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1. With reference to Asian Infrastructure 4. Consider the following statements :
Investment Bank (AIIB), consider the
following statements 1. Petroleum and Natural Gas
Regulatory Board (PNGRB) is the
1. AIIB has more than 80 member
nations. first regulatory body set up by the
Government of India.
2. India is the largest shareholder in
AIIB. 2. One of the tasks of PNGRB is to
ensure competitive markets for
3. AIIB does not have any members
gas.
from outside Asia.

Which of the statements given above 3. Appeals against the decisions of

is/are correct? PNGRB go before the Appellate
Tribunals for Electricity.
(a) 1 only
Which of the statements given above
(b) 2 and 3 only
are correct?
(c) 1 and 3 only
(a) 1 and 2 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 2 and 3 only
2. What was the purpose of Inter-Creditor (c) l and 3 only
Agreement signed by Indian banks and
financial institutions recently? (d) l, 2 and 3
(a) To lessen the Government of
India’s perennial burden of fiscal 5. With reference to communication
deficit and current account deficit
technologies, what is/are the
(b) To support the infrastructure difference/differences between LTE
projects of Central and State (Long-Term Evolution) and VoLTE
Governments (Voice over Long-Term Evolution)?
(c) To act as independent regulator
1. LTE is commonly marketed as 3G
in case of applications for loans
of `50 crore or more and VoLTE is commonly marketed
as advanced 3G.
(d) To aim at faster resolution of
stressed assets of `50 crore 2. LTE is data-only technology and
or more which are under VoLTE is voice-only technology.
consortium lending
Select the correct answer using the
3. The Chairmen of public sector banks code given below.
are selected by the
(a) I only
(a) Banks Board Bureau
(b) 2 only
(b) Reserve Bank of India
(c) Both 1 and 2
(c) Union Ministry of Finance
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
(d) Management of concerned bank

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6. Which of the following statements is/ 8. In India, ‘extended producer
responsibility’ was introduced as an
are correct regarding the Maternity
important feature in which of the
Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017? following?

1. Pregnant women are entitled for (a) The Bio-medical Waste (Management
and Handling) Rules, 1998
three months pre-delivery and
three months post-delivery paid (b) The Recycled Plastic (Manufacturing
and Usage) Rules, 1999
leave.
(c) The e-Waste (Management and
2. Enterprises with creches must Handling) Rules, 2011

allow the mother minimum six (d) The Food Safety and Standard
creche visits daily. Regulations, 2011

3. Women with two children get 9. The economic cost of food grains to the
Food Corporation of India is Minimum
reduced entitlements.
Support Price and bonus (if any) paid
to the farmers plus
Select the correct answer using the
code given below. (a) transportation cost only

(b) interest cost only

(a) l and 2 only
(c) procurement incidentals distribution
(b) 2 only cost

(d) procurement incidentals charges

(c) 3 only
for godowns

(d) l, 2 and 3
10. In the context of any country, which one
of the following would be considered
7. Which one of the following is not a as part of its social capital?
sub-index of the World Bank’s ‘Ease of (a) The proportion of literates in the
Doing Business Index’? population

(b) The stock of its buildings, other

(a) Maintenance of law and order
infrastructure and machines

(b) Paying taxes (c) The size

of population in the
working age group
(c) Registering property
(d) The level of mutual trust and
harmony in the society
(d) Dealing with construction permits

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11. The Service Area Approach 13. Consider the following statements:
was implemented under the purview of
1. Most of India’s external debt is
owed by governmental entities.
(a)
Integrated Rural Development
Programme 2. All of India’s external debt is
denominated in US dollars.
(b) Lead Bank Scheme
Which of the statements given above
(c) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural is/are correct?
Employment Guarantee Scheme (a) 1 only

(d)
National Skill Development (b) 2 only
Mission
(c) Both I and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

12. With reference to the management of
minor minerals in India, consider the
following statements : 14. Which of the following is not included
in the assets of a commercial bank in
India?
1. Sand is a ‘minor mineral’
according to the prevailing law in (a) Advances
the country.
(b) Deposits
2. State Governments have the
(c) Investments
power to grant mining leases of
minor minerals, but the powers (d) Money at call and short notice
regarding the formation of rules
related to the grant of minor 15. In the context of India, which
minerals lie with the Central of the following factors is/are
contributor/ contributors to reducing
Government.
the risk of a currency crisis?
3. State Governments have the 1. The foreign currency earnings of
power to frame rules to prevent India’s IT sector
illegal mining of minor minerals.
2. Increasing the government expenditure
Which of the statements given above 3. Remittances from Indians abroad
is/are correct?
Select the correct answer using the
(a) 1 and 3 only code given below.

