DO NOT OPEN THIS TES T BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE ASKED TO DO SO T.B.C. : B–APM–P–CKB Test Booklet Series Serial No. TEST BOOKLET 1 0 5 2 9 1 6 GENERAL STUDIES Paper–I Time Allowed: Two Hours Maximum Marks: 200 INSTRUCTIONS 1. IMMEDIATELY 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. 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 places 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 is printed both in Hindi and English. 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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 TES T BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE ASKED TO DO SO 1. With reference to 'Stand Up India Scheme', 3. Which of the following is/are tributary/ which of the following statements is/are tributaries of Brahmaputra? correct? 1. Dibang (1) Its purpose is to promote 2. Kameng entrepreneurship among SC/ST and 3. Lohit women entrepreneurs. Select the correct answer using the code given (2) It provides for refinance through SIDBI. below. Select the correct answer using the code given (a) 1 only below. (b) 2 and 3 only (a) 1 only (c) 1 and 3 only (b) 2 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 Answer: (d) 1, 2 and 3 Answer: (c) Both 1 and 2 4. The term 'Core Banking Solutions' is sometimes seen in the news. Which of the 2. The FAO accords the status of 'Globally following statements best describes/ describe Important Agricultural Heritage System this term? (GIAHS)' to traditional agricultural systems. 1. It is a networking of a bank's branches What is the overall goal of this initiative? which enables customers to operate 1. To provide modern technology, training their accounts from any branch of the in modern farming methods and bank on its network regardless of where financial support to local communities they open their accounts. of identified GIAHS so as to greatly 2. It is an effort to increase RBI's control enhance their agricultural productivity over commercial banks through 2. To identify and safeguard eco-friendly computerization. traditional farm practices and their 3. It is a detailed procedure by which a associated landscapes, agricultural bank with huge non-performing assets biodiversity and knowledge systems of is taken over by another bank. the local communities Select the correct answer using the code given 3. To provide Geographical Indication below. status to all the varieties of agricultural produce in such identified GIAHS (a) 1 only Select the correct answer using the code given (b) 2 and 3 only below. (c) 1 and 3 only (a) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 2 only (c) 2 and 3 only Answer: (a) 1 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 5. Consider the following pairs : Answer: (b) 2 only Terms sometimes seen Their origin in the news B–APM–P–CKB/65D 2 1. Annex-I : Cartagena Answer: (a) immunization of children and Countries Protocol pregnant women 2. Certified : Nagoya Emissions Protocol 8. Which of the following best describes/ Reductions describe the aim of 'Green India Mission' of 3. Clean : Kyoto the Government of India? Development Protocol 1. Incorporating environmental benefits Mechanism and costs into the Union and State Budgets thereby implementing the Which of the pairs given above is/are 'green accounting' correctly matched? 2. Launching the second green revolution (a) 1 and 2 only to enhance agricultural output so as to ensure food security to one and all in the (b) 2 and 3 only future (c) 3 only 3. Restoring and enhancing forest cover (d) 1, 2 and 3 and responding to climate change by a combination of adaptation and Answer: (c) 3 only mitigation measures Select the correct answer using the code given 6. In the context of the developments in below. Bioinformatics, the term 'transcriptome', (a) 1 only sometimes seen in the news, refers to (b) 2 and 3 only (a) a range of enzymes used in genome (c) 3 only editing (d) 1, 2 and 3 (b) the full range of mRNA molecules expressed by an organism Answer: (c) 3 only (c) the description of the mechanism of gene expression (d) a mechanism of genetic mutations 9. With reference to pre-packaged items in taking place in cells India, it is mandatory to the manufacturer to put which of the following information on the main label, as per the Food Safety and Answer: (b) : the full range of mRNA Standards (Packaging and Labelling) molecules expressed by an organism Regulations, 2011? 1. List of ingredients including 7 "Mission Indradhanush' launched by the additives Government of India pertains to 2. Nutrition information (a) immunization of children and pregnant 3. Recommendations, if any, made by the women medical profession about the possibility (b) construction of smart cities across the of any allergic reactions country 4. Vegetarian/non-vegetarian (c) India's own search for the Earth- Select the correct answer using the code given like planets in outer space below. (d) New Educational Policy (a) 1, 2 and 3 B–APM–P–CKB/65D 3 (b) 2, 3 and 4 13. Banjaras during the medieval period of Indian (c) l, 2 and 4 history were generally (d) 1 and 4 only (a) agriculturists (b) warriors Answer: (c) l, 2 and 4 (c) weavers (d) traders 10. 'Project Loon', sometimes seen in the news, is related to Answer: (d) traders (a) waste management technology (b) wireless communication technology 14. Who of the following had first deciphered the (c) solar power production technology edicts of Emperor Ashoka? (d) water conservation technology (a) Georg Biihler (b) James Prinsep Answer: (b) wireless communication (c) Max Miiller technology (d) William Jones 11. 'Net metering' is sometimes seen in the news Answer: (b) James Prinsep in the context of promoting the (a) production and use of solar energy by 15. With reference to the 'Gram Nyayalaya Act', the households/consumers which of the following statements is/are (b) use of piped natural gas in the kitchens correct? of households 1. As per the Act, Gram Nyayalayas can (c) installation of CNG kits in motorcars hear only civil cases and not criminal (d) installation of water meters in urban cases. households 2. The Act allows local social activists as mediators/reconciliators. Answer: (a) production and use of solar Select the correct answer using the code given energy by the households/consumers below. (a) 1 only 12. India's ranking in the 'Ease of Doing Business (b) 2 only Index' is sometimes seen in the news. Which (c) Both 1 and 2 of the following has declared that ranking? (d) Neither 1 nor 2 (a) Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Answer: (b) 2 only (b) World Economic Forum (c) World Bank 16. With reference to the Trans-Pacific (d) World Trade Organization (WTO) Partnership', consider the following statements : Answer: (c) World Bank 1. It is an agreement among all the Pacific Rim countries except China and Russia. B–APM–P–CKB/65D 4 2. It is a strategic alliance for the purpose (d) Neither 1 nor 2 of maritime security only. Which of the statements given above is/are Answer: (c) Both 1 and 2 correct? (a) 1 only 19. What is/are unique about 'Kharai camel', a (b) 2 only breed found in India? (c) Both 1 and 2 1.