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Showing posts with label Question Papers. Show all posts

UPSC 2014 Paper 1 analysis :Why the question could have asked?

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UPSC 2014 preliminary is over and aspirants are busy discussing the cut off's and future course of actions. This post is neither to speculate the cut off nor a copy of my version of key. Being a chemist I believe in irreversible reactions, after all the completed exams too fall in the same category. So do not waste time in discussing the cut off. Remember everyone wishes to speculate and fix the cut off with which he has crossed. However the reality usually is different. Coming to the present concluded many aspirants have commented that UPSC has went back to pre-2011 era by asking few static questions which are of no relevance and just need to crammed as it is done for SSC or other examinations which has many Raw GK. I am firm believer that UPSC doesn't go silly by asking the height of an actress or something like which is first in the world in this post 2011 era. I have also argued that watching news (preferably DD and selected programs of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and AIR) will be beneficial other than reading newspapers for both preliminary and mains, but not many accepted , but criticized it a waste of time for preliminary though they accepted that some programs may be useful for gaining some points for mains. I have made a comprehensive analysis of paper-1 with respect to the current happenings and tried to correlate reason about why such a question was asked.

Before going in the analysis,
  • UPSC has the bad habit of not asking hot debated topics 'directly' in the preliminary (may be it knows that aspirants would have eyed it).
  • But it wishes to know whether they made a 360 degree study of the hot topic by asking a question from its branch. (This is what I noticed in few static questions).


Let's Start (Question No’s mentioned are from Set A)

Question 7: Photovoltaics
In March 2014, India's Largest Solar Power Plant was launched in Madhya Pradesh (Walsun Solar MP Project). It is a Photovoltaic plant and it was inaugurated by Narendra Modi. Apart from this, whenever nuclear technology is opposed the possible answers from those who oppose directed towards renewable source with Solar in its priority.

Question 8: Classical Language
Odia and Malayalam got the classical language status in Feb 2014 and Dec 2013 respectively. Status provided to a language after 2008.

Question 12: Disease eradicated from India
In March 2014, India was officially declared Polio free. Small Pox and Rinderpest was in news the same time as they were also eradicated.

Question 13: Evolution of Organism: Continental drift and Glacial Cycles
In March 2014, HINDU Science and Technology had an article which discussed about a study on volcanoes which are responsible for survival of species in Ice ages.

Question 14: Ganges River Dolphin
Was in news and was criticised by environmentalist when BJP government proposed its plan to establish commercial navigation along Ganga. Also, the Dolphin census is schedule to happen post monsoon this year. Down to Earth had editorials on the same apart from other leading dailies including HINDU.

Question 24: Pollution from Steel Industry
China to bring down pollution in its capital has made anti-pollution rules and shifted or closed its steel plants in the vicinity of its capital. This was in news predominantly in Dec 2013. Few editorials came in the same topic and the lessons to be learned from it in Indian context.

Question 27: Sales Tax
One who understood the debates going on with respect to GST would have answered it easily. In fact DTC and GST which was expected in interim budget was left to the next government.

Question 28: Venture Capital
Venture capital fund for SC/ST in Interim budget and in January 2014 India Inclusive Innovation Fund was launched which also deals with the same subject.

Question 32: Business Correspondents
Nachiket Mor Committee gave few guidelines to allow NBFC to function as BC’s and accordingly later on in June 2014 RBI has reviewed and accepted it.

Question 34: Arab Spring
It was making headlines and is still in news. Considerable foreign remittance of India is from Arab nations. Impacts of the same in India were debated.

Question 35: Arctic Council
Canada boycotted Arctic Council meeting in Moscow in April 2014, due to Russian military presence in Ukraine. Canada also expressed to extend Arctic to NATO with the fear of Russian interest of expansion in the Arctic.

Question 36: Regions in News
Chechnya – during Crimean annexure, Darfur – in the ongoing tension in sudan, Swat –when Malala was shot.

Question 37: Agni 4
Third successful launch in January 2014 and its production is expected to start by the end of 2014.

Question 49: Anti-Defection
Though a basic question as a part of Indian polity, it was discussed widely when 13 RJD MLA’s shifted to Nitish Kumar party and returned back after few hours.

