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CAPF (AC) Exam Paper 2018 - "General Studies, Essay and Comprehension" 22
CAPF (AC) Exam Paper 2017 - " General Ability and Intelligence" 26
CAPF (AC) Exam Paper 2017 - "General Studies, Essay and Comprehension" 45
CAPF (AC) Exam Paper 2016 - " General Ability and Intelligence" 48
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CAPF (AC) Exam Paper 2018 - " General Ability and Intelligence"
1. The optical phenomenon that is responsible for Select the correct answer using the code given
the propagation of light signal through an optical below.
fibre is (a) 1 and 3
(a) interference (b) 3 only
(b) scattering (c) 3 and 4
(c) total internal reflection (d) 1, 2 and 4
(d) refraction 3. Which one of the following gemstones contains
2. Which of the following statements about optical beryllium metal?
microscope is/are correct? (a) Topaz
1. Both the eyepiece and objective of a microscope (b) Emerald
are convex lenses.
(c) Ruby
2. The magnification of a microscope increases
with increase in focal length of the objective. (d) Blue sapphire
3. he magnification of a microscope depends upon 4. Lowering the atmospheric pressure on a liquid
the length of the microscope tube. (a) increases the boiling point of the liquid
4. The eyepiece of a microscope is a concave lens. (b) lowers the boiling point of the liquid
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(c) does not affect the boiling point of the liquid 8. If the amplitude of oscillation of a simple
(d) increases the time required for it to boil pendulum is very small, then its time period of
oscillation.
5. The number of angular and radial nodes for 4d
orbital is respectively 1. depends on the length of the pendulum, L
(b) 1 and 2 3. depends upon the mass of the bob of the
pendulum, m
(c) 3 and 1
4. does not depend upon the amplitude of the
(d) 4 and 0 pendulum, A
6. Which one of the following statements about Select the correct answer using the code given
proteins in mammalian cells is correct? below.
(a) Proteins in mammalian cells are synthesized in (a) 1, 2 and 3
cell membrane.
(b) 1, 2 and 4
(b) Proteins in mammalian cells are not
synthesized in cell membrane but directly absorbed (c) 2, 3 and 4
from food. (d) 1 and 4 only
(c) Proteins in mammalian cells are synthesized in 9. The term LASER stands for
rough endoplasmic reticulum (a) Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of
(d) Proteins in mammalian cells are synthesized in Radiation
Golgi apparatus. (b) Light Amplification by Spontaneous Emission of
7. Which one of the following statements about Radiation
transport mechanism in plants is correct? (c) Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of
(a) Diffusion of ions and small molecules across Rays
cell membrane requires energy. (d) Light Amplification by Stimulated Energy of
(b) Active transport of ions and small molecules Radiation
across cell membrane against concentration
gradient requires energy. 10. Which of the following statements about
(c) Cells conserve energy and no energy is required carboxylic acids is/are correct?
for transport of ions and small molecules against 1. Simple aliphatic carboxylic acids are soluble in
concentration gradient. water.
(d) Cells do not transport ions across
2. Higher carboxylic acids are practically insoluble
their membrane as these are charged molecules.
in water.
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3. The acidity of a carboxylic acid depends on the (d) Yemen
number of carbon atoms present in the 13. Gersoppa Falls is formed by which one of the
hydrocarbon chain. following rivers?
Select the correct answer using the code given (a) Lohit
below.
(b) Tungabhadra
(a) 1 and 2 only
(c) Sharavati
(b) 2 and 3 only
(d) Krishna
(c) 1 only
14. Which one of the following processes is not a
(d) 1, 2 and 3 part of long-wave radiation?
11. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct (a) Conduction
answer using the code given below the Lists :
(b) Scattering
List - I (Compound) List- II (Type of polymer)
(c) Convection
A. Melamine 1. Linear
(d) Radiation
B. Polyvinyl chloride 2. Condensation
15. In mid-latitude regions, the diurnal variation in
C. Terylene 3. Natural weather is due to
D. Cellulose 4. Cross-linked (a) raising air/convection
Code : (b) sinking air/conduction
(a) A B C D (c) advection
3 2 1 4
(d) radiation
(b) A B C D
4 1 2 3 16. Springs are common in which of the following
areas?
(c) A B C D
3 1 2 4 1. Well jointed rocks
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(c) 2 and 4
(d) 3 and 4 only
17. Consider the following diagram :
Which one of the following is the missing number in
the diagrams given above?
(a) 1
(b) 2
An equilateral triangle is inscribed in a circle of (c) 3
radius 1 unit. The area of the shaded region, in (d) 4
square unit, is
20. Which one of the following is the area of a
sector of a circle of radius 10 cm formed by an arc
length of 15 cm?
(a) 107 cm
(b) 158 cm
18. In an examination, 53% students passed in
(c) 75 cm2
Mathematics, 61% passed in Physics, 60% passed
in Chemistry, 24% passed in Mathematics and (d) 150 cm?
Physics, 35% in Physics and Chemistry, 27% in 21. On simplification the product
Mathematics and Chemistry and 5% in none. The
ratio of percentage of passes in Mathematics and (x1 - y1)(x2 + y2) ... (x10 + y10)
Chemistry but not in Physics in relation to the how many such terms are there which will have
percentage of passes in Physics and Chemistry only single x and rest y's ?
but not in Mathematics is (a) 210
(a) 7:5 (b) 10
(b) 5:7 (c) 20
(c) 4:5 (d) 1
(d) 5:4 22. Which one of the following statements about
19. Consider the following diagrams: blood elements is correct?
(a) Red blood cells' number is same as that of white
blood cells and platelets.
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(b) The number of white blood cells is more than 26. Which one of the following statements
red blood cells. regarding insulin hormone is correct?
(c) The number of red blood cells is the highest. (a) Insulin is a protein hormone which is not
(d) The number of red blood cells is lower than produced in human body.
platelets. (b) Insulin is a steroid hormone which is produced
23. Which one of the following statements in human body.
regarding muscle contraction and relaxation is (c) Insulin is a cholesterol-driven hormone given to
correct? human.
(a) It involves movement of Zn++ ion. (d) Insulin is a protein hormone which is produced
(b) It involves Ca++ ion of blood. in human body.
(c) It involves release of Ca++ from sarcoplasmic 27. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct
reticulum (SR) and pumping Ca++ back in SR. answer using the code given below the Lists :
(d) It involves exchange of Na and K. List-I (Limestone region) List-II (Country)
(c) The carbohydrate generated by plants comes 28. Which of the following cities experience the
from soil. warm temperate Mediterranean climate?
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29. Which one of the following is the correct 33. If the number
descending order of Indian States in terms of their 22 x 54 x 46 x 108 x 610 x 1512 x 814 x 2016 x 1018 x 2520
density of population (as per 2011 Census)? is divisible by 10n, then which one of the following
(a) Bihar-Kerala-Uttar Pradesh-West Bengal is the maximum value of n?
(b) West Bengal-Bihar-Kerala-Uttar Pradesh (a) 78
(c) Bihar-West Bengal-Kerala-Uttar Pradesh (b) 85
(d) Kerala-West Bengal-Bihar-Uttar Pradesh (c) 89
30. Which one of the following major river basins (d) 98
of India is the shortest in length and smallest in 34. Suppose a, b, c, d and e are five consecutive
terms of catchment area? odd numbers in ascending order. Consider the
(a) Cauvery following statements :
(b) Mahi 1. Their average is (a+ 4).
(c) Penner 2. Their average is (b+2)
(d) Sabarmati 3. Their average is (e-4).
31. Arabian Sea records higher salinity than the Which of the statements given above is/are
Bay of Bengal because correct? (a) 1 only
(a) Arabian Sea exhibits high rate of evaporation (b) 2 and 3 only
and low influx of fresh water (c) 1 and 3 only
(b) Arabian Sea has shallow water (d) 1, 2 and 3
(c) Arabian Sea has more enclosed land 35. A king ordered to make a crown from 8 kg of
(d) Arabian Sea receives more rainfall gold and 2 kg of silver. The goldsmith took away
some amount of gold and replaced it by an equal
amount of silver and the crown when made,
weighed 10 kg. The king knows that underwater
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gold loses 1/20th of its weight, while silver loses 4. Mangrove vegetation has been reported in all the
1/10th. When the crown was weighed underwater, coastal States including Andaman and Nicobar
it was 9.25 kg. How much gold was stolen by the Islands.
goldsmith? Select the correct answer using the code given
(a) 1 kg below.
