1. (b)

2. (a)

3. (b)

4. (a)

5. (b)

6. (d)

7. (a)

8. (b)

9. (a)

10. (b)

11. (c)

12. (d)

13. (b)

14. (c)

15. (a)

16. (b)

17. (a)

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18. (b)

19. (c)

20. (a)

21. (a)

22. (a)

23. (b)

24. (a)

25. (b)

26. (d)

27. (d)

28. (b)

29. (b)

30. (b)

31. (a)

32. (c)

33. (b)

34. (d)

35. (d)

36. (c)

37. (a)

38. (b)

39. (c)

40. (a)

41. (a)

42. (c)

43. (a)

44. (b)

45. (c)

46. (a)

47. (b)

48. (c)

49. (d)

50. (d)

51. (d)

ANSWERS

52. (d)

53. (a)

54. (d)

55. (a)

56. (c)

57. (d)

58. (d)

59. (c)

60. (d)

61. (d)

62. (c)

63. (d)

64. (b)

65. (a)

66. (b)

67. (d)

68. (d)

69. (b)

70. (a)

71. (d)

72. (a)

73. (c)

74. (b)

75. (d)

76. (d)

77. (b)

78. (a)

79. (a)

80. (b)

81. (c)

82. (a)

83. (c)

84. (c)

85. (a)

86. (b)

87. (d)

88. (d)

89. (c)

90. (a)

91. (d)

92. (b)

93. (c)

94. (d)

95. (c)

96. (a)

97. (c)

98. (b)

99. (a)

100. (d)

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1. (b)

Top-down method are slow and not suitable forlarge scale production.

2. (a)

Quartz crystal is piezoelectric but not pyroelectric.Hence it is not ferroelectric.

3. (b)

Ferrimagnetic material has low eddy current loss.Soft magnetic material has low coercivity henceits systems loss is low. Where as hard magneticmaterial has high coercivity hence its hysteresisloss is high.

4. (a)

A material is termed as advanced composite iffibres are directional and continuous. Reinforcedfibre glass products are strong and light weight.In concrete, reinforced steel rebar is dispersedphase and not matrix phase. Pearlitic steels arecomposite where ferrite is matrix phase andcementite is reinforcement.

5. (b)

Granite is used for rough stone work.

Marble is used for ornamental work

Chalk can be used as ballast

6. (d)

The atomic radius is of the order of 10–10 to10–14 m whereas Nano means 10–9 m whose orderof dimension is higher and nano materials doexist in the form of rods, tubes, spheres etc.Nano elements under goes nano technology inwhich manipulation of materials are done andprocessed at the nanoscale level. Such as carbonnanotube etc. Moreover, nano elements exhibitprominent electrical, magnetic, opticalcharacteristics and these materials can beprocessed through rolling etc.

7. (a)

Slip occurs most readily in directions that havethe shortest steps, and along planes that arefarthest apart. The latter are automatically theplanes that are most densely populated.

8. (b)

When atoms are moved from one site to another,bonds are broken and reconstituted. During

transition, an activation energy is required todistort the lattice. Small solute atoms, low melting-point solvents, and lower atomic packing factorsin a lattice all require a lower activation energy.Hence, activation energy for diffusion is directlyproportional to the packing factor.

9. (a)

Using a computational basis of four atoms, (1Mg2+ + 1 O2–) = (24 + 16) + (56 + 16) =(40 + 72).

10. (b)

Cyber bullying is when the internet is used on adevice to hurt people or embarrass them. It is asthe title indicates, bullying via internet. It can bedone by groups or an individual abusing thesystem.

Cyber-bullying can be as simple as continuing tosend e-mail to someone who has said they wantno further contact with the sender, but it mayalso include threats, sexual remarks and hatespeech. The practice of cyber-bullying is notlimited to children nd, while the behavior isidentified by the same definition in adults.

11. (c)

NPCI is a not-for-profit company formed by variousbanks, with primary objective of providing cost-effective payment Solution to the banks to relyon expensive contracts of Visa, Mastercard,Infosys etc). NPCI’s Solution such as IMPS,BHIM, RuPay etc. have indeed helped in financialinclusion.

