1: When the Reserve Bank of India announces an increase of the Cash Reserve Ratio, what does it mean?
(a) The commercial banks will have less money to lend
(b) The Reserve Bank of India will have less money to lend
(c) The Union Government will have less money to lend
(d) The commercial banks will have more money to lend
Correct Answer: A
2: Which one of the following institutions providing finance to the industrial sector was the first to be set up?
(a) Industrial Reconstruction Corporation of India
(b) Industrial Finance Corporation of India
(c) Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India
(d) Industrial Development Bank of India
Correct Answer: B
3: In India, other than ensuring that public funds are used efficiently and for intended purpose, what is the importance of the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)?
1. CAG exercises exchequer control on behalf of the Parliament when the President of India declares national emergency/financial emergency.
2. CAG reports on the execution of projects or programmes by the ministries are discussed by the Public Accounts Committee.
3. Information from CAG reports can be used by investigating agencies to press charges against those who have violated the law while managing public finances.
4. While dealing with the audit and accounting of government companies, CAG has certain judicial powers for prosecuting those who violate the law.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1, 3 and 4 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Correct Answer: C
4: In the context of digital technologies for entertainment, consider the following statements:
1. In Augmented Reality (AR), a simulated environment is created and the physical world is completely shut out.
2. In Virtual Reality (VR), images generated from a computer are projected onto real-life objects or surroundings.
3. AR allows individuals to be present in the world and improves the experience using the camera of smart-phone or PC.
4. VR closes the world, and transposes an individual, providing complete immersion experience.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 3 and 4
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 4 only
Correct Answer: B
5: M.C. Setalvad, B.N. Rao and Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer were distinguished members of the
(a) Swaraj Party
(b) All-India National Liberal Federation
(c) Madras Labour Union
(d) Servants of India Society
Correct Answer: D
6: The real intention of the British to include the princely states in the Federal Union proposed by the India Act of 1935 was to
(a) exercise more and direct political and administrative control over the princely states
(b) involve the princes actively in the administration of the colony
(c) finally effect the complete political and administrative take-over of all the princely states by the British
(d) use the princes to counter-balance the anti-imperialist doctrines of the nationalist leaders
Correct Answer: D
7: After the Santhal Uprising subsided, what was/were the measure/measures taken by the colonial government?
1. The territories called `Santhal Paraganas' were created.
2. It became illegal for a Santhal to transfer land to a non-Santhal.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Correct Answer: C
8: MILD : NKOH :: GATE : __?__
(a) HCWI
(b) HCWT
(c) HWCT
(d) EYRC
Correct Answer: A
9: Two men A and B have different basic salaries but get equal emoluments. Their allowances are 65% and 80% of their basic salaries respectively. The ratio of their basic salaries is:
(a) 13 : 16
(b) 8 : 9
(c) 12 : 11
(d) 80 : 65
Correct Answer: C
10: If all the numbers from 501 to 700 are written, what is the total number of times does the digit 6 appear ?
(A) 141
(B) 138
(C) 140
(D) 139
Correct Answer: C
11: According to the Constitution of India, it is the duty of the President of India to cause to be laid before the Parliament which of the following?
1. The Recommendations of the Union Finance Commission
2. The Report of the Public Accounts Committee
3. The Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
4. The Report of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes
Select the correct answer using the codes given below :
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 4 only
(c) 1, 3 and 4 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Correct Answer: C
12: Which one of the following is caused by the expression of a recessive gene present on sex chromosome ?
(a) Rheumatism
(b) Nervous shock
(c) Muscular dystrophy
(d) Cerebral hemorrhage
Correct Answer: D
13: The motive behind Shahjahan's Balkh campaign was to
(a) secure a friendly ruler in Balkh and Badakshan which bordered Kabul
(b) conquer Samarqand and Farghana, the Mughal homelands
(c) fix the Mughal frontier on the scientific line, the Amu Daria
(d) expand the Mughal Empire beyond the sub-continent
Correct Answer: A
14: Consider the following events :
1. Hunter Commission
2. Charles Wood's Despatch
3. Sadler Commission
4. Raleigh Commission
Their correct chronological sequence is
(a) 3 - 2 - 1 - 4
(b) 2 - 1 - 4 - 3
(c) 1 - 4 - 3 - 2
(d) 4 - 3 - 2 - 1
Correct Answer: A
15: What is the broad area in which the Nobel Prize winners for the year 2006 in Physiology or Medicine, worked to get the Prize?
(A) Adult stem cell research
(B) Immunology and disease resistance
(C) Flow of genetic information
(D) Prevention of weakening due to ageing
Correct Answer: C
16: Which one of the following is a man made cereal NOT found in nature?
(a) Dwarf wheat
(b) Hybrid maize
(c) Triticale
(d) Soya bean
Correct Answer: C
17: Mixed farming means:
(a) Simultaneous cultivation of a number of crops in a single field
(b) Alternate cropping in a field
(c) Growing fruits and vegetables in the same field
(d) None of these
Correct Answer: A
18: In summer, man with excess perspiration feels weak, because of the:
(a) Loss of more water through evaporation
(b) Loss of salts through evaporation
(c) Loss of carbohydrates through evaporation
(d) All factors mentioned above
Correct Answer: A
19: The first venture of Gandhi in all India politics was the
(a) Non-Cooperation Movement
(b) Rowlatt Satyagraha
(c) Champaran Movement
(d) Dandi March
Correct Answer: B
20: Who started Bhoodan Movement in India?
(a) Gandhiji
(b) Jayaprakash Narayan
(c) Vinoba Bhave
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Correct Answer: C