(b) 2 and 3 only (a) 1 only

(c) 3 only (b) 1 and 3 only

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

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16. Which one of the following suggested 19. In India, which of the following review
that the Governor should be an eminent the independent regulators in sectors
person from outside the State and like telecommunications, insurance,
should be a detached figure without electricity, etc.?
intense political links or should not
have taken part in politics in the recent 1. Ad Hoc Committees set up by the
past? Parliament

(a) First Administrative Reforms 2. Parliamentary Department Related

Commission (1966) Standing Committees

(b) Rajamannar Committee (1969) 3. Finance Commission

4. Financial Sector Legislative
(c) Sarkaria Commission (1983) Reforms Commission
(d) National Commission to Review 5. NITI Aayog
the Working of the Constitution
(2000) Select the correct answer using the
code given below.
17. Which of the following is issued by (a) 1 and 2
registered foreign portfolio investors
to overseas investors who want to be (b) 1, 3 and 4
part of the Indian stock market without
registering themselves directly? (c) 3, 4 and 5

(a) Certificate of Deposit (d) 2 and 5

(b) Commercial Paper

20. With reference to India’s Five-
(c) Promissory Note Year Plans, which of the following
statements is/ are correct?
(d) Participatory Note
1. From the Second Five-Year Plan,
there was a determined thrust
18. Consider the following statements : towards substitution of basic and
capital good industries.
1. As per law, the Compensatory
Afforestation Fund Management 2. The Fourth Five-Year Plan
and Planning Authority exists at adopted the objective of correcting
both National and State levels. the earlier trend of increased
concentration of wealth and
2. People’s participation is economic power.
mandatory in the compensatory
3. In the Fifth Five-Year Plan, for the
afforestation programmes carried
first time, the financial sector was
out under the Compensatory included as an integral part of the
Afforestation Fund Act, 2016. Plan.
Which of the statements given above Select the correct answer using the
is/ are correct? code given below.
(a) 1 only (a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 only (b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (c) 3 only
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 (d) 1, 2 and 3
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21. With reference to the Constitution 23. With reference to the cultivation
of India, consider the following of Kharif crops in India in the last
give years, consider the following
statements: statements:
1. No High Court shall have the 1. Area under rice cultivation is the
jurisdiction to declare any central highest.
law to be constitutionally invalid. 2. Area under the cultivation of jowar
is more than that of oilseeds.
2. An amendment to the Constitution
of India cannot be called into 3. Area of cotton cultivation is more
than that of sugarcane.
question by the Supreme Court of
India. 4. Area under sugarcane cultivatio
has steadily decreased.
Which of the statements given above is
Which of the statements given above
/are correct? are correct?
(a) 1 only (a) 1 and 3 only

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

(c) 2 and 4 only

(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

24. Among the agricultural commodities

22. Consider the following statements: imported by India, which one of the
following accounts for the highest
1. Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) imports in terms of value in the last
exchange rates are calculated by five years?
comparing the prices of the same (a) Spices
basket of goods and services in
(b) Fresh fruits
different countries.
(c) Pulses
2. In terms of PPP dollars, India is
the sixth largest economy in the (d) Vegetable oils
world.
25. In the context of polity, which one of
Which of the statements given above the following would you accept as the
is/are correct? most appropriate definition of liberty?

(a) Protection against the tyranny of

(a) 1 only
political rulers
(b) 2 only (b) Absence of restraint

(c) Both 1 and 2 (c) Opportunity to do whatever one

likes
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
(d) Opportunity to develop oneself
fully

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26. Which one of the following is not the 28. Which of the following adopted a law
most likely measure the Government/ on data protection and privacy for
RBI takes to stop the slide of Indian
its citizens known as ‘General Data
rupee?
Protection Regulation’ in April 2016
(a) Curbing imports of non-essential and started implementation of it from
goods and promoting exports
25th May, 2018?
(b) Encouraging Indian borrowers to
issue rupee denominated Masala (a) Australia
Bonds
(b) Canada
(c)
Easing conditions relating to
(c) The European Union
external commercial borrowing

