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Kamaraj~ Port : First major port in India example of repeated falls in sea level, registered as a company · giving rise to present-day extensive marshland? 2. Mundra Port : Largest privately owned (a) Bhitarkanika Mangroves port in India (b) Marakkanam Salt Pans 3. Visakhapatnam : Largest container port in Port India (c) Naupada Swamp (d) Rann of Kutch How many of the above pairs are correctly matched? 6. Ilmenite and rutile, abundantly available in certain coastal tracts of India, are (a) Only one pair rich sources of which one of the (b) Only two pairs following? (c) All three pairs (a) Aluminium (d) None of the pairs (b) Copper 3..Consider the following trees : (c) Iron 1. Jackfruit (Artoca7pus heterophyllus) (d) Titanium 2. Mahua (Madhuca indica) 7. About three-fourths of world's cobalt, 3. · Teak (Tectona grandis) a metal required for the manufacture of batteries for electric motor vehicles, How many of the above are deciduous is produced by trees? (a) Argentina (a) Only one (b) Botswana (b) Only two (c). the Democratic Republic. of the (c) All three Congo (d) None.(d) Kazakhstan XDTG-F-GST/6~A 3 [ P.T.O.  8. Which one of the following is a part of 11. Consider the following statements : the Congo Basin? Statement-! : · (a) Cameroon India, despite having uranium (b) Nigeria deposits, depends on coal for most of its electricity production. (c) South Sudan Statement-11 : (d) Uganda Uranium, enriched to the extent of at least 60%, is required for the 9. Consider tbe following statements : production of electricity. 1. Amarkantak Hills are at the confluence of Vindhya and Which one of the following is correct in Sahyadri Ranges. respect of the above statements? 2. Biligirirangan Hills constitute the (a) Both Statement-! and Statement-11 easternmost part of Satpura Range. are correct and Statement-11 is the 3. Seshachalam Hills constitute the correct explanation for Statement-! southernmost part of Western (b) Both Statement-! and Statement-11 Ghats. ate correct and Statement-11 is not the correct explanation for How many of the statements given Statement-I above are correct? (c) Statement-! is correct but (a) Only one Statement-11 is incorrect (b) Only two (d) Statement-! is incorrect but (c) All three Statement-11 is correct (d) None 12. Consider the following statements : 10. With reference to India's projects on Statement-! : connectivity, consider the following Marsupials are not naturally found in statements : India. 1. East-West Corridor under Golden Statement-11 : QuadrilaterSJ Project connects Marsupials can thrive only in montane Dibrugarh and Surat. grasslands with no predators. 2. · Trilateral Highway connects Moreh in Manipur and Chiang Mai in Which one of the following is correct Thailand via Myanmar. in respect of the above statements? 3. Bangladesh- China- India- Myanmar (a) Both Statement-! and Statement-11 Economic Corridor. connects are correct and Statement-11 is the Varanasi. in Uttar Pradesh with correct explanation for Statement-! Kunming in China. · (b) Both Statement-! and Statement-11 How many of the above statements are are correct and Statement-11 is correct? not the correct eXplanation for Statement-! (a) Only one (b). Only two (c) Statement-! is correct but Statement-11 is incorrect · (c) All three (d) Statement-! is incorrect but.(d) None Statement-11 is correct XDTG-F-GST/62A 5 [P.T.O.  13. 'Invasive Species Specialist ·oroup' (that 16. Consider the following statements : develops Global Invasive Species Database) belongs to which one of the 1. Some :rp.ushrooms have medicinal following organizations? properties. (a) The International Union for 2. Some mushrooms have · psycho- Conservation of Nature active properties. (b) The United Nations Environment 3. Some mushrooms have insecticidal Programme properties. (c) The United Nations World Commission for Environment and 4. Some mushrooms have biolumi- Development nescent properties. (d) The World Wide Fund for Nature How many of the above statements are · correct? · 14. Consider the following 'rauna : (a) Only one 1. Lion-tailed Macaque {b) Only two 2. Malabar Civet (c) Only three 3. Sambar Deer (d) All four How many of the above are generally nocturnal or most active after sunset? 17. Consider the following statements regarding the Indian squirrels : (a) Only one 1. They build nests by making (b) Only two burrows in the ground. (c) All three 2. They store their food materials like nuts and seeds in the ground. (d) None 3. They are omnivorous. 15. Which of the following organisms ·perform waggle dance for others of their kin How many of the above sta~ements ~e to indicate the direction and the correct? distance to a source of their food? (a) Butterflies (a) Only one (b) Dragonflies (b) Only two (c) Honeybees (c) All three (d) Wasps (d) None XDTG-F-GST/62A 7 [P.T.O. ·,  18. Consider the following ·statements : 21. Consider the following statements : 1. Some microorganisms can grow Statement-! : Interest income from the deposits in environments with· temperature in Infrastructure Investment Trusts above the boiling point of water. (InviTs) distributed to their investors is 2. Some microorganisms can grow exempted from tax, but the dividend is in environments with temperature taxable. below the freezing point of water. Statement-11 : 3. Some microorganisms can grow InviTs are recognized as borrowers in highly acidic environment with under the 'Securitization and Recon- struction of Financial Assets and· a pH below 3. Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002'. How many of the above statements are correct? Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements? (a) Only one (a) Both Statement-! and Statement-11 are correct and Statement-11 is the (b) Only two correct explanation for Statement-! (c) · All three (b) Both Statement-! and Statement-11 are correct and Statement-11 is (d) None. not the correct explanation for Statemeht-1 19. Which one of the following makes a tool (c) Statement-! is correct but with a stick to scrape insects from Statement-11 is incorrect a hole in a tree or a log of wood? (d) Statement-! is incorrect but Statement-11 is correct (a) Fishing cat 22. Consider the following statements : (b) Orangutan Statement-! :. (c) Otter In the post-pandemic recent past, many Central Banks worldwide had (d) Sloth bear carrieq out interest rat~ hikes. Statement-11 : 20. Consider the following : Central Banks generally assume that · they have the ability to counteract the 1. Aerosols rising consumer prices via monetary policy means. 2. Foam agents Which one of the following is correct in 3. Fire retardants respect of t~e above statements? 4. Lubricants (a) Both Statement-! and Statement-11 are correct and Statement-11 is the correct explanation for Statement-! In the making of how many of the above are hydrofluorocarbons used? (b) Both Statement-! and Statement-11 are correct and Statement-11 is (a) Only one not the correct explanation for Statement-! (b) Only two (c) Statement-! is correct but (c) Only three Statement-11 is· incorrect (d) Statement-! is incorrect but (d) All four Statement-11 is correct XDTG- F-GST/62A 9 [ P.T.O.  23. Consider the following statements : 26. Which one of the following best describes I Statement-! : Carbon markets are likdy to be one of the most widespread tools in the fight against climate change. the concept of 'Small Farmer Large Field'? (a) Resettlement of a large number of people, uprooted from their Statement-11 : countries due to war, by giving Carbon markets transfer resources them a large cultivable land which from the private sector to the State. they cultivate collectively and share the produce Which one of the following is correct in respect "of the above statements? (b) Many marginal farmers in an area organize themselves into groups · (a) Both Statement-! and Statement-11 and synchronize and harmonize. are correct and Statement-11 is the selected agricultural operations correct explanation for Statement-! {b) Both Statement-! and Statement-11 (c) Many marginal farmers in an area are correct and Statement-11 is together. make a contract with not the correct explanation for a corporate body and surrender Statement-! their land to · the corporate body for a fixed term for which the (c) Statement-! is correct but corporate body makes. a payment Statement-11 is incorrect of agreed amount to the farmers (d) Statement-! is incorrect. but Statement-11 is correct (d) A company extends loans, technical knowledge and material inputs to 24. Which one of the following.activities of a number of small farmers in the Reserve Bank of India is considered an area so that they produce the to be part of 'sterilization'? agricultural commodity required (a) Conducting 'Open Market by the company for its Operations' manufacturing process and (b) Oversight of settlement and commercial production payment systems 27. Consider the following statements : (c) Debt and cash management for the Central and State Governments 1. The Government of India provides (d) Regulating the functions of Non- Minimum Support Price for niger banking Financial Institutions · (Guizotia aoyssinica) seeds. 25. Consider the following markets : 2. Niger is cultivated as a Kharif crop. 1. Government Bond Market 2. Call Money Market 3. Some tribal people in India use niger seed oil for cooking.. 3. Treasury Bill Market 4. Stock Market How many of the above statements are correct? How many of the above are included in capital markets? (a) Only one (a) Only one (b) Only two (b) Only two (c) Only three (c) All three (d) All four · (d) None XDTG-F-GST/62A 11 [ P.T.O. ~- 28. Consider the investments in the following 31. In essence, what does 'Due Process of assets : Law' mean? 1. Brand recognition (a) The principle of natural justice 2. Inventory (b) The procedure established by law 3. Intellectual property (c) Fair application of law 4. Mailing list of clients (d) Equality before law How many of the above are considered intangible investments? 32. Consider the following statements : (a) Only one Statement-! : (b) Only two In India, prisons are managed. by (c) · Only three State Govemments with their own rules and regulations for the (d) All four day-to-day administration of prisons. 29. Consider the fol~owing : Statement-11 : 1. Demographic performance In India, prisons are governed by the Prisons Act, 1894 which expressly 2. Fore~t and ecology kept the subject of prisons in the 3. Governance reforms control of Provincial Governments. 