DO NOT OPEN THIS TEST BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE ASKED TO DO SO T.B.C. : B-FVS-N-OCUB ‘Test Booklet Series (or Visually Challenged Candidates) Serial TEST BOOKLET GENERAL STUDIES PAPER - II — Time Allowed : Two Hours and Twenty Minutes ‘Maximum Marks : 200 (ineluding extra time) INSTRUCTIONS 1, _ IMMEDIATELY APTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE EXAMINATION, YOU SHOULD CHECK THAT THIS TEST BOOKLET DOES NOT HAVE ANY UNPRINTED OR TORN OR MISSING PAGES OR ITEMS, ETC, IF SO, GET IT REPLACED BY A COMPLETE TEST BOOKLET. 2. Please note that it is the candidate's responsibility to encode and fill in the Roll Number and Test Booklet Series Code X or ¥ carefully and without any omission or discrepancy at the appropri places in the OMR Answer Sheet. Any omission/discropancy will render the Answer Sheet liable for rejection. 3. You have to enter your Roll Number on the ‘Test Booklet in the Box provided alongside. DO NOT write anything else on the Test Booklet. 4, This Test Booklet contains 80 items (questions). Each item is printed both in Hindi and English, ‘except for Questions relating to English Language Comprehension which are in English only. Each ‘item comprises four responses (answers). You will select the response which you want to mark on the Answer Sheet. In case, you feel that there is more than one correct response, mark the response which you consider the best. In any case, choose ONLY ONE response for each item. 5. You have to mark all your responses ONLY on the separate Answer Sheet provided. See directions in the Answer Sheet. 6. Allitems carry equal marks, 7. 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"=" * Gi) Ifa candidate gives more than one answer, it will be treated as a wrong answer even if one of the given ‘answers happens to be correct and there will be same penalty as above to that question, ifit has a penalty. ii) If a question is left blank, ie., no answer is given by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that auestlon DO NOT OPEN THIS TEST BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE ASKED TO DO SO wag: oye a fed SUR wa Goa & od YS OTe | B-FVS-N-OCUB (1-x)Directions for the following 5 (five) items : Read the following two passages and answer the items that follow each passage. Your answers to these items should be based on the passages only. Passage ~1 In recent times, India has grown fast not only compared to its own past but also in comparison with other nations. But there cannot be any room for complacency because it is possible for the Indian economy to develop even faster and also to spread the benefits of this growth more widely than has been done thus far. Before going into details of the kinds of micro-structural changes that we need to conceptualize and then procéed to implement, it is worthwhile elaborating on the idea of inclusive growth that constitutes the defining concept behind this Government's various economie policies and decisions. A nation interested in inclusive growth views the same growth differently depending on whether the gains of the growth are heaped primarily on a small segment or shared widely by the population. The latter is cause for celebration but not the former. In other ‘words, growth must not be treated as an end in itself but as an instrament for spreading prosperity to all. India’s own past experience and the experience of other nations suggests that growth is necessary for eradicating poverty but it is not a sufficient condition. In other words, policies for promoting “growth need to be B-FVS.N-OCUB (2-x) complemented with policies to ensure that more and more people join in the growth process and, further, that there are mechanisms in place to redistribute some of the gains to those who are unable to partake in the market process and, hence, get left behind. A simple way of giving this idea of inclusive growth a sharper form is to measure @ nation’s progress in terms of the progress of its poorest segment, for instance the bottom 20 per cent of the population. ‘One could measure the per capita income of the bottom quintile of the population and also calculate the growth rate of income; and evaluate our economic. success in terms of these measures that pertain to the poorest segment. This approach is attractive because it does not ignore growth like some of the older heterodox criteria did. It simply looks at the growth of income of the poorest sections of the population. It also ensures that those who are outside of the bottom quintile do not get ignored. If that were done, then those people would in all likelihood drop down into the bottom quintile and so would automatically become a direct target of our policies. 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() emphasizing ‘the need for economic growth which is the sole determinant of a country’s prosperity. (© emphasizing inclusive growth where gains of growth are shared widely by the population. (@) emphasizing high growth. Consider the following statements : According to the author, India’s economy has grown but there is no room for complacency as 1. - growth eradicates poverty. 