Civil Services Exam 2012-General Studies Paper I – Model Test 6- Part 2
26. Consider
the following
1. Sikkim is the smallest
state by area and it is bounded by Nepal
and Bhutan
in west and east respectively.
2. Cheraw is the most colourful and distinctive dance of the
Nagas tribe in the state Nagaland.
3. Goa is a former Portuguese colony and it is India ’s richest
state with GDP per capita more than the country as a whole.
Which
is/are correct?
Correct Statements
(a) 1 & 3 (c) 3 only
(b) 1 & 2 (d) 1, 2, 3
ANSWER:
C
27. Which of
the following statements is correct regarding NUHM?
1. NUHM was launched in the 11th five year plan to meet the
health needs of the urban poor, particularly the slum dwellers.
2. It seeks to revitalize local health traditions and
mainstream AYUSH into the public health system.
3. NUHM will seek to build a bridge of NGO-GO
partnership and develop community level monitoring of resources and their
rightful use.
(a) 1, 2, 3 (c) 1 & 3
(b) 2 & 3 (d)
3 only
ANSWER:
D
28. Consider
the following
1. A megacity is usually defined as a metropolitan area with a total population in excess of
one crore people.
2. Delhi and Mumbai are the
only megacities in India .
Correct Statements
(a) 1 only (c) Both 1 & 2
(b) 2 only (d) Neither 1 nor 2
ANSWER:
A
29. Which of
the following statements is NOT correct?
1. The National Rainfed Area Authority is under the Ministry of
Environment and Forest .
2. The Minister of Agriculture is the Chairman of the Governing
Board and the Minister of Rural Development is the co-chairman.
Correct Statements
(a) 1 only (c) Both 1 & 2
(b) 2 only (d) Neither 1 nor 2
ANSWER:
C
30. Consider
the following
1.Task force on transfer of direct subsidy in the case of
Fertilizers, LPG and kerosene was constituted under the chairmanship of Shri
Nandan Nilekani.
2.The task force has recommended the setting up of a
mobile-based Fertilizer Management System (mFMS).
3. The Food Corporation of India was setup under the Food
Corporation Act, in order to fulfill objectives of the Distribution of
foodgrains throughout the country for public distribution system.
Correct Statements
(a) 1 only (c) 2 only
(b) 2 & 3 (d) 1, 2, 3
ANSWER:
D
31.Under New Plastic Waste (Management and
Handling) Rules, 2011 plastic carry bags shall not be less than.... in
thickness
(a)
20 microns (c) 40 microns
(b)
60 microns (d) 10 microns
ANSWER:
C
32.In which
one of the following list of schedules does the Social Forestry and Farm
Forestry is found?
(a)
6th Schedule (c)
7th Schedule
(b)
11th Schedule (d)
12th Schedule
ANSWER: B
33.A new
line of political activity to keep up the spirit of resistance to colonial rule
was advocated by C.R.Das and Motilal Nehru after the withdrawal of the
Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922. Which of the following statements related to
this is/are correct?
1. C.R.Das and Motilal Nehru suggested that the nationalists
should end the boycott of the legislative councils.
2. Das and Motilal Nehru resigned from their respective offices
in the congress and announced the formation of the Congress-Khilafat Swaraj
party.
3. The adherents of the council entry programme came to be
popularly known as pro-changers and those advocating boycott of the council as
no changers.
4.Gandhi signed a joint statement with Das and Motilal that
the Swaraj Party would carry on work in the legislatures on behalf of congress
and as an integral part of the congress.
(a) 1 & 3 (c)
1, 3, 4
(b) 1, 2, 3, 4 (d)
2, 3, 4
ANSWER: B
34. Which of
the following statements is/are correct?
1. India signed and
approved the Kyoto Protocol in the year of 2002.
2.The developed countries have to reduce their emissions 5.2%
below their 1990 baseline over the 2008 to 2012 period.
3.The Green Climate Fund was floated at Copenhagen Summit and
adopted at Cancun summit in 2010.
4. India has the largest
share of Carbon Credit Market which is followed by China .
(a) 1 & 2 only (c) 1, 2, 3
(b) 1 & 3 only (d)
1, 2, 4
ANSWER: B
35.Which of
the following statements is correct regarding “Malabar Mappilas” Rebellion?
1. In 19th Century as well, there had been cases of
Mappilla resistance to landlord oppression but what erupted in 1921 was on a
different scale.
2. In the first stage of the rebellion, targets of the attack
were the unpopular landlords, mostly Hindu.
3.This Peasant Movement were closely linked with the politics
at the national level and the impetus had come from the Home Rule Leagues and
later from the Khilafat movement
4.The arrest of the prominent khilafat and congress leaders
like Gopala Menon, Moideen Koya resulted in the leadership passing into the
hands of the local Mappilla leaders.
(a) 1, 2, 3, 4 (c) 1, 2, 4
(b) 2 & 4 (d) 1 & 3
ANSWER: C
36. Consider the following and
identify the correct one?
(a)
Pollution Control Research Institute, Hardwar
(b)
National Environment Protection Training and Research
Institute Hyderabad
(c)
Indian Plywood Industries Research and Training Institute
(IPIRTI), Bengaluru
(d)
All the above
ANSWER: D
37. The national anthem
Jana-gana-mana was first sung at the Calcutta
Session of the Indian National Congress on 27 December 1911. Who was the
viceroy of India
during this time?