4. Stable government Which one of the following is correct in 5. Tax and fiscal efforts respect of the above statements? For the horizontal tax devolution, the (a) Both Statement-! and Statement-11 Fifteenth Finance Commission used are correct and Statement-11 is the how many of the above as criteria correct explanation for Statement-i other than population area and income distance? (b) Both Statement-! and Statement-11 (a) Only two are correct and Statement-11 is not the correct explanation for (b) Only three Statement-! (c) Only four (d) All five (c) Statement-! is correct but Statement-11 is incorrect 30. Consider the following infrastructure (d) Statement-! is incorrect but sectors : Statement-11 is correct 1. Affordable housing 2. Mass rapid transport 33. Which one of the follo.w ing statements 3. Health care best reflects the Chief purpose of the 'Constitution' of a country? 4. Renewable energy (a) It determines the objective for the On how many of the above does making of necessary laws. UNOPS Sustainable Investments in Infrastructure and Innovation (S3i) (b) · It enables the creation of political initiative focus for its investments? offices and a government. (a) Only one (c) It defines and limits the powers of (b) Only two · government. (c) Only three (d) It secures social justice, social (d) All four equality and social security. XDTG-F-GST/62A 13 I P.T.O..34. · In India, which one of the following 37. With reference to Finance Bill and Money Constitutional Amendments was widely Bill in the Indian Parliament, consider believed to be enacted to overcome the following statements : the judicial interpretations of the 1. When the Lok Sabha transmits Fundamental Rights? Finance Bill to the Rajya Sabha, (a) 1st Amendment it can amend or reject the Bill. (b) 42nd Amendment (c) 44th Amendment 2. When the Lok Sabha transmits (d) 86th Amendment Money Bill to the Rajya Sabha, it cannot amend or reject the Bill, 35. Consider the following organizations/ it can only make recommendations. bodies in India : 3. In the case of disagreement 1. The National Commission for between the Lok Sabha and the Backward Classes Rajya · Sabha, there is no joint 2. The National Human Rights sitting for Money Bill, but a joint Commission sitting becomes necessary for 3. The National Law Commission Finance Bill. 4. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission How many of the above statements are How many of the above are correct? constitutional bodies? (a) Only one (a) Only one (b) Only two (b) Only two (c) Only three (c) All three (d) All four (d) None 36. Consider the following statements : 1. If the election of the President 38. Consider the following statements : of India is declared void by ~he Supreme Court of India, all Once the Central Government notifies acts done by him/her in the an area as a 'Community Reserve' performance of duties of hisfher office of President before the date 1. the Chief Wildlife Warden of the of decision become invalid. State becomes the governing 2. Election for the post of the authority of such forest President of India can be postponed 2. hunting is not allowed in such area on the ground that some Legislative Assemblies have been dissolved 3. people of such area are allowed to and elections are yet to take place. collect non-timber forest produce 3. When a Bill is presented to the 4. people of such area are allowed President of India, the Constitution traditional agricultural practices prescribes time limits within which he/she has to declare hisfher How many of the above statements are assent. correct.? How many of the above statements are correct? (a) ·'Only one (a) Only one (b) Only two (b) Only two (c) All three (c) Only three. (d) None (d) All four XDTG-F-GST/62A 15 [ P.T.O.  39. With reference to 'Scheduled Areas' 41. In which one of the following regions was in India, consider the following Dhanyakataka, which flourished as statements : a prominent Buddhist centre under 1. Within a State, the notification of the Mahasanghikas, located? an area as Scheduled Area takes place th!ough an Order of the (a) Andhra President. 2. The largest administrative unit (b) Gandhara forming the Scheduled Area is the District and the lowest is the (c) Kalinga cluster of villages in the Block. 3. The Chief Ministers Of the (d) Magadha concerned States are required to submit annual reports to the Union Home Ministry on the 42. With reference to ancient India, consider administration of Scheduled Areas the folloWing statements : in the States. How many of the above statements are 1. The concept of Stupa is Buddhist correct? in origin. (a) Only one 2. Stupa was generally a repository (b) Only two of relics. (c) All three 3. Stupa was a votive and (d) None commemorative structure in 40. Consider the following statements : Buddhist tradition. Statement-! : The Supreme Court of India has held in some judgements.that the How many of the statements given I I reservation policies made under Article 16(4) of the Constitution of above are correct? , India would be limited by Article 335 for maintenance of efficiency of administration. (a) (b) Only one Only two Statement-11 : Article 335 of the Constitution of · (c) All three India defmes the term 'efficiency of ,' I administration'. (d) None Which one of the following is correct in ·respect of the above statements? (a) Both Statement-! and Statement-11 43.. With reference to ancient South India, I are correct and Statement- 11 is the correct ~xplanation for Statement-! (b) Both Statement-! and Statement- II Korkai, Poompuhar and Muchiri were well known as I are correct and Statement-11 is not the correct · explanation for Statement-! (c) Statement- ! ·is correct but (a) (b) capital cities ports Statement-11 is incorrect (c) centres of iron-and-steel making (d) Statement-! is incorrect but Statement-11 is ~orrect (d) shrines of Jain Tirthankaras XDTG-F-GST/62A 17 (P.T.O.  44. Which one of the following explains 47. "Souls are not only the property ~ 'of the practice of 'Vattakirutal' as animal and plant life, but also of rocks,. ' mentioned in Sangam poems? (a) Kings employing women bodyguards (b) Learned persons assembling in royal courts to · discuss religious running water and· many other natural objects not looked 'on as living by other religious sects." The above statement reflects one of the core beliefs of which one of the and philosophical matters following religious sects of ancient (c) Young girls keeping watch over India? agricultural fields and driving away birds and animals (a) Buddhism (d) A king defeated in a battle (b) Jainism committing ritual suicide by (c) Shaivism starving himself to death (d) Vaishnavism 45. Consider the following dynasties : 1. Hoysala 48. Who among the following rulers of Vijayanagara Empire constructed a 2. Gahadavala large dam across Tungabhadra River 3. Kakatiya and a canal-cum-aqueduct several 4. Yadava ·kilometres long from the river to the capital city? How many of ·the above dynasties established their kingdoms in early (a) Devaraya I eighth century AD?. (b) Mallikatjuna (a) Only one (c) Vira Vijaya (b) Only two (d) Virupaksha (c) Only three (d) None 49. Who among the following rulers of medieval Gujarat surrendered Diu to 46. With reference to ancient Indian History, Portuguese? consider the following pairs : (a) Ahmad Shah Literary work Author (b) Mahmud Begarha 1. · Deuichandragupta : Bilhana (c) Bahadur Shah 2. Hammira-Mahakauya : Nayachandra Suri (d) Muhammad Shah 3. Milinda-panha : Nagatjuna ' 50. By which one of the following Acts 4. Nitiuakyamrita : Somadeva Suri was the Governor General of Bengal , designated as the Governor General How many.of the above pairs are. of India? correctly matched? (a) The Regulating Act (a) Only one (b) The Pitt's India Act (b) Only two. (c) Only three (c) The Charter Act of 1793 (d) All four (d) The Charter Act of 1833 XDTG-F-GST/62A 19 (P.T.O.  51. Consider the following statements in 53. Consider the following statements relation to Janani Suraksha Yojana : 1. It is a safe moth~rhood intervention 1. Carbon fibres are used in the of the State Health Departments. manufacture of components used 2. Its objective is to reduce maternal in automobiles and aircrafts. and neonatal mortality among poor pregnant women. 2. Carbon fibres once used cannot be recycled. 3. It aims to promote institutional delivery among poor pregnant women. Which of the statements given above 4. Its objective includes providing is fare correct? public health facilities to sick infants up to one year of age. (a) 1 only How many of the statements given above are correct? (b) 2 only (a) Only one (c) Both 1 and 2 (b) Only two (d) Neither 1 nor 2 (c) Only three (d) All four 54. Consider the following actions : 52. Consider the following statements in the context of interventions being 1. Detection of car crash/ collision undertaken under Anaemia Mukt which results in the deployment of Bharat Strategy : airbags almos~ instantaneously I 1. It provides prophylactic calcium supplementation for pre-school 2. Detection of accidental free fall of children, adolescents and pregnant a laptop towards the ground which I women. results in the immediate turning off of the hard drive 2. It runs a campaign for delayed cord clamping at the time of child- I. birth. 3. Detection of the tilt of the smart- 3. It provides for periodic deworming. phone which results in the rotation to children and adolescents. of display between portrait and landscape mode 4. It addresses non-nutritional causes of anaemia in endemic pockets with special focus on malaria, In how many of the above actions is the hemoglobinopathies and fluorosis. function of accelerometer required? How many of the statements given above are correct? (a) Only one (a) Only one (b) Only two (b) Only two (c) All three (c) Only three (d) All four (d) None XDTG-F-GST/62A 21 [P.T.O. ' 55. With reference to the role of biofilters 57. Which one of the following countries has in Recirculating Aquaculture System, its own Satellite Navi~ation System? consider the following statements : I 1. Biofilters provide waste treatment (a) Australia ~ by removing uneaten fish feed. 2. Biofilters convert ammonia present (b) Canada in fish waste to nitrate. (c) Israel 3. Biofilters increase phosphorus as nutrient for fish in water. (d) Japan How many of the statements given above are correct? (a) Only one 58. Consider the following statements : (b) Only two 1. Ballistic missiles are jet-propelled (c) All three at subsonic speeds throughout their flights, while cruise missiles (d) None. are rocket-powered only in the initial phase of flight. 