Odisha CPET 2022 Question Paper Libraryand Information Science

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COMMON P.G. ENTRANCE TEST–2022 (CPET-2022)

Subject Code : 44 Test Booklet No.:

Entrance Subject : Library and Information Science Hall Ticket No.:

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Time Allowed : 90 Minutes Full Marks : 70

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1. ‘Digital India’ was launched by the Prime Minister of India Mr. Narendra Modi in
___________ with an objective of connecting rural areas with high-speed Internet
networks and improving digital literacy.

(A) 2014

(B) 2015

(C) 2016

(D) 2018

2. Panchasakhas
of the following is not among them?

(A) Balaram Das

(B) Jagannath Das

(C) Ananta Das

(D) Dasratha Das

(A) Fakir Mohan Senapati

(B) Sachidananda Routray

(C) Pratibha Ray

(D) Gopinath Mohanty

4. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the monetary value of?

(A) goods for the market and for self consumption

(B) stock of goods and services

(D) goods produced for the markets only

(Garibi Hatao) as one of its
objectives?

(A) First Five Year Plan

(B) Third Five Year Plan

(C) Fifth Five Year Plan

(D) Eighth Five Year Plan
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Jallianwalla Bagh?

(A) Partition of Bengal

(B) Ilbert Bill

(C) Passage of Rowlatt Act

(D) Minto-Morley Reforms

7. Ibn Battuta, the famous Muslim explorer who came to India during regime of
Mohammad Bin Tughlaq, belonged to which country?

(A) Afghanistan

(B) Morocco

(C) Iran

(D) Iraq

8. Battle of the Hydaspes was fought between Alexander and King Porus in 326 BC.
Hydapses means which river________?

(A) Jelum

(B) Indus

(C) Beas

(D) Ravi

9. Tulsidas, the author of Ramcharitmanas, was a contemporary of which of the
following rulers?

(A) Akbar

(B) Humayun

(C) Sahajahan

(D) Sher Shah Suri

(A) Rabindra Jadeja

(B) Glenn Maxwell

(C) Hardik Pandya

(D) Robin Uthappa
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11. Different colours of different stars are due to the variation of __________.

(A) Temperature

(B) Pressure

(C) Density

(D) Radiation from them

created nor be destroyed?

(B) Spark plug creates electromagnetic disturbances

(D) Modern vehicles use electroignition system

(A) It is a good conductor

(B) It is economical

(C) It is malleable

(D) It has a very high melting point

(A) Albert Einstein propounded the General Theory of Relativity

(B) Max Plank unveiled the Quantum Theory

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(A) i & ii
(B) ii & iv
(C) i, iii & iv
(D) i, ii, iii & iv

maximum number of other states?
(A) Tamilnadu
(B) Kerala
(C) Karnataka
(D) Andhra Pradesh

country are correct?
(i) MacMohan line- Between India and china
(ii) Radcliff line- Between India and Pakistan

(A) i & ii
(B) i, ii & iv
(C) i, iii & iv
(D) i, ii, iii & iv

(A) Mumbai
(B) Delhi
(C) Kolkata
(D) Ahmedabad

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(A) Tamilnadu
(B) Punjab
(C) Kerala
(D) Meghalaya
21. Despite his best efforts to conceal his anger _______________. (Complete the sentence
with the following options)
(A) we could detect that he was very happy.
(B) he failed to give us an impression of his agony.

(D) people came to know that he was annoyed
22. Put the words in order to form a meaningful sentence.
(P) Einstein was
(Q) although a great scientist
(R) weak in arithmetic
(S) right from his school days
The proper sequence should be
(A) SRPQ
(B) QPRS
(C) QPSR
(D) RQPS
23. A hater of knowledge and learning. (Substitute with one word from the following
options)
(A) Bibliophile
(B) Philologist
(C) Misogynist
(D) Misologist
24. The boy laughed at the beggar. (Change the voice with the following options)
(A) The beggar was laughed by the boy.
(B) The beggar was being laughed by the boy.
(C) The beggar was being laughed at by the boy.
(D) The beggar was laughed at by the boy.

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statements?
Statement (1): No women teacher can play.
Statement (2): Some women teachers are athletes.
Conclusion (1): Male athletes can play.
Conclusion (2): Some athletes can play.

(C) Both Conclusion 1 and 2 follows
(D) Neither Conclusion 1 nor Conclusion 2 follows

(A) 12
(B) 18
(C) 22
(D) 26
27. Four pairs of words are given, out of which the words in three pairs are related in
some way and words in one pair are different. Find out the pair which is differently
related.
(A) Fish and Aquarium
(B) Bird and Nest
(C) Student and Teacher
(D) Criminal and Prison
28. Statements: Population increase coupled with depleting resources is going to be the
scenario of many developing countries in days to come.
Conclusions:
(i) The population of developing countries will not continue to increase in future.

its people decent quality of life.

