XDTG-S-DNK po NOT OPEN THIS ——— TEST BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TODO SO__~ apc. XDTG-S-DNK Lp 70 D0 So ___9 7 Test Booklet Serieg \ TEST BOOKLET GENERAL STUDIES PAPER - II owed : Two Hours Time INSTRUCTIONS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE EXAMINATION, YO! ¥ i, YOU SHOULD CHECK THIS TEST BOOKLET DOES NOT HAVE ANY UNPRINTED OR TORN OR MISSING PAGES OR ITEMS, GET IT REPLACED BY A COMPLETE TEST BOOKLET. ETC. IF SO, >, Please note that it is the candidate’s responsibility to encode and fill in the Roll an 2 Booklet Series Code A, B, C or D carefully ‘and ‘without any omlesion or peerepaae to -s in the OMR Answer Sheet. Any omission/discrepancy will render the Answer appropriate pl Sheet liable for rejection. 3. You have to enter your Roll Number on the ‘Test Booklet in the Box provided alongside. 10 NOT write anything else on the Test Booklet. ‘This Test Booklet contains 80 items (questions). Each item is printed both in Hindi and English. 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Waiting to deal with carbon emissions until technology improves is not a wise strategy. cal change is Since future technological should be (b) © @ 5 ‘uncertain, new industries ‘Wilk evteehetdtta pobiem, an be pereved ae having a therefore lead to inertia, Wit other hand, individual choices: difference between life and yet, barring a few, there seems collective lethargy toward based on renewable energy sources: (13 XDTG-S-DNK -B) Scanned with CamScannerPassage - 3 Many people are not eating the right food. For some, it is simply a decision to stick with food they enjoy but which is not too healthy. This is leading to an increase in non-communicable diseases. This in turn leads to major burden on cour health-care systems that have the potential to derail the economic progress which is essential for the poor to improve their lives. For others, it is about limited access to nutritious food or a lack of affordability, leading to monotonous diets that do not provide the daily nutrients them to. 24, ‘Three of the five positive in are even and two of them necessarily in order). Consider 1 ptqtr-s-t isd 2 Qp+qe2r-Be4t Which of the above statemen (a) Lonly (b) 2only (©) Both 1 and2 (a) Neither 1 nor 2 Consider the following in number p and composite num 1. 2S canbe even. p-e 2, 2p+ecan be odd 3, pe can be odd. Which of the statements correct ? M (a) Land 2only (b) and 3 only (© Land 3 only @ 1,2and3 A 3-digit number ABC, on ‘Scanned with CamScanner27, For any choices of values of X, Y and Z, the G-digit number of the form XYZXYZ is divisible by (a) 7and 11 only (®) Mand 13 only (@ Tand 13 only @ = 7, Mand 13 28, 25 identical cubes are arranged in the form of “cubical block. How many cubes are Beet by other cubes from each side ? 7 aany distinct 8-digit numbers can be rearranging the digits of the 73344 such that odd digits occupy and even digits occupy even ‘work in 8, 16 and 12 days respectively. A “alone works on Monday, B alone works on Tuesday, C alone works on Wednesday; A ‘again works on Thursday and so on. y q 4 Consider the following statements : 1 ‘The work will be finished on Thursday. 2, The work will be finished in 10 days. Which of the above statements is/are correct ? (a) only (b) 2only (©) Both 1 and2 (a) Neither 1 nor 2 XDTG-S-DNK Directions for the following 3 Read the following three passa items that follow the passages. YO items should be based on the pa Passage - 1 We often hear about different States in India over ri 20 major river systems, q water-stressed; 75% of the pop water-stressed regions, a third water-scarce areas. Climate chan of rising population and the need to keep pace, and increased rate 0 and. industrialization will exact stress. According to the Constituti water is a State subject and not Union, except for regulation of int te Key to ensuring balance between te demands of various stakeholders is approach to allocate water amo regions and States. Allocating fair to them requires assessments based criteria, such as specificities of the size of dependent population, existi and demand, efficiency of use, proj use, ete. while ensuring the environm: of the river and aquifers. 