JOIN TELEGRAM CHANNEL - DAILY JOB ALERT PUNJAB ING ANY DETAIL Booklet Sr. No, meee WINN (etn Candidate's Name Ser Father's Name _ a ee. Date of Birth : a e | Category Code* DD MM ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ (Asgiveninthe Admit Card) OMR Response Sheet No. Ta Nees Candidate's Signature {Total Questions : 100) (Please sign in the box) ‘Time Allowed : 2:00 Hours] Ts booklet il dhe ime hoshe i told odo so bythe Invgiation Saf. However, in the mesnioe eons carfuly sid stsequcnly fl the appropiate colwnns given above im CAPITAL Ieee ro cacy et he columns eat to marking Fesponse to the questions) of the 2, Use only BLUE OR BLACK ball point : ve int pen teil the rclevant columns on this page. Use of fountain pen may leave sme hich may make the information piven by the candidate here illegible. 3. 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The lviiltion Staff must The serial ube ot even ecorrepsding the change inte sri af quinn Dokl 12, The question paper booklet has 16 pages 13, Each question shall carry three marks. 14, There are four options for each question heat using bv or black ball point pen- j a a paive masking fr wrong anewers or question ot tempted hy be ane and the candidate has fo mark the MOST APPROPRIATE answer on the OMR response BE =i] IcsDC — 2016 (aa)ICSDC - 2016 JOIN TELEGRAM CHANNEL - DAILY JOB ALERT PUNJAB Normal goods and Inferior goods are related to (a) The Law of Demand (b) Supply Curve (© Income Tax (@ None of the above ‘The Greck Ambassador Megasthenes came to India during the time of which of the following Mauryan kings ? (a) Chandragupta (b) Chandragupta Vikramaditya (© Ashoka @_ Samudragupta Who was the Chairman of the Fourteenth Finance Commission ? (a) Dr. Raghuram Rajan (b) Dr. ¥. Venugopal Reddy (© Dr. C. Rangarajan (@_ Mr. Arun Jaitley Who introduced the Permanent Settlement of 1793 ? (a) Robert Clive (b) Cornwallis (©) John Shore @ Philip Francis The National Income of our country is the (a) Gross Domestic Product (b) Gross National Product (©) Gross Domestie Product depreciation (@) Gross National Product depreciation less (A- 6 Which of the following revenue settlements did the British introduce in Punjab? (a) Permanent Settlement (b) Ryotwari Settlement (©) Mahalwari Settlement (d) Talugdari Settlement 7. Which one of the following statements about the Welfare State is correct ? (a) A Welfare State is the same as @ Socialist State. (b) The Welfare State is based on the principles of Classical Liberalism. (©) The Welfare State is @ Collectivist State. (@ The Welfare State embodies the principles of Neoliberalism. 8. Economics is the study of (@) Production ‘Technologies (©) Consumer Prices (©) How to run the society (d) How the society decides what to produce, for whom to produce and how to produce 9, In amixed economy set-up (@) Economic decisions are taken by the corporates (b) Economic decisions are taken by the government and the market (©) Economie decisions are only taken by private individuals (4) Economie decisions are left for a later day 2)10. ue 12. ICSDC - 2016 JOIN TELEGRAM CHANNEL - DAILY JOB ALERT PUNJAB Match the following : i, Punjab Kesari 1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak ii, Maratha 2. Lala Jagat. Narain iii, Anadamath 3. Rabindranth Tagore iv. Gora 4, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (a) i-3,iii-1,11-4,iv_2 (b) i-4,iv-1, iti-2,ii_3 (©) i-1,ii-2,ii-3,iv—4 (@) i-2,ii-1,ii-4, iv-3 ‘The curve that measures income inequality is the (a) The Philips curve © © @ ‘The Engel's curve ‘The Indifference curve ‘The Gini-Lorenz curve ‘The Battle of Plassey was fought between (a) English East India Company and the Nawab of Bengal Mysore and the Marathas ‘The Rajputs and the Mughals ‘The Mughals and the Afghans (b) © @ (A- 13. 15. 16, 3) ‘The GST will be levied by (a) The Centre alone (b) The Centre and the States simultaneously across the value chain (©) Income Tax Department (d) None of the above The basic objective of social forestry is (a) Greater urbanisation (b) Increasing the green coverage (©) Using forest land to build homes (@) Bringing safe drinking water to rural households Who founded the Ghadar party in 1913? (2) Lala Hardayal (b) Lala Lajpat Rai (©) Bhagat Singh (@) Udham Singh In Economics, a ‘market’ is (a) A place where shops are selling goods ) © A place where fruits are sold ‘A place where buyers and sellers meet (d) Aplace where prices are found Who wrote the book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India ? (a) RC.Dutt (b) Dadabhai Naoroji (©) Mahatma Gandhi (@ Rabindranath TagoreJOIN TELEGRAM CHANNEL - DAILY JOB ALERT PUNJAB 18, The Jallianwala Bagh massacre is associated with which of the following Movements ? (a) Rowlatt Satyagraha (b) Non-Cooperation Movement (©) Civil Disobedience Movement (@) Quit India Movement 19. Who Was the first Indian ruler who inscribed his messages on rocks and stone pillars ? (a) Akbar (b) Ashoka © Chandragupta Maurya @ Harshvardhan 20, The inspiration of “Liberty, Equality and Fraternity” was derived from (a) French Revolution. (b) American Revolution (©) Russian Revolution (d) Italian Revolution 21. Which one of the following describes India as a Secular State ? (a) Fundamental Rights (b) Directive Principles of State Policy (©) Preamble of the Constitution (@) Fifth Schedule ICSDC - 2016 (A-4) 22. Which Constitutional Amendment Act deals with Panchayati Raj Institutions in India? (a) 25!" Amendment Act (b) 34 Amendment Act (©) 73°! Amendment Act (a) 74" Amendment Act Which among the following is not a ‘source of Government's tax revenue ? (a) Income tax (b) Stamp duties (© Import duties (@) Dividends from public sector enterprises Which of the following is not a Fundamental Right ? (@) Right to Life (b) Right to Property (©) Right to Education (d) Right to Equality Who among the following is not appointed by the President of India ? (a) The Governor (b) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (c) The Chief Justice of the High Court (d) The Vice-President of India26. 27, ICSDC - 2016 JOIN TELEGRAM CHANNEL - DAILY JOB ALERT PUNJAB The Law of Demand states that when the price of a commodity increases, (a) The quantity demanded eal manded normally (b) The quantity demanded remains the same (©) The quantity demanded goes up (@) It has no effect on the quantity Where was Lala Lajpat Rai deported without trial in 1907 ? (a) Rangoon (b) Mandalay (©) Andamans (@) Nicobar Islands In which case did Supreme Court of India determine that the Parliament has the power to make amendments in the Fundamental Rights but it cannot make any change in the ‘asic structure of the Constitution’ (a) Golak Nath case (b) Keshavanand Bharati case (c) Bela Banerjee case (d) Minerva Mills case What is the most unique feature of the Harappan civilization ? (a) Agricultural development (b) Road construction (©) Urban planning (d) Temple construction (A- 30. Ibn Batuta, the 14" century traveller to India was from (a) Syria (b) Iraq () Tran (d) Morocco 31. Writ of Mandamus is (a) An order to produce the body of a person (b) An order from a superior court to any official to show his right to the office (©) An order from a higher court to stop proceedings in a certain case (@) A writ from a superior court commanding some officer oF particular authority to do a specific act 32. A Money Bill passed by the Lok Sabha is deemed to have been passed by the Rajya Sabha even when no action is taken by the Upper House within (a) 10 days (b) 14 days (©) 20 days @ 30 days 33. What did Mahatma Gandhi do towards the end of the Dandi March in 1930? (a) Addressed a public meeting (b) Broke the salt law by boiling sea water (©) Met the Viceroy @_ Spoke about Ahimsa 5)JOIN TELEGRAM CHANNEL - DAILY JOB ALERT PUNJAB (@) Presi P oe Rajya Sabha and Lok | 4 37. Who is the § the Armed Forees in India ? 4 (a) The President (b) The Prime Minister (©) The Defence Minister (@) The Chief Justice of the Supreme 38. The Sirhind Canal carries water from the river (@) Sutlej ) Ravi (© Jhelum (@) Beas IcsDC ~ 2016 (A-6) 39, What was The Chairman of the Public the Government of ‘Act, 1919 based 02 ? (a) Morley Minto Reforms (0) Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms (Hunter Commission Report (@) Nehru Report Committee of the Parliament appointed by (a) ‘The Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b) The Prime Minister of India (©) The President of India (@) The Chairman of the Rajya Sabha J (©) Cirrostratus (@ Stratocumulus If two substances react and the temperature of the mixture increases, the reaction is (@) Endothermic (b) Not one that produces new (©) One that requires a catalyst (@) ExothermieJOIN TELEGRAM CHANNEL - DAILY JOB ALERT PUNJAB 43, The daily range of temperature is | 48. The voltmeter is @ measuring (Greater in) instrument used for measuring (@) Coastal areas electric potential difference between (b) Small islands two points in an electric circuit. It is © Interior regions always connected in _____ across the points between which the potential (@) High mountain summits difference is to be measured. 44. A solar eclipse occurs when the (a) Series @) Ee us in between the Earth and (b) Parallel e ) = (c) Either series or parallel Moon is in between the Earth and the Sun (d) Neither in series or parallel (©) Moon passes directly between the Sun and the Earth and the A i Siadows fall upon the Earth's ‘The Dehar Power House is associated surface with which Project ? (4) Both (b) and (c) (a) Nangal Dam (b) Pandoh Dam (© Rihand Dam 45. Which of the following is a riverine port? (a) Kolkata (d) Tungabhadra Dam (b) Visakhapatnam (© Cochin cae Ay ey ition metal compounds are (@) Mormugao usually A large molecule with many repeating (a) White structural units is a ) Black Qatavmer, (© Coloured Moore) (@) Colourless (©) Polypeptide (d) Polythene 51. The shortest distance between any 47. During winter, north-western India two points on the Earth is measured gets rain from along a (a) ‘Thunderstorms (@) Meridian (b) Retreating monsoons (b) Latitude (©) Western disturbances (© Lexodrome (@) Tropical cyclones (@) Great Circle ICSDC - 2016 (A-7)JOIN TELEGRAM CHANNEL - DAILY JOB ALERT PUNJAB 52. An electric fuse is based on (a) Heating effect of current (b) Chemical effect of eurrent (©) Magnetic effect of current (a) None of these "The bearing for the direction NNW is (a) 270 degrees (b) 22:5 degrees (©) 315 degrees (d) 8875 degrees Landseapes produced by the work of winds are called (a) Eolian (b) Karst (©) Fluvial (4) Glacial ‘Arrange the following cities from East to West : 1, Ludhiana 2, Barnala 3, Mansa 4, Sardulgarh (a) (b) © 1,2,3,4 1,3, 2,4 4,1,3,2 (d) 2,1,3,4 Icspc - 2016 (A -8) 57. codeine Of Punjab are ‘The metal extracted from the ore bauxite 1s () Aluminium (b) Gold (c) Iron (a) Tungsten ip between two in which ‘hile the relationshi ifferent species me benefits 1 ‘A symbiotic organisms of one derives £0” other is unaffected 15 (a) Mutualism (b) © @ Commensalis™ Parasitism Competition the following is a correct ‘Which one of - velocity of sound vs in sequence of glass, iron, air and water ? vy (glass) > %p Gon) > Ye (ait) > vy, (water) (a) ) (water) > vp (iron) > vy, (air) > Vs v, (glass) (© vg(elass) > v, Giron) > vg (water) > vy, (air) (@)_ vq (iron) > V5 (glass) > vz (water) > v, (air)60. Order the doabs of Punjab from east to west. i. Bist Jalandhar ii, Bari iii, Rachna iv, Chaj (@) i, ii, iii, iv (b) ii, iii, iv, i (©) iii, i, ii, iv @) i, iy, iii, ii 61. In which of the following cases does the potential energy decrease ? (a) At each phase change of water, ice to water or water to water vapour (b) Onstretching a spring (© On moving a body against gravitational force (a) When any solid melts 62, The term ‘Regur’ refers to (a) Deltaie alluvial soil (b) Lateritic soil (©) Black cotton soil (@) Red and yellow soils 68. ‘Two argon atoms are attracted to each other due to (a) Tonic bond (b) Covalent bond (©) Van der Waals force (@ Hydrogen bond Icspc - 2016 (A- 64. 65. 67. 9) While travelling from east to west one can remain (a) On the same latitude (b)_ On the same longitude Both on the same latitude and on the same longitude © (d) Neither on the same latitude nor on the same longitude Which of the following statements is true with reference to sound waves ? (a) Human ear is capable of detecting sound waves ranging between 20 Hz and 20000 Hz. (b) Sound waves in air are transverse waves. (©) Sound generally travels faster in gases and liquids than in solids. (@) Sound can travel through Which of the following rulers confirmed Ranjit Singh as the Governor of Lahore in 1799? (a) Zaman Shah (b) Ahmad Shah Abdali (©) Shah Shuja (@) ‘Ahmad Shah Durrani ‘The elements fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine are collectively called (a) Chaleogens (b) Halogens (©) Transition elements (4) Lanthanide elementsJOIN TELEGRAM CHANNEL - DAILY JOB ALERT PUNJAB 68, Which district of Punjab bos be |™ largest population according to the Census of India, 2011? (a) Jalandhar (&) Amritsar (© Ludhiana (@) Firozpur Bifocal lens is used by a person who has: (a) Astigmatism (b) Myopia (©) Hypermetropia (@) Presbyopia ' “. ). Which of the following is a Rabi crop? (a) Wheat ©) (©) Bajra (a) Rice Jowar 71. Who among the following was popularly known as ‘Punjab Kesari’ ? (a) Ranjit Singh (b) Lala Lajpat Rai (©) Duleep Singh (@) Bhagat Singh 5. ICSDC - 2016 (A-10) (©) Sribarikola (@ Great Nicobar Gynich bank joined the Indian industry recently ? (a) Kotak Mabindra Bank (&) Bandhan Bank (© Indusind Bank (@) Yes Bank Which one of the following wetlands not in Punjab? (a) Rudrasagar (b) Harike (©) Ropar @) Kanjli16, 19. ICSDC ~ 2016 JOIN TELEGRAM CHANNEL - DAILY JOB ALERT PUNJAB Deep Asha, a clone of wild buffalo of female upecies developed in Haryana, originally belongs to the following states ; @) 0) (©) Chhattisgarh (@) Andhra Pradesh one of Madhya Pradesh Haryana ‘What is the old name of Punjab ? (a) Sapta Sindhu (b) Sapta Rishi (©) Sapta-Aba (d) Panj-Ab Punjab shares its borders with how many states ? (a) 3 (b) 4 () 5 (@) 6 On November 6, 2015, India signed an agreement with which of the following countries to share hydrological data ? (a) China (b) Afghanistan (©) Pakistan (d) Nepal 40, 81. (A-11) Which of the following wtatementa bn true about Pradhan Wanted usa Bima Yojann (PAFBY) 7 i, Karmer’s premium has been kept V5 to % percent for and 6 for foodgrain pereent, horticultural and eotton erope ji, PMFBY will commence from the Kharif veanon of 2016, iii, It will work along with the National Agriculture Insurance Scheme. Choose the correct code. (a) ii and iii (b) iand ii (©) ionly (d) i, ii