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MPSC Assistant Sale Tax Inspector Preliminary Exam

Assistant Sale Tax Inspector Preliminary Exam

Papers -2009

1. 25% of a number equals 75, find the number.

1) 600 2) 300 3) 150 4) 450

2. Yousuf Raza Gilani,l the Prime Minister of Pakistan, is from which Political Party.?

1) Pakistan People’s Party 2) Awami National Party

3) Muslim League 4) Jamat-E-Islami

3. Pellagra is caused due to the deficiency of :

1) Niacin 2) Thiamine 3) Retinal 4) Ascorbiic Acid

4. Five years planning programme started in India in the year _______.

1) 1947 2) 1948 3) 1950 4) 1951

5. __________ state has first implemented the Employment Guarantee Scheme,

1) Rajasthan 2) Gujarat 3) Uttar Pradesh 4) Maharashtra

6. Who had called ‘Safety Valve’ to Indian National Congress.?

1) Surendra Nath Banarji 2) Justice Ranade

3) Annie Besent 4) Allan Hume

7. Name the Indian Spacecraft launched in 2008 for scientific research of the moon.

1) Somayan I 2) Chandarayan I 3) Shashiyan I 4) Agni I

8. Who launched the Bharat Jodo Andolan of 1985.?

1) Ahilya Rangnekar 2) Anna Hazare

3) Baba Amte 4) Lal Krishna Advani

9. In 2008, on which issue did the Leftist Parties withdraw support to the UPA government at the center.?

1) Poverty 2) Indo – US Civil Nuclear Treaty

3) Suicide of Farmers 4) Unemployment

10. If a point (4, a) is satisfying the equation 7x + 2y = 42, then find out value of ‘a’.

1) 7 2) 9 3) 718 4) 6

11. Find out next one number in the following mathematical series.

24, 21, 18, 15, ________,

1) 12 2) 14 3) 9 4) 3

12. Who supervises the administration of the Gram Panchayats and guides them.?

1) Panchayat Samiti 2) Zilla Parishad

3) Gram Sabha 4) Standing Committee

13. Who is the highest Law Officer in India.?

1) Advocate General 2) Supreme Court Judge

3) Law Minister 4) Attorney General

14. Who appoints the Kotwal.?

1) Chief Minister 2) Sarpanch 3) Tahsildar 4) Block Development Officer

15. The Indian Standard Time (I.S.T.) is ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (G.M.T.) by ____ hours.

1) Two and half hours 2) Three hours

3) Four and half hours 4) Five and half hours

16. Who is the President of First World Marathi Sahitya Sammelan.?

1) Ram Shewalkar 2) D.M. Mirasdar

3) Gangadhar Pantavne 4) Narayan Surve

17. Hydra is classified in ___________ Phylum.

1) Protozoa 2) Coelenterata 3) Platyhelminthes 4) Anneliada

18. A number is added by its half gives123. The number is ________

1) 72 2) 84 3) 82 4) 70

19. Thunderstorms tha occur in west Bengal are called as _________

1) Mango Showers 2) Loo 3) Andhi 4) Kalbaisakhi

20. The law endorsing “Widow Remarriage” was brought into force by Rajarshi Shahu in his province in the year __________.

1) 1916 AD 2) 1917 AD 3) 1918 AD 4) 1919 AD

21. Under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act :

A) Minimum 100 days employment is provided in a year.

B) ? rd of the beneficiaries are women.

1) Both A) and B) are correct

2) Only A) is correct

3) Only B) is correct

4) Both A) and B) are wrong

22. In human, there are __________ chromosomes.

1) 64 2) 46 3) 23 4) 44

23. An electric iron has a resistance of 20 ?. If 1A current is given to the iron, heat produced by it in 1 minute in joules is ________

1) 1200 2) 285.7 3) 20 4) 120

24. The Act of Indian Citizenship was passed in ________

1) 1960 2) 1955 3) 1949 4) 1950

25. The first chemical fertilizer in India was set up at ________

1) Mumbai 2) Sindri 3) Hyderabad 4) Jaipur

26. The association of China, Brazil, India, Mexico and South Africa is known as :

1) G - 08 2) G - 05 3) G - 15 4) G – 04

27. Write in decimal form : -13 = ________

25

1) – 0.52 2) 0.52 3) 0.25 4) -0.24

28. (0.6)2 + (0.3)2 + (0.6)2 = ?

