Test 12 JKPSC Assistant Registrar
Test 12 JKPSC Assistant Registrar
1. Match List-I with List-II and select the 5. Consider the following statements related
correct answer using the code given below to food processing industry in India
the lists: 1.The Scheme of Mega Food Park aims at
List – I (Board) List – II providing a mechanism to link agricultural
(Headquarters) production to the market by bringing
a. Silk Board 1. Bengaluru together farmers, processors and retailers so
b. Rubber 2. Guntur as to ensure maximizing value addition,
c. Tobacco Board 3. Kottayam minimizing wastage, increasing farmers’
d. Dairy devlopment board 4. Anand income and creating employment
Codes: opportunities particularly in rural sector.
abcd 2. The Government has placed food
a) 2 3 1 4 processing as a priority sector under Make in
b) 1 3 2 4 India with 100 per cent foreign direct
c) 4 1 3 2 investment.
d) 4 1 2 3 Which of the above statements is/are
correct?
2. Consider the following statements related a) Only 1
to temperate grasslands b) Only 2
1. Temperate grasslands are located c) Both
between 30 deg to 60 deg latitude in the d) None
inner part of the continents at both
hemisphere and has moderate rainfall. 6. A state in India has the following
2.sparsely populated area and high fertile characteristics :
soil, agriculture has been highly mechanized 1. Its northern part is arid and semi-arid.
for greater production. 2. Its central part produces cotton.
Which of the above statements is/are 3. Cultivation of cash crops is predominant
correct? over food crops.
a) Only 1 Which one of the following states has all of
b) Only 2 the above characteristics ?
c) Both a) Andhra Pradesh.
d) None b)Gujarat
c)Karnataka
3. The first port in the country to implement d)Tamil Nadu.
logistics data tagging of containers with the
help of RFID – Radio frequency Identification 7. Consider the following statements related
tag is to fishing in India,
a) Para dip port, Odish 1. Kerala is the leading fish producing state in
b) Jawaharlal Nehru port, Maharashtra India.
c) Mangalore port, Karnataka 2. Inland fisheries are significant than other
d) Vishakhapatnam port, Andhra Pradesh types in India.
3. Catla,Rohu and Mackerel are the common
4. Which one of the following sector is not fish varieties found in the Indian
considered as a core industry ? subcontinent.
a) coal production Which of the statements given above are
b) Electricity generation correct?
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15. Which one of the following is the correct 3. Steel companies need large quantity of
sequence in terms of languages by number of cooking coal which has to be imported.
native speakers in India? Which of the statements given above is / are
a) Hindi>Marathi>Bengali>Kannada correct?
b) Bengali>Hindi>Marathi>Telugu a. Only 1
c) Hindi>Bengali>Marathi>Kannada b. 2 and 3
d) Hindi>Bengali>Malayalam>Telugu c. 1 and 3
d. 1, 2 and 3
16. Consider the following related to Natural
gas hydrates, 19. Match List I (Ethnic Community) with List
1.Natural gas hydrates are a naturally II (Country) and select the correct answer
occurring, ice-like combination of natural gas using the codes given below the lists:
and water found in oceans and polar regions. List I List II
2. Natural gas hydrates are considered as vast (Ethnic community) (Country)
resources of natural gas and are known to A. Apatani 1.China
occur in marine sediments on continental B. Balochi 2.India
shelf margins. C. Rohingya 3.Pakistan
3.Samudra Ratnakar - Indian Oceanographic D. Uighur 4.Myanmar
Research Vessel has the capability to explore
and identify the favorable zone of Codes:
accumulation of Gas Hydrates, which are abcd
known to be the future source of hydro- a) 2 3 4 1
carbon energy. b) 1 3 2 4
Which of the statements given above are c) 4 1 3 2
correct? d) 4 1 2 3
a)1 and 2 only
b)1 and 3 only 20. India’s first Uranium Mine is located at
c)2 and 3 only which among the following places?
d)1,2 and 3 [A] Jadugauda
[B] Tummalapalle
17. The western coast of India is suitable for [C] Pichli
ports compared to eastern coast because [D] Dalbhum
a. Western Coast is broken and indented.
b. Western Coast receives heavy rainfall. 21. Who will decide the Office of Profit?
