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Exam Year: 2005

  • Consider the following statements: Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) has been established by the International Development Association (IDA) to provide further assistance to low-income countries facing high level of indebtedness; Singapore Regional Training Institute (STI) is one of the institutes that provide training in macroeconomics analysis and policy, and related subjects as a part of programme of the IMF Institute. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

    (a)

    1 only

    (b)

    2 only

    (c)

    Both 1 and 2

    (d)

    Neither 1 nor 2

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • For which of the above are Lok Adalats held? Disputes with mobile cellular companies; Motor accident cases; Pension cases.

    (a)

    1 only

    (b)

    1 and 2

    (c)

    2 only

    (d)

    1, 2 and 3

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

  • Which one of the following is not an ASEAN member?

    (a)

    Cambodia

    (b)

    China

    (c)

    Laos

    (d)

    Philippines

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • Recently, to which of the following countries did India offer to build a Buddha Temple?

    (a)

    China

    (b)

    Myanmar

    (c)

    Thailand

    (d)

    Vietnam

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • Who among the following was a proponent of Fabianism as a movement?

    (a)

    Annie Beasant

    (b)

    A. O. Hume

    (c)

    Michael Madhusudan Dutt

    (d)

    R. Palme Dutt

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

  • What was Komagata Maru?

    (a)

    A political party based in Taiwan

    (b)

    Peasant communist leader of China

    (c)

    A naval ship on voyage to China

    (d)

    A Chinese village where Mao Tse Tung began his Long march

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

  • Where were the Ghadar revolutionaries, who became active during the outbreak of the World War I based?

    (a)

    Central America

    (b)

    North America

    (c)

    West America

    (d)

    South America

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • In which one of the following provinces was a Congress Ministry not formed under the Act of 1935?

    (a)

    Bihar

    (b)

    Madras

    (c)

    Orissa

    (d)

    Punjab

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

  • Who among the following drafted the resolution on fundamental rights for the Karachi Session of Congress in 1931?

    (a)

    Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

    (b)

    Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

    (c)

    Dr. Rajendra Prasad

    (d)

    Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • In October 1920, who of the following headed a group of Indians gathered at Tashkent to set up a communist Party of India?

    (a)

    H. K. Sarkar

    (b)

    P. C. Joshi

    (c)

    M. C. Chagla

    (d)

    M. N. Roy

    Correct Answer:

    (d)