Question 51: Turkey is located between
 The question seems to be a raw GK asked in the format of pre 2011 era. But it is definitely not so and it has relation with Russian annexure of Crimea. The strategic reason behind the annexure of Crimea is that Russia will continue to have its strong naval hold along Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea, without which the west powers can come closer to Russia cutting its strategic defence along the two seas. The other country along this region is Turkey; if Russia cannot have hold over Crimea then the only option available to it will be to have closer ties with Turkey so that it can make use of the two seas. But the situation was different as Turkey has already applied for its affiliation to EU and is in the process and it also has closer ties with the west compared to Russia since Ottaman period.

Question 54: Satyameva Jayate
 Though it is inscribed in our emblem, it was in news after the Aamir Khan program. The program was successful in forcing the government to go ahead with One Stop Crisis Centre. The popularity can also be understood as Election Commission announced Aamir Khan as its ambassador for the 2014 election. The other question which I expected is the “Athithi Devo Bava” which the tourism ministry is using.

Question 61: Decreasing rate of interest
Though it is an economics fundamental, it was often in news during monetary policy review of RBI as manufacturing sector was asking the same and Raghuram Rajan in all his interviews has explained about why he cannot prefer it at the present scenario of higher inflation

Question 66: Finger print scanning
Alternative for finger printing was discussed when difficulty was faced during Aadhar enrolments where fingers prints of many was not able to recognise due to their hard work. If I am sure Kurukshetra carried an article on the same (Not able to find which edition).

Question 68: Space Craft
Voyager was in news in Dec 2013 when it crossed solar system. Cassini was also in news in the same month when it sent a new better resolution image of Saturn. Messenger was in news in April 2014 when it completed its 3000th orbit and went closer than any other space orbit to Mercury.

Question 71: Dispute between Centre and State
 Though a fundamental in Polity, this was the hot topic when Tamil Nadu government announced to free Rajiv Killers and there was dispute between the state and the centre on the same. Supreme Court referred the matter to a constitutional bench.

Question 73: Maize
It is one of the 10 GM crops for which field trail was allowed by the government in March 2014.

Question 77: NH 4, 6 and 15
 Diamond Quadrilateral was in news during railway budget; it was at this time the Golden Quadrilateral was also in news as it was also announced by the BJP government led by Vajpayee. NH 4 and NH6 are part of Golden Quadrilateral.

Question 79: Earth Hour
March 29  this year (for one hour) was observed as Earth Hour. IPCC report came out after this event. This year the event in India was promoted by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and CBSE. You could have noticed the same in paper ads too in leading dailies on that day.

Question 92: Queen Victoria Proclamation
Skeletal remains of the martyrs of 1857 revolt were exhumed in Punjab in the month of March, 2014. Last rites of the martyrs done after 160 years by Gurudwara Shaheed Ganj Committee. Queen Victoria’s Proclamation was the outcome of the same revolt.

Question 50 and 95: Eco-Sensitive Zone
 In October 2013 human activity was prohibited in the wildlife sanctuary of Goa. The other and more relevant news is that the Ministry of Environment has brought fresh draft guidelines in March 2014 related to eco-sensitive zone of Western Ghats. One would have noticed several protests related to these stories in news along the Western Ghats.

Question 100: Non-Plan Expenditure
In Jan 2014 Finance Ministry asked the government offices to reduce non-planned expenditure, which includes cutting of foreign visits, cutting programs or seminars in 5 star hotels, restrictions on new recruitments for old vacancies etc. Apart from it Raghuram Rajan panel suggested cutting of Non-planned expenditure. So this topic had its position in the fiscal policy this year.

So What's the point?
  • Sometimes what you hear in news may be helpful to sort out the options (what toppers call as intelligent guessing).
  • Understanding the current affairs and interpreting the same with the fundamentals is the need of this era.
  • Learn 360 degree about the hot topics in headlines, they are asked indirectly in preliminary and can play a vital role in mains to come out with a better answer. (It doesn't mean you have to do phd in every topic).
  • UPSC wants its aspirants to correlate facts instead of sticking with the same.


