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 1. Which one of the following elements is 5. Consider the following chemical
used as a timekeeper in atomic clocks? reaction :

(a) Potassium aFe 2 O 3 (s) + bCO(g) —> cFe (s) + dC02

(b) Caesium In the balanced chemical equation of

the above, which o f the following will be
(c) Calcium the values o f the coefficients a, b, c and
d respectively?
(d) Magnesium
(a) 3, 2, 3, 1

2. Which one of the following elements is (b) 1, 3, 2, 3

involved in the control of water content (c) 2, 3, 3, 1
of the blood?
(d) 3, 3, 2, 1
■ (a) Potassium
6 . Why is argon gas used along with
(b) Lithium tungsten wire in an electric bulb?
(c) Rubidium (a) To increase the life o f the bulb

(d) Caesium (b) To reduce the consumption of

electricity
(c) To make the emitted light colored
3. Which one of the following gases
dissolves in water to give acidic (d) To reduce the cost o f the bulb
solution?
7. Which one o f the following is the correct
(a) Carbon dioxide relation between the Kelvin temperature
(T) and the Celsius temperature (fc)?
(b) Oxygen
(a) These are two independent
(c) Nitrogen temperature scales

(d) Hydrogen (b) T = t,

(c) T = tc -2 7 3 -1 5

4. Which one of the following elements is (d) r = ( c +273-15

essential for the formation of chlorophyll
in green plants? 8 . Sound waves c a n n o t travel through a

(a) Calcium (a) copper wire placed in air

(b) silver slab placed in air
(b) Iron
(c) glass prism placed in water
(c) Magnesium
(d) wooden hollow pipe placed in
(d) Potassium vacuum

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 9. Which one of the following is the value of D ire ctio n s :
one nanometer?
The following seven (7) items consist of two
(a) 1 0 "^ cm statements, Statement I and Statement II.
Examine these two statements carefully and
(b) 1 0 "^ cm select the correct answer using the code given
(c) cm below.
Code :
(d) 1 0 "^ cm
(a) Both the statements are
individually true and Statement II
10. Consider the following statements : is the correct explanation of
1. There is no net moment on a body Statement I
which is in equilibrium. (b) Both the statements are
individually true but Statement II
2. The momentum of a body is always
is n o t the correct explanation of
conserved.
Statement I
3. The kinetic energy of an object is
(c) Statement I is true but Statement II
always conserved. is false

Which of the statements given above (d) Statement I is false but Statement II
is/are correct? is true

12. Statement I :
(a) 1, 2 and 3
By far the most common topographic
(b) 2 and 3 only form in a Karst terrain is the sinkhole.
(c) 1 and 2 only Statement II :

(d) 1 only Topographically, a sinkhole is a

11. Working of safety fuses depends upon
1. magnetic effect of the current
2 . chemical effect of the current
3. magnitude of the current
depression that varies in depth from
less than a meter to few hundred
meters.
13. Statement I :
Incised meanders are formed in the
mature stage o f a river.

4. heating effect of the current Statement II :

Incised meanders are characterized by
Select the correct answer using the code rejuvenation and upliftment of land.
given below.
14. Statement I :
(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 Portions of glacial troughs may exhibit
remarkably flat floors.
(b) 1, 2 and 3 only
Statement II :
(c) 3 and 4 only
The flat floor in a glacial trough is
(d) 4 only produced by uniform glacial erosion.

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 15. Statement I 19. Which one o f the following is a true
In Tundra climate, biodiversity is fish as per the biological system of
comparatively less. classification?

(a) Silverflsh
Statement II :
(b) Jellyfish
Tundra climate has less reproductive
warm period. Cuttlefish
(c)

(d) Flying fish

16. Statement I :
Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels 20. In which one o f the following types of
caused by the combined effects of the connective tissues in animals does fat
gravitationed forces exerted by the
get stored?
Moon and the Sun and the rotation of
the Earth. (a) Adipocyte

Statement II ; (b) Chondrocyte

The Earth rotates from west to east. (c) Osteocyte

(d) Reticulocyte

17. Statement I :
A person may suffer from tuberculosis 21. Which one o f the following pairs about
if she/he frequently visits crowded organ/part that helps in locomotion is
place. n o t correctly matched?

(a) Euglena : Flagellum

Statement II :
Bacteria of tuberculosis spread (b) Paramecium : Cilia
through droplets by sneezing or
coughing. (c) Nereis : Pseudopodia

(d) Starfish : Tubefeet

18. Statement I :
22. Lysosome is formed from which o f the
Bioaccumulation is a process of
progressive accumulation of heavy following cell organelles?
metals and pesticides in an organism.
(a) Nucleus

Statement II : (b) Endoplasmic reticulum

Large fishes of the pond are found to (c) Golgi bodies

have higher concentration of pesticides
than planktons of the same pond. (d) Ribosomes

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23. A protein is synthesized in the 26. Which one of the following places of
endoplasmic reticulum bound India experiences highest atmospheric
ribosomes and it targets to the inner pressure during winter?
thylakoid space of chloroplast. How
many double-layered membrane layers (a) Jaisalmer
it has to pass to reach its destination?
(b) Leh
(a) 2
(c) Chennai
(b) 3
(d) Guwahati
(c) 4

(d) 5
27. Match List-1 with List-ll and select the
correct answer using the code given
below the Lists :
24. Which of the following causes adiabatic
temperature changes in atmosphere? L is t-I List-n
(Hypothesis/ Theory) (Propounder)
(a) Deflection and advection
A. Planetesimal hypothesis 1. Kober

(b) Latent heat of condensation B. Thermal contraction 2. Chamberlin

theory
(c) Expansion and compression of
C. Geosynclinal Orogen 3. Daly
the air
theoiy

(d) Partial absorption of solar radiation D. Hypothesis of sliding 4. Jeffreys

by the atmosphere continent

Code :
25. Which one of the following is applicable
to collision-coalescence. process of
precipitation? (a) A B C D
2 4 1 3
(a) Clouds which do not extend beyond
the freezing level (b) A B C D
2 1 4 3
(b) Clouds which extend beyond the
freezing level (c) A B C D
3 1 4 2

(c) All types of clouds

(d) A B C D
(d) Cirrocumulus cloud 3 4 1 2

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28. Bright light is found to emit 31. Which one o f the following elements will
from photographer’s flashgun. This be an isobar o f calcium if the atomic
brightness is due to the presence of number o f calcium is 2 0 and its mass
which one of the following noble gases? number is 40?
(a) Element with 20 protons and
(a) Argon
18 neutrons
(b) Xenon (b) Element with 18 protons and
19 neutrons
(c) Neon
(c) Element with 20 protons and
(d) Helium 19 neutrons
(d) Element with 18 protons and
2 2 neutrons
29. Which one of the following is n o t a
characteristic of a compound? 32. Which of the following represents a
relation for lie a t lost = heat gained’?
(a) Composition is variable.
(a) Principle of thermal equilibrium
(b) All particles of compound are of
(b) Principle of colors
only one type.
(c) Principle o f calorimetiy
(c) Particles of compound have two or (d) Principle of vaporization
more elements.
33. Two metallic wires made from copper
(d) Its constituents cannot be have same length but the radius of
separated by simple physical wire 1 is half of that of wire 2. The
methods. resistance of wire 1 is R. If both the
wires are joined together in series, the
total resistance becomes
30. Which of the following substances cause
temporary hardness in water? (a) 2R
R
1. Mg(HC03)2 (b)
2
2. Ca(HC03)2
(c)
4
3. CaCl 2
4. MgS04 (d)

Select the correct answer using the code 34. When the Sun is near the horizon during
given below. the morning or evening, it appears
reddish. The phenomenon that is
(a) 3 and 4 responsible for this observation is
(a) reflection o f light
(b) 2 and 3
(b) refraction of light
(c) 1 and 4 (c) dispersion of light
(d) 1 and 2 (d) scattering of light

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35. Match List-I with List-II and select the 37. In which one of the following groups o f
correct answer using the code given States in India is the Integrated Coastal
below the Lists : Zone Management (ICZM) Project being
implemented as a pilot investment?
List-I List-n
(a) Gujarat, Kerala and Goa
(Cloud) (Characteristic)
(b) Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra
A. Cirrus 1. Rain-giving Pradesh
B. Stratus 2. Featheiy appearance (c) Gujarat, Odisha and West Bengal

C. Nimbus 3. Vertically growing (d) Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and

Tamil Nadu
D. Cumulus 4. Horizontally spreading
38. Which of the following statements about
Code ; the National Water Academy (NWA)
is/are correct?
(a) A B C D 1. The primary objective o f the NWA is
3 1 4 2 to function as Centre of Excellence
in training for in-service engineers
(b) A B C D from Central and State organiza­
2 1 4 3 tions on various aspects o f water
resource planning.
(c) A B C D
2 4 1 3 2. The NWA is located in New Delhi.

Select the correct answer using the code

(d) A B c D
given below.
3 4 1 2
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
36. Which one of the following is not an
(c) Both 1 and 2
exclusive right of the concerned coastal
nations over Exclusive Economic Zone (d) Neither 1 nor 2
(EEZ)?
39. A wire of copper having length I and
(a) Survey and exploitation of mineral area of cross-section A is taken and a
resources of ocean deposits current / is flown through it. The power
dissipated in the wire is P. If we take
(b) Exploitation of marine water energy an aluminium wire having same
and marine organisms including dimensions and pass the same current
fishing through it, the power dissipated will be

(c) Conservation and management of (a) P

marine resources (b) < P

Navigation of ships and laying (c) > P

(d)
down submarine cables (d) 2P

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40. The pressure of a fluid varies with 43. Extrusive volcanoes are not found in
depth h as P = PQ+pgh, where p is which one of the following mountains?
the fluid density. This expression is
associated with (a) Alaska

(a) Pascal’s law (b) Rocky

(b) Newton’s law (c) Andes

(c) Bernoulli’s principle (d) Himalayas

(d) Archimedes’ principle

44. Which one of the following crops is not
cultivated in Karewas, the lacustrine
41. Consider the following constituent gases deposit's of sand, clay, loam, silt and
of the atmosphere : boulders?
1. Argon
(a) Saffron
2. Neon
(b) Almond
3. Helium
(c) Walnut
4. Ceirbon dioxide
(d) Ling nut
Which one of the following is the correct
ascending sequence of the above gases
in terms of the volume percentage? 45. Consider the following tributaries of river
Ganga :
(a) 1-3-2-4 1. Gandak

(b) 1-4-2-3 2. Kosi

(c) 4-2-3-1 3. Ghaghara

(d) 2-4-1-3 4. Gomti

Which one of the following is the correct

42. Which one of the following Indian States order of the above rivers from east to
has the highest percentage of Scheduled west?
Tribe population to its total population?

(a) Mizoram (a) 3-4-1-2

(b) Nagaland (b) 2-1-3-4

(c) Meghalaya (c) 2-3-1-4

(d) Arunachal Pradesh (d) 1-2-4-3

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46. Which of the following National Parks of 48. Which one of the following statements
India are declared as World Heritage by about lymph is correct?
UNESCO?
1. Keoladeo National Park (a) Lymph is formed due to leakage of
blood through capillaries.
2. Sundarbans National Park
3. Kaziranga National Park (b) Lymph contains blood cells such
4. Ranthambore National Park as RBC.

Select the correct answer using the code

(c) Lymph is also circulated by the
given below.
blood circulating heart.

(a) 1 and 2 only

(d) Lymph only transports hormones.
(b) 1, 2 and 3 only

(c) 3 and 4 only

(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 49. Which of the following classes of animals

has/have three-chambered heart?
47. Match List-I with List-II and select the
correct answer using the code given (a) Pisces and Amphibia
below the Lists :
(b) Amphibia and Reptilia
List-I List-n
(Railway Zone) (Headquarters)
(c) Reptilia only
A. North Central 1. Secunderabad

B. North Eastern 2. Jabalpur (d) Amphibia only

C. West Central 3. Gorakhpur

D. South Central 4. Allahabad

50. Accumulation of which one of the
Code : following in the
leads to cramp?
(a) A B C D
4 3 2 1
(a) Lactic acid
(b) A B C D
4 2 3 1
(b) Ethanol
(c) A B C D
1 2 3 4 (c) Pyruvic acid

(d) A B C D
1 3 2 4 (d) Glucose

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51. Which one of the following statements 54. In October 2017, India sent its first
about Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) is shipment of wheat to Afghanistan as
n ot correct? a jpart of commitment made by
the Government of India to supply
(a) It is a marketable security. 1-1 million tonnes of wheat to that
countiy on grant basis. The shipment
(b) It experiences price changes was sent through
throughout the day.

(c) It typically has lower daily liquidity (a) Iran

and higher fees than mutual fund
shares. (b) Pakistan

(d) An ETF does not have its net asset

value calculated once at the end of (c) Tajikistan
every day.
(d) China

52. Which one of the following is the

maximum age of joining National
Pension System (NFS) under the NFS- 55. Which of the following statements about
Private Sector? the India Post Payments Bank (IPPB)
is/are correct?
(a) 55 years
1. It has been incorporated as a
(b) 60 years Public Limited Company.

(c) 65 years 2. It started its operation by

establishing two pilot branches at
(d) 70 years
Hyderabad and Varanasi.

53. The Reserve Bank of India has recently Select the correct answer using the code
constituted a high-level task force on
given below.
Public Credit Registry (PCR) to suggest a
road map for developing a transparent,
comprehensive and near-real-time PCR
for India. The task force is headed by (a) 1 only

(a) Sekar Kamam

(b) 2 only
(b) Vishakha Mulye
(c) Both 1 and 2
(c) Sriram Kalyanaraman

(d) Y. M. Deosthalee (d) Neither 1 nor 2

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56. Which of the following are the functions 58. According to the Election Commission of
of the National Human Rights India, in order to be recognized as a
Commission (NHRC)? ‘National Party’, a political party must
1. Inquiiy at its own initiative on the be treated as a recognized political party
violation of human rights in how many States?

2. Inquiiy on a petition presented to it (a) At least two States

by a victim (b) At least three States
3. Visit to jails to study the condition
(c) At least four States
of the inmates
4. Undertaking and promoting (d) At least five States
research in the field of human
rights 59. Which one of the following statements
with regard to Antrix Corporation
Select the correct answer using the code
Limited is correct?
given below.
(a) It is a commercial arm of the
(a) 1 and 2 only
Department of Industrial Policy and
(b) 2, 3 and 4 only Promotion.
(c) 1, 3 and 4 only (b) It is under the administrative
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 control of the Department of Space.
(c) It is under the administrative
57. A person is disqualified for being chosen control of the Ministry of Health
as, and for being, a Member of either
and Family Welfare.
House of the Parliament if the person
(d) It is a commercial arm of the
1. holds any office of profit under the
Department of Science and
Government of India or the
Technology.
Government of any State other than
an office declared by the Parliament
by law not to disqualify its holder 60. Verses ascribed to poet-saint Kabir have
been compiled in which of the following
2 . is an undischarged insolvent
traditions?
3. is so disqualified under the Tenth
Schedule of the Constitution of 1. Bijak in Varanasi
India 2. Kabir Granthavali in Rajasthan
4. is of unsound mind and stands so 3. Adi Granth Sahib
declared by a competent Court
Select the correct answer using the code
Select the correct answer using the code
given below.
given below.
(a) 1, 2 and 4 only (a) 1 and 2 only

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

(c) 3 and 4 only (c) 2 and 3 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3 only (d) 3 only

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61. Around twelfth century, Sufi Silsilas 63. Which of the following statements about
began to ciystgdlize in different parts of the Non-Cooperation Movement is/are
the Islamic world to signify correct?

1. It was marked by significant

1. continuous link between the
participation of peasants from
master and disciple
Karnataka.

2 . unbroken spiritual genealogy to the 2. It was marked by non-Brahmin

Prophet Muhammad lower caste participation in Madras
and Maharashtra.
3. the transmission of spiritual power
3 . It was marked by the lack of labour
and blessings to devotees
unrest in places like Assam, Bengal
and Madras.
Select the correct answer using the code 4. It was badly shaken by the Chauri
given below. Chaura incident in 1922 after
which Gandhiji decided to continue
with the movement on a much
smaller scale.
(a) 1 and 2 only
Select the correct answer using the code
(b) 2 only given below.

(c) 1 and 3 only (a) 1 only

(b) 1, 2 and 4
(d) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 2 and 3

(d) 2 only
62. In the 10th Mandala of the Rigveda,
which one of the following hymns
64. Which one of the following was a focus
reflects upon the marriage ceremonies?
country of the W orld Food India’, a
mega food event held in November 2017
(a) Surya Sukta in New Delhi?

(Cl) Germany
(b) Purusha Sukta
(b) Japan
(c) Dana Stutis
(c) Denmark

(d) Uma Sutra (d) Italy

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65. Which one of the following States will 68. Which one of the following teams was
host the Nobel Prize Series—India 2018 defeated by India to win the W om en’s
(Science Impacts Life) Exhibition? Hockey Asia Cup title, 2017?

(a) Japan
(a) Gujarat
(b) China
(b) Rajasthan
(c) South Korea
(c) Goa
(d) Pakistan

(d) Madhya Pradesh

69. Which one of the following statements
about India is not correct?
66 . The Ministry of Communication has
(a) India has 12 major ports and about
recently launched a Pan India 2 0 0 non-major ports.
scholarship programme for school­
children called TDeen Dayal SPARSH (b) 95 percent o f India’s trade by
Yojana’. The objective of the scheme is volume and 6 8 percent by value are
to increase the reach of moved through maritime transport.

(c) India has a coastline o f about

(a) sports
7500 km.

(b) philately (d) In the Maritime Agenda,

2010-2020, a target of 300 MT port
(c) music capacity has been set for the
year 2 0 2 0 .
(d) web designing

70. Which one of the following statements is

n o t correct?
67. Which one of the following temples of
India has won the ^UNESCO Asia Pacific (a) India joined MTCR in 2016.
Award of Merit, 2017’ for cultural
heritage conservation? (b) India submitted a formal
application for membership of the
(a) Kamakhya Temple, Guwahati NSG in 2016.

(c) India proposed the Comprehensive

(b) Sri Ranganathaswami Temple, Convention on International
Srirangam Terrorism in 1996.

(c) Meenakshi Temple, Madurai (d) The Commonwealth Heads of

Government Meeting (CHOGM) was
(d) Kedarnath Temple, Kedarnath held in 2016 at Malta.

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71. Which one of the following Amendments 73. Which one o f the following is India’s first
to the Constitution of India has indigenously designed and developed
prescribed that the Council of Ministers long-range subsonic cruise missile
shall not exceed 15 percent of total which can be deployed from multiple
number of members of the House of the platforms?
People or Legislative Assembly in the
States? (a) Astra

(b) Akash
(a) 91 St Amendment
(c) Nirbhay
(b) 87th Amendment
(d) Shankhnaad
(c) 97th Amendment

74. The Ministry of Power, Government of

(d) 90th Amendment
India has recently constituted a
Committee to investigate the causes o f
the accident that occurred on 1 st
72. Which of the following about the role of November, 2017 at Feroze Gandhi
Indian Coast Guard is/are correct? Thermal Power Plant Ltd., Unchahar, in
Uttar Pradesh. Who among the following
1. Indian Coast Guard has been is the Chairman of the Committee?
entrusted with the offshore security
coordination authority (a) Dr. L. D. Papney

(b) Shri Dhawal Prakash Antapurkar

2. Lead intelligence agency for coastal
and sea border
(c) Shri Subir Chakraborty
3. Coastal security in territorial
'(d) Shri P. D. Siwal
waters

Select the correct answer using the code 75. In November 2017, an Indian short film.
given below. The School Bag won the Best Short Film
Award at the South Asian Film Festival
held at Montresd. Who among the

(a) 1 and 3 only

(a) Anurag Kashyap
(b) 1, 2 and 3
(b) Dheeraj Jindal

(c) 1 and 2 only

(c) Sujoy Ghosh

(d) 3 only (d) SEimvida Nanda

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76. In November 2017, India’s MC Mary Kom 79. Which o f the following statements about
won the gold medal at the Asian the usage o f the term ‘barbarian’ is/are
Boxing Championship, 2017 held at correct?
Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. In which
1. It is derived from the Greek word
one of the following categories was she
‘barbaros’ which means a
declared winner?
non-Greek.

(a) 48 kg 2. Romans used the term for the

Germanic tribes, the Gauls and the
(b) 51 kg Huns.

(c) 54 kg Select the correct answer using the code

given below.
id) 57 kg

(a) 1 only

77. Which one of the following is the theme of (b) 2 only

the World Soil Day, 2017?
(c) Both 1 and 2

(a) Soils and pulses, a symbol for life (d) Neither 1 nor 2

(b) Caring for the Planet starts from

the Ground 80. Which one o f the following statements is
not correct?
(c) Soils, a solid ground for life
(a) Al-Biruni identifies the Sufi
(d) Soils, foundation for family farming • doctrine o f divine love as self-
annihilation with parallel passages
from Bhagavad Gita.

78. Who among the following is the winner of (b) According to Al-Biruni, Sufi
the National Badminton Championship theories o f Soul were similar to
(Men), 2017? those in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra.

(c) The Hatha Yogic treatise Amrita

(a) Kidambi Srikanth
Kunda had lasting impact on
Sufism.
(b) H. S. Prannoy
(d) Hujwiri’s conversation with the
(c) Ajay Jayaram Yogis shows that he was impressed
with their theory of the division o f
(d) Sai Praneeth the human body.

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 81. Consider the following statement : 84. Which one o f the following is n o t
a correct ascending order of
“So much is wrung from the peasants, commissioned ranks in the defence
that even dry bread is scarcely left to fill forces of India?
their stomachs.” (a) Lieutenant, Captain, Major,
Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel,
Brigadier, Major General,
Who among the following European Lieutenant General, General
travellers had made the above (b) Flying Officer, Flight Lieutenant,
statement about the condition of Squadron Leader, Wing
peasantry in the Mughal Empire? Commander, Group Captain, Air
Commodore, Air Vice Marshal,
Air Marshal, Air Chief Marshal
(a) Francisco Pelsaert
(c) Flying Officer, Flight Lieutenant,
(b) Francois Bernier Squadron Leader, Group Captain,
Wing Commander, Air Commodore,
(c) Jean-Baptiste Tavemier Air Vice Marshal, Air Marshal, Air
Chief Marshal
(d) Niccolao Manucci (d) Sub Lieutenant, Lieutenant,
Lieutenant ' Commander,
Commander, Captain, Commodore,
82. What is the name of the literary genre Rear Admiral, Vice Admiral,
developed by the Khojas who are a Admiral
branch of the Ismaili sect?
85. Which of the following statements about
(a) Ginan Attorney General o f India is/are n o t
correct?
(b) Ziyarat 1.. He is the first Law Officer of the
Government o f India.
(c) Raag
2. He is entitled to the privileges o f a
(d) Shahada Member of the Parliament.
3. He is a whole-time counsel for the
Government.
83. Who was/were the 10th century 4. He must have the same
composer(s) of the Nalayira Divya qualifications as are required to be
Prabandham? a judge of the Supreme Court.
Select the correct answer using the code
(a) Alvars
given below.
(b) Nayanars (a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 2 and 4
(c) Appar
(c) 3 only
(d) Sambandar (d) 1 only

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mcT m ^ M m ^ ‘t e r w «n? 2017-2031 % ^ ^ W.
:
(a) 35^
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(b) 36^ 2. NWAP t, ^ ^

m -^vjflcil ^ ^dc||^ mRcIc^h ^ xpg^
(c) 37^

■tor^i
(d) 38^
3. N W A P% ^W ^fl

87. ^ ‘-q;^ ^ % ^^ ^ t/ f ?
%g[m ^ 3T5^^ ^ 1997 ^ T3;^
11^ ^ ? (a) 1

(a)
(b) 1 3frr 2

(b) W J^

2 3fR 3
(c) f^ R fw r

(d) STTcTf^imtf^ (d) 1, 2 3fR 3

88 . WcT % T T ^ % PinRlRad ^ ^
^ I? 90. ^ 2015-2016 % WcT % PlHf^ffecI
(tj^ ) 3 ?M it ^ - f ^ ^ 3cqr^
(a) WcT ^ T T ^ % ^ ^ ^ ( 3 f f ^ ^ ) ^uiicHch t^7
Wf^%\

(a) Mi<j)fa«t> %f
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(c)
(d) ^ 3 T te ^
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86 . Under which one of the following 89. Consider the following statements about
Amendment Acts was Sikkim admitted National Wildlife Action Plan (NWAP) of
into the Union of India? India for 2017-2031 :

(a) 35th 1. This is the Third National Wildlife

Action Plan.
(b) 36th
2. The NWAP is unique as this is the
(c) 37th first time India has recognized the
concerns relating to climate change
(d) 38th impact on wildlife.

3. The NWAP has ten components.

87. Which one of the following became a part
of China in 1997 following the principle
of ‘one country, two systems’? Which o f the statements given above
is/are correct?
(a) Tibet

(b) Hong Kong

(a) 1 only
(c) Xinjiang
(b) 1 and 2 only
(d) Inner Mongolia

(c) 2 and 3 only

88, Which one of the following statements in
respect of the States of India is n ot (d) 1, 2 and 3
correct?

(a) States in India cannot have their

own Constitutions. 90. Growth in production (in percent) of
which one of the following core
(b) The State of Jammu and Kashmir industries in India during the period
has its own Constitution. 2015-2016 was negative?

(c) States in India do not have the

right to secede from the Union of (a) Natural gas
India.
(b) Refinery products
(d) The maximum number of members
in the Council of Ministers of Delhi
(c) Fertilizer
can be 15 percent of the total
number of members in the
Legislative Assembly. (d) Coal

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3TcFf?T TT^tfKT -q M ^ I, ^ 31 % R
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(b)

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94. ^ (3q^f^«TFR) ^ ^

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91. eBiz is one of the integrated services 93. Consider the following statement :
projects and part of the 31 Mission
Mode Projects (MMPs) under the “A sound body means one which bends
National e-Govemance Plan of the itself to the spirit and is always a ready
Government of India. eBiz is being instrument at its service.”
implemented under the guidance and
aegis of the Department of Industrial The above statement is attributed to
Policy and Promotion, Ministry of
(a) Sardar Patel
Commerce and Industry by
(b) Winston Churchill
(a) Tata Consultancy Services
(c) Mahatma Gandhi

