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CYRF-F-TXLI ( 48-A)
1. Consider the following statements: 3. As per the NSSO 70th Round "Situation

1. In the first Lok Sabha, the single largest Assessment Survey of Agricultural

party m the opposition was the Households", consider the following

statements
Swatantra Party.
1. Rajasthan has the highest percentage
2. In the Lok Sabha, a "Leader of the share of agricultural households among
Opposition" was recognised for the first its rural households.
time in 1969. 2. Out of the total agricultural households in
the country, a little over 60 percent belong
3. In the Lok Sabha, if a party does not to OBCs.
have a minimum of 75 members, its 3. In Kerala, a little over 60 percent of
leader cannot be recognised as the agricultural households reported to have
Leader of the Opposition. received maximum income from sources
other than agricultural activities.
Which of the statements given above is/are Which of the statements given above is/are
correct? correct?
(a) 2 and 3 only
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 only
(b) 2 only (c) 1 and 3 only
{d) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 2 and 3 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3 4. How is the National Green Tribunal (NGT)

different from the Central Pollution Control
Board (CPCB)?
1. The NGT has been established by an
2. Which of the following leaf modifications Act whereas the CPCB bas been created
occur(s) in the desert areas to inhibit water by an executive order of the
loss? Government.

1. Hard and waxy leaves 2. The NGT provides environmental

justice and helps reduce the burden of
2. Tiny leaves litigation in the higher courts whereas
the CPCB promotes cleanliness of
3. Thorns instead of leaves
streams and wells, and aims to improve
Select the correct answer using the code given the quality of air in the country.
below: Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
(a) 2 and 3 only
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
Cb) 2 only
(c) 3 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) 1, 2 and 3
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

CYRF-F-TXLI ( 3-A)
5. Consider the following statements 7. What is/are the consequence/consequences of
a country becomjng the member of the
1. The Parliament of India can place a
'Nuclear Suppliers Group'?
particular law in the Ninth Schedule of
the Constitution of India. 1. It will have access to the latest and

2. The vaJidity of a law placed in the Ninth most efficient nuclear technologies.
Schedule cannot be examined by any 2. It automatically becomes a member of
court and no judgement can be made on "The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of
it. Nuclear Weapons (NPT)''.
Which of the statements given above is/are Which of the statements given above is/are
correct? correct?
(a) 1 only (a) 1 only
(b) 2 only (b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

6. Which one of the following best describes the

8. With reference to India's decision to levy an
term "Merchant Discount Rate" sometimes
equalization tax of 6% on online
seen in news ?
advertisement services offered by
(a) The incentive given by a bank to a non-resident entities, which of the following
merchant for accepting payments statements is/are correct?
through debit cards pertaining to that
1. It is introduced as a part of the Income
bank.
Tax Act.
(b) The amount paid back by banks to their
2. Non-resident entities that offer
customers when they use debit cards for
advertisement services in India can
financial transactions for purchasing
claim a tax credit in their home country
goods or services.
under the ''Double Taxation Avoidance
(c) The charge to a merchant by a bank for Agreements".
accepting payments from his customers
Select the correct answer using the code given
through the bank's debit cards.
below:
(d) The incentive given by the Government (a) 1 only
to merchants for promoting digital
(b) 2 only
payments by their customers through
Point of Sale (PoS) machines and debit (c) Both 1 and 2
cards. (d) Neither 1 nor 2

CYRF-F-TXLI ( 5-A)
9. Consider the following statements
11. He wrote biographies of Mazzini, Garibaldi,
1. The Fiscal Responsibility and Budget
Management (FRBM) Review Shivaji and Shrikrishna; stayed in America
Committee Report has recommended a for some time; and was also elected to the
debt to GDP ratio of 60% for the general
(combined) government by 2023, Central Assembly. He was
comprising 40% for the Central
Government and 20% for the State (a) Aurobindo Ghosh
Governments.
2. The Central Government bas domestic (b) Bipin Chandra Pal
liabilities of 21 % of GDP as compared to
that of 49% of GDP of the State (c) Lala Lajpat Rai
Governments.
3. As per the Constitution of India, it is (d) Motilal Nehru
mandatory for a State to take the
Central Government's consent for
raising any loan if the former owes any
outstanding liabilities to the latter.
Which of the statements given above is/are
12. Consider the following statements
correct?
(a) 1 only
1. Aadhaar card can be used as a proof of
(b) 2 and 3 only
citizenship or domicile.
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3 2. Once issued, Aadhaar number cannot be

deactivated or omitted by the Issuing

10. Consider the following statements : Authority.

1. The quantity of imported edible oils is
more than the domestic production of Which of the statements given above is/are
edible oils in the last five years.
correct?
2. The Government does not impose any
customs duty on all the imported edible
oils as a special case. (a) 1 only

