1) Consider the following statements
1. National Commission for Backward Classes is an Indian statutory body established on 1993.
2. The commission considers inclusions in and exclusions from the lists of communities notified as backward
Which of the above statements is/are true?
a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both
d. None
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2) Which of the following are considered as violation of net neutrality principle?
a. Slowing down of peer to peer network
b. Not charging end customers for a well defined volume of data by specific applications
c. Favoring communications sent over the private networks run by individual organizations
d. All the above
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3) Consider the following statements related to NJAC
1. NJAC will replace the collegium system for the appointment of judges as mandated in the existing pre-amended constitution by a new system.
2. NJAC will be a statutory body.
3. It will give executive equal role in appointments.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
a. 1,2
b. 1,3
c. 2,3
d. All
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ANSWER: 1,3
Explanation:
National Judicial Appointments Commission Bill and Constitution (121st Amendment) Bill meant to replace the collegium system with a commission for appointment of judges. NJAC will be a constitutional body.
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4) Which of the following statements are true?
1. India is the first customer to buy Australian uranium without being a signatory to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.
2. India signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement with Australia in 2014
3. Australia is the largest producer of uranium in the world
a. 1,2
b. 1,3
c. 2,3
d. All
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ANSWER: 1,2
Explanation:
About 64 percent of the world's production of uranium from mines is from Kazakhstan, Canada and Australia. Australia is the third largest producer of uranium in the world after Canada and Kazakhstan.
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5) Arrange the following events in descending chronological order
1. Poona pact
2. First round table conference
3. Communal award
4. Luknow pact
5. Dandi march
6. Second round table
a. 1,6,3,2,5,4
b. 1,3,6,2,5,4
c. 1,2,6,3,5,4
d. 1,4,5,2,6,3
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ANSWER: 1,3,6,2,5,4
Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!
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6) Match the following pairs correctly
1. Mooknayak ------------------------- i. Motilal Nehru
2. The Independent---------------- ii. Babasaheb Ambedkar
3. The National Herald------------ iii. Netaji bose
4. Swaraj ------------------------------ iv. Jawaharlal Nehru
a. 1-i, 2-ii, 3-iv, 4-iii
b. 1-iv, 2-iii, 3-ii, 4-i
c. 1-ii, 2-iii, 3-ii, 4-iv
d. 1-ii, 2-i, 3-iv, 4-iii
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ANSWER: 1-ii, 2-i, 3-iv, 4-iii
Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!
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7) Who regulates issues related to net neutrality in India?
a. Department of communication
b. ISP providers
c. TRAI
d. All
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8) Consider the following statements
1. Gunter Grass was a German novelist
2. He was recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature
3. He is best known for his first novel 'The Tin Drum'
Which of the above statements are correct?
a. 1,2
b. 1,3
c. 2,3
d. All
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ANSWER: All
Explanation:
The Tin Drum, Grass's acclaimed 1959 novel set in Germany during the Nazi era, is his best known work and deals allegorically with the memory and the guilt that assailed the generation of young Germans growing up or born after World War II.
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9) Match the following
1. Union Powers Committee --------------------------- i. Babasaheb Ambedkar
2. Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights, Minorities and Tribal and Excluded Areas --------------------------------------------- ii.Rajendra Prasad
3. Ad hoc Committee on the National Flag ------------ iii. Jawaharlal Nehru
4. Union Constitution Committee -------------------------- iv. Vallabhbhai Patel
5. Drafting Committee ----------------------------------------- v. Jawaharlal Nehru
a. 1-i, 2-ii, 3-v, 4-iii, 5-iv
b. 1-ii, 2-v, 3-i, 4-iv, 5-iii
c. 1-v, 2-iv, 3-ii, 4-iii, 5-i
d. 1-iii, 2-iv, 3-ii, 4-v, 5-i
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10) Which of the following are done under Swaccha Bharat Abhiyan?
a. Construction of individual sanitary latrines for households below the poverty line
b. Conversion of dry latrines into low-cost sanitary latrines
c. Construction of exclusive village sanitary complexes for women
d. Setting up of sanitary marts
e. All the above
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11) Consider the following statements
1. India shifted to constant prices to take into account gross value addition in goods and services as well as indirect taxes from factor cost
2. The base year has been shifted to 2012-13 from 2004-05
Which of the above statements are correct?
a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both
d. None
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ANSWER: Only 1
Explanation:
The GDP growth in 2010-11 was calculated based on factor cost which has now been changed to constant prices to take into account gross value addition in goods and services as well as indirect taxes. Besides, the base year has been shifted to 2011-12 from 2004-05 earlier.