C. Eastern Coast is formed by fine alluvial soil. (A) President and Governor
d. The large rivers make wide deltas on the (B) Union Parliament
Eastern Coastal Plains. (C) Supreme Court
(D) Union Public Service Commission
18. Despite having large reserves of coal, why
does India import millions of tonnes of coal? 22. In Indian Polity, the executive is
1. It is the policy of India to save its own coal subordinate to the
reserves for future, and import it from other (A) Judiciary
countries for the present use. (B) Legislature
2. Most of the power plants in India are coal- (C) Election Commission
based and they are not able to get sufficient (D) Union Public Service Commission
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23. The Solicitor General of India is 29. The tenure of Comptroller and Auditor
(A) An Administrative Officer General of India is
(B) A Legal Advisor (A) 4 years
(C) An advisor to Prime Minister (B) 5 years
(D) A Law officer for giving advice to the (C) 6 years
President of India (D) 7 years
24. Who among the following is the legal 30. Which of the following is not true about
advisor of a State Government? the Comptroller and Auditor General of
(A) The Advocate General India?
(B) The Attorney General (A) He is appointed by the President
(C) The Solicitor General (B) His salary is equal to that of the Judge of
(D) The Comptroller and Auditor General Supreme Court
(C) He is disqualified for any further
25. The Comptroller and Auditor General of Government office after retirement
India is appointed by (D) He can be removed by the President
(A) President
(B) Speaker of Lok Sabha 31. Which one of the following is not correct
(C) Chairman of Planning Commission regarding the elections to the Lok Sabha?
(D) Finance Minister (A) The elections are on the basis of adult
suffrage
26. Under which Article of the Indian (B) The Election Commission is required to
Constitution is the Comptroller and Auditor conduct the elections
General of India appointed? (C) The electoral rolls are prepared under the
(A) Article 146 direction and control of the President of India
(B) Article 147 (D) On the request of the Election
(C) Article 148 Commission, the President is required to
(D) Article 149 make available to the Election Commission
such staff as may be necessary for the
27. The Reports of the Comptroller and discharge of its functions
Auditor General of India relating to the
accounts of the Union are submitted first of 32. A candidate of Lok Sabha Poll loses his
all to which of the following? security amount if he/she does not get
(A) The Chairman of Public Accounts (A) 1/3 of valid votes
Committee (B) 1/4 of valid votes
(B) Speaker of the Lok Sabha (C) 1/5 of valid votes
(C) Law Minister of India (D) None of the above
(D) President of India
33. What is the minimum age laid down for a
28. The office of the Comptroller and Auditor person to seek election to the Lok Sabha?
General of India was created (A) 18 years
(A) Through an Act of the Parliament (B) 21 years
(B) By the Constitution (C) 25 years
(C) Through a Cabinet Resolution (D) None of these
(D) None of the above
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34. For election to the Lok Sabha, a 40. The term of the Lok Sabha
nomination paper can be filed by (A) Cannot be extended under any
(A) Anyone residing in India circumstances
(B) A resident of the constituency from which (B) Can be extended by six months at a time
the election is to be contested (C) Can be extended by one year at a time
(C) Any citizen of India whose name appears during the proclamation of emergency
in the electoral roll of a constituency (D) Can be extended for two years at a time
(D) Any citizen of India during the proclamation of emergency
35. The 84th Amendment Act has frozen the 41. Right to dissolve the Rajya Sabha is vested
total number of existing seats in the Lok in
Sabha on the basis of 1971 Census. They shall (A) President
remain unaltered till the first Census to be (B) Vice-President
taken after the year (C) Supreme Court
(A) 2010 (D) None of the above
(B) 2015
(C) 2021 42. Which one of the following statements
(D) 2026 about Rajya Sabha is correct?
(A) It is not subject to dissolution
36. The Lok Sabha Secretariat comes under (B) Its members are chosen by direct election
the direct supervision of from territorial constituencies in the States
(A) Ministry of Home Affairs (C) It is required to choose, as soon as may be
(B) Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs a member of the Rajya Sabha to be the
(C) President of India Chairman thereof
(D) Lok Sabha Speaker (D) The Attorney General of India does not
have the right to speak in Rajya Sabha
37. The Union Territories get representation
in 43. How is Rajya Sabha dissolved?