Which of the statements given above is/are

correct? (b) 2 only

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

CYRF-F-TXLI ( 7-A)
13. Which of the following has/have shrunk 16. Consider the fol lowing statements:
immensely/dried up in the recent past due to
1. Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) 1s the
human activities ?
amount that banks have to maintain in
1. Aral Sea the form of their own funds to offset
2. Black Sea any loss that banks incur if the

3. Lake Baikal account-holders fail to repay dues.

Select the correct answer using the code given 2. CAR is decided by each individual bank.
below:
Which of the statements given above is/are
(a) 1 only correct?
(b) 2 and 3
(a) 1 only
(c) 2 only
(b) 2 only
(d) 1 and 3
(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

14. ''Rule of Law Index" is released by which of

the following ?
17. The identity platform 'Aadhaar' provides open
(a) Amnesty International
"Application Programming Interfaces (APis)".
(b) International Court of Justice What does it imply?

(c) The Office of UN Commissioner for 1. It can be integrated into any electronic
Human Rights
device.
(d) World Justice Project
2. Online authentication using iris is
possible.

Which of the statements given above is/are

15. Which one of the following links all the ATMs
correct?
in India?
(a) 1 only
(a) Indian Banks' Association
(b) 2 only
(b) National Securities Depository Limited

(c) National Payments Corporation of India (c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Reserve Bank of India (d) Neither 1 nor 2

CYRF-F-TXLI ( 9-A)
18. Very recently, in which of the following 21. Consider the following statements:
countries have lalrns of people either suffered
from severe famine/acute malnutrition or died 1. As per the Right to Education (RTE)
due to starvation caused by war/ethnic Act, to be eligible for appointment as a
conflicts? teacher in a State, a person would be
(a) Angola and Zambia required to possess the minimum
qualification laid down by the concerned
(b) Morocco and Tunisia State Council of Teacher Education.
(c) Venezuela and Colombia
2. As per the RTE Act, for teaching
(d) Yemen and South Sudan primary classes, a candidate is required
to pass a Teacher Eligibility Test
conducted m accordance with the
19. Regarding Wood's Dispatch, which of the
National Council of Teacher Education
following statements are true?
guidelines.
1. Grants-in-Aid system was introduced.
2. Establishment of universities was 3. In India, more than 90% of teacher
recommended. education institutions are directly under
the State Governments.
3. English as a medium of instruction at all
levels of education was recommended. Which of the statements given above is/are
Select the correct answer using the code given correct?
below: 1 and 2
(a)
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only (c) 1 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 3 only

20. With reference to the Parliament of India,

which of the following P arliamentary 22. Consider the following pairs :
Committees scrutinizes and reports to the
Tradition State
House whether the powers to make
1. Chapchar Kut festival - Mizoram
regulations, rules, sub-rules, by-laws, etc.
conferred by the Constitution or delegated by 2. Khongjom Parba ballad - Manipur
the Parliament are being properly exercised 3. Thang-Ta dance - Sikkim
by the Executive within the scope of such
Which of the pairs given above is/are correct ?
delegation ?
(a) 1 only
(a) Committee on Government Assurances
(b) Committee on Subordinate Legislation (b) 1 and 2
(c) Rules Committee (c) 3 only
(d) Business Advisory Committee (d) 2 and 3

CYRF-F-TXLI (11-A)
23. Consider the following statements : 25. With reference to the proV1sions made under
the Naiional Food Security Act, 2013,
1. The Food Safety and Standards Act, consider the following statements:
1. The families coming under the category
2006 replaced the Prevention of Food
of 'below poverty line (BPL)' only are
Adulteration Act, 1954. eligible to receive subsidised food
grains.
2. The Food Safety and Standards 2. The eldest woman in a household, of age
18 years or above, shall be the head of
Authority of India (FSSAI) is under the the household for the purpose of
issuance of a ration card.
charge of Director General of Health 3. Pregnant women and lactating mothers
Services in the Union Ministry of are entitled to a 'take-home ration' of
1600 calories per day during pregnancy
Health and Family Welfare. and for six months thereafter.
Which of the statements given above is/are
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2
correct?
(b) 2 only
(a) 1 only (c) 1 and 3
(d) 3 only
(b) 2 only·
26. India enacted The Geographical Indications of
(c) Both 1 and 2 Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999
in order to comply with the obligations to
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 (a) ILO
(b) IMF
(c) UNCTAD
(d) WTO

