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APSC Assistant Engineer 2024: Assistant Engineer, Public Health Engineering Department (Advt. 28/2023), General Studies

  • Date: 9 June 2024
  • Paper code: Advt. 28/2023
  • Language: English
  • 24 pages
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1, Regarding COP 28, which of the              II.  Hamas has its headquarters
          following statements are correct?               located in the capital city of
          I.    COP 28 refers to the United
                                                          Doha of the State of eatar.
                Nations Climate Change               III. Hamas-Israel War of 2023 that
                Conference that took placb in             began on 7th October, 2023,
                Abu Dhabi, United Arab                     when Hamas launched a land,
                Emirates, from    30th                     sea and air assault on Israel.
                November, 2023 to t2th
                December,2023.                       IV. In 1946, the State of Israel
                                                           was created on land inhabited
          IL UN           Climate      Change              by both Jews and Arab
               . Conferences (or COps) take                Palestinians.
                 place once in two years.            Select the correct answer using the
         III. UN                                     codes given below,
                        Climate     Change
                Conferenceg are the world,s          (A) II and IV only
                ohly multilateral decision-
                making forum on climate              (B) UI and IV only
               change with almost complete
               membership of every country           (C) II, XI and IV only
 '             in the world.                         (D) I, II, III and IV
         IV, The COP is where the world
             comes together to agree on          3. Which of the following statements
             ways to address the climate             is/are correct?
               crisis, such as limiting global
               temperature rise to 1.5 degree        I.    North Atlantic Treaty Organi-
               Celsius.                                    zation (NATO) is a political and
                                                           military alliance.
         Select the correct answer using the
                                                     II. NATO was created by
         codes given below,
                                                           twelve countries from Europe
                                                           and North America in the year
         (A) I and II only                                 7949.
         (B) I, U and III only                      III. Ukrainb is a member country
                                                           of NATO.
         (C) III and IV only-
                                                    IV. Finland became a member of
         (D) I, II, III and IV                             NATO in tlte year 2023,
                                                    Select the correct ans:wer using the
                                                    codes given below.
     2. Which of the following statements
         are not cotrect ?                          (A) I only
         I.    Hamas is a Palestinian militant      (B) I and II only
               organization that has been
               engaged in a long-standing           (C) I, II and.III
               conflict with Israel.                (D) I, II and IV
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4, Which of the following are correct?               Parliament House in        New
                                                     Delhi. The new building houses
    During the Presentation of the                   the Lok Sabha and the RajYa
    Interim Budget 2024, the Finance                 Sabha, as well as other offices
    Minister of India referred to certain            and facilities for members of
    'Disha Nirdeshak Baatein'. These                 the Pariiament and staff,
    included
                                                 IV. The new Parliament building
    I. social justice as effective                   has a Constitutional Hall at its
           governance model                          core.

    IL high power committee to flnd              Select the corect answer using the
           out the sources of economic           codes given below.
           inequalitY                            (A) I, II and III onlY
    III. use of sPace research to                E) n, III and IV onlY
           explore life beYond the solar         (C) I, II and IV onlY
           sYstem                                (D) I, II, III and IV

     IV. focus on Poof, Youth, women         6. Regarding the Peace Agreement,
          and Annadata                           which of the following statements
      Select the correct answer using the        are correct?
      codes given below.                         I. The Government of India and
    . (A) I and II                                    the Government of ManiPur
                                                      signed a Peace Agreement with
     (B) II and III                                   United National Liberation
     (C) III and IV                                   Front (UNLF) of ManiPur on
     (D) I and IV                                     29th November, 2023.
                                                 II. The agreement was signed in
 5. Regarding the Central Vista Project,              Imphal, the capital of ManiPur.
     which of the following statements           III. The UNLF is the oldest
     are corfect?                                     valley-based armed grouP of
     I. The Central Vista Project is a                Manipur.
          massive redevelopment Project           IV. It is for the first time that a
          in New Delhi that includes the              valley-based ManiPuri armed
          construction of the new                     group has agreed to return to
          Farliament House and the                    mainstream bY abjuring
          reconstruction of several other             violence and agreeing to
          govemment buildings and                     honour the Constitution of
            public spaces.                            India and the laws of 1and.
     II.    The Govemment of India has            Select the correct answer using the
            undertaken the Project' and it        codes given below.
            is expected to be comPleted bY
                                                  (A) I, II and III only
            2026.
                                                  (B) I, nI and IV onlY
      III. The new Parliament building            (C) II, III and IV onlY
       , is a triangular-shaPed house             (D) I, II, IiI and IV
           located next to the old

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7"   Which of the following statements is            III. At the Asian Games in Jakarta,
        not co"rect ?                                      Indonesia, India retumed with
                                                           70 medals, including a haul of
        (A)   The Khel Maharan, 2023 is                    16 gold medals. It was India,s
              an initiative of the State                   previous best medal haul.
              Government of Assam.
                                                       IV. The 18th Asian Game s were
        (B)   The Khel Maharan, 2023 is to                 held in the year 2019.
              ensure that many good players            Select the correct answer using the
              in the State can demonstrate             codes given below.
              their abilities.
                                                       (A) I, X and III only
        (c) The Khel Maharan, 2023 was
                                                       (B) I, II and IV only
              started in the State on
              first December, 2023 and                 (C) I, III and IV only
              continued up to 10th January,            (D) I, II, UI and IV
              2024.

