IASbabas All India Open Mock-2 Prelims 2017
Q.1) We come across Wholesale Price
Index (WPI) based inflation and Consumer
Price Index (CPI) based inflation in news
often. Consider the below statements
with regard to them:
1. WPI index reflects average price
changes of goods and services that
are bought and sold in the
wholesale market.
2. CPI is computed by executing a
weighted average on a particular
set of goods and services.
3. WPI fails to communicate actual
burden borne by the end
consumer, whereas CPI takes into
account price changes and the
actual inflation that affects the end
consumer.
Which of the statements given above
is/are correct?
a) 3 only
b) 1 and 2 only
c) 2 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3
Q.2) With respect to the Market
Stabilisation Scheme (MSS) consider the
following statements:
1. It aims at controlling the level of
inflation in the market.
2. The amount raised under the MSS
does not get credited to the
Government Account.
3. The MSS constitutes an
arrangement aiding in liquidity
absorption.
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Select the correct answer using the codes
given below:
a) 1 only
b) 1 and 2 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3 only
Q.3) Which of the following correctly
defines the term crowding out effect?
a) It is an investment process under
which general public is kept out
b) It is an economic theory which
believes that more expenditure in
social security generates economic
growth
c) It is an economic theory which
believes that rise in public sector
spending drive down or even
eliminate private sector spending
d) None of the above
Q.4) Consider the below statements in
regard to Capital to Risk (Weighted)
Assets Ratio (CRAR)
1. CRAR is a standard metric to
measure balance sheet strength of
banks.
2. BASEL I and BASEL II are global
capital adequacy rules that
prescribe a minimum amount of
capital a bank has to hold given
the size of its risk weighted assets.
Which of the statements given above
is/are correct?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both
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d) None

Q.7) Mica is a naturally occurring mineral

with a wide range of application in
Q.5) Consider the below statements about
Electrical and electronics industry. Which
NABARD:
of the following statements are correct
1. NABARD has been entrusted with about Mica?
"matters concerning policy,
1. It is very good conductor of heat
planning and operations in the
and electricity.
field of credit for agriculture and
2. It is used in toothpaste and
other economic activities in rural
cosmetics.
areas in India".
3. India is the largest producer of
2. NABARD's refinance is available to
Mica in the world.
state co-operative agriculture and
rural development banks only. Select the code from below:
3. NABARD is also known for its 'SHG
a) 1 and 2
Bank Linkage Programme' which
b) 2 and 3
encourages India's banks to lend to
c) 1 and 3
self-help groups (SHGs).
d) All of the above
Which of the statements given above
is/are correct?
Q.8) Which of the following types of rocks
a) 1 and 3 only
are most likely to have coal formations?
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1 and 2 only a) Archean
d) 1 only b) Dharwad
c) Gondwana
d) Tertiary
Q.6) Which of the following extreme
points of India are correctly matched?

1. North Indira Point Q.9) Which of the following peninsular

2. South Indira col rivers have the largest drainage basin?
3. East Kibithu
4. West Gugariana a) Mahanadi
b) Godavari
Select the code from below: c) Krishna
d) Kaveri
a) 1 and 2
b) 3 and 4
c) 1,2 and 3
d) All of the above

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Q.10) An alluvial fan is a triangle- 3. The elected board members have

shaped deposit of gravel, sand, and even a fixed tenure of five years
smaller pieces of sediment, such as silt. 4. It is now mandatory for the state
Which of the following statements are governments to facilitate voluntary
correct about Alluvial fans? formation, independent decision-
making and democratic
1. Alluvial fans are formed by
functioning of the cooperatives.
Himalayan rivers at the foothills of
himalayas where streams Which of the above statement[s] is/are
encounter the plains. correct?
2. Alluvial fans are formed by rivers
a) 1 and 3 only
with inland drainage like Luni.
b) 1, 3 and 4
3. Alluvial fans are also formed under
c) 2 and 3 only
water on sea floors.
d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Select the code from below:

a) 1 and 2
b) 2 and 3 Q.13) Who among the following can
c) 1 and 3 supervise the elections to District Planning
d) All of the above Committee?

