2017 (a) 1 and 3 only
1) With reference to the Parliament of India, (b) 2 only
consider the following statements:
(c) 3 only
1. A private member’s bill is a bill (d) 2 and 3 only
presented by a Member of Parliament
who is not elected but only Solution: B
nominated by the President of India. 4) At one of the places in India, if you stand on
2. Recently, a private member’s bill has the seashore and watch the sea, you will find
been passed in the Parliament of India
that the sea water recedes from the shore line
for the first time in its history.
a few kilometres and comes back to the shore,
twice a day, and you can actually walk on the
Which of the statements given above is/are
sea floor when the water recedes. This unique
correct?
phenomenon is seen at
(a) 1 only
(a) Bhavnagar
(b) 2 only
(b) Bheemunipatnam
(c) Both 1 and 2
(c) Chandipur
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
(d) Nagapattinam
Solution: D
Solution: C
2) From the ecological point of view, which
one of the following assumes importance 5) With reference to the ‘Prohibition of Benami
in being a good link between the Eastern Property Transactions Act, 1988 (PBPT Act)’,
Ghats and the Western Ghats? consider the following statements:
(a) Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve 1. A property transaction is not treated as a
benami transaction if the owner of the
(b) Nallamala Forest property is not aware of the transaction.
(c) Nagarhole National Park 2. Properties held benami are liable for
confiscation by the Government.
(d) Seshachalam Biosphere Reserve 3. The Act provides for three authorities for
investigations but does not provide for
Solution: A any appellate mechanism.
3) Which of the following statements is/are
correct regarding Smart India Hackathon Which of the statements given above is/are
2017? correct?
(a) 1 only
1. It is a centrally sponsored scheme for
developing every city of our country (b) 2 only
into Smart Cities in a decade.
(c) 1 and 3 only
2. It is an initiative to identify new
digital technology innovations for (d) 2 and 3 only
solving the many problems faced by
our country. Solution: B
3. It is a programme aimed at making all
6) With reference to the ‘National Intellectual
the financial transactions in our
Property Rights Policy’, consider the following
country completely digital in a
statements:
decade.
1. It reiterates India’s commitment to
Select the correct answer using the code given
the Doha Development Agenda and
below :
the TRIPS Agreement.
2. Department of Industrial Policy and Which of the statements given above is/are
Promotion is the nodal agency for correct?
regulating intellectual property rights
in India. (a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(c) Both 1 and 2
(a) 1 only
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
(b) 2 only
Answer: A
(c) Both 1 and 2
3) Which of the following is/are the possible
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 consequence/s of heavy sand mining in
riverbeds?
Solution: C
1. Decreased salinity in the river
2. Pollution of groundwater
2018 3. Lowering of the water-table
1) As per the NSSO 70th Round “Situation
Assessment Survey of Agriculture Select the correct answer using the code given
Household”, consider the following below:
statements: (a) 1 only
1. Rajasthan has the highest percentage (b) 2 and 3 only
share of agricultural household among (c) 1 and 3 only
its rural household.
2. Out of the total agricultural (d) 1, 2 and 3
household in the country, a little over
60 percent belong to OBCs. Answer: B
3. In Kerala, a little over 60 percent of 4) Consider the following statements
agricultural household reported to
have received maximum income from 1. In India, State Governments do not have
sources other than agricultural the power to auction non-coal mines.
activities. 2. Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand do not
have gold mines.
Which of the statements given above is/are 3. Rajasthan has iron ore mines.
correct?
(a) 2 and 3 only Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
(b) 2 only
(a) 1 and 2
(c) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
Answer: C
(d) 3 only
2) What is/are the consequence/consequences
of a country becoming the member of the Answer: D
‘Nuclear Suppliers Group’? 5) With reference to the governance of ‘public
sector banking in India, consider the
1. It will have access to the latest and following statements:
most efficient nuclear technologies.
2. It automatically becomes a member 1. Capital infusion into public sector
of “The Treaty on the Non- banks by the Government of India has
Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons steadily increased in the last decade.
(NPT)”?
2. To put the public sector banks in 2. Now, coal blocks are allocated on lottery
order, the merger of associate banks basis.
with the parent State Bank of India
has been affected. 3. Till recently, India imported coal to meet the
shortages of domestic supply, but now India is
self-sufficient in coal production.
