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Scheme', which of the following

3. Which of the following is/are tributary/

tributaries of Brah:napufa?

statements is/are correct?

1. Ditnng ,z
2. Kameng

1. Its purpose is to

promote
entrepreneurship among SCIST
and women entrepJgngurs.

2. It

provides

3. Iohit J

for refinalce through

SIDBI.

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given below.

Select the correct answer using the code

given below.

(a)

(a) 1 only
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(c) Land3only
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1 only

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2. The FAO accords the status of 'Globally
Important Agricultural Heritage System

(GInHS)'

The term Core Banking Solutions' is

sometimes seen in the news; Which of

to traditional

agricultural
systems. What is the overall goal of this
initiative?
1. To provide modern technolory,
training in modern farming
methods aElTinancial support to
local communities__jj- identifred
GIAHS so as to greatly enhance
their agricultural productivity'/

the following statements best describes/

describe this term?

networking of a bank's
branches which enables customers
to operate their accounts from any
branch of the bank on its network
regardless of where they open their

l. It is a

accounts.

2. To identify and safeguard

eco-friendly traditional farm
practices and their associated

3.

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increase RBI's
control over cotnrnercial balks
throu gh conputerization.

landscapes, agricultural biodiversity

and knowledge systems of the local
communities
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a bank wit]r huge non-performing
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bank.

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fgnlcutturalJroduce in such

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Annex-I Countries
Certified Emissions

3.

Clean Development

1.

Reductions

Mechanism

8. Which of the following best describes/,

detcribe the aim of 'Green India

Cartagena Protocol

Nagoya

Kyoto Protocol

Mission' of the Government of India?

Sro\+t41. . Incorporating environmental benefits
and costs into the Union and State
Budgets thereby implementing the
'green accounting'

PgWol

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sometimes seen in the news, refers to

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molecules
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gene expression

Regulations, 2011?

1. List of ingredients

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(d)

including

additives

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in India, it is mandatory to the
manufacturer to put which of the
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label, as per the Food Safety and
Standards (Packaging and Labelling)

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Restoring and enhancing forest
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Max Mtller

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the

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1,. can hear only civil cases and not
I criminal cases.

2.

kitchens of households

(c) installation of CNG kits in motor- $F

cars

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given below.

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(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
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urban households

12. India's ranking in the 'Ease of Doing

Business Index' is sometimes seen in
the news. Which of the following has
declared that raaking?

(a) Organization for

Cooperation and

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Econornic
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Partnership', consider
statements

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and Russia.'

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strategic alliance for the

purpose of maritime securit5l only.

World Trade Organiz,ation (WTO)

13. Banjaras during the medieval period of

Indian history were generally

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is/are corect?

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(b) warriors

(a) 1 only
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1.

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Jawaharlal Nehru in 1951

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2L. Which one of the following

2. These guidelines helP;1sure

is the

bes-

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was in the news recentlY?

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(b) Solar-powered two-seater airctal

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a breed found in India?
1. It is capable of swimming uP to
three kilometres in seawater.

designed by JaPan

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- mrngroves.
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China

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Satya Shodhak Samaj organized

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tribals in Bihar
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Gujarat
("/
anti-caste movement 1n
^n
Maharashtra
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r;

1. Promoting mineral

exploralion
activities in mineral-rich districts

2. Protecting the interests of the

persons affected by mining
operations

3. Authorizing State Governments

to issue ficences for minera]

34. Which of the following statements is/are

correct?

exploration

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1. bacteria
2. fungr
3, plants

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grven Delow.

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given below.

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1a[tand2only

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35.

