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TEST BOOKLET
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Maximum Marks: 100

Time Allowed : Two Hours

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3. Statement I : In north-western India, the Civil Disobedience Movement took a mass character under the leadership of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan. Statement II The Nehru Report (1928) had argued that the 'next immediate step' for India must be Dominion Status.

The following seven (7) items consist of two statements, Statement I and Statement II. You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items using the code given below : Code:
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4. Statement I : Adjournment is a short recess within the session of the Parliament ordered by the Presiding Officer of the House. Statement II : When the Presiding Officer adjourns the House without fixing any date or time of the next meeting of the House, it is known as adjournment sine die.

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In Vietnam War, Americans used powerful defoliants such as Agent Orange over large areas of dense forest and agricultural fields. Statement II : Defoliants are very dangerous war weapons which leave the forests and agricultural fields barren. 2. Statement I : Gandhiji failed to realize that the Khilafai. was an extra-territorial issue. Statement II The cause of Khilafat was discredited by 1923 as Mustafa Kemal Pasha set up a secular republican government in Turkey.

5. Statement I : By virtue of a law passed by the Parliament of India in the year 2003, the people of Indian origin residing in 16 countries enjoy dual citizenship status. Statement II : This law enables them to participate in economic activities, cast their vote or get elected to various legislative bodies in India.

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37. Eco-Mark is given to an product which is

(a) (b)
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36. Why is Switzerland unable to join European Union (EU) till date (2010) despite its government's persistent effort to do so?
fa)

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female labourers at a very low wage labourers working in inhuman/unhealthy working conditions labourers working for more than eight hours a day without any break labourers where there is a wage discrimination between male and female labourers

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40. Consider the following statements with regard to the mining industry of India: 1. 2. The spatial distribution minerals is uneven. of

43. Consider the following statement and identify with the help of the code given below the person who made the statement: "It would be quite impossible for a few hundred British to administer against the active opposition of the whole of the politicaUy minded of the population." Code:
(a)

The mining industry since colonial days has been exportoriented. given

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(a) (b) (e) (d)
1

only

2 only Both 1 and 2 Neither 1 nor 2

(b)

Jawaharlal Nehru in April 1947 in an address to Congressmen at Lucknow Clement Attlee in 'January 1947 in a private letter addressed to Ernest Bevin Lord Mountbatten in December 1946 in a note given to British Parliament Viceroy Wavell in January 1946 in a letter to Secretary of State Squadron is

41. Which

one among the following groups of items contains only biodegradable items?
(a) (b)
(e)

(e)

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(d)

(d)

44. Sukhoi-30MKI stationed at

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42. Which one among the following is not true for Special Economic Zones?
(a) (b)
(e)

(b) (e) (d)

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is

required

for

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service subconof by

45. Dog bite can cause rabies. Which among the following other animals can also cause rabies?
(a) (b) (e) (d)

Donkey Bat Horse Crocodile

(d)

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46. Match List-I with List-Il and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:

48. Which one among the following was part of Gandhi-Irwin Agreement of 1931?
(a)

List-I
(Biosphere Reserve) A.

List-II

(Map of India
indicating them) (b)

Stern action against policemen guilty of brutal assault on

Satyagrahis

Manas

B. Pachmarhi (e)

Nehru to represent Congress at the Round Table Conference of 1931 Deletion of communal question from the agenda of the Conference Release of political prisoners excepting those guilty of arson and violence

C. Nokrek
D. Achanakrnar(d)

Amarkantak

Code:

(a) A
4
(b) A

3 B 1
B 1 B 3

C 1
C

D 2 D 4

49. Which one of the following is the name of the Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEWACS) inducted in the Indian Air Force in 2009?
(a) (b) (e) (d)

2
(e)

3
C

A
4 A 2

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2 D 4

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3
C

(d)

47. In

scuba-diving, while ascending towards the water surface, there is a danger of bursting the lungs. It is because of
(a)
(b)

SO. Which

one among the following industries produces the most nonbiodegradable wastes?
(a) (b) (e) (d)

Archimedes' principle Boyle's law Gay-Lussac's law of combining volumes Graham's law of diffusion

Thermal power plants Food processing units Textile mills Paper mills

(e)

(d)

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51. Why South-East Asia has the largest concentration of peasant population at the global scale?
(a)

