CAPF (AC) 2012 (Paper-1) (Question 101-125)

Total Questions: 25

1. Who among the following used the term 'Drain of Wealth' for the first time?

Correct Answer: (c) Dadabhai Naoroji
Solution:
  • The Drain of Wealth Theory, proposed by Dadabhai Naoroji in the late nineteenth century, claimed that the British were extracting India's wealth through various means, causing the country's economic decline.
  • Dadabhai Naoroji first expressed the concept of the drain in his paper 'England's Debt to India,' which he presented to the East India Association in London in 1867.
  • According to Naoroji, the British exploited India by exporting raw materials and importing finished goods, levying high taxes, and sending large sums of money out of India in the form of salaries, pensions, and profits.
  • Dadabhai Naoroji introduced the Drain of Wealth Theory in his book “Poverty and Un-British Rule in India”, published in 1901.
  • Dadabhai Naoroji claimed that approximately one-fourth of the money, or nearly $12 million per year, went to England.

2. The Government of India has recently established a committee under the chairmanship of S. K. Thorat. What was the mandate of the committee?

Correct Answer: (c) To review political cartoons and other contents of the social science and political science textbooks for class IX to XII
Solution:

S. K. Thorat Committee was given the task to review political cartoons and other contents of the social science and political science textbooks of NCERT for class IX to XII.

3. Consider the following statements about Jeet Thayil :

1. He has been nominated for the 2012 Man Booker Prize for his debut novel, Narcopolis.

2. Narcopolis is a novel on the background of communal riots in Gujarat.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Correct Answer: (a) 1 only
Solution:

Jeet Thayil's debut novel Narcopolis Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize-2012. The novel is based Bombay drug scene and the life of the people associated with it.

4. Which of the following memorandum of understandings were signed between India and Myanmar on May 2012 when the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh visited the country?

1. On India-Myanmar border area development

2. On establishment of joint trade and investment forum

3. On establishment of the advance centre for agricultural research and education

4. On establishment of Rice Bio Park at New Delhi

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Correct Answer: (a) 1, 2 and 3
Solution:

Memorandum of understandings on several sectors were signed between India and Myanmar on May 2012 during Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's visit to Myanmar.

These include MoU on India-Myanmar border area development, establishment of joint trade and investment forum, advance centre for agricultural research and education, and Rice Bio Park at New Delhi.

5. Which one among the following statements about Aung San Suu Kyi is not correct?

Correct Answer: (b) On April 2012, she was elected to the Upper House of the Parliament
Solution:

On April 2012 Aung San Suu Kyi was elected to the Lower House of the Parliament Pyithu Hluttaw. Rest all the statements about her is correct.
Aung San Suu Kyi

  • Aung San Suu Kyi (born 1945) is a Burmese politician, diplomat, author, and a 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate who served as State Counsellor of Myanmar (equivalent to a prime minister) and
    Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2021.
  • She has served as the chairperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD) since 2011.
  • Suu Kyi, whose party had won the November 2020 Myanmar general election, was arrested on 1 February 2021 following a coup d’état that returned the Military leaders to power

6. In each of the following three (3) items, a statement is followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. An assumption is a statement that you take for granted. Study the statement and assumptions, and answer the items using the code given below.

Statement: Teaching through TV is to help the students to learn without a teacher.

Assumptions:

I. Students want to study without a teacher.

II. Teachers are incapable of teaching.

Correct Answer: (d) Neither I nor II is implied in the statement
Solution:

From the statement neither assumption I nor II implicit in the statement.

7. Statement: If you lose after competing hard that is fine. If you lose without trying hard that is what disappoints me.

Assumptions:

I. Losing after trying hard is excusable.

II. Losing without effort is regrettable.

Correct Answer: (c) Both I and II are implied in the statement
Solution:

From the statement both assumption I and II implicit in the statement.

8. Statement: Trade union leadership is in the hands of politicians.

Assumptions:

I. Trade unions have leaders.

II. Leaders are generally politicians.

Correct Answer: (c) Both I and II are implied in the statement
Solution:

From the statement both assumptions I and II implicit in the statement.

9. Which one among the following options is a word that can be formed from the letters used in INTELLIGENCE?

Correct Answer: (c) INCITE
Solution:

So, INCITE word can be formed.

10. Which one among the following options is a word that cannot be formed from the letters used in INTELLIGENCE?

Correct Answer: (d) INTENT
Solution:

'INTENT' word can not be formed because there is only one "T" in the given word.