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INSTRUCTIONS I Immediately after the commencement of the Examination, before writing the Question Booklet Version Code in the OMR sheet, you should check that this Question Booklet does NOT have any unprinted or torn or missing pages or questions etc. If so, get it replaced by a complete 'Question Booklet' of the available series. 2. Write and encode clearly the Register Number and Question Booklet Version Code A, B, C, or 11 as the case may be, in the appropriate space provided for that purpose in the OMR Answer Sheet. Also ensure that candidate's signature and Invigilator's Signature columns are properly filled in. Please note that it is candidate's responsibility to fill in and encode these particulars and any omission/discrepancy will render the OMR Answer Sheet liable for Rejection. 3. You have to enter your Register Number in the Register Number Question Booklet in the box provided alongside. DO NOT write anything else on the Question Booklet. 4. This Question Booklet contains 100 Questions. Each Ques ion contains four responses (answers Select the response which you want to mark on the Answer Sheet. In case you feel that there is more tha one correct response, mark the response which you consider the most appropriate. In any case, choos ONLY ONE RESPONSE for each question. 5. All the respdnses should be marked ONLY on the separate OMR Answer Sheet provided and ONLY in Black or Blue Ball-point Pen. See instructions in the OMR Answer Sheet. 6. All questions carry equal marks. Attempt all questions. 7. Sheets for rough work are appended in the Question Booklet at the end. You should not make any marking on any other part of the Question Booklet. 8. Immediately after the final bell indicating the conclusion of the examination, stop making any further markings in the Answer Sheet. Be seated till the Answer Sheets are collected and accounted for by the Invigilator. 9. Questions are printed both in English and, Kannada. If any doubt arises in the Kannada Version, refer to the English Version of the questions. Please Note that in case of any dispute the English Version of Question Booklet is final. 10. Penalty for wrong answers : THERE WILL BE PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS MARKED BY A CANDIDATE IN THE OBJEC- TIVE TYPE QUESTION PAPERS. (i) There are four alternative for the answer to every question. For each question, of which a wrong answer

has been given by the candidate, one-fourth of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty. (ii) If a candidate gives more than one answer to a question, it shall be treated as a wrong answer even if one of the given answers happens to be correct and there shall 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 shall be no penalty for that question. Possession of Mobile Phones, Calculators and other Electronic/Communication gadgets of any kind is prohibited inside the Examination venue. ,TA.roddrfsi) ecle to e..441a.t.) eof c.TA c4 &'a3 8o04.707)W, CJATCS. 1111111111111111 1111111111111111 1. 19 tzzcit:3T1 a.rozi&Sc, QTP:5?3z-znci,S, eSdaq TotzOrle,)

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VU-PHP-1Y4-PXP (6 - A) 10. The National Commission for 12. Consider the following Women was set up as statutory statements : body in January 1992 under the 1. The basic structure National Commission for Women Act, 1990 to doctrine is defined in the 1. Review the constitutional and Constitution. legal safeguards for women. 2. Recommend remedial 2. There are certain basic legislative measures. features of the Constitution 3. Facilitate redressal of grievances. which cannot be altered in 4. To take direct action against exercise of the power to perpetrators of crimes against women. amend under Article 368. Which of the above statement(s) 3. The Parliament can amend is/are false ? (a) 1, 2 and 3 all provisions of the (b) Only 2 Constitution and judicial (c) Only 4 review shall not apply to (d) All of the above such amendments. 11. Which one of the following is a constitutional Principle for The basic features of the elections in India ? Constitution have been (a) Election to Parliament and listed by the Supreme Legislature of States is based on proportional Court, exhaustively in the representation. Golak Nath case law. (b) The election is based on male adult suffrage. Which of the above statement(s) (c) The power to make laws is/are true in the context of the relating to all matters in connection with elections Basic Structure Doctrine ? is only with Legislature of (a) 2 and 4 only a State. (d) No person shall be (b) 1 2 and 3 only excluded from the electoral roll on the grounds only of (c) Only 2 religion, race, caste, sex or 1 and 4 only any of them. (d)

