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1. Who is considered the real founder of the Gupta Empire?

Chandragupta II

Chandragupta I

Samudragupta

Srigupta


2. Shahjahan ascended the Mughal throne in—

1628 AD

1626 AD

1625 AD

1627 AD


3. Which is correct order?

Babur, Humayun, Jahangir, Akbar, Shahjahan, Aurangzeb

Babur, Humayun, Akbar, Jahangir, Shahjahan, Aurangzeb

Babur, Akbar, Humayun, Shahjahan, Jahangir, Aurangzeb

Babur, Humayun, Shahjahan, Akbar, Jahangir, Aurangzeb


4. Ibn Batutah visited India during the rule of—

Alauddin Khilji

Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

Sher Shah Suri

Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq


5. Who was the Nawab of Bengal during 'Battle of Plassey'?

Siraj-ud-daola

Mir Jafar

Mir Qasim

None of these


6. FIFA World Cup, 2006 was played in—

Germany

France

Spain

UK


7. Munaf Patel plays which sport?

Badminton

Football

Cricket

Table-Tennis


8. The first Asian lady swimmer to have crossed the English Channel was—

Bula Choudhury

Arati Saha

Nilima Ghosh

None of these


9. Which country has never won the Cricket World Cup?

India

Pakistan

Sri-Lanka

England


10. Which cricket playing countries fight for the

Indian and Pakistan

Australia and South Africa

Australia and England

England and West Indies


11. Who was the first Law Minister of independent India?

Jawaharlal Nehru

Vallabhbhai Patel

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Dr. B.R.Ambedkar


12. Who was the first speaker of the Lok-Sabha?

B.R.Ambedkar

G.V.Mavlankar

N.Sanjeeva Reddy

Dr. S.P.Mukherjee


13. How many states (except Delhi) are there in India?

28

29

25

30


14. Which country won the first World Cup Cricket?

Australia

India

England

West Indies


15. Who was the woman President of the United Nations?

Sarojini Naidu

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

Golda Mayer

Margaret Thatcher


16. Who was the first man to land on moon?

Neil Armstrong

Edwin

Gagarin

John Collins


17. One inch is equal to how many centimeters?

2.54

2.84

2.94

3.0


18. Bronze is an alloy of copper and—

Nickel

Tin

Zinc

Aluminium


19. Minus 40 degree centigrade is equal to degree Fahrenheit.

104

122

-40

None of these


20. What is the value of XC (Roman Number)?

100

40

110

90


21. The person of which of the following blood groups can accept the blood of any group?

AB

O

A

B


22. Mountain K2 is known as—

Everest

Nanga Parbat

Godwin

Austen


23. Lucknow is situated on the banks of river—

Yamuna

Tapti

Shipra

Gomti


24. Who won the Golden Ball Award during FIFA World Cup 2006?

Ronaldo

Klose

Ronaldinho

Zidane


25. Who is the Chief Minister of Orissa?

K C Singhdeo

Nandini Satyaji

Navin Patnaik

Rameshwar Thakur


26. Who is the Finance Minister of India?

Manmohan Singh

P Chidambaram

Murasoli Maran

Pranab Mukherjee


27. Where is the headquarters of South-East Central Railway located?

Bilaspur

Jabalpur

Bhopal

Raipur


28. Which of the following places in India receives maximum precipitation?

Itanagar

Mawsynram

Cherrapunjee

Tezpur


29. Who was elected the President of the Cricket Association of Bengal in July 2006?

Prasen Mukherjee

Ajit Panja

Jagmohan Dalmiya

Sourav Ganguly


26. The Ex-officio Secretary of NDC is—

Secretary of Finance Ministry

General Secretary of LokSabha

Secretary of Planning Commission

Vice Chairman of Planning Commission


27. For charters and cargo services, what is the new FDI ceiling announced by the government

100%

74%

26%

49%


28. In National Mineral Policy (1993) which mineral was allowed for having investment from private sector—

Coal

Iron

Gold

Platinum


29. The share of road transport in total transport of the country is—

20%

40%

60%

80%


30. Minimum Support Price is decided by—

ICAR

State Government

Ministry of Agriculture

CACP


31. Which percentage of Central Taxes have been recommended by the 12th Finance Commission to be transferred to States

28·5%

29·5%

30·5%

31·5%


32. Which state possesses the maximum percentage of SC population

U.P.

