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Essay, Precis Writing & Comprehension Paper 2009

Q1. Write an essay on any one of the four topics below, in about 600 words :

(a) Should uniformed services personnel be allowed to form associations?
(b) 'Not reason (or facts) but attitude resolves problems,
(c) Should a developing country spend money on space research?
(d) Should corporal punishment of children be banned in our schools and homes ?

Q2. Attempt a précis of the following passage in your own words, reducing it to about a third of its present length and assigning a short appropriate title. The précis must be written only in the special précis sheet provided.

"Remember that the aim of your discipline should be to produce a self-governing being; not to produce a being to be governed by others. In feudal times, when one of the chief evils the citizen had to fear was the anger of his superiors, it was well that during childhood, parental vengeance should be a chief means of government. But now that the good or evil which he experiences is mainly that which in the order of things results from his own conduct, he should from his first years begin to learn, experimentally, the good or evil consequences which naturally follow this or that conduct. Aim, therefore, to diminish the parental government, as fast as you can substitute for it in your child's mind that self-government arising from a foresight of results, During infancy, a considerable amount of absolutism is necessary.

A three-year-old urchin playing with an open razor, cannot be allowed to learn by this discipline of consequences, for the consequences may be too serious. But as intelligence increases, the number of peremptory interferences may be, and should be, diminished with a view to gradually ending them as maturity is approached. All transitions are dangerous; and the most dangerous is the transition from the restraint of the family circle to the non-restraint of the world. Hence the importance of pursuing the policy we advocate which, by cultivating a boy's faculty of self-restraint, by continually increasing the degree in which he is left to his self-restraint, and by so bringing him step-by-step to a state of unaided self-restraint, obliterates the ordinary sudden and hazardous change from externally-governed youth to internally-governed maturity. Let the history of your domestic rule typify, in little, the history of our political rule at the outset, autocratic control where control is really needful; by and by, an incipient constitutionalism in which the liberty of the subject gains some express recognition; successive extensions of this liberty of the subject gradually ending in parental abdication.'

Q3. Summarise in your own words the following passage in about a third of its present length. It must be written only in the special précis sheet provided.

"The teacher, like the artist, the philosopher, and the man of letters, can only perform his work adequately if he feels himself to be an individual directed by an inner creative impulse, not dominated and fettered by an outside authority. It is very difficult in this modern world to find a place for the individual. He can subsist at the top as a dictator in a totalitarian state or a plutocratic magnate in a country of large industrial enterprises, but in the realm of the mind it is becoming more and more difficult to preserve independence of the great organized forces that control the livelihoods of men and women. If the world is not to lose the benefit to be derived from its best minds, it will have to find some method of allowing them scope and liberty in spite of organization.

This involves a deliberate restraint on the part of those who have power, and a conscious realization that there are men to whom free scope must be afforded. Renaissance Popes could feel in this way towards Renaissance artists, but the powerful men of our day seem to have more difficulty in feeling respect for exceptional genius. The turbulence of our times is inimical to the flowering of culture. The man in the street is full of fear, and therefore unwilling to tolerate freedoms for which he sees no need. Perhaps we must wait for quieter times before the claims of civilization can again override the claims of party spirit. Meanwhile, it is important that some at least should continue to realize the limitations of what can be done by organization. Every system should allow loopholes and exceptions, for if it does not, it will in the end, crush all that is best in man.'

Q4. Study the following passage, and then answer the questions given below :

The advances of the scientific age have not been fortuitous. They are the logical outcome of fearless thought, practised now unfortunately by only a few and even by the few only in limited fields, Imagine, however, the possibilities inherent in the application to the social and political questions of the day of the same style of thought pursued with the same energy and cooperation that went to the production of the atom bomb. Almost without exception, the major problems facing governments and peoples today are technical ones — full production and employment, social security, housing, race-relations, food supplies, agricultural policy, health, war, distribution. The solution of these problems is impossible except by the methods of science.

This complex civilization, rendered so by science, needs the scientific method in every aspect of the citizen's life. Science is no longer neutral. When the first atomic bomb exploded in New Mexico, it exploded with it all further possibility for science to stand aside. It can no longer be socially irresponsible but the main body of citizens cannot wish to see it become all-powerful. Through no wish of its own, science has been forced to assume a commanding position.

The future of politics is scientific. Only philosophers can now safely guide the destinies of men. This is not a new view. Even Plato, in spite of his insistence on the importance of the expedient, confessed, "I was forced to the condition that only the true philosophy can enable us to discern in all cases what is good for communities and individuals”; and that accordingly the human race will see better days if either those who rightly and genuinely follow philosophy acquire political power, or else the class who have political control become real philosophers.

Science is the learning of the democracies. It has always been so in Greece as in our times, and recent history has shown most clearly that other forms of government can only exist provided that the scientific spirit is eliminated even when its technology is retained. Only in a community where the citizens have freedom of action can science flourish and only when science flourishes can the citizens be free. Democracy and science go hand in hand. It is not a coincidence that the principles of citizenship were taught in Greece when science flourished and have come into their own again in modern times.

But even in a democracy there will always be forces in opposition to the spread of knowledge and liberty of thoughts among the citizens. The danger of the rising oligarchy is ever present and science is not the learning of the oligarchies – even scientific ones. Rhetoric and tradition are the remnants of oligarchies. The possibility of a scientific oligarchy is now the most imminent of the changes we may have to face.

Science has given to the citizen through technology the power of self-destruction, but has placed alongside it the basic philosophy that has vitalised science itself. On what use he makes of these twin gifts depends the world's future. If, as he has done in the past, he grasps avidly the former and neglects the latter, then Norman Collins is right, "Modern man is obsolete, a self-made anachronism becoming more incongruous by the minute. He has exalted change in everything but himself."

After three centuries, science is now supreme and as a result the world stands at the cross-roads. But if we recognise the need for change, break the chains of habit and indulge in the single-minded pursuit of truth, the new scientific age shall be bright with promise for citizenship and for the citizen on every plane of communal life.

Questions : (Answer in your own words)

(i) How does scientific knowledge affect the political system?
(ii) How has science rendered modern civilization complex ?
(i) In what way has science been given a commanding position ?
(iv) When will democracy be changed into oligarchy ?
(v) How do politics and philosophy complement each other?
(vi) What can man do to strike a balance between inventions and social development ?
(vii) Can a philosopher guide the destiny of man?
(viii) Explain the portions underlined in the passage, keeping in view the context in which they appear.

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119. A vehicle with mileage 15 km/L contains 2 L of fuel. The vehicle gets some defect asa result of which 5 L of fuel gets wasted per hour, when the engine is on. With what minimum speed, the vechile 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

(d) 200 km/h

Ans: (c)

120. A device can write 100 digits in 1 min. It starts writing natural numbers. The device is stopped after running it for half an hour. It is found that the last number it was writing, is incomplete. The number is

(a) 3000

(b) 3001

(c) 1026

(d) 1027

Ans: (d)

121. A circular coin of radius 1 cm is allowed to roll freely on the periphery over a circular disc of radius 10 cm. If the disc has no movement and the coin completes one revolution rolling on the periphery over the disc and without slipping, then what is the number of times the coin rotated about its centre?

(a) 10

(b) 10.5

(c) 11

(d) 12

Ans: (a)

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71. Which one of the following articles of the Constitution of India contains provisions for the abolition and creation of Legislative Councils?

(a) Article-171
(b) Article-169
(c) Article-356
(d) Article-182

Ans: (b)

72. The provision under Article-5l A of the Constitution of India relates to the

(a) uniform civil code for the citizens
(b) organisation of village panchayats
(c) right to education
(d) fundamental duties

Ans: (d)

73. Parochial political culture is generally found in

(a) developing societies
(b) societies having multi-party system
(c) developed societies
(d) monarchical societies

Ans: (d)

74. Who among the following sociologists is the first to propound the concept of civil society?

(a) Adam Ferguson
(b) Antonio Gramsci
(c) Friedrich Hegel
(d) Alexis de Tocqueville

Ans: (c)

75. The Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir came into force on

(a) August 15,1946
(b) August 15, 1947
(c) January 26, 1950
(d) January 26, 1957

Ans: (d)

76. Who among the following British ethnographers launched the Survey of India project in the 1860s?

(a) Hunter
(b) Dufferin
(c) Risley
(d) Thurston

Ans: (a)

77. Which of the following statements about 'Barnaparichay', a mid 19th century Bengali text is/are correct?

1. It was written by Raja Ranunohan Roy.
2. It was the most widely used Bengali primer of the time.

Select correct answer using code given below.

