0% 2 votes, 5 avg 2 AMU Class-11 Commerce PYQs- 2018 1 / 100 Which of the following relation is correct? If the point (x, y) is equidistant from the points (3, 6) and (−3, 4) A) 3x − y + 5 = 0 B) 3x − y − 5 = 0 C) 3x + y + 5 = 0 D) 3x + y − 5 = 0 2 / 100 For what values of k will the following pair of linear equations have infinitely many solutions? kx + 3y − (k − 3) = 0 and 12x + ky − k = 0 A) k = 0, or k = 6 B) k = 6 C) k = −6 D) k = 0 or k = −6 3 / 100 If x = 7 + 4√3, then the value of √x + 1/√x is A) √14 B) 2√3 C) 8√3 D) 4 4 / 100 Find the ratio in which the y-axis divides the line segment joining the points (5, −6) and (−1, −4) A) 6:1 B) 5:1 C) 3:2 5 / 100 For what value of n, are the nᵗʰ terms of two A.P’s; 63, 65, 67, and 3, 10, 17, equal? A) 11 B) 12 C) 13 D) 14 6 / 100 lf x + 2 is a factor of x² + ax + 2b and a + b = 4, then A) a = 1, b = 3 B) a = 3, b =1 C) a = −1, b = 5 D) a = 5, b = −1 7 / 100 AB is a diameter of the circle, CD is a chord equal to the radius of the circle. AC and BD when extended intersect at a point E. Then ∠AEB is equal to A) 30° B) 60° C) 45° D) 90° 8 / 100 In △ABC, if AB = 6√3 cm, BC = 6 cm and AC = 12 cm ∠B will be A) 45° B) 60° C) 90° D) 120° 9 / 100 A tangent PQ at a point P of a circle of radius 5 cm meets a line through the center O at point Q so that OQ = 12 cm. Length PQ is A) 8.5 cm B) 12 cm C) 13 cm D) √119 cm 10 / 100 In the given figure, if AB || CD, ∠APR = 25°, ∠RQC = 30°, ∠CQF = 65° then x = ? A) x = 55°, y = 40° B) x = 50°, y = 45° C) x = 60°, y = 35° D) x = 35°, y = 60° 11 / 100 A uniform copper rod of diameter 1 cm and length 8 cm is drawn into a wire of length 18 m of uniform thickness. Find the diameter of the wire A) 1/3 cm B) 1/9 cm C) 1/30 cm D) 1/15 cm 12 / 100 The height and the slant height of a cone are 21 cm and 28 cm respectively. Find the volume of the cone A) 75.46 cm³ B) 754.6 cm³ C) 7546 cm³ D) 75460 cm³ 13 / 100 The mean of first 2n natural number is (a) \(\frac{n(n+1)}{2}\) (b) \(\frac{n(2n+1)}{2}\) (c) \(\frac{(2n+1)}{2}\) (d) \(2n + 1\) A) (a) B) (b) C) (c) D) (d) 14 / 100 The record of a weather station shows that out of the past 250 consecutive days it’s weather forecast were correct 175 times on is the probability that it was not correct on a given day? A) 0.7 B) 1.0 C) 0.3 D) 0.5 15 / 100 The average age of six persons living in a house is 23.5 years. Three of them are majors and their average age is 42 years. The difference in ages of the three minor children is same. The youngest child is of A) 3 years B) 4 years C) 5 years D) 6 years 16 / 100 The line-segment XY is parallel to side AC of ∠ABC and it divides the triangle into two parts of equal areas. The value of CY/BC is (a) \(\frac{2+\sqrt{2}}{2}\) (b) \(\frac{2−\sqrt{2}}{2}\) (c) \(\frac{\sqrt{2}−2}{2}\) (d) \(\frac{\sqrt{2}+2}{2}\) A) (a) B) (b) C) (c) D) (d) 17 / 100 The two roots of the equation ax² + bx + c = 0 are equal and positive if (a) \(\frac{b²}{4ac}\) > 0; a > 0; b > 0 (b) \(\frac{b²}{4ac}\) = 1; a < 0; b > 0 (c) \(\frac{b²}{4ac}\) = 1; a < 0; b < 0 (d) \(\frac{b²}{4ac}\) < 0; a < 0; b > 0 A) (a) B) (b) C) (c) D) (d) 18 / 100 If three coins are tossed simultaneously, then the probability of getting at most 2 heads is A) 7/8 B) 3/4 C) 3/8 D) 1/8 19 / 100 The angle of elevation of the top of a building from the foot of the tower is 30° and the angle of elevation of the top of the tower from the foot of the building is 60°. If the tower is 50 m high, then the height of the building is (a) \(50\sqrt{3}\space m\) (b) \(\frac{50}{\sqrt{3}}\space m\) (c) \(\frac{50}{30}\space m\) (d) \(150\space m\) A) (a) B) (b) C) (c) D) (d) 20 / 100 The mean of seven observations is 8. A new observation 16 is added. The mean of 8 observation is A) 12 B) 9 C) 8 D) 10 21 / 100 Plants which can grow in dry climate are known as A) Thallophyte B) Hydrophyte C) Xerophyte D) Mesophyte 22 / 100 “An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions” is authored by A) C. Rangarajan B) Kaushik Basu and Abhijit Banerjee C) Jagdish Bhagwati D) Amartya Sen and Jean Dreze 23 / 100 Who among the following won the 2017 Man ‘Booker Prize’? A) Karen Russel B) George Saunders C) David Foster Wallace D) Colson Whitehead 24 / 100 Magsaysay award is conferred upon someone for his/her excellent contribution to A) Govt. and public service B) Sports C) Creative writing D) Drama production 25 / 100 The term ‘jockey’ is associated with A) Boxing B) Football C) Hockey D) Horse racing 26 / 100 B.C. Roy Award is given in the field of A) Music B) Journalism C) Medicine D) Environment 27 / 100 Who is the author of the novel ‘The Remains of the Day’? A) Kazuo Ishiguro B) Bob Dylan C) Paul Beatty D) Arundhati Roy 28 / 100 When was the rupee devaluated for the first time after independence? A) 1948 B) 1949 C) 1952 D) 1954 29 / 100 How many members are there in the United Nations? A) 190 B) 192 C) 193 D) 195 30 / 100 Which of the following countries has the least number of Indian states bordering it? A) Pakistan B) China C) Nepal D) Bangladesh 31 / 100 On his migration from Mecca to Medina, Prophet Karim Muhammad (SAW) initially stayed at the house of A) Sahl B) Suhail C) Ka’b Ibn Malik D) Abu Ayyub Ansari 32 / 100 Which Surah (chapter) contains the first revelation? A) al-Fateha B) al-Ikhlas C) al-Baqra D) al-‘Alaq 33 / 100 The literal meaning of the word Kufr A) Ignorance B) Conceal C) Disbelief D) Non-Muslim 34 / 100 The policy of “Blood and Iron” to deal with the disturbing elements was adopted by A) Qutubuddin Aibak B) lltutmish C) Balban D) Alauddin Khalji 35 / 100 The first battle of Tarain between Prithviraj Chauhan and Muizuddin bin Sam was fought in A) 1191 B) 1192 C) 1193 D) 1194 36 / 100 The battle between Babar and Rana Sanga was fought in 1527 at A) Chanderi B) Kannauj C) Khanwa D) Mandu 37 / 100 The actual name of Mughal king Humayun was A) Jalaluddin B) Nuruddin C) Ruknuddin D) Naseeruddin 38 / 100 Who is the founder of Suhra-wardiyya order in India? A) Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki B) Shaikh Najibuddin C) Shaikh Bahauddin Zakaria D) Shaikh Baba Farid 39 / 100 The ‘Akbar Namah’ was written by A) Abul Hasan B) Abul Husayn C) Abul Qays D) Abul Fazal 40 / 100 Maulana Muhammad Ali laid the foundation of which University at Aligarh in 1920? A) Aligarh Muslim University B) Jamia Urdu C) Jamia Hamdard D) Jamia Millia Islamia 41 / 100 Which of the following book was authored by Plato? A) The Politics B) The State C) The Monarch D) The Republic 42 / 100 The doctrine of ‘Rule of Law’ was propounded by A) Lord Dicey B) Lord Atkins C) Justice Keith D) Wade and Phillips 43 / 100 Moral duties are imposed by A) The state B) The government C) The police D) The ethical principles of society 44 / 100 Who among the following organized the ‘Khudai Khidmatgars’? A) Abul Kalam Azad B) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan C) M.A. Jinnah D) Liyaqat All Khan 45 / 100 In a democracy, the broad policies of administration are laid down by A) Legislature B) Executive C) Administrative Tribunals D) Judiciary 46 / 100 Who presides over the joint sitting of Parliament? A) Deputy Speaker B) Speaker Protem C) Speaker D) Deputy Chairman 47 / 100 What is the minimum age required to be the President of India? A) 40 years B) 38 years C) 37 years D) 35 years 48 / 100 According to the Constitution of India, Parliament of India must meet A) Once in a year B) Thrice in a year C) Twice in a year D) Throughout the year 49 / 100 When was the Constitution of India adopted ? A) 26ᵗʰ Jan 1949 B) 15ᵗʰ Aug 1947 C) 26ᵗʰ Jan 1950 D) 26ᵗʰ Nov 1949 50 / 100 The Supreme Court of India introduced the doctrine of basic structure of the constitution in which of the following judgement? A) Golak Nath vs State of Punjab, 1967 B) Minerva Mills vs Union of India case, 1980 C) Keshvanand