IFS-2006: General Knowledge
Paper-I
Section I

Answer any three of the following (About 150 words each)

Biodiversity enriches life. Discuss

Illustrate the procedure of self-grown bladders transplant. What are the merits of such organic growth

What is relative humidity? Explain

What is e-Waste? Explain

Explain plate tectonics

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

State the essential features of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005

Answer any two of the following: (About 150 words each)

What are the main provisions of the Right to Information Act, 2005

State the implications of 73rd Amendment Act empowering the Panchayat Raj institutions in India

What are the functions of Minorities Commission

Section II

Answer any three of the following: (About 100 words each): × 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) × 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) × 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) × 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 × 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 × 1 10 marks)?

ITER

MNP

ICRISAT

LERMS

MASER

NICE

ADAM

GIS

FSI

WMO

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

Balbir Singh

With which game/sport the following terms are associated (10 × 1 10 marks)?

Half Nelson

Circle

Niblic

Scoop

Wtone Walling

Vulnerable

Jigger

Pitcher

Drop

Tobogganing.

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