1. As per Vision 2020 paper by the Planning Commission of India, which of the following represents
(a) 18% (b) 15%
(c) 13% (d) 10%
2. Who is the chairman of the 13th Finance Commission of India?
(a) C. Rangarajan (b) Vijay L. Kelkar
(c) Suresh D. Tendulkar (d) Arvind Virmani
3. As per the latest State of Forest Report, which of the following represents the percentage area
covered by forests in the total geographic area of the country ?
(a) 27.34% (b) 23.15%
(c) 21.86% (d) 20.60%
4. This Indian state has the largest forest cover in India. Can you name it from the given options?
(a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Chhattisgarh (d) Orissa
5. As per the third advanced estimates, the production of food grains in 2008-2009 is expected to be …
(a) 229.85 million tones (b) 224.24 million tones
(c) 221.32 million tones (d) 218.45 million tones
6. Which of the following represents the per capita income in 2008-2009 measured at constant 1999-
(a) Rs. 28 735 (b) Rs. 29 547
(c) Rs. 30 168 (d) Rs. 31 278
7. As per the recent Economic Survey, which of the following represents the Gross Domestic Savings
as a percentage of GDP in 2007-2008 at current market prices?
(a) 29.8% (b) 32.5%
(c) 35.2% (d) 37.7%
8. As per the latest Economic Survey, which of the following represents the contribution of the agricul-
ture sector in the national exports in 2007-2008?
(a) 10.2% (b) 11.2%
(c) 12.2% (d) 13.2%
9. Which of the following represents the percentage of people are employed under the agriculture
(a) 65.4% (b) 60.8%
(c) 55.9% (d) 52.1%
10. Which of the following represents the percentage contribution of agriculture alone in the GDP of
India in 2007-2008?
(a) 16.3% (b) 17.1%
(c) 17.8% (d) 18.4%
11. Which of the following represents the year in which the National Horticulture Mission was launched?
(a) 2003-2004 (b) 2004-2005
(c) 2005-2006 (d) 2006-2007
12. Where would you find National Fisheries Development Board in India?
(a) Bangalore (b) Hyderabad
(c) Chennai (d) Panaji
13. Which of the following represents the rank of India in the fisheries production throughout the world?
(a) 2nd (b) 3rd
(c) 4th (d) 5th
14. Who is the present Director General of Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR)?
(a) Dr. R.S. Paroda (b) Dr. Mangala Rai
(c) Dr. M.S. Swaminathan (d) None of these
15. As per the Union Budget 2009-2010 which of the following represents the percentage increase in the
allocation of budget to the NREGS over the previous year?
(a) 72% (b) 110%
(c) 128% (d) 144%
16. As per the Human Development Report-2009-HDI rankings (the report presents statistical values for
the year 2007) by United Nations Development Program, released in the first week of october 2009,
which of the following represents the rank obtained by India out of 182 countries surveyed?
(a) 127 (b) 128
(c) 131 (d) 134
17. As per the latest available figures which of the following represents the rank of India on the Gender
Development Index out of 157 countries surveyed?
(a) 96 (b) 106
(c) 116 (d) 126
18. Which of the following constitutional amendments is responsible for making free and compulsory
education to all children under 6 to 14 years of age a fundamental right?
(a) 82nd amendment (b) 84th amendment
(c) 86 th amendment (d) 88th amendment
19. As per the office of the Registrar General of India, which of the following represents the Infant
Mortality Rate per thousand live births at the current level?
(a) 35 (b) 45
(c) 55 (d) 65
20. Which of the following represents the percentage population of the world that resides in India?
(a) 12.5% (b) 14.8%
(c) 16.7% (d) 18.3%
21. The present Minister of Environment to the Government of India is …
(a) Sushil Kumar Shinde (b) Jairam Ramesh
(c) Anand Sharma (d) Sharad Pawar
22. Which of the following represents the present Director General of World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO)?
(a) Dr. Margaret Chan (b) Francis Gurry
(c) Susan Schwab (d) Juan Somavia
23. Which of the following Indian states has the highest Scheduled Tribe population in India?
(a) Mizoram (b) Punjab
(c) Bihar (d) Madhya Pradesh
24. Which of the following represents the percentage of urban population out of the total population of
India?
