Authored 100-question CAPF Paper I mock across all six areas with a separate answer key and one-line explanations, not verbatim PYQs
Authored practice, not a verbatim PYQ. This is a full-length CAPF Paper I style set of 100 single-correct MCQs spread across the six Paper I areas in roughly realistic proportion (Polity and Economy, History, Geography, General Science, Current Events, and General Mental Ability). The real Paper I has 125 questions in two hours with negative marking; treat this as a timed 95-minute set, deduct one-third of a mark per wrong answer, then check the ****.
Section split: Polity Q1 to Q12, Economy Q13 to Q22, History Q23 to Q38, Geography Q39 to Q54, General Science Q55 to Q70, Current Events Q71 to Q84, General Mental Ability Q85 to Q100.
For year-sensitive facts (vacancies, ranks, current office-holders, exact rates) verify the latest official figure; the static facts here are the testable core.
Q3. Consider the following statements about the Governor of a State:
Q8. Assertion (A): The Vice-President of India is the ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. Reason (R): The Vice-President is elected by an electoral college consisting of the members of both Houses of Parliament.
Q37. Assertion (A): The Simon Commission was boycotted across India in 1928. Reason (R): The Simon Commission did not include a single Indian member.
Authored practice, not a verbatim PYQ. Each entry gives the correct option and a one-line reason.
| Q | Ans | One-line explanation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | (b) | Single citizenship is drawn from the British (United Kingdom) constitutional practice. |
| 2 | (b) | Article 13 makes laws inconsistent with Fundamental Rights void and underpins constitutional supremacy. |
| 3 | (d) | All three are correct: the Governor is appointed by the President, holds office during the President's pleasure, and must be at least 35. |
| 4 | (b) | AFSPA applies only after an area is notified a "disturbed area" under the Act. |
| 5 | (c) | Article 360 provides for a Financial Emergency. |
| 6 | (b) | The first-past-the-post system is used for the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies; the President is elected by proportional representation with a single transferable vote. |
| 7 | (a) | The Attorney General of India is appointed under Article 76. |
| 8 | (b) | Both true, but R (the mode of election) does not explain A (the ex-officio chairmanship), which flows from Article 64. |
| 9 | (b) | The Finance Commission is constituted under Article 280. |
| 10 | (c) | An injunction is an ordinary court order, not one of the five constitutional writs (the writs are habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, certiorari, quo warranto). |
| 11 | (b) | Articles 23 and 24 prohibit human trafficking, forced labour and child labour in hazardous occupations. |
| 12 | (a) | The National Commission for Scheduled Castes is established under Article 338. |
| 13 | (c) | M1 (currency plus demand deposits) is the most liquid (narrow) measure of money supply. |
| 14 | (b) | CRR is the share of net demand and time liabilities banks must keep with the RBI. |
| 15 | (b) | Inclusive growth means growth whose benefits reach all sections, including the poor and marginalised. |
| 16 | (c) | NITI Aayog is a policy think tank and advisory body without fund allocation powers. |
| 17 | (b) | The Laffer curve relates tax rates to total tax revenue, showing revenue can fall if rates are too high. |
| 18 | (c) | Corporation tax is a direct tax; GST, customs and excise are indirect taxes. |
| 19 | (b) | The Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices recommends the MSP. |
| 20 | (b) | Stagflation is high inflation combined with stagnant growth and high unemployment. |
| 21 | (b) | FDI involves a lasting interest and management control, unlike short-term portfolio flows. |
| 22 | (b) | PM Jan Dhan Yojana drives financial inclusion through basic, no-frills bank accounts. |
| 23 | (c) | Dholavira in Gujarat is the largest Harappan site excavated in India; Rakhigarhi (Haryana) is larger overall. |
| 24 | (b) | The Eightfold Path is a central teaching of Buddhism. |
| 25 | (b) | Kautilya (Chanakya), also called Vishnugupta, wrote the Arthashastra. |
| 26 | (c) | The Rashtrakutas built the rock-cut Kailasa temple at Ellora under Krishna I. |
| 27 | (a) | Iltutmish completed the Qutub Minar begun by Qutb-ud-din Aibak. |
| 28 | (a) | Roy founded the Brahmo Samaj, Dayananda the Arya Samaj, Vivekananda the Ramakrishna Mission, and Phule the Satyashodhak Samaj. |
| 29 | (b) | Harihara and Bukka founded Vijayanagara in 1336. |
| 30 | (a) | The Treaty of Allahabad, 1765, gave the Company the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa after Buxar. |
| 31 | (c) | Lord Dalhousie aggressively applied the Doctrine of Lapse, annexing states such as Satara and Jhansi. |
| 32 | (b) | The first Congress session of 1885 was held in Bombay, presided over by W C Bonnerjee. |
| 33 | (a) | The Lucknow Pact of 1916 was an agreement between the Congress and the Muslim League. |
| 34 | (b) | Mahatma Gandhi gave the "Do or Die" call during the Quit India Movement, 1942. |
| 35 | (b) | Subhas Chandra Bose reorganised and led the INA to prominence from 1943. |
| 36 | (a) | The Act of 1935 provided dyarchy at the Centre and provincial autonomy. |
| 37 | (a) | Both true and R is the correct explanation: the Commission was boycotted precisely because it had no Indian member. |
| 38 | (b) | The Radcliffe Line demarcates the India-Pakistan border drawn in 1947. |
| 39 | (b) | The Challenger Deep lies in the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific. |