(c) land3only
(d) I, 2 and 3
The term 'Base Erosion and

/S.

resource-rich but

(b)/ curbing of the tax evasion bY

multinational companies
(c) exploitation of genetic resources

./

entrepreneurs

(c) promoting the education

multinationa-l

(d) providing affordable and

consideration of

39. The Montague-Chelmsford

developmental projects

(b)
(c)
(d)

to be set up in

Andhra Pradesh
Gujarat
Maharashtra'
Uttar Pradesh

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Proposak

were related to

36. Recently, India's first t'Iational

Investment and Manufacturing hne'

p'f^/

qualit5

education to the citizens for free

environmental costs in the

planning and implementation of

was/ proposed

anc

health of adolescent girls

companies

of

thr

(b) providing financial and technica

assistance to young start-utr

backurard areas

of a country by

of

promoting the Self Help Groups ir:

CP) ft/ rural
areas

(a) mining operation by multinational

in

o..,ry

Government of India, aims at

Shifting' is sometimes seen in the news

companies

38. 'SWAYAM', an initiative

Profi|

in the context of

(d) lack

ol

'District Mineral Foundations' in India?

L4

(a)

social reforms

(b)
(c)

educationa-l reforms

{Q/

constitutional reforms

reforms in police administration

40. What is/are common to the two historical

places known as Ajanta

and

Mahabalipuram?
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2. Both belong to the same religious
denomination.

3.

(b) 3 only

lrd,lrz

and 3 only

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Bitcoins are tracked by the Centra.

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Anyone with a Bitcoin address can
send and receive Bitilis from
anyone else with a Bitcoin address.

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'Gglf Cooperation Council'?

46. What is/are the purpose/purposes of

Governrrrent's 'sovereign Gold Bond
Scheme' and 'Gold Morretization

@ Lana 2 only
@ Z and 3 only
(c) 3 only
(d) Q, and 3

Scheme'?

Consider the following statements :

1. New Development Bank has been
set up by ApEC.

of

New

Development Bank is in Shenghai.

U 2

To bring the idle gold lying with

2.

ecollomy
To prornote FDI
jewellery sector

3.

To reduce India's dependence on

irrdian households into

the

in the gold and

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given belorrr.
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(b) 2 and 3 only

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only

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(d) Neither i nor 2
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gold impcrts

Which of the statements given above

is/are correct?

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of the foilowing is not a member of

yaf nu,
(b) Saudi Arabia
(c) Oman
(d) Kuwait

Select the- ccrrect answer using the code

given below.

heaCquarters

3 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3

Online payments can be sent

without either side knowing the

2. The

Consider the following :

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2. Tabernacle of New Dispensation

(a) land3only

identity of the cther.

42.

44.

protection of Western Ghats

Indian Reform Association

Keshab Chandra Sen is associated
with the establishment of which of
the above?

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seen in the news, which of the following
staiements is/are correct?

3.

3.

None of the statements glven above

rs correct

2.

sometimes seen in the news,, are

.k
related to
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(c) linking of rivers

(a) land2onty

1.

'

Both have rock-cut rnonuments.

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given below.

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43. 'Gadgil Committee Report' and

'Kasturirangan Committee Report,,

g@lanri3only
i0 r,2 and
-?

L6

51. Regarding'Atal Pension Yojana', which of ll

the followingstatements is/are correct? '.

47. tselt and Road Initiative' is sometimes

mentioned in the news in the context of
the affairs of

1. It is a minimum guaranteed
mainly targeted aB.:
. pension scheme
sector workers.

(a) African Union

(b) P'd
(c)

unorganLed

European Union

@/ China

2.

Only one member of a familY can

join the scheme.

3.

Same amount of Pension is

guaranteed for the spouse for life

48. Prad han Mantri MUDM Yojana is aimed

at

d)
(b)

bringing the small entrePreneurs

into fofial financial system
providing loans to poor farmers for
cultivating particular crops

after subscriber's death'

Select the correCt answer using the code

given below.
'

(a) 1 only
(b) 2and 3only
(c) land3onlY
(d) 1,2 and 3

to old aqd

(c)

provrding pensions
destitute persons

(d)

funding the voluntary organizations

involved in the promotion of
skill deveiopment and emploYment
generation

EA
oa.

49. In which of the following regions of India

are shale gas resources found?

1.
2.
3.

A{

Cambay Basin

l/q

Select the correct answer using the code

below.

(d.)

I,2

SAARC

ycu find
Star
Efhciency
the Bureau of Energr
Label?

1.
2.
3.

atd:3

50. 'Global Financial Stability Report'

f-

Sg. On which of the following can

(a) land2only
(b) 3 only
2 ar'd 3 only

c2o

(c) sco F
\^

Krishna-Godavari Basin

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@ esnnn

Cauvery Basin

given

term - T.egional Comprehensive

.often appears
Economic Partnershipr
in the news in the context of the a-ffairs
of a grouP of countries known as

The

is

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prepared by the

Select the correct ans'fr/er uSing the cod-e

(a)

given below.

European Central Bank

(b), lnternational Monetary Fund

(a)

1 and

{4

(b)

3 only

International Bank for

Reconstruction and DeveloPment

2 only

2 end,3 only
{sf 1,2and3
(c)

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the Tnternationai Thermonuclear
Experimental Reactor'. If this
experiment succeeds, what is the
immediate advantage for India?

it

(a)

in

can use thorium

56.

'

Consider the following statements

1. The International Solar Alianqf

r was launched at the United
Nations Climate Change Conference
in 2015.

2. The Alliance includes all

place of

member countries

uranium for power generation

Which of the statements

is/are
,/ correct?

d t

efficiency of its fission reactors in

power generation

(a)

55. In the context of the history of India,

l.
2.

3.

Ghatikas

and

(c)

, agency of EU to deal with all

the bilateral and

multilateral

(d) agency of EU to deal with the

conflicts arising among the member
countries

Colleges generallv attached

to the iemples

58.

Which of the following is/are

the

advarrtage/advantiges of practising
drip irrigation?
1. Reduction in weed
2, Reduction in soil salinity.
3, Reducticn in soii erosion

Select the correct answer usins the code

given below.

(a) land2only
(b) 3 only

(c) 2 anci ll

(e) i
(d)

and

to

provides
eurozone

agreements on trade

(b) 3 only

(d) i

of EU that

countries

iVhich of ihe pairs grven above is/are

correctly matched?

(a) I

Mechanism',

in the news, is an

financial assistance

Land, revenue from which

was set apart for the maintenance of the village tank
Villages donated to a single
Brahmin or a group of
Brahmins

TaniSrurs

"bou.

agency created by EU to deal with

the impact of millions of refugees
arriving from Middle East

(b) agency

, Desciption

Eripatti

Stability

sometimes seen

power generation

Term

gii.r,

onty

57. European

reactors for

consider the following pairs

the
United

(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 a\d 2
(d) I'leither I nor 2

(c) It can drastically improve the

/
U) It can build fusion

of the

Itlations,

It can attain a global role in

satellite navigation,

(b)

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of practising drip irrigation

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in the news, which of the following
statements is/are correct?

1.

It is a digital locker system offered

by the Government under Digital
India Programme.

2. It

allows you

'ro

62

With reference to Astrosat',

astrcnomicai oUservatfrllaunched

by India, which of the following

&atements is/are

1.

into

Select the correct answer using the code

given below.

(a) I

only

60.

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(d)

Neither

and

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,
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Astrosat is a 2000 kg satellite

placed in an orbit at 1650 km
. above the surfaee of the Earth;

(a)

nor 2

Recently; linking of w-hich of the fcllovring

(a)

Cauvery and Tungabhadra

God,^u^ri

1 only

(b) 2

rivers was undertaken?

space.

Select the correct answer using the code

given below.

(b) 2 onty

f/

rs the only country to have

launched a similar observatory

of your

2.

correct? -

Other than USA and Russia, India

access your

e-documents irrespective
physical location.

only

(c)

Both 1 and

(d)

Neither

nor 2

63. With reference to the economic history of

medieval India, the term Aragha_tta'
refers to

and Krishna

(c) Mahanadi and Sone

(d) Narmada and Tapti.

(a)

61. In the cities of our country, which among

the following atmosoheric gases are
normally considered in calculating the

bonded labour

(b) land grants made to military

ofhcers

value of Air Qualifv Index?

l. Carbon dioxide S

(c)

2.
3.
4.
5.

(d) wasteland corlverted to

Ca.rbon rronoxide

dioxide

in the

irrigation
cultivated

64. With reference to the cultural history

of India, the memoriztng o! chronicles,

Methane

dynasiic histories anC epic taies was the

profession of who of the following?

Select the correct answer using the code

given below.

(a) 1,2 and,3 only S

(b) 2, 3 and + orfly /
(c) l, 4 and 5 only $
(d) L, 2, 3,4 and 5 F
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waterwheei used
of larrd
lanei

Nitrogen dioxide

Sulfur

the

.4.,

(a)

Shrarnana

(b)

Pa:{waajaka

(c)

Agrahaarika

(d)

Piaagadha

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68.

65. Recently, for the first time in our country,

which

of the foliow'ing

Ceclareci a

States

ha.s

particular butterfly as 'State

The plan of Sir Staflord Cripps envisaged

that after the Second World War

(o) India should be granted

Butterfly'?

(a) Arunachal Pradesh

(b) I{lmachal Pradesh

before granting independence

(c) India should be made a

66. Consider the following statements

. is also called the

Mars

69.

Orbiter

Consider the following p4irs

Famous

made India the only country to be

successful in making its spacecraft

4.
5.

in its very lirst

attempt

It
I
a

f
a
t
i

:a

Which of the staterrrents given

is/are correct?

above

Bundelkhand
Vidarbha
Malwa
Ravalaseenna

and 3

6dWh^t' *u" iire main reason for

70. The Parliament of India acquires the

power to legislate on any item in the
State List in the national interest if a
resolution to that eilect is passed by tLre

the

split in the Indian l{ational Congress at

Surat in 19071

(a) Intrcduction of commrmaiism

into

(a)

Inriian politics ba@!_Minto

Extremists' lack of faith in

ihe capacity of the mod-erates
to negotiate vrith the British

(b)

(c)

Foundation of Muslirn Leaeue

lgl

{d) Aurobindo Ghosh's inabiliiy to be

elected as the Presiderrt of the
indian Itlational Congr.ess

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Lok Sabha by a simple majority of

its total rnembership
Lok Sabha by a majority of not
iess tharr iwo-thirds of iis total
mernbership

Government

(c)

Tirupati

Baghelkhand

(a) I,2 and 4 f

(b) 2, 3, 4 and 5
(c) 2and5only' /
(d) 1, 3, 4 and 5

(b) 2 and 3 only

(c) land3only

(b_2f

Region

correctly matched?

(a) 1 only

g,{ t,2

Nasik (Nashik)

Which of the pairs given above are

place

1. Bodhgaya :
2. Khajuraho :
:
3. Shirdi

made India the second country to

the
Mars after US

have a spaccciaft orbit

orbit the Mars

Dominion

status

Mission

3.

republic
will ioin
she
that
with the condition
the Commonwealth

(dl India should be given

I'Jr

The Mangalyaan iaunched by ISRO

2.

' (b) India should be partitioned into two

(c) Karnataka
1*/ Vanarashtra

complete

, independence

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Rajya Sabha by a simple majority of

its total membership

n^iy^ Sabha by a majorif of not
less tharr two-thirds of its memtiers
present and voting

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79. Consider the following statements

7L, Recently, which of the following States

I

has erplored the

PossibilitY of
inland port
artificial
constructing arr
tc be connectdd tb sea bY a long

The
L 'Goals

Andhra Pradesh

(b)

Chhattisgarh

DeveloPment

in 1972
3 by a global think tank called-

navigational channel?

(a)

Sustainabie

were first ProPosed

.^

the 'Club cf Rome'.

2. The

Sustainable

DeveloPment
Goals have to be achieved bY 2030.

(c)

Karnataka

Which of the statements given above

is/are correct?