(b) Infosys Technologies Limited (d) Baden-Powell

(c) Wipro 94. Who among the following was the

founder of Phoenix Settlement?
(d) HCL Technologies
(a) Mahatma Gandhi

(b) B. R. Ambedkar
92. Which of the following statements about
(c) Rabindranath Tagore
the olive ridley turtles is/are correct?
(d) Swami Vivekananda
1. They are the smallest sind most
abundant of all sea turtles found in
95. Name the platform used for ritual
the world.
purposes by the kings of the
2. They live in warm waters of Pacific, Vijayanaggira Empire.
Atlantic and Indian Oceans. (a) Mahanavami Dibba
3. The Coromandel Coast in India is (b) Lotus Mahal
the largest mass nesting site for the
(c) Hazara Rama
olive ridley turtles.
(d) Virupaksha
Select the correct Einswer using the code
given below. 96. The idea of ‘Farr-i Izadi’, on which the
Mughal kingship was based, was first
developed by which one of the following
(a) 1, 2 and 3 Sufi saints?

and only \ / Shihabuddin Suhrawardi

(a)
(b) 1 2
(b) Nizamuddin Auliya
(c) 2 and 3 only
(c) Ibn al-Arabi

(d) 1 only (d) Bayazid Bistami

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^rflcT ^ TTff I?
^a;
(b) (a) STcT:#^ 1^ 3TcT^^
SWIFT ^ 3mM^— 1985
(c) 3jf^rw^ t o r

(d) ^^NiHii
(b) GATT % ^ ^ •^TTTFH— 1994

98. HRcT % ^ ^ ^ -3f^

■^-•m I? (c) W TK ^ — 1995

(a) ^ ^ 3T^ ^ ^ 37^ ^

(d) 3i«m i m ■^rr (^mrsf^)
^ 1971
(b) ^ ^ ^ ^ %
3TmH ( ^ ) ^ I

(c) ^ ^ ^I
^d; ^ ^ZTNR-TTPff % ^I 102. ^ (ITBP) % ^
P^nRiRsId -f^ :
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1. ITBP, 1962 I
W^^ ^ I?
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^a;
(b) ik m 3. ^ 3 T W ^ 31^ ^ W %
2004-2005 ^ 3TOH T T I ^ ^
(c) 31^
WT? ITBP ^ WT ^ I
(d) cTfq^RT^
4. -SRfiTR ITBP % 52 ^Wf\^ ( ^ )

100. <|vn4Mld ^ ?Tf^ % ■5T^ ■ ^ z rf^ li

1^i=#ffercT ^^ ^ ^/l?
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2. f^ ^ 3T»n^ ^ ^ %1^
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97. Which Buddhist text contains an account 101. Which one o f the following events is n o t
of the Mauiyan Emperor Ashoka? correctly matched with the year in
(a) Vinaya Pitaka which it happened?

(b) Sutta Pitaka

(a) Inauguration o f the SWIFT system
(c) Abhidhamma Pitaka of electronic interbank fund
(d) Mahavamsa trsinsfers worldwide— 1985

98. Which one of the following statements (b) Conclusion o f the Uruguay Round
about Buddhist Stupas in India is not of GATT— 1994
correct?
(c) Inauguration o f the World Trade
(a) Ashoka played an important role in
Organization— 1995
popularizing the Stupa cult.
(b) They were repositories of relics of (d) Establishment of the first
Buddha and other monks. wholly electronic stock exchange
(c) They were located in rural areas. (Nasdaq)— 1971

(d) They were located close to trade

routes.
102. Consider the following statements about
99. Which one among the following States of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) :
India has the largest number of seats in
1.ITBP was raised in 1962.
its Legislative Assembly?
(a) West Bengal 2. ITBP is basicsdly a mountain
trained force.
(b) Bihar
{c) Madhya Pradesh 3. ITBP replaced Assam Rifles in
Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh in
(d) Tamil Nadu
2004-2005 for border gusirding
100. Which of the following statements about duly.
the Ordinance-making power of the 4. ITBP presently has 52 service
Governor is/are correct? battalions.
1. It is a discretiongiry power.
2. The Governor himself is not Which o f the statements given above are
competent to withdraw the correct?
Ordinance at any time.