(A) Lok Sabha (A) At the end of Chairman’s tenure
(B) Rajya Sabha (B) President dissolves after 5 years
(C) Both Houses of Parliament (C) Dissolves with Lok Sabha automatically
(D) None of the above (D) None of the above
38. The sitting of House of the People may 44. The number of members nominated by
the terminated by the President in Rajya Sabha is
(A) Adjournment (A) 10
(B) Prorogation (B) 15
(C) Dissolution (C) 12
(D) All of the above (D) 20
39. Which one of the following is authorized 45. Which one of the following Houses is
to prorogue the session of the House of the presided over by a non-Member?
People? (A) Lok Sabha
(A) Speaker (B) State Legislative Assembly
(B) Attorney General (C) Rajya Sabha
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(D) President
46. Formation of Parliament is completed by 52. It was from the beginning of the
(A) Only House of the People …………………. that the policies oriented
(B) House of the People and Prime Minister towards development purposes were
(C) House of the People, Council of States and adopted and land mortgage banks were
Prime Minister called “Land Development Banks”.
(D) House of the People, Council of States a) First Five Year Plans
and President b) Second Five Year Plans
c) Third Five Year Plans
47. Indian Parliament consists of d) Fourth Five Year Plans
(A) Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
(B) Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and Prime 53. The ………………………. are organized in 3
Minister tiers namely; state, central, and primary level
(C) Speaker and Lok Sabha and they meet the long term credit
(D) President and both the House of requirements of the farmers for
Parliament developmental purposes.
a) Land development banks
48. Maximum how many times the b) Primary Banks
Parliament must meet in a year? c) Urban Cooperative Banks
(A) Once d) NABARD
(B) Twice
(C) Thrice 54.…………………..are now known as
(D) Four times Cooperative Agriculture and Rural
Development Banks
49. What should be the interval between the a) Land development banks
two consecutive sessions of Parliament? b) Primary Banks
(A) Four months c) Urban Cooperative Banks
(B) Six months d) NABARD
(C) 1 year
(D) Fixed by the President 55. The origins of the urban co-operative
banking movement in India can be traced
50. Which of the following constitute the to the close of ………………………..
Indian Parliament? a) Eighteenth century
(A) President, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha b) Twentieth century
(B) Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and Prime c) Nineteenth century
Minister d) Seventeenth century
(C) Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and Minister for
Parliamentary Affairs 56. Committee to Review Arrangements For
(D) Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and Parliament Institutional Credit for Agricultural and Rural
Secretariat Development, under the chairmanship of Sri
B Sivaraman recommended the
51. In India, the first cooperative land establishment of ………………………
mortgage bank was established in 1920 a) National Federation of State Cooperative
at………….. Banks Ltd
a) Mumbai in Maharashtra b) National Bank for Agricultural and Rural
b) Jhang in Punjab. Development
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d) National Cooperative Agriculture & Rural 63. In India, the first cooperative land
Development Banks’ Federation Ltd mortgage bank was established in …………… at
Jhang in Punjab.
57. At Ajmer in Rajasthan the first DCB was a) 1900
established in …………. b) 1920
a) 1900 c) 1910
b) 1920 d) 1950
c) 1910
d) 1950 64. The Urban Credit Cooperatives are also
commonly known as ……………….
58. The first DCB was established a) Urban Cooperative Banks
at………………..in 1910. b) Cooperative Banks
a) Mumbai in Maharashtra c) National Banks
b) Ahmedabad in Gujarat d) None of the above
c) Chennai in Tamil Nadu
d) Ajmer in Rajasthan 65. The cooperative credit institutions in the
country may be broadly classified into..
59.……………………..is the vertex of the a) Primary Agriculture Credit Societies and
pyramidal structure in a State for the District Level Cooperative Banks
provision of short and medium term credit to b) District Level Cooperative Banks and State
agriculturists on cooperative basis. Cooperative Apex Banks
a) District Central Cooperative Banks c) Urban credit cooperatives and rural credit
b) Primary Agricultural Credit Societies cooperatives
c) State Cooperative Banks d) None of the above
d) All the above
66. With regard to short-term credit
60. A …………………. also acts as a balancing cooperatives, at the central level
center and clearing house for the central ……………………….. act as a link between
cooperative banks. primary societies and State Cooperative Apex
a) State cooperative bank Banks.
