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CAPF (AC) Exam Paper 2018 - " General Ability and Intelligence"
1. The optical phenomenon that is responsible for Select the correct answer using the code given
the propagation of light signal through an optical below.
fibre is (a) 1 and 3
(a) interference (b) 3 only
(b) scattering (c) 3 and 4
(c) total internal reflection (d) 1, 2 and 4
(d) refraction 3. Which one of the following gemstones contains
2. Which of the following statements about optical beryllium metal?
microscope is/are correct? (a) Topaz
1. Both the eyepiece and objective of a microscope (b) Emerald
are convex lenses.
(c) Ruby
2. The magnification of a microscope increases
with increase in focal length of the objective. (d) Blue sapphire
3. he magnification of a microscope depends upon 4. Lowering the atmospheric pressure on a liquid
the length of the microscope tube. (a) increases the boiling point of the liquid
4. The eyepiece of a microscope is a concave lens. (b) lowers the boiling point of the liquid
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(c) does not affect the boiling point of the liquid 8. If the amplitude of oscillation of a simple
(d) increases the time required for it to boil pendulum is very small, then its time period of
oscillation.
5. The number of angular and radial nodes for 4d
orbital is respectively 1. depends on the length of the pendulum, L
(a) 2 and 1 2. depends on the acceleration due to gravity g
(b) 1 and 2 3. depends upon the mass of the bob of the
pendulum, m
(c) 3 and 1
4. does not depend upon the amplitude of the
(d) 4 and 0 pendulum, A
6. Which one of the following statements about Select the correct answer using the code given
proteins in mammalian cells is correct? below.
(a) Proteins in mammalian cells are synthesized in (a) 1, 2 and 3
cell membrane.
(b) 1, 2 and 4
(b) Proteins in mammalian cells are not
synthesized in cell membrane but directly absorbed (c) 2, 3 and 4
from food. (d) 1 and 4 only
(c) Proteins in mammalian cells are synthesized in 9. The term LASER stands for
rough endoplasmic reticulum (a) Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of
(d) Proteins in mammalian cells are synthesized in Radiation
Golgi apparatus. (b) Light Amplification by Spontaneous Emission of
7. Which one of the following statements about Radiation
transport mechanism in plants is correct? (c) Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of
(a) Diffusion of ions and small molecules across Rays
cell membrane requires energy. (d) Light Amplification by Stimulated Energy of
(b) Active transport of ions and small molecules Radiation
across cell membrane against concentration
gradient requires energy. 10. Which of the following statements about
(c) Cells conserve energy and no energy is required carboxylic acids is/are correct?
for transport of ions and small molecules against 1. Simple aliphatic carboxylic acids are soluble in
concentration gradient. water.
(d) Cells do not transport ions across
2. Higher carboxylic acids are practically insoluble
their membrane as these are charged molecules.
in water.
3. The acidity of a carboxylic acid depends on the (d) Yemen
number of carbon atoms present in the 13. Gersoppa Falls is formed by which one of the
hydrocarbon chain. following rivers?
Select the correct answer using the code given (a) Lohit
below.
(b) Tungabhadra
(a) 1 and 2 only
(c) Sharavati
(b) 2 and 3 only
(d) Krishna
(c) 1 only
14. Which one of the following processes is not a
(d) 1, 2 and 3 part of long-wave radiation?
11. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct (a) Conduction
answer using the code given below the Lists :
(b) Scattering
List - I (Compound) List- II (Type of polymer)
(c) Convection
A. Melamine 1. Linear
(d) Radiation
B. Polyvinyl chloride 2. Condensation
15. In mid-latitude regions, the diurnal variation in
C. Terylene 3. Natural weather is due to
D. Cellulose 4. Cross-linked (a) raising air/convection
Code : (b) sinking air/conduction
(a) A B C D (c) advection
3 2 1 4
(d) radiation
(b) A B C D
4 1 2 3 16. Springs are common in which of the following
areas?
(c) A B C D
3 1 2 4 1. Well jointed rocks
(d) A B C D 2. Arid areas with underlying rocks

4 2 1 3 3. Karst topography
12. The Tropic of Cancer passes through which 4. Tilted strata
one of the following countries?
Select the correct answer using the code given
(a) North Sudan below.
(b) Chad (a) 1 and 3 only
(c) Mali (b) 1, 3 and 4
(c) 2 and 4
(d) 3 and 4 only
17. Consider the following diagram :

Which one of the following is the missing number in
the diagrams given above?
(a) 1
(b) 2
An equilateral triangle is inscribed in a circle of (c) 3
radius 1 unit. The area of the shaded region, in (d) 4
square unit, is
20. Which one of the following is the area of a
sector of a circle of radius 10 cm formed by an arc
length of 15 cm?
(a) 107 cm

(b) 158 cm
18. In an examination, 53% students passed in
(c) 75 cm2
Mathematics, 61% passed in Physics, 60% passed
in Chemistry, 24% passed in Mathematics and (d) 150 cm?
Physics, 35% in Physics and Chemistry, 27% in 21. On simplification the product
Mathematics and Chemistry and 5% in none. The
ratio of percentage of passes in Mathematics and (x1 - y1)(x2 + y2) ... (x10 + y10)
Chemistry but not in Physics in relation to the how many such terms are there which will have
percentage of passes in Physics and Chemistry only single x and rest y's ?
but not in Mathematics is (a) 210
(a) 7:5 (b) 10
(b) 5:7 (c) 20
(c) 4:5 (d) 1
(d) 5:4 22. Which one of the following statements about
19. Consider the following diagrams: blood elements is correct?
(a) Red blood cells' number is same as that of white
blood cells and platelets.
(b) The number of white blood cells is more than 26. Which one of the following statements
red blood cells. regarding insulin hormone is correct?
(c) The number of red blood cells is the highest. (a) Insulin is a protein hormone which is not
(d) The number of red blood cells is lower than produced in human body.
platelets. (b) Insulin is a steroid hormone which is produced
23. Which one of the following statements in human body.
regarding muscle contraction and relaxation is (c) Insulin is a cholesterol-driven hormone given to
correct? human.
(a) It involves movement of Zn++ ion. (d) Insulin is a protein hormone which is produced
(b) It involves Ca++ ion of blood. in human body.
(c) It involves release of Ca++ from sarcoplasmic 27. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct
reticulum (SR) and pumping Ca++ back in SR. answer using the code given below the Lists :
(d) It involves exchange of Na and K. List-I (Limestone region) List-II (Country)
24. Which one of the following statements A. Pennines 1. France

regarding digestion is correct? B. Yucatan Peninsula 2. Jamaica
(a) Fat present in the food is digested by trypsin C. Cockpit Country 3. Britain
and chymotrypsin. D. Causses 4. Mexico
(b) Starch of food is digested by lipases. Code :
(c) Fat of food is digested by lipases. (a) A B C D
(d) Nucleic acid is digested by amylases. 3 4 2 1
25. Which one of the following statements is (b) A B C D
correct? 1 2 4 3
(a) In photosynthesis by green plants, carbon (c) A B C D
dioxide is used for making carbohydrate. 3 2 4 1
(b) During photosynthesis, plants use oxygen for (d) A B C D

making carbohydrate. 1 4 2 3
(c) The carbohydrate generated by plants comes 28. Which of the following cities experience the
from soil. warm temperate Mediterranean climate?
(d) The carbohydrate generated by plants comes 1. Cape Town

from urea. 2. Los Angeles
3. Adelaide
4. Santiago 32. At what time between 2 o'clock and 3 o'clock

Select the correct answer using the code given will the hour and minute hands of a clock be 12
below. minutes division apart?
(a) 1 and 2 only (a) 12 minutes past 2 o'clock
(b) 3 and 4 only (b) 18 minutes past 2 o'clock
(c) 1, 2 and 3 only (c) 24 minutes past 2 o'clock
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (d) 30 minutes past 2 o'clock
29. Which one of the following is the correct 33. If the number
descending order of Indian States in terms of their 22 x 54 x 46 x 108 x 610 x 1512 x 814 x 2016 x 1018 x 2520
density of population (as per 2011 Census)? is divisible by 10n, then which one of the following
(a) Bihar-Kerala-Uttar Pradesh-West Bengal is the maximum value of n?
(b) West Bengal-Bihar-Kerala-Uttar Pradesh (a) 78
(c) Bihar-West Bengal-Kerala-Uttar Pradesh (b) 85
(d) Kerala-West Bengal-Bihar-Uttar Pradesh (c) 89
30. Which one of the following major river basins (d) 98
of India is the shortest in length and smallest in 34. Suppose a, b, c, d and e are five consecutive
terms of catchment area? odd numbers in ascending order. Consider the
(a) Cauvery following statements :
(b) Mahi 1. Their average is (a+ 4).
(c) Penner 2. Their average is (b+2)
(d) Sabarmati 3. Their average is (e-4).
31. Arabian Sea records higher salinity than the Which of the statements given above is/are
Bay of Bengal because correct? (a) 1 only
(a) Arabian Sea exhibits high rate of evaporation (b) 2 and 3 only
and low influx of fresh water (c) 1 and 3 only
(b) Arabian Sea has shallow water (d) 1, 2 and 3
(c) Arabian Sea has more enclosed land 35. A king ordered to make a crown from 8 kg of
(d) Arabian Sea receives more rainfall gold and 2 kg of silver. The goldsmith took away
some amount of gold and replaced it by an equal
amount of silver and the crown when made,
weighed 10 kg. The king knows that underwater
gold loses 1/20th of its weight, while silver loses 4. Mangrove vegetation has been reported in all the
1/10th. When the crown was weighed underwater, coastal States including Andaman and Nicobar
it was 9.25 kg. How much gold was stolen by the Islands.
goldsmith? Select the correct answer using the code given
(a) 1 kg below.
(b) 2 kg (a) 1 and 2 only
(c) 3 kg (b) 2, 3 and 4 only
(d) 4 kg (c) 1, 3 and 4 only
36. If a cubical container of length, breadth and (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
height each of 10 cm can contain exactly 1 litre of 39. Which one of the following pairs is not
water, then a spherical container of radius 10.5 cm correctly matched?
can contain
(a) Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi :
(a) not more than 4 litres of water Fursatganj
(b) more than 4 litres but less than 4-5 litres of
water (c) more than 4-5 litres but less than 5 litres (b) National Flying Training Institute : Belgaum
of water (d) more than 5 litres of water (c) National Institute of Hydrology : Roorkee
37. Which one of the following sites does not have (d) National Water Academy (Headquarters) :
coral reef formation? Khadakwasla
(a) Gulf of Cambay/Khambhat 40. The lowest temperature is observed/recorded
(b) Gulf of Mannar in which one of the following layers of the
atmosphere?
(c) Lakshadweep
(a) Stratosphere
(d) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(b) Mesosphere
38. Which of the following statements are
appropriate to Mangrove Sites? (c) Thermosphere
1. Mangrove plants require appropriate mix of (d) Troposphere

saline water and freshwater. 41. Which one of the following ocean currents is
2. Mangrove plants require mudflats to enable it to not a warm current?
grow and develop. (a) North Pacific
3. Mangrove plants are found in the inter-tidal (b) Falkland
zones of sheltered coasts.
(c) North Equatorial
(d) Canary
42. What is the largest value for n (natural number) (d) 12

such that 6n divides the product of the first 100 46. Suppose x, y, z are three positive integers such
natural numbers? that x<y<z and xyz = 72. Which one of the
(a) 18 following values of S yields more than one solution
(b) 33 to the equation x + y - z = S?
(c) 44 (a) 13
(d) 48 (b) 14
43. The angle between the hour hand and the (c) 15
minute hand of a clock at 10 minutes past 3 is (d) 16
(a) 30° 47. Which one of the following is the remainder
(b) 35° when 1020 is divided by 7?
(c) 37.5° (a) 1
(d) 40° (b) 2
44. An international conference is attended by 65 (c) 4

people. They all speak at least one of English, (d) 6
French and German language. Suppose 15 speak 48. Which one of the following is anisotropic in
English and French, 13 speak English and German, nature?
12 speak French and German and 5 speak all the
three languages. A total of 30 people can speak (a) Glass
German and 30 can speak French. What is the (b) Rubber
number of people who can speak only English?
(c) Plastic
(a) 17
(d) Quartz
(b) 20
49. Which one of the following is not a
(c) 22 condensation polymer?
(d) 40 (a) Nylon
45. Suppose 72 = m x n, where m and n are (b) DNA
positive integers such that 1<m<n. How many
(c) Polythene
possible values of mare there?
(d) Bakelite
(a) 5
50. The tides whose height is 20 percent more
(b) 6
than normal tide are called
(c) 10
(a) spring tides
(b) neap tides (d) 1 only

(c) apogean and perigean tides 53. Which one of the following is not an igneous
(d) daily and semi-diurnal tides rock?
51. Which of the following statements about (a) Granite

tropical cyclone are correct? (b) Gneiss
1. It originates and develops over warm oceanic (c) Pumice
surface. (d) Basalt
2. Presence of Coriolis force is necessary for it. 54. Which one of the following rivers is west
3. It occurs in middle latitudinal region. flowing?
4. It develops “eye” with calm and descending air (a) Godavari
condition. (b) Periyar
Select the correct answer using the code given (c) Tungabhadra
below.
(d) Cauvery
(a) 1 and 2 only
55. Consider an equilateral triangle ABC as given
(b) 1, 2 and 4 in the following diagram :
(c) 3 and 4 only
(d) 2, 3 and 4
52. Which of the following statements about
biodiversity hot spots is/are correct?
1. Biodiversity hot spots are identified by the
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Two people start at the same time from points A
Natural Resources (IUCN). and B with speeds 30 km per hour and 20 km per
2. Biodiversity hot spots are defined according to hour respectively, and move on the sides of the
their vegetation. triangle in the clockwise direction. They meet each
other for the first time at
3. In India, Eastern Ghats and Western Himalaya are
the biodiversity hot spots. (a) point C
Select the correct answer using the code given (b) a point between C and A
below. (c) a point between A and B
(a) 1 and 2 only (d) point A
(b) 3 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3
56. The number of ways in which 3 boys and 2 the tips of the two pillars. The portion of the length
girls can be arranged in a queue, given that the 2 of the taller pillar that can be brought in contact
girls have to be next to each other, is with the rope without detaching the rope from the
(a) 12 pillars is
(b) 24 (a) less than 6 feet
(c) 48 (b) more than 6 feet but less than 7 feet
(d) 120 (c) more than 7 feet but less than 8 feet
(d) more than 8 feet
Directions : The following eight (8) items consist of
two statements, Statement I and Statement II.
Examine these two statements carefully and select
the correct answer using the code given below.
Code :
(a) Both the statements are individually true and
Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement
I
(b) Both the statements are individually true but
Statement II is not the correct explanation of
Statement I
(c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false
(d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true

