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TEST BOOKLET

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GENERAL STUDIES

Current Events II

Time Allowed: Two Hours                                                        Max.Marks:200

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INSTRUCTIONS

Immediately after the commencement of the exam, you should check that this test booklet does not have any unprinted, torn or missing pages or items, etc. If so, get it replaced by a new test booklet.

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2. You have to enter your roll number on the test booklet in the

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3. Enter your name clearly and in CAPTIALS on the top right hand side of this page

4. This test booklet contains 100 questions. Each question comprises four answer choices, of which you will choose only one as your response. In case you feel there is more than one correct response, mark the one which you consider as the best.

5. You have to mark all your responses only on the separate Answer Sheet provided. See directions in the Answer Sheet.

6. All questions carry equal marks.

7. After the conclusion of the exam, you should hand over to the Invigilator only the answer sheet. You are allowed to retain the question paper with you.

8. Do all your rough work within the question paper itself. You are not allowed the use of any separate sheets.

9. Penalty for wrong answers:

For each question which has a penalty for a wrong answer has been marked by the candidate, one third of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty.

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CSAT Mock Series 08/15

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1. Which of the following special powers have been are conferred on Rajyasabha by the constitution of India?

a)     To change the existing territory of a state and to change the name of a state

b)     to pass a resolution empowering the parliament to make laws in the state list and to create one or more All India Services

c)     To amend the election procedure of the president and to determine the pension of the President after his / her retirement

d)     To determine the functions of the election commission and to determine the number of election commissioners

2. Consider the following

1.     The ‘double sampling’ approach is used by the National Tiger Conservation Authority to count the tiger population

2.     The data is derived from ground surveys and camera-traps

3.     The report indicates 30 per cent increase in India’s endangered tiger population

Choose the correct statements

a)     1 and 3

b)     2 and 3

c)     1,2 and 3

d)     Only 3

3. Consider the following

1.     The rituals began with the agrodaka

2.     Each abhisheka is defined in terms of qualities or gunas

3.     The devotees worship these qualities of sacrifice and non-violence in the form of abhisheka.

Which of these are related to Mahamastakabhisheka (anointing) ceremony of Lord Bahubali?

a)     1,2 and 3

b)     2 and 3

c)     1 and 3

d)     Only 3

4. A new joint report “fixing the Broken Promise of Education for All: Findings from the Global Initiative on Out-of-School Children” -which says that India has been able to decrease its number of out-of-school children by nearly 16 million between 2000 and 2012, driving the progress in South Asia, but it still has 1.4 million children not attending primary school- was produced by

a)     UNESCO and UNICEF

b)     UNESCO and UNFPA

c)     UNICEF and WCF

d)     UNICEF and WHO

5. “The evolutionary geneticist Thierry Wirth and his team analysed 4,987 samples of the “Beijing lineage” from 99 countries, fully sequencing the genomes of 110 of them and more limited stretches of DNA in the rest”. The decoded genome is related to

a)     Tuberculosis

b)     Small pox

c)     Malaria

d)     Ebola

6. Nagoba jatara - with a ceremony called ‘bheting’, which incorporates new brides into the clan. -one of the the most important religious events for the Adivasi Gond tribe, which had ruled Central India for centuries is held in the state of

a)     Jharkhand

b)     Andhra Pradesh

c)     Karnataka

d)     Maharashtra

7. Consider the following

1.     Mali shares border with Guinea

2.     West African Ebola outbreak had its origin in Guinea

3.     Ebola virus has an incubation period of 42 days

Choose the correct statements

a)     1 and 2

b)     2 and 3

c)     1,2 and 3

d)     Only 3

8. Consider the following

1.     Establishment of  Bhagabatpur Crocodile Project  was aimed at increasing the number of fresh-water crocodiles

2.     Lothian Island Wildlife Sanctuary is one of the wildlife sanctuaries of Sunderbans

3.     Its fauna include Olive Ridley Turtles

Choose the correct statements

a)     1 and 2

b)     2 and 3

c)     1,2 and 3

d)     Only 2

9. Consider the following

1.     Mitigation of cascading / double taxation

2.     Creation of a Common National Market

3.     Redressal of the imbalance in taxation between manufacturing & the service sector

Premises upon which the GST is propose to be introduced include

a)     Only 3

b)     2 and 3

c)     1 and 3

d)     1,2 and 3

10. Consider the following regarding world investment report by UNCTAD

1.     China became the world’s largest recipient

2.     India back in the top 10 with 22% growth in inflows

3.     5 of the Top 10 recipients are developing countries

Choose the correct statements

a)     1 and 2

b)     2 and 3

c)     1,2 and 3

d)     Only 2

11. “Chalein Saath Saath” is the slogan highlights the relations between  

a)     India and Pakistan

b)     India and US

c)     India and Germany

d)     India and Russia

12.  Syriza party, which won historic victory in parliamentary elections belong to

a)     Syria

b)     Portugal

c)     Greece

d)     Macedonia

13. Consider the following

1.     Prathisthan was the capital of the Satavahana Empire

2.     Satavahana  had trade relations with Roman empire

3.     Satvahana ruled larger part of Central India in the second century B.C

Choose the correct statements

a)     1 and 2

b)     2 and 3

c)     1,2 and 3

d)     Only 2

14. Consider the following

1.     The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 provides for equal wages for women and men workers for the same work

2.     There   is express provision in the constitution to enforce equal pay for equal work concept

 Choose the correct statements

a)     Only 1

b)     Both 1 and 2

c)     Only 2

d)     Neither 1 nor 2

15. Consider the following

1.     The Business Advisory Committee in parliament has the discretion to bring forward particular subjects for discussion

2.     The Committee generally meets at the beginning of each Session

Choose the correct answer form the codes given below

a)     Only 2

b)     Only 1

c)     Both 1 and 2

d)     Neither 1 nor 2