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SrInfoPR - 18 - 2023 - 29122023 NM
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GENERAL STUDIES G
Full Marks : 1OO
Read cha lolloutl'I.g lnsttuetToat ca*fuflg b{orc yot begln to qn wer the quaatlorl.'l
l. The name of the Subject, Roll Number as mentioned in the Admission Certincate, Test Booklet No. and Series
are to be wdtten legibly and corectly in the space provided on the A[swer-Sheet with Black/Blue ba]lpoiot pen.
2. Atrpcr-ghcct wlthout Barthg gsrlos r! mcntloBed sbovo h the spacs provldstl for la the Anawcr-Shoot
lhqll not bo cvaluated.
3. All quesdons carry equal marks.
ThG Auwer.ShcGt lhould bc lubmtttad to thc lavlgllatoi.
Directionsfor giring the a/tsurers : Diiections for answering questions have already been issued to the respective
candidates in the 'Iltstructions for marking in tie OMR Answer-Sheet'along with the A&uit Card and Specimen
Copy of the OMR Answer-Sheet.
Dxample i
Suppose tlle following question i8 asked i
The capital of Bangladesh is
(A) Chennai
(B) London
(C) Dhaka
(D) Dhubri
You will have four altematives in the Answer-Sheet for your lespoose corresponding to each question of the CN
Test Booldet as b€low : m
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In the above illustration, ifyour chosen responde is attemative (C), i.e., Dhaka, ttten the same should be marked
on the Answer-Sheet by blackening the relevant circle u'ith a Black/Blue batlpoint pen or y as below :
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7. Choose the correct option from the 11. Choose the correct option from the
following. following.
(A) t€t us give the help by hand, (A) Tourism has been considered
(B) tet us give a helping hand. one of the most important
factors in the country's
(C) Let us give a help with hand. development.
(D) Let us help the hand. (B) Tourism haye been considered
one of the most important
8. .I did the work', he said. (Direct factor in the country's
Speech) development.
Choose the correct Indirect Speech (C) Tourism have been considered
from thi following. one of the most important
factors in the country's
(A) He eaid he did tl:e work. development,
(B) He said he would do the work. (D) Tourism . is having been
(C) He said tfiat he had done the considered one of the most
work. important factors in the
(D) country's development.
He said that the work was done.
Choose the correct option from the
9. Who is calling you? (Active Voice) following.
Choose the correct Passive Voice (A) He mastered courage for the
from the following. climh.
(A) You are being called by who? (B) Mustering courage he began the
(B) By whom are you being called? climb.
(C) By whom you are being called? (C) He mustered courage for the
climb.
(D) Whose call you are being
called? (D) Having muater courage he
began the climb.
10. Choose the correct option from the Choose the correct option from the
following. following.
(A) No sooner had I sat down than (A) The thief took to his heels on
they were leaving the place. seeing a policeman.
(B) No sooner did I sit down then (B) The thief was taking to his
they left the place. heels on seeing a policeman.
(C) No sooner I had sat they begin (C) The thief was taken on his heels
to leave the place. by the policeman.
(D) No sooner did I sit down than (D) The thief ran to his heels on
they left the place. seeing a policeman.
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21, The Kisan Credit Card Yojana seeks In this question, there are two
. to mitigate financial shorlcomings statements labelled as Assertion (A)
experienced by farmers during three and Reason (R) :
stages of cropping activity. Point out Assertion (A) :
which one is not included from the Every journalist should follow
options given below. journalistic ethic.
(A) Reason (R) :
During cultivation
It aids in the reliable, accurate
(B) During hawesting and balanced reporting of news by
journalists.
(C) During maintenance
In the context of the two statements,
(D) During marketing which one of the following options is
correct?
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, and
22, Which of the following is not an (R) is the correct explanation
expected impact of the UDAY of (A)
Scheme?
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true,
(A) Increased capital investment but (R) is not the correct
explanation of (A)
(Bl Free power supply to the under- (C) (A) is false,but (R) is true
privileged
(D) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(C) Development of renewable
ener$/ sector What is cherry-picking in
journalism?
(D) Availability of 24x7 power to all
at affordable price (A) The artistic skill or technique
with which an author put
together narrative and other
Which of 'the following is not an elements in order to convey
eligibility criterion for tfie Sarothi meaning and produce effect
Start-up Scheme? (B) Selective presentation of facts
and quotes in support of certain
(A) Innovative start-up industrial
opinions
activities
(C) The spreading of ideas,
(B) New Micro, Small and Medium information or rumor for the
Enterprises in Assam purpose of helping or injuring
an institution, a cause or a
(C) Provenentrepreneurial person
experience
(D) Advertising intended to create
(D) The applicant must not be a I demand for a specific brand
defaulter of any bank or rather than for the whole
Iinancial institution product category or class
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Cloze' is a method of 32. In PR, the people you have to do
v
(A) editing (B) captioning business with like employees,
investors, suppliers, customers, etc.,
(C) readability (D) ending are called
27. Hard news is mostly
' (A) community (B) public
(A) spot news (C) peers (D) subordinates
(B) society news are people who work for
(C) entertainment news the organization from the top
management to the workers.
