Intelligence Bureau ACIO Exam Solved Question Paper 2015

1) Curcuma longa is the scientific name of which spice?

• Ans. (3) Turmeric

2) Bones found in the hands and feet as the percentage of total number of bones in the body of an adult human being is nearly equal to?

• Ans. (4) 50%

3) Europeans are believed to have brought potatoes to India in the 18th century. Which region of the world is believed to be the origin of potato cultivation?

• Ans. (2) Southern Peru

4) Oymyakon is generally considered the coldest inhabited area on earth. Which country Oymyakon is located in?

• Ans. (2) Russia

5) Which gland in the human body is also known as the "third eye"?

• Ans. (1) Pineal

6) Leukaemia is a group of cancers that usually begins in the bone marrow and results high numbers of which abnormal cells?

• Ans. (1) White blood cells

7) During an earthquake,two places A and B record its intensity on richter scale as 4.0 and 6.0, respectively. In absolute terms, the ratio of intensity of the earthquake at A to that of B is?

• Ans. (4) 1:100

8) On a cold day in January, the temperature at a place fell below the freezing point and was recorded as -40degree centigrade. On Fahrenheit scale, the same temperature would?

• Ans. (3) -40 degree F

9) Universal gas constant,R, is a property of?

• Ans. (1) Ideal Gas

10) In which place was the 1st science congress held in January,1914?

• Ans. (1) Kolkata

11) The class of elementary particles, bosons, was named after Satyendra Nath Bose, an Indian Physicist. Which of the following Indian Scientists graduated from Presidency College Calcutta as a classmate of Satyendra Nath Bose?

• Ans. (4) Meghnad Saha

12) To which places Aryabhata, the great mathematician, went for advanced studies?

• Ans. (2) Patliputra

13) The development of the world's first practical design for an Inter – Continental Ballistic Missile, A9/10, was undertaken in Nazi germany during the world war 11. It was intended for use in bombing?

• Ans. (1) London and other coastal cities of Britain

14) Homi Jehangir Bhabha, the father of Indian nuclear programme, was also the founding director of which of the following institutes?

• Ans. (1) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

15) Who headed the satellite launch vehicle (SLV) project launched by isro in 1970?

• Ans. (3) Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam