rrev2a, 1007 AM hips wv asain iL AW! QuestonPaperjs?@SelID*NFSEhHOBSYA30 Q.30. EE The passage is a/an: a) Critical analysis of colleges and Universities, b) Essay on why scholars chose not to produce knowledge in India. ¢) Scholarly appraisal of the academic world. ) Appraisal of factors which stalled academic progress of Presidency. Current Affairs Including General Knowledge Passage -1 The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi launched the year-long 125th birth anniversary celebration of legendary freedom fighter Alluri Sitarama Raju in [1], Andhra Pradesh. Governor of Andhra Pradesh Shri Biswabhusan Harichandan, Chief Minister Sari Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, Union Minister Shri G Kishan Reddy were among those present on the occasion Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister said that he is feeling privileged at getting an opportunity to salute the great land of Andhra Pradesh with such a rich legacy. He noted the confluence of major ‘events like Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, 125th birth anniversary of Alluri Sitarama Raju and 100 years of Rampa Rebellion. The Prime Minister bowed to the memory of the great "Manyam Veerudu" Alturi Sitarama Raju and paid him tributes on behalf of the entire country. He also expressed happiness at meeting the members of the family of the great freedom fighter. The Prime Minister also paid tributes to the ‘Adivasi Parampara' and the freedom fighter that emerged from the tradition of Andhra Pradesh. The Prime Minister informed that the 125th birth anniversary of Alluri Sitarama Raju Garu and the 100th anniversary of Rampa Kranti will be celebrated throughout the year. Restoration of his birth place at Pandrangi, renovation of Chintapalli police station, construction of Alluri Dhyana Mandir at Mogallu, these works are symbols of the spirit of Amrit Mahotsay, he said. The Prime Minister said that programme reflects the pledge of making everyone aware of the heroic deeds of our freedom fighters. Q 31. [EE Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched the year-long 125th birth anniversary celebration of the legendary freedom fighter, Alluri Sitarama Raju in [1], which of the following places has been redacted with [1] in the passage above? a) Bhimavaram b) Mylavaram ¢) Kakinada d) Vijayanagaram Q 32. EE Alluri Sitarama Raju had led the Rampa rebellion, which was launched in a) 1893 b) 1057 9) 1922 a) 1992 nes rer apaton iki LAWsivuestionPaper sp?aSelID=NFSEhHOSSY SO wsrrev2a, 1007 AM hips wv asain iL AW! QuestonPaperjs?@SelID*NFSEhHOBSYA30 Q 33. EE Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav is an initiative of the Government of India to celebrate and ‘commemorate and the glorious history of its people, culture and achievements. a) b) °) d) 50 years of 75 years of 100 years of 75 years of republic day independence independence independence Q 34. IIE. Who among the following leaders is Not associated with Revolt of 1857? a) Kunwar Singh b) Mangal Pandey —c) Nana Saheb 4) Chittaranjan Lal 39. NNN The Paika Rebellion also called the Paika Biarona Is now deciared to be the nist Indian armed movement to gain independence. It was an armed rebellion against East India Company's rule in India in. a) 1617 b) 1717 c) 1817 d) 1833 Passage -2 Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi led India's participation at the 14thBRICS Summit, convened under the Chairship of President [1] of China on 23-24June 2022, in a virtual format. President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil, President Vladimir Putin of Russia, and President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa also participated in the Summit on 23 June. The High-level Dialogue on Global Development, non-BRICS engagement segment of the Summit, was held on 24 June. On 23 June, the leaders held discussions inclucing in fields of Counter-Terrorism, Trade, Health, Traditional Medicine, Environment, Science, Technology & Innovation, Agriculture, Technical and Vocational Education & Training, and also key issues in the global context, including the reform of the multilateral system, COVID-19 pandemic, global economic recovery, amongst others. Prime Minister called