(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Ans: (b)

78. Which of the following statements about the Champaran Satyagraha is/are correct?

1. The Champaran region had a long tradition of anti-planter discontent and agitation.
2. Mahatma Gandhi gave all India publicity to the grievances of Champaran cultivators,
3. The cultivators of Champaran had protested against excessive taxation on sugar.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(a) Only 1
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3

Ans: (b)

79. Which of the following is/are characteristic(s) of the debate between 'Anglicists' and 'Orientalists' in the 1830s?

1. The Anglicists wanted to cut the money being spent on printing Sanskrit and Arabic texts.
2. The Anglicists wanted to cut the money spent on printing Sanskrit texts, but wished to continue to print in Persian.
3. The Orientalists wanted stipend for the students of Arabic and Sanskrit.
4. The Orientalists started a new Sanskrit College in Delhi.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(a) Only 1
(b) 1, 3 and 4
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 2, 3 and 4

Ans: (b)

80. Which of the following statements about Exercise IBSAMAR is/are 'correct?

1. It is a joint exercise of Navy of India, Brazil and Sri Lanka.
2. The fifth edition of IBSAMAR was held in Goa.
3. All previous editions' of IBSAMAR were held outside India.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(a) Only 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3

Ans: (b)

81. The latest trophy introduced in Indian domestic cricket competition is

(a) Deodhar Trophy
(b) Vijay Hazare Trophy
(c) Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
(d) Duleep Trophy

Ans: (c)

82. Which of the following statements regarding the Constituent Assembly are correct?

1. It was not based on adult franchise.
2. It resulted from direct election.
3. It was a multi-party body.
4. It worked through several committees.

Select correct answer using code given below.

(a) 1, 2 and 4
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 4
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Ans: (c)

83. Who among the following may be the Chairman of the Zila Parishad?

(a) Chief Minister
(b) District Collector
(c) Member of Parliament in the District
(d) Elected from its own members

Ans: (d)

84. What is meant by Social Equality?

(a) Each person should perform the functions according to his status
(b) No effort should be made to modify the existing social system
(c) No person should be made to suffer a position of relative inferiority in relation to other men due to caste, race or religion
(d) Special effort to improve the lot of weaker section

Ans: (c)

85. Which one of the following is not a feature of Indian federalism?

(a) Every State Government has powers of its own
(b) Courts have the power to interpret the constitution and the powers of different levels of government
(c) States are subordinate to the Central Government
(d) Sources of revenue for each level of government are clearly specified.

Ans: (a)

86. The Joint Training Exercise, Garuda Shakti, is conducted as part of military diplomacy between Indian Army and

(a) Bangladesh Army
(b) Royal Bhutan Army
(c) Nepalese Army
(d) Indonesian Army

Ans: (d)

87. Which one of the following statements regarding Human Rights is not correct?

(a) Human Rights derive their inspiration from moral principles
(b) They are applicable subject to their adoption by States
(c) The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights was adopted by the United Nations in the year 1948
(d) The universalism of Human Rights is challenged by the cultural relativists

Ans: (c)

88. Which of the following is not a characteristic of the Permanent Settlement?

(a) The Permanent Settlement vested land ownership rights in the Zamindar
(b) The Permanent Settlement continued to pay attention to the customary occupancy rights of peasants
(c) The burden of the high revenue assessment was shifted to the peasants under the Permanent Settlement
(d) The condition of the actual cultivators of the land declined under Permanent Settlement

Ans: (b)

89. Which of the following is/are characteristic(s) of the Ryotwari system?

1. It was the brainchild of Thomas Munro.
2. It was meant to reduce intermediaries.
3. Cultivating peasants were gradually impoverished by the system.
4. It was introduced in parts of Madras and Bengal Presidency.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(a) Only 1
(b) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 2 and 4
(d) 2, 3 and 4

Ans: (b)

90. Who among the following founded the Atmiya Sabha in 1815 ?

(a) Keshab Chandra Sen
(b) Debendranath Tagore
(c) Ram Mohan Roy
(d) Bijoy Krishna Goswarili

Ans: (c)

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29. Which one of the following layers of atmosphere has high concentration of ions'?

(a) Stratosphere
(b) Exosphere
(c) Thermosphere
(d) Troposphere

Ans: (c)

30. Which one of the following cities has greater annual range of temperature?

(a) Kuala Lumpur
(b) New Delhi
(c) Shanghai
(d) Ulaanbaatar

Ans: (d)

31. Match list I with list II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

List I                 List II
(Climate type in letter code) (Major area)
A. Aw 1. Central California
B. Af 2. India Subc ontinent
C. Cs 3. North and South of Amazon Forests
D. Am 4. Western Equatorial Africa

Code:

(a) 3 1 4 2
(b) 2 4 1 3
(C) 3 4 1 2
(d) 2 1 4 3

Ans: (c)

32. Ramsar Convention, to which India is a signatory, is related to conservation and wise use of

(a) wetlands
(b) genetic resources
(c) mines
(d) forest lands

Ans: (a)

33. Which one of the following rivers flows between Satpura and Vindhya ranges?

(a) Tapi
(b) Sabarmati
(c) Narmada
(d) Mahi

Ans: (c)

34. Which one of the following is the correct taxonomic hierarchy?

(a) Kingdom-Phylum-Order-Genus-Family-Class-Species
(b) Kingdom-Order-Class-Phylum-Family-Genus-Species
(c) Kingdom-Class-Order-Phylum-Family-Species-Genus
(d) Kingdom-Phylum-Class-Order-Family-Genus-Species

Ans: (a)

35. The subunits of DNA are known as

(a) Nucleotide
(b) Nucleosome
(c) Nucleoside
(d) Polypeptide

Ans: (a)

36. The process of using microbes to treat areas of land or sea that have been contaminated by pesticides, oil or solvents is known is

(a) Eutrophication
(b) Nitrification
(c) Ammonification
(d) Bioremediation

Ans: (d)

37. How is the rate transpiration affected by decreasing humidty and by decreasing light intensity?

Decreasing humidity      Decreasing light intensity

(a) Decreases                     Decreases
(b) Increases                      Decreases
(c) Increases                       Increases
(d) Decreases                     Increases

Ans: (b)

38. Vaccination involves

(a) Injecting the body with materials that simulate the body to produce antibodies
(b) injecting the body with materials that stimulate the body to produce antigens
(c) the use of monolonal antibodies to cure a disease
(d) use of antibotics to cure diseases

Ans: (a)

39. Which of the following are examples of carnivorous plants?

(a) Sundew, Venus fly trap, Pitcher plant
(b) Cuscuta, Raffesisa, Mistletoe
(c) Sandalwood, tree Broom rape, Pitcher plant
(d) Cuscuta, Bladderwort, Mistletoe

Ans: (a)

40. Consider the following statemetns relating to Sea Salinity.

1. The ocean salinity depends on evaporation and precipitation.
2. Any change in the temperature or density influences the salinity.
3. Major source of sea salinity of terrestrial discharge by rivers.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3

Ans: (d)

41. Consider the following statements relating to salt production in India.

1. India is the second largest producer of iodised salt in the world next only to China.
2. Salt mining is carried out in Himachal Pradesh.
3. Gujarat is the leading producer of salf in India.
4. Ground water is the important source of salt in Rajasthan.

Which of the statemetns given above are correct?

(a) 1 and 2
(b) 3 and 4
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 2, 3 and 4

Ans: (c)

42. Which of the following statements relating to Dharwar geological system are correct?

1. They belong to Archaean geological period.
2. They re metamorphosed sedimentary rocks.
3. They are of great economic importance for its mineral resources.
4. They are found predominintly in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Odisha and Jharkhand.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(b) 2, 3 and 4
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 1 and 2

Ans: (d)

43. Which one of the following is the correct order of formation of geological system in India in terms of their age? (Starting with the oldest)

(a) Dharwars - Aravallis - Vindhyans - Cuddapahs
(b) Aravallis - Dharwars - Cuddapahs - Vindhyans
(c) Vindhyans - Dharwars - Aravallis - Cuddapahs
(d) Cuddapahs - Vindhyans - Dharwars - Aravallis

Ans: (b)

44. A change of state directly from solid to gas without changing into liquid state is called

(a) Fusion
(b) Sublimation
(c) Diffusion
(d) Emulsion

Ans: (b)

45. Water at 273 K is less effective in cooling than ice at the same temperature. It is because

(a) water is difficult to handle
(b) water at 273 K has less energy than ice at the same temperature
(c) water at 273 K has more energy than ice at the same temperature
(d) water is not a cooling agent

Ans: (b)

46. Which one of the following statements is not correct?

(a) The rate of evaporation depends on temperature
(b) The rate of evaporation does not depend on surface area exposed to the atmospher but on volume of the liquid
(c) The rate of evaporation depends on humidity of the surroundings
(d) The rate of evaporation depends on teh wind speed

Ans: (b)

47. Which one of the following is not a colloid?

(a) Milk
(b) Mud
(c) Butter
(d) Boric acid

Ans: (d)

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14. Recently French military announced to end 'Operation Sangaris' which was in operation since 2013, in which one of the following nations?

(a) Chand
(b) Central African Republic
(c) South Sudan
(d) Congo

Ans: (b)

15. Which one of the following cities hosted the Tenth Ministerial Conference of World Trade Organisation during December, 2015?

(a) Geneva
(b) Manila
(c) Helsinki
(d) Nairobi

Ans: (d)

16. Which one of the following films was awarded the best-children's film in Berlin International Film Festival, 2016?

(a) Ottal
(b) Killa
(c) Dhanak
(d) Hail, Caesar!