       (D) The Khel Maharan, 2023,                 9. Which of the following statements
           which has been arranged at                  related to ICC Men's World Cup
           the village, panchayat and                  Cricket held in India in the year
              ward levels before moving on to          2023 are not cotrect?
              the district and State levels,
              has been launched to revive              L Glenn Maxwell holds the
              the spirit of sports in the State.           record for the highest number
                                                           of sixes in the ICC Cricket
                                                           World Cup, 2023.
                                                       II. David Warner of Australia
  8, Which of the following statements                     scored a double century in the
       are correct related to the 1gth Asian               ICC World Cup, 2023.
       Games,2023?
                                                      IIL India's final score in ICC
                                                           Cricket World Cup final, 2023
       I.     With a haul of 107 medals that               played at Ahmedabad was 241.
              included 28 gold, 38 silver and
              4l bronze medals, India set a           IV. Virat Kohli of India earned the
              new benchmark for themselves                 title 'Player of ttre Tournament,
              at the Asian Games, 2023                     in the ICC Cricket World Cup,
              in Hangzhou, the people,s                    2023.
              Republic of China.                      Select the correct answer using the
                                                      codes given below.
       II. India became the fourth
              country after China, Japan              (A) I and II only
              and the Republic of Korea to            141 n ana tIr onty
              win 100 or more medals in a
              single edition of the Asian             (C) II, III and IV
              Games,                                  (D) I, II and III
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10.   Which of the following statements             12. Match List-I with List-II :
           are correct?
                                                                  List-I             List-ll
           I,     Iron Dome i9 an air defense
                  missile system. It operates in           a. Gadadhar           1. Dima Hasao
                  all weather conditions.
                                                           b. Mahur              2. Dhubri
           II.    Iron Dome was developed by
                  two US firms with support from           c. Kushiyara 3. Sadiya
                  Israel,
                                                           d. Kundil    4. Karimganj
           III.   Iron Dome is designed to
                  protect against incoming short-            Select the correct answer using the
                  range weapons.                             codes given below.

           IV. Iron Dome uses radar to track                 (A) a         bcd
               rockets and can differentiate                       1       234
               between those that are likely to
               hit builtup areas and those                   (B) a         bcd
               that are not.                                       2       143
           Select the correct answe! using the               (c) a         bcd
           codes given below,                                      4       123
                                                             (D) a         bcd
           (A) I, II and III only
                                                                   3       214
           (B) I, U and IV only
                                                        13. Which of the following statements
           (C) I, m and IV only                              is/are correct?
           (D) I, d, III and IV                              I.    The 'Great Bath'is the earliest
                                                                   public water tank in the
                                                                   ancient world.
    11. Recently which country decided to                    II. The 'Great Bath' is a part of a
           drop the head of the British Royal                      large citadel complex that was
'          Family from its live-dollar banknote                    found during excavation of
           in favor of a design that honors the                    Harappa.
           culture of the country's indigenous
           people?                                           Select the correct answer using the
                                                             codes given below.
           (A) Aushalia
                                                             (A) I only
           (B) Canada
                                                             (B) II only
           (C) Netherlands                                   .(C) Both I and II
           (D) None of the above                             (D) Neither I nor U

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14. Which of the following statements      16, Match List-t with List-II         :
      are correct?
                                                 List-I            List-II
      L Emperor Chandragupta, the
        founder of the Mauryan                 Gopal Krishna 1. Founder of the
        dynasty, was a Hindu but                     Gokhale Indian National
          became a Jain monk later in                                   Congress
          life.                             b. Annie Besant        2. Founder of the
                                                                        Central Hindu
      II. After the death of Alexander,                                 School, Banaras
          Seleucus won an empire                                        (now called
          centred on Syria and Iran.           .                        Varanasi)
          He declared himself king in
          305 BC.                              Bal Gangadhar 3. Founder of the
                                                       Tilak Servants of India
      IU. The author of Indica was                                      Society
          Megasthenes.
                                            d. A. O. Hume          4. Started Home
      Select the correct answer using the                               Rule League at
      codes given below.                                                Poona (now
                                                                        called Pune)
      (A) I and II only                            Select the correct answer using the
      (B) I, II and III                            codes given below.
                                                   (A) a  b         c       d
      (C) II and III only                              1234
      (D) I and III only                           in) " b          c       d
                                                       2341
 15. Choose the corect order of the                (C) a b          c       d
 '   following dynasties of        Delhi               3241
     Sultanate :                                   (D) a b          c 'd
     I. Slave dynasty                                  4123
     II. Tughlaq dynasty                    17" Which of the following statements
                                                 is/are correct about Lord Canning?
     IIL Irdi dynasty                              I. Lord Canning was the first
     IV. Khilji dynasty                                 Viceroy of India.
                                                   IL  Lord Canning had introduced
     Select the correct answer using the               the portfolio system in India.
     codes given below.
                                                   Select the correct answer using the
     (A) r, Iv, rr, nr                             codes given below.
                                                   (A) I only
     (B) I, II, III, IV
                                                   (B) II only
     (c) r, rrr, rr, IV                            (C) Both I and II
     (D) r, ry, rrr, rr                            (D) Neither I nor II

