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INDIAN POLITY – UPSC (MAINS)

Answer all the question in NOT MORE THAN 120 words each:

5 x 10=50 Marks

1. Explain how party symbols are allotted to political parties in India. Discuss in the light of recent examples, how election commission decides on party symbol disputes?

2. “Article 142 gives the supreme court virtual license to intervene in any matter whatsoever “Explain in the light of recent events.

3. Explain about Anti-defection law in the light of recent examples

4. To what extent is Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, bearing marginal note “temporary provision with respect to the State of Jammu and Kashmir”, temporary? Discuss the future prospects of this provision in the context of Indian polity.

5. Explain the salient features of the constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act, 2016. Do you think it is efficacious enough ‘to remove cascading effect of taxes and provide for common national market for goods and services’?

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GEOGRAPHY- UPSC (MAINS)

Answer all the question in NOT MORE THAN 120 words each:

10 X 5 = 50

1.) Major ports and its significance?

2.) UNESCO world heritage sites of india?

3.) Basic facts about India?

4.) Difference between IST and GMT?

5.) Types of rainfall?

6.) Difference between EL NINO and LA NINA?

7.) Types of Tides?

8.) Salinity of ocean?

9.) Mineral resources in India?

10.)What are the significance of earth’s interior ?

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SEATING ARRANGEMENT – BANKING

15 x 1=15 Marks

Seven friends Kamal, Manish, Rohit, Amit, Gaurav, Pritam and Priya are sitting in a circle.

Kamal, Manish, Rohit, AMit, Pritam and Priya are sitting at equal distances from each other.

Rohit is sitting after two places right of Pritam, who is sitting one place right of Amit. Kamal

forms an angle of 90 degrees from Gaurav and an angle of 120 degrees from Manish. Manish

is just opposite Priya and is sitting on the left of Gaurav.

1. Who is the only person sitting between Rohit and Manish ?

1. Pritam

2. Pritam

3. Gaurav

4. Kamla

2. Gaurav is not sitting at equal distance from

1. Manish and Pritam

2. Amit and Kamla

3. Rohit and Pritam

4. All of the Above

3. Gaurav is sitting .............. of Priya.

1. to the left

2. two places right

3. to the right

4. three places left

4. The angle between Gaurav and Manish in the clockwise direction is ?

1. 30 degree

2. 210 degree

3. 180 degree

4. 90 degree

5. Which of the following statements is not correct ?

1. Pritam is between Manish and Kamla

2. Manish is two places away from Priya

3. Gaurav is sitting opposite Pritam

4. All of Above

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Direction (6-10)Study the following information and answer the question below.

Eight people K,L,M,N,O,P,Q and R on eight different floor of a building but not necessarily in

the same order. The lowermost floor of building is numbered one, the on above that is

numbered two and so on till the topmost floor is numbered eight. P lives on an even

numbered floor but not on the topmost floor. Only three people live between L and P. L lives

immediately below O. Only two people live between R and M . K lives immediately above Q.

There are as many people between Q and R as are there between R and O

6)If L and P interchange their position and so do K and M, then who will live between M and L as per the new arrangement ? A)Q B)O C)W D)R E)other than those given as options

7)Who amongst the following lives on the floor numbered six ?

A)M

B)P

C)Q

D)R

E)L

8)On which of the following floor numbered does O live ?

A)Eight

B)Six

C)Three

D)Seven

E)Two

9)As per the given arrangement, four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so

form a group . Which of the following does not belong to the group ?

A)MR

B)RP

C)QL

D)LO

E)NK

10)Who amongst the following live exactly between K and N ?

A)L,P

B)P,Q

C)Q,O

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D)R,L

E)Q,R

Direction (11-15)Study the following information and answer the question below.

Twelve friends are sitting in two parallel lines. There are 6 people in each row and

sitting facing a person of other row. In row 1, A, B, C, D, E and F are seated and all of

them are facing south. In row 2, P, Q, R, S, T and O are seated and all of them are facing

north, but not necessarily in the same order. Each of them knows different Indian

languages , viz Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam, Odia, Assamese, Bhojpuri, Marathi, Telugu,

Haryanvi, Gujarati, Punjabi and Tamil, but not necessarily in the same order. C, who

knows Assamese, sits third to the left of B. C is not an immediate neighbour of either E or

A. P, who knows Punjabi, sits third to the right of S. Neither P nor S sits at the extreme

ends of any row. E, who knows Hindi, faces the one who knows Telugu. F, who knows

Malayalam, faces O, who sits second to the left of T and does not know Odia . T is not an

immediate neighbour of S. Only two people sit between Q and T, who know Tamil and

Haryanvi respectively. D, knows neither Bengali nor Odia who sits on the immediate

right of the person who knows Assamese. A, who knows Bhojpuri, does not face R. The

one who knows Gujarati sits second to the left of the person who faces the one who

knows Malayalam.

11. Who knows Telugu language?

A) S

B) R

C) P

D) Q

E) None of the above

12. A is related to Q and Malayalam is related to Punjabi in a certain way. In the same way

Hindi is related to

A) Bengali

B) Telugu

C) Tamil

D) Odia

E) Gujarati

13. Who is facing the one who is sitting second to the left of the one who likes Bengali?

A) The one who knows Assamese

B) B

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C) D

D) The one who likes Bhojpuri

E) None of the above

14. B likes which language?

A) Malayalam

B) Odia

C) Tamil

D) Haryanvi

E) None of the above

15. Which of the following pairs is sitting at the extreme ends?

A) E, A

B) C, S

C) P, E

D) R, C

E) None of the above.