59. Statement I:
57. The ratio of ages of a man and his son is 3:1.
Sound waves can travel through vacuum.
After 15 years, the age ratio will be 2:1. What is the
age of the man? Statement II :
(a) 45 years Light is an electromagnetic wave and can travel
through vacuum.
(b) 40 years
60. Statement I:
(c) 35 years
A compass needle placed near a current-carrying
(d) 30 years
wire will get deflected.
58. Two pillars are placed vertically 8 feet apart.
Statement II :
The height difference of the two pillars is 6 feet.
The two ends of a rope of length 15 feet are tied to
A current-carrying wire creates magnetic field The Permanent Settlement was rarely extended to
around it. any region beyond Bengal.
61. Statement I: Statement II :
For early societies, historians retrieve information After 1810, the agricultural prices declined
about elite families mostly from inscriptions. affecting adversely the income of the Bengal
Statement II : Zamindars.
Satavahana inscriptions generally end with the term 66. Statement I:
Putra, a Prakrit word meaning 'son'. Towards the beginning of the 20th century, a new
62. Statement I : hybrid architectural style developed which
In 1856, Nawab Wajid Ali Shah was dethroned and combined the Indian with the European.
exiled to Calcutta on the plea that the region was Statement II :
being misgoverned. By integrating Indian and European styles in public
Stateinent II : architecture, the British wanted to prove that they
The Nawab was accused of being unable to control were legitimate rulers of India.
the rebellious chiefs and Taluqdars. 67. Which of the following statements about town
63. Statement I: planning in British India in early 19th century is/are
correct?
Mahatma Gandhi went on a fast unto death against
the Communal Award announced by the British 1. The funds for town improvement were also
Government. raised through public lotteries.
Statement II : 2. The threats of epidemics gave an impetus to
town planning in the early decades of 19th century.
The Poona Pact resulted in a joint electorate with
an enhanced number of seats reserved for Select the correct answer using the code given
Depressed Classes. below. (a) 1 only
64. Statement I: (b) 2 only
In India, a majority of the members of the Rajya (c) Both 1 and 2
Sabha are elected by the elected members of the (d) Neither 1 nor 2
State Legislatures. 68. Which of the following statements about
Statement II : India's Independence is/are correct?
Members of the Rajya Sabha elected by the State 1. The formal transfer of power on 15th August,
Legislative Assemblies need to have their domicile 1947 heralding India's Independence was
in the concerned State. announced by Lord Mountbatten.
65. Statement I:
2. Mahatma Gandhi was not present at the powers of the Speaker/Chairman of the Houses of
festivities in the capital on 15th August, 1947. the Parliament/State Legislatures?
Select the correct answer using the code given (a) 61st Amendment which reduced the voting age
below. from 21 to 18 years
(a) 1 only (b) Anti-defection provisions of 52nd Amendment
(b) 2 only (c) Repealing of many of the provisions
(c) Both 1 and 2 of 42nd Amendment by 44th Amendment
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 (d) 73rd Amendment that conferred extensive
69. Who among the following in Congress powers on Panchayat Bodies
represented the socialist view? 73. Which one of the following Committees of
(a) Rajendra Prasad the Parliament has no Members from the Rajya
(b) Narendra Dev Sabha?
(c) Maulana Azad (a) Public Accounts Committee
(d) Sardar Patel (b) Committee on Public Undertakings
70. Sikkim became an Associate State of the (c) Estimates Committee
Indian Union through (d) Departmentally Related Standing Committee
(a) the Constitution (36th Amendment) Act, 1975 (DRSC) on Finance
(b) the Constitution (7th Amendment) Act, 1956 74. Which one of the following States does not find

a mention in Article 371 of the Constitution of
(c) the Constitution (35th Amendment) Act, 1974 India?
(d) the Constitution (5th Amendment) Act, 1955 (a) Maharashtra
71. Which one of the following judgements is (b) Madhya Pradesh
associated with the primacy of the Chief Justice of
India and the Collegium of Judges in the (c) Gujarati
appointment and transfer of the higher judiciary? (d) Karnataka
(a) Kesavananda Bharati vs. State of Kerala 75. In May 2018, which one of the following banks
(b) S. P. Gupta vs. President of India was restricted from giving fresh The credit and
new recruitment of staff by the Reserve Bank of
(c) Maneka Gandhi vs. Union of India India?
(d) S. R. Bommai vs. Union of India (a) Punjab National Bank
72. Which one of the following Constitutional (b) Dena Bank
Amendments has enormously strengthened the
(c) Central Bank of India
(d) Bandhan Bank (a) Li Keqiang

76. When was Startup India Hub operationalized to (b) Xi Jinping
resolve queries and handhold startups? (c) Yang Xiaodu
(a) 2015 (d) Zhou Qiang
(b) 2016
(c) 2017
(d) 2018
77. Who among the following is not associated to
the Governing Council of NITI Aayog?
(a) The Prime Minister
(b) The President
(c) The Chief Ministers of States
(d) The Chief Ministers of Union Territories
78. Which one of the following organizations is not 81. Which of the following statements about the
merged into a new umbrella scheme "Rashtriya Constitution of India is/are correct?
Yuva Sashaktikaran Karyakram (RYSK)'? 1. The Objectives Resolution' was moved by Sardar
(a) Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) Vallabhbhai Patel.
(b) Youth Hostels (YH) 2. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar served as the Chairman of
the Drafting Committee in his capacity as the Law
(c) National Service Scheme (NSS) Minister
(d) National Young Leaders Programme (NYLP) Select the correct answer using the code given
79. Which one of the following countries has below.
recently formally notified its intention to withdraw (a) 1 only
from the International Criminal Court?
(b) 2 only
(a) Namibia
(c) Both 1 and 2
(b) Serbia
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
(c) Philippines
82. Which one of the following statements
(d) Norway
about the Constitution of India is correct?
80. Who among the following has recently been
elected as the Prime Minister of China for a (a) It was framed between December 1946 and
second term? December 1949.
(b) The drafts of the Constitution were discussed in Select the correct answer using the code given
public meetings. below.
(c) It is the shortest document of a Constitution in (a) I only
the world. (b) 2 only
(d) It came fully into operation immediately after (c) Both 1 and 2
the drafting was completed in December 1949.
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
83. Who among the following has not written about
partition in his works? 86. Which one of the following pairs of countries
with new names and old names is correctly
(a) Saadat Hasan Manto matched?
(b) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay New name Old name
(c) Bhisham Sahni (a) Kingdom of eSwatini : Swaziland
(d) Narendranath Mitra (b) Malawi : Rhodesia
84. Which of the following statements about (c) Botswana : Nyasaland
Harappa Civilization is/are correct?
(d) Zimbabwe : Ceylon
1. There is the extraordinary uniformity in artefacts
as evident in pottery, seals, bricks and weights. 87. In India, Indus Dolphin, one of the world's
rarest mammals, is mainly found in which one of
2. The late Harappa sites also maintained the same the following rivers?
construction techniques as were used in mature
(a) Ganga
Harappa sites.
(b) Cauvery
below. (a) 1 only (c) Brahmaputra
(b) 2 only (d) Beas
(c) Both 1 and 2 88. Who among the following cricketers has
announced his retirement from international
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 cricket in May 2018?
85. Which of the following statements about (a) Steve Smith
Jainism is/are correct?
(b) David Warner
1. The most important idea in Jainism is that the
entire world is animated, even stones, rocks and (c) AB de Villiers
water have life. (d) Shane Watson
2. Asceticism and penance are required to free 89. In a recent deal, a large stake of which one of
oneself from the cycle of Karma the following e-commerce companies was
acquired by Walmart, an American multinational (d) brings Scheduled Areas under the better control
retailer? of local Panchayats
(a) ShopClues 93. Over which of the following, the Lok Sabha and
(b) Flipkart the Rajya Sabha held joint sittings to resolve their
differences?
(c) Yepme
1. The Dowry Prohibition Bill, 1959
(d) Snapdeal
2. The Banking Service Commission (Repeal) Bill,
90. Which one of the following films was awarded 1978.
Best Feature Film in the National Film Awards,
2018? 3. The Prevention of Terrorism Bill, 2002
(a) Village Rockstars 4. The Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and

Resettlement Act, 2013
(b) Toilet : Ek Prem Katha
(c) Newton below.
(d) Mom (a) 1, 2, 3 and 4
91. Which one of the following groups belongs to (b) 3 and 4 only
the same school of thought?
(c) 1, 2 and 3 only
(a) J. J. Rousseau, M. Robespierre, N. Bonaparte, O.
Cromwell (d) 2 and 4 only
(b) T. Jefferson, J. Madison, G. Washington, 94. Which one of the following Commissions has
Abraham Lincoln not examined the issue of removal of the Governor
of a State?
(c) F. Engels, K. Marx, M. Bakunin, J. S. Mill
(a) Sarkaria Commission
(d) Georgi Plekhanov, Vera Zasulich, Alexandra
Kollontai, V. I. Lenin (b) Thakkar Commission
92. The Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension (c) Venkatachaliah Commission
to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 (PESA) (d) Punchhi Commission
(a) extends greater say to local tribal community 95. Which one of the following is the correct
over common resources combination of languages included in the 8th
(b) provides greater devolution of powers to Schedule of the Constitution of India?
Scheduled Tribes (a) Nepali, Konkani, Tulu and Santhali
(c) extends provisions of 73rd Amendment to (b) Santhali, Urdu, Konkani and Maithili
Scheduled Areas (c) Santhali, Konkani, Bhojpuri and Urdu
(d) Dogri, Konkani, Bhojpuri and Urdu
96. Recently, the Armed Forces (Special Powers) (b) Gaya and Kathmandu
Act was completely removed from which one of (c) Varanasi and Vaktapur
the following States?
(d) Ayodhya and Janakpur
(a) Arunachal Pradesh
101. In May 2018, which one of the following
(b) Nagaland countries has located its embassy in israel from
(c) Meghalaya Tel Aviv to jerusalem?
(d) Assam (a) Iran
97. 15th Asia Media Summit was hosted in May (b) Germany
2018 in (c) USA
(a) Kolkata (d) Turkey
(b) New Delhi 102. Who among the following was Buddha's
(c) Chennai foster mother?
(d) Bengaluru (a) Purna
98. In India, cars bearing black number plate with (b) Gajalakshmi
yellow lettering are (c) Maya
(a) vehicles belonging to foreign consulates (d) Mahapajapati Gotami
(b) commercial vehicles such as trucks and taxis 103. Which of the following statements about
(c) commercial vehicles available on rent for Bodhisattas is/are correct?
self-driving 1. They were perceived as deeply compassionate
(d) electric vehicles beings who accumulated merit through their
99. In May 2018, who among the following was Efforts.
elected as the Prime Minister of Malaysia at the 2. They made attempt to attain Nibbana.
age of 92?
(a) Siti Hasmah Ali below.
(b) Najib Razak (a) 1 only
(c) Mahathir Mohamad (b) 2 only
(d) Anwar Ibrahim (c) Both 1 and 2
100. In May 2018, bus service between which two (d) Neither 1 nor 2
places of India and Nepal was launched?
(a) Nalanda and Lumbini
104. Depiction of the descent of the river Ganga (d) The Constituent Assembly of each Dominion
from heaven in the form of relief sculpture on rock was to have unlimited power to frame and adopt
is at any Constitution.
(a) Ellora 107. In National Income (NI) accounts, Personal
(b) Mahabalipuram Income (PI) is defined as
(c) Sanchi (a) NI - undistributed profits – net interest

payments made by households - corporate tax +
(d) Amaravati transfer payments to the households from the
105. Which one of the following statements government and firms
relating to the power of the President of India to (b) NI - undistributed profits - corporate tax +
grant pardon is not correct? transfer payments to the households from the
(a) The President has the power to grant pardon government and firms
where punishment or sentence is by a Court (c) undistributed profits - net interest payments
Martial. made by households + transfer payments to the
(b) The President can grant pardon in all cases households from the government and firms
where the sentence is a sentence of death. (d) undistributed profits – net interest payments
(c) The Court's power of judicial review is very made by households - corporate tax
limited in relation to the decision of the President 108. The Reserve Bank of India defines narrow
on mercy petition. money as
(d) The power to grant pardon by the President is (a) CU (currency notes + coins) + DD (net demand
the power that the sovereign never exercises deposits held by commercial banks)
against its own judicial mandate.
(b) CU + DD + saving deposits with post office
106. Which one of the following is not a savings banks
characteristic feature of the Indian Independence
Act, 1947? (c) CU + DD + net time deposits of commercial
banks
(a) The Dominion of India got the residuary territory
of India, excluding the provinces of Sind, (d) CU + DD + net time deposits of commercial
Baluchistan, West Punjab, East Bengal and NWFP. banks + total deposits of post offices
(b) The Act sought to lay down a Constitution by 109. Suppose the price of mangoes increases
the Legislative will of the British Parliament. from 50 per kg to 75 per kg. Due to this, the
demand for mangoes declines from 100 kg to 50
(c) The Act proposed to set up two independent kg. Which one of the following is the price
Dominions. elasticity of demand for mangoes?
(a) 4
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(b) 3 1. She was one of the prime movers behind the
(c) 2 setting up of the Star Theatre (1883) in Calcutta.
(d) 1 2. She serialized her autobiography Amar Katha

