IB ACIO Grade-II Official Paper-I (Held On: 23 Sep, 2012) (Previous Year Paper)

A man decides to travel 80 kilometers in 8 hours partly, by foot and partly on a bicycle. If his speed on foot is 8 km/hr and on bicycle 16 km/hr. what distance would he travel on foot?

Due to a 25% increase in the price of rice per kilogram, a person is able to purchase 20 kilograms less for Rupees 400. What is the increased price of rice per kilogram?

A toy weighing 24 grams of an alloy of two metals is worth Rs 174/-, but if the weights of the two metals be interchanged, the toy would be worth Rs 162/-. If the price of one metal be Rs. 8 per gram, find the price of the other metal used to make the toy.

Three bells ring at intervals of 48, 60 and 90 minutes respectively. If all the three bells chime together at 10 AM, at what time will all the three chime again that day?

Find the last two digits of: 15 × 37 × 63 × 51 × 97 × 17

After striking the floor, a ball rebounds to 4/5^th of the height from which it has fallen. Find the total distance that it travels before coming to rest if it has been gently dropped from a height of 120 meters.

There is a 7-digit telephone number with all different digits. If the digit at extreme right and extreme left are 5 and 6 respectively, find how many such telephone numbers are possible.

A speaks the truth 3 out of 4 times, and B 5 out of 6 times, what is the probability that they will contradict each other in stating the same fact?

A circle is inscribed inside an equilateral triangle touching all the three sides. If the radius of the circle is 2 cm. find the area (in cm²) of the triangle.

Five persons A, B, C, D and E are sitting in a row facing you such that D is on the left of C; B is on the right of E. A is on the right of C and B is on the left of D. If E has only one neighbour the, who is sitting in the centre?

In which city is headquarters of World Trade Organisation (WTO) located?

In a family of five persons, Dinesh is Jiram’s son and Gopal’s brother while Meeta is Gopal’s mother and Jayanti’s daughter. If there are no step brothers or half brothers in the family which of the following statements is true?

Four sisters- Suvarna, Taru, Uma and Vibha are playing a game such that the loser doubles the money of each of the other players from her order. They played four games and each sister lost one game in the alphabetical order. At the end of fourth game, each sister has Rs.32. How much money did Suvarna start with?

Indira is three times older than Yogesh while Zaheer is half the age of Wahida. If Yogesh is older than Zaheer then which of the following statements can be inferred?

A four-person team from Asian Paints is painting Foolan’s house. Mehmood is painting the front of the house. Ramesh is in the alley behind the house painting the back. Jeevan is painting the window frames on the north side and Sudhir is on the south. If Mehmood switches places with Jeevan, and Jeevan then switches places with Sudhir where is Sudhir now?

What is the total number of Zodiac constellations (Nakshatra) in Indian astrology?

Who established Ramkrishna Mission?

If in a coded language, MADRAS is written as LBCSZT, how would BOMBAY be written?

If under a certain code the word CARROM is written as BZQQNL, which word will be coded as HOUSE?

Rahul’s mother is the only daughter of Monika’s father. How is Monika’s husband related to Rahul?

A man is facing west. He turns 45° in the clockwise direction and then another 180° in the same direction and then 270° in the anticlockwise direction. Which direction is he facing now?

If it was Saturday on 17^th December, 1982 what will be the day on 22^nd December, 1984.

One term in the following number series is not correct. 15, 16, 22, 29, 45, 70.

Find out the wrong term?

In an exercise, Krishnan walked 25 meters towards South and then he turned to his left and moved for 20 meters. He again turned to his left and walked 25 meters. Thereafter he turned to his right and walked 15 metres. What is the distance and direction of his present location with reference to the starting point?

Where did NASA's land rover Curiosity landed on Mars on August 5/6, 2012?

India's Mars Orbiter Mission is likely to be launched in November 2013. What kind of rocket will be used by ISRO for this mission.

In London Olympic Games 2012, which country won the highest number of medals?

Who won the Gold Medal in 100 metres race in London Olympics 2012?

Who have been selected for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2012?

Which country announced in August 2012 its decision to grant political asylum to the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

India's DRDO has developed a pilotness target aircraft. What is its name?

What is the name of India's first indigenously developed nuclear submarine?

Why was CERN, the largest particle physic laboratory located near Geneva in news recently?

Which of the following countries in the Middle East is facing a civil war between the Government force and rebel insurgents?

In which country, there has been a spate of 'insider killing' in which NATO soldiers have been killed by their comrades in local police and Army?

How do you observe every year the first Monday of October?

Which country's lower house of Parliament is known as Wolesi Jirga?

SEBI has decided to introduce "Basic Services Demat Account"(BSDA). What is the maximum value of securities in a BSDA at any point of time?

Which of the following companies is posing a stiff competition to Sweden's Ericsson to become the world's largest telecom equipment manufacturer?

What is the present permissible power density value for mobile towers operating at 1800 MHz?

Mohammed Morsi, Francois Hollande and Bashar al-Assad are the Presidents respectively of which countries?

Where are Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research and Vikram Sarabhai Space Research Centre respectively located?

What is Wakhan Corridor?

What does NSAB stand for in Indian context?

What is the significance of Ozone layer in atmosphere?

Which business house has promoted Essar group of companies?

In which country is the headquarters of Nestle company located?

Which family owns the Hero group of companies in India?

Where is Titicaca, the highest lake in the world, located?

At which point of the Earth is there no gravity?

What is the main chemical component of Vinegar?

Which gas is released from paddy fields?

Which of these is not a micro-nutrient essential for plant and health?

Who among the following four is the odd man out?

In the last one decade, which among the following sectors has attracted the highest foreign direct investment inflows into India (2012)?

What is the estimated size of Indian economy for 2012-2013 (GDP in US Dollars)

What percentage of India's GDP in 2011-12 was contributed by Agriculture and allied sectors?

What was India's crude import bill (in US Dollars) in 2011-12 and its percentile share to total imports?

In which country is the Great Victoria Desert located?

Which of the following is NOT caused by movement of tectonic plates?

Which of the following is NOT a "greenhouse gas" (GHG)?

Which of the following is the basic structural and functional unit of a kidney?

German Silver is an alloy of

Which of the following substances is most commonly used for cloud seeding (artificial rains).

A Theodolite is used for measuring

Which of the following is not a jovian planet (gaseous planet) in the Solar system?

Which is the only internal organ of human body capable of regenerating its lost tissues?

What is meant by Sulphur Shower?

Which mobile operating system today has the largest share in global smartphone market?

Alteration of consciousness during deep sea diving is known as

The gases used in normal welding process are

Who was the first European to sail around the Cape of Good Hope in 1488?

Northern Africa was divided between two Muslim Caliphates around 1000 AD. While northwestern Africa (essentially, modern Morocco) and southern Spain were ruled by the Umayyads, which Caliphate ruled over what is now modern Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt?

Who founded the "Young Italy' movement, the anchor organization behind the unification of Italy in the nineteenth century?

Where was the battle of Badr fought in which Muslims led by Muhammad defeated Quraish of Mecca decisively on March 13, 624 AD?

Who was the Commander - in - Chief of Confederate states in the American Civil war (1861 - 65)?

On which date US dropped the first bomb on Hiroshima?

The Treaty of Srirangapatna was signed in 1792 between Tipu Sultan and

Wimbledon Tournament is associated with which game?

Under an agreement with which of the following countries did Subhas Chandra Bose organize the Indian soldiers taken as prisoners by the Axis Powers, into the Azad Hind Fauj?

In which part of ancient India was Kharoshthi script in use between 3^rd century BC and 3^rd century AD?

Battle of Jamrud was fought between Sikhs and Afghans in April 1837 in which Afghans were defeated but an important Sikh general was killed. Who was this Sikh general?

Who was the first Muslim president of Indian National Congress?

Three Round Table Conferences were organized by British Government between 1930 and 1932 to discuss the constitutional reform in India. Which Round table Conference did the Congress attend?

Who was the Chairman of Drafting Committee of Indian Constitution?

What is the Quorum laid down to constitute a meeting of either of the Houses of Parliament?

Who has the authority to call a joint session of the two houses of parliament?

In which session of the year, President addresses both the Houses of Parliament?

Which of the following States do not have bicameral legislature?

What fraction of Legislative Council Members are nominated by Governor on the advice of Cabinet from amongst those having excelled in the fields of science, art literature, cooperative movement or social science?

In which of the following states is the construction site of proposed Tipaimukh dam located?

The capitals of Manipur, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh respectively are

Which of the following is NOT a tributary of Krishna river?

Which of the following is NOT a hill station in South India?

Which of the following states shares border with China?

Which of the following is NOT a land locked state?

Which of the following is NOT matched correctly?

In which year was Guru Nanak Dev born?

Which religious leader established 'four mathas' in India?

Who was the first Christian missionary to India?