IAS Prelims GS Questions and Answers - July 06, 2015
1. Consider the following statements1. India is the largest producer of natural graphite in world.
2. Odisha is the major producer of graphite.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both
d) None
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) Only 2
India is the world's second largest producer of natural graphite while china ranks first. Graphite is a crystalline form of carbon used to make pencil and electrode.It is used as moderator and lubricant in atomic reaction. Deposits of commercial importance are located in Andhra Pradesh” Jharkhand, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu.
1. Jankiraman commitee------i. To investigate the security transactions of the bank
2. MBN Rao Committee ------ii. on HR issues of public sector banks.
3. Khandelwal Committee ---------iii. Reconstruction of RRBs
4. Bhandari Committee ------------iv. for Financing Infrastructure sector
5. Deepak Parekh committee--------------v.To prepare the blueprint of India’s first women’s bank
a) 1- iv, 2- v, 3-iii, 4- ii, 5-i
b) 1- v, 2- iv, 3-ii, 4- iii, 5-i
c) 1- i, 2- v, 3-ii, 4- iii, 5-iv
d) 1- iv, 2- iii, 3-v, 4- i, 5-ii
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) 1- i, 2- v, 3-ii, 4- iii, 5-iv
a) Dinshaw Wacha
b) Dadabhai Naoroji
c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
d) Mahadev Govind Ranade
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) Dadabhai Naoroji
Dadabhai Naoroji prepared the first estimates of National income in 1876.
a) RBI
b) National Sample Survey
c) National Centre for policy Research
d) Central Statistical Organisation
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d) Central Statistical Organisation
In India the estimates of national income are prepared by central statistical organization. Every years it issue a white paper on national income estimates
1. White-bellied heron are listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN.
2. A nesting site of white-bellied heron has been discovered in a remote part of the Namdapha Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh.
3. It is the first such breeding site outside of Bhutan.
Which of the above statements are true?a) 1,2
b) 2,3
c) 1,3
d) All
View Answer / Hide Answer6. Who is the chairman of the committee on innovation and entrepreneurship set up by NITI Aayog?a) Rahul Yadav
b) Tarun Khanna
c) Rajiv bajaj
d) Vishal Shikha
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) Tarun Khanna
Tarun Khanna is the chairman of the committee formed to work out the “contours of the Atal Innovation Mission” and its underlying Self Employment and Talent Utilization mechanism.
1. Institute of Indian forest management --------------- i. Jorhat
2. Forest productive centre ----------------------------- ii. Jabalpur
3. Institute of Rainforest ------------------------------ iii.Bangaluru
4. Institute of Lumbering science and Technology --------- iv.Ranchi
5. Tropical institute ------------------------------------- v. Bhopal
a) 1- iv, 2- v, 3-iii, 4- ii, 5-i
b) 1- v, 2- iv, 3-i, 4- iii, 5-ii
c) 1- iii, 2- iv, 3-i, 4- ii, 5-v
d) 1- iv, 2- iii, 3-v, 4- i, 5-ii
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) 1- v, 2- iv, 3-i, 4- iii, 5-ii
1. Method and procedure of recuitment with respect to higher civil serices in India
2. Age of voters reduced to 18
3. Not to use government money and machinery in election camapign
a) Only 2
b) 1 and 3
c) 2 and 3
d) All
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) 2 and 3
In August 1974, Jaya Prakash Narayan on behalf of the Citizen’s for Democracy appointed a committee led by V.M. Tarkunde
a) Dance of a Native American
b) Name of musical instrument
c) Oxbow lakes
d) None of the above
View Answer / Hide Answer10. Consider the following statements1. If the person has/had been detained under the Preventive Detention Law,he is disqualification for being elected as a Member of Parliament.
2. If the person elected has voluntarily given up his membership political party which gave him ticket for election,he is disqualification for being elected as a Member of Parliament.
Which of the above statements are not true?a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both
d) None
View Answer / Hide Answer11. African Development Bank has it's headquarters ata) Tunis
b) Addis Ababa
c) Abidjan
d) Johensbeerg
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