56. Consider the following pairs : 2. Agni-V is a medium-range Objects in Description supersonic cruise missile, while space BrahMos is a solid-fuelled 1. Cepheids Giant clouds of dust and intercontinental ballistic missile. gas in space 2. Nebulae Stars which brighten and dim periodically Which of the statements given above 3. Pulsars Neutron stars that are isfare correct? formed when massive stars run out of fuel and collapse How. many of the above pairs are (a) 1 only correctly matched? (a) Only one (b) 2 only (b) Only two (c) Both 1 and 2 (c) All three (d) None (d) Neither 1 nor 2 XDTG-F-GST/62A 23 [ P.T.O.  59. Consider the following statements 61. Consider the following countries : regarding mercury pollution : 1. Bulgaria 1. Gold mining activity is a source of mercury pollution in the world. 2. Czech Re_p ublic 2. Coal-based thermal power plants 3. Hungary cause mercury pollution. 4. Latvia 3. There is no known ·safe level of exposure to mercury. 5. Lithuania How many of the above statements are 6. Romania correct? How many of the above-mentioned (a) Only one countnes share a land border with Ukraine? (b) Only two (a) Only two (c) All three (b) Only three (d) None (c) Only four 60. With reference to green hydrogen, (d) Only five consider the following statements :. 1. It can be used directly as a fuel for internal combustion. 62. With reference to the E~'s atmosphere, which ~me of the following statements i~ 2. It can be blended with natural gas correct? and used as fuel for heat or power generation. (a) The total amount of insolation 3. It can be used in the hydrogen received at the equator is roughly fud cell to run vehicles. about ·10 times of that received at the poles. How many of the above statements are (b) Infrared rays constitute roughly correct? two-thirds of insolation. (c) Infrared waves are largely absorbed (a) Only one by water vapour that is concentrated in the lower (b) Only two atmosphere. (c) All three (d). Infrared waves are a part of visible spectrum of electromagnetic waves (d) None of solar radiation. XDTG-F-GST/62A 25 [ P.T.O.  63. Consider the following statements 65. Consider the following statements : Statement-! : 1. In a seismograph, P waves are The soil in tropic_a l rain forests is rich recorded earlier than S waves. in nutrients. 2. In P waves, the individual particles Statement-11 : vibrate to and fro in the direction The high temperature and moisture of wave propagation whereas in of tropical rain forests· cause S waves, the particles vibrate up dead organic matter in the soil to and down at right angles to the decompose quickly. direction of wave propagation. Which one of the following is correct in Which of the statements given above respect of the above statements? ~sfare correct? (a) Both Statement-! and Statement-11 are correct and Statement-11 is the (a) 1 only correct explanation for Statement-! (b) 2 only (b) Both Statement-! and Statement-11 (c) Both 1 and 2 are correct and Statement-11 is not the correct explanation for (d) Neither 1 nor 2 Statement-! (c) Statement-! is correct but 66. With reference to coal-based thermal Statement-11 is incorrect power plants in India, consider ·the following statements : · (d) Statement-! is incorrect but Statement-11 is correct 1. None of them uses seawater. 2. None of them is set up in water-stressed district. 64. Consider the following statements : 3. None of them · is privately owned. Statement-! : The temperature contrast between How many of the above statements are continents and oceans is greater correct? during summer than in winter. (a) Only one Statenient-11 : The specific heat of water is more than (b) Only two that of land surface. (c) All three Which one of the following is correct in (d) None respect of ihe above statements? (a) Both Statement-! and S~atement-II 67. 'Wolbachia method' is sometimes talked I are correct and Statement-II is the correct explanation for Statement-! about.with reference to which one of the following? (b) Both Statement-! and Statement-11 (a) Controlling the viral diseases I are correct and Statement-11 is not the correct explanation for spread by mosquitoes Statement-! (b) Converting crop residues into I I (c) Statement-! is correct Statement-11 is incorrect but (c) packing materia], Producing biodegradable plastics I I (d) Statement-! is incorrect but Statement-11 is correct (d) Producing biochar from. thenno- chemiceil conversion of biomass I XDTG-F-GST/62A 27 [ P~T.O. ~ I' 68. Consider the following activities : 1. Spreading finely ground basalt rock on farmlands extensively 71. Consider the following statements with reference to India : 1. According to the 'Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development I 2. Increasing the alkalinity of oceans (MSMED) Act, 2006', the 'medium by adding _lime. enterprises' are those with 3. Capturing carbon dioxide released investments in plant and by various industries and pumping machinery between (' 15 crore and I it into abandoned subterranean ('25 crore. mines in the form of carbonated 2. All bank loans to the Micro, Small waters and Medium Enterprises qualify ' ~ How many of tJ:le above activities are often considered and discussed for carbon capture and sequestration? (a) Only one under the priority sector. Which of the statements given above isfare correct? (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (b) Only two (c) Both 1 and 2 (c) All three (d) Neither 1 nor 2 (d) None 72. With reference to Central Bank digital currencies, consider the following 69. 'Aerial metagenomics' best refers to statements : which one of the following situations? 1. It is possible to make payments (a) Collecting DNA samples from air in a digital currency without using in a habitat at one go US dollar or SWIFT system. (b) Understanding the genetic makeup 2. ·A digital currency can be of avian spedes of a habitat distributed with a condition programmed into it such as a time- (c) Using air-borne devices ~o collect frame for spending it. blood samples from moving Which of the statements given above animals isfare correct? (d) Sending drones to inaccessible (a) 1 only areas to col.l ect plant and animal (b) 2 only samples from land surfaces and (c) Both 1 and 2 water bodies (d) Neither 1 nor 2 70. 'Microsatellite DNA' is used in the case 73. In the context of finance, the term 'beta' of which one of the following? refers to (a) Studying the evolutionary (a) the process of simultaneous buying relationships among various and selling of an asset from species of fauna different platforms · (b) Stimulating 'stem cells' to (b) an investment strategy of a transform into diverse functional portfolio manager to balance risk tissues versus reward (c) a type of systemic risk that (c) Promoting clonal propagation of arises where perfect hedging is not horticultural plants possible (d) Assessing the efficacy of drugs by (d) a numeric value that measures the conducting series ~f drug trials in fluctuations. of a stock to changes a population · in the overall stock market. XDTG-F-GST/62A 29 [ P.T.O.  74. Consider the following statements : 76. Consider the following statements : 1. The Self-Help Group (SHG) Statement-! : programme was originally initiated According to the United. Natio~s· by the State Bank of India 'World Water Development Report, by providing microcredit to the 2022', India extracts more than financially deprived. a quarter of the world's groundwater withdrawal each year. 2. In an SHG, all members of a group take responsibility for a loan that Statement-11 : an individual member takes. India needs to extract more thari a quarter of the world's groundwater 3. The Regional Rural Banks and each year to satisfy the drinking water Scheduled Commercial Banks and sanitation needs of almost 18% support SHGs. of world's population living in its How many of the above statements are territory. correct? Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements? (a) Only one (a) Both Statement-! and Statement-11 (b) Only two are correct. and Statement-11 is the (c) All three correct explanation for Statement-! (b) Both State.ment-1 and Statement-11 (d) None ~e correct and Statement-11 is not the· correct explanation for 75. Consider the following statements : Statement-! Statement-! : (c) Statement-! is correct but India's public sector health care system Statement-11 is incorrect largely focuses on curative care with (d) Statement-! is incorrect but limited preventive, promotive and Statement-11 is correct rehabilitative care. Statement-11 : 77. Consider the following statements : Under India's decentralized approach 1. According to the Constitution of to health care delivery, the States are India, the Central Government has primarily responsible for organizing a duty to protect States from health services. internal disturbances. 2. The Constitution of India exempts Which one of the following is correct in the States from providing legal respect of the above statements? counsel to a person being held for (a) Both Statement-! and Statement-11 · preventive detention. are correct and Statement-11 is the 3. According to the Prevention of correct explanation for Statement-! Terrorism Act, 2002, confession of the accused before the police (b) Both Statement-! and Statement-11 cannot be used as· evidence. are correct and Statement-11 is not the correct explanation for How many of the above statements are Statement-! correct? (c) Statement-! is correct but (a) Only one Statement-11 is incorrect (b) Op.ly two (d) Statement-l is incorrect but (c) All three Statement-If is correct (d) None XDTG-F-GST/62A 31 [ P.T.O·.  78. Which one of the following countries has 80. Consider the following statements in been ~uffering from decades of civil strife respect of election to the President of and food sho~ages and was in news India : in the r~cent past for its very severe famine? 1. The members nominated to either House of the Parliament or the (a) Angola Legislatiye ·Assemblies of States are also eligible to be included in the {b) Costa Rica Electoral College. (c) Ecuador 2. Higher the number of elective Assembly seats, higher is the (d) Somalia value of vote of each MLA of that State. 79. Consider the following statements : 3. The value of vote of each MLA of Madhya Pradesh is greater than 1. In India, the Biodiversity that of Kerala. Management · Committees are key to the realization of the objectives of the Nagoya Protocol. 