(d)

Rajasthan

(a)

otr$'

,/ 2 only

72. With reference to the Agreement at the

UNFCCC Meeting in Paris in 2015,

which of the following statements is/are

The Agreement was signed bY aI

the member countries of the UN
and it will go into effect in 2017.

2.

The Agreement aims to limit the

greenhouse gas emissions so
that the rise in a"/erage global
temporature by the end of this
centur54 does not exceed 2"C ot'
even 1'5 "C above pre-indusirial

I
{

,
!I

(d)

Neither 1 nor 2

74. A recent movie titled The Man Who Knew

infinitg is based on the biography of

tgf s. Ramanujan

levels.

3.

and 2

Both

correct?

t.

(c)

75.

Develcped countries acknowledgeci

in
global warming and committed to
donate $ 1OOO biilian a year from
2O2A io heip developing countries
to cope with clirrrate change.

(b)

S. Chandrasekhar

(c)

S. N, Bose -r

(d)

C. V. Raman

Consider the follcwing statements

I

their historical responsibility

t-.

The minimum age Prescribed for

any person to be a member of
Panchayat

i" Eyears.

A, Panchayaf reconstituted after

premature dissolution continues
oniy fcr the reinainder Period,

Select the comect answer using the code

Which of the statements given above

is/are correct?

giverr belovr

fi,t. land3onlY
r,tI
\/

Vl

'(c)

onry

and.3 only

ff"/

'f iZ,/ 2 onlY

f (t/ Both' 1 and 2

(ti) Neither I nor 2

1.

iF/ 1,2 anC 3

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E
E

?
;

I
i.
,a:

76. Which of the following statemenis is/are

correct?

Select the correct answer using the code

given below.

1.

(a)

2.

A Bill pending in the Lok Saiha

lapses on its prorogation.
A BiU pending in the Rajya Sabha,

M
-|
'3 2 and 3 onlv?
(c) land3only
(d) 1,2,3 and a I

which has not been passed by the

Lok Sabha, shall not lapse

on

dissolution of the Lok Sabha.

79. The establishment of 'Pdyment Banks'

is being allowed in India to promote
financial inclusion. Which of the
following statements is/are correct in
this context?

Select the correct answer using the code

given below.

fa/ - 1 only
r
W 2 only

{./

(d)

Both 1 and

1.
2

Neither 1 nor 2

77. Which

of the

is/pq\he

$2.
I
3.

Report?

that

are

Payment Banks can issue both

credit cards and debit cards.
Payment Banks cannot undertake
lending activities.

Undernounshment

t,UO

stunting
Child mortality

Select the correct answer using the code

given below

(a) land2only

Child

Vf t

Select the correct answer using the eode

(a) i

arrd 3 oniy

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

given below.

M
,7

supermarket chains
Payment Banks.

indicator/indicators used by{IFPRI)to

compute the Global Hungilrltdex

1.
2.
3.

Mobile telephone companies and

owned and controlled by residents
are eligible to be promoters of

following

1 oniy

only

2 and 3 onlv

80. With reference to 'LiFi', recent$ in the

V) I,2and3

news, which of the foilowing statements

is/are correct?

(d.) land3only

1.

It uses light as the rrredium for highspeed data transmission.

a persistent delicit
budget year after year. Which

2. It is a wireiess technologl and is

action/actions of the foilowing can be

ta-ken by d:e Gorrernment to reduce
the deficit?

Seiect the ccrect ansr.\'er usrng the code

given below.

1.
2.
3.
4.

(a) I only
(b) 2 only
rgf yott I and. 2
(q) Neithc'r I rror 2

79. There has been

several times faster than WiFi'.

Reducing revenue expenditure

Introducing nevr welfare schemes

Rationalizing subsiCies
Rerirrclng irnport duiy

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81.

The term 'Intended Nationally

Select the correct answer using the code

given below.

Determined Contributions' is sometimes seen

in the nervs in the context of

(a) 1

pledges .made by the European

countries to rehabilitate refugees
from the war-affected Middle East

(a)

plan of action outlined by

,6) 2 onty

the

(c) Both I

countries of the world to combat

climate change

(d)

capital contributed by the member

cotrntries in the establishment of
Asian Infrastructure Investment
Barrk

(c)

1.

one of''the following is a purpose of

'UDAY', a scheme of the Government?

