CAPF AC Question Paper-1 2021

About this paper

This is Paper I (General Ability and Intelligence) of the UPSC CAPF (AC) Examination 2021, Test Booklet Series A, T.B.C. JNMK-F-BGS. It carries 250 marks over two hours and has 125 multiple-choice items of equal marks, each printed in Hindi and English, with one-third of an item's marks deducted for a wrong answer. It opens with physics, biology and chemistry, then covers economics, geography and landforms, ancient and medieval Indian history, the Constitution and the judiciary, arithmetic problems on ratios, work, interest and discounts, and modern history. The final block is current affairs from 2021, including COVID-19 variants, Cyclone Tauktae and the 2021 International Booker Prize. This copy has the questions only, without answers.

Exam

CAPF AC

Subject

General Ability and Intelligence

Year

2021

Paper code

JNMK-F-BGS

Maximum marks

250

Time allowed

2 hours

Questions

125

Pages

48

Answers included

No, questions only

Topics covered

• Light, electricity and energy sources
• Cell biology and plant tissues
• Chemical reactions and metals
• Elasticity, money and unemployment
• Physical geography and landforms
• Indian geography and rivers
• Harappan, Mauryan and Satavahana history
• Delhi Sultanate, Mughals and Vijayanagara
• Modern Indian history
• Indian Constitution, judiciary and Parliament
• Quantitative aptitude
• Current affairs 2021

Questions from this paper

1. The time elapsed between seeing a lightning flash and hearing the thunder is 10 s. If the speeds of sound and light in air are 330 m/s and 3 × 10⁸ m/s respectively, how far away is the storm?
2. Who composed the Madhyamika Karika, the basic text of the Madhyamika school?
3. A and B together can finish a job in 20 days, B and C together in 30 days, and A and C together in 24 days. In how many days can A alone finish the job?
4. Qutb Minar was originally four-storied. Which Delhi Sultan raised its height by adding the fifth storey?
5. To whom is this quote attributed: "On the 26th January, 1950, we are going to enter a life of contradictions. In politics we will have equality and in social and economic life we will have inequality"?
6. The E-100 pilot project, launched in Pune in June 2021, is related to the production and distribution of what?