31. Which one of the reflects the most rational, pr: immediate action required to ens: equitable allocation of water stakeholders ? (a) A national, pragmatic, legal framework for water allo be made. All river systems of the be linked and huge aquif Water channels betw water surplus and deficit should be created, ‘To mitigate water of sectors such as (b) © @ (7- industry should be. B) ‘Scanned with CamScannerPassage - 2 More than half of Indian women and almost @ quarter of Indian men of working age suffer from anaemia. According to studies, anywhere from 5 ~ 15% they are less productive than they could be, as a result thereof. India also has the largest tuberculosis burden in the world, costing 170 million workdays to the country annually. But what is just as important as lost productivity now is lost potential in the future. It is becoming increasingly clear that on many measures of cognitive ability, malnourished Indian children perform two or three times worse than their adequately nourished peers, For an economy that will be more dependent on highly skilled this poses a significant challenge. And it is one that really should be addressed given 's demographic outlook. ‘one of the following statements best what is implied by the passage ? Education system must be strengthened in rural areas. Large scale. = and _— effective implementation of skill development programme is the need of the hour. For economic development, health and nutrition of only skilled workers needs "special attention. —(@) For rapid economic growth as envisaged by us, attention should be paid to health ‘and nutrition of the people, XDTG-S-DNK marginal and small, less possess low adaptive cap change, perhaps because of ef constraints. So, one autonomous adaptation to Even if it was possible, it sufficient to offset losses change. To deal with this, fast mitigation response. to have a planned or adaptation, which would government to come up recommendations. Perception is pre-requisite for adaptation, farmers are adapting agricultur to climate change depends on perceive it or not. However, this is enough for adaptation. It is impor farmer perceives the risks associ climate change. f 33. Which one of the following s (19- B) ‘Scanned with CamScanner34, Raj has ten pairs of red, nine pairs of white|97. Whapis the remainder w! and eight pairs of black shoes in a box. If he 85 x 87 x 89 x 91 x 95 x 96 replacement) from the box to get a red p: om shoes to wear, what is the maximum nu: | of attempts he has to make ? © 2 (a) 27 (d) 4 ) 36 ome What is the unit digit in @ 45 (57242) ™POB1 2 fa) 2 (b) 4 and sixes only, irrespective of the sequence of © 6 _@ 8 If ABC and DEF are both such that A, B, ©, D, distinct non-zero digits ABC + DEF = 1111, then what! A+B+C+D+E +P? 21 are four letters and four envelopes and ‘one letter is to be put in exactly one with the correct address. If the are randomly inserted into the envelopes, then consider the following statements : 1. _ It is possible that exactly one letter goes c into an incorrect envelope. ‘There are only six ways in which only two letters can go into the correct envelopes. “Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? (a) Lonly (b) 2only (ce) Both 1 and 2 (@) Neither 1 nor 2 XDTG-S-DNK ‘Scanned with CamScannerDirections for the following 3 (three) items : Read the following three passages and answer the items that follow the passages. Your answers to these items should be based on the passages only. when the goal itself has n placed. What science needs the analysis of scientific coordination of scientific results; without this, any Passage - 1 In India, while the unemployment rate is a frequently used measure of poor performance of the economy, under conditions of rising school and college enrolment, it paints an inaccurate picture. The reported unemployment rate is dominated by the experience of younger Indians who face higher employment challenges and exhibit greater willingness to wait for the right job than their older peers. The unemployment challenge is greater for people with secondary or higher education, and rising education levels | inflate unemployment challenges. [Which ong of the following .¢ most rational, lo | message conveyed by: when divorced from the actual net ‘and life, so the pursuit of polities | destructive bedlam when div science and philosophy.” 