NPCi launched Rupay card in 2012, as 7thpayment gateway in the world.

12. (d)

In case of UPI, there is transaction limit whichvaries from bank to bank but in the majority ofbanks, it is not more than 1 lakh while in caseof other modes of transfer like internet banking,RTGS there is no limit and an individual cantransfer any amount which he or she wants.

Transaction can only be done if a person hasbank account as to make a UPI account oneneeds to have a bank account.

It is difficult to pay through the card in smallcities. Most of the merchants don’t have the cardswiping machine.

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13. (b)

Educational software such as GCompris andprogramming interfaces such as Scratch havebeen found to be very useful in building the learningcapabilities and communication skills of autisticchildren.

A person with mobility impairment can usetechnology with adaptive keyboard featuring keysthat are four times bigger or mouse alternativessuch as the Trackball Mouse to operate acomputer.

14. (c)

A wide area network is a telecommunicationsnetwork or computer network that extends over alarge geographical distance/place.

15. (a)

Once data has been written into ROM chip itcannot be removed and it can only be read. RAMis also known as RWM (i.e. Read Write Memory).RAM needs to be writeable in order for it to doits job of holding programs and data that you areworking on.

16. (b)

Secondary memory is a non- volatile memory(does not loose stored data when the device ispowered down).

17. (a)

The speed of Supercomputer are measured andbenchmarked in Floating Points Operations perSecond (FLOPS).

18. (b)

Smart TV should not be confused with InternetTV, IPTV or Web television. Internet TV refers toreceiving television content over the Internet insteadof traditional systems (terrestrial, cable andsatellite) (although Internet itself is received bythese methods).

Web television is a term used for programs createdby a wide variety of companies and individuals forbroadcast on Internet TV.

19. (c)

This act of parliament of India which equips aperson to report against corrupt and illegalactivities in the Government or private organizationto the higher authorities concerned.

20. (a)

Green-washing involves falsely conveying toconsumers that a given product, service, companyor institution factors environmental responsibilityinto its offerings and/or operations.

21. (a)

A code of ethics is a guide of principles designedto help professionals conduct business honestlyand with integrity. A code of ethics documentmay outline the mission and values of thebusiness or organization, how professionals aresupposed to approach problems, the ethicalprinciples based on the organization’s core valuesand the standards to which the professional isheld.

22. (a)

Business ethics (also known as corporate ethics)is a form of applied ethics or professional ethics,that examines ethical principles and moral orethical problems that can arise in a businessenvironment. It applies to all aspects of businessconduct and is relevant to the conduct ofindividuals and entire organizations.

23. (b)

Benefits of Citizen Charters

• Enhance accountability by providing citizenswith a clear understanding of service deliverystandards, including timetables, user feesfor services, and options for grievanceredress.

• Increase organizational effectiveness andperformance by making a public commitmentto adhere to measurable service deliverystandards.

• Create a way for both internal and externalactors to objectively monitor service deliveryperformance.

• Create a more professional and client-responsive environment for service delivery.

• Foster improvements in staff morale.

• Decrease opportunities for corruption andgraft by increasing transparency andeducating citizens about their rights.

• Increase government revenues by ensuringthat the money citizens pay for services goesinto the government’s coffers (and not into

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employees’ pockets).

24. (a)

Factors behind Corruption in India

1. Colonial-legacy of unchallenged authorityand propensity to exercise power arbitrarily.In a society which worships power, it is easyfor public officials to deviate from ethicalconduct

2. Asymmetry of power in our society. Nearly90% of our people are in the unorganizedsector. And nearly 70% of the organizedworkers with job security and regularmonthly wage are employed by the statedirectly or through public sector undertakingSuch asymmetry of power reduces societalpressure to conform to ethical behaviour andmakes it easy to indulge in corruption.

3. Opportunity: In the pre-LPG era, the overregulation, severe restrictions on economicactivity, excessive state control, near-monopoly of the government in many sectorsand an economy of scarcity all createdconditions conducive to unbridled corruption.