b) District Central Cooperative Banks a) District Level Cooperative Banks
c) Primary Agricultural Credit Societies b) Primary Cooperative Agriculture and Rural
d) All the above Development Banks
c) State Cooperative Agriculture and Rural
61…………………….. is the birth-place of land Development Bank
mortgage banking d) None of the above
a) Japan
b) Israel 67. The ……………………… controls the
c) Germany cooperative banks that falls under the
d) India banking regulation act of 1949.
a) Reserve Bank of India
62. Germany is the birth-place of ………….. b) NABARD
a) land mortgage banking c) National Cooperative Union of India
b) commercial banks d) None of the above
c) Insurance companies
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80. In the ……………….five year plan the All 85. The ………………….committee was
India Rural Credit Review Committee was set appointed by the Planning Commission of
up. India to prepare a Model Cooperative Bill.
a. first a. sivaraman
B. second B. sir maclagan
c. third c. khusro
d. fourth d. brahm prakash
81. In 1970 the Reserve bank of India set up 86. In India cooperative legislation started in
the ………………for the review of rural credit …………..
system. a. 1904
a. all india rural credit review committee B. 1912
B. national cooperative development c. 1901
corporation d. 1882
c. committee of direction of the rural credit
survey 87. The shortcomings in the Act of 1904 was
d. all of the above removed by another legislation known
as………….
82. The …………….Committee constituted to a. cooperative societies act of 1912.
Review the Arrangements for Institutional B. the model cooperative act
Credit for Agriculture and Rural Development c. constitution amendment bill
in 1981, recommended the establishment of d. none of these
NABARD.
a. sivaraman 88. The ……………committee,1945 observed
B. sir maclagan that the Act of 1912 needed revision in
c. khusro certain respects and recommended that the
d. brahm prakash provinces in which the cooperative societies
act of 1912 was in force should pass special
83. The Sivaraman Committee constituted to acts keeping in view their past experience
Review the Arrangements for Institutional and the future needs of the movement.
Credit for Agriculture and Rural Development a. sivaraman
in 1981, recommended the establishment B. sir maclagan
of…………….. c. khusro
a. nabard d. saraiya
B. ncdc
c. ncui 89. The report submitted by the …………………..
d. all of the above consisted of two volumes: the first contained
Model Cooperative Societies Bill and Rules
84. The Sivaraman Committee was and the second volume contained model bye-
constituted in the …………..five year plan and laws for various types of societies.
it recommended the establishment of a. committee on cooperative law in 1955
NABARD. B. committee of direction of all india rural
a. second credit survey 1954
B. fourth c. saraiya committee
c. sixth d. none of the above
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90. A novel form of cooperative organization II. Economic growth has a greater impact on
known as Producer Company was introduced poverty alleviation than inequality
by amending the ………………….. III. Expanding the overall pie - redistribution
a. companies act, 1956 in a developing economy is feasible only if
B. companies act, 1913 the size of the economic pie grows
c. cooperative societies act of 1904 Select the correct answer using the code
d. cooperative societies act of 1912 given below.
a. I and II Only
91. Which of the following statements is/are b. II and III Only
correct regarding Expansionary Fiscal Policy? c. I and III Only
I. Expenditure increases and tax reduces d. I, II and III
II. Expenditure reduces and tax increases
Select the CORRECT answer using code given 95. With reference to National Health
below Mission, consider the following statements :
a. I Only I. Emphasis on NHM in conjunction with
b. II Only Ayushman Bharat should continue
c. Both I and II II. An increase in public healthcare spending
d. None of these from 1% to 2.5-3% of GDP
III. It can decrease the out-of-pocket
92. In the context of Sovereign Rating expenditure from 75% to 35% of overall
methodology, what is/are India’s and other healthcare spending
Asian country demands? Which of the statements given above is/are
a. More transparent correct?
b. Less subjective a. I and II Only
c. Both (a) and (b) b. II and III Only
d. None of These c. I and III Only
d. I, II and III
93. With reference to Indian Economy,
consider the following statements : 96. Consider the following statements related
I. The fifth largest economy in the world to India’s GDP growth rate :
II. The investment grade (BBB-/Baa3) in I. India’s real GDP to record a 11.0% growth
sovereign credit ratings in FY2021-22
Which of the statements given above is/are II. India’s nominal GDP to record a 15.4%
correct? growth in FY2021-22
a. I Only Which of the statements given above is/are
b. II Only correct?
c. Both I and II a. I Only
d. Neither I nor II b. II Only
c. Both I and II
94. Which of the following statements is/are d. Neither I nor II
correct regarding the Inequality and Growth
in India? 97. How much funds are allocated for the
I. Both inequality and per-capita income health & wellbeing sector in the Union
(growth) have different relationships with Budget 2021-22?
