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www.kushmanda.com KUSHMANDA HCS ACADEMY HCS MOCK TEST SERIES 2016-17 3. The Vernacular Press Act IX of 1878 became law on March 14 and SET2 it was operative in all the provinces, (MOST EXPECTED & PROBABLE except Madras because QUESTIONS) (1) Natives of Madras were pro British. 1. The Hunas issued coins only in (2) Madras province had only English papers during that time. (i) Gold (ii) Silver (iii) Copper (3) Where the press in Indian (iv) Potin languages was not yet strong. Codes : (4) In Madras most of the (1) (i) only vernacular printing presses were owned by the British. (2) (iv) only 4. In which year did Swami (3) (ii) and (iii) only Shraddhanand start Gurukul Kangri (4) (iii) and (iv) only at Hardwar ? (1) 1902 2. Arrange the following ancient (2) 1904 Indian grammarians in the (3) 1906 chronological order : (4) 1908 (i) Katyayana (ii) Panini (iii) Vamana (iv) Yaska 5. Match the items given under the List – I (literacy 2011) with those in Codes : List – II (states in India). Use the (1) (ii), (i), (iii), (iv) code given below : (2) (iv), (ii), (i), (iii) List – I (Literacy) List – II (State) (3) (ii), (iv), (i), (iii) (a) Largest rural literate population (i) U.P. (4) (iv), (ii), (iii), (i) 1 www.kushmanda.com KUSHMANDA HCS ACADEMY (b) Largest urban literate Bhaskaracharya (iii) Bhattotpala population (ii) Maharashtra (iv) Brahmagupta (c) Lowest women Codes : literate/population (iii) Bihar (1) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i) (d) Highest literacy rate (iv) Kerala (2) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii) Codes : (3) (iv), (ii), (i), (iii) (a) (b) (c) (d) (4) (iv), (i), (ii), (iii) (1) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i) 8. Arrange the following classical (2) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) authors in the chronological order : (3) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii) (i) Arrian (ii) Pliny (iii) Ptolemy (iv) Strabo (4) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv) Codes : 6. Who among the following kings had performed the Vajapeya (1) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) sacrifice ? (2) (i), (iv), (ii), (iii) (i) Pravarasena I (ii) Pushyamitra (3) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i) Sunga (iii) Santamula I (4) (i), (iv), (iii), (ii) (iv) Satakarni Gautamiputra 9. The cultural sequence of the Codes : excavated site of Hastinapur from (1) (i) only bottom upwards is as under : (2) (i) and (ii) (i) Kushan period (3) (i) and (iii) (ii) N.B.P. ware period (4) (i) and (iv) (iii) O.C.P. period 7. Arrange the following (iv) P.G.W. period astronomers in the chronological Codes : order : (i) Aryabhata II (ii) 2 www.kushmanda.com KUSHMANDA HCS ACADEMY (1) (ii), (iv), (i), (iii) (3) Deserts (2) (iii), (ii), (iv), (i) (4) Glacial troughs (3) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i) (4) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) 13. In which of the following year, all tax revenues of Centre have 10.Major Somnath Sharma who was become shareable among the honoured with Paramveer Chakra Centre and States ? posthumously in 1947 (1) 2000 AD belonged to (2) 2003 AD (a) Gorkha Rifle (3) 2007 AD (b) Garhwal Rifle (4) 1998 AD (c) Dogra Regiment (d) Kumaon Regiment 14. Which amongst the following is 11.In which of the Five Year Plans included in the Capital account of in India, for the first time an the Balance of payments ? extensive input-output model was used ? I. Foreign loans (1) First Plan II. Foreign Direct Investment (2) Second Plan III. Private Remittances Choose the correct answer from the codes (3) Third Plan below : (4) Seventh Plan Codes : (1) All the three. (2) I and III 12. Paternoster lakes are features of (3) II and III (1) Lava Plains (4) I and II (2) Piedmonts 3 www.kushmanda.com KUSHMANDA HCS ACADEMY 15. What would be the angle of the I. Phyto-sanitary measures. sun above the horizon at noon on II. Import and export licensing. March 20th if you were standing on the Tropic of Cancer ? III. Countervailing duty (1) 90° directly overhead IV. Environmental standards (2) 0° on the horizon Select the answer from the code given below. (3) 66 1/ 2 ° Codes : (4) 23 1/ 2 ° (1) All the four above. 16. Which form of radiation do we sense as heat ? (2) I and II (1) Radio waves (3) I and IV (2) Ultraviolet (4) III and IV (3) Infrared (4) Red light 19. Which among the following is not the main areas of BASEL III 17. Which amongst the following norms ? options is correct for a teaser loan ? (1) It is an introductory rate of (1) Risk Coverage interest. (2) Bank branch expansion (2) This rate is permanent in (3) Adequate capital provision nature. (4) Adequate liquidity (3) Both (1) and (2) are correct. 