IFS 2007 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTION PAPER

IFS 2007
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

PAPER-I
SECTION - I

1. Answer any three of the following (About 150 words each)
   1. Explain the importance of Tropical Rainforests.(20)
   2. Describe Kinetic Energy and its relation with Potential energy, with illustrations.(20)
   3. Environmental Movements.(20)
   4. Why was Pluto declared a Dwarf Planet? Explain.(20)
   5. What is Radioactive Pollution?(20)
2. Answer any one of the following: (About 150 words each)
   1. e-governance is the other name for good governance.” Elucidate. (20)
   2. Discuss the supremacy of the Prime Minister under Indian political system. (20)
3. Answer any two of the following: (About 150 words each)
   1. Examine the philosophy of the Indian Constitution as embodies in the Preamble.(20)
   2. “Article 32 is the soul of the Indian Constitution.” Explicate. (20)
   3. Account for the emergence of coalition politics in India and assess its impact on Indian polity.(20)
   
   
   
   SECTION II
4. Answer any three of the following: (About 100 words each): (3 x 10 = 30 marks)
   1. Write a note on Global Warming.
   2. Describe the functions of cellulose in plants.
   3. Describe the Tundra Region.
   4. What is International Date Line?
   5. Explain the concept of Heat Balance.
   
   
5. Answer any three of the following: (About 100 words each) (3 x 10 = 30 marks)
   1. Why do Tsunamis occur and have devastating effects?
   2. Explain why Winter rainfall is South-Eastern States of India is heavy?
   3. Write a note on Air Masses.
   4. Describe the difference between Gulf and Bay.
   5. What is Ohm’s Law?
   
   
6. Answer any three of the following: (About 100 words each)(3 x 10 = 30 marks)
   1. Write a note on the Religious beliefs in the Indus Valley.
   2. Discuss Alexander’s Invasion of India and its impact.
   3. Describe the progress of Science and astronomy under the Imperial Guptas.
   4. Explain the Bhakti Movement.
   5. Examine the paintings and art under the Mughals.
   
   
7. Answer any three of the following: (About 100 words each)(3 x 10 = 30 marks)
   1. Write a note on the travellers to India in the Post-Sultanate period.
   2. What was Doctrine of Lapse?
   3. What do you known about the Young Bengal Movement?
   4. Examine critically the provisions of the ‘August Offer’.
   5. Discuss the Constitutional proposals of the Cabinet Mission Plan.
   
   
   SECTION III
8. Mention the place where the following are located:(10 x 1 = 10 marks)
   1. Golden Beach
   2. National Police Academy
   3. Akshardham Temple
   4. Nandigram
   5. Saddle Peak
   6. Bahai Temple
   7. Susuai Hills
   8. National Institute of Visually
   9. Ambi Valley
   10. Chandipur
   
   
9. What do the following abbreviations stand for?(10 x 1 = 10 marks)
   1. NATO
   2. START
   3. NAAC
   4. OECD
   5. FICCI
   6. CMIE
   7. UNCED
   8. IFAD
   9. ASEAN
   10. TRAI
   
   
10. What are the following (answer in one word or one sentence each)?(10 x 1 = 10 marks)
    1. Volvo
    2. Dengue Fever
    3. Knesset
    4. Equinox
    5. Pennines
    6. Star War Programme
    7. Tarn
    8. Kalahari
    9. Dilli Haat
    10. URL
    
    
11. What are the following famous for?(Answer in one word or one sentence each)(10 x 1 = 10 marks)
    1. T.N. Seshan
    2. Sam Pitroda
    3. Jean Piaget
    4. Panipat
    5. Bhedaghat
    6. Noam Chomsky
    7. Taslima Nasreen
    8. K.P.S. Gill
    9. Gangubai Hangal
    10. Sucheta Kripalani
    