41, Which one of the following statements most likely reflects as to what the author of the passage intends to say ? | (a) Enrolment in schools and colleges is| high but there is no quality edueation. (b) Unemployment must be seen as a} function of rising education and] aspirations of young Indians, (© There are no labour-intensive industries | to accommodate the huge number of) unemployed people. (d) The education system should be properly designed so as to enable the educated people to be self-employed. XDTG-S-DNK ‘Scanned with CamScannerPassage ~3 “The last end of the state is not to dominate men, nor to restrain them by fear; rather it is so to free each man from fear that he may live and act with full security and without injury to himself or his neighbour. The end of the state, [ repeat, is not to make rational beings into brute | ‘beasts and machines. It is to enable their bodies | and their minds to function safely. It is to lead men to live by, and to exercise, a free reason; that they may not waste their strength in hatred, anger dnd guile, nor act unfairly toward one another.” 46. 43, Based on the above passage, which one of the following terms best expresses the ultimate goal of the state ? ¥ (a) Personal safety (b) Health of body and mind () Communal harmony (a) Liberty 44, What is the remainder if 24°? is divided by 6? (a) 0 ® 1 @ 2 @ 4 45. Consider the sequence ABC__ABC_DABBCD_ ABCD ‘that follows a certain pattern. Which one of the following completes the sequence ? (a) DACB (b) CDAB (9 DCCA (a) DDCA XDTG-S-DNK gee) AB and CD are 2-digit numb AB with CD results in a 3- Adding DEF to another results in 975. Further A, B, © are distinet digits. If E = 0, F A+B+C equal to? @ 6 (b) 7 y @ 8 @, 9 “Consider statements are true iar false. : ‘True Statement : False Statement : Scanned with CamScannerP,Q, R, S and 7 be five stateme, a oe and T be five statements such “1. IfPis true, then both Q and S are true I. IfRand S are true, then T is false of the following can be concluded ? If T is true, then at least one of p must be false, IfQis true, then P is true. the correct answer using the code given and R only only oth 1 and 2 or Lnor 2 dimensions 7 em x 5 em x 3 emis green and blue colour on each posite faces of dimensions 5 cm x 3 cm, 7 cm x 3 cm en the cuboid is cut and various cubes each of side Which of the following correct ? ly 15 small cubes with no face. exactly 6 small cubes with two faces, one painted with blue ‘other with green. answer using the code given Directions for the following 4 ( Read the following four passages items that follow the passages. Your items should be based on the pa Passage - 1 ‘The paradox of choice is il story of Buridan’s ass. Jean But eentury philospher, wrote about the inability to dl due to num and uncertainties. In the story, a d between two equally appealing st: Unable to decide which to eat, ‘Changes in technology and innovatig smart phones and tablets only e glut of choices. Constant conn overconsumption of real-time di media can leave little room for s rest, making decisions more about choices. Many people with attractive life choices, ‘unhappy and anxious. starv 51. Which one of the f reflects the most lo the above passage ? (@) letters of _. the word] COMPREHENSIBILITIES” are arrange! b in reverse order. How many) () ‘of the letter/letters will ema! @ e (27-8 ) ‘Scanned with CamScannerPassage - 2 Household finance in India is unique. We have a tendency to invest heavily in physical assets such as gold and property Steps to encourage the financialization of savings are critical. A populace accustomed to traditional processes will not simply jump into financialization. Hurdles to change include onerous bureaucracy, a scepticism of organized financial institutions, a lack of basic information about which of the myriad services and providers is best for each family, and how (and even if) one can make the transition between them if necessary. 52. Regarding the financialization of household savings, which of the following statements best reflect the solutions that are implied by the passage? 