Bharti vs State of Kerala case, 1973 D) Shankari Prasad vs Union of India case, 1952 51 / 100 The Vice-President of India is elected by A) Only elected members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha B) Both elected and nominated members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha C) Both elected and nominated members of Parliament and State Assemblies D) None of the above 52 / 100 What is the sanction behind laws? A) State B) Legislature C) People D) Courts 53 / 100 Which state of the Indian Union has a separate constitution? A) Nagaland B) Telangana C) Jammu & Kashmir D) Himachal Pradesh 54 / 100 The Panchayati Raj in India was inaugurated on A) October 6, 1959 B) October 2, 1959 C) October 2, 1958 D) October 2, 1962 55 / 100 Articles 23 and 24 of the Indian Constitution ensure A) Right Against Exploitation B) Right to Life and Liberty C) Right to Legal Equality D) Right to Equal Opportunity in Public Employment 56 / 100 What is the full form of NSSO? A) Natural Sample Si Organization B) National Sample Survey Organization C) National Sustainable Survey Organization D) National Sample Survey Organization 57 / 100 Buffer stock refers to the stock of A) food grain B) raw material C) fertilizers D) pulses 58 / 100 The characteristics of WTO is/are A) It is a powerful international organization B) It aims at reducing trade barriers C) It aims at liberalizing international trade D) All of these 59 / 100 The concept of white revolution is associated with A) Food crops B) Milk C) Cotton D) Pesticides 60 / 100 What is done to surplus wheat in Palampur village? A) Sold in the market B) Destroyed C) Stocked by self D) Given in charity 61 / 100 Which one among the following is a non-farm activity? A) Multiple cropping B) Crop rotation C) Dairy farming D) Modern farming 62 / 100 Which industry suffered the most during colonial period? A) Jute B) Textile C) Indigo D) All of these 63 / 100 Which among the following is the method to estimate the poverty? A) Investment method B) Income method C) Capital method D) Human capital method 64 / 100 Antyodaya Anna Yojana was launched in A) 2003 B) 1999 C) 2000 D) 2005 65 / 100 In which of the following sectors disguised unemployment is found? A) Industries B) Agriculture C) Mining D) Fisheries 66 / 100 The phenomenon when people who are willing to work at the existing wage rate but cannot find a job is known as A) Underemployment B) Employment C) Unemployment D) Disguised unemploymen 67 / 100 Globalization is the process of A) Integration between the countries B) Reducing competition between the countries C) Creating trade barriers between the countries D) None of these 68 / 100 Which of the following authorities issues currency notes? A) State Bank of India B) Reserve Bank of India C) Government of India D) Ministry of Finance 69 / 100 Informal sources of credit does not include A) Banks B) Traders C) Moneylenders D) Relative and friends 70 / 100 Tertiary sector is also known as A) Agricultural sector B) Intermediaries sector C) Services sector D) Secondary sector 71 / 100 The first Cricket Club in India was established in Bombay in the year A) 1780 B) 1792 C) 1764 D) 1775 72 / 100 The idea of John Lock in his work Two Treatises of Government is based on A) Social contract B) Division of power with the government C) Denial of the doctrine of divine and absolute right of monarch D) Divine origin of state 73 / 100 Who believed that ‘to free themselves from capitalist exploitation, workers had to construct a radically socialist society where all property was socially controlled? A) Robert Owen B) Karl Marx C) Friedrich Engels D) Louis Blanc 74 / 100 Who integrated Austria and Germany in 1938 under the slogan ‘one people, one empire and one leader’? A) Karl Marx B) Mussolini C) Adolf Hitler D) Stalin 75 / 100 Between 1880 and 1920 forest cover in the Indian subcontinent decline