(My Story) between 1910 and 1913.
110. Multipliers will be lower with which one of the
following? Select the correct answer using the code given
below.
(a) High marginal propensity to consume
(a) 1 only
(b) Low marginal propensity to consume
(b) 2 only
(c) High marginal propensity to invest
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Low marginal propensity to save
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
111. Which of the following is/are considered as
India's green initiative(s)? 114. The National Green Tribunal, set up to deal
with the expeditious disposal of cases relating to
1. National Green Highways Mission environmental protection, was set up under the
2. R & D for Clean Coal Technologies (a) 12th Five-Year Plan
3. National Green Corridor Programme (b) 11th Five-Year Plan
Select the correct answer using the code given (c) 10th Five-Year Plan
below.
(d) 9th Five-Year Plan
(a) 1 only
115. Which one of the following statements with
(b) 1 and 2 only regard to Panchayats is not correct?
(c) 2 and 3 only (a) Members of Panchayats are elected directly by
(d) 1, 2 and 3 the Gram Sabha.
112. Which one of the following commercial (b) The elections to Panchayats are conducted by
centres declined after mid-eighteenth century? the State Election Commission.
(a) Calcutta (c) The Central Government may by law authorize a
Panchayat to levy taxes.
(b) Madras
(d) Every Panchayat continues for five years from
(c) Dhaka
the date of convening of its first meeting.
(d) Bombay
116. Which one of the following concerns has
113. Which of the following statements about found a place in both Fundamental Duties and
Binodini Dasi, a pioneering figure in Bengali Directive Principles of State Policy?
theatre in the late 19th early 20th century, is/are
(a) Safeguard of public property
correct?
(b) Protection and improvement of environment, 121. The power of the President of India to refer a
forests and wildlife matter back to the Council of Ministers for
(c) Respect for the rich heritage of our composite reconsideration was inserted in the Constitution by
culture (a) 44th Amendment
(d) Promotion of cooperative societies (b) 42nd Amendment
117. Which one of the following is not a part of the (c) 43rd Amendment
Directive Principles of State Policy? (d) 35th Amendment
(a) Uniform Civil Code for all citizens 122. Ashok Mehta Committee was constituted to
(b) Separation of Judiciary from Executive make recommendations on which one of the
(c) Duty of the State to raise the level of nutrition following issues?
and standard of living (a) Division of tax revenues between Centre and
(d) Promotion of scientific temper, humanity and States
the spirit of inquiry and reform (b) Panchayati Raj System
118. Who among the following was the author of (c) Appointment of Governors
Hind Swaraj? (d) Presidential and Vice Presidential elections
(a) Aurobindo Ghose 123. In India, approximately what percentage of
(b) C. R. Das households still use firewood for cooking as per
(c) Mahatma Gandhi 2011 Census?
(d) Rajendra Prasad (a) 20%
119. The Buddhist text Majjhima Nikaya is in (b) 40%
(a) Sanskrit (c) 50%
(b) Pali (d) 60%
(c) Prakrit 124. Consider the following countries :
(d) Telugu 1. China
120. The federal systems of India and the USA are 2. Spain

different in all the following respects, except 3. India
(a) State's representation in the Upper House 4. Russia
(b) dual citizenship Which one of the following is the correct ascending
(c) dual system of Courts order of the above countries in terms of their share
of services sector to Gross Value Added (GVA)
(d) dual Government during the period 2001-2015?
(a) 1, 2, 3, 4 Select the correct answer using the code given

(b) 1, 3, 4, 2 below.
(c) 1, 2, 4, 3 (a) 1, 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 3, 2, 4 (b) 1, 2, 3 and 4
125. If farmers' loans are waived in India, how will (c) 3 and 4 only
it affect the aggregate demand in the economy? (d) 1 and 2 only
1. Private consumption impact via increase in
private sector net wealth
2. Public sector impact via changes in government
expenditure/taxes

3. Crowding-out impact via higher borrowings by
State Governments
4. Crowding-in impact via higher credit availability
as bank NPAs fall

CAPF (AC) Exam Paper 2018 - "General Studies, Essay and Comprehension"

Q1. Write essays on any four of the following in
about 300 words each: (a) Data leak from Facebook
(b) Violence on University campuses during Student
(a) Civil wrong emerging from religious bigotry, elections
constitutionally punishable
(b) Farm waiver is populistic and myopic : strategy Q4. Attempt a précis of the given passage in
change needed one-third of its length. Do not suggest a title.
(c) From economic growth to well-being: a Write, as far as possible, in your own words. The
paradigm shift précis must be written only in the précis-format
(d) suppresses civil dynamism given below:
(e) Non-performing parliament, unhealthy trend in
Democracy Language as culture has three important aspects.
(f) Promoting innovative outlook in education Culture is a product of the history which it in turn
reflects. Culture in other words is a product and a
Q2. Write arguments for and against each of the reflection of human beings communicating with
following statements : one another in the very struggle to create wealth
and to control it. But culture does not merely reflect
(a) Privacy is an elitist idea. that history, or rather it does so by actually forming
(b) Note-ban, effective tool against black money. images or pictures of the world of nature and
nurture. Thus the second aspect of language as
Q3. Write reports on the following in about 200 culture is as an image-forming agent in the mind of
words each: a child. Our whole conception of ourselves as a
people, individually and collectively, is based on

those pictures and images which may or may not Q5. Read the following passage and answer the
correctly correspond to the actual reality of the questions that follow :
struggles with nature and nurture which produced
them in the first place. But our capacity to confront The most essential and useful part to be played by
the world creatively is dependent on how those our universities in free India is to educate public
images correspond or not to that reality, how they opinion, which is the foundation of Democracy.
distort or clarify the reality of our struggles. Everyone has a right to educate public opinion, and
Language as culture is thus mediating between me so every school of thought, in our own Republican
and my own self; between my own self and other Constitution, has been given ample freedom to win
selves; between me and nature. Language is public opinion, to its credit. It is here that true
mediating in my very being. And this brings us to character is required and is tested. Our country,
the third aspect of language as culture. Culture today, needs, such people who possess a strong
transmits or imparts those images of the world and character, who never stoop low to use questionable
reality through the spoken and the written means under any circumstances. Those who
language, that is through a specific language. In cherish the idea of becoming good administrators
other words, the capacity to speak, the capacity to must essentially possess a strong character. It
order sounds in a manner that makes for mutual should be the first and foremost function of our
comprehension between human beings is national universities to impress upon the minds of
universal. This is the universality of language, a the future administrators of our country that in a
quality specific to human beings. It corresponds to true democracy there are no administrators but
the universality of the struggle against nature and only servants of the people.
that between human beings. But the particularity of Another very essential and useful function of our
the sounds, the words, the word order into phrases universities should be to build the character of our
and sentences, and the specific manner, or laws, of future citizens. The greatest drawback in our
their ordering is what distinguishes one language educational institutions has been that sufficient
from another. Thus a specific culture is not attention was not paid to the moulding of character
transmitted through language in its universality but of the students.
in its particularity as the language of a specific
community with a specific history. Written literature True interest of a country and its people cannot be
and orature are the main means by which a served simply by framing a Constitution.
particular language transmits the images of the Constitution is just a set of rules and it can only be
world contained in the culture it carries. effective when persons responsible for its
operation prove to be true reformers and real
Language carries culture, and culture carries, servants of the people and the nation.
particularly through orature and literature, the entire Universities have to play a vital role. They should
body of values by which we come to perceive not teach politics to the students simply with the
ourselves and our place in the world. (395 words) view to make them acquainted with the political
structure of the country as well as of the world; but (iv) The minister was annoyed that he had not
that it should be their function to impress upon carried out his orders. (Change into a simple
them that they are to protect, guide, change, and sentence)
form the Constitution of their country and then of (v) Shakuntalam is understood to be the best
the world as true citizens and administrators of this drama in Sanskrit. (Change to comparative degree
democratic age, in body as well as spirit. without changing the meaning)
(vi) As soon as he came, he made objections.
(i) What are the essential functions of universities? (Rewrite using "No sooner ...")
(ii) What is the major drawback in our educational (vii) The writer is evidently enamoured__________
institutions ? the subject. (Fill in the blank with the correct
(iii) Write the benefits of education imparted at preposition)
universities. (viii) The paper was very easy. He could score high
(iv) How best can the educated youth serve the marks. (Combine the sentences using "enough")
people and the nation as administrators ? (ix) We seldom see_______ as others see us. (Fill in
(v) What is the contribution of the educated youth the blank using a reflexive pronoun)
as enlightened citizens in a democracy? (x) If I_______the Principal of the college, I would
allow no indiscipline. (Fill in the blank us the
correct form of the verb 'be')

(b) Use the following words and phrases in
sentences of your own so as to bring out their
meaning clearly :

(i) on the wane
(ii) gourmand
(iii) debutant
(iv) plutocracy
(v) esoteric

Q6. (a) Rewrite the sentences as directed : (c) Correct the following sentences without
making any unnecessary changes :
(i) The teacher said to me, “Are you not ashamed of
telling a lie ?" (Change into indirect speech) (i) I bid him to hold his tongue.
(ii) You must complete the work by the end of this (ii) She wasn't her usual ebullient at the party.
week. (Change the voice) (iii) They did not provide us any chairs to sit.
(iii) Few students knew the answer,____________? (iv) Under no circumstances passengers are
(Put a question tag) permitted to open the doors themselves.
(v) I am seeing her enter the room.

The following 7 [Seven] items consist of two (b) Both the statements are individually true but
statements, Statement I and Statement II. Examine Statement II is NOT the correct explanation of
these two statements carefully and select the Statement I
carefully and select the correct answer using the (c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
code given below: (d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
Code :
(a) Both the statements are individually true and 2) Statement I : Chameleon changes its skin colour
Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement to match with the colour of the surroundings.
I. Statement II : The skin of chameleon emits light of
(b) Both the statements are individually true but the colour of the surrounding through fluorescence.
Statement II is NOT the correct explanation of (a) Both the statements are individually true and
Statement I Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement
(c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false. I.
(d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true (b) Both the statements are individually true but
Statement II is NOT the correct explanation of
1) Statement I : Plantation farming has mostly Statement I
been practiced in humid tropics (c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
Statement II : The soil of humid tropic is highly (d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
fertile
(a) Both the statements are individually true and 3) Statement I : Occasionally we see two rainbows
Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement together, the primary rainbow with another less
I. intense secondary rainbow about 10 degrees away
Statement II : The secondary rainbow appears due (b) Both the statements are individually true but
to refraction after a reflection of sunlight from the Statement II is NOT the correct explanation of
water droplets. Statement I
(a) Both the statements are individually true and (c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement (d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
I.
(b) Both the statements are individually true but 6) Statement I : Dadabhai Naoroji argued that what
Statement II is NOT the correct explanation of was being drained out was ‘potential surplus’ that
Statement I could generate more economic development in
(c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false. India if invested in India
(d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true Statement II : Imperialists believed that India was
brought into the large capitalist world marked and
4) Statement I : Nationalism in India, which was that was in itself a progress towards
assigned a privileged position by its western modernization.
educated political leadership , was a ‘different’ , (a) Both the statements are individually true and
but a ‘derivative discourse’ from the west Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement
Statement II : Indian nationalism as a response to I.
western imperialism was ‘like all such responses, (b) Both the statements are individually true but
shaped by what it was responding to’ Statement II is NOT the correct explanation of
(a) Both the statements are individually true and Statement I
Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement (c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
I. (d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
(b) Both the statements are individually true but
Statement II is NOT the correct explanation of 7) Statement I : The Man Booker International
Statement I Prize is now unlikely to be won by an English
(c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false. author.
(d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true Statement II : The Booker Prize Foundation
announced that the Man Booker International Prize
5) Statement I : The British legal scholars relied on was to evolve from 2016 onwards into a prize for
Indian Pandits and Maulavis for understanding of fiction in translation.
canons of authoritative texts. (a) Both the statements are individually true and
Statement II : British codified the Hindu Laws in Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement
1783 and the Muslim Laws in 1785 I.
(a) Both the statements are individually true and (b) Both the statements are individually true but
Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement Statement II is NOT the correct explanation of
I. Statement I
(c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
(d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
(b) First Amendment

8) Which one of the following statements about (c) 9th-Third Amendment
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana is NOT correct? (d) Ninety-Ninty Amendment
(a) It is a social welfare scheme to provide LPG
connections in BPL households 13) Which one of the following cases in the
(b) The scheme was launched in the year 2015 Supreme Court of India dealt with the issue of
(c) The Government has set a target of 5 crores ‘creamy layer’ among the backward classes?
LPG connections under the Yojana (a) K M Nanavati vs. State of Bombay
(d) The objective of the scheme is to safeguard the (b) Indra Sawhney vs. Union of India
health of women and children by providing them (c) Madhu Limaye vs. Ved Murti
with clean cooking fuel (d) Sajjan Singh vs. State of Punjab

9) Which one of the following portals was launched
on the 250th anniversary of Survey of India?
(a) Service Plus
(b) Digi Map
(c) Udaan
(d) Nakshe

10) Which one of the following countries has been
ranked as the least corrupt country in the
Corruption Perception Index 2016 released by
Transparency International?
(a) Denmark
(b) Sweden
(c) Switzerland
(d) Norway

11) The Central Vigilance Commission was set up
on the recommendation of
(a) First Administrative Reforms Commission 14) Which one of the following statements about
(b) Gorwala Committee Cripps Mission is NOT correct ?
(c) Kripalani Committee (a) In March 1942, Cripps persuaded War Cabinet
(d) Santhanam Committee to agree to a draft declaration
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel represented
12) The Ninth Schedule was added to the Congress to negotiate with the mission
Constitution of India by the (c) The mission offered Dominion status after the
(a) Fourteenth Amendment war
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(d) The mission offered formation of constitution (b) The Diphlu river
making body after the war (c) National Highway No.37
(d) Railway track of Indian Railway
15) Which one of the following statements about
the Treaty of Allahabad is NOT coorect? 19) The US President in 2017 has signed an
(a) It was signed in the year 1765 executive order for US withdrawal from a trade
(b) The Mughal Emperor by a farman formally organization of the Pacific region. Identify the
granted the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa to organization from among the following :
the East India Company (a) Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation [APEC]
(c) Awadh was restored to its Nawab on payment (b) Trans-Pacific Partnership [TPP]
of Rs.50 Lakhs (c) Free-Trade Agreement of the Asia-Pacific
(d) Banaras and the Surrounding tracts were [FTAAP]
detached from Awadh and handed over to Shah (d) Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
Alam II [RCEP]

