| QUESTION PAPER Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner Recruitment Test, 2012 Held on 23rd September 2012 |
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| 1. | It is said that, in order to control inflation, foreign inflow needs to be sterlized. Sterlization here refers to : |
| (A) Ensuring that counterfeit currency does not enter circulation. | |
| (B) Ensuring that black money is accounted for | |
| (C) withdrawing equivalent local currency to maintain a desirable rate of exchange | |
| (D) compliance with import-export regulation. | |
| 2. | NABARD means: |
| (A) National Bank for Agiculture and Rural Development | |
| (B) National Agriculture Bank and Rural Development. | |
| (C) National Agriculture Board and Rural Development | |
| (D) National Board for Agriculture and Rural Area Development. | |
| 3. | In which of the following Act, housing facility is a statutory provision? |
| (A) The Plantation Labour Act, 1951 | |
| (B) The Factories Act, 1948 | |
| (C) The Mines Act, 1952 | |
| (D) None of the Above | |
| 4. | If the RBI adopts an expansionist open market operations policy, this means it will : |
| (A) Sell securities in the open Market | |
| (B) Buy securities from non-government holders. | |
| (C) Openly announces to the market that it intends to expand credit. | |
| (D) Offer commercial banks more credit in the open market. | |
| 5. | Structural planning refers to : |
| (A) Centralized planning | |
| (B) Laying down broad goals and strategies. | |
| (C) Changing existing instititions or creating new ones. | |
| (D) Fixing flexible targers. | |
| 6. | Three states which have Human Development Index(HDI) higher than china are : |
| (A) Kerala, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh | |
| (B) Kerala, Punjab and Maharashtra | |
| (C) Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab | |
| (D) Kerala Madhya Pradesh and Gujrat | |
| 7. | The newly introduced rupee symbol is based on : |
| (A) Roman and Greek Script. | |
| (B) Persian and Dravidian Script | |
| (C) Roman and Devanagari Script | |
| (D) Greek and Devnagari Script | |
| 8. | Which one of the following institutions was NOT set up by the constitution of India? |
| (A) Union Public Service Commission | |
| (B) Election Commission | |
| (C) Planning Commission | |
| (D) Union Judiciary | |
| 9. | One of the following Government of India programme aims to help, build or upgraded dwelling units of below the poverty line rural families. |
| (A) National Social Assistance Programme | |
| (B) Jawahar Rojgar Yojana | |
| (C) Indira Awas Yojana | |
| (D) Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission | |
| 10. | The Seventh Schedule of the constitution of india contains provisions regarding |
| (A) Scheduled Languages | |
| (B) Oaths and affirmations | |
| (C) Administartion of Tribal areas | |
| (D) Union, State, Concurrent Lists | |
| 11. | The responsibility of preparation of electoral rolls in india rests with: |
| (A) The Parliament | |
| (B) The Local Administrations | |
| (C) The Election Commission | |
| (D) The returing officer | |
| 12. | Which of the following is NOT covered by the employee provident fund and miscellaneous provision Act, 1952 |
| (A) Pension | |
| (B) Provident Fund | |
| (C) Deposit Linked Insurance | |
| (D) Injury Compensation | |
| 13. | What is the maximum limit of gratutity payable under the payement of Gratuity Act, 1972? |
| (A) 3 Lakhs Rupees | |
| (B) 7.5 Lakhs Rupees | |
| (C) 10 Lakhs Rupees | |
| (D) 10.5 Lakhs Rupees | |
| 14. | In which part of the Indian Constitution, worker's participation in Management has been incorporated ? |
| (A) The Preamble | |
| (B) The Fundament Rights | |
| (C) The Directive Principles of state policy | |
| (D) None of the above | |
| 15. | Which of the following is the earliest to be constituted ? |
| (A) Press council of india | |
| (B) United News of India | |
| (C) NAM News Network | |
| (D) Press Trust of India | |
| 16. | if 20% of P = 30% of Q = 1/6 of R, then P:Q:R is |
| (A) 2:3:16 | |
| (B) 3:2:16 | |
| (C) 10:15:18 | |
| (D) 15:10:18 | |
| 17. | A tree increases annualy by 1/8th of its height. What will be its height after 2 years, if it stand today 64 cm height? |
| (A) 72 cm | |
| (B) 74 cm | |
| (C) 81 cm | |
| (D) 85 cm | |
| 18. | the sides of a traingle GHL are GH=65m, HL=75m and LG=80m. what is the area of triangle? |
| (A) 2100 m2 | |
| (B) 2160 m2 | |
| (C) 2200 m2 | |
| (D) 2280 m2 | |
| 19. | A train travel at a certain average speed for a distance of 63 Km. Thereafter it travel a distance of 72 Km with an average speed of 6 Km/Hour more than original Speed. Total time taken to complete the journey is 3 hours. What is the original average speed of the train? |
| (A) 36 Km/hour | |
| (B) 42 Km/hour | |
| (C) 48 Km/hour | |
| (D) 54 Km/hour | |
