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" ,.... c" General Knowledge General English

Time: 3 hours
(Both for General Knowledge &General English)

Full Marks: 100
(General Knowledge: 50 General English: 50)

The figures in the right-handmargin indicate marks.

Candidates sh.ould write the answers in two separate
Answer Books supplied to them, i.e. one for
'General knowledge' and anotherfor
'General English'.

KNOWLEDGE)
Answer all questions. An'swer each bitquestion in a fullsentehce. 1.. Why did the ancient Egyptians build Pyramids
1

Which was the first to have' a Written Constitution? 1


Which organisation was replaced by World Trade Organisation on 1st January, 1995 1


WhatwasthethemeofWorld TourismDay2014? 1


Which is the longest dam in the world? 1


SN-117 (Turnover)
2. When was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by General Assembly of the United Nations? 1

Which country in the.world did launch the First Family Planning Programme? 1


Which battle's 200th Anniversary was celebrated in London recently? 1


Which city is known as the "City of Seven Hills"? 1


When do we perspire most? 1


3. Who did build the Great Wall of China? 1

Which institution was established in December, 1966 with its headquarters at Manila to accelerate economic and social development in Asia and Pacific region? 1


Where is the 55-storied Tall Maze Tower that was listed in the Guinness World Reco,rds on 21 st January, 2015 found? 1


What is the currency of Malaysia? 1


What is the main cause of Goitre? 1


SN Contd.
4. Where was the. Movement born
1
Which country on the borders of India has Monarchical form of government? 1

What is the name of the Japanese BulletTrain that had a test run on 21st April, 2015 with a speed of 630 kms per hour? 1


What isAngkorWat? 1


Why is food cooked faster in a Pressure Cooker?


1
5. Where have the ruins of a port of Indus Valley Civilization been discovered? 1

Whichwordshavebeenadded tothePreamble ofthe IndianConstitutionby42ndamendment? 1


Who did give the idea of Providing Urban amenities in Rural Areas (PURA) as a strategy of planning 1


Which states of India are situated on the coastal. line? 1


What do the letters CFL denote for an electric bulb? 1
SN-1n (3 (Tum over)
6. Which etnperordid build the Agra Fort? 1

Who do constitute the Parliament of India? 1


Which Steel Plant of India up in collaboration with Germany? 1


What is e-tourist visa? 1


What does cause table salt getting moist during


the rainy season? 1
7. Which was the First National Movement under the leadership of Gandhiji 1

Which method of acquisition of citizenship is applicable to a foreigner seekirig Indian Citizenship? 1


What do the letters I,T I of NITI Aayog stand fur? 1


What does the vision in Draft National Tourism .Policy 2015 aim at developing and positioning India as? 1
Who was the ChiefArchitect ofTaj Mahal? 1
8.· Which Constitutional Amendment Act did change the spelling of the name of Orissa to Odisha? 1
Contd.

Which country did collabt>ratein seiting up . Paradeep PhosphatesLimited at Paradeep 1


Which Inter-continental ballistic missile was successfully test fired in its third launch from Wheeler Island on 31 st January, 2015 1


Why is the RajaraniTemple in Bhubaneswarso named? 1


Why do some fruits taste sweet while some others taste sour? 1


9. Which dynasty's reign did.see the building of two Yogini temples in Oidsha 1
How many seats of Odisha Legislative Assembly are reserved for Scheduled Tribes?
1

What is the rank of Odishaamong the Stales and Union territories of India having maximum

. increase in forest coverage since 1911 according 10 India Slate of Forest Report 2013 released in July, 2014? 1


Why iSYogimath famous? 1


Which Blood Group is the universal recipient?


1 SN (Turnover)
10. Which Act did provide for creation of Odisha as a Separate Province? 1

What is Odisha's total rate in percentage according to census of2011? 1


How many years have elapsed between the last Nabakalevara and the present one? 1


Which village in Odisha has been declared by the Government of India as "Heritage Village" and developed as a crafts village? 1


What is Insulin? 1


(GENERAL ENGLISH)
Answer all questions.
1. Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow, in your own words and 4x5 =20 Minorities experiment; majorities cling to the forms of the past. It is safe to sa.y that large numbers of
. people will refuse to jettison the conventional idea of marriage or the familiar family forms. They will, no doubt, continue searching for happiness within the orthodox format. Yet, even thEly will be forced to innovate in the end, for the odds against success may prove overwhelming.
SN-1f7 Contd.
The orthodox format presupposes that two young people will "find" one another and marry. It presupposes that the two will fulfil certain psychological needs in one another, and that the two personalities will develop over the years, more or less in tandem, so that they continue to fulfil each other's needs. It further presupposes that this process will last "until death do us part".
These expectations are buill deeply into our culture. It is no longer respectable, as it once was, to marry for anything but love. Love has changed from a peripheral concern of the family into its primary justification. Indeed,thepursuitoflovethroughfamily life has become, for many, the very purpose of life itself.
Love, however, is defined in terms ofthis notion of shared growth. It is seen as a beautiful mesh of complementary needs, flowing into and out of one another, fulfilling the loved ones, and producing feelings of warmth, tenderness and devotion. Unhappy husbands often complain that they have "left their wives behind" in terms of social, educational or intellectual growth. Partners in successful marriages are said to "grow together".
SN.c:.117 (Turn over)
,This "parallel developmellt" theory of love carries endors'ement from marriage counsellors, ,psychologists and sociologists. Thus, s9-Ys ,sociologist NelsonFoote, a specialiston the family, the quality of the relationship between husband and
,wife is dependent upon "the degree ofmatching in their phases of distinct but comparable development".
Ifloveisa product of shared growth, however, and we· are to measure ,success in marriage by the degree to which matched development actually occurs, it becomes possible to make a strong and ominous prediction abou!the future.
In a fast-moving society, in which many things change,not once, but repeatedly, in which the ,husband moves up and down a variety of.economic and,social scales, in which the family is again and
•again torn loose from home and community, in which individuals move further from their parents, further from the religion of their origin, .anq further from traditional values, it is almost miraculous if two
,people develop at anything like comparable rates.
How do the majorities accept the idea of marriage?
SN-117 Contd.
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What expectations do the partners in marriage

carry? .
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has, a peripheral concern

ofthe familyintq.itsprimaryjustification.' Why does the authorthinkso
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What does thE;!allthor mean by the "parallel development" theory of love?


Does the passage'focus on a marriage of love? Give reasons for your answer.


2. Rewrite the following sentences as per the directions given in brackets: 1x1 0 10
The age limit for applying for the post is 28 years. There is a relaxation offive years in case of ST/SC candidates.
"
(Join the two sentences by a suitable Link word,)
Neither the Principal nor the Lecturers
___present in the meeting. (Fill in the blank with a correttverb.)

A rolling stone gathers no moss. (Change into a complex sentence.)


tax has been imposed on the electronic items in this budget. (Change the voice.)


Children are so fond ofTV, they sit

i1!ibr together (Fill in the blank with a suitable modaL)


.. He said to me, "Do Vc>bWaht to accompany me


SN (Tum over) (Replace the underlined words with a suitable idiom.)
on my trip to Darjeelirig?"
(Ch'ange Speech.)
Financial difficulties'delayed our project by one
year.
(Replace the verb with a suitable.phrasal verb.)
We met only a few minutes before:
(Correct the sentence.)
.. One who has a special skill in judging food, wine,
etc. (Express in a single word.)
The politician had a selfish motive in supporting
the cause of the students.

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SN 11 TO-1