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98. Which company's IPO will be launched in 104. What will be shape of Gross Domestic
2021-22 as a part of Government's Product (GDP) growth recovery ?
disinvestment strategy? a. S-shape
a) Air India b. U-shape
b) Life Insurance Corporation c. V-shape
c) IDBI Bank d. I-shape
d) Shipping Corporation of India
105. Union Budget 2021-22 presented in
99. How much capital expenditure has been a. First time Digitally
allocated for BE 2021-22 in Budget 2021? b. Rajya Sabha
a) Rs. 4.12 lakh crore c. Video Conferencing
b) Rs. 4.39 lakh crores d. Joint Session of the Parliament
c) Rs. 34.50 lakh crore
d) Rs. 5.54 lakh crore 106. Arrange the decreasing order of tax
collection
100. The fiscal deficit is estimated to be how I. GST
much percent of the GDP in 2021-22 as per II. Corporation Tax
Union Budget 2021? III. Income Tax
a) 9.5% IV. Excise
b) 8.8% a. I, IV, III, II
c) 7.4% b. I, II, III, IV
d) 6.8% c. I, III, II, IV
d. III, I, II, IV
101. What is the Budget 2021 allocation for
the Indian Railways? 107. Which is a CORRECT option for Cess ?
a) Rs. 1,10,055 crore a. Permanent tax
b) Rs. 2,15,000 crore b. It is imposed by State Government Only
c) Rs. 1,41,000 crore c. It is kept in Consolidated Fund of India
d) Rs. 3,05,984 crore d. It is same as surcharge
102. The Budget 2021 increases the FDI limit 108. Recently, What percentage of cess on
to 74% in the Insurance Sector. What was the Direct tax for Health & Education ?
previous FDI limit? a. 3%
a) 62% b. 4%
b) 55% c. 5%
c) 49% d. 6%
d) 35%
109. Rs. 1,18,452 crore as Revenue Deficit
103. The Union Budget 2021-22 increases the Grant in 2021-22 to
Agricultural Credit Target to what amount for a. 15 States
FY22? b. 16 States
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ANSWERS
1. Answer-b
Correct sequence -
List – I (Board) List – II (Headquarters)
a. Silk Board 1. Bengaluru
b. Rubber Board 2. Kottayam
c. Tobacco Board 3. Guntur
d.DairydevelopmentBoard 4.Anand
2.Answer- c
Temperate grasslands are ideal for extensive wheat cultivation and produce the huge surplus of wheat
per capita amongst the world's wheat growing nations.1. Temperate grasslands located between 30 deg
to 60 deg latitude in the inner part of the continents at both hemisphere and has moderate
rainfall.2.sparsely populated area and high fertile soil, agriculture has been highly mechanized for
greater production.
3.Answer-b
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Becomes First Port in Country to Implement Logistics Data Tagging of Containers
On 1st July, 2016, Jawaharlal Nehru Port becomes the first port in the country to implement logistics
data tagging of containers. Jawaharlal Nehru Port implemented the logistics data bank tagging of
containers, first of its kind facility, which will help importers/exporters track their goods in transit
through logistics data bank service. An RFID (Radio Frequency Identification Tag) tag would be attached
to each container which would be tracked through RIFD readers installed at different locations.
4. Answer-c
The Eight Core Industries comprise nearly 38 % of the weight of items included in the Index of Industrial
Production (IIP). These are Electricity , steel, refinery products, crude oil, coal, cement, natural gas and
fertilisers.
5.Answer – C
Explanation: The Scheme of Mega Food Park aims at providing a mechanism to link agricultural
production to the market by bringing together farmers, processors and retailers so as to ensure
maximizing value addition, minimizing wastage, increasing farmers’ income and creating employment
opportunities particularly in rural sector. The Mega Food Park Scheme is based on “Cluster” approach
and envisages a well-defined agree/ horticultural-processing zone containing state-of-the art processing
facilities with support infrastructure and well-established supply chain.
