General awareness / studies questions and answers - Oct 09, 2014
1. Arrange the following taxes in ascending order according to the amount collected.A. Income tax.
B. Excise duty.
C. Corporate tax.
D. Customs duty.
a. A, B, C, D.
b. D, B, A, C.
c. C, A, B, D.
d. D, C, B, A.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b. D, B, A, C.
In India the majority share goes for Corporate tax (36%) followed by Income Tax, Excise Duty and Customs duty.
a. Radial Pattern.
b. Trellis Pattern.
c. Dendritic Pattern.
d. Rectangular Pattern.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. Dendritic Pattern.
The dendritic pattern is formed when the water flows from the slopes, it looks like branches of a tree. Trellis pattern is formed when the hard rock and soft rock are parallel to each other. Radial pattern is formed when the water flows in all direction from a central peak.
i. Vice-President is elected only by the elected members of Parliament.
ii. Vice-President acts as President in his absence.
iii. Vice-President will take part in joint sitting of Parliament to solve deadlock.
a. (i) only.
b. (ii) only.
c. (i) and (ii).
d. (ii) and (iii).
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b. (ii) only.
Vice-President of India is elected by the members of Parliament that is both elected and nominated. During the joint sitting of Parliament to solve deadlock ,the Vice-President will not take part.
i. This is short term loan given to banks by RBI overnight basis.
ii. It was introduced by RBI in 2011.
iii. Here, banks can take loan up to 1% of their total deposits.
a. Priority Lending Rate.
b. Liquidity Adjustment Rate.
c. Repo.
d. Marginal Standing Facility.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d. Marginal Standing Facility.
Marginal Standing Facility is the short term loan that is given by the Reserve Bank of India to the Commercial Banks. Here ,Commercial banks can borrow up to 1% of their total deposits for an overnight.
a. Yamuna.
b. Son.
c. Chambal.
d. Kosi.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d. Kosi.
River Ganga is one of the major rivers of India. It has many tributaries both left and right. The major left bank tributaries are Kosi, Ghaghara, Gandak. The major right bank tributaries are Yamuna, Son, Chambal and Betwa.
a. The President.
b. Election Commission of India.
c. The Presiding Officers of the House.
d. Both (a) and (b).
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. The Presiding Officers of the House.
The Members of Parliament will be disqualified on the basis of anti-defection law by the presiding officer that is the Speaker of Lok Sabha if he is a member of Lok Sabha or the Chairman of Rajya Sabha if he is a member of Rajya Sabha.
a. Usual Status.
b. Current weekly status.
c. Current daily status.
d. Both (b) and (c).
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d. Both (b) and (c).
NSSO conducts three survey based on the reference time period. In Usual status the reference period is one year. In Current weekly Status and Current daily status the reference period is one week.
a. Godavari.
b. Mahanadi.
c. Kaveri.
d. Narmada.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a. Godavari.
Godavari is the largest Peninsular River; it rises from the slopes of the Western Ghats and flows towards east. Its length is about 1500 km, because of the length and the area it covers it is called as Dakshin Ganga.
i. He should be citizen of India.
ii. He should be 25 years old.
iii. He should be eligible to contest election for Lok Sabha.
a. (i) and (ii).
b. (i) and (iii).
c. (ii) and (iii).
d. All of these.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b. (i) and (iii).
If a person wants to contest for Presidential election he has to have few qualifications, he should be citizen of India, he should be 35 years old, he should be eligible to contest for Lok Sabha elections, he should not hold any office of profit.
a. Lakdawal Committee.
b. Suresh D Tendulkar Committee.
c. N.C. Saxena Committee.
d. Both (a) and (b).
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d. Both (a) and (b).
The two committees which were appointed by the government to determine the poverty line are Lakdawal Committee which was appointed in 1993 and the other committee was Suresh D. Tendulkar Committee which was appointed in 2004-05.