16) Which among the following was NOT the 20) Which one of the following judgements
provision of the Gandhi – Irwin pact? declared that the Parliament has NO power to
(a) Immediate release of all political prisoners of amend any of the provisions of Part III of the
the Civil Disobedience Movement Constitution of India?
(b) Clause 2 of the March 1931 pact defined (a) Kesavananda Bharati vs. State of Kerala
‘reservations and safe guards’ to cover financial (b) Golak Nath vs. State of Punjab
credit of India. (c) Champakam Dorairajan vs. State of Madras
(c) The return of confiscated land already sold to (d) Minerva Mills Ltd. Vs. Government of India
third parties 21) Who among the following leaders is associated
(d) Reservation of 18 percent seats for Depressed with the concept of party less democracy?
classes (a) J B Kripalani
(b) Jayaprakash Narayan
17) Which one of the following novels won the (c) Acharya Narendra Dev
Pulitzer Prize for the year 2017 in the Fiction (d) Vinoba Bhave
category?
(a) The Goldfinch 22) Who among the following is empowered to
(b) All the Light We Cannot See establish Inter State Council under Article 263 of
(c) The Sympathizer the Constitution of India?
(d) The Underground Railroad (a) Parliament
(b) Council of Ministers
18) Which one of the following does NOT pass (c) President of India
through the Kaziranga National Park? (d) Chief Justice of India
(a) The Brahmaputra river
23) Which among the following was NOT the

recommendation of the Nehru Report? 27) Who among the following are awarded with the
(a) Dominion Status Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental
(b) Separate Electorate Physics for the year 2017?
(c) Unitary and Democratic Centre (a) Stephen W Hawking and Roger Penrose
(d) Adult Suffrage (b) Ronald Drever, Kip S Thorne and Rainer Weiss
(c) Joseph Polchinski, Andrew Strominger and
24) Which one of the following statement about Cumrun Vafa
the Indigo Revolt of 1859 is correct? (d) J Michael Kosterlitz, Duncan Haldane and David
(a) It broke out at Pune and Ahmednagar J Thouless
(b) It was directed against money lenders
(c) It was supported by the Intelligentsia of Bengal 28) Who among the following Mathematician is the
(d) It was directed against the petty Zamindars and recipient of the Abel Prize for the year 2017?
ex-employees of the planters (a) John F Nash
(b) Yves Meyer
25) Which of the following active step[s] was /were (c) SR Srinivasa Varadhan
taken by the Congress in 1823 to eradicate (d) Andrew Wiles
untouchability from India?
1.Effort to educate and mobilize opinion among 29) Who among the following scholars has
caste Hindus conceptualized the Constitution of India as a
2.Efforts to educate the ‘avarnas’ about the evils of ‘seamless web’?
untouchability (a) MV Pylee
3.Forcibly open the doors of temples for ‘avarnas’ (b) DD Basu
4.Petition the Government to pass laws that would (c) Granville Austin
declare untouchability unlawful (d) Subhash Kashyap
below:
(a) 1 only 30) Which of the following statements is/are
(b) 1 and 2 correct?
(c) 2 , 3 and 4 1.Article 15 of the Constitution of India is available
(d) 4 only to both citizens of India and the foreigners.
2.Article 16 of the Constitution of India is available
26) Which one of the following is NOT a river to the citizens of India only.
covered under the Indus Water Treaty 1960? 3.Article 21 of the Constitution of India is available
(a) Ravi to both citizens of India and the foreigners alike
(b) Chenab within the territory of India.
(c) Teesta Select the correct answer using the code given
(d) Beas below :
(a) 1 only (d) Yadavas of Devagiri, Hoysalas, Saluvas and

(b) 2 and 3 only Aravidus
(c) 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3 34) Which one of the following statements about
the Colonial economy is NOT correct?
31) Who among the following are entitled to get (a) The British presence inhibited indigenous
the benefits of equality before the law and the capitalism
equal protection of the laws as enshrined under (b) Laissez-faire actively promoted indigenous
Article 14 of the Constitution of India? capitalism
1.All Indian citizens living in India (c) The ‘white collective monopoly’ came earliest
2.All Indian citizens living abroad and remained most pronounced in Eastern India
3.Foreigners living within the territory of India. (d) The Bombay hinterland was difficult to
4.All citizens born in India. penetrate before the construction of railways
below:
(a) 1 and 2 only 35) Which of the following statement[s] about
(b) 1, 2 and 3 Easterine Kire is/are correct?
(c) 1 and 3 only 1.Born in Nagaland, she is a poet, novelist and
(d) 4 children’s book writer.
2.She is the recipient of the Hindu Prize for the year
32) Which one of the following statements about 2015 for her poetic novel. ‘When the River Sleeps’
the English Eduction Act of 1835 is NOT correct? 3.‘When the River Sleeps’ was an exploration of the
(a) it was proposed by Governor General William Naga spirit universe
Bentinck on the advice of Macaulay Select the correct answer using the code given
(b) It made English the language of instruction in below:
Indian education system. (a) 1 only
(c) With the formal institutionalization of English as (b) 2 and 3 only
the language of instruction, the state was set for a (c) 1 and 3 only
new direction to India education (d) 1, 2 and 3
(d) To the existing Oriental Institutions fresh
awards of stipends to students and the publication 36) Which of the following statements about the
of classical texts were to continue Paris Agreement on Climate Change is NOT
correct?
33) Which one of the following dynasties ruled (a) The agreement has been signed by more than
under the suzerainty of Kingdom of Vijayanagar? 190 countries [as of March 2017]
(a) Sangamo , Salivas, Tuluvas and Aravidus (b) The agreement went into effect on 4 November
(b) Sangamas, Hoysalas, Aravidis and Tuluvas 2016
(c) Hoysalas, Salivas, Poligars and Sangomas
(c) The Intended Nationally Determined (a) 1 only

Contribution [INDC] pledged during the 2015 (b) 1 and 2
Climate Change Conference has been withdrawn in (c) 2 and 3
the Paris Agreement (d) None of the above
(d) Both USA and China joined the Paris Agreement
40) Who among the following has won the
37) Akshay Kumar was chosen for the best actor Dadasaheb Phalke award for the year 2016?
award for the 64th National Film Awards [2017] for (a) K Viswanath
his role in the Hindi film (b) Shashi Kapoor
(a) Mukti Bhawan (c) Gulzar
(b) Naam Shabana (d) Manoj Kumar
(c) Rustom
(d) Airlift 41) Which one of the following had created the
office of the Secretary of State for India?
38) Which one of the following statements about (a) The Councils Act 1861
the provisions of the Constituion of India is (b) The Government of India Act 1858
correct? (c) The Morley Minto Reforms
(a) Minorities can establish and administer (d) Montague Chelmsford reforms
educational institutions of their choice
(b) Only linguistic , ethnic and religious minorities 42) Match List – I with List II and select the correct
find mention under Article 30 answer using the code given below the Lists
(c) Every religious denomination has unfettered List I
right to establish and maintain institutions for [Author]
religious and charitable purposes 1.Hermann Kulke
(d) An educational institution established by a 2.Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya
religious minority loses its minority status on 3.Peter Jackson
receiving financial aid from the Government 4.Sunil Kumar

39) Which of the following pair[s] is /are correctly List II
matched? [Book]
1.Rule of Lapse : Part of grant that can be carried 1.The Delhi Sultanate: A Political and Military
over to next year. History
2.Supplementary : An advance grant to meet 2.The Emergency of Delhi Sultanate : AD 1192 –
expenditures 1296
3.Vote on account : Additional funds granted in the 3. The State of India : 1000-1700
course of financial year 4. The Making of Early Medieval India
Select the correct answer using the code given Code :
below: A B C D
(a) 2 1 4 3 (a) 1 and 4 only

(b) 3 4 1 2 (b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 2 4 1 3 (c) 2, 3 and 4 only
(d) 3 1 4 2 (d) 1, 2 , 3 and 4

43) Match List I with List II and select the correct 45) Who among the following is one of the six
answer using the code given below the Lists : winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize, for
List I the year 2017?
[Official] (a) Jadav Payeng
1.Samahartri (b) Anadish Pal
2.Samnidhatri (c) Prafulla Samantra
3.Sanstha Adhyaksha (d) Sunderlal Bahuguna
4.Antara Vamshika
List – II 46) Padma Shri Sudarsan Pattnaik is well known
[Office held] as a
1.Chief of the Palace Guards (a) novelist
2.Chief collector of revenue (b) golfer
3.Treasurer (c) classical dancer
4.Superintendent of markets (d) sand artist
Code :
A B C D 47) Which one of the following is the correct
(a) 2 4 3 1 sequence of different stages a budget has to go
(b) 2 3 4 1 through in the Parliament?
(c) 1 3 4 2 1.Presentation of the Budget?
(d) 1 4 3 2 2.Scrutiny by Departmental Committees
3.Passing of Finance Bill
44) Which of the following most suitably captures 4.Passing of Appropriation Bill
the meaning and essence of ‘globalization’? Select the correct answer using the code given
1. It is about conducting external relations below:
between two or more State of the world (a) 1 – 2 – 4 – 3
2. It is a process of coming together of (b) 1 – 3 – 2 – 4
world-wide social relations bypassing territories (c) 2 – 1 – 3 – 4
3. It refers to thinking transterritorial about (d) 4 – 3 – 2 – 1
global risks affecting people
4. It has a wishful vision of suprastate 48) Government of which one of the following
governance States has appointed the Rajamannar Committee
Select the correct answer using the code given to study the Centre-State relations?
below : (a) Government of Andhra Pradesh
(b) Government of Karnataka (c) The Arabic work masalik-i-Absar gives

(c) Government of Maharashtra description of the functioning of Iqta system under
(d) Government of Tamil Nadu Muhammad bin Tughluq
(d) Marco Polo has not mentioned about Pearl
49) Which one of the following was the mandate of Fishery of Tuticorin in South India
the Dhar Commission [1948]?
(a) To study the classification of States 53) Match List I with List II and select the correct
(b) To recommend whether the States can be answer using the code given below the Lists :
reorganized on linguistic basis List I
(c) To study the Centre – State relations [Book]
(d) To examine whether Madras city can be 1.The World As I see it
transferred to Andhra 2.How to Live Longer and Feel Better
3.The Theory of Everything
50) Which one of the following pairs of term and 4.Indomitable Spirit
meaning is NOT correctly matched?
(a) Khalisa : Villages whose income went directly to List II
the State Treasury [Author]
(b) Mauza : Rebellious territory 1.APJ Abdul Kalam
(c) Inam : Land allotted to learned and religious 2.Stephen Hawking
man 3.Albert Einstein
(d) Jagir : Territorial assignment given to 4.Linus Pauling
Mansabdars in lieu of salary Code :
A B C D
51) In which one of the following buildings the first (a) 3 4 2 1
extant true arch is found ? (b) 1 2 4 3
(a) Adhai din ka Jhonpra (c) 3 2 4 1
(b) Quwwat ul Islam Mosque (d) 1 4 2 3
(c) Tomb of Sultan Balban
(d) Alai Darwaza 54) Which one of the following countries has
officially recognized Bitcoin as a legal payment
52) Which one of the following statements is NOT method since 1st April 2017 ?
correct ? (a) Japan
(a) Sharaf Qai was a minister of Alauddin Khilji (b) China
(b) Under Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq Muqtis were (c) USA
warned not to ill-treat any of their officials for small (d) India
amounts taken over and above their salaries
55) Consider the following passage and identify
the person :
Born in April 1932, she was a renowned Hindustani

classical vocalist. She was recognized as an 58) To which of the following sectors of the
innovative exponent of the Jaipur Gharana. She economy, the activity of agriculture and services
was awarded Padma Bhushan and Padma belong to ?
Vibhushan. She was also a Fellow of Sangeet (a) Primary and Tertiary respectively
Natak Akademi. She died in April 2017. (b) Primary and Secondary respectively
(a) Mrinalini Sarabhai (c) Tertiary and Secondary respectively
(b) Mogubai Kurdikar (d) Secondary and Quaternary respectively
(c) Kishori Amonkar
(d) MS Subbulakshmi 59) Which one of the following statements about
Allahabad Prashasti is correct ?
56) Which one of the following is the winner of the (a) It clearly presents the Gupta empire as the
Vijay Hazare Trophy 2017 ? epicenter of a complex web of varied political
(a) Uttar Pradesh relationships
(b) Karnataka (b) Line 15 of it refers to the capturing a king of the
(c) Assam Kota family
(d) Tamil Nadu (c) Line 23 refers to Samudragupta violently
exterminating a number of kings of Aryavarta
57) Match List I with List II and select the correct (d) Line 20 refers to rulers offering tribute, obeying
answer using the code given below the Lists : the orders of the Gupta King
List I
[Committee] 60) Which one of the following statements about
1.Rangarajan Committee the Gupta period is NOT correct ?
2.Narsimhan Committee (a) Forced labour [Vishti] became more common
3.Kelkar Committee than before in this period
4.Malhotra Committee (b) A passage in the Vishnu Purana refers to the
List II Guptas enjoying all the territories along the Ganga
[Subject] up to Prayaga
1.Tax Reform (c) The Mehrauli inscription suggests that
2.Insurance Reform Chandragupta fought against a confederacy of
3.Disinvestment of shares in PSEs enemies in Bengali and also led a campaign into
4.Banking Sector Reform the Punjab
Code : (d) Saurashtra was not a part of the Gupta Empire
A B C D
(a) 2 1 4 3 61) Which one of the following statements about
(b) 2 4 1 3 the Sukanya Samridhi Scheme is Not correct ?
(c) 3 4 1 2 (a) Only parents of girls up to the age of 10 years
(d) 3 1 4 2 can open such accounts in their daughters name
(b) Contributions are eligible for tax benefits under (d) Alitame
Section 80C of the Income Tax Act
(c) Interest earned thereon is exempted up to Rs. 65) Which one of the following polymers is made
1500 per annum of protein ?
(d) A maximum of Rs. 1.50 lakh per annum can be (a) Rubber
invested in this account (b) Cotton
(c) Wool
62) Which of the following are the reforms (d) Jute
introduced in Budget 2017-2018 ?
1.Presentation of Budget advanced to 1st February 66) Which of the following diseases are caused by
to enable the Ministries to operationalise all the consumption of water contaminated by
activities from the commencement of the financial mercury and nitrate ?
year (a) Minamata disease and Osteoporosis
2.Merger of Railway Budget with General Budget to (b) Osteoporosis and Blue Baby Syndrome
bring Railways to the center stage of Government’s (c) Minamata disease and Blue Baby Syndrome
Fiscal Policy (d) Osteoporosis and Minamata disease
3.Removal of plan and non-plan classification of
expenditure to facilitate a holistic view of 67) Leakage of which one of the following gases
allocations for Sectors and Ministries. had caused Bhopal Gas Tragedy in the year 1984 ?
Select the correct answer using the code given (a) Methyl isocyanate
below : (b) Hexamethylene diisocyanate
(a) 1 and 3 only (c) Isophorone diisocyanate
(b) 2 and 3 only (d) Isothiocyanate
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 1 and 2 only 68) The difference between the compound interest
and the simple interest for 2 years on a sum of
63) ‘Nomadic Elephant’ is a joint military exercise money is Rs.60. If the simple interest for 2 years is
between India and Rs. 1440, what is the rate of interest ?
(a) China (a) 416 %
(b) Mongolia (b) 6 14 %
(c) Vietnam (c) 8 %
(d) Bhutan (d) 813 %

64) which one of the following artificial 69) A, B, C, D, E & F compared their marks in an
sweeteners is modified sugar ? examination and found that A obtained the highest
(a) Aspartame marks, B obtained more marks than D, C obtained
(b) Saccharin more that at least two others and E had not
(c) Sucralose obtained the lowest marks.
Consider the following statements : (a) 2 1 4 3

