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ANSWER KEYS WITH EXPLANATION FOR G.S. COMPREHENSIVE TEST-2

Q. Ans. Explanation
1 A
2 C Gwalior was a major centre of dhrupad. Khayal was patronized by the
Jaunpur court.
3 C
4 C Transfer Pricing is often a matter of conflict between the government and
the foreign companies because the government claims that over-pricing of
the inputs lead to avoidance of taxes by the subsidiary of the company.
5 B
6 D
7 B - All UTs have representation in Lok Sabha. Only Delhi and Puducherry are
represented in Rajya Sabha.
- Article 331: Anglo Indians may be nominated in Lok Sabha if President is
of the opinion that the community is not well represented.
- Rajya Sabha is a continuous body, not subject to dissolution. Membership
of the House is 6 years and one-third of the members retire every two
years.
8 A Referendum is on whether or not to remain a member of the European
Union.
The Conservative election manifesto has only promised to hold such a
referendum, but not to remain in the EU.
9 A When exciting a phosphor material with a blue LED, light is emitted in
green and red spectral ranges which combined with the blue light appears
as white.
10 D
11 A MAT is a direct tax, imposed primarily on the domestic companies which
tends to avoid taxes despite making profits.
12 D
13 C
14 C
15 D
16 D
17 C
18 D 1. While the national highways oriented in the East West direction will get
ODD numbers, the national highways in the North-South direction will
get EVEN numbers
2. While the numbers of the national highways increases from the east to
the west, they INCREASE from the north to the south
3. As per the new numbering system, the national highway connecting
SRINAGAR and KANYAKUMARI is the longest national highway in the
country
This Highway number is NH-44
19 A Investment rate has often been higher than savings rate, the
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difference of investment coming from foreign investment. Although

the contribution of private corporate sector in savings has increased
over time, households are still the most important contributors to
domestic savings.
20 B
21 C Bond investment is a part of foreign portfolio investment.
22 A
23 B
24 A
25 B Positron is produced during Beta decay in nuclear fission.
26 D Catholic church has withdrawn support for Presidential and Parliamentary
elections.
Nkurunziza is seeking third term.
27 B
28 D
29 C Dadani merchants were those merchants who procured goods by paying
advance to primary producers.
30 B
31 B
32 D
33 A
34 A
35 A
36 B Inferior goods are the goods for which demand decreases with
increase in income.
37 C
38 D
39 D Waqia-navis was also called mantri.
40 B The eastern Himalayas have greater variety of Oaks and Rhododendrons.
41 B The term JPC is used specifically for ad hoc bodies. Though PAC also has
members from both the Houses.
42 D
43 B Kaliningrad is between Poland to the South and Lithuania to the North and
East.
44 B
45 B
46 C
47 B Blood group is based on the basis of presence of antigen over RBC
surface.
48 C
49 D Such a distinction emerged much later in the medieval period.
50 A In Kashmir valley, the meanders of Jhelum river are caused by the local
base level provided by the erstwhile larger lake of which the present zone
Dal lake is a small part.
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51 A
52 C In the Congress Session in Amritsar in December 1919, Jinnah wanted a
Congress campaign in favour of the Khalifa.
53 A 1. India has two-third of the worlds total Monazite resources and this is
available in the sand beaches of Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu (in
news), Andhra Pradesh and Orissa.
2. The Indian Rare Earths Limited is the only Public Sector Undertaking
permitted till date to export Monazite.

The V V Minerals is a private company forming the headlines of the

newspapers for allegedly mining the Monazite Sand without license and its
operations were seized by the Tuticorin Collector
54 C IDRs are used by the foreign companies to raise money from Indian
capital markets.
55 D
56 C
57 C Except for the North-West Frontier Province and Delhi, different Muslim
groups stayed away from the Congress-led Civil Disobedience Movement.
58 C
59 D 1. This is the brand name given to the reclaimed water from waste
water(sewage water)
2. 2. This technology has been developed by Singapore
3. It is suitable for drinking purpose, but mostly used by industries requiring
high purity water

60 C
61 A Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute is located in Pune.
62 C
63 B Rohingyas are ethnic and religious minority in Myanmar. Rohingyas,
believed to be descendants of Bengali migrants to Myanmar. They have
lived in Rokhine state in western Myanmar for generations but have no
legal rights. A 1982 citizenship law made them stateless, denying them
identity cards required for schooling, marriage, employment and severely
limiting their rights to movement.
Myanmar says the Rohingyas are illegal migrants from Bangladesh.
64 C
65 D Cosmic Inflation theory was given by Alan Guth in 1981. It is a period of
(10:36 second) very rapid expansion of universe immediately after Big
Bang at a speed greater than the speed of light.
66 A
67 C Peace Clause was offered by the WTO Director General in the Bali
Ministerial of WTO in response to the Indian demand to continue with its
agricultural subsidies related to public stockholding of food grains.
68 A
69 C Any subsidy and tax related policies are examples of Fiscal Policy as these
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are decided by the government. Provision of cheaper credit is a monetary
policy. ECBs are also under RBI regulation.
70 C
71 C
72 B Jamiat ul Ulama-i-Hind was founded by Maulana Mohmudal Hasan Shaikh-
ul Hind of Deoband School. Rashid Ahmad Gangohi and Muhammad
Qasim Nanautawi were founders of the Deoband seminary.
73 D This power is not derived from any provision in the Constitution. It is
accepted as a sovereign power of the State (Re Berubari Union).
Article 2 is regarding integrating an acquired territory, while Article 3 is
regarding reorganization.
74 D
75 C
76 D WHO has fixed 45 dB as the safe noise level for a city.
RSPM can enter human nasal tract and particles smaller than 2.5 mm can
reach further inside upto terminal bronchi and alveoli in the lungs.
77 D
78 C
79 D
80 D Man and Nature (1864).
Note: the book by G.P. Marsh sparked the first wave of Environmentalism
in America. The book Silent Spring (1962) and Small is Beautiful (1973)
generated waves of environmentalism after World War II.
81 C
82 A Brunei does not claim any of the disputed islands.
83 A The statement is part of the Presidential Address of W.C. Bonnerjee in
1885.
84 C
85 B
86 D 1. OPEC is an organisation of 12 major oil producing and exporting
countries only
2. OPEC headquarters is in Vienna, Austria
3. It has Asian, African and also the South American countries are
members of the organisation.

87 A
88 D Principal Secretary heads the PMO. There is no officer heading the Central
Secretariat, as such.
This function is dealt by the Cabinet Secretary.
89 C
90 C The capital is on the south bank of the Krishna River
91 B
92 D The western part of Rajasthan has an impermeable layer of sub-surface
gypsum.
93 B Kaziranga National Park has the largest number of one horned rhinos in the
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world whereas Pobitora National Park has the highest density of rhinos in
the world.
94 D
95 C
96 A Lateritic soils are formed in regions of high seasonal rainfall with high
temperatures throughout the year.
Humus content of the lateritic soil is removed fast by bacteria that thrives
well in high temperature.
97 B
98 A
99 A
100 D Pioneering plants tend to be smaller in size and exhibit rapid growth that
maximizes productivity. In later stages, as more specialized, slower growing
species begin to migrate in, productivity declines.

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