2. growth has resulted in prosperity for all. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? (@) only (b) only (©) Both 1 and 2 (@) Neither 1 nor 2 Passage - 2 It is easy for the government to control State-owned companies through nods and winks. So what really needs to be done as a 2, The author supports policies which will help first step is to put petrol pricing on = transparent formula — if the price of crude (@) develop ceonomic growth. is x and the exchange rate y, then every month or fortnight, the government () better distribution of incomes | anmeunces 2 maximum price of petrol, irrespective of rate of growth. which anybody can work out from the x and the y. The rule has to be worked out to (©) develop economic + growth ~~ and| = make sure that the _oil-marketing redistribute economic gains to those|- companies can, in general, cover their getting left behind. costs. 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If this is done for a while, private companies will re-enter this market;, And once a sufficient number of them are in the fray, we can remove the rule-based pricing and leave it truly to the market (subject to, of course, the usual regulations of anti-trust and other competition laws). Consider the following statements : According to the passage, an oil company can make greater profits, if a transparent formula for petrol pricing is announced every fortnight or month, by 1. promoting its aales. : 2 undertaking innovation. 8. cutting costs, 4. ‘selling its equity shares at higher prices. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? (@) ‘Lonly (b) 2and3. © Sands @ = 1,2and4 5 1 (6-X) Consider the following statements : According to the passage, private oil companies re-enter the oil producing market if 1. a transparent rule-based petrol pricing exists. 2. there is no government interference in the oil producing market. 3, subsidies are given by the government. 4. regulations of anti-trust are removed. Which of the statements given above are correct ? (a) land2 @) 2end3 (ec) Sand4 (@) 2end4 Five persons fire bullets at a target at an interval of 6, 7, 8 9 and 12 seconds respectively. The number of times they would fire the bullets together at the target in an hour is @ 6 ob) 7 o 8 @ 9 ‘A group of 630 children is seated in rows for a group photo session. Each row contains three loss children than the row in front of it. 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Bis 1 km to the east of E, ‘Ais 2 lan to the north of E. Cis 1 kam to the east of A. Dis 1 km to the south of A. Which three villages are in a line? @ ACB ) A,D,E © CBF @ EBD B-FVS-N-OCUB . (8-X) 11, Four children are sitting in a row. A is ‘occupying the seat next to B but not next to ©. If C is not sitting next to D, who is/are occupying seat/seats adjacent to D ? @ B ) A “© Banda (@) Impossible to tell Assume that 1. the hour and minute hands of a clock move without jerking, 2. the clock shows a time between 8 o'clock and 9 o'clock. 8. the two hands of the clock are one above the other. After how many minutes (nearest integer) will the two hands be again lying one above the other? (@) 60 (b) 62 © 65 @ 67B-FVS-N-OCUB ue dit ara safes A, B,C, D, ELF ak G (a wn FG) EAB a ae a Ca A) BAI! 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Passage -1 Climate change poses potentially devastating effects on India’s agriculture. While the overall parameters of climate change are increasingly aevepted 1°C_ average temperature increase over the next. 30 years, sea —a level rise of less than 10 em in the same period, regional variations corresponding droughts — the impacts in India are likely to be quite site and crop specific. Some and ‘monsoon and crops may respond favourably. to the changing conditions, others may not, This emphasizes the need to promote agricultural research and create maximum flexibility’ in the system to permit adaptations. ‘The key ingredient for “drought proofing” is the managed recharge of aquifers. To ensure continued yields of important staple crops (eg. wheat), it may also be necessary to shift the locations where these crops are grown, in response to temperature changes as well as to water availability. The latter will be a key factor in making long term investment decisions. For example, water runoff from the Himalayas is predicted to increase over the next 80 years as glaciers melt, but then decline substantially thereafter. It will be critical to provide incentives to plan for these large-scale Shifts in agro-ecological conditions. B-FVS-N-OCUB India needs to make long term investment in research and development in agriculture. India is likely to experience changed weather patterns in future. .18. Consider the following statements : Climate change may force the shifting of locations of the existing crops due to 1. melting of glaciers. 