RPSC RAS Pre Question Paper 2018 Test

1. In terms of the share in Foreign Direct Investment Equity inflows, in India during 2016-17, which of the following countries is on the top?

2. If 4 + 5 -2 = 33 and 10 + 12 – 5 = 119 then 6 + 8 -3 =

3. The population of a small city is 926100. If it increases at the rate of 5% per annum. What was the population 2 years ago?

4. The President of India addresses the Parliament under Article 87 of the Indian Constitution

5. Under Rule 377 of Rules and Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, the maximum number of matters that can be raised by Lok Sabha members in one day are

6. The team of China has won the 2018 BWF Thomas Cup (30^th edition). It defeated the team of which country in the finals?

7. Consider the following :

Statement : Should there be recruitment in Government service on the basis of past academic performance rather than through competitive examinations?

Arguments :

(I) Yes, it will be beneficial for those candidates who are unable to bear the expenses of competitive examinations.

(II) No, the past academic performance cannot be made the basis of recruitment because there is no uniformity in the assessment by the Universities.

Which one is/are the strong argument/s?

8. Recently India’s Deepika Kumari won the gold medal in Women’s Recurve event at the Archery World Cup (Stage III). Where was this World Cup Competition held?

9. 23 writers have been selected for Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2018. Who among them is selected for the Rajasthani Language?

10. The total amount of green-house gases produced, to directly and indirectly support human activities, is referred to as

11. The dust storms originating in Rajasthan in May and June months are caused due to

(I) origin of convectional currents at few places

(II) Aravalli hills are parallel to south-western winds

(III) origin of fast speedy easterly winds

12. Which of the following election/s of the Central Legislative Assembly was/were held under the Government of India Act, 1919?

(I) 1926, (II) 1937, (III) 1945

Select the correct answer using code given below :

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13. Which one of the following lakes of Rajasthan is not covered under National Lake Conservation Programme (NLCP)?

14. Which of the following polyherbal product has NOT been developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) :

15. Which metal is Generally used for coating of brass utensils to prevent copper contamination?

16. Which of the following is not considered as oil field of Rajasthan?

17. Which of the following statements are correct in regarding to Indian Constituent Assembly?

(I) It was not based on Adult franchise.

(II) It resulted from direct elections.

(III) It was not a multi-party body.

(IV) It worked through several committees.

Select the correct answer using code given below :

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18. The basis of DNA finger printing is

19. Who among the following negotiated Subordinate Alliances of 1817-18 with Princely States of Rajputana?

20. Rajasthan is almost a sole producer of which of the following minerals?

(I) Lead and zinc ores

(II) Copper ores

(III) Wollastonite

(IV) Salenite

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21. Which of the following rulers does not belong to Gurjara-Pratihar dynasty?

22. In a code language,

(I) “lew nas hsi ploy” means “she is bringing coffee”.

(II) “wir sut lew ploy” means “he is bringing tea”.

(III) “sut lim nas” means “Tea and coffee”.

Then which word has been used for “he”?

23. In humans trisomy of chromosome number 21 is responsible for

24. On 24^th June, 2018, India’s team of four para-swimmers crossed the English Channel in record time of 12 hours and 26 minutes. Out of them, one was from Rajasthan. Who was he?

25. Which statements are correct from the following?

(I) Marble development and Conservation Rule- 2002

(II) Rajasthan Mineral Policy- 2015

(III) District Mineral Foundation Trust Rules- 2016

(IV) Rajasthan Minor Mineral Concession Rules (Amended upto May 2016)

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26. Choose the correct chronological order of the following events :

(I) Lucknow Pact

(II) Formation of Swaraj Party

(III) Jallianwala Massacre

(IV) Death of Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Select the answer from the following code :

27. The 22^nd edition of the Malabar Trilateral Naval exercise was held in June 2018. Beside India which other two countries took part in this exercise?

28. Which of the following temples of the Chittorgarh Fort is a Jain temple?

29. The singing tradition with which Gavari Devi was associated :

30. Which of the following were members of the Swaran Singh Committee (1976)?

(I) A.R. Antulay

(II) S.S. Ray

(III) Haridev Joshi

(IV) C.M. Stephen

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31. In this question, a statement is followed by two assumptions :

Statements : Though he is fat yet he runs fast.

Assumptions :

(I) Fat people have weak muscles.

(II) Fat people generally cannot run fast.