(a) 21.4% (b) 23.5%
(c) 25.7% (d) 27.8%
25. Which of the following is the latest country to join World Trade Organization?
(a) Vietnam (b) Cape Verde
(c) Nauru (d) China
26. Which of the following represents the venue of the United Nations Climate Change Conference
scheduled to take place in December 2009?
(a) Tokyo (b) Ottawa
(c) Copenhagen (d) Vienna
27. National Development Council, an important non statutory body, came into existence in the year …
(a) 1950 (b) 1951
(c) 1952 (d) 1953
28. As per the foreign trade policy of India (2009-2014) which of the following represents the export
target set for the year 2009-2010?
(a) $160 billion (b) $168 billion
(c) $176 billion (d) $182 billion
29. Which of the following represents the rank of India in terms of rubber production throughout the
world?
(a) Fifth (b) Fourth
(c) Third (d) Second
30. Who is the present chairman of the Board of Trade of India?
(a) Onkar S. Kanwar (b) Ratan Tata
(c) Kaml Nath (d) Anand Sharma
31. The present Director General of Foreign Trade(DGFT) is …
(a) Amitabh Jain (b) R.S. Gujaral
(c) Sanjay Rastogi (d) Vinod Kumar Shrivastava
32. Which of the following is the longest National Highway of India?
(a) National Highway No. 5 (b) National Highway No. 7
(c) National Highway No. 8 (d) National Highway No. 9
33. Which of the following represents the number of major sea ports of India?
(a) 10 (b) 11
(c) 12 (d) 13
34. “Golden Quadrilateral”, is the name of the project that is linked with…
(a) waterways (b) airways
(c) roadways (d) None of these
35. Which of the following represents the present Cash Reserve Ratio(CRR) as on September 30,2009?
(a) 4.5% (b) 4.75%
(c) 5% (d) 5.25%
36. As per the World Competitiveness Report 2009-2010, which of the following is the most competitive
economy of the world?
(a) USA (b) Switzerland
(c) Singapore (d) Sweden
37. As per the World Competitiveness Report 2009-2010, which of the following represents the rank of
India?
(a) 47 (b) 48
(c) 49 (d) 50
38. As per the Corruption Perception Index (CPI)-2008 by Transparency International, the rank of India
is...
(a) 81 (b) 83
(c) 85 (d) 87
39. Asia’s first Export Processing Zone (EPZ) was set up in the year 1965 at …
(a) Surat (b) Kandla
(c) Hyderabad (d) Vishakhapattnam
40. As per the Population Census 2001, which of the following represents the density of population of
India?
(a) 267 persons per sq. km (b) 278 persons per sq. km
(c) 284 persons per sq. km (d) 325 persons per sq. km
41. Which of the following is NOT a component of Bharat Nirman ?
(a) Irrigation Potential (b) Rural Telephony
(c) Rural Housing (d) Primary Education
42. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana was launched in ….
(a) 1999 (b) 2000
(c) 2002 (d) 2005
43. Who is the winner of the World Food Prize-2009?
(a) Gebisa Ejeta (b) Philip E. Nelson
(c) Robert Dole & George McGovern (d) None of these
44. Which of the following represents the WPI inflation as on March 28, 2009?
(a) 0.4% (b) 0.6%
(c) 0.8% (d) 0.9%
45. This person has been appointed as the chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India
recently. Can you name him from the given options?
(a) Sam Pitroda (b) Nanadan Nilekani
(c) K V Kamath (d) C. Rangarajan
46. National Dairy Development Board was established in the year ….
(a) 1963 (b) 1965
(c) 1967 (d) 1969
47. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about World Trade Organization (WTO)?
(a) This International Organization deals with the rules of trade between the nations of the world.
(b) The core functions of WTO includes, resolving trade disputes, administering WTO trade
agreements, Monitoring the national trade policies, providing forum for trade negotiations.
(c) Established after the replacement of GATS in 1994, this organization is headquartered at New
York and is headed by its Director General Pascal Lamy.
(d) All of the above are true.
48. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the World Bank?
(a) It is a main source of technical and financial assistance to the developing nations of the world.
(b) It comprises of two development based institutions: International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development (IBRD) and International Development Association (IDA)
(c ) The IBRD focuses on the poorest countries of the world , whereas IDA focuses on the middle
income and poor countries that are creditworthy in nature.