Ans: (a)

17. Which one of the following statements regarding Zika virus is not correct?

(a) It was first isolated from a monkey in the Zika forest of Uganda .
(b) It is transmitted by daytime- active Aedes mosquitoes
(c) It does not cause mother to child infection
(d) Zika virus in pregnant women results in abnormal brain development of the fetus

Ans: (c)

18. Which one of the following fiction was selected for Man Booker Prize 2015?

(a) A Little Life
(b) The Fishermen
(c) A Brief History of Seven Killings
(d) Satin Island

Ans: (a)

19. Which of the following statements about 'Nairobi Package' adopted in the Tenth Ministerial Conference of WTO is/are correct?

1. No safeguard mechanism for developing country members.
2. Preferential rules of origin for least developed countries.
3. Public stockholding for food security purposes.

Select correct answer using the code given below.

(a) Only 1
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3

Ans: (c)

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1. Which one of the following figures correctly represents the relations between Jupiter, Mars and Planets?

(a)  

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

Ans: (a)

2. Consider the following. statements and conclusions.

Statements: Mohan is a good sportsman. Sportsmen are healthy.

Conclusions

I. All healthy persons are sportsmen.
II. Mohan is healthy.

Which one of the following is correct?

(a) Only Conclusion I follows
(b) Only Conclusion II follows
(C) Both Conclusions I and II follow
(d) Neither Conclusion I nor II follows

Ans: (b)

3. Consider the foollowing.

Which one of the following figures will come in the blank space?

 

Ans: (a)

4. Consider the following diagram (not in scale).

There are seven places marked as P, Q, R, S, T, U and V as shown in the diagram. The directly connected paths between two places are indicated by line segments joining thet wo places alongwith the length labelled (in km). Then, the shortest distance between P and U is

(a) 14
(b) 15
(c) 12
(d) 13

Ans: (d)

5. The number of persons reading newspaper is shown in the following Venn diagram (Survey of 50 persos)s.

In a population of 10000, what is the number of persons expected to read atleast two newspapers?

(a) 5000
(b) 6000
(c) 6250
(d) 5400

Ans: (d)

6. Which one of the following is different from the remaining three?

(a) Triangle
(b) Square
(c) Circle
(d) Elipse

Ans: (d)

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Exam Name: CAPF (AC)

Year: 2010

Subject: General Ability and Intelligence

1. Six friends A, B, C, D, E and F are seated in a circle facing centre. If Fis between A and D, C is between E and B, E is not between D and C, and D is 2nd to the left of C; which one of the following is the position of D?

(a) 204 to the right of A
(b) Next to the right of B
(c) 3 to the left of B
(d) 4ch to the right of A

2. A man is 24 years older than his son. In two years, his age will be twice the age of his son. Which one of the following is the present age of his son ?

(a) 14 years
(b) 18 years
(c) 20 years
(d) 22 years

3. The sum of ages of 5 children born at the intervals of 3 years each is 50 years. Which one of the following is the age of the youngest child ?

(a) 4 years
(b) 5 years
(c) 6 years
(d) 22 years

4. A number consists of two digits. If the digits interchange places and the new number is added to the original number, then the resulting number will always be divisible by :

(a) 10
(b) 11
(c) 12
(d) 13

5. Ms X drove at the speed of 45 km/hr from home to a resort. Returning over the same route she got stuck in traffic and took an hour longer, also she could drive only at the speed of 40 km/hr. How many kilometers did she drive each way ?

(a) 250
(b) 300
(c) 310
(d) 360

6. X, Y and Z can finish a work in 12,15 and 18 days respectively. In how many days will all the three finish the work ?

(a) 180/37
(b) 5
(c) 186/37
(d) 190/37

7. If the ratio of the sum and difference of two numbers be 17 : 13, which one of the following is the ratio of the numbers ?

(a) 12:5
(b) 15:2
(c) 9: 8
(d) 2:15

8. Which one among with the following is the water image of the figure given below above ?

9. How many triangle are there in the figure given below?

(a) 10
(b) 11
(c) 12
(d) 13

10.

14. Which one among the following categories has not experienced growth in installed capacity over the period of 2005 to 2007 ?

(a) Cars
(b) Motor-bikes
(c) Jeeps
(d) Autorickshaws

15. Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. All categories of automobiles experienced a growth in production between 2006 and 2007.
2. In 2007 the capacity utilization of Jeeps was higher than that of Motor bikes.
3. Cars, Scooters and Autorickshaws experienced a decline in production from 2006 to 2007.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 only
(c) 3 only
(d) 2 and 3

21. Which one of the following elements has valency three ?

(a) Oxygen
(b) Lithium
(c) Carbon
(d) Boron

22. Which one of the following has highest energy ?

(a) C-rays
(b) B-rays
(c) Y-rays
(d) X-rays

23. Glass is a :

(a) vitrified liquid.
(b) crystalline material.
(c) semisolid.
(d) polymeric material.

24. Which one among the following is a physical process ?

(a) Digestion of food
(b) Corrosion or rusting of a metal
(c) Production of hydrogen from an acid
(d) Sublimation of iodine

25. Smoking causes oxygen deficiency in the body because of :

(a) increase in So, levels in blood.
(b) decrease in o, content in blood.
(c) increase in CO and CO, contents in blood.
(d) increase in only CO content in blood.

26. The rate of breathing in aquatic animals/organisms is much faster than that seen in terrestrial organisms. This could be attributed to :

(a) high amount of dissolved oxygen in water as compared to the amount of oxygen in air.
(b) high amount of oxygen in air as compared to the amount of dissolved oxygen in water.
(c) presence of gills in aquatic organisms.
(d) low amount of dissolved oxygen in water as compared to the amount of oxygen in air.

27. Which organ in animals breaks fat to produce cholesterol ?

(a) Kidney
(b) Heart
(c) Lungs
(d) Liver

28. The coconut water from a tender coconut is ;

(a) an embryo.
(b) a free nuclear endosperm with multiple nuclei.
(c) a cellular endosperm.
(d) a non-nutritive fluid.

29. A patient suffering from a prolonged illness and on an antibiotic regime is recommended intake of probiotics in his diet. These probiotics are supplements essentially comprising :

(a) proteins.
(b) vitamins.
(c) lactic acids bacteria.
(d) electrolytes.

30. Who among the following can be the chairman of the National Human Rights Commission ?

(a) Any serving judge in the Supreme Court
(b) Any serving judge in the High Courts
(c) Only a retired Chief Justice of India
(d) Only a retired Chief Justice of High Courts

31. A person may bleed from the nose when at a great height above the sea level. With reference to this, which one of the following statements is correct ?

(a) The pressure exerted by the blood in blood capillaries is slightly less than the atmospheric pressure
(b) The pressure exerted by the blood in blood capillaries is more than the atmospheric pressure
(c) There is no difference in the internal and external pressures on the walls of the cells and blood capillaries
(d) Blood capillaries in the nose can absorb less oxygen at greater height so it bursts

32. The Stethoscope used by a medical practitioner is based on the phenomenon of :

(a) multiple reflection of sound waves,
(b) scattering of sound waves.
(c) refraction of sound waves.
(d) none of the above.

33. The Earth travels on its orbit at a speed of approximately 4400 km per hour. Why do we not feel this high speed ?

(a) We are too small compared to the size of the Earth
(b) Our relative speed with respect to the Earth along the Earth's orbit is zего
(c) The gravity of the Earth constantly pulls us towards the Earth's centre
(d) The solar system as a whole is also moving

34. During free fall of an object :

(a) its potential energy increases and its kinetic energy decreases.
(b) its potential energy decreases and its kinetic energy increases.
(c) both its potential energy and kinetic energy increase.
(d) both its potential energy and kinetic energy decrease.

35. Spectacles used for viewing 3-Dimensional films have :

(a) convex lens.
(b) polaroids.
(c) concave lens.
(d) bifocal lens.

36. Which one of the following pairs of rays is not electromagnetic in nature ?

(a) X-rays and cathode rays
(b) Gamma rays and X-rays
(c) Alpha rays and beta rays
(d) Beta rays and gamma rays

37. Gases may be distinguished from other forms of matter by their :

(a) lack of colour.
(b) ability to flow.
(c) inability to form free surfaces.
(d) ability to exert a buoyant force.

38. The vesting of 'residuary' powers in the central government by the Constitution of India indicates :

(a) that India is a federal polity.
(b) that India is neither federal nor unitary.
(c) that India is quasi federal.
(d) unitary character of Indian polity.

39. Ice is lighter than pure water and floats on the surface. Which one of the following statements is correct to explain this phenomenon ?