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17. Consider the following rights of 19. In terms of princely hierarchy in citizens : colonial India, the status • of • 1. Right to free legal aid. Mysore was of a Right to equal pay for (a) Thirty-one-gun salute state equal work. 3. Right to establish and (b) Twenty-one-gun salute maintain institutions for state religious and charitable (c) Nineteen- gun salute state purposes. Right to decent standard of (d) Seventeen-gun salute state living. Which of the above right/s are non justiciable '? 20. Who auctioned salt at Belgaum (a) 1, 2 and 3 and broke the Salt law in April, -(b) 2 and 4 1930 ? (c) 1, 2 and 4 (a) Karnad Sadashiva Rao (d) 2, 3 and 4 (b) R.R. Diwakar 18. Some features of Indian Polity (c) Hanumantha Rao Kaujalagi are not considered as conducive to federalism. Consider the few (d) Gangadhar Rao Deshpande given below : I. Absolute Presidential veto 21. Who recommends to the over State legislation in President the distribution some cases. between the Central and State 1 . Emergency Provisions. Governments of the net :Alteration in the proceeds of taxes collected by boundaries of the states. 4. Every power is subordinate the centre '? to the constitution. (a) Planning Commission Select the features that is/are not (b) Finance Commission conducive. (a) 1*and 2 (c) Comptroller and Auditor- (b) 3 only General of India (c) 1, 3 and 4 (d) Central Government (d) 1, 2 and 3 VU-PH P-I Y4-PXP (11 -A)

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28. Who framed and suggested the 30. Assertion (A) : Ozone layer 'Plan of Balkan' to transfer protects the earth from power from England to India ? excessive quantities of (a) Clement Attlee severely damaging Solar (b) Wavell radiation. (c) Churchill Reason (R) : Ozone hole has (d) Mountbatten been discovered over the Continent of Antarctica. Direction to the following two questions (Q. Nos. 29 & 30). 31. Major climatic characteristics of Read the two statements Savanna biome are : Assertion (A) & Reason (R). 1. This biome is found in the Choose the correct answer from tropical wet climate of the four choices (a), (b), (c) or Africa and South America. (d) as given below : 2. The mean monthly (a) Both (A) and (R) are temperature is above 28 °C. correct and (R) explains 3. The normal rainfall is 50 (A). cm to 100 cm. Both (A) and (R) are Select the correct answer from correct, but (R) does not the codes given below : explain (A). (a) 1 only (A) is correct, but (R) is (b) 1 and 3 only false. (c) 2 and 3 only (A) is false, but (R) is true. (d) I, 2 and 3 VU-PH P-I Y4-PXP (15-A) 32. &DOTIEsI riAti Ti02J041,kit0g 144 34. oe..Dt:)5D ,toos.t.g toA--v-ta--orN tvn e0trIV 0i704t3/4 ..tozs&Dd;,c)Arldnv; tbost-Dnd ? 1,2,3,4,5 cow rtztITIQ.YDnd. na.4nV; rt1FAJ. 1. &Dorle./ to4 TIAo

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33. The correct order of the oceans (c) 1. Erie in ascending order of their size 2. Ontario is 3. Huran (a) Indian — Pacific — Atlantic 4. Superior —Arctic. 5. Michigan (b) Arctic — Indian — Atlantic (d) 1. Huran —Pacific. 2. Superior (c) Arctic — Atlantic — Pacific 3. Erie —Indian. 4. Ontario (d) Atlantic — Indian — Arctic 5. Michigan —Pacific. VU-PH P-1Y4-PXP (17-A)

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35. A State in India has the 37. Match the country with its following characteristics : principal coalfield and select the 1. Its northern part is arid and correct answer from the codes semi-arid. given below : 2. Its central part produces PrinCipal Country cotton. Coalfield 3. Cultivation of cash crop is A. USA 1. Shaanxi predominant over food B. China 2. Chicago crop. C. Great 3. Pittsburgh Select the correct state. Britain (a) Telangana D. Japan 4. South Wales (b) Gujarat (c) Karnataka 5. Honshu (d) Rajasthan Codes : A BC D 36. Read the following statements (a) 2 5 3 1 regarding climate. (b) 3 5 4 1 1. The climate has highest (c) 2 1 3 5 concentration of winter (d) 3 1 4 5 rainfall. It is found in all the inhabited continents of the 38. Which of the following world. cyclones did occur in India in 3. It is found in the sub- 2014? tropics. i. Hudhud 4. It is associated with the ii. Phailin shifting of Global pressure iii. Nilofar belts. • iv. Lehar The referred climate is Choose the correct answer : (a) Tropical and Temperate deserts. (a) i and ii (b) Tropical grass-lands. (b) i and iii (c) China type of climate. (c) ii and iii (d) Mediterranean climate. (d) iii and iv VU-PHP-1Y4-PXP (19-A)

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(c) 3 1 4 (d) at-D4g7S..a e3e; (d) 2 4 1 3 VU-PH P-1Y4-PXP (20 - A) 39. The Canadian Pacific Railway, 41. The coastal plain of Karnataka One of the longest railway lines is a wave-cut platform. With of the world run from reference to the statement which (a) Vancouver to St. John's of the following is correct : (b) Seatle to Halifax (a) It is a result of volcanic activity. (c) Prince Rupert to St. John (d) Vancouver to Halifax (b) It is erosion plain. (c) It is a depositional plain.