(b) 2 kg (a) 1 and 2 only
(c) 3 kg (b) 2, 3 and 4 only
(d) 4 kg (c) 1, 3 and 4 only
36. If a cubical container of length, breadth and (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
height each of 10 cm can contain exactly 1 litre of 39. Which one of the following pairs is not
water, then a spherical container of radius 10.5 cm correctly matched?
can contain
(a) Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi :
(a) not more than 4 litres of water Fursatganj
(b) more than 4 litres but less than 4-5 litres of
water (c) more than 4-5 litres but less than 5 litres (b) National Flying Training Institute : Belgaum
of water (d) more than 5 litres of water (c) National Institute of Hydrology : Roorkee
37. Which one of the following sites does not have (d) National Water Academy (Headquarters) :
coral reef formation? Khadakwasla
(a) Gulf of Cambay/Khambhat 40. The lowest temperature is observed/recorded
(b) Gulf of Mannar in which one of the following layers of the
atmosphere?
(c) Lakshadweep
(a) Stratosphere
(d) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(b) Mesosphere
38. Which of the following statements are
appropriate to Mangrove Sites? (c) Thermosphere
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43. The angle between the hour hand and the (c) 15
minute hand of a clock at 10 minutes past 3 is (d) 16
(a) 30° 47. Which one of the following is the remainder
(b) 35° when 1020 is divided by 7?
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Select the correct answer using the code given (b) a point between C and A
below. (c) a point between A and B
(a) 1 and 2 only (d) point A
(b) 3 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3
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56. The number of ways in which 3 boys and 2 the tips of the two pillars. The portion of the length
girls can be arranged in a queue, given that the 2 of the taller pillar that can be brought in contact
girls have to be next to each other, is with the rope without detaching the rope from the
(a) 12 pillars is
(c) 48 (b) more than 6 feet but less than 7 feet
(d) 120 (c) more than 7 feet but less than 8 feet
(d) more than 8 feet
Directions : The following eight (8) items consist of
two statements, Statement I and Statement II.
Examine these two statements carefully and select
the correct answer using the code given below.
Code :
(a) Both the statements are individually true and
Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement
I
(b) Both the statements are individually true but
Statement II is not the correct explanation of
Statement I
(c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false
(d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
59. Statement I:
57. The ratio of ages of a man and his son is 3:1.
Sound waves can travel through vacuum.
After 15 years, the age ratio will be 2:1. What is the
age of the man? Statement II :
(a) 45 years Light is an electromagnetic wave and can travel
through vacuum.
(b) 40 years
60. Statement I:
(c) 35 years
A compass needle placed near a current-carrying
(d) 30 years
wire will get deflected.
58. Two pillars are placed vertically 8 feet apart.
Statement II :
The height difference of the two pillars is 6 feet.
The two ends of a rope of length 15 feet are tied to
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A current-carrying wire creates magnetic field The Permanent Settlement was rarely extended to
around it. any region beyond Bengal.
61. Statement I: Statement II :
For early societies, historians retrieve information After 1810, the agricultural prices declined
about elite families mostly from inscriptions. affecting adversely the income of the Bengal
Statement II : Zamindars.
Satavahana inscriptions generally end with the term 66. Statement I:
Putra, a Prakrit word meaning 'son'. Towards the beginning of the 20th century, a new
62. Statement I : hybrid architectural style developed which
In 1856, Nawab Wajid Ali Shah was dethroned and combined the Indian with the European.
exiled to Calcutta on the plea that the region was Statement II :
being misgoverned. By integrating Indian and European styles in public
Stateinent II : architecture, the British wanted to prove that they
The Nawab was accused of being unable to control were legitimate rulers of India.
the rebellious chiefs and Taluqdars. 67. Which of the following statements about town
63. Statement I: planning in British India in early 19th century is/are
correct?
Mahatma Gandhi went on a fast unto death against
the Communal Award announced by the British 1. The funds for town improvement were also
Government. raised through public lotteries.
Statement II : 2. The threats of epidemics gave an impetus to
town planning in the early decades of 19th century.
The Poona Pact resulted in a joint electorate with
an enhanced number of seats reserved for Select the correct answer using the code given
Depressed Classes. below. (a) 1 only
In India, a majority of the members of the Rajya (c) Both 1 and 2
Sabha are elected by the elected members of the (d) Neither 1 nor 2
State Legislatures. 68. Which of the following statements about
Statement II : India's Independence is/are correct?
Members of the Rajya Sabha elected by the State 1. The formal transfer of power on 15th August,
Legislative Assemblies need to have their domicile 1947 heralding India's Independence was
in the concerned State. announced by Lord Mountbatten.
65. Statement I:
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2. Mahatma Gandhi was not present at the powers of the Speaker/Chairman of the Houses of
festivities in the capital on 15th August, 1947. the Parliament/State Legislatures?
Select the correct answer using the code given (a) 61st Amendment which reduced the voting age
below. from 21 to 18 years
(a) 1 only (b) Anti-defection provisions of 52nd Amendment
(b) 2 only (c) Repealing of many of the provisions
(c) Both 1 and 2 of 42nd Amendment by 44th Amendment
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 (d) 73rd Amendment that conferred extensive
69. Who among the following in Congress powers on Panchayat Bodies
represented the socialist view? 73. Which one of the following Committees of
(a) Rajendra Prasad the Parliament has no Members from the Rajya
(b) Narendra Dev Sabha?
70. Sikkim became an Associate State of the (c) Estimates Committee
Indian Union through (d) Departmentally Related Standing Committee
(a) the Constitution (36th Amendment) Act, 1975 (DRSC) on Finance
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78. Which one of the following organizations is not 81. Which of the following statements about the
merged into a new umbrella scheme "Rashtriya Constitution of India is/are correct?
Yuva Sashaktikaran Karyakram (RYSK)'? 1. The Objectives Resolution' was moved by Sardar
(a) Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) Vallabhbhai Patel.
(b) Youth Hostels (YH) 2. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar served as the Chairman of
the Drafting Committee in his capacity as the Law
(c) National Service Scheme (NSS) Minister
(d) National Young Leaders Programme (NYLP) Select the correct answer using the code given
79. Which one of the following countries has below.
recently formally notified its intention to withdraw (a) 1 only
from the International Criminal Court?
(b) 2 only
(a) Namibia
(c) Both 1 and 2
(b) Serbia
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
(c) Philippines
82. Which one of the following statements
(d) Norway
about the Constitution of India is correct?
80. Who among the following has recently been
elected as the Prime Minister of China for a (a) It was framed between December 1946 and
second term? December 1949.
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(b) The drafts of the Constitution were discussed in Select the correct answer using the code given
public meetings. below.
(c) It is the shortest document of a Constitution in (a) I only
the world. (b) 2 only
(d) It came fully into operation immediately after (c) Both 1 and 2
the drafting was completed in December 1949.
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
83. Who among the following has not written about
partition in his works? 86. Which one of the following pairs of countries
with new names and old names is correctly
(a) Saadat Hasan Manto matched?
(b) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay New name Old name
(c) Bhisham Sahni (a) Kingdom of eSwatini : Swaziland
(d) Narendranath Mitra (b) Malawi : Rhodesia
84. Which of the following statements about (c) Botswana : Nyasaland
Harappa Civilization is/are correct?
(d) Zimbabwe : Ceylon
1. There is the extraordinary uniformity in artefacts
as evident in pottery, seals, bricks and weights. 87. In India, Indus Dolphin, one of the world's
rarest mammals, is mainly found in which one of
2. The late Harappa sites also maintained the same the following rivers?
construction techniques as were used in mature
(a) Ganga
Harappa sites.
(b) Cauvery
Select the correct answer using the code given
below. (a) 1 only (c) Brahmaputra
(c) Both 1 and 2 88. Who among the following cricketers has
announced his retirement from international
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 cricket in May 2018?