    
12. Why have the following been in the news recently?(10 x 1 = 10 marks)
    1. Mayawati
    2. Bob Woolmer
    3. Maniyappan Raman Kutty
    4. Budhia
    5. Swami Ramdeo
    6. Ban ki Moon
    7. Kiran Desai
    8. Gordan Brown
    9. Brinda Karat
    10. Shashi Tharoor
13. With which game/sport the following terms are associated?(10 x 1 = 10 marks)
    1. Bird
    2. Blocking
    3. Jigger
    4. Hook
    5. Rook
    6. Banana
    7. Dead Ball
    8. Bogey
    9. Bully and
    10. Scouting

IFS 2006 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTION PAPER

IFS 2006
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

PAPER-I
SECTION - I

1. Answer any three of the following (About 150 words each)
   1. Biodiversity enriches life. Discuss.(20)
   2. Illustrate the procedure of self-grown bladders transplant. What are the merits of such organic growth?(20)
   3. What is relative humidity? Explain.(20)
   4. What is e-Waste? Explain.(20)
   5. Explain plate tectonics.(20)
2. Answer any one of the following: (About 150 words each)
   1. Discuss the current position of President’s rule under Article 356 of the Constitution of India. AND President’s Rule Under Article 356. (20)
   2. State the essential features of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005. (20)
3. Answer any two of the following: (About 150 words each)
   1. What are the main provisions of the Right to Information Act, 2005? (20)
   2. State the implications of 73rd Amendment Act empowering the Panchayat Raj institutions in India. (20)
   3. What are the functions of Minorities Commission? (20)
   SECTION II
   
   
4. Answer any three of the following: (About 100 words each): (3 x 10 = 30 marks)
   1. What are earth movements? Explain.
   2. What is acid roc?
   3. Distinguish between Weather and Climate.
   4. Explain avalanche and avalanche wind?
   5. Define mountain range, mountain system and mountain chain.
   
   
5. Answer any three of the following: (About 100 words each) (3 x 10 = 30 marks)
   1. Write a note on barrier reef.
   2. What is lumbering?
   3. Explain the importance of monsoon rains of Indian economy.
   4. Distinguish between Bhabar and Tarai.
   5. What is the significance of ‘FINSAS’?
   
   
6. Answer any three of the following: (About 100 words each) (3 x 10 = 30 marks)
   1. Colonial Historiography has led to communalism in India. Discuss.
   2. Define Manasabdari system.
   3. Explain the features of Nehru Report, 1928.
   4. What is Home Rule Movement?
   5. State regions for the growth of Extremism during the second phase of India’s Freedom Struggle.
   
   
7. Answer any three of the following: (About 100 words each) (3 x 10 = 30 marks)
   1. Explain Sufism.
   2. Was Mughal State a centralized bureaucracy? Discuss.
   3. Discuss the nature of medieval Indian peasantry.
   4. Brief write the major points of Civil Disobedience Movement.
   5. What is “Fourth Generation Warfare’?
   
   
   SECTION III
   
   
8. Mention the place where the following are located:(10 x 1 = 10 marks)
   1. Barapani Lake
   2. Rock Garden
   3. Victoria Peak
   4. Ramanashram
   5. NIMHANS
   6. Spice Board
   7. Kalashetra
   8. Bryant Park
   9. Heathrow Airport
   10. Hieun-Tsang Memorial Hall
   
   
9. What do the following abbreviations stand for? (10 x 1 = 10 marks)
   1. ITER
   2. MNP
   3. ICRISAT
   4. LERMS
   5. MASER
   6. NICE
   7. ADAM
   8. <>
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   9. FSI
   10. WMO
   
   
10. What are the following (answer in 1 word or 1 sentence each)? (10 x 1 = 10 marks)
    1. Symbiosis
    2. Psychokinesis
    3. Petrology
    4. Allotropy
    5. Eugenics
    6. Progeria
    7. Semiotics
    8. Avahan
    9. Great Rift Valley
    10. Certiorari
    
