DELHI POLICE Exam

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Section : Part A- General Knowledge or Current Affairs

Q.1 What does the government do in a contractionary fiscal policy for lowering inflation?
Ans 1. Reduce the quantum of money by decreasing taxes and increasing spending

2. Increase the quantum of money by raising taxes and reducing spending

3. Increase the quantum of money by decreasing taxes and increasing spending

4. Reduce the quantum of money by raising taxes and reducing spending

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Q.2 Who among the following was the winner of the Grand Slam Boy's Singles title 2019?
Ans 1. Arthur Cazaux

2. Shintaro Mochizuki

3. Harold Mayot

4. Carlos Gimeno

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Q.3 As per the United Nations Data, in August 2020, India's population was equivalent to ______
of the total world population.
Ans 1. 10.2%

2. 12.4%

3. 19.4%

4. 17.7%

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Q.4 What is the chemical name of the common kitchen ingredient named ‘Baking Soda’?
Ans 1. Sodium Bicarbonate

2. Sodium Hydroxide

3. Sodium Hypochlorite

4. Sodium Peroxide

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Q.5 Which schedule of the Constitution of India has provisions which apply to the administration
of the tribal areas in the states of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram?
Ans 1. 10th

2. 4th

3. 8th

4. 6th

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Q.6 Which of the following dance forms has been included in the UNESCO Heritage Dances in
the year 2010?
Ans 1. Paika dance

2. Chau dance

3. Agni dance

4. Mundari dance

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Q.7 Along which river bank among the following did the ancient city of Madurai, the capital of
Pandya Kingdom, exist?
Ans 1. Brahmaputra

2. Ganga

3. Godavari

4. Vaigai

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Q.8 Which constitutional amendment deals with reservation of seats in educational institutes
and of appointments or posts in the services under a state, for backward classes, scheduled
castes and scheduled tribes?
Ans 1. 69

2. 62

3. 76

4. 73

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Q.9 In which year was the Central Sanskrit Universities Act passed?
Ans 1. 2014

2. 2019

3. 2020

4. 2016

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Q.10 Which of the following is NOT a quality of bases?

2. Feels slippery or soapy

3. Their aqueous (water) solutions conduct an electric current

4. Tastes sweet

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Q.11 'Ghaggar and Banas' are rivers that feed the state of ______.
Ans 1. Gujarat

2. Orissa

3. Punjab

4. Rajasthan

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Q.12 What kind of light/signal can the bees see that is used by the flowers to attract pollinators?
Ans 1. Infrared

2. Gamma Rays

3. Ultraviolet

4. Radio Waves

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Q.13 Who among the following is the author of the book 'The Longest Race'?
Ans 1. Salman Rushdie

2. Tom Alter

3. Ruskin Bond

4. Nasser Hussain

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Q.14 Which crop has got the highest increase in Minimum Support Price (MSP) proposed by the
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) for the marketing season 2020-21?
Ans 1. Sesamum

2. Cotton

3. Urad

4. Niger seed

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Q.15 In which state of India is the ‘Siang River Festival’ celebrated?

2. Arunachal Pradesh

3. Uttar Pradesh

4. Himachal Pradesh

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Q.16 In which state in India will you find the 'Jamrai Tlang’ mountains?
Ans 1. Tripura

2. Assam

3. Bihar

4. Sikkim

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Q.17 What is the amount of capital infusion proposed by the Budget 2020 into public sector
banks?
Ans 1. ₹1.5 lakh crore

2. ₹3.5 lakh crore

3. ₹2 lakh crore

4. ₹4 lakh crore

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Q.18 Which one of the following was the first Indian state to achieve 100% sanitation in rural and
urban households, schools, sanitary complexes and Aanganwadi centres in 2014?
Ans 1. Kerala

2. Sikkim

3. Nagaland

4. Chhattisgarh

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Q.19 How many members represented the Indian Princely States in the Constituent Assembly in
1946?
Ans 1. 81

2. 93

3. 75

4. 62

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Q.20 Who among the following was a teen freedom fighter from Assam who laid down her life
during the Indian Freedom Movement?
Ans 1. Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya

2. Matangini Hazra

3. Moolmati

4. Kanaklata Barua

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Q.21 How many Indian photo journalists have been awarded the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in the feature
photography category?
Ans 1. Two

2. Five

3. Four

4. Three

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Q.22 In wetland farming, the rainfall is in ______ soil moisture requirement of plants during rainy
season.
Ans 1. excess of

2. inverse of

3. lesser to

4. same to

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Q.23 Which of the following is a 'rain fed' river?