(d) Following an expansionary (d) The United States of America

monetary policy

29. Recently, India signed a deal known

27. Consider the following statements : as ‘Action Plan for Prioritization and
The Reserve Bank of India’s recent Implementation of Cooperation Areas
directives relating to ‘Storage of in the Nuclear Field’ with which of the
Payment System Data’, popularly following countries?
known as data diktat, command the
payment system providers that (a) Japan
1. they shall ensure that entire (b) Russia
data relating to payment systems
operated by them are stored in a (c) The United Kingdom
system only in India
(d) The United States of America
2. they shall ensure that the systems
are owned and operated by public
sector enterprises 30. The money multiplier in an economy
3. they shall submit the consolidated increases with which one of the
system audit report to the following?
Comptroller and Auditor General
of India by the end of the calendar (a) Increase in the cash reserve ratio
year
(b) Increase in the banking habit
Which of the statements given above of the population
is/ are correct?
(c) Increase in the statutory liquidity
(a) 1 only ratio
(b) 1 and 2 only
(d) Increase in the population of the
(c) 3 only country

(d) 1, 2 and 3

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31. Consider the following statements (b) The Supreme Court of India is
about Particularly Vulnerable Tribal not constrained in the exercise
Groups (PVTGs) in India : of its powers by laws made by
the Parliament.
1. PVTGs reside in 18 States and
one Union Territory. (c) In the event of grave financial
crisis in the country, the
2. A stagnant or declining
President of India can declare
population is one of the criteria
Financial Emergency without the
for determining PVTG status.
counsel from the Cabinet.
3. There are 95 PVTGs officially
(d)
State Legislatures cannot make
notified in the country so far.
laws on certain matters without
4. lrular and Konda Reddi tribes are the concurrence of Union
included in the list of PVTGs. Legislature.

Which of the statements given above

are correct? 33. With reference to the Legislative
Assembly of a State in India, consider
(a) 1, 2 and 3 the following statements :

(b) 2, 3 and 4 1. The Governor makes a customary

(c) 1, 2 and 4 address to Members of the House
at the commencement of the first
(d) 1, 3 and 4
session of the year .

32. With reference to the Constitution of 2. When a State Legislature does

India, prohibitions or limitations or not have a rule on a particular
provisions contained in ordinary laws matter, it follows the Lok Sabha
cannot act as prohibitions or limitations rule on that matter.
on the constitutional powers under
Which of the statements given above
Article 142. It could mean which one
is/ are correct?
of the following?
(a) 1 only
(a)
The decisions taken by the
Election Commission of India (b) 2 only
while discharging its duties
(c) Both 1 and 2
cannot be challenged in any court
of law. (d) Neither 1 nor 2

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34. Consider the following statements : 3. The Scheduled Tribes and Other
Traditional Forest Dwellers
1. The United Nations Convention (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act,
against Corruption (UNCAC) has 2006 allows ownership of minor
a ‘Protocol against the Smuggling forest produce to forest dwellers.
of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air’.
Which of the statements given above
2. The UNCAC is the ever-first legally is/ are correct?
binding global anti-corruption (a) 1 and 2 only
instrument.
(b) 2 and 3 only
3. A highlight of the United Nations
Convention against Transnational (c) 3 only
Organized Crime (UNTOC) is the
(d) 1, 2 and 3
inclusion of a specific chapter
aimed at returning assets to their
rightful owners from whom they 36. Which Article of the Constitution of
had been taken illicitly. India safeguards one’s right to marry
the person of one’s choice?
4. The United Nations Office on
(a) Article 19
Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is
mandated by its member States (b) Article 21
to assist in the implementation
of both UNCAC and UNTOC. (c) Article 25

(d) Article 29
Which of the statements given above
are correct?
37. Consider the following statements :
(a) l and 3 only
1. According to the Indian Patents
(b) 2, 3 and 4 only Act, a biological process to create
a seed can be patented in India.
(c) 2 and 4 only
2. In India, there is no Intellectual
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 Property Appellate Board.

3. Plant varieties are not eligible to

35. Consider the following statements . be patented in India.

1. As per recent amendment to the Which of the statements given above

Indian Forest Act, 1927, forest is/are correct?
dwellers have the right to fell the
(a) 1 and 3 only
bamboos grown on forest areas.
(b) 2 and 3 only
2. As per the Scheduled Tribes and
Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (c) 3 only
(Recognition of Forest Rights) Act,
2006, bamboo is a minor forest (d) 1, 2 and 3
produce.

