Civil
Services exam 2013-Model Test Paper 3-Part 1
1. With
reference to Indian Forest Survey Report 2011, consider the following
statements:
1. The north eastern States of India account for
one-fifth of the country’s forest cover
2. Mangrove
cover has been decline
3. Rising sea level is main reason for
decline in Mangrove cover in the country
Which of the statements given above
is/are correct?
a) 1
and 2 only
b) 2
and 3 only
c) 1
only
d) 2
only
Answer:C
2. Consider the following statements:
1. The GPS is a satellite- based navigation system
designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present all types
of geographically referenced data
2. The GIS is a system that provides information on
location and time in all weather, anywhere on or near the Earth
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
Answer:D
3. The Zoological Survey of India is
a) Responsible for carrying
out survey to list all endangered species
b) Responsible for carrying out survey
to explore the plant resources of the country
c) Responsible for carrying out survey to identified the
plants and animal species with economic virtue
d) To protect the environment
Answer:A
4. Consider the following statements:
1. With 17 per cent of the world’s population, India
contributed only 4 per cent of the total global greenhouse gas emission
2. India’s CO2 emissions are approximately 1
tonne as against a world average of 4.2 tonnes per annum
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
Answer:C
5. Which
one of the following groups belongs to Inexhaustible but Misusable Resources?
a) Ocean Water, Solar Power,
Wind Power and Land
b) Land, Wild Animal and Water
Resources
c) Land, Wild Animal and Sola Power
d) Ocean Water, Wild animal, land and
Wind Power
Answer:B
6. Which
one of the following groups belongs to Exhaustible but Non-reusable Resources?
a) Coal, Petroleum, and Tin
b) Coal, Petroleum and Natural Gas
c) Coal, Petroleum and Iron
d) Coal, Petroleum and Gold
Answer:B
7. With
reference to Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), consider the following
statements:
1.
The idea of carbon trading emanated after the signing of the Kyoto Protocol of
the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change
2.
It mandates GHG emission caps on industrialized nations, which have ratified
it, but also allows them to buy a greener nation’s GHG emission level
3.
Under the CDM, a developed country can take up greenhouse gas reduction project
activities in a developing country where the costs of greenhouse gas reduction
project activities are usually much lower
4.
One Certified Emission Reduction (CER) is equivalent to a reduction of ten
tonne of carbon
Which
of the statements given above are correct?
a) 1
and 2 only
b) 3
and 4 only
c) 1,2 and 3 only
d) 1,2
and 4 only
Answer:C
8. Climate
change is one of the major concerns of contemporary world. The major worry is
how rapid climate change will magnify existing environment stresses and
contribute to food insecurity, conflict over resources, and loss of livelihood
for millions of people. Certain regions will be worse affected than other. In
this regard consider the following statements:
1.
Global warming is expected to be greatest over water than land
2.
Global warming is expected to be greatest over southern latitudes than the
northern
3.
The Arctic, Sub Saharan Africa, small islands and the big river deltas of Asia
will be most seriously affected
Which
of the given above statements is/are correct?
a) 1
and 2 only
b) 1
and 3 only
c) 1 only
d) 3
only
Answer:D
9. With reference to Kyoto Protocol, consider
the following statements:
1. The treaty came into force without
US and Australian support
2. Treaty aims to achieve GHG emission target below 1990
levels by 200812, by all the member nations (developing/developed countries)
3. Till date, over 170 countries have ratified the treaty
including Australia
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 1 and 3 only
c) 1 only
d) 3 only
Answer:B
10. With reference to Global Warming, consider
the following statements:
1. It is a phenomenon in which the lower atmosphere traps
more terrestrial radiation and thus the mean global temperature of the earth
rises by 14oC
2. CH4 is one of the major gas responsible for
Global Warming
3. CO2 is primarily responsible for Global
Warming
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 1 and 3 only
c) 3 only
d) 1,2 and 3
Answer:D
11. With
reference to agriculture and Processed Food Products Export Development
Authority (APEDA), consider the following statements:
1. It came into existence in 1986
2. It acts as focal point for agriculture exports;
concentrates on marketing of processed foods in value added form
3. It also introduces effective quality control measures
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 1 and 3 only
c) 2 only
d) 1, 2 and 3
Answer:D
12. Invasive
alien species (obnoxious weeds, fish, pathogens and pests, etc.) pose a serious
threat no native species, their habitats and functioning of different
ecosystem. In response to Invasive alien species, consider the following
statements:
1.
Presently, there is no exclusive legislation or policy in India to deal with
the invasive alien species
2.
Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine and Storage, Faridabad, Ministry of
Agriculture is the nodal agency to enforce the regulation
3.