2.

Providrng technical and linancial

The tax rate on land was fixed

depend"iig-on the quality of the
Private owners cf workshops paid
an industnes tax.

Which of the statements given

is/are correct?

only

(b) 2

only

(a)

Replaeing the coal-based por,ver

plants with nafural gas, nuclear,
solar, wind and tidal power plants
a period of time

dnorn

/over

fdf- Prow ing for financial, turnaround

and revival of pcwer distribution

and 2

(d) Neither I nor 2

compa,rues

83. Wrth reference to 'IFC Masala Bonds',

sometines seen in the news, whlch of
the statements given below isi are

gS.

Which one of the foilorving books cf

ancient india has the lcve story cf the
son of the founder of Sunga dynast5r?

correct?
1

2.

The IrrLernaiiorrai Fina-nce Corporation, which offers these bonds, is

an arm of the World Bank.

They are the rupee-denominated
bonds arrd are a source of riebt
financing for the public and private
secicr.

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above

every

household in the country bv 2018

(c)

entre-

preneurs in the freld of renewable

sources of energr

(b) Providing electricity to

nor

land.

82. Which

to start-up

Neither

Deva, the ruler of Vijayanagar, consider

the following statements :

Sustainable Development Goals

assistance

and 2

;Regarding the taxation system of Krishna

(d) plan of action outlined by the

countries of the world regarding

(a)

only

30

(c)

Meghndoota

(d)

Ratnauaii

,;

Select the correct answer using the code

86. In the context of which of the following

do you sometimes f,rnd the terms
'amber box, blue" box and green box' in
ihernews?

given below.

(a) lcnly

WTO affairs

(b) 2 and

(b) SAARC allairs

(c) UNFCCC affairs
(d) India-EU negotiations on F'IA

?&

3 only

(c) land3only
@/ t,2 and 3

of the foUowy/g is/are iqrftded

in the capital bud$t of the Government
of Indiat-1. [rpenditure on acquisition cf

E7. Which

assets

89. Recently,

which one of tire following

currencies has been propgsed tc

added to the basket of ,IMF's SDR?

like roads, buildings,

(a)

Rouble

forCign

(b)

Rand

Loans and advances granted to

the States and Union Territories

(c)

Indian Rupee

Seiect the eorrect answer using the code

{a/

Renminbi

machinery, etc.

2. Inans

received

from

governments

3.

be

given below

(q) I

only

90.

(b) 2 and 3 only

(c) land3only
1r*/ t, 2

With reference to the International

Monetary arrd Financial Cornmittee
(IMFC), consider the following
statements

anc 3

1.

IMFC discusses matters of eoncern

affecting the global economY, and
advises the International Monetary
Fund (lMF) on the direction of its
work.

2.

The V/orld Barrk particiPates as

obsen'er in IMFC's meetings.

88. What is/are the importance/importances

of the 'United Nations Convention to
Combat Desertification'?

1. It aims tc promote effective action

through inno'rative national
programmes and supportive international partnershiPs.

2. It

has

specialiparticular fccus
on South Asia and North Africa

regions, and its

Which of the statements given above

is/are correct?

Secretariat

facilitaies the allocation of m4jor

portion of financial resources to

(G) 1 oniy

these regions.

(b) 2 only

to bottom-uP
the particiencouraging
approach,
pation of leca-! people in comtraiiirg
the desertilicatiorr.

3. It is

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committed

(c) Both,l

and

(d,) Neither L nor

e2

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94. Consider the following Pairs :

R.ashtriya Garima Abhiyaan'is a national

campaign to

destitute persons and provide fligq

with" suitable sources of livelihood

/b/.