Finally......
 I have tried to come out with this article with the best of my knowledge. If there are any factual error, I would like to learn and rectify if anyone can point it. There is a chance that the paper setter would have not thought about the incident before asking the same, but if you have concentrated on current affairs it would have given you hint in the exam hall just like the movie slum dog millionaire.  
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IB ACIO Executive Examination Cut Off Marks - RTI reply from Intelligence Bureau

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 Intelligence Bureau Executive examination is  scheduled to be conducted on September 15, 2013. I am sure just hours after the examination the request to Google to provide them expected cut off for the year will pour in. As I promised in my earlier post, I filed RTI to Intelligence Bureau requesting them provide me category wise cut off marks of the last selected candidate in IB ACIO 2012 examination. This will help candidates to have some basic idea before they appear for this year examination. But my try to get information regarding the cut off failed as IB regretted to provide me information, stating that it is exempted from providing the same  under Section 24(1) and Second schedule of RTI act.

 What to understand from this?

  • Any site/blog which claims to provide cut off or expected cut off are just fake. IB so far has never revealed any cut off of any of its previous examinations.
  • Some sites claim that they conducted online survey requesting the aspirants to provide their expected marks to conclude a expected cut off. But my dear friends, it is ultimately waste of time. Hardly 100 to 200 would have given their score and many in fact claim more marks in online forums as usual to show off. So do not waste your time in predicting. In fact in SBI PO 2013 all the predictions online went in vain after the official cut off was released.


 I am uploading the copy of my RTI reply which I received from IB for your reference.


So what  are you searching?
  • IB ACIO 2012 official cut off - No IB hasn't released and you cannot get it by filing RTI as IB is exempted.
  • IB ACIO 2013 expected cut off - Don't waste your time in bogus claims. Since there is no official release before, claims of expected cut off will be useless.


 What to do?
Prepare well for the examination. Never think which side you will fall from the wall like a cat. Instead jump and cross the wall.
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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) - Grade B Officer - 2011 Question Paper and scheme of examination

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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has published the notification for the post of Grade B Officers on 12th June, 2013 and last date for applying the same has been fixed on 11th July, 2013. Tentative date of RBI Grade B Officer examination is fixed as of now on August 17, August 24 and August 25, 2013. The results will be published in leading news papers in the month of September/ October 2013 and selected candidates will be called for Phase -2 examination followed by interview.

 What is the the format of Examination for RBI Grade- B Officer?
It will be an online examination this year and it will have two phases. Phase- 1 Objective and Phase -2 Descriptive followed by Interview. Candidates qualified in phase 1 will be called for phase 2 descriptive examination.

 RBI Grade - B Officer Phase 1 format ( 200 marks)

  • General Awareness
  • Quantitative Aptitude
  • Reasoning
  • General English


 RBI Grade - B Officer Phase 2 format

  • Paper 1 : English - Essay, Precis writing, Comprehension and Business/ Office Correspondence.
  • Paper 2 :  Economic and Social Issues.
  • Paper 3 : Finance and Management.

RBI Grade - B Officer, 2011 Question Paper
 I would like to share RBI Grade- B Officer phase 1 objective question paper published in a leading magazine. The question paper is based on memory retention. I have scanned and uploaded the same in the below links which I feel will help the candidates appearing for the first time in RBI examination.

 How to download RBI Grade- B Officer 2011 question paper?
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 Note : Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning and General Awareness questions scanned separately and uploaded separately.
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IB ACIO Executive Examination 2012 - Objective and Descriptive Question Paper

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Intelligence Bureau - Assistant Central Intelligence Officer (ACIO)- Grade-2 / Executive written examination was conducted by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on 23.09.2013. It was held in the morning session and the total duration time admitted  is 1 hour 40 minutes. What candidate has to understand is that, unlike other exams questions of both objective and descriptive paper will printed in the question paper and the candidate has to manage both objective and descriptive within 1 hour and 40 minutes.

 What is the format of IB ACIO Executive examination?
Objective - 100 questions (100 Marks)
Descriptive - 1 Essay from 3 topics ( 100 Marks)

This is the format they followed in 2012 examination, for which the link for the official question paper is given by me below. But what one has to understand is that, the same format was not followed every time. For instance the question paper of 2010 has many questions from General Science and 50 questions from General English, but last year there was not even a single question from General English.

 IB ACIO-Executive - 2012 question paper  (Descriptive paper)
Essay in English language in 400 words (any one)

  1. India's Space Programme.
  2. Causes of Corruption in India.
  3. How to deal with left wing extremism.
Click Me, to know the objective type exam format of the ACIO executive exam 2012.


