UPSSSC PET 2022 16 October Shift 1 Question Paper and Answer Key

The 14 major banks were nationalised in July 1969 by ordinance, and the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970 then laid down the terms, compensation and management. The RBI Transfer Act of 1948 only nationalised the Reserve Bank itself.

The New Economic Policy of 1991 is called the LPG model: liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation. Liberalisation and privatisation opened India to the world economy, so their main outcome was globalisation; fiscal and monetary reforms were tools, not the outcome.

Agricultural scientist M.S. Swaminathan spread high-yielding wheat and rice varieties in India in the 1960s, so he is called the father of the Green Revolution in India. Verghese Kurien led the White Revolution and Sam Pitroda the telecom revolution.

The Directive Principles of State Policy (Part IV) were borrowed from the Constitution of Ireland. The USA gave Fundamental Rights and judicial review, while France gave the ideals of republic and liberty, equality and fraternity.

Article 19(1)(a) guarantees freedom of speech and expression. The right to constitutional remedies is in Article 32, the right against exploitation in Articles 23-24 and freedom of religion in Articles 25-28.

In a parliamentary system the Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the legislature (Lok Sabha) and must resign if a no-confidence motion is passed. Responsibility to the people is only indirect, and the judiciary is a separate independent organ.

After the 73rd and 74th Amendments (1992), India has a three-tier government of Union, State and local bodies, so two-tier government is not a correct feature. A written detailed Constitution, single citizenship and universal adult franchise are all salient features.

One horse power (mechanical hp) is about 746 watts of power. Horse power is an older unit used for engines and motors, while the SI unit of power is the watt; 748 and 756 watts are wrong values.

Water turning into steam is only a change of state, a physical change, because steam cools back into water and no new substance forms. Burning coal or paper and digestion of food all form new substances, so they are chemical reactions.

Pyorrhoea (periodontitis) is a disease of the gums in which the gums bleed, pus forms and the teeth become loose. It is mainly caused by poor oral hygiene and is not a disease of the nose, heart or lungs.

Phloem is the conducting tissue of plants that carries food (sugars) made in the leaves to other parts, while xylem carries water and minerals upward. Mammals, insects and animal reproductive organs have no phloem.

The 73rd Amendment, 1992 created a three-tier Panchayati Raj: the gram panchayat at village level, the panchayat samiti at block level and the zila parishad at district level. States below twenty lakh population may skip the middle tier.

चरण 1: सर्वसमिका $a^3-b^3=\left(a-b\right)\left(a^2+ab+b^2\right)$ में $a=6.73$ और $b=4.38$ रखें।

चरण 2: हर ठीक $a^2+ab+b^2$ है, इसलिए मान $a-b=6.73-4.38=2.35$ है।

चरण 1: ${347}^2=120409$, इसलिए $\sqrt{12.0409}=3.47$; और ${112}^2=12544$, इसलिए $\sqrt{1.2544}=1.12$ ।

चरण 2: 3.47 − 1.12 = 2.35।

The lead-acid battery of a car uses dilute sulphuric acid ( $H_{2}S{O}_4$) as the electrolyte, which reacts with the lead and lead dioxide plates to give electricity. Acetic acid is found in vinegar and hydrochloric acid in the stomach.

'श्वेत' और 'स्वेद' उच्चारण में मिलते-जुलते पर भिन्न अर्थ वाले शब्द (श्रुतिसमभिन्नार्थक) हैं। 'श्वेत' का अर्थ सफ़ेद है और 'स्वेद' का अर्थ पसीना है, इसलिए सही युग्म 'सफ़ेद और पसीना' है; 'स्वच्छ' और 'मनमाना' अर्थ गलत हैं।

'ख़ाक' का अर्थ धूल या राख है, इसलिए 'ख़ाक में मिलना' का अर्थ है पूरी तरह नष्ट या बर्बाद हो जाना। बेचैन होना, दबी बात उभरना या अकड़ में रहना इस मुहावरे के अर्थ नहीं हैं।

'अनिल' का अर्थ हवा है, इसलिए इसका पर्यायवाची 'पवन' है (अन्य: समीर, वायु, मारुत)। 'अनल' का अर्थ आग है, 'पावस' का अर्थ वर्षा ऋतु है और चक्रवात एक तूफ़ान है।

'गुप्त' का अर्थ छिपा हुआ है, इसलिए इसका विलोम 'प्रकट' (सामने आया हुआ) है। 'गूढ़' तो गुप्त का समानार्थी है, और 'जानना' क्रिया है, विशेषण का विलोम नहीं।

'सद्भावना' व्यंजन संधि है: सत् + भावना। नियम के अनुसार 'त्' के बाद वर्ग का तीसरा वर्ण 'भ' आने पर 'त्' बदलकर 'द्' हो जाता है, जैसे सत् + गुण = सद्गुण।

The superintendent says the smoke was coming up through the vents from her new downstair's neighbour, and later Elizabeth goes downstairs to talk to him. So the neighbour lived downstairs, not upstairs or next to her.