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12) Consider the following statements related to bibek debroy committee recommendations
1. Private entry into running both freight and passenger trains
2. To progressively phase out the practice of a separate railway budget.
3. To ensure increases in passenger fares
4. Establishment of an independent body to provide a level-playing field to private players
Which of the above statements are correct?
a. 1,2,3
b. 2,3,4
c. 1,3,4
d. All
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13) Consider the following statements
1. GDP takes into consideration income received from abroad.
2. GNP takes into consideration everything produced within a country
Which of the above statements are correct?
a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both
d. None
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ANSWER: None
Explanation:
GDP takes into consideration everything produced within a country while GNP takes into consideration income received from abroad also.
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14) Consider the following statements
1. CPI does not include services
2. India measures inflation based on WPI
Which of the above statements is correct?
a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both
d. None
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ANSWER: None
Explanation:
In India CPI(combined) is declared as the new standard for measuring inflation from April 2014 based on recommendations of Urjit R. Patel Committee report. WPI doesn't cover services while CPI includes services.
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15) Which of the following statements is/are true?
1. The Union Minister of Law and Justice is ex officio Chairperson of NJAC
2. Two eminent persons are nominated in committee by president of India
a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both
d. None
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ANSWER: None
Explanation:
Chief Justice of India is an ex officio Chairperson. Two eminent persons to be nominated by a committee consisting of the Chief Justice of India, Prime Minister of India and the Leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha or where there is no such Leader of Opposition, then, the Leader of single largest Opposition Party in Lok Sabha.
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16) Consider the following statements related to Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA)
1. Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) created via an executive order.
2. NRI can also apply for national pension Scheme
Which of the above statements is correct?
a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both
d. None
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ANSWER: Both
Explanation:
In September 2013, Parliament passed the PFRDA Bill 2011, which gives statutory backing to the interim pension authority that had been functioning on the basis of executive orders for over a decade. PFRDA is now empowered to register and regulate pension funds, frame investment guidelines and levy fines for violations of the PFRDA Act.
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17) Consider the following statements
1. The Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) was launched in 2011
2. It is carried under census of India act 1948 .
3. As per Census Act, 1948, details of individuals collected in the Census are confidential and cannot be made public.
Which of the above statements are correct?
a. 1,2
b. 1,3
c. 2,3
d. All
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ANSWER: 1,3
Explanation:
In the SECC, it is proposed to publish all the details collected except religion and caste of individual in the local areas in order to bring transparency and invite claims and objections. This list would further be placed before the Gram Sabha in rural areas and in Ward/Committee in urban areas. In order to allow such a process, the SECC is not being conducted under the Census Act and has been taken up as a separate exercise.
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18) Consider the following statements
1. "Tourist Visa on Arrival-Electronic Travel Authorization (TvoA-ETA)" scheme is renamed as "e-Tourist Visa"
2. A tourist visiting India had to obtain the e-Visa before departing from his country.
3. The validity of the Visa is for 30 days from the date-of-arrival.
Which of the above statements are correct?
a. 1,2
b. 1,3
c. 2,3
d. All
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ANSWER: All
Explanation:
Visa-upon-arrival electronically. This is an improvement over the earlier scheme where a tourist visiting India had to obtain the e-Visa before departing from his country. Now the eTV enabled by Electronic Travel Authorisation would enable the prospective visitor to apply for an Indian visa from his or her home country online without visiting the Indian mission and also pay the visa fee online.Once approved, the applicant will receive an email authorising him or her to travel to India and he or she can travel with a print out of this authorisation. On arrival, the visitor has to present the the authorisation to the immigration authorities who would then stamp the entry into the country.
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19) Which of the following are results of Bretton Woods conference?
