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Exam Year: 2004

  • The Ramon Magsaysay Award winner Shanta Sinha is known as:

    (a)

    a campaigner for urban sanitation

    (b)

    an anti-child labour activist

    (c)

    an organizer of rain-water harvesting schemes

    (d)

    an activist for the welfare of poor rural women

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • ,

    Which of the following is not a recommendation of the task force on direct taxes under the chairmanship of Dr Vijay L. Kelkar in the year 2002?

    (a)

    Abolition of Wealth Tax

    (b)

    Increase in the exemption limit of personal income to Rs 1.20 lakh for widows

    (c)

    Elimination of standard deduction

    (d)

    Exemption from tax on dividends and capital gains from the listed equity

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • ,

    Match List-I (Books) with List-II (Authors) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:
    List-I (Books):
    A. My Presidential Years
    B. The Hindu View of Life
    C. Voice of Conscience
    D. Without Fear or Favour
    List-II (Authors):
    1. S. Radhakrishnan
    2. V.V. Giri
    3. N. Sanjiva Reddy
    4. R. Venkataraman

    (a)

    2, 1, 4, 3

    (b)

    4, 3, 2, 1

    (c)

    2, 3, 4, 1

    (d)

    4, 1, 2, 3

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

  • With reference to the Constitution of India, which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

    (a)

    Forests – Concurrent List

    (b)

    Stock Exchanges – Concurrent List

    (c)

    Post Office Savings Bank – Union List

    (d)

    Public Health – State List

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

  • Consider the following tasks:
    1. Superintendence, direction and conduct of free and fair elections.
    2. Preparation of electoral rolls for all elections to the Parliament, State Legislatures and the Office of the President and the Vice-President.
    3. Giving recognition to political parties and allotting election symbols to political parties and individuals contesting the election.
    4. Proclamation of final verdict in the case of election disputes.
    Which of the above are the functions of the Election Commission of India?

    (a)

    1, 2 and 3

    (b)

    2, 3 and 4

    (c)

    1 and 3

    (d)

    1, 2 and 4

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

  • The name of the famous person of India who returned the Knighthood conferred on him by the British Government as a token of protest against the atrocities in Punjab in 1919 was:

    (a)

    Tej Bahadur Sapru

    (b)

    Ashutosh Mukherjee

    (c)

    Rabindra Nath Tagore

    (d)

    Syed Ahmad Khan

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

  • The resolution for removing the Vice-President of India can be moved in the:

    (a)

    Lok Sabha alone

    (b)

    either House of Parliament

    (c)

    Joint Sitting of Parliament

    (d)

    Rajya Sabha alone

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • Consider the following Princely States of the British rule in India:
    1. Jhansi
    2. Sambalpur
    3. Satara
    The correct chronological order in which they were annexed by the British is:

    (a)

    1-2-3

    (b)

    1-3-2

    (c)

    3-2-1

    (d)

    3-1-2

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

  • During the Indian Freedom Struggle, who among the following proposed that Swaraj should be defined as complete independence free from all foreign control?

    (a)

    Mazharul Haque

    (b)

    Maulana Hasrat Mohani

    (c)

    Hakim Ajmal Khan

    (d)

    Abul Kalam Azad

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • ,

    Which one of the following sequences indicates the correct chronological order?

    (a)

    Shankaracharya—Ramanuja—Chaitanya

    (b)

    Ramanuja—Shankaracharya—Chaitanya

    (c)

    Ramanuja—Chaitanya—Shankaracharya

    (d)

    Shankaracharya—Chaitanya—Ramanuja

    Correct Answer:

    (a)