(0.6)2 + (0.3)2

1) 0.3 2) 0.9 3) 3 4) 9

29. Secretary General of the United Nations is ______.

1) Boutros Ghali 2) Shashi Tharoor 3) Ban Ki Moon 4) Kofi Annan

30. Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj was the Chhatrapati of __________ state.

1) Baroda 2) Kolhapur 3) Satara 4) Nagpur

31. Which of the following is the best quality of coal. ?

1) Anthracite 2) Peat 3) Bituminus 4) Lignite

32. At present, what is the status of the Right to Property.?

1) Legal Righ 2) Human Right 3) Fundamental Right 4) Natural Right

33. Which place is popular for making wooden toys.?

1) Vengurle 2) Malvan 3) Kankavali 4) Sawantwadi

34. Who is the story writer of the movie “Shwaas”.?

1) Gauri Deshpande 2) Aruna Dhere

3) Madhavi Gharpure 4) Asha Bage

35. The acid-rain contains the acids of the gases __________.

1) CO2 and NO2 2) CO and CO2 3) Cl2 and SO4 4) SO4 and NO2

36. North east monsoon winds provide rainfall to the coastal regions of ________.

1) Tamilnadu 2) Maharashtra 3) Punjab 4) Goa

37. The second session of the Indian National Congress was held at ________.

1) Mumbai 2) Madras 3) Calcutta 4) Pune

38. Which region declared itself as an independent nation in February 2008. ?

1) Serbia 2) Georgia 3) Kosovo 4) Montenegro

39. In which of the following states “Koyana Hydro Electric Power Project is located.?

1) Madhya Pradesh 2) Maharashtra 3) Kerala 4) Orissa

40. The Head Quarters of World Trade Organisation is at _____.

1) Geneva 2) Paris 3) New York 4) Rome

41. v45 = ?

80

1)

42. Whom is the State Council of Ministers collectively responsible to .?

1) Rajya Sabha 2) Lok Sabha 3) Vidhan Sabha 4) Vidhan Parishad

43. If a = 9 , then a + b = ?

b 5 a - b

1) 5 2) 14 3) 2 4) 7

9 5 7 2

44. If, 5 (2y + 3) = 9 (3y - 21) then, y = ________

1) 14 2) 10 3) 13 4) 12

45. For whom has Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh declared ‘Vision Documents 2020?

1) Teachers 2) Urban development

3) Women 4) Development of North Eastern India

46. ‘Women Indian Association” was founded by _______

1) Annie Besent 2) Saraladevi Choudhari

3) Lady Tata 4) Kamala Nehru

47. Unit of intensity of sound ___________

1) metre/sec. 2) watt 3) decibel (dB) 4) Hertz

48. In 1900 AD _______was established “Mitramela”, a revolutionary organization.

1) V.D. Savarkar 2) Kanhere Brothers

3) Babaji Savarkar 4) Damodar Chaphekar

49. Which of the following number is between 8 & 9 ?

1) 25 2) 8 3) 25 4) 20

3 3 4 7

50. Who wrote it that “Lord Curzon did the same act which Aurangzeb had done for Mughal Empire.?

1) Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak 2) Swatantryaveer Sawarkar

