CET 2009 Code No.: 209101 L Important : Please consult your Admit Card / Roll No. Slip before filling your Roll Number on the Test Booklet and Answer Sheet Roll No. In Figures In Words O.M.R. Answer Sheet Serial No. Signature of the Candidate : Paper : I Subject : Legal & General Awareness Time : 90 minutes Number of Questions : 100 Maximum Marks : 100 DO NOT OPEN THE SEAL ON THE BOOKLET UNTIL ASKED TO DO SO INSTRUCTIONS 1. Write your Roll No. on the Question Booklet and also on the OMR Answer Sheet in the space provided and nowhere else. 2. Enter the Subject and Code No. of Question Booklet on the OMR Answer Sheet. Darken the corresponding bubbles with Black Ball Point / Black Gel pen. 3. Do not make any identification mark on the Answer Sheet or Question Booklet. 4. To open the Question Booklet remove the paper seal (s) gently when asked to do so. 5. Please check that this Question Booklet contains 100 questions. In case of any discrepancy, inform the Assistant Superintendent within 10 minutes of the start of test. 6. Each question has four alternative answers (A, B, C, D) of which only one is correct. For each question, darken only one bubble (A or B or C or D), whichever you think is the correct answer, on the Answer Sheet with Black Ball Point / Black Gel pen. 7. If you do not want to answer a question, leave all the bubbles corresponding to that question blank in the Answer Sheet. No marks will be deducted in such cases. 8. Darken the bubbles in the OMR Answer Sheet according to the Serial No. of the questions given in the Question Booklet. 9. Negative marking will be adopted for evaluation i.e., 1/4th of the marks of the question will be deducted for each wrong answer. A wrong answer means incorrect answer or wrong filling of bubble. 10. For calculations, use of simple log tables is permitted. Borrowing of log tables and any other material is not allowed. 11. For rough work only the sheets marked Rough Work at the end of the Question Booklet be used. 12. The Answer Sheet is designed for computer evaluation. Therefore, if you do not follow the instructions given on the Answer Sheet, it may make evaluation by the computer difficult. Any resultant loss to the candidate on the above account, i.e., not following the instructions completely, shall be of the candidate only. 13. After the test, hand over the Question Booklet and the Answer Sheet to the Assistant Superintendent on duty. 14. In no case the Answer Sheet, the Question Booklet, or its part or any material copied/ noted from this Booklet is to be taken out of the examination hall. Any candidate found doing so, would be expelled from the examination. 15. A candidate who creates disturbance of any kind or changes his/her seat or is found in possession of any paper possibly of any assistance or found giving or receiving assistance or found using any other unfair means during the examination will be expelled from the examination by the Centre Superintendent/ Observer whose decision shall be final. 16. Telecommunication equipment such as pager, cellular phone, wireless, scanner, etc., is not permitted inside the examination hall. Use of calculators is not allowed.
1. Who is the Executive Head of a State in India? (A) The Governor (B) The Chief Minister (C) The Prime Minister (D) The Speaker 2. Who wrote Arthashastra? (A) Amartya Sen (B) Kautilya (C) Manmohan Singh (D) Montek Singh 3. Malaria is usually spread by.... (A) female culex (B) flies (C) male Anopheles (D) female Anopheles 4. The letter E in the acronym IAEA stands for : (A) Environment (B) Energy (C) Ecology (D) E-mail 5. The letter T in the acronym WTO stands for.... (A) Trade (B) Tariff (C) Textile (D) Taxes 6. With which sport is Rafael Nadal associated? (A) Badminton (B) Lawn Tennis (C) Golf (D) Formula 1 Racing 7. Who was defeated in the Battle of Waterloo? (A) Napoleon (B) Hitler (C) Stalin (D) Mussolini 8. World War II lasted from.... (A) 1914-20 (B) 1930-36 (C) 1939-45 (D) 1939-47 9. The currency of China is.... (A) Yuan (B) Yen (C) Chinese Dollar (D) Yang 10. What does 3G stand for in 3G Mobile Services? (A) Three Gigabytes (B) Third Generation (C) Three Giga-pixel (D) Three Goals 11. Identify the Capital of Australia : (A) Melbourne (B) Canberra (C) Sydney (D) Perth 12. Who was the last King of Nepal? (A) Gyanendra (B) Mohindra (C) Robindra (D) Paras 13. Richter Scale is used to register the intensity of.... (A) Volcanoes (B) Tidal Waves (C) Wind Energy (D) Earthquakes Legal & General Awareness/209101 Legal & General Awareness/209101 1 [Turn over
14. Amnesia means loss of.... (A) Hearing (B) Eyesight (C) Memory (D) Blood 15. Who founded Din-i-Ilahi? (A) Akbar (B) Aurangzeb (C) Nizamuddin Chishti (D) Amir Khusro 16. Who replaced Shivraj Patil as the Home Minister of India in November 2008? (A) P. Chidambaram (B) Pranab Mukherjee (C) R. R. Patil (D) C. K. Antony 17. Barack Obama is the... President of the USA. (A) 42 nd (B) 43 rd (C) 44 th (D) 45 th 18. The Capital of Jharkhand is.... (A) Ranchi (B) Patna (C) Dhanbad (D) Raipur 19. Which is the largest Ocean? (A) Atlantic (B) Indian (C) Pacific (D) Arctic 20. Which is the largest Desert in the World? (A) Sahara (B) Gobi (C) Kalahari (D) Thar 21. Which State has two separate Capitals for Winter and Summer? (A) Arunachal Pradesh (B) Sikkim (C) J & K (D) Uttarakhand 22. Where are the Headquarters of World Health Organization located? (A) Geneva (B) Paris (C) New York (D) Rome 23. Who is associated with the Theory of Relativity? (A) Newton (B) Galileo (C) Kepler (D) Einstein 24. The planet nearest to the Sun is.... (A) Venus (B) Mars (C) Earth (D) Mercury 25. The letter S in the acronym AIDS stands for.... (A) Society (B) Sickness (C) Syndrome (D) Status 26. In which country is Swat Valley? (A) Afghanistan (B) Talibanistan (C) Baluchistan (D) Pakistan Legal & General Awareness/209101 2
27. The new name of Spice Telecom is.... (A) Idea Cellular (B) Hutch (C) Aircel (D) Vodafone 28. LTTE is an organization based in.... (A) Pakistan (B) Sri Lanka (C) Afghanistan (D) India 29. On whose novel is the story of the movie Slumdog Millionaire based? (A) Raja Rao (B) Danny Boyle (C) Aravind Adiga (D) Vikas Swarup 30. Tamasha is associated with the State of.... (A) Assam (B) J & K (C) Maharashtra (D) Orissa 31. Who is famous for his Bansuri vadan (Flute playing)? (A) Hari Prasad Chaurasia (B) Amjad Khan (C) Ravi Shankar (D) Shiv Prasad 32. Which one of these flows into the Arabian Sea? (A) Godavari (B) Krishna (C) Narmada (D) Kaveri 33. Sunderbans is the largest... forest in the world. (A) Teak (B) Deodar (C) Mangrove (D) Oak 34. The largest soil group found in India is.... (A) Black (B) Laterite (C) Alluvial (D) Red 35. In India, economic liberalization started in : (A) 1971 (B) 1981 (C) 1991 (D) 2001 36. In which language has Ramcharitmanas been written by Tulsidas? (A) Sanskrit (B) Pali (C) Hindi (D) Prakriti 37. Who is the author of Geet Govinda? (A) Kalidas (B) Bharat Muni (C) Surdas (D) Jayadeva 38. Who has written the National Song of India? (A) Tagore (B) Nazrul Islam (C) Bankim Chandra (D) Mahatama Gandhi 39. The Third Battle of Panipat was fought between.... (A) The Afghans and the Marathas (B) The French and the English (C) Babur and Ibrahim Lodhi (D) Akbar and Bairam Khan Legal & General Awareness/209101 3 [Turn over
