General awareness / studies questions and answers - Oct 16, 2014
1. The Place which gets highest rainfall in India isa. Delhi.
b. Cherrapunji.
c. Eastern Uttar Pradesh.
d. Mawsynram.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d. Mawsynram.
In India highest rainfall is recorded in Mawsynram, it is in the southern ranges of Khasi Hills. It receives an average rainfall of 400 cm and it is one of the wettest places on Earth.
a. Specific Tax.
b. Regressive Tax.
c. Ad-Valorem Tax.
d. Progressive Tax.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d. Progressive Tax.
In India the taxing structure is more progressive i.e., the tax rate increases with the increase in income of a person, this is called as Progressive Tax.
a. Whole-sale Price Index
b. Consumer Price Index-Industrial Workers
c. Consumer Price Index- Agricultural Labourers
d. Consumer Price Index – Urban Non-Manual Employees
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a. Whole-sale Price Index
WPI is the most widely used price index in Indian economy. When it was first published, it had 23 commodities. But now, there are 102 items in the primary articles category, 19 items in secondary and 555 items in the manufactured items list.
a. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
b. The Ministry of Finance
c. The Reserve Bank of India
d. The SEBI
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. The Reserve Bank of India
RBI indulges in selling and purchasing the currencies of the IMF countries. It also has the responsibility of keeping the exchange rate of the Indian currency stable.
1. The first telegraph service in India started between Calcutta and Diamond harbour.
2. Only Two institutions provide telegraph services today.
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both
d. None
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a. 1 only
Telegram is a machine that was used for transmitting messages in the form of electrical impulses. The Government of India has shut down the telegraph services from 2013.
a. 2001-02
b. 1975-76
c. 2011-12
d. 2004-05
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d. 2004-05
Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) is responsible for calculating the National Income in India, which is the final value of all the goods and services produced in the country in a year.
1. Article 16 ---------- A. Right to Freedom
2. Article 17 ---------- B. Abolition of Untouchability
3. Article 18 ---------- C. Equality of opportunity in matters of public importance
4. Article 19 ---------- D. Abolition of Titles
a. 1A 2B 3C 4D
b. 1D 2C 3B 4A
c. 1C 2B 3D 4A
d. 1C 2D 3B 4A
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. 1C 2B 3D 4A
Part 111 of the Constitution deals with the fundamental rights. There are six fundamental rights that are enjoyed by every citizen irrespective of caste, sex, creed, race etc. Right to Education was added as 21A in 2002.
a. Bengal
b. United Province
c. Bombay
d. Gujarat
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. Bombay
The members of the Constitutional Assembly were indirectly elected from the provinces. The demand for the Constituent Assembly was first accepted in the August Offer of 1940.
1. Article 2 deals with the formation of a new state out of the territories of the existing states.
2. The Parliament can form a new state by a special majority and ratification by atleast half of the states.
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both
d. None
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d. None
Article 3 of the Constitution deals with the formation of a new state and alteration of the boundaries. The parliament can do it by a simple majority and by ordinary legislative process.
1. Specific humidity is affected by changes in temperature and pressure.
2. A decrease in temperature causes decrease in the relative humidity.
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both
d. None
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: None
Specific humidity is not affected by changes in temperature and pressure. A decrease in temperature causes increase in relative humidity.
1. Sunderbans delta is the largest mangrove forest in the world.
2. The National Coral Reef Research Centre is at Port Blair.
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both
d. None
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. Both
India accounts for approximately five percent of the world’s mangroves. In India, the extent of coral reefs is approximately 2375 sq.mts
a. Lal Bahadur Shastry, Gokhale, Tilak
b. Lal Bahadur Shastry, Tilak, Bipan Chandra Pal
c. Lala Rajpat Rai, Tilak , Bipan Chandra Pal
d. None of the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. Lala Rajpat Rai, Tilak , Bipan Chandra Pal
The Extremists differed from the moderates primarily in their methods used to achieve what they wanted. The famous trio included Lala Rajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipan Chandra Pal.