8 Mega Food Parks namely Patanjali Food and Herbal Park, Haridwar, Srini Food Park, Chittoor, North
East Mega Food Park, Nalbari, International Mega Food Park, Fazilka, Integrated Food Park,Tumkur,
Jharkhand Mega Food Park, Ranchi, Indus Mega Food Park, Khargoan and Jangipur Bengal Mega Food
Park, Murshidabad are functional as on 31.05.20
6.Answer – b
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7.Answer – c
Explanation: Fishing in Indiais a major industry in its coastal states, employing over 14 million
people.Fish production inndia has increased more than tenfold since its independence in 1947.
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, fish output in India
doubled between 1990 and 2010.West Bengal, Andra pradesh, Gujarath are the leading fish producing
states in India. The total fish production of 10.07 million metric tonnes presently has nearly 65%
contribution from the inland sector and nearly the same from culture fisheries. Paradigm shifts in terms
of increasing contributions from inland sector and further from aquaculture are significations over the
years. With high growth rates, the different facets of marine fisheries, coastal aquaculture, inland
fisheries, freshwater aquaculture, coldwater fisheries to food, health, economy, exports, employment
and tourism of the country.
8.Answer – d
Explanation:
The sugar industry of India is gradually shifting from north India to peninsular India because of several
better conditions prevailing there. These include: The tropical climate of Peninsular India results in
higher yield per unit hectare of land, Higher sucrose content in peninsular cane Long crushing season in
south,Coperatives.
9.Answer – c
Explanation: Between the 2001 and 2011 censuses India grew by 181 million people, nearly the entire
population of Pakistan. However, the growth rate actually fell by nearly 4% from 2001 to 2011, the
largest decline since independence in 1947.The death rate has been in accelerated decline since
independence in 1947 while infant mortality, at around 44 per 1000 live births in 2013, has fallen from
200-225 in 1947 and continues to fall.
Life expectancy has nearly doubled in India since the 1950s, from 38.7 for men and 37.1 for women to
64.4 for men and 67.6 for women today. Indians lived eight years longer in 2009 than they did in 1990,
according to the WHO.
10.Answer-d
One of the very important factor which affects the location of an industry in certain areas is the
nearness to sources of raw material . The availability of raw material near the location of the industry
helps considerably in reducing the transport cost and so the total cost of production of the commodity.
11.Answer – d
Explanation: The Changpa or Champa are a semi-nomadic Tibetan people found mainly in the
ChangtanginLadakh and in Jammu and Kashmir. TheToda people are a smallpastoral tribal community
who live on the isolated Nilgiri plateau in hill country of Southern India.Baiga is a tribe found in Madhya
Pradesh and population 250,000, Uttar Pradesh,Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand states of India. The largest
number of Baigas is found in Baiga-chuk in Mandla district and Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh.The
Shompen or Shom Pen are the indigenous people of the interior of Great Nicobar Island, part of the
Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
12.Answer-d
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India has a varied land use pattern given the geographical diversity of the country. correct sequence in
terms of Land use utilisation in India Net Sown area> forest cover > barren and waste land > non
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agricultural land (house, industries)> rest of area under pastures and grazing land.
13.Answer: c
Highlights of NCAP – National Civil Aviation Policy
Any domestic airline can start international operations of it puts higher of 20 aircraft or 20% of total
capacity on domestic routes.Airlines no longer need to wait for 5 years before starting international
operations.RCS - fares on RCS routes to be Rs 2500/hr. Balance to be provided by Govt through
transparent VGF mechanismRegional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) - to revive unserved airports and
routes in Tier II / III cities
14.Answer –c
Explanation: Freshwate rmakes up a very small fraction of all water on the planet. While nearly 70
percent of the world is covered by water, only 2.5 percent of it is fresh. The rest is saline and ocean-
based. Even then, just 1 percent of our freshwater is easily accessible, with much of it trapped in
glaciers and snowfields. In essence, only 0.007 percent of the planet's water is available to fuel and feed
its 6.8 billion people.
India is facing a fresh water crisis. India has just 4% of the world’s fresh water — but 16% of the global
population.
• 76 million are without access to safe drinking water
• 21% of country’s diseases are water related.
• Over 329, 000 children under five die due to diarrhoea in India in 2015.
• Across India as a whole, it is estimated that women spend 150 million work days every year
fetching and carrying, equivalent to a national loss of income of INR 10 billion/ 160 million USD3.