by 9.7 million hectares from 108.6 million hectares to 98.9 million hectares. The cause of decline is A) Railways B) Agricultural expansion C) ommercial farming D) All of these 76 / 100 The Muslim Reformers within the Russian empire were known as A) Democrats B) Autocrats C) Socialists D) Jadidists 77 / 100 Which scholar described the Vietnamese war as ‘the greatest threat to peace, to national self-determination and international cooperation? A) Noam Chomsky B) Max Weber C) Michel Foucault D) Hobson 78 / 100 Rowlatt Act Satyagraha was launched by Gandhiji in the year A) 1906 B) 1909 C) 1916 D) 1919 79 / 100 Who wrote the famous book Hind Swaraj? A) Jawahar Lal Nehru B) M.K. Gandhi C) Jinnah D) Madan Mohan Malviya 80 / 100 Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed in the year A) 5 March 1931 B) 8 March 1927 C) 13 April 1932 D) 1 July 1930 81 / 100 The First World War began in A) January 1913 B) December 1914 C) August 1914 D) July 1915 82 / 100 Dhangars were an important pastoral community of A) Gujarat B) Punjab C) Maharashtra D) Bengal 83 / 100 During first half of the 19th century in the triangular trade between India, China and Great Britain the commodities exchanged were A) Opium and tea B) Opium and gold C) Tea and indigo D) Tea and spice 84 / 100 The first cotton mill was established in India in A) Madras 1848 B) Bombay 1854 C) Surat 1855 D) Bengal 1850 85 / 100 The first printing press in India during mid-sixteenth century was established at A) Goa B) Cochin C) Bombay D) Calcutta 86 / 100 Which soil develops deep cracks during hot condition that helps in the proper aeration on of the soil? A) Red and yellow soils B) Black soils C) Laterite soils D) Forest soils 87 / 100 Which of the following pair is not matched correctly? A) Corbett National Park –Uttarakhand B) Bandhavagarh National park – Assam C) Periyar Tiger Reserve – Kerala D) Sariska Bird Sanctuary – Rajasthan 88 / 100 The sub-tropical easterly jet stream blows over which region during summer months. A) Northern India B) Peninsular India C) Eastern India D) Western India 89 / 100 Which one of the following falls within the category of abiotic resources? A) Fish B) Livestock C) Rocks and minerals D) Timber 90 / 100 Sunderban is an example of A) Evergreen forest B) Deciduous forest C) Mangroves D) Thorny forest 91 / 100 The highest peak in the Eastern Ghats is- A) Anaimudi B) Mahendragiri C) Doda Betta D) Khasi 92 / 100 Neyveli coal mines is in the State of A) West Bengal B) Odisha C) Andhra Pradesh D) Tamil Nadu 93 / 100 The Bhoodan-Gramdan movement initiated by Vinoba Bhave is also known as – A) Green Revolution B) White Revolution C) Bloodless Revolution D) Land Revolution 94 / 100 The Kaveri river reaches the Bay of Bengal in A) South of Nilgiri B) South of Anamalai C) South of Nalamalai D) South of Cuddalore 95 / 100 The Manjara is the tributary of river A) The Godavari B) The Krishna C) The Mahanadi D) The Narmada 96 / 100 Which of the following is and ‘adverse effect’ of Green Revolution? A) Vanishing bio-diversity B) Increased crop productivity C) Crop diversification D) Increase in area and production of commercial crops 97 / 100 Reddish colour of the red soil is due to A) Diffusion of iron in cry in crystalline and metamorphic rocks B) Hydration of sedimentary rocks C) Presence of humus in soil D) None of these 98 / 100 Which of the following is an “Inland Riverine Port” A) Vishakhapatnam port B) Tuticorin port C) Kolkata port D) Chennai port 99 / 100 Hirakund dam is located on the river A) Ganga river B) Narmada river C) Godavari river D) Mahanadi river 100 / 100 The southern part of the Eastern Coast of India is referred as A) Circar Coast B) Coromandel coast C) Konkan coast D) Kannad coast Your score isThe average score is 71% 0% Restart quiz Please Rate The Test Send feedback Share is Caring: Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit