271: Who among the following rejected the title of Knighthood and refused to accept a position in the Council of the Secretary of State for India ?
(a) G. K. Gokhale
(b) B. G. Tilak
(c) Motilal Nehru
(d) M. G. Ranade
272: 12 constellations referred to as zodiac are:
(a) Imaginary region that encompass the path of the planets.
(b) Signs of Roman gods.
(c) A group of stars.
(d) None of the above
273: A country is said to be in debt trap if
(a) it has to abide by the conditionalities imposed by the International Monetary Fund
(b) it has to borrow to make interest payments to on outstanding loans
(c) it has been refused loans or aid by creditors abroad
(d) the World Bank charges a very high rate of interest on outstanding as well as new loans
274: The following Table shows the percentage distribution of revenue expenditure of Government of India in 1989-90 and 1994-95 :
Expenditure Head (percent to total)
Years 1989-90 1994-95
Defence 15.1 13.6
Interest Payments 27.7 38.7
Subsidies 16.3 8.0
Grants to States/UTs 13.6 16.7
Others 27.4 23.0
(a) reduce expenditure of defence
(b) spend more and more on interest payments
(c) reduce expenditure on subsidies
(d) spend more and more as grants-in-aid to State Governments/Union Territories
275: The Dinesh Goswami Committee recommended
(a) the constitution of state-level election commissions
(b) List System of election to the Lok Sabha
(c) governmental funding of parliamentary elections
(d) a ban on the candidature of independent candidates in the parliamentary elections