for strengthening of the BRICS Identity and proposed establishment of Online Database for BRICS documents, BRICS Railways Research Network, and strengthening cooperation between MSMEs. India will be organizing BRICS Startup event this year to strengthen connection between Startups in BRICS countries. Prime Minister also noted that as BRICS members we should understand security concems of each other and provide mutual support in designation of terrorists and this sensitive issue should not be politicized. At the conclusion of the Summit, BRICS Leaders adopted the '[2] Declaration’ 36. EEN Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi led India's participation at the 14thBRICS ‘Summit, convened under the Chairship of President [1] of China on 23-24June 2022, in a virtual format. What is the name of the President redacted with [1] in the passage above? a) Li Kegiang 'b) Xi Jinping ¢) Hu Jintao d) Li Yuanchao tps ser aspiration niLAWsisQuestionPaper jsp?GSetID=NFSEhHOSSY 30 121rrev2a, 1007 AM hips wv asain iL AW! QuestonPaperjs?@SelID*NFSEhHOBSYA30 Q 37. EE What is the name of the declaration adopted at the 14thBRICS Summit which has been redacted with (2] in the passage above? a) ‘b) Beijing Declaration ¢) d) Moscow Declaration ‘Shanghai Declaration New Delhi Declaration Q.38. EE What is the theme for the 14th BRICS Summit? a) Foster High-quality BRICS Partnership, Usher in a New Era for Global Development b) New World Order ©) Recovering fast from Covid 19 loses d) BRICS @ 15: Intra-BRICS Cooperation for Continuity, Consolidation and Consensus Q.39. KIN At the 14th BRICS Summit, the BRICS grouping is willing to support the United Nations’ and the International Committee of the Red Cross’s (ICRC) etforts to deliver humanitarian aid to. ; a) Libya b) Mexico ©) Ukraine d) Syria Q 40. EEE Which of the following statements is Not true regarding the BRICS Group? a) BRICS Is an acronym for the grouping of the world’s leading emerging economies. b) In 2001, the British Economist Jim O'Neill coined the term BRIC to describe the four emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, and China. ce) ‘South Africa was invited to Join BRIC in December 2010, after which the group adopted the acronym. BRICS. d) Russia is the chair for 2021 Passage -3 COVID-19 vaccines are estimated to have prevented nearly 1.98 crore deaths worldwide - out of a potential 3.14 crore deaths - in the first year of the vaccine programme, a new modelling study has found. These include 42.10 lakh deaths prevented in India. The study has been published in The Lancet Infectious Disease. “The study estimates how many deaths could have been saved between December 8, 2020 and December 8, 2021- which reflects the first year in which vaccines were distributed - and for India, we have estimated that 42.10 lakh deaths were prevented by vaccination,” Dr Oliver Watson, lead author of the study, from Imperial College London, told. "This shows the remarkable impact that vaccination has had, especially in India, which was the first country to experience the impact of the Delta variant,” he said, by email tps ser aspiration niLAWsisQuestionPaper jsp?GSetID=NFSEhHOSSY 30 13811719422, 1007 AM hipsulwww.aspratonInkiLAWiss;QuestonPaperjsp?qSeD=IFSBMHOSSYS430 "These estimates are based on the estimates of excess mortality in India during the Covid-19 pandemic, which they have sourced from the Economist and are similar to the estimates that the WHO (World Haelth Organization) have reported. Independently, our group has also investigated the Covid-19 death toll based on reports of excess mortality and seroprevalence surveys and arrive at similar estimates of almost 10 times the official count,” he said. India began vaccination in January 2021. According to the Health Ministry, till date, the cumulative vaccination coverage exceeds 196.62 crore. India's has been one of the world's fastest vaccination drives. More than 65% of the population are fully vaccinated, according to Our World in Data. 241. BEE Which of ne rolowing staternents isfare conect regarding Coronavirus? a) tis a large family of viruses which may cause iliness in animals or humans. ) It belongs to the family of Nidovirus. ¢) The most recently discovered