Direction (Qs.1-20): Study the following questions carefully and choose your answer from the given five options.
Question No : 1
A national level commission of India has asked about twenty States to setup which of the following commissions in their States as early as possible?
(1) Farmers Commission
(2) Women Commission
(3) Child Welfare Commission
(4) Law Commission
(5) None of theseQuestion No : 2
Which of the following States has decided to setup Arsenic Removal Plants in all the districts of the State to enable itself to provide arsenic free drinking water to all the people by 2010-11?
(1) Karnataka
(2) Kerala
(3) West Bengal
(4) Orissa
(5) MaharashtraQuestion No : 3
Which of the following services is NOT provided by the post offices of India?
(1) Savings Bank Scheme
(2) Retailing of Mutual Funds
(3) Life Insurance Cover
(4) Issuance of Demand Drafts
5) Sale of StampsQuestion No : 4
Which of the following diseases is not covered under Integrated Disease Surveillance project?
(1) Cholera
(2) Tuberculosis
(3) AIDS
(4) Polio
(5) CancerQuestion No : 5
In which city is the Eden Garden stadium located?
(1) Nagpur
(2) Kolkata
(3) Mumbai
(4) Chennai
(5) DelhiQuestion No : 6
Dronacharya Award is given for excellence in
(1) Literacy work
(2) Social service
(3) Coaching in Sports
(4) Journalism
(5) None of theseQuestion No : 7
India’s Space Rocket Launching Centre is in
(1) Port Blair
(2) Hassan
(3) Tirupati
(4) Kochi
(5) Sri HarikotaQuestion No : 8
A short-term government security paper is called _________
(1) Share
(2) Debenture
(3) Mutual Fund
(4) Treasury bill
(5) None of theseQuestion No : 9
Which of the following is TRUE about “Antyodaya Anna Yojana”?
(A) Scheme is for Below Poverty Line families.
(B) People are provided cooked meals under the scheme.
(C) All beneficiaries of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act are covered in this scheme.
(1) Only (A)
(2) Only (B)
(3) Only (C)
(4) All (A), (B) and (C)
(5) None of theseQuestion No : 10
Which of the following is NOT a Government sponsored organisation?
(1) All are government sponsored
(2) Small Industries Development Bank of India
(3) NABARD
(4) National Housing Bank
(5) ICICI BankQuestion No : 11
Which of the following is the correct description of the Capital Market? Capital Market comprises of
(1) Stock Markets and Banks
(2) Stock Markets and Bond Markets
(3) RBI and Nationalised Banks
(4) Banks and Insurance Companies
(5) None of theseQuestion No : 12
Which of the following knowledge can a farmer gain from “Farmer’s field school” being run by Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Government of India?
(A) Methods and practices for soil, fertilizer and crop management.
(B) How to get bank loans.
(C) Understand deficiency symptoms of soil nutrients.
(1) Only (A)
(2) Only (B)
(3) Only (C)
(4) Both (A) and (C)
(5) All (A), (B) and (C)Question No : 13
Which of the following organisations was specially established to operate in Gramin areas by
design itself?
(1) Commercial Banks
(2) Central Financial Institutes
(3) Private Banks
(4) Regional Rural Banks
(5) None of theseQuestion No : 14
Exporters and importers in India are required to know ‘FEMA’ rules. What does the letter ‘M’ denotes in the term ‘FEMA’?
(1) Money
(2) Material
(3) Mega
(4) Management
(5) MicroQuestion No : 15
Which of the following cities has the highest per capita income?
(1) Delhi
(2) Mumbai
(3) Chandigarh
(4) Bangalore
(5) JaipurQuestion No : 16
Which of the following terms is used in the game of Lawn Tennis?
(1) Double Fault
(2) Half Nelson
(3) Cox
(4) Crease
(5) RuffQuestion No : 17
‘Agha Khan Cup’ is associated with the game of
(1) Cricket
(2) Football
(3) Lawn Tennis
(4) Golf
(5) Hockey
Question No : 18
Which of the following terms is NOT associated with the game of Football?
(1) Dead Ball
(2) Back pass
(3) Corner Kick
(4) Maiden over
(5) Goal LineQuestion No : 19
The changed management programme of which of the following banks is named as “Parivartan”?
(1) Reserve Bank of India
(2) Bank of India
(3) Bank of Baroda
(4) Union Bank of India
(5) State Bank of IndiaQuestion No : 20
Which of the following clearly defines what corporate taxes are?
(A) It is a direct tax levied on the income of a company or association.
(B) It is a tax which is levied to the companies on their production and commonly known as Value Added Tax (VAT).
(C) This is the tax levied on the income of the Directors, Promoters of a company/association on the profits earned by them during the year.
(1) Only (A)
(2) Only (B)
(3) Only (C)
(4) All (A), (B) and (C)
(5) None of these