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Exam Year: 2023

  • ,

    Consider the following :
    1. Demographic performance
    2. Forest and ecology
    3. Governance reforms
    4. Stable government
    5. Tax and fiscal efforts
    For the horizontal tax devolution, the Fifteenth Finance Commission used how many of the above as criteria other than population area and income distance?

    (a)

    Only two

    (b)

    Only three

    (c)

    only four

    (d)

    All five

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • ,

    Consider the following statements:
    Statement-I: 7th August is declared as the National Handloom day.
    Statement-II: It was in 1905 that the Swadeshi movement was launched on the same day.
    Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

    (a)

    Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II is the correct explanation for Statement-I

    (b)

    Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II is not the correct explanation for Statement-I

    (c)

    Statement-I is correct but Statement-II is incorrect

    (d)

    Statement-I is incorrect but Statement-II is correct

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

  • ,

    Consider the following statements:
    Statement-I:
    India accounts for 3.2% of global exports of goods.
    Statement-II:
    Many local companies and some foreign companies operating in India have taken advantage of India’s ‘Production-linked Incentive’ scheme.
    Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

    (a)

    Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II is the correct explanation for Statement-I

    (b)

    Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II is not the correct explanation for Statement-I

    (c)

    Statement-I is correct but Statement-II is incorrect

    (d)

    Statement-I is incorrect but Statement-II is correct

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

  • ,

    Consider the following statements :
    1. If the election of the President of India is declared void by the Supreme Court of India, all acts done by him/her in the performance of duties of his/her office of President before the date of decision become invalid.
    2. Election for the post of the President of India can be postponed on the ground that some Legislative Assemblies have been dissolved and elections are yet to take place.
    3. When a Bill is presented to the President of India, the Constitution prescribes time limits within which he/she has to declare his/ her assent.
    How many of the above statements are correct?

    (a)

    Only one

    (b)

    Only two

    (c)

    All three

    (d)

    None

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

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    Consider the investments in the following assets:
    1. Brand recognition
    2. Inventory
    3. Intellectual property
    4. Mailing list of clients
    How many of the above are considered intangible investments?

    (a)

    Only one

    (b)

    Only two

    (c)

    Only three

    (d)

    All four

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

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    In which one of the following regions was Dhanyakataka, which flourished as a prominent Buddhist centre under the Mahasanghikas, located?

    (a)

    Andhra

    (b)

    Gandhara

    (c)

    Kalinga

    (d)

    Magadha

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

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    Which one of the following best describes the concept of ‘Small Farmer Large Field?

    (a)

    Resettlement of a large number of people, uprooted from their countries due to war, by giving them a large cultivable land which they cultivate collectively and share the produce

    (b)

    (c) Many marginal farmers in an area together make a contract with a corporate body and surrender their land to the corporate body for a fixed term for which the corporate body makes a payment of agreed

    (c)

    Many marginal farmers in an area together make a contract with a corporate body and surrender their land to the corporate body for a fixed term for which the corporate body makes a payment of agreed amount to the farmers

    (d)

    A company extends loans, technical knowledge and material inputs to a number of small farmers in an area so that they produce the agricultural commodity required by the company for its manufacturing process and commercial production

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • ,

    Consider the following heavy industries:
    1. Fertilizer plants
    2. Oil refineries
    3. Steel plants
    Green hydrogen is expected to play a significant role in decarbonizing how many of the above industries?

    (a)

    Only one

    (b)

    Only two

    (c)

    All three

    (d)

    None

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

  • ,

    Which of the following organisms perform waggle dance for others of their kin to indicate the direction and the distance to a source of their food?

    (a)

    Butterflies

    (b)

    Dragonflies

    (c)

    Honeybees

    (d)

    Wasps

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

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    With reference to the Indian History, Alexander Rea, A.H. Longhurst, Robert Sewell, James Burgess and Walter Elliot were associated with

    (a)

    archaeological excavations

    (b)

    establishment of English Press in Colonial India

    (c)

    establishment of Churches in Princely States

    (d)

    construction of railways in Colonial India

    Correct Answer:

    (a)