CAPF (AC) 2014 (Paper-1) (Question 1-50)

Total Questions: 50

41. Recently Iran has clinched a deal with six world powers to curb nuclear activities. Which one among the following is not a party to it?

Correct Answer: (d) Japan
Solution:The Iran nuclear deal framework was a preliminary framework agreement reached in 2015 between the Islamic Republic of Iran and a group of world powers: the P5+1 (the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council-the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, France, and China-plus Germany) and the European Union. Thus, option (d) is the correct answer as Japan is not a signatory to this treaty.

42. Which of the following statements related to Money Bills is not correct?

Correct Answer: (c) In case of deadlock over a Money Bill, the President can summon a joint sitting of the Parliament
Solution:A Bill is said to be a Money Bill if it only contains provisions related to taxation, borrowing of money by the government, expenditure from or receipt to the Consolidated Funds of India. Bills that only contain provisions that are incidental to these matters would also be regarded as Money Bills. A money bill cannot be introduced in the Rajya Sabha or Council of States.

If any question arises whether the Bill is Money Bill or not, the decision of the Speaker is final. A Money Bill cannot be introduced except on the recommendation of the President. Therefore, option (c) is the correct answer as in case of deadlock over a Money Bill, the President does not summon a joint sitting of the Parliament.

43. Which one among the following explains the meaning of the 'Safety Valve Theory' in the context of Indian National Movement?

Correct Answer: (a) A theory that argued that the Congress was formed as a safe outlet to the discontented educated Indians
Solution:The Indian National Congress was formed in December 1885. Apart from Indian nationalist leaders, a retired English civil servant, A.O. Hume was also behind the party's formation.

There is a theory that Hume formed the Congress with the idea that it would prove to be a 'safety valve' for releasing the growing discontent of the Indians. To this end, he convinced Lord Dufferin not to obstruct the formation of the Congress. Thus, option (a) is the correct answer.

44. As per the latest trade agreement in Bali Ministerial Conference of WTO, India and other developing and under developed countries can launch food security programmes:

Correct Answer: (b) till an alternative mechanisin is developed
Solution:At the Ninth Ministerial Conference, held in Bali, Indonesia, from 3 to 7 December 2013, ministers adopted the "Bali Package", a series of decisions aimed at streamlining trade, allowing developing countries more options for providing food security, boosting least-developed countries' trade and helping development more generally.

As per the latest trade agreement in the Bali Ministerial Conference of WTO, India and other developing and underdeveloped countries can launch food security programmes till an alternative mechanism is developed. Thus, option (b) is the correct option.

45. Which of the following statements regarding the residuary powers under the Constitution of India is/are correct?

1. Residuary powers have been given to the Union Parliament

2. In the matter of residuary power, the Constitution of India follows the Constitution of Australia

3. Schedule 7 of the Constitution of India provides a list of residuary powers

4. The Government of India Act 1935 placed residuary powers in the hands of the Governor General

Select the correct answer using the code given below :

Correct Answer: (c) 1 and 4
Solution:The Constitution of India has specifically vested the residuary power as an exclusive head of power in the Union Parliament by entry 97 of List I of the Seventh Schedule and Article 248 of the Constitution.

The ad hoc allocation of residuary power by the Governor-General as in the case of the Government of India Act, 1935 has therefore been discarded. Thus, option (c) is the correct answer.

46. The Deccan Riots Commission was concerned with:

Correct Answer: (a) indebtedness of the peasant
Solution:In May and June 1875, peasants of Maharashtra in some parts of Pune and Ahmednagar districts revolted against increasing agrarian distress. The Deccan Riots of 1875 targeted conditions of debt peonage (kamiuti) to moneylenders. The rioters' specific purpose was to obtain and destroy the bonds, decrees, and other documents in the possession of the moneylenders. So, option (a) is the correct answer.

47. Which of the following statements about Vijay Seshadri is/are correct?

1. He is an India-born US poet

2. He won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize in the year 2014 for his book '3 Sections'

3. He is the first Indian origin person to bag the Pulitzer Prize

Select the correct answer use the code given below :

Correct Answer: (b) 1 and 2 only
Solution:Vijay Seshadri is an India-born US poet. He was born in Bengaluru in 1954 and came to America at the age of five. He won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize in the year 2014 for his book '3 Sections.' Thus, option (b) is the correct answer.

48. Which of the following is not a characteristic of globalization?

Correct Answer: (d) Global infrastructure of formal and informal institutional arrangements
Solution:In economic terms, globalization describes an interdependence of nations around the globe fostered through free trade. There is the fragility of national barriers to the flow of capital and goods. There is a rapid flow of information, capital and goods, including networking of cultural, economic and political relations. It is not a global infrastructure of formal and informal institutional arrangements So, option (d) is the answer.

49. William James, Henry Colebrooke and Nathaniel Halhed had which of the following common among them?

Correct Answer: (d) They were linguists who tried to interpret the culture of South Asia to the East India Company
Solution:William James, Henry Colebrooke and Nathaniel Halhed were linguists who tried to interpret the culture of South Asia to the East India Company. They were also busy discovering the ancient Indian heritage, mastering Indian languages and translating Sanskrit and Persian works into English. Together with them, Jones set up the Asiatic Society of Bengal and started a journal called Asiatick Researches. So, option (d) is the answer.

50. Data presented in Interim Budget for 2014 - 2015 reveal that for the financial year 2013 2014, the revised estimates do not show a decline in:

Correct Answer: (b) Effective revenue deficit
Solution:According to the data presented in Interim Budget for 2014-2015 reveal that for the financial year 2013-2014, the revised estimates do show a decline in (a) the revenue deficit (c) fiscal deficit and primary deficit but it did not show effective revenue deficit.

Effective revenue deficit is defined as the difference between revenue deficit and grants for the creation of capital assets. Thus, option (b) is the answer.