85. Which of the following statements about (a) Steve Smith
Jainism is/are correct?
(b) David Warner
1. The most important idea in Jainism is that the
entire world is animated, even stones, rocks and (c) AB de Villiers
water have life. (d) Shane Watson
2. Asceticism and penance are required to free 89. In a recent deal, a large stake of which one of
oneself from the cycle of Karma the following e-commerce companies was
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acquired by Walmart, an American multinational (d) brings Scheduled Areas under the better control
retailer? of local Panchayats
(a) ShopClues 93. Over which of the following, the Lok Sabha and
(b) Flipkart the Rajya Sabha held joint sittings to resolve their
differences?
(c) Yepme
1. The Dowry Prohibition Bill, 1959
(d) Snapdeal
2. The Banking Service Commission (Repeal) Bill,
90. Which one of the following films was awarded 1978.
Best Feature Film in the National Film Awards,
2018? 3. The Prevention of Terrorism Bill, 2002
(b) T. Jefferson, J. Madison, G. Washington, 94. Which one of the following Commissions has
Abraham Lincoln not examined the issue of removal of the Governor
of a State?
(c) F. Engels, K. Marx, M. Bakunin, J. S. Mill
(a) Sarkaria Commission
(d) Georgi Plekhanov, Vera Zasulich, Alexandra
Kollontai, V. I. Lenin (b) Thakkar Commission
92. The Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension (c) Venkatachaliah Commission
to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 (PESA) (d) Punchhi Commission
(a) extends greater say to local tribal community 95. Which one of the following is the correct
over common resources combination of languages included in the 8th
(b) provides greater devolution of powers to Schedule of the Constitution of India?
Scheduled Tribes (a) Nepali, Konkani, Tulu and Santhali
(c) extends provisions of 73rd Amendment to (b) Santhali, Urdu, Konkani and Maithili
Scheduled Areas (c) Santhali, Konkani, Bhojpuri and Urdu
(d) Dogri, Konkani, Bhojpuri and Urdu
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96. Recently, the Armed Forces (Special Powers) (b) Gaya and Kathmandu
Act was completely removed from which one of (c) Varanasi and Vaktapur
the following States?
(d) Ayodhya and Janakpur
(a) Arunachal Pradesh
101. In May 2018, which one of the following
(b) Nagaland countries has located its embassy in israel from
(c) Meghalaya Tel Aviv to jerusalem?
(d) Assam (a) Iran
97. 15th Asia Media Summit was hosted in May (b) Germany
2018 in (c) USA
(a) Kolkata (d) Turkey
(b) New Delhi 102. Who among the following was Buddha's
(c) Chennai foster mother?
(d) Bengaluru (a) Purna
98. In India, cars bearing black number plate with (b) Gajalakshmi
yellow lettering are (c) Maya
(a) vehicles belonging to foreign consulates (d) Mahapajapati Gotami
(b) commercial vehicles such as trucks and taxis 103. Which of the following statements about
(c) commercial vehicles available on rent for Bodhisattas is/are correct?
self-driving 1. They were perceived as deeply compassionate
(d) electric vehicles beings who accumulated merit through their
99. In May 2018, who among the following was Efforts.
elected as the Prime Minister of Malaysia at the 2. They made attempt to attain Nibbana.
age of 92?
Select the correct answer using the code given
(a) Siti Hasmah Ali below.
(b) Najib Razak (a) 1 only
(c) Mahathir Mohamad (b) 2 only
(d) Anwar Ibrahim (c) Both 1 and 2
100. In May 2018, bus service between which two (d) Neither 1 nor 2
places of India and Nepal was launched?
(a) Nalanda and Lumbini
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104. Depiction of the descent of the river Ganga (d) The Constituent Assembly of each Dominion
from heaven in the form of relief sculpture on rock was to have unlimited power to frame and adopt
is at any Constitution.
(a) Ellora 107. In National Income (NI) accounts, Personal
(b) Mahabalipuram Income (PI) is defined as
(b) The Act sought to lay down a Constitution by 109. Suppose the price of mangoes increases
the Legislative will of the British Parliament. from 50 per kg to 75 per kg. Due to this, the
demand for mangoes declines from 100 kg to 50
(c) The Act proposed to set up two independent kg. Which one of the following is the price
Dominions. elasticity of demand for mangoes?
(a) 4
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(b) 3 1. She was one of the prime movers behind the
(c) 2 setting up of the Star Theatre (1883) in Calcutta.
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(b) Protection and improvement of environment, 121. The power of the President of India to refer a
forests and wildlife matter back to the Council of Ministers for
(c) Respect for the rich heritage of our composite reconsideration was inserted in the Constitution by
culture (a) 44th Amendment
(d) Promotion of cooperative societies (b) 42nd Amendment
117. Which one of the following is not a part of the (c) 43rd Amendment
Directive Principles of State Policy? (d) 35th Amendment
(a) Uniform Civil Code for all citizens 122. Ashok Mehta Committee was constituted to
(b) Separation of Judiciary from Executive make recommendations on which one of the
(c) Duty of the State to raise the level of nutrition following issues?
and standard of living (a) Division of tax revenues between Centre and
(d) Promotion of scientific temper, humanity and States
the spirit of inquiry and reform (b) Panchayati Raj System
118. Who among the following was the author of (c) Appointment of Governors
Hind Swaraj? (d) Presidential and Vice Presidential elections
(a) Aurobindo Ghose 123. In India, approximately what percentage of
(b) C. R. Das households still use firewood for cooking as per
(c) Mahatma Gandhi 2011 Census?
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125. If farmers' loans are waived in India, how will (c) 3 and 4 only
it affect the aggregate demand in the economy? (d) 1 and 2 only
1. Private consumption impact via increase in
private sector net wealth
2. Public sector impact via changes in government
expenditure/taxes
3. Crowding-out impact via higher borrowings by
State Governments
4. Crowding-in impact via higher credit availability
as bank NPAs fall
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CAPF (AC) Exam Paper 2018 - "General Studies, Essay and Comprehension"
Q1. Write essays on any four of the following in
about 300 words each: (a) Data leak from Facebook
(b) Violence on University campuses during Student
(a) Civil wrong emerging from religious bigotry, elections
constitutionally punishable
(b) Farm waiver is populistic and myopic : strategy Q4. Attempt a précis of the given passage in
change needed one-third of its length. Do not suggest a title.
(c) From economic growth to well-being: a Write, as far as possible, in your own words. The
paradigm shift précis must be written only in the précis-format
(d) suppresses civil dynamism given below:
(e) Non-performing parliament, unhealthy trend in
Democracy Language as culture has three important aspects.
(f) Promoting innovative outlook in education Culture is a product of the history which it in turn
reflects. Culture in other words is a product and a
Q2. Write arguments for and against each of the reflection of human beings communicating with
following statements : one another in the very struggle to create wealth
and to control it. But culture does not merely reflect
(a) Privacy is an elitist idea. that history, or rather it does so by actually forming
(b) Note-ban, effective tool against black money. images or pictures of the world of nature and
nurture. Thus the second aspect of language as
Q3. Write reports on the following in about 200 culture is as an image-forming agent in the mind of
words each: a child. Our whole conception of ourselves as a
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structure of the country as well as of the world; but (iv) The minister was annoyed that he had not
that it should be their function to impress upon carried out his orders. (Change into a simple
them that they are to protect, guide, change, and sentence)
form the Constitution of their country and then of (v) Shakuntalam is understood to be the best
the world as true citizens and administrators of this drama in Sanskrit. (Change to comparative degree
democratic age, in body as well as spirit. without changing the meaning)
(vi) As soon as he came, he made objections.
(i) What are the essential functions of universities? (Rewrite using "No sooner ...")