The passage says the smell of smoke especially bothered her because she had asthma, and later that her asthma was getting worse. Pneumonia, bronchitis and heart disease are never mentioned in the passage.

To mourn means to feel or show deep sorrow, especially after a death. Its opposite is to rejoice or feel joy, so Joy is the antonym; vitalize means to give energy and motivate means to encourage, neither opposite of sorrow.

An auctioneer conducts public sales (auctions) where articles go to the highest bidder. Auctionor is a misspelling, a juggler performs tricks and a shopkeeper sells in a shop, not at public sales.

Exile means being forced to live away from one's own country, which is the same as banishment. Expose means to uncover, mystery means something unknown and proof means evidence, so none of them matches.

Increased police vigil (statement I) is an action that deters offenders, and the fall in petty crime (statement II) is its result. The reverse order is illogical, because a fall in crime would not make the police increase vigil.

The Anamalai reed-tail (Protosticta anamalaica), a new damselfly species, was reported in 2022 from the Western Ghats in Kerala. The name comes from the Anamalai hills, which can mislead students towards Tamil Nadu, but the find was recorded in Kerala.

In 2022 INS Tarkash held a Maritime Partnership Exercise in the Red Sea near Port Sudan with the Sudanese Navy ships Almazz and Nimer. These are not ships of the Oman, Japan or France navies.

In July 2022 the Department of Consumer Affairs launched the mascot 'Jagriti' to make consumers aware of their rights and of grievance redressal. It has nothing to do with income tax, climate change or crypto currency.

In 2022 the Maharashtra government decided to rename Aurangabad as Sambhaji Nagar (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar) after Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj. Dharashiv is the new name of Osmanabad, while Dhule and Satara are separate districts.

In 2022 the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Indian Traditional Sciences of the UK Parliament gave the Ayurveda Ratna award to Dr Tanuja Nesari, Director of the All India Institute of Ayurveda. The group is not from the UAE, China or Russia.

Tata Power Solar commissioned a 101.6 MW floating solar project for NTPC at Kayamkulam in Kerala, described in 2022 as India's largest floating solar project. Assam, Bihar and Odisha are not where this project is located.

Vajra Prahar is the joint special forces exercise of India and the United States; its 2022 edition was held at Bakloh in Himachal Pradesh. India-Russia hold Indra, India-France hold Shakti and India-UK hold Ajeya Warrior.

In July 2022 Reliance Industries Limited announced a long-term partnership with the Indian Olympic Association, which also included setting up an 'India House' at the Olympic Games. Wipro, Tata and ONGC were not part of this deal.

In July 2022 the Coffee Board of India tied up with ISRO so that satellite remote sensing and geospatial data could help develop climate-resistant coffee varieties and monitor plantations. TNAU and DRDO were not partners in this agreement.

India's longest international border is with Bangladesh, about 4,096 km, touching West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram. The border with Nepal is about 1,751 km and with Bhutan about 699 km.

Israel declares Jerusalem as its capital and its parliament (the Knesset) sits there, although many countries keep their embassies in Tel Aviv. Baghdad is the capital of Iraq and Dublin is the capital of Ireland.

The Department of Posts launched the 'Dak Karmayogi' e-learning portal in 2022 under Mission Karmayogi to enhance the competencies of about 4 lakh Gramin Dak Sevaks and staff. It is not a grievance redressal or award portal.

Karnataka has a bicameral legislature, with a Legislative Council besides the Legislative Assembly. The six states with a council are Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana; Jharkhand, Odisha and Gujarat are unicameral.

The Indian Air Force was set up on 8 October 1932, so Air Force Day is celebrated every year on 8 October. Navy Day falls on 4 December and Army Day on 15 January.

Coorg (Kodagu) in Karnataka is called the Scotland of India for its misty hills, greenery and coffee estates. Mussoorie is called the Queen of the Hills and Srinagar is known for its lakes.

Sanjhi is the traditional art of Mathura-Vrindavan in which fine stencils are cut in paper to make pictures of the stories of Radha and Krishna. Kajari is a folk song, not an art, and miniature painting is not stenciling.

