Prelims

(a)

It was launched during the Prime Ministership of Indira Gandhi

(b)

It aims at creating one million jobs annually

(c)

The target group of JRY are the urban poor living below the poverty line

(d)

Under the scheme 30% of the employment generated is reserved for women

(a)

a fine variety of Indian muslin

(b)

ivory

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damsels sent to the Greek court for dance performance

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pepper

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de-nationalisation of banks

(b)

electoral reforms

(c)

steps to put down insurgency in the North-East

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the problem of the Chakmas

(a)

Regulation of consumer credit

(b)

Rationing of credit

(c)

Margin requirements

(d)

Variable cost reserve ratios

(a)

a type of tree grown in temperate regions

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a wind that blows in a desert

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a tropical cyclone of the north-west Australia

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a kind of common fish found near Lakshadweep islands

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(b)

2

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3

(d)

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eight hands

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six hands

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four hands

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two hands

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the Finance Commission

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the National Development Council

(c)

the Inter-State Council

(d)

the Constitution of India

(a)

the Gandhi-Irwin Pact

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the Home Rule Movement

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the Nehru Report

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the Montford Reforms

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2

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