3) Lala Lajpat Rai 4) None of the above

51. How many Kilobytes make one Megabyte ?

1) 100 2) 10000 3) 1000 4) 500

52. In saturated hydrocarbon two carbon atom are linked by _______

1) Single bond 2) Triple bond 3) Ionic Bond 4) Double bond

53. Which of the following Iron and Steel plant was not established during the second five year plan ?

1) Bhilai 2) Durgapur 3) Rourkela 4) Bokaro

54. Who had established the ‘Balhatya Pratibandhak Griha’?

1) Dhondo Keshav Karve 2) Vitthal Ramaji Shinde

3) Mahatma Phule 4) Rajarshi Shahu

55. Mahatma Phule opened the first school at ______ to provided education to girls and the details.?

1) Aurangabad 2) Pune 3) Satara 4) Mumbai

56. Maharashtra has ______ k.m. of coast line.

1) 720 2) 880 3) 420 4) 220

57. Abhinav Bindra is a famous ___________

1) Social Worker 2) Film Star 3) Sports Personality 4) Journalist

58. Name of the Deputy Chairperson of the Planning Commission is ______

1) Dr. Ahluwalia 2) Pranab Mukharjee

3) P. Chidambaram 4) Dr. Manmohan Singh

59. The state which has the largest area in India (2001) is :

1) Madhya Pradesh 2) Uttar Pradesh

3) Bihar 4) Rajasthan

60. The first heart transplant operation was performed in :

1) America (U.S.A.) 2) Canada 3) South Africa 4) Britain

61. By recruiting Indian soldiers held captive by the Japanese ______ established the Indian National Army.

1) Subhash Chandra Bose 2) Rash Behari Bose

3) Dr. Lakshmi Swami Nathan 4) Lala Haradayal

62. Which of the following is not a source of revenue of Village Panchayat.?

1) Government Grant 2) Local Taxes on Land

3) Income Tax 4) House Tax

63. Which of the following provisions of the Constitution provides for imposition of President’s rule in a state.?

1) Article 256 2) Article 286 3) Article 356 4) Article 370

64. Dr. Ambedkar started the Temple Entry Satyagraha at :

1) Mahad 2) Aurangabad 3) Nasik 4) Mumbai

65. Shau Maharaj transferred Rajaram College to _________-

1) Arya Samaj 2) Parthana Samaj

3) Brahmo Samaj 4) Theosophical Society

66. 64x2 + 16x + 1 = _________

1) (8x + 4)2 2) (4x + 1 )2 3) (8x +1)2 4) (16x + 8)2

67. “ Larn, organize and agitate “ was the message of __________ to his Dalit youth.

1) Mahatma Phule 2 Maharshi Karve

3) G.G. Agarkar 4) Dr. Ambedkar

68. DNA stands for ________

1) Devleloping Nucleic Acid 2) Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid

3) Deribo Nucleic Acid 4) Decreasing Nucleic Acid

69. A new port is developed at ________ for reducing burden of transportation on Mumbai port.?

1) Haldia 2) Nhava-Sheva 3) Kandla 4) Marmagoa

70. Who was the Chairperson of the 6th Pay Commission.?

1) Justice B.N. Shrikrishna 2) Justice C.G. Paramanand

3) Justice G.L. Ganeshan 4) Justice M.D. Kapegaonkar

71. In Cactus, plant food is prepared in :

1) Stem 2) Leaves 3) Branches 4) Roots

72. Solve, x + 2x x = 17 ; x = __________

2 5 3 30

1) 1 2) -1 3) 1 4) 5

73. Himalaya mountain in India is ________ type of mountain.

1) Residual mountain 2) Block mountain

3) Folded mountain 4) Volcanic mountain

74. Green Vitriol is ________

1) Copper Sulphate 2) Ferrous sulphate

3) Potassium sulphate 4) Aluminium sulphate

75. When 16 is subtracted from a number, the answer is equal to one-third of the number.

1) 12 2) 36 3) 24 4) 16

76. It is the duty of the _________ to give advice to the State Government on legal matters.

1) Chef Justice of High Court 2) Chief Justice of Supreme Court

3) Attorney General 4) Advocate General

77. Tata Iron and Steel Company is located at :

1) Bhubaneshwar 2) Durgapur 3) Bhilai 4) Jamshedpur

78. ‘ Vidhava Vivahottejak Mandal’ is founded by ______

1) Vitthal Shinde 2) Maharshi Karve 3) Agarkar 4) Mahatma Gandhi

79. Onion is ________ plant

1) Monocotyledon 2) Dicotyledon 3) Gymnosperm 4) Pteridophyta

80. Which book was written by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar gven below.?

1) Budhism 2Budha and his Dhammas

3) Hindu and Buddha 4) Gautam Buddha

81. The governor of a State is appointed by the ______

1) Chief Justice of India 2) President

3) Chief Minister of that State 4) Prime Minister

82. Secondary activities with dense population is having in ______ area.

1) Latur – Osmanabad 2) Jalgaon – Bhusawal

3) Pandharpur – Solapur 4) Pimpari – Chinchawad

83. 1985 AD Dr. Annie Besant established ‘Homerule League’ at ________

1) Madras 2) Maharashtra 3) Orissa 4) Bengal

84. Who is the constitutional head of the state executive.?

1) Chief Minister 2) Governor

3) Cabinet Minister 4) Chief – Secretary

85. The cause of Elephantiasis is ___________

1) Virus 2) Protozoa 3) Metazoa 4) None of these

86. Vth five year plan got terminated in the year of :

1) 1977 2) 1975 3) 1978 4) 1980

87. Which was the aim of formation of All India National Congress.?

1) To lessen discontentment of Indian against British

2) To create a safety valve for the British

3) Both (1) and (2)

4) Neither of the above

88. _________ of Gholwad in Thane district are quite popular.

1) Mangoes 2) Chikoos 3) Grapes 4) Coconuts

89. The ‘Transfer of Power Act’ passed in ______.

1) 1857 AD 2) 1858 AD 3) 1859 AD 4) 1860 AD

90. Emergency was imposed in India during _________ five year plan.

1) 5th (Fifth) 2) 6th (Sixth) 3) 4th (Fourth) 4) None of these

91. If smallest five digit number is divided by smallest 3 digit number, then answer is :

1) 1000 2) 10000 3) 100 4) 10

92. A car left Pune at 4.00 p.m. and reached Dadar at 9.00 p.m. on the same day. If the speed of the car was 32.4 km/hr. What is the distance between Pune and Dadar.?

1) 262 km 2) 282 km 3) 162 km 4) 216 km

93. How many states and union territories are in the Indian Federation.?

1) 28 states and 7 union territories

2) 27 states and 5 union territories

3) 28 states and 8 union territories

4) 35 states and 7 union territories

94. An ambitious project “MIHAN” is taking shape at ________---

1) Nasik 2) Nanded 3) Nagpur 4) Navi Mumbai

95. 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 = ___________

5 50 500

96. Gandhiji established his Ashram Sabarmati in ________-

1) 1914 AD 2) 1915 AD 3) 1916 AD 4) 1917 AD

97. Sir A.O. Hume wrote a letter to the students of _________

1) Bombay University 2) Calcutta University

3) Delhi University 4) Madras University

98. 65 / 62 = 6* ;

* = ________ .

1) 3 2) 5 3) 7 4) 2

99. Which of the following city is located on the Mumbai – Hyderabad highway ?

1) Nashik 2) Sangali 3) Solapur 4) Kolhapur

100. _________ was the founder of Indian National Congress.

1) A.O. Hume 2 Surendranath Banerji

3) Lord Dufferin 4) Lord Rippon

101. Who was the Chairman of the University Grants commission in 2008 ?

1) Dr. Arun Nigvekar 2) Dr. Narendra Jadhav

3) Dr. Sukhdeo Thorat 4) Dr. Vijay Khole

102. The Third Session of the Kisan Sabha was helf in ______

1) 1936 A.D. 2) 1937 A.D. 3) 1938 A.D. 4) 1939 A.D.

103. Who started the first school for untouchables at Pune. ?

1) Rajarshi Shahu 2) Karmaveer Vitthal Ramji Shinde

3) Mahatma Jotirao Phule 4) Annabhau Sathe

104. Which of the following tree belongs to tropical evergreen forest.?

1) Anjan 2) Mahogany 3) Peepal 4) Palas

105. Right to Freedom is given in the Articles ______ of the Indian Constitution.

1) 14 to 18 2) 19 to 22 3) 25 to 28 4) 23 to 30

106. In which village of Satara District Gopal Ganesh Agarkar was born.?

1) Tembhurni 2) Tembhu 3) Jamgaon 4) jamb

107. The organization started by Dr. Ambedkar for the “rights of untouchables” :

1) Dalitodhar Sabha 2) Sarwajanik Satyadharma

3) Depressed Class Mission 4) Bahishkrit Hitakarini

108. Who is the Secretary of Gram Panchayat.?

1) Gramsevak 2) Sarpanch 3) Block Development Officer 4) Upsarpanch

109. The science which deals with the study of structure, chemical characteristics and functions of biomolecules in knowsn as ___________.

1) Palaeontology 2) Biometry 3) Cytology 4) Biochemistry

110. Shahu Maharaj declared fees free Primary Education on __________

1) 25th July 1917 2) 21st November 1917 3) 2nd April 1894 4) 2nd July 1917

111. What percentage of reservation is being demanded for women in Parliament.?

1) 35 2) 45 3) 33 4) 30

112. There is provision for the formation of _________ in the Muncipal Council area with a population of more than three lakha.

1) Wards 2Panchayat Samitis

3 Mohalla Committees 4) Ward Samitis

113. Which of the following is not included as a fundamental duty in Indian Constitution.?

1) To respect national flag 2) To safeguard Public property

3) To serve in the armed forces 4) To preserve our culture

114. The first energy project of Marashtra is in the district of :

1) Nasik 2) Ratnagiri 3) Sindhudurg 4) Pune

115. Lord _______ the Viceroy of India partitioned Bengal in 1905 A.D.

1) Wellesley 2) Dalhousie 3) Curzan 4) Canning

116. Ethanol, which is blended with Petrol is made from which of the following in India.?

1) Grapes 2) Maize 3) Sugarcane 4) Diesel

117. Modern Periodic table consist of ________ Periods.

1) 7 2) 8 3) 1 4) 18

118. Which district has heighest ratio of land under forest in Maharashtra.?

1) Gadchiroli 2) Chandrapur 3) Bhandara 4) Kolhapur

119. In which of the following countries is the terrorist group LTTE operating.?

1) India 2) Pakistan 3) China 4) Sri Lanka

120. Focal length of a lens is 50 cm. What is the power of the lens in diopter.?

1) 0.2 2) -0.2 3) 2 4) -2

121. Where the Sugarcane Research Center is located in Maharashtra.?

1) Lonand 2) Sekhmirewadi 3) Padegaon 4) Kagal

122. Which system was stopped by the proclamation drawn by Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj on 25th June 1918. ?

1) Caswise Hostels 2) Maharvatan

3) Water facilitites for other than backward classes 4) Dowry System

123. Who was the British Prime Minister when India got its Independence.?

1) Harold Wilson 2) Winston Churchill

3) Anthony Eden 4) Clement Attlee

124. What are charge carriers in metallic conductors.?

1) Protons 2) electrons 3) Ions 4) Neutrons

125. Maximum area under forest in Maharashtra is in the district of __________

1) Buldhana 2) Solapur 3) Chandrapur 4) Jalgaon

126. Who is the Chairman of the Planning Commission of India.?

1) Finance Minister 2) Prime Minister 3) President 4) Governor

127. Who was the Chairperson of the Prime Minister’s High Level Committee for preparation of report on social, economic and educational status of the Muslim Community of India.?