coronavirus causes coronavirus disease COVID-19. ) All of the above Q 42. I Black fungus is a severe invasive fungal infection caused by Rhizopus typically seen in immune compromised individuals. There has been an increased incidence of this fungal infection in patients suffering from disease, a) CoviD 19 b) AIDS ¢) Tuberculosis a) Cancer Q 43. EE Name a clinical trial in which blood is transfused from recovered COVID-19 patients to a coronavirus patient who is in critical condition? a) Hydroxychloroquine |b) Plasma Therapy —¢) Covaxin d) Remdesivir Q 44. ENE COVID-1919 is the infectious disease and disease was unknown before the outbreak began in a) London, UK b) New York, USA) Wuhan, China a) Paris, France 45. EE A virus is a small collection of genetic code (either DNA or RNA) surrounded by 2 coat. @) Protein b) Carbohydrates ©) Lipids d) Plasma Passage -—4 A special court sentenced Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik to life imprisonment in a terror funding case, triggering a spontaneous shutdown of the main markets in Srinagar and strong political reaction in Jammu & Kashmir. Mobile Internet wes suspended in parts of the Kashmir Valley “as precautionary measure" ‘The People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), an amalgam of regional parties in J&K that tps aspiration ln/LAWsi/QuestionPaperjsp?qSelID=NFSEhHOSSY30 14st‘v22, 1007 AM tps: apa liklL AWisisQuestonPaperjsp?9SellD*NFSERHOBSYS30 includes the National Conference and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said the life imprisonment to Malik was “unfortunate and a setback to the efforts for peace". "Kashmir is a political problem. Muscular policy adopted will have only negative impact. Instead of resolving the Kashmir problem, it will complicate it. Unless the muscular policy changes, the bloodshed will not end," PDP chief Mehbooba Muft said. ‘The National Investigation Agency (NIA) court of special judge Parveen Singh sentenced Malik - who previously had pleaded guilty to the charges - to life term under Section 17 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and levied a fine uf 710 lakh. He was alsu sentenced for several ollie offences under the UAPA and the Indian Penal Code. ‘The amicus curiae, however, argued for minimum punishment pointing out that since his arrest, and during his confinement, Malik had not engaged in any of the activities for which he had been convicted and that he had voluntarily pleaded guilty. Q 46. EEE National Investigation Agency (NIA) was constituted in which of the following years? a) 1996 b) 2000 ©) 2002 d) 2008 47. EEE National Investigation Agency (NIA) is a central agency to investigate and prosecute offenses of which of the following? a) Against atomic and nuclear facilities, b) Affecting the sovereignty, security and integrity of India ©) Friendly relations with foreign States @) All of the above Q.48, KEEN In June 2022, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) appointed as the Director General of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) a) Dinkar Gupta b) Punkaj Jain ¢) Naveen Mittal @) Rakesh Sharma Q 49. EJ Which of the following statements is/are true regarding the Unlawful Acti (Prevention) Act (UAPA)? ies a) It was passed in 1967 and it aims at effective prevention of unlawful activities associations in India. ) It hias death penalty and life imprisonment as highest punishments. ¢) Both Indian and foreign nationals can-be charged under UAPA, @) All of the above 50. EE Which of the following statements is/are true regarding the Amended Unlawful Activitioe (Prevention) Act (UAPA) 2019? tps aspiration ln/LAWsi/QuestionPaperjsp?qSelID=NFSEhHOSSY430 15051‘v22, 1007 AM tps: apa liklL AWisisQuestonPaperjsp?9SellD*NFSERHOBSYS30 a) The Act empowers the Director General of Nationel Investigation Agency (NIA) to grant approval of seizure or attachment of property when the case is investigated by the said agency. b) The Act empowers the officers of the NIA, of the renk of Inspector or above, to investigate cases of terrorism in addition to those conducted by the DSP or ACP or above rank officer in the state. ) Italso included the provision of designating an individual as a terrorist. @) Allof