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Exam Year: 1997

  • Which of the following come under Non-plan expenditure ? I. Subsidies II. Interest payments III. Defence expenditure IV. Maintenance expenditure for the infrastructure created in the previous plans Choose the correct answer using the codes given below :

    (a)

    I and II

    (b)

    I and III

    (c)

    II and IV

    (d)

    I, II, III and IV

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

  • The Dinesh Goswami Committee recommended

    (a)

    the constitution of state-level election commissions

    (b)

    List System of election to the Lok Sabha

    (c)

    governmental funding of parliamentary elections

    (d)

    a ban on the candidature of independent candidates in the parliamentary elections

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

  • The contribution of India’s small-scale sector to the gross turnover in the manufacturing sector since 1992 has been of the order of

    (a)

    40%

    (b)

    34%

    (c)

    30%

    (d)

    45%

    Correct Answer:

  • One will NOT have to pass through the Suez Canal while going from Mumbai to

    (a)

    Alexandria

    (b)

    Suez

    (c)

    Port Said

    (d)

    Benghazi

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • Assertion (A): The emergence of economic globalism does not imply the decline of socialist ideology. Reason (R): The ideology of Socialism believes in universalism and globalism.
    In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?

    (a)

    Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

    (b)

    Both A and R are true, but R is not a correct explanation of A

    (c)

    A is true, but R is false

    (d)

    A is false, but R is true

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

  • Which one of the following countries is the largest producer of fuelwood in the world ?

    (a)

    Indonesia

    (b)

    Russia

    (c)

    India

    (d)

    China

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • Assertion (A): Willful disobedience or non-compliance of Court Orders and use of derogatory language about judicial behaviour amounts o Contempt of Court. Reason (R): Judicial activism cannot be practised without arming the judiciary with punitive powers to punish contemptuous behaviour. In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?

    (a)

    Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

    (b)

    Both A and Rare true, but Ris not a correct explanation of A

    (c)

    A is true, but R is false

    (d)

    A is false, but R is true

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • The silver coins issued by the Guptas were called

    (a)

    rupaka

    (b)

    karshapana

    (c)

    dinara

    (d)

    pana

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

  • Schemes of (i) Urban Micro Enterprises, (ii) Urban Wage Employment, and (iii) Housing and Shelter Upgradation are parts of

    (a)

    Integrated Rural Development Programme

    (b)

    Nehru Rozgar Yojana

    (c)

    Jawahar Rozgar Yojana

    (d)

    Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana

    Correct Answer:

  • Daily weather map showing isobars is an example of

    (a)

    Choropleth map

    (b)

    Isopleth map

    (c)

    Chorochromatic map

    (d)

    Choroschematic map

    Correct Answer:

    (b)