GENERAL KNOWLEDGE – 2006, SECTION -III

 8.       Mention the place where the following are located:

(a)     Barapani Lake

(b)   Rock Garden

(c)    Victoria Peak

(d)   Ramanashram

(e)   NIMHANS

(f)     Spice Board

(g)    Kalashetra

(h)   Bryant Park

(i)      Heathrow Airport

(j)     Hieun- Tsang Memorial hall

9.       What do the following abbreviations stand for?

(a)    ITER

(b)   MNP

(c)    ICRISAT

(d)   LERMS

(e)   MASER

(f)     NICE

(g)    ADAM

(h)   GIS

(i)      FST

(j)     WMO

10.   What are the following (answer in 1 word or 1 sentence each)?

(a)    Symbiosis

(b)   Psychokinesis

(c)    Petrology

(d)   Allotropy

(e)   Eugenics

(f)     Progeria

(g)    Semiotics

(h)   Avahan

(i)      Gret Rift Valley

(j)     Certiorari

11.   What are the following famous for (answer in 1 word or 1 sentence each)?

(a)    Ayyappa panicker

(b)   Reese wither spoon

(c)    Angela Merkel

(d)   Sundarlal Bhauguna

(e)   Dr. Mohmmed Rela

(f)     Jayadevan System

(g)    Dr. Edward Bach

(h)   Schengan Visa

(i)      Sully prodhomme

(j)     Bharathi Gupta

12.   Why have the following been in the news recently?

(a)    Naomi Campbell

(b)   Raj Babber

(c)    INS Prahar

(d)   Rafeal Nadal

(e)   Jawad-al-Malike

(f)     Sanat Fonseka

(g)    ‘My Lord’

(h)   Wl-16 R III

(i)      Tibetan sand fox

(j)     Balbir Singh (sr)

13.    With which game/ sport are the following terms associated?

(a)    Half nelson

(b)   Circle

(c)    Niblic

(d)   Scoop

(e)   Stone walling

(f)     Vulnerable

(g)    Jigger

(h)   Pitcher

(i)      Drop

(j)     Tobogganing

 

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE – 2006, SECTION -II

 4.       Answer any three of the following (about 100 words each :)

(a)    What are earth movements? Explain.

(b)   What is acid rock?

(c)    Distinguish between weather and climate.

(d)   Explain avalanche and avalanche wind.

(e)   Define mountain range, mountain system and mountain chain.

5.       Answer any three of the following (about 100 words each):

(a)    Write a note on barrier reef.

(b)   What is lumbering?

(c)    Explain the importance of monsoon rains on Indian economy.

(d)   Distinguish between Bhabar and Tarai.

(e)   What is the significance of ‘FINSAS’?

6.       Answer any three of the following (about 100 words each)

(a)    Colonial Historiography has led to communalism in India. Discuss.

(b)   Define Mansabdari system.

(c)    Explain the features of Nehru Report, 1928.

(d)   What is Home rule movement?

(e)   State regions for the growth of Extremism during the second phase of India’s freedom struggle.

7.       Answer any three of the following (about 100 words each)

(a)    Explain Sufism.

(b)   Was Mughal state a centralized bureaucracy? Discuss.

(c)    Discuss the nature of medieval Indian peasantry.

(d)   Briefly write the major points of Civil disobedience movement.

(e)   What is ‘fourth generation warfare’?

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE – 2006, SECTION -I

                               Time allowed:  3 hours   maximum Marks: 300

Candidates should attempt all questions.

1.       Answer any three of the following (about 150 words each)

(a)    Biodiversity enriches life. Discuss.

(b)   Illustrate the procedure of self-grown bladder transplant.

What are the merits of such organic growth?

(c)    What is relative humidity?  Explain

(d)   What is e-waste? Explain.

(e)   Explain plate tectonics.

2.       Answer  any one of the following (about 150 words):

(a)    Discuss the current position of president’s rule under Article 356 of the constitution of India.

(b)   State the essential features of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005.

3.       Answer any toe of the following (about 150 words each):

(a)    What is the main provision of the right to Information Act, 2005?

(b)   State the implications of 73r Amendment Act empowering the panchayat Raj institutions in India.

(c)    What are the functions of Minorities commission?