2. water availability and temperature suitability at other locations. 3. poor productivity of crops. 4, wider adaptability of crop plants. Which of the statements given above are correct ? (a) 1,2and3 (>) 2and 3 only (©) Land 4only @ = 1,2,dand4 14. According to the passage, why is it important to promote agricultural research in India? 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Bat A es sere 4. Ferged 4 sarge one ogg andes wedi #8 ated wh Ee 1,23%R 3 daa eas waa 13it 4 1,2, 33% 4 @ Oo) Cc) @ 14. we ofede 3 agar, area HBA ou a agra Ba Teal wi 7 rag wfredt # freer sr yafgar wet ht ae dane aa sie OT onfie dale & ferq daffy Abe % Fofa sen wall ft eas siggera #) Ga AT argh qmail ar wigs aor otk sta srerert an Gate Bet @ -X)Passage -2 It is essential that we mitigate the emissions of greenhouse gases and thus avoid some of the worst impacts of climate change that would take place in coming years and decades. Mitigation would require a major shift in the way we produce and consume energy. A shift away from overwhelming dependence on fossil fuels is now long overdue, but unfortunately, technological development has been slow and inadequate largely because government policies have not promoted investments in research and development, myopically as a result of relatively low prices of oil. It is now, therefore, imperative for a country like India treating the opportunity of harnessing renewable energy on a large scale as a national imperative. This country is extremely well endowed with solar, wind and biomass sources of energy. Where we have lagged, unfortunately, is in our ability to develop and to create technological solutions for harnessing these resourees. ‘One particular trajectory for carrying out stringent mitigation of greehouse gas emissions assessed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) clearly shows the need for ensuring that global emissions of greenhouse gases peak no later than 2018 and reduce rapidly thereafter. The B-FVS-N-OCUB cost associated with such a trajectory is truly ‘modest and would amount, in the estimation of IPCC, to not more than 3 percent of the global GDP in 2030. In other words, the level of prosperity that the world would have reached without mitigation would at worst be postponed by a few months or a year at the most. This is clearly not a very-high price to pay for protecting hundreds of millions of people from the worst risks associated with Glimate, change. Any such effort, however, would require lifestyles to change appropriately also. Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions is not a mere technological fix, and clearly requires changes in lifestyles and transformation of a country’s economic . structure, whereby effective reduction in emissions is brought about, such as through the consumption of much lower quantities of animal protein. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has determined that the emissions from the livestock sector amount to 18 percent of the total. The reduction of emissions from this source is entirely in the hands of human beings, who have never questioned the impacts that their dietary habits of consuming more and more animal protein are bringing about. Mitigation overall has buge co-benefits, such as lower air pollution and health benefits, higher energy security and greater employment. 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Reduces expenditure on public health 2, Reduces dependence on livestock 8, Reduces energy requirements 4, Reduces rate of global climate change Select the correct answer using the code given below : (@) 1,2and3 ©) 1,8and4 © 23and4 (@) Land 4 only What is the essential message of the Passage ? (a) We continue to depend on fossil fuels heavily (©) Mitigation of the greenhouse gases is imperative © We must invest development in research and (@) People must change their lifestyle ‘There are 50 students admitted to a nursery class, Some students ean speak only English and some can speak only Hindi. 10 students can speak both English and Hindi. If the number of students who can speak English is, 24, then how many students can speak Hindi, how many can ‘speak only Hindi and how ‘many can speak only English ? 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The area of the new garden (a) has increased by 20%, (b) has increased by 12%. (c) has increased by 8%. (@ is exactly the same as the old area. Six books are labelled A, B, C, D, E and F and are placed side by side. Books B, C, E and F have green covers while others have yellow covers, Books A, B and D are new while the rest are old volumes, Books A, B and C are Jaw reports while the rest are medical extracts. Which two books are old medical extracts and have green covers ? (a) Band () EandF (© CandE @) CandF A straight line segment is 36 cm long. Points are to be marked on the line from both the end points. From each end, the first point is at a distance of 1 em from the end, the second point is at a distance of 2 em from the first point and the third point is at a distance of 3 cm from the second point and so on. If the points on the ends are not counted and’ the common points are counted as one, what is the number of points ? 