Indian Civil Services Exam 2012- General Studies Free Model Test 8 -Part 3
51. Which is not correctly matched?
a) International
Union for Conservation of Nature: Geneva
b) International
Rice Research Institute : Manilla
c) International
Tribunal for Law of sea : Hamburg
d) International
organization for Migration : Madrid
ANSWER: D
52. Considering the following statement in relevance to
“Organic farming”
1. The
international federation of organic agriculture movement (IFOAM) was started in
the year 1972 by the president of the French frames organization , Nature et
progress.
2. Navdnya, a
listed member in IFOAM is a network of seed keepers and organis producers
spread across 16 states in India
3. Navdanya is
women centered movement for the protection of biological and cultural diversity
Which of the above
given statement(s) is/are correct?
a) 2 and 3 only
b) 1,2 and 3
c) 1 and 2 only
d)1 and 3 only
ANSWER: A
53. Considering the following statement regarding
foreign exchange reserves
a) In the current
fiscal, foreign exchange reserves rose and the declined
b) The decline in
the reserves is partly due to intervention by RBI to stem the slide of rupee
against us dollar
A) Statement a is
correct
B) Statement b is
correct
C) Statement both a
& b are correct
D) Both a & b
are wrong
ANSWER: C
54. Rainbow Revolution is related to which sector of
the economy?
a) Small scale
industries
b) Information technology
services
c) Overall
Development of agriculture sector
d) Mining sector
ANSWER: C
55. Arrange in descending order the electricity
production in India
1. Thermal
2. Hydro
3. Nuclear
4. Wind
Select the correct
answer from the code below:
a )
b)1,2,3,4
c) 2,1,3,4
d) 2,1,4,3
ANSWER: B
56. The human development report (HDR) 2011 released by
UNDP
a) India
b) India
c) India
A) One statement a
is correct
B) Statements a and b
are correct
C) Statement a,b and c
are correct
D) None of the
above
ANSWER: B
57. Infant mortality and birth rate tend to vary
together, which suggest that:
a) Decrease in one
leads to decrease in the other
b) Decrease in one
leads to increase in the other
c) Increase in one
leads to decrease in the other
d) Increase in one
leads to Increase in the other
ANSWER: B
58. Regarding central government’s expenditure in
social service & development
a) India
b) Education,
sports and youth affairs hold a share of around 4.5% of total expenditure
c) Expenditure in
terms of percentage in GDP, education holds 3.1% and healthy only 1.3%
A) One statement a
is correct
B) Statements a,b
are correct
C) Statement a,b,c
are correct
D) None of the
above
ANSWER: C
59. Tele-density is an important indicator of telecom
penetration in the country
a) tele- density in
urban areas have reached 167.4% as on December 2011
b) The rural tele
density is to touch 70% during December 2011.
A) Statement a is
correct
B) Statement b is
correct
C) Statement both a
& b are correct
D) Both a & b
are wrong
ANSWER: A
60. National Biomass Resource Atlas is the project of
a) Ministry of
earth science
b) ISRO
c) Ministry of new
renewable energy sources
d) Ministry of
environment & forest
ANSWER: C
61. Biome having deepest and richest soil is
a) Tropical
rainforest
b) Short grass
steppe
c) Temperature
deciduous forest
d) Tall grass
prairie
ANSWER: C
62. Considering the following statements
1. The Himalayan or
Ankora Goat is known as pashmina
2. Kashmir valley has one of the highest intensity of
irrigation
3. Maharashtra is the largest producer of nuclear energy
4. Brahmaputra is navigable up to diprugarg
Which of the above
statements are correct?