Telangana was carved out of Andhra Pradesh on 2 June 2014 as India's 29th state. Jharkhand and Uttarakhand were formed in November 2000, while Sikkim became the 22nd state in 1975.

"The Story of My Experiments with Truth" is the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, first written in Gujarati as 'Satya na Prayogo'. Nehru wrote 'The Discovery of India' and Dayanand Saraswati wrote 'Satyarth Prakash'.

The Earth, warmed by sunlight, gives out long-wave infrared (heat) radiation, which greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and water vapour absorb, heating the lower atmosphere. Ultraviolet radiation is mainly absorbed by the ozone layer.

The government of Nepal declared volleyball the national sport of the country in 2017. Indonesia's national sport is pencak silat (with badminton popular) and Argentina's is pato, so 'None of these' is not correct.

गद्यांश में दोस्तों की गलत संगति, मुफ़्त उपलब्धता और जेब खर्च से जुड़े लालच को इस लत से जोड़ा गया है। कभी-कभार पान-सुपारी खाना न तो गद्यांश में बताए घातक मादक पदार्थों में आता है, न ही इसे लत का कारण बताया गया है, इसलिए यह कारण उचित नहीं लगता।

गद्यांश के अनुसार ऐसे युवा शारीरिक एवं मानसिक रूप से कमज़ोर होते हैं, पागल तथा सुषुप्तावस्था में हो जाते हैं, सूइयों से एच.आई.वी. और एड्स का खतरा होता है और वे मानसिक संतुलन खो बैठते हैं। चारों खतरे गद्यांश में दिए हैं, इसलिए उत्तर 'यह सभी' है।

गद्यांश में नशे की शुरुआत का सबसे बड़ा कारण बार-बार दोस्तों को बताया गया है: फैशन की खातिर दोस्तों के उकसावे पर मादक पदार्थ लेना और गलत संगति के दोस्तों के साथ घातक नशे की ओर कदम बढ़ना, इसलिए गद्यांश के आधार पर सबसे उचित उत्तर 'बच्चों के मित्र' है।

ध्यान दें: प्रश्न 'आपकी दृष्टि में' पूछता है, इसलिए 'बच्चों के माँ-बाप' भी तर्कसंगत लग सकता है, क्योंकि गद्यांश कहता है कि कई बार बच्चे घर के सदस्यों से ही नशे की आदत सीखते हैं; पर यह कभी-कभार की बात है, जबकि दोस्तों की भूमिका मुख्य बताई गई है। पुलिस और राज्य सरकार का दोष गद्यांश में सीधे नहीं बताया गया।

गद्यांश में राज्यों में बढ़ते प्रयोग की बात के ठीक बाद कहा गया है कि कई राज्यों में गाँजा व अफीम की खेती होती है और हेरोइन का व्यापार खुले आम चल रहा है। यानी राज्य उत्पादन और व्यापार नहीं रोक पा रहे; महँगे स्कूलों या पुलिस की बात गद्यांश में नहीं है।

गद्यांश के अनुसार ऐसे युवा हिंसक और अनुशासनहीन होते हैं, मानसिक संतुलन खो बैठते हैं और नशे के लिए चोरी करने लगते हैं, इसलिए (i), (iii) और (iv) सही हैं। (ii) गलत है क्योंकि गद्यांश उन्हें स्वास्थ्य के प्रति लापरवाह बताता है, सजग नहीं।

गद्यांश के अनुसार शेयर खरीदना निवेश है जिसमें रिस्क ज़्यादा रहता है, इसलिए केवल कथन 4 सही है। कथन 1 गलत है क्योंकि शेयर जोखिम रहित नहीं होते, और कथन 2 व 3 गलत हैं क्योंकि शेयर खरीदना बचत नहीं, निवेश है।

गद्यांश कहता है कि दीर्घकालिक आर्थिक लक्ष्यों के लिए निवेश किया जाता है और कोई सपना ऐसा नहीं जो पूरा न हो सके, इसलिए केवल कथन 2 शुद्ध है। कथन 1 (लघु बचत से), 3 (लक्ष्य असंभव) और 4 (बचत निवेश से अच्छी) गद्यांश के विरुद्ध होने से अशुद्ध हैं।

गद्यांश के अनुसार बैंक और पोस्ट ऑफिस के बचत खातों में रखा पैसा बचत है, निवेश नहीं। म्युचूअल फंड, एस.आई.पी., कमोडिटीज, शेयर, ज़मीन और सोना सभी को गद्यांश में निवेश के तरीके बताया गया है।

