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Exam Year: 2000

  • The Standing Committee of State Finance Ministers recommended in January 2000 uniform rates across the States in respect of

    (a)

    value-added tax

    (b)

    sales tax

    (c)

    stamp duty and registration fees

    (d)

    agricultural income-tax

    Correct Answer:

  • Along which one of the following meridians did India experience the first light of the sunrise of the new millennium ?

    (a)

    2° 30’ W

    (b)

    82° 30’ E

    (c)

    92° 30’ W

    (d)

    92° 30’ E

    Correct Answer:

  • At the time of partition of India, which one of the following provinces of the British India came forward with a plan for a united and independent existence ?

    (a)

    Punjab

    (b)

    Assam

    (c)

    Bengal

    (d)

    Bihar

    Correct Answer:

  • Consider the following statements about the Attorney-General of India : I. He is appointed by the President of India. II. He must have the same qualifications as are required for a Judge of the Supreme Court. III. He must be a member of either House of Parliament. IV. He can be removed by impeachment by Parliament. Which of these statements are correct ?

    (a)

    I and II

    (b)

    I and III

    (c)

    II, III and IV

    (d)

    III and IV

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

  • While delivering the presidential address, the Congress President who advocated the introduction of Roman script for Hindi language was

    (a)

    Mahatma Gandhi

    (b)

    Jawaharlal Nehru

    (c)

    Abul Kalam Azad

    (d)

    Subhas Chandra Bose

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

  • “………instil into the vast millions of workers, men and women, who actually do the job, a sense of partnership and of cooperative performance….” The above passage relates to

    (a)

    Planned Development

    (b)

    Community Development

    (c)

    Panchayati Raj System

    (d)

    Integrated Development Programme

    Correct Answer:

  • The Speaker can ask a member of the House to stop speaking and let another member speak. This phenomenon is known as

    (a)

    decorum

    (b)

    crossing the floor

    (c)

    interpellation

    (d)

    yielding the floor

    Correct Answer:

    (d)