COMPUTER AWARNESS

15 x 1=15 Marks

1. A joystick is primarily used for

1. Control sound on the screen

2. Computer gamming

3. Enter text

4. Draw pictures

5. Print text

2. The most important computer in a typical network is

1. Desktop

2. Network client

3. Nerwork client

4. Network station

5. Network server

3. Which of the following refers to too much electricity and may cause a voltage surge ?

1. Anomaly

2. Shock

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3. Spike

4. Virus

5. Splash

4. Which of the following is the correct sequence of complitation?

1. Compilation, Assembly, Linking

2. Assembly, Linking, Compilation

3. Linking, Assembly, Compilation

4. Assembly, Compilation, Linking

5. Compilation, Linking, Assembly

5. Fourth generation PC contains

1. Information

2. Data

3. Vacuum tubes

4. Microprocessor

5. Transistor

6. Which of the following correctly explains the computer?

1. Language transistor

2. Input device

3. A program that transform source code

4. Output device

5. Media player of apple

7. In computing global environment is

1. Export environment

2. Import environment

3. Consumer environment

4. Static variable environment

5. None of these

8. House of all hardware software storage and processing in one site location is called

1. Centralized processing

2. Time sharing

3. A distributed system

4. A host computer

5. A network system

9. Which of the following terms is related to internet connectivity

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1. IP

2. TCP

3. Gopher

4. Both a and b

5. None of these

10. Which of the following is known as the page

1. Windows

2. Start

3. Memory

4. Desktop

5. Document

11. In which language is barcode written

1. Binary language

2. Machine language

3. Computer language

4. HTML

5. CSS

12. The format reduced to an audio file to about one-tenth of its original size while

preserving much of the original quality of the sound

1. DOC

2. PNG

3. GIF

4. MP3

5. VMEG

13. Hard disk drives are considered as

1. Flash storage

2. Non-volatile

3. Temprary

4. Non-permanent

5. Worthless

14. What is the full form of CRT

1. Cathode ray tube

2. Computer resolution and transparency

3. Cathode resolution and transparency

4. Computer RAM and trash

5. None of these

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15. In computing what is a tape drive

1. A data storage device

2. A OCR device

3. A multi media device

4. A pointing device

5. A text editing device

BANKING AWARNESS

10 x 1=10 Marks

1. NHB is a subsidiary of which of the following banks ?

A. SBI

B. SEBI

C. NABARD

D. GOI

E. RBI

2. By which 'Micro Finance Development and Equity' fund is maintained in India ?

A. RBI

B. CII

C. NABARD

D. SIDBI

E. None of these

3. Which of the following is known as the Weak Currency ?

A. Hard Currency

B. Soft Currency

C. Hot money

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D. Cheap Money

E. Paper Money

4. Which of the following refers to a single small bank which provides financial services to

the local community?

A. Branch Banking

B. Group Banking

C. Unit Banking

D. Investment Banking

E. None of these

5. DTL stands for which of the following ?

A. Detail Time Limit

B. Demand and Time Liabilities

C. Detailed Timing Limit

D. Demand and Time Limit

E. None of these

6. Wholesale banking is also called as which of the following ? A.Corporate Banking

B. Commercial Banking

C. Retail Banking

D. Both A and B

E. None of these

7. 'We Understand Your World' is the tagline of which of the ?

A. Axis Bank

B. ICICI Bank

C. HDFC Bank

D. Andhra Bank

E. None of these

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8. In which year HDFC Bank was established ?

A. 1995

B. 1994

C. 1993

D. 1996

E. 1990

9. IDF stands for which of the following ?

A. Industrial Debt Funds

B. Immediate Debt Funds

C. Infrastructure Debt Funds

D. International Debt Funds

E. None of these

10. In which year Andhra Bank was established ?

A. 1923

B. 1924

C. 1925

D. 1927

E. 1928

INEQUALITIES

10 x 1=10 Marks

1. Statements:

P < Q ≤ S = T, R = Q < U, V > U

Conclusions: I. P > U II. V > T

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2. Statements : U ≥ X = Y, Y ≤ Z ≤ S, T = W > Z Conclusions:

I. T ≤ U II. S > U

3. Statements : A ≥ P = S > T, V < B = T ≥ X

Conclusions: I. A > X

II. P < B

4. Statements :

S > U > V, Y < U < Z, Z < X > W Conclusions:

I. S < Z II. X > Y

5. Statements :

P < X ≤ Y < Q, S > Y < T, P = V > R Conclusions: I. V < S II. T > R

6. Statements : B ≥ C = D ≥ E ; A ≤ F ≤ P = D Conclusions :

I. D ≥ A II. B ≥ F

7. Statements : P = S < T ≤ U ; Q ≤ U = A ≥ B Conclusions :

I. Q = B II. S ≤ A

8. Statements : A ≥ C > B > D; P < F ≥ C > E Conclusions :

I. A ≥ E II. F > D

9. Statements : M = N ≤ O ≤ R; P < O ≤ S < T Conclusions :

I. N = S II. N < S

10. Statements : J ≤ K = M, N ≥ P > K, Q > N = R

Conclusions : I. R > J

II. Q ≥ M

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