IAS Prelims GS Questions and Answers - July 12 & 13, 2015
1. Consider the following statements1. Yellow revolution is associated with achieving self-independence in production of oil seeds
2. National Oilseeds and Vegetable Oils Development established in 1984 has its headquarter at Gurgaon
Which of the above statements is/are correct?a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both
d) None
View Answer / Hide Answer2.Which of the following are properties of cathode rays?1. They are not deflected by electrical field.
2. Cathode rays travel with speed nearly equal to that of light.
3. Cathode rays ionize the gases through which they travel.
4. Cathode rays can penetrate through thin metallic sheets.
a) 1,2,3
b) 2,3,4
c) 1,3,4
d) All
View Answer / Hide Answer3. Consider the following statements1.UNEP was awarded with Nobel peace prize in 2001.
2. The winner of Miss Earth beauty pageant serves as the spokesperson of UNEP.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both
d) None
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) Only 2
UNEP was never awarded with Nobel peace prize.
a) Swami Dayananda
b) Swami Shraddhanand
c) Lala Lajpat Rai
d) Pandit Lekh Ram
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) Lala Lajpat Rai
Arya Samaj is a Hindu reform movement founded by Swami Dayananda on 7 April 1875.
a) Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
b) India House
c) Gadar Party
d) Khudai Khidmatgar
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d) Khudai Khidmatgar
Khan Abdul Gafar khan drew his first recruits from the young men who had graduated from his schools. Trained and uniformed, they served behind their officers and filed out into various villages to seek recruits. They began by wearing a simple white overshirt, but the white was soon dirtied. A couple of men had their shirts dyed at the local tannery, and the brick-red colour proved a breakthrough, it was this distinctive colour that earned the Khudai khidmatgar movement activists the name "the Red shirts" or surkh posh.
1. Bachat Lamp Yojana is a program by the government of India to reduce the cost of LED.
2. It is implemented through the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) in India's Ministry of Power.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both
d) None
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) Only 2
Bachat Lamp Yojana is a program by the government of India to reduce the cost of compact fluorescent lamps. The program's goal is to deliver CFLs at the cost of normal lightbulbs. The difference in cost will be covered by the sale of Certified Emission Rights under the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol.
a) The elected members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
b) The elected members of the legislative assemblies of the state
c) The elected members of the legislative assemblies of the Union Territories of Delhi and Puducherry
d) The elected and nominated members of the State legislative council
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d) The elected and nominated members of the State legislative council
The elected and nominated members of the State legislative council does not participate in the election of the President.
1. MUDRA Bank will work under Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI).
2. MUDRA Bank has been started with an initial corpus of Rs. 20,000 crore.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both
d) None
View Answer / Hide Answer9. Golden handshake scheme is related toa) Public private partnership
b) Sustainable development
c) Scientific collaboration
d) Voluntary retirement
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d) Voluntary retirement
A golden handshake is a clause in an executive employment contract that provides the executive with a significant severance package in the case that the executive loses his or her job through firing, restructuring, or even scheduled retirement. This can be in the form of cash, equity, and other benefits, and is often accompanied by an accelerated vesting of stock options.