the above Passage -5 India is closely monitoring the construction of a bridge by China on the Pangong Tso (lake) in eastern Ladakh, which is in “occupied territory", the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. Sources in the security establishment stated that a broad bridge was currently under construction, connecting both sides of the lake, which would significantly cut down time for the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to move troops and armoured vehicles, while a smaller bridge built early this year was intended to ‘support construction of the main one. Official sources said the construction of the main bridge had just commenced and the small bridge, of which satellite images had come out in January, was not a "permanent bridge" but a bailey bridge to support the construction of the main one. "The smaller bridge for which construction started in October 2021 and went on till January this year, recommenced in March and was completed by April. It is @ aupport bridge to aupport the construction of a bigger and broader one. The height of the earlier one is so low that patrol boats can't pass under it," a source in the security establishment said on condition of anonymity. "This is a pattern they follow in other places as well. So, it cannot be called a second bridge.” 51. I In January 2022, It was found that China Is buliding a new bridge on Pangong Tso which will provide an additional axis to deploy troops faster between the north and south banks of the lake, and closer to the LAC (Line of Actual Control). The bridge is being constructed more than 20 km east of a) Finger 4 on the lake's north bank 'b) Finger 8 on the lake's north bank c) Finger 16 on the lake's north bank d) Finger 17.0n the Jake's north bank. Q 52. NINN China's new law on land borders came into ettect trom, a) 1 January, 2019 b) 1 January, 2020 ¢) 1 January, 2021 @) 1 January, 2022 Q 53. EEE The India-China LAC in Ladakh is an outcome of the territory illegally retained by China after the tps aspiration ln/LAWsi/QuestionPaperjsp?qSelID=NFSEhHOSSY430 8811719422, 1007 AM hipsulwww.aspratonInkiLAWiss;QuestonPaperjsp?qSeD=IFSBMHOSSYS430 a) 1952 conflict 'B) 1962 confict ©) 1965 conflict d) 1971 conflict Q 54. EE For the first time in nearly 45 years, a violent skirmish between Indian and Chinese troops broke out in the Valley on June 15, 2020, resuiting in losses on both sides and marking @ new sour tun in China-India relations )) Galwan Valloy b) Kashmir Valloy ©) Aksai Chin d) Nubra Valley Q 55. EE The McMahon Line is the boundary between Tibet and British India as agreed in the maps and notes exchanged by the respective plenipotentiaries on 24-25 March 1914 at Delhi, as part of the 1914 Convention ‘a) Simla b) Beijing c) New Delhi d) Shanghai Passage -6 Non fungible tokens (NFTS) have, thanks to their ability to assign value to everything from art to music toa simple selfie, taken the world by storm. The sales of NFTS surged $25 billion in 2021 as the crypto asset exploded in popularity, fuelled by the rising interest of celebrities and tech evangelists, according to market data tracker DappRadar data analytics. However, some experts believe NFTS are ‘a bubble which might pop. Anything that can be converted into a digital form can be an NFT. Everything from your drawings, photos, videos, GIF, music, in-game items, selfies, and even a tweet can be tured into an NFT, which can then be traded online using cryptocurrency. But what makes NFTs unique from other digital forms is that it is backed by Blockchain technology. For the uninitiated, Blockchain is a distributed ledger where all transactions are recorded. It is like your bank passbook, except all your transactions are transparent and can be seen by anyone and cannot be changed or modified once recorded. Q.56, KNEE. Which is the first NFT on Ethereum Blockchain? ‘@) Terra Nulius b) Rarible ©) Open Sea d) Foundation 67. EEE. Which of the following statements is/are true regarding the Non-Fungible Token (NFT)? a) NFT works on blockchain as it gives users complete ownership of a digital asset. b) NFTs can have only one owner at a time. @) Both a and b are true statements ) Neither a nor b are true statements Q 58. IIE Which