IFS 2005
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
PAPER-I
SECTION - I
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
PAPER-I
SECTION - I
- Answer any three of the following (About 150 words each)
- What is genetic disorder? Illustrate with a few examples. (20)
- Discuss certain unique properties of water. (20)
- What are DNA chips? What are their applications? (20)
- What are nanomaterials? Discuss their applications. (20)
- Discuss the process of heating and cooling of atmosphere. (20)
- Answer any one of the following: (About 150 words each)
- Enumerate the recommendations of the Constitution Review Commission. (20)
- What is E-Governance? Explain.(20)
- Answer any two of the following: (About 150 words each)
- What are the Directive Principles of State Policy? (20)
- Discuss the role of National Human Rights Commission in India? (20)
- Evaluate India as a Secular State.(20)
SECTION II
- Answer any three of the following: (About 100 words each): (3 x 10 = 30 marks)
- Distinguish between Troposphere and Stratosphere.
- What are tides? State their importances.
- What are Metamorphic Rocks? State their economic uses.
- What is an atoll?
- What is insulin?
- Answer any three of the following: (About 100 words each) (3 x 10 = 30 marks)
- Vegetation is the index of climate. Explain.
- Why do the herbivores and the carnivores co-exist in the forest ecosystem?
- Distinguish between lunar eclipse and solar eclipse.
- What are ocean currents? State the uses of ocean currents.
- What are the major characteristics of the troposphere?
- Answer any three of the following: (About 100 words each) (3 x 10 = 30 marks)
- Give an account of the Tamil as classical language.
- Discuss the constitutional reforms of the Lucknow Pact 1916.
- What is Contingency Fund of India?
- What is Write Quo Warranto?
- What is Writ Habeas Corpus?
- Answer any three of the following: (About 100 words each) (3 x 10 = 30 marks)
- Evaluate the role of Swaraj Party in the freedom struggle.
- What is Lok Adalat?
- What is Vote on Account?
- Examine the political significance of the Poona Pact.
SECTION III - Mention the place where the following are located: (10 x 1 = 10 marks)
- International Crop Research Institute for Semi Arid Tropics.
- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.
- Tata Iron & Steel Company.
- Mettur Dam.
- Housing & Urban Development Corporation.
- National Environmental Engineering Research Institute.
- Birth Place of Adi Shankaracharya.
- SAARC Secretariat.
- International Court of Justice.
- Un Centre for Human Settlements.
- What do the following abbreviations stand for? (10 x 1 = 10 marks)
- NABARD
- CTBT
- IPR
- DWCRA
- SHGs
- UNMVIC
- CEDAW
- SEBI
- IQ
- SGPC
- What are the following (answer in 1 word or 1 sentence each)? (10 x 1 = 10 marks)
- Hard disc
- Theosophical Society
- Din-e-illahi
- Panchsheel
- Non Aligned Movement
- Kesari
- Young India
- Public Account Committee
- Lokayukta
- Mukti Bahini.
- What are the following famous for? (Answer in one word or one sentence each) (10 x 1 = 10 marks)
- Sri Particle Geddis
- Henry Vivian Derojio
- Fazal Ali
- Harilal Kania
- Enrice fermi
- Sam Pitroda
- Harlem Gro Brundtland
- Samay Ram
- APJ Abdul Kalam
- Albert Einstein.
- Why have the following been in the news recently? (10 x 1 = 10 marks)
- Aamir Raza Hussain
- Karunakaran
- Sayyed Sibte Razi
- Kofi Annan
- James Tony
- Anil Ambani
- Benedict XVI
- S.N. Phukan
- Ms. Girja Vyas and
- Sathak Behrunia
- With which game/sport the following terms are associated? (10 x 1 = 10 marks)
- Dog-leg
- Scissors
- Fosbury Flop
- Bonk
- Travelling
- Catch a Crab
- Moneky Climb
- Nutmeg
- Backalley
- Chicane.
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