1. Creation of IMF
2. Creation of IBRD
3. Fixed Exchange Rate system based on gold and the dollar
4. The first Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
a. 1,2,3
b. 2,3,4
c. 1,3,4
d. All
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20) Why Western Ghats in Karnataka receive more monsoon rainfall?
a. Greater width of the mountains
b. Gently sloping mountains
c. Continuous mountain range
d. All the above
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21) Match the following
1. Cheruthoni Dam ------------ i. TamilNadu
2. Indira Sagar Dam ---------- ii. Jharkhand
3. Mettur Dam ------------------ iii. Kerla
4. Maithon Dam----------------- iv. Madhya Pradesh
a. 1- ii, 2- iv, 3- i, 4- iii
b. 1- iii, 2- iv, 3- i, 4- ii
c. 1- iv, 2- ii, 3- i, 4- iii
d. 1- i, 2- iv, 3- iii, 4- ii
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22) Where was Provisional Government of Free India established?
a. Berlin
b. Rangoon
c. Tokyo
d. Singapore
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ANSWER: Singapore
Explanation:
Provisional Government of Free India was established in Singapore in 1943 by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
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23) Which of the following are the features of RTE?
a. It prohibits physical punishment and mental harassment
b. It lays down the norms and standards relating school buildings and infrastructure
c. It makes provisions for a non-admitted child to be admitted to an age appropriate class
d. It provides Midday meal to students of class 1 to 8 of Govt.schools, Government aided schools, local body schools, EGS, AIE centre , Madrasas and Maqtabs
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ANSWER: It provides Midday meal to students of class 1 to 8 of Govt.schools, Government aided schools, local body schools, EGS, AIE centre , Madrasas and Maqtabs
Explanation:
Midday meal scheme is supported under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, and National Child Labour Project schools run by the Ministry of Labour.
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24) Consider the following statements about Nawab Wajid Ali Shah.
1. Nawab Wajid Ali Shah was last nawab of Awadh
2. Lucknow Gharana of Kathak dance was flourished in his court.
Which of the following statements are not true?
a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both
d. None
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ANSWER: None
Explanation:
Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, last nawab of Awadh was accused by the British of misgovernment and then Awadh was annexed in 1856 by Lord Dalhousie. In the court of Wajid Ali Shah, the Nawab of Awadh Kathak dance was developed into a distinct style called the Lucknow Gharana with Wajid Ali Shah’s court dancer Thakur Prasadji.
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25) Which of the following statements is/are true?
1. Chinkara are native to Iran, Pakistan and India.
2. In India, Chinkaras are protected under the Schedule-I of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
3. They are mostly found in mostly found in Rajasthan, north western and central parts of India.
a. 1,2
b. 2,3
c. 1,3
d. All of the above
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ANSWER: All of the above
Explanation:
This antelope species, also called the Indian gazelle lives in arid areas, the Savannahs, and subtropical light forests. They are availble in very few numbers in Pakistan and Iran. However, hunting has brought down their numbers there, as per the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). In India, chinkaras are protected under the Schedule-I of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
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26) Consider the following statements about Rosetta space probe?
1. Rosetta is a robotic space probe built and launched by NASA
2. It is credited with first soft landing on a comet and returned data from the surface
Which of the above statements is/are true?
a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both
d. None
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27) Which of the following is founding member of AIIB?
1. Saudi Arabia
2. Qatar
3. UK
4. Canada
5. Iran
6. South Africa
a. 1,2,3,4
b. 1,3,5
c. 1,2,3,5,6
d. All the above
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28) Which of the following are uses of Bagasse, the crushed cane residue ?
1. Manufacturing paper
2. Substitute for petroleum products
3. Fuel
4. Fodder
5. Manufacture of pulp
a. 1,2,3,4
b. 1,2,4,5
c. 1,2,3,5,6
d. All the above
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ANSWER: 1,2,4,5
Explanation:
The high moisture content of bagasse, typically 40 to 50%, is detrimental to its use as a fuel.
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29) Match the pairs
1. Pink revolution ------------ i. Egg
2. Silver ------------------------- ii. Fertilizer
3. Grey -------------------------- iii. Oil seed
4. Yellow ------------------------ iv. Apple
a. 1- ii, 2- iv, 3- i, 4- iii
b. 1- iii, 2- iv, 3- i, 4- ii
c. 1- iv, 2- ii, 3- i, 4- iii
d. 1- iv, 2- i, 3- ii, 4- iii
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ANSWER: 1- iv, 2- i, 3- ii, 4- iii
Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!
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30) Which of the following statements is/are true?
1. Sugarcane belongs to bamboo family of plants.
2. It is a Rabbi crop.
a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both
d. None
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31) Consider the following statements about Delhi- Mumbai industrial corridor
1. Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat & Maharashtra are DMIC states.
2. India and Japan signed an agreement to set up a project development fund.
Which of the following statements is/are true?
a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both
d. None
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