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In the Union Budget the largest item of revenue expenditure is

  1. Defence expenditure
  2. Major Subsidies
  3. Interest Payments
  4. Grants to States
Current Affairs

The main centre of the "Wahabi Movement" which started in the nineteenth century was:

  1. Lahore
  2. Patna
  3. Amritsar
  4. Pune
Modern Indian History

The Largest island of the World is:

  1. Borneo
  2. Greenland
  3. Madagascar
  4. New Guinea
World Geography

National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) was launched initially in 200 districts. In the budget for 2007-08, it was proposed to extend it to:

  1. 280 districts
  2. 300 districts
  3. 310 districts
  4. 330 districts
Current Affairs

The leading producer of soyabean in India is

  1. Chhattisgarh
  2. Madhya Pradesh
  3. Maharashtra
  4. Uttar Pradesh
Indian Geography

Lord Curzon divided the Bengal in 1905. Division was ended in the year of?

  1. 1910
  2. 1911
  3. 1913
  4. 1914
Modern Indian History

Pointing out a lady in a photograph Ram said, "She is the daughter of the daughter of the only son of my Grandfather." What is the relationship of the lady with Ram?

  1. Sister
  2. Aunt
  3. Niece
  4. Cousin
Aptitude & Reasoning

Smallest man-like ape is:

  1. Gibbon
  2. Chimpanzee
  3. Gorilla
  4. Orangutan
Environment & Ecology

The Regulating Act was passed in:

  1. 1773
  2. 1774
  3. 1785
  4. 1793
Modern Indian History

To avoid "knocking" of the engine of a car, which one of the following is used as an anti-knocking agent?

  1. Ethyl alcohol
  2. Butane
  3. Lead Tetra Ethyl
  4. White petrol
General science

Which of the following statement are true about Punjab? Select the correct answer from the code given below the statements:

I. It is the richest state of India.
II. It has the highest proportion of S.C. in its total population.
III. It has reached the replacement level of population.

Code:

  1. I and II
  2. I and III
  3. II and III
  4. I, II and III
Census

Provident Fund in India is

  1. Contractual savings
  2. Residual Savings
  3. Voluntary Savings
  4. Employers savings
Economy

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(Biosphere) (Location)
List I - List II

A) Similipal - 1) Uttarakhand
B) Pachmarhi - 2) Meghalaya
C) Nandadevi - 3) Madhya Pradesh
D) Nokrek - 4) Odisha

  1. 4, 3, 2, 1
  2. 4, 3, 1, 2
  3. 1, 3, 4, 2
  4. 3, 4, 1, 2
Environment & Ecology

The largest Commercial Bank of India is

  1. NABARD
  2. State Bank of India
  3. ICICI
  4. Union Bank of India
Economy

"Zawabits" were:

  1. Agricultural laws
  2. State laws
  3. Affairs concerning Hindus
  4. None of the above
Medieval History

Tomb of Sher Shah Suri is located in:

  1. Agra
  2. Sehsaram
  3. Delhi
  4. Aurangabad
Medieval History

Which among the following is a constituent of natural silk?

  1. Phosphorus
  2. Nitrogen
  3. Magnesium
  4. Potassium
General science

Kamla Prasad Bissessar is the Prime Minister of

  1. Guyana
  2. Jamaica
  3. Madagascar
  4. Trinidad and Tobago
Current Affairs

Supposing all Indian States as different countries of the world in terms of Human Development Index ranking: match these states to concerned country's ranking and select correct option from codes given below:
List-I (States) - List-Il (Ranking countries)

(A) Kerala - (1) South Africa
(B) Gujarat - (2) Pakistan
(C) Uttar Pradesh - (3) Honduras
(D) Maharashtra - (4) Maldives

  1. A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4
  2. A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
  3. A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4
  4. A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
Current Affairs

Which of the following sources mention the occurrence of the Third Buddhist Council during the reign of Asoka?

(1) Inscriptions of Asoka
(2) Dipavamsa
(3) Mahavamsa
(4) Divyavadana

Select the correct answer from the code given below:

  1. 1, 2
  2. 2, 3
  3. 3, 4
  4. 1, 4
Ancient Indian History

Who warned Gandhiji not to encourage fanaticism of Muslim religious leaders and their followers:

  1. Agha Khan
  2. Ajmal Khan
  3. Hasan Imam
  4. Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Modern Indian History

Which of the following segments of population is not included in the scheme of inclusive developments?

  1. Marginal farmers
  2. Landless agricultural labours
  3. Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes
  4. People living in semi-urban areas.
Environment & Ecology

Arrange the following countries in the descending order of their number of nuclear power plants and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

1) France
2) Japan
3) Russia
4) U.S.A.

  1. 3, 4, 2, 1
  2. 3, 1, 4, 2
  3. 4, 1, 2, 3
  4. 4, 3, 2, 1
World Geography

Under whose chairmanship a committee was formed to defend the accused in Kakori Case?

  1. Acharya Narendra Dev
  2. Govind Ballabh Pant
  3. Chandrabhanu Gupta
  4. Motilal Nehru
Modern Indian History