Allahabad Review Officer / ARO previous paper of 2009


41. Gaya is associated with Lord Buddha where he:
(a) was born
(b) attained enlightenment
(c) died
(d) delivered his first sermon

42. The first battle of Panipat was fought in :
(a) 1566 AD
(b) 1528 AD
(c) 1546 AD
(d) 1526 AD

43. Arrange the following words in the order in which they will be found in the dictionary:
(1) Dissipate
(2) Dissuade
(3) Disseminate
(4) Distract
(5) Dissociate
(6) Dissect
(a) 6, 3, 1, 5, 2, 4
(b) 1, 6, 3, 2, 4, 5
(c) 3, 6, 1, 2, 5, 4
(d) 4, 6, 3, 1, 5, 2

44. Who is considered to be the founder of the British Empire in India?
(a) Lord Cornwallis
(b) Warren Hastings
(c) Lord Clivc


(d) Sir Thomas Roe

45. The device used for locating submerged objects under sea is :
(a) Sonar
(b) Radar
(c) Laser
(d) Maser

46. ‘EQUINOX’ happens twice a year. The March Equinox falls on :
(a) 15
(b) 18
(c) 22
(d) 20

47. The G-20 Summit was held in November, 2010 in :
(a) Lisbon
(b) Seoul
(c) Toronto
(d) Tehran

48. Which planet is known as the ‘Evening Star’?
(a) Saturn
(b) Mercury
(c) Venus
(d) Jupiter

49. Which country will host the next Commonwealth Games, 2014?
(a) England
(b) Australia
(c) Scotland
(d) New Zealand

50. Choose the word opposite in meaning of the word “KNOWLEDGE” :
(a) Illiteracy
(b) Backwardness
(c) Foolishness
(d) Ignorance
Ans: (d)

51. One Gigabyte of computer memory is equivalent to :
(a) 1024 bytes
(b) 1024 * 1024 bytes
(c) 1024 Kilobytes
(d) 1024 Megabytes

52. Raja started walking from point ‘P’ towards North and walked 50 m. He then turned left and walked 120 m and reached point ‘Q’. At what minimum straight line distance is point ‘Q’ from point ‘P’ and in which direction?
(a) 130m North-East
(b) 100 m North-West
(c) 130 m North-West
(d) 150 m North-West

53. Which of the following is used to append a digital signature?
(a) Public key
(b) Private key
(c) Digital key
(d) None of these

54. An IP Address :
(a) is a unique Identification address for each node in the network
(b) is a 32 bit code
(c) has 4 octets
(d) all of the above

55. The chemical name of common salt is:
(a) Calcium chloride
(b) Sodium chlorite
(c) Sodium hypo-chloride
(d) Sodium chloride

56. Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for the year 2010 has been conferred on :
(a) Sheikh Hasina
(b) Lula da Silva
(c) Tony Blair
(d) Hamid Karzai

57. The branch of study dealing with aging is called :
(a) Oncology
(b) Gerontology
(c) Teratology
(d) Ornithology

58. Which is the largest gland in the human body?
(a) Thyroid
(b) Liver
(c) Pancreas
(d) None of these

59. Two numbers are in the ratio 3 : 5. If each number is increased by 10, the ratio becomes 5 : 7. What is the smaller number?


(a) 9
(b) 12
(c) 15
(d) 25

60. Out of 60 students in a class, 15 fail in English and 13 fail in Hindi. If 4 students fail both in Hindi and English, then the number of students who pass in both the subjects is :
(a) 36
(b) 28
(c) 32
(d) 24

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