2. Ganga

3. Periyar

4. Yamuna

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Q.24 Which Sikh Guru closed the practice of nominating a religious head?
Ans 1. Guru Tegh Bahadur

2. Guru Gobind Singh

3. Guru Arjan Dev

4. Guru Sri Har Rai

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Q.25 'Damane' and 'Hulki' are popular traditional musical instruments from the state of ______.
Ans 1. Gujarat

2. Himachal Pradesh

3. Haryana

4. Rajasthan

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Q.26 What was the percentage of land revenue taken as tax in 'Sardeshmukhi' in the Maratha
Empire?
Ans 1. 1-2 per cent

2. 40-50 per cent

3. 25-30 per cent

4. 9-10 per cent

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Q.27 Which one of the following terms was unveiled by the Economic Survey of India 2020
meaning a study of what a common person pays for a food platter across India?
Ans 1. Thalinomics

2. Thalism

3. Thalitus

4. Thalimania

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Q.28 In which year was the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price
Assurance and Farm Services Ordinance passed?
Ans 1. 2017

2. 2014

3. 2016

4. 2020

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Q.29 Which state of India is the first one to launch the 'Garbage Café'?
Ans 1. Maharashtra

2. Gujarat

3. Chhattisgarh

4. Madhya Pradesh

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Q.30 Janapada Geete, which includes the vachanas of Basavanna, is folk music from the Indian
state of ______.
Ans 1. Goa

2. Telangana

3. Karnataka

4. Kerala

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Q.31 Which of the following was the last dynasty to rule over Gujarat before it passed on to the
hands of Ala-ud-din Khilji, Sultan of Delhi?
Ans 1. Vaghela Dynasty

2. Gaikwad Dynasty

3. Rathode Dynasty

4. Scindia Dynasty

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Q.32 Which Indian among the following was acknowledged as one of the 100 great astrologers in
the last 1000 years by the Millennium Book of Prophecy?
Ans 1. P Khurrana

2. Ajai Bhambi

3. KN Rao

4. Bejan Daruwalla

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Q.33 India is the ______ most vulnerable country to climate change, according to a report of
German watch in the Climate Risk Index 2020.
Ans 1. Ninth

2. Seventh

3. Fifth

4. Third

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Q.34 Which of the following states accorded industry status to sports in May 2020?
Ans 1. Goa

2. Haryana

3. Mizoram

4. Manipur

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Q.35 Which state among the following had the highest membership in the Constituent Assembly
of India as on 31 December 1947?
Ans 1. East Punjab

2. Madras

3. United Provinces

4. Bombay

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Q.36 In which year was the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) launched by the
Government of India?
Ans 1. 2011

2. 2001

3. 2009

4. 2003

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Q.37 In which of the following places in Orissa will you find the cave architecture of the pre-
historic times?
Ans 1. Sisupalgarh

2. Barbil

3. Baripada

4. Jatni

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Q.38 Where is the IPL 2020 taking place between 19 September and 10 November 2020?
Ans 1. UAE

2. Bangladesh

3. Sri Lanka

4. Egypt

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Q.39 Who is the author of the book 'The Inheritance of Loss'?