How to download IB ACIO Executive 2012  question paper?

  I have uploaded the scanned copy of the original question paper which contains objective and descriptive questions in English as well as Hindi version in two destinations,
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National Insurance Corporation Ltd ( NICL) General awareness questions with key held on July 14, 2013

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To all the aspirants appeared for NICL examination, 2013 held on 14th of July, 2013. Here I am providing with a comprehensive list of general awareness questions asked in both morning and evening session. Question paper was not allowed to take along with the candidates, so the questions mentioned below are purely on memory retention basis collected from various sources. The main intention behind providing answers along with explanation is to help candidates appeared for examination to clarify their stand and also to other aspirants preparing for other examination to have a look at the questions asked in General awareness section.

General Awareness Questions NICL Exam (Morning and Evening Session)

1. The permanent secretariat of SAARC is located in which country?
     Kathmandu, Nepal

2. What is the new name of Kalinga?
     Orissa (actually present day coastal Orissa)

3. South India state, which doesn’t share boundary with Pondicherry?
    Karnataka (Because there is a place called Pondicherry and Karaikal in Tamil Nadu, Mahe in Kerala and   Yanam in Andhra Pradesh, all of them comes under Pondicherry Union territory)

4. Who coined the terms, “water water everywhere, but not a drop to drink?”
    Samuel Taylor Coleridge in his poem, “The Rime of the Ancient”

5.  The main source of electricity in India?
     Thermal power

6. Satyameva Jayate is taken from?
     Mundaka Upanishad

7. In which year was SAARC set up?
     1985

8. Which is the first British company to use bar code system?
    Plessey Telecommunication

9. Who is referred as Missile man in India?
    A.P.J Abdul Kalam Azad

10. Petroleum is found in which rock?
     Sedimentary Rock

11. Who among the following received Nobel prize, Padma Shree, Padma Bhushan ad Bharat Ratna?
     Mother Teresa

12. Who will sign ten rupee Indian currency?
     It is RBI governor. Only 1 Rupee currency is signed by Finance secretary.

13.  Revenue to Indian government is maximum from?
     Direct tax

14.  If earth starts rotating faster than human body weight will?
    Decrease

15. If lime is added to soil, what will happen?
     ph will increase and reduce acidity in the soil.

16. Which gas is present in maximum in atmosphere?

      Nitrogen.

Questions updated above are purely on memory retention. Questions will be updated further with explanation if received from any aspirant. If any questions has been left out here, aspirants can post the left our question in both morning and evening session, so that we will update here with correct answer and explanation. NICL Assistant examination expected cut off, expected result date will be published soon.

Didn't perform well? No issue, prepare well for a better position. Now,
National Insurance Company Ltd Administrative Officer recruitment is released on July 16, 2013. Click here for detailed notification for the post the recruitment of 1434 Administrative officers in Public sector insurance companies.
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SSC Sub-Inspectors in Delhi Police, CAPFs and Assistant Sub-Inspector in CISF and Intelligence Officer in NCB Examination, 2013

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 Staff Selection Commission has conducted the open competitive examination for the recruitment of Sub- Inspectors in Central Armed Police Force which includes Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and Sashastra Seems Bal (SSB) and assistant sub-inspectors/ executive in Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and also it included Intelligence Officer in Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) for the first time along with CPO examination. The Tier 1 exam of CPO 2013 was conducted on 23.06.2013 and short listed candidates will be called for physical examination which will be followed by Tier 2 examination and interview.

SSC Question paper CPO 2013(morning session) for the Recruitment of Sub-Inspectors in Delhi Polics, CAPF's and Assistant Sub-Inspector in CISF and Intelligence Officer NCB Examination, 2013

Follow the link below to our free notes/downloads site to grasp the original copy of the SSC question paper,

http://freenotes.in/
or

https://sites.google.com/site/upscaspirants/question-papers 

Note:

 SSC CPO 2013 Answers/ Key : The question paper attached also has answers marked in it for General Awareness/ General Knowledge and English. However answers for English is not fully marked. Answers for reasoning are marked with dot or full stop symbol in the options. If answers for CPO 2013 Evening session is or key for a different test form is required, candidates can kindly post the same in comments or request in our Facebook page or through my Twitter id.
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SSC CPO 2013 (SI and NCB Examinaiton) General Knowledge and General Awareness questions with answer key held on 23.06.2013