    
11. What are the following famous for? (Answer in one word or one sentence each) (10 x 1 = 10 marks)
    1. Ayyappa Panicker
    2. Reese Witherspoon
    3. Angela Merkel
    4. Sundarlal Bahuguna
    5. Dr. Mohmmed Rela
    6. Jayadevan System
    7. Dr. Edward Bach
    8. Schengan Visa
    9. Sully Prodhomme
    10. Bharathi Gupta
    
    
12. Why have the following been in the news recently? (10 x 1 = 10 marks)
    1. Naomi Campbell
    2. Raj Babber
    3. INS Prahar
    4. Rafael Nadal
    5. Jawad-al-Malike
    6. Sanat Fonseka
    7. My Lord
    8. WL-16 R III
    9. Tibetan sand fox, and
    10. Balbir Singh (Sr).
        
13. With which game/sport the following terms are associated? (10 x 1 = 10 marks)
    1. Half Nelson
    2. Circle
    3. Niblic
    4. Scoop
    5. Wtone Walling
    6. Vulnerable
    7. Jigger
    8. Pitcher
    9. Drop and
    10. Tobogganing.

IFS 2005 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTION PAPER

IFS 2005
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

PAPER-I
SECTION - I

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

IFS 2007 GENERAL ENGLISH QUESTION PAPER

IFS - 2007
GENERAL ENGLISH

PAPER - I
SECTION - A

1. Write an essay, in about 800 to 1000 words, on any one of the following:
   (100 marks)
   1. How far has the UN Accomplished its Declared Objects?
   2. Move for Ecological Security
   3. Interlinking of Rivers: A Mixed Blessing.
   4. Women’s Reservation Bill.
   5. Panchayati Raj and Rural Development.
   
   
2. Write a report on measures which should be taken by your country to prevent water pollution.
   (50 marks)
   (or)
   Write a letter (signing yourself as ‘X’) to the editor of a newspaper demanding severe checks on cyber terrorism.
   
   
3. Attempt a precis of the following passage in your own words using no less than 180 and no more than 205 words. The exact number of the words used must be mentioned. If the precis is not written on the special precis sheet, it shall be marked down.
   
   (75 marks)
4. Rewrite the following sentences correctly, choosing the appropriate words given below:
   (15 marks)
   loose, except, lose, accept, stationery, stationary.
   1. Good ............................ is expensive.
   2. Do not ............................ the money.
   3. The banks ............................ deposits of money.
   4. His sandals were ............................
   5. Everyone ............................ Gopal passes the test.
   
   
5. Rewrite as directed (without hanging the meaning):
   (30 marks)
   1. It (be) fourteen years since I saw him)
      (Supply the correct tense).
   2. His health is ............................ too good.
      (Insert ‘no’ , ‘none’, or ‘nothing’ in the blank space)
   3. The sun has ripped the fruit.
      (Turn the sentence into Passive voice)
   4. The lecture was well-attended.
      (Insert ‘fairly’ at the right place)
   5. We ............................ nothing to eat since eight o’clock this morning.
      (Fill in the blank space with the correct tense)
   6. What you would do if you ............................ attacked by a bandit?
      (Fill in the correct verb)
   7. Write the exercise ............................ ink.
      (Use the appropriate preposition)
   8. This is the person. I gave the money to him.
      (Combine the sentences by using as infinite)
   9. H was rude to say that
      (Rewrite the sentence by using an introductory ‘it’ and an ‘of’ adjunct)
   10. She cares for the sick. She cared for the wounded.
       (Express the ideas in one sentence by using ‘both’)
   
   
6. Supply ‘no’, ‘none’, ‘not’ or ‘nothing’ in the blank spaces:
   (12 marks)
   1. They had ............. warm clothing.
   2. There is ............ a stupid scholar in the class.
   3. He is ............... older than I am.
   4. We arrived .................. too soon.
   5. An elephant is ............... like a giraffe.
   6. We were ............. the worse for our experience.
   
   
7. Rewrite the following sentences removing the errors, if any:
   (18 marks)
   1. Father comes at home at five o’clock.
   2. I have had my dinner an hour ago.
   3. I did not see him since last January.
   4. Ring up me at 3.30.
   5. It is not very warm today, isn’t it?
   6. She is making her prayer.

IFS 2006 GENERAL ENGLISH QUESTION PAPER

IFS - 2006
GENERAL ENGLISH

PAPER - I
SECTION - A

1. Write an essay, in about 800 to 1000 words, on any one of the following:
   (100 marks)
   1. Our Wild Life Heritage
   2. Democracy Versus Totalitarianism
   3. Our Problem of Poverty in the Midst of Plenty
   4. The Menace of Terrorism and Ways to Combat it
   5. The Globalization of Indian Economy.
   
   
2. Write a report on the need to revive the village industries in our country.
   (50 marks)
   (or)
   Write a letter (signing yourself as ‘X’) to the Minister of Environment & Forests, Government of India informing him about the problems of preservation of forests.
   
   
3. Attempt a precis of the following passage in your world using not less than 160 and not more than 182 words. The exact number of the words used must be mentioned. If the precis is not written on the special precis sheet, it shall be marked down:
   (75 marks)
4. Rewrite the following sentences correctly, choosing the appropriate words given below:
   (15 marks)
   affects, convinced, prohibit, effects, refute.
   1. The latest statistics ............................ his claim that the economy is expanding.
   2. In time Einstein ............................ most physicists that his theory was correct.
   3. Most States have laws that ............................gambling.
   4. Cold weather ............................children more than adults.
   5. The strictness of the police had good ............................
   
   
5. Rewrite as directed (without hanging the meaning):
   (30 marks)
   1. My father (be) sixty years old last Tuesday.
      (Supply the correct tense).
   2. You read too quickly.
      (Insert ‘rather’ at the right place)
   3. They provided him to be the circuit.
      (Rewrite the sentence using the passive voice of the finite verb).
   4. ......... less then five people have tried to solve the problem, but ........... one of them has been able to do it.
      (Insert ‘no’ or ‘not’ in the blanks spaces).
   5. Are you ............. the goods with you, or world you like them ........... on later?
      (Insert the present or past participate of ‘take’ or ‘send’ whichever you think is correct).
   6. This kind of tree grows very ..............
      (Fill in the blanks space with either ‘slow; or ‘slowly’).
   7. The ought to be here ............. now.
      (Use the appropriate preposition).
   8. John does not like English Grammar.
      (Turn into negative question).
   9. I prefer white coffee to blank one.
      (Correct the sentence).
   10. There ......... plenty of time before the bus leave.
       (Supply an appropriate verb).
   
   
6. Supply ‘a(n)’, ‘some’ or ‘the’ where necessary:
   (12 marks)
   1. There are............. children outside.
   2. My wife has gone to ............ hospital to visit his sick father.
   3. I have never known so wet ............... summer.
   4. .................. Russians sent up .......... first earth satellite.
   5. ............... lion is .................. dangerous animal.
   6. He is living at ............. place in the USA.
   
   
7. Rewrite the following after correcting the errors, if any:
   (18 marks)
   1. They climbed on the tree.
   2. I invited my friends on dinner.
   3. My teacher was angry
   4. Flour is made of wheat.
   5. Her dress was made from silk.
   6. Whom did you give it do?

IFS 2005 GENERAL ENGLISH QUESTION PAPER

IFS - 2005
GENERAL ENGLISH

PAPER - I
SECTION - A

1. Write an essay, in about 800 to 1000 words, on any one of the following:
   
   (100 marks)
   1. Global Warming: Its Causes and Effects
   2. Tenth Five-Year Plan: Priorities and Prospects
   3. Justice Delayed in Justice Denied
   4. Our Future Wars will be Wars for Water
   5. The Pleasures of Reading.
   