Then which of the answer is correct?

32. “The age of a Judge of the Supreme Court of India shall be determined by such authority and in such manner as Parliament may be laws provide”, inserted by

33. Which among the following environmental pollutants are responsible for “acid rain”?

34. Which among the following is not correctly matched?

Work – Author

35. An Indian-American woman has been named as the Chief Finance Officer of General Motors, the largest automaker of the United Sates of America. What is her name?

36. Statements : All branches are flowers.

All flowers are leaves.

Conclusions :

(I) All branches are leaves.

(II) Some leaves are branches.

(III) All flowers are branches.

(IV) All leaves are branches.

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37. Match the following :

Temple-

(a) Kameshwar Mahadev

(b) Shitaleshwar

(c) Pipala Mata

(d) Nilkantha

District-

(I) Alwar

(II) Jodhpur

(III) Jhalawar

(IV) Pali

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38. Who played the role of mediator in Gandhi-Irwin Pact?

39. Which of the following difference between Bluetooth and wi-fi is correct?

40. Bangladesh has won the Women’s Cricket Asia Cup Trophy (Twenty-20 Tournament) held in Malaysia in June 2018. Which team was defeated in the finals?

41. Why was Shared Kumar, former Director General of National Investigation Agency, was in news recently?

42. Match the following :

List-I (Major irrigation project)-

(a) Sidhmukh Project

(b) Narmada Project

(c) Jawai Project

(d) Jakham Project

List-II (Beneficiary districts of irrigation projects)-

(I) Jalore and Barmer

(II) Jalore, Pali and Jodhpur

(III) Udaipur and Pratapgarh

(IV) Hanumangarh and Churu

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43. A new software has been launched by Rajasthan government for monitoring of seasonal and non-communicable diseases as well as the trends of ailments found in specific areas. What is the name of this software?

44. Match the following :

Dynasties – Capital

(a) Shung – (I) Mahoba

(b) Satavahan – (II) Banvasi

(c) Kadamb – (III) Paithan

(d) Chandel – (IV) Patliputra

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45. The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India can be removed from his office in like manner as

46. After appointment of Justice Indu Malhotra, the number of Women Judges in the Supreme Court of India has reached two. Who is the other woman judge?

47. In which of the following projects for the first time, sprinkler irrigation system has been made compulsory in Rajasthan?

48. Who created the department of Diwan-i-Arz in Delhi Sultanate?

49. On a construction site, men, women and children are working in the ratio of 9 : 4 : 1. Their wages are in the ratio of 8 : 5 : 3. If 60 women are wages of all persons is ₹ 2,850. Daily wages of a child is equal to

50. In pre-medieval kingdoms of Rajasthan, the designation “Naimittika” was used for

51. Government of Rajasthan’s Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme for students of minority communities provide financial assistance to those having a combination of parental income and percentage of marks in previous examination. That combination is

52. What is the percentage of urban population in India and Rajasthan respectively as per census 2011?

53. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using code given below :

List-I (Districts) – List-II (Mountains)

(a) Jalore – (I) Barwada

(b) Jaipur – (II) Jharola

(c) Alwar – (III) Raghunathgarh

(d) Sikar – (IV) Bhangarh

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54. Which of the following statement is incorrect in reference to compost?

55. Which is not a correct match?

District – Mascot

56. Recently which space agency successfully launched the world’s smallest satellite carrying rocket?

57. Consider the following pairs :

ISRO Centres – Location

(I) Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) – Trivandrum (Kerala)

(II) UR Rao Satellite Centre (URSC) – Bengaluru (Karnataka)

(III) National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) – Dehradun (Uttarakhand)

(IV) Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) – Hyderabad (Telangana)

Which of the above pairs are correctly matched?

58. Which of the following pairs is not correctly mateched?

Institution – Founder

59. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from code given below :

List-I (Authors)-

(a) Atul Kohli

(b) Granville Austin

(c) Penderal Moon

(d) Alan Gledhill

List-II (Books)-

(I) Divide and Quit

(II) The Success of India’s Democracy

(III) The Republic of India : Development of its Laws and Constitution

(IV) Working a Democratic Constitution : A History of the Indian Experience

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60. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched in terms of the power of the President of India to make regulation for certain Union Territories under Article 240 of the Indian Constitution?

61. A statement with two courses of action is given below.

You have to assume everything in the statement to be true and on the basis of the information given in the statement, decide which of the suggested course of action logically follows?