40. With which religion do we associate the Jataka Tales? (A) Hinduism (B) Buddhism (C) Jainism (D) Zoroasterianism 41. In Ramayana, Lakshman is the son of.... (A) Kaushalya (B) Sumitra (C) Kaikeyi (D) Gandhari 42. The Southernmost point of India Indira Point is in.... (A) Tamilnadu (B) Kerala (C) Lakshwadeep (D) Andaman and Nicobar Islands 43. Which two countries does the Palk Strait separate? (A) India and Indonesia (B) Sri Lanka and Maldives (C) India and Sri Lanka (D) Pakistan and Iran 44. The Kutch region is located in.... (A) J & K (B) West Bengal (C) Gujarat (D) Karnataka 45. Radcliffe Line demarcates the boundary between India and.... (A) China (B) Pakistan (C) Burma (D) Afghanistan 46. According to the Preamble to the Indian Constitution, who has given the Constitution to the People of India? (A) The President (B) The Constituent Assembly (C) The Parliament (D) The People of India 47. In which city is Charminar located? (A) Ahmedabad (B) Lucknow (C) Hyderabad (D) Gandhinagar 48. Which country is in the news for the problem of Sea-pirates recently? (A) Cuba (B) Afghanistan (C) Somalia (D) Ethiopia 49. Who has written War and Peace? (A) Tolstoy (B) Dostoevsky (C) Chekhov (D) Pushkin 50. The letter A in the acronym NATO stands for.... (A) Association (B) Agreement (C) Allied (D) Atlantic 51. Kalhana from Kashmir is primarily famous as a/an.... (A) Novelist (B) Philosopher (C) Historian (D) Emperor 52. According to the Preamble to the Indian Constitution, India is not a... Republic. (A) Sovereign (B) Democratic (C) Socialist (D) Nationalist Legal & General Awareness/209101 4
53. What was known as Burma is now known as.... (A) Kampuchea (B) Yangoon (C) Myanmar (D) New Burma 54. UNO was established in the year.... (A) 1914 (B) 1939 (C) 1945 (D) 1943 55. Which Article of the Indian Constitution guarantees Equality before Law to every person? (A) Article 14 (B) Article 21 (C) Article 19 (D) Article 356 56. Which Ocean separates the Americas from Europe? (A) Atlantic (B) Pacific (C) Mediterranean (D) Antarctic 57. Dandi (as in Gandhi ji s Dandi March) is the name of a.... (A) village (B) poet (C) music form (D) dance form 58. Who is known as the Iron Man of India? (A) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (B) Subhash Chander Bose (C) Lala Lajpat Rai (D) Indira Gandhi 59. Who has taken the maximum number of Wickets in Test Cricket? (A) Muttiah Muralidharan (B) Shane Warne (C) Anil Kumble (D) Wasim Akram 60. Who has written the famous novels Godan and Gaban? (A) Jayashankar Prasad (B) Munshi Premchand (C) Girish Karnad (D) Sadat Hassan Manto 61. Identify the word nearest in meaning to the word LETHAL : (A) Lawful (B) Unlawful (C) Deadly (D) Lively 62. Identify the word nearest in meaning to the word AFFLUENT : (A) Prosperous (B) Fluent (C) Talkative (D) Poor 63. What is the word for A disease which spreads by contact? (A) Infectious (B) Contagious (C) Contiguous (D) Contractual 64. Fill in the blank in What is the time... your watch? (A) in (B) on (C) by (D) at 65. Identify the word with the correct spellings : (A) Committee (B) Comitee (C) Commitee (D) Comittee Legal & General Awareness/209101 5 [Turn over
66. Identify the word that is not spelt correctly : (A) Accommodation (B) Success (C) Receive (D) Concious 67. The word stoned in the sentence He was stoned to death. is : (A) a Verb (B) an Adjective (C) a Noun (D) an Adverb 68. To be above board means to : (A) survive (B) be honest (C) sail in a ship (D) live on the first floor 69. An axe to grind means to : (A) be a warrior (B) have a selfish motive (C) sharpen weapons (D) to cut trees 70. Hydrophobia means fear of.... (A) Heights (B) Dogs (C) Water (D) Electricity 71. Under which Article of the Constitution special status is granted to the State of Jammu and Kashmir : (A) Art. 70 (B) Art. 170 (C) Art. 270 (D) Art. 370 72. Which day is celebrated as a Consumer day? (A) 15 th March (B) 30 th June (C) 15 th Oct. (D) 10 th Dec. 73. Which day is celebrated as Human Rights Day? (A) 26 th Jan. (B) 26 th Oct. (C) 10 th March (D) 10 th Dec. 74. Advisory jurisdiction is rested with : (A) Subordinate Courts (B) High Courts (C) Supreme Courts (D) All the Courts 75. Life imprisonment in India means imprisonment for : (A) 10 years (B) 14 years (C) 20 years (D) for life 76. Which of the following writs can be issued to release the person from illegal detention? (A) Habeas corpus (B) Mandamus (C) Prohibition (D) Quo warranto 77. How many amendments have been made to the Constitution of India so far? (A) 94 (B) 97 (C) 104 (D) 114 78. What is the salary of the Vice-President of India? (A) Rs. 1,50,000 (B) Rs. 1,25,000 (C) Rs. 1,10,000 (D) Rs. 1,00,000 Legal & General Awareness/209101 6