28, x) If Sohan, while selling two goats at the same price, makes a profit of 10% on one goat and suffers a loss of 10% on the other (a) he makes no profit and no loss. (b) he makes a profit of 1%. (© hesuffers a loss of 1%. (@)__ he suffers a loss of 2%. Out of a total of 120 musicians in a club, 5% can play all the three instruments, guitar, violin and flute. It so happens that the number of musicians who can play any two and only two of the above instruments is 90. ‘The number of musicians who can play the guitar alone is 40. What is the total number of those who ean play violin alone or flute alone? @ 45 (bh) 44 © 38 @ 30 Six identical cards are placed on a table. Each card has number ‘I’ marked on one side and number ‘2’ marked on its other side. 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Gh AAT 6 GHeHT ard WA eee | cet ae ee vem K SST Ts es MR Fas TH wong afr 2 | mA oe ae Ww we fe ter “LV aren Ge Sr A aH BL TH ware 4, waa: an (aa sit a a ee aftr) aref et reer orem 21 erst at aE ‘eer sareit F UA sere oH ae 8 fe a oe wel & Sr den 2 Ra? @ 3 ® 5 oT (@) ter wer wea AeDirections for the following 8 (eight) items : Read the following two passages and answer the items that follow each passage. Your answers to these items should be based on the passages only. Passage ~ 1 The Himalayan ecosystem is highly vulnerable ‘to damage, both due to geological reasons and on ‘account of the stress caused by increased pressure of population, exploitation of riatural resources and other related challenges. These aspects may be exacerbated due to the impact of climate change. It is possible that climate change may adveriely impact the Himalayan ecosystem through increased temperature, altered precipitation patterns, episodes of drought and biotie influences. This ‘would not only impact the very sustenance of the indigenous communities in uplands but also the life of downstream dwellers across the country and beyond. Therefore, there is an urgent need for giving special attention to sustain the Himalayan ‘ecosystem, This would require conscious efforts for conserving all the representative systems. Further, it needs to be emphasized that the endemies with restricted distribution, and most often with specialized habitat requirements, are among the most vulnerable elements. In this respect the: Himalayan biodiversity hotspot, with rich endemic diversity, is vulnerable to climate change. The threats include possible loss of genetic resources and species, habitats and concomitantly a Therefore, ‘conservation of endemic elements in representative ecosystems/habitats assumes a great significance while drawing conservation plans for the region. decrease in ecosystem services. B-FVS-N-OCUB ‘Towards achieving the above, we will have to shift toward contemporary conservation approaches, which include a paradigm of landscape level interconnectivity between protected area systems, The concept advocates a shift from the ‘species-habitat focus to an inclusive focus on ‘expanding the biogeographic range so that natural adjustments to climate change can proceed without being restrictive. 26, Consider the following statements : According to the passage, the adverse impact, of climate change on an ecosystem can be a 1. permanent disappearance of some of its flora and fauna. 2 permanent disappearance of ecosystem itself, Which of the statements given ‘above is/are correct ? (a) Lonly (b) only (©) Both Land 2 (@) Neither 1 nor 2 Which one of the following statements best impties the need to shift toward contemporary conservation approach ? (a) Exploitation of natural resources causes a stress on the Himalayan ecosystem. Climate change alters precipitation patterns, causes episodes of drought and biotic interference. ‘The rich biodiversity, including endemic diversity, makes the Himalayan region a biodiversity hotspot. The Himalayan biogeographic region should be enabled to adapt to climate change smoothly. 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(a) ae 1 ) Waa 2 Laie dt @ whiwee Prafafac 4a fre ue ser ar awe ads fafterd ae @ fas erates Rear Jar at ai am stata oat A snare 7 (a) arpRre cera ar cher feerera & orf XK Gas STeral & | ) weary vada & aren ato wftedt F wea, sarge Mf went ait side wares et 21 © yg Safafaem, fred fh fea waiter @, fire a at ww Safatiear ARRAS BI (@) femrera & Servier da a ge TE aE warm aafee fe ae sae eae oay feta & wf aga waar | 27. (19-x)28, What is the most important message conveyed by the passage ? ' @_ Endemism is a characteristic feature of Himalayan region. (®) Conservation efforts should emphasize on biogeographic ranges rather than on some species or habitats, (© Climate change has adverse impact on the Himalayan ecosystem. (@) Without Himalayan ecosystem, the life of the communities of uplands and downstreams will have no sustenance. 