(a) The structure of ice is similar to that of water
(b) Ice has a disordered 3-dimensional structure
(c) Hydrogen-bonding in ice gives an open type structure with interstitial holes
(d) There is no hydrogen bonding in water

40. Which one of the following is a compound ?

(a) Milk
(b) Sugar
(c) Tea
(d) Coffee

41. Which one of the following statements regarding matter is not correct?

(a) Matter is anything that occupies space
(b) At high temperatures matter becomes plaşma
(c) All matter is composed of large particles such as atoms and molecules|
(d) Colloids are made up of larger particles of matter

42. Which of the following are the risk factors in the transmission of the HIV infection ?

1. Smoking and drinking alcohol
2. Observing bad hygiene
3. Blood transfusion
4. Unprotected sex

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 3 and 4 only
(c) 1, 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2 and 4

43. Which of the following is/are the methods of prevention from HIV infection ?

1. Use of condoms.
2. Use of intra-uterine devices like Copper-T.
3. Staying away from HIV infected person.
4. Using a face mask when in company of HIV infected person.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 3 and 4
(c) 1, 2 and 4
(d) 1 only

44. Consider the following items of wholesale price index :

1. Primary articles
2. Fuel, power, lights and lubricants
3. Manufacturing products

Arrange the above items in descending order in terms of their weightage in calculating wholesale price index:

(a) 1, 2, 3
(b) 1, 3, 2
(c) 3, 1, 2
(d) 3, 2, 1

45. Which among the following is/are the reasons behind using Mercury in thermometers ?

1. Mercury does not wet the inner sides of the thermometer.
2. It can be seen easily in a thin capillary tube of the thermometer.
3. It is a good conductor of heat.
4. It is non-toxic

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 3 and 4

46. X is twice as massive as Y. X also runs twice faster than Y. Which one among the following is the ratio of kinetic energy of X and Y ?

(a) 1:8
(b) 8:1
(c) 4:1
(d) 2:1

47. Which one among the following expenditures shall not be charged on the Consolidated Fund of India ?

(a) The einoluments and allowances of the President and other expenditure relating to his office
(b) Debt charges for which the Government of India is liable including interests, sinking fund charges and redemption charges
(c) Any sum required to satisfy any judgment, decree or award of any court or arbitral tribunal
(d) The sum required to meet expenditure incurred in natural calamities
 

48. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

List -I (Phenomenon)     List - II (Reason)

A. Reverberation           1. Occurs when two waves of equal frequency superpose
B. Resonance                2. Occurs when two waves have slightly different frequencies superpose
C. Refraction of light      3. Prolonged echo
                                     4. Occurs as a ray of light enters a second medium

(a) 4 3 1
(b) 4 3 2
(c) 2 1 4
(d) 3 1 4

49. Which of the following is / are the status of the national assembly called the State Durna constituted by the Czar during the Russian revolution ?

1. An elected body
2. An advisory body
3. A law making body
4. An executive body

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 3 only
(d) 3 and 4

50. Which one among the following statements about Kyrgyzstan is not correct ?

(a) In June 2010 there was violence between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks in southern Kyrgyzstan leading to large casualties
(b) Kyrgyzstan hosts US and Russian military bases and it shares a border with China
(c) The country has recently voted to crcate central Asia's first parliamentary democracy
(d) USA and Russia have welcomed the developments in the direction of parliamentary democracy in the country

51. Consider the following statements about Financial Action Task Force (FATF) :

1. It is an Inter Governmental body that devises policies to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.
2. India is a full fledged member of FATF
3. FATF membership will enable India to access information on suspect accounts in nations such as Switzerland and UK.

Which of the statements given above is/ are correct ?

(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 3 only
(d) 1 and 3 only

52. Consider the following statements :

1. Sachin Tendulkar has been conferred with the honorary rank of Group Captain by the Indian Air Force.
2. He is the first sportsperson to be conferred with this honour.

Which of the statements given above is/ are correct ?

(a) l only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

53. Garuda 2010 is a military exercise involving the air forces of:

(a) India and Russia
(b) India and USA
(c) India and France
(d) India and Japan

54. Consider the following statements regarding a record breaking First Round match in Wimbledon Tennis Tournament 2010 between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut :

1. This match is considered as the longest tennis match in the history.
2. There were 183 games in the match with altogether more than 200 aces served.
3. The match was spread over three days.

Which of the statements given above is/ are correct ?

(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) l only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1 and 2 only

55. Consider the following statements regarding the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) :

1. It is an international organisation involving a group of countries in South Asia and South East Asia.
2. All countries with whom India shares international border are members of the organisation.
3. Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Thailand were the original members of the organisation. Which of the statements given above is/ are correct ?

(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 3 only
(c) l only
(d) 2 and 3 only

56. Why are governments of various countries finding it difficult so far to agree on the ways and means to limit the greenhouse gas emission ?

1. They fear that measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will have negative effects on their economy.
2. The developing nations regard mandatory limits on their emissions as attempts by the richer countries to hobble their progress.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

57. Which one of the following was not identified as a pillar of their reform agenda by the heads of the G-20 nations in the declaration at the Toronto Summit in June 2010 ?

(a) Relaxing regulatory framework
(b) Effective supervision
(c) Resolution and addressing systemic institutions
(d) Transparent international assessment and peer review assessment

58. Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. The Ajanta caves have been painted with scenes from Jainism.
2. The crowning achievements of Ellora caves is the colossal monolithic Kailasanath temple.
3. The Ajanta caves have been built over a period of eight centuries by different rulers.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 2 only
(d) 2 and 3 only

59. Which one of the following is not a World Heritage Site as identified by UNESCO ?

(a) Kaziranga National Park
(b) Keoladeo National Park
(c) Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
(d) Bandipur National Park

60. The objective of the 'Golden Handshake' scheme was to :

(a) stabilize the prices of gold in the market.
(b) improve the labour-management relations in industrial organizations.
(c) close the sick industrial units.
(d) reduce the burden of overstaffing in public enterprises.

61. Consider the following statements :

1. Nuclear power is the fourth largest source of electricity in India after thermal, hydro and renewable sources.
2. India is a non-signatory of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty.
3. India is a member of Nuclear Suppliers Group.

Which of the statements given above is/ are correct?

(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 1 only
(d) 2 and 3 only

62. Consider the following statements :

1. Non Resident Indians (NRIs) can nor maintain both Rupee and foreign currency accounts in India.
2. The National Commission for Women has recommended that registration of marriages of NRIs be made mandatory

Which of the statements given above is/ are correct?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

63. Consider the following passage and identify the festival referred therein using the code given below :

This festival is celebrated to commemorate the advent of New Year. The celebration is marked with ancient rituals, the stage fights between good and evil, chanting and passing rhrough the crowds with fire rorches. The dance of the Ibex deer and the dramatic baules berween the King and his ministers add to the joyous atmosphere.

The festival is full of dance, music and merry-making

(a) Losar
(b) Ullambana
(c) Passover
(d) Gahambars

64. With which one among the following countries India does not have any defence treaty ?

(a) France
(b) Israel
(c) China
(d) UK

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Exam Name: CAPF (AC)

Year: 2010

Subject: Essay, Precis Writing & Comprehension


1. Write an essay, in about 600 words, on any one of the four topics given below :

(a) Soft-skills' training for our security forces.
(b) International cooperation on terror issues - a myth or reality ?
(c) Pluralism in practice in our society.
(d) The development ys. displacement' debate.

2. Write a precis of each of the following passages (A) and (B) in your own words, reducing each to about one-third of its original length and suggesting an appropriate title for it. Write these (A) and (B) precis separately on the special precis sheets provided for the purpose, and then carefully fasten these sheets inside the answer book.

Note : Marks may not be awarded if the precis is not written on the special precis sheets provided.

(A) Our society is built with money for mortar : money is present in every joint of circumstance, since in society it is by that alone that men continue to live and only through that they can reach or affect one another. Money gives us food, shelter and privacy; it permits us to be clean in person, opens for us the doors of the theatre, gains us books for study or pleasure, enables us to help others in distress and puts us above necessity so that we can choose the best of life. If we have scruples, it gives us an opportunity to be honest; if we have any bright designs here, it is what will smooth the way to their accomplishment. Penury is the worst slavery and will soon lead to death. But money is only a means; it presupposes a man to use it. The rich man can go where he pleases, but perhaps pleases himself nowhere. He can buy a library or visit the whole world, but has neither patience to read nor intelligence to see. The table may be loaded and the appetite wanting. He may have gained the world and lost himself, and with all his wealth around him in a great house, he may live as blank a life as any tattered scare-crow. Therefore, it is always a sound policy to cultivate an interest than to amass wealth, for the money will soon be spent, or perhaps you may feel no joy in spending it, but interest remains imperishable and ever new.

(B) Military leaders have frequently been tempted to aspire to political leadership and have frequently succumbed to temptation. Yet the whole training and experience of the soldier makes him less rather than more fitted to be a politician. The soldier is trained to take action down certain well-defined lines, and has in his hand a military machine which responds immediately and with precision to his touch; the government machine is much less precise and exact than the military, and is not rapid in action even in highly skilled political hands. The politician is trained in weighing up the conflicting interests of his supporters and usually has to compromise; in war if a commander compromises on essentials, he fails. Furthermore, the time factor forces the commander in the field to adopt the best expedient in time available, which is usually short. The politician, on the other hand, is seldom forced to give an immediate decision; rather he delays in order to find the right and accurate answer, and he avoids any temporary expedient. The one has to seize time by the forelock and adopt the best expedient; the other can procrastinate in order to ensure that what he does is absolutely right. In fact, the qualities required by a soldier and by a politician are almost at opposite poles, and few men in history have possessed both kinds of qualities. There have not been many soldiers who have also made good politicians, nor many politicians who have proved to be great soldiers.