of the following launched India's first fully curated Non-Fungible Token (NFT) marketplace? tps aspiration ln/LAWsi/QuestionPaperjsp?qSelID=NFSEhHOSSY430 1781173422, 1007 AM hipsulwww.aspratonInkiLAWiss;QuestonPaperjsp?qSeD=IFSBMHOSSYS430 a) Jupiter Meta b) Satum Beta ¢) Mercury Start d) Venus Meity Q59. IEE. Which of the following statements is Not true regarding the non-fungible tokens (NFTS)? a) An NFT is 2 unique, irreplaceable token that can be used to prove ownership of digital assets such as music, artwork, even tweets and memes. b) The term ‘non-fungible’ simply means that each token is different as opposed to a fungible currency. e) Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum are also fungible, which means that one Bitcoin can be exchanged for another. @) Une Nr I can be exchanged tor anotner NF I Q 60. EE India’s first non-fungible tokens (NFTs) marketplace is announced by. (a) Wazirx b) CoinDcx ) CoinSwitch Kuber — d) UnoCoin Passage -7 Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde won the floor test in the state Assembly on the last day of the two-day special session of the House. In the 236-member House, 164 MLAs voted for the motion of confidence, while 99 voted against it. Three legislators abstained from voting, while Congress's Ashok Chavan and Vijay Wadettiwar were among those absent during the trust vote. Speaker Rahul Narvekar announced that the trust vote was carried by a majority vote. After the death ofa Shiv Sena MLA recently, the current strength of the Assembly is reduced to 287, thus the majority mark is 144, Eknath Shinde launched a rebellion against the Sena. Majority of MLAs sided with him, which ted to the collapse of tne Mana Vikas Aghadi government led by Uganav Inackeray. Shinde was sworn in as CM on June 30, a day after Uddhav Thackeray quit the post. BUP's Devendra Fadnavis was sworn in as the deputy CM. During the floor test, MLAs Abu Azmi and Rais Shaikh (both of the Samajwadi Party) and Shah Farukh Anwar (AIMIM) abstained from voting. Ahead of the floor test, Sena MLA Santosh Bangar, from the Uddhav Thackeray camp, joined CM Shinde’s faction, taking its tally to 40. Q 61. EEE Which of the following “articles of the Indian Constitution authorizes the Govemor to summon, dissolve and prorogue the state legislative assembly? a) Article 170 b) Article 171 ©) Article 172 d) Article 174 Q 62. KEENE According to Article , the Governor can summon the House and call for a floor test to prove whether the government has the numbers. |FSenHossy%90 test tps wor agpeation lnkiLAWsis/QuesionPaperapaSel1719422, 1007 AM hipsulwww.aspratonInkiLAWiss;QuestonPaperjsp?qSeD=IFSBMHOSSYS430 a) Article 173 (2) 'b) Article 175 (2) ©) Article 176 (2) d) Article 177 (2) Q 63. SEEN When the House is in session, itis the Speaker who can call for a floor test. But when the Assembly is not in session, the Governors residuary powers under Article allow him to call for a floor test a) Article 161 (b) Article 163 ©) Article 164 4) Article 165 Q 64. EE Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the Floor Test? a) Itis a term used for the test of the majority, b) If there are doubts against the Chief Minister (CM) of a State, he/she can be asked to prove the majority in the House. ©) In the absence of a clear majority, when there is more than one individual staking claim to form the. government, the Governor may calll for a special session to see who has the majority to form the government. @) All of the above Q65. EE What happens if a Vote of No Confidence is passed in the Lok Sabha, 'a) The Council of Ministers including the Prime Minister has to resign. b) The Council of Ministers including the Prime Minister need not required to resign. ¢) President of India dissolves the Lok Sabha ) Both a and b are statements are correct Legal Aptitude Directions for questions 66 to 108: You have been given some passages followed by questions based on each passage. You are required to choose the most appropriate option which follows from the passage. Only the information given in the passage should be used for choosing the answer and no external knowledge of law howsoever prominent is to be applied. 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