4. The value of vote of each MLA of Puducherry is higher than that 2. The Biodiversity Management of Arunachal Pradesh because the Committees have important ratio of total population to total functions in determining access number of elective seats in and benefit sharing, including the Puducherry is greater as compared power to levy collection fees on to Arunachal Pradesh. the access of biological resources within its jurisdiction. How many of the above statements are Which of the statements given above correct? is/are correct? (a) Only one (a) 1 only (b) Only two (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (c) Only three (d) Neither 1.nor 2 (d) All four XDTG-F-GST/62A 33 [ P.T.O.  81. With reference to the Indian History, 83. Consider the following statelllents : Alexander Rea, A. H. Longhurst, Robert Statement-! : Sewell, James Burgess and Walter Elliot. 7th August is declared as the National were associated with · Handloom Day. Statement-II : It was in 1905 that the Swadeshi (a) archaeological excavations Movement was launched on the same day. (b) establishment of English Press in Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above· statements? Colonial India (a) Both Statement-! and Statement-11 are correct and Statement-11 is the (c) establishment of Churches in correct explanation for Statement-! Princely States (b) Both Statement-! and Statement-11 are correct and Statement-11 is not the correct explanation for (d) construction of railways in Statement-! Colonial India (c) Statement-! is correct but Statement-11 is incorrect (d) Statemen.t-I is incorrect but 82. Consid.e r the following pairs : Stateinent-11 is correct 84. Consider the following statements m respect of the National Flag of India Site Well known for according to the Flag Code of India, 2002: 1. Besnagar Shaivite.cave shrine Statement-! : One of the standard sizes of 2. Bhaja :· Buddhist cave shrine the National Flag of India is x 600 mm 400 mm.. Statement-11 : 3. Sittanavasal Jain cave shrine The ratio of the length to the height (width) of the Flag shall be 3 : 2. Which one of the following is correct How many of the above pairs are in respect of the above statements? correctly matched? (a) Both Statement-! and Statement- 11 are correct and Statement-11 is the correct explanation for Statement- ! (a) Only _one (b) Both Statement-! and Statement-11 are correct and Statement-11 is (b) Only two not the correct explanation for Statement- ! (c} Statement-! is correct but (c) All three Statement-11 is incorrect (d) Statement-! is incorrect but (d) None Statement- 11 is correct XDTG-F-GST/62A 35 (P.T.O.  85. Consider · the following statements in 87. Consider the following statements : respect of the Constitution Day : Statement-! : Statement-! : Recently, the United States of America The Constitution Day is celebrated on (USA) and the European Union (EU) 26th November every year to promote have launched the Trade and constitutional values among citizens. Technology Council'. Statement-11 : Statement-11 : On 26th November, 1949, the The USA and the EU claim that Constituent Assembly of India · set up through this they are trying to bring a Drafting Committee under the technological progress and physical Chairmanship of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar productivity under their control. · to prepare a Draft ·Constitution of Which one of the following is correct India. in respect of the above statements? Which one of the following is correct (a) Both Statement-! and Statement-11 in respect of the above statements? are correct and Statement-11 is the (a) Both Statement-! and Statement-11 correct explanation for Statement-! are correct and Statement-11 is the (b) Both Statement-! and Statement-11 correct explanation for Statement-! are correct and Statement-11 is (b) · Both Statement-! and Statement-11 not the correct explanation for are correct and Statement-II is Statement-! not the correct explanation for (c) Statement-! is correct but Statement-! Statement-11 is incorrect (c) Statement-! is correct but (d) Statement-! is incorrect but Statemerit-11 is incorrect Statement-11 is correct (d) Statement-! is incorrect but Statement-11 is correct 88. Consider the following statements : Statement-! : 86. Consider the following statements : India accounts for 3 ·2% of global Statement-! : export of goods. Switzerland is one of the leading Statement-11 : exporters of gold in terms of value. Many local companies and some Statement-11 : foreign companies ope~ating in India Switzerland has the second largest have taken advantage of India's gold reserves in the world. 'Production-linked Incentive' scheme. Which one of the following is correct Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements? in respect of the above statements? (a) Both Statement-! and Statement-11 (a) Both Statement-! and Statement-11 are correct and Statement-11 is the are correct and Statement-11 is the correct explanation for Statement-! correct explanation for Statement-! (b) Both s·tatement-1 and Statement-il (b) Both Statement-! and Statement-11 are correct and Statement-11 is are correct and Statement-11 is not the correct explanation for not the correct explanation. for Statement-! Statement-! (c) Statement-! is correct but (c) Statement-! is correct but Statement-11 is incorrect Statement-11 is incorrect (d) Statement-! is incorrect but (d) Statement-! is incorrect but Statement-11 is correct Statement-11 is correct XDTG-F-GST/62A 37 [P.T.O. ~. 