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  Staff Selection Commission (SSC) conducted the CPO 2013 examination on 23.06.2013 for the recruitment of Sub-Inspectors in Delhi Police, CAPFs and Assistant Sub-Inspector in CISF and Intelligence Officer in Narcotics Control Bureau. Below is the  General Knowledge and General Awareness questions asked in the forenoon session on 23.06.2013.  The order of questions arranged are on the basis of Test form No: 666 TP 7.

General Knowledge & General Awareness - CPO 2013 (FN Session)

1. Who made use of the word ' State' for the first time?
    ANSWER : Machiavilli     

2. Why a Central Banking Institution (Central Bank) is required in a country?
    (a) For issue of paper currency (b) For control of credit (c) For implementation of governments monetary                     policies (d) All the above. 
    ANSWER: All the above

3.Narendra Kohli has been recently chosen for the award of------
    (a) Saraswathi Samman, 2012 (b) Vyas Samman, 2012 (c) Jnanpith Award, 2012 (d) None
   ANSWER : Vyas Samman, 2012

4. The electoral college, which elects the Vice President consists of 
     ANSWER : All members of both the Houses of the Parliament

5. The Chief Justice and other judges of High Court held Office till age of 
    ANSWER : 62 Years

6. Which State in India never had MLA so far?
   (a) Assam (b) Meghalaya (c) Nagaland (d) None of the above
    ANSWER : None of the above

7. Chromosomes other tha sex chromosomes are called -------
   ANSWER : Autosomes

8. Who has been described as the Father of Local Self Government in Colonial India?
 ANSWER : Lord Rippon

9. Which of the following is used as Rodenticide?
 ANSWER: Zinc Phosphide

10. Which one of the constitutional offices has never been held by a woman in India?
(a) Chief Justice of Supreme Court (b) Prime Minister (c) Chief Election Commissioner (d) Speaker of Lok   Sabha
ANSWER : Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

11. The largest living ape is ----
(a) Orangutan  (b) Gorilla   (c) Gibbon   (d) Chimpanzee
ANSWER : Gorilla

12. Which of the following is not used in the storage phase of a computer-based inforamtion system?
(a) Diskette (b) Hard Disk (c) Magnetic tape  (d) Key board
ANSWER : Keyboard

13. Intellectual occupation falls under ------ activity
ANSWER : Quarternary

14. Dandidurga established a new dynasty, called-----
ANSWER : Rashtrakutas.

15. Which one of the taxes is not levied by the Union government?
(a) Corporation tax  (b) Income tax on Agricultural land (c) Customs (d) Income tax
ANSWER : Income tax on Agricultural land.

16. Who was the king of England during the American war of Independance?
ANSWER : George III

17. Which is constant for a satellite in orbit?
ANSWER: Angular Momentum

18. Which one of the book is wrongly matched?
 ANSWER : Beyond the Lines - Khuswant Singh   (Because the author of the book is Kuldip Nayar)

19. If two liquids have widely different boiling points, they may be separated by----
ANSWER : Fractional distillation.

20. " Maximum happiness of the maximum number" is the slogan of---
ANSWER : Utilitarianism

21. Which one of the following is not the duty of Muqtis and Iqtas?
ANSWER : Undertake religious work on behalf of sultan.

22. Air pollution by "Fly ash" is caused by----
ANSWER: Coal combustion in Thermal power plants.

23. Rust of wheat is a ------
ANSWER : Fungal disease.

24. External ear of man is mainly made up of-------
ANSWER : Cartilage

25. The difference between 'Gross value added' and 'Net value added' is---
ANSWER : Consumption of fixed capital.

26. Alternating current is converted into direct current by-----
 ANSWER : Rectifier

27. Wax is ---
 ANSWER : an ester

28. Suitable impurities are added to a semi-conductor depending upon its use. This is done in order to---,
ANSWER : Increase its electrical conductivity.

