19–C/FI/CC/PT–2023 Booklet Series
Candidate’s Roll Number
Question Booklet
GENERAL STUDIES
Read the following instructions carefully before you begin to answer the questions.
IMPORTANTINSTRUCTIONS
1.
This Question Booklet contains 150 questions in all.
2.
All questions carry equal marks.
3.
Immediately after commencement of the examination, you should check up your Question
Booklet and ensure that the Question Booklet Series is printed on the top right-hand corner
of the Booklet. Please check that the Booklet contains 64 printed pages including two pages
(Page Nos. 62 and 63) for Rough Work and no page or question is missing or unprinted or
torn or repeated. If you find any defect in this Booklet, get it replaced immediately by a
complete Booklet of the same series.
4. If there is any sort of mistake either of printing or of factual nature, then out of English and Hindi
versions of the questions, the English version will be treated as standard.
5. You must write your Roll Number in the space provided on the top of this page. Do not write
anything else on the Question Booklet.
6.
An Answer Sheet will be supplied to you separately by the Invigilator to mark the answers. You
must write your Name, Roll Number, Question Booklet Series and other particulars in the
space provided on Page–2 of the Answer Sheet provided, failing which your Answer Sheet
will not be evaluated.
7.
You should encode your Roll Number and the Question Booklet Series A, B, C or D as it is
printed on the top right-hand corner of the Question Booklet with Black/Blue ink ballpoint pen in
the space provided on Page–2 of your Answer Sheet. If you do not encode or fail to encode the
correct series of your Question Booklet, your Answer Sheet will not be evaluated correctly.
8. Questions and their responses are printed in English and Hindi versions in this Booklet. Each
question comprises of four responses—(A), (B), (C) and (D). You are to select ONLY ONE correct
response and mark it in your Answer Sheet. Your total marks will depend on the number of correct
responses marked by you in the Answer Sheet.
9.
In the Answer Sheet, there are four circles— and against each question. To answer
the questions you are to mark with Black/Blue ink ballpoint pen ONLY ONE circle of your
choice for each question. Select only one response for each question and mark it in your Answer
Sheet. If you mark more than one circle for one question, the answer will be treated as wrong. Use
Black/Blue ink ballpoint pen only to mark the answer in the Answer Sheet. Any erasure or
change is not allowed.
10. For each question for which a wrong answer/more than one answer has been given by the
candidates, one-third of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty.
11. You should not remove or tear off any sheet from the Question Booklet. You are not allowed to
take this Question Booklet and the Answer Sheet out of the Examination Hall during the
examination. After the examination has concluded, you must hand over your Answer Sheet to
the Invigilator. Thereafter, you are permitted to take away the Question Booklet with you.
12. Failure to comply with any of the above instructions will render you liable to such action or
penalty as the Commission may decide at their discretion.
13. Candidates must assure before leaving the Examination Hall that their Answer Sheets will be
kept in Self Adhesive LDPE Bag and completely packed/sealed in their presence.
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Time Allowed : 2 Hours Maximum Marks : 150
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