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18. Which of the following statements          2O. Match the following pairs :
      related to Jaziya is/are conect?                  (Name of the    (Country
      l, Jaziya was a tax levied by the              Foreign Tfaueller) from)
 '         Muslim rulers on non-Muslim
           residents of the territory in             a. Fa-Hien        1. Persia
           retum for their protection.                b. Al-Biruni   2. Morocco
      II. In India, Qutb-ud-din Aibak                 c. Ibn Battuta 3. China
           imposed Jaziya for the fiist
          time.                                       d. Marco Polo 4. Italy
  . III. Jaziya was abblished by the                 Select the correct answer using the
          Mughal ruler Akbar in the 16th             codes given below.
          century but was reintroduced               (A) a b         c    d
          by Aurangzeb in the 17th                       3214
          century,
                                                     (B) a b         c    d
      Select the correct answer using the                3124
      codes given below.
                                                     (C) a b         c    d
      (A) I only                                         1234
      (B) I and II only                              (D) a b         c    d
      (C) I and III only                                  23r4
      (D) I, II and UI                          21. From which college did Subhas
                                                     Chandra Bose pass BA in 1918?
 19, Match the following pairs :                     (A) Scottish Church College
                                                     (B) Presidency College
      (Euents)            (Year)                     (C) St. Xavier's College
 a. The Battle of    1. 1905 AD                      (D) Bethune College
      '      Plassey
                                                22. Match List-I with List-U :
 b. The Treaty of    2. 7757 AD                            LisFI        List-ll
           Mangalore
 c. The First Anglo- 3. 1824-1826 AD                a. Joydam Festival 1. Tiwa
        Burmese War                                 b. Ali-Aye-Ligang 2. Deuri
 d. The Partition of 4. 7784 AD                     c. Wanshuwa        3. Mishing
           . Bengal                                  d. Rongker                4. Karbi
      Select the correct answer using the            Select the correct answer using the
      codes given below.                             codes given belovr.
      (A) a b          c   d                          (A) a b        c    d
          2431                                            23L4
      (B) a b          c   d                          (B) a b        c    d
          t234                                            3241
      (C) a b          c   d                          (C) a b        c    d
          3472                                            2341
      (D) a "b         c   d                          (D) a b        c     d
          2413                                            4372
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23. Chobse the correct order of t]:e              25, Which of the following States of India
        following events ofAssam history :              have a boundary with Bangladesh?
        I. Ahom              Kirg   Sukapha              I. Mizoram
             established his capital at                  IL Assam
             Charaideo.
        II. chutiya King Ratnadhwajpal                   III' Tripura
            established his capital at                   IV. Meghalaya
            Sadiya'                                      select the correct answer using the
        IIL Brahmapala established Pala                  codes given below,
             dynasty in Kamarupa.
                                                         to) I' II and III only
        Iv. The first ur"li*'      irrrr""ior,
            carried out by Bakhtiyar Khilji              (B) II' IU and Iv only
            was thwarted.                                (C) I, U and IV only
        Select the correct answer using the              (D) I, II, IU and IV
        codes given below.

        (A) III, ry, II, I                         26' Which of the following statements
                                                         is/are correct?
        (B) IV' ilI' II' I
                                                         L The Eastern chats are a
        (C) I, II, III, TV                                   discontinuous mountain range
                                                             while the Western Ghats are
        (D) II, III, ry, I                                   locally known by different
                                                             names.
 24. Which of the following statements                   II. The Eastern Ghats and the
        is/are correct?                                      Westem Ghats meet each
        I. A separate province of Assam,                     other at Nilgiri Hills'
            administered by a Chief                      Select the correct answer using the
            Commissionef was created in                  codes given below.
            lA74 with its caoital at
            Shillong.                                    (A) I onlY
        II. In 1905, Assam was                           (B) II onlY
            amalgamated with Eaatern                     (C! Both I and II
             Benga-l resulting in resentment
             in Assam.                                   (D) Neither I nor II
        Select the correct answer usins- the
        codes given belolv.                        27. Which of the following states is the
                                               .         largest crude oil producer of India?
        (A) I only                                       (A) Rajasthan
        (B) II only                                      (B) Gujarat
        (C) Both I and II                                (C) Assam
        (D) Neither I nor II                             (D) Maharashtra

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28, Which of the following statements           31. Which of the following statements is
     is/are correct?                                 lncorrect regarding Tlump WWII'?
     I. The State of Assam accounts                       (A) The aerial route referred to as
          for nearV 7olo of India's total                      the Hump was used to supply
          geographical area.                          .        British troops frghting the
     II. Assam's longitude lies at                             Japanese.
          88"25'E to 96'E and latitude                    (B) The Hump refers to the
          at 24"5'N to 28" N and                              dangerous aerial route over
          temperature varies from 6 oC                         Eastern Himalayas.
          to 38 "C.                                        (C) 'Hump WWII'is a museum set
     Select the correct answer using the                       up in Pasighat in the year
     codes given below.                                        2023.
     (A) I only                                            (D) The Hump route is also known
                                                               as the bluminium trail'.
     (B) II only
     (C) Both I and II                                    Which of the following statements
                                                           is/are correct?
     (D) Neither I nor II
                                                           I. Six Indian States touch the
                                                                border of Assam.
29. In which of the following countries
     the Aurora Borealis is not visible?                   II. The number of        countries
     (A) Sweden                                                sharing land boundary with
                                                               India is seven.
     (B) Finland                                           Select the correct answer using the
     (C) Russia                                            codes given below.
     (D) New Zealand                                       (A) I only
                                                           (B) U only
3O. Which of the following statements                      (C) Both I and II
     is I are lncortect?
                                                           (D) Neither I nor II
     I.   Durand Line lies between India
          and Bhutan.
                                                33.       Which of the following National
     U. Radcliffe Line lies between                        Parks of Assam have been declared
          India and Pakistan,                              as the World Heritage Site by
     III. McMahon Line lies between                        UNESCO?
          India and China.                                 (A) Kaziranga National Park and
     Selict the correct answer using the                       Manas National Park
     codes given below.                                    (B) Kaziranga National Park and
      (A) I only                                               Nameri National Park
      (B) II only                                          (C) Kaziranga National Park and
                                                               Dehing Patkai National Park
      (C) III only                                         (D) Manas National Park and
      (D) Both II and III                                      Dibru-Saikhowa National Park

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34. Which of the following statements               37. Match List-I with List-II :
      is/are correct?
                                                           List-I              List-II
       I.    The climate of India is tropical         a. Kalaguru Bishnu 7, Sunpahi
             monsoon type.                                            Rabha