   
2. Write a report on measures taken by your country to prevent the spread of AIDS.
   
   (50 marks)
   (or)
   Write a letter (signing yourself as ‘X’) to the Editor of a national daily demanding severe checks on the increasing noise pollution in the metropolises of the country.
   
   
3. Attempt a precis of the following passage in your own words, using no less than 215 and no more than 240 words. The exact number of the words used must be mentioned. If the precis is not written on the special precis sheet, it shall be marked down:
   (75 marks)
   
   Science affects the average man and woman in two ways. He or she benefits by its applications, driving in a motor car or omnibus instead of a horse-drawn vehicle, being treated for disease by a doctor or surgeon rather than a priest or a witch, and being killed with an automatic pistol or a shell in place of a dagger or a battle-axe. It also affects his or her opinions. Almost everyone believes that the earth is round, and the heavens nearly empty, instead of solid. And we are beginning to believe in our animal ancestry and the possibility of vast improvements in human nature by biological methods. But science can do something far bigger for the human mind than the substitution of one set of beliefs for another, or the inculcation of scepticism regarding accepted opinions. It can gradually spread among humanity as a whole the point of view that prevails among research workers and has enabled a few thousand men and a few dozen women to create the science on which modern civilisation rests. For if we are to control our own and one another’s actions as we are learning to control nature, the scientific point of view must come out of the laboratory and be applied to the events of daily life. It is foolish to think that the outlook which has already revolutionised industry, agriculture, war and medicine will prove useless when applied to the family, the nation, or the human race.
   Unfortunately, the growing realisation of this fact is opening the door to innumerable false prophets who are advertising their own pet theories in sociology as scientific. Science is continually telling us through their mouths that we are doomed unless we give up smoking, adopt—or abolish—birth control, and so forth. Now it is not my object to support any scientific theory, but merely the scientific standpoint. What are the characteristics of that standpoint? In the first place, it attempts to be truthful and, therefore, impartial. And it carries impartiality a great deal further than does the legal point of view. A good judge will try to be impartial between Mr. John Smith and Mr. Chang Sing. A good scientist will be impartial between Mr. Smith, a tape-worm, and the solar system. He will leave behind him his natural repulsion of the tape-worm, which would lead him to throw it away instead of studying it as carefully as a statue or a symphony, and This awe for the solar system, which led his predecessors either or worship its constituents, or at least to regard them as inscrutable servants of the Almighty, too exalted for human comprehension.
   Such an attitude leads the scientist to a curious mixture of pride and humility. The solar system turns out to be a group of bodies rather small in comparison with many of their neighbours, and executing their movements according to simple and easily intelligible laws. But he himself is a rather aberrant member of the same order as the monkeys, while his mind is at the mercy of a number of chemical processes in his body which he can understand but little and control hardly at all.
   Insofar as it places all phenomena on the same emotional level, the scientific point of view may be called the God’s-eye view. But it differs profoundly from that which religions have attributed to the Almighty in being ethically neutral. Science cannot determine what is right and wrong, and should not try to. It can work out the consequences of various actions, but it cannot pass judgement on them. The bacteriologist can merely point out that pollution of the public water supply is likely to cause as many deaths as letting off a bomb in the public street. But he is no better equipped than anyone else in possession of the knowledge he has gained, for determining whether these two acts are equally wrong. The enemies of science alternately abuse its exponents for being deaf to moral considerations and for interfering in ethical problems which do not concern them. Both of these criticisms cannot be right.
   
   
4. Rewrite the following sentences correctly, choosing the appropriate words given below:
   
   (15 marks)
   official, expunged, generalities, advancement, guard, reciprocal.
   1. So far no ............................. announcement has been made.
   2. The remarks were offensive and.............................
   3. He talked in ............................. instead of focusing on specific examples.
   4. The............................. of technical education must be given priority.
   5. India cannot lower her............................. till she has overcome the crisis.
   
   
5. Rewrite as directed (without hanging the meaning):
   (30 marks)
   1. She (discover) to her horror that she (swallow) a fly.
      (Supply the correct past tense of the verbs)
   2. The child has seen a tiger.
      (Insert ‘never’ at the right place)
   3. She is very weak. She cannot walk.
      (Make a simple sentence by using an infinitive)
   4. Mumbai is the biggest city in India.
      (Restructure the sentence by using the positive degree of the adjective)
   5. They loudly cheered the Prime Minister’s speech.
      (Turn the sentence into passive voice)
   6. She is very tall. She can reach that picture.
      (Make a simple sentence by using ‘enough)
   7. My daughter’s birthday coincides ............ mine.
      (Use the appropriate preposition)
   8. I wish that I were a king.
      (Change into an exclamatory sentence)
   9. What though the field be lost?
      (Transform into an assertive sentence)
   10. The river (overflow) its banks a week ago.
       (Use the correct tense of the verb)
   
   
6. Supply ‘a(n)’, ‘some’ or ‘the’ where necessary:
   (12 marks)
   1. As ............. writer she is ............... class of her own.
   2. The ship has been at .............. sea for .......... long time.
   3. ............. tea is very sweet, you must put .......... milk in it.
   4. I must get ................ food with ............... glass of milk.
   5. Take .............. umbrella with you when you go to ............ office to attend to your duties.
   6. We will have ............. picnic in ......... forest, next week.
   
   
7. Rewrite the following after correcting the errors, if any:
   (18 marks)
   1. No sooner the sun rose, he was off again.
   2. You cannot leave the place until he does not come back.
   3. He has bought a new car last week.
   4. If I am you, I should agree.
   5. It cannot be anything else than pride,
   6. I am laid down with fever.

IFS 2007 GEOLOGY QUESTION PAPER

IFS - 2007
GEOLOGY

PAPER - I
SECTION - A

1. Write critical notes, within 150 words each, on any four of the following :
   1. Solar System. (10)
   2. Landforms. (10)
   3. Aerial photographs and their interpretation. (10)
   4. Unconformities. (10)
   5. Weathering and Mass-Wasting. (10)
   
   
2. What are volcanoes? Discuss volcanic eruptions with special reference to India. (40)
   
3. 1. Discuss in detail the basic concepts in geomorphology. Illustrate your answer with suitable Indian examples. (20)
   2. Geographical Information System and its applications. (20)
   
   
4. Discuss in detail the principles of geologic mapping and map reading. (40)
   
   SECTION - B
   
   
5. Write critical notes, within 150 words each, on any four of the following :
   1. Microfossils. (10)
   2. Evolution of the Himalaya. (10)
   3. Lithostratigraphic classification of strata. (10)
   4. Rainwater harvesting. (10)
   5. Rocks as construction material. (10)
   
   
6. Discuss in detail the evolutionary trends of Trilobita. Illustrate your answer with neat sketches. (40)
7. 1. Discuss the stratigraphic distribution and lithology of the Siwalik Group. (20)
   2. Discuss in brief igneous activity in India during the geologic past. (20)
   
   
8. 1. Discuss the various water-bearing characteristics of rocks. Give suitable examples. (20)
   2. Discuss the various geological investigations you shall undertake before and during construction of a bridge. (20)
   
   
   
   PAPER - II
   SECTION - A
   
   
   
   1. In about 150 words each, write on any four of the following : (l0 × 4 = 40)
      1. Use of projection diagrams to represent crystal symmetry.
      2. Twinning in minerals.
      3. Magmatic differentiation.
      4. Heavy minerals and their significance.
      5. ACF and AKF diagrams.
      