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct? Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only (a) 1 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3 only
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: B (c) 3 only
2019 (d) 1, 2 and 3
1) With reference to land reforms in independent
India, which one of the following statements is Answer: (A)
correct?
4) Consider the following statements:
(a) The ceiling laws were aimed at family holdings
and not individual holdings. 1. The Parliament (Prevention of
Disqualification) Act, 1959 exempts several
(b) The major aim of land reforms was providing posts from disqualification on the grounds of
agricultural land to all the landless. ‘Office of Profit’.
2. The above-mentioned Act was amended five
(c) It resulted in cultivation of cash crops as a times.
predominant form of cultivation.
3. The term ‘Office of Profit’ is well-defined in
the Constitution of India.
(d) Land reforms permitted no exemptions to the
ceiling limits. Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
Answer: (b)
(a) 1 and 2 only
2) Which one of the following groups of plants
was domesticated in the ‘New World’ and (b) 3 only
introduced into the 'Old World'?
(c) 2 and 3 only
(a) Tobacco, cocoa and rubber
(d) 1, 2 and 3
(b) Tobacco, cotton and rubber
Answer: (A)
(c) Cotton, coffee and sugarcane
5) With reference to the cultivation of Khalif
(d) Rubber, coffee and wheat crops in India in the last five years, consider the
following statements:
Answer: (A)
1. Area under rice cultivation is the highest.
3) Consider the following statements:
2. Area under the cultivation of jowar is
more than that of oilseeds.
1. Coal sector was nationalized by the
Government of India under Indira Gandhi.
3. Area of cotton cultivation is more than (b) Class struggle
that of sugarcane.
(c) Abolition of private property
4. Area under sugarcane cultivation has
steadily decreased. (d) Economic determinism
Which of the statements given above are correct? Answer: A
4) What are the advantages of fertigation in
(a) 1 and 3 only agriculture?
1.Controlling the alkalinity of irrigation water is
(b) 2, 3 and 4 only possible.
2. Efficient application of Rock Phosphate and all
(c) 2 and 4 only other phosphatic fertilizers is possible.
3. Increased availability of nutrients to plants is
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 possible.
4. Reduction in the leaching of chemical nutrients
Answer: (A) is possible.
Select the correct answer using the code given
2020 below:
(a) 1, 2 and 3 only
1) If you withdraw 1,00,000 from your in cash
(b) 1,2 and 4 only
from your Demand Deposit Account at your bank,
the immediate effect on aggregate money supply (c) 1,3 and 4 only
in the economy will be
(d) 2, 3 and 4 only
(a) To reduce it by 1,00,000
Answer: C
(b) To increase it by 1,00,000
5) With reference to India’s Desert National Park,
(c) To increase it by more than 1,00,000 which of the following statements are correct?
(d) To leave it unchanged 1. It is spread over two districts.
Answer: D 2. There is no human habitation inside the Park.
2) In the Indian history, The Rakhmabai case of 3. It is one of the natural habitats of Great Indian
1884 revolved around Bustard.
Select the correct answer using the code given
1. Women’s rights to gain education
below:
2. Age of consent
3. Restitution of conjugal rights (a) 1 and 2 only
Select the correct answer using the given code (b) 2 and 3 only
below- (c) 1 and 3 only
(a) 1 and 2 only (d) 1,2 and 3
(b) 2 and 3 only Answer: C
(c) 1 and 3 only 2021
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Answer: B Consider the following statements:
3) One common agreement between 1. In India, there is no law restricting the
Gandhism and Marxism is candidates from contesting in one Lok
(a) The final goal of a stateless society Sabha election from three constituencies.
2. In 1991 Lok Sabha Election, Shri Devi Lal 1. Passing on mitochondrial diseases from
contested from three Lok Sabha parent to child can be prevented by
constituencies. mitochondrial replacement therapy either
3. As per the existing rules, if a candidate before or after in vitro fertilization of egg.
contests in one Lok Sabha election from 2. A child inherits mitochondrial diseases
many constituencies, his/her party should entirely from mother and not from father.
bear the cost of bye-elections to the Which of the statements given above is/are
constituencies vacated by him/her in the correct?
event of him/her winning in all the
a) 1 only
constituencies.
b) 2 only
Which of the statements given above is/are
c) Both 1 and 2
correct?
d) Neither 1 nor 2
a) 1 only Correct Option: (a)
b) 2 only
4) With reference to the New York declaration on
c) 1 and 3
Forests, which of the following statements are
d) 2 and 3
correct?