Many state subsidies and beneficiary-orientedprogrammes enhanced opportunities to indulge incorruption and reduced the citizens’ capacity toresist extortionary demands.

25. (b)

Probity Principles

There are several generally accepted probityprinciples that serve to maintain the integrity of aprocess. These are:

1. Accountability: Accountability is theobligation to be able to explain or accountfor the way duties have been performed.Government should have appropriatemechanisms in place to show that they areaccountable for their practices and decisions.

2. Transparency: It is important that theprocess is transparent to the maximumextent possible so that all stakeholders canhave conf idence in the outcomes.Transparent, open processes also minimisethe opportunity for, and the risk of, fraud andcorruption.

3. Confidentiality: As a condition ofemployment, all public servants are under a

general obligation of confidentiality to theiremployer. Accordingly, it is not necessaryfor members of the Government Project Teamwho are public servants to execute aconfidentiality undertaking in relation to theproject. All Government advisors, membersand any other third party that is privy tocommercially sensitive information mustprovide a formal undertaking to Governmentthat they wil l keep this informationconfidential.

4. Management of Conflicts of Interest: Aconflict of interest arises where an individualassociated with the process is, through theirparticular associations or circumstances,influenced, or perceived to be influenced, toobtain an unfair advantage for him or herselfor another party. Conflicts of interest areoften unavoidable.

However, provided they are identified early anddealt with effectively, they need not prejudice theprocess. It is important to ensure that individualsassociated with the process are aware of how aconflict of interest arises and their responsibilitiesto report conflicts ensure conflicts are adequatelyaddressed, and ensure the manner in which theyhave been addressed is adequately documented.

26. (d)

Components of a Citizen’s Charter:

A good Citizen’s Charter should have the followingcomponents:-

(i) Vision and Mission Statement of theOrganisation.

(ii)  Details of Business transacted by theOrganisation.

(iii) Details of ‘Citizens’ or ‘Clients’.

(iv) Statement of services including standards,quality, time frame etc. provided to eachCitizen/ Client group separately and how/where to get the services.

(v)  Details of Grievance Redress Mechanism andhow to access it.

(vi)  Expectations from the ‘Citizens’ or ‘Clients’.

(v i i) Additional  commitments  such  ascompensation in the event of failure of servicedelivery.

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27. (d)

28. (b)

The virgin vegetation, which are purely Indian areknown as endemic or indigenous species butthose which have come from outside India aretermed as exotic plants.

29. (b)

Gulf of Mannar- Tamil Nadu

Nanda Devi- Uttarakhand

Nokrek - Meghalaya

Simlipal - Odisha

30. (b)

Biomes - It is a community of plants and animalsthat have common characteristics for theenvironment they exist in.

Ecology – It is the environment as it relates toliving organisms.

Ecosystem – It is a system formed by interactionof a community or organisms with physicalenvironment.

31. (a)

West Bengal government has given its approvalto State Forest Department to apply for covetedRamsar Site recognition under Ramsar Conventionto Sunderban Reserve Forest. Now, State ForestDepartment through Central Government will applyto Ramsar Convention Secretariat.

32. (c)

Lichens are  widely  used  as  environmentalindicators or bio-indicators. If air is  very  badlypolluted with sulphur dioxide there may be nolichens present, just green algae may be found.

If the air is clean, shrubby, hairy and leafy lichensbecome abundant.

33. (b)

The greenhouse effect is a natural occurrencethat allows the Earth to maintain a temperaturesuitable for supporting life. The greenhouse gaseswithin the atmosphere behave in a way similar toa pane of glass in a greenhouse.

34. (d)

35. (d)

36. (c)

The Australia Group is an informal group to helpmember countries identify those exports whichneed to be controlled so as not to contribute tothe spread of chemical and biological weapons.

It has 42 members including the EuropeanCommission, all 28 member states of theEuropean Union, Ukraine, and Argentina. The groupfollows two policies:

1. No undercut: It states that any member ofthe group considering making an export toanother state that had already been deniedan export by any other member of the groupmust first consult with that member statebefore approving the export.