Statement : A large number of employees have gone on a mass casual leave in protest against the company’s new recruitment policy.

Courses of action :

(I) The company should immediately withdraw the new recruitment policy.

(II) All these employees should immediately be suspended from their service

Given answer :

62. Under the Constitutional provision on a Bill, recommendation of the Governor was required, but without recommendation of Governor it was introduced in Rajasthan Legislative Assembly and passed by it and sent to the Governor, Now

63. Where was the historic meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Leader Kim Jong Un was held in June 2018?

64. The difference between the number of triangles and number of parallelograms in the following figure is :

65. Which of the following statements are correct in reference to rule of procedure for ‘Motion For Adjournment on a matter of Public importance’ in Rajasthan Legislative Assembly?

(I) Speaker’s consent necessary to make motion.

(II) The motion shall raise a question of privilege.

(III) The motion shall be restricted to a specific matter of recent occurrence.

(IV) Not more than one such motion shall be made at the same sitting.

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66. Which of the following thermal power projects has the highest installed power capacity?

67. Which of the following Act/Rule of Rajasthan has a provision of a joint meeting of Gram Sabha?

68. If x, y, z are natural numbers, then the number of different solutions of the equation x + y + z = 6 are :

69. Who has authored ‘Gandhian Constitution for Free India’?

70. Among the mathematical indices for measuring bio-diversity, which one shows the mean species diversity in a habitat at a local scale?

71. Consider following statements about Electoral Bond Scheme 2018 :

(I) The aim of this scheme is to bring about transparency in the funding process of political parties.

(II) Only the political parties recognized by the Election Commission which secured not less than two percent of the votes polled in the last general election to the House of people or the Legislative Assembly of the State shall be eligible to receive the Electoral Bonds.

(III) Electoral Bonds shall be valid for fifteen calendar days from the date of issue.

(IV) The Electoral Bond deposited by an eligible political party in its account shall be credited on the same day.

Which of the above statements are correct?

72. Which State has started a scheme called “Kanya Van Samruddhi Yojana” to empower women and promote tree plantation?

73. Which one of the following is not included in the revenue account of Union Budget?

74. The Bharat Electronics Ltd. (BEL) is collaborating with ISRO to develop

75. A sum of amount at certain rate of compound interest doubles in 3 years. In 9 years it will be k times of the original principal. What is the value of k?

76. The Government of India has set a target of achieving how much solar power capacity by the year 2022?

77. As per 2011 census, which districts of Rajasthan are having lowest percentage of Scheduled Tribe population in their total population?

78. Which of the following painters does not belong to Alwar School of Painting?

79. Consider the following statements about Vijaydan Detha :

(I) Vijayadan Detha was a famous writer of Rajasthan, whose story was adapted as Charandas Chore play.

(II) Vijaydan Detha was a co-founder of Rupayan Sansthan.

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80. Which of the following is not the unique Selling Proposition (USP) of Rajasthan in tourism sector?

81. The main seat (Peeth) of Varkari sect is situated at

82. Consider the following statements regarding the first Mega Food Park of Rajasthan established in March 2018 :

(I) It was inaugurated by Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal.

(II) It is known as Smart Mega Food Park.

(III) It is located at Roopangarh in Ajmer.

Which of the statement/s given above is/are correct?

83. From which area of Rajasthan the maximum crude oil production was received in the year 2017-18 (upto Dec. 2017)?

84. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using code given below :

List-I (Protected areas of India)-

(a) Community Reserves

(b) Conservation Reserves

(c) National Parks

(d) Wild life Santuaries

List-II (Number in year 2018)-

(I) 103

(II) 46

(III) 544

(IV) 76

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85. Mitigating Poverty in Western Rajasthan (MPoWR) Programme is supported by

86. Question are based upon following table which shows number of registered vehicles (in lakhs) in a city.

Vehicle- Year (1990-91) – Year (2000-01) – Year (2010-11)

Car- 4.77 – 9.27 – 25.38

Bus- 1.02 – 1.71 – 3.51

Truck- 2.46 – 5.04 – 11.04

Scooter- 0.81 – 2.85 – 45.27

Others- 0.12 – 1.08 – 11.82

Total- 9.18 – 19.95 – 97.02

Que- Which vehicle has increased minimum in percentage from 2000-01 to 2010-11?

87. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using code given below :

List-I (Mountain Peak) – List-II (Location/Country)

(a) Elbrus – (I) New Zealand

(b) Kilimanjaro – (II) U.S.A.

(c) Mt. Cook – (III) Tanzania

(d) McKinley – (IV) Russia

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88. India’s first Beyond-Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile indigenously designed & developed by Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) is :

89. Pick out the odd one

90. Which of the following is an example of a non-cellulosic fibre?

91. Which of the following item provide maximum revenue in the Revenue Receipts of Rajasthan budget in recent years?

92. Central Vigilance Commission was set up on the recommendation of

93. The difference between the compound interest and simple interest on a certain sum at 10% per annum for 2 years is ₹ 874. Find the sum

94. On which of the following dates the President of India, using his powers, declared by proclamation that a grave emergency existed where the security of India was threatened by internal disturbance?

95. Eleventh Five Year Plan emphasised on

96. Question are based upon following table which shows number of registered vehicles (in lakhs) in a city.

Vehicle- Year (1990-91) – Year (2000-01) – Year (2010-11)

Car- 4.77 – 9.27 – 25.38

Bus- 1.02 – 1.71 – 3.51

Truck- 2.46 – 5.04 – 11.04

Scooter- 0.81 – 2.85 – 45.27

Others- 0.12 – 1.08 – 11.82

Total- 9.18 – 19.95 – 97.02

Que- If percentage of increase of total number of vehicles from 2000-01 to 2010-11 is made equal to the percentage of increase of total vehicles from 1990-91 to 2000-01, then total number of vehicles in 2010-11 would be equal to (in lakhs) :

97. Haryana Government has launched a 7-Star Gram Panchayat Rainbow Scheme to give star ranking to its panchayats on the basis of Seven Social Parameters. What star ranking is given to those panchayats that make outstanding performance in improving sex ratio?

98. A particle having at least one dimension less than 10^-7 metre, is known as

99. The revolutionary, who was not involved in Hardinge Bomb incident?

100. Why companies go for business process re-engineering with the help of technology?

101. Which of the following statements about Temple Architecture are true?

(I) The freestanding (mortar & stone) temples are supposed to have originated in the Gupta period.

(II) Ladkhan, which is one of the earliest temple belongs to Chalukya of Badami.

(III) In Khajuraho temples, all the compartments of the temple are connected internally and externally.

(IV) Kailashnath temple at Kanchi is the earliest freestanding temple of Dravid style.

Choose the correct answer :

102. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :

List-I (Canal)-

(a) Kiel

(b) Soo

(c) Panama

(d) Suez

List-II (Connects)-

(I) Mediterranean sea & Red sea

(II) Elbe estuary & Baltic sea

(III) Atlantic ocean & Pacific ocean

(IV) Lake superior & lake Huron

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103. Mr. A meets Mr. B. B is the father of a son C and a daughter D. E is the mother of A. C is married and has one son. E is the daughter-in-law of B. How is A related to B?

104. National Research Centre on seed spices is located at

105. Women saint Daya Bai was a disciple of

106. Next term of the letter series

YB/W, WD/S, UF/O, SH/K, ________

is

107. How many satellites were launched successfully by PSLV-C37 in a single flight on 15 February 2017?

108. Which is the base year of Rajasthan’s general wholesale Price Index?

109. After receiving complaint against following office bearer/s Lokayukta, Rajasthan cannot make investigation against

110. Growth rate of GSDP (Gross State Domestic Product) at constant prices (2011-12) for the year 2017-18 in Rajasthan was

111. The following pie charts provide the details about the breakup of the expenditure of a family under different heads and its savings in the month of June and July of 2018.

By what percentage does the total expenditure on transport and food in July exceed the same in June ? (approximately)

112. Select the correct chronological order of the following judgements dealing with Fundamental Rights :

(I) Golaknath v/s State of Punjab

(II) Keshwanand Bharti v/s State of Kerala

(III) Minerva Mills v/s Union of India

(IV) A.K. Gopalan v/s State of Madras

Select the correct answer :

113. Which one of the following statements in not true about Shreni System of Ancient India?

114. Recently the Capital of one of the North-Eastern States has been declared as 100^th Smart City by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. Which is that state?

115. Which of the following fixed the four percent inflation target in India with tolerance level of \pm2 percent for the period 2016 to 2021?