2. Nayantara Sahgal

3. Jhumpa Lahiri

4. Anita Nair

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Q.40 Who among the following headed the 'Fundamental Rights Sub-Committee' in the
Constituent Assembly in 1946?
Ans 1. JB Kripalani

2. Gopinath Bordoloi

3. KM Munsi

4. GV Mavalankar

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Q.41 ______ refers to the use of procedures like selective breeding and forced sterilisation in an
attempt to improve the genetic purity of the human race.
Ans 1. Phylogenetics

2. Retro genes

3. Eugenics

4. Spermatogenesis

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Q.42 What is the proposed foreign portfolio investor (FPI) limits in corporate bonds as per Budget
2020?
Ans 1. 11 per cent of outstanding stocks

2. 9 per cent of outstanding stocks

3. 12 per cent of outstanding stocks

4. 15 per cent of outstanding stocks

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Q.43 The ‘Modhera Dance Festival’ held every year during the third week of January belongs to
the state of ______.
Ans 1. Punjab

2. Rajasthan

3. Madhya Pradesh

4. Gujarat

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Q.44 In which state will you find a monument called 'Teen Darwaza'?
Ans 1. Gujarat

2. Uttar Pradesh

3. Rajasthan

4. Punjab

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Q.45 What is the number of days required for registering a property in Mumbai as per the
Economic Survey 2020?
Ans 1. 71

2. 85

3. 76

4. 68

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Q.46 In which year did the last king of Punjab Maharaja Duleep Singh ascend on the throne of
Punjab at 10 years of age?
Ans 1. 1824

2. 1849

3. 1836

4. 1852

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Q.47 Which of the following politicians of the United Kingdom with Indian roots was appointed
UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer in February 2020?
Ans 1. Navendu Mishra

2. Priti Patel

3. Rishi Sunak

4. Alok Sharma

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Q.48 During which times did the Bhakti and Sufi movements take place in India?
Ans 1. Medieval times

2. Modern times

3. Ancient times

4. Postmodern times

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Q.49 What is India's rank in the FIFA Football ranking among Asian countries in December 2019?
Ans 1. Twenty-first

2. Nineteenth

3. Thirtieth

4. Fifteenth

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Q.50 Who among the following was the first Indian to be elected the President of the
International Hockey Federation in 2016?
Ans 1. Mushtaque Ahmad

2. Pravin Mahajan

3. Narinder Batra

4. Praful Patel

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Section : Part B- Reasoning

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Section : Part C- Numerical Ability

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Section : Part D- Computer Proficiency

Q.1 In MS Word, which of the following keyboard shortcuts should be used to align a paragraph
in the centre?
Ans 1. Ctrl + J

2. Ctrl + C

3. Alt + C

4. Ctrl + E

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Q.2 What is the default horizontal alignment of text in the cell of an MS Excel worksheet?
Ans 1. Right

2. Centre

3. Left

4. Top

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Q.3 What will be the result of the given MS Excel formula?

=4^2^3
Ans 1. 8

2. 4096

3. 6561

4. 24

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Q.4 When you send an email which of the following fields should contain your email address?
Ans 1. From

2. To

3. Bcc

4. Cc

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Q.5 What will happen when you select a cell of an MS Excel worksheet and press the 'F2' key?
Ans 1. The content of the cell will be deleted.

2. The background colour of the cell will be changed.

3. The font colour of the content of the cell will be changed.

4. The cell will switch to editing mode so that its content can be modified.

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Q.6 Which of the following features is used to type very small letters or numbers just above the
line of text?
Ans 1. Subscript

2. Superscript

3. Strikethrough

4. Format painter

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Q.7 TCP/IP is the most popular internet protocol. What is the full form of TCP?
Ans 1. Transmission Carrying Progress

2. Transmission Carrying Protocol

3. Transmission Control Protocol

4. Transition Control Protocol

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Q.8 What is the keyboard shortcut to cut selected text in MS Word?
Ans 1. Alt + Ctrl + C

2. Ctrl + C

3. Ctrl + X

4. Alt + X

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Q.9 Which of the following keyboard shortcuts is used to add a bookmark of the page currently
opened in a Chrome browser?
Ans 1. Alt + B

2. Ctrl + M

3. Ctrl + B

4. Ctrl + D

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Q.10 Which of the following statements is/are FALSE?

(i) In MS Word, the same paragraph can have both, left as well as right alignment.
(ii) In MS Word, a paragraph is created by pressing Ctrl + Enter.
Ans 1. (i) only

2. Neither (i) nor (ii)

3. Both (i) and (ii)

4. (ii) only

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