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38. Consider the following statements: 1. if rules for fixed-term employment
are implemented, it becomes
The Environment Protection Act, 1986 easier for the fim1s/companies to
empowers the Government of India to lay off workers
1. state the requirement of public 2. no notice of termination of
participation in the process of employment shall be necessary in
environmental protection, and the case of temporary workman
the procedure and manner in
which it is sought Which of the statements given above
is/ are correct?
2. lay down the standards for
emission or discharge of (a) 1 only
environmental pollutants from
various sources (b) 2 only

Which of the statements given above (c) Both 1 and 2

is/are correct?
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
(a) l only

(b) 2 only 41. In the context of digital technologies for

entertainment, consider the following
(c) Both 1 and 2 statements :

(d) Neither 1 nor 2 1. In Augmented Reality (AR),

a simulated environment is
created and the physical world is
39. As per the Solid Waste Management completely shut out.
Rules, 2016 in India, which one of the
following statements is correct? 2. In Virtual Reality (VR), images
generated from a computer are
(a) Waste generator has to segregate projected onto real-life objects or
waste into five categories. surroundings.
(b) The Rules are applicable to notified 3. AR allows individuals to be
urban local bodies, notified towns present in the world and improves
and all industrial townships only. the experience using the camera
of smart-phone or PC.
(c) The Rules provide for exact
and elaborate criteria for 4. VR closes the world, and
the identification of sites for transposes an individual,
landfills and waste processing providing complete immersion
facilities. experience.

(d) It is mandatory on the part of Which of the statements given above

waste generator that the waste isiare correct?
generated in one district cannot
be moved to another district. (a) l and 2 only

(b) 3 and 4
40. Consider the following statements
(c) 1, 2 and 3
As per the Industrial Employment
(Standing Orders) Central (Amendment) (d) 4 only
Rules, 2018
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42. The word ‘Denisovan’ is sometimes (a) l only
mentioned in media in reference to
(b) 2 and 3 only
(a) fossils of a kind of dinosaurs
(c) 3 only
(b) an early human species
(d) l, 2 and 3
(c) a cave system found in North-
East India 45. In the context of wearable technoiogy,
which of the following tasks is/are
(d) a geological period in the history accomplished by wearable devices?
of Indian subcontinent
1. Location identification of a person
43. With reference to the recent 2. Sleep monitoring of a person
developments in science, which one
of the following statements is not 3. Assisting the hearing impaired
correct? person
Select the correct answer using the
(a) Functional chromosomes can code given below.
be created by joining segments
of DNA taken from cells of (a) 1 only
different species.
(b) 2 and 3 only
(b) Pieces of artificial functional DNA
can be created in laboratories. (c) 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
(c) A piece of DNA taken out from
an animal cell can be made to
replicate outside a living cell in a 46. ‘RNA interference (RNAi)’ technology
laboratory. has gained popularity in the last few
years. Why?
(d) Cells taken out from plants and
animals can be made to undergo 1. It is used in developing gene
cell division in laboratory petri silencing therapies.
dishes. 2. It can be used in developing
therapies for the treatment of
cancer.
44. Consider the following statements
3. It can be used to develop hormone
A digital signature is replacement therapies.
1. an electronic record that identifies 4. It can be used to produce crop
the certifying authority issuing it plants that are resistant to viral
pathogens.
2. used to serve as a proof of
identity of an individual to access Select the correct answer using the
information or server on Internet code given below.

3. an electronic method of signing (a) 1, 2 and 4

an electronic document and
(b) 2 and 3
ensuring that the original content
is unchanged (c) 1 and 3
Which of the statements given above (d) 1 and 4 only
is/are correct?
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47. Recently, scientists observed the (c)
A gene that makes plants pest­
merger of giant ‘blackholes’ billions of resistant
light­years away from the Earth. What
is the significance of this observation? (d) A herbicidal substance synthesized
in genetically modified crops
(a)
‘Higgs boson particles’ were
detected.
50. Which one of the following statements
(b) ‘Gravitational waves’ were is not correct?
detected.
(a) Hepatitis B virus is transmitted
(c) Possibility of inter-galactic space much like HIV.
travel through ‘wormhole’ was
confirmed. (b) Hepatitis B, unlike Hepatitis
C, does not have a vaccine.
(d)
It enabled the scientists to
understand ‘singularity’. (c)
Globally, the number of people
infected with Hepatitis B and C
viruses are several times more
48. Which of the following are the reasons than those infected with HN.
for the occurrence of multi-drug
resistance in microbial pathogens in (d)
Some of those infected with
India? Hepatitis B and C viruses do not
show the symptoms for many
1. Genetic predisposition of some years.
people

