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Prelims 2019 PYQ elimination techniques

Thread specifically meant to post PYQ. 

All please free to crowdsource elimination methods to arrive at the final answer. Please dont share direct link of answers. 

This post is an effort to work upon smart elimination in exam based conditions. Thanks

Samsam1
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  1. The Service Area Approach was implemented under the purview of

(a) Integrated Rural Programme

(b) Lead Bank Scheme

(c) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

(d) National Skill Development Mission

Has to be some things provided by an official. Area approach looks like an administrative mechanisms to deliver services. 

Tetsuko,
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31.Consider the following statements about Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) in India:

  1. PVTGs reside in 18 States and one Union Territory.

  2. A stagnant or declining population is one of the criteria for determining PVTG status.

  3. There are 95 PVTGs officially notified in the country so far.

  4. Irular and Konda Reddi tribes are included in the list of PVTGs.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

(a) 1, 2 and 3

(b) 2, 3 and 4

(c) 1, 2 and 4

(d) 1, 3 and 4

Adarsh_Kumar_Singh,
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35.Consider the following statements:

  1. As per recent amendment to the Indian Forest Act, 1927, forest dwellers have the right to fell the bamboos grown on forest areas.

  2. As per the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, bamboo is a minor forest produce.

  3. The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 allows ownership of minor forest produce to forest dwellers.

Which of the statements given above is / are correct?

(a) 1 and 2 only

(b) 2 and 3 only

(c) 3 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3


3rd statement looks okay. 2nd too looks correct.

No idea about 1st.

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@Omen This was more easily solved if you knew the amendment to Forest Act (part of current affairs in every magazine of that year). It allowed felling of bamboo in non-forest areas. 


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IMO these are not the questions where should have to resort to elimination based on feel. In questions like these you should have a concrete-ish idea, at least for 1 or 2 statements. eg PVTGs you should know are 75 in number, this only leaves you with one option.

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Consider the following pairs:

Glacier                  River

1.Bandarpunch     Yamuna

2.Bara Shigri         Chenab

3.Milam                Mandakini

4.Siachen              Nubra

5.Zemu                 Manas

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

(a) 1, 2 and 4

(b) 1, 3 and 4

(c) 2 and 5

(d) 3 and 5 


Anybody has any idea to solve this question.

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