a) District Collector
b) State Government
Q.11) Vote on Account is passed after
c) State Election Commission
a) voting on demands for grants d) All of the above
b) passing of appropriation bill
c) the general discussion on budget
d) scrutiny by departmental Q.14) Which of the following is incorrect?
committees
a) One-third members of Rajya Sabha
retire every second year
b) The Constitution has not fixed the
Q.12) With regard to 97th Constitutional
term of office of members of the
Amendment Act, consider the following
Rajya Sabha
statements
c) A candidate contesting an election
1. Right to form a cooperative is now to the Rajya Sabha from a
a fundamental right particular state should be an
2. It provides reservation of one seat elector in that particular state only
for SC/ST and two seats for women d) The salaries and allowances of the
on the board of every co-operative Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha and
society the Chairman of Rajya Sabha are

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charged on the Consolidated Fund

of India
Q.17) Consider the following statements
about Indian National Congress
Q.15) In Indian context, a party is
recognised as a National party if 1. Sarojini Naidu was the first woman
President of INC
1. The party wins 2% of seats in the
Lok Sabha from at least 3 different 2. C R Das was in prison when he
States functioned as President of
2. A party gets recognition as State
Congress
Party in four or more States
3. At a General Election to Lok Sabha 3. The first Britisher to become the
or Legislative Assembly, the party President of INC was Alan Octavian
polls 6% of votes in four States and
Hume
in addition it wins 4 Lok Sabha
seats. 4. Alfred Webb was the President of
Congress in 1894
Choose the correct code

a) 1 only Which of these statement[s] is/are

b) 3 only correct?
c) 1 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3 a) 1 and 3
b) 2 and 4
c) 2,3 and 4
Q.16) The aim of education as stated by
d) All of the above
the Wood's dispatch of 1854 was

a) Learning through activity and

emphasis on vocational training
Q.18) The precious Koh-i-noor diamond
b) The spread of Western knowledge
was surrendered to queen of England
and culture in India
under
c) Promotion of literacy among the
people using English as medium of a) Treaty of Lahore, 1849
b) Treaty of Amritsar, 1846
instruction
c) Treaty of Bhyroval, 1846
d) Introduction of scientific research d) Treaty of Lahore, 1846
and rationalism in the traditional
Indian education

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Q.19) What was the purpose of Indian every 5 June. What is the theme of WED-
Parliamentary Committee set up in 1893 2017?

by Sir William Wedderburn and a) Prohibit illegal trade of threatened

W.S.Caine?
a) To agitate for Indian political
reforms in the House of Commons
b) To campaign for entry of Indians
into imperial judiciary
c) To agitate for entry of Indians into
the British parliament
d) To agitate for promotion
interests of British industrialists in
India
Q.20) Four resolutions were passed at the
famous Calcutta session of Indian National
Congress in 1906. The question of either
retention or of rejection of these four
resolutions became the cause of split in
Congress at the next session held in Surat
b) Seven Billion Dreams; One Planet;
Consume with Care
c) Small Islands and Climate Change
d) Connecting People to Nature
Q.22) Consider the following statements
regarding E-Waste (Management) Rules,
2016
of 1. Identification of hazardous and
other wastes
2. Permission to exporters of
hazardous and other wastes
3. Conduct training courses for
authorities dealing with
management of hazardous and
other wastes
4. Prepare and update guidelines to
prevent or minimise the
generation and handling of
hazardous and other wastes
5. Grant of licence for import of
hazardous and other wastes

in 1907. Which one of the following was Which of the given statements fall under
not one of those resolutions? the duties of Ministry of Environment,
Forest & Climate Change, GoI with respect
a) Annulment of partition of Bengal to management of hazardous substances
b) Boycott (MoEF)?
c) National Education
a) 1 and 2
d) Swadeshi
b) 1, 3 and 4
c) 2,3, 4 and 5
d) 1, 4 and 5
Q.21) World Environment Day (WED) is
the biggest annual event for positive
environmental action and takes place

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Q.23) Consider the following regarding

The Scheduled Tribes and Other
Q.25) Consider the following
Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition
of Forest Rights) Act 2006 You are on World Tour to study about
various climatic regions of the world. You
1. National Parks and Sanctuaries
are between 30 and 45 north and south
have not been included unlike
of the equator. You noticed very clear sky
Reserve Forest, Protected Forests
and high temperature but climate is not
for the recognition of Rights
extreme. To your surprise, it is raining in
2. The rights conferred under the Act
winters and summers are dry. Which of
shall be heritable, alienable and
the following regions will best suit your
transferable
location?
3. The Gram Sabha has been
designated as the nodal agency for a) Steppe Climate
the implementation of the Act b) China Climate
c) Taiga Climate
Which of the given statements is/are
d) Mediterranean Climate
incorrect?

a) Only 2
b) 1 and 2 Q.26) Which of the following are
c) 1, 2 and 3 considered to be macro-nutrients for
d) None plants?