3. Study the following passage carefully and then answer the questions that follow, accurately and precisely :

The age-old issues of ‘pure' versus 'applied' knowledge can be stated as follows : should the scientist shut himself up in the ivory tower of pure theory, or should he plunge into the contemporary scene, either by enlisting his abilities in the service of industry or through personal participation in the turmoils of political and social action.
For the public at large, freedom is a valued prize, but for the scientist it represents an indispensable prerequisite for the progress. of his labours; and a vital aspect of this freedom is his right to determine for himself the precise character of his personal vocation, He must be free to choose between the role of a pure scientist and that of industrial investigator, or scientist combined with politician, artist or philosopher. Nevertheless, liberty, like any other right, is at once limited and enriched by duty, and the scope of these obligations will be further outlined in the course of the following remark. Moreover, among the various roles which the scientist can occupy, some may legitimately be allotted a higher status than others. Thus, although one is seldom confronted with the choice, it may fairly be said that heroism is generally preferable to mere indifference.

Many scientists would favour an attitude of strict neutrality, which certain French thinkers in particular consider to be a logical extension of the principle of impartiality in scientific investigation. They would contend that scientific work should engage all the energies of those who devote themselves to it, and that scientists have no right to curtail the time devoted to science, in the interest of other activities. The benefits which humanity has derived from the direct and indirect results of scientific investigation far surpass any possible achievement on the part of a single individual who devotes himself to public causes. It is better to exert oneself in furthering the progress of researches which will lighten the labour of millions than to improve the world through the work of one individual. The leisure hours of the scientist cannot be squandered without prejudicing the working of the sub-conscious mind, whose never-ceasing activity is reflected in the complete inability of great minds to concentrate on the petty details of their day-to-day existence. Truth demands a single-minded devotion; without it the calm serenity required for scientific work is fatally diminished, while the output of the investigator becomes superficial and the results of his labour are distorted by preoccupation with irrelevant issues.

In opposition to this doctrine of strict detachment we have the view that the scientist should apply his gifts to the issues of the day. Here we are told that the
scientist who remains isolated in his laboratory has lost all contact with reality and is engaging in the construction of systems which are bound to remain entirely fictitious. Why spend one's time in contemplating remote spheres or in historical reflections on the dim and distant past, while ignoring the whole range of reality in which we live and the whole framework of contemporary political issues ?

The scientist has, according to this view, no right to choose the subject of his researches entirely according to his own aesthetic likings; he owes everything to the community around him, where a multitude of less fortunate beings are engaged in raising from their meagre · resources the means to support him in his studies and to pay for his laboratories and his leisure hours. He should be working for the good of mankind and devoting his leisure to becoming better informed on the issues which vitally concern his fellowmen. He should be their guide and their protagonist against injustice and the great scourges of mankind : pain, sickness, ignorance, war and poverty. And when the creations of science threaten 'to be the means of destruction – as in the case of the nuclear bomb, or bacteriological warfare, or poison gas – the scientist must face the burden of his responsibility and not be content to evade it by the mere plea that these developments were not of his volition. Both these opposing views neglect one essential fact that the scientist is not in any position to ask himself whether he would enter the critical issues of his day.

Questions : (Answer in your own words.)

(i) What is the real meaning of freedom for a scientist?
(ii) What is meant by the statement, "liberty... is at once limited and enriched by duty" ?
(iii) What do some French thinkers argue with regard to scientists' freedom in the field of scientific research?
(iv) Why do great scientists not think about their individual affairs of a routine type ? :
(v) What, according to the scientists favouring an attitude of strict neutrality, kills the calm of mind which is needed for work in the field of science ?
(vi) What is the opinion of the people who do not accept the principle of strict detachment of the scientist ? Why ?
(vii) Why is there opposition to the study of the astronomical mysteries and the vague and remote periods of ancient history ?
(viii) What, according to the second group of thinkers, should be the guiding principle for the scientists in choosing subjects of their research?
(ix) How are the fields of 'pure' and 'applied sciences different ?
(x) Against which afflictions and evils should the‘applied scientist help human beings in their struggle ?

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Exam Name: CAPF (AC)

Year: 2012

Subject: General Ability & Intelligence

1. Consider the following statements

1. The Planning Commission of India in its environment performance report, released on 26th July,2012 ranked Himachal Pradesh as top State in the country on environmental performance index.
2. The World Bank approved a Rs. 1100 crore loan for Himachal Pradesh to promote green initiatives and sustainable development in the state.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

2. India signed an agreement to avoid double taxation and prevent fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income on 27th July, 2012 with

(a) Japan
(b) Indonesia
(c) Sweden
(d) Bangladesh

3. India's Kulandei Francis was awarded the year 2012 Ramon Magsaysay Award for his

(a) visionary zeal and profound faith in community energies and his sustained programmes in pursuing the holistic economic empowerment of women and their families
(b) steadfast passion in placing the power and discipline of science in the hands of farmers
(c) passionate commitment as a journalist to restore the rural poor to 'India's consciousness, moving the nation to action
(d) convincing validation of free and fair elections as the foundation and best hope of secular democracy in strife torn India

4. Which among the following statements about the acquisition of wireless division of WPCS International by a Bengaluru-based Indian Firm Kavveri Telecom in July 2012 is/are correct?

1. WPCS International has been into the business of wireless communication making solutions used by the police officers, firemen and other emergency services.
2. Kavveri Telecom makes cell phone tower antennas, Radio Frequency (RF) components, repeaters and other telecom products.
3. WPCS International is a London-based firm.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(a) Only 1
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 2 and 3
(d) All of these

5. Facing the East R walks straight 4 km, turns left and walks 3 km and again turns left and walks 4 km. How far is R now from the starting point?

(a) 2km
(b) 3 km
(c) 10 km
(d) 11 km

6. Which of the following is the odd one?

(a) 31
(b) 41
(c) 51
(d) 61

7. The missing number in the box is

3 4 52
5 11 126
? 9 107

(a) 6
(b) 18
(c) 26
(d) 36

8. The average of x, y and z is 30, and the average of x and y is 20. What is the value of z?

(a) 10
(b) 20
(c) 40
(d) 50

9. Three dice, whose all six faces are marked '1' to '6', are thrown. The number

(a) Executive
(b) Judiciary
(c) Legislature
(d) Civil Society

11. Consider the following statements about Parliamentary Committees

1. They are a subset of Council of Ministers.
2. The scrutiny of Legislative and Constitutional Amendment Bills gets done in these Committees.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

12. Consider the following statements about Indian elections

1. The Constitution provides that elections to the house of the people and the Legislative Assemblies of States are to be held on the basis of Universal adult suffrage.
2. The Constitution stipulates that there will be separate electoral rolls for Parliamentary and State Assembly elections.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

13. Consider the following statements about the Indian Constitution

1. In addition to the structure of the Government, it has also concerned itself with some aspects of a desirable civil society and economy.
2. Through Amendments in the year 1976, it has also outlined the Fundamental Duties of citizens along with their rights.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

14. Wi-Fi in a computer implies

(a) wired local area network
(b) wireless local area network
(c) high fidelity
(d) high efficiency

15. A television remote uses

(a) infrared waves
(b) cosmic waves
(c) micro waves
(d) ether waves

16. A microwave oven uses wave with a

(a) large wavelength in the invisible range
(b) small wavelength in the visible range
(c) large wavelength in the visible range
(d) small wavelength in the invisible range

17. A thin pin of iron can be made to float on water (drinking) in a bowl. This phenomenon is due to the

(a) surface tension of water
(b) viscous nature of water
(c) presence of ionic bonds in water molecules
(d) presence of covalent bonds in water molecules

18. To start your loaded trolley bag, you exert more force than when it is moving. This is an example of

(a) first law of thermodynamics
(b) second law of thermodynamics
(c) Newton's second law of motion
(d) Newton's first law of motion

19. You placed a car in an open parking area in a summer day. After a few hours, you noticed that the heat is trapped inside the car. This phenomenon is known as

(a) ozone depletion
(b) greenhouse effect
(e) solar effect
(d) cosmic ray impingement

20. Which one among the following Princely States opted for a direct dealing with the Constituent Assembly in the year 1946, instead of through the Chamber of Princes:

(a) Baroda
(b) Travancore
(e) Junagadh
(d) Mysore

21. Sayana, the famous commentator of the Vedas, flourished under the rule of

(a) Bahmani kings
(b) Golconda kings
(c) Gajapati kings
(d) Vijayanagar kings

22. The Bandagan-i-Khas during the rule of Delhi Sultans referred to the

(a) innkeepers
(b) royal slaves
(c) Dak-camera
(d) guards of the state stable

23. Who among the following was described as Jagadguru by his subjects for his patronage ofthe Hindus in his State?

(a) Ibrahim Adil Shah II of Bijapur
(b) Mahmud II of Malwa
(c) Hussain Shah of Bengal
(d) Mahmud 8egara of Gujarat

24. Vidyapati Thakur, a contemporary Chandidas (end of 17 century to early 15th century), was a native of

(a) Bengal
(b) Mithila
(c) Malwa
(d) Kashmir

25. Whenever a tropical cyclone moves to land much of its severity is reduced. This is because

1. its source of moisture is cut off
2. the friction over land kills tropical cyclones.