2. Taking incorrect doses of 51. With reference to Mughal India, what

antibiotics to cure diseases is/ are the difference/ differences
between Jagirdar and Zamindar?
3. Using antibiotics in livestock
farming 1. Jagirdars were holders of land
assignments in lieu of judicial and
4. Multiple chronic diseases in some
police duties, whereas Zamindars
people
were holders of revenue rights
Select the correct answer using the without obligation to perform
code given below. any duty other than revenue
collection.
(a) l and 2
2. Land assignments to Jagirdars
(b) 2 and 3 only were hereditary and revenue
rights of Zamindars were not
(c) 1, 3 and 4 hereditary.

(d) 2, 3 and 4 Select the correct answer using the

code given below.
49. What is Cas9 protein that is often (a) 1 only
mentioned in news?
(b) 2 only
(a) A molecular scissors used
in targeted gene editing (c) Both 1 and 2

(b) A biosensor used in the accurate (d) Neither 1 nor 2

detection of pathogens in patients
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52. With reference to land reforms in (a) 1 and 2 only
independent India, which one of the
following statements is correct? (b) 2 and 3 only

(a) The ceiling laws were aimed (c) 1 and 3 only

at family holdings and not
individual holdings. (d) 1, 2 and 3

(b) The major aim of land reforms

55. With reference to Swadeshi Movements,
was providing agricultural land to
consider the following statements :
all the landless.
1. It contributed to the revival of
(c) It resulted in cultivation of cash
the indigenous artisan crafts and
crops as a predominant form of
industries.
cultivation.
2. The National Council of Education
(d) Land reforms permitted no
was established as a part of
exemptions to the ceiling limits.
Swadeshi Movement.

53. The Global Competitiveness Report is Which of the statements given above
published by the is/are correct?

(a) International Monetary Fund (a) 1 only

(b) United Nations Conference (b) 2 only

on Trade and Development
(c) Both 1 and 2
(c) World Economic Forum
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
(d) World Bank
56. Consider the following pairs :
54. Consider the following statements
about ‘the Charter Act of 1813’ : Movement/ Leader
Organization
1. It ended the trade monopoly of 1. All India Anti Mahatma
Untouchability - Gandhi
the East India Company in India
League
except for trade in tea and trade 2. All India Kisan Swami
with China. Sabha - Sahajanand
Saraswati
2. It asserted the sovereignty of the 3. Self Respect E.V.Ramaswami
Movement - Naicker
British Crown over the Indian
territories held by the Company.
Which of the pairs given above is/are
3. The revenues of India were correct matched?
now controlled by the British (a) 1 only
Parliament. (b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
Which of the statements given above
are correct? (d) 1, 2 and 3

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57. Which one of the following is not a (b) It was totally absent in the Madhya
Harappan site? Pradesh and Kathiawar regions of
(a) Chanhudaro the Gupta Empire.

(b) Kot Diji (c) The forced labourer was entitled

to weekly wages.
(c) Sohagaura

(d) Desalpur (d) The eldest son of the labourer was

sent as the forced labourer.
58. In which of the following relief sculpture
inscriptions is ‘Ranyo Ashoka’ (King 61. Which one of the following groups of
Ashoka) mentioned along with the plants was domesticated in the ‘New
stone portrait of Ashoka?
World’ and introduced into the ‘Old
(a) Kanganahalli World’?

(b) Sanchi (a) Tobacco, cocoa and rubber

(c) Shahbazgarhi
(b) Tobacco, cotton and rubber
(d) Sohgaura
(c) Cotton, coffee and sugarcane

59. Consider the following : (d) Rubber, coffee and wheat

1. Deification of the Buddha
62. Consider the following statements :
2. Treading the path of Bodhisattvas

3. Image worship and rituals 1. Asiatic lion is naturally found in

India only.
Which of above is/are the feature/
features of Mahayana Buddhism? 2. Double-humped camel is naturally
(a) 1 only found in India only.

(b) 1 and 2 only 3.