1. Nitrogen
2. Calcium
Q.24) Which of the following aspects
3. Iron
is/are not associated with Ecological
4. Sulphur
Niche of a given species?
5. Zink
1. Food consumed by the given 6. Chlorine
species
Choose the correct answer using the
2. Ways in which the given species
codes below:
reproduces itself
3. Other species that consume the a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 only
given species b) 1, 2 and 4 only
c) All except 3
Select the correct answer using the code
d) All except 4 and 5
given below

a) 1 and 3
b) 1 and 2 Q.27) Which of the following diseases
c) Only 1 caused by viruses?
d) Only 2

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1. Common cold Q.29) The term 'Data Exclusivity' is

2. Anthrax sometimes seen in the news, refers to:
3. Dengue fever
a) protection of vital biometric
4. Aids
information related to Aadhar
5. Tuberculosis
Subscribers.
Choose the correct answer using the b) protection of clinical trial data
codes below: required to be submitted to a
regulatory agency to prove safety
a) 1, 3 and 4 only
and efficacy of a new drug.
b) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 only
c) protection of data related to
c) 2, 3 and 4 only
critical infrastructure from hacking
d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 only
by another country
d) none of the above.

Q.28) Recently, The world s largest

messaging app, WhatsApp beefed up its
Q.30) Which of the following is a potential
security feature for users around the
source of human DNA for forensic
world across all platforms recently. All
analysis?
private communications now would be
protected by enabling end-to-end 1. Saliva
encryption. Consider the following 2. Hair roots
statements about end-to-end encryption: 3. Red Blood cells

1. Only the people who are Select the correct answer using the code
communicating can read the given below.
messages sent.
a) 1 and 2 only
2. End-to-end encrypted messages
b) 2 and 3 only
are secure as they are never saved
c) 2 only
in servers.
d) All of them are correct
3. Only the company providing
service has the cryptographic keys.

Which of the statements given above Q.31) An Archaeological Survey of India

is/are correct? (ASI) excavation in Keezhadi revealed an
ancient settlement dated tentatively to
a) 2 only
3rd Century B.C. It is located in which of
b) 1 and 2 only
the following states?
c) 1 only
d) 1, 2 and 3 a) Tamil Nadu
b) Kerala
c) Karnataka

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d) None of the above a) Jainism

b) Mundas and Santhals
c) Shiva temples
Q.32) Which two of the following extreme d) Buddhism
location are connected by the East-West
Corridor In India?
Q.36) Implementation of the GAAR has
a) Silchar and Porbandar
been a matter of public debate. Which of
b) Mumbai and Dispur
the following statements are correct
c) Mumbai and Kolkata
regarding GAAR?
d) Nagpur and Siliguri
1. It gives Indian authorities the right
to scrutinize and tax transactions
Q.33) Brent index is associated with which they believe are structured
solely to avoid taxes.
a) Copper future prices 2. GAAR will apply only when tax
b) Gold future prices benefit exceeds Rs 3 crore.
c) Crude oil prices 3. GAAR will not apply to non-
d) Shipping rate index resident investors in FIIs.

Select the correct code from below:

a) 1 and 2 only
Q.34) The Hindu Adoption and
b) 1 and 3 only
Maintenance Act of 1956 is applicable to
c) 2 and 3 only
persons belonging to which of the
d) All the above
following religions?

1. Buddhism
2. Sikhism
Q.37) Core inflation has been considered a
3. Jainism
preferred tool for framing long-term
Select the correct code: policy. Consider the below statements in
regard to Core inflation:
a) 1 and 2
b) 2 and 3 1. Core inflation is a measure of
c) 1 and 3 inflation which excludes items that
d) All of the above face volatile price movement.
2. Unlike core inflation, headline
inflation takes into account
Q.35) Odishas Diamond Triangle of changes in the price of food and
Lalitgiri, Udaygiri and Ratnagiri is related energy.
to

