DO NOT OPEN THIS TEST BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE ASKED TO DO SO T.B.C. : SA-802-ZBB-124 Test Booklet Series Serial No. : TEST BOOKLET GENERAL STUDIES Time Allowed : Two Hours Maximum Marks : 150 INSTRUCTIONS 1. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE EXAMINATION, YOU SHOULD CHECK THAT THIS TEST BOOKLET DOES NOT HAVE ANY UNPRINTED OR TORN OR MISSING PAGES OR ITEMS, ETC. IF SO, GET IT REPLACED BY A COMPLETE TEST BOOKLET. 2. ENCODE CLEARLY THE TEST BOOKLET SERIES A, B, C OR D AS THE CASE MAY BE IN THE APPROPRIATE PLACE IN THE ANSWER SHEET. 3. You have to enter your Roll Number on the Test, Booklet in the Box provided alongside. DO NOT write anything else on the Test Booklet. 4. This Test Booklet contains 150 items (questions). Each item is printed both in Hindi and English. Each item comprises four responses (answers). You will select the response which you want to mark on the Answer Sheet. In case you feel that there is more than one correct response, mark the response which you consider the best. In any case, choose ONLY ONE response for each iter. 5. You have to mark all your responses ONLY on the separate Answer Sheet provided. See directions in the Answer Sheet. - All items carry equal marks, 2 7. Before you proceed to mark in the Answer Sheet the response to various items in the Test Booklet, you have to fill in some particulars in the Answer Sheet as per instructions sent to you with your Admission Certificate, 8. After you have completed filling in alll your responses on the Answer Sheet and the examination has concluded, you should hand over to the Invigilator only the Answer Sheet. You are permitted to take away with you the Test Booklet. 9. Sheets for rough work are appended in the Test Booklet at the end. 10. Penalty for wrong answers : THERE WILL BE PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS MARKED BY A CANDIDATE IN THE OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTION PAPERS. (i) There are four alternatives for the answer to every question. For cach question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one-third (0:33) of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty (ii) Ifa candidate gives more than one answer, it will be treated as a wrong answer even if one of the given answers happens to be correct and there will be same penalty as above to that question, (ii) If a question is left blank, i.c., no answer is given by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question, DO NOT OPEN THIS TEST BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE ASKED TO DO SO ~ VISION IAS ~ - IAS DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAMME - IAS MAIN MOCK TEST PROGRAMME Registration - IAS PRELIM MOCK TEST PROGRAMME Open - SPECIAL MEMBERSHIP PROGRAMME1. In the series 5. A person purchases 100 pens at a AABABCABCDABCDE... discount of 10%. The net amount of money spent by the person to purchase the pens is Rs 600. The selling expenses incurred by the (a H person are 15% on the net cost price. What should be the selling which letter occupies the 100th position? (b) 1 price for 100 pens in order to earn a @ 3 profit of 25% ? @ xk (a) Rs 802:50 2. What is the number of terms in the @) Rs 81125 series 117, 120, 123, 126, ..., 333 ? (o) Rs 862-50 (a) 72 (a) Rs 875 (b) 73 \ 6. A schoolteacher has to select the () 76 . maximum possible number of (a) 79 different groups of 3 students out of a total of 6 students. In how many 3. In how many different ways can four groups any particular student will books A, B, C and D be arranged be included? one above another in a vertical 6 order such that the books A and B @) are never in continuous position? () 8 fa 9 (c) 10 ) 12 (a 12 () 14 id 18 7. In an examination, 70% of the students passed in the Paper I, and 60% of the students passed in the Paper II. 15% of the students failed in both the papers while 270 students passed in both the papers. What is the total number of 4." Carpenter A can make a chair in 6 hours, carpenter Bin 7 hours and carpenter C in 8 hours. If each carpenter works for 8 hours per day, how many chairs will be made in 21 days? students? (a) 61 (a) 600 (b) 67 (b) 580 ( 73 Os) (a) 79 (d) 540 SA-802-ZBB-124/27C 28. What is Bisphenol A (BPA)? 10. March 1, 2008 was Saturday. Which day was it on March 1, 2002? (a) A medical test for detecting (@) ‘Thursday cancer (b) A test for testing the use of (®) Friday drugs to improve performance by athletes (oc) Saturday (o) A. chemical used “for the (@) Sunday development of food-packaging materials 11. In August 2006, the Government (d) A special type of alloy steel of India notified the Rural Electrification Policy. This policy aims at provision of access to all 9. Which of the following pairs about households by which year? India’s economic indicator and agricultural production (all in 2008 rounded figures) are correctly (a) 2008 matched? (b) 2009 1. GDP per capita nt prices) : Rs 37,000 (current prices) : Rs (2010 2. Rice : 180 million tons (a) 2012 3. Wheat : 75 million tons 12. As per India’s National Population ; Policy, 2000, by which one of the Select the correct answer using the following years is it our long-term * code given below : objective to achieve population stabilization? Code : (@) 1,2and3 \ (a) 2025 (b) 1 and 2 only (b) 2035 (c) 2 and 3 only (c) 2045 (d) 1 and 3 only (d) 2055 SA-802-ZBB-124/27C 4