General awareness / studies questions and answers - Oct 10, 2014
1. India follows parliamentary system similar to that of Britain, but not same. Which of the following is true?i. India has Republican system whereas Britain has Monarchical system.
ii. In India,the Prime Minister should always be from Lower house whereas in Britain he can be from lower house or upper house.
a. Only (i).
b. Only (ii).
c. Both (i) and (ii).
d. Neither (i) nor (ii).
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a. Only (i).
India adopted Parliamentary form of government from Britain with certain changes. India is a Republic whereas in Britain even today the head of the state is King. In India, the Prime Minister can be from Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha whereas in Britain the Prime Minister should always be from lower house i.e., House of Commons.
a. Narsimhan Committee.
b. Shrone Committee.
c. SVS Raghavan Committee.
d. Rangarajan Committee.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. SVS Raghavan Committee.
MRTP Act dealt with the restrictive measures that was applied to the industries and many sectors were completely monopolised. In order to remove this and to promote competition,the government removed this act in 2002 on the recommendation of SVS Raghavan Committee.
a. Eurasia.
b. Angara.
c. Vorkuta.
d. Upernavik.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b. Angara.
Pangaea is a super continent which exited 200 million years ago. The northern part of the Super continent was called Angara Land and the southern part of the super Continent was called Gondwana Land.
i. India has unwritten constitution.
ii. India has Bicameral legislature.
iii. In India, Constitution is supreme.
a. (i) and (ii).
b. (ii) and (iii).
c. (i) and (iii).
d. (i),(ii) and (iii).
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b. (ii) and (iii).
India is a Federal Government, that is, there is a division of power between the state and the union. India has written constitution, Bicameral Legislature that is two houses and in India Constitution is supreme.
i. Infant Mortality.
ii. Life Expectancy at age 1.
iii. Basic Literacy at age 15.
iv. Gender Development Index.
a. Only (i).
b. (i) and (ii).
c. (i),(ii) and (iii).
d. (i),(ii),(iii) and (iv).
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. (i),(ii) and (iii).
Physical Quality of Life Index (PQLI) is one of the oldest indices of Human Development. It was given in the year 1979 by Morris D Morris.
A. Vindhya Range.
B. Pir Panjal Range.
C. Aravalli Range.
D. Satpura Range.
a. A, B, C, D.
b. B, C, A, D.
c. C, B, D, A.
d. D, C, B, A.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b. B, C, A, D.
Pir Panjal Range is in Jammu and Kashmir. Aravalli Range is in Gujarat and Rajasthan. Vindhya Range is in Madhya Pradesh which is also the northern boundary of Deccan Plateau. Satpura Range are parallel to Vindhya to its south.
i. War.
ii. External Aggression.
iii. Internal Disturbance.
iv. Armed Rebellion.
a. (i) and (ii).
b. (i),(ii) and (iii).
c. (i),(ii) and (iv).
d. (i),(ii),(iii) and (iv).
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. (i),(ii) and (iv).
The national emergency will be proclaimed by the President on the grounds of war, external aggression, armed rebellion. Earlier before 44th Constitutional Amendment Act,the third reason was internal disturbance and not armed rebellion. In 1978 it was changed.
i. Cash Reserve Ratio.
ii. Statutory Liquidity Ratio.
a. Only (i).
b. Only (ii).
c. Both (i) and (ii).
d. Neither (i) nor (ii).
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. Both (i) and (ii).
Cash Reserve Ratio is the percentage of amount the commercial bank has to keep with the RBI at any point of time. Statutory Liquidity Ratio is the percentage of amount the bank has to keep with itself in the form of cash or government securities.
a. Northern Railways – New Delhi.
b. North East Frontier Railway – Malegaon.
c. Sothern Railways – Chennai.
d. South Western Railways – Bangalore.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d. South Western Railways – Bangalore.
There are 16 Railway Zones in India, Indian Railways are divided into zones because India is vast country and to make administration easy. Apart from these 16 we also have Konkan Railway which is administered by Konkan Railway Corporation limited. Out of the given South Western is wrongly paired its headquarters is in Hubli.
i. The emergency proclaimed has to be approved only by lower house.
ii. To revoke national emergency both the houses has to approve.
a. Only (i).
b. Only (ii).
c. Both (i) and (ii).
d. Neither (i) nor (ii).
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d. Neither (i) nor (ii).
The National Emergency proclaimed has to be agreed by both the houses of Parliament within one month and with special majority. To revoke the national emergency if Lok Sabha passes a resolution with simple majority then President has to revoke.
