716: Stock-farming refers to
(a) Accent on agricultural production to build a buffer stock.
(b) Cooperative farming.
(c) Farming concentrating on the rearing of cattles and sheep.
(d) Large scale capital-intensive commercial farming.
717: What is the importance of developing Chabahar Port by India?
(a) Indias trade with African countries will enormously increase.
(b) Indias relations with oil-producing Arab countries will be strengthened.
(c) India will not depend on Pakistan for access to Afghanistan and Central Asia.
(d) Pakistan will facilitate and protect the installation of a gas pipeline between Iraq and India.
718: Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List-I (Person) -- List-II (Position)
A. Nagender Singh -- 1. Chief Election Commissioner of India
B. A. N. Ray -- 2. President, International Court of Justice
C. R. K. Trivedi -- 3. Chief Justice of India
D. Ashok Desai -- 4. Attorney General of India
(a) 2 4 1 3
(b) 2 3 1 4
(c) 1 4 2 3
(d) 1 3 2 4
719: Read the following passage and answer the question that follow passage. Your answers to the question should be based on the passage only.
Passage:
In a typical Western liberal, context, deepening of democracy invariably leads to consolidation of 'liberal values'. In the Indian context, democratization is translated into greater involvement of people not as 'individuals' which is a staple to liberal discourse, but as communities or groups. Individuals are getting involved in the public sphere not as 'atomized' individuals but as members of primordial communities drawn on religious or caste identity. Community-identity seems to be the governing force. It is not therefore surprising that the so-called peripheral groups continue to maintain their identities with reference to the social groups (caste, religion or sect) to which they belong while getting involved in the political processes despite the fact that their political goals remain more or less identical. By helping to articulate the political voice of the marginalized, democracy in India has led to 'a loosening of social strictures' and empowered the peripherals to be confident of their ability to improve the socio-economic conditions in which they are placed. This is a significant political process that had led to a silent revolution through a meaningful transfer of power from the upper caste elites to various subaltern groups within the democratic framework of public governance.
Q. Greater democratization in India has not necessarily led to
(a) The dilution of caste and communal identities in the public sphere.
(b) Irrelevance of community identity as a governing force in Indian politics.
(c) Marginalization of elite groups in society
(d) Relative unimportance of hereditary identities over class identities.
720: Consider the following statements :
The price of any currency in international market is decided by the
I. World Bank.
II. demand for goods/services provided by the country concerned.
III. stability of the government of the concerned country.
IV. economic potential of the country in question.
Of these statements :
(a) I, II, III and IV are correct
(b) II and III are correct
(c) III and IV are correct
(d) I and IV are correct