Latest regulation in these regard are ‘Plant Quarantine Order 2003’
Which
of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1
and 2 only
b) 1
and 3 only
c) 3 only
d) 1,2
and 3
Answer:D
13. Which
one of the following groups belongs to critically endangered bird species of
India?
a) Indian Vulture,
White-rumped Vulture, Siberian Crane and Ixora notoniana
b) Indian Vulture, Ilex denticulata,
Siberian Crane and Ixora notoniana
c) Indian Vulture, White-rumped
Vulture, Siberian Crane and Ilex denticulate
d) Indian Vulture, White-rumped
Vulture, Siberian Crane and Himalayan Quail
Answer:D
14. India is a Party to the Basel Convention. The
Basel Convention (1989) is/on
a) International treaty on wild fauna
and flora
b) International treaty on endangered
species
c) The control of trans-boundary
movement of hazardous wastes
d) The control of trans-boundary
movement of radioactive material
Answer:C
15. With
reference to Forest Survey of India (FSI), consider the following statements:
1. It was a successor to ‘Pre-investment survey of Forest
Resources’ (PISFR), a project initiated in 1965 by Government of India
2. It was established in 1981
3. It prepares thematic maps on 1:50,000-sacle and forest
vegetation map of the country
4. Vegetation maps are prepared every year to mark the
geographical forest area of the country
Which of the statements given above are correct?
a) 1, 2 and 3 only
b) 1, 2 and 4 only
c) 2, 3 and 4 only
d) 1, 3 and 4 only
Answer:A
16. With reference to the Saturated, Fat,
considers the following statements:
1) It is used by the liver to manufacture cholesterol
2) It is considered the most dangerous kind of fat
because it has been shown to raise blood cholesterol levels
3) It is found in olive and canola oil
Which
of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1
only
b) 3
only
c) 1
and 2 only
d) 1, 2
and 3
Answer:D
17. The deficiency in Thiamine causes
a) Skin lesion, especially around the nose and lips
b) Sensitivity
to light
c) Pellagra,
which is characterized by skin disorder, crack at the mouth corners
d) Beriberi, which is characterized by muscular
weakness, swelling of the heart and leg cramps
Answer:D
18. Adventitious roots
a) Arise from the stem and not from another root
b) Arise
from another root and not from the stem
c) Roots rising above the ground, especially above
water such as in some mangroves genera (Avicennia, Sonneratia)
d) None of the given above statements (a) and (c)
are correct
Answer:A
19. With
reference to Mitochondria, consider the following statements:
1) The Mitochondria are the power house of the
cell
2) It is found in cytoplasm of eukaryotic cell
(cell with a nucleus)
3) It is responsible for converting nutrient into
energy
Which
of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1
only
b) 2
only
c) 1
and 3 only
d) 1, 2
and 3
Answer:D
20. Consider the following statements:
1) Binary fission is the method used by
prokaryotes to produce two identical cells from one cell
2) The more complex process of mitosis, which is
also produces two genetically identical cells from a single cell, is used by
many unicellular eukaryotic organisms for reproduction
3) Multicellular organism use mitosis for growth,
cell repair and cell replacement
Which
of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1
only
b) 3
only
c) 1
and 2 only
d) 1, 2
and 3
Answer:D
21. With
reference to the Vascular tissue of plants, consider the following statements:
1) The primary components of vascular tissue are the xylem and phloem
2) This
transport fluid and nutrients internally
3) These tissue manufacture nutrients by
photosynthesis and store reserve nutrients
Which of the statements given above
is/are correct?
a) 1
only
b) 3
only
c) 1
and 2 only
d) 1, 2
and 3
Answer:C
22. A person is having ‘O’ blood group
The person
1) Can
accept from O only
2) Can
donate to A and AB only
3) Can
accept from A and O only
4) Can
donate A, B and O only
5) Can
donate A, B and O only
Select the correct answer from the code given below:
a) 1
only
b) 3
only
c) 1, 2
and 4 only
d) 2, 3
and 4 only
Answer:A
23. Consider the following statements
1) ‘Cholesterol-free’ means ‘fat-free’
2) Cholesterol
is not required in our diets
3) The
amount of cholesterol consumption can affect blood cholesterol level
Which of the statements given above
is/are correct?
a) 1
only
b) 3
only
c) 1
and 2 only
d) 2
and 3 only
Answer:D
24. Bone marrow is a place where
a) Red blood cells are destroyed
b) New
blood cells are formed
c) Interchange
of impure and pure blood takes place
d) White
bold cells get destroyed
Answer:B
25. The Systemic Arteries
a) Carry deoxygenated blood that has just returned
from the body to the lungs, where carbon dioxide is exchange for oxygen
b) Deliver blood to the arterioles, and then to
the capillaries, where nutrients and gasses are exchanged
c) The smallest of the true arties, help regulate
blood pressure and deliver blood to capillaries
d) None of the given above statements (a) (b) and
(c) are correct
Answer: B
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