       II. The climate of India is mainly             b. Jyoti Prasad         2. Rupalim
                                                                   Agarwala
           tropical because of the
             Himalayas in the North,                  c. Jyotindra Nath       3. Omar Tiftha
                                                                    Duwara
       Select the correct answer using the            d. Ambikagiri           4. TLmi
       codes given below.                                    Raichowdhury
                                                          Select the correct answer using the
       (A) I only                                         codes given below.
                                                          (A)   abcd
       (B) II only                                              2143
                                                          (B)   abcd
       (C) Both I and II                                        32t4
       (D) Neither I nor II                               (c)   abcd
                                                                1234
                                                          (D)   abid
 35. The State of Assam has intemational                        4312
      boundaries on                                  38. Which of the following statements
                                                          is/are correct?
       (A) north                                          I. A closed economy is an
                                                             economy that does not
       (B) west                                              participate in international
                                                             trade, i.e., it does not import
       (C) south                                                or export goods and services
                                                              from/ to another country.
       (D) north and south
                                                          11. A closed economy grows faster
                                                              than open economies as all
                                                              goods must be produced and
 36. Select the correct number of National                    consumed from within the
      Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries in                       single country.
      Assam as on 31st Jan:uary,2024.                     IIL There is no closed economy that
                                                              edsts today, but some countries
             (National         (Witdtife
                                                                use protectionist policies to
               Park)          Sanctuary)                    . restrict trade, making them
       (A) 07                     77
                                                              more closed than others.
                                                          Select the correct answer using the
                                                          codes given- below.
       lut oe                     15
                                                          (A) I only
       (c) 0s                     t7                      (B) I and II only
                                                          (C) I and III only
       (D)     11                 19                      (D) I, II and III

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39. Which of thc [ollowing statements             41. Which of the following statements
      is/are correct?                                   is/are correct?
      I.   Incomc 'lax is a direct tax. The             I.   NITI Aayog was set up by a
           nature of tax system in India is                  resolution by the       Union
           progressive, i.e., higher the                     Cabinet.
           income higher the tax.
                                                        II NITI Aayog was set up by
       . .rax on agriculturar income                         amending the constitution of
         is levied by the central
           Gol,ernment.
                                                        select the correct answer using the
      IIl. Ta-xes in India can be levied                codes given below
           only when the parliament or
           the State Legislature approve.
                                                        (A) I only
      Sclcct the correct answer using the
      codes given below.                                (B) II onlY

      (A) I only                                        (C) Both I and II

      (B) I and II onlY                                 (D) Neither I nor II

      (C) I and III only
                                                   42. Wbich of the following are
      (D) I, II and III                                the modets of public-private
                                                        partnership?
 4O. Which of the following statcments                  I.   tsuild-Operate-Transfer (BOT)
      is/are correct?
                                                             Build-own-operate (Boo)
      I.   The amount of a banknote ,*                  "
           written on it in 15 languages.               III. Build-operate-Lease-
      II. Banknotcs and coins above                                         Transfer (BOLT)
           one rupee denomination are                   lV' Design-Build-Finance-
           issued by the Ministry of                              operate-Transfer (DBFor)
           I,-inance, Government of India.

      select the correct answer using the               select the correct answer using the
      codes given below.                                codes given below'

      (A) I onlv                                        (A) I, Il and III onlY
      (B) II only                                       (t]) II, Ill and IV onlY
      (C) Both I and II                                 (C) I, III and lV onlY
      (D) Neither I nor II                              (D) l, lI, III and IV

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43. What is the existing limit of                     II. Lala Lajpat Rai was a
     investment in small-scale industry                      nationalist from Punjab. He
     in manufacturing in India?                              was one of the leading
      (A) Investment of more than                            members of the group which
           125 lakhs and less than                           was critical of the politics of
           15 crores in plant and                          petitions. He was also an active
           machinery                                       member of the Arya Samaj.
      (B) Investment of more than                      IIL Bepin Chandra Pal raised the
          ? 25 lakhs and less than                         slogan, 'Freedom is my
          ? 1O crores in plant and                         birthright and I shall have it l'.
           machinery                                   Select the conect answer using the
                                                       codes given below.
      (C) Investment of more than
          F 5O lakhs and lese than                     (A) I, II and III
          ? 1O crores in plant and                     (B) I and II only
           machinery                                   (C) I and III only
                                                       (D) II and III only
      (D) Investment of more         than
          ? 1 crore and less         than
                                                  46. Arrange the following chrono-
           7 25 crores in      plant and
           machinery
                                                       logically and select the correct
                                                       answer using the codes given
                                                       below.
 44. What is the full form of SMART in
      education?
                                                       I. Puma Swaraj
      (A) Specilic, Measurable, Attain-                II. Non-CooperationMovement
           able, Relevant and Time-bound               III. Quit India Movement
      (B) Speciflc, Manageable, Attain-                IV, Swadeshi Movement
           able, Relevant and Time-bound               (A) I, Iv, II, III
      (C) Specific, Measurable, Attain-                (B) IV, I, II, III
          able, Researched and Time-                   (c) ry, rr, r, rrr
           bound                                       (D) II, TV, I, III
      (D) Sustainable, Manageable, Attain-
           able, Realistic and Time- bound        47. Arrange the following chrono-
                                                       logically (with the oldest first) and
                                                       select the corr€ct answer using the
 45. Which of the following statements                 codes given below.
      are correct?
                                                       I. Dandi March/Salt March
      l.   By the year 1890, leaders such
           as Bepin Chandra Pal, Bal                   II. Rowlatt Movement
           Gangadhar Tilak and Lala                    III. Home Rule Movement
           Lajpat Rai emphasized the
           importance of self-reliance.                IV. Non-Cooperation Movement
           They argued that people muBt                (A)   I, II, III, IV
           rely on their own strength, not             (B)   III, II, ry, I
           on the 'good' intentions of the             (c)   II, III, ry, I
           government.                                 (D)   ry, I, II, III