One-homed rhinoceros is
naturally found in India only.
(c) 2 and 3 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3 Which of the statements given above

is/are correct?
60. With reference to forced labour (Vishti)
in India during the Gupta peirod, (a) 1 only
which one of the following statements
is correct? (b) 2 only

(a) It was considered a source of (c) 1 and 3 only

income for the State, a sort of
tax paid by the people. (d) 1, 2 and 3

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63. Consider the following pairs 66. In the context of which one of the
following are the terms ‘pyrolysis and
Famous place River plasma gasification’ mentioned?

1. Pandharpur : Chandrabhaga (a) Extraction of rare earth elements

2. Tiruchirappalli : Cauvery (b) Natural gas extraction technologies

3. Hampi : Malaprabha (c) Hydrogen fuel-based automobiles

Which of the pairs given above are (d) Waste-to-energy technologies

correctly matched?
67. Which of the following are in
(a) 1 and 2 only Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve?
(b) 2 and 3 only (a) Neyyar, Peppara and
Shendurney Wildlife
(c) 1 and 3 only Sanctuaries; and Kalakad
Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve
(d) 1, 2 and 3
(b) Mudumalai, Sathyamangalam and
64. In a given year in India, official poverty Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuaries;
and Silent Valley National Park
lines are higher in some States than in
others because (c)
Kaundinya, Gundia Brahme-
swaram a n d P a p i k o n d a
(a) Poverty rates vary from State to Wildlife Sanctuaries; and Mukurthi
State National Park

(b) Price levels vary from State to (d) Kawal and Sri Venkateswara
State Wildlife Sancturaies; and
Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger
(c) Gross State Product varies from Reserve.
State to State
68. Consider the following statements :
(d) Quality of public distribution
varies from State to State 1. Some species of turtles are
herbivores.
65. In the context of which of the following
do some scientists suggest the use of 2. Some species of fish are
herbivores.
cirrus cloud thinning technique and
the injection of sulphate aerosol into 3. Some species of marine mammals
stratosphere? are herbivores.

(a) Creating the artificial rains in Which of the statements given above
some regions are correct?

(b) Reducing the frequency (a) 1 and 3 only

and intensity of tropical cyclones (b) 2, 3 and 4 only
(c)
Reducing the adverse effects of (c) 2 and 4 only
solar wind on the Earth
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(d) Reducing the global warming
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69. Consider the following pairs: revenue collection was known as
‘Amil’.
Wildlife Naturally found in
2. The Iqta system of Sultans of
1. Blue finned Cauvery River
- Delhi was an a n c i e n t
Mahseer
indigenous institution.
2. Irrawaddy Chambal River
-
Dolphin 3. The office of ‘Mir Bakshi’ came
3. Rusty-spotted Eastern Ghats into existence during the reign of
-
Cat Khalji Sultans of Delhi.
Which of the pairs given above are Which of the statements given above
correctly matched? is/ are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only (a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only (b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 1 and 3 only (c) 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3

70. Why is there a great concern about

the ‘microbeads’ that are released into 73. Consider the following statements :
environment?
1. Saint Nimbarka was a contem­
(a) They are considered harmful porary of Akbar.
to marine ecosystems.
2. Saint Kabir was greatly influenced
(b) They are considered to cause skin by Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi.
cancer in children.
Which of the statements given above
(c) They are small enough to be is/ are correct?
absorbed by crop plams in
irrigated fields. (a) 1 only

(d) They are often found to be used (b) 2 only

as food adulterants
(c) Both 1 and 2
71. Building ‘Kalyaana Mandapas’ was (d) Neither 1 nor 2
a notable feature in the temple
construction in the kingdom of
74. With reference to the British colon
(a) Chalukya rule in India, consider the follow
statements :
(b) Chandela

(c) Rashtrakuta 1. Mahatma Gandhi was

instrumental in the abolition of
(d) Vijayanagara the system of ‘indentured labour’.

2.
In Lord Chelmsford’s ‘War
72. Consider the following statements: Conference’, Mahatma Gandhi
did not support the resolution on
1. In the revenue administration of recruiting Indians for World War.
Delhi Sultanate, the in-charge of
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3. Consequent upon the breaking (c) Tansen composed songs on his
Salt Law by Indian people, the patrons.
Indian National Congress w a s
(d) Tansen invented many Ragas.
declared illegal by the colonial
rulers.
77. Who among the following Mughal
Which of the statements given above a Emperors shifted emphasis from
correct? illustrated manuscripts to album and
individual portrait?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(a) Humayun
(b) 1 and 3 only (b) Akbar
(c) 2 and 3 only (c) Jahangir
(d) 1, 2 and 3 (d) Shah Jahan

75. With reference to Indian Nation 78. Which one of the following National
Movement, consider the following Parks lies completely in the temperate
pairs: alpine zone?

