West Bengal Legal Service – 2010 – GK and Current Affairs

West Bengal Legal Service – 2010 – GK and Current Affairs

Total marks – 100                                       Duration – 3 hours

GROUP A
(GENERAL KNOWLEDGE)

Answer any five questions (each question carries 10 marks)

1. (a) Name the authors of the following books :
a. The Story of My Life
b. Friends Not Masters
c. Glimpses of World History
d. A Suitable Boy
e. The Moor’s Last Sigh

(b) What do the following abbreviations stand for?
a. COFEPOSA
b. ELXSA
c. GAES
d. IRDP
e. PSLV

2. (a) Indicate the fields of activity of the following ;
a. Vishwanathan Anand
b. Abul Fazal
c. Tiger Woods
d. Jagadish Chandra Bose
e. P. C. Mahalanobis

(b) Fill in the gaps :
a. ______ was the first island ever to be colonised.
b. The world’s largest ship breaking yard is in_____ India.
c. India’s youngest ever Chief Minister was______ .
d. Kyrgyzstan’s President’s official residence is known as ______ .
e. The term ‘virus’ was introduced by_____

3. (a) Match and pair the following :
a. 1746 : First Carnatic War
b. 1780 – 84 : First Battle of Panip at
c. 1905 : Partition of Bengal
d. 1848 – 49 : Second Mysore War
e. 1526 : Second Anglo-Sikh War

(b) Name the countries the following personalities hall from:
a. J.M.Keynes
b. Milton Friedman
c. Satyendra Nath Bose
d. Fidel Ca3tro
e. Chiang Kai-Shek

4. Write brief notes on s
a. NREGA
b. Golden Quadrilateral Project
c. Nuclear Liability Bill
d. Hurricane Katrina
e. Swine Flu

5. (a) In which states of India are the following places located s
a. Mt. Abu
b. Sonnath Temple
c. Karta Caves
d. Golconda Fort
e. Humayun’ s Tomb

(b) In which countries are the following situated
a. Louvre Museum
b. Vatican City
c. Atacama Desert
d. Serengeti National Park
e. Mount Kailsh

6. (a) (i) Who wrote ‘The Origin of Species’
a. Peter Kelemen
b. Francis Bacon
c. Charles Darwin
d. Henrik Dam

(ii) Chemotherapy was invented by
a. Ehrlich
b. Sinclair
c. Tesla
d. Whittle

(iii) Which of the following does not constitute the human brain ?
a. Cerebrum
b. Cerebellum
c. Trachea
d. Medula Oblongata

(iv) Which of the following is not a bacterial disease
a. Pneumonia
b. Diptheria
c. Influenza
d. Leprosy

(v) Which of the following does not belong to the Near Earth Asteroid family
a. Atens
b. Appollos
c. Apcheles
d. Pallas

(b) Give the meaning of the following
a. DNA
b. The alimentary system
c. Guillain-Barre syndrome
d. EL Nino
e. Lithosphere.

7. (a) (i) When were women allowed to stand for election to public office in India ?
(ii) Who was elected leader of the Congress Party to succeed the ; late Prime Minister Lai Bahadur ShaStri
(iii)What does the 80th Constitution Amendment Act deal with
(iv) What does article 21A state
(v) Who is the Supreme Commander of the Defence Forces of India

(b) (i) When was Mahavira born
(ii) Who defeated Seleukos Nikator in 303 B.C.
(iii)Who established the SI are Dynasty in Delhi ?
(iv) Name Iltutmish’s daughter who was the first and only Muslim lady to rule India
(v) Who granted permission to the Dutch to trade in his territories in 1619

8. (a) Pill in the blanks :
(i) The__________ was passed in 1773 by the British Parliament to curb their traders’ unrestrained commercial activities.
(ii) The Sanskrit College was opened in Benaras by_____
(iii) The first Indian Railway started from Bombay to______ in 1853.
(iv) _____was India’s first feature film.
(v) _____ was the first Indian to get a pilot’s license in 1929.

(b) What is :
Arya Samaj Panchsheel agreement, SEEI, INSAT 1A BSF.

9. (a) Match List I with List II & pair the following
Autobiographies
List I List II
a. Daughter of the East : Barack Obama
b. Dreams from my Father : Dalai Lama
c. By God’s Decree : Benazir Bhutto
d. My Reminiscences : Kapil Dev
e. Freedom in Exile : R. N. Tagore

(b) (i) What is the prize money for the champions at Wimbledon
(ii) Who were the first Australian brothers to score centuries in each innings of a Test match in 1973-74 ?
(iii) Which Indian won the World Championship in the first World Open Badminton Tournament in London in 1979
(iv) When was the first ancient Olympic Games held
(v) Which team won the second edition of IPL

10. Write short notes on the following personalities :
a. Ranjit Sinhji Vibhaji
b. Ludwig Van Beethoven
c. Julius Caesar
d. Nicolas Copernicus
e. Stephen Hawking

GROUP B
(CURRENT AFFAIRS)

Answer any four questions (each question carries 12 marks)

11. Write a note on the Women’s Reservation Bill, India

12. Describe the Global Financial Crisis and its impact

13. Give an overview of the working of the Panchayati Raj Institution in West Bengal

14. Discuss the issue o f privatisation of education in India and its role, if any, in improving the quality of education .

15. Discuss the social impact of the emergence of women in increasing numbers in the organised workforce in India

16. Comment on the statement ’India in the present decade is achieving jobless growth that will pauperize the majority of people in the long run’.

17. Evaluate the Right to Information Act (RTL) in the context of increasing transparency in public governance.

18. Write a note on the recent phase of high inflation in India .