(ii) What is the major drawback in our educational (vii) The writer is evidently enamoured__________
institutions ? the subject. (Fill in the blank with the correct
(iii) Write the benefits of education imparted at preposition)
universities. (viii) The paper was very easy. He could score high
(iv) How best can the educated youth serve the marks. (Combine the sentences using "enough")
people and the nation as administrators ? (ix) We seldom see_______ as others see us. (Fill in
(v) What is the contribution of the educated youth the blank using a reflexive pronoun)
as enlightened citizens in a democracy? (x) If I_______the Principal of the college, I would
allow no indiscipline. (Fill in the blank us the
correct form of the verb 'be')
(b) Use the following words and phrases in
sentences of your own so as to bring out their
meaning clearly :
(i) on the wane
(ii) gourmand
(iii) debutant
(iv) plutocracy
(v) esoteric
Q6. (a) Rewrite the sentences as directed : (c) Correct the following sentences without
making any unnecessary changes :
(i) The teacher said to me, “Are you not ashamed of
telling a lie ?" (Change into indirect speech) (i) I bid him to hold his tongue.
(ii) You must complete the work by the end of this (ii) She wasn't her usual ebullient at the party.
week. (Change the voice) (iii) They did not provide us any chairs to sit.
(iii) Few students knew the answer,____________? (iv) Under no circumstances passengers are
(Put a question tag) permitted to open the doors themselves.
(v) I am seeing her enter the room.
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CAPF (AC) Exam Paper 2017 - " General Ability and Intelligence"
The following 7 [Seven] items consist of two (b) Both the statements are individually true but
statements, Statement I and Statement II. Examine Statement II is NOT the correct explanation of
these two statements carefully and select the Statement I
carefully and select the correct answer using the (c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
code given below: (d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
Code :
(a) Both the statements are individually true and 2) Statement I : Chameleon changes its skin colour
Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement to match with the colour of the surroundings.
I. Statement II : The skin of chameleon emits light of
(b) Both the statements are individually true but the colour of the surrounding through fluorescence.
Statement II is NOT the correct explanation of (a) Both the statements are individually true and
Statement I Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement
(c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false. I.
(d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true (b) Both the statements are individually true but
Statement II is NOT the correct explanation of
1) Statement I : Plantation farming has mostly Statement I
been practiced in humid tropics (c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
Statement II : The soil of humid tropic is highly (d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
fertile
(a) Both the statements are individually true and 3) Statement I : Occasionally we see two rainbows
Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement together, the primary rainbow with another less
I. intense secondary rainbow about 10 degrees away
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Statement II : The secondary rainbow appears due (b) Both the statements are individually true but
to refraction after a reflection of sunlight from the Statement II is NOT the correct explanation of
water droplets. Statement I
(a) Both the statements are individually true and (c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement (d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
I.
(b) Both the statements are individually true but 6) Statement I : Dadabhai Naoroji argued that what
Statement II is NOT the correct explanation of was being drained out was ‘potential surplus’ that
Statement I could generate more economic development in
(c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false. India if invested in India
(d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true Statement II : Imperialists believed that India was
brought into the large capitalist world marked and
4) Statement I : Nationalism in India, which was that was in itself a progress towards
assigned a privileged position by its western modernization.
educated political leadership , was a ‘different’ , (a) Both the statements are individually true and
but a ‘derivative discourse’ from the west Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement
Statement II : Indian nationalism as a response to I.
western imperialism was ‘like all such responses, (b) Both the statements are individually true but
shaped by what it was responding to’ Statement II is NOT the correct explanation of
(a) Both the statements are individually true and Statement I
Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement (c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
I. (d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
(b) Both the statements are individually true but
Statement II is NOT the correct explanation of 7) Statement I : The Man Booker International
Statement I Prize is now unlikely to be won by an English
(c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false. author.
(d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true Statement II : The Booker Prize Foundation
announced that the Man Booker International Prize
5) Statement I : The British legal scholars relied on was to evolve from 2016 onwards into a prize for
Indian Pandits and Maulavis for understanding of fiction in translation.
canons of authoritative texts. (a) Both the statements are individually true and
Statement II : British codified the Hindu Laws in Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement
1783 and the Muslim Laws in 1785 I.
(a) Both the statements are individually true and (b) Both the statements are individually true but
Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement Statement II is NOT the correct explanation of
I. Statement I
(c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
(d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
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● हमारे वशेष से मागदशन और सहायता
(d) The mission offered formation of constitution (b) The Diphlu river
making body after the war (c) National Highway No.37
(d) Railway track of Indian Railway
15) Which one of the following statements about
the Treaty of Allahabad is NOT coorect? 19) The US President in 2017 has signed an
(a) It was signed in the year 1765 executive order for US withdrawal from a trade
(b) The Mughal Emperor by a farman formally organization of the Pacific region. Identify the
granted the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa to organization from among the following :
the East India Company (a) Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation [APEC]
(c) Awadh was restored to its Nawab on payment (b) Trans-Pacific Partnership [TPP]
of Rs.50 Lakhs (c) Free-Trade Agreement of the Asia-Pacific
(d) Banaras and the Surrounding tracts were [FTAAP]
detached from Awadh and handed over to Shah (d) Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
Alam II [RCEP]
16) Which among the following was NOT the 20) Which one of the following judgements
provision of the Gandhi – Irwin pact? declared that the Parliament has NO power to
(a) Immediate release of all political prisoners of amend any of the provisions of Part III of the
the Civil Disobedience Movement Constitution of India?
(b) Clause 2 of the March 1931 pact defined (a) Kesavananda Bharati vs. State of Kerala
‘reservations and safe guards’ to cover financial (b) Golak Nath vs. State of Punjab
credit of India. (c) Champakam Dorairajan vs. State of Madras
(c) The return of confiscated land already sold to (d) Minerva Mills Ltd. Vs. Government of India
third parties 21) Who among the following leaders is associated
(d) Reservation of 18 percent seats for Depressed with the concept of party less democracy?
classes (a) J B Kripalani
(b) Jayaprakash Narayan
17) Which one of the following novels won the (c) Acharya Narendra Dev
Pulitzer Prize for the year 2017 in the Fiction (d) Vinoba Bhave
category?
(a) The Goldfinch 22) Who among the following is empowered to
(b) All the Light We Cannot See establish Inter State Council under Article 263 of
(c) The Sympathizer the Constitution of India?
(d) The Underground Railroad (a) Parliament
(b) Council of Ministers
18) Which one of the following does NOT pass (c) President of India
through the Kaziranga National Park? (d) Chief Justice of India
(a) The Brahmaputra river
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(b) Contributions are eligible for tax benefits under (d) Alitame
Section 80C of the Income Tax Act
(c) Interest earned thereon is exempted up to Rs. 65) Which one of the following polymers is made
1500 per annum of protein ?
(d) A maximum of Rs. 1.50 lakh per annum can be (a) Rubber
invested in this account (b) Cotton
(c) Wool
62) Which of the following are the reforms (d) Jute
introduced in Budget 2017-2018 ?
1.Presentation of Budget advanced to 1st February 66) Which of the following diseases are caused by
to enable the Ministries to operationalise all the consumption of water contaminated by
activities from the commencement of the financial mercury and nitrate ?
year (a) Minamata disease and Osteoporosis
2.Merger of Railway Budget with General Budget to (b) Osteoporosis and Blue Baby Syndrome
bring Railways to the center stage of Government’s (c) Minamata disease and Blue Baby Syndrome
Fiscal Policy (d) Osteoporosis and Minamata disease
3.Removal of plan and non-plan classification of
expenditure to facilitate a holistic view of 67) Leakage of which one of the following gases
allocations for Sectors and Ministries. had caused Bhopal Gas Tragedy in the year 1984 ?
Select the correct answer using the code given (a) Methyl isocyanate
below : (b) Hexamethylene diisocyanate
(a) 1 and 3 only (c) Isophorone diisocyanate
(b) 2 and 3 only (d) Isothiocyanate
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 1 and 2 only 68) The difference between the compound interest
and the simple interest for 2 years on a sum of
63) ‘Nomadic Elephant’ is a joint military exercise money is Rs.60. If the simple interest for 2 years is
between India and Rs. 1440, what is the rate of interest ?
(a) China (a) 416 %
(b) Mongolia (b) 6 14 %
(c) Vietnam (c) 8 %
(d) Bhutan (d) 813 %
64) which one of the following artificial 69) A, B, C, D, E & F compared their marks in an
sweeteners is modified sugar ? examination and found that A obtained the highest
(a) Aspartame marks, B obtained more marks than D, C obtained
(b) Saccharin more that at least two others and E had not
(c) Sucralose obtained the lowest marks.
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CAPF (AC) Exam Paper 2017 - "General Studies, Essay and Comprehension"
Q1. Write essays on any four of the following in (a) Corruption in politics
about 300 words each : (b) Environmental pollution
(a) The need for common civil code in India Q4. Attempt a précis of the given passage in
(b) Cashless transactions : Scope and future one-third of its length. Do not suggest a title.
prospects in India Write, as far as possible, in your own words. The
(c) India versus China in the context of emerging précis must be written only in the précis-format
economy in South Asia given below :
(d) The things that count as being civilized
(e) Cleaning and connecting the rivers in India During the launching of a satellite, the rocket must
(f) The recent achievements of India's nuclear travel in exactly the right direction and at exactly
scientists the right speed. Radio signals are automatically
sent back to earth from the rocket. These signals
Q2. Write arguments for and against each of the tell men on the ground how the rocket is travelling
statements : and help them to make sure that it is going as it
should. The signals go to special calculating
(a) The youth in India are getting addicted to machines called computers that work very fast. The
Android mobiles. computers work out whether the rocket is travelling
(b) Power flows from the barrel of the gun. correctly. If it is not, they calculate what correction
is needed. Radio signals send the correction to the
Q3. Write reports on the following in about 200 rocket and make it automatically change its
words each : direction or speed as necessary.
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(iii) Why are the men of the sword and their work
forgotten? (Put the correct question tag)
(iv) Why are the conquests of India always
remembered ? (ix) People respect him because he is an exemplary
(v) What is the vital question referred to at the end leader.
of the passage and what is your answer to that
question ? (Change into simple sentence)
Q6. (a) Rewrite the sentences as directed : (x) The problem was so complicated that I could
not solve it.
(Fill in the blank with the correct article)
(Rewrite the sentence using “too")
(i) .....university stands for humanism, tolerance,
progress, etc. (b) Give the plural form of the following words and
(ii) He often gets .... trouble because of his make sentences using the plural form:
carelessness.
(iii) I.... living in this town since 2007. (i) alga
(iv) They have completed the work. (ii) child
(iii)formula
(Change into passive voice) (iv) syllabus
(v) thesis
(v) The method of living happily must be known to
you. (c) Correct the following sentences without
(vi) My teacher said to me, “You should learn to live making any unnecessary changes :
your life meaningfully and beautifully."
(vii) My mother advised me that I should give (i) He finds fault in every one.
respect to elders. (ii) He is one of the noble men who have sacrificed
his life for the nation.
(Change into direct speech) (iii) One should always take care of his health.
(iv) None of the five persons were found suitable
(viii) Educated and empowered women contribute for the job.
richly for the development of our nation, (v) My friend is younger than me.
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CAPF (AC) Exam Paper 2016 - " General Ability and Intelligence"
1. Which one of the following figures correctly (d) Neither Conclusion I nor II follows
represents the relations between Jupiter, Mars and
Planets?
3. Which one of the following layers of atmosphere
has high concentration of ions'?
(a) Stratosphere
(b) Exosphere
(c) Thermosphere
2. Consider the following. statements and (d) Troposphere
conclusions.
Statements: Mohan is a good sportsman. 4. Which one of the following cities has greater
Sportsmen are healthy. annual range of temperature?
Conclusions (a) Kuala Lumpur
I. All healthy persons are sportsmen. (b) New Delhi
II. Mohan is healthy. (c) Shanghai
Which one of the following is correct? (d) Ulaanbaatar
(a) Only Conclusion I follows
(b) Only Conclusion II follows 5. Match list I with list II and select the correct
(C) Both Conclusions I and II follow answer
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(a) Kingdom-Phylum-Order-Genus-Family-Class
Species
D. Am Amazon Forests
(b) Kingdom-Order-Class-Phylum-Family-Genus
4. Western Equatorial Species
Africa (c) Kingdom-Class-Order-Phylum-Family-Species
List II Genus
Code (d) Kingdom-Phylum-Class-Order-Family-Genus
Species
A B C D
(a) 3 1 4 2
9. The subunits of DNA are known as
(b) 2 4 1 3
(a) Nucleotide
(C) 3 4 1 2
(b) Nucleosome
(d) 2 1 4 3
(c) Nucleoside
(d) Polypeptide
6. Ramsar Convention, to which India is a
signatory, is related to conservation and wise use
of 10. The process of using microbes to treat areas
(a) wetlands of land or sea that have been contaminated by
pesticides, oil or solvents is known is
(b) genetic resources
(a) Eutrophication
(c) mines
(b) Nitrification
(d) forest lands
(c) Ammonification
(d) Bioremediation
7. Which one of the following rivers flows between
Satpura and Vindhya ranges?
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17. A vehicle with mileage 15 km/L contains 2 L of
fuel.The vehicle gets some defect as a result of
which 5 L of fuel gets wasted per hour, when the
engine is on. With what minimum speed, the
vehicle has to move to travel 20 km with the
existing amount of fuel, if it travels with a uniform
speed?
(a) 100 km/h
(b) 120 km/h
(c) 150 km/h
19. Consider the following statements relating to
(d) 200 km/h salt production in India.
1. India is the second largest producer of iodised
18. Consider the following statements relating to salt in the world next only to China.
Sea Salinity. 2. Salt mining is carried out in Himachal Pradesh.
1. The ocean salinity depends on evaporation and 3. Gujarat is the leading producer of salt in India.
precipitation.
4. Ground water is the important source of salt in
2. Any change in the temperature or density Rajasthan.
influences the salinity.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
3. Major source of sea salinity of terrestrial
(a) 1 and 2
discharge by rivers.
(b) 3 and 4
Which of the statements given above are correct?
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(a) 1 and 2
(d) 2, 3 and 4
(b) 2 and 3
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3. They are of great economic importance for its (c) water at 273 K has more energy than ice at the
mineral resources. same temperature
4. They are found predominantly in Karnataka, (d) water is not a cooling agent
Tamil Nadu, Odisha and Jharkhand.
Select the correct answer using the code given 24. Which one of the following statements is not
below. correct?
(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (a) The rate of evaporation depends on
(b) 2, 3 and 4 temperature
(c) 3 and 4 (d) 1 and 2 (b) The rate of evaporation does not depend on
surface area exposed to the atmosphere but on
volume of the liquid
21. Which one of the following is the correct order (c) The rate of evaporation depends on humidity of
of formation of geological system in India in terms the surroundings
of their age? (Starting with the oldest)
(d) The rate of evaporation depends on the wind
(a) Dharwars - Aravallis - Vindhyans - Cuddapah speed
(b) Aravallis - Dharwars - Cuddapah - Vindhyans
(c) Vindhyans - Dharwars - Aravallis - Cuddapah 25. Which one of the following is not a colloid?
(d) Cuddapah - Vindhyans - Dharwars - Aravallis (a) Milk
(b) Mud
22. A change of state directly from solid to gas (c) Butter
without changing into liquid state is called
(d) Boric acid
(a) Fusion
(b) Sublimation
26. Match list I with list II and select the correct
(c) Diffusion answer using the code given below the lists.
(d) Emulsion List I List II
(Isotope) (Application)
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A B C D (b) Square
(c) 4 1 3 2
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(4) Feldspar (c) Bleaching powder is also known as chlorinated
lime
Select the correct answer using the code given
below. (d) Bleaching powder is used for disinfecting
drinking water
(a) 4-3-2-1
(b) 1-3-4-2
38. Which one of the following statements is not
(c) 3-4-2-1 correct?
(d) 1-4-3-2 (a) Graphite is a non-metal
(b) Graphite is an allotrope of carbon
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39. Consider the following physical quantities. (a) Acceleration due to gravity decreases with the
Energy, power, pressure, impulse, temperature, increase of attitude
gravitational potential Which of the above is/are (b) Acceleration due to gravity increases with the
the vector quantity/quantities? increase of depth (assumption Earth to be a sphere
(a) Impulse only of uniform density)
(b) Impulse and pressure (c) Acceleration due to gravity decreases with the
increase of latitude
(c) Impulse, temperature and pressure
(d) Acceleration due to to gravity is independent of
(d) Gravitational potential the mass of the Earth
40. A piece of stone tied to a string is make to
revolve in a circular orbit of radius r with other end
ofthe string as teh centre. If the string breaks, the 43. A Barometer kept in an elevator reads 760 mm
stone will when the elevator is at rest. When the elevator
moves is the upward direction with increasing
(a) move away from the centre speed, the reading of the Barometer will be
(b) move towards the centre (a) 760 mm
(c) move along a tangent (b) < 760 mm
(d) strop (c) < 760 mm
(d) zero
41. Which one of the following statements is not
true?