(D) filler news (A) Employees
28. Mistake in news reading is known as (B) Consumers
(A) Iluff (C) Opinion leaders
(B) foot in the door (D) Suppliers
(C) ident The Right to Information Act, 2005
(D) lift came into force on which of the
following dates?
29, The cost to carry out a PR plan is (A) 22nd June, 20Os
' determined irt which step of PR (B) 12th October, 2005
planning model? (C) 15th June, 2005
(A) Appreciation of the situation (D) 15th August, 2005
(B) Delinition of objective 35. The Right to Information Act, 2005
(C) Selection of media and replaced which Act?
techniques (A) The Information Technologr
(D) Planning of a budget Act, 2000
(B) The Freedom of Information
30. reach the people with news Act, 2OO2
and opinions and work as a link, (C) The Delimitation Act, 2OO2
-(A) Suppliers (D) None of the above
(B) Opinion leaders
What is the age criterion to Iile an
(C) Executives RTI application?
(D) Media (A) 18 years and above
31. Which of the following tips should
(B) 45 years and above
a PR practitioner not take (C) 16 years and above
into consideration while giving (D) No age bar
interviews? 37. The National Sports Day (NSD) is
(A) Participate in Q & A session celebrated on which date in India?
(B) Arrive early (A) August 28
(C) Be appropriately dressed (B) August.29
(D) Always lead answers to more (C) September 4
questions (D) October 4
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38. InWhich of the following sports/ 45. Consider the following statements
games is the term tnterference' and select the correct one(s) using
used? the codes given below :
(A) colf (B) Chess (i) In computer terminologr, a
(C) Squash (D) Table Tennis honeypot is a cybersecurif
measure.
39, Which among the following is played
on a synthetic hard court? (ii) In computer terminolos/, a
(A) French Open honeypot is a dating site.
(B) Wimbledon (iii) In computer terminologr, a
(C) US Open honeypot is a marriage
(D) Australian Open counselling site.
(iv) In computer terminolory, a
What is the last day or seventh day sugarcane is a type of honeypot,
of Bihu (Bohag/ Rangali) called?
Codes :
(A) Sera Bihu
(B) Kutum Bihu (A) (i) only
(C) Manuh Bihu (B) (ii) only
(D) Chot Bihu (c) (iii). only
(D) (i) and (iv)
41. Which is the first film of Dr. Bhupen
Hazarika as a playback singer?
Consider the following statements
(Al Jogmoti and select the correct one(s) using
lBl Era Bdtor Sur the codes given below :
(c) slmj (i) Marsh gas is also known
lDl Indrandati as BOG.
Which was the first Assamese color (ii) Marsh gas is produced by
film? anaerobic decomposition of
(Al Bhaitg plant and animal matter under
lBl PLberun water.
(Cl Ronga Police (iii) Marsh gas is mainly methane
lDl Dodor Bezbarua with smaller amounts of
hydrogen sulphide, carbon
49. Which of the following dramas was/ dioxide and traces of phosphine.
were written by Madhavdev?
(Al Arjun Blnnjan (iv) Marsh gas is mainly phosphine
with smaller amounts of
lBl Chor-Dlaru methane, hydrogen sulphide
(Cl Pimpara &rclw1pa and traces of carbon dioxide.
(D) All of the above
Codes :
Which company has recenfly (A) (i) only
announced to launch 'AMBER Alerts'
to find missing children?
(B) (i) and (ii)
(A) Microsoft (B) Google (c) (i), (ii) and (iii)
(C) Meta (D) Apple (P) (i), (ii) and (i9
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55. What is the primary objective of 59. How much subsidy is the Assam
the Vision lndia 2047? Government providing on home loan
(A) To make India a $10 trillion under the 'Aponar Apon Ghar' Home
economy by 2O47 Loan Subsidy Scheme, 2023?
(B) To ensure India's development (A) r 3.5 lakhs
into a developed nation by 2047 (B) I 2 lakhs
and avoid the middle income
trap, which has affected several (C) ? 2.5 lakhs
countries at several stages of (D) ? 4 lakhs
development
(C) To establish India as the 6O. When was the Tocklai Tea Research
world's largest agricultural Institute established?
exporter (A) (B) ta74
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(D) To increase India's share of the
global GDP to lOo/o by 2047 (c) lei1 (D) 1es0
Which Union Ministry set up Zonal 61. The name of the River Manas is
Cultural Centres (ZCCs) to conserve derived from the
art, culture and crafts? (A) Lake Mansarovar
(A) The Ministry of Education (B) Serpent Goddess Manasa
(B) The Ministry of Skill Develop-
ment and Entrepreneurship
(C) Sanskrit word Manas' or mind
(C) The Ministry of Culture (D) None of the above
(D) The Ministry of Tourism
62. Which is the smallest Tiger Reserve
57. The Union Budget, 2023-2024 has . in Assam?
allocated 12,516 crores for the (A) Nameri (B) Manas
computerization of which unit over
the next live years?
