Indian Civil Services Exam 2012-General Studies Free Model Test 8-Part 3

Indian Civil Services Exam 2012- General Studies Free Model Test 8 -Part 3

51. Which is not correctly matched?

a) International Union for Conservation of Nature: Geneva

b) International Rice Research Institute : Manilla

c) International Tribunal for Law of sea : Hamburg

d) International organization for Migration : Madrid

ANSWER: D

52. Considering the following statement in relevance to “Organic farming”

1. The international federation of organic agriculture movement (IFOAM) was started in the year 1972 by the president of the French frames organization , Nature et progress.

2. Navdnya, a listed member in IFOAM is a network of seed keepers and organis producers spread across 16 states in India

3. Navdanya is women centered movement for the protection of biological and cultural diversity

Which of the above given statement(s) is/are correct?

a)     2 and 3 only

b)  1,2 and 3

c) 1 and 2 only

d)1 and 3 only

ANSWER: A

53. Considering the following statement regarding foreign exchange reserves

a) In the current fiscal, foreign exchange reserves rose and the declined

b) The decline in the reserves is partly due to intervention by RBI to stem the slide of rupee against us dollar

A) Statement a is correct

B) Statement b is correct

C) Statement both a & b are correct

D) Both a & b are wrong

ANSWER: C

54. Rainbow Revolution is related to which sector of the economy?

a) Small scale industries

b) Information technology services

c) Overall Development of agriculture sector

d) Mining sector

ANSWER: C

55. Arrange in descending order the electricity production in India

1. Thermal

2. Hydro

3. Nuclear

4. Wind

Select the correct answer from the code below:

a ) 1,2,4,3

b)1,2,3,4

c) 2,1,3,4

d)  2,1,4,3

ANSWER: B

56. The human development report (HDR) 2011 released by UNDP

a) India ranks 134 out of 187 countries in HDI.

b) India has a good growth rate in HDI in spite of the decline in ranking from 119 out of 169 last year

c) India fairs better in HDI ranking among the SAARC countries

A) One statement a is correct

B) Statements a and b are correct

C) Statement a,b and c are correct

D) None of the above

ANSWER: B

57. Infant mortality and birth rate tend to vary together, which suggest that:

a) Decrease in one leads to decrease in the other

b) Decrease in one leads to increase in the other

c) Increase in one leads to decrease in the other

d) Increase in one leads to Increase in the other

ANSWER: B

58. Regarding central government’s expenditure in social service & development

a) India spends only a merger amount of nearly 2.1% in healthy and family welfare

b) Education, sports and youth affairs hold a share of around 4.5% of total expenditure

c) Expenditure in terms of percentage in GDP, education holds 3.1% and healthy only 1.3%

A) One statement a is correct

B) Statements a,b are correct

C) Statement a,b,c are correct

D) None of the above

ANSWER: C

59. Tele-density is an important indicator of telecom penetration in the country

a) tele- density in urban areas have reached 167.4% as on December 2011

b) The rural tele density is to touch 70% during December 2011.

A) Statement a is correct

B) Statement b is correct

C) Statement both a & b are correct

D) Both a & b are wrong

ANSWER: A

60. National Biomass Resource Atlas is the project of

a) Ministry of earth science

b) ISRO

c) Ministry of new renewable energy sources

d) Ministry of environment & forest

ANSWER: C

61. Biome having deepest and richest soil is

a) Tropical rainforest

b) Short grass steppe

c) Temperature deciduous forest

d) Tall grass prairie

ANSWER: C

62. Considering the following statements

1. The Himalayan or Ankora Goat is known as pashmina

2. Kashmir valley has one of the highest intensity of irrigation

3. Maharashtra is the largest producer of nuclear energy

4. Brahmaputra is navigable up to diprugarg

Which of the above statements are correct?

a)  1 and 2 only

b) 1,2 and 3 only

c) 1,2 and 4 only

d) 1,2,3 and 4

ANSWER: C

63. Which one the following is NOT correctly matched?

a) National wine and meat board: pune

b) National fisheries development board: Hyderabad

c) Agricultural products export development authority: Bangalore

d) Marine products export development authority: Kochi

ANSWER: C

64. Consider the following statements

a) The RBI has liked repo rate 13 times between march and jan-2012

b) The CRR is being reduced by 0.5% to ease the liquidity situation and to aid revival of growth

A) Statement a is correct

B) Statement b is correct

C) Statement both a & b are correct

D) Both a & b are wrong

ANSWER: C

65. Temperate ever green forest are found in

a) Himalayas

 b) Western ghats

 c) Assam

d) HP

ANSWER: D

66. Recently, China made an application for deep sea mining exploration license for hydrothermal sulphide mineral ( a polymetallic nodule(PMN)) in the Indian ocean. Which of the following is correct in regard to the exploration of PMN by India?

1. India is the first country to have received the status of a pioneer investor in 1987 from the UN and carried the various development activities ( a polymetallic nodule(PMN) in the central Indian ocean basin (CIOB)

2. The department of atomic energy is the lead agency for the exploration of polymetallic nodule in the central Indian ocean basin (CIOB)

3. Government has not appointed a committee of secretaries( COS) in coordination with national security council to draw policies for mineral exploration in Indian ocean

Select the correct answer from the code below:

a) 1 and 3 only

b) 2 only

c)2 and 3 only

d) 1,2 and 3

ANSWER: B

67. Consider the following statements

a) The share of service sector in India’s GDP at factor cost is the highest than any other sector

b) The contribution of IT and BPO’s as a group is the largest contributor to GDP among various sub sectors like financing, insurance and trade hotel restaurants 

A) Statement a is correct

B) Statement b is correct

C) Statement both a & b are correct

D) Both a & b are wrong

ANSWER: A

68. Consider the following

1. Gujarat is the first state in India to set up a department of climate change

2. Himachal Pradesh is the first state in India to launch jan jan sanjivani van abhiyan

3. Uttrakhand is the first state in India to impose green tax

Correct statement

a)1,2,3

b)1& 3

c)2 & 3

d)1 & 2

ANSWER: D

69. National Environment Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) is located in

a) New Delhi

b) Nagpur

c) Kolkata

d) Dehradun

ANSWER: B

70. Regarding India’s postal coastal defense which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

1. The India’s navy is responsible for security beyond 12 nautical miles from the coast

2. The coast guard patrols the zone between 0-12 nautical miles from the coast.

3. Prior to the 26/11 Mumbai attack the nation does not have a separate marine police wing in maritime states of India on both the coast

Select the correct answer from the code below:

a)   1 and 3 only

b)2 and 3 only

c)  2 only

d) 1,2 and 3

a

ANSWER: B

71. In poverty ratio (percent) estimates

a) Lakdawala methodology (URP)estimates around 27.5% in 2004-5

b) Tendulkar methodology (MRP) estimates around 37.2% 2004-5

A) Statement a is correct

B) Statement b is correct

C) Statement both a & b are correct

D) Both a & b are wrong

ANSWER: C

72. Photochemical song pollution does not contain

a) ozone

b) Nitrogen dioxide

c) Carbon dioxide

d) peroxy acyl nitrate (APN)

ANSWER: C

73. In which of the following national park has a climate that varies from tropical to sub-tropical, temperature and arctic?

a) Kangchendzonga national park

b) Nandadevi national park’

c) Neora national park’

d) Namdhapa national park’

ANSWER: A

74.  Regarding India’s external dept

a) India’s external dept stock stood at US $326.66 recording an increase over last year

b) The increase was primarily on account of higher commercial borrowing and short term dept

A) Statement a is correct

B) Statement b is correct

C) Statement both a & b are correct

D) Both a & b are wrong

ANSWER: C

75. Consider the following statements

a) National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) is to be restructured as Swarna Jayanthi Gram Swarojgar yojana

b) Bharat livelihood foundation is to support livelihood interventions particularly in tribal areas through Aajeevika

A) Statement a is correct

B) Statement b is correct

C) Statement both a & b are correct

D) Both a & b are wrong

ANSWER: B