29. Mixed Economy means----
ANSWER : Co-Existence of public and private sector.

30. Which strait separates Australia and Tasmania?
ANSWER : Bass Strait

31. To whom does the President of India address his letter of resignation?
ANSWER: Vice-President.

32. The 'super bug' used in controlling oil pollution is ----
ANSWER : A bacterial strain.

33. The opportunity-cost concept-----
ANSWER : explains about the cost of the next best alternative use of a factor.

34. Which one of the following pair is wrongly matched?
ANSWER : Pneumonia - Coccus

35. Red colour of Ruby crystal is due to the presence of----
ANSWER : Chromium Oxide

36. Which one of the lake is not a permanent lake? 
(a) Playa Lake  (b) Caldera Lake  (c) Cirque lake (d) Ox-bow lake
ANSWER : --------

37. Which one of the following is wrongly matched?
ANSWER : Chattisgarh - Sal

38. Density of water when heated from 0 degree Celsius to 100 degree Celsius-----
ANSWER : increases up to 4 degree Celsius and then decreases

39. A step-by-step procedure to solve a given problem is called----
ANSWER : Algorithm

40. Among the following teams, which team has won the Indian Premier League (IPL) final for two successive years till 2012?
ANSWER : Chennai Super Kings

41. By which article of the Indian constitution ' untouchability' has been abolished---- 
ANSWER : Article 17

42. A plain formed by the uplift of a part of the sea floor is called a ----
ANSWER: Depositional Plain

43. Gibberellins, the plant growth hormone, are extracted from-----
ANSWER: Fungus

44. What was the ultimate goal of Gandhi's salt satyagraha?
ANSWER : Poorna Swaraj for India

45. Which European country conferred on Amartya Sen its highest civilian honour in 2013?
ANSWER: France

46. What will be the venue, for the next World Chess Championship to be held in November 2013/
ANSWER : Chennai

47. Which is the second longest National highway in India?
ANSWER: NH6

48. The consumption-function of an economy shows----
ANSWER: The total level of consumption

49. In which city the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) collection is done by the voluntary organisation EXNORA (Excellent Novel and Radical) ?
ANSWER: Chennai

50. Which of the following was the earliest plantation crop introduced in India?
ANSWER: Tea


Note: Unable to get the answer for Question No. 36 and in Q.No 50 the answer is decided on the basis of probability. If you are aware of these two answers, you may share it in the comment box. 

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SSC Cabinet Secretariat exam 2013 question paper

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Staff Selection Commission conducted the examination for the post of Research Officer(Economics), Deputy Field Officer( Tele), Deputy Field Officer (GD), Personal Assistant and Stenographer on 16.06.2013 both in forenoon session and afternoon session. Unlike Combined Graduate Examination, the different session of examination is not to accommodate candidates in batch but to conduct exam separately for each post. The exam i morning session is for the post of Deputy field officer where as the afternoon session is for Personal assistant and stenographer.

Below is the question paper (777RN8) of the Cabinet secretariat exam conducted in morning session for the post of deputy field officer for the year 2013 on 16.06.2013.


Below is the question paper(777RN8) of the Cabinet secretariat exam conducted in evening session for the post of personal assistant and stenographer for the year 2013 on 16.06.2013.


Alternative Link for both papers,
Visit, www.freenotes.in and then click on question paper section.

For safety concerns the first page of the question paper which has instructions about the examination has been left out. However the instructions of SSC exam in common is applicable to this exam too. Secondly the tick mark in the question paper doesn't mean they are answers,and the original key for the same will be uploaded soon in this website, probably within 24 hours along with an in depth analysis about the cabinet secretariat examination 2013. So keep tracking the site.

Coming Soon,
  • SSC Cabinet Secretariat Examination 2013 answer key will published soon
  • SSC Cabinet Secretariat Examination 2013 expected cut off mark will be published soon.
  • SSC Cabinet Secretariat Examination 2013 post exam analysis will be published soon.


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RBI Assistant Examination 2012 - General Awareness Question Paper with Key

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Reserve Bank of India conducted the written examination for the selection of 1000 assistants across India on 29th of April 2012. The question paper comprised of 200 questions divided into 5 parts each carrying 40 questions which has to be completed in 2 hours. General awareness comprised of 40 questions. Questions asked in the examination is of objective type with 4 choices. Here the questions and answers are alone updated, which means choices given in the examination are not given as the questions are framed purely on memory retention.