Select the correct answer using the code

(a) 1, 2 and 4 only
given below.
(a) 1 only (b) 3 and 4 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(c) Both 1and 2
(d) Neither 1nor2 (d) 1, 2 and 3 only

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^ • ^ 1? ^ ^ I?
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(d) ^
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103. Which one of the following is n o t an 106. Which one of the following statements
International Human Rights Treaty? about ‘Niryat Bandhu Scheme’ is
correct?
(a) International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights (a) It is a scheme for mentoring first
generation entrepreneurs.
(b) Convention on the Elimination of
All Forms of Discrimination against (b) It is a scheme for crop protection.
Women
(c) It is a scheme for the vulnerable
(c) Convention on the Rights of
section of the society.
Persons with Disabilities
(d) It is a scheme for monitoring rural
(d) Declaration on the Right to
poor.
Development

104. In the context of elections in India, which 107. Which one o f the following statements
one of the following is the correct full about the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya
form of W P A T ? Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY)
is n o t correct?
(a) Voter Verifiable Poll Audit Trail
(a) It is a placement-linked skill
(b) Voter Verifying Paper Audit Trail training programme exclusively for
rural girls.
(c) Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail
(b) It aims to convert India’s
(d) Voter Verifiable Paper Account Trail
demographic surplus into a
demographic dividend.
105. Which one of the following is n o t an
(c) The scheme aims to benefit more
objective of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi
thain 55 million poor rural folk.
Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY)?

(a) To achieve convergence of (d) It is a generational poverty

alleviation programme.
investment in irrigation at the field
level

(b) To expand cultivable area under 108. Where is Hambantota Port located?
irrigation
(a) Iran
(C) To improve on-farm water use
efficiency to reduce wastage of (b) Sri Lanka
water
(c) Japgmi
(d) To protect farmers against crop
failure due to natural calamities (d) Pakistan

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(# M T ? ) % 37?nfcT W h ^ R T ^ TFH tI BRICS yw^dH ^ 13TT «n?
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(b)
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110. ^c|^ % -f^ TT^ 5^3^^ 1 ^ % ^

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109. The projects under Coastal Berth Scheme 113. The first BRICS Summit, after the
of the flagship Sagarmala Programme inclusion of South Africa, was held at
are distributed over how many States?
(a) Brasilia
(a) Eight
(b) Ten (b) Sanya

(c) Twelve (c) Yekaterinburg

(d) Fourteen
(d) Durban

110. Which one of the following statements

about the National Adaptation Fund for 114. Who deciphered the Brahmi and
Climate Change is not correct? Kharoshthi scripts?
(a) The fund is meant to assist
(a) Piyadassi
national and State level activities
to meet the cost of adaptation (b) Colin Mackenzie
measures.
(b) This scheme has been taken as a (c) Alexander Cunningham
Central Sector Scheme.
(d) James Prinsep
(c) The Indian Council of Agricultural
Research is the national
implementing entity for the fund. 115. Which of the following is/are the
feature(s) of the Brahmadeya Grants
(d) The scheme has been in force since
during c 600-1200 AD?
2015-2016.
1. Their creation meant a
111. ‘SAMPRITI-2017’ is a joint militaiy renunciation o f actual or potential
exercise between armed forces of India sources of revenue by the State.
and
2. These grants could vary from a
(a) Bhutan small plot to several villages.
(b) Bangladesh
3. Most grants were made in unsettled
(c) Pakistan areas.
(d) Myanmar
Select the correct answer using the code
112. The judgement of the Supreme Court of given below.
India in the Vishakha Case pertains to
(a) sexual harassment in the work­ (a) 1 only
place
(b) 2 and 3 only
(b) Sati
(c) 1 and 2 only
(c) dowry death
(d) rape (d) 1, 2 and 3

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116. Who is the author of Manimekalai? 119. Consider the following statements about
impact of tax :
(a) Kovalan
(b) Sathanar
1. A tax is shifted forward to
(c) Ilango Adigal consumers if the demand is
(d) Timtakkatevar inelastic relative to supply.

117. Which one of the following statements 2. A tax is shifted backward to

about the Elephanta Island is correct? producers if the supply is relatively
(a) It was given its name by the British more inelastic than demand.
after a large elephant structure
located there.
Which of the statements given above
(b) It contains one large cave.
is/are correct?
(c) It is well-known for a spectacular
carving of Vishnu described in the
Vishnudharmottara Purana.
(d) It is associated with the Pashupata (a) 1 only
sect.

118. Which of the following statements about (b) 2 only

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan is/are correct?
1. He argued that India was a (c) Both 1 and 2
federation o f ethnic communities
based on common descent.
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
2. His philosophy was very similar
to that of the Indian National
Congress.
3. He imagined India as a Nation
120. According to the law o f diminishing
State based on individual citizen’s
marginal utility, as the amount of a
rights.
good consumed increases, the marginal
4. The curriculum at the utility of that good tends to
Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental
College blended Muslim theology
and European empiricism. (a) improve

Select the correct answer using the code

given below. (b) diminish

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 (c) remain constant

(c) 3 only
(d) 1 and 4 (d) first diminish and then improve

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