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50. Which of the following have been declared 54. Consider the following pairs:
as vermin animals? Peninsula Associated
1. Monkey Country
2. Nilgai 1. Kamchatka Peninsula : Japan
3. He raised the age of marriage for girls who were used by government to preach
loyalism towards British to Sikhs.
and boys.
2. Non- violent protests were adopted as
Which of the statements given above is/are
means to achieve the goal of the
correct?
movement.
(a) 1 and 2 only
Which of the statements given above is/are
(b) 1 and 3 only
correct?
(c) 2 and 3 only (a) 1 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
57. Which of the following is/are possible reasons (d) Neither 1 nor 2
behind the recent decision of the Government of
India to offer a bonus over and above the 60. Certain minerals occur as alluvial deposits
Minimum Support Prices for pulses and oilseeds? called placer deposits. Which of the
1. To reduce imports following are found as placer deposits?
2. To improve water use efficiency in farming 1. Gold
Select the correct answer using the code given 2. Silver
below. 3. Platinum
(a) 1 only 4. Tin
(b) 2 only Select the correct answer using the code
(c) Both 1 and 2 given below.
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
(a) 1, 2 and 3 only
(b) 1 and 3 only
58. "It is the largest terrestrial biome which (c) 2 and 4 only
stretches across Canada and northern (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Eurasia. Most precipitation falls as snow and
growing season is restricted to 130 days. The 61. With reference to the Finance Bill, which of
dominant trees are firs, with tough needle- the following is/are correct?
shaped leaves that shed in winter and can 1. It gives effect to the supplementary
survive frosts. Mammals include bighorn financial proposals.
2. Unlike the Appropriation Bill, it can be
sheep, Siberian tigers, Canadian Lynx,
amended.
moose, elk, deer etc. "Which of the
3. It must be passed within 90 days.
following biomes is best described by the
Select the correct answer using the code
above passage?
given below.
(a) Tundra
(a) 1 only
(b) Temperate Grassland (b) 1 and 2 only
(c) Boreal Forest (c) 2 and 3 only
(d) Tropical Rainforest (d) 1, 2 and 3
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62. Which of the following bodies are associated 65. "Situated in Central Asia, it was the world's
with the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code fourth largest saline lake. The two rivers that
2016?
feed it are the Amu Darya and Syr Darya
1. Debt Recovery Tribunal
rivers, respectively reaching the Sea through
2. National Company Law Tribunal
3. Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of the South and the North. By establishing a
India program to promote agriculture and
Select the correct answer using the code especially that of cotton of, it was deprived
given below.
of its two main sources of water income,
(a) 1 and 2 only
which almost immediately led to less water
(b) 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only arriving to the water body." Which of the
(d) 1, 2 and 3 following is best described by the above
passage?
63. With reference to Sea Grasses, consider the
(a) Lake Baikal
following statements:
(b) Dead Sea
1. They are floating underwater sea weeds
which grow in shallow coastal areas. (c) Aral Sea
2. In India, they are found along the coasts (d) Lake Van
of Tamil Nadu and Lakshadweep.
3. They help filter suspended sediments
66. Recently, government came out with Model
from water.
Shops and Establishments (Regulation of
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct? Employment and Conditions of Service)
(a) 1 and 2 only Bill, 2016. It is aimed at
(b) 1 and 3 only 1. Creating many more job opportunities
(c) 2 and 3 only
for women.
(d) 1, 2 and 3
2. Improving the working conditions of
68. Which of the following items are covered 71. With reference to working class movement,
under Essential Commodities Act, 1955? consider the following statements:
1. Petroleum and its products 1. There was large scale participation of
2. Sugarcane and its products
working class in Swadeshi movement.
3. Fertilizers
4. Jute 2. During Congress rule between 1937-39,
5. Drugs the trade union movement showed
Select the correct answer using the code
phenomenal decline.
given below.
(a) 1, 3, 4 and 5 only Select the correct answer using the codes
(b) 2, 3 and 5 only given below.
(c) 1, 2 and 4 only (a) 1 only
(d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
(b) 2 only
74. Which of the following statements related to 77. With reference to departmental related
e-cigarettes is/are correct? standing committees, consider the following
1. It vapourises liquid nicotine using statements:
battery.
1. These are permanent and regular bodies.
2. It helps in tobacco de-addiction.
2. A minister is not eligible to be
Select the correct answer using the code
given below. nominated of any of the standing
Select the correct answer using the code (a) 1 and 2 only
given below. (b) 1 and 3 only
(a) 1 and 2 only (c) 2 and 3 only
(b) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
83. Consider the following statements regarding
'O' horizon found in soil profile:
80. Consider the following statements about
1. It largely consists of minerals with very
RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific):
1. It is the world's largest international little organic material.
maritime exercise. 2. It is generally absent in forested areas.
2. In 2016, India also participated in the Which of the statements given above is/are
exercise. not correct?
Which of the statements given above is/are
(a) 1 only
correct?
(b) 2 only
(a) 1 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(b) 2 only
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
84. Consider the following conventions:
81. Terahertz imaging is an emerging and 1. The Hague Convention on the Civil
significant technology. It has has recently Aspects of International Child
attracted a lot of attention due to Abduction
(a) its ability to detect defect and see
2. The U.N. Convention on Child Rights
through in everyday objects.
Which of the above conventions is/are
(b) its high resolution which can detect
signed by India?
gravitational waves.
(c) its usage in polar regions where normal (a) 1 only
(a) 1 and 2 only Select the correct answer using the code
(b) 1 and 3 only given below.
(c) 2 and 3 only (a) 1 and 2 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
92. Which of the following spacecrafts is/are
(d) 1, 2 and 3
related to exploring the Planet Jupiter?
1. Juno
2. Cassini 95. Which among the following is a part of
3. Galileo United Kingdom but not of Great Britain?
Select the correct answer using codes given (a) Ireland
below.
(b) Scotland
(a) 1 only
(c) Wales
(b) 2 and 3 only
(d) Northern Ireland
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
96. With reference to the National Human
93. With reference to Coastal Regulation Zones Rights Commission (NHRC), consider the
(CRZ), consider the following statements: following statements:
1. They are defined under the provisions of
1. The Chairman should be a retired chief
Biological Diversity Act, 2002.
justice of India.
2. CRZ categories have been demarcated
2. It has no power to punish the violators of
keeping in mind ecological sensitivity of
the region. human rights.
3. While CRZ 1 covers the most sensitive 3. It submits its annual report to the Central
region, CRZ 4 covers the island Government.
territories. Which of the statements given above is/are
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 3 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 1 and 3 only (c) 1, 2 and 3