(C) Kaziranga (D) Orang
(A) State Cooperative Banks 63. Which strait separates the European
(B) District Central Cooperative and Asian parts of Turkey?
Banks
(A) Bosporus Strait
(C) Primary Agricultural Credit
(B) Dardanelles Strait
Societies
(D) Multistate Cooperative Banks
(C) Gibraltar Strait
(D) Malacca Strait
58, Which Ministry announced to create
"Integrated Pensioners' Portal"? 64. Who is the author of the book,
(A) The Ministry of Defence The Broken Wng?
(B) The Ministry of Personnel (A) Khushwant Singh
(C) The Ministry of Finance . (B) Sarojini Naidu
(D) The Ministry of Labour and (C) Shashi Tharoor
Employment (D) Robia Sharma
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65. Consider the following statements Codes :
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68. Consider the following statements Codes :
and select the correct one(s) using (A) (i) and (iii)
t}re codes given below :
(s) (i) and (i9
(i) In network communication,
404 error code is a hypertext (c) (i), (ii) and (iii)
transfer protocol standard (D) (i); (ii) and (iv)
response code,
(ii) In network communication,
404 error code means that the Which of the following statements is
web sener could not find the correct?
user-requested web page, (A) In computer parlance, URL
(iii) In network communication, stands for Uniform Resource
404 brror code means that the Locator.
requested web page may be
malicious.
(B) in computer parlance, URL
stands for Unilied Resource
(iv| In network communication, Locator.
404 error code means that the
visit to the user-requested web (C) In computer parlance, URL
page has been debarred by the stands for Unique Resource
local authorities. Locator.
(D) .None of the above
Codes :
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Consider the following statements 74. Consider the following statements
and select the correct ones using the and select the correct one(s) using
codes given below : the codes given below :
(i) The full form of the tuel gas (i) Radiocarbon dating is a
CNG is Compressed Natural technique to determine the
Gas,
age of fossils of once living
organisms.
(ii) CNG is mainly composed of (ir) Radiocarbon dating is a
butane. technique to determine the age
(iii) CNG is mainly composed of of sedimentary rocks.
methane. (iii) Radiocarbon dating technique
(iv) CNG is compressed to less than is based on the decay of radio-
17o of its volume at 76 cm of Hg active carbon- 14 isotope.
pressure. (iv) Radiocarbon dating technique
Codes :
was lirst developed by Willard
Libby.
(A) (i) and (iii) Codes :
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76. In which of the following places has 80. Consider the following :
India's Iirst fully solar village been (0 The National Cur.r'iculum
recenfly set up?
Framework, 2023
(A) Jodhpur, Rajasthan (ii) The National Translation Mission
(B) Muttur, Karnataka (iii) The NIPUN Bharat Mission
(C) Modhera, Gujarat Which of the initiatives given above
(D) Chinchodi, Maharashtra is/are working for the promotion of
education in mother tongue?
77. The theme of India's G2O Presidency Codes :
is Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam'. It has
been drawn from (A) (i) only
(Al Aitarega Upanistad (B) (ii) only
(Bl Maha Upanishad (c) (i), (ii) and (iii)
(D) None of the above
lCl Chandogga Upanishad.
(Dl Mandukga Upanishad.
81. Consider the following statements
The Toll, Operate and Transfer (TOT) and select the correct ones using the
model is sometime talked about with codes given below :
reference to which of tJ:e following? (i) The Multi-Modal Logistica Park
(MMLP) in Assam is tJre
(A) Aviation country's first international
(B) Defence sector MultlModal Lagistics Park
(C) Medical sector under the Bharatmala
Pariyojana.
(D) National Highways
(ii) It is being constructed in
79, With reference to the Places in News Dhubri district of Assam.
and their locations, consider the (iii) The MMLP $,ill serve as a hub
following pairs : for cross-border trade ,udth
Plrles in Neuts Incatbns Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal and
(i) Kharkiv Myanmar,
Ukraine
(ii) Fukushfuna South Korea (iv) The PM Gati Shakti-National
Master Plan is a key component
(iii) Gaza Strip Jordan of this vision, which aims to
Which of the pairs given above receive and rejuvenate the
is/are correctly matched? transportation system.
