UPSC CAPF 2017 General Ability and Intelligence Question Paper (23-Jul-2017)

Question 1

The following items consist of two statements, Statement I and Statement II Examine these two statements carefully and select the correct answer using the code given below :
Statement I: Plantation farming has mostly been practiced in humid tropics
Statement II: The soil of humid tropics is highly fertile

Accepted Answer

Statement I is true but Statement II is false

Answer

Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I

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Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is NOT the correct explanation of Statement I

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Statement I is false but Statement II is true

Question 2

The following items consist of two statements, Statement I and Statement II Examine these two statements carefully and select the correct answer using the code given below :
Statement I: Chameleon changes its skin colour to match with the colour of the surroundings
Statement II: The skin of chameleon emits light of the colour of the surrounding through fluorescence

Accepted Answer

Statement I is true but Statement II is false

Answer

Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I

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Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is NOT the correct explanation of Statement I

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Statement I is false but Statement II is true

Question 3

The following items consist of two statements, Statement I and Statement II Examine these two statements carefully and select the correct answer using the code given below :
Statement I: Occasionally we see two rainbows together, the primary rainbow with another less intense secondary rainbow about 10 degrees away
Statement II: The secondary rainbow appears due to refraction after a reflection of sunlight from the water droplets

Accepted Answer

Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is NOT the correct explanation of Statement I

Answer

Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I

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Statement I is true but Statement II is false

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Statement I is false but Statement II is true

Question 4

The following items consist of two statements, Statement I and Statement II Examine these two statements carefully and select the correct answer using the code given below :
Statement I: Nationalism in India, which was assigned a privileged position by its western educated political leadership, was a 'different', but a 'derivative discourse' from the west
Statement II: Indian nationalism as a response to western imperialism was 'like all such responses, shaped by what it was responding to'

Accepted Answer

Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I

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Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is NOT the correct explanation of Statement I

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Statement I is true but Statement II is false

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Statement I is false but Statement II is true

Question 5

The following items consist of two statements, Statement I and Statement II Examine these two statements carefully and select the correct answer using the code given below :
Statement I: The British legal scholars relied on Indian Pandits and Maulavis for understanding of canons of authoritative texts
Statement II: British codified the Hindu Laws in 1783 and the Muslim Laws in 1785

Accepted Answer

Statement I is true but Statement II is false

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Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I

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Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is NOT the correct explanation of Statement I

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Statement I is false but Statement II is true

UPSC CAPF 2017 General Ability and Intelligence Question Paper (23-Jul-2017)

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