40. Match the National Park with its (d) All of the above. State and select the correct

answer from the codes given 42. Watershed development below : Programme is aimed for State National Park 1. Controlling of soil erosion.

A. Meghalaya , 1. Hemis 2. Conservation of water and to B. Jharkhand 2. Namdapha maintain ground water. C. Arunachal 3. Balphakram 3. Providing drinking water - Pradesh facility to the rural areas. D. Jammu and 4. Hazaribagh 4. Controlling floods of the Kashmir river during rainy days.

Codes : Choose the correct answer using ABCD codes given below : (a) 2 1 4 2 (a) 1 and 2

(b) 3 4 2 1 (b) 2 and 3

(d) 2 4 1 3 (d) None of the above

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3. 23Vrroo 45. z...)orzb Q.)e.3.)c7S4j ri 4. zzi t11.)qt4..a t e3t5,2,1. (a) 2() =-D o23t) (a) 2, 3, 4, 1 (b) c'C5 o2.8e (b) 2, 3, 1, 4 (c) =od.rzZ c)2..8t (c) 4, 1, 2, 3 (d) zti cz-p, o t (d) 4, 2, 1, 3 VU-PHP-1Y4-PXP (22 - A) 43. An analysis of the railway map 46. Match the following List-I with of Karnataka indicates List-II and select the correct 1. Kodagu is the only district answer by using code given of the State which has no below : railway line. The only track which List — I List — II traverse the Malnad from A. Cauvery 1. Hidakal east to west is Hassan- B. Malaprabha 2. Gerusoppa Mangalore. Choose the correct answer : C. Sharavati 3. KRS (a) 1 is correct, but 2 is not D. Ghataprabha 4. Navilateertha correct. Codes : (b) 2 is correct, but 1 is not ABCD correct. (c) both 1 and 2 are not (a) 2 1 3 4 correct. (b) 3 4 2 1 (d) 1 and 2 are correct. (c) 4 1 3

44. Which place gets the lowest (d) 1 3 4 2 rainfall in Karnataka ? (a) Kodugu 47. What is the correct ascending (b) Challakere order of districts based on its (c) Bidar geographical area '? (d) Pullingoth 1. Kalburgi (Gulbarga) 45. The Kalasa-Banduri water 2. Tumkur disputes refers to 3. Belgaum (a) sharing of River Bhima • 4. Vijayapura (Bijapur) water. (b). sharing of River Select the correct answer : Malaprabha water. (a) 2, 3, 4, 1 (c) sharing of River Mandovi (b) 2, 3, 1, 4 water. (d) sharing of River Bhadra (c) 4, 1, 2, 3 water. (d) 4, 2 1, 3 VU-PHP-I Y4-PXP (23 - A) 48. raoto ap--ota'c; 51. -0E-1.3C:SP, tizot9Arzt.F 2.JOZt o3.v2v40th) trz,T4' aiTo4 ? und. (a) osap.e (a) erIzi (b) e.) ErsTDan (c) o3..rzm4 (ISHUP) (d) 41-53) -62„) (b) t34z3'20 2...)tbrvDn

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(d) crod‘rzeue — d9, Z-Dc.:7Dt 2.JD VU-PH P-1 Y4- PXP (24 - A) 48. Who is the largest buyer of the 51. "Namma Mane", the recently Indian cotton fabrics in the implemented house scheme in World today ? Karnataka is a (a) U,K. (b) U.S.A. (a) Interest Subsidy Scheme (c) C.I.S. for Housing the Urban Poor (ISHUP) (d) France (b) Subsidy Scheme for House 49. Cheerapunjee and Mawsynram Less Rural Poor villages receives high rainfall (SSHLRP) due to (a) very high altitudinal (c) Houses for Rural Weaker location of these villages Sections (HRWS) than any other part of India. (d) Rural Poor Subsidy (b) proximity to the Bay of Housing Facility (RPSHF) Bengal. (c) influence of South West Monsoon and North East 52. The current account of the Monsoon Winds. balance, of payments comprises the (d) rain bearing winds getting locked in the Khasi Hills. (a) balance of trade only