(d) The affiliates of World Bank are: International Finance Corporation, Multilateral Investment
Guarantee Agency(MIGA) International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes(ICSID)
49. Which of the following represents the number of the member countries of “Euro Zone”?
(a) 12 (b) 14
(c) 16 (d) 18
50. Which of the following person is the chairman of then State Bank of India ?
(a) K.C. Chakraborty (b) A.K. Purwar
(c) O.P. Bhatt (d) Deepak Parekh
51. As per the Union Budget 2009-2010, which of the following represents the fiscal deficit as a percent-
age of the GDP(as per provisional accounts) in 2008-2009?
(a) 4.5% (b) 5.3%
(c) 6.2% (d) 7.1%
52. Which of the following represents the target for agriculture credit flow in the year 2009-2010?
(a) Rs. 287000 cr (b) Rs. 325000 cr
(c) Rs. 360000 cr (d) Rs. 400000 cr
53. Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana is applicable to those villages that have population of Scheduled
Castes above ….
(a) 25% (b) 50%
(c) 75% (d) None of these
54. National Livelihood Mission is the new avtar of ….
(a) Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (b) Pradhan Mantri Rozgar Yojana
(c) Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (d) National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
55. As per the Union Budget , which of the following represents the percentage increase in the total
expenditure in the Budget Estimates 2009-2010 over Budget Estimates 2008-2009?
(a) 26% (b) 29%
(c) 33% (d) 36%
56. Where would you find National Institute of Rural Development of India (NIRD)?
(a) Bhopal (b) Hyderabad
(c) Lucknow (d) None of these
57 Which of the following represents the venue of the 2012 Olympics?
(a) Madrid, Spain (b) London, UK
(c) Rio de Janerio, Brazil (d) Tokyo, Japan
58. Which of the following represents the year in which the Regional Rural Banks came into existence?
(a) 1973 (b) 1975
(c) 1977 (d) 1979
59. Who is the present President of the Confederation of Indian Industries of India?
(a) K.V. Kamath (b) Sunil Bharti Mittal
(c) Venu Srinivasan (d) Kumar Mangalam Birla
60. The present Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) of India is …
(a) V.N. Kaul (b) Vinod Kumar Rai
(c) Wajahat Habibullah (d) Goolam E. Vahanwati
61. Which of the following is the causative virus strain of Swine Flu?
(a) A H1N1 (b) A H1N5
(c) A H5N1 (d) A H1N3
62. Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) of India is chaired by …
(a) N. Rangachary (b) J. Harinarayan
(c) S.S.N. Moorty (d) None of these
63. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is chaired by …
(a) Nripendra Mishra (b) J.S. Sarma
(c) Kuldeep Goyal (d) Dhanendra Kumar
64. The present Minister of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj to the Government of India is …
(a) C.P. Joshi (b) Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
(c) Kantilal Bhuria (d) Subodh Kant Sahay
65. This person is the Finance secretary to the Government of India. Can you identify him from the given
options?
(a) Arun Ramanathan (b) Ashok Chawla
(c) T. Nand Kumar (d) Rahul Khullar
66. The funding of Indira Awas Yojana is shared between Center and States in the ratio of …
(a) 50:50 (b) 60:40
(c) 75:25 (d) 80:20
67. Can you identify the name of the chairman of ITC Ltd. from the given options?
(a) U.C. Sarangi (b) Y.C. Deveshwar
(c) Ravi Kant (d) Baba Kalyani
68. As on September 2009, which of the following represents the number of
Navratna
Companies in
India?
(a) 14 (b) 16
(c) 18 (d) 20
69. Can you identify the year that you would associate with the Right to Information Act?
(a) 2004 (b) 2005
(c) 2006 (d) 2007
70. Which of the following departments is NOT a part of the Ministry of Rural Affairs?
(a) Department of Land Resources
(b) Department of Rural Development
(c) Department of Drinking Water Supply
(d) All of the above departments are under Ministry of Rural Affairs
71. The Annapoorna Scheme was launched in the year ….
(a) 1998 (b) 1999
(c) 2000 (d) 2001
72. In order to improve the quality of life of the rural poor, Central Rural Sanitation Programme was
launched in the year…
(a) 1984 (b) 1986
(c) 1988 (d) 1990
73. “To bring the assisted BPL family above the poverty line by ensuring appreciable increase in income
over a period of time.” is the objective of …
(a) IRDP (b) SGSY
(c) NREGS (d) IAY
74. As one of the main criteria of the formation of Self Help Groups under the SGSY scheme, how many
members from a family are eligible for the membership of a group?
