wee ree sry DO NOT OPEN THIS TEST BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE ASKED TO DO SO T.B.C, : B-ABQA-N-FJM Test Booklet Series bd TEST BOOKLET GENERAL KNOWLEDGE Time Allowed : Two Hours { taximum Marks : 100 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, Please note that it is the candidate’s responsibility to encode and fill in the Roll Number and Test Booklet Series A, B, C of D carefully and without any omission or discrepancy at the appropriate places in the OMR Answer Sheet. Any omission/ discrepancy will render the Answer Sheet liable for rejection. 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 120 items (questions). Each item is printed both in Hindi and English. 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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 each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one-third of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty. i) 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. (iil) If a question is left blank, i.e., 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 var: ogee ar feel war ee gern & fea yee oT a1. Indian Navy commissioned its first Advanced Light Helicopter Squadron at Kochi in November 2013. What is the name of the helicopter? (a) Chetak (o) Dhruv () Rudra (a) Cheetah 2. Which of the following statements about India’s unorganized sector are true? 1. Labour is more in number than that in the organized sector. 2. Job -security and work regulation are better in unorganized sector. 3. They are usually not organized into trade unions. 4. Workers are usually employed for a limited number of days, Select the correct answer using the code given below. (a) 1,2 and 4 (b) 1,3 and 4 () 3 and 4 only (@) 1 and 3 only 3. Consider the following statements : 1. Battle of Buxar provided the key to the English to establish their rule in India. 2. The ‘Treaty of Allahabad, concluded in 1765, enabled the British to establish their rule in Bengal. BLABQA-N-FJM/46A 4. Corporation tax in Ini Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (a) 1 only (0) 2 only fo) Both 1 sha 3 © (d) Neither 1 nor 2 levied on income of a company. Which one of the following does not include Corporation tax? (a) Profit from business (b} Capital gain fo) Interest on securities (d) Sale proceed of assets 5. The concept of hegemony is used to understand the capacity to ‘manufacture consent’, Here hegemony implies 1. class ascendency in ideological spheres 2. deploying ideological resources to shape behaviour of weaker States/powers 3. provision of global public goods by a dominant power 4. military dominance in relative and absolute terms Select the correct answer using the code given below. (a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3 fo) 4 (d) 1 onlyLaie ta A sot agen aaa ea Veale wiga TR 2013 Fafa F ater faa 3a tferaiex ar aa eM 8? (a) (0) o % (aj sen 2, wna & oninféa da % ak F eater wet Fa a8 ah 1. tae ax A Ge tw at attest A ea sift BL 2. er ge ow af Re wreinfed aa H ager 81 3. 2 amma: 9a det a ania ae 8 4, ae cara: aka feat a fare ‘ap ae ae fe me Re wT I ae Ul ae ar (a) 1, 23m 4 ) 1, 33m 4 () Fa oh 4 (4) Faw 1 hk 3 3, Prafeftaa ari 1 fran Afi : 1 aaa A ap 8 sitet A ara A aren Ta eats 8 A FA a 2. 1765 4 ge wares A aft 9 fafea @ aire & ara ose waft we Ht re A BLABQA-N-FJM/46A, wade seri Fa ata-a/a wal 2/8? (a) Fat (b) Fas 2 () 132 dt @ atisade 4. a 3 Pm-an feet aeat A ora corre sirat 8 Paeaferars HB ahaa az + Brean enfiret aef @? fa) saa a aH @) Seine safe Co). tenefrat oe aa (ey) Semel A Para at 5s. ‘aeafa A ARIA fh aa a amet era mre 3 aera ar weit Pea TAT 21 et marr 8 eel & 1, rarer Bat a af oad 2. meh wsi/siel } aa a onan 2 ¥y nena dene am oie 3. fet wat aft art aor carfafin aeqsit an ara 4, Ba Gd Pete ee a da oy a RQ me a wR A Te afar (ay 13iR2 &) 23K3 4 (a) Fatt [P.T.0.6. On November 8, 2013, many people died in Philippines after a super typhoon ravaged the country. What was the name of the typhoon? (2) Haiyan (b} Utor () Phailin (d) Nesat 