21. India, in its recent Tiger Census, has
acclaimed a 12, per cent increase in the tiger population taking the count to
1706. Which city is to be developed by the Minister of Environment and Forest
bas the Tiger Capital of India?
a) Mysore b) Coimbatore c) Nagpur d) Jaipur
22. Which of the following was the highest
military decoration in India before independence?
a) Param Vir Charkra b) Victoria Cross c) Medal of Honour d) Legion of
Honour
23. Which of the following stock exchanges is
the largest in terms of daily trade volume?
a) FTSE b) HANG SENG c) NIKKEI d) NSE
24. Under the recently launched Pradhan
Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana, which of the following are the requirement to make a
village ideal (adarsh)?
1. It
should have an Agawadi centre.
2. The village should have adequate
facility for sports.
3. 100% institutional deliveries.
4. All resident should have adequate
housing and there should be no homeless family.
a) 1, 2 and 3 b) 2, 3 and 4 c) 1, 2 and 4 d) All of these
25. According to the Nalanda University Bill
2010, the proposed university will contain which of the following school?
1. Historical Studies 2. Arts and Sculpture 3. Ecology Environmental Studies
4. International Relations &
Peace Studies
a) 1, 2 and 3 b) 2, 3 and 4 c) 1, 3 and 4 d) All of these
26. Jaipur Nuclear Power Project has become a
bone of contention between the environments and the advocates of nuclear energy
in recent months. Nevertheless the completion of the Jaitapur Project will go a
long way in ensuring a clean energy and combat climate change challenges,
besides meeting the burgeoning energy needs of India. In the context Department
of Atomic Energy has set a target of doubling the energy generation through
nuclear power by
a) 2020 b) 2030 c) 2040 d) 2045
27. Recently the Supreme Court criticized the
Government for its lethargic approach in mitigating malnutrition from the
country and suggested the Government to adopt a Public Distribution Model based
on the experience of a State. The state in the question is
a) Andhra Pradesh b) Chhattisgarh c) Rajasthan d) Tamil Nadu
28. Which Committee was appointed by the
government to recommend rules for the pricing of all natural gases?
a) Kaushik Basu Committee b) C Rangaranjan Committee c) Ashok Chawla Committee d) Deepak Parekh Committee
29. Egypt, situated at the bank of river
Nile, has been quite in news recently for the political upheavals. Where does
the Blue Nile and the White Nile meet form the Nile river?
a) Aswan b) Kampala c) Khartoum d) Bujagali
30. Consider the following statements:
I. The Cabinet Committee on Economic
Affairs (CCEA) approved the project for the cleaning of River Ganga to be
implemented by the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) at an estimated
cost of Rs. 7000 crore.
II. The share of the Government of
India will be Rs 5100 crore and that of the State Government of Uttarakhand,
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal will be Rs 1900 crore.
III. The Asian Development Bank has
agree in principle to provide a loan assistance of one billion dollars to the
Government of India for the NGRBA project, which will form part of the central
share of the project.
Which of the above statements
correct?
a) Only I and II are correct b) Only II and III are correct c) Only I and III are correct d) All I, II and III are correct
31. Who out of the following was not awarded
“Kaiser-i-Hind”, the highest civilian decoration in India before independence?
a) Raja Ravi Verma b)
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
c) Tek Bahadur Sapru d)
Pandip Ramabai
32. Choose the corrects statements:
1. Falkland island is controlled by
Argentina.
2. It has been a reason behind
dispute between Argentina and Brazil.
a) 1 b)
2 c)
Both d)
None of these
33. To look into the issue of Telangana, five
members Committee was constituted under the Chairmanship of justice B. N
Srikrishna. Which other committees did Shri Krishna head?
1. 6th Pay Commission
2. Bombay Riots
3. Committee on AFSPA, 1958
4. Madras High Court incident
Choose the right combination
a) 1, 2 and 3 b) 1, 2 and 4 c) 2, 3 and 4 d) All of the above
34. Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd has signed a Memorandum
of understanding (MoU) with the Indian Railway to set up an axle plant. The
axle plant will be set up at
a) Asansol b) Barauni c) New Jalpaiguri d) Mathura
35. Out of the following Indian classical
musicians who is not a major flute players?
a) Ronu Mazumdar b) Hari Prasad Chaurasia c) Nikhil Bannerji d) Panna Lal Ghose
36. Which of the following is not a classical
dance style in India?
a) Sattariya b) Yakshagana c) Bharatnatyam d) Mohinniattam
37. Government of India has decided to extend
the “Tourist Visa-on- Arrival (TVOA)” scheme to tourists from certain
countries. Which of the following countries are among them?
1. Cambodia 2. Myanmar 3. Laos 4.
Brunei
Choose the right combination
a) 1 and 2 b) 1 and 3 c) 2 and 3 d) 2 and 4
38. Consider the following statements:
1. The
hike in wages by 17-30% under MGNREGA was recommended by Pranab Sen Committee.
2. The wages were increased on the
basis of consumer price index for the rural labour.
3. The wages will be revised every
year as per the indexing and every five years the base of Rs.100 will be
revised.
Which of the following statements
are correct?
a) 1 and 2 b) 1 and 3 c) 2 and 3 d) all of these
39. Arrange the following mountains peaks of
Nepal from west to east.
a) Dhaulagiri-Annapurna-Mount
Everest-Makalu b)
Dhaulagiri-Annapurna-Makalu-Mount Everest
c)
Annapurna-Dhaulagiri—Mount-Everest-Makalu d)
Annapurna-Dhaulagiri-Makalu-Mount Everest
40. Which of the following is not true about
the Green India Mission?
a) It aims at increasing forest
cover in the country be five million hectares by 2020.
b) It aims at improving the
livelihood of three millions forest dependent households.
c) It aims at increasing carbon
sequestration of 50-60 million tones by 2020.
d) The mission is one of the seven
missions under the National Action Plan on climate change announced by Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh in 2009 to help India fight climate change through
adaptation and mitigation measures.
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