(a) one member (b) two members
(c) three members (d) There is no such limit
75. Which of the following is NOT the part of National Social Assistance Program (NSAP)?
(a) National Old Age Pension Scheme (b) National Family Benefit Scheme
(c) National Maternity Benefit Scheme (d) All of the above are part of NSAP
76. Which of the following represents the expansion of ‘U’ in ‘PURA’?
(a) Utilities (b) Urban
(c) Union (d) Unique
77. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about PURA?
(a) PURA was launched on pilot basis for a period of three years.
(b) PURA pilot phase ended in 2008
(c) The PURA pilot program was launched in seven clusters, one in each state
(d) One of the sub objectives of PURA is to reduce migration of public from rural to urban areas
78. Who is the ex-officio President of CAPART?
(a) Prime minister (b) President
(c) Minister of Rural Development (d) Minister of Urban Development
79. A Village Knowledge Center for the facilitation of rural technologies in the rural areas based on the
life pattern of rural people , on pilot basis, is proposed to be set up in …
(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Bihar (d) Rajasthan
80. Integrated Wasteland Development Program (IWDP) is a scheme that is under implementation from
(a) 1989-90 (b) 1990-91
(c) 1991-1992 (d) 1992-1993
81. As per the latest available figures, area of wastelands in the country in 2005 stood at…
(a) 43.15 million hectare (b) 55.27 million hectare
(c) 62.62 million hectare (d) 70.38 million hectare
82. Where would you find the Central Research Institute for Dry land Agriculture (CRIDA) in India?
(a) Mysore (b) Dehradun
(c) Hyderabad (d) Bhopal
83. As per the latest available figures, what percentage of rural people has access to toilets at present
as an outcome of the successful implementation of the Total Sanitation Campaign?
(a) 43.45% (b) 56.12%
(c) 62.94% (d) 73.33%
84. Which of the following represents the venue of the Third South Asian Conference on Sanitation?
(a) Dhaka (b) Male
(c) New Delhi (d) Kathmandu
85. Which of the following represents the venue of the first summit of the BRIC nations that took place
in 2009 ?
(a) Cairo (b) Rio de Janerio
(c) Beijing (d) Yekaterinburg
86. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the Central Social Welfare Board(CSWB)?
(a) It was founded by Jawharlal Nehru in 1953
(b) Its founder chairperson was Durgabai Deshmukh , a reputed social worker
(c) Its an autonomous body under the Ministry of Women & Child Development
(d) All of the above statements are true
87. Which of the following days is celebrated as the World AIDS Day?
(a) December 1 (b) October 16
(c) September 27 (d) July 11
88. In the WTO terminology, all the domestic support measures that can distort the trade and production
lie in the …
(a) Blue box (b) Red box
(c) Amber box (d) None of these
89. Can you identify the most literate Union Territory of India from the given options?
(a) Delhi (b) Lakshadweep
(c) Chandigarh (d) Pondicherry
90. As per the revised estimates of GDP, which of the following represents the percentage contribution
of services sector in the GDP of India for the year 2008-2009?
(a) 53.4% (b) 55.2%
(c ) 56.9% (d) 57.3%
91. As per the revised estimates of GDP , Which of the following represents the percentage contribution
of industries in the GDP of India for the year 2008-2009?
(a) 21.4% (b) 23.2%
(c ) 25.8% (d) 27.3%
92. India after negotiations of more than 6 years finally signed Free Trade Agreement with _______in the month of August 2009.
(a) South Africa (b) Nepal
(c) ASEAN (d) None of these
93. Who is the author of the much in news controversial book
Jinnah:India, Partition, Independence
?
(a) Yashwant Sinha (b) L.K Advani
(c) Jaswant Singh (d) Narendra Modi
94. Deep Joshi was in the news recently as he is the latest winner of ….
(a) Vyas Samman (b) Magsaysay Award
(c ) Right Livelihood Award (d) Jnanpith Award
95. This Indian fortnightly Hindi newspaper is the winner of UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize -2009.