27. Consider the following statements :

24. The term "two-state solution" is sometimes 1. In India, State Governments do not
have the power to auction non-coal
mentioned in the news in the context of the mines.
affairs of 2. Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand do not
have gold mines.
(a) China 3. Rajasthan has iron ore mines.
Which of the statements given above is/are
(b) Israel correct?
(a) 1 and 2
(c) Iraq (b) 2 only
(c) I and 3
<d) Yemen (d) 3 only

CYRF-F-TXLI ( 13 -A)
28. With reference to digital payments, consider 31. Regarding Money Bill, which of the following
the following statements:
statements is not correct. ?
1. BHIM app allows the use1· to transfer (a) A bill shall be deemed to be a Money
money to anyone with a UPI-enabled
Bill if it contains only provisions
bank account.
relating to imposition, abolition,
2. While a chip-pin debit cai·d has four remission, alteration or regulation of
factors of authentication, BlllM app has
any tax.
only two factors of authentication.
(b) A Money Bill has provisions for the
Which of the statements given above is/are
custody of the Consolidated Fund of
correct?
India or the Contingency Fund of India.
(a) 1 only
(c) A Money Bill is concerned with the
(b) 2 only appropriation of moneys out of the

(c) Both 1 and 2 Contingency Fund of India.

(d) Neither 1 nor 2 (d) A Money Bill deals with the regulation
of borrowing of money or giving of any
guarantee by the Government of India.
29. Among the following cities, which one lies on
a longitude closest to that of Delhi?
32. With reference to the election of the President
(a) Bengaluru
of India, consider the following statements
(b) Hyderabad
1. The value of the vote of each MLA
(c) Nagpur
varies from State to State.
(d) Pune
2. The value of the vote of MPs of the
Lok Sabha is more than the value of the
30. International Labour Organization's
vote of MPs of the Rajya Sabha.
Conventions 138 and 182 are related to
Which of the statements given above is/are
(a) Child labour
correct?
(b) Adaptation of agricultural practices to
(a) 1 only
global climate change
(b) 2 only
(c) Regulation of food prices and food
security (c) Both 1 and 2

Cd> Gender parity at the workplace (d) Neither 1 nor 2

CYRF-F-TXLI ( 15-A)
33. In the Indian context, what is the implication 35. With reference to the 'Global Alliance for
of ratifying the 'Additional Protocol' with the Climate-Smart Agriculture (GACSA)', which
of the following statements is/are correct?
'International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA)'? 1. GACSA is an outcome of the Climate
Summit held in Paris in 2015.
(a) The civilian nuclear reactors come
under IAEA safeguards. 2. Membership of GACSA does not create
any binding obligations.
(b) The military nuclear installations come
under the inspection of IAEA. 3. India was instrumental in the creation
ofGACSA.
(c) The country will have the privilege to
buy uranium from the Nuclear Select the correct answer using the code given
Suppliers Group (NSG). below:

(d) The country automatically becomes a (a) 1 and 3 only

member of the NSG. (b) 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3

34. Consider the following countries :

36. Which of the following is/are the aim/aims of
1. Australia "Digital India" Plan of the Government of
India?
2. Canada
1. Formation of India's own Internet
3. China companies like China did.
2. Establish. a policy framework to
4. India
encourage overseas multinational
5. Japan corporations that collect Big Data to
build their large data centres within our
6. USA national geographical boundaries.
3. Connect many of our villages to the
Which of the above are among the 'free-trade Internet and bring Wi-Fi to many of our
partners' of ASEAN ? schools, public places and major towist
centres.
(a) 1, 2, 4 and 5 Select the correct answer using the code given
below:
(b) 3, 4, 5 and 6
(a) 1 and 2 only
(c) 1, 3, 4 and 5 (b) 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 2, 3, 4 and 6 (d) 1, 2 and 3

CYRF-F-TXLI ( 17 - A)
37. Consider the following pairs 40. Which one of the following reflects the most
Towns sometimes Country appropriate relationship between law and
mentioned in news li,berty?

