Wednesday, October 13, 2010

IFS 2006 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTION PAPER

IFS 2006
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

PAPER-I
SECTION - I
  1. Answer any three of the following (About 150 words each)
    1. Biodiversity enriches life. Discuss.(20)
    2. Illustrate the procedure of self-grown bladders transplant. What are the merits of such organic growth?(20)
    3. What is relative humidity? Explain.(20)
    4. What is e-Waste? Explain.(20)
    5. Explain plate tectonics.(20)
  2. Answer any one of the following: (About 150 words each)
    1. Discuss the current position of President’s rule under Article 356 of the Constitution of India. AND President’s Rule Under Article 356. (20)
    2. State the essential features of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005. (20)
  3. Answer any two of the following: (About 150 words each)
    1. What are the main provisions of the Right to Information Act, 2005? (20)
    2. State the implications of 73rd Amendment Act empowering the Panchayat Raj institutions in India. (20)
    3. What are the functions of Minorities Commission? (20)
    SECTION II

  4. Answer any three of the following: (About 100 words each): (3 x 10 = 30 marks)
    1. What are earth movements? Explain.
    2. What is acid roc?
    3. Distinguish between Weather and Climate.
    4. Explain avalanche and avalanche wind?
    5. Define mountain range, mountain system and mountain chain.

  5. Answer any three of the following: (About 100 words each) (3 x 10 = 30 marks)
    1. Write a note on barrier reef.
    2. What is lumbering?
    3. Explain the importance of monsoon rains of Indian economy.
    4. Distinguish between Bhabar and Tarai.
    5. What is the significance of ‘FINSAS’?

  6. Answer any three of the following: (About 100 words each) (3 x 10 = 30 marks)
    1. Colonial Historiography has led to communalism in India. Discuss.
    2. Define Manasabdari system.
    3. Explain the features of Nehru Report, 1928.
    4. What is Home Rule Movement?
    5. State regions for the growth of Extremism during the second phase of India’s Freedom Struggle.

  7. Answer any three of the following: (About 100 words each) (3 x 10 = 30 marks)
    1. Explain Sufism.
    2. Was Mughal State a centralized bureaucracy? Discuss.
    3. Discuss the nature of medieval Indian peasantry.
    4. Brief write the major points of Civil Disobedience Movement.
    5. What is “Fourth Generation Warfare’?

    SECTION III

  8. Mention the place where the following are located:(10 x 1 = 10 marks)
    1. Barapani Lake
    2. Rock Garden
    3. Victoria Peak
    4. Ramanashram
    5. NIMHANS
    6. Spice Board
    7. Kalashetra
    8. Bryant Park
    9. Heathrow Airport
    10. Hieun-Tsang Memorial Hall

  9. What do the following abbreviations stand for? (10 x 1 = 10 marks)
    1. ITER
    2. MNP
    3. ICRISAT
    4. LERMS
    5. MASER
    6. NICE
    7. ADAM
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    9. FSI
    10. WMO

  10. What are the following (answer in 1 word or 1 sentence each)? (10 x 1 = 10 marks)
    1. Symbiosis
    2. Psychokinesis
    3. Petrology
    4. Allotropy
    5. Eugenics
    6. Progeria
    7. Semiotics
    8. Avahan
    9. Great Rift Valley
    10. Certiorari

  11. What are the following famous for? (Answer in one word or one sentence each) (10 x 1 = 10 marks)
    1. Ayyappa Panicker
    2. Reese Witherspoon
    3. Angela Merkel
    4. Sundarlal Bahuguna
    5. Dr. Mohmmed Rela
    6. Jayadevan System
    7. Dr. Edward Bach
    8. Schengan Visa
    9. Sully Prodhomme
    10. Bharathi Gupta

  12. Why have the following been in the news recently? (10 x 1 = 10 marks)
    1. Naomi Campbell
    2. Raj Babber
    3. INS Prahar
    4. Rafael Nadal
    5. Jawad-al-Malike
    6. Sanat Fonseka
    7. My Lord
    8. WL-16 R III
    9. Tibetan sand fox, and
    10. Balbir Singh (Sr).
  13. With which game/sport the following terms are associated? (10 x 1 = 10 marks)
    1. Half Nelson
    2. Circle
    3. Niblic
    4. Scoop
    5. Wtone Walling
    6. Vulnerable
    7. Jigger
    8. Pitcher
    9. Drop and
    10. Tobogganing.
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CURRENT AFFAIRS PREPARATION PLAN

“Current Affairs” and “General Knowledge” cover many topics like from economy to sports or education to politics, or even technology to automobiles. In every second some issues are happening around the world in these sectors, and to accumulate the excerpt of some highlighted news, and memorize it is a good plan to prepare current affairs and GK.