79. How many languages are recognised in the eighth schedule of the Constitution? (A) 8 (B) 10 (C) 18 (D) 22 80. In which case the Supreme Court upheld the Constitutional validity of the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admissions) Act, 2006? (A) Kesavananda Bharti Case (B) T.M.A. Pai Foundation Case (C) Ashok Kumar Thakur Case (D) Minerva Mill Ltd. Case 81. What is a Moot Court? (A) Debatable question (B) Basic fact of the case (C) Mock court (D) Magistrate s real court 82. Within how much period a person is required to be produced before the magistrate? (A) Immediately (B) Within 12 hours (C) Within 24 hours (D) Within 24 hours excluding the time taken from the place of arrest to the nearest magistrate. 83. Capital punishment means punishment for : (A) 7 years (B) 10 years (C) 20 years (D) Life or death sentence 84. Right to education has been declared as fundamental right under article.... (A) 21 (B) 21 A (C) 31 (D) 31 A 85. Judicial review means : (A) Review of the order (B) Review by the higher court (C) Review of the decision of magistrate (D) Power of the court to determine the Constitutional validity of the Act of Legislature or Executive action 86. Bonafide means : (A) In good faith (B) In bad faith (C) In good behaviour (D) In bad behaviour 87. The President of India subscribes the oath in the presence of : (A) Vice-President (B) Prime Minister (C) Chief Justice of India (D) Law Minister of India 88. Ultra Vires is a term used for : (A) minute virus in the computer (B) an act beyond the authority (C) an act only authorised by law (D) an act carefully undertaken 89. Joint sitting of both the Houses of Parliament is presided over by the : (A) President (B) Vice-President (C) Prime Minister (D) Speaker Legal & General Awareness/209101 7 [Turn over
90. How many High Courts are there in India? (A) 18 (B) 21 (C) 25 (D) 27 91. Candle : Sun : : Pound : (A) Water (B) Ocean (C) Sea (D) Well 92. Pointing to a boy in the photograph, Madhu said, his sister is the only daughter of my father. How is the boy related to Madhu s father? (A) father (B) brother (C) son (D) cousin 93. Radha stands with her face in the South East direction. She walks 15 m and then turns northwards and walks 12 m. How far is she from the starting time? (A) 12 m (B) 10 m (C) 9 m (D) 5 m 94. Find the missing number in the following series 4, 6, 3, 5, 2,? (A) 8 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 6 95. Which one of the following does not possess the common property that the other three numbers do? (A) 64 (B) 45 (C) 36 (D) 25 96. A is taller than C but shorter than G S is shorter than C but taller than R B is taller than R but shorter than S H is taller than A but shorter than G Who stands in the middle? (A) S (B) C (C) A (D) B 97. Fill in the blank in the series 47, 32, 11, 5, 2 : (A) 27 (B) 20 (C) 15 (D) 12 98. If there are five Saturdays in a month, what will be the 1 st day of the month? (A) Monday (B) Tuesday (C) Wednesday (D) Thursday 99. If 5 and 3, 8 and 6, 9 and 4, and 2 and 7 change themselves mutually, what will 84325 become? (A) 65937 (B) 69753 (C) 69573 (D) 96537 100.Fill in the next two blanks in the series 1+3; 4+5; 9+7; ; : (A) 16+7 ; 25+9 (B) 14 + 9 ; 21 + 15 (C) 16 + 9 ; 25 + 11 (D) 16 + 12 ; 25 + 16 Legal & General Awareness/209101 8
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