1. Aleppo Syria (a) If there are more laws, there is less

liberty.
2. Kirkuk Yemen
(b) If there are no laws, there is no liberty.
3. Mosul Palestine
(c) If there is liberty, laws have to be made
4. Mazar-i-sharif Afghanistan by the people.
Which of the pairs given above are correctly (d) I£ laws are changed too often, liberty is
matched? in danger.
(a) 1 and 2
41. Consider the following statements:
(b) 1 and 4
1. No criminal proceedings shall be
(c) 2 and 3
instituted against the Governor of a State
(d) 3 and 4 in any court during his term of office.
2. The emoluments and allowances of the
38. In the Federation established by The Governor of a State shall not be
Government of India Act of 1935, residuary diminished during his term of office.
powers were given to the Which of the statements given above is/are
(a) Federal Legislature correct?
(b) Governor General (a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Provincial Legislature
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Provincial Governors
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

39. Consider the following statements 42. The well-known painting "Bani Thani"
1. The Speaker of the Legislative belongs to the
Assembly shall vacate his/her office if (a) Bundi school
he/she ceases to be a member of the (b) Jaipur school
Assembly. (c) Kangra school
2. Whenever the Legislative Assembly is (d) Kishangaxh school
dissolved, the Speaker shall vacate
his/her office immediately. 43. What is "Terminal High Altitude .Al·ea
Defense (THAAD)", sometimes seen in the
Which of the statements given above is/are
news?
correct?
(a) An Israeli radar system
(a) 1 only (b) India's indigenous anti-missile
(b) 2 only programme
(c) An American anti-missile system
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) A defence collaboration between Japan
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 and South Korea

CYRF-F-TXLI ( 19 -A)
44. With reference to cultural history of India, 46. Which one of the following statements
consider the following statements : correctly describes the meaning of legal
1. Most of the . Tyagaraja Kritis are tender money?
devotional songs in praise of Lord The money which is tendered in courts
(a)
Krishna. of law to defray the fee of legal cases
2. Tyagaraja created several new ragas. The money which a creditor is under
(b)
3. Annamacharya and Tyagaraja are compulsion to accept in settlement of
contemporaries. his claims

4. Annamacharya kirtanas are devotional (c) The bank money in the form of cheques,
songs in praise of Lord Venkateshwara. drafts, bills of exchange, etc.

Which of the statements given. above are (d) The metallic money in circulation in a
correct? country

(a) 1 and 3 only

(b) 2 and 4 only 47. If a commodity is provided free to the public

by the Government, then
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(a) the opportunity cost is zero.
(d) 2, 3 and 4
(b) the opportunity cost is ignored.

(c) the opportunity cost is transferred from

the consumers of the product to the
45. Which of the following are regarded as the tax-paying public.
main features of the "Rule of Law"? (d) the opportunity cost is transferred from
1. Limitation of powers the consumers of the product to the
Government.
2. Equality before law

3. People's responsibility to the

Government 48. Increase in absolute and per capita real GNP
do not connote a higher level of economic
4. Liberty and civil rights
development, if
Select the correct answer using the code given
(a) industrial output fails to keep pace with
below: agricultural output.
(a) 1 and 3 only (b) agricultural output fails to keep pace
(b) 2 and 4 only with industrial output.

1, 2 and 4 only (c) poverty and unemployment increase.

(c)
(d) imports grow faster than exports.
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

CYRF-F-TXLI ( 21 -A)
49. Consider the following statements : 52. Economically, one of the results of the British
Human capital formation as a concept is rule in India in the 19th century was the
better explained in terms of a process which (a) increase rn the export of Indian
enables handicrafts
1. individuals of a country to accumulate
(b) growth in the number of Indian owned
more capital.
factories
2. increasing the knowledge, skill levels
and capacities of the people of the (c) commercialization of Indian agriculture
country.
(d) rapid increase in the urban population
3. accumulation of tangible wealth.
4. accumulation of intangible wealth.
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct? 53. If the President of India exercises his power
as provided under Article 356 of the
(a) land2
Constitution in respect of a particular State,
(b) 2 only
then
(c) 2 and 4
(a) the Assembly of the State is
(d) 1, 3 and 4
automatically dissolved.

