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DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO TEST BOOKLET GENERAL STUDIES Paper-I A Time Allowed : Two Hours Maximum Marks : 200 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ INSTRUCTIONS 1. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE EXAMINATION YOU SHOULD CHECK THAT THE TEST BOOKLET DOES NOT HAVE ANY UNPRINTED OR TORN OR MISSING PAGES OR ITEMS, ETC, IF SO, GET IT REPLACED BY A COMPLETE TEST BOOKLET. 2. Please note that it is the candidate’s responsibility to encode and fill in the Roll Number and Test Booklet Series A, B, C or D carefully and without any omission or discrepancy at the appropriate place in the OMR Answer Sheet. Any omission/discrepancy will render the Answer Sheet liable for rejection. 3. You have to enter your Roll Number on the Test Booklet in the Box provided alongside . DO NOT write anything else on the Test Booklet. 4. This Test Booklet contains 100 items (questions). Each item comprises four responses (answers). You will select the response which you want to mark on the Answer Sheet. In case you feel that there is more than one correct response, mark the response which you consider the best. In any case, choose ONLY ONE response for each item. 5. You have to mark all your responses ONLY on the separate Answer Sheet provided. 6. All items carry equal marks. 7. Before you proceed to mark in the Answer Sheet the response to various items in the Test Booklet, you have to fill in some particulars in the Answer Sheet as per instructions sent to you with your Admission Certificate. 8. After you have completed filling in all your responses on the Answer Sheet and the examination has concluded, you should hand over to the invigilator only the Answer Sheet . You are permitted to take away with you the Test Booklet. 9. Sheets for rough work are appended in the Test Booklet at the end. 10. Penalty for wrong Answers : THERE WILL BE PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS MARKED BY A CANDIDATE IN THE OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTION PAPERS. (i) There are four alternatives for the answer to every question. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one-third of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty. (ii) If a candidate gives more than one answer, it will be treated as a wrong answer even if one of the given answers happens to be correct and there will be same penalty as above to that question. (iii) If a question is left blank, i.e., no answer is given by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question. DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO 1. 'Einstein ring' phenomenon is related to (c) Iceland (d) Australian Barrier Reef (a) Laser 7. Which of the following statements are correct? (b) Lightening 1. NS Arktika is a nuclear-powered icebreaker 2. It belongs to USA (c) Meteors (d) Astronomy (a) 1 only 2. Which of the following State has launched Asia’s first ‘Gyps Vulture Reintroduction Programme’? (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (a) Punjab (d) Neither 1 nor 2 (b) Uttar Pradesh 8. What was the immediate reason for Ahmad Shah Abdali to invade India and fight the Third (c) Haryana Battle of Panipat ? (d) Madhya Pradesh 3. What is 'THOR'? (a) He wanted to avenge the expulsion by Marathas of his viceroy Timur Shah from Lahore (a) A super computer (b) The frustrated governor of Jullundhar Adina Beg Khan invited him to invade Punjab (b) A cyclone (c) He wanted to punish Mughal administration for (c) A Missile non-payment of the revenues of the Chahar Mahal (Gujarat, Aurangabad, Sialkot and Pasrur) (d) 3D-printed aircraft 4. 'nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and (d) He wanted to annex all the fertile plains of oganesson' are Punjab up to the borders of Delhi to his kingdom 9. With reference to Pondicherry (now Puducherry), consider the following statements: (a) new species of wheat 1. The first European power to occupy Pondicherry (b) super computers were the Portuguese 2. The second European power to occupy (c) name of islands Pondicherry were the French 3. The' English' never occupied Pondicherry (d) proposed names for new elements Which of the statements given above is/are 5. Which of the following has become the first correct ? country in the world to prohibit deforestation? (a) 1 only (a) Norway (b) 2 and 3 only (b) Sweden (c) 3 only (c) Switzerland (d) 1, 2 and 3 (d) USA 10. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has 6. 