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3. Central Banks target core inflation, Marketing Committee (APMC)

as it reflects the supply side Acts.
pressure in the economy. 3. APMC is a statutory market
committee constituted by the
Which of the statements given above
Central Government to administer
is/are correct?
Agriculture Marketing.
a) 3 only
Which of the statements given above is
b) 1 and 2 only
correct?
c) 2 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3 a) 1 only
b) 1 and 2 only
c) 2 and 3 only
Q.38) Consider the following statements d) 1, 2 and 3 only
regarding Regional rural Banks (RRBs):

1. They provide direct loans to small

Q.40) Match List I with List II and select
and marginal farmers. the correct answer using the code given
2. They are co-sponsored by the below the Lists:
Reserve Bank of India.
3. They also perform other banking List I
operations. List II
4. State Governments are 1. Quantitative credit control A)
shareholders in RRBs. Low rate of interest
2. Selective credit control B)
Which of the above statements are Bank rate
correct about RRBs? 3. Cheap money policy C)
Moral Suasion
a) 1,2 and 3
4. Wages and prices push D)
b) 2,3 and 4
Entails the concrete purchasing
c) 1,3 and 4
power of money
d) All of the above
5. Value of money E)
Creeping inflation
Q.39) Consider the following:
1-2-3-4-5
1. Agriculture belongs to state a) C-B-A-E-D
subject and Union Government b) B-A-C-E-D
can't legislate on activities of c) A-B-C-D-E
cultivation of agriculture produce. d) B-C-A-E-D
2. Agriculture Marketing is governed
by the Agricultural Produce

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Q.41) Sumi Baptist Church is the largest c) Kolkata

Church in Asia. In which of the following d) Allahabad
states is it located?

a) Goa
Q.44) Unlike the Atlantic and Pacific, both
b) Kerala
of which have strong currents circulating
c) Mizoram
clockwise north of the Equator, the
d) Nagaland
northern Indian Ocean has surface
currents that change their direction.
Which of the following reasons are
Q.42) Which of the following statements
responsible for this?
are correct with respect to Indian census
2011? a) Indian Ocean lies only in Southern
Hemisphere.
1. Kerala has the highest Literacy
b) Indian Ocean has monsoon drift
rate.
c) Indian Ocean is a Land locked
2. Delhi has the highest population
ocean
density per square kilometer.
d) Indian Ocean has greater variation
3. Daman and Diu has the lowest sex
in salinity
ratio amongst all states and Union
Territories
4. Bihar has the highest population
Q.45) The planetary winds (especially
amongst all states.
Westerlies) are much stronger and flows
Select the code from below: with much consistency in the Southern
Hemisphere as compared to the Northern
a) 1,2 and 3
Hemisphere. Which of the following
b) 2,3 and 4
statements can correctly explain this?
c) 1 and 2
d) All of the above 1. Southern Hemisphere has less
landmass as compared to
Northern Hemisphere.
Q.43) Consider the following conditions: 2. Coriolis force is higher in Southern
Hemisphere as compared to
1. The average temperature: 26oC Northern Hemisphere.
2. Average annual rainfall: 63cm 3. Gravitational pull of moon in
3. Annual range of temperature: 9oC Southern Hemisphere is more as
compared to Northern
The above meteorological information
Hemisphere.
refers to which of the following places?
Select the code from below:
a) Chennai
b) Cherapunji a) 1 only

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b) 2 and 3 1. Bill involving expenditure from the

c) 1 and 3 Consolidated Fund of India
d) All of the above 2. Bill for the alteration of boundaries
of States
3. Bill for the creation of a new State
Q.46) Consider the following Choose the appropriate code
1. The Cabinet Secretariat works a) 1 only
under the direct control of Prime b) 1 and 2 only
Minister c) 2 and 3 only
2. The Cabinet Secretary does not d) 1, 2 and 3
have a fixed tenure
3. The Cabinet Secretary is the ex-
officio Chairman of the Civil
Q.49) With regard to statutory grants in
Services Board
India, consider the following
Which of the above statement[s] is/are
1. These grants are given to the
correct?
states on the recommendation of
a) 1 and 3 only the Finance Commission
b) 3 only 2. These grants are charged on the
c) 2 only Consolidated Fund of India every
d) 1, 2 and 3 year