2. Catch all: It states that member statesshould halt all exports that could be usedby importers in chemical or biologicalweapons programs, regardless of whetherexport is on the group’s control lists.

37. (a)

It comes under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan ofIndian Government and measures eight majorpollutants namely: a. Particulate Matter (PM 10and PM 2.5), b. Nitrogen dioxide, c. Sulphurdioxide, d. Ozone, e. Carbon monoxide, f.Ammonia and g. Lead.

38. (b)

Bank rate is the rate at which central bank (incase of India, it is RBI) of a country provides re-financing facilities or provides loans to thecommercial banks.

When bank rate is lowered, it is called ‘cheapmoney policy’. Money supply in the economy isincreased. Commercial banks now can borrowfrom the RBI at cheaper rates and if you want toget a home loan, your cost of getting that loangets decreased.

RBI lowers the bank rate during a period ofrecession/slowdown or sluggish economic activity.Reduced costs of loans, encourage companies/manufacturing units etc to borrow more forincreasing production and consumers to spendmore. Thus, it enhances the economic activity inthe country.

39. (c)

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Not all bioplastics are biodegradable. One of theadvantages of bioplastics is that no adverse changeto flavour or scent in food stored in bioplasticcontainers.

40. (a)

It is an initiative of Ministry of Sports and Youthaffairs

Traditional games like Kabaddi and Kho-Kho arepart of the programme. Talented players identifiedin priority sports disciplines at various levels willbe provided annual financial assistance of INR 5lakh per annum for 5 years.

41. (a)

Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Unnat KrishiShiksha Yojana is being implemented by IndianCouncil of Agricultural Research (ICAR).

It was launched in 2016 to include trained farmersof the field of Organic Farming/Natural Farming/Cow Based Economy for training and capacitybuilding of other farmers of nearby areas.

Under this scheme 100 training centers wereproposed to be opened for agricultural education.

Objectives:

(a) To build skilled Human Resource at villagelevel relevant to national needs towardsorganic farming and sustainable agriculture.

(b) To provide rural India with professionalsupport in the field of Organic Farming/Natural Farming/ Rural Economy/Sustainable Agriculture.

42. (c)

“Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana” is anelaborated component of Soil Health Management(SHM) under National Mission of SustainableAgriculture (NMSA).

Under this scheme, fifty or more farmers form acluster having 50 acre land to take organicfarming. Each farmer will be provided Rs. 20000per acre in three years for seed to harvestingcrops and to transport them to market

Beneficiaries: Farmers doing organic farming,Farmers from North East India such as Sikkim,Food processing industries and Organic foods –export industryObjectives: (a) Promotion ofcommercial organic production through certifiedorganic farming. (b) Pesticide residue free produce

and improved health of consumer. (c) Raisefarmer’s income and create potential market fortraders.

43. (a)

Ayushman Bharat-National Health ProtectionScheme is world’s largest government-fundedhealthcare scheme. It cover over 10 crore poorand vulnerable families (approximately 50 crorebeneficiaries). It has a defined benefit cover of Rs5 lakh per family (on a family floater basis) peryear for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation.

44. (b)

It was created in 2006 and was initially publishedby the International Food Policy Research Institute(IFPRI) and Welthungerhilfe. Irish NGO ConcernWorldwide also became a co-publisher of the indexin 2007.

It has 4 component indicators: 1) the proportionof the undernourished as a percentage of thepopulation; 2) the proportion of children under theage of five suffering from wasting; 3) the proportionof children under the age of five suffering fromstunting; 4) the mortality rate of children underthe age of five.

45. (c)

A trochoid is curve traced by a point situatedeither inside or outside the circle, which rollsalong a fixed straight line without slipping. If thetracing point situated outside the rolling circle,the curve is called as Superior trochoid.