(b) net investment incomes 50. Which of the following pair of and net transfers cities are connected by the bus service between India and (c) balance of trade, net Pakistan investment incomes and (a) Amritsar — Lahore net transfers (b) Islamabad — Amritsar (c) Islamabad — Delhi (d) net transfers and balance of (d) Lahore — Delhi trade

VU-PHP-1Y4-PXP (25 - A) 53. "LZ,:g eC) entizsg 55. 4)3eost oa E c)..trom D erVat cp'Etrt-2000" d)e , ,odd 1961-1962 tn:1 43-Dt 1965-1966 t 2025 tc_, nbtA TotEs eon-or...) 3--Qa)c.)-zt 23c'citat.) 1. ttry-ontrz4 dz.!" tatD3t! os.totr,- .TA'tcaTIV,), t..3 -0 • T,rocp ;710.)FITIVD, terIV85Z (a) 618 n&a..t -'5'na-f 5'23 TsIttprN.) ca.a-zoarie.d; e5)c:fi.) =alt..tzVve..1.) (b) 910 nos.1) 6' e:F.r nu-6' a3tDn'ec,/3

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VU-PHP-1Y4-PXP (26 - A) 53. According to the report of the 55. The increase in the volume of Standing Sub-Committee on imports during the Third Five Year Plan, that is from 1961- "Assessment of Availability & 1962 to 1965-1966 was due to Requirement of Water for 1. Rapid industrialization Diverse uses — 2000", the necessitated larger imports estimated water demand in of machinery, equipment India for irrigation in 2025.is industrial raw materials,

(a) 618 Billion Cubic Meters etc.

(b) 910 Billion Cubic Meters The defence needs increased following (c) 1024 Billion Cubic Meters aggression by China and (d) 2856 Billion Cubic Meters Pakistan.

Extensive crop failure in 54. According to the Government 1965-66 necessitated the of India, the higher education import of a large quantity policy has to be driven by three of food grains. ' Es Imports are anti- (a) Education, Excellence and inflationary because they Economical. reduce the scarcity of consumer goods. (b) Expansion, Equity and Select the correct answer using Excellence. the codes given below : (c) Equality, Empowerment (a) 1 and 2 and Expansion. (b) 1, 2 and 3 (d) Encourage, Effectiveness and Energy. (c) 3 only

(d) 4 only VU-PHP-IY4-PXP (27 - A) 56. 8qp Q.7D e.imo,14 taqcicp, 59. aptat:5)4 TAWD zv`Te,;cip.3,5cZAo CA, cborl.rD D a-0 CS atifD.Da.t.) M'C.)Z-DC3 8.rzonc3. TDdEVT1071 71) C4CdCS

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(28 - A) 56. Higher per capita income is 59: The sub-division and inversely correlated with the fragmentation of land holdings proportion of active population in India are• becoming more & • engaged in more serious for reason/s (a) Agriculture (b) Industry 1. The pressure of population (c) Services on land. (d) Foreign trade 2. The laws of inheritance 57. If NDP of India is greater than and succession. NNP, it means that 3. The breakup of the joint- The level of production in family system. the private sector has increased. The growing indebtedness The level of production in of small & marginal the public sector has farmers. increased. (c) The net earnings from Select the correct answer using abroad are positive. the codes given below : (d) The net earnings from (a) 1 only abroad are negative. (b) 1 & 2 58. Birth rate in the country is measured as (c) 2 & 3 (a) the number of Children (d) 1, 2, 3 & 4 born in the country. (b) . the number of children born as a percentage • of 60. Which type of taxes help in total women in the reducing income disparities '? country. (a) Neutral Taxes (c) the number of children born per 1000 eligible (b) Proportionate Taxes couple. (c) Progressive Taxes (d) the number of children born per 1000 population (d) Regressive Taxes in the country. VU-PH P-1 Y4-PXP (29 - A)