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48. Which of the following statements             5O. Match the following pairs :
      is/are not correct ?
       I.    Kanaklata Barua was Ireedom
                                                           (Name)                (Knoun as/
                                                                               Mentioned to as)
             fighter from Assam.
       II.   Kanaklata Barua joined the
                                                   a. Subhas Chandra 1, Punjab
             Mrityu Bahini during the Quit                        Bose           Kesari
             India Movement.                       b. Bal Gangadhar 2. Patriot of
       III. Kanaklata Barua was martyred                           Tilak         Patriots
            in young age, She was only                Sardar Vallabh- 3. Iron Man          -

            17 years old at the time of her                   bhai Patel         of India
            martyrdom.                             d. Lala Lajpat Rai    4. Lokmanya
       Select the corect answer using the
                                                        Select the correct answer using the
       codes given below.
                                                        codes given below.
       (A) I, II and III.                             . (A) a b            c       d
       (B) II and III only                                  2431
       (C) II only                                      (B) a b            c       d
                                                            t234
       (D) None of the above                             (c) a       bcd
                                                             2       341
 49. Which of the following statements
       is/are correct?                                   (D) a       bcd
                                                             3       412
             Gopinath Bordoloi established
             a branch of Swaraj Party in           51. Which of the following statements
             Assam during the freedom                   isf are not cortect ?
             movement.
                                                        I. Kushal Konwar was            a
       II.   The Farmer Uprising in the                      Satyagrahi and Gandhian from
             Phulaguri area of Assam was                     Assam.
             one of the early peasant                   II. Accusing Kushal Konwar as
             movements of the Indian                         the chief conspirator of a train
             freedom movement, wherein                       sabotage that took place at
             the farmers of the Phulaguri                    Sarupathar in 1942, he was
             region had stopped payment of                   arrested by the British police.
             taxes to the British adminis-
             tration in open defiance of                III. Kushal Konwar was hanged at
             foreign tyranny.                                Cellular Jaii, Port Blair in
                                                             1943.
       Select the correct answer using the
                                                        Select the conect ansrMer using the
       codes given below.
                                                        codes given below.
       (A) I only                                        (A) I, II and III
       (B) II only                                       (B) II and III only
       (C) Both I and II                                 (C) None of I, II and III
       (D) Neither I nor U                               (D) III only

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52, Which of the following statements 55. Out of the given options, which one
      is/are not corteat ?                  of the following is different from
                                            other three?
      I. Pushpalata Das ftom Assam
          joined the famous Salt March      (A) BDW
          led by Mahatma Gandhi.
      II. Maniram Dewan was hanged                     B) cle
          by British during the Quit                   (C) FHS
          India Mover4ent.
                                                       (D) IKP
      Select the correct answer using the
      codes given below.
                                                 56. The age of father is twice that of his
      (A) I only                                      elder son. Ten years later, the age of
      (B) rr  onry                                    *:i:ffiJ"::: Hi::ffi"."T:j:l
      (C) Both I and II                               ages between his two sons is
                                                                  then frnd the age of the
      (D) Neither I nor II                            ,T,J""":t"'
                                                       (A) 5o years
 83. A clock is set right at s a.m. on
      Sunday. The clock loses 16 minutes               (B) SS years
      in 24 hours, What will be the true
      time when the clock indicates                    (C) 60 years
      1O p.m. on Wednesday of the   same               (D) 65 years
      week?
      (A) 11:00 p.m.
                                                 E?. If p denotes ,+,, R denotes ,x,, S
      (B) 11:15 p.m.                                  denotes '-' and T denotes +', then
      (c) 1 r:30 p.m.                                  what will be the value of
                                                       5R9P7S9T3P6?
      (D) 11:45 p.m.                                   (A) 55
 54. If a joumey of 120 km is done by                  (B) 54
       train and the rest by car, then it              (C) gg
       takes 8 hours for total of 800 km
      journey and if 200 km is done by                 (D) 128
       train and the rest by car, then it
      takes 20 minutes more. Then what
      would be the ratio of speed of the         58' If f6+2 =16'20+4 =4o'24+a=96'
                                                       then 15 + 6 = ?                         '
      train to that of the cari
      (A) 4:3                                          (A) 4s
      (B) a:s                                          F) 50
      (c) 3:4                                          (c) e0
      (D) 5:4                                          (D) 30

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59, The half-life period of an isotope              63. Starting from the point X, Gopal
      is 2 hours. After 6 hours, what                     walked 15 metres towards West, He
      fraction of the initial quantity of the             turned left and walked 20 metres.
      isotope will be left behind?                        He then tumed left and walked
      (4 l/q                                              15 metres. After this, he turned to
                                                          his right and walked 12 metres.
      lBl t l4                                            How far is Gopal now from point Xl
      (c) r /8
      (D) 1/6                                               (A) 32 metres