46. (a)

The parametric equation of the epicycloid is givenby

R rx R r cos rcosr

R ry R r sin r sinr

R radius of the directing circle

r radius of the generating circle

Pw

Curve traced by PEpicycloid

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47. (b)

3 R 2 3 R 2 3 R 2 3 R 2

Cycloid curve

Area under one loop of the cycloid curve = 23 R

R = 1 unit

Area under one loop of the curve = 3 unitss

Area given = 18 units

No. of loops = 183

= 4

48. (c)

49. (d)

50. (d)

51. (d)

52. (d)

53. (a)

54. (d)

55. (a)

56. (c)

57. (d)

58. (d)

59. (c)

60. (d)

61. (d)

62. (c)

Independent float can be utilized without affectingits preceding or succeeding activities.

63. (d)

64. (b)

65. (a)

Cost reduction opportunity is mostly available atthe conceptual definition phase of a productdevelopment life cycle as most of the desisionregarding design, scope, quality, specification etc.

Which affects the product cost is taken duringthis phase.

66. (b)

General policy for A class items in ABC controlare:

Very strict control

Frequent rewiew of their consumption

No safety stock the invertory has to be keptminimum as these items are very costly.

67. (d)

68. (d)

Factors considered for production scheduling arecomponent design, route sheets and timestandards. Sales forecast is an input to masterproduction schedule.

69. (b)

Cost of advertising to select vendor comes underordening cost.

70. (a)

71. (d)

72. (a)

In the given system of equations the ratio of thecoefficients of x equals the ratio of the coefficientsof y.

They would be consistent only if this ratio equalsthe ratio of the constant terms

if 10k

= 2 56 15

i.e.,

if k = 30, the given system of equations would beconsistent.

73. (c)

P = 14 1 2 11, P

71 2 1 4

D = 2 1 3 4 4 11

7 1 4 2 6 1 2

= 2 00 5

74. (b)

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f(x) =

x sinx , x 0x

x sinx , x 0x

,

f(x) = sinx, x 0

sin x, x 0

Now, f (0 ) = h 0

f(0 h) f(0)limh

= h 0

sinh 0limh

=

h 0

sin hlimh

= 1

and f (0 ) = h 0

f(0 h) f(0)limh

= h 0

sin( h) 0limh

= h 0

sin hlimh

= –1

Since, f (0 ) f(0 ), hence f (x) is not

differentiable at x = 0.

But x 0lim f(x) = x 0

lim f(x) = x 0

lim f(x) = 0

Hence it is continuous.

Thus A1 is true but A2 is false.

75. (d)

1 4

2 3x

x xlimx x

=

24

x 22 3

1 1 xx xlim1 1 xx x

= 2

x

1x 0xLim 1 1 01x

76. (d)

f(x) = 5 4 3x 5x 5x 1

f (x) = 4 3 25x 20x 15x

f (x) = 3 220x 60x 30x

Now for critical points, f (x) 0

2 25x (x 4x 3) = 0

2x (x 3)(x 1) 0

x = 0, 1, 3

Now f (0) = 0

f (1) = – 10 < 0

f (3) = 20 27 60 9 = 90 > 0

Since f (1) < 0, hence f(x) has a point of maximaat x = 1

77. (b)

Now, Let M(t, x) = 2t 2 2t txe 1 ,N(t,x) e

Mx

= 2t N2te

t

Hence the given differential equation is exact.

Thus the solution of the given differential equationis

M(t,x)dt 0.dx c

2t 2xe t c

78. (a)

TE O(h2) (by definition)

79. (a)

Probability density function

f(x) =

1 , [7 x 10](10 7)0, otherwise

P(7.4 X 9.5) = 9.5

7.4

dx3 =

2.1 0.73

80. (b)

Let be the angle between the two vectors,Then

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cos =A B

A B

cos =3 7 452 8 4 26

= 1 1cos26

81. (c)

ImZ1

Z –Z1 2 Z +Z1 2

–Z2ReZ2

1 2Z Z = 1 2Z Z

Therefore the difference of the amplitudes of Z1and Z2 is 90°.