29, With reference to the passage, the following assumptions have been made 1. To maintain natural ecosystems, exploitation of natural resources should be completely avoided. 2, Not only anthropogenic but also natural ‘reasons can adversely affect ecosystems. 3. Loss of endemic diversity leads to the extinction of ecosystems. Which of the above assumptions is/are correct ? (a) Land? (b) 2only ( 2and3 (@ Sonly Passage ~ 2 It is often forgotten that globalization is not only about policies on international economic elationships and transactions, but has equally to do with domestic policies of a nation, Policy changes necessitated by meeting the internationally set conditions (by WTO ete.) of free trade and flows obviously affect producers and investors. But the basic philosophy investment domestic B-FVS-N-OCUB (20 underlying globalization emphasizes absolute freedom to markets to determine prices and [ production and distribution patterns, and view government interventions as processes that create distortions and bring in inefficiency. Thus, public enterprises have to be privatized through disinvestments and sales; sectors and activities hitherto reserved for the public sector have to be opened to the private sector. This logic extends to the social services like education and health, Any restrictions on the adjustments in workforce by.way of retrenchment of workers should also be removed and exit should be made easier by removing any restrictions on closures. Employment and wages should be governed by free play of market forces, as any measure to regulate them can discourage investment and also create inefficiency in production. Above all, in line with the overall philosophy of reduction in the role of the State, fiscal reforms should be undertaken to have generally low levels of taxation and government expenditure should be kept to the minimum to abide by the principle of fiscal prudence. All these are policy actions on the domestic front and are not directly related to the core items of the globalization agenda, namely free international flow of goods and finance. 30. According to the passage, under the globalization, government interventions are viewed as processes leading to (a) distortions and economy. inefficiency in the (b) optimum use of résouirces. (© more profitability to industries. (4) _ free play of market forces with regard to industries. =X)28, hod a eae ergy fe THe? 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According to the passage, the basic philosophy of globalization is to (a) give absolute freedom to producers to determine prices and production. (b) give freedom to producers to evolve distribution patterns. (© give absolute freedom to markets to determine prices, production and employment. (@)__ give freedom to producers to import and export. 82, According to the passage, which of the » following is/are necessary for ensuring globalization ? 1. Privatization of public enterprises 2 Expansionary policy of _—_publie ‘expenditure 3. Free play of market forees to determine ‘wages and employment 4, Privatization of social services like education and health Select the correct answer using the code given below (a) Lonly +b) Zand 8 only (© 18and4 @ = %,8and4 83. According to the passage, in the process of globalization the State should have (a) "expanding role. (b) reducing role. (© statutory role. (a) none of the above roles. B-FVS-N-OCUB 35. 36. 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US A Get ari 4 wa a oa 10 wa He ‘eer are aerator oe eit 2 @ 6 ® 9 © 10 @ 137. If Saturday falls four days after today which is 6® January, on which day did the first of ‘December of the previous year fall ? (a) Sunday (b) Monday (©) Tuesday (@) Friday In a group of 52 persons, 16 drink tea but not coffee and 33 drink tea. What is the number of persons who drink coffee but not tea ? @ 16 (b) 17 @ 3 (@ None of the above Ina sports meet 670 persons participated out of which 250 are aged Jess than 20 years. The total number of urban male participants is 240, whereas the total number of rural male participants is 130. The number of urbian ‘males aged less than 20 years is 90, whereas rural females less than age 20 years are 40. Urban female participants above age 20 years are 110, whereas rural female participants above age 20 years are 75. What is the number of urban female participants aged less than 20 years ? (a) 150 (b) 80 © % @ 65 B-FVS-N-OCUB (24 40, 41. 42, -x) A number consists of two digits. If the digits interchange places and the new number is added to the original number, then the resulting number will always be divisible by @ 10 @) @ 2 @ 13 If the ratio of the sum and difference of two numbers be 17 : 13, which one of the following is the ratio of the numbers ? (a) 12:5 ) 9:8 (15:2 (d) 2:15 ‘A man is 24 years older than his son. In ‘two years, his age will be twice the age of his, ‘son. Which one of the following is the present age of his son ? (a) 14years : (b) 18 years (©) 20 years @ 22 years