?e,

release the sex workers tiom thsir

practice and provide them tdth

alternative sources of livelihood
I
kl eradicate the practice of manual
scavenging and rehabilitate the
manual scavengers
(dj release the bonded labourers from
their bonciage a!d' rehabilitate

1.
2.

.p

Siddhas (Sittars) of Tamil region rd{t

were monotheistic and condemned S
idolatry.
95.
Lingayats of Kannada regicn
questioned the theory of rebirih /
and rejected the caste hierarchy. V

(a) |

and 2

(b) 2

onlY

Nepal

Myanmar

1{ z and 3
(d) 3 onlY

With reference to

1.

It is an organization of European
Union

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 onty
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

'Organization for

the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

(OPCW)', consider the following
statements

Which of the statements grven aleys

is/are correct?

in

working relation with

NATO ANd WHO.

2.

It
to

monitors chemical inoustry

prevent new weapons from

emerging.

Which cf the following beSt describes the"

term tmport covcr', sometimes seerr in

3.

the news?

It

Provides assistance ar'd

protectiolt to States (Parties)
against chemicai weapons threats,

It is the ratio of value of irrrports

to the Gross Dornestic Product of
a country
(b) It is the total value of imports of a
country in a year
(c) It is the rado between the value
imports
pf
A.
/De
onths of
S tt
pair-1
imports that cculd be
for by
a ccurrtry's internationa! reserves

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Bangladesh

correctlY matched?

92. With reference to the cultural history of

medieval India, consider the following

1. Kurd
2. Madhesi
3. Rohingra

Which of the Pairs given abo've is/are

them

statements

In the affairs cf

Communitg sotletimes
mentioned in the neu)s

(a) rehabilitate the homeless and

Which of the
is/are correct?

statements $ven above

(a) 1 onlY

34

3 onlY

(b)

(c)

1 and 3

(,i)

1,2and3

and

onlY

96. with

reference

select the correct answer using the code

given below'

Fasal
the follo

to ,pradhan Mantri

Bima Ycjana'; consider

statements
1, Under this scheine, farmers will
have to pay a uniform premium of
theY
.' two Percent for anyofcroP
year.
thi
..".o'
in
any
cultivate
2.

unseasonal rains.

Whictr- f the statements given above

is/are correct?
1

vl

onrv
0nrv
1 and2
!

pl l, 2 and 3t
99. Why does the Government of India
promcte the use of 'Neem-coated Urea'
in agriculture?

['.tn':."1t]:-T" "ux.il"T

il:

u,h'e n,.,/:"t

r^..-

llra ra,e

go t?Si::T:?.Tlli:inlT"Jl",Jfi"

97. lnwhich of the foltowing regions of India tS

are you most likely tolome across the
b frrc'at Indian Hornbill' in its natural

abitat?
^1,.1+^+t

ncrt

and S oniVf

*-

-:l::'-'-::

nor 2

Sand deserts of

(c) I

(c) Both

Neithe

and

(U 2 and 3 only I

This scheme covers post-harvesl

lost es arising out of cYclones and

(a)

2 onlY

w'l
I

st

B&S' is not at ail

released into atmosphere by crop
fields

@) It is a cor bination of a weedicide

India

and a fertiltzer for pari cular crops

Higher HimalaYas of ' ammu arid

100' Consider

Kashmir

tire

llowing sta ments

-ht Salt marshes of western Gujarat

fd) Wesiern Ghats

1.
I\

The Chiel Secretary in a State is

aPPoint t bY the Governor of that

key
Basin
River
Ga-ng
features of lrlational
'
Authority (NGRBA)?
l. River basin is the unit of planning

2'

The chief secretary

a fixed t nure'

98. which of the foliowing are the

State.

spearheads tire rit er conservation efforts at the national level'

3.

One of it e Chief ivlinisters of the

States through which the Ganga "f
flows becomes the Chair-man of '
NGRBA on ro+,ation

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a-

state has

which of the staterrrents given

is/are correct?

anC managernent.'

2. It

@)

(b) 2

@
\/

'd)

only
onrY

Both 1 and 2
i'{either i rtot 2

abc'.re