| 20. | A iron rod of 1 cm diameter and 8 cm length is drawn into a wire of 18m height with uniform thickness. The thicness of the wire would be : |
| (A) 1/21 cm | |
| (B) 1/18 cm | |
| (C)1/15 cm | |
| (D) 1/12 cm | |
| 21. | A 60 m long train travels at a uniform speed of 72 km/hour. it passes non-stop along the 600m platform of a wayside station. What is the elapsed time for the train to entirely clear the platform? |
| (A) 30 seconds | |
| (B) 31 seconds | |
| (C) 32 seconds | |
| (D) 33 seconds | |
| 22. | Train A is 75 m long and travels at a uniform speed of 54 Km/hour. Train B is 125m long and travels a uniform speed of 36km/hour in the direction opposite to that of train A. if these trains are crossing at a double-track stretch. what is the time taken for the two trains to fully clear each other ? |
| (A) 10 seconds | |
| (B) 8 seconds | |
| (C) 7.2 seconds | |
| (D) 6.6 seconds | |
| 23. | Biome, largest recgnizable assemblage of animals and plants on the earth, is controlled mainly by : |
| (A) Biological activity | |
| (B) Landforms | |
| (C) Climate | |
| (D) Soil | |
| 24. | For calculating Body Mass Index(BMI) weight of the person(in kg) is divided by the : |
| (A) Square of the weight (in kg) | |
| (B) Square of the height (in meters) | |
| (C) Square root of the height (in meters) | |
| (D) Vitamins intake | |
| 25. | Which term is used to describe the spread of Budhism from India through southeast Asisa? |
| (A) Social mobility | |
| (B) Cultural diffusion | |
| (C) Ethnocentrism | |
| (D) Interdependence | |
| 26. | The main objective of the minimum wages Act, 1948 to safeguard the interest of the workers engaged in : |
| (A) unorganized sector | |
| (B) Organized Sector | |
| (C) Industrial Sector | |
| (D) Agricultural Sector | |
| 27. | Which one of the following expresses the relation beteen normal price and market price ? |
| (A) Market price is greater than normal price | |
| (B) Market price is equal to normal price | |
| (C) Market price tends to be equal to normal price | |
| (D) Market price is lesser than normal price | |
| 28. | Inflation can be controlled by : |
| (A) Increase in wages | |
| (B) Decreases in taxation | |
| (C) Reductin in public expenditure | |
| (D) Making the rupee dearer | |
| 29. | which one of the following statements is true about red soil > |
| (A) It is rich in humus. | |
| (B) It is rich in potash | |
| (C) It is rich in iron compound | |
| (D) It is derived from volcanic origin. | |
| 30. | Gun metal is an alloy of |
| (A) Copper, Tin and Zinc | |
| (B) Aluminium, Tin and Steel | |
| (C) Copper, Steel and Zinc | |
| (D) Aluminium, Tin and Zinc | |
| 31. | If the electrical resistance of a typical substance suddenly drops to zero, then the substance is called |
| (A) Semicounductor | |
| (B) Conductor | |
| (C) Superconductor | |
| (D) Super Semiconductor | |
| 32. | The material used for electrical fuse is an alloy of tina and lead. This alloy should have : |
| (A) High specific resistance and low melting point | |
| (B) Low specific resistance and high melting point | |
| (C) Low specific resistance and low melting point | |
| (D) High Specific resistance and high melting point | |
| 33. | The word FTP stands for : |
| (A) File transit Provision | |
| (B) File translate protocol | |
| (C) File transfer provision | |
| (D) File Transfer Protocol | |
| 34. | RAM Stands for : |
| (A) Random Access Memory | |
| (B) Read Access Memory | |
| (C) Random Attribute Memory | |
| (D) Random Applicable Memory | |
| 35. | Which os the following is also known as brain of computer ? |
| (A) Monitor | |
| (B) Arithemetic Logic Unit(ALU) | |
| (C) Control Unit | |
| (D) Central Processing Unit(CPU) | |
| 36. | A technique in which data is written to two duplicate disks simultaneously, is called : |
| (A) Mirroring | |
| (B) Multiplexing | |
| (C) Duplicating | |
| (D) Copying | |
| 37. | CAD stands for : |
| (A) Computer Aided Design | |
| (B) Computer Application in Design | |
| (C) Coded Algorithm in Design | |
| (D) Coded Addressable Design | |
| 38. | Which one of the following sets of industries were among first modern industries in India? |
| (A) Tea , Cotton and Sugar | |
| (B) Jute, Silk and Cotton | |
| (C) Cotton , Jute and Coal-Mines | |
| (D) Sugar, Silk and Steel | |
| 39. | The regional project by name 'CASA-1000'(Central Asia-South Asia 1000), funded by World Bank, pertains to the field of : |
| (A) Eradication of HIV AIDS | |
| (B) Roads and Buildings | |
| (C) Electricity | |
| (D) Eradication of illiteracy | |
| 40. | Who won the Golden Boot Award in the recently conducted UEFA Euro 2012? |
| (A) Ferando Torres (Spain) | |
| (B) Mario Balotelli (Itlay) | |
| (C) Cristiano Ronaldo (portugal) | |
| (D) Mario Gomez (Germany) | |
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