SIAC CET 2011

SIAC CET QUESTION PAPER
I happened to appear for the SIAC CET 2011, ie, the SIAC entrance exam, conducted by the Maharashtra state govt. (SIAC : State Institute for Administrative Careers)

During my prep I had hunted for SIAC entrance question papers before the test, but found none. (they take away the question paper after the test.) So, hope you find this useful.

The SIAC CET was held on Sunday, 16th October 2011. The test was VERY short in my opinion.

This was the paper pattern :

There were 90 questions in all.

Paper 1 : 50 questions each for 2 marks

Paper 2: 40 questions each worth 2.5 marks

Total : 200 marks

Time: 2 hours

Most people I think completed the paper well before time. 90 questions in 120 mins made for a very short paper.

These are some of the questions in paper 1, as far as I remember :

1. which of the following east flowing rivers flows through a rift valley due to down-warping?

a. Mahanadi b. Damodar c. Son d. Yamuna

2. Europe Day is on May __ :

a. 9 b. 18 c. 22 d. 29

3. Which of the following practices did Aurangzeb ban?

a. celebration of Naoroz

b. applying the tilak on foreheads of Rajas

c. practice of sighting emperors in mornings

d all of the above

4. Who among the following issued coins with his own image playing a veena impressioned on it?

a. Chandra gupta 1 b. Chandra gupta 2 c. Samudra gupta d. Skanda gupta

5. Which of the following is/are true of the gandhi-irwin pact?

I. it was agreed to suspend the civil disobedience movement

II. all political prisoners except those convicted of violence would be released

a. I only

b. II only

c. I and II

d. neither I nor II

6. (Something relating to King Devpal's place of rule)-

a. Nepal

b. Ceylone

c.

d.

7. Ashoka's empire did NOT include which one of the following :

a. Kabul

b. Assam

c. Bengal

d. Orissa

8. The edible part of a mango is :

a. endocarp

b. mesocarp

c. epicarp

d. receptacle

9. Electromagnetic waves travel through:

a. solids

b. liquids

c. vaccum

d. all of the above

10. Consider the following :

I. indira gandhi canal is on ghaggar

II. Nizam sagar is on river manjira

Which of the above is/are true?

a. I only, b. II only, c. I and II, d. neither

11. A transformer is used to -

a. decrease DC voltage

b. increase DC voltage

c. increase or decrease AC voltage

d. decrease AC voltage

12. According to census of India 2011,

I. Arunachal Pradesh is the least dense state

II. Population of Sikkim is the least

III. Density of West Bengal is highest

IV. The population of India is 1210193422

which combination of statements is true ? (i don't remember the option combinations exactly, these options are only illustrative)

a. I, II, III

b. I, III, IV

c. I, II, IV

d. II, III, IV

13. Which of the following decades (since 1921) added the least population in absolute numbers?

a. 1971-81

b. 1981-91

c. 1991-01

d. 2001-11

14. Who heads the national commission for population?

a. Home Minister

b. Prime Minister

c. ? d. ?

15. Arrange in chronological order -

a. Cripps Mission

b. Cabinet Mission

c. Wavel Plan

d. Quit India

16. About WTO, which one of the following is NOT true :

a. (a statement describing the WTO and GATT)

b. Dispute settlement body comprises economists whose verdict is binding upon the countries involved. (this is what i marked false, as the dispute settlement body is the general council itself)

c. WTO comprises 143 nations (wrong in the question - its 153 now), representing over 97% of world trade

d. ?

17. Green box subsidy does not include -

a. direct payment to producers

b.Private holding of food stocks

c. Govt investments in environmental protection and development programmes

d.?

18. June 3 plan refers to the plan by -

a. Wavell b. Mountbatten c.? d. ?

19. Which of the following is the correct descending order of fish production in the world?

a. Japan, India, China, US

b. China, Peru, India, Japan

c. India, China, US, Japan

d. ?

20. Portfolio system was introduced by which act ?

a. Govt of India Act 1885

b. Indian Councils Act 1861

c. Indian Councils Act 1892

d. Indian Councils Act 1909

21. who amongst the following got a philosophy book translated from sanskrit into persian ?

a. Iltutmish b. Balban c. Alauddin d. Firoz Shah

22. Who elects a country as a UN member?

a. UNSC b. UNGA c. ? d.?

23. Which of the following constitutes the largest among the Indian engineering goods segment?

a. Capital goods

b. Consumer goods

c. Engineering goods

d. Durable goods

24. Mini Pravasi Bharati Divas 2011 was held at :

a. Toronto

b. Johannesburg

c. ?

d. ?

25. Muscle fatigue is caused due to accumulation of which of the following ?

a. Pyruvic acid

b. Lactic acid

c. uric acid

d. ?

26. There was a match the following on some very basic articles

Column A Column B

Article 15

Article 16

Article 17

Article 21

27. A special majority is needed for which of the following bills?

a. Constitution amendment bill

b. money bill

c. Finance bill

d. ordinary bill

28. A question on percentage/proportion of NPK fertilizers being imported/ produced locally. I don't remember the percentages. you had to choose the true figure statement.

29. Which of the following articles represent special powers of the Rajya Sabha?

Article 61 Article 67 Article 246

(options represented some combination of these)

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Disclaimers! -

please note that some of the options, especially combinations, are representative. I mean that wherever I couldn't remember every question's option accurately, I've put a ' ? ' there.

Also, the questions may have been worded differently from what I have used. This is what I could best scribble down while in the train back home. Paper 2 was very simple, and again quite short.