(C) Both conclusion (i) & (ii) follows
(D) Neither conclusion(i) nor (ii) follows

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29. Statements:
(i) The prices of petrol and diesel in the domestic market have remained
unchanged for the past few months.
(ii) The crude oil prices in the international market have gone up substantially
in the last few months.
(A) Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect
(B) Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
(C) Both the statements I and II are independent causes
(D) Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes
30. Hobbes Theory of Social Contract is explained in his book ____________.
(A) Republic
(B) Prince
(C) Social Contract

31. Integration of Political Science with other Social Sciences Is a basic principle of _____.
(A) Traditionalism
(B) Behavioralism

(D) Post-Bahaviouralism

(A) No rights can be given to the man against the social interest
(B) Grant of rights is not concerned with social interest
(C) Rights can have anti-social character
(D) None of the above
33. According to Kautilya there are ______ elements of a state.
(A) Four
(B) Five
(C) Six

(D) Seven

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(A) Economic liberty means freedom from fear and starvation

(B) Self-government in industry is important feature of economic liberty

(C) Economic liberty means common ownership of the means of production and
distribution

35. The branch of philosophy that studies assumptions about the nature of reality and
existence is

(A) Epistemology

(C) Methodology

(D) Phenomenology

36. The presence of _______________ distinguishes a plant cell from an animal cell.

(A) Nucleus

(B) Chloroplast

(C) Cell membrane

(D) None of these

(A) Calcium

(B) Carbon

(C) Magnesium

(D) Hydrogen

38. Besides carbohydrates, a major source of energy in our food is constituted by
____________.

(B) Minerals

(C) Fats

(D) Proteins

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39. Biodegradable waste can usually be converted into useful substances with the help
of ___________.
(A) Bacteria

(C) Nuclear protein
(D) Radioactive substances

(A) Golgi body
(B) Mitochondrion
(C) Ribosome

(A) Das Capital-----Karl Marx
(B) A Tale of two cities ------Charles Dickens

(A) Ministry of MSME
(B) Ministry of Education
(C) Ministry of Skill Development
(D) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
43. Health heritage walks’ were organised as a part of the celebration of which scheme?
(A) Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
(B) Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana
(C) PM Bharatiya Jan Aushadi Pariyojana
(D) Khelo India

(A) Report
(B) Field
(C) File
(D) Record
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(A) RAM
(B) MHz
(C) Kbps
(D) Megabytes

(A) Email
(B) Instant Messaging
(C) Usenet

(A) Netscape

(C) Mosaic
(D) Explorer

(A) A computer game
(B) A software programme

pages.
(D) Another name for the Internet

recommended by someone else?
(A) Subject Directory
(B) Search Engine
(C) Meta-Search Engine
(D) Discussion Group

user into a computer understandable format?

(B) Input Unit
(C) Memory Unit

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51. 2 4 3
are considered as?
(A) Strong solvents
(B) Strong acids

(D) Basic in nature

(A) 1 mole of H2

2

(C) 1 mole of NH3

(A) Heisenberg
(B) Bohr
(C) Planck
(D) Einstein

(A) Metallic
(B) Ionic
(C) Covalent

55. In a chemical reaction, what is the role of a catalyst?
(A) To change the Heat of Reaction
(B) To change the Product of the Reaction
(C) To change the Equilibrium Constant
(D) To change the Activation Energy

(B) Cavelossim Beach
(C) Angoda Beach
(D) Marina Beach
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57. Except Assam, river Brahmaputra passes through which state in India?

(A) Manipur

(C) Arunachal Pradesh

(D) Tripura

(A) Red Fort

(B) Gwalior Fort

(C) Golkonda Fort

(D) Chittorgarh Fort

(A) Arunachal Pradesh

(B) Sikkim

(C) Assam

(D) Mizoram

(A) Punjab

(B) Haryana

(C) Uttar Pradesh

(D) Madhya Pradesh

61. An amount of Rs. 10,000 becomes Rs. 20,736 in 2 years. If the rate of interest is
compounded half yearly, what is the annual rate of interest?

(A) 20%

(B) 25%

(C) 30%

(D) 40%

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62. A train is running at 36 km/h takes 10 seconds to pass a telegraph pole. How long it
take to cross a platform of 110 meters long?
(A) 21 Sec
(B) 24 Sec
(C) 31 Sec
(D) 33 sec
63. The sum of two numbers is 24 and sum of their squares is 386, then one number is
(A) 9
(B) 11
(C) 17
(D) 19
64. A fraction is such that if the number is multiplied by 3 and denominator is reduced
by 3, we get 18/11, but if the numerator is increased by 8 and denominator is doubled
we get 2/5. Then the fraction is
(A) 8/15
(B) 12/25
(C) 11/21
(D) 9/28
65. Three partners A, B, and C start a business. B’s capital is four times of C’s capital

(A) Rs. 4000
(B) Rs. 5000
(C) Rs. 6000
(D) Rs. 7000

(A) Article 51
(B) Article 60
(C) Article 356
(D) Article 380

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67. In India who is competent to amend Fundamental Rights of the citizens?

(A) President

(B) Prime minister

(C) Parliament

(D) Supreme Court

(A) Domicile

(B) Descent

(C) Registration Property

(D) Property

of

(A) 18 years

(B) 21 years

(C) 25 years

(D) 30 years

70. The Directive Principles are enshrined in the constitution in _____________.

(A) Part I

(B) Part II

(C) Part III

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