 60. .lf MASON is coded as NBTPO, then                      (B) 47 metres
       WORLD is coded as
        (A} XPSME                                           (C) 42 metres
      (B) SMEXP
                                                            (D) 27 metres
      (c) ExPsM
      (D) PSMEX
                                                     64. The salary of Ganesh is 30o/o more
 61, How many 3's are there in the                        than that of Ramesh. Find what
      following sequence which are                        percentage is the salary of Ramesh
      neither preceded by 6 nor                           less. than that of Ganesh.
      immediately followed by 9 ?
9366s95937891639639                                         ( l 26,72
      (A) One
                                                            lBl 21.23
      (B) Two
      (C) Three                                             lcl 23.07
      (D) Four
                                                            (D) 27.03
 62. Arrange the following in              a
     meaningful sequence :
     I. Consultation                                 65,   In a military barrack, food
     U, Illness                                             for 180 days is stored for
                                                            4000 soldiers. If after 20 days,
     III. DoctoI                                           800 soldiers leave the barack, the
     IV. Treatment                                         remaining food will provide for the
                                                           remaining soldiers for
     V. Recovery
     Select the correct answer using the                    (A) 200 days
     codes given below.
      (Al r, II, xr, IV, v                                  (B) 210 days
      (B) rr, rrr, rv, v, r
                                                            (C) 180 days
     (C) II, III, I, ry, V
     (D) n, r, rrr, ry, v                                  (D) 190 days
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66. With reference to United payments              68.   The second Employment Working
      interface (UPD, which of         the                Group (EWG) meeting under India's
      following statements is/are correct?                G20 presidency took place in the
      I. UPI is a real-time payment                       city of
         system developed by the                          (A) Shillong
         famous lsraeli IT Company,
           Globalbit.                                     (B) Kohima
      n. Successful UPI transactions
           happen instantaneously; the                    (C) Agartala
           moment the transfer is
           initiated, the amount gets                     (D) Guwahati
           credited into the beneficiary
           account.
      III. UPI transactions can be made            69. Which of the following statements
           by anyone with an Aadhaar                    about cryptocurrency is correct?
           Card.
                                                          (A) lncome from cryptocurrency is
      Select the correct answer using the                     taxable in India.
      codes given below.
                                                          (B) Cryptocurrencies are limited
      (A) I only                                              legal tenders in India.
      (B) II only
                                                          (C) Cryptocurrencies are traded in
      (C) I and II                                            Stock Exchanges in India.
      (D) u and III                                       (D) Cryptocurrencies are Iiat
                                                              money in India.
 67. With reference to Tejas, which of
     the following statements is/are
      lncorrect?   .
                                                         The Electronics Corporation of India
      I.   Tejas is a light combat aircraft               Limited (ECIL), which manu-
                                                          factures Electronic Voting Machines
           designed by DRDO and
           produced by Bharat Heary                       for the Election Commission of
           Electricals Limited.                           India, is under which of the
                                                          following?
      II. Tejas is capable of mid-air
           refuelling,                                    (A) The Ministry of Defence
                                                                                                t_
      Select the correct answer using the
      codes given be1ow.
                                                          (B) The Ministry of Electronics and
                                                               Information Technolory
      (A) I only
                                                          (C) The Department of Atomic
      (B) II only                                              Enerry
      (C) Both i and II
                                                          (D) The Ministry of Science and
      (D) Neither I nor II                                     Technolory

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7L. Which of the following statements              73" Regarding semiconductor, which of
      related to the national policy on                  the following statements is/are
      biofuels is/are correct?                           corTect?
      I. The national policy on biofuels                       India Semiconductor Mission
           aims to increase usage of                           (ISM) is a specialized and
           biofuels in the endrgr and                          independent business division
           transportation sectors of the                       within the Digital India
           country during the coming                           Corporation under the Ministry
           decade.                                             of Electronics and Information
      II. The policy aims to utilize,                          Technoiog,, Government of
           develop and promote domestic                        India.
           feedstock and its utilization for                   India Semiconductor Mission
           production of biofuels thereby                      aims to build a vibrant
           increasingly substitute fossil                      semiconductor and display
           fuels while contributing to                         ecosystem to enable India's
           national enerry security,                           emergence as a global hub for
           climate change mitigation,                          electronics,
           apart from creating new                       Select the coffect answer using the
           employment opportunities in a
           sustainable way.                              codes given below,

      Select the correct answer using the                (A) I only
      codes given below.                                 (B) II only
      (A) I only                                         (C) Both I and II
      (B) II only                                        (D) Neither I nor II
      (C) Both I and II
      (D) Neither I nor II                          74. Which of the following statements
                                                         is/are correct?
 72. Regarding Compressed Natural Gas                          Bhabha Kavach developed by
      (CNG), which of the statements                           Bhabha Atoinic Research
      is/are correct?                                          Centre (BARC) is the lightest
      I.   The CNG does not produce any                        level III plus bulletproof jacket
           greenhouse gases.                                   (6 8    kg nominal weight)
                                                               available in India.
      II. The CNG is used in vehicles
          due to its high autoignition                   II.   Bhabha Kavach can withstand
           temperature,                                        bullets from AK-47.
      Select the correct answer using the                Select the correct answer using the
      codes given below.                                 codes given below.
      (A) I only                                         (A) I oniy
      (B) II only                                        (B) II only
      (C) Both I and II                                  (C) Both I and II
      (D) Neither I nor II                               (D) Neither I nor II

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75. Which of the following statements                   IU. The launcher used for
      are correct?                                           the Chandrayaan-3 was
                                                              PSLV-MK3.
      I. BrahMos is a           supersonic
          cruise missile.                                IV. Jitendra Nath Goswami, an
      II. Astra is a          surface-to-air                  Indian scientist from Jorhat,
          missile.                                            Assam was the developer of
                                                              Chandrayaan-3 project.
      III. Nag is an anti-tank guided
          missile.                                       Select the correct answer using the
                                                         codes given below.
      lV. Tfishul is an air-to-air missile.
      Select the correct answer using the                (A) I and II only
      codes given below.
                                                         (B) I and III only
     .(A) I and III
                                                         (C) II and III only
      (B) II and III
      (C) I and IV
                                                         (D) I, n, III and IV

      (D) II and IV
                                                    74. Separation of Judiciary from the
                                                         Executive has been provided in
 76. COVAXIN, India's iirst indigenous                   lghich of the following parts of the
      COVID- 19       vaccine, is manu-                  Constitution of India?
      factured by
                                                         (A) Preamble
      (A) Indian Drug and Pharma-
          ceuticals Limited, Hyderabad                   (B) The Seventh Schedule
      (B) Bengal Chemicals and
          Pharmaceuticals Limited                        (C) The Directive Principles of
                                                              State Policy
      (C) Bharat Biotech
                                                         (D) The Fundamental Rights
      (D) Serum Institute of lndia

 77. Related to Chandrayaan-3, which                79. Which of the following was described
      of the following statements are                    by Dr, Ambedkar as the heart and
      correct?                                           soul of the Constitution of India?

