The amount collected by way of surcharge may be adequate to fund these
drought relief programmes.

Which letter replaces the question mark ?

Which alphabet will replace the question mark

Which number does not belong to the group

(a) 83 (b) 73 (c) 46 (d) 38

Two trains running in opposite directions cross a man standing on the platform in
27 seconds and 17 seconds respectively and they cross each other in 23 seconds. The
ratio of their speeds is

Which figure will replace the question mark

How many single-coloured triangles are present in the accompanying diagram

Select the option in which frame a is embedded.

Ani and Kuni decided to meet at a museum that is towards south of their housing
society. Ani started at 12:OO noon at the speed of 60 kph. Kuni starts her journey
after 15 minutes with the speed of 65 kph. Select the time at which they will meet.

Which one of the following statements about 'Secular State' is not correct ?

Match the following :
a. Right to Constitutional Remedies                                         I. Article 24
b. Abolition of untouchability                                                  II. Article 21
c. Protection of life and personal liberty                                  III. Article 17
d. Prohibition of employment of children in factories               IV. Article 32

Which of the following i/are included in the Directive Principles of State Policy ?
a. Prohibition of traffic in human beings and forced labour.
b. Prohibition of consumption except for medicinal purposes of intoxicating drinks
and of other drugs which are injurious to health.
Select the correct answer using the code given below :

The President of India is elected by an Electoral College consisting of

What is correct about State Legislative Council ?

a. Its tenure is 6 years.
b. The tenure of its members is 6 years.
c. 1/6 members are elected by local institutions.
d. 1/6members are elected by Legislative Assembly.
e. 1/12members are nominated by the Governor.

GIS stands for ............

In IPv6, the.............. field in the base header restricts the life time of a datagram.

"Punarjani", one of the media lab Asia projects is a/an

XML stands for ...................

According to IT Act, 2000, Clause 65, punishment for tampering with computer
source documents under observation is

What is not included in 'Information' under the RTI Act, 2005 ?

Consider the following statements :
a. State Chief Information Commissioner shall hold office for a term of 7 years
and shall be eligible for reappointment.
b. State Chief Information Commissioner shall hold office till he attains the age of
70 (seventy) years.

A complaint is liable to be received by the Statelcentral Information Commission
from a person
a. who has been refused the information that was requested.
b. who has not submitted an information request to PIO.
c. who thinks that thefees charged are unreasonable.
Which of the statements given above isfare correct ?

Where the Central or State Information Commission is of the opinion that the PI0
has given incorrect, incomplete or misleading information knowingly, then it shall
impose a penalty the total amount of which shall not exceed

From amongst the following which statement(s) is/are correct about the Right to
Information Ad ?
a. This Act does not create any offence on the part of citizens.
b. It rather created the wilful failure on the part of the Public Information Officer
a punishable offence.

To whom does the State Hurnan Rights Commission submit an annual report ?

Which of the following is not a political Right ?

Under the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955, the person can be pupished for
enforcing social disabilities on the ground of untouchability with regard to
a. access to any shop, public restaurant, hotel or place of entertainment.
b. the practising of any profession or carrying on of any occupation, trade or
business or employment in any job.
c. the use or access to any private conveyance.
d. the use of jewellery and finery.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct :

According to the provisions of the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act,
1986, a child is a person who has not completed

Which kind of property of certain persons can be ordered to be forfeited by special
courts under S.C. and S.T. (Protection of Atrocities) Act, 1989 ?

The correct IUPAC name for the given structure is

Which of the following is the best method for preparation of common detergent
sodium dodecyl benzene sulphonate (C) ?

In the periodic table, to which period and group, does the non-metallic element
which exists in liquid state at room temperature belong ?

The correct order of increasing stability of carbonium ion is

Match the columns :
Group I                                       Group II
a. Surfadants                            I. Alkylaryl sulphonates
b. Dye intermediates                II. Benzene
c. Lacquers                              III. Cellulose acetate
d. Solvents                               IV. Ethyl acetate
                                                 V. Anthracene

A compound X C₇H₈0 is insoluble in water, dil HCI and aqueous NaHC0₃ but
dissolves in dil NaOH. When X is treated with bromine water, it is converted rapidly
into a compound of formula C₇H₅0Br₃. The structure of X is
47.

Three flasks A, B and C respectively contain 0.1 M, 0.1 m and 0.1 N aqueous HC1
solutions, prepared at 40°C. Considering the density of water = 1 &/CM³ at 4⁰C,
which of the following statements is/are correct ?
a. Concentration of all three solutions is exactly the same.
b. Concentration of HCL in flask A and flask C is exactly the same.
c. Concentration of HCL in flask B is lesser than concentration of HCL in flasks A
and C.
d. No two flasks have HCl of exactly the same concentration.