Can you identify it from the given options?
(a) Grameen Bharat (b) Khabar Lahariya
(c) Amar Ujala (d) Dainik Bhaskar
96. Which of the following represents the venue of the World Tiger Summit that is scheduled to take
place in 2010?
(a) Karnataka (b) Rajasthan
(c) Gujarat (d) Madhya Pradesh
97. This person is the newly appointed chairman of the Economic Advisory Council. Name him from the
given options.
(a) Arvind Virmani (b) C. Ranagarajan
(c) Suresh D. Tendulkar (d) V.S. Vyas
98. As per the Union Budget 2009-2010, Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) is to be extended
to every child under six years of age by ….
(a) 2011 (b) 2012
(c) 2013 (d) 2014
99. Which of the following represents the targeted amount that the government wants to achieve through
disinvestments in the year 2009-2010?
(a) Rs. 810 cr (b) Rs. 940 cr
(c) Rs.1050 cr (d) Rs. 1120 cr
100. Who is the present cabinet minister of social justice and empowerment to the government of India?
(a) Raghuvansh Prasad Singh (b) Pawan Kumar Bansal
(c) Mukul Vasnik (d) Sushil Kumar Shinde
101. As pert the Economic Survey 2008-2009, which of the following represents the fisheries production
in 2007-2008?
(a) 6.8 million tones (b) 7.1 million tones
(c) 7.3 million tones (d) 7.7 million tones
102. As per the Index of Industrial Production, which of the following represents the industrial growth in
the year 2008-2009?
(a) 1.4% (b) 2.4%
(c ) 3.4% (d) 4.4.%
103. In terms of annual steel output, which of the following represents the rank of India throughout the
world?
(a) Third (b) Fourth
(c) Fifth (d) Sixth
104. Which sector of Indian industry was the second largest recipient of the FDI in the year 2008-2009?
(a) Services (b) Manufacturing
(c) Construction (d) Infrastructure development
105. Which of the following represents the FDI limit in the Credit Information companies?
(a) 26% (b) 33%
(c) 49% (d) 74%
106. As per the RBI data, software exports registered a growth of____during 2008-2009(April –December)
(a) 22.3% (b) 25.5%
(c) 28.2% (d) 30.7%
107. Which of the following represents the expansion of ‘C’, in ‘ECB’?
(a) Comprehensive (b) Commercial
(c) Common (d) Cumulative
108. Who is the present chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of America ?
(a) Allan Greenspan (b) Ben Bernanke
(c) Timothy Geitner (d) Richard Fuld
109. Indian Economy can be best described as….
(a) Capitalistic (b) Socialistic
(c ) Mixed (d) None of these
110. Which of the following is NOT a tertiary activity?
(a) Insurance (b) Banking
(c)Transportation (d) Mining
111. The present President of NASSCOM is …
(a) Pramod Bhasin (b) Som Mittal
(c) Ashok Soota (d) Ganesh Natarajan
112. Where would you find the headquarters of Crafts Council of India?
(a) Lucknow (b) Patna
(c) Jaipur (d) Chennai
113. Which of the following represents the year of establishment of Khadi and Village Industries
Commission (KVIC)?
(a) 1952 (b) 1957
(c) 1963 (d) 1969
114. National Institute of Hydrology has its headquarters at …
(a) Panaji (b) Roorkee
(c) Kolkata (d) Mysore
115. Which of the following represents the year of enactment of Consumer Protection Act?
(a) 1982 (b) 1984
(c) 1986 (d) 1988
116. Who is the ex-officio chairman of the recently constituted National River Ganga Basin Authority?
(a) President (b) Chairman of Central Water Commission
(c) Minister of Water Resources (d) Prime minister
117. Which of the following represents the rate of growth of the Indian population during the last decade
of population census (1991-2001)?
(a) 18.43% (b) 21.54%
(c) 23.12% (d) 24.95%
118. Kisan Credit Card scheme was launched in …
(a) 1998-99 (b) 1990-91
(c) 1992-93 (d) 1994-95
119. Which of the following represents the expansion of ‘A’, in ‘NPA’?
(a) Authority (b) Assets
(c) Agents (d) Actuaries
120. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about Jana Shree Bima Yojana?
