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INSIGHTS ON INDIA MOCK PRELIMINARY EXAM - 2015 INSIGHTS ON INDIA MOCK TEST - 26 GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-I Time Allowed: 2 Hours Maximum Marks: 200 INSTRUCTIONS 1. IMMEDITELY AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE EXAMINATION, YOU SHOULD CHECK THAT THIS 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. 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 is printed only in English. 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. See directions in the Answer Sheet. 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. http://www.insightsonindia.com INSIGHTS ON INDIA MOCK TEST SERIES FOR CIVIL SERVICES PRELIMINARY EXAM 2015 http://www.insightsonindia.com INSIGHTS Page 1 3. Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is 1. The President recently gave his assent added artificially to packaged food to to re-promulgate the Land Acquisition enhance flavour, also found in the ordinance as per provisions of Article popular product Maggi. Consider the 123 of Indian Constitution. When can following about it. the President re-promulgate an 1. It occurs naturally in many ordinance? agricultural products. a) when it is in public interest and any 2. Large doses of MSG can cause of the houses fail to pass the bill headaches. b) when any of the houses has not 3. It is a major factor in causing reassembled before the expiry of obesity the ordinance c) when in an emergency, it is required in public interest Choose the correct answer using the codes d) when the bill is rejected by both the below. houses despite the government a) 1 and 2 only pushing for the bill b) 3 only c) 2 only d) 1 and 3 only 2. The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) provides for 1. Banning of tobacco products in all countries party to the convention 4. Consider the following about OPCW 2. Eliminating illicit trade of tobacco (Organisation for the Prohibition of products Chemical Weapons). 3. Alternative livelihoods to tobacco 1. It is an inter-governmental farmers organization headquartered in Hague. Choose the correct answer using the codes 2. One of its mandates is to destroy below. the global chemical weapons a) 1 and 2 only stockpile. b) 3 only 3. It operates directly under the aegis c) 2 only of United Nations Security Council d) 1 and 3 only (UNSC). 4. India is not a signatory to the Convention on Chemical weapons Choose the correct answer using the codes below. http://www.insightsonindia.com INSIGHTS Page 2 a) 1 and 2 only 2. It will greatly affect the farming b) 3 and 4 only and hydropower generation c) 2 and 4 only downstream of the Himalayan d) 1 and 3 only peaks. 3. It can lead to avalanches in this region. 5. Tripura government has recently 4. It will reduce the albedo of the decided to withdraw the Armed earth. Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), Choose the correct answer using the codes 1958 entirely from the state. Consider below. the following about AFSPA. 1. Only the Governor of a state can a) 1 and 2 only declare an area to come under b) 1, 3 and 4 only AFSPA. c) 2 and 4 only 2. The Act makes local civilian d) All of the above administration accountable to the military. 3. It can be withdrawn from an area 7. Consider the following about the only after the consent of the Central Foreign Investment Promotion government and Indian armed Board (FIPB), India. forces. 1. It approves all FDIs under the 4. AFSPA cannot be applicable in a automatic route. state during emergency. 2. It is headed by the Union Minister of Finance. Choose the correct answer using the codes 3. It is a sub-committee of the Cabinet below. Committee on Economic Affairs. a) 1 and 2 only Choose the correct answer using the codes b) 3 only below. c) 1 only d) 1 and 4 only a) 1 and 2 only b) 3 only c) 1 only 6. A new study has warned that Glaciers d) None of the above in the Everest region of the Himalayas could shrink drastically due to global warming. What consequences can this have? 1. It will affect snowfall and rain in the Himalayan region. http://www.insightsonindia.com INSIGHTS Page 3 8. Consider the following statements: 10. Consider the following about cabinet 1. A double layer Blu-Ray disc can committees. hold upto 50 GB of data 1. They are set up by the Prime 2. Unlike DVDs, which use a red laser Minister. to read and write data, Blu-ray uses 2. All committees are ad hoc in a blue laser nature. 3. Unlike DVDs, where data is stored 3. They cannot take a final decision between layers of two on matters referred to them by polycarbonate layers, in Blu-ray cabinet. data is stored on top of a 1.1-mm- 4. Cabinet committees are also known thick polycarbonate layer as Empowered Group of Ministers 4. Blu-ray discs are far thinner than (EGoM). DVDs Choose the correct answer using the codes Which of the above statements is/are below. incorrect? a) 1 and 3 only a) 1 Only b) 2, 3 and 4 only b) 2 Only c) 1 only c) 3 Only d) 3 only d) 4 Only 11. Triticale, a high yield and rich protein 9. With reference to Poona Pact, consider content cereal is a the following statements: a) Wheat and Rye hybrid 1. Mahatma Gandhi objected to the b) Wheat and Maize hybrid provision of separate electorates for c) Maize and Rye Hybrid the Scheduled (formerly d) Rice and Rye Hybrid “untouchable”) Castes 2. The Pact was the result of the communal award of Aug. 4, 1932, 12. Consider the following statements: made by the British government 1. The Lion Capital represents four roaring lions back to back facing Which of the above statements is/are correct? the four cardinal directions a) 1 Only 2. The round abacus in the Lion b) 2 Only Capital is decorated with four c) Both dharmachakras or wheels of law, d) None alternating with an elephant, a bull, a horse and a tiger Which of the above statements is/are correct? http://www.insightsonindia.com INSIGHTS Page 4 a) 1 Only a) 1, 2 and 3 only b) 2 Only b) 2, 3 and 4 only c) Both c) 1 and 4 only d) None d) All of the above 13. Primary sector of the economy 16. Consider the following statements includes activities 1. Gandhara art was a product of the a) That are based on natural resources combination of Hellenistic, West b) Where a good is produced by Asiatic and native elements exploiting natural resources 2. In Gandhara Art, most of the c) That do not require skilled images represent Buddha as seated manpower in the typically Indian Yogic d) That produce only intermediary posture goods Which of the above statements is/are correct? a) 1 Only 14. Game theory concerns itself with the b) 2 Only a) Study of conflict and cooperation c) Both between intelligent rational d) None decision-makers b) Study of irrational behaviour of human beings 17. Urban lake pollution has become a c) Study of computer simulation major problem in metro cities. Which models of military strategy of the following biological measures d) Defence strategy of nations in can be used to counter urban lake maritime zones pollution? 1. Spraying enzymes 2. Using bacteria that consume the 15. Ministry of Earth Sciences has biological load in water developed a SMS-based alert system 3. Introducing exotic fishes in the lake for which of the following disasters? Choose the correct answer using the codes 1. Heavy rains below.