Statement 1 : At least two members obtained less (b) 2 4 1 3
marks than C (c) 3 1 4 2
Statement 2 : E and F obtained the same marks (d) 3 4 1 2
Which of the above statement[s] is/are sufficient to
identify the one with the lowest marks ? 72) Match List I with List II and select the correct
(a) Both 1 and 2 answer using the code given below the Lists :
(b) Neither 1 nor 2 List I
(c) 1 only [Vegetation]
(d) 2 only 1.Chaparrals
2.Maquis
70) Two men set out at the same time to walk 3.Fynbos
towards each other from points A and B; 72 lm 4.Malle scrubs
apart. The first man walks at the speed of 4 kmph List II
while the second walks 2 km in first hour, 2 12 km [Region]
in the second hour, 3 km in the third hour, and so 1.North America
on. The two men will meet. 2.Southern Europe
(a) in 8 hours 3.South Africa
(b) nearer to A than B 4.Australia
(c) nearer to B than A Code :
(d) midway between A and B A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 4
71) Match List I with List II and select the correct (b) 1 3 2 4
answer using the code given below the Lists : (c) 4 3 2 1
List I (d) 4 2 3 1
[Hydro power project ]
1.Maithon project 73) Which one of the following tiger reserves of
2.Salal project India has ‘Bhoorsingh the Barasingha’ as its
3.Rana Pratap Sagar project official mascot ?
4.Tehri project (a) Nameri tiger reserve
List II (b) Ranthambhore tiger reserve
[River] (c) Panna tiger reserve
1.Chambal river (d) Kanha tiger reserve
2.Bhagirathi river
3.Barakar river 74) Which one of the following elements is present
4.Chenab river in the green pigment of leaves?
Code : (a) Magnesium
A B C D (b) Iron
(c) Calcium (d) 4 ¾ min

(d) Copper 80) One year ago, a father was four times as old as
his son. After six years his age exceeds twice his
75) Which one of the following is NOT correct son’s age by 9 years . The ratio of their present
about organic farming? age is
(a) It does not use genetically modified seeds (a) 9 : 2
(b) Synthetic pesticides or fertilizers are not used (b) 11 : 3
(c) It uses minimal crop rotation (c) 12 : 5
(d) It uses ecologically protective practices (d) 13 : 4
76) Which one of the following instruments is used
for measuring moisture content of air? 81) Which one of the following pairs of Island and
(a) Hydrometer Sea/Ocean is NOT correctly matched?
(b) Hygrometer (a) Cyprus : Mediterranean Sea
(c) Hypsometer (b) Falkland : Atlantic Ocean
(d) Pycnometer (c) Chagos : North Pacific Ocean
(d) Islas Cocos : Indian Ocean
77) Bronze is an alloy of copper and
(a) nickel 82) Match List I with List II and select the correct
(b) iron answer using the code given below the Lists :
(c) tin List I
(d) aluminium [Mineral]
A. Zinc
78) The length of a rectangle is increased by 60% . B. Gold
By what percent would the width have to be C. Chromite
decreased to maintain the same area? D.Pyrite
(a) 37.5% List II
(b) 60% [Mine]
(c) 75% 1. Amjhore
(d) 120% 2. Sukinda
3. Zawar
79) Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 12 minutes 4. Hutti
and 16 minutes respectively. If both the pipes are A B C D
opened together, then after how much time, B (a) 1 2 4 3
should be closed so that the tank is full in 9 (b) 3 2 4 1
minutes? (c) 3 4 2 1
(a) 3 ½ min (d) 1 4 2 3
(b) 4 min
(c) 4 ½ min
83) As per Census 2011, which one of the

following is the correct descending order of States
in India is respect of sex ratio [female per
thousand of males] ?
(a) West Bengal – Madhya Pradesh – Uttarakhand
– Jammu and Kashmir
(b) Madhya Pradesh – West Bengal – Jammu and
Kashmir – Uttarakhand
(c) Uttarakhand – West Bengal – Madhya Pradesh
– Jammu and Kashmir
(d) West Bengal – Uttarkhand – Madhya Pradesh –
Jammu and Kashmir 87) The mass number of an element is NOT
changed when it emits
84) Liquid water is denser than ice due to (a) Alpha and Beta radiations only
(a) higher surface tension (b) Alpha and Beta radiations only
(b) hydrogen bonding (c) Alpha and Gamma radiations only
(c) vander waals forces (d) Alpha, Beta and Gamma radiations
(d) covalent bonding
85) Which one of the following is the chemical 88) Which one of the following is the smallest
name of heavy water? number by which 2880 must be divided in order to
(a) Hydrogen oxide make it a perfect square?
(b) Deuterium dioxide (a) 3
(c) Deuterium oxide (b) 4
(d) Heavy hydrogen oxide (c) 5
(d) 6
86) Who among the following has coined the term
‘Quark’ , the fundamental particles that make up 89) A 3 digit number 4 x 3 is added to 984 to get a
protons and neutrons in an atomic nucleus? 4 digit number 13Y7. If 13Y7 is divisible by 11,
(a) Richard Feynman then what is the value of [X + Y] ?
(b) Murray Gell-Mann (a) 15
(c) Albert Einstein (b) 12
(d) Neils Bohr (c) 11
(d) 10

90) If all students are boys and all boys are
dancers, then which one of the following
statements, is difinitely true?
(a) All dancers are boys
(b) All boys are students (d) 1, 2 , 3 and 4

(c) All students are dancers
(d) All students are dancers 94) Which one of the following diseases is caused
by Cadmium pollution?
91) In March 2017, a High Court in India had (a) Minamata
accorded the status of living human entities to (b) Itai – Itai
which two of the following rivers? (c) Fluorosis
(a) Brahmaputra and Ganga (d) Blue baby syndrome
(b) Ganga and Yamuna
(c) Yamuna and Godavari 95) Presence of ozone in the atmosphere is
(d) Krishna and Kaveri important because it absorbs
(a) ultraviolet – A and ultraviolet – B radiations
92) Which one of the following statements about (b) ultraviolet – B radiations only
land tenure system is NOT correct? (c) infrared-B radiations only
(a) During the British rule in India three categories (d) outgoing ultraviolet-B radiations and incoming
of land tenure system, viz. Zamindari, Mahalwari ultraviolet-A radiations
and Ryotwari were introduced
(b) Under Zamindari system , land was held by one 96) NPP [Net Primary Productivity] is highest for
person or at the most by a few joint owners who (a) tropical forests
were responsible for the payment of land revenue (b) swamps
(c) Under the Mahalwari system , the agricultural (c) reefs
lands belonged to the Government. (d) woodland and shrubland
(d) Under Ryotwari system, the individual holders
had the permanent rights over land and were 97) Study of a single species and the
directly responsible for payment of land revenue environmental factors in its habitat is called
(a) Gynecology
93) Which of the following are the necessary (b) Synecology
conditions for the growth of coral reefs ? (c) Autecology
1. Photic conditions (d) Ethology
2. Clean and sediment free water
3. Sea salinity of 6% 98) In an examination , 25% of the candidates
4. Tropical sea water with temperature of 20oC to failed in Mathematics and 12% failed in English . If
21oC. 10% of the candidates failed in both the subjects
Select the correct answer using the code given and 292 candidates passed in both the subjects ,
below : which one of the following is the number of total
(a) 1 , 2 and 4 only candidates appeared in the examination?
(b) 2 and 4 only (a) 300
(c) 1 and 3 only (b) 400
(c) 460 (d) Indus and Sutlej rivers from antecedent

(d) 500 drainage in Himalaya

99) 5% of income of A is equal to 15% of income of 103) Which one of the following is NOT a
B and 10% income of B is equal to 20% of income favourable condition for occurrence of a
of C. If the income of C is Rs.2,000, then what is thunderstorm ?
the total income of A, B and C? (a) conditional and convective instability
(a) Rs.20,000 (b) Adequate supply of moisture in the lower
(b) Rs.18,000 atmosphere
(c) Rs.14,000 (c) Advection of cold dry air in the lower
(d) Rs.6,000 troposphere and warm moist air in the upper
troposphere
100) If the product of n positive numbers is unity, (d) A synoptic situation of low level convergence
then their sum is and upper level divergence
(a) a positive integer
(b) divisible by n 104) The ecological niche of an organism relates
(c) equal to n + 1/n to
(d) never less than n (a) specific habitat of the organism
(b) symbiotic relationship with other organisms
101) Which of the following statements about the (c) diverse occurrence of a species under different
equatorial region are correct ? conditions
1.It is a megathermal region (d) its interaction with all other organisms
2.It is a sclerophyll region
3.It is a region of high development 105) Free swimming macroscopic animals in an
4.It is a region of aerial streamlets aquatic environment are referred to as
Select the correct answer using the code given (a) Plankton
below: (b) Periphyton
(a) 1 and 4 (c) Benthos
(b) 1 and 2 only (d) Nekton
(c) 2, 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2 and 3 106) The term Biomagnifications is referred to as
(a) increase in the body weight
102) Which one of the following statements about (b) uncontrolled growth of harmful organisms
the Himalayas is NOT correct ? (c) accumulation of increasing amount of
(a) They are young fold mountains non-degradable pollutant through food chain
(b) They have geosynclinal rocks (d) increase in the number of bacteria in a culture
(c) Himalayan frontal faults [HFF] separates medium
Himalaya from Tibet
107) Which one of the following statements about (a) 30 %

air pollution caused by diesel engines is correct ? (b) 40 %
(a) it produces large quantity of carbon monoxide (c) 50 %
at lower and high temperatures (d) 60%
(b) it produces large quantity of nitrogen oxides at
lower and high temperatures 111) During the given years, what is the average
(d) it produces large quantity of nitrogen oxides at investment per year for the services sector [in
lower temperature and carbon monoxide at high Rupees Hundred Crore] ?
temperature (a) 490
(b) 550
108) In an election which was contested by two (c) 580
candidates, X ad Y, 4000 votes were polled. (d) 670
Suppose that every vote was polled in favour of
either of the two candidates. Candidate Y got 40% 112) During which one of the following years, was
of vote polled and was defeated. What was the the total investment maximum ?
margin of defeat ? (a) 2006-07
(a) 500 votes (b) 2007-08
(b) 800 votes (c) 2008-9
(c) 1200 votes (d) 2009-10
(d) 1600 votes
113) Which one of the following is a major effect
109) The average of 7 consecutive odd numbers is of long term consumption of drinking water
M. If the next 3 odd numbers are also included, the containing little [less than 0.5 ppm] or no fluoride ?
average (a) cavity of tooth
(a) remains unchanged (b) Erosion of nail
(b) increases by 1- 5 (c) Deformation of bone
(c) increase by 2 (d) Mottling of tooth
(d) increase by 3
114) Carborundum is used as an abrasive, because
Direction : it
The next three items are based on the information (a) has high thermal conductivity
provided below ; (b) has low coefficient of expansion
Investment in various industries/sectors across (c) has high chemical stability
five years [in Rupees Hundred Crore] (d) is extremely hard

110) What is the percentage increase in 115) Which one of the following is NOT
investment in the Electrical sector fro 2005 – 06 to decomposed by bacterial action ?
2009 – 10 ? (a) Vegetable remains
(b) Plastic materials 3.Nawabganj

(c) Animal carcasses 4.Attiveri
(d) Wastes of flowers List II
1. West Bengal
116) Two positions of a dice with 1 to 6 dots on its 2. Haryana
sided are shown below : 3. Uttar Pradesh
If the dice is resting on the side with three dots, 4. Karnataka
what will be the number of dots on the side at the Code :
top ? A B C D
(a) 1 (a) 2 1 3 4
(b) 1 or 5 (b) 2 3 1 4
(c) 5 (c) 4 3 1 2
(d) 2 or 5 (d) 4 1 3 2

117) Consider the following figure : 120) Match List I with List II and select the correct
What is the number of rectangle which are not answer using the code given below the Lists :
squares in the above figure ? [Given that ABCD is a List I
square and E, F, G, H are midpoints of its sides] [National Park]
(a) 14 1.Corbett
(b) 16 2.Neora Valley
(c) 20 3.Betla
(d) 21 4.Kanha
List II
118) Consider the following number ; [Location in map]
n = [(6374)1793 x (625)317 x (313)49] Code :
Which one of the following is the digit at the unit A B C D
place of n ? (a) 2 1 3 4
(a) 0 (b) 2 3 1 4
(b) 1 (c) 4 1 3 2
(c) 2 (d) 4 3 1 2
(d) 5
121) Consider the following statements :
119) Match List I with List II and select the correct 1.Areas where rainfall exceeds 250 cm
answer using the code given below the List : 2.Annual temperature 25oC – 27oC
List I 3.Average humidity exceeds 75%
[Bird Sanctuary] 4.Trees do not shed the leaves
1.Sultanpur To which one of the following types of vegetation
2.Kulik does the above represent ?
(a) Tropical wet evergreen 2.It is an active seismic zone

(b) Tropical semi evergreen 3.It is a zone of divergent plate margin
(c) Tropical moist deciduous Select the correct answer using the code given
(d) Tropical dry evergreen below :
(a) 1 only
122) Which of the following statements related to (b) 1 and 2 only
tribes in India are correct ? (c) 2 and 3 only
1.Tharu tribes are found in Uttar Pradesh and (d) 1, 2 and 3
Uttarakhand
2.Irula, Chenchu and Sumali tribes are found in 124) The Bum La Pass is located in
Kerala (a) Sikkim
3.Garasia tribes are found in Goa (b) Arunachal Pradesh
4.Gaddi tribes are nomadic herders of Jammu and (c) Himachal Pradesh
Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh (d) Uttarakhand
below : 125) Which one of the following is located at the
(a) 1 and 3 only southernmost latitude?
(b) 2 and 4 only (a) South Africa
(c) 1, 2 and 4 only (b) Australia
(d) 1 , 2, 3 and 4 (c) Chile
(d) Polynesia
123) Consider the following statements about
‘Ring of Fire’.
1.It is also known as circum-Pacific belt of
volcanoes

Q1. Write essays on any four of the following in (a) Corruption in politics
about 300 words each : (b) Environmental pollution

(a) The need for common civil code in India Q4. Attempt a précis of the given passage in
(b) Cashless transactions : Scope and future one-third of its length. Do not suggest a title.
prospects in India Write, as far as possible, in your own words. The
(c) India versus China in the context of emerging précis must be written only in the précis-format
economy in South Asia given below :
(d) The things that count as being civilized
(e) Cleaning and connecting the rivers in India During the launching of a satellite, the rocket must
(f) The recent achievements of India's nuclear travel in exactly the right direction and at exactly
scientists the right speed. Radio signals are automatically
sent back to earth from the rocket. These signals
Q2. Write arguments for and against each of the tell men on the ground how the rocket is travelling
statements : and help them to make sure that it is going as it
should. The signals go to special calculating
(a) The youth in India are getting addicted to machines called computers that work very fast. The
Android mobiles. computers work out whether the rocket is travelling
(b) Power flows from the barrel of the gun. correctly. If it is not, they calculate what correction
is needed. Radio signals send the correction to the
Q3. Write reports on the following in about 200 rocket and make it automatically change its
words each : direction or speed as necessary.

