CAPF (AC) 2015 (Paper-1) (Question 51-100)

Total Questions: 50

11. Which of the following reasons were cited by the Ashok Mehta Committee for the decline of the Panchayati Raj Institutions in India?

1. Role of Bureaucracy

2. Lack of Political Will

3. Lack of conceptual clarity

4. Lack of gender parity

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Correct Answer: (c) 1, 2 and 3
Solution:The nodal point at the district level is the Panchayati Raj Institutions. Their role is to help plan, coordinate, monitor and wherever required regulate the implementation of various national programmes. The Committee outlined the reasons for PRIs' random programs, non-performance, the rise of vested interests, lack of adequate financial resources.

The concept of PR was lost amid conflicting interpretations. Ashok Mehta said- "lack of enthusiasm by politicians and concerned bureaucrats who saw the threat to their authority by the emerging panchayat leadership ...". Therefore, option (c) is correct.

12. Which one of the following statements with regard to the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana is NOT correct?

Correct Answer: (a) It was launched in the year 2014 on the birth anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri
Solution:Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana is a rural development programme. It was launched on 11 October 2014 by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi on the birth anniversary of Jayaprakash Narayan.

It focuses upon the development in the villages which includes social development, cultural development and spread motivation among the people on social mobilization of the village community. The members of the Parliament will adopt villages to create model villages. District Magistrates will act as co-ordinators. Therefore, option (a) is correct.

13. Which one of the following statements with regard to the 'Make in India' initiative of the Government of India is NOT correct?

Correct Answer: (d) The programme is being implemented by the Ministry of Finance
Solution:The initiative of the Government of India named Make in India was launched in 2014 to promote India as an important investment destination, as well as a global hub of design, manufacturing, and innovation.

One of the major objectives of the scheme is to foster innovation. It is being led by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. The aim is to increase the GDP contribution of manufacturing from the current 16% to 25% by 2025. Therefore, option (d) is correct.

14. Amarasimha is the name of a:

Correct Answer: (a) famous lexicographer of ancient India
Solution:Amara Sinha was a Sanskrit grammarian and poet. He is said to have been "one of the nine gems that adorned the throne of Vikramaditya," of whose personal history hardly anything is known. According to the evidence of Xuanzang, this is the Chandragupta Vikramaditya (Chandragupta II) who flourished about CE 375.

Most of Amarasimha's works were lost, except for the celebrated Amara-Kosha. The first reliable mention of the Amarakosha is in the Amoghavritti of Shakatayana composed during the reign of Amoghavarsha (814-867CE). Therefore, option (a) is correct.

15. The Tolkappiyam is the name of:

Correct Answer: (b) the book on Tamil grammar
Solution:Tolkāppiyam is the name of the most ancient extant Tamil grammar text. The surviving manuscripts of the Tolkappiyam consist of three books, each with nine chapters, with a cumulative total of 1,612 sutras in the nūrpā meter.

It is a comprehensive text on grammar and includes sutras on orthography, phonology, etymology, morphology, semantics, prosody, sentence structure and the significance of context in language. Some in the Tamil tradition place the text in the mythical second Sangam, variously in the 1st millennium BCE or earlier. Therefore, option (b) is correct.

16. Consider the following figure matrix:

Which one of the following will complete the figure given above?

Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:

17. Consider the following figures :

Which of the following group(s) of figures fit/fits into the same class?

1. (1,7,8)

2. (4, 5, 6)

3. (2, 3, 9)

Select the correct answer using the code given below :

Correct Answer: (d) 3 only

18. Various landforms observed on the surface of the earth are due to the:

1. differences in the type and structure of the crustal material

2. differences in the land forming processes

3. differential rates of the processes at different places on the Earth's surface

Select the correct answer using the code given below :

Correct Answer: (d) 1, 2 and 3
Solution:Some of the examples of the difference in the type and structure of the crustal material are continental and oceanic crust. The oceanic crust formed at spreading ridges is relatively homogeneous in thickness and composition compared to continental crust.

Some of the examples of the difference in the land forming processes are erosion by wind and water, weathering and glaciation. Some of the examples of differential rates of the processes at different places on the Earth's surface are catastrophic and diastrophic events. Therefore, option (d) is correct.

19. Under which of the following condition( s) the occluded fronts are created?

1. When the front remains stationary

2. When cold air mass moves to warm air mass

3. When warm air mass moves to cold air mass

4. When an air mass is fully lifted above the land surface

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Correct Answer: (d) 4 only
Solution:In meteorology, a weather front formed during the process of cyclogenesis is known as an occluded front. At an occluded front, the cold air mass from the cold front meets the cool air that was ahead of the warm front.

The warm air rises as these air masses come together. Occluded fronts usually form around areas of low atmospheric pressure. After the front passes, the sky is usually clearer, and the air is drier. Therefore, option (d) is correct.

20. The following item consists of two statements, Statement I and Statement II. Examine these two statements carefully and select the correct answer using the code given below:

Statement-I: Catalytic hydrogenation is highest when the catalyst remains in the powdered form

Statement-II: When a catalyst is in the powdered form, its surface area becomes highest

Correct Answer: (a) Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I
Solution:The addition of hydrogen to a compound with a double or triple bond is known as catalytic hydrogenation. A catalyst is required to make the reaction go at a reasonable rate. It reduces the compound and leaves fewer bonds between carbon atoms.

The reaction can take place in the absence of a catalyst but needs extremely high temperatures. This process utilises a metal catalyst such as nickel, palladium or platinum. In powdered form, it has the highest surface area and hence catalytic hydrogenation is the highest. Therefore, option (a) is correct.