IFS 2006
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
PAPER-I
SECTION - I
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
PAPER-I
SECTION - I
- Answer any three of the following (About 150 words each)
- Biodiversity enriches life. Discuss.(20)
- Illustrate the procedure of self-grown bladders transplant. What are the merits of such organic growth?(20)
- What is relative humidity? Explain.(20)
- What is e-Waste? Explain.(20)
- Explain plate tectonics.(20)
- Answer any one of the following: (About 150 words each)
- Discuss the current position of President’s rule under Article 356 of the Constitution of India. AND President’s Rule Under Article 356. (20)
- State the essential features of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005. (20)
- Answer any two of the following: (About 150 words each)
- What are the main provisions of the Right to Information Act, 2005? (20)
- State the implications of 73rd Amendment Act empowering the Panchayat Raj institutions in India. (20)
- What are the functions of Minorities Commission? (20)
SECTION II
- Answer any three of the following: (About 100 words each): (3 x 10 = 30 marks)
- What are earth movements? Explain.
- What is acid roc?
- Distinguish between Weather and Climate.
- Explain avalanche and avalanche wind?
- Define mountain range, mountain system and mountain chain.
- Answer any three of the following: (About 100 words each) (3 x 10 = 30 marks)
- Write a note on barrier reef.
- What is lumbering?
- Explain the importance of monsoon rains of Indian economy.
- Distinguish between Bhabar and Tarai.
- What is the significance of ‘FINSAS’?
- Answer any three of the following: (About 100 words each) (3 x 10 = 30 marks)
- Colonial Historiography has led to communalism in India. Discuss.
- Define Manasabdari system.
- Explain the features of Nehru Report, 1928.
- What is Home Rule Movement?
- State regions for the growth of Extremism during the second phase of India’s Freedom Struggle.
- Answer any three of the following: (About 100 words each) (3 x 10 = 30 marks)
- Explain Sufism.
- Was Mughal State a centralized bureaucracy? Discuss.
- Discuss the nature of medieval Indian peasantry.
- Brief write the major points of Civil Disobedience Movement.
- What is “Fourth Generation Warfare’?
SECTION III
- Mention the place where the following are located:(10 x 1 = 10 marks)
- Barapani Lake
- Rock Garden
- Victoria Peak
- Ramanashram
- NIMHANS
- Spice Board
- Kalashetra
- Bryant Park
- Heathrow Airport
- Hieun-Tsang Memorial Hall
- What do the following abbreviations stand for? (10 x 1 = 10 marks)
- ITER
- MNP
- ICRISAT
- LERMS
- MASER
- NICE
- ADAM
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- FSI
- WMO
- What are the following (answer in 1 word or 1 sentence each)? (10 x 1 = 10 marks)
- Symbiosis
- Psychokinesis
- Petrology
- Allotropy
- Eugenics
- Progeria
- Semiotics
- Avahan
- Great Rift Valley
- Certiorari
- What are the following famous for? (Answer in one word or one sentence each) (10 x 1 = 10 marks)
- Ayyappa Panicker
- Reese Witherspoon
- Angela Merkel
- Sundarlal Bahuguna
- Dr. Mohmmed Rela
- Jayadevan System
- Dr. Edward Bach
- Schengan Visa
- Sully Prodhomme
- Bharathi Gupta
- Why have the following been in the news recently? (10 x 1 = 10 marks)
- Naomi Campbell
- Raj Babber
- INS Prahar
- Rafael Nadal
- Jawad-al-Malike
- Sanat Fonseka
- My Lord
- WL-16 R III
- Tibetan sand fox, and
- Balbir Singh (Sr).
- With which game/sport the following terms are associated? (10 x 1 = 10 marks)
- Half Nelson
- Circle
- Niblic
- Scoop
- Wtone Walling
- Vulnerable
- Jigger
- Pitcher
- Drop and
- Tobogganing.
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