      L    Chandrayaan-3 was launched                    (A) Right to Equality
           on 14 July, 2023 from Satish
           Dhawan Space Centre in                        (B) Right against Exploitation
           Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh,
           India.                                         (c) Right      to     Constitutional
                                                              Remedies
      II. The Chandrayaan Mission's
           rover is known as VIKRAM.                      (D) Right to Freedom of Religion

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80. Which of the following sentences are          83. Who among the following was nof a
      correct?                                          Member of the            Constituent
      I' India has a parliamentary                      Assembly of India?
            system of govemance both at
            the Centre and State.                       (A) Sarojini Naidu
      II.   World's lengthiest written
            Constitution       is     the               (B) Sucheta Kripalani
            Constitution of India.
      III. The Indian Constitution is                   (C) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
           regarded as Federal in form
           and Unitary in spirit.                       (D) Aruna Asaf Ali
      IV. The Indian Constitution is
          partly rigid and partly flexible.
      select the correct answer using the          94. Which of the following statements
      codes given below.                                is/are correct?
      (A) I and II only
      (B) II and III only                               I'   Article 77 of the Indian
                                                                                    untouch-
      (c) r, rr and rrr only                                 ..Ti#i:Y"r-sav's.
      (D) I, II, III and lV
                                                        IL As per Article 12, the practice
 81. Which of the following statements is                    of untouchability is an offence.
      lncortect?
      (A) The president of India must be                III' As per Article 17 of the
                                                             constitution of India' the
          35 years of age or above.                          practice of untouchability in
      (B) The Prime Minister of India is                     any form is forbidden.
          the Chairperson of NITI Aayog.
      (C) The Finance Minister of India                 IV. As per the Article 17 of the
          chairs the GST Council.                            Constitution, untouchability is
      (D}HighCourtJudgesarepunishableinaccordancewit}r
         appointed by the Chief Justice   law'
            of India.
                                                        Select the correct answer using the
 82. The disqualification for membership                codes given below.
      in Legislative Assembly is
      (A) if he/she is of unsound mind                  (A) I only
          and declared so
      (B) if he/she is an undischarged                  (B) I and II only
          insolvent
      (C) if he/she is not a citizen of                 (C) I, II and III only
          India
      (D) All of the above                              (D) I, II, III and IV
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85. Regaiding the Uniform Civil Code                  III. A candidate can run for Vice
     (UCC), which of the following                        Presidential election only if
     statements is/are not correct?                          she is qualified to be
                                                          he /
                                                          elected as the .Lok Sabha
     I.    UCC aims to establish a set of                 Member.
           uniform laws that wouid
           replace the distinct personal              IV. There is no formal impeach-
           laws of inheritance, mariage,                  ment for Vice President of
           adoption, succession and                       lndia.
           divorce based on customs of
           different religions.                       Select the correct answer using the
                                                      codes given be1ow,
     II. In the Indian Constitution,
           UCC is included in the form of
           Directive Principles of State              (A) I and II only
           Policy.                                    (B) II and III only
    . Select the corect answer using the              (C) I, U and IV only
     codes given below.
                                                      (D) I, II, III and IV
     (A) I only
     (B) U only                                   88. Regarding Article 371 of the
     (C) Both I and II                                Constitution of India, which of
                                                      the following stdtements are
     (D) Neither I nor II                             correct?

                                                      L The Article 371(A) provides
86. How many languages are recognized                      special status to Naga People'
     by the Indian Constitution as
     Scheduled Languages?                             II. The       Article  safeguards
                                                           customarJ, law and procedure
     ll22                                                  of Naga people.
     (Bl 24
                                                      III. In   Nagaland, land and
     (c) 18                                                resouries belong to People.
     (D) 26                                           Select the cbrrect answer using the
                                                      codes given below.
87. Which of the following statements
     are coffect about the Vice President             (A) I and II only
     of India?
                                                      (B) II and III only
     L     He/She acts as the Ex-o{ficio
           Chairman of the Rajya Sabha'               (C) I and III only
     II.   He/She is indirectly elected by
           an Electoral College.                      (D) I, II and III