(b) the powers of the Legislature of that

50. Despite being a high saving economy, capital
State shall be exercisable by or under
formation may not result in significant
the authority of the Parliament.
increase in output due to
(a) weak administrative machinery (c) Article 19 is suspended in that State.
(b) illiteracy (d) the President can make laws relating to
(c) high population density that State.
(d) high capital-output ratio

51. Afte1· the Santhal Uprising subsided, what 54. Consider the following pafrs
was/were the measure/measures taken by the
Craft Heritage of
colonial government ?
called 'Santhal 1. Puthukkuli shawls Tamil Nadu
1. The territories
Paraganas' were created. 2. Sujni embroidery Maharashtra
2. It became illegal for a Santha1 to
transfer land to a non-Santhal. 3. Uppada Jamdani saris - Karnataka

Select the correct answer using the code given Which of the pairs given above is/are correct?
below:
(a) 1 only
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only (b) 1 and 2

(c) Both 1 and2 (c) 3 only

(d) Neither 1 nor2 (d) 2 and 3

CYRF-F-TXLI ( 23-A)
55. In which of the following areas can GPS 58. 'fhe terms 'WannaCry, Petya and
technology be used?
EternalBlue' sometimes mentioned m the
1. Mobile phone operations
news recently are related to
2. Banking operations
3. Controlling the power grids (a) Exoplanets
Select the correct answer using the code given
below: (b) Cryptocurrency
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only (c) Cyber attacks
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3 (d) Mini satellites

56. Consider the following statements:

1. The Reserve Bank of India manages and
services Government of India Securities
but not any State Government 59. With reference to the circumstances in Indian
Securities. agriculture, the concept of "Conservation
2. Treasury bills are issued by the Agriculture" assumes significance. Whlch of
Government of India and there are no
treasury bills issued by the State the following fall under the Conservation
Governments. Agriculture ?
3. Treasury bills offer are issued at a
discount from the par value. 1. Avoiding the monoculture practices
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct? 2. Adopting minirnum tillage
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 3 only 3. Avoiding the cultivation of plantation
(c) 2 and 3 only crops
(d) 1, 2 and 3
4. Using crop residues to cover soil surface
57. Consider the following statements :
1. The Earth's magnetic field has reversed 5. Adopting spatial and temporal crop
every few hundred thousand years.
sequencing/crop rotations
2. When the Earth was created more than
4000 million years ago, there was 54% Select the correct answer us:itng the code given
oxygen and no carbon dioxide.
below:
3. When living organisms originated, they
modified the early atmosphere of the
(a) 1, 3 and 4
Earth.
Which of the statements given above is/are
(b) 2,3,4 and5
correct?
(a) 1 only 2, 4 and5
(c)
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2, 3 and5
(d) 1, 2 and 3

CYRF-F-TXLI ( 25-A)
 With reference to the Indian Regional
60. The term "sixth mass extinction/sixth
Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS),
extinction" is often mentioned in the news in consider the following statements
the context of the discussion of 1. IRNSS has three satellites in
geostationary and four satellites m
(a) Widespread monoculture practices in geosynchronous orbits.
agricultw·e and large-scale commercial 2. IRNSS covers entire India and about
farming with indiscriminate use of 5500 sq. km beyond its borders.

chemicals in many parts of the world 3. India will have its own satellite
that may result in the loss of good navigation system with full global
coverage by the middle of 2019.
native ecosystems.
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
(b) Fears of a possible collision of a
meteorite with the Earth in the near (a) 1 only

future m the manner it happened (b) 1 and 2 only

65 million years ago that caused the (c) 2 and 3 only

mass extinction of many species (d) None
including those of dinosaurs.

(c) Large scale cultivation of genetically 62. Consider the following phenomena :

modified crops in many parts of the 1. Light is affected by gravity.

world and promoting their cultivation in 2. The Universe is constantly expanding.

other parts of the world which may 3. Matter warps its surrounding
cause the disappearance of good native space-time.

crop plants and the loss of food Which of the above is/are the
biodiversity. prediction/predictions of Albert Einstein's
General Theory of Relativity, often discussed
(d) Mankind's over-exploitation/misuse of in media?