• The total potential area to be brought under the micro irrigation (drip and sprinkler) in India is
42.2 million hectare of land, however only 3.9 million hectare of land or 9.2% of the potential is
currently under micro irrigation
15.Answer –c
Explanation: Hindi>Bengali>Marathi>Kannada
16.Answer:d
Natural gas hydrates are ice-like structures in which gas, most often methane, is trapped inside of water
molecules. Unlike the ice we’re all familiar with that’s derived entirely from water, gas hydrates are in
fact highly flammable, a property that makes these crystalline structures both an attractive future
energy source as well as a potential hazard.
Hydrates are a much more abundant source of natural gas than conventional deposits. According to the
U.S. Geological Survey, global stocks of gas hydrates range account for at least 10 times the supply of
conventional natural gas deposits, with between 100,000 and 300,000,000 trillion cubic feet of gas yet
to be discovered.India’s Oil Ministry and the US Geological Survey made the discovery of large, highly
enriched accumulations of natural gas hydrate — an icy form of the fuel — in the Bay of Bengal.
17.Answer-a
The Eastern Coast is smooth and unfit for making ports. So, very few ports are developed there.But the
Western Coast is broken and indented and suitable for ports. West coast is coast of submergence
(except Malabar Coast) while east coast is an emergent coast.Continental shelfon east extends up to
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500 km into the sea, so, difficult to develop good ports and harbours. Ships can enter and leave only
during tides. But this does-not mean we cannot have ports in this condition. Some of the world's well
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known ports are located on Continental shelves like London, Singapore, Hong Kong.
18.Answer-b
India has the world's 4th largest coal reserves. In India, coal is the bulk of primary energy contributor
with 54.5% share out of the total 595 Mtoe in 2013.India is the third top coal producer in 2013 with
7.6% production share of coal (including lignite) in the world. However, India ranks fifth in global coal
production at 228 mtoe (5.9%) in 2013 when its inferior quality coal tonnage is converted into tons of oil
equivalent.Coal-fired power plants account for 59% of India's installed electricity capacity. India
imported nearly 95 Mtoe of steam coal and coking coal which is 29% of total consumption to meet the
demand in electricity, cement and steel production.Most of the power plants in India are coal-based
and they are not able to get sufficient supplies of coal from within the country.
Steel companies need large quantity of cooking coal which has to be imported.
19.answer-a
The Apatani, or Tanw, also known by Apa and Apa Tani, are a tribal group of people living in the Ziro
valley in the Lower Subansiridistrict of ArunachalPradesh inIndia.
The Baloch or Baluch are a people who live mainly in the Balochistan region of the southeastern-most
edge of theIranian plateauinPakistan,Iran, and Afghanistan, as well as in the Arabian Peninsula.The
Rohingya people are Muslim Indo-Aryan peoplesfrom theRakhine State, MyanmarThe Uyghurs are a
Turkic ethnic group living in Eastern and Central Asia. Today, Uyghurs live primarily in the Xinjiang
Uyghur Autonomous Region inChina, where they are one of 55 officially recognized ethnic minorities.
20. answer-a
The Jaduguda Mine (also spelt as Jadugoda or Jadugora) is a uranium mine in Jaduguda village in the
Purbi Singhbhum district of the Indian state of Jharkhand. It commenced operation in 1967 and was the
first uranium mine in India. The deposits at this mine were discovered in 1951.
21. B
22. B
23. B
24. A
25. A
26. C
27. D
28. B
29. C
30. D
31. C
32. D
33. C
34. C
35. D
36. D
37. C
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39. D
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40. C
41. D
42. A
43. D
44. C
45. C
46. D
47. D
48. B
49. B
50. A
84. c. sixth
85. d. brahm prakash
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86. a. 1904
91. a. I Only
92. c. Both (a) and (b)
93. c. Both I and II
94. b. II and III
95. d. I, II and III
96. c. Both I and II
The Budget 2021 allocates Rs. 1,10,055 crore for the Indian Railways. Of this allocated amount, Rs
1,07,100 crore is for the capital expenditure. The Budget lays down the National Rail Plan for India for
the creation of future ready Railways by 2030.
104. c. V-shape
According to Chief Economic Advisor Krishanamurthy Subramaniam - GDP in 2019 : 4.2%, GDP in 2020 :
-7% and GDP in 2021 : 11%.
It would be in V-shape economic recovery.
