DO NOT OPEN THIS TEST BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE ASKED 10 DO SO 5 T.B.C. : Q-DTQ-J-HT TEST BOOKLET SERIES Serial 8 389133 TEST BOOKLET GENERAL STUDIES Time Allowed : Two Hours Maximum Marks : 150 INSTRUCTIONS 1, IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE EXAMINATION, YOU SHOULD CLIECK THAT THIS TEST BOOKLET DOES, NOT HAVE ANY UNPRINTED OR TORN OR MISSING PAGES OR ITEMS, ETC. IF SO, GET IT REPLACED BY A COMPLETE TEST BOOKLET. 2. ENCODE CLEARLY THE TEST BOOKLET SERIES A, B, C OR D AS THE CASE MAY BE IN THE APPROPRIATE PLACE IN THE ANSWER SHEET. 3. You have to enter your Roll Number on the Test Booklet in the Box provided alongside. DO NOT write anything else on tho Tost Booklet. 4. This Test Booklet contains 150 items (questions). Each item is printed both in Hindi and English. Each item comprises four responses (answers). You will select the response which you want to mark on the Answer Sheet. 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(There are four alternatives for the answer to every question. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one-third (0°93) of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty. Ifa candidate gives more than one answer, it will be treated as a wrong answer even if one of the given answers happens to be correct and there will be same penalty as above to that question. Gi) If a question is left blank, ie, no answer is given by the candidate, thore will be no penalty for that question. DO NOT OPEN THIS TEST BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE ASKED TO DO SO eam 2: egal or Red wore sa git & fet yo ux oe |Among the following Presidents of India, |3. who was also the Sccretary General of Non-Aligned Movement. for some period ? (a) Dr, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (b) Varahagiri Venkatagiri (©) Giani Zail Singh (d) Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists List 1 List IT (Person) (Organization) A. Anil Agarwal 1, Gujarat Heavy Chemicals Ltd. B. Gautam 2. Raymond Ltd. H, Singhania C. Sanjay Dalmia 8. Vedanta Resources D. Venugopal 4, Videocon Group Dhoot. Code A B ce op fa) 3 1 2 4 (b) 4 1 2 3 © 3 2 1 4 (a) 4 2 1 a . 0-DT0-s-HT (2-A) To integrate cultural leaders into its meetings, which one of the following gives “Crystal Award” ? (a) Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (>) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. (©) World Health Organization (a) World Economic Forum In India, which one of the following States has the largest intand saline wetland ? (a) Gujarat : (>) Haryana (c) Madhya Pradosh. (a) Rajasthan Consider the following statements : 1. MMTC Limited is India's largest. international trading organisation. 2. Neclachal Ispat Nigam Limited has ‘been set up by MMTC jointly with the Government of Orissa. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (©) Both 1 and 2 (4) Neither 1 nor 2 In which one of the following States has India’s largest private sector sea port been commissioned recently ? (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Karnataka (©) Kerala (@) Tamil Nadu1 Praftar one & agutiat ae ae os, gO camer & Ree ye-Preter stctort as erate & > (a) oi. eden wenger (b) Fre aasefh (art stat Rie (a). see caret ef 2 grat gi nt qtr die ote ait & Ae Ree me ge we we aK aE aK PAU: aa wa (eafes) (ATE. A. oot arraret 1. peer et Sfiroen ferfties 2B. aterm ea. freer 2. is fete C. dare area 8, ete Retest D. pha ee 4. fafectata ga wee A B Cc »D @ 3 1 2 4 ) 4 1 2 3 Q-DTO-J-HT (3-A) aicpfte Aesth By arch eat ¥ stga & Rr, Profan 4S ats oe, “freon GeO we wea ? 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Akhil Kumar. : Boxing A, it er-Gil . r Amrita Sh 1. Dancer 3. Shiv Shankar : Golf 7 B. Bhimsen Joshi 2. Painter Prasad Chowrasia C. Rukmini Devi 3. Poet Which of the pairs given above is/are Arundale correctly matched ? D. Suryakant Tripathi 4. Singer (a) land 2 only Nirala (b) 2 and 3 only Code : A B c D () 3 only @) 2 1 4 3 (ad) 1,2 and 3 (b) 2 4 1 3 23. Match List I with List I] and select the ) 3 1 4 2 correct answer using the code given below the lists + (@) 3 4 1 2 List I List IT (Book) (Author) 21. With reference to the schemes launched by the Union Government, consider the A. In Custody 1. Amartya Sen following statements: * B. Sea of Poppies “2. Amitav Ghosh 1 Ministry of Health and Family Welfare . . v nita Desai launched the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima ©. Phe Argumentative 3. . Yojana, 2. Ministry of Textiles launched the Rajiv Dd, phaneustomed 4 Gandhi Shilpi Swasthya Bima Yojana. ‘ . Code Which of the statements given above is/are —— correct ? A B c D () Lonly . @ 4 4 3 (b) 2 only (b) 4 2 1 3 (©) Both 1 and 2 @ 3 2 41 4 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 (d) 3 1 2 4 O-DTO-J-HT (8-A)20, Gh rat Gh 8 Aa Ae atk afc & Aa 22. feu ae ape an eh ae wel Fe GPU © at co) ise as) AL organ ae-Fiter 1. adespreot B. Wards steht 2. fear CC. eftach ad arta 3, oes D. apfeia Bor Prva 4, arraspmftrer we A B c op @ 2 1 4 3 (b) 2 4 1 3 @ 3 1 4 2 23, @ 3 4 1 2 21. da ROR RI oT BH ng dori & def a, Praferfad aert ox fear aii : 1. ered e oRa se vara A aah are An aha ada BY 1 2. wus Hater A usita aie Bred eae Bar dior ay ott ‘saefeo wert a ats ard we B/E 2 (a) Sai (b) a2 fo) i 2 ah @ aAmiska ge Q-DTQ-J-HT (9-A) Prefect grt ox fra Hire + ze ae 1. SRE wa sari 2. sia AR years 3. Rare siase were aie suchen opt 8 ats ya we Gr BR? (a) “waa 1 ik 2 (o) Sar 238k 3 ©) a3 @) 1,238 3 qh ial qt 1a gia Be ok Geet BAT fae ne Be wr Ri ox wet Tae GAT ar. n gerw) ae) AL gr aed) 1. oaed or B. dh sil aor 2, after ah Cc. zamgieta ger 3. arian tag D. srremres arf 4. Bem ones we: A B ec Dp (a) 4 1 2 3 tb) 4 2 1 8 @ 3 2 1 4 @ 3 1 2 4024. Among the following, who are the Agaria community ? (a) A traditional toddy tapers community of Andhra Pradosh (b) A. traditional fishing community of Maharashtra (©) A traditional silk-weaving community of Karnataka (d) A traditional" salt pan workers community of Gujarat 25. Recently, which one of the following was included: in the UNESCO's World Heritage list? (a) Dilwara Temple (b) Kalka-Shimla Railway 28. 29. (©), Bhiterkanika Mangrove Area (Visakhapatnam to Araku valley railway line 26. Where is the famous Virupaksha’ temple located ? 30. (2) Bhadrachalam (b) Chidambaram (© Hampi (@) Srikalahasti 27. Other than Venezucla, which one among the following” from South America is a [31- methber of OPEC ? (a) Argentina (b) Brazil (©) Beuador (a) Bolivia 0-DTO-J-HT (10-A) ‘Under the administration 0 which one of the following is the Department of Atomic Energy ? (a) Prime Minister's Office (b) Cabinet Secretariat (c) Ministry of Power (d) Ministry of Science and Technology Consider the following pairs : Large Bank Country of origin 1. ABN Amro Bank USA 2. Barclays Bank UK 3. Kookmin Bank. : Japan Which of the abové pairs is/are correctly matched ? fa) Lonly (b) Qonly “© Land 2 @ 2anas Which among the following has the world’s largest reserves of Uranium ? (a) Australia (b) Canada (ce) Russian Federation * (@) USA Elephant Pass, which is frequently in the news, is mentioned in the context of the affairs of which one of the following ? (2) Bangladesh (>) India (©) Nepal (4) Sri Lanka25. 26. 27. Q-DTO-J-HT fear Beh ore ager are @ ? (a) SFO ste ar weRma ot Pree ae we (b) HRN, a TERRI HERAT BERTI (ates or wReRTa tere-grae Hyer (@) ISR a ERI cao-ceet fie aye %, frat F a ake eo, geet (UNESCO) # fava fexrea yt H aftafera fra mare? (a) Rerargr wee (b) orran- erent tert (©) Reratran tha a @) Ramanan 8 srry ae Read erga sftrg Freer ee ae oat # > (a) warmer (b) Ree (co) we @ ester aPigeen wh cise, afhior anion er Pirate A ‘3 otra ow eer site (OPEC) ar Tawa t ? (a) opie (b) aster © sae (@) adie 30. 31. “cin ay renftas Sof fer, Prefered 4 fees were & oni 8? fa) wor A erate (ob) Sfriset afer Co) ga Hare (a) fear of stent starr Prafhites grat oe far aire : wee ae 1. wae, Raph ds 2 aR te ue. 3. Beli des srt sade agri a at wre we gate Be? (a) dea (b) am 2 (©) Late 2 @ 2am 3 seifes wr Ber quae, Prafefter aett # @ few ore gPrar ar wat ast ahran vise (Reard) BP (@) referer ©) wart () erat ster32. Consider the following countries : 1. Brunei Darussalam 2. Kast Timor 3. Laos Which of the above is/are member/members of ASEAN ? *) Lonly (b) 2 and 8 only (© Land 8 only (@) 1, 2and 3. nsider the following countries 1. Switzerland . 2 Malta 3. Bulgaria Which of the above aro mombors of European Union ? ‘ (a) Land 2 only (>) 2 and 3 only (©) Land 8 only. Gd) 1, 2and3 34, Consider the following countries : 1. Australia 2 Namibia 3. Brazil 4. Chile ‘through which of the above docs the Tropic of Capricorn pass ? fa) Vonly (b) 2, 8.and 4 ©) 1,2and3 @) 1,2,3.and4 O-DTO-J-HT a5. 36. 37. (12-A) In the’ structure of planct Earth, below the mantle, the core is mainly made up of which one of the following ? (a) Aluminium (>) Chromium. (©) Iron (a) Silicon Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ? (a) Berlin ‘ Rhine (b) London ‘Thames (c) New York Hudson (dd) Vienna Danube, Match List I with List II and select the correct. answer using the code given below the lists List List H Pamous Temple) State) A. Vidyashankara 1. Andhra temple Pradesh B. Rajarani temple 2. Karnataka " C. Kandariya Mahadeo 3. Madhya temple Pradesh D, Bhimesvara temple 4. Orissa Code : A B c op (a) 2 4 3 1 (b) 2 3 4 1 @ 1 4 38 2 @ 1 3 4, 232. 33. 34, Q-DTO-JHT, Prafaftaa tet ox fare die 1. ws eee 2. &e Revie 3. mate ses 4 8 ae afta (ASEAN) as wars 8/8 ? (a) dard () Baa 2stk 3 © Baa 13ik 3 @) 1,23ik'3 sree 8 aha iio afer & eae EP (a) wea sik 2 (>) aa 2 ste a () eam iate a @ 1,293 Prafeftat tet ox fare aifire 1. arya 2. safivéar 3. BIE 4, fact seen 2 fre fire @ dae Wa Rar yore @ ? (a) tari: @) 2,33R4 © 123k 3 @ 1,2, 33H 35. 36, 37. (13-A) get oe Baier #, wa clea & 48, ote Preis HS fine was & ware ? (a) tafitran b) fre (© ate (a) fatrer FreaPac ie aren ces, wel Ae ae? a 2 (a) afr Ue (b) ais © qaé err (a) fart rE qh at ph 1a Gitar ae atk aad BT “fe me Be ar we aK EY SAR BPA = ie ey A. faaretax RT 1, SIT seer B. Tarra HRS 2. alee C. ate mera Re 3. HET weer D. eae Hee 4. so Re: A B Cc D (2 4 8 2 (b) 2 3 4 1 (eo) 1 4 3 2 @ ii 3 4 238. Consider the following statements 40. Consider the following statements 1. Between Census 1951 and Conéus 2001, the density of the population of India has inereased more than three times, 1, In the world, the tropical deseris occur along the western margins of continents within the trade wind belt. Between Census 1951 and Census 2001, 2% In India, the Bast Himalayan region the annual growth rate (exponential) of gets high rainfall from north-east the population of India has doubled. winds Which of the statements given above is/are Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? correct? (a) Lonly - @ tonty () - 2 only (©) Both 1and 2 @) only (a) Noither 1 nor 2 (©) Both 1 and 2 41, Which one 4f the following rivers does not (A) Neither 4 nor 2 originate in India ? (a) Beas 39, Match List I with List I and select the {b) Chenaby : correct answer using the code given below] (@) Ravi the lists = : (@) Sutlej List 1 List 11 42, Cape Canaveral, the site from which spaco Geographic feature) cones shuttles are launched is located on tho coast A. Great Victoria Desert. 1. Australia of (a) Florida : B. Grand Canyon, 2 Canada (b) Virginia C. Lake Winnipeg 3. Now Zealand (©) North Carolina . (@) South Carolina D. Southern Alps 4. USA Code : 43, At which one of the following places do two sent important rivers of India originate; while one of them flows towards north and merges with a BGP another important river flowing towards Bay @ of Bengal, the other one flows towards (yp pas Arabian Sea ? bt 4 2 3 (a) Amarkantak 3 2 4 4 (b) Badrinath (© Mahabaleshwar 4 as a) (@) Nasik . O-DTO-J-HT. (14a) - i38. 39, Q-DTQ-J-HT Pratiites out ox faa aif : 40. 1. fee ¥, sereftacha meet Hee & ofterh eta ¥ eames var og Fare sare a 2 una a, i fame aa weg ust a sites aa arct axa & | wade oer a ate aah a BE? (a) daa (by doac 2 ( 13ik 2 aRF 41. @ await a2 1a Gh 1 Ba Bfhre atte eect B a fav me ge wT we BA HK GE: year er (steers a) ea 42. A. te feeder meet: 1. aera B. tsar 2, ost C. ae Reiter 3. =U shds D. efeeht sre 4. ORR ee 43, A BC D @ 1 2 4 3 ) 10 4° 2. 