Artificial satellites are used for many things. By

sending them through the upper parts of the If we look back at India's long history we find that
atmosphere we can find out more about the our forefathers made wonderful progress whenever
atmosphere. The more air there is, the more slowly they looked out on the world with clear and fearless
the satellite will travel, until it falls to earth. By eyes and kept the windows of their minds open to
sending satellites round the earth at different give and to receive. And, in later periods, when they
heights, we can find out how much air there is at grew narrow in outlook and shrank from outside
each height. influences, India suffered a set-back, politically and
culturally. What a magnificent inheritance we have,
We can find out more about the shape of the earth though we have abused it often enough. India has
by means of satellites. If the earth is not perfectly been and is a vital nation, in spite of all the misery
round, its gravity will not be the same everywhere. and suffering that she has experienced. That vitality
Because the pull of the earth's gravity keeps the in the realm of constructive and creative effort
satellite in its orbit, any change in the gravity will spread to many parts of the Asian world and
change the orbit. By watching the way a satellite elsewhere and brought splendid conquests in its
travels, we can find out whether the earth's gravity train. Those conquests were not so much of the
changes anywhere. If it does, we know that the sword, but of the mind and heart which bring
shape of the earth is different at that place. In this healing and which endure when the men of the
way artificial satellites have shown us that the sword and their work are forgotten. But that very
poles of the earth are flattened, vitality, if not rightly and creatively directed, may
and that the South Pole is flattened more than the turn inward and destroy and degrade.
North.
Even during the brief span of our lives we have
Satellites can give us information about the seen these two forces at play in India and the world
weather. By sending up satellites with television at large — the forces of constructive and creative
cameras on board, we can get pictures of the effort and the forces of destruction. Which will
clouds below. Each picture shows an area the size triumph in the end ? And on which side do we stand
of one or more whole countries. By looking at these ? That is a vital question for each one of us and,
pictures, we can see bad weather before it comes more especially, for those from whom the leaders
to us. By getting warning of hurricanes or typhoons of the nation will be drawn, and on whom the
in this way, people can get ready to shelter from burden of tomorrow will fall. We dare not sit on the
them. Weather satellites can also show us when fence and refuse to face the issue. We dare not
rain will come. Men are now trying to forecast allow our minds to be befuddled by passion and
weather all round the world with the help of hatred when clear thought and effective action are
satellites. necessary.

Q5. Read the following passage and answer the (i) What hurdled the progress of India ?
questions that follow : (ii) What is the uniqueness of the Indian vitality ?
(iii) Why are the men of the sword and their work
forgotten? (Put the correct question tag)
(iv) Why are the conquests of India always
remembered ? (ix) People respect him because he is an exemplary
(v) What is the vital question referred to at the end leader.
of the passage and what is your answer to that
question ? (Change into simple sentence)

Q6. (a) Rewrite the sentences as directed : (x) The problem was so complicated that I could
not solve it.
(Fill in the blank with the correct article)
(Rewrite the sentence using “too")
(i) .....university stands for humanism, tolerance,
progress, etc. (b) Give the plural form of the following words and
(ii) He often gets .... trouble because of his make sentences using the plural form:
carelessness.
(iii) I.... living in this town since 2007. (i) alga
(iv) They have completed the work. (ii) child
(iii)formula
(Change into passive voice) (iv) syllabus
(v) thesis
(v) The method of living happily must be known to
you. (c) Correct the following sentences without
(vi) My teacher said to me, “You should learn to live making any unnecessary changes :
your life meaningfully and beautifully."
(vii) My mother advised me that I should give (i) He finds fault in every one.
respect to elders. (ii) He is one of the noble men who have sacrificed
his life for the nation.
(Change into direct speech) (iii) One should always take care of his health.
(iv) None of the five persons were found suitable
(viii) Educated and empowered women contribute for the job.
richly for the development of our nation, (v) My friend is younger than me.
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1. Which one of the following figures correctly (d) Neither Conclusion I nor II follows
represents the relations between Jupiter, Mars and
Planets?
3. Which one of the following layers of atmosphere
has high concentration of ions'?
(a) Stratosphere
(b) Exosphere
(c) Thermosphere
2. Consider the following. statements and (d) Troposphere
conclusions.
Statements: Mohan is a good sportsman. 4. Which one of the following cities has greater
Sportsmen are healthy. annual range of temperature?
Conclusions (a) Kuala Lumpur
I. All healthy persons are sportsmen. (b) New Delhi
II. Mohan is healthy. (c) Shanghai
Which one of the following is correct? (d) Ulaanbaatar
(a) Only Conclusion I follows
(b) Only Conclusion II follows 5. Match list I with list II and select the correct
(C) Both Conclusions I and II follow answer
using the code given below the lists. (a) Tapi

List I (b) Sabarmati
(Climate type in (Major area) (c) Narmada
letter code) (d) Mahi
A. Aw 1. Central California
B. Af 2. India Sub-continent 8. Which one of the following is the correct
C. Cs 3. North and South of taxonomic hierarchy?
(a) Kingdom-Phylum-Order-Genus-Family-Class
Species
D. Am Amazon Forests
(b) Kingdom-Order-Class-Phylum-Family-Genus
4. Western Equatorial Species
Africa (c) Kingdom-Class-Order-Phylum-Family-Species
List II Genus
Code (d) Kingdom-Phylum-Class-Order-Family-Genus
Species
A B C D

(a) 3 1 4 2
9. The subunits of DNA are known as
(b) 2 4 1 3
(a) Nucleotide
(C) 3 4 1 2
(b) Nucleosome
(d) 2 1 4 3
(c) Nucleoside

(d) Polypeptide
6. Ramsar Convention, to which India is a
signatory, is related to conservation and wise use
of 10. The process of using microbes to treat areas
(a) wetlands of land or sea that have been contaminated by
pesticides, oil or solvents is known is
(b) genetic resources
(a) Eutrophication
(c) mines
(b) Nitrification
(d) forest lands
(c) Ammonification

(d) Bioremediation
7. Which one of the following rivers flows between
Satpura and Vindhya ranges?
11. How is the rate transpiration affected by

decreasing humidity and by decreasing light
intensity?
Decreasing Decreasing
humidity light intensity
(a) Decreases Decreases
(b) Increases Decreases
(c) Increases Increases
(d) Decreases Increases

12. Vaccination involves
(a) Injecting the body with materials that simulate
the body to produce antibodies
(b) injecting the body with materials that stimulate
the body to produce antigens .
(c) the use of monoclonal antibodies to cure a There are seven places marked as P, Q, R, S, T, U
disease and V as shown in the diagram. The directly
(d) use of antibiotics to cure diseases connected paths between two places are indicated
by line

segments joining the two places alongwith the
13. Which of the following are examples of
length labelled (in km). Then, the shortest distance
carnivorous plants?
between P and U is
(a) Sundew, Venus fly trap, Pitcher plant
(a) 14
(b) Cuscuta, Rafflesia, Mistletoe
(b) 15
(c) Sandalwood, tree Broom rape, Pitcher plant
(c) 12
(d) Cuscuta, Bladderwort, Mistletoe
(d) 13
14. Consider the following

16. The number of persons reading newspaper is
shown in the following Venn diagram (Survey of 50
persons)s.
(c) 1 and 3

(d) 1, 2 and 3

17. A vehicle with mileage 15 km/L contains 2 L of
fuel.The vehicle gets some defect as a result of
which 5 L of fuel gets wasted per hour, when the
engine is on. With what minimum speed, the
vehicle has to move to travel 20 km with the
existing amount of fuel, if it travels with a uniform
speed?
(a) 100 km/h
(b) 120 km/h

(c) 150 km/h
19. Consider the following statements relating to
(d) 200 km/h salt production in India.
1. India is the second largest producer of iodised
18. Consider the following statements relating to salt in the world next only to China.
Sea Salinity. 2. Salt mining is carried out in Himachal Pradesh.
1. The ocean salinity depends on evaporation and 3. Gujarat is the leading producer of salt in India.
precipitation.
4. Ground water is the important source of salt in
2. Any change in the temperature or density Rajasthan.
influences the salinity.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
3. Major source of sea salinity of terrestrial
(a) 1 and 2
discharge by rivers.
(b) 3 and 4
Which of the statements given above are correct?
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(a) 1 and 2
(d) 2, 3 and 4
(b) 2 and 3
23. Water at 273 K is less effective in cooling than

20. Which of the following statements relating to ice at the same temperature. It is because
Dharwar geological system are correct? (a) water is difficult to handle
1. They belong to Archaean geological period. (b) water at 273 K has less energy than ice at the
2. They re metamorphosed sedimentary rocks. same temperature
3. They are of great economic importance for its (c) water at 273 K has more energy than ice at the
mineral resources. same temperature
4. They are found predominantly in Karnataka, (d) water is not a cooling agent
Tamil Nadu, Odisha and Jharkhand.
Select the correct answer using the code given 24. Which one of the following statements is not
below. correct?
(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (a) The rate of evaporation depends on
(b) 2, 3 and 4 temperature
(c) 3 and 4 (d) 1 and 2 (b) The rate of evaporation does not depend on
surface area exposed to the atmosphere but on
volume of the liquid
21. Which one of the following is the correct order (c) The rate of evaporation depends on humidity of
of formation of geological system in India in terms the surroundings
of their age? (Starting with the oldest)
(d) The rate of evaporation depends on the wind
(a) Dharwars - Aravallis - Vindhyans - Cuddapah speed
(b) Aravallis - Dharwars - Cuddapah - Vindhyans
(c) Vindhyans - Dharwars - Aravallis - Cuddapah 25. Which one of the following is not a colloid?
(d) Cuddapah - Vindhyans - Dharwars - Aravallis (a) Milk
(b) Mud
22. A change of state directly from solid to gas (c) Butter
without changing into liquid state is called
(d) Boric acid
(a) Fusion

(b) Sublimation
26. Match list I with list II and select the correct
(c) Diffusion answer using the code given below the lists.
(d) Emulsion List I List II
(Isotope) (Application)
(a) Carbon 1. Treatment of goitre (d) 12

(b) Cobalt 2. Calculation of age of the earth
(c) Iodine 3. Treatment of cancer 29. Which one of the following is different from the
(d) Uranium 4. Fuel in nuclear reactors remaining three?
Code (a) Triangle
A B C D (b) Square
(a) 2 3 1 4 (c) Circle
(b) 2 1 3 4 (d) Ellipse
(c) 4 1 3 2
(d) 4 3 1 2 30. Which one of the following inequalities is

always true for positive real number x, y?

(a) xy > x + y
27. A device can write 100 digits in 1 min. It starts
writing natural numbers. The device is stopped (b) (x + y) < (x + y)2
after running it for half an hour. It is found that the (c) x + y < x2 + y2
last number it was writing, is incomplete. The (d) 1 + x + y < (1 + x + y)2 31.
number is
Which of the following statements are correct?
(a) 3000
1. Kolkata port is the only riverine major port of
(b) 3001 India.
(c) 1026 2. The port of Cochin is located one Willington
(d) 1027 Island.
3. Maharashtra has three major ports.
28. A circular coil of radius 1 cm is allowed to roll 4. Mundra port is India’s major port in private
freely on the periphery over a circular disc of sector.
radius 10 cm.If the disc has no movement and the Select the correct answer using the code given
coin completes one revolution rolling on the below.
periphery over the disc and without slipping, then
what is the number of times the coin rotated about (a) 1 and 2
its centre? (b) 3 and 4
(a) 10 (c) 2, 3 and 4
(b) 10.5 (d) 1, 2 and 4
(c) 11
35. During 2014-15, in which one of the following

32. Perth located on 118° East longitude, will be industrial sectors, the FDI equity inflow was
celebrating new year event on 1st of January 2017 maximum?
at 6:00 am. At that time, what would e the time at (a) Telecommunications
Los Angeles located on 110° West longitude? (b) Services (Financial, Banking and Insurance,
(a) 9 : 12 pm of January 1, 2017 Nonfinancial/Business, R and D etc.)
(b) 2 : 48 pm of December 31, 2016 (c) Drugs and Pharmaceuticals
(c) 11 : 40 pm of December 31, 2016 (d) Hotel and Tourism
(d) 5 : 28 am of January 1, 2017
36. Which one of the following is not an industrial
33. Which one of the following States has the corridor as per the policy initiatives?
maximum number of registered e-waste recyclers/ (a) Amritsar - Kolkata
dismantlers? (b) Delhi - Mumbai
(a) Maharashtra (c) Kolkata - Guwahati
(b) Tamil Nadu (d) Chennai - Bengaluru
(c) Karnataka
(d) Uttar Pradesh 37. Which one of the following statements is not
34. Arrange the following substances in their order correct?
of increasing hardness. (a) Bleaching powder is prepared by the action of
1. Gypsum chlorine on dry slaked lime [Ca(OH)2]
(2) Topaz (b) Bleaching powder acts as a reducing agent in
3. Fluorite many chemical industries
(4) Feldspar (c) Bleaching powder is also known as chlorinated
lime
below. (d) Bleaching powder is used for disinfecting
drinking water
(a) 4-3-2-1

(b) 1-3-4-2
38. Which one of the following statements is not
(c) 3-4-2-1 correct?
(d) 1-4-3-2 (a) Graphite is a non-metal
(b) Graphite is an allotrope of carbon
(c) Graphite is a conductor of electricity

(d) Graphite has a tetrahedral structure 42. Which one of the following statements is
correct?
39. Consider the following physical quantities. (a) Acceleration due to gravity decreases with the
Energy, power, pressure, impulse, temperature, increase of attitude
gravitational potential Which of the above is/are (b) Acceleration due to gravity increases with the
the vector quantity/quantities? increase of depth (assumption Earth to be a sphere
(a) Impulse only of uniform density)
(b) Impulse and pressure (c) Acceleration due to gravity decreases with the
increase of latitude
(c) Impulse, temperature and pressure
(d) Acceleration due to to gravity is independent of
(d) Gravitational potential the mass of the Earth
40. A piece of stone tied to a string is make to
revolve in a circular orbit of radius r with other end
ofthe string as teh centre. If the string breaks, the 43. A Barometer kept in an elevator reads 760 mm
stone will when the elevator is at rest. When the elevator
moves is the upward direction with increasing
(a) move away from the centre speed, the reading of the Barometer will be
(b) move towards the centre (a) 760 mm
(c) move along a tangent (b) < 760 mm
(d) strop (c) < 760 mm
(d) zero
true?
(a) The gravitational force of Earth acting on a body correct?
of mass 1 kg is 9.8 Newton
(a) The Earth’s magnetic field is due to the motion
(b) The force acting on an object of mass 5 kg of metals like iron and nickel in the core of the
moving with a uniform velocity of 10 m/s on a Earth
frictionless surface is zero
(b) The magnetic field lines of force are widely
(c) The SI unit of weight is kg separated near the poles of a magnet but these
(d) The momentum of a man having mass 100 kg lines come closer to one another at other places
walking with a uniform velocity of 2 m/s is 200
newton second
(c) If the cross-sectional area of a magnetic field 1. To provide employment in rural areas.
increases, but the flux remains the same, the flux 2. To produce saleable articles.
density decreases
3. To create self reliance amongst people and
(d) The magnetic lines of force come closer to one building up a strong rural community spirit.
another near the poles of a magnet but they are
widely separated at other places. (a) 1,2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2
45. Let a resistor having 4 ohm resistance be (c) 2 and 3
connected across the terminals of a 12 volt (d) 1 and 3
battery. Then, the charge in coulomb passing

through the resistor per second is
48. Which of the following statements concerning
(a) 12
circum pacific belt are correct?
(b) 4
1. It is an active volcanic realm.
(c) 3
2. It is an active seismic realm.
(d) 0.33
3. It is a divergent plate boundary.