116. Which one of the following judges of Supreme Court of India has not worked in Rajasthan High Court as judge?

117. Rajasthan Government has established the first Skill University in the state. Where was it established?

118. Which of the following are Financial Committees of Indian Parliament?

(I) Estimates Committee

(II) Public Accounts Committee

(III) Committee on Public Undertakings

(IV) Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowance for Members of Parliament

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119. Which is not a correct match?

Industrial Region – Country

120. Who was the editor of ‘Tyag Bhumi’?

121. Which is not a correct match?

Shifting Agriculture – State

122. The most volatile part of the Organised Money Market in India is

123. Under the Provisions of the Article 368 (2) of the Constitution of India, if a bill comes to Rajasthan Legislative Assembly after passing by Parliament of India for resolution to rectify, then

(I) Resolution can be passed by Assembly.

(II) Resolution can be rejected by Assembly.

(III) No Amendment shall be proposed to such a resolution.

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124. What has been under the purview of Goods and Services Tax (GST)?

125. Which of the following mountain peak is not situated in Eastern Ghats?

126. Which of the following terminology is/are mentioned in the Preamble of the Right to Information Act, 2005?

(I) Transparency of Information

(II) Revelation of Infromation

(III) Informed Citizenry

(IV) Paramountcy of the democratic ideal

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127. Who among the following has held the post of Protem Speaker, Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly?

128. Assertion (a) : Cost push inflation is caused by shift in aggregate supply curve.

Reason (r) : Shift in aggregate supply curve takes place because of increase in wages.

129. The product of three consecutive positive numbers is divided by each of them in turn, the sum of three quotients will be 74. What will be sum of three numbers?

130. Waves of the Ultra High Frequency (UHF) range normally propagate by means of

131. Dr. Krishna Jakhar of Rajasthan has been awarded the Sahitya Akadami Prize for Rajasthani translation 2017. She is awarded this prize for which of her work of translation?

132. The revolutionary, who as convicted in the Mahant Pyarelal Murder case

133. Solar observatory in Rajasthan is located at

134. Which of the following statements is/are true?

(I) After the Nagpur Session (1920) of Congress, the provincial Congress Committees were constituted on linguistic basis.

(II) In 1948, Congress rejected the demand of formation of provinces on linguistic basis.

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135. The waves used in common TV remote control are

136. Sixteen coins of King Menander have been found from which of the following sites?

137. In which country the concept of Public Interest Litigation was originated?

138. Which of the following plant, grown in non-forest area has been omitted from the definition of trees in the Indian Forest (Amendment) Act 2017?

139. The machine language of computer is based on

140. The dance form related to Garasia Tribe is

141. Which of the following Chief Ministers have not held the post of the leader of the Opposition in Rajasthan Legislative Assembly?

(I) Haridev Joshi

(II) Shivcharan Mathur

(III) Ashok Gehlot

(IV) Vasundhara Raje

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142. Which of the given hills is an extension of vindhyan ranges in Rajasthan?

143. Which of the following statements are correct in context to Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission?

(I) It was constituted on 18, January, 1999 by notification issued by Government of Rajasthan.

(II) The Commission became functional from March, 2000.

(III) Rajasthan Human Rights Commission is having one chairperson and 3 members in accordance with the provision of the Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Act, 2006.

(IV) One of its former Chairman’s has retired judge of Supreme Court of India.

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144. Match column I with column II and choose the correct answer using the codes given below :

Column (I) – Column (II)

(a) Grape Sugar – (I) Fructose

(b) Fruit Sugar – (II) Sucrose

(c) Milk Sugar – (III) Natural Sweetner

(d) Table Sugar – (IV) Glucose

(e) Stevia – (V) Lactose

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145. The princely state, which was not the part of Rajasthan Union formed on 25^th March, 1948?

146. Proposed oil refinery at Pachpadra, Barmer is a joint venture of

147. Yousuf Saleem of Pakistan has been in news recently. Who is he?

148. Which among the following are important mineral based industries in Rajasthan?

(I) Zinc smelting industry

(II) Cement industry

(III) Electronic industry

(IV) Marble industry

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149. Two alloys are made by gold and copper in the ratio of 7 : 2 and 7 : 11 respectively. Same quantity of both alloys are mixed and third alloy is made. In this third alloy, ratio between gold and copper is equal to

150. Main objective of Swavalamban Yojana in Rajasthan is