4036: Who of the following shall cause every recommendation made by the Finance Commission to be laid before each House of Parliament?
(a) The president of India
(b) The speaker of Lok Sabha
(c) The prime minister of India
(d) The Union Finance Minister
4037: Consider the following fauna of India :
1. Gharial
2. Leatherback turtle
3. Swamp deer
Which of the above is / are endangered?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 3 only
(d) None
4038: On multiplying a number by 3, the product is a number each of whose digits is 7. What is the smallest such number?
4039: 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. According to the passage, what does "deepening of democracy" mean in the Western context?
(a) Consolidation of group and class identities.
(b) Democratization translated as greater involvement of people.
(c) Democratization as greater involvement of 'atomized' individuals in the public sphere.
(d) None of the statements (a), (b) and (c) given above is correct in this context.
4040: In October 1920, who of the following headed a group of Indians gathered at Tashkent to set up a Communist Party of India?
(a) M. C. Chagla
(b) H. K. Sarkar
(c) M. N. Roy
(d) P. C. Joshi