Which of the above statement[s] is/are

correct?
Q.47) With regard to Tribunals in India,
which of the following is incorrect? a) 1 only
b) 2 only
a) Tribunals under Article 323 B can c) Both 1 and 2
be established both by Parliament d) Neither 1 nor 2
and State legislatures
b) Article 323 A contemplates
establishment of tribunals for
Q.50) The Supreme Court has not only
public service matters only
succeeded the Federal Court of India but
c) Tribunals under Article 323 A can
also replaced the British Privy Council as
be established only by Parliament
the highest court of appeal.
d) None
With regard to Appeal by Special Leave,
consider the following
Q.48) Which of the following requires
1. It can be granted in any judgement
prior recommendation of the President?
whether final or interlocutory

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2. It can be granted against any court at the end of 1945 and the
or tribunal and not necessarily Constitution making body to be
against a high court
convened as soon as possible
3. It is a discretionary power and
hence, cannot be claimed as a d) A solution for the constitutional
matter of right deadlock
4. It may be related to any matter
whether constitutional, civil or
criminal
Q.52) Which of the following Mauryan
Which of the above statement[s] is/are pillars and their capitals are correctly
correct?
matched
a) 1, 2 and 3
1. Lauriya Nandangarh Bull capital
b) 1, 3 and 4
c) 1 and 2 only 2. Saranath Lion Capital
d) All of the above 3. Sankissa Elephant Capital

Choose the correct options

Q.51) After Quit India Movement, C.
a) 1 and 2 only
Rajagopalachari issued a pamphlet
b) 2 and 3 only
entitled The Way Out. Which one of the
c) 1 and 3 only
following was a proposal in this
d) All of the above
pamphlet?

a) Establishment of War Advisory

Council composed of Q.53) Consider the following statements
representatives of British India and
1. Mahavastu, a store house of
the Indian States
stories is the most important work
b) Reconstitution of the Central
of Mahayana Buddhism
Executive Council in such a way
2. Lalitavistara is the most sacred
that all its members, except
book of Hinayana Buddhism
Governor General and Commander
in chief should be Indians Which of the above statement[s] is/are
c) Fresh elections to the Central and true
Provincial Legislatures to be held
a) 1 only

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b) 2 only d) Teachers
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2 Q.56) Consider the following ecosystems:

1. Tropical Evergreen
2. Tropical Deciduous
Q.54) Consider the following differences 3. Taiga
4. Tundra
between Shruti and Smriti
The correct sequence in decreasing order
1. Shruti is of divine origin where as of the albedo value of these ecosystems is
smritis are produced out of human
a) 1-2-3-4
intellect b) 4-3-2-1
2. Shruthi means that which is heard c) 4-2-1-3
d) 1-2-4-3
and Smriti means that which is
remembered
3. Vedanga, Upaveda and upanga are Q.57) Consider the following
considered Shruti texts while
1. South America
Puranas, dharmasutras are 2. Asia
considered Smriti texts 3. Africa
4. North/Central America
Which of the above statement[s] is/are 5. Oceania
correct? Arrange the given continents in the
decreasing order of percentage of
a) 1 and 2 only Mangroves cover
b) 1 and 3 only
a) 5-2-4-1-3
c) 2 and 3 only b) 2-3-4-5-1
d) 1,2 and 3 c) 2-4-3-1-5
d) 5-2-3-4-1

Q.55) In the ancient age, the community

of shailoosh is related with
a) Professional drama companies
b) Nomadic hill tribes
c) Painters
Q.58) It is said the many lakes in
Bengaluru are dying slow death. Most of
the lakes in Bengaluru have disappeared
due to
1. Immersion of idols

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2. Illegal encroachment no longer interacts significantly

3. Lack of rain with other species
4. Dumping of effluents b) The species is no longer found in
the area it once inhabited
Select the correct answer using the code
c) The reduction of a species in the
given below
given area without affecting its
a) 1, 2 and 4 interaction with other species
b) 2 and 4 d) The species becomes endemic to
c) 2, 3 and 4 an area
d) Only 4

Q.61) Human bodies can be scanned with

Q.59) With reference to Hoolock Gibbon, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
found in India, which of the following because they contain
statements is/are correct?
a) Carbon
1. It is endemic to India b) Oxygen
2. It is given legal protection under c) Hydrogen
Schedule 1 of the Indian (Wildlife) d) Iron
Protection Act 1972.
3. The western hoolock is listed as
Endangered in the IUCN Redlist, Q.62) With reference to an inverter used
while the eastern hoolock is listed at households, consider the following
as Vulnerable. statements:

Select the correct answer using the code 1. An inverter is a device that
below converts alternating current to
direct current.
a) 1 and 2 2. An inverter does not produce any
b) 2 and 3 power
c) Only 2 3. An inverter is fitted in the main
d) 1, 2 and 3 power line.