Person Position held (a) Manas National Park

1. Sir Tej President, All India (b) Namdapha National Park
Bahadur - Liberal Federation
Sapru (c) Neora Valley National Park
2. K.C. Neogy Member, The (d) Valley of Flowers National
- Constituent Park
Assemble
3. P.C. Joshi General Secretary,
79. Atal Innovation Mission is set up under
- Communist Party the
of India
(a) Department of Science and Technology
Which of the pairs given above is/are
correct matched? (b) Ministry of Labour and Employment
(a) 1 only (c) NITI Aayog

(b) 1 and 2 only (d) Ministry of Skill Development and

Entrepreneurship
(c) 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
80. On 21st June, the Sun
(a) does not set below the horizon
76. With reference to Mian Tansen, which
at the Arctic Circle
one of the following statements is not
correct? (b) does not set below the horizon at
Antarctic Circle
(a) Tansen was the title given to
him by Emperor Akbar. (c) shines vertically overhead at noon
on the Equator
(b) Tansen composed D h r u p a d s
on Hindu gods and goddesses. (d) shines vertically overhead at the
Tropic of Capricorn
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81. Consider the following statements : Which of the statements given above
is/ are correct?
1. Agricultural soils release nitrogen
oxides into environment. (a) 1 only
2. Cattle release ammonia into (b) 2 and 3 only
environment.
(c) 4 only
3. Poultry industry releases reactive
nitrogen compounds into (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
environment.

Which of the statements given above 84. Why are dewdrops not formed on a
is/are correct?
cloudy night?
(a) 1 and 3 only
(a) Clouds absorb the r a d i a t i o n
(b) 2 and 3 only released from the Earth’s surface.

(c) 2 only (b) Clouds reflect back the Earth’s

radiation.
(d) 1, 2 and 3
(c) The Earth’s surface would have
82. What is common to the places known low temperature on cloudy nights.
as Aliyar, Isapur and Kangsabati?
(d) Clouds deflect the blowing wind
(a)
Recently discovered uranium to ground level
deposits

(b) Tropical rain forests 85. Consider the following statements :

(c) Underground cave systems 1. The 44th Amendment to the

Constitution of India introduced
(d) Water reservoirs an Article placing the election of
the Prime Minister beyond judicial
83. In the context of proposals to the use review.
of hydrogen-enriched CNG (H-CNG)
as fuel for buses in public transport, 2. The Supreme Court of India struck
consider the following statements : down the 99th Amendment to the
Constitution of India as being
1. The main advantage of the use
violative of the independence of
of H-CNG is the elimination of
carbon monoxide emissions. judiciary.

2. H-CNG as fuel reduces carbon Which of the statements given above

dioxide and h y d r o c a r b o n is/are correct?
emissions.
(a) 1 only
3. Hydrogen up to one-fifth by
volume can be blended with CNG (b) 2 only
as fuel for buses.
(c) Both 1 and 2
4.
H-CNG makes the fuel less
expensive than CNG. (d) Neither 1 nor 2

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86. Consider the following statements : 88. Consider the following statements :

1. The motion to impeach a Judge 1.

Coal sector was nationalized by
of the Supreme Court of India the Government of India under
cannot be rejected by the Speaker Indira Gandhi.
of the Lok Sabha as per the
Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968. 2. Now, coal blocks are allocated on
lottery basis.
2. The Constitution of India
defines and gives details of what 3. Till recently, India imported coal
constitutes ‘incapacity and proved to meet the shortages of domestic
misbehaviour’ of the Judges of supply, but now India is self­
the Supreme Court of India. sufficient in coal production.
3.
The details of the process of Which of the statements given above
impeachment of the Judges of the is/ are correct?
Supreme Court of India are given
in the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968. (a) 1 only

4. If the motion for the impeachment (b) 2 and 3 only

of a Judge is taken up for voting,
the law requires the motion to (c) 3 only
be backed by each House of the
Parliament and supported by a (d) 1, 2 and 3
majority of total membership of
that House and by not less than 89. Consider the following statements :
two-thirds of total members of
that House present and voting. 1. The Parliament (Prevention
of Disqualification) Act, 1959
Which of the statements given above
exempts several posts from
is/ are correct?
disqualification on the grounds of
(a) 1 and 2 ‘Office of Profit’.