(a) The scheme was launched in the year 2000
(b) Insurance coverage on natural death is of Rs. 50000
(c) This scheme replaced the Rural Group Life Insurance Scheme and Social Security Group
Insurance Scheme
(d) All of the above are true
121. Which of the following represents the present limit of FDI in the Insurance sector?
(a) 74% (b) 49%
(c) 33% (d) 26%
122. Which of the following represents the expansion of ‘M’, in ‘FEMA’?
(a) Money (b) Market
(c) Mutual (d) Management
123. Which of the following taxes is NOT under the jurisdiction of States?
(a) Taxes on agricultural income
(b) Land Revenue
(c) Taxes on entry of goods into a local area
(d) Rates of stamp duties in respect of bills of exchange
124. Which of the following is NOT a member of Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC)?
(a) Peru (b) Chile
(c) India (d) New Zealand
125. Which of the following is the mark of ECO MARC?
(a) A banyan tree (b) A pitcher of clay
(c) A green dot inscribed in a square (d) None of these
126. Indian rupee was devalued for the first time in ….
(a) 1949 (b) 1966
(c) 1991 (d) 2003
127. Gini Index is used to ….
(a) measure the cost of living
(b) measure inequality in distribution of the family income
(c) measures the basic amenities to the population of a country
(d) measures the earning capacity of the individuals
128. Which of the following represents the FDI inflow in India in 2008-2009?
(a) $23.4 billion (b) $25.7 billion
(c) $26.8 billion (d) $27.5 billion
129. Where would you find the headquarters of Asian Development Bank (ADB)?
(a) Singapore (b) Hong Kong
(c) Manila (d) Kuala Lumpur
130. Which of the following percentage of the available water is used for irrigation purposes?
(a) 50% (b) 60%
(c) 70% (d) 80%
131. Which of the following is celebrated as the World Earth Day?
(a) January 22 (b) February 22
(c) March 22 (d) April 22
132. Who is the chairman of the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights?
(a) Rajendra Singh (b) Shanta Sinha
(c) Sunita Naraian (d) None of these
133. Which of the following persons is the chairman of the Second Administrative Reforms Commission?
(a) Veerappa Moily (b) Manmohan Singh
(c) Pranab Mukharjee (d) None of these
134. This Indian state has become the first state in India to provide health cover to all the families living
below the poverty line in India. Can you identify the state from the given options?