natural resources, fragmentation/loss of (a) 1 and 2 only

natural habitats, destruction of (b) 3 only

ecosystems, pollution and global climate (c) 1 and 3 only
change. (d) 1, 2 and 3

CYRF-F-TXLI ( 27 - A)
63. With reference to the Genetically Modified 65. Which of the following statements best
mustard (GM mustard) developed in India, describes "carbon fertilization"?
consider the following statements (a) Increased plant growth due to increased
1. GM mustard has the genes of a soil concentration of carbon dioxide in the
bacterium that give the plant the atmosphere
property of pest-resistance to a wide (b) Increased temperatUJ·e of Earth due to
variety of pests. increased concentration of carbon
2. GM mustard has the genes that allow dioxide in the atmosphere
the plant cross-pollination and (c) Increased acidity of oceans as a result of
hybridization. increased concentration of carbon
3. GM mustard has been developed jointly dioxide in the atmosphere
by the !ARI and Punjab Agricultural (d) Adaptation of all living beings on Earth
University. to the climate change brought about by
the increased concentration of carbon
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct? dioxide in the atmosphere

(a) 1 and 3 only 66. When the alarm of your smartphone rings in
(b) 2 only the morning, you wake up and tap it to stop
the alarm which causes your geyser to be
(c) 2 and 3 only
switched on automatically. The smart mirror
(d) 1, 2 and 3 in your bathroom shows the day's weather
and also inclicates the level of water in your
overhead tank. After you take some groceries
64. Consider the following pairs : from your refrigerator for making breakfast, it
Terms sometimes Context I Topic recognises the shortage of stock in it and
seen in news places an order for the supply of fresh grocery
items. When you step out of your house aod
L Belle II Artificial
lock the door, all lights, fans, geysers and AC
experiment Intelligence machines get switched off automatically. On
2. Blockchain Digital/ your way to office, your car warns you about
technology Cryptocurrency traffic congestion ahead and suggests an
alternative route, and if you are late for a
3. CRISPR - Cas9 Particle
meeting, it sends a message to your office
Physics
accordingly.
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly In the context of emerging communication
matched? technologies, which one of the following terms
(a) 1 and 3 only best applies to the above scenario ?
(a) Border Gateway Protocol
(b) 2 only
(b) Internet of Things
(c) 2 and 3 only
(c) Internet Protocol
(d) 1, 2 and 3 (d) Virtual Private Network

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67. With reference to solar power production in 70. Who among the following were the founders of
India, consider the following statements: the "Hind Mazdoor Sabha" established in
1. India is the third largest in the world in 1948?
the manufacture of silicon wafers used (a) B. Krishna Pillai, E.M.S.
in photovoltaic units. Namboodiripad and KC. George
2. The solar power tariffs are determined (b) Jayaprakash Narayan, Deen Dayal
by the Solar Energy Corporation of Upadhyay and M.N. Roy
India. (c) C.P. Ramaswamy Iyer, K Kamaraj and
Which of the statements given above is/are Veeresalingam Pantulu
correct? (d) Ashok Mehta, T.S. Ramanujam and
(a) 1 only G.G. Mehta
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 71. With reference to the religious practices in
India, the "Sthanakvasi" sect belongs to
(a) Buddhism
68. The staple commodities of export by the
English East India Company from Bengal in (b) Jainism
the middle of the 18th century were (c) Vaishnavism
(a) Raw cotton, oil-seeds and opium (d) Shaivism
(b) Sugar, salt, zinc and lead
(c) Copper, silver, gold, spices and tea
(d) Cotton, silk, saltpetre and opium 72. With reference to the cultural history of India,
consider the following statements:
1. White marble was used in making
69. Which one of the following is a very Buland Darwaza and Khankah at
significant aspect of the Champaran Fatehpur Sikri.
Satyagraha?
2. Red sandstone and marble were used in
(a) Active all-India participation oflawyers, making Bara Imam.hara and Rumi
students and women in the National
Darwaza at Lucknow.
Movement
(b) Active involvement of Dalit and Tribal Which of the statements given above is/are
communities of India in the National correct?
Movement (a) 1 only
(c) Joining of peasant unrest to India's
(b) 2 only
National Movement
(d) Drastic decrease in the cultivation of (c) Both 1 and 2
plantation crops and commercial crops (d) Neither 1 nor 2

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73. Which one of the following foreign travellers 76. Which of the following led to the introduction
elaborately discussed about diamonds and of English Education in India ?
diamond mines of India? 1. Charter Act of 1813
2. General Committee of Public Instruction,
(a) Francois Bernier
1823
(b) Jean-Baptiste Tavernier 3. Orientalist and Anglicist Controversy
Select the correct answer using the code given
(c) Jean de Thevenot below:
(a) 1 and 2 only
(d) Abbe Barthelemy Carre
Cb) 2 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
74. With reference to Indian history, who among
the following is a future Buddha, yet to come 77. Which one of the following is an artificial
to save the world? lake?
(a) Kodaikanal (Tamil Nadu)
(a) Avalokiteshvara Cb) Kolleru (Andhra Pradesh)