1) Dr. Akhtar Majeed 2) Saiyid Hamid

3 Justice Rajindar Sacchar 4) Dr. Rakesh Basant

128. ____________ was known as ‘Grand Old Man’ of India.

1) M.K. Gandhi 2) Dadabhai Naoraji 3) Gopal Krishna Gokhale 4) Motilal Nehru

129. When and where was the school for girls first started by Mahatma Phul.?

1. 3rd July 1848 AD at Bhide’s Wada

2. 3rd July 1848 AD at Dhankawadi

3. 3rd July 1848 AD at Phule’s own house

4. 3rd July 1848 AD at Shardashram

130. Lokamanya Tilak started ‘Maratha’ and “Kesari’ News Papers with the help of ______

1. Gopal Ganesh Agarkar 2) Justice Ranade

3. Lokhitwadi 4) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

131. The author of Gulamgiri is ______

1. Jyotiba Phule 2) Mahadeo Ranade 3) Vishnu Gokhale 4) Ramkrishna Bhanderkar

132. Write in fraction : 1.25

1. 1 ¼ 2) 2 ¼ 3) 1 ½ 4) 2 1/3

133 “Aga Khan Cup” is associated with the game of __________

1. Football 2) Badminton 3) Hockey 4) Cricket

134. The Govt. of India Act 1935 granted ______--

1. Provincial Autonomy 2) Dominion states

3.Complete Independence 4) Independence

135. One horsepower is equal to _________

1. 746 watt 2) 276 watt 3) 1000 watt 4) 1000 erg/s

136. Who appoints the members of Maharashtra Public Service Commission.?

1. President 2) Governor 3) Prime Minister 4) Cabinet Minister

137. The inner surface of a box solar cooker is painted with ________-

1. Red 2) yellow 3) White 4) Black

138. What is the total amount in a bundle of 10 rupees notes having serial numbers.?

1. 240 2) 250 3) 225 4) 220

139. The Bombay High Court Does not have a bench at which one of the following places.?

1. Nagpur 2) Panji 3) Pune 4) Aurangabad

140. Solve, v(X + y)2 = _________

1. x – y 2) x + y 3) (x + y )2 4) (x + y )2

141. Assertion (A) : The Sepoys at Meerat mutinied.

Reason (B) : Mangal Pandey was hanged.

1) (A) is true but (B) is false.

2) (A) is false but (B) is true.

3) Both (A) and (B) is not correct explanation of (A)

4) Both (A) and (B) are true and (B) is the correct explanation of (A).

142. Who helped Gangaram Kamble of Maharwada in starting his own tea-stall.?

1. Dr. Ambedkar 2) mahatma Phule

3) Rajarshi Shahu 4) None of the above

143. In Maharashtra _________ receives maximum rainfall.

1) Toranmal 2) Amboli 3) Gadchiroli 4) Chikhaldara

144. The major harmful gas emitted by automobile vehicles is _______

1) Carbon monoxide 2) Methane

3) Carbon dioxide 4) Ozone

145. Body mass index = _________

1) weight2/height2 2) weight2/height

3) weight/height2 4) weight/height

146. Which events prior to independence roused public opinion against the British.?

1) The Indigo Revolt in 1859-60 AD

2) The Kuki Revolt in 1860-90 Ad

3) Peasant’s Revolt of Pawana in 1872-73 AD

4) All the three.

147. Who wrote the book entitled “1857 che Swatantry Samar.”?

1) Ganesh Damodar Sawarkar 2) Narayan Damodar Sawarkar

3) Vinayak Damodar Sawarkar 4) None of the above

148. In which year was Gopal Ganesh Agarkar born.?

1) 1855 AD 2) 1856 AD 3) 1857 AD 4) 1858 AD

149. Hepatitis B occurs because of __________

1) HAV 2) HIV 3) Microbacterium lepri 4) HBV

150. ________ was called as the ‘Martin Luther’ of Maharashtra.

1) Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak 2) Lokhitwadi

3) Mahatma Phule 4) Justice Mahadeva Govind Ranade

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