7. Non-military Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) in a peace process include 1. people to people contact across borders rary and cultural interac- tion under governmental and non-governmental agencies increase in travel facilities joint initiatives to tackle common socio-economic problems Select the correct answer using the code given below. {a} 2 and 3 only (&) 1 and 3 only (6) 2 and 4 only (4) 1,2, 3 and 4 8. In India, mergers and acquisition of firms are regulated by (a) National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (6) Competition Commission of India (o) Security and Exchange Board of India (4) Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion B-ABQA-N-FJM/46A, Consider the following statements regarding Indian Feudalism in the early medieval period : 1. The revenue assignments were called Bhoga. 2. The hereditary chiefs neither collected reventies nor assumed administrative powers. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (@) 1 only (b) 2 only () Both 1 and 2 (4) Neither 1 nor 2 10. The Fundamental Rights, enshrined in Part III of the Constitution of India, “are inherent and cannot be extinguished by any constitutional and statutory provision”, This was made clear in the case of (a) A. K. Gopalan v. State of Madras (b) 1. ©. Golak Nath v, State of Punjab (c) State of West Bengal v. Committee for Protection of Democratic Rights, West Bengal (a) Shankari Prasad Singh Deo v. Union of India6, FaET 8, 2013 Ft Pafilia F ar wees en 2 gu frre 4 3a 2a a ote ct Arg Qo ees ER eT a? (a) Rar (yy fo) fe (ay are 7. wh aBn Ag order Reta fafa sl (CBMs) # waar & 1. Sima & anew saa 8 AT aT wh 2. werd i A-aanrt afte & Tea RR aiegte Tea ear 3. ara afer # af 4. saat amnfirs-snfias arensit 3% are &y BIR TET 3 fq me ge Hse aC a TK gu (@) Fa 23m 3 ) Fisk ) Fae 234 @ 1,2, 334 8. are 4, si & ee oo afew ‘feas au fattatia fear orn 37 (a) uae faint rere ere, (by wrcca afterat sre fo) sect feats a Fara ats (ay tees AR oe ania Fa B-ABQA-N-FJM/46A. 9. eRAS vere BI ur APTA wel 9 frefafad eet 7 fran ffi : 1. Wwe wee si ae ate ay 2. dam yar a at Tea Tee B site a0 smete ofr a ue ad a aaa aril #8 ahead wa 8/8? (a) Fara (o) *aa2 fo) 1 8 2 at @) ahisagda2 10. unedta afar & my nF feats yet often “sraffe € ok st fat uate ste ah sai & wae Et fen on wea”) a fet ae A we fas ran a? (a) Xo Fo tare aa ARTE TT (b) Sige hte tear AMET Fare TST () em art Te aa nai after cee aie, vf irre (a) wet wae fg Bs aay sea [P.T.0.11, Consider the following statements : 1, The Jains believed that Mahavira had twenty-three predecessors. 2. Parshvanatha was twenty-third Tirthankara. 3. Rishava was immediate successor of Mahavira. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (a) land 2 () 2 and 3 fe) 2 only (d) 3 only 12, Consider the following statements regarding Indian Ocean Rim Association : 1, The 13th Council of Ministers Meeting of the Association was held in November 2013 in Perth. 2. India was elected Chair of the Association from 2013 to 2015. 3. There are twenty member nations in the Association. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (a) 1 only (0) 2 only () 1 and 3 only (a) 1,2 and 3 B-ABQA-N-FJM/46A, 13, Population dividend’ refers to (a) total number of population (®) youthful age structure of a population (6) relatively high proportion of experienced aged people (d)_ migration from richer region to poorer region 14, Which of the following principles is/are taken into consideration by the Speaker while recognizing a parliamentary party or group? 