54. The President of India is elected by a

proportional representation system through single transferable vote. This implies that
(a)

The area is dominated by shifting cultivation due to favourable terrain character Intensive subsistence farming is practised in the region The region has favourable and healthier climate The area has a large forested area which IS cleared for cultivation of various crops

each elected MP or MLA has an equal number of votes

MPs and MLAs of a State have

(b)

(b)

the same number of votes

fe) all MPs and MLAs have one

(e)

vote each
(d)
(d)

and MLAs of different States have different numbers of votes

MPs

52. Brent index is associated with

(a) (b)
(c)

crude oil prices copper future prices gold future prices

55. Which

one among the following statements regarding the social and religious reform ideas of Raja Rammohan Roy is not correct?
(a)

(d)

shipping rate index

(b)

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53. Which one of the following is an

indigenously built aircraft of India?

(a) Akash (b) (e) Vikrant

light

combat
(e)

Tejas

(d)

(d) Arjuri

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fe) (d)

2
A

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3
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58. Which one of the following is nuclearcapable submarine-launched ballistic missile?

(a) (b) (e) (d) Sagarika Shourya Priihui Nag

Select the correct answer using the code given below : Code:
(a) (b) fe) (d) 1 only 2 and 3 3 and 4 1 and 4

57. Match List-I with List-Il and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:

59. Which of the following diseases are transmitted from one person to another?
1. AIDS

2.
3. 4.

Cirrhosis Hepatitis B Syphilis

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List-II
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of India)
A. Tropical

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B. Tropical

2. Above 200 em

(a) (b)

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(c)

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5. 50-100 em

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(a)

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1
A

2
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5
C

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(a) (b)
(c)

(c)

disputes relating to implementation of the Directive Principles of State Policy a bill passed by the Parliament which is violative of the Constitution

(d)

Tungabhadra

doab

64. Which

Krishna-Godavari delta/basin Kaveri interior delta

one among the following was not a reform measure carried out by Mahmud Gawan of Bahmani Kingdom?
(a)

(d)

Marathawada country
(b)

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62. Wind is often found to blow in a, hot summer day due to

(a)

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(c) A tract of land, Khalisa, was set apart for the expenses of the Tarafdar
(d)

(b) (c) (d)

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65. Heavy water implies None of the above

(a)

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ra)

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(b)

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treaties and agreements signed by the Government of India

(e)

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(b)

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(d)

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of emerging economies, by 2050 which one of the following would be the order of the largest economies in the world?
(a) (b) (e) (d)

69. Which one among the following is a function of the Pro-Tern Speaker of the Lok Sabha?
(a)

China-USA-India-Brazil-Mexico USA-China-India-Brazil-Mexico China-USA-Brazil-India-Mexico USA-Mexico-China-India-Brazil

fe) (b)

Conduct of the proceedings of the House in the absence of the Speaker To check if the election certificates of the members of the House are in order Swear in the members of the House and hold the charge till a regular Speaker is elected Give his assent to the bills passed by the House

67. Most of the communication satellites today are placed in a geostationary

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China and India Singapore and Indonesia

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India and Singapore Malaysia and Thailand

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2, 3 and 4 2. 1, 3 and 4
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(a)

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81. Which one among the following statements regarding Rabindranath Tagore's concern for the natural world and environment is not correct?
(a)

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(a)

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(b) (a)

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The greenness of the tree gives the cool feeling Photosynthesis absorbs heat

fa)

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86. Consider

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locating the production process in the countryside declining of the guilds because of non-fanning production coming under a single roof (the factory) growing role of merchantcapitalists in the production process

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Common All India Service Single integrated judiciary

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tend to retard development

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The valley of a river is widest in its lower course. The velocity of a river in its lower course is low. The delta sometimes develops in a river's lower course. Much of the river water is drawn for irrigation in the lower course.

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102. Water is a good coolant and is used

(b) (c) (d)

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(a) (b) (c) (d)

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high specific heat low surface tension high boiling point low expansivity

105. Bats can fly in dark because they

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India, China, Pakistan, Brazil, Bangladesh, Indonesia India, China, Bangladesh, South Africa, Pakistan, Indonesia China, India, United States, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan China, India, Bangladesh, United States, Pakistan, Indonesia

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I shall work for an India in which the poorest shall feel that it is their

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(a) 1, 2 and 4 only

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