1. With respect to the Census, consider the following statements:

1. The Census was first started under British Viceroy Lord Mayo in 1872. 
2. The first synchronous census in India was held in 1881 and since then, censuses have been undertaken uninterruptedly once every ten years.
3. The responsibility of conducting the decennial Census rests with the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India under Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are not correct?

2. Consider the following statements:

1. The section 6A in the Citizenship Act, 1955 contains the provisions with respect to citizenship of persons covered by the Assam Accord (1985). 
2. This section was introduced through an amendment made in 1985, in the Citizenship Act, 1955. 

Which of the statements given above are correct?

3. Consider the following statements:

1. The Census provides a portrait of the Indian population, while the SECC is a tool to identify beneficiaries of state support.
2. Since the Census falls under the Census Act of 1948, all data are considered confidential, whereas all the personal information given in the SECC is open for use by Government departments to grant and/or restrict benefits to households.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

4. Consider the following statements:

1. The Assam Accord (1985) was a Memorandum of Settlement (MoS) signed between representatives of the Government of India and the then Government of Assam on 15 August 1985.
2. The accord brought an end to the Assam Agitation and paved the way for the leaders of the agitation to form a political party and form a government in the state of Assam soon after.
3. As per the Accord, those Bangladeshis who came between 1966 and 1971 will be barred from voting for ten years.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

5. Which of the following statements best describes ‘Tele-MANAS’? 

6. Lisu Wren-Babbler’ a songbird seen in news was spotted in:

7. Consider the following pairs: 

1. INS Karmuk : Indigenously built Missile Corvette
2. INS Hansa : India’s biggest Naval air base
3. INS Jalashwa : Indigenously built amphibious transport dock

How many of these are correctly matched?

8. Consider the following with regard to “Western Disturbances”:

1. These are storms that originate in the Caspian Sea.
2. They travel westwards on high-altitude easterly jet streams.
3. These are important for development of the Rabi crop in the Northern subcontinent.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

9. In context to the constitutional protection for undertrials, consider the following statements:

1. ‘Prisons/persons detained therein’ is a State subject under the Seventh Schedule.
2. Article 39A of the Constitution of India deals with the provisions of equal justice and free legal aid.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

10. Consider the following, with regard to parliamentary committee:

1. A Parliamentary Committee works under the direction of the Speaker/Chairman of the House.
2. Parliamentary Committees have their origins in the British Parliament.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?