गद्यांश के अनुसार निवेश दीर्घकालिक आर्थिक लक्ष्यों के लिए किया जाता है और इसमें ऊँचे रिटर्न के साथ रिस्क भी रहता है, इसलिए (i) और (iv) सही हैं। (ii) गलत है क्योंकि अल्पकालिक लक्ष्य बचत के लिए हैं, और (iii) गलत है क्योंकि गृहिणियों की जमा राशि बचत की श्रेणी में आती है।

गद्यांश में सोना खरीदने को निवेश का तरीका बताया गया है, इसलिए सोने के गहने खरीदना निवेश है। पोस्ट ऑफिस या बैंक में सीमित समय तक रखा धन और घर में जमा किया गया पैसा गद्यांश के अनुसार बचत की श्रेणी में आता है।

Gautam Buddha attained enlightenment under the pipal (Bodhi) tree at Bodh Gaya in Bihar, on the bank of the Niranjana (Phalgu) river. The Ganga, Gandak and Punpun are other rivers of Bihar but are not linked with the enlightenment.

The early capital of the Pushyabhuti dynasty was Thanesar (Sthanvishvara); after rescuing his sister Rajyashri and gaining the Maukhari kingdom, Harshavardhana moved the capital to Kannauj. Pataliputra was the capital of the Mauryas and Guptas, while Magadha is a region.

Under Shivaji the Maratha army used the hills of the Western Ghats for guerilla warfare (ganimi kava), striking the large Mughal armies suddenly and then withdrawing. The Mughal and British armies relied on regular battles in open fields.

The bronze Dancing Girl from Mohenjo-daro was made by lost wax casting, in which a wax model is covered with clay, heated so the wax melts out, and molten metal is poured into the hollow mould. Carving is done on stone, ivory or wood, not on cast metal.

Urdu poet and freedom fighter Hasrat Mohani first demanded Poorna Swaraj (complete independence) at the Ahmedabad Congress session of 1921; Congress formally adopted it at Lahore in 1929. Tilak's famous slogan was 'Swaraj is my birthright'.

Lord Curzon announced the Partition of Bengal in 1905, and in protest the Swadeshi and boycott movement began at Calcutta Town Hall on 7 August 1905. The Calcutta Corporation Act and Punjab Land Alienation Act were smaller grievances, not the main cause.

After Macaulay's Minute of 1835 and Lord William Bentinck's English Education Act, the British promoted the English language and Western education in India to create an English-knowing class for administration. Sanskrit and Hindi were already Indian languages.

The Government of India Act, 1935 gave provincial autonomy but kept special responsibilities and discretionary powers for the British-appointed governors, who could override their ministers. Abolition of diarchy and division of powers were reforms, not examples of ultimate British authority.

After resigning as Congress president in 1939, Subhas Chandra Bose founded the All India Forward Bloc as a left group within the Congress. Gandhi and Patel were in the main Congress leadership and opposed this move by Bose.

Indian Muslims were angered by the treatment of the Turkish Caliph after the First World War; Gandhiji backed the Khilafat movement in 1919-20 so that Hindu-Muslim unity would give the Non-Cooperation Movement mass support. Christians had no part in this issue.

In the Thar Desert, low cloud and humidity and sand that heats and cools fast make days very hot and nights cold, so the daily temperature range is very large. Kerala, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Goa lie by the sea, which keeps their temperatures even.

The three components of population change are birth, death and migration; these alone raise or lower the population of an area. Morbidity (the rate of illness) is a health indicator that does not directly change the head count, so it is not a component.

The capital of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep is Kavaratti, on a coral island in the Arabian Sea. Aizawl is the capital of Mizoram, Port Blair (Sri Vijaya Puram) of Andaman and Nicobar, and Silvassa was the capital of Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

The Fourth Five Year Plan (1969-74) aimed at 'growth with stability' and 'progressive achievement of self-reliance'. The Third Plan focused on a self-reliant economy, the Fifth on removing poverty and the Sixth on poverty eradication and jobs.

The private sector consists of businesses owned and run by individuals or groups of individuals (partnerships, companies), mainly for profit. The public sector and state-owned enterprises are owned by the government.

The Amazon rainforest of South America is the world's largest tropical rainforest; it absorbs huge amounts of carbon dioxide and gives out oxygen, so it is called the lungs of the Earth. The taiga is a coniferous forest and the tundra has almost no trees.