44. Which one of the following statements is not
(a) The gravitational force of Earth acting on a body correct?
of mass 1 kg is 9.8 Newton
(a) The Earth’s magnetic field is due to the motion
(b) The force acting on an object of mass 5 kg of metals like iron and nickel in the core of the
moving with a uniform velocity of 10 m/s on a Earth
frictionless surface is zero
(b) The magnetic field lines of force are widely
(c) The SI unit of weight is kg separated near the poles of a magnet but these
(d) The momentum of a man having mass 100 kg lines come closer to one another at other places
walking with a uniform velocity of 2 m/s is 200
newton second
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(c) If the cross-sectional area of a magnetic field 1. To provide employment in rural areas.
increases, but the flux remains the same, the flux 2. To produce saleable articles.
density decreases
3. To create self reliance amongst people and
(d) The magnetic lines of force come closer to one building up a strong rural community spirit.
another near the poles of a magnet but they are
widely separated at other places. (a) 1,2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2
45. Let a resistor having 4 ohm resistance be (c) 2 and 3
connected across the terminals of a 12 volt (d) 1 and 3
battery. Then, the charge in coulomb passing
through the resistor per second is
48. Which of the following statements concerning
(a) 12
circum pacific belt are correct?
(b) 4
1. It is an active volcanic realm.
(c) 3
2. It is an active seismic realm.
(d) 0.33
3. It is a divergent plate boundary.
4. It is prone to Tsunami.
46. Arrange the following varieties of silk in India
Select the correct answer using the code given
in their order of decreasing production.
below.
1. Munga
(a) 1 and 2
2. Eri
(b) 3 and 4
3. Mulberry
(c) 1,2 and 4
4. Taser
(d) All of these
Select the correct answer using the code given
below.
49. Which of the following statements relating to
(a) 3-2-4-1
solar system is/are correct?
(b) 3-4-2-1
1. Venus and Uranus rotate opposite to the
(c) 2-4-1-3 direction of rotation of Earth.
(d) 2-1-4-3 2. Venus is the nearest planet to Earth.
Select the correct answer using the code given
47. Which of the following are the objectives of the below.
Khadi and Village Industries Commission?
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(a) Only 1 (d) There are some football players who play
(b) Only 2 neither cricket nor hockey
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 52. There are two concentric circles. The radii of
the two circles are 100 m and 110 m respectively.
A wheel of radius 30 cm rolls on the smaller circle
50. If a place is affected by Tide at 6:00 am and another wheel rolls on the larger circle. After
Monday,normally at what time the same place will they have completed one revolution, it is found
be affected by Ebb? that the two wheels rolled equal number of times
on their respective axes. What is the radius of the
(a) 6:26 pm Monday
other wheel?
(b) 6:52 am Tuesday
(a) 31 cm
(c) 12:13 pm Monday
(b) 32 cm
(d) 00:26 am Tuesday
(c) 33 cm
(d) 34 cm
51. In the diagram given below, there is a circle, a
square and a triangle dividing the region into five
disjoint bounded areas. Each of these areas are 53. A triangle is formed with vertices (0, 0), (0,
labelled with number of players belonging to that 1OO) and (100,100). What is the number of points
area. The circle contains cricketers, the square inside the triangle with integer coordinates?
contains football players and the triangle contains (a) 5000
hockey players.
(b) 4999
(c) 4851
(d) 4800
54. Which one of the following is the wrong
Which one of the following is not correct? number in the series 6, 14, 30, 64, 126?
(a) Every hockey player plays football (a) 126
(b) Every cricket player plays either football or (b) 64
hockey
(c) 14
(c) There are some hockey players who play both
(d) 6
cricket and football
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55. Given below is a figure of a square transparent (d) Batch II and batch III can have equal number of
sheet with a pattern students
57. There are two boxes. Box I contains one white
card and two black cards and box II contains one
white card and a black card. Two persons P and Q
playa game. P picks a card randomly from box 1. If
P finds the white card, P wins and the game stops.
If P finds the black card, Q draws a card randomly
from box II. If Q finds the white card Q wins. The
game. Stops whether Q draws the white card or the
black card. Which one of the following is correct?
(a) If P loses, Q wins
(b) If Q loses, P wins
(c) Both P and Q may win
55. In a school, there are three batches of players,
who play cricket, football and hockey. An (d) Both P and Q may lose
incomplete chart of number of students playing an
individual sport belonging to an individual batch is 58. Suppose R is the region bounded by the two
displayed in the following table curves Y = x2 and Y = 2x2-1 as shown in the
following diagram
Two distinct lines are drawn such that each of
Which one of the following is correct? these lines partitions the regions into at least two
(a) Batch II is empty parts. If 'n' is the total number of regions generated
by these lines, then
(b) Batch I and batch. II do not have equal number
of students (a) 'n' can be 4 but not 3
(c) Batch I and' batch III can have equal number of (b) 'n' can be 4 but not 5
students (c) 'n' can be 5 but not 6
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(d) 'n' can be 6 62. Which one of the following cities hosted the
Tenth Ministerial Conference of World Trade
Organisation during December, 2015?
59. Consider the following sequence: 0, 6, 24, 60,
120, 210 Which one of the following numbers will (a) Geneva
come next in the sequence? (b) Manila
(a) 240 (c) Helsinki
(b) 290 (d) Nairobi
(c) 336
(d) 504 63. Which one of the following films was awarded
the best-children's film in Berlin International Film
Festival, 2016?
60. Consider the following figure.
(a) Ottal
(b) Killa
(c) Dhanak
(d) Hail, Caesar!
Which one of the following is the number of
triangles in the figure given above?
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(c) A Brief History of Seven Killings (a) uniform civil code for the citizens
(d) Satin Island (b) organisation of village panchayats
(c) right to education
66. Which one of the following is not a source of (d) fundamental duties
political legitimacy?
(a) Consent 70. Parochial political culture is generally found in
(b) Rational prudence (a) developing societies
(c) Political will of the ruler (b) societies having multi-party system
(d) Public reason (c) developed societies
(d) monarchical societies
67. Which one of the following is a characteristic
of Presidential form of government?
71. Who among the following sociologists is the
(a) President is not a part of legislative body first to propound the concept of civil society?
(b) It does not separate Legislative and Executive (a) Adam Ferguson
functions
(b) Antonio Gramsci
(c) President follows the principle of collective
responsibility (c) Friedrich Hegel
(d) The tenure of the President depends on the (d) Alexis de Tocqueville
legislature
72. The Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir came
68. Which one of the following articles of the into force on
Constitution of India contains provisions for the (a) August 15,1946
abolition and creation of Legislative Councils?
(b) August 15, 1947
(a) Article-171
(c) January 26, 1950
(b) Article-169
(d) January 26, 1957
(c) Article-356
(d) Article-182
73. Who among the following British
ethnographers launched the Survey of India
69. The provision under Article-5l A of the project in the 1860s?
Constitution of India relates to the (a) Hunter
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(b) Dufferin 2. Mahatma Gandhi gave all India publicity to the
(c) Risley grievances of Champaran cultivators,
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77. Which of the following statements about (a) 51 UNFCCC parties accounting for at least 51 %
Exercise IBSAMAR is/are 'correct? of global greenhouse gas emission .
1. It is a joint exercise of Navy of India, Brazil and (b) 51 UNFCCC parties accounting for at least 55%
Sri Lanka. of global greenhouse gas emission
2. The fifth edition of IBSAMAR was held in Goa. (c) 55 UNFCCC parties accounting for at least 55%
3. All previous editions' of IBSAMAR were held of global greenhouse gas emission
outside India. (d) 75 UNFCCC parties accounting for at least 51 %
Select the correct answer using the code given of global greenhouse gas emission
below.