(b) 3 only 2.
The above-mentioned Act was
amended five times.
(c) 3 and 4 only
3. The term ‘Office of Profit’ is well-
(d) 1, 3 and 4 defined in the Constitution of
India.
87. The Ninth Schedule was introduced
Which of the statements given above
in the Constitution of India during the
is/ are correct?
prime ministership of
(a) 1 and 2 only
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru

(b) Lal Bahadur Shastri (b) 3 only

(c) Indira Gandhi (c) 2 and 3 only

(d) Morarji Desai (d) 1, 2 and 3

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90. Under which Schedule of the 93. Consider the following States:
Constitution of India can the transfer
of tribal land to private parties for 1. Chhattisgarh
mining be declared null and void?
2. Madhya Pradesh
(a) Third Schedule
3. Maharashtra
(b) Fifth Schedule
4. Odisha
(c) Ninth Schedule
With reference to the States mentioned
(d) Twelfth Schedule above, in terms of percentage of forest
cover to the total area of State, which
one of the following is the correct
91. Recently, there was a growing ascending order?
awareness in our country about
the importance of Himalayan nettle (a) 2-3-1-4
(Girardinia diversifolia) because it is
found to be a sustainable source of (b) 2-3-4-1

(a) anti-malarial drug (c) 3-2-4-1

(b) biodiesel (d) 3-2-1-4

(c) pulp for paper industry

94. Which of the following statements are
(d) textile fibre correct about the deposits of ‘methane
hydrate’?

92. For the measurement/ estimation of 1. Global warming might trigger the
which of the following are satellite release of methane gas from these
images/remote sensing data used? deposits.

1. Chlorophyll content in the 2.

Large deposits of ‘methane
vegetation of a specific location hydrate’ are found in Arctic
Tundra and under the seafloor.
2.
Greenhouse gas emissions from
rice paddies of a specific location 3. Methane in atmosphere oxidizes
to carbon dioxide after a decade
3. Land surface temperatures of a or two.
specific location
Select the correct answer using the
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
code given below.
(a) l and 2 only
(a) l only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) l and 3 only
(c) 3 only
(d) l, 2 and 3
(d) l, 2 and 3

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95. Consider the following : 97. Among the following, which one is the
largest exporter of rice in the world in
1. Carbon monoxide the last five years?

2. Methane (a) China

3. Ozone (b) India

(c) Myanmar
4. Sulphur dioxide
(d) Vietnam
Which of the above are released into
atmosphere due to the burning of
crop/biomass residue? 98. Consider the following pairs

Glacier River
(a) l and 2 only
1. Bandarpunch Yamuna
(b) 2, 3 and 4 only
2. Bara Shigri Chenab
(c) 1 and 4 only
3. Milam Mandakini
(d) l, 2, 3 and 4
4. Siachen Nubra

96. Consider the following pairs 5. Zemu Manas

Sea Bordering country Which of the pairs given above are

correctly matched?
1. Adriatic Sea Albania
(a) l, 2 and 4
2. Black Sea Croatia
(b) l, 3 and 4
3. Caspian Sea Kazakhstan
(c) 2 and 5
4. Mediterranean Sea Morocco
(d) 3 and 5
5. Red Sea Syria
99. In India, the use of carbofuran, methyl
Which of the pairs given above are parathion, phorate and triazophos
correctly matched? is viewed with apprehension. These
chemicals are used as
(a) 1, 2 and 4 only
(a) pesticides in agriculture
(b) 1, 3 and 4 only
(b) preservatives in processed foods
(c) 2 and 5 only
(c) fruit-ripening agents
(d) l, 2, 3, 4 and 5
(d) moisturising agents in cosmetics

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100. Consider the following statements

1. Under Ramsar Convention, it

is mandatory on the part of the
Government of India to protect
and conserve all the wetlands in
the territory of India.

2. The Wetlands (Conservation and

Management) Rules, 2010 were
framed by the Government of India
based on the recommendations
of Ramsar Convention.

3. The Wetlands (Conservation and

Management) Rules, 2010 also
encompass the drainage area
or catchment regions of the
wetlands as determined by the
authority.

Which of the statements given above

is/ are correct?

(a) 1 and 2 only

(b) 2 and 3 only

(c) 3 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3

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