Select the correct answer using the code giver below.

(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

26. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below.

a. Arcuate Delta 1. Nile Delta
b. Bird's-foot Delta 2. Mississippi Delta
c. Cuspate Delta 3. Tiber Delta
d. Estuarine Delta 4. Seine Delta

Code

A B C D

(a) 1 3 2 4
(b) 4 3 2 1
(c) 4 2 3 1
(d) 1 2 3 4

27. Which one among the following is a dormant volcano?

(a) Mount Kilimanjaro
(b) Mount Stromboli
(c) Mount Etna
(d) Mount Mayan

28. Asteroid belt is situated between

(a) Mars and Jupiter
(b) Earth and Mars
(c) Jupiter and Saturn
(d) Venus and Earth

29. Who among the following was chosen by the Government of Japan to confer the prestigious Fukuoka Prize for the year 2012?

(a) Vandana Shiva
(b) Amir Khan
(c) Arundhati Roy
(d) Medha Patkar

30. In a major policy decision, the Central Government has recently decided to allow Qualified Foreign Investors (QFIs) to directly invest in Indian equity market. India received his first investment through Qualified Framework Investor Route worth $ 5 million following the deal struck by

(a) Unit Trust of India
(b) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(c) Tata Consultancy Services
(d) Reliance Energy

31. Which one among the following statements about eminent freedom fighter and social activist Captain Lakshmi Sehgal, who passed away in Kanpur on 23rd July, 2012, is not correct?

(a) She was a close aide of Subhash Chandra Bose during the days of Freedom Movement
(b) She spearheaded several political, economic and social justice campaigns in the country
(c) She was a member of the Lok Sabha
(d) She was awarded the Padma Vibhushan

32. Which of the following statements about London Olympics, 2012 is/are correct?

1. London got a distinction to host the modern Olympic Games three times, The city had previously hosted the games in 1908 and in 1948.
2. Motto of the London Olympics is 'Inspire a Generation' .
3. Saina Nehwal was the official flag bearer of 83 members Indian continent at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics.

Select the correct answer using the code given below,

(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) 1 and 2
(d) All of these

33. An accurate clock shows 12 o'clock in the noon. Through how many degrees will the hour hand rotate when the clock shows 5 o'clock on the same evening?

(a) 150°
(b) 140°
(c) 125°
(d) 120°

Directions (Q, Nos. 34- 35) The following questions are based on the given pie-chart which shows the annual agricultural yield of a certain place.

34. The yield of rice is how much per cent more than that of sugarcane?

(a) 40%
(b) 50%
(c) 60%
(d) 75%

35. If the yield of rice and wheat is 9000 tonne, then the yield of excess product of others in comparison with sugarcane is

(a) 1000 tonne
(b) 2000 tonne
(c) 3000 tonne
(d) 4000 tonne

36. The World Conference on Human Rights that affirmed the universality of rights and launched an ambitious plan of action was held in

(a) Vienna (1993)
(b) Geneva (1996)
(c) New York (2000)
(d) Berlin (2002)

37. Which one among the following statements about the States Reorganization Act is not correct?

(a) The Act dealt with the issue of redrawing of the boundaries of states
(b) It was passed in the year 1956
(c) It created fourteen States and six Union Territories
(d) The State boundaries were drawn for administrative convenience

38. Consider the following Territories which became part of India after 15th August 1947

1. Goa, Daman and Diu
2. Pondicherry
3. Sikkim
4. Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Which of the following is the correct chronological order (beginning with the earliest) of their becoming part of India?

(a) 1-2-3-4
(b) 3-1-4-2
(c) 4-1-2-3
(d) 2 -1-4-3

39. Overseas Citizens of India (as per Overseas Citizenship of India Scheme as operational from December 2005) shall not be entitled to

(a) multiple entry multipurpose life-long visa to India
(b) exemption from reporting ponce authorities for any length of stay in India
(c) panty with NRI's in financial, economic and educational fields except in the question of agricultural or plantation properties
(d) voting rights in India

40. In the recent past, a fundamental particle has been claimed to be experimentally observed, at a European Laboratory in Geneva, to travel at a speed greater than that of light in vacuum. The name of the particle is

(a) electron
(b) positron
(c) neutron
(d) neutrino

41. When an iron nail is dipped in a solution of copper sulphate, the iron nail becomes brownish in colour and the blue colour of copper sulphate solution fades after some time. The reaction is an example of chemical

(a) combination
(b) decomposition
(c) displacement
(d) double displacement

42. Bleaching powder is added in water used for drinking purpose. The role of bleaching powder in this case is

(a) of disinfectant
(b) of bleaching agent
(c) to remove impurity
(d) to decrease the pH

43. If four balloons A, B, C and D are filled with hydrogen, oxygen, helium and nitrogen gases respectively and left in air, which balloon reaches to the highest distance from the Earth?

(a) Balloon A
(b) Balloon B
(c) Balloon C
(d) Balloon D

44. Which one among the following is not a greenhouse gas?

(a) Methane
(b) Ozone
(c) Chlorothoro carbon
(d) Sulphur dioxide

45. Which one among the following salts causes hardness to the water?

(a) Calcium bicarbonate
(b) Calcium carbonate
(c) Sulphate
(d) Nitrogen

46. Consider the following statements about Rig Veda

1. It reflects a naturalistic polytheism-a belief in many Gods who personified natural phenomenon.
2. The Gods were conceived of as anthropomorphic, i.e., as having a physical form similar to that of humans.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Directions (Nos. 47 and 48) The following questions consist of two statements. Statement I and Statement II. You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to using the code given below.

Codes

(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 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

47. Statement I: In India, Tribal Movements of 19th century resulted out of the process of land displacements and the introduction of forest laws.
Statement II: The Indian Freedom Movement resolved the problems faced by the Tribals.

48. Statement I: The economy of India in the 19th century came to a state of ruin under the English East India Company.
Statement II: The English East India Company's acquisition of Diwani right led to the miseries of the peasants and those associated with the traditional handicrafts industry of India.

49. The famous terra-cotta images of rivers Ganga and Yamuna from the Gupta period have been found at

(a) Ahichchhatra
(b) Kaushambi
(c) Rajghat
(d) Bhitargaon

50. Consider the following statement "India would be far more reliable as a base for operations. Moreover the prospect of a settlement will be greatly enhanced by the disappearance of Gandhi, who had for years torpedoed every attempt at a settlement."

The above statement was made by the British in the context of

(a) Kheda Satyagraha
(b) Civil Disobedience Movement
(c) Quit India Movement
(d) Non-Cooperation Movement

51. The Moplah peasant struggles took place in

(a) Darjeeling
(b) Andamans
(c) Malabar
(d) Chota Nagpur

52. Hurricanes rarely form or move with 5 degrees of the equator, because

(a) coriolis effect is weakest here
(b) coriolis effect is strongest here
(c) it has low pressure
(d) it has high temperature

53. What do you call the total system of parallels and meridians that form a network of intersecting tines?

(a) Geographic pattern
(b) Geographic arrangement
(c) Geographic grid
(d) Geographic polygon

54. Why does the Earth assume the shape of an oblate ellipsoid?

(a) The Earth's rotation causes the Earth to bulge slightly at the equator and flatten at the poles
(b) The Earth's rotation causes the Earth to bulge slightly at the poles and flatten at the equator
(c) The Earth's revolution causes the Earth to bulge slightly at the equator and flatten at the poles
(d) The Earth's revolution causes the Earth to bulge slightly at the poles and flatten at the equator

55. Which one among the following is a mechanically formed sedimentary rock?

(a) Salt rock
(b) Limestone
(c) Sandstone
(d) Gypsum

56. Consider the following statements

1. Creepers or climbers are commonly found in the tropical rain forest.
2. The epiphytes which do not have their roots on the ground, survive on the trees in the tropical rain forest.
3. AU epiphytes are not creepers.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) Only 3
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 2
(d) All of these

57. Consider the following statements about General Bikram Singh

1. He is the 25th Chief of Indian Army.
2. Prior to his appointment to the top post, he served as commanding officer of the Northern Army Command.
3. He is a veteran infantry officer.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) Only 1
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d) All of these

58. In May 2012, which one among the following Indian Business Houses has signed an agreement with the Bangladesh Government to design and develop a new city, Notun Dhaka (New Dhaka) in Bangladesh?

(a) Reliance industries Ltd.
(b) Sahara India Pariwar
(c) Tata Group
(d) Aditya Birla Group

59. Who among the following 'vas the winner of Men's Singles Wimbledon Championship, 2012?

(a) Roger Federer
(b) Andy Murray
(c) Novak Djokovic
(d) Rafael Nadal

60. Recently in which one among the following countries,the Prime Minister has to be changed due to an instruction of the country's Supreme Court?

(a) Pakistan
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Russia
(d) Nepal

61. Why was theoretical physicist Ashoke Sen. a string theorist at Allahabad's Harish Chandra Research Institute, in news recently?