4. It is prone to Tsunami.
46. Arrange the following varieties of silk in India
in their order of decreasing production.
below.
1. Munga
(a) 1 and 2
2. Eri
(b) 3 and 4
3. Mulberry
(c) 1,2 and 4
4. Taser
(d) All of these

below.
49. Which of the following statements relating to
(a) 3-2-4-1
solar system is/are correct?
(b) 3-4-2-1
1. Venus and Uranus rotate opposite to the
(c) 2-4-1-3 direction of rotation of Earth.
(d) 2-1-4-3 2. Venus is the nearest planet to Earth.
47. Which of the following are the objectives of the below.
Khadi and Village Industries Commission?
(a) Only 1 (d) There are some football players who play
(b) Only 2 neither cricket nor hockey
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 52. There are two concentric circles. The radii of
the two circles are 100 m and 110 m respectively.
A wheel of radius 30 cm rolls on the smaller circle
50. If a place is affected by Tide at 6:00 am and another wheel rolls on the larger circle. After
Monday,normally at what time the same place will they have completed one revolution, it is found
be affected by Ebb? that the two wheels rolled equal number of times
on their respective axes. What is the radius of the
(a) 6:26 pm Monday
other wheel?
(b) 6:52 am Tuesday
(a) 31 cm
(c) 12:13 pm Monday
(b) 32 cm
(d) 00:26 am Tuesday
(c) 33 cm

(d) 34 cm
51. In the diagram given below, there is a circle, a

square and a triangle dividing the region into five
disjoint bounded areas. Each of these areas are 53. A triangle is formed with vertices (0, 0), (0,
labelled with number of players belonging to that 1OO) and (100,100). What is the number of points
area. The circle contains cricketers, the square inside the triangle with integer coordinates?
contains football players and the triangle contains (a) 5000
hockey players.
(b) 4999
(c) 4851
(d) 4800

54. Which one of the following is the wrong
Which one of the following is not correct? number in the series 6, 14, 30, 64, 126?
(a) Every hockey player plays football (a) 126
(b) Every cricket player plays either football or (b) 64
hockey
(c) 14
(c) There are some hockey players who play both
(d) 6
cricket and football

55. Given below is a figure of a square transparent (d) Batch II and batch III can have equal number of
sheet with a pattern students

57. There are two boxes. Box I contains one white
card and two black cards and box II contains one
white card and a black card. Two persons P and Q
playa game. P picks a card randomly from box 1. If
P finds the white card, P wins and the game stops.
If P finds the black card, Q draws a card randomly
from box II. If Q finds the white card Q wins. The
game. Stops whether Q draws the white card or the
black card. Which one of the following is correct?
(a) If P loses, Q wins
(b) If Q loses, P wins

(c) Both P and Q may win
55. In a school, there are three batches of players,
who play cricket, football and hockey. An (d) Both P and Q may lose
incomplete chart of number of students playing an
individual sport belonging to an individual batch is 58. Suppose R is the region bounded by the two
displayed in the following table curves Y = x2 and Y = 2x2-1 as shown in the
following diagram

Two distinct lines are drawn such that each of
Which one of the following is correct? these lines partitions the regions into at least two
(a) Batch II is empty parts. If 'n' is the total number of regions generated
by these lines, then
(b) Batch I and batch. II do not have equal number
of students (a) 'n' can be 4 but not 3
(c) Batch I and' batch III can have equal number of (b) 'n' can be 4 but not 5
students (c) 'n' can be 5 but not 6
(d) 'n' can be 6 62. Which one of the following cities hosted the
Tenth Ministerial Conference of World Trade
Organisation during December, 2015?
59. Consider the following sequence: 0, 6, 24, 60,
120, 210 Which one of the following numbers will (a) Geneva
come next in the sequence? (b) Manila
(a) 240 (c) Helsinki
(b) 290 (d) Nairobi
(c) 336
(d) 504 63. Which one of the following films was awarded
the best-children's film in Berlin International Film
Festival, 2016?
60. Consider the following figure.
(a) Ottal
(b) Killa
(c) Dhanak

(d) Hail, Caesar!
Which one of the following is the number of
triangles in the figure given above?
(a) 22 64. Which one of the following statements

regarding Zika virus is not correct?
(b) 27
(a) It was first isolated from a monkey in the Zika
(c) 28 Forest of Uganda .
(d) 29 (b) It is transmitted by daytime- active Aedes
mosquitoes
61. Recently French military announced to end (c) It does not cause mother to child infection
'Operation Sangaris' which was in operation since (d) Zika virus in pregnant women results in
2013, in which one of the following nations? abnormal brain development of the fetus
(a) Chand
(b) Central African Republic 65. Which one of the following fiction was selected
(c) South Sudan for Man Booker Prize 2015?
(d) Congo (a) A Little Life
(b) The Fishermen
(c) A Brief History of Seven Killings (a) uniform civil code for the citizens
(d) Satin Island (b) organisation of village panchayats
(c) right to education
66. Which one of the following is not a source of (d) fundamental duties
political legitimacy?
(a) Consent 70. Parochial political culture is generally found in
(b) Rational prudence (a) developing societies
(c) Political will of the ruler (b) societies having multi-party system
(d) Public reason (c) developed societies
(d) monarchical societies
67. Which one of the following is a characteristic
of Presidential form of government?
71. Who among the following sociologists is the
(a) President is not a part of legislative body first to propound the concept of civil society?
(b) It does not separate Legislative and Executive (a) Adam Ferguson
functions
(b) Antonio Gramsci
(c) President follows the principle of collective
responsibility (c) Friedrich Hegel
(d) The tenure of the President depends on the (d) Alexis de Tocqueville
legislature
72. The Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir came
68. Which one of the following articles of the into force on
Constitution of India contains provisions for the (a) August 15,1946
abolition and creation of Legislative Councils?
(b) August 15, 1947
(a) Article-171
(c) January 26, 1950
(b) Article-169
(d) January 26, 1957
(c) Article-356

(d) Article-182
73. Who among the following British
ethnographers launched the Survey of India
69. The provision under Article-5l A of the project in the 1860s?
Constitution of India relates to the (a) Hunter
(b) Dufferin 2. Mahatma Gandhi gave all India publicity to the
(c) Risley grievances of Champaran cultivators,
(d) Thurston 3. The cultivators of Champaran had protested

against excessive taxation on sugar.

74. Which of the following statements about below.
'Barnaparichay', a mid 19th century Bengali text
is/are correct? (a) Only 1
1. It was written by Raja Ranunohan Roy. (b) 1 and 2
2. It was the most widely used Bengali primer of the (c) 2 and 3

time. (d) 1, 2 and 3
Select correct answer using code given below.
(a) Only 1 76. Which of the following is/are characteristic(s)
(b) Only 2 of the debate between 'Anglicists' and 'Orientalists'
in the 1830s?
(c) Both 1 and 2
1. The Anglicists wanted to cut the money being
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 spent on printing Sanskrit and Arabic texts.
2. The Anglicists wanted to cut the money spent on
printing Sanskrit texts, but wished to continue to
print in Persian.
3. The Orientalists wanted stipend for the students
of Arabic and Sanskrit.
4. The Orientalists started a new Sanskrit College in
Delhi.
below.
(a) Only 1

(b) 1, 3 and 4
75. Which of the following statements about the
Champaran Satyagraha is/are correct? (c) 1 and 3
1. The Champaran region had a long tradition of (d) 2, 3 and 4
anti-planter discontent and agitation.
77. Which of the following statements about (a) 51 UNFCCC parties accounting for at least 51 %
Exercise IBSAMAR is/are 'correct? of global greenhouse gas emission .
1. It is a joint exercise of Navy of India, Brazil and (b) 51 UNFCCC parties accounting for at least 55%
Sri Lanka. of global greenhouse gas emission
2. The fifth edition of IBSAMAR was held in Goa. (c) 55 UNFCCC parties accounting for at least 55%
3. All previous editions' of IBSAMAR were held of global greenhouse gas emission
outside India. (d) 75 UNFCCC parties accounting for at least 51 %
Select the correct answer using the code given of global greenhouse gas emission
below.
(a) Only 2 80. Which one of the following cities hosted the
(b) 2 and 3 Twelfth South Asian Games, 2016?
(c) 1 and 3 (a) Patiala
(d) 1, 2 and 3 (b) Kochi
(c) Guwahati
78. Which of the following statements about (d) Agartala

'Nairobi Package' adopted in the Tenth Ministerial
Conference of WTO is/are correct? 81. The latest trophy introduced in Indian
1. No safeguard mechanism for developing country domestic cricket competition is
members. (a) Deodhar Trophy
2. Preferential rules of origin for least developed (b) Vijay Hazare Trophy
countries.
(c) Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
3. Public stockholding for food security purposes.
(d) Duleep Trophy
Select correct answer using the code given below.

(a) Only 1
82. Which of the following statements regarding
(b) 1 and 2 the Constituent Assembly are correct?
(c) 2 and 3 1. It was not based on adult franchise.
(d) 1, 2 and 3 2. It resulted from direct election.
3. It was a multi-party body.
79. The 'Paris Agreement' adopted in Conference 4. It worked through several committees.
of the Parties (CoP 21) in December, 2015, will be
effective provided the document, is signed by Select correct answer using code given below.
(a) 1, 2 and 4 (d) Sources of revenue for each level of
(b) 2 and 3 government are clearly specified.
(c) 1 and 4
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 86. The Joint Training Exercise, Garuda Shakti, is
conducted as part of military diplomacy between
Indian Army and
83. Who among the following may be the Chairman (a) Bangladesh Army
of the Zila Parishad?
(b) Royal Bhutan Army
(a) Chief Minister
(c) Nepalese Army
(b) District Collector
(d) Indonesian Army
(c) Member of Parliament in the District

(d) Elected from its own members
87. Which one of the following statements
regarding Human Rights is not correct?
84. What is meant by Social Equality? (a) Human Rights derive their inspiration from
(a) Each person should perform the functions moral principles
according to his status (b) They are applicable subject to their adoption by
(b) No effort should be made to modify the existing States
social system (c) The International Covenant on Civil and Political
(c) No person should be made to suffer a position Rights was adopted by the United Nations in the
of relative inferiority in relation to other men due to year 1948
caste, race or religion (d) The universalism of Human Rights is challenged
(d) Special effort to improve the lot of weaker by the cultural relativists
section
88. Which of the following is not a characteristic of
85. Which one of the following is not a feature of the Permanent Settlement?
Indian federalism? (a) The Permanent Settlement vested land
(a) Every State Government has powers of its own ownership rights in the Zamindar
(b) Courts have the power to interpret the (b) The Permanent Settlement continued to pay
constitution and the powers of different levels of attention to the customary occupancy rights of
government peasants
(c) States are subordinate to the Central
Government
(c) The burden of the high revenue assessment 1. The Santhals were in a desperate situation as
was shifted to the peasants under the Permanent tribal lands were leased out.
Settlement 2. The Santhal rebels' were treated very leniently by
(d) The condition of the actual cultivators of the British officials.
land declined under Permanent Settlement 3. Santhal inhabited areas were eventually
constituted into separate administrative units
89. Which of the following is/are characteristic(s) called Santhal parganas.
of the Ryotwari system? 4. The Santhal rebellion was the only major
1. It was the brainchild of Thomas Munro. rebellion in mid 19th century India.
2. It was meant to reduce intermediaries. Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
3. Cultivating peasants were gradually
impoverished by the system. (a) Only 1
4. It was introduced in parts of Madras and Bengal (b) 2 and 3
Presidency. (c) 1,3 and 4
Select the correct answer using the code given (d) 1 and 3
below.
(a) Only 1 92. Which of the following statement(s) about
(b) 1, 2 and 3 Subedar Major Fateh Singh is/are correct?
(c) 2 and 4 1. He was a big bore rifle shooter, who won two
(d) 2, 3 and 4 gold medals during first Commonwealth
Championship.

2. He retired from Bihar regiment before joining
90. Who among the following founded the Atmiya Defence Service Corps.
Sabha in 1815 ?
3. He was killed during the terror attack at
(a) Keshab Chandra Sen Pathankot Air Force Base.
(b) Debendranath Tagore Select the correct answer using the code given
(c) Ram Mohan Roy below.
(d) Bijoy Krishna Goswami (a) Only 1
(b) 2 and 3
91. Consider the following statements about the (c) 1 and 3
Santhal Hool of 1855-56. (d) 1,2 and 3
(c) Bolivia
93. Which one among the following is the oldest (d) Peru
Regiment of Indian Army?
(a) Sikh Regiment 97. The theory of Separation of Powers is a
(b) Kumaon Regiment division of powers between
(c) Punjab Regiment (a) Central and State Governments
(d) Madras Regiment (b) different branches of Government
(c) the polity and the economy
94. Which one of the following cities has been (d) State and Local Governments
identified as the best habitable city in the 18th
Mercer Quality of Life Study, 2016?
98. The 10th Schedule to the Constitution of India
(a) Munich relates to
(b) Vienna (a) the provisions relating to the formation of
(c) Zurich District Councils
(d) Vancouver (b) the land reforms
(c) the States and Union Territories
95. Which one of the following States won the 61th (d) the anti-defection law
National School Athletics Championship in the
year 2016?
99. The amending power of the Parliament set
(a) Punjab forth in which one of the following Articles of the
(b) Kerala Constitution of India?
(c) Maharashtra (a) Article-368
(d) Tamil Nadu (b) Article-360
(c) Article-13(2)
96. In February 2016, which one of the following (d) Article-370
countries has rejected the plea of the incumbent
President through a referendum to contest the
Presidential election for the third term? 100. With regard to a Constitution Amendment Bill,
which one of the following statements is not
(a) Brazil correct?
(b) Paraguay
(a) The Speaker of the Lok Sabha can call a joint 104. Which of the following statements about the
sitting of both the Houses to pass the Bill Bengali literary epic, Meghnad Badh Kabya (1861),
(b) Each House needs to pass the Bill separately by is/are correct?
a prescribed special majority 1. It was written by Michael Madhusudan Dutta.
(c) The Bill can be introduced in either House of 2. It draws upon existing Hindu and Jain traditions
Parliament of Ramayana.
(d) The Bill can be sponsored by a Private Member 3. It was translated into Assamese and Hindi.
101. 'Cut Motion' can be introduced after the below.
presentation of (a) Only 1
(a) any Bill introduced in the Parliament (b) 2 and 3
(b) the Railway and General Budgets (c) 1 add 2
(c) any Private Member's Bill (d) 1 and 3
(d) a Constitution Amendment Bill
105. Which one of the following is the famous
102. Who among the following divided novel written in 1869 by Nazir Ahmad?
governments into 'Republican', 'Monarchical' and (a) Twilight in Delhi
'Despotic'? (b) Mirat-ul-uroos
(a) Aristotle (c) Bahishti Zewar
(b) Hobbes (d) City of Djinns
(c) Montesquieu
(d) St. Augustine 106. Which of the following statements about the
founding of the Indian National Congress (INC)
103. Who among the following coined the terms is/are Correct?
'Demand Polity' and 'Command Polity'? 1. The INC was formed in Bombay in 1885.
(a) Lloyd I. Rudolph & Susanne H. Rudolph 2. The first President of the INC was WC Banerjee.
(b) Rajni Kothari Select the correct answer using the code given
(c) Sudipta Kaviraj below.
(d) Paul Brass (a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
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(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2 109. Consider the following statements about the
Morley Minto reforms of 1909.
107. The earliest literary references to iron in the 1. They were named after the British
Indian Sub-continent are found in the Parliamentarians, Minto and Morley.
(a) Rigveda 2. They provided for limited self government by
increasing the number of elected Indians in the
(b) Samaveda Legislative Councils.
(c) Yajurveda 3. They contained provisions that ensured that
(d) Vinaya Pitaka British officials retained their majority in the
Imperial Legislative Council.

