(Paper) Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) Exam (Assistant Commandant) Solved Paper - 2015 "General Study"
1. The setting up of the Inter-State Council in 1990 was meant to
(a) substitute the National Development Council
(b) strengthen the federal provisions of the Constitution
(c) be an institutional interface between the· Judiciary and the Government
(d) provide membership to local customary bodies
2. Which one of the following is not a Central Paramilitary Force under the Ministry of Home Affairs?
(a) Central Industrial Security Force
(b) Central Reserve Police Force
(c) Ladakh Scouts
(d) Border Security Force
3. The following item consists of two Statements I and II. Examine these two statements carefully and select the correct answer using the code given below.
Statement I: India's share of world manufacturing output steadily declined during the 19th and the 20th centuries.
Statement II: There was no absolute decline in production in India during the colonial rule.
Codes:
(a) Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I
(b) Both the statements are individually true but Statement II .is not the correct explanation of Statement I
(c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false
(d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
4. The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. can be removed from office only by
(a) President on the advice of the Union Cabinet
(b) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
(c) President of India after an address in both Houses of Parliament
(d) President on the advice of Chief Justice of India
5. Which one of the following is under the control of the Ministry of Defence?
(a) lndo-Tibetan Border Police
(b) Rashtriya Rifles
(c) National. Security Guard
(d) Sashastra Seema Bal
6. Which of the following statements with regard to construction of railways in colonial India by the British companies is/are not true?
1. The companies were guaranteed a return of 5% on their investment by Government of India.
2. The railways were to be managed mainly by the Government.'
3. There was no system bf preferential freight charges.
4. The companies were to get the land free from the Government.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) 1 and 3
(b) 2 and 3
(c) Only 4
(d) 2.3 and 4
7. According to Granville Austin, which of the following was/were the most. significant contributions of India to constitution-making?
(a) Majority Rule and Minority Rights
(b) Consensus and Accommodation
(c) Social revolution and Political Freedom
(d) Asymmetrical Federal Structure
8. Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry is
(a) a Central Paramilitary Force .
(b) a force maintained by the state of Jammu and Kashmir
(c) a regiment of the Indian Army
(d) None of the above
9. Which of the following represents the main phases of the Quit India Movement?"
1. Strikes, boycotts and picketinq in urban centres.
2. Widespread attacks in rural areas on the many symbols and means of colonial rule and authority. e.g., railways, telegraph lines and Government buildings.
3. Formation of Home Rule leagues.
4. The Karnataka method.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2, 3 and 4
(c) 1, 2 and 4
(d) 1 and 4
10. The Special Provisions in Article 371G of the Constitution of India relate to the state of
(a) Jammu and Kashmir
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Mizoram
(d) Nagaland
11. Who among the following resigned from his post in the year 2014?
(a) Chief of the Air Staff
(b) Chief of the Naval Staff
(c) Director General Coast Guard
(d) Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff
12. Which of the following was/were not part/parts of the RIN Mutiny?
1. Indian National Army
2. HMIS Talwar
3. Hunger strike by naval ratings
4. Lord Irwin
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 4
(d) Only 4
13. The Locus Standi rule to move the court was liberalized by the case of
(a) SR Bornrnai vs Union of India
(b) Minerva Mills vs Union of India
(c) SP Gupta vs Union of India
(d) Kesavananda Bharati vsState of Kerala
14. Who heads the Defence Acquisition Council?
(a) Defence Minister
(b) Defence Secretary
(c) Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff
(d) Director General (Acquisition)
15. Bal Gangadhar Tilak was associated with
1. Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
2. The Age of Consent Bill
3. Gaurakshini Sabha
4. Atmiya Sabha
Select the correct answer "using the code given below.
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1, 2 and 4
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 2 and 4
16. The provision under Article 350A of the Constitution of India relates to the
(a) right of any section of the citizens to preserve its distinct Iqnguage and culture
(b) right of the Sikh community to carrying and wearing of kirpans
(c) provision for providing facilities for instruction in mother-tongue at primary stage
(d) freedom of Minority-managed educational institutions from discrimination in the matter of receiving aid from the State
17. The equivalent rank of Commodore of Indian Navy in the Indian Army is'
(a) Brigadier
(b) Lieutenant Colonel
(c) Colonel
(d) Major General
18. The proposals of the Cabinet Mission did not include .
1. a three-tier structure for the Union of India, with both the Provinces and the Princely States.
2. formation of a Constituent Assembly.
3. creation of a sovereign Pakistan with six Muslim-majority provinces.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) 1 and 3
(b) Only 3
(c) Only 2
(d) 1 and 2
19. Which of the following are provided in India by the Right to Education Act?
1. Right of children to free and compulsory education till completion' of elementary education in a neighbourhood school.
2. Prohibition of deployment of teachers for non-educational works, other than decennial census, elections to local authority like State Legislatures, Parliament and disaster relief.
3. Right' of minorities to establish and administer education institution.
4. No citizen shall be denied admission into any educational institution maintained by the State or i:eceiving aid out of State funds on grounds only of religion, race, caste, language or any of them.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) 1, 2 and 4
(b) 1 and 3
(c) 2 and 4
(d) 1 and 2