(a)
Lord Birkenhead (c)
Lord Minto
(b)
Lord Hardinge (d)
Lord Chelmsford
ANSWER: B
38. Which one of the following is
NOT correctly matched?
(a)
Dibru Saiokhowa National Park
: Assam
(b)
Rani Jhansi Marine
National Park : Andaman and Nicobar Island
(c)
Lohabarrack Crocodile Sanctuary: Mizoram
(d)
Purna Wildlife Sanctuary: Gujarat
ANSWER: C
39. Which is correctly matched?
(a)
World Ozone Day: 16th September
(b)
World Forest Day: 21st March
(c)
World Earth Day: 22nd
April
(d)
All the above
ANSWER: D
40. Which of
the following statements is correct? In the Budget 2012-13 all services in the
negative list are exempted from service tax.
1. It will help the Government to increase its tax revenue. And
it is process towards DTC and GST.
2. The negative list will reduce the complications of
government in the process of including a service into tax regime and to give
exemption for a service.
3.
The negative list comprises 17 heads which also includes
services required for cultivation, breeding, production,
processing or marketing up to the stage the produce is sold in the primary
markets.
(a) 1 only (c) 3 only
(b) 1 & 2 (d) 1, 2, 3
ANSWER: D
41. Which one of the following
reserves is correctly matched?
(a)
Mukundara Hills : Rajasthan
(b)
Pilibhit : Orissa
(c)
Ratapani: Uttar Pradesh
(d)
Sunabeda: Madhya Pradesh
ANSWER: A
42. In which of the following
regions of world do the group of people called as “Inuits” inhabit?
(a)
Artic (c)
Antartic
(b)
North Africa (d)
Pacific Islands
ANSWER: A
43. Which of
the following statements is correct? In British India ,
there was the protest and fight to secure Press freedom.
1. In 1824, Raja Ram Mohan Roy had protested against a regulation restricting the freedom of the Press
2. Swadesamitran under the editorship of G. Subramaniaya Iyer,
Kesari under Tilak, Bengalee under S.N.Banerjea, Indian mirror under N.N.Sen,
Amrita Bazar Patrika under C.R.Das and Motilal Nehru were powerful newspapers emerged during 60s
to 80s of 19th century.
3.There had existed since
Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code according to which ‘whoever
attempts to excite feelings of disaffection to the government established by
law ‘ was to be punished with transportation of life or imprisonment.
4. During Lord Lytton’s administration, the vernacular press
act, directed against the Indian newspapers, was conceived in great secrecy and
passed at a single sitting of the imperial legislative assembly.
(a) 2 & 4 (c) 2, 3, 4
(b) 1, 2, 3 (d) 1 & 3
ANSWER: D
44. Which one of the following is
not correct?
(a)
Malé Declaration : Air pollution
(b)
Basel Convention:
Hazardous Materials
(c)
Bonn Convention: CITES
(d)
Stockholm Convention:
Organic Pollutants
ANSWER: C
45. Which of
the following statements is/are correct?
1. The DTH service which give multi-channel programmes operated
in the Ku Band by using a satellite system.
2.Doordarshan is the world’s largest terrestrial broadcaster.
It has terrestrial TV transmitters located throughout the country covering 90%
of Indi’s geographical area.
3.
“Bhili” is the first FM community radio in tribal dialect in
Western Madhya Pradesh.
(a) 1 & 2 only (c) 1 only
(b) 3 only (d)
1, 2, 3
ANSWER: D
46. Consider
the following statements regarding World Food Prize
1.It was instituted in 1987 by Nobel Peace Prize winner and
father of the Green Revolution Norman Borlaug.
2. M.S.Swaminathan of India – the winner of the first
ever WFP award.
3.John Agyekum Kufuor and Luiz
Inácio Lula da Silva got the award for 2011 and they are first among the
winners who are non academicians/scientists.
Correct statements
(a) 3 only (c) 1 & 2
(b) 1 & 3 only (d)
1, 2, 3
ANSWER: D
47. Which of
the following statements is/are true?
1. The newspaper Yugantar was involved in anti-partition
campaign
2. In 1904 a secret society of revolutionaries named Abhinav
Bharat was organised by Har Dayal
(a) 1 only (c) Both 1 & 2
(b) 2 only (d) Neither 1 nor 2
ANSWER: D
48. Consider the following and
identify the wrong the statement
(a)
The National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) has been constituted
as per the provisions of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 in 2003.
(b)
NBWL is headed by the Union Minister for Environment and
Forests
(c)
Project Elephant (PE) was launched by the Government of
India in the year 1991- 92 as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme
(d)
There are 30 reserves under the Project Elephant
ANSWER: D
49. Which
one of the following is NOT correctly matched?
(a)
Hoolock Gibbon: Arunachal Pradesh
(b)
Golden Langur: Assam
(c)
Blyth 's Tragopan:
Nagaland
(d)
Indian Pangolin: Mehalaya
ANSWER: D
50. Consider
the following
1. Wildlife
Institute of India
conducts study on Red Panda for duration of two year.
2. The
Wildlife Institute of India has completed the studbook project for 14
endangered species on preparing and maintenance of the studbooks or breed
registry.
Correct statement
(a)
1 only (c)
Both 1 & 2
(b)
2 only (d)
Neither 1 nor 2
ANSWER: B
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