Wednesday, December 15, 2010

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Q. Octopus is
  1 an arthropod
  2 an echinoderm
  3 a hemichordate
  4 a mollus
    Ans:4 

Q. During the colonial period in India, what was the purpose of the Whitley Commission?
  1 To review the fitness of India for further political reforms
  2 To report on the existing conditions of labour and to make recommendations
  3 To draw up a plan for financial reforms for India
  4 To develop a comprehensive scheme for Civil Services in India
    Ans:2 

Q. Life expectancy is highest in the world in 
  1 Canada
  2 Germany
  3 Japan
  4 Norway
    Ans:3 

Q. Consider the following statements: 1. The joint sitting of the two houses of the Parliament in India is sanctioned under Article 108 of the Constitution 2. The first joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha was held in year 1961. 3. The second joint sitting of two houses of Indian Parliament was held to pass the Banking Service Commission (Repeal) Bill. Which of the statements is/are correct? 
  1 1 & 2
  2 2 & 3
  3 1 & 3
  4 1, 2 & 3
    Ans:4 

Q. The Kelkar proposals were
  1 recommendations for reforms in the power sector
  2 recommendations for tax reforms
  3 guidelines for the privatization of public sector undertakings
  4 guidelines for reducing vehicular pollution, and the production of CNG use
    Ans:2 

Q. The leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha (1928) was
  1 Sardar Vallabhai Patel
  2 Mahatma Gandhi
  3 Vithalbhai J. Patel
  4 Mahadev Desai
    Ans:1 

Q. Which one of the following statements is correct?
  1 Only the Rajya Sabha and not the Lok Sabha can have nominated members
  2 There is a constitutional provision for nomonating two members belonging to the Anglo-Indian community to the Rajya Sabha.
  3 There is no constitutional bar for a nominated member to be appointed Union minister
  4 A nominated member can vote both in the presedential and Vice Presidential elections
    Ans:3 

Q. With reference to Indian freedom struggle, which one of the following statements is NOT correct?
  1 The Rowlatt Act aroused a wave of popular indignation and led to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre
  2 Subhash Chandra Bose formed the Forward Block
  3 Bhagat Singh was one of the founders of Hindustan Republican Socialist Association
  4 In 1931, the Congress Session at Karachi opposed Gandhi Irwin pact
    Ans:4 

Q. With reference to the entry of European powers into India, which one of the following statements is NOT correct?
  1 The Portuguese captured Goa in 1499
  2 The English opened their first factory in South India at Masulipatam
  3 In Eastern India, the English Company opened its first factory in Orissa in 1633
  4 Under the leadership of suplex, the French occupied Madras in 1746
    Ans:1 

Q. If the radius of the earth were to shrink by 1 %, its mass remaining the same, the value of 'g' on the earth's surface would 
  1 increase by 0.5%
  2 increase by 2%
  3 decrease by 0.5%
  4 decrease by 2%
    Ans:2 

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