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89. Regarding Section 14(A) of the               91. Match the following pairs   :
        Citizenship Act, 1955, which of the
        following statements is f are not               (Famous          (Name of Musical
        coffect?                                         Name)             Instnlment
        I.   Section 14(A) was added in the                              associated with)
             year 2019 by amending the             a. Prabhat Sarma 1. Violin
             Citize nship (Amendment) Act,         b. Shivkumar 2. Sarod
             2079.                                            Sharma
        II. The Section states that Centre         c. V. G. Jog      3. Flute
            shall establish a National
            Registration Authority by              d. Amjad Ali Khan 4. Santoor
            maintaining a National                      Select the correct answer using the
             Register of Indian Citizens,               codes given below.
       III. The Section also states that                (A) a bcd
            Centre shall register every                      3     472
            citizen of India compulsorily               (B) a bcd
             and issue a National Identity                   .,
                                                                  241
           Card.
                                                        (c) a     bcd
       Select the correct answer using the                   3    124
       codes given below.
                                                        (D) a     bcd
       (A) I only                                            2    421
       (B) II only
       (C) III only                                92. Which of the following statements
                                                        are correct?
       (D) I, II and IU
                                                        L Bhaona is a traditional form of
  9O. Match List-I v/ith List-II :                          entertainment with religious
                                                            messages prevalent in Assam,
      List-I        List-II                                 West Bengal and Odisha,
 a. Garba      1. Gujarat                               II. Created in 19th century,
                                                            Bhaona is narrated by a
 b. Ghoomar    2. Rajasthan                                 Sutradhar who sings verses
 c. Kolattam   3. Andhra Pradesh                             from holy texts.
 d. Yakshagana 4. Karnataka                             III. Main drama in a Bhaona is
       Select the correct answer using the
                                                             generally proceeded by the
                                                             performance of Gayan-Bayan.
       codes given below.
       (A) a      b     c     d
                                                        IV. Different parts of Bhaona are
             1243                                           connected by lyricat songs
                                                            performed by the Sutradhar.
       (B) a b          c    d
                                                        Select the correct answer using the
           2143
                                                        codes given below.
       (C) a b          c    d                          (A) I, il, III and IV
           1234                                        .(B) I, U and III only
       (D) a b         c     d                          (C) II and III only
           2134                                        (D) III and IV or y
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93, Which of the following statements                  Select the correct answer using the
     are correct?                                      codes given be1ow,
     I. In 1911, Rabindranath Tagore                   (A) a      b       c    d
         wrote a five-stanza Bengali                         1                 4
          hymn, Bharatd. Bhagga
          Bidhata, The first stanza of this            (B) a      b       c    d
          hymn was adopted as the                            2    J       4    1
          National Anthem of India in
          1950.                                        (c) a      b       c    d
     IL   The English translation of the                     4    1       2    J
          hymn was              done    bY
                                                       (D) a      bc           d
          Rabindranath Tagore himself
          and was titled, The Moming                         3    2r           4
          Song of India.
     III. The full version of the National         95. The Indian Operation to assist
          Anthem is Played to indicate                 Myanmar, which was disruPted bY
          the arrival of the Prime                     cyclone Mocha, was named as
          Minister of India at formal                   (A) Operation DaYa
         State functions and it is PlaYed
         again to indicate his deParture             . (B) Operation Dosti
         too.
     IV. Playing time of the full version               (C) Operation Maitri
         of the National Anthem is                    ' (D) Operation Karuna
         approximately 52 seconds.
     Select the correct answer using the
     codes given below'
                                                   96. Which of the following statements
                                                        is/are correct?
     (A) I, n and III onlY
                                                        I.   Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam is a
      (B) I, U and IV onlY                                   philosoPhY that inculcates an
      (C) II, III and IV onlY                                understanding that the whole
      (D) I, II, III and IV                                  world is one familY.
                                                        II. The concept of Vasudhaiva
                                                             Kutumbakam originates from
94. Match the iollowing Pairs of                             Panchatantta, a collectio4 of
    traditional jewellery of Assam as                        Sanskrit fables in Prose and
      given below :                                          verses.

      List-I                List-ll                     Select the coffect answer using the
                                                        codes given below.
 a. Thuriya           1. Necklace
                                                        (A) I only
 b. Doogdoogi         2. Thick Bangle
                                                        (B) II only
 c. Gam Kharu         3. Choker Necklace
                                                        (C) Both I and II
 d. Golpata           4. Earring                        (D) Neither I nor II

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97. Regarding Sangeet Natak Akademi,                     Select the correct answer using the
                   which of the following statements                   codes given below.
                   is/are correct?
                                                                       (A) I
                   L Sangeet Natak Akademi was                         (B) II
                          set up in l9S3 for the                       (c) ilr
                         preservation and promotion                    (D) None of I, II, III and IV
                         of India's diverse culture
                         expressed in the forms of               99. Regarding Satras, which of the
                         music, dance and drama.                       following statements are correct?
                   II.   The registered office of the                  I. Satras in Assam impart
                         Sangeet Natak Akademi is                            education and        knowledge
                         located at prayagraj, Uttar                         abdut a fulfilling .life. Satras
                         Pradesh.                                            also impart knowledge on
         !                                                                   ethics and sociocultural ideals.
                   III. Sangeet Natak Akademi is
     t                  an autonomous body of                         ,II.   Srimanta Sankardev estab-
                        the Ministry of Tourism,                             lished the first Satra at
                                                                             Barpeta.
                         Government of India.
                                                                       III. The Satras worked both as
                   Select the correct answer using the                     seats of religious learning and
                   codes given below.                                      as residential schools.
                   (A) I only                                          IV. The Satras are the living
                   (B) I and III only                                      centres of Sankarite heritage
                                                                           and culture.
                   (C) II and III only
                                                                       Select the correct answer using the
                   (D) I, II and III                                   codes given below.
                                                                       (A) I, II, III and IV
              9il. Regarding Borgeet, which of                         (B) I, II and III only
                    the following statements is not                    (C) I, III and IV onty
                   conect?                                             (D) II, III and IV only
                   I.    Borgeet is an Indian devotional        iOO. Wt lct, of the following statements
                         and folk song. These were                    ate not correct?
                         written by Srimanta Sankar_                  L Yakshagana is a folk dance
                         dev and Madhavdev in the                          from Tamil Nadu.
                         1Sth and 16th centuries.                     II. Nati is a folk dance from the
                  IL     Borgeets are literary creations                   State of Himachal pradesh.
                         and are commonly utilized                    IIL Lavani is a traditional dance of
                         as prayers at .Satras and                           Gujarat.
,,                       Naamghars.                                   IV. Garba is a folk dance from the
                  IU. Apart from modest spiritual                         State of Rajasthan.
                         phrases, Borgeet is linked                   Select the correct answer using the
I                        with exceptionally exquisite                 codes given below,
                      classical music.                                (A) I and II only
                  IV. The music of Borgeet is similar                 (B) I, II and III
                      to Hindustani Classical music                   (C) I, II and IV
                      but have a distinct flavour.                    (D) I, III and IV
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