What is the major product in the following reaction ?

The correct IUPAC name for the following compound is

Arrange the following compounds in the increasing order of their UV absorption
maxima :

a. Ethylene           b. Naphthalene
c. Anthracene       d. 1, 3-Butadiene
Choose the correct order.

The most susceptible to oxidation in a protein molecule are the SH groups of which
amino acid ?

The most susceptible mineral lost during cooking of food on the basis of presence as
free ions is

The most common adulterant used in coffee is

Parabens, as a group of microbial preservatives, are ineffective especially against
one of the following microorganisms :

Which of the prepackaging treatments is recommended for potatoes, sweet potatoes,
onions and garlic prior to storage or marketing ?

A food product process condition coined by contamination, mixing and processing
under uncontrolled conditions, and rendering it unfit for consumption is referred as

An article of food shall be deemed to be non-adulterated if

Which of the following are not conjugated proteins ?

Among the biological hazards, which of the bacteria in food causes infection and not
intoxication ?

Which one of the following acids is used to detect vanaspati adulteration in pure
ghee ?

Fruits and vegetables based soups and sauces are categorized as

The post harvest transportation and storage of banana for distant marketing with
minimum chilling injury is carried out at what temperatures ?

The difference in UHT pasteurized milk and extended shelf life treated pasteurized
milk is of

Which one of the following is not a physical hurdle used in preservation of foods

The critical electric field strength in Pulsed Electric Field processing for cell wall
rupture of E. coli should be

In the risk analysis of food additives, the JECFA secretariat should normally give
first priority to compounds

India has been a member of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) since the
year

The core function of the National Codex Committee of India is

What is the function of Shadow Committee of NCC-India ?

CAC standards notified safe moisture content of quality grape raisins is

The genetically modified (GM) food crops available in the international market are
designed to have the

Organic fruit ripening is authenticated by the stimulatory action of one of the
following gaseous hormones :

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) though insists that GM foods are safe,
but studies have shown that these are linked with

The Ministry of Consumer Affairs made it mandatory to label packaged food from
one of the following cut-off date as

The irradiation dose recommended for sprout inhibition in bulbs and tubers is

Which one of the following processes records uniform heating to stabilize texture of
food products ?

Which one is the poorest method of food freezing ?

Which one of the following functional ingredients improves gastrointestinal health
and also calcium absorption ?

Which one of the following foods is not the functional food ?

Which one of the following nanotechnology applications justifies the bubbling
potential in food corporate sector ?

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India shall consist of a chairperson and
expert members up to

Which one of the following Sections of FSSA is empowered to issue prohibition
order ?

Which one is not the function of Commissioner of Food Safety of the State ?

Which one of the following ex-officio members is designated as Chairman of Central
Committee for Food Standards ?

The penalty for possessing an adulterant which is injurious to health of consumers is

The microbial hazard caused by Listeria monocytogenes is categorized as

A step at which control can be applied and is essential to prevent or eliminate a food
safety hazard or reduce it to an acceptable level is called as

Which one of the following is not a constituent part of the cleaning programme ?

Which one is not the food safety HACCP based principle standard operating
procedure developed by National Food Service Management Institute in conjunction
with USDA and FDA ?

Which one of the International Organization for Standardization (IS01 driven
systems is adopted by BIS as such ?

Which clause of IS0 9001 : 2000 covers the requirements of the organization to
actually set up a quality management system, and broadly sets out the activities
associated with this ?

Which one of the effective record keeping documentation systems compensates with
HACCP ?

What does IS0 22000 bring to the HACCP method ?

Which one of the following processes reduces contaminating bacterial load to human
health safety level ?

The prerequisite programmes in the food industry include

The State Consumer Protection Councils established as per the Consumer Protection
Act shall meet as and when necessary but not less than................. meetings shall be
held every year.

The Consumer Protection Act was enacted during the year

Match the following :
a. Food Additives Sectional Committee                       I. FAD-15
b. Fish and Fisheries Products Sectional                     II. FAD - 18
Committee
c. Food Hygiene, Safety Management and other        III. FAD - 8
Systems Sectional Committee
d. Slaughter House and Meat Industry Sectional        IV. FAD - 12
Committee

The Central Government has powers under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 to
control

The Section 3 of ECA, 1955 empowers the Government to