691: Which of the following terms indicates a mechanism used by commercial banks for providing credit to the government ?
(a) Debt Service Obligation
(b) Liquidity Adjustment Facility
(c) Cash Credit Ratio
(d) Statutory Liquidity Ratio
692: The Government of India Act of 1919 clearly defined
(a) the separation of power between the judiciary and the legislature
(b) the jurisdiction of the central and provincial governments
(c) the powers of the Secretary of State for India and the Viceroy
(d) None of the above
693: Who were Jagirdars during the reign of Akbar?
(a) Large estate owners
(b) Officials of state who were given "jagir" in place of cash pay
(c) Revenue collectors
(d) Autonomous rulers under Akbar
694: 'Rashtriya Garima Abhiyaan' is a national campaign to
(a) rehabilitate the homeless and destitute persons and provide them with suitable sources of livelihood
(b) release the sex workers from their practice and provide them with alternative sources of livelihood
(c) eradicate the practice of manual scavenging and rehabilitate the manual scavengers
(d) release the bonded labourers from their bondage and rehabilitate them
695: Who amongst the following was the first to state that the Earth was spherical?
(a) Aristotle
(b) Copernicus
(c) Ptolemy
(d) Strabo