(b) Lokesvara (c) Nainital (Uttarakhand)

(d) Renuka (Himachal Pradesh)
(c) Maitreya
78. With reference to Pradhan Mantri Kaushal
(d) Padmapani
Vikas Yojana, consider the following
statements
1. It is the flagship scheme of the Ministry
75. Which one of the following statements does of Labour and Employment.
not apply to the system of Subsidiary Alliance 2. It, among other things, will also impart
introduced by Lord Wellesley? training in soft skills, entrepreneurship,
financial and digital literacy.
(a) To maintain a large standing army at 3. It aims t,o align the competencies of the
other's expense unregulated workforce of the country to
the National Skill Qualification
(b) To keep India safe from Napoleonic
Framework.
danger
Which of the statements given above is/are
(c) To secure a fixed income for the correct?
Company (a) 1 and 3 only
Cb) 2 only
(d) To establish British paramountcy over
(c) 2 and 3 only
the Indian States
(d) 1, 2 and 3

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79. In 1920, which of the following changed its 82. With reference to agricultural 1?0ils, consider
name to "Swarajya Sabha" ? the following statements
(a) All India Home Rule League 1. A high content of organic matter in soil

(b) Hindu Mahasabha drastically reduces its water holding

capacity.
(c) South Indian Liberal Federation
2. Soil does not play any role in the sulphur
(d) The Servants of India Society
cycle.

3. Irrigation over a period of time can

80. Which among the following events happened contribute to the salinization of some
earliest? agricultural lands.
(a) Swami Dayanand established Arya Which of the statements given above is/are
Samaj. correct?
(b) Dinabandhu Mitra wrote Neeldarpan. (a) 1 and 2 only
(c) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote (b) 3 only
Anandmath.
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) Satyendranath Tagore became the first
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Indian to succeed in the Indian Civil
Services Examination.

83. The Partnership for Action on Green Economy

(PAGE), a UN mechanism to assist countries
81. Which of the following is/are the possible
consequence/s of heavy sand mining in transition towards greener and more inclusive

riverbeds? economies, emerged at

1. Decreased salinity in the river (a) The Earth Summit on Sustainable

Development 2002, Johannesburg
2. Pollution of groundwater
(b) The United Nations Conference on
3. Lowering of the water-table
Sustainable Development 2012,
Select the correct answer using the code given
Rio de Janeiro
below:
(c) The United Nations Framework
(a) 1 only
Convention on Climate Change 2015,
(b) 2 and 3 only
Paris
(c) 1 and 3 only (d) The World Sustainable Development
(d) 1, 2 and 3 Summit 2016, New Delhi

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84. "3D printing" has applications in which of 86. Why is a plant called Prosopis julifiora often
the following? mentioned in news ?

1. Preparation of confectionery items (a) Its extract is widely used in cosmetics.

2. Manufacture of bionic ears
(b) It tends to reduce the biodiversity in the
3. Automotive industry area in whicb it grows.
4. Reconstructive surgeries
(c) Its extract is used in the synthesis of
5. Data processing technologies
pesticides.
Select the correct answer using the code given
(d) None of the above
below:

(a) 1, 3 and 4 only

(b) 2, 3 and 5 only

(c) 1 and 4 only

87. Consider the following statements:
(d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
1. Most of the world's coral reefs are m

tropical waters.
85. Consider the following statements :
2. More than one-third of the world's coral
1. The Barren Island volcano is an active
volcano located in the Indian territory. reefs are located in the territories of

Australia, Indonesia and Philippines.

2. Barren Island lies about 140 km east of
Great Nicobar. 3. Coral reefs host far more number of

3. The last time the Barren Island volcano animal phyla than those hosted by
erupted was in 1991 and it has tropical rainforests.
remained inactive since then.
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 only

(b) 2 and 3 (b) 3 only

(c) 3 only (c) 1 and 3 only

Cd) 1 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3

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88• 4-..tum fior Ch ange : c1·1mate N eutral 91
"M ome1.1 Consider the following events:
Now" is an initiative launched by 1. The first democratically elected
(a) The Intergovernmental Panel on communist party government formed in
Climate Change a State in India.
(b) The UNEP Secretariat
2. India's then largest bank, 'Imperial
(c) The UNFCCC Secretariat Bank of India', was renamed 'State
(d) The World Meteorological Organization Bank of India'.