Which of the statements given above

is/are correct?
Q.60) Which of the following correctly
explains about ecological extinction of a a) 1 only
species? b) 1 and 2 only
c) All of them are correct
a) the reduction of a species to such
d) 2 and 3 only
low abundance that, although it is
still present in the community, it

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Q.63) Which of these technologies a) 1 and 2 only

requires line of sight for communication? b) 1 and 3 only
c) All of them are correct
1. Bluetooth
d) 2 and 3 only
2. Wi-Fi
3. Near field communication (NFC)

Select the correct answer using the codes Q.66) Where was the world's oldest rock
given below. art have been found recently?

a) 1 and 2 only a) Gujarat

b) 3 only b) Tamil Nadu
c) 1 and 3 only c) Madhya Pradesh
d) None d) Maharashtra

Q.64) Consider the following statements: Q.67) Which of the following pairs are
correctly matched?
1. A Rh-negative person can donate
blood to a Rh-positive person. Reports
2. A Rh-negative person if exposed to Published by
Rh positive blood develops Rh
antigen. 1. Global Wage Report
World Economic Forum
Which of the statements given above 2. World Investment Report
is/are correct? World Bank
3. Global Environment Outlook
a) 1 only
United Nations Environmental
b) 2 only
Programme (UNEP)
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2 Select the correct code:

a) 1 and 2
Q.65) Consider the following pair b) 2 and 3
c) 1 and 3
1. INS Airavat Amphibious d) Only 3
warfare ship
2. INS Guided Missile
Astradharini destroyer Q.68) List of "Non-Cooperative Countries
3. INS Arihant Nuclear powered or Territories" (NCCTs) is prepared by
Submarine
Which of the above pairs is/are correctly a) Financial Action Task Force
matched? b) International Monetary Fund

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c) World Bank
d) None of the above
Q.69) Vadose Zone
a) extends from the top of the
ground surface to the water table
b) is an area below the water table
c) subsurface layer in which
groundwater seeps up from a
water table by capillary action to
fill pores
d) None of the above
Q.70) Davos man/Davos woman
concerned with
a) Mdecins Sans Frontires
b) World Economic Forum
c) Union of European Football
Associations
d) International Labour Organisation
Q.71) The Presiding Officer of a House,
while deciding on a defection case under
the ______________ Schedule may refer
the matter to _____________ for inquiry
a) Ninth, Consultative Committees
b) Ninth, Rules Committee
c) Tenth, Committee of Privileges
d) Tenth, Ethics Committee
Q.72) Which of the following is not true?
a) The Lok Sabha can either accept or
reject all or any of the
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recommendations of the Rajya
Sabha with regard to Money Bill
b) Rajya Sabha can only discuss the
budget but cannot vote on the
demands for grants
c) The Rajya Sabha can remove the
council of ministers by passing a
no-confidence motion
d) A resolution for the discontinuance
of the national emergency can be
passed only by the Lok Sabha and
not by the Rajya Sabha
Q.73) Who of the following does not
submit his resignation to the President of
is India?
a) Judge of the High Court
b) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
c) Governor of a State
d) Members of Joint State Public
Service Commission
Q.74) Who of the following is appointed
by the Governor but removed by the
President?
1. State Election Commissioner
2. Members of a State Human Rights
Commission
3. Members of Joint State Public
Service Commission
4. Members of State Public Service
Commission
Which of the above statement[s] is/are
correct?
a) 1 only
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b) 1, 2, 3 and 4 d) 1,2 and 3

c) 1, 2 and 4
d) 1 and 4 only

Q.77) Which of the following statements

about kachchi ghodi are correct?
Q.75) The accounts of the Union and the
States shall be kept in such form as
1. It originated in the Bhojpuri region
prescribed by
of Bihar
a) CAG of India with the approval of
2. Dancers wear novelty horse
the President
b) President of India in consultation costumes, and participate in mock
with CAG of India fights, while a singer narrates folk
c) Finance Minister of India in
tales about local bandits.
consultation with CAG of India
d) CAG of India in consultation with 3. In the state of Tamil Nadu, Poikkal
Finance Commission kuthirai aattam is a folk dance
similar to Kachchhi Ghodi.