3 @ 3 2 4 4 @ 3 4 2 1 (15-4) . >) aerrer Frafeftas eet ox fear difse + LARA & saeiea ured F 1951 Aor ee 2001 semort & aa Ae yar afte af we 2 ua @ orton & alle gm x (exUraa) 1951 SAO ae 2001 SHMCAT bs du opt Se | sade sort a at aa wet eee ? (a) Sat. (by Bact 2 (o) Laik 2a @ adiskade eit A fee Ah a Semen wT a Be (a) oe (b) frre @ wa @ eae ang doardee, Bre weer @ orgies art (I ATT) Ue amg, fe ae ww sate f? (a) yeisr (b) afar @ st éefern @) eft afer Prefeied 2 fra co ear O Ra a at wee afat an ser ata &, Bre ow gee A ae weet Box aoe Bad H awe safes GF ah ged geal 2H firth @ ste gat orca ae Bh ew wanes eat 8 2 RS (©) FEAR @) aie44, Who of the following scientists proved that tho |48._ stars with mass less than 1:44 times the mass of he Sun end up as White Dwarfs when they (8). Bdwin Hubble (b) 8. Chandvashekhar (©) Stephen Hawking (4) Steven Weinberg 45. Which one of the following brings out the patleation called. “nergy Statistics” from (®) Contral Power Research Institute () Planning Commission (© Power Finance Corporation Ltd (4) Central Statistical Organization 46, Consider the, following statements : 49, 1, India docs not have any doposite of Thorium 2. Kerala's monazite sands contain Uranium: Which of the statements given above inare correct (a) 1 only (b) 2only (©) Both t and 2 (a) Noithor 1 nor 2 47, Which one among tho following South Asian Jeo, countries has the highest population density ? (@) India () Nepal (©) Pakistan (@) Sri Lanka O-DTOWHT i16- ay Consider the following statements 1, ‘The discussions in the Third Round Table Conference eventually led to the passing of the Government of India Act of 1935. 2 The Government of India Act of 1935 Provided for the establishment of an All India Federation to be based on a Union of the provinces, of British India and the Princely States. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (©) Both 1 and 2 (a). Neither 1 nor 2 Consider the following : 4, Fringe Bonofit Tax 2 Interest Tax 3. Securities Transaction Tax Which of the above is/are Direct Tax/Taxes ? (a) 1only (b) Land 3 only (©) 2 and 3 only (d) 1,2 and 3 In India, who is the Chairman of the National Water Resources Council ? (a) Prime Minister (b) Minister of Wator Resources (©) Minister of Environment and Forests (@) Minister of Science and ‘TechnologyRraferRec dena # & feet ae Rig Bren fos ae 35 parE 8 144 TPH wy TNT STA TR TA BK eae OA TR (wise SATA) TI TS 7 welt Rac ve, THER ts Bier tr dah Prats 3-8 ahs ow, “yA ) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (©) Keshab Chandra Sen (@) Raja Rammohan. Roy 58. Cripps Mission to India ? (a) James Ramsay MacDonald (b) Stanley Baldwins (©) Neville Chamberlain (@) Winston Churchill 54. Who of the following ‘is the author of a collection of poems called “Golden Threshold” ? (a) Aruna Asaf Ali - (b) Annie Besant (©) Sarojini Naidu (d)Vijayalakshmi Pandit O-DTO-J-HT (18-A) + (b) During the Indian Freedom Struggle, why did Rowlatt Act arouse popular indignation’? (a) It curtailed the freedom of religion (b) It suppressed the Indian traditional education (©) It authorized the government to imprison people without trial {d) It curbed the trade union activities Which one of the following began with the Dandi March ? (a), Home Rule Movement ‘Non-Cooperation Movement © @ Civil Disobedience Movement Quit India Movement AnekGntavada is a core theory’ Philosophy of which one of the following ? (a) Buddhism ‘ (b) Jainism (©) Sikhism - (@)_ Vaishnavism and With which one of thé following movements is the slogan “Do or die” associated ? (a) Swadeshi Movement (>) Non-Cooperation Movement (c) Civil Disobedience Movement (d) Quit India Movement Who of the following founded the Ahmedabad ‘Toxtile Labour Association ? (a) Mahatma Gandhi (>) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (© NM. Joshi (a) J.B. Kripalani .