20. Which among the following is (4) Neither (1) nor (2) are correct. most volatile flow of foreign exchange ? 18. Which among the following will (1) Foreign Direct Investment be classified as non-tariff barrier ? 4 www.kushmanda.com KUSHMANDA HCS ACADEMY (2) External Commercial (3) II only borrowings (4) I only (3) Foreign Portfolio investment 23. ‘Make in India’ campaign aimed (4) Foreign aid by IMF and World at attracting industrialists to make Bank India a Global Manufacturing Hub was launched on 21. Under which Article of the United Nations Charter, the Security (1) September 25, 2014 Council is empowered to implement (2) March 20, 2015 the judgements of the World Court in case one of the parties fails to (3) February 25, 2016 implement it and other party to the (4) December 30, 2015 dispute brings the matter to the Security Council ? 24. Who among the following rulers of Kashmir built a dam on Vitasta (1) Article 94 river to save his Kingdom from the (2) Article 96 devastating floods ? (3) Article 62 (1) Avantivarman (4) Article 36(5) (2) Didda 22. State Governments in India (3) Harsha finance their Gross fiscal deficit by (4) Lalitaditya Muktapida I. Loans from the Central Government. 25. The Second Green Revolution in II. Market Borrowings. India is necessiated by III. External Borrowings. Select the I. Productivity in agriculture is correct answer from the codes stagnating. given below : II. Diversification of agriculture has Codes : (1) I and II not progressed much. (2) II and III 5 www.kushmanda.com KUSHMANDA HCS ACADEMY III. Exports of agricultural 28. Which of the following item of commodities have declined. Select expenditure is not a part of the plan the correct answer from the codes expenditure ? given below : (1) Agriculture (2) Defence Codes : (1) I and II (3) Industry (4) Social Services (2) II and III (3) I and III 29. Match the items of List – I with (4) I only List – II : List – I (King) List – II (Kingdom) a. Asvapati i. Avanti b. Parikshita ii. Kekaya c. Nichakshu 26. If with the increase in income, iii. Kuru d. Pradyota Mahasena iv. the percentage of income collected Vatsabhumi as tax remains constant, tax will be Codes : called a b c d (1) regressive (2) progressive (1) ii iii iv i (3) proportional (4) neutral (2) i ii iii iv 27. “I and none other.” “What are you that I am not and what have (3) iii iv i ii you been that I have not been.” The (4) ii iv iii i above statement was claimed by which of the following 30. Which of the following sites was group/Sultan ? the first to yield the evidence of Painted Grey Ware ? (1) Turkan-i Chihalgani (1) Ahichchhatra (2) Atranjikhera (2) Ruknuddin Firuz (3) Hastinapur (4) Sravasti (3) Sultan Razia 31. According to inscriptional (4) Aram Shah assertions who among the following rulers used to honour all religions ? (i) Asoka (ii) Kanishka (iii) 6 www.kushmanda.com KUSHMANDA HCS ACADEMY Kharavela (iv) Pushyamitra Sunga (1) Triple talak (2) Ahsan talak (3) Codes : (1) (i) only (2) (i) and (iii) Hasan talak (4) Talak-al-biddat (3) (i), (ii) and (iii) (4) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) 34. The Indian higher education 32. Match List – I with List – II and system comprises, at present, of select the correct code regarding about…. the Presidents of the Indian National Congress and the years of (1) 500 universities and 30,000 their presidentship : colleges List – I List – II (2) 700 universities and 35,500 colleges a. Dadabhai Naoroji i. 1895 and 1902 (3) 180 universities and 25,000 colleges b. Surendranath Banerjee ii. 1911 and 1917 (4) 300 universities and 12,000 colleges c. William Wedderburn iii. 1889 and 1910 d. Dr. Annie Besant iv. 1886 and 35. Andragogy is an art and science 1893 of teaching (1) Children (2) Women (3) Adolescents (4) Adults Codes : 36. Which one of the following is a b c d not the form of Coral Reefs ? (1) iv i iii ii (1) Fringing Reefs (2) Lagoon (2) ii iii iv i (3) Barrier Reefs (4) Atolls (3) iii iv ii i 37. Match the item in List – I with (4) iii i iv ii the items in the List – II. Use the codes as given below : List – I (State) List – II (Sex ratio 33. The most proper or approved 2011) form of divorce among Muslims is 7 www.kushmanda.com KUSHMANDA HCS ACADEMY (a) Rajasthan (i) 920 (2) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv) (b) Uttar Pradesh (ii) 930 (3) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii) (c) Arunachal Pradesh (iii) 926 (4) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i) (d) Madhya Pradesh (iv) 908 Codes : 39. Arrange the following in order of their places in the history of (a) (b) (c) (d) Adult Education in India using the (1) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii) code given below : (2) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i) I. National Adult Education Programme (3) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii) II.