RBI Assistant General Awareness Paper - 2012


  1. Who is the RBI deputy governor?
  2. Which term is associated with Cricket? - Silly point (other options : Free Kick, Kho etc.,)
  3. Which Cup is related to Tennis? - Davis Cup (Other options: Santhosh trophy, Durand Cup etc.,)
  4. Common Wealth Games 2018? - Australia
  5. Nobel Prize for Literature 2011? - Tomas Transtromer
  6. NABARD Function? - To look after regional rural and co-operative bank
  7. RBI Function? - Options forgot
  8. Rating agency similar to S&P in India? - CRISIL
  9. National award for best actress 2012? - Vidya Balan
  10. Kyoto Protocol is related to? - Environment
  11. Which country is a member of BRICS? - South Africa ( other options : Sri Lanks, Pakistan etc.,)
  12. Which country launched is observation satellite into space from Pyongyang - North Korea
  13. Chinese naval base in the island of Seychelles is in?- Indian Ocean ( other options : China Sea, Pacific Ocean, Bay of Bengal)
  14. Small Coin refers to? - 50 paisa ( actually coins upto 50 paisa are called so)
  15. Uttar Pradesh CM? -Akhilesh Yadav
  16. Tendulkar scored his 100th ton against? - Bangladesh
  17. Who hold the office of president of a country at present ? Nicholas Sarkozy (Other options : Ban Ki Moon, Murdorch etc.,)
  18. Deepika won cup in Dec 2011 in? - Squash (Other option : Tennis, Badminton etc.,)
  19. India purchased Rafale aircraft from France, it is a ? - Fighter aircraft
  20. Padma Vibhushan 2012 from the list ? - TV Rajeshwar
  21. Scheme to encourage schooling? - Mid day meals 
  22. Scheme to promote rural infrastucture? - Indira Awaaz Yojan (other options : Rajiv avaas Yojana, Bharath Niraman. MNREGA)
  23. Nulcear power plant is in which place from the list? - Jaitapur
  24. Which is not related to infrastructure development - Textiles ( Other options: Electricity, Road and Railways, Telecommunication)
  25. Term related to Economics?- Balance of payment (other options : Mass defect, Absolute zero)
  26. Unit of Energy? - Joule
  27. Author of the book Malgudi days? - R.K.Narayan
  28. US forced India to shut down gasline project with? - Iran
  29. US removed its troops after 9 years from? - Iraq (other options : Afghanistan)
  30. Which is not the feature of Union budget 2012? - Options forgot
  31. Which of the following is not a currency? -Ecuador (Other options were currency)
  32. Award given to coaches in sports? - Dronacharya award(Ohter options : Arjuna award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award)
  33. World AIDS day? - December 1
  34. In NBFC, F stands for? - Financial 
  35.  Another question related book who is a author of India origin? 
  Another 5 questions were asked and it will be updated once I get it.


Note: All these questions were framed through memory retention and this is not the same way or order it is asked in exam.







   
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History Main Examination-Download Complete Set of Question Papers

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History Main Examination Question Papers (both Paper 1 and 2) for the following years can be downloaded,

History Mains-2009, 2007, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995 and 1994.
All question papers are in pdf format and all together are available for download in a single folder.
Click below to go to the download centre,

UPSC Aspirant Download Centre

History question papers before 1994 will also be attached soon.Further requests for question papers can be commented below.
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Geography Main Examination Previous Year Papers Collections

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 Geography question paper collection from the past civil service main examinaion can be downloaded from the below links,

1.Geography Question Paper Main's 1994
2.Geography Question Paper Main's 1995
3.Geography Question Paper Main's 1996
4.Geography Question Paper Mains's 1997
5.Geography Question Paper Mains's 1998
6.Geography Question Paper Mains's  1999
7.Geography Question Paper Mains's  2000
8.Geography Question Paper Mains's  2001
9.Geography Question Paper Main's 2002
10.Geography Question Paper Main's 2003
11.Geography Question Paper Main's 2004
12.Geography Question Paper Main's 2005
13.Geography Question Paper Main's 2006
14.Geography Question Paper Main's 2007
15.Geography Question Paper Main's 2009

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You can download the complete set as zipped file in the upsc aspirant download page
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