Some Important Tips to Follow:

Read Newspapers regularly

We all know that “Old is Gold”, same thing applies here too. We need to make a habit of reading newspapers regularly. I’ll suggest you to read more than one newspaper. It will be better if you read one newspaper of your mother language, and other of English. Some useful newspapers are “The Times of India”, “The Hindu”, “The Telegraph” etc. You need to start this habit at least 6 months before the actual exam that will help you to get access to all the important events of that period of time.

You need to keep an eye on what’s happening around you in your country and world as well. Trust me guys, you will surely find it interesting after several days. We all know that staying updated is always a good idea, as it will stand you apart from the rest.

Read Magazines thoroughly

This is another great option to prepare the subject we are talking about. There are many leading magazines that focus on current affairs and General Knowledge. You need to buy it from your local magazine seller, and start reading it thoroughly. These magazines beautifully categorize the articles with its genres to make it interesting to read on. Some of the useful magazines are Pratiyogita Darpan andManorma.

Try to read some business magazines and sports magazines too along with a general magazine. This will increase your chances of cracking the competitive exams with ease. Some useful business magazines areBusiness Today, Business Line etc.

Follow News Channels

You will need to follow news channels at least once a day. Now most of the leading news channels are active for 24*7. You need to pick up a suitable time for yourself to watch any favorite news channel of yours. You can watch ABP News, NDTV, Times Now, ET Now, Zee News etc. Try to go through all the breaking and highlighted news, and make it a habit.

I know that watching news channels for long will bore you, so I’ll suggest you to allocate only 30 minutes for it in a whole day. All the leading ones shows the glimpses of all important events of the day quite frequently, so 30 minutes will be enough for you to boost up your current affairs and GK knowledge.

Maintain a Diary

My teacher used to tell me that whenever you learn something try to write it down in your diary, as it will help you to memorize it in a better manner. He is so right, as this method helped me a lot to score good marks in every exam that I appeared for. As I already mentioned before that a lot of events are occurring in the country and around the world, so it is easily understandable that it is not easy to remember everything. It’s always a superb idea to maintain a diary of current events.

You need to update this diary on a daily basis with all the events that you consider as important ones. This diary will become quite useful for the revision part, as it will provide you information about all the important events at a place. You should keep revising the diary frequently, as it will help you to memorize important names, dates, awards etc.

Channelize your Preparation Accordingly

All the competitive exams are not same, as all of them have different pattern, even when it comes to the same topic as ‘Current Affairs’ or ‘GK’. For example for civil services exam, you need to give importance on events of National value. On the other scenario, in matter of bank job exam, the focus should be on the news on banking sectors, and economic and business news.

Thus I’ll suggest you to prepare as per the exams you are appearing for, as channelizing your preparation according to the pattern of the exam will accelerate your chance of getting selected.

Use Internet Resources

“Google, YouTube and Wikipedia are my favorite teachers’; one of my friends told me this once. This is quite true indeed, so you should use all the available online resources to study current affairs and GK for exams. For example this blog is all about “Current Affairs”, so you can check this blog regularly by subscribing to us (check the sidebar for subscription options). You can actively take part some forums that are focusing on current events. The good part is you can follow the websites of all leadingnewspapers online if you don’t have enough time to read newspapers.

Use Social Networking Sites for Good

Believe me or not you can surely use social networking sites to your benefits. Especially to prepare current affairs and General knowledge Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and StumbleUpon may help you a lot. You can join some Facebook pages, or follow some twitter accounts that are related to current affairs. You can join our Facebook Page too for this matter, or connect with me at LinkedIn or circle me in Google Plus for all the information on recent happenings to boost up your General Knowledgeability.

Give Priority to your Strength

We usually find difficulties when we try to learn everything at once. In that process basically we study a lot, but remember a little. We need to first select our strength areas for our preparation. Try to givepriority to your strength areas. It may be Sports, economy, Government Affairs or technology. Suppose you are applying for Bank exams, then you should prepare industry related news. Along with that you may pick any 2-3 areas of your strength like sports or technology. You need to prepare these sections to the utmost level. I can assure you that these strategies will help you to score much better in Current Affairs section.

Participate in Online Quizzes

You should participate in some free quizzes that are available online to evaluate yourself. For this matter you can easily access our “Quiz Section”. This will give you proper idea whether you are ready for the big exam day or not. As an added factor it will also provide you confidence i.e. very much essential. You can download Monthly-wise current affairs questions from Here.