(a) Only 2 80. Which one of the following cities hosted the
(b) 2 and 3 Twelfth South Asian Games, 2016?
(c) Guwahati
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(a) 1, 2 and 4 (d) Sources of revenue for each level of
(b) 2 and 3 government are clearly specified.
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 86. The Joint Training Exercise, Garuda Shakti, is
conducted as part of military diplomacy between
Indian Army and
83. Who among the following may be the Chairman (a) Bangladesh Army
of the Zila Parishad?
(b) Royal Bhutan Army
(a) Chief Minister
(c) Nepalese Army
(b) District Collector
(d) Indonesian Army
(c) Member of Parliament in the District
(d) Elected from its own members
87. Which one of the following statements
regarding Human Rights is not correct?
84. What is meant by Social Equality? (a) Human Rights derive their inspiration from
(a) Each person should perform the functions moral principles
according to his status (b) They are applicable subject to their adoption by
(b) No effort should be made to modify the existing States
social system (c) The International Covenant on Civil and Political
(c) No person should be made to suffer a position Rights was adopted by the United Nations in the
of relative inferiority in relation to other men due to year 1948
caste, race or religion (d) The universalism of Human Rights is challenged
(d) Special effort to improve the lot of weaker by the cultural relativists
section
88. Which of the following is not a characteristic of
85. Which one of the following is not a feature of the Permanent Settlement?
Indian federalism? (a) The Permanent Settlement vested land
(a) Every State Government has powers of its own ownership rights in the Zamindar
(b) Courts have the power to interpret the (b) The Permanent Settlement continued to pay
constitution and the powers of different levels of attention to the customary occupancy rights of
government peasants
(c) States are subordinate to the Central
Government
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(c) The burden of the high revenue assessment 1. The Santhals were in a desperate situation as
was shifted to the peasants under the Permanent tribal lands were leased out.
Settlement 2. The Santhal rebels' were treated very leniently by
(d) The condition of the actual cultivators of the British officials.
land declined under Permanent Settlement 3. Santhal inhabited areas were eventually
constituted into separate administrative units
89. Which of the following is/are characteristic(s) called Santhal parganas.
of the Ryotwari system? 4. The Santhal rebellion was the only major
1. It was the brainchild of Thomas Munro. rebellion in mid 19th century India.
2. It was meant to reduce intermediaries. Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
3. Cultivating peasants were gradually
impoverished by the system. (a) Only 1
4. It was introduced in parts of Madras and Bengal (b) 2 and 3
Presidency. (c) 1,3 and 4
Select the correct answer using the code given (d) 1 and 3
below.
(a) Only 1 92. Which of the following statement(s) about
(b) 1, 2 and 3 Subedar Major Fateh Singh is/are correct?
(c) 2 and 4 1. He was a big bore rifle shooter, who won two
(d) 2, 3 and 4 gold medals during first Commonwealth
Championship.
2. He retired from Bihar regiment before joining
90. Who among the following founded the Atmiya Defence Service Corps.
Sabha in 1815 ?
3. He was killed during the terror attack at
(a) Keshab Chandra Sen Pathankot Air Force Base.
(b) Debendranath Tagore Select the correct answer using the code given
(c) Ram Mohan Roy below.
(d) Bijoy Krishna Goswami (a) Only 1
(b) 2 and 3
91. Consider the following statements about the (c) 1 and 3
Santhal Hool of 1855-56. (d) 1,2 and 3
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(c) Bolivia
93. Which one among the following is the oldest (d) Peru
Regiment of Indian Army?
(a) Sikh Regiment 97. The theory of Separation of Powers is a
(b) Kumaon Regiment division of powers between
(c) Punjab Regiment (a) Central and State Governments
(d) Madras Regiment (b) different branches of Government
(c) the polity and the economy
94. Which one of the following cities has been (d) State and Local Governments
identified as the best habitable city in the 18th
Mercer Quality of Life Study, 2016?
98. The 10th Schedule to the Constitution of India
(a) Munich relates to
(b) Vienna (a) the provisions relating to the formation of
(c) Zurich District Councils
(d) Vancouver (b) the land reforms
(c) the States and Union Territories
95. Which one of the following States won the 61th (d) the anti-defection law
National School Athletics Championship in the
year 2016?
99. The amending power of the Parliament set
(a) Punjab forth in which one of the following Articles of the
(b) Kerala Constitution of India?
(c) Maharashtra (a) Article-368
(d) Tamil Nadu (b) Article-360
(c) Article-13(2)
96. In February 2016, which one of the following (d) Article-370
countries has rejected the plea of the incumbent
President through a referendum to contest the
Presidential election for the third term? 100. With regard to a Constitution Amendment Bill,
which one of the following statements is not
(a) Brazil correct?
(b) Paraguay
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(a) The Speaker of the Lok Sabha can call a joint 104. Which of the following statements about the
sitting of both the Houses to pass the Bill Bengali literary epic, Meghnad Badh Kabya (1861),
(b) Each House needs to pass the Bill separately by is/are correct?
a prescribed special majority 1. It was written by Michael Madhusudan Dutta.
(c) The Bill can be introduced in either House of 2. It draws upon existing Hindu and Jain traditions
Parliament of Ramayana.
(d) The Bill can be sponsored by a Private Member 3. It was translated into Assamese and Hindi.
Select the correct answer using the code given
101. 'Cut Motion' can be introduced after the below.
presentation of (a) Only 1
(a) any Bill introduced in the Parliament (b) 2 and 3
(b) the Railway and General Budgets (c) 1 add 2
(c) any Private Member's Bill (d) 1 and 3
(d) a Constitution Amendment Bill
105. Which one of the following is the famous
102. Who among the following divided novel written in 1869 by Nazir Ahmad?
governments into 'Republican', 'Monarchical' and (a) Twilight in Delhi
'Despotic'? (b) Mirat-ul-uroos
(a) Aristotle (c) Bahishti Zewar
(b) Hobbes (d) City of Djinns
(c) Montesquieu
(d) St. Augustine 106. Which of the following statements about the
founding of the Indian National Congress (INC)
103. Who among the following coined the terms is/are Correct?
'Demand Polity' and 'Command Polity'? 1. The INC was formed in Bombay in 1885.
(a) Lloyd I. Rudolph & Susanne H. Rudolph 2. The first President of the INC was WC Banerjee.
(b) Rajni Kothari Select the correct answer using the code given
(c) Sudipta Kaviraj below.
(b) Only 2
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107. The earliest literary references to iron in the 1. They were named after the British
Indian Sub-continent are found in the Parliamentarians, Minto and Morley.
(a) Rigveda 2. They provided for limited self government by
increasing the number of elected Indians in the
(b) Samaveda Legislative Councils.
(c) Yajurveda 3. They contained provisions that ensured that
(d) Vinaya Pitaka British officials retained their majority in the
Imperial Legislative Council.
Which of the statements given above is/are
108. Match list I with list Il and select the correct
correct?
answer using the code given below the lists.
(a) Only 1
List I (Author)
(b) 2 and 3
A. Dadabhai Naoroji Economics
(c) 1 and 3
B. Prafulla Chandra Ray rule in India
(d) 1, 2 and 3
C. Mahadev Govind
D. RC Dutt
110. Identify from the following the novel written
List II (Book)
by Charles Dickens that critiqued the adverse
1. Essay on Indian impact of industrialization on the poor.
2. Poverty and Un-British (a) The Day Before America
3. Economic History of Ranade India (b) Hard Times
4. Ter Poverty Problem in India (c) Creating a Nation
Code: (d) The Courtier
A B C D
(a) 2 4 1 3 111. What is the meaning of the term 'Humanist'
(b) 3 1 4 2 used during the Renaissance" in 5th century
Europe?
(c) 2 1 4 3
1. It refers to the masters who taught grammar and
(d) 3 4 1 2
rhetoric.
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2. It refers to the masters who taught poetry, 1. It was marked by a complete break from the
history and moral philosophy. past.
3. It refers to the masters, who taught subjects that 2. It was actually a revival of the imperial Roman
were connected with religion. style.