Q.76) Consider the following statements Choose the correct options

about British Architecture in India
1. 2 and 3 only
1. Victoria Terminus (Chatrapati 2. 1 and 2 only
3. 1 and 3 only
Shivaji Terminus) is built in Indo-
4. 1,2 and 3
Sarasenic style of Architecture
2. Gateway of India is built with
yellow stone in Victorian Gothic Q.78) Bunker Convention is concerned
with
style
3. The India Gate at Delhi is a war a) Persistent Organic Pollutants
b) Mercury
memorial designed by Edwin
c) Oil Spills
Lutyens d) Green House Gases

Which of the above statement[s] is/are

correct? Q.79) Consider the following statements:

a) 1 and 3 only 1. Folding mountains, volcanoes and

b) 2 and 3 only oceanic trench are associated with
c) 3 only

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Continental Oceanic Convergent

boundary.
2. Folding mountains ranges are not Q.82) With regard to Balance Of Payments
formed in case of Oceanic (BOP), consider the following statements:
Oceanic Convergence.
1. Balance of payments accounts are
3. Continental Oceanic divergent
an accounting record of all
plate boundary does not exist.
monetary transactions between a
Which of the above statements are country and the rest of the world.
correct? 2. Balance of payments data is
concerned with actual payments
a) 1 and 2
made and received by an
b) 2 and 3
economy.
c) 1 and 3
3. Balance of payments also includes
d) All of the above
financial claims on and liabilities to
the rest of the world and transfers
such as gifts.
Q.80) Which of the following areas are
best suited for the formation of Air Which of the above statements are
masses? correct?

1. Extensively large area with a) 1 and 2 only

uniform surface of earth b) 1 and 3 only
2. Areas having tropical cyclones. c) 2 and 3 only
3. Large hot tropical deserts d) 1, 2 and 3

Select the code from below:

Q.83) Consider the following statements
a) 1 and 2 about the Government bonds or dated
b) 2 and 3 securities:
c) 1 and 3
d) All of the above 1. Government bonds are long term
Government securities with
original maturity of one year or
Q.81) Which one of the following more.
statement is true? 2. Government securities are issued
via Auctions conducted by the
a) GDP is equal to GNP when Reserve Bank of India.
income from Abroad is zero 3. The Short term Government
b) GDP is equal to GNP when securities are called Treasury bills
depreciation is zero with maturities of less than one
c) GDP is always greater then GNP year.
d) GDP is always lower than GNP

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Which of the above statements are 1. On the planet Earth, the fresh
correct? water available for us amounts to
about less than 1% of the total
a) 1 and 2 only
water found
b) 1 and 3 only
2. Of the total fresh water found on
c) 2 and 3 only
the planet Earth, 95% is bound in
d) 1, 2 and 3
polar ice caps and glaciers

Which of the statements given above

Q.84) Managed currency is said to be the
is/are correct?
a) Currency, the exchange rate of
a) 1 Only
which can be managed easily.
b) 2 Only
b) Currency, the intrinsic value of
c) Both
which can be managed by
d) None
increasing or decreasing its supply.
c) The government of the country
intervenes in some way or the
Q.87) Which of the following uses the
other to influence the prevailing
maximum amount of water per kg during
rate of exchange.
its production?
d) Quota of currency to be managed
by the Central Bank at times of a) Beef
deflation. b) Rice
c) Sugar
d) Potato
Q.85) Arrange the following according to
their major percentage share in worlds
exports-GDP ratio:
Q.88) You must have heard that global
1. Merchandise exports/GDP price of crude oil has declined. The crude
2. Service exports/GDP oil normally in news is Brent Crude Oil.
3. Non-oil Export/GDP
Consider the following w.r.t Brent Crude
Choose the correct option from the codes Oil
given below:
1. This grade is described as light
a) 1-2-3 because of its relatively low
b) 3-1-2 density
c) 1-3-2
2. It is sweet because of its low
d) 2-3-1
sulphur content.
3. Brent Crude is extracted from
Q.86) Consider the following statements the North Sea

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Which of the statements given above a) 1 and 2

is/are correct? b) 2 and 3
c) 1 and 3
a) 1 and 2
d) 1, 2 and 3
b) 2 and 3
c) Only 3
d) 1, 2 and 3
Q.91) In which of the following Countries,
is Tamil a major language?