      
   2. Define Inosilicates. Giving their general characters, describe the minerals of pyroxene group. (40)
      
   3. 1. Describe the crystallization of two- component system of Anorthite-Albite with solid solutions. (20)
      2. What is understood by metamorphism in geology ? List different types of metamorphism. Discuss any one type with suitable examples. (20)
      
      
   4. Enumerate and explain the formation of different types of sedimentary structures. Write an account on their significance. (40)
      
      SECTION - B
      
      
   5. Attempt any four answering in about 150 words each : (l0 × 4 = 40)
      1. Pneumatolysis in ore geology.
      2. Environmental impact of use of fertilizers.
      3. Environmental impact assessment (EIA) in mining.
      4. Graphical methods of estimation of ore reserves.
      5. Thermodynamic principles.
      
      
   6. 1. Give an account of the nature and occurrence of Pb-Zn deposits of either of the following in Rajasthan : (20)
         1. Zavar mines
         2. Rampura-Agucha.
      2. Explain secondary (supergene) enrichment. Describe the physical and chemical factors that control above process. (20)
      
      
   7. Enlist various methods of prospecting of ore. Discuss in detail the sub-surface methods of exploration for copper and groundwater bodies. (40)
   8. 1. What are Meteorites? Give their classification. Explain in detail their characters. (20)
      2. Describe the environmental impact due to an open-cast mine in the coalfields of India. What remedial measures are being adopted there? (20)

IFS 2006 GEOLOGY QUESTION PAPER

IFS - 2006
GEOLOGY

PAPER - I
SECTION - A

1. Write notes, within 150 words each, on any four of the following:
   1. Types of plate boundaries (10)
   2. Impact of litho logy on the geomorphology (10)
   3. Significance of GIS (10)
   4. Significance of unconformities (10)
   5. Mechanism of development of concentric folds (10)
   
   
2. How do primary island arcs differ from the secondary island arcs? Also discuss their global distribution. (40)
   
3. Answer the following:
   1. Discuss the advantages and limitations of aerial photographs. (20)
   2. How does geomorphology help in environmental studies? (20)
   
   
4. Describe different types of strain markers that are used for the determination of 3-D strain in deformed rocks. (40)
   
   SECTION - B
   
   
   
5. Write notes, within 150 words each, on any four of the following
   1. Evolutionary trends in trilobites (10)
   2. Blaini boulder bed (10)
   3. Salt-water intrusion (10)
   4. Geological factors for dam site selection (10)
   5. Inter-trappean beds (10)
   
   
6. Discuss the environment and modes of preservation of fossils. (40)
   
7. Discuss in brief:
   1. Significance of flora in the classification of Gondwana Group (20)
   2. Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary and its geological significance (20)
   
   
8. Answer the following:
   1. Give Darcy’s formula and explain how the coefficient of permeability is determined. (20)
   2. Discuss the mechanical properties of the foundation rocks that are determined prior to construction in an engineering project. (20)
   
   
   
   PAPER - II
   SECTION - A
   
   
   1. In about 150 words each, answer any four of the following:
      1. Describe the clastic sedimentary structures. (10)
      2. Distinguish between twinning and parting in minerals. (10)
      3. Distinguish petrographically between a granite and a syenite. (10)
      4. Write on the factors controlling metamorphism and the products of metamorphism. (10)
      5. Classify the ultramafic rocks on the basis of mineralogy and other features. (10)
      
      
   2. Write notes on:
      1. Crystal defects. (10)
      2. Optical extinction and dispersion. (10)
      3. Structural classification of silicates. (10)
      4. Name and composition of two minerals from the groups of carbonate, phosphate, oxide, sulphide and halide. (10)
      
      
   3. 1. Write on the evolution of igneous rocks from fractionation of a basaltic magma. (20)
      2. Write on regional dynamo thermal metamorphism, stating the mineralogical and textural characters. (20)
      
      
   4. Describe the Gondwana basins of India along with a note on their depositional environment and economic importance. (40)
      