1. An association of members who have an organization both inside and outside the House 2. An association of members who shall have at least one-third of the total number of members of the House 3. An association of members who have a distinct programme of parliamentary work Select the correct answer using the code given below. fa) 1,2 and 3 () 1 only () 1 and 3 only (4) 2 and 3 only 15. The Fourth Buddhist Council was held in Kashmir under the leadership of (2) Bindusera (®) Ashoka () Kunal (@) Kanishka11. Prater werd oe fra FAfarg 13, 1, 3a aaah aa @ fe werk ‘age gai a1 2. Uadara aged citar a) 3. Ferdk & fraean saradi aera a) sree art 8 stead we 8/7 fa) 132 ‘“corien ania’ fra fife wen 8? (a) Fasten () Pret sare A Tem srg-taT (sph ogg ciel ar oer Fa ag (d) Fram Bat @ Pelee oat A otk aR 14, fart dada rwsgeuee sOn~OKOs0 woNoeged 987, fea ty, fre? wet oH area & fee fae am eal wee oft t, Prt det @ gery wal 8 (a). Pemtarh (aa) (0) Peart fo) raretera (a) Bears 38, uate onthe at waar softeh fren waft ‘wel ar Tar 8? (a ah (o) sett fo) BRE (a) 3 [P.T.0.89. The citizenship means 1. full civil and political rights of the citizens 2. the right of suffrage for election to the House of the People (of the Union) and the Legislative Assembly of every State 3. the right to become a Member of the Parliament and Member of Legislative Assemblies Select the correct answer using the code given below. (2) 1 and 2 only (®) 1 and 3 only (c) 2 and 3 only (a) 1,2 and3 40. The Committee on Public Accounts under the Constitution of India is meant for 1, the examination of accounts showing the appropriation of sums granted by the House for the expenditure of the Government of India 2. scrutinizing the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General 3. suggesting the form in which estimates shall be presented to the Parliament Select the correct answer using the code given below. (a) 1 only (o) 2 only (c) 1 and 2 only (dj 1,2 and3 B-ABQA-N-FJM/46A, 18 41, Which one of the following was a temple built by the Chola Kings? () Brihadiswara Temple, Tanjavur fo) Meenakshi Temple, Madurai () Srirangam Temple, Thiruchirapalli (@) Durga Temple, Aihole 42, Which among the following was the reason of the resignations of the Indian ministers in all the provinces in the year 1939? (a) The Governors refused to act as constitutional heads (b) The Centre did not provide the required financial help to provinces {(o) Tne Governor-General converted Indian administration from federal to unitary one because of the beginning of the Second World War (d) India was declared a party to the Second World War without the consent of the provincial governments89. amnfterat ar od & 1, ambat & pt fatter i catie aftr 2, ate am (a A) sh OA fun wi} fate fae warfare 3. Wag aft Rar amet a ager at al aftr ae fq me a aw ve at we ee ar (a) Fa 1 ok 2 (e) FAI 1 SKS () 7a 2 33 (a) 1,233 40. we & Sfaum & aa ate den afta Faraferg tial 8? 1, BB, HRT wea & oa 3 fae, far 1G SER & PRIN a eaty ad dat A sia aor 2. Reaa-retarties ao fq me fram A deter eT 3. Uma Sf dae A urnert at fee we 8 sega fen are a Rem ge aT va a aH Te er (a) Bae 1 (o) Fam 2 (ce) Fas 1 si 2 (a) 1,233 B-ABQA-N-FJM/46A. 19 41, frfataa 4 a ata-ar oe ste Tons arr ATA rH PR eT? (a) eden aR, TTR (by irret afer, age (ce) Atom wee, freee (a) Bi nie, areata 42. af 1939 9 wh wedi a refi fet eo wma 23 a frfefat 2 8 eta aa a? Terme 2 wifes we & er aed oe 8 can a ear aT (a) ee A ue A wees fete aera et wer Al eft (b) (9 feta fe ge SRR a weck-sar 4 urea wet a tha & carers 4H ofatia a fea a (a) seta weal A went fae, wat # Rte Re ge a oaaT ‘fire ae Rear eM aT [P.7.0,43. The Union Ministry of Environment 45. Match List-I with List-II and select and Forest recently approved in the correct answer using the code principle a proposal for Western given below the Lists : Ghats Development prepared by Lister List-It K. Kasturirangan-led panel. The (remple) (Town) Panel has recommended a ban on A. Kailasanathar 1. Bhubaneshwar development activities in around B. Lingaraj 2. Khajuraho 60000 sq. km ecologically sensitive ©. Kandariya 3. Mount Abu area spread over Mahadey (a} Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, D. Dilwara 4, Kanchipuram Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Code : Kerala and Karnataka . fb) Guiert, Maharani, Got wa Bcd Kamataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu A BoC D () Odisha, Maharashtra, Goa, 4 1 23 Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and @ A B Cc D Tamil Nadu 3 1 2 4 () Kamataka, Odisha, Gujarat, @a Bc oD Kerala, Maharashtra and 3 2 1 4 ‘Tamil Nadu 46. ‘Inclusive growth’ is a phrase used in | India’s 44, The legislative power of the 1. 