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 1,2 and 3 only
c) 1,2 and 4 only
d) 1,2,3 and 4
ANSWER: C
63. Which one the following is NOT correctly matched?
a) National wine
and meat board: pune
b) National fisheries
development board: Hyderabad
c) Agricultural
products export development authority: Bangalore
d) Marine products
export development authority: Kochi
ANSWER: C
64. Consider the following statements
a) The RBI has
liked repo rate 13 times between march and jan-2012
b) The CRR is being
reduced by 0.5% to ease the liquidity situation and to aid revival of growth
A) Statement a is
correct
B) Statement b is
correct
C) Statement both a
& b are correct
D) Both a & b
are wrong
ANSWER: C
65. Temperate ever green forest are found in
a) Himalayas
b) Western ghats
c) Assam
d) HP
ANSWER: D
66. Recently, China
made an application for deep sea mining exploration license for hydrothermal
sulphide mineral ( a polymetallic nodule(PMN)) in the Indian
ocean . Which of the following is correct in regard to the
exploration of PMN by India
1. India is the first country to have received the
status of a pioneer investor in 1987 from the UN and carried the various
development activities ( a polymetallic nodule(PMN) in the central Indian ocean basin (CIOB)
2. The department
of atomic energy is the lead agency for the exploration of polymetallic nodule
in the central Indian ocean basin (CIOB)
3. Government has
not appointed a committee of secretaries( COS) in coordination with national
security council to draw policies for mineral exploration in Indian
ocean
Select the correct
answer from the code below:
a) 1 and 3 only
b) 2 only
c)2 and 3 only
d) 1,2 and 3
ANSWER: B
67. Consider the following statements
a) The share of
service sector in India
b) The contribution
of IT and BPO’s as a group is the largest contributor to GDP among various sub
sectors like financing, insurance and trade hotel restaurants
A) Statement a is
correct
B) Statement b is
correct
C) Statement both a
& b are correct
D) Both a & b
are wrong
ANSWER: A
68. Consider the following
1. Gujarat is the
first state in India
2. Himachal Pradesh
is the first state in India
3. Uttrakhand is
the first state in India
Correct statement
a)1,2,3
b)1& 3
c)2 & 3
d)1 & 2
ANSWER: D
69. National Environment Engineering Research Institute
(NEERI) is located in
a) New Delhi
b) Nagpur
c) Kolkata
d) Dehradun
ANSWER: B
70. Regarding India
1. The India
2. The coast guard
patrols the zone between 0-12 nautical miles from the coast.
3. Prior to the
26/11 Mumbai attack the nation does not have a separate marine police wing in
maritime states of India
Select the correct
answer from the code below:
a) 1 and 3 only
b)2 and 3 only
c) 2 only
d) 1,2 and 3
a
ANSWER: B
71. In poverty ratio (percent) estimates
a) Lakdawala
methodology (URP)estimates around 27.5% in 2004-5
b) Tendulkar
methodology (MRP) estimates around 37.2% 2004-5
A) Statement a is
correct
B) Statement b is
correct
C) Statement both a
& b are correct
D) Both a & b
are wrong
ANSWER: C
72. Photochemical song pollution does not contain
a) ozone
b) Nitrogen dioxide
c) Carbon dioxide
d) peroxy acyl
nitrate (APN)
ANSWER: C
73. In which of the following national park has a
climate that varies from tropical to sub-tropical, temperature and arctic?
a) Kangchendzonga
national park
b) Nandadevi
national park’
c) Neora national
park’
d) Namdhapa
national park’
ANSWER: A
74. Regarding India
a) India
b) The increase was
primarily on account of higher commercial borrowing and short term dept
A) Statement a is
correct
B) Statement b is
correct
C) Statement both a
& b are correct
D) Both a & b
are wrong
ANSWER: C
75. Consider the following statements
a) National Rural
Livelihood Mission (NRLM) is to be restructured as Swarna Jayanthi Gram
Swarojgar yojana
b) Bharat
livelihood foundation is to support livelihood interventions particularly in
tribal areas through Aajeevika
A) Statement a is
correct
B) Statement b is
correct
C) Statement both a
& b are correct
D) Both a & b
are wrong
ANSWER: B
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