(a) He was nominated to the Rajya Sabha
(b) He was one of the nine winners of the first Yuri Milner Fundamental Physics Prize
(c) He was selected as jury member to decide on the awardees of Nobel Prize for the year 2013
(d) He was selected 10r the SS Bhatnagar Award

Delectations (Q. Nos. 62-63): The following questions are based on the given histogram that shows the percentage of villages in the states which are not electrified.

62. Which of the following states has twice the percentage of villages electrified in comparison to state D?

(a) A
(b) C
(c) E
(d) F

63. How many states have at least 50% electrified villages?

(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 5

64. Consider the two positions of the dice as shown below

When 1 is at the bottom, what number will be on the top?

(a) 3
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) Cannot say

65. New Public Management stands for

1. shift from conventional public policy to cost effectiveness.
2. cluster rather than pyramids of organization in structural frameworks.
3. flexible and adaptive operational systems.
4. rigid planning and conventional bureaucratic hierarchy.

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Exam Name: CAPF (AC)

Year: 2013

Subject: General Studies, Essay & Comprehension

Q1. Write essays on any four of the following in about 300 words each :

(a) Nexus between Health practitioners and Pharmaceutical companies, a concern
(b) Inter-State water disputes in India
(c) Role of Social Reformers in the struggle for freedom
(d) Impact of falling value of rupee on Indian economy
(e) China's policy of aggressive dominance in South-East Asia
(f) Effect of media publicity on terrorism

Q2. Write arguments for and against each of the following statements in about 300 words:

(a) A casteless society becomes distant through issues raised by reservation policies.
(b) Women empowerment in India so far is an urban phenomenon.

Q3. Write reports on the following in about 200 words each :

(a) The Uttarakhand disaster and the role of Indian military.
(b) Crisis of ethics in the game of cricket.

Q4. Attempt a précis of the given passage of 450 words, in one-third of its length. Suggest a suitable title. Write the précis, as far as possible, in your own words. State the number of words at the end of the answer. Write the précis on the separate sheets provided and fasten them to the answer-book.

Indian literature has a long tradition and is a reflection of its culture through the ages. This fact is often overlooked, since literature in English is popular amongst the urban middle class. The British attempted to categorise the main regional languages. Despite the Orientalists' admiration of the Sanskrit tradition, the need to communicate with the locals or convert them to Christianity prompted the British to learn the local languages. As a result, a number of grammar books were written to understand these better. The nationalists also recognised the importance of regional languages. Members of the Congress party realised that if they only spoke in English, they were alienated from their own people, as it was considered to be synonymous with cultural domination.

In 1910, the Hindi Sahitya Sammelan (Conference on Hindi Literature) was held by the conservatives of the Independence movement. In 1916 the Benares Hindu University was founded with a similar ideological aim — to defend the great Hindu tradition. Gandhi, who endorsed it in the era between the two world wars, disassociated himself from it in the 1940s, and reproached the conservatives for promoting a very Sanskritised Hindi. He advocated a synthesis, Hindustani, which could be used by all the speakers of Urdu and Hindi. After Independence, the government supported Hindi, which eventually became the official language of the nation and the mass media promoted a very Sanskritised form. Later, the increasing power of the Hindu nationalists also encouraged the use of Hindi. Paradoxically, the English-speaking intelligentsia also encouraged it as they did not want the communalists to monopolise the cultural traditions of the country.

The growing domination of Hindi, which is evident due to a demographic balance of power, has however not eclipsed other regional literatures. In 1954, the Sahitya Akademi was established by the government. It considers Indian literature as "a literature in several languages. Two of its fellows, U.R. Ananthamurthy and K. Satchidanandan, write in Dravidian languages – in fact, Ananthamurthy was awarded the Jnanpith Award in 1994 for his work in Kannada. If the Akademi makes allowances for Hindi literature, notably by giving prizes, it supports all other regional literatures equally. It acknowledges more languages than the Constitution, including Maithili, Dogri, Rajasthani and English, and tries hard to support them by following an active publications policy. The States Reorganisation Act of 1956 rearranged the states according to a linguistic principle. This too helped foster regional literature as the state governments supported it. The Sahitya Akademi seeks to focus on the common cultural traits that underlie literature written in Indian languages. The unity is associated with the structure of Indian society, its caste divisions, its religious communities and gender inequality. This social dimension of Indian literature is important.

Q5. Read the following passage and answer the questions :

Ever since the dawn of civilisation, class inequality has existed. Among savage tribes at the present day, it takes very simple forms. There are chiefs, and the chiefs are able to have several wives. Savages, unlike civilised men, have found a way of making wives a source of wealth, so that the more wives a man has the wealthier he becomes. But this primitive form of social inequality soon gave way to others more complex. In the main, social inequality has been bound up with inheritance, and therefore, in all patriarchal societies, with descent in the male line. Originally, the greater wealth of certain persons was due to military prowess. The successful fighter acquired wealth, and transmitted it to his sons.

Wealth acquired by the sword usually consisted of land, and to this day land-owning is the mark of the aristocrat, the aristocrat being in theory the descendant of some feudal baron, who acquired his lands by killing the previous occupant and holding his acquisition against all comers. This is considered the most honourable source of wealth. There are others slightly less honourable, exemplified by those who, while completely idle themselves, have acquired their wealth by inheritance from an industrious ancestor; and yet others, still less respectable, whose wealth is due to their own industry. In the modern world, the plutocrat who, though rich, still works, is gradually ousting the aristocrat, whose income was in theory derived solely from ownership of land and natural monopolies. There have been two main legal sources of property: one, the aristocratic source, namely, ownership of land; the other, the bourgeois source, namely, the right to the produce of one's own labour. The right to the produce of one's own labour has always existed only on paper, because things are made out of other things, and the man who supplies the raw material exacts a right to the finished product in return for wages, or, where slavery exists, in return for the bare necessaries of life. We have thus three orders of men — the land-owner, the capitalist, and the proletarian. The capitalist in origin is merely a man whose savings have enabled him to buy the raw materials and the tools required in manufacturing, and who has thereby acquired the right to the finished product in return for wages. The three categories of land-owner, capitalist, and proletarian are clear enough in theory; but in practice the distinctions are blurred. A land-owner may employ business methods in developing a seaside resort which happens to be upon his property. A capitalist whose money is derived from manufacture may invest the whole or part of his fortune in land, and take to living upon rent. A proletarian, in so far as he has money in the savings bank, or a house which he is buying on the installment plan, becomes to that extent a capitalist or a land-owner as the case may be. The eminent barrister who charges a thousand guineas for a brief should, in strict economics, be classified as a proletarian. But he would be indignant if this were done, and has the mentality of a plutocrat.

(i) inequality bound with How is social inheritance ?
(ii) What is the irony in the most honourable source of wealth?
(iii) What are the two legal sources of property ?
(iv) How does the writer distinguish the three orders of men ?
(v) Who is a plutocrat?

Q6. Read the following passage and answer the questions :

Gandhi's experience in South Africa was decisive: not only in his political, family, and social life, but also for his culture and religion, Two of his most faithful collaborators there, Henry Polak and Hermann Kallenbach, were secular Jews. Gandhi had occasion to meet exponents of diverse religions and denominations, including Christian ones; he held long discussions with them, and some tried to convert him. It was a Jainist poet and thinker from Bombay, Raychandbhai, who confirmed Gandhi in the faith of his fathers.

Gandhi met him on his return to India from England, and continued to correspond with him from South Africa, until the poet's premature death. In his autobiography, Gandhi wrote that only once in his life had he come close to choosing a personal guru: yes, Raychandbhai. He considered him “the best Indian of his time," and freely acknowledged his debt to the Jain. If his Christian friends in London had awakened in him “the thirst for a religious quest," Raychandbhai had taught him that religion was essentially the control of one's own spirit, and liberation from any attachment or aversion to people or things.

It was principally during his South African years that Gandhi became acquainted with writers whom he would consider masters for the rest of his life: Ruskin, Thoreau, Carpenter, Tolstoy. In 1904 he read Ruskin's Unto this Last, a book identifying the individual good with the common good, and speaking of the importance of work as the cornerstone of life; for Ruskin, all types of work have equal dignity and value, whether they be intellectual or manual, noble or humble. In 1907, Gandhi read Thoreau's "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience," and was struck by its central theme: one's duty to refuse to obey a country's laws if one believes them to be unjust. Two years later, while in London, he read a volume written by the idealistic socialist, Edward Carpenter: Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure. He found it "enlightening," excellent in its analysis of civilisation. An advocate of the return to a simple life in harmony with nature, Carpenter condemned modern civilisation as degrading and corrupting; like Ruskin, he exalted the joy of manual work, which industrialism had separated from the creative project.