9th Plan Parliament includes making laws 2. 10th Plan 1, on matters not enumerated in 3. Lith Plan the Concurrent List and State 4. 12th Plan List . Select the correct answer using the 2. in respect of entries in the code given below. State List if two or more State Legislatures consider it (a) 1,2 and 3 desirable (&) Qand4 3. for implementing any treaty, fo) Band 4 agreement or convention with (@) 4 only any country even if it falls in the State List 47. Who among the following was not associated with the activities of the ‘Theosophical Society? fa) Madame H. P. Blavatsky Select the correct answer using the code given below. (a) 2 only (b) 1 and 2 only (b) Mr. A. O. Hume () 1 and 3 only (©) Col. H. S, Olcott (@) 1,2 and3 (d) Mrs. Annie Besant B-ABQA-N-FJM/46A 2043. aha wien a a ie Toe OH afin ore fara & fe to magn & Sages are ret re eae fo ea a ‘Sarfts er 8 sagrifes fen 81 ea fre A mmr 60000 Ft fe He % ufftafte eq a ddenfia aa 4 fare aati oe afar A argeien A 81 me a fies Osa # Ber 87 (a) PR, Hr wen, aRerTg, FeRTE, ara atk ates (o) TTR, wee, the, ates, er atk aBiearg (o) fen, wer, tient, He, ary wy aft afterng (a) ties, sitter, yea, Ae, meray, of afterrg 44. tae A faut aft 4 fateh sar vaftafers & 1. wad ai ot oer ah a ag swrtira fet of fara ot 2, usa ah A oR & were B, a ao afte wet & forse Baise wi 3. fire ter aa AL nf eh fe, an a afte & antan fou, we ae Osa at FH are AR Re me ge aT wa aL Te sa ae fa) am 2 (o) Fae 1 stk 2 () Fass (a) 1, 23m3 B-ABQA-N-FJM/46A, a1 45. We A Ge & aa gifers Fey sf afal SR Ree a we eT aa gf: a ae (af) (are) A Bearer 1. aR B. ferme 2. aque ©. defn wea 3. mdz ara, D. fearst 4. aig @A B Cc D 4 2 1 3 @) A BC D 4 1 2 3 WA B Cc D 3 91 2 4 @ A BoC D 392 1 4 46, wet da’, Dew af 8, a A ‘fa /fr ate (ait) 4 wa ei 2? 1, i tee 2. wei asa 3. Tae aise 4. aed ast WA Rem a a wi wl aK afl @) 1,233 (oe) 2384 w) 3sine (a) ae 4 47. frafeftad 4 a ety diateifiae charg Bi nfatatedt @ eraten at en? (a) Ham Gio Ro zaraceht @) Fro te she aE (c) Fie Tao Wee sitewie (a) ord ch Re [P.T.0.48, There are provisions in the Constitution of India which empower the Parliament to modify or annul the operation of certain provisions of the Constitution without actually amending them. They include 1, any law made under Article 2 (relating to admission or establishment of new States) 2. any law made under Article 3 {relating to formation of new States) 3. amendment of First Schedule and Fourth Schedule Select the correct answer using the code given below. (a) 1 and 2 only () 2 and 3 only ( 1,2 and 3 (d) None of the above 49. Which of the following is/are the objective(s) of ‘Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana’? To encourage and enable the overseas Indian workers by giving Government contribution to 1. save for their return and resettlement 2, save for their old age 3. obtain a life insurance cover against natural death for the entire life of the worker Select the correct answer using the code given below. (a) 1, 2and3 (b) 1 and 2 only (©) 1 only (4) 2 and 3 only B-ABQA-N-FJM/46A, 50. The Society of Jesus, whose followers were called Jesuits, was set up by (a) Martin Luther (b) Ulrich Zwingli () Erasmus (d} Ignatius Loyola 81, The functions of the Committee on Estimates, as incorporated in the Constitution of India, shall be to 1. report what —_ economies, improvements in organization, efficiency or administrative reform may be effected 2, suggest alternative policies in order to bring about efficiency and economy in administration 3. examine whether the money is well laid out within the limits of the policy implied in the estimates 4. examine the reports, if any, of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the public undertakings Select the correct answer using the code given below. (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only ( 1,2and3 (a) 3and448, a & ARE A eg, Te A afiun go aval & vad a, fe area 3 ara dries Be, ara rover aA fq eens we a1 aia & 1. age 2% sevis