89. Consider the following statements : 91. With reference to Home Guards, consid~r the. following statements : The 'Stability and Growth Pact' of the 1. Home Guards are raised under the European Union is a treaty that Home. Guards Act and Rules of the Central Government. 1. limits the levels of the budgetary 2. The role of the Home Guards is deficit of the countries of the to serve as an auxiliary force to European Union the police in maintenance of 2. makes the countries of the internal security. European Union to share their 3. To prevent infiltration on.the infrastructure facilities international border/ coastal areas, 3. enables the countries of the the Border Wing Home Guards European Union to share their Battalions have been raised in technologies some States. How many of the above statements are How many of the above statements are correct? correct? (a) Only one (a) Only one (b) Only two (b) Only· two (c) All three (c) All three (d) None (d) None 92. With reference to India, consider the following pairs : 90. Consider the following statements : The Act under Action which it is covered 1. Recently, all the countries of the United Nations have adopted the 1. Unauthorized wearing : The Official ~ecrets first-ever compact for international of police or military Act, 1923 migration, the 'Global Compact · uniforms for Safe, Orderly and Regular 2. Knowingly misleading : The Indian Evi- Migration (GCM)'. or otherwise inter- dence Act, 1872 2. The objectives and commitments · fering with a police stated in the GCM are binding on officer or military the UN member countries. officer when engaged 3. The GCM addresses internal in their duties· migration or internally displaced 3. Celebratory gunfire : The Arms (Amend- people also in its objectives and which can endanger ment) Act, 2019 commitments. the personal safety of others How many of the above statements are correct? How many of the above pairs are correctly matched? (a) Only one (a) Only one (b) Only two (b) Only two (c) All three (c) All three (d) None (d) None XDTG-F-GST/62A 39 [ P.T.O.  93. Consider the following pairs : 95. Consider the following pairs with regard to sports awards : Regions often Reason for being 1. Major Dhyan Chand : For the most mentioned in news in news Khel Ratna Award spectacular. and 1. North Kivu and Ituri : War between outstanding per- Annenia and formance· by a Azerbaijan sportsperson over period of last four 2. Nagomo-Karabakh : Insurgency in years Mozambique 2. Aljuna Award : For the lifetime 3. Kherson and : Dispute between achievement by Zaporizhzhia Israel and Lebanon a sportsperson 3. Dronacharya Award :To honour eminent How many of the above pairs are coaches who have correctly matched? successfully trained sportspersons or (a) Only one teams (b) Only two 4. Rashtriya Khel : To recognize the Protsahan Puraskar contribution made (c) All three by sportspersons even after their (d) None retirement How many of the above pairs are correctly matched? 94. Consider the fqllowing statements : (a) Only one Statement-! : (b) Only two Israel has established diplomatic (c) Only three relations with some Arab States. (d) All four Statement-11 : 96. Consider the following statements in The 'Arab Peace Initiative' mediated by respect of the 44th Chess Olympiad, 2022: Saudi Arabia was signed by Israel 1. It was the first time that Chess and Arab League. Olympiad was held in India. Which one of the following is correct 2. The official mascot was named in respect of the above statements? 7hambi'. 3. The trophy for the winning team (a) Both Statement-! and Statement-11 in the open section is the Vera are correct and Statement-11 is the Menchik Cup. correct explanation for Statement-! 4. The trophy for the winning team (b) Both Statement-! and Statement-11 in the women's section is the are correct and Statement-11 is Hamilton-Russell Cup. · not the correct explanation for How many of the statements given Statement-! above are correct? (c) Statement-! is correct but (a) Only one Statement-11 is incorrect (b) Only two (d) Statement-! is incorrect but (c) Only three Statement-11 is correct (d) All four XDTG-F-GST/62A 41 [P.T.O. -  97. Consider the following pairs : 99. Consider the following heavy industries : Area of conflict Country where 1. Fertilizer plants mentioned in news it is located 2. Oil refmeries 1. Donbas Syria 3. Steel plants 2. Kachin Ethiopia 3. Tigray North Yemen Green hydrogen is expected to play a significant role in decru:bonizing how many of the above industries? How many of the above pairs are correctly matched? (a) Only one (b) Only two (a) Only one (c) All three (b) Only two (d) None (c) All three · 100. Consider the following statements about G-20: (d) None 1. The G-20 group was originally e.stablished as a platform for the Finance Ministers and Central 98. In. the recent years Chad, Guinea, Mali Bank Governors to discuss the and Sudan caught the international international economic and attention for which one of the folloWing fmancial issues. reasons common to all of them? 2. Digital public infrastructure is one· (a) Discovery of rich deposits of rare of India's G-20 priorities. earth elements Which of the statements given above ·(b) Establishment of Chinese military is/are correct? bases. 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