Correct Option (B)
1. It was first endorsed at the United
2) Consider the following statements:
Nations Climate Summit in 2014.
1. Moringa (drumstick tree) is a leguminous 2. It endorses a global timeline to end the
evergreen tree. loss of forests.
2. Tamarind tree is endemic to South Asia. 3. It is a legally binding international
3. In India, most of the tamarind is collected declaration.
as minor forest produce. 4. It is endorsed by governments, big
4. India exports tamarind and seeds of companies and indigenous communities.
moringa. 5. India was one of the signatories at its
5. Seeds of moringa and tamarind can be inception.
used in the production of biofuels. Select the correct answer using the code given
Which of the statements given above are correct? below.
a) 1, 2, 4 and 5 a) 1,2 and 4
b) 3, 4 and 5 b) 1, 3 and 5
c) 1, 3 and 4 c) 3 and 4
d) 1, 2, 3 and 5 d) 2 and 5
Correct Option: (b) Correct Option: (a)
3) In the context of hereditary diseases, consider
the following statements:
Which of the statements given above are correct?
5) Which of the following are detritivores?
(a) 1 and 2 only
1. Earthworms
(b) 2 and 3 only
2. Jellyfish
(c) 1 and 3 only
3. Millipedes
(d) 1, 2 and 3
4. Seahorses
Correct Option: (a)
5. Woodlice
3) Consider the following statements:
Select the correct answer using the code given
below. 1. Pursuant to the report of H.N. Sanyal
Committee, the Contempt of Courts Act,
1. 1, 2 and 4 only 1971 was passed.
2. The Constitution of India empowers the
2. 2, 3, 4 and 5 only Supreme Court and the High Courts to
3. 1, 3 and 5 only punish for contempt of themselves.
3. The Constitution of India defines Civil
4. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 Contempt and Criminal Contempt.
Correct Option: (c) 4. In India, the Parliament is vested with the
powers to make laws on Contempt of
Court.
2022
1)With reference to the Indian economy, consider Which of the statements given above is/are
the following statements: correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only
1. If the inflation is too high, Reserve Bank of
India (RBI) is likely to buy government (b) 1, 2 and 4 only
securities.
2. If the rupee is rapidly depreciating, RBI is (c) 3 and 4 only
likely to sell dollars in the market. (d) 3 only
3. If interest rates in the USA or European
Union were to fall, that is likely to induce Correct Option: (b)
RBI to buy dollars.
4) Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above are correct?
1. A bill amending the Constitution requires
(a) 1 and 2 only a prior recommendation of the President
of India.
(b) 2 and 3 only 2. When a Constitution Amendment Bill is
(c) 1 and 3 only presented to the President of India, it is
obligatory for the President of India to
(d) 1, 2 and 3 give his/her assent.
3. A Constitution Amendment Bill must be
Correct: (b) passed by both the Lok Sabha and Rajya
Sabha by a special majority and there is
2) With reference to the India economy, what are no provision for joint sitting.
the advantages of “Inflation-Indexed Bonds
(IIBs)”?
Which of the statements given above are correct?
1. Government can reduce the coupon rates (a) 1 and 2 only
on its borrowing by way of IIBs.
(b) 2 and 3 only
2. IIGs provide protection to the investors
from uncertainty regarding inflation. (c) 1 and 3 only
3. The interest received as well as capital
gains on IIBs are not taxable. (d) 1, 2 and 3
Correct Option: (b)
5) With reference to India, consider the following
statements:
1. Monazite is a source of rare earths.
2. Monazite contains thorium.
3. Monazite occurs naturally in the entire
Indian coastal sands in India.
4. In India, Government bodies only can
process or export monazite.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
(a) 1, 2 and 3 only
(b) 1, 2 and 4 only
(c) 3 and 4 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Correct Option: (b)
Extreme Words
1. Only
2. Every
3. Time period (in a decade etc)
4. Completely
5. drastic increase
6. particularly
7. drastically reduce
8. automatically
9. rapid
10. totally
11. well-defined
12. legally binding
13. must
14. enormously
15. Anyone
16. all kinds
17. etc.,