(a) Punjab (b) Haryana
(c ) Manipur (d) Kerala
135. Which of the following is celebrating its Golden Jublee in the year 2009?
(a) SAIL (b) NTPC
(c) IOC (d) BHEL
136. The chairperson of National Statistical Commission is...
(a) Arvind Virmani (b) Suresh D. Tendulkar
(c) C. Rangarajan (d) Bimal Jalan
137 Who is known as Father of Green Revolution of the world?
(a) M.S. Swaminathan (b) Norman Borlaugh
(c) Erik Acharius (d) Peter Artedi
138. Which of the following is the least densely populated state of India?
(a) Sikkim (b) Goa
(c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Mizoram
139. The birth rate measures the number of births during a year per
(a) 100 population (b) 1,000 population
(c) 10,000 population (d) 1,00,000 population
140. Which of the following States will benefit from the multipurpose Sardar Sarovar Project?
(a) Maharashtra and Gujarat
(b) Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh
(c) Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh
(d) Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh
141. Indian Constitution did not provide for the formation of ...
(a) Finance Commission (b) Planning Commission
(c) UPSC (d) CAG
142. Who is the ex-officio chairman of the Planning Commission?
(a) President of India (b) Finance Minister
(c) Prime Minister of India (d) Speaker of Lok Sabha
143. World Environment Day is observed on...
(a) June 5 (b) June 10
(c) June 15 (d) June 1
144. CAPART is related with :
(a) the promotion of rural development
(b) Computer Harware
(c) Consultant service of export promotion
(d) Controlling pollution in big industries
145. Kutir Jyoti Scheme assosciated with
(a) Promoting cottage industry in villages
(b) Promoting employment among rural unemployed youth
(c) Providing electricity to rural families living below the poverty line
(d) All of these
146. NABARD was established on the recommendation of
(a) Public Account Committee (b) Shivaraman Committee
(c) Narsimham Committee (d) None of these
147. Which of the following represents the duration of the Eleventh plan?
(a) 2007-2012 (b) 2008-2013
(c) 2009-2014 (d) None of these
148. The main objective of TRYSEM was
(a) To train rural youth for self employment (b) To train urban youth for self employment
(c) Both of the above (d) None of these
149. With which of the following would you assosciate Sam Pitroda?
(a) White Revolution (Milk) (b) Telecome Revolution
(c) Evergreen Revolution (d) Black Revolution
150. Where would you find the headquarters of Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO)?
(a) London (b) Berlin
(c) Rome (d) New York
Answers and Explanations |
1. c 13% 28. b $168 billion
2. b Vijay L. Kelkar 29. b Fourth
3. d 20.60% 30. d Anand Sharma
4. b Madhya Pradesh 31. b R.S. Gujaral
5. a 229.85 million tones 32. b NH-7
6. d Rs.31 278 33. c 12
7. d 37.7% 34. c roadways
8. c 12.2% 35. c 5%
9. d 52.1% 36. b Switzerland
10. a 16.3% 37. c 49
11. c 2005-2006 38. c 85
12. b Hyderabad 39. b Kandla
13. b 3rd 40. d 24 persons per sq. km
14. b Dr. Mangala Rai 41. d Primary Education
15. d 144% 42. b 2000
16. d 134 43. a Gebisa Ejeta
17. c 116 44. c 0.8%
18. c 86th amendment 45. b Nandan Nilekani
19. c 55 46. b 1965
20. c 16.7% 47. c Established after
21. b Jairam Ramesh 48. c The IBRD
22. b Francis Gurry
23. a Mizoram
24. d 27.8% 49. c 16
25. b Cape Verde 50. c O.P. Bhatt
26. c Copenhagen 51. c 6.2%
27. c 1952 52. b Rs. 325000 cr
54. a Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana 84. c New Delhi
55. d 36% 85. d Yekaterinburg
56. b Hyderabad 86. d All of the above statements are true
57. b London, UK 87. a December 1
58. b 1975 88. c Amber box
59. c Venu Srinivasan 89. b Lakshadweep
60. b Vinod Kumar Rai 90. d 57.3%
61. a A H1N1 91. d 27.3%
62. b J. Harinarayan 92. c ASEAN
63. b J.S. Sarma 93. c Jaswant Singh
64. a C.P. Joshi 94. b Magsaysay Award
65. b Ashok Chawla 95. b Khabar Lahariya
66. c 75:25 96. b Rajasthan
67. b Y.C. Deveshwar 97. b C. Ranagarajan
68. c 18 98. b 2012
69. b 2005 99. d Rs. 1120 cr
70. d All of the above work under Ministry of Rural 100. c Mukul Vasnik
71. c 2000 101. c 7.3 million tones
72. b 1986 102. b 2.4%
73. b SGSY 103. c Fifth
74. a one member 104. b Manufacturing
75. d All of the above are part of NSAP 105. c 49%
76. b Urban 106. c 28.2%
77. b PURA pilot phase ended in 2008 107. b Commercial
78. c Minister of Rural Development 108. b Ben Bernanke
79. c Bihar 109. c Mixed
80. a 1989-90 110. d Mining
81. b 55.27 million hectare 111. b Som Mittal
82. c Hyderabad 112. d Chennai
132. b Shanta Sinha 114. b Roorkee
133. a Veerappa Moily 115. c 1986
134.b Haryana 116. d Prime minister
135. c IOC 117. b 21.54%
136. b Surech D. Tendulkar 118. a 1998-99
137. b Norman Borlaug 119. b Assets
138. c Arunachal Pradesh 120.b Insurance coverage
139. b 1000 population 121. d 26%
140. d Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat 122.d Management
141. b Planning Commission 123.d Rates of stamp dutie
142.c Prime Minister of India 124. c India
143. a June 5 125. b A pitcher of clay
144. a the promotion of rural development 126.a 1949
145. c Providing electricity 127.b measure inequality
146. b Shivaraman Committee 128. d $27.5 billion
147. a 2007-2012 129. c Manila
148. a To train rural youth for self employment 130. c 70%
149. b Telecome Revolution 150. c Rome
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