'Bramble Cay melomys' a species of rodent, the named a crater on Mars as Langtang after one of first mammal declared extinct due to climate the villages most affected by the devastating 2015 change is native to earthquakes in (a) Antarctica (a) Haiti (b) Arctic (b) Bangladesh (c) Ukraine (c) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4 (d) Nepal (d) A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1 11. Why did Buddhism start declining in India in 15. Match the following the early medieval times ? A. 20 June: 1. World Refugee Day 1. Buddha was by that time considered as one of B. 21 June: 2. International Day of Yoga the incarnations of Vishnu and thus became a part C. 21 June: 3. World Hydrography Day of Vaishnavism D. June: 4. United Nations Public Service Day 2. The invading tribes from Central Asia till the time of last Gupta king adopted Hinduism and persecuted Buddhists (a) A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1 3. The Kings of Gupta dynasty were strongly opposed to Buddhism (b) A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4 Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? (c) A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4 (d) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4 (a) 1 only 16. Consider the following specific stages of demographic transition associated with economic (b) 1 and 3 only development : (c) 2 and 3 only 1. Low birthrate with low death rate 2. High birthrate with high death rate (d) 1, 2 and 3 3. High birthrate with low death rate 12. Consider the following statements : Select the correct order of the above stages using the codes given below : The functions of commercial banks in India include 1. Purchase and sale of shares and securities on behalf of customers (a) 1, 2, 3 2. Acting as executors and trustees of wills Which of the statements given' above is/are (b) 2, 1, 3 correct ? (c) 2, 3, 1 (a) 1 only (d) 3, 2, 1 17. Which of the following provisions of the (b) 2 only Constitution of India have a bearing on Education? (c) Both 1 and 2 1. Directive Principles of State Policy 2. Rural and Urban Local Bodies (d) Neither 1 nor 2 3. Fifth Schedule 13. Shangri-La Dialogue is a forum for 4. Sixth Schedule 5. Seventh Schedule Select the correct answer using the codes given (a) Trade below : (b) Tourism (a) 1 and 2 only (c) Security (b) 3, 4 and 5 only (d) Cultural exchange 14. Match the following (c) 1, 2 and 5 only A. 8 June: 1. World Oceans Day (d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 B. 12 June: 2. World Day against Child Labour 18. Government of India encourages the C. 14 June: 3. World Blood Donor day cultivation of 'sea buckthorn'. What is the D. 17 June: 4. World Day to Combat Desertification importance of this plant? (a) A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4 1. It helps in controlling soil erosion and in preventing desertification (b) A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4 2. It is a rich source of biodiesel 3. It has nutritional value and is well-adapted to (c) Bilateral Trade live in cold areas of high altitudes 4. Its timber is of great commercial value (d) Development of Electronic goods by Korea Which of the statements given above is /are under make in India initiative correct? 23. 'Sendai Framework' is related to (a) 1 only (a) Disaster Risk Reduction (b) 2, 3 and 4 only (b) Destruction of Chemical Weapons (c) 1 and 3 only (c) Non-proliferation of Ballistic Missiles (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (d) Supply of Nuclear Fuel 19. Which one of the following authorities makes 24. Which of the following country has become the recommendation to the Governor of a State as to first Asian country to eliminate mother-to-child the principles for determining the taxes and duties HIV transmission? which may be appropriated by the Panchayats in that particular State? (a) India (a) District Planning Committees (b) Vietnam (b) State Finance Commission (c) Thailand (c) Finance Ministry of that State (d) China 25. Consider the following statements : (d) Panchayati Raj Ministry of that State 20. 'Varunastra' is a/an 1. The Union Government fixes, the Statutory Minimum Price of sugarcane for each sugar season 2. Sugar and sugarcane are essential commodities (a) Surface to air missile under the Essential Commodities Act Which of the statements given above is/are (b) Air to surface missile correct ? (c) Anti-submarine torpedo (a) 1 only (d) Surface to sea missile 21. Consider the following statements : (b) 2 only In India, taxes on transactions in Stock Exchanges (c) Both 1 and 2 and Futures Markets are 1. levied by the Union (d) Neither 1 nor 2 2. collected by the State 26. 'ReNuAL' is an initiative of Which of the statements given above is /are correct ? (a) WHO (a) 1 only (b) UNICEF (b) 2 only (c) World Bank (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) IAEA 27.