HPAS Prelims Solved Paper – General Studies Part 2 (held on 16/10/2022)

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26. Consider the following statements :

(1) Tamil Nadu State is in the process of developing a Dugong (Sea Cow) reserve.

(2) “Blue Book” is the manual of National Security Guard.

(3) ‘CISS application’ under Baal Swaraj portal is used in the context of rehabilitation of children.

(4) Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) is located in Madhya Pradesh.

Which of the above statements are incorrect?

(A) (1), (2) and (3)

(B) (2), (3) and (4)

(C) (1) and (3)

(D) (2) and (4)

27. Consider the following statements:

(1) Bangladesh will host Women’s Twenty-20 Asia Cup 2022.

(2) China has successfully cloned the wild Arctic wolf for the first time in the world.

(3) In 2023 BRICS summit will be held in Brazil.

(4) Equal Pay International Coalition is an initiative of G-20.

Which of the above statements are correct?

(A) (1) and (2)

(B) (2 ) and (3)

(C) (3) and (4)

(D) (1) and (4)

28. Consider the following statements :

(1) Giorgia Meloni became the first female Prime Minister of Italy. (2) Tajikistan hosted the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit, 2022.

(3) UAE has signed an MOU with China’s space agency to work together on moon missions,

(4) Devastating storm Nanmadol had struck Laos

Which of the above statements are incorrect?

(A) (1), (2) and (3)

(B) (2 ) and (4)

(C) (1) and (3)

(D) (2), (3) and (4)

29. Ukraine shares borders with which of the following countries ?

(1) Belarus

(2) Romania

(3) Hungary

(4) Georgia

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

(A) (1), (2) and (3) only

(B) (1), (3) and (4) only

(C) (1), (2) and (4) only

(D) (2), (3) and (4) only

30. Consider the following statements :

(1) UNICEF appointed Vanessa Nakate of Uganda, climate activist, as the Goodwill Ambassador of the UN Children’s Fund.

(2) ‘Meritorious Service Medal’ to Admiral Sunil Lanba, former Navy Chief of India was awarded by Singapore.

(3) Germany is the host of the World Water Congress and Exhibition 2022.

(4) Qimingxing-50 is the name of the first fully solar powered UAV of South Korea.

Which of the above statements are correct?

(A) (1) and (2)

(B) (2 ) and (3)

(C) (3) and (4)

(D) (1) and (4)

31. Consider the following statements:

(1) U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Roza Otunbayeva a former President of Kazakhstan as his new special envoy for Afghanistan.(2) Russia has become the first country to approve the world’s first needle- free, inhaled version of the COVID-19 vaccine.

(3) As per the latest figures from the IMF (September 2022), France economy is the fifth largest economy in the world.

(4) China is the President of the G-20 in 2022.

Which of the above statements are incorrect?

(A) (1), (2) and (3)

(C) (1), (3) and (4)

(B) (2), (3) and (4)

(D) (1), (2), (3) and (4)

32. Match List-I with List-II :

                                                   List-I                                           List-II

(Winter Olympics Games Beijing, 2022-Country)              (Medals won)

(a) China                                                                                       (i) 37

(b) Germany                                                                                (ii) 25

(c) Norway                                                                                   (iii) 27

(d) United States of America                                                   (iv) 15

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Codes:

     (a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)

(B) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)

(C) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)

(D) (1) (ii) (iii) (iv)

33. The Airavateshwara temple at Darasuram was built by :

(A) Chola King Rajaraja-II

(B) Chola King Kulothunga-III

(C) Chola King Parantaka-I

(D) Chera King Nedum Cheralathan

34. Which among the following Drama/ Book was not written by famous poet Bhasa ?

(A) Karnabhara

(B) Urubhanga

(C) Dutvakya

(D) Shishupalvadh

35. Which pair is not correctly matched ?

      Foreign Traveller                                           Country associated

(A) Pietro Della Valle                                          French (France):

(B) John Fryer                                                          England

(C) Niccolao Manucci                                              Italy

(D) Joannes-De-Laet                                                Dutch

36. Who was the author of the book “Tarikh-i-Rashidi” ?

(A) Ahmed Yadgaar

(B) Mirza Haidar Dughlat

(C) Gulam Hussain

(D) Shaikh Rizqullah Mushtaqui

37. Who was the founder of “Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science” (1876)?

(A) C.V. Raman

(B) Mahendralal Sarkar

(C) Father Lafont

(D) Ashutosh Mukherjee

38. Who said, “Lord Ripon, the savior of India and his rule-the beginning of a Golden age in India” ?

(A) Florence Nightingale

(B) P.E. Roberts

(C) Lovat Frazer

(D) Eric Stokes.

39. Who said, “Raja Rammohan was the only person in his time to realise completely

the significance of the modern age”?

(A) Aurobindo Ghosh

(B) Rabindranath Tagore

(C) Sumit Sarkar

(D) Barun De

40. Which among the following books was not written by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar ?

(A) The Annihilation of Caste

(B) States and Minorities

(C) What Congress and Gandhi have done to the Untouchables

(D) India in Transition

41. Which pair is not correctly matched ?

          Education Commission/Committee                                  Year

(A) Sadler University Commission                                              1917

(B) Hunter Education Commission                                             1887

(C) The Hartog Committee                                                           1929

(D) Indian Universities Act                                                            1904

42. Where was the “Indian Independence Committee” set up by Lala Hardayal and his friends?

(A) Rome (Italy )

(C) London (England)

(B) Berlin (Germany)

(D) Paris (France)

43. Milam glacier is located in :

(A) Karakoram region

(B) Pir Panjal region

(C) Nepal region

(D) Kumaun Garhwal region

44. Zojila pass is located in :

(A) Punjab Himalayas

(B) Kumaun Himalayas

(C) Nepal Himalayas

(D) Assam Himalayas

45. Vadinar oil refinery is managed by:

(A) Reliance Industries

(B) Bharat Petroleum

(C) Essar Oil Ltd.

(D) Hindustan Petroleum

46. Which of the following countries is landlocked ?

(A) Peru

(B) Bolivia

(C) Surinam

(D) Uruguay

47. Where are the Balearic islands located ?

(A) Mediterranean Sea

(B) Black Sea

(C) Baltic Sea

(D) North Sea

48. Turkey is located between :

(A) Black Sea and Caspian Sea

(B) Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea

(C) Gulf of Suez and Mediterranean Sea

(D) Dead Sea and Black Sea

49. Flemish are the tribes of:

(A) Croatia

(B) South Africa

(C) New Zealand

(D) Belgium

50. Make a sequence of the following countries from North to South :

(1) Romania

(2) Bulgaria

(3) Ukraine

(4) Greece

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(A) (1), (2), (3), (4)

(B) (3), (1), (2), (4)

(C) (4), (3), (2), (1)

(D) (3), (2), (4), (1)

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