1. Which of the following statements are not true about paddy cultivation?
(1) The average temperatures are between 22°c to 32°c.
(2) Heavy rainfall of 150 to 200 cms is needed.
(3) Black soils are the best for paddy cultivation.
(4) Alluvial loams are the most Ideal soils.
(5) West Bengal is the highest paddy Producing state in the country.
2. Which of the following statements are true?
(1) India is located in the Northern hemisphere.
(2) The state where the sun rises first is Arunachal Pradesh.
(3) India has a coast line of about 6,100kms.
(4) India covers a distance of about 3200kms from North to South and 3000 kms from east to west.
(5) All of the above.
3. Which of the following is/are the main
objectives(s) of the government in announcing a minimum support price?
(1) To prevent fall in prices in the event of surplus production.
(2) To protect the interest of farmers by ensuring them a minimum price for their crops in the situation of a price fall in the market.
(3) To help FCI buy food grains at reasonable price for distribution through public Distribution systems.
(4) Only (1) and (2) (5) All of 1, 2, 3.
4. The recommendations for Minimum support prices of crops are made by ____
(1) NAFED (2) TRIFED (3) APMC
(4) ACPC. (5) Ministry of Agriculture.
5. Find the incorrect statement.
(1) Tourism Development Corporation was established in the public sector.
(2) The year 2001 – 2002 recorded a decrease in foreign tourist arrivals to our country compared to the previous year.
(3) Fertilizers are a major export item of India.
(4) Meghalaya has no rail route at all.
(5) Himsagar Express Covers the maximum route of 3726 km between Jammu Tavi to Kanya Kumari.
6. Find the incorrect statement:
(1) Per capita availability of food is one of the bases for estimating poverty in India.
(2) National Institute of Rural Development is located in Hyderabad.
(3) Bihar has the lowest literacy rate.
(4) A mango research is being established at
Nuzivid near Vijayawada in Andhra pradesh.
(5) Nagaland is the least densely populated State.
7. Find the incorrect statement
(1) India is behind Brazil in Production of sugar in 2003.
(2) India is the largest milk producing country in the world.
(3) India stands first in the world in egg production.
(4) Vishesh Dwaj Yojana has been initiated in Madhya pradesh for distributing seeds to small and marginal farmers belonging to scheduled caste category.
(5) India is not the highest tobacco producing country in the world.
8. Find the incorrect statement
(1) The base year for Index of Industrial production(IIP)has been changed to 1993–94
(2) A separate Industrial policy for small units was declared in August 1991.
(3) Golden Hand Shake Scheme is related to Voluntary retirement of employees in Public Sector Enterprises.
(4) FEMA has been replaced with FERA.
(5) Cloth Industry is the largest Industry in the country.
9. In which of the following states is the mid-day meal scheme not in implementation as of August 2003?
(1) Haryana (2) Uttar Pradesh (3) Bihar
(4) Jharkand (5) All of the above
10. The telemedicine project has been pioneered by ____
(1) ISRO (2) VSNL (3) DOT
(4) Health Ministry (5) W.H.O
11. The Ministerial Conference of the world Trade
Organization was held at Cancun, Cancun is located in ____
(1) Uruguay (2) Venezuela (3) Mexico
(4) Honduras (5) Bahrain
12. Who is the chairman of Island Development Authority?
(1) Agriculture Minister (2) The President
(3) The Prime Minister (4) The Home Minister
(5) None of the above
13. There is one telephone for every ____ people, presently in India?
(1) 30 (2) 300 (3) 3000
(4) 30,000 (5) 1000
14. The no: of members in the Planning Commission are ___
(1) 15 (2) 12 (3) 14
(4) 10 (5) None of the above
15. Find the correct match.
(1) National Income Estimates 1993-94
(2) Whole Sale price Index 1993-94
(3) Consumer price Index for 1982
Industrial Labour
(4) Only (1) and (3) (5) All of 1, 2, and 3.
16. Find the Scheme that is different from the rest:
(1) District Primary Education Programme
(2) National Programme of Nutritional support to primary Education
(3) Lok Jumbish
(4) Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana.
(5) Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana.
17. In which of the following states is the People’s war Group (PWG) active?
(1) Orissa (2) Chattisgarh
(3) Andhra Pradesh (4) Both (1) & (2)
(5) All of the above, 3 states mentioned.
18. The cauvery delta in Tamil Nadu is irrigated by
(1) Alamatti Dam (2) Krishnarajsagar Dam
(3) Nagarjunasagar Dam (4) Mettur Dam
(5) Singur Dam
19. The first Indian state to have its Human Development Report prepared is
(1) Andhra Pradesh (2) Madhya Pradesh
(3) West Bengal (4) Rajasthan
(5) Uttar Pradesh
20. Find the mismatch
(1) Tokyo — NIKKEI
(2) New York — Dow Jones
(3) Frankfurt — DOLEX
(4) Hong Kong — Hang Seng
(5) Singapore — SIMEX
21. Find the one that is different from the rest.
(1) DWCRA
(2) Mahila Samridhi Yojana
(3) Kasturba Gandhi Education Scheme
(4) Rajarajeshwari Mahila Kalyan Yojana
(5) Annapurna Yojana
22. In which of the following cities the Residential office of Asian Development Bank located . . .
(1) Mumbai (2) New Delhi (3) Kolkata
(4) Chennai (5) Hyderabad
23. Which of the following Indian States has the lowest infant mortality rate?
(1) Kerala (2) Rajasthan
(3) Andhra Pradesh (4) Karnataka
(5) Tamil Nadu
24. Increase in net RBI credit for central government happens in case of
(1) Budgetary deficit (2) Revenue deficit
(3) Monetised deficit (4) Fiscal deficit
(5) None of the above
25. Special Drawing Rights (SDR) which is a currency of International Monetary Fund is
(1) Paper currency (2) Gold currency
(3) Silver currency (4) Special Metal currency
(5) Book keeping entry only
26. Narsinghpur (M.P) has the distinction of
(1) being the first district to be electrified in India.
(2) first district of Hindi speaking belt to be declared fully literate.
(3) first district to run on solar electricity.
(4) Being the only district in the Hindi Belt having a sex ratio favouring women.
(5) Being the district in India with maximum number of child marriages.
27. Which of the following is the apex organization of Industrial finance in India?
(1) BIFR (2) IDBI (3) RBI
(4) ICICI (5) IFCI
28. The first modernized paper manufacturing unit was established at
(1) Sirpur Kagaznagar, A.P
(2) Serampur, West Bengal
(3) Bhadhrachalam, A.P
(4) Katni, M.P
(5) Jabalpur, M.P
29. The imaginary lines which connect places of equal rainfall are
(1) Isobars (2) Isopleths (3) Isonephs
(4) Isohytes (5) Isotherms
30. Barren Island East of Andaman is . . .
(1) An Active Volcano
(2) A place inhabited by Cannibals
(3) The place where cellular jail is located
(4) Southern most point of the sub continent
(5) None of the above
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