      
      SECTION - B
      
      
   5. Attempt any four answering in about 150 words each:
      1. Heavy mineral beach deposits of India. (10)
      2. Methods of mineral exploration. (10)
      3. Industrial and radio-active waste disposal. (10)
      4. Elementary thermodynamics. (10)
      5. Conservation and utilization of mineral resources. (10)
      
      
   6. Write on the following:
      1. Origin of the banded iron formation. (20)
      2. Base metal sulphide deposits in India. (20)
      
      
   7. Write on the methods of exploration and mining of metallic ore deposits. (40)
      
   8. 1. Write on the cosmic abundances .of elements, and the composition of the Earth in relation to the chemistry of extra-terrestrial materials. (20)
      2. Write on natural disasters and their mitigation. (20)

IFS 2005 GEOLOGY QUESTION PAPER

IFS - 2005
GEOLOGY

PAPER - I
SECTION - A

1. Write critical notes, within 150 words each, on any four of the following:
   1. Meteorites (10)
   2. Broad geo-morphological features of Indian subcontinent (10)
   3. Limitations of aerial photographs (10)
   4. Strain ellipsoid (10)
   5. Projection diagrams. (10)
   
   
2. What is Seismology? Discuss the role of seismological studies in understanding the interior of the earth. (40)
3. 1. Discuss the role of geomorphology in civil engineering construction activities. (20)
   2. Indian Remote Sensing Satellites. (20)
   
   
4. Discuss the mechanical conditions for the origin of three fundamental types of faults. (40)
   
   SECTION - B
   
   
5. Write critical notes, within 150 words each, on any four of the following
   1. Species diversity (10)
   2. Principles of superposition (10)
   3. Genetic classification of water (10)
   4. Correlation of unfossiliferous strata (10)
   5. Geotechnical problems of Tehri Dam (10)
   
   
6. Discuss briefly the morphology of brachiopods with suitable sketches; also write names of five brachiopods of stratigraphic significance along with their age. (40)
   
7. 1. Code of stratigraphic nomenclature in relation to classification of stratigraphic sequences. (20)
   2. Stratigraphic position of Deccan Volcanic Succession. (20)
   
   
8. 1. Problems and management of groundwater. (20)
   2. Geological factors of significance in the design and construction of tunnels. (20)

PAPER - II
SECTION - A

1. Write on any four of the following in about 150 words each
   1. Biogenic sedimentary structures. (10)
   2. Granulitic facies. (10)
   3. Dott’s classification of sandstones. (10)
   4. Metamorphism of calcareous sediments (10)
   5. Chatoyancy and asterism. (10)
   
   
2. Write short notes on:
   1. Miller indices and parameters (10)
   2. Amphibole group of minerals (10)
   3. Uniaxial and Biaxial minerals (10)
   4. 43 m (10)
   
   
3. Write detailed notes on the following:
   1. Igneous structures citing suitable examples. (20)
   2. Metasomatism (10)
   3. Eclogite facies (10)
   
   
4. Define sedimentary environments. Explain in detail, various parameters which control depositional environments. (40)
   
   
   SECTION - B
   
   
5. Write on any four of the following in about 150 words each
   1. Oxidation-Reduction potential (10)
   2. Neyveli lignite deposits (10)
   3. Principles of seismic methods of exploration. (10)
   4. Comminution and sizing. (10)
   5. Important global environmental impacts due to human activities. (10)
   
   
6. Write notes on:
   1. Iron ore deposits of India (10)
   2. Diamond deposits of India (10)
   3. Metamorphism plays vital role in formation of mineral deposits (10)
   4. Sedimentary ore deposits (10)
   
   
7. Write a detailed account on the various methods of mining used in alluvium placer deposits. (40)
   
8. Write explanatory notes on:
   1. Thermodynamic potential equations (10)
   2. Core of the earth is Self Exciting Dynamo (10)
   3. Groundwater quality criteria for drinking water (10)
   4. Chemical fertilizers and pesticides as biological hazards. (10)