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1.  Which one is known as ‘Back bone ‘ of Indian Economy?

(a) Agriculture

(b) Iron and steel

(c) Cotton

(d) IT

Answer: a

2.      Who is the ‘Father of White Revolution’ in India?

(a)    Karan Sing

(b)   Dr. Varghese Kurien

(c)    Subramonya Swamy

(d)   Palkiwala

Answer: b

3.      Which is the first bank in Kerala ?

(a)     SBT

(b)   Federal Bank

(c)    Dhanalekshmi Bank

(d)   Nedungadi Bank

Answer: d

4.      Nedungadi Bank was established in ?

(a)    1899

(b)   1900

(c)    1901

(d)   1905

Answer: a

5.      Special Economic Zone was set up in ?

(a)    2000

(b)   2001

(c)    2002

(d)   2003

Answer: a

6.      TISCO (Tata Iron and Steel Company) started at  Jamshedpur in ?

(a)    1907

(b)   1908

(c)    1910

(d)   1911

Answer: a

7.      Which was the first private sector commercial bank set up in South India ?

(a)    Bank of Maharastra

(b)   Nedungadi Bank

(c)    Canera Bank

(d)   Dena Bank

Answer: b

8.      The Special Economic Zone in Kerala is situated at………… ?

(a) Kochi

(b) Thiruvananthapuram

(c) Kollam

(d) Kozhikodu

Answer: a

9.      Oldest industry in india is ?

(a)    Iron and Steel

(b)   Mining

(c)    Jewellery

(d)   Cotton Textiles Industry

Answer: d

10.  The first cotton textile industry in India was started in….?

(a)    1818

(b)   1900

(c)    1905

(d)   1910

Answer: a

11.  In india which state is the leading producer of Rubber ?

(a)    Gujarat

(b)   Assam

(c)    Bengal

(d)   Kerala

Answer: d

12.  Birth place of Rubber is ?

(a)    India

(b)   Sweeden

(c)    Brazil

(d)   Italy

Answer: c

13.  The first chairman of Planning Commision ?

(a)    Indira Gandhi

(b)   Gulsarilal Nanda

(c)      Jagjjeevan Ram

(d)   Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer: d

14.  In India Green Revolution Started in ?

(a)    1966-1967

(b)   1970-1975

(c)    1980-1985

(d)   1990-1995

Answer: a

15.  Who is known as Father of Green Revolution ?

(a)    Norman Borlaug

(b)   M K Brown

(c)    James Watt

(d)   George Orwell

Answer: a

16.  Who is known as Father of Indian Green Revolution ?

(a)    Lal Bahadur Sasthri

(b)   Dr.M.S Swaminathan

(c)    N S Sreedharan

(d)   Morarji Desai

Answer: b

17.  Which is the major food crop used in India ?

(a)    Wheat

(b)   Maze

(c)    Otts

(d)   Rice

Answer: d

18.  Bokaro steel plant situated in ?

(a)    Jharkhand

(b)   Thane

(c)    Uthanchal

(d)   Luknow

Answer: a

19.  Bangladesh Grameen Bank was founded by ?

(a)    Prof. Mohammed Yunus

(b)   Prof. Yonus Ibrahim

(c)    Prof. Abdulla Mohammed

(d)   Prof. Ibrahim Khan

Answer: a 

20.  The major small industry in India is ?

(a)    Coir

(b)   Cashew processing

(c)    Handloom Industry

(d)   Jewellery manufacturing

Answer: c

21.  Which state has largest number of factories in India ?

(a)    Orrissa

(b)   Kerala

(c)    Tamil Nadu

(d)   Maharashtra

Answer: d

22. The Planning Commission was set up by a Resolution of the Government of India in

(a) March ,1950

(b) June,  1949

(c) April, 1951

(d) January ,1952

Answer:   a

23. The parent script of the Indo-Aryan and Dravidian languages:

(a) Chinees

(b) Brahmi

(c) Arabic

(d) Hindi

Answer:   b

24. Pasteurisation is a heat treatment that destroys:

(a) all the micro-organisms

(b) enzymes

(c) part but not all the micro-organisms

(d) catalysts

Answer:   c 

25. Planning Commission is a/an

(a) Executive body

(b) Constitutional body

(c) Advisory body

(d) Elected body

Answer:    c 

26. Economic diparity or inequality in India is best indicated by:

(a) Illiteracy

(b) Untouchability

(c) Rich-poor divide

(d) None of these

Answer:    (c) 