1. A flexible environment is needed to develop solutions, 2. Households need customised solutions, 3. Tnnovations in financial technology are required. Select the correct answer using the code given below : (@) Land 2only (b) 2and3 only © Land 3 only @) 1,2and3 XDTG-S-DNK Passage - 3 Pharmaceutical patents grant protection ‘0 the patentee for the duration of the patent texm- ‘The patentees enjoy the liberty to determine the prices of medicines, which is timedtimited to the period of monopoly, but could be unaffordable to the public. Such patent protecti to the patentees is believed to benefit public over the longer term through innovations and research and development (R&D), although it comes at a cost, in the nature of higher the patented medicine. The patent price protection — through a legally high price for the medicine during the the patent — provide the patent legitimate mechanism to get returns o incurred in innovation and research. 53. Based on the above passage, assumptions have been made : 1. Patent protection given to p: a huge burden on public's power in accessing patented m Dependence on other cou pharmaceutical products is burden for developing and poor coup Providing medicines to the affordable pric@s is a key goal Public health policy q countries, Scanned with CamScannerPassage ~ 4 India should ensure the growth of the digital economy while keeping personal data of citirong secure and protected. No one will innovate in surveillance-oriented environment or in a Place where an individual's personal information ig compromised. The ultimate control of data must reside with the individuals who generate it; thoy should be enabled to use, restrict or Monetise it as they wish. Therefore, data protection laws should enable the right kind of innovation — on, that is user-centric and privacy Protecting, 54. Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made : 1. Protection of privacy is not just a right, but it has value to the economy. _2.- There is a fundamental link between privacy and innovation. Which of the above assumptions is/are valid ? (a) Lonly (b) only (©) Both 1 and2 (a) Neither 1 nor 2 In an examination, the maximum marks for each of the four papers namely P,Q, R and S fare 100. Marks scored by the students are in integers. A student can score 99% in © different ways. What is the value of n? 56. A flag has to be designed with 4 horizontal stripes using some or all of the colours red, sreen and yellow. What is the number of different ways in which this that no two adjacent st colour ? @) 12 ) 18 © ul (@) 36 | A rectangular floor measures and 2-2 m jn breadth. Tiles of 60 cm have to be laid such overlap. A tile ean be placed ir so long as its edges are the floor. What is the tiles that can be accommodated @) ) © @ (a) 16 (b) 17 () 23 (d) 35. XDTG-S-DNK (e -B) Scanned with CamScanner| There are lane number of silver coins weighing 2 gm, 5 gm, 10 gm, 25 gm, 50 gm each Consider the following statements ‘To buy 78 gm of coins on Ye must by least 7 coins. a To weigh 78 gm using these coins one cat ‘use less than 7 coins, / ch of the statements given above is/are ct? only 2only Both 1 and 2 Neither 1 nor 2 . the following : A+B means A is neither smaller nor ‘equal to B. _ A~B means A is not greater than B. AB means A is not smaller than B. ‘A+B means A is neither greater nor equal to B. ‘A + B means A is neither smaller nor ' greater than B. Beng) PROMEET Re Rss Susion-1: Qth S+Q lowing is correct in respect int and the Conclusions ? "1 follows from the +h one of the foll Statement- ae Only Conclusion? follows on-1 and Conclusion? Statement nor Cone! Both Conelusi cn te jusion-2 follow fro" Neither conclusion” mn the § Directions for the following 3 Read the following three passage items that follow the passages. Yo items should be based on the p Which one of the reflects the most logi ‘Scanned with CamScannerPassage ~ 2 | While awareness on use/misuse ang Benefits of good qu! of antibiotics is common knowledge, as | accrue only when students impact of dosing poultry with school after having acquired Like one learns the environmental impact of manufacturing companies not oe” their waste has scarcely been d at any length or seriousness thus Pollution from antibioties factories is the rise of drug-resistant infections. well known. ‘one of the following statements best gical and practical messase the most lo d by the passage ? “te te necessary 19 put proper een? treatment protocols in place. ‘Scanned with CamScanner40 children are standing : Gay child-1) has in a cirele and one of| “ 4 ring, The ring ig on _ Passes on to child.9, child-4, child-4 passes on on. 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