and ii According to new series (base year 2011-12) of national income statistics, the share of agriculture in total GDP is (a) 11-2 percent (b) 37-8 percent (c) 47-2 percent (d) 17-4 percentIcsDC - 2016 JOIN TELEGRAM CHANNEL - DAILY JOB ALERT PUNJAB 83, bs Parliament has passed National /atorways Bill, 2015 which works to t) Convert 106 rivers and crooks crows India into transport waterwayy (©) Convert 11. rivers and crovks ‘across India into ‘transport waterways (©) Convert 107 rivers and creeks weross India into ‘transport waterways: (d@) Convert 76 rivers and creeks feross India into tranaport waterways Consider the following pairs : National Cities Highway Connected i, NH-LA New Delhi-Amritsar fi, NH-7 — Varanasi-Amritsar iii, NH-8 New Delhi-Rajasthan Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched ? (a) iandiionly (b) only (© i, ivand iii (d)_ None of the above aM. 87. (A-12) initry of Tori Leneheg Fudhiat iret connecting seven aaa igri Indi. Which af the following ste 18 MOF & part oft? (a) Bodh Gay (b) Lumbini (@) Sarnath (a) Rajgir Who is the Secretary General of the Commonwealth ? (a) Kamlesh Sharma (b) Ban Ki-Moon (©) Patricia Scotland (4) Christine Lagarde Which country topped the Global Gender Gap Index-2015 ? (a) Norway (b) Iceland (© Japan (@) New Zealand What is Barth Overshoot Day ? (a) When there is excessive heating ofplanet Earth When the actual food production of all the countries combined overshoots the estimated output ) (c) When our annual demand on the planet exceeds what the Earth can regenerate (d) When there is excessive production of weapons of mass destructioneight Supportive ‘Ollowing in not coro Industriog » of infrastructure () Fertilizers () Steet ©) Toxtile (A) Electricity India's first Action Plan on Climate Change released in 2008 hay identified ight core national missions, Wh h of the following is not one of them ? (@) National Water Mission (b) National Solar Mission | (©) National Wind Mission (@ National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem | 90. Which of the following is incorrectly matched ? (a) MaheshwarDam ~ Narmada (b) SutlejDam —- Chenab (© Tungabhadra —~ Krishna (@) Hirakund ie abana ICSDC — 2016 1. 92, 93. Lentils (manoor) and other pulses are grown in which type of soil ? (a) Loamy Soil (b) Clayey Soil (©) Sandy Soil (d) None of the above Which of the following is a non-metal that liquid at temper (a) Phosphorus () Bromine (© Chlorine @) Helium Find out the incorrect pair among the following observances i, International Day of Biodiversity May 2004 ii, World Environment Day — June 5 ili, World Soil Day — December 5 iv, Earth — Overshoot September 19", 2014 Day - @) &) (©) ii only @ ionly iv only All are correctJOIN TELEGRAM CHANNEL - DAILY JOB ALERT PUNJAB M4, Aconmulation of mercury into human Dodly onde to the disease: (a) Tai ttai ()) Mothaomoglobinanemia O} Minamata (d) Polio “Global Dining” means (a) Gradual — increase of tomperature of ionosphere the (b) Gradual hotspots lows of biodiversity (co) Gradual reduction in the amount of global direct irradiance at the Barth's surface (@) Gradual increase in the melting of ice in polar regions Who has written the book Silent Spring (a) Rachel Carson (b) Al Gore (©) Robert Redford @ Rajendra Kumar Pachauri ICSDC - 2016 (A 100. ~14) (») Mountain (@) Ocean (a). Forest the following is not an Which of jon of Inia”? ‘autonomous Fel (a) Chandigarh (b) Ladakh (c) Mara (a) Lai Nitrogen constitutes about 78% of the atmosphere (a) By weight (b) (©) (d) By mass By volume None of these Which was the largest Indian site of Indus Civilization ? (a) Mohenjodaro (b) Lothal (c) Chanhudaro (@) Dholavira