aad af a af (ae wet a we aT ea A arafia) 2. ages 3 & aania ang af ae Fafa (om aset & Pini @ aA) 3. eet oat of Se set aT ato a8 Rem gw vi R TA TT ay (a) Baa 1 she 2 (by Baa 233 1,233 (a) sade 88 aE ei 49, ‘werent wih were geen tee an/% frafatrs 4 a sr-a1/8 ste 8/8? wrantl sige tax fee ometa ashert i stenfta ik eae wer 1. aA ann oie grata @g gaa eet % fee 2, set garaen 2g waa we & Faq 3. aan & qt star & fu, falls aq 4 oof shea am om eae fer aA Rom ae A wR TA oH ara f@) 1,293 (b) Pact 1 sik 2 (ce) aa 1 (a) Fra 2 sik 3 B-ABQA-N-FUM/46A 23 50. ataed aie stam, fie agent Sage ‘wert 8, Pree ees 6 oi? (a) ffs ae (bo) seta Fire (wee (a) wanteaa sitter Si. ura & deur # aeremnfae, were after ya en ttt? . 1, Baw wheter Sar fae an fraoafa, ara fi gun, eam a erate gan aren at wet 2, wee A ger oft Brseaftan a8 fe dente att a Ber Ba 3. e ahen aor fe aa TRB fifea aha A eensit & ore sree sre ore fat an & 4, Peas nererartien & ata Tapt at afte, af ad 2, ar ota sc Ra Ry me ge a sein a EH ge Fu (a) Fra 1 ae 2 (fb) FIA 2 33 () 1,233 (a) 33ic4 [P.7.0,52. The principle of /—_‘collective responsibility’ under parliamentary democracy implies that 1. a motion of no-confidence can be moved in the Council of Ministers as a whole as well as an individual minister no person shall be nominated to the Cabinet except on the advice of the Prime Minister 3. no person shall be retained as a member of the Cabinet if the Prime Minister says that he shall be dismissed Select the correct answer using the code given below. fa) 1 (o) 2 only () 3 only (@) 2and3 53. Consider the following statements : 1, Forming a cooperative society is a Fundamental Right in India. 2. Cooperative societies do not fall within the ambit of the Right to Information Act, 2005. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (a) Neither 1 nor 2 B-ABQA-N-FJM/46A, 24 54. Consider the following statements concerning the initial phase of the Industrial Revolution in England : 1, England was fortunate in that coal and iron ore were plentifully available to be used in industry. 2, Until the eighteenth century, there was a scarcity of usable iron. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (a) 1 only (2) 2 only fc) Both 1 and 2 (a) Neither 1 nor 2 85. Certain Bills cannot be introduced or proceeded with unless the recommendation of the President is received. However, no recommenda- tion is required in some other cases. In which one of the following cases such recommendation is not required? (a) For introduction of Bills and for moving amendments relating to financial matters (&) For introduction of a Bill relating to formation of new States or of alteration of areas of existing States (@} For moving of an amendment making provision for the reduction or abolition of any tax, {d) For introduction of a Bill or moving of an amendment affecting taxation in which States are interested82, dada dladia & sri “amgles soca” % Rrara a ea Pita 87 1. Hfeteg FQ era, aa @ wa wa wht & ea a, ag afeare- ee TT ST aA BI 2. amuse F fet oats at Renn A were & far amie wet fara a wae 3, ifn Hang oats meer & wo dl can Sn ere, aR wUPEA Ee fe aa aan a fear SET a Rem ge Hon a wt TT aul (a) 1 (o) Faa2 () ¥4a3 (4) 233 83. frafated ae wm fran fife : 1. Beart ater aera ra dl ew a safer 81 2, weer thereat aa & sift afte, 2005 @ at # et ara 1 war ard Ha ahaa we 2/8? (a) Baa. (o) Fae 2 fo) 1382 et (a) AA 1s AR? B-ABQA-N-FUM/46A 54, ote # atehite wif & enfirs ae & fava 3 Rraferaa aril Pram Fife + 1, eae arama en fis ateat stk ce aes seit A FATE BEF fe wale mar Ht sere Oy 2. waned mand TH yar os wT nwra a saa wordt 8 ate-ar/8 ae 8/27 (a) Fat 1 be) Fa 2 (192 at (@ THismaa2 85, go Rial wi Gere T onET TIS ae, a ae Ps Tg oA el aml aati, go aft amet @ fet stg A onaeram ti 81 Reafifea 43 aha we A hh age A rae ai 8? {ay tts Padh & aeafiter PRET eee ote dive st reas wa fee (o) Fe Usa & Pafor at ada ell Sat § ofteada a waft fries eran & feu fo) Fah wR ae om see A By sere aah a ates wea FS BRR (a) Pret de queens aT dehy wena act & fare a} RA ree ac wir Sra, Bead ase a fo & [P.T.0.