27. The Mughal ruler who granted the English Company Dewani over Bengal, Bihar and Orissa by Treaty of Allahabad:

(a) Shah Alam II

(b) Ammed Shah

(c) Akbar Shah II

(d) Alamgir II

Answer:    a

28. Who among the following cannot be removed from office except in the manner prescribed in the Constitution of India?

(a) The Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission

(b) The Chief Election Commissioner

(c) The Chairman, Finance Commission

(d) The Governor of a State

Answer:    b

29. Who was the Commander of American Forces during the American War of Independence?

(a) Thomas Jefferson

(b) Alexander Hamilton

(c) George Washington

(d) Major Samuel Shaw

Answer:    c

30. In which of the following countries Fabian Socialism was advocated?

(a) Soviet Union

(b) U.S.A.

(c) United Kingdom

(d) Poland

Answer:    c

31. The Governor of the States of India is appointed by the :

(a) Prime Minister

(b) Chief Justice of India

(c) President of India

(d) UPSC Chairman

Answer:    c  

32. National Institute of Nutrition is located in:

(a) Hyderabad

(b) Indore

(c) Karnal

(d) Bhopal

Answer:    a 

33. Indian Constitution recognises ——— languages.

(a) 20

(b) 25

(c) 18

(d) 22

Answer:    d 

34. Adolf Hitler was born in:

(a) Germany

(b) Austria

(c) France

(d) Russia

Answer:    b

35. Which Five Year Plan is referred to as ‘Industrial and Transport Plan ?

(a) First

(b) Second

(c) Third

(d) Fourth

Answer:    b

36. The term ‘Hindu Growth Rate’ was coined by

(a) K.N.Raj

(b) Dr. Raj Krishna

(c) Mahalanobis

(d) V.N.Gadgil

Answer:    b 

37.The Kheda Sathyagraha of Gandhiji was in:

(a) 1917

(b) 1918

(c) 1919

(d) 1920

Answer:    b

38. Likud Party is a political party in:

(a) Israel

(b) Germany

(c) France

(d) Belguim

Answer:    a

39. The natioanlity of Bartholomew Diaz:

(a) Spanish

(b) Portuguse

(c) French

(d) English

Answer:    b

40. Zawar mines is in the state of:

(a) Bihar

(b) Jharkhand

(c) Rajastan

(d) Madhya Pradesh

Answer:    c

41. Almora hill station is in the state of:

( a) Uttarakhand

(b) Kashmir

(c) Himachal Pradesh

(d) Assam

Answer:    a

42.Which is also known as ‘Dog star’?

(a) Venus

(b) Sirius

(c) Alpha centaury

(d) Proxima centaury

Answer:    b

43. Louvre Museum is in:

(a) London

 (b) Paris

(c) Moscow

(d) New York

Answer:    b

44. The major emphasis of Third Five Year Plan was

(a) Green Revolution

(b) Operation Flood

c)100% literacy

(d) Making India self-reliant

Answer:    d

45.Total number of bones in the axial skeleton:

(a) 80

(b) 126

(c) 106

(d) 128

Answer:    a

46. The first book on Indian Planning entitled ‘Planning Economy’ for India was the attempt of

(a) P.C.Mahalanobis

(b) Dadabhai Navroji

(c) M.Visvesvarayya

(d) Subash Chandra Bose

 Answer:    c

47. Who invented Revolver?

(a) James Puckle

(b) Samuel Colt

(c) A.G.Garnerin

(d) G.Marconi

Answer:  b

48. Which of these capital cities is only 25 kms from equator?

(a) Quito

(b) Harare

(c) Cairo

(d) Khartoum

Answer:   a

49. Family Planning was started in India in

(a) 1947

(b) 1948

(c) 1950

(d) 1952

Answer:  d 

50. ‘If worshipping stones, one can find God, I shall worship a mountain”. Who advocated this belief?

(a) Tulsidas

(b) Nanak

(c) Kabir

(d) Chaithanya

Answer:  c