Quiz 519: General Studies for Civil Services (Mock Test Series)

April 13, 2011 August 4, 2020
1.
Consider the following statements:
  1. A bank can sell Non performing Assets to other companies.
  2. Banks have to keep aside extra funds for Non Performing Assets
Which among the above statements is/ are correct?
2.
Consider the following: 
  1. Nitrogen Oxides
  2. Carbon Dioxide 
  3. Methane 
Which among the above can contribute in the formation of Ground Level Ozone, one of the important secondary pollutant?
3.
Which among the following can not be called an antiinflationary measure?
4.
If the Reserve Bank of India wants to increase the Cash Reserves commercial Banks, which among the following would be the most probable step taken by it ?
5.
Argon is the third most common gas in the Earth’s atmosphere, at 0.93%. This gas is generated due to decay of which among the following isotopes in the Earth’s crust ?
6.
Consider the following statements: 
  1. Satluj is the easternmost tributary of the Indus River
  2. Before joining Indus, Satluj meets Beas as well as Chenab
Which among the above statements is/ are correct?
7.
 Consider the following statements: 
  1. The snowline in the Western Himalayas is lower than that of the Eastern Himalayas 
  2. The altitude of the Western Himalayas is higher than the Eastern Himalayas 
Which among the above statements is / are correct?
8.
Consider the following statements:
  1. Block mountains are formed by the lifting up of land between faults or by the sinking of land outside the faults.
  2. A mountain range is produced at the plate boundaries due to Continental-continental collision
Which among the above statements is / are correct?
9.
Consider the following statements:
  1. The Tropic of Cancer Passes through 6 states of India
  2. Prior to Arabian Sea , the last country on land it enters is Oman
Which among the above statements is / are correct?
10.
Consider the following statements: 
  1. For some diseases like Malaria and Denue, techniques of Population suppression of Vectors is favored over the disease resistance techniques
  2. RIDL is a Population suppression technique. 
Which among the above statements is / are correct?
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4 Comments

  1. Anonymous

    April 14, 2011 at 5:12 am

    THANKS SIR,FOR FUTURE PREPERATION OF CIVIL SERVISES MYSELF.

  2. Jyoti

    April 15, 2011 at 6:10 am

    Thanks a ton for this huge effort. Specially the explanation tab added is simply awesome.. I came across this website last week and since then have been hooked to it for atleast 1 hour a day. Thanks once again. Hope aspirants like us will continue to benefit from it..

  3. manjiri

    May 8, 2011 at 3:28 pm

    its really a very good site for upsc aspirants but pls add some more current related question for exam point of view…thank u….

  4. richie

    June 8, 2011 at 1:42 pm

    thanks sir for these quizes. they definetly help us a lot in preparing, but i have one doubt in ques no. 10. the tropic of cancer do passes through 6 states States of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhatisgarh, Jharkhand, and West Bengal

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