4. It refers to masters who emphasised skills that 3. The Architects familiar with classical style were
were developed through discussion and debate. employed by wealthy merchants and aristocrats.
Select the correct answer using the code given Select the correct answer using the code given
below. below.
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (a) Only 1
(b) 1 and 3 (b) 2 and 3
(c) 1, 2 and 4 (c) Only 2
(d) 2 and 4 (d) Only 3
112. Which of the following was/were the features 114. Which of the following statements about the
of the Quit India Movement? ideology of Utilitarianism in the context of British
1. From the very beginning, it was a rural revolt. India is/are correct?
2. It was essentially a moderate movement. 1. Utilitarianism believed that the rule of law was
necessary for societal betterment.
3. It was marked by the Unprecedented use of
violence 2. James Mill expounded the principles of
Utilitarianism in his. famous book, 'Utilitarians and
4. It was marked by acute state repression. the Raj'.
Select the correct answer using the code given 3. Utilitarians differed from the liberals in
below. significant ways.
(a) Only 1 4. Utilitarianism had distinct authoritarian
(b) 1 and 2 tendencies.
(c) 3 and 4 Select the correct answer using the code given
below.
(d) 1, 3 and 4
(a) Only 1
(b) 1 and 2
113. Which of the following statement(s) about the
new style of architecture of Rome in the 15th (c) 3 and 4
century is/ are correct? (d) 1, 3 and 4
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3. It advocated a constructive programme of self 1. For the Reserved Passengers
help or 'atmashakti'. 2. For the Unreserved
4. In the sphere of education, national schools were 3. For the Reserved
established.
4. For the Unreserved
Select the correct answer using the code given
(a) 1, 2 and 3
below.
(c) 3 and 4
(a) 1,2 and 3
(b) 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 4
(d) Only 2
(c) 2, 3 and
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
118. Who among the following is the first person
outside Indian Navy to become 'the Director
116. Who among the following is the winner of the General of Indian Coast Guard?
8th Human Rights Award by Amnesty
(a) Krishna Chaudhary
International, Germany?
(b) Rajendra Singh
(a) Monira Rahman
(c) Prabhakaran Paleri
(b) Abel Barrera
(d) HCS Bisht
(c) Alice Nkom
(d) Henri Tiphagne
119. Who among the following is the winner of the
Jnanpith Award for the year 2015?
117. Which of the following pairs of Scheme and
(a) Bhalchandra Nemade
Target Group, as initiated in the Railway Budget
2016, is/ are correctly matched? (b) Raghuveer Chaudhary
(c) Pratibha Ray
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CAPF (AC) Exam Paper 2016 - "General Studies, Essay and Comprehension"
1. Write essays on any four of the following in (b) The trend of nuclear families will make old age
about 300 words each : homes in India increase in number.
(a) The onus of maintaining healthy relations with 3. Write reports on the following in about 200
'Nepal is on India words each :
(b) Farmers' suicides in India : A sign of impending
disaster (a) Receding glaciers
(c) India needs to redefine the relations between (b) Ban on alcohol in Bihar
the Centre and the States
(d) Is development possible at the cost of 4. Attempt a précis of the given passage in
environment ? one-third of its length. Do not suggest a title.
(e) Revamping our banking system is the need of Write, as far as possible, in your own words. Write
the hour the précis on the separate sheets provided and
(f) Urbanisation of India is nothing but blind fasten them to the answer book.
Westernisation
There is no better illustration of human folly than
2. Write arguments for and against each of the the narrative of Sheikh Chilli. Who in India is not
following statements : aware of the story of this incorrigible fool who
chose to ignore the sane advice of a passer-by of
(a) India needs to focus on imparting quality not cutting the same branch on which he himself
education instead of merely increasing its Gross was sitting. Obviously fools fail to learn from
Enrolment Ratio. others' experiences and pay a heavy price in the
process.
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There goes a saying that it is no use crying over
They have use neither for their own intelligence nor spilt milk. Now what we need to become vigilant
for that of others. They live in their own world, while about is the danger posed by fools to our survival.
apparently they may be in the middle of a group of Academic curricula across the world need to
people. educate learners about the negative potential of
fools to challenge the safety and security of planet
Fools by nature are enemies of thinking, both Tell earth.
reflective and prospective. They never doubt their
intelligence, are cocksure of their sense of 5. Read the following passage and answer the
judgement. They think they are benefactors of questions that follow :
society and are anguished that the world fails to
recognise their talent. All fools possess a degree of It is an obvious trait of black incomes that they
impatience in their desire to make the world realise cannot be declared to the fiscal authority for fear of
their worth, wishing to improve its lot by setting a саt large penalties. As under-declarations multiply,
personal example before it. They are sure that the the tax base shrinks and price controls begin to
folks around them lack an innate sense of blunt the edge of fiscal policy. One instrument of
discretion and require to learn from them. control gets into the way of the other and makes it
ineffective. Tax evasion is large not necessarily
Fools have been immortalized by literature across because the rate of tax is high, as businessmen
the world. Like Sheikh Chilli's account in India, the often proclaim, but because the income on which
legend of Don Quixote, the fictional Spanish knight, tax is to be paid, and the activity from which
is equally famous in the West. He is known for income is received, cannot be declared. It follows
thriving in a make-believe world where he is the that even if taxes were halved, so long as the
lone saviour of humanity. The good thing is that income is black, taxes will be evaded. However, to
these self-proclaimed samaritans often inhabit the the extent taxation fails to catch undeclared
world of imagination, limiting their capacity to incomes come emanating from controls, it
cause damage to the real world and producing in becomes a bad instrument for balancing aggregate
the process hilarious effects through their demand and supply and for controlling inflation. In
irrationality. But there are instances when such an enthusiastic attempt to make taxation do the
fools have come to occupy the centre stage of balancing trick, tax rates on honest tax-payers
history. Their actions then had disastrous effects become penal. This leads to a second round of tax
on our welfare, as well as on our existence. We all evasion, this time because tax rates are intolerably
know how people like Hitler brought the world to high. More and more tax-payers at the margin avoid
the brink of destruction through their disastrous tax payment, become dishonest and in the course
leadership. The condition of the world continues to of time get used to dishonesty. While black money
be precarious and its future insecure due to foolish does so much damage to public policy, it also dries
scientists who have handed over the destructive up the sources of real growth in the private sector
secrets of nuclear power to vicious politicians. of the economy. The capital market, the main
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vehicle of growth, consequently dries up, and (ii) None of these books - in circulation today. (Fill
capital formation both in the public and private in the blank with appropriate form of 'be')
sectors suffers a serious decline. (iii) Such rumours are commonly heard these days.
(Change to active form)
(i) How is the circulation of black money (iv) He says, "I'm not coming to the function."
detrimental for private entrepreneurs ? (Convert into indirect statement)
(ii) Why isn't reduction of taxes useful for sprucing (v) None other but Raj has done this mischief.
up taxes ? (Correct the sentence)
(iii) How do honest tax-payers suffer on account of (vi) Neither she nor her husband was present for
tax evaders ? the ceremony.
(iv) Howdoes black income impact a nation's (Change into interrogative sentence)
economy? (vii) They come to the park regularly.
(v) Large scale evasion of taxes takes place due to (Change to past tense to project it as a routine past
exorbitant taxes.' Argue for or against the activity)
statement on the basis of your reading of the (viii) They know you, – (Supply the question tag)
passage. (ix) We fashioned these artefacts out of waste
material.
(Change into passive form)
(x) 'Arch-enemy' means one's old enemy/worst
enemy.
(Strike out the wrong option)
(B) Give the plural form of the following words and
make sentences using the plural form :
(i) alumnus
(ii) antenna
(iii) synopsis
(iv) stratum
(v) fungus
(C) Correct the following sentences, without
making any unnecessary changes :
6. (A) Rewrite the sentences as directed : (i) Several defence aircrafts have crashed recently.
(ii) She had come here but did not meet me for
(i) No _ -, no gains. (Fill in the blank to complete the reasons best known to her.
proverb)
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(iii) He is one of the most promising pupil of my
class.
(iv) Cadets must get all items of clothes ironed
before packing them for the excursion.
(v) Uneasy lies the head who wears the crown.
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