However, the author that struck Gandhi more than any other was Tolstoy. All during the rest of his life, Gandhi would recognize his debt to the Russian writer. He probably read Tolstoy for the first time during the London years of his youth, when he greatly admired the author's ideas and work. But his first great encounter with Tolstoy dates back to 1894, in South Africa, when a friend gave him a copy of God's Reign is within You. Gandhi's reading of it left an indelible impression on him. He felt for the book and its author the same admiration that he had held for the Sermon on the Mount. He found in it an admonition against responding to evil with violence, an exhortation to love one's neighbour and practise pacifism, and a confirmation of the ancient Indian commandment (Jainist, in particular) of ahimsa. He also found a brief story of the forerunners of non-violence, and a catalogue of its advocates and "militants" at that time: from the Quakers to Tom Paine, from the American abolitionists to the Russian duchobors.

In other books by Tolstoy which he read in the years that followed, Gandhi was led to agree more and more adamantly with the Russian's distillation of Christianity - and of every religious faith — to the commandment to love one's neighbour; the aspiration toward a profound moral rebirth of man; a highly critical attitude toward progress, science, luxury, and wealth, as well as toward the city, a place of alienation and destruction of man's deepest values.

(i) Why was Gandhi's experience in South Africa decisive ?
(ii) Who was Gandhi's personal guru and why did he consider him so ?
(iii) Who were the writers whom he considered as masters?
(iv) How did these masters influence Gandhi ? (v) How much was Gandhi impressed by Tolstoy?

Q7. (A) Answer the following as directed :

(i) Both of them did not partake in the function. (Correct the sentence)
(ii) As soon as the bell rang, the train started. (Rewrite the sentence using ‘No sooner")
(iii) She would not _ how old she was. (say, tell)
(iv) If it does not stop raining we cannot play. (Begin with "Unless')
(v) The cattle damaged both the fence and the crop. (Rewrite using ‘not only ... but also')
(vi) He shouted, “Let me go." (Change to Indirect Speech)
(vii) Give the order. (Change the voice)
(viii) Notwithstanding his hard work he did not succeed. (Rewrite the sentence using yet)
(ix) Durga is a brave girl. (Change to Exclamatory Sentence)
(x) He is as strong as his brother. (Change the degree of comparison without changing the meaning)

(B) Use the following phrasal verbs in sentences of your own :

(i) to do away with
(ii) to put up with
(iii) turn down
(iv) do without
(v) fall back upon

(C) Fill in the blanks with prepositions :

(i) She swims everyday the summer.
(ii) World War II lasted more than five years.
(iii) They work everyday - 7 a.m.
(iv) He spoke_ me.
(v) India became a Republic_

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Q1. Write essays on any four of the following in about 300 words each :

(a) Role of films in promotion of Freedom struggle
(b) Impact of climate change on agriculture and : cropping pattern in India
(c) Mass transport systems are the key to reducing fuel expenditure .
(d) Ensuring good hygiene will give the nation better pay-offs than food subsidies
(e) Religious fundamentalism - a challenge, to national security
(f) Child labour : an accepted endemic reality in India

Q2. Write arguments for and against each of the following in about 300 words :

(a) Development and creation of jobs must take priority over social development.
(b) Pre-poll alliances are better than post-poll partnerships.

Q3. Write Reports on the following in about 200 words each in:

(a) Penetration of Left Wing extremism tribal areas.
(b) Domestic violence against women in India.

Q4. Attempt a précis of the given passage in one-third of its length. Do not suggest a title. Write the précis, as far as possible, in your own words. State the number of words at the end of the answer. Write the précis on the separate sheets provided and fasten them to the answer book.

The belief that fashion alone should dominate opinion has great advantages. It makes thought unnecessary and puts the highest intelligence within the reach of everyone. It is not difficult to learn the correct use of such words as 'complex,' 'sadism,' 'Oedipus,' 'bourgeois,' "deviation,' 'left'; and nothing more is needed to make a brilliant writer or talker. Some, at least, of such words represented much thought on the part of their inventors; like paper money they were originally convertible into gold. But they have become for most people inconvertible, and in depreciating have increased nominal wealth in ideas. And so we are enabled to despise the paltry intellectual fortunes of former times.

The modern-minded man, although he believes profoundly in the wisdom of his period, 'must be presumed to be very modest about his personal powers. His highest hope is to think first: what is about to be thought, to say what is about to be said, and to feel what is about to be felt; he has no wish to think better thoughts than his neighbours, to say things showing more insight, or to have emotions which are not those of some fashionable group, but only to be slightly ahead of others in point of time. Quite deliberately he suppresses what is individual in himself for the sake of the admiration of the herd. A mentally solitary life, such as that of Copernicus, or Spinoza, or Milton after the Restoration, seems pointless according to modern standards. Copernicus should have delayed his advocacy of the Copernican system until it could be made fashionable; Spinoza should have been either a good Jew or a good Christian; Milton should have moved with the times, like Cromwell's widow, who asked Charles II for a pension on the ground that she did not agree with her husband's politics. Why should an individual set himself up as an independent judge? Is it not clear that wisdom resides in the blood of the Nordic race or, alternatively, in the proletariat ? And in any case what is the use of an eccentric opinion, which never can hope to conquer the great agencies of publicity ?

The money rewards and widespread though ephemeral fame which those agencies have made possible places temptations in the way of able men which are difficult to resist. To be pointed out, admired, mentioned constantly in the press, and offered easy ways of earning much money is highly agreeable; and when all this is open to a man, he finds it difficult to go on doing the work that he himself thinks best and is inclined to subordinate his judgment to the general opinion.

Q5. Read the following passage and answer the questions :

I believe that the civilization India has evolved is not to be beaten in the world. Nothing can equal the seeds sown by our ancestors. Rome went, Greece shared the same fate; the might of the Pharaohs was broken; Japan has become Westernized; of China nothing can be said; but India is still, somehow or other, sound at the foundation. The people of Europe learn their lessons from the writings of the men of Greece or .Rome, which exist no longer in their former glory. In trying to learn from them, the Europeans imagine that they will avoid the mistakes of Greece and Rome. Such is their pitiable condition. In the midst of all this India remains immovable and that is her glory. It is a charge against India that her people are so uncivilized, ignorant and stolid, that it is not possible to induce them to adopt any changes. It is a charge really against our merit. What we have tested and found true on the anvil of experience, we dare not change. Many thrust their advice upon India, and she remains steady. This is her beauty : it is the sheet-anchor of our hope.

Civilization is that mode of conduct which points out to man the path of duty. Performance of duty and observance of morality are convertible terms. To observe morality is to attain mastery over our mind and our passions. So doing, we know ourselves. The Gujarati equivalent for civilization means "good conduct".
If this definition be correct, then India, as so many writers have shown, has nothing to learn from anybody else, and this is as it should be. We notice that the mind is a restless bird; the more it gets the more it wants, and still remains unsatisfied. The more we indulge our passions the more unbridled they become. Our ancestors, therefore, set a limit to our indulgences. They saw that happiness was largely a mental condition. A man is not necessarily happy because he is rich, or unhappy because he is poor. The rich are often seen to be unhappy, the poor to be happy. Millions will always remain poor. Observing all this, our ancestors dissuaded us from luxuries and pleasures. We have managed with the same kind of plough as existed thousands of years ago. We have retained the same kind of cottages that we had in former times and our indigenous education remains the same as before. We have had no system of life-corroding competition. Each followed his own occupation or trade and charged a regulation wage. It was not that we did not know how to invent machinery, but our forefathers knew that, if we set our hearts after such things, we would become slaves and lose our moral fibre. They, therefore, after due deliberation decided that we should only do what we could with our hands and feet. They saw that our real happiness and health consisted in a proper use of our hands and feet. They further reasoned that large cities were a snare and a useless encumbrance and the people would not be happy in them, that there would be gangs of thieves and robbers, prostitution and vice flourishing in them and that poor men would be robbed by rich men. They were, therefore, satisfied with small villages. They saw that kings and their swords were inferior to the sword of ethics, and they, therefore, held the sovereigns of the earth to be inferior to the Rishis and the Fakirs.

(i) Give the meaning of the following words in the passage : life-corroding, sovereigns, anvil, indigenous.
(ii) Why was India vis-à-vis other countries charged for not being developed ?
(iii) What is the relationship between civilization and morality?
(iv) What is the foothold of Indian civilization according to the author ?
(v) What justification does the author advance for practising ancestral occupation and why?

Q6. (a) Rewrite the sentences in correct form :

(i) The retention of a major portion of our earnings have helped build our new house.
(ii) Geeta suspects Seeta for stealing the pen.
(iii) She's used to get up early.
(iv) Jane thought she can win the prize.
(v) The gardener picked up flowers in the garden.
(vi) I wish I was as tall as my leader.
(vii) Sharmas will start after the breakfast.
(viii) I look forward to see him soon.
(ix) Each boy and each girl was in their best dress.
(x) Why is Ruby appearing so sad?

(b) Use the following words in sentences of your own so as to bring out their meanings :

(i) coast/beach
(ii) contagious/infectious
(iii) famous/ famed
(iv) incident/accident
(v) price/cost

(c) Fill in the blanks with appropriate preposition :

(i) The beauty of Venice consists __ the style of its ancient buildings.
(ii) My insomnia was bad enough me to seek advice a psychiatrist.
(iii) The method I was taught came - a girl guide. He owns a mansion girdled a black path.

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