1. Which agency of UNO is responsible to maintain peace and security ?
(A) Security Council
(B) UNESCO
(C) ILO
(D) UNICEF
Ans : (A)
2. Which type of unemployment is mainly found in urban areas ?
(A) Educated unemployment
(B) Cyclical unemployment
(C) Disguised unemployment
(D) Seasonal unemployment
Ans : (A)
3. Democratic Reforms should relate to—
(A) Good governance
(B) Collection of more taxes
(C) Not providing money to politicial parties
(D) Assigning more power to government
Ans : (A)
4. Which of the following physiographic divisions of India is known as the store house of minearls ?
(A) Chhotanagpur plateau
(B) Deccan plateau
(C) Aravalli region
(D) Malwa plateau
Ans : (A)
5. Who said it “I have fought against white domination and I have fought against black domination” ?
(A) Fidel Castro
(B) Sukarno
(C) Nelson Mandela
(D) Boutras Ghali
Ans : (C)
6. What is buffer stock ?
(A) Stock of raw material
(B) Stock of goods
(C) Stock of wheat and rice
(D) Stock of money
Ans : (B)
7. Where in India Jhoom cultivation is practised ?
(A) Western India
(B) North Eastern India
(C) Western Ghats
(D) Southern India
Ans : (B)
8. W.T.O. was started on the initiative of …… countries.
(A) Develped
(B) Developing
(C) Under-developed
(D) All of the above
Ans : (D)
9. Which of the following is not owned by Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Ltd. ?
(A) Nangal
(B) Durgapur
(C) Namrup
(D) Barauni
Ans : (C)
10. Which among the following are famous as Bretton Woods institutions ?
(A) UNESCO and UNICEF
(B) World Trade Organisation (W.T.O.) and World Trade Center (W.T.C.)
(C) World Bank and International Monetary Fund (I.M.F.)
(D) World Health Organisation and International Labour Organisation (I.L.O.)
Ans : (C)
11. Development of a country can generally be determined by its—
(A) Per capita income
(B) Average literacy level
(C) Health status of its people
(D) All of the above
Ans : (D)
12. Hirakud project is situated along which of the following rivers ?
(A) Son
(B) Godavari
(C) Mahanadi
(D) Mahi
Ans : (C)
13. Which of the following is known as the third tier of government ?
(A) Union Public Service Commission
(B) Election Commission
(C) Supreme Court
(D) Local Self Government
Ans : (C)
14. When was the W.T.O. established ?
(A) 1st March, 1996
(B) 1st January, 1996
(C) 1st January, 1995
(D) 1st December, 1995
Ans : (C)
15. Which of these is not a standard for qualtiy ?
(A) Hall Mark
(B) Jago Grahak Jago
(C) ISI
(D) Agmark
Ans : (B)
16. What is the most difficult challenge faced by independent India ?
(A) Unemployment
(B) Poverty
(C) Pollution
(D) Population
Ans : (D)
17. Who wrote the book ‘Discovery of India’ ?
(A) Govind Ballabh Pant
(B) Madan Mohan Malviya
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Ans : (D)
18. Who was the architect of ‘Reign of Terror’ during French Revolution ?
(A) Marat
(B) Napoleon
(C) Dante
(D) Robespierre
Ans : (D)
19. What were the ‘Soviets’ in Russia ?
(A) Peasant organisations
(B) Military regiments
(C) Police force
(D) Local autonomous organisations in Russia
Ans : (D)
20. ‘Opium Wars’ are related to—
(A) History of Vietnam
(B) History of Modern Japan
(C) History of Modern China
(D) History of Modern France
Ans : (C)
0 Comments