108. b. 4%
109. c. 17 States
111. 61.Option A
CD-ROM. Stands for "Compact Disc Read-Only Memory".
A CD-ROM is a CD that can be read by a computer with an optical drive.
112. Option A
JPG means a joint photographic group and it is a fom1at used for saving images.
It is an image format that compresses images and the format is most popular for sharing photos and
other images over the internet or between mobile and PC.
There are two components of a video file that is a container and a codec.
The video format is the container that stores audio-video subtitles and any other metadata.
A codec encodes and decodes the multimedia data such as audio or video.
There are B common video formats data MP4, MOV, WNIV, FLV, AVI, AVCH D, WebM, and MKV.
113. Option A
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard Internet protocol for transmitting files between computers on
the Internet over TCP/IP connections.
FTP is a client-server protocol where a client will ask for a file, and a local or remote server will provide
it.
The end-users machine is typically called the local host machine, which is connected via the internet to
the remote host—which is the second machine running the FTP software.
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114. Option B
The process of removing an item and placing it in a temporary location called the clipboard. This can be
referred to as the cut operation.
Once placed in the clipboard, the user can paste that item elsewhere.
Only programs that allow text to be removed can be cut, other programs only allow the user to copy.
For example, you cannot cut text from a web page but can cut text from a word processor document or
text file.
The keyboard shortcut key for the cut is Ctrl + X.
Similarly, the shortcut key for copy is Ctrl + C, and for Paste is Ctrl + V.
115. Option D
A computer is an electronic device that manipulates information or data.
It has the ability to store, retrieve, and process data
A computer is a machine that can be instructed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical
operations automatically via computer programming.
Instructions can be written in many programming languages like C, C++, java.
These sequence of Instructions are called low-level machine language
The basic building blocks of any Software and Operating System are instructions.
Instructions are of three types:
Memory - reference instruction.
Register - reference instruction.
Input-Output instruction.
116. Option A
The abbreviation of ASCII is the “American Standard Code for Information Interchange". It provides 128
different characters.
It is a character encoding standard for electronic communication. The text represents text in computers,
telecommunications equipment, and other devices.
117. Option C
A cell reference, or cell address, is an alphanumeric value used to identify a specific cell in a
spreadsheet.
Each cell reference contains one or more letters followed by a number.
The letter or letters identify the column and the number represents the row.
In a standard spreadsheet, the first column is A, the second column is B, the third column is C, etc.
These letters are typically displayed in the column headers at the top of the spreadsheet.
If there are more than 26 columns, the 26th column is labelled Z, followed by the AA for column 27, AB
for column 28, AC for column 29, etc. Column 55 is labelled BA.
Rows simply increment numerically from top to bottom starting with “1” for the first row.
118. Option D
To check the spelling in Word document:
Open up the document, head to the “Review” tab, then click on “Spelling & Grammar” (part of the
“Proofing” group of tools).
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Then a window will appear showing the first word the program believes to be misspelled.
Click through the options to review the whole document.
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Sometimes called Winword, MS Word, or Word, Microsoft ‘Word is a word processor published by
Microsoft.
It is one of the office productivity applications included in the Microsoft Office suite.
Originally developed by Charles Simonyi and Richard Brodie, it was first released in 1983.
119. Option A
Using the F12 key in MS Word, Save as dialogue box opens.
F12 key used with other keys in MS word:.
Ctrl+F12
Opens a document in Word.
Shift+F12
Saves the Microsoft Word document (like Ctrl+S).
Ctrl+Shift+F12
Prints a document in Microsoft Word.
120. Option D
Advantages of views:
Security
Each user can be given permission to access the database only through a small set of views that contain
the specific data the user is authorized to see, thus restricting the user's access to stored data.
Query Simplicity
A view can draw data from several different tables and present it as a single table, turning multi-table
queries into single-table queries against the view.
Structural simplicity
Views can give a user a "personalized" view of the database structure, presenting the database as a set
of virtual tables that make sense for that user.
Consistency
A view can present a consistent, unchanged image of the structure of the database, even if the
underlying source tables are split, restructured, or renamed.
Data Integrity
If data is accessed and entered through a view, the DBMS can automatically check the data to ensure
that it meets the specified integrity constraints.
Logical data independence
The view can make the application and database tables to a certain extent independent.
If there is no view, the application must be based on a table. With the view, the program can be
established in view of above, to view the program with a database table to be separated.
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