Which of the statements given above is/are
108. Match list I with list Il and select the correct
correct?
answer using the code given below the lists.
(a) Only 1
List I (Author)
(b) 2 and 3
A. Dadabhai Naoroji Economics
(c) 1 and 3
B. Prafulla Chandra Ray rule in India
(d) 1, 2 and 3
C. Mahadev Govind

D. RC Dutt
110. Identify from the following the novel written
List II (Book)
by Charles Dickens that critiqued the adverse
1. Essay on Indian impact of industrialization on the poor.
2. Poverty and Un-British (a) The Day Before America
3. Economic History of Ranade India (b) Hard Times
4. Ter Poverty Problem in India (c) Creating a Nation
Code: (d) The Courtier
A B C D
(a) 2 4 1 3 111. What is the meaning of the term 'Humanist'
(b) 3 1 4 2 used during the Renaissance" in 5th century
Europe?
(c) 2 1 4 3
1. It refers to the masters who taught grammar and
(d) 3 4 1 2
rhetoric.
2. It refers to the masters who taught poetry, 1. It was marked by a complete break from the
history and moral philosophy. past.
3. It refers to the masters, who taught subjects that 2. It was actually a revival of the imperial Roman
were connected with religion. style.
4. It refers to masters who emphasised skills that 3. The Architects familiar with classical style were
were developed through discussion and debate. employed by wealthy merchants and aristocrats.
Select the correct answer using the code given Select the correct answer using the code given
below. below.
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (a) Only 1
(b) 1 and 3 (b) 2 and 3
(c) 1, 2 and 4 (c) Only 2
(d) 2 and 4 (d) Only 3

112. Which of the following was/were the features 114. Which of the following statements about the
of the Quit India Movement? ideology of Utilitarianism in the context of British
1. From the very beginning, it was a rural revolt. India is/are correct?
2. It was essentially a moderate movement. 1. Utilitarianism believed that the rule of law was
necessary for societal betterment.
3. It was marked by the Unprecedented use of
violence 2. James Mill expounded the principles of
Utilitarianism in his. famous book, 'Utilitarians and
4. It was marked by acute state repression. the Raj'.
Select the correct answer using the code given 3. Utilitarians differed from the liberals in
below. significant ways.
(a) Only 1 4. Utilitarianism had distinct authoritarian
(b) 1 and 2 tendencies.
(c) 3 and 4 Select the correct answer using the code given
below.
(d) 1, 3 and 4
(a) Only 1

(b) 1 and 2
113. Which of the following statement(s) about the
new style of architecture of Rome in the 15th (c) 3 and 4
century is/ are correct? (d) 1, 3 and 4

115. Which of the following statements about the below.
Swadeshi Movement in Bengal in 1905 are List I (Scheme) A
. Antyodaya Express
correct? B. Deen Dayalu Coaches Passengers
1. It was marked by the mass mobilisation through C. Humsafar Passengers
the organisation of 'Samitis',
D. Tejas Passengers
2. It was marked by the mass mobilisation through
labour strikes. List II (Target Group)
3. It advocated a constructive programme of self 1. For the Reserved Passengers
help or 'atmashakti'. 2. For the Unreserved
4. In the sphere of education, national schools were 3. For the Reserved
established.
4. For the Unreserved
(a) 1, 2 and 3
below.
(c) 3 and 4
(a) 1,2 and 3
(b) 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 4
(d) Only 2
(c) 2, 3 and

(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
118. Who among the following is the first person

outside Indian Navy to become 'the Director
116. Who among the following is the winner of the General of Indian Coast Guard?
8th Human Rights Award by Amnesty
(a) Krishna Chaudhary
International, Germany?
(b) Rajendra Singh
(a) Monira Rahman
(c) Prabhakaran Paleri
(b) Abel Barrera
(d) HCS Bisht
(c) Alice Nkom

(d) Henri Tiphagne
119. Who among the following is the winner of the

Jnanpith Award for the year 2015?
117. Which of the following pairs of Scheme and
(a) Bhalchandra Nemade
Target Group, as initiated in the Railway Budget
2016, is/ are correctly matched? (b) Raghuveer Chaudhary
(c) Pratibha Ray
(d) Girish Karnad (a) Ronald Ross

(b) Har Gobind Khorana
120. Lance Naik Hanumanthappa Koppad, who (c) Chandrasekhar Venkataraman
was buried alive under snow by deadly avalanche (d) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
at Siachen Glacier, who later died in a hospital
after he was miraculously rescued by army, was a
soldier of 124. The largest greenhouse gas leakage in the US
(a) DoqraPeqiment history took place in February, 2016. The gas was
(b) Madras Regiment (a) carbon dioxide
(c) Rajput Regiment (b) methane
(d) Jat Regiment (c) chlorofluorocarbon
(d) nitrous oxide
121. Which one of the following was the Theme

State -in the 30th Surajkund International Craft 125. Which of the following statement(s) is/are
Mela? correct?
(a) Chhattisgarh 1. Gravitational waves were predicted by Albert
(b) Kerala Einstein in 1916 on the basis of his theory of
General Relativity.
(c) Telangana
2. Gravitational waves do also exist in the
(d) Bihar Newtonian theory of Gravitation.
3. Gravitational waves are to be detected by very
122. Department of Industrial Policy and sensitive detectors known as Interferometers.
Promotion,government of India, has recently Select the correct answer using the code given
decided to set up India's first defence industrial below.
park at
(a) Only 1
(a) Kochi
(b) 1 and 3
(b) Ottapalam
(c) 2 and 3
(c) Mysore
(d) 1, 2 and 3
(d) Bengaluru

123. Who among the following scientists of Indian
origin is/has been the President of Royal Society?
1. Write essays on any four of the following in (b) The trend of nuclear families will make old age
about 300 words each : homes in India increase in number.

(a) The onus of maintaining healthy relations with 3. Write reports on the following in about 200
'Nepal is on India words each :
(b) Farmers' suicides in India : A sign of impending
disaster (a) Receding glaciers
(c) India needs to redefine the relations between (b) Ban on alcohol in Bihar
the Centre and the States
(d) Is development possible at the cost of 4. Attempt a précis of the given passage in
environment ? one-third of its length. Do not suggest a title.
(e) Revamping our banking system is the need of Write, as far as possible, in your own words. Write
the hour the précis on the separate sheets provided and
(f) Urbanisation of India is nothing but blind fasten them to the answer book.
Westernisation
There is no better illustration of human folly than
2. Write arguments for and against each of the the narrative of Sheikh Chilli. Who in India is not
following statements : aware of the story of this incorrigible fool who
chose to ignore the sane advice of a passer-by of
(a) India needs to focus on imparting quality not cutting the same branch on which he himself
education instead of merely increasing its Gross was sitting. Obviously fools fail to learn from
Enrolment Ratio. others' experiences and pay a heavy price in the
process.
There goes a saying that it is no use crying over
They have use neither for their own intelligence nor spilt milk. Now what we need to become vigilant
for that of others. They live in their own world, while about is the danger posed by fools to our survival.
apparently they may be in the middle of a group of Academic curricula across the world need to
people. educate learners about the negative potential of
fools to challenge the safety and security of planet
Fools by nature are enemies of thinking, both Tell earth.
reflective and prospective. They never doubt their
intelligence, are cocksure of their sense of 5. Read the following passage and answer the
judgement. They think they are benefactors of questions that follow :
society and are anguished that the world fails to
recognise their talent. All fools possess a degree of It is an obvious trait of black incomes that they
impatience in their desire to make the world realise cannot be declared to the fiscal authority for fear of
their worth, wishing to improve its lot by setting a саt large penalties. As under-declarations multiply,
personal example before it. They are sure that the the tax base shrinks and price controls begin to
folks around them lack an innate sense of blunt the edge of fiscal policy. One instrument of
discretion and require to learn from them. control gets into the way of the other and makes it
ineffective. Tax evasion is large not necessarily
Fools have been immortalized by literature across because the rate of tax is high, as businessmen
the world. Like Sheikh Chilli's account in India, the often proclaim, but because the income on which
legend of Don Quixote, the fictional Spanish knight, tax is to be paid, and the activity from which
is equally famous in the West. He is known for income is received, cannot be declared. It follows
thriving in a make-believe world where he is the that even if taxes were halved, so long as the
lone saviour of humanity. The good thing is that income is black, taxes will be evaded. However, to
these self-proclaimed samaritans often inhabit the the extent taxation fails to catch undeclared
world of imagination, limiting their capacity to incomes come emanating from controls, it
cause damage to the real world and producing in becomes a bad instrument for balancing aggregate
the process hilarious effects through their demand and supply and for controlling inflation. In
irrationality. But there are instances when such an enthusiastic attempt to make taxation do the
fools have come to occupy the centre stage of balancing trick, tax rates on honest tax-payers
history. Their actions then had disastrous effects become penal. This leads to a second round of tax
on our welfare, as well as on our existence. We all evasion, this time because tax rates are intolerably
know how people like Hitler brought the world to high. More and more tax-payers at the margin avoid
the brink of destruction through their disastrous tax payment, become dishonest and in the course
leadership. The condition of the world continues to of time get used to dishonesty. While black money
be precarious and its future insecure due to foolish does so much damage to public policy, it also dries
scientists who have handed over the destructive up the sources of real growth in the private sector
secrets of nuclear power to vicious politicians. of the economy. The capital market, the main
vehicle of growth, consequently dries up, and (ii) None of these books - in circulation today. (Fill
capital formation both in the public and private in the blank with appropriate form of 'be')
sectors suffers a serious decline. (iii) Such rumours are commonly heard these days.
(Change to active form)
(i) How is the circulation of black money (iv) He says, "I'm not coming to the function."
detrimental for private entrepreneurs ? (Convert into indirect statement)
(ii) Why isn't reduction of taxes useful for sprucing (v) None other but Raj has done this mischief.
up taxes ? (Correct the sentence)
(iii) How do honest tax-payers suffer on account of (vi) Neither she nor her husband was present for
tax evaders ? the ceremony.
(iv) Howdoes black income impact a nation's (Change into interrogative sentence)
economy? (vii) They come to the park regularly.
(v) Large scale evasion of taxes takes place due to (Change to past tense to project it as a routine past
exorbitant taxes.' Argue for or against the activity)
statement on the basis of your reading of the (viii) They know you, – (Supply the question tag)
passage. (ix) We fashioned these artefacts out of waste
material.
(Change into passive form)
(x) 'Arch-enemy' means one's old enemy/worst
enemy.
(Strike out the wrong option)

(B) Give the plural form of the following words and
make sentences using the plural form :

(i) alumnus
(ii) antenna
(iii) synopsis
(iv) stratum
(v) fungus

(C) Correct the following sentences, without
making any unnecessary changes :

6. (A) Rewrite the sentences as directed : (i) Several defence aircrafts have crashed recently.
(ii) She had come here but did not meet me for
(i) No _ -, no gains. (Fill in the blank to complete the reasons best known to her.
proverb)
(iii) He is one of the most promising pupil of my
class.
(iv) Cadets must get all items of clothes ironed
before packing them for the excursion.
(v) Uneasy lies the head who wears the crown.
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(d) The carbohydrate generated by plants comes 1. Cape Town

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(a) 1 and 2 only (a) 12 minutes past 2 o'clock

(b) 3 and 4 only (b) 18 minutes past 2 o'clock

(c) 1, 2 and 3 only (c) 24 minutes past 2 o'clock

(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (d) 30 minutes past 2 o'clock

1. Mangrove plants require appropriate mix of (d) Troposphere

42. What is the largest value for n (natural number) (d) 12

(c) 44 (a) 13

(d) 48 (b) 14

(c) 37.5° (a) 1

(d) 40° (b) 2

44. An international conference is attended by 65 (c) 4

(b) neap tides (d) 1 only

51. Which of the following statements about (a) Granite

(b) 24 (a) less than 6 feet

64. Statement I: (b) 2 only

(c) Maulana Azad (a) Public Accounts Committee

(d) Sardar Patel (b) Committee on Public Undertakings

(b) the Constitution (7th Amendment) Act, 1956 74. Which one of the following States does not find

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(d) Rajendra Prasad (a) 20%

119. The Buddhist text Majjhima Nikaya is in (b) 40%

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(b) Pali (d) 60%

(c) Prakrit 124. Consider the following countries :

(d) Telugu 1. China

120. The federal systems of India and the USA are 2. Spain

(a) 1, 2, 3, 4 Select the correct answer using the code given

(c) 1, 2, 4, 3 (a) 1, 2 and 3 only

(d) 1, 3, 2, 4 (b) 1, 2, 3 and 4

people, individually and collectively, is based on

(b) First Amendment

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(b) Government of Karnataka (c) The Arabic work masalik-i-Absar gives

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Consider the following statements : (a) 2 1 4 3

(c) Calcium (d) 4 ¾ min

83) As per Census 2011, which one of the

(b) All boys are students (d) 1, 2 , 3 and 4

(c) 460 (d) Indus and Sutlej rivers from antecedent

107) Which one of the following statements about (a) 30 %

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