82. (a)

4 cm

Area of outer most square = 42

Area of immediate inner square = 22 2

Area of next immediate inner square = 22

Sum of areas of all squares

= 22 24 22 2

= 16 8 4 2

= 216 32cm11

2

So option (a) is correct

83. (c)

22

2

1xX

= 44

1x 2x

22

1xx

= 121

22

1xx

= 111

31xx

= 3

31 1x 3 xx x

31 13x x

x x

= 33

1xx

...(1)

Now 21x

x

= 22

1x 2x

21xx

= 9

1xx

= 3

From (1)

33 + 3 × 3 = 33

1xx

33

1xx

= 36

So option (c) correct.

84. (c)

Part of the job completed by P and 1 day = 1

20

Part of the job completed by Q and 1 day = 1

30

Part of the job completed by P and Q in a day

= 1 1 1

20 30 12

suppose that the remaining work is completed inx days.

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Then 1 1x 10 1

12 20

x = 6 days.

85. (a)

Let the speed of trains be x m/sec and y m/secwith x > y.

Moving in same direction,

300 200

x y = 100

5 = x – y ...(1)

Moving in opposite direction

300 200x y = 20

25 = x + y ...(2)

Solving (1) and (2) we get x = 15 m/sec

y = 10 m/sec

86. (b)

6m

10m

20m

9m

5m

12m

Dog facing north direction so option (b) is correct.

87. (d)

P R O T E I N1 2 3 4 5 6 7

R T I N E O P2 4 6 7 5 3 1

Similarly PRODUCT is coded as RDCTUOP

88. (d)

Angle between hour hand and minute hand is

= 11m 30h2

112

m = + 30h

11m = 2 + 60h

Taking = 62°

11m = 2 × 62 + 62 × 5

11m = 424

m = 38 min past 5 O’clock the two hands of theclock are 62° apart.

Taking = – 62°

= 30h – 112

m

m = 17611

At 16 min past 5 O’clock the two hands ofclock are 62° apart

89. (c)

2x 2 x 2 = 2

x 2 = t

t2 + t – 2 = 0

t2 + 2t – t – 2 = 0

t (t + 2) – 1 (t + 2) = 0

t = + 1 t = – 2

t > 0 as |x – 2| > 0

|x – 2| = 1

x – 2 = ±1

x = 3

x = 1

sum of roots = 4

So option ‘c’ is correct

90. (a)

Required unit digit = unit digit of 4102 + 4103

Now 42 gives unit digit 6.

4102 gives unit digit 6.

4103 gives unit digit of the product 6 × 4 i.e.,4

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Hence unit digit of 264102 + 264103 = unit digit of(6 + 4)

= 0

91. (d)

M × N M is father of N

N – C N is sister of C

and C + F C is brother of F

Hence, M is father of C, or C is son of M

92. (b)

Ceramic tools have very brittle tool tips, that iswhy they all prone to impact loads, there toolsare used on hard to machine work material suchas cast iron as they are highly wear and abrasionresistance.

93. (c)

Only certain character written in a standard formatcan be read. These characters are converted intoa form that computer can understand and thenstored in a file.

94. (d)

There are many types of whistle-blowing internalwhistle blowing, anonymous whistle blowing, openwhistle-blowing and external whistle-blowing.

95. (c)

Child marriage and practice of sati was onceconsidered positive morality because mistakenlyinsufficient evidence was discovered and brought

forward in an intelligent way to affect theunderstanding of people by highlighting thepossible risk.

It is not the result of deeper reflection and dialogueand it is based on assumption and acceptancewithout reason.

96. (a)

The soils also vary over space. Different types ofsoils provide basis for different types of vegetation.The sandy soils of the desert support cactus andthorny bushes, while wet, marshy, deltaic soilssupport mangroves and deltaic vegetation. Thehill slopes with some depth of soil have conicaltrees.

97. (c)

Protection is granted not only to the flora andfauna of the protected region, but also to thehuman communities who inhabit these regionsand their ways of life.

98. (b)

Affinity diagram is last stage of brainstormingwhere different ideas are recorded.

But sketchstorming records the data in visualform. Here both statement are correct butnot explaining each other.

99. (a)

100. (d)

Objective and constraints are not interchangeable.