IAS Solved 2010 Paper

1. With reference to the Simon Commission’s recommendations, which one of the following statements is correct?
(a) It recommended the replacement of diarchy with responsible government in the province.
(b) It proposed the setting up of inter – provincial council under the Home Department.
(c) It suggested the abolition of bicameral legislature at the Centre.
(d) It recommended the creation of Indian Police Service with a provision for increased pay and allowances for British recruits and compared to Indian recruits.
Ans: (a)

2. An objective of the National Food Security Mission is to increase the production of certain crops through area expansion and productivity enhancement in a sustainable manner in the identified districts of the country. What are those crops?
(a) Rice and Wheat only.
(b) Rice, wheat and pulses only.
(c) Rice, wheat, pulses and oil seeds only.
(d) Rice, wheat, pulses, oil seeds and vegetables.
Ans: (b)

3. Which of the following is / are treated as artificial currency?
(a) ADR
(b) GDR
(c) SDR
(d) Both ADR and SDR
Ans: (c)

4. In the context of Indian economy, consider the following pairs: Term Most appropriate description
1. Melt down — Fall in stock prices
2. Recession — Fall in growth rate
3. Slow down — Fall in GDP
Which of the pairs given above is / are correctly matched?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Ans: (a)

5. Consider the following statements:
1. Brazil.
2. Mexico.
3. South Africa.
According to UNCTAD, which of the above is / are categorized as “Emerging Economies”?
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Ans: (d)

6. Six persons M, N, O, P, Q and R are sitting in two rows, three in each. Q is not at the end of any row. P is second to the left of R. O is the neighbour of Q and is sitting diagonally opposite to P. N is the neighbour of R. On the basis of above information, who is facing N?
(a) R
(b) Q
(c) P
(d) M
Ans: (b)

7. Six books, A, B, C, D, E and F are placed side by side. B, C and E have blue cover and the other books have red cover. Only D and F are new books and the rest are old. A, C and D are law reports and other are Gazetteers. What book is a new law report with a red colour?
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Ans: (d)

8. Running at a speed of 60 km per hour, a train passed through a 1.5 km long tunnel in two minutes. What is the length of the train?
(a) 250 m
(b) 500 m
(c) 1000 m
(d) 1500 m
Ans: (b)

9. Who among the following Governor General created the Covenanted Civil Service of India which later came to be known as the Indian Civil Service?
(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Wellesley
(c) Cornwallis
(d) William Bentinck
Ans: (c)

10. Consider the following statements:
1. Dr. Rajendra Prasad persuaded Mahatma Gandhi to come in Champaran to investigate the problem of peasants.
2. Acharya J. B. Kriplani was one of the Mahatma Gandhi’s colleagues in his Champaran investigation.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: (b)

11. Consider the following actions by the Government:
1. Cutting the tax rates
2. Increasing the government spending
3. Abolishing the subsidies In the context of economic recession, which of the above actions can be considered a part of the “fiscal stimulus” package?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Ans: (a)

12. Rivers that pass through Himachal Pradesh are :
(a) Beas and Chenab only
(b) Beas and Ravi only
(c) Chenab, Ravi and Satluj only
(d) Beas, Chenab, Ravi, Satluj and Yamuna
Ans: (c)

13. Consider the following statements:
1. On the planet Earth, the fresh water available for use amounts to about less than 1% of the total water found.
2. Of the total fresh water found on the planet Earth 95% is bound up in polar ice caps and glaciers.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: (b)

14. Inclusive growth as enunciated in the Eleventh Five Year Plan does not include one of the following:
(a) Reduction of poverty
(b) Extension of employment opportunities
(c) Strengthening of capital market
(d) Reduction of gender inequality
Ans: (c)

15. In the context of governance, consider the following:
1. Encouraging Foreign Direct Investment inflows.
2. Privatization of higher educational Institutions.
3. Down – sizing of bureaucracy.
4. Selling / offloading the shares of Public Sector Undertakings.
Which of the above can be used as measures to control the fiscal deficit in India?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 2, 3 and 4
(c) 1, 2 and 4
(d) 3 and 4 only
Ans: (d)