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VU- PH P-1 Y4-PXP (30 - A) 61. Based upon the Divisional 62. The requirement of Industrial Cumulative Deprivation Index (CDI),. the High Power Licensing (Industrial Policy of committee For Redressal of Regional Imbalances (HPC 1991) has been abolished for all FRRI-2002) recommended the regional allocation of additional but 5 product categories, these financial resources to reduce the development disparities as are below : (a) (Gulbarga)Kalaburgi Division = 20% + (a) Alcohol, Cigarettes, (Belgaum) Belagavi Division = 40% = 60 0A- for hazardous chemicals, North Region of the industrial explosives, Karnataka and Bangalore Division = 15% + Mysore electronic aerospace and Division 25% = 40% for South Region of the defence equipments of all Karnataka State. types and agricultural (b) (Gulbarga)Kalaburgi Division = 40% + products. (Belgaum) Belagavi Division 20% = 60% for North Region of the (b) Alcohol, Cigarettes, Karnataka and Bangalore Division = 25% + Mysore hazardous chemicals, Division 15% = 40% for South Region of the industrial explosives and Karnataka Slate. electronic aerospace and (c) (Gulbarga) Kalaburgi defence equipments of all Division 25% + (Belgaum) Belagavi types. Division = 15% = 40°A- for North Region of the Karnataka and Bangalore (c) Alcohol, Cigarettes, Division = 40% + Mysore Division 20% = 60% for hazardous chemicals, South Re_gion of the Karnataka State. industrial explosives and (d) (Gulbarga)Kalaburgi defence equipments. Division = 15% + (Belgaum) Belagavi Division = 25% = 40% for (d) Cigarettes, hazardous North Region of the Karnataka and Bangalore chemicals, industrial Division = 20% + Mysore explosives, electronic. Division 40% = 60% for South Region of the aerospace and defence Karnataka State. equipments. VU-PHP-I Y4-PXP (31 - A)

65. anIcre i odpri (aocp't 2.30

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VU-PHP-1Y4-PXP (32 - A) 63. During which of the following 65. Which committee was set-up to summit BRICS Development suggest methodology for pricing Bank was launched ? of diesel and cooking fuel ?

Russia (a) Kirit Parikh Committee

South Africa (b) Hanumantha Rao

China Committee

Brazil (c) Naresh Chandra Committee

(d) Athreya Committee 64. Which one of the following statement is correct ? The `Sen Measure' of poverty is 66. FTA signed by India with said to measure the distribution ASEAN in 2014 allows for the of welfare rather than merely movement of manpower and the distribution of wealth in a investments in the areas of : society because 1. Finance (a) It identifies poverty in 2. Civil Aviation terms of minimum level of living. 3. Health 4. (b) It measures the energy Information Technology requirements of a Select the correct answer using household. the codes given below :

(c) It prescribes a Universal 1 and 2 Standard of well being. 1, 3 and 4 (d) It seeks to measure the 4 and 1 income shortfall of each (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 person below the poverty.

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67. Which of the following two 70. In terms of percentage of the countries joined BIMSTEC in cumulative . FD1 equity inflows 2003-2004 ? during the period from April Bangladesh and Maldives 2000 to March 2014, what is the Maldives and Bhutan share of FDI in the Indian China and Nepal Service Sector ?

Nepal and Bhutan (a) 45 percent

(b) 54 percent 68. Which round of multilateral (c) 65 percent trade negotiations included services and agriculture for the (d) 57 percent first time ? (a) Doha round 71. Which one of the following is (b) Uruguay round the correct sequence in the process of economic integration (c) Bali round between different countries ? (d) Seattle round (a) Common Market — Free Trade Area — Custom 69. Export . Promotion Capital Union — Economic Union. Goods (EPCG) was introduced (,b) Free Trade Area — Custom in which of the following Foreign Trade Policies : Union — Common Market — Economic Union. (a) Foreign Trade Policy of 2014-19 (c) Free Trade Area — (b) Foreign Trade Policy of Common Market — Custom 2004-09 Union — Economic Union.

(c) Foreign Trade Policy of (d) Common Market — Free 2009-14 Trade Area — Economic (d) Foreign Trade Policy of Union — Custom Union. 2008-09 VU-PH P-1 Y4-PXP (35 - A)

72. 4s ..),DoE3 Typja)m44i 75. 4)-Dt3'4 WTO ,tizt;

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73. In which of the following City, 77. The recent mass uprising known ship-building Industry is as the 'Arab Spring' first began located ? in which of the following (a) Chennai (b) Paradeep countries ? (c) Mumbai (d) Cochin (a) Egypt (b) Libiya 74. Government of India decides to (c) Syria decontrol petrol prices, Diesel, LPG, Kerosene prices. But what (d) Tunisia is decontrol ? (a) Prices to be fixed by oil 78. Among the SAARC countries firms, not government. has the highest per capita income (b) No more subsidy, but market-linked prices. (a) India (c) Prices aligned to global (b) Pakistan crude prices and prices (c) Sri Lanka change periodically. (d) Bangladesh (d) All of the above. VU-PH P-I Y4-PXP (37 - A)

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