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Consider the following statements and Choose the correct option: 1. States and Union Territories are specified in the First and Second Schedule respectively. 2. Union, State and Concurrent lists are mentioned in the Seventh Schedule. 3. Tenth Schedule has provisions as to disqualification on ground of Defection. 4. Fifth Schedule has provisions as to the administration of Tribal Areas in the states of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram. Code: (a) 1, 2, and 3 (b) 2 and 3 (c) 2 and 4 (d) 2, 3 and 4 2. Consider the following statements related to Right to Education Act (RTE) and choose the option which seems most appropriate: 1. India became one of 135 countries to make education a fundamental right of every child when the RTE act came into force on 1 April 2011. 2. The RTE act requires all private schools to reserve 25% of seats to children from poor families. 3. The RTE Act also provides that no child shall be held back expelled or required to pass a board examination until the completion of elementary education. 4. The RTE Act is an excellent legislation that puts the responsibility of ensuring enrollment, attendance and completion on the govt. Code: (a) 1, 2 and 4 (b) 1, 2 and 3 (c) 2, 3 and 4 (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 3. Consider the following statements relating Constitutional Development in India and choose the correct option: 1. Regulating Act of 1773 was the beginning of parliamentary control over the government of the East India Company. 2. As per Charter Act of 1813 members of the Home Government to be paid not from the British Exchequer but from the Indian Revenue. 3. Indian council Act, 1861 could be termed as the beginning of the parliamentary system as it allowed discussion over budget and queries by members. 4. GOI Act, 1919 expanded the system of separate electorate to include Sikhs, Europeans and Anglo- Indians. Code: (a) 1 and 2 (b) 1 and 3 (c) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (d) 1 and 4 4. Consider the following statements and choose the option which seems to be most appropriate: 1. Democratic government can be classified into Presidential form of govt. and parliamentary form of govt. 2. In Parliamentary form of govt. Chief executive is responsible to the people while in Presidential form, chief executive is not responsible to the people. 3. India and UK have parliamentary form of government while Pakistan and USA have Presidential form of govt. 4. In any representative democratic govt, whether Parliamentary or Presidential, the legislature is the supreme Organ of the government as it consists of the representatives of the

people. Code: (a) 1 and 4 (b) 1, 2 and 4 (c) 1, 3 and 4 (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 5. Consider the following statements regarding Preventive Detention and choose the option which seems most appropriate: 1. The Constitution of India explicitly authories, preventive detention as Art 22(3) to 22(7) deal with it. 2. The objective is to prevent the person from committing a crime which is socio-economic in nature. 3. An executive can arrest a person in the preventive detention without a valid preventive detention law passed by the legislature. 4. If a person under preventive detention is to be detained beyond 60 days, then the detention must be authorised by an advisory board. Code: (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 2, 3 and 4 (c) 1, 2 and 4 (d) 1 and 2
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1.Consider the following statement regarding India and South Korea and Choose the correct option. 1.India-Rok Joint Commission (JCM) is co- chaired by Foreign Minister and External Affairs Minister of the two countries. 2.Bilateral trade had increased by around 70% since January 1, 2009, when CEPA between two countries was implemented. 3.The bilateral trade between these two countries crossed US$20 billion in 2011 and new bilateral trade target is of $50 billion by 2015. 4.An Indian Cultural centre was opened in Seoul in July 2011. Code: (a)1, 2 and 3(b)2, 3 and 4 (c)1, 2 and 4(d)1 and 4 2.Woori Bank has recently opened its first Indian Branch in Chennai. To which of the following countries this bank belongs: (a)Japan(b)Singapore (c)South Korea(d)Taiwan

3.Who, of the following Indians, is/are includes in the Time Magazine's 100 most influential people 2012 list: 1.Sonia Gandhi2.ArvindKejriwal 3.MamtaBanerjee4.AnjaliGopalan Code: (a)1, 2 and 3(b)2 and 4 (c)3 and 4(d)1, 2, 3 and 4 4.Consider the following statement regarding Kerala and choose the correct answer: 1.Kerala borders with the state of Tamil Nadu on the South and west, Karnataka on the north and Arabian coast line on the south west. 2.There is high temperature throughout the year coupled with heavy rainfall during the winter months and relatively dry summer months. 3.Kerala's share in national production of coffee is 91% and rubber is 22%. 4.Sasthamkotta, Vembanad, Ashtamudi are important lakes of Kerala. Code: (a)1 and 4(b)2 and 4 (c)Only 4(d)2, 3 and 4

5.Regarding Tamil Nadu, which of the following statements are correct: 1.Vellore, Tiruvalur and Nilgiri districts form boundaries with Andhra Pradesh. 2.Thanjavur is called the granary of Tamil Nadu 3.There are two atomic Power plants in Tamil Nadu at Kalapakkam and Koodankulam. 4.Mudumalai, Pakhal and Pulicat wildlife sanctuaries are located in Tamil Nadu. Code: (a)1, 2 and 3(b)2, 3 and 4

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