Codes ; Codes :
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82, Films
Which of the following pairs of 84. Which of the following States do not
and Directors is/are correctly have a Ramsar Site yet?
matched? (i) Sikkim
Films Arectors
Jaicheng Jai (ii) Telangana
lil Boomba Ride
Dohutia (iii) Tripura
liil Haanduk Biswaieet Bora
(iv) Arunachal Pradesh
(iii) Tora's Husband Rima Das
(v) Jharkhand
livl Halodhia claraye Jahnu Barua
Baodhan Khai Select the correct answer using the
Select the corect answer using the codes given below'
codes given below. Codes:
Codes :
(A) (i) only (A) (ii)' (iii) and (iv)
(B) (ii) only (B) (i) and (v)
(c) (iii) and (iv)
(D) (i) and (ii) (c) (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v)
83. With reference to the successful (D) (i), (iil, (iv) and (v)
accomplishment of Chandrayaan-3
Moon Mission of India, consider the
following statements : 85. Consider the following statements
(i) India is the first country to land and select the correct one(s) using
on the Moon's South Pole. the codes given below:
(ii) Sagar Dutta, a scientist (i) Neeraj Chopra is a 3000 m
Assam, was a member of-from the steeplechase specialist'
team chandrayaan-3 Moon
Mission. (ii) Avinash Sable is a javelin
(iii) India is the 3rd country to thrower.
achieve a soft landing on the (iii) Mirabai chanu is an olympic
Moon' medallist wrestler.
(iv) 23rd August wjll be celebrated
as the National Space Day to (iv) Umran Malik is a fast bowler
commemorate the landing of with a speed of 150 kmph'
Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon. Codes:
Which of the statements -siven above
is/are correct? (A) (i) onlY
codes : (B) (iv) only
(A) (i), (ii) and (iii)
(B) (i) and (iv) (c) (i), (ii) and (iii)
(C) (ii) only
(D) (iii) only (D) (i) and (ii)
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90. Match the Articles of the Indian 91. With respect to the Indian
Constitution (List-I) with the Constitution, consider the following
Subjects (List-II) and select the statements and select the correct
correct answer using the codes given one(s) using the codes given below :
below :
Codes :
(D) a bcd
3 t24 (D) (ii) only
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With respect to the Indian (ii) According to the Indian
Constitution, consider the following Constitution, the States are
statements and select the correct responsible for issues such as
one(s) using the codes given below: education.
(i) Matters enumerated under (iii) According to the Indian
List I of the Seventh Schedule Constitution, the Union
to the Constitution are within Government is responsible for
the exclusive legislative power issues such as agriculture.
of tl:e States. (iv) According to the Indian
(ii) Matters enumerated under Constitution, the States are
List II of the Seventh Schedule responsible for issues such as
to the Constitution are within internal security.
the exclusive legislative power
Cod.es :
of the Union.
(iii) The Constitution does not (A) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
envision shared competence, (B) (i) only
through List III, of the Union
and States, (c) (i) and (ii)
(iv) Article 248 anid Entry 97 of (D) None of the above
List I give the States residuary
powers to legislate on a subject
that may be absent from all Garibi Hatao (poverty eradication)
three Lists- is associated with which Prime
Codes :
Minister?
93. With respect to the Indian The AFSPA has been described as a
Constitution, consider the following legacy of 'colonial constitutionalism'
statements and select the correct by whom among the following?
one(s) using the codes given below :
. Steven Wilkinson
(A)
(i) According to the Indian
Constitution, the Union
(B) John McGarry
Govemment is reeponsible for (C) Sanjib Baruah
issues that affect India such
as war. (D) Brendan O'Leary
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96. Match the Himalayan Regions 98, The Fortaleza Declaration is -
(List-l) with the Altitudes of associated with which of the
Snowline (List-II) and select the following?
correct answer using the codes given (A) MERCOSUR
below : (B) BRICS
List-I List-II (C) ASEAN
(D) SMRC
a. North-Eastern 1. 4400 m
Himalayas 99. According to whom among the
(Arunachal Pradesh) following was there no per capita
growth in India from 1600 to 1870?
b. Karakoram 2. 5200 m to
Himalayas 5800 m (A) Angus Maddison
(B) Bipan Chandra
c. Kumaun Himalayas 3. 5500 m (C) Mike Davis
ano aoove
(D) B. R, Tomlinson
d. Kashmir Himalayas 4. 5100 m to
5500 m 1OO. Match the Authors (List-I) with
their Books (List-ll) and select the
Codes : correct answer using the codes given
below:
(A) a b c o
t234List-lList-ll
t'KNPanikka'''ff:;:t;u,
(B) a b c d
1342Hegemong
(C) a b c 6 b' Sekhar 2' From Plasseg
4 3 2 | Bandyopadhyay to Partition
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