Direction (Qs.1-20): Read the following questions carefully and choose your answer from the given five options.
Question No : 1
Which of the following is NOT a public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Defence, Government of India?
(1) Mazagaon Dock Ltd.
(2) Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd.
(3) Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd
(4) Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.
(5) Bharat Earth Movers Ltd
Question No : 2
Five year Plans are finally approved by the _____
(1) President
(2) National Development Council
(3) Prime Minister
(4) Planning Commission
(5) None of these
Question No : 3
Indus Water Treaty is a pact on sharing of river water between India and _______
(1) Bangladesh
(2) Pakistan
(3) Nepal
(4) Afghanistan
(5) Myanmar
Question No : 4
Which of the following is NOT a banking related term?
(1) Radiation
(2) Benchmark Prime Lending Rate
(3) Outstanding amount
(4) Explicit Guarantee
(5) Creditor
Question No : 5
Insurance service provided by various banks is commonly known as _______
(1) Investment Banking
(2) Portfolio Management
(3) Merchant Banking
(4) Bank assurance
(5) Micro Finance
Question No : 6
“Indira Gandhi Canal” which is around 450 km. long provide irrigation facility mainly to which of the following states?
(1) Punjab
(2) Haryana
(3) Madhya Pradesh
(4) Gujarat
(5) Rajashthan
Question No : 7
Moortidevi Award is given for excellence in the field of _____
(1) Classical dance
(2) Literature
(3) Classical music
(4) Cinematography
(5) Social service
Question No : 8
Which of the following is used in the game of Cricket?
(1) Love
(2) Tee
(3) Smash
(4) No Ball
(5) Penalty stroke
Question No : 9
Which of the following awards is given by an agency of the United Nations Organisation?
(1) Normon Borloug Award
(2) Kalinga Prize
(3) Ramon Magsaysay Award
(4) Pulitzer Prize
(5) None of these
Question No : 10
Which of the following Trophies/cups is associated with the game of Hockey?
(1) Durand Cup
(2) Rangaswami Cup
(3) Santosh Trophy
(4) Ranji Trophy
(5) K.D. Singh Babu Trophy
Question No : 11
The headquarters of the European Central Bank established in 1998 is at
(1) London
(2) Berlin
(3) Frankfurt
(4) Lisbon
(5) None of these
Question No : 12
Which of the following is the correct full form of TRIPS?
(1) Trade Related Insurance and Protection Services
(2) Trade Regulation and Insurance Providing Services
(3) Technical Regulations Index Protection Services
(4) Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights
(5) None of these
Question No : 13
“Sharda Act” is related with
(1) Child marriages
(2) Elections of local bodies
(3) Rent control
(4) Dual citizenship to NRIs
(5) None of these
Question No : 14
Which of the following agencies directed the Govt of India and State Governments to identify families living below poverty line?
(1) World Trade Organisation
(2) Supreme Court of India
(3) UNO
(4) Human Rights Commission
(5) None of these
Question No : 15
Decision to hold the elections for Panchayats is taken by the
(1) Panchayat itself
(2) Union Government
(3) State Government
(4) Election Commission of the Area
(5) None of these
Question No : 16
“Madrasas” are the education centres run by ____
(1) Zoroastrains
(2) Sikhs
(3) Muslims
(4) Neo-Budhists
(5) None of these
Question No : 17
Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the 10th Five Year Plan?
(1) All children of school going age should be enrolled in schools by the year 2003
(2) The disinvestment should be of Rs.800 billion in next five years
(3) The Foreign Direct investment inflows should be of at least $7.5 billion every year
(4) There should be an increase in forest cover to 25% by the year 2005 and 30% by the year 2010
(5) All the above are true
Question No : 18
Which of the following items does not fall under the category of spices?
(1) Mint
(2) Garlic
(3) Vanilla
(4) Ginger
(5) Cashewnut
Question No : 19
Govt. of India has to set up a national commission for which of the following for the first time?
(1) Children
(2) Retrenched factory workers and labours
(3) Refugees and displaced persons
(4) Minority group
(5) None of these
Question No : 20
A sick industry is required to notify it’s sickness with which of the following?
(1) State Finance Board
(2) Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction
(3) Ministry of Home affairs
(4) Reserve Bank of India
(5) Financial Bank