3. Air India was nationalised and became

89. With reference to educational institutions
the national carrier.
during colonial rule in India, consider the
following pairs 4. Goa became a part of independent
India.
Institution Founder
1. Sanskrit College William Which of the following is the correct
atBenaras Jones chronological sequence of the above events ?
2. Calcutta Madarsa Warren
(a) 4 - 1 - 2 - :]
Hastings
3. Fort William Arthur (b) 3-2-1- 4
College Wellesley
(c) 4- 2 - 1-3
Which of the pairs given above is/are conect ?
(a) 1 and 2 (d) 3-1- 2- 4

(b) 2 only
(c) 1 and3
(d) 3 only 92. Right to Privacy is protected as an intrinsic
part of Right to Life and Personal Liberty.
90. Consider the following pairs: Which of the following in the Constitution of
Regions sometimes Country India correctly and appropriately imply the
mentioned in news above statement?
1. Catalonia Spain
(a) Article 14 and the provisions under the
2. Crimea Hungary
42nd Amendment to the Constitution
3. Mindanao Philippines
4. Oromia Nigeria (b) Article 17 and the Directive
Which of the pairs given above are correctly Principles of State Policy in Part IV
matched?
(c) Article 21 and the freedoms guaranteed
(a) 1, 2 and 3
in Part III
(b) 3 and 4 only
(c) 1 and3 only (d) Article 24 and the provisions under the
2 and 4 only 44th Amendment to the Constitution
(d)

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93. Consider the following : 95. With reference to India's satellite launch
vehicles, consider the following statements:
I. Areca nut
1. PSLVs launch the satellites useful for
2. Barley Earth resources monitoring whereas
GSLV s are design ed mainly to launch
3. Coffee communication satellites.
2. Satellites launched by PSLV appear to
4. Finger millet
remain permanently fixed in the same
position in the sky, as viewed from a
5. Groundnut
particular location on Earth.
6. Sesamum 3. GSLV Mk III is a four-staged launch
vehicle with the first and third stages
7. Turmeric using solid rocket motors; and the
second and fourth stages using liquid
rocket engines.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs Which of the statements given above is/are
has announced the Minimum Support Price correct?
for which of the above ? (a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3
(a) I, 2, 3 and 7 only
(c) 1 and 2
(b) 2, 4, 5 and 6 only (d) 3 only

(c) 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 only

96. With reference to the governance of public
sector banking in India, consider the following
(d) 1, 2. 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7
statements
1. Capital infusion into public sector banks
by the Government of India has steadily
increased in the last decade.
94. In which one of the following States is Pakhui 2. To put the public sectol' banks in order.
Wildlife Sanctuary located ? the merger of associate banks with the
parent State Bank of Lndia has been
(a) Arunachal Pradesh affected.

Which of the statements given above is/arc

(b) Manipur correct?
(a) 1 only
(c) Meghalaya
(b) 2 only
(d) Nagaland (c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

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97. Consider the following items : 99. Consider the following

1. Cereal grains hulled 1. Birds

2. Chicken eggs cooked 2. Dust blowing

3. Rain
3. Fish processed and canned
4. Wind blowing
4. Newspapers containing advertising
material Which of the above spread plant diseases ?

Which of the above items is/are exempted (a) 1 and 3 only

under GST (Goods and Services Tax)?
(b) 3 and 4 only
(a) 1 only 1, 2 and 4 only
(c)

(b) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

(c) 1, 2 and 4 only

(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
100. With reference to organic farming in India,
consider the following statements:

1. 'The National Programme for Organic

98. Consider the following statements :
Production' (NPOP) is operated under
1. The definition of "Critical Wildlife the guidelines and directions of the
Habitat" is incorporated in the Forest Union Ministry of Rural Development.
Rights Act, 2006.
2. 'The Agricultural and Processed Food
2. For the first time in India, Baigas have Products Export Development
been given Habitat Rights. Authority' (APEDA) functions as the
Secretariat for the implementation of
3. Union Ministry of Environment, Forest
NPOP.
and Climate Change officially decides
and declares Habitat Rights for 3. Sikkim has become India's first fully
Primitive and Vulnerable Tribal Groups organic State.
in any part of India.
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) 2 and 3 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 3 only (c) 3 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3

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