| 40 | (c) | Vapour to ice directly is sublimation (specifically deposition), skipping the liquid phase. |
| 41 | (a) | From the surface up: Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere. |
| 42 | (b) | The Western and Eastern Ghats meet at the Nilgiri Hills. |
| 43 | (b) | The Yamuna is a major tributary of the Ganga; Tungabhadra joins the Krishna and Tapi and Sabarmati drain to the Arabian Sea. |
| 44 | (b) | Chilika Lake in Odisha is India's largest brackish-water coastal lagoon and a Ramsar site. |
| 45 | (b) | El Nino is the warming of the central and eastern Pacific, often weakening the Indian monsoon. |
| 46 | (b) | The Duncan Passage lies between Little Andaman and the southern part of South Andaman (Rutland Island area). |
| 47 | (b) | Madhya Pradesh has the largest forest cover by area; verify the latest Forest Survey of India report for figures. |
| 48 | (b) | Laterite soil forms under high rainfall and high temperature with intense leaching. |
| 49 | (c) | The Karakoram Pass connects Ladakh with the Xinjiang region of China. |
| 50 | (a) | The Strait of Malacca lies between Malaysia and Sumatra and is among the busiest sea lanes. |
| 51 | (b) | The monsoon burst follows the seasonal reversal of pressure and wind systems over the subcontinent. |
| 52 | (b) | The Roaring Forties are strong westerlies of the Southern Hemisphere between 40 and 50° South. |
| 53 | (b) | The Ganga is the longest river flowing within India; the Brahmaputra and Indus have longer total courses outside India. |
| 54 | (b) | The Ten Degree Channel separates the Andaman group from the Nicobar group. |
| 55 | (b) | The SI unit of force is the newton. |
| 56 | (d) | Sound needs a material medium and cannot travel through a vacuum. |
| 57 | (c) | Argon is a noble (inert) gas; hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen are reactive. |
| 58 | (c) | Nitrogen, about 78 per cent by volume, is the most abundant atmospheric gas. |
| 59 | (b) | Hydrochloric acid in gastric juice aids digestion in the stomach. |
| 60 | (c) | The pancreas produces insulin from its islets of Langerhans. |
| 61 | (b) | Vitamin C deficiency causes scurvy. |
| 62 | (b) | Bending of light passing between media is refraction. |
| 63 | (b) | The nephron is the functional unit of the kidney. |
| 64 | (b) | Mercury is the only common metal liquid at room temperature. |
| 65 | (b) | Energy due to motion is kinetic energy. |
| 66 | (b) | Iron or haemoglobin deficiency causes anaemia. |
| 67 | (c) | The CPU performs calculations and logic and is the brain of the computer. |
| 68 | (c) | Copper is a good conductor; rubber, glass and wood are insulators. |
| 69 | (b) | Apparent weight loss in a fluid is explained by Archimedes' principle (buoyancy). |
| 70 | (b) | The ozone layer is concentrated in the stratosphere and absorbs ultraviolet radiation. |
| 71 | (b) | The International Committee of the Red Cross is the guardian and promoter of international humanitarian law. |
| 72 | (b) | The WHO is headquartered in Geneva. |
| 73 | (b) | The SCO focuses on regional security, counter-terrorism and economic cooperation in Eurasia. |
| 74 | (b) | The NIA was created by the NIA Act after the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. |
| 75 | (b) | The Global Hunger Index is jointly published by Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe. |
| 76 | (b) | The Indo-Tibetan Border Police was raised in 1962 after the India-China war. |
| 77 | (b) | The Right to Information Act, 2005, confers the right to information. |
| 78 | (b) | The Paris Agreement, 2015, was concluded under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. |
| 79 | (a) | The CRPF is the largest CAPF and is widely deployed in counter-insurgency and law-and-order duties. |
| 80 | (b) | The International Day of Yoga is observed on 21 June. |
| 81 | (a) | The Disaster Management Act was enacted in 2005, setting up the NDMA. |
| 82 | (b) | The IMF publishes the World Economic Outlook. |
| 83 | (b) | The National Security Guard is popularly called the Black Cats. |
| 84 | (b) | India has long sought permanent membership of the UN Security Council. |
| 85 | (c) | Pattern is (term times 2) plus 1: 95 times 2 plus 1 equals 191. |
| 86 | (a) | Each letter shifts back by one: P to O, E to D, N to M, C to B, I to H, L to K gives ODMBHK. |
| 87 | (b) | Let son be x; father 3x; after 12 years 3x+12 equals 2(x+12) gives x equals 12. |
| 88 | (c) | LCM times HCF equals product; LCM equals 120 divided by 2 equals 60. |
| 89 | (b) | Total equals 12 plus 18 minus 1 equals 29. |
| 90 | (b) | C pays 600; B's cost equals 600 divided by 1.25 equals 480; A's cost equals 480 divided by 1.2 equals 400. |
| 91 | (c) | Each term doubles: 56 times 2 equals 112. |
| 92 | (b) | The directions rotate 135° anticlockwise (south-east to north, north-east to west), so west maps to south-east. |
| 93 | (b) | Combined daily rates sum to 1/12 plus 1/15 plus 1/20 equals 1/5 for the three pairs, which equals twice the all-three rate, so all three finish in 10 days. |
| 94 | (a) | By transitivity (pens to pencils to erasers), all pens are erasers is definitely true. |
| 95 | (b) | CI equals 10000 times (1.1 squared minus 1) equals 10000 times 0.21 equals 2,100 rupees. |
| 96 | (d) | 64, 100, 144 and 169 are perfect squares (8, 10, 12, 13 squared); 200 is not, so it is the odd one. |
| 97 | (c) | At 3:00 the hands are exactly three hours apart, that is 3 times 30 equals 90°. |
| 98 | (b) | Man-days equal 6 times 10 equals 60; 60 divided by 4 equals 15 days. |
| 99 | (b) | A shoe covers a foot as a glove covers a hand. |
| 100 | (c) | Three consecutive odd numbers summing to 51 are 15, 17, 19; the largest is 19. |