Q.89) The ultimate source of most of the a) Myanmar

energy that we use comes from the Sun. b) Indonesia
Which of the following is/are exception to c) Bangladesh
this statement? d) Singapore

1. Geothermal Energy
2. Wave Energy
Q.92) Which of the following are the
3. Nuclear Energy
evidences of Sea Floor Spreading?
4. Bioenergy
1. The age of the rocks at mid
Select the correct answer using the codes
Oceanic Ridge is youngest and it
given below
increases towards the trench.
a) Only 3 2. The age of the rocks at the same
b) 1 and 3 distance from the mid oceanic
c) 1, 3 and 4 ridge is same on both the sides.
d) 3 and 4 3. The magnetic dipole orientation of
the rocks at the same distance
from mid oceanic ridge on both
Q.90) India has once again opposed the sides is same.
listing of Chrysotile asbestos as a
Select the code from below:
hazardous substance under the
Rotterdam convention at the Conference a) 1 and 2
of Parties (COP) that concluded recently in b) 2 and 3
Geneva. Consider the following c) 1 and 3
statements regarding asbestos d) All of the above

1. It is highly resistant to heat

2. It is anhydrous magnesium silicate
Q.93) Vote Through Proxy is a facility
3. It is also used in brake linings,
given to
insulation and fireproof materials.
a) Armed Forces
Which of the statements given above
b) Non-Resident Indians
is/are correct?

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c) Overseas Citizen of India
d) Senior Citizens of India
Q.94) Consider the following statements
1. World Wetland Day is celebrated
on 2nd February
2. This day marks the date of the
adoption of the Convention on
Wetlands on 2 February 1997, in
the Iranian city of Ramsar on the
shores of the Caspian Sea.
3. 'Wetlands and disaster risk
reduction' is the theme of World
Wetlands Day 2017
Select the correct statement/s
a) 1 and 2
b) 1 and 3
c) 2 and 3
d) 1, 2 and 3
Q.95) Consider the following regarding
Wildlife Protection Act, 1972
1. This was the first umbrella act
which established schedules of
protected plant and animal
species.
2. The act has six schedules that
extends to whole of India
3. It has given criterions to declare
national parks and wildlife
sanctuaries
Select the correct statement/s
a) 1 and 2
b) 1 and 3
c) 2 and 3
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d) 1, 2 and 3
Q.96) Which of the following statements
could be termed as the true contents of
the CR formula?
1. The people in the Muslim
dominated districts of the north-
west and the east of the India shall
decide, by plebiscite, the issue of
separation from India.
2. The prerequisite of the formula
was the grant of dominion status
to India by the British.
3. The Muslim league should
cooperate with the Congress in the
formation of provisional interim
government for the transitional
period.
Select the appropriate code:
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) All of them are correct.
Q.97) With reference to Gandhijis
activities in South Africa, arrange them in
chronological order (earliest to latest):
1. Foundation of Tolstoy Farm
2. Foundation of Pheonix farm
3. Foundation of Natal Indian
Congress
4. Satyagraha against Compulsory
Registration and passes for Asians.
Select the appropriate code:
a) 1-2-3-4
b) 3-2-4-1
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c) 4-1-3-2 4. It worked through several

d) 2-3-1-4 Committees

Q.98) The Delhi-Lahore Conspiracy Case Select the appropriate code:

was related to:
a) 1,2 and 3 only
a) Murder of John Saunders by b) 1,2 and 4 only
Bhagat Singh and S Rajguru. c) 1,3 and 4 only
b) Assassination of Charles Tegart d) All of them are correct.
c) Planned assassination of Lord
Hardinge
d) Waging war against the British
Government in India

Q.99) Consider the following statements

with regards to the Jallianwala Bagh
Massacre:

1. Hunter Commissions report was

described by Gandhiji as a white
wash.
2. General Dyer was decorated for his
act in Britain
3. The people in Jallianwala Bagh
were protesting against the
increase in taxes and increased
vigilance of common man

Which of the above-mentioned

statement(s) is/are correct?

a) 2 only
b) 1 and 3 only
c) 2 and 3 only
d) 1 and 2 only

Q.100) Which of the following statements

regarding the Constituent Assembly are
true?

1. It was not based on Adult

Franchise.
2. It resulted from direct elections.
3. It was a multiparty body.

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