M.P.

Kerala

Punjab


33. Government has decided to cover all districts of the country in National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGP)—

Up to January 2008

Up to March 31, 2008

w.e.f. April 2008

w.e.f. April 2009


34. What is 'NIKKEI'

Share Price Index of Tokyo Share Market

Name of Japanese Central Bank

Japanese name of Country's Planning Commission

Foreign Exchange Market of Japan


35. Which statement is correct for Indian Planning Commission

It is not defined in Indian Constitution

Members and Vice-Chairman of it do not have fixed working duration

Members do not require any minimum education

All of these


36. Which State of the following has not yet adopted VAT (Value Added Tax)

TamilNadu

UttarPradesh

Gujarat

None of the above


37. Service Tax revenue collection for 2008-09 (Budget estimates) was proposed at—

Rs. 64,460crore

Rs. 52,603crore

Rs. 50,200crore

Rs. 74,460crore


38. NABARD was established on the recommendation of—

Public Account Committee

Shivaraman Committee

Narsimham Committee

None of these


39. Sampurna Gramin Rojgar Yojana was launched on—

1st April, 2001

25th Sept., 2001

30th Sept., 2001

No scheme of such title has yet launched


40. Which company is providing mobile service with name 'Cell One' to the consumers

MTNL

BSNL

Reliance Infocom

Bharti Tele


41. VAT is imposed—

Directly on consumer

On final stage of production

On first stage of production

On all stages between production and final sale


42. The newly appointed person as Chairman of CBDT is—

S. Sridhar

S. S. N. Moorti

Rajiv Chandrashekhar

Venugopal Dhoot


43. Kutir Jyoti scheme is associated with—

Promoting cottage industry in villages

Promoting employment among rural unemployed youth

Providing electricity to rural families living below the poverty line

All of these


44. Novelis has been acquired and merged with—

Tata Steels

SAIL

HINDALCO

Jindal Steels


45. OTCEI is—

Atomic Submarine of China

Economic Policy of USA

An Indian Share Market

A Defence Research Organisation


46. Foreign Trade Policy 2009-10 document fixes the export target for 2009-10 as—

140 billion

175 billion

150 billion

200 billion


47. Gross Budgetary Support for 2008-09 as per document of 11th plan stands at Rs. 2,28,725crore but in budget proposals for 2008-09 it was raised to—

Rs. 2,23,386crore

Rs. 2,43,386crore

Rs. 2,63,386crore

Rs. 28,456crore


48. The base year of Industrial Production Index is being shifted from 1993-94 to—

2004-05

1999

2000-01

1999-2000


49. In Interim Budget proposals for 2009-10, which of the following gives 22% contribution in revenue collection of union government

Income Tax

Excise

Corporation Tax

Non-tax Revenue


50. The base year of present Consumer Price Index for Urban Non-Manual Employees (CPI—UNME) is—

1980-81

1981-82

1982-83

1984-85


51. CAPART is related with—

Assisting and evaluating rural welfare programmes

Computer hardware

Consultant service of export promotion

Controlling pollution in big industries


52. Note issuing deptt. of RBI should always possess the minimum gold stock of worth—

Rs. 85crore

Rs. 115crore

Rs. 200crore

None of these


53. Which of the following does not grant any tax rebate

National Saving Certificate

Indira Vikas Patra

National Saving Scheme

Public Providend Fund


54. Ad hoc Treasury Bill System of meeting budget deficit in India was abolished on—

31 March, 1997

31 March, 1996

1 April, 1992

1 April, 1995


55. SEBI was established in—

1993

1992

1988

1990


56. The working of SEBI includes—

To regulate the dealings of share market

To check the foul dealings in share market

To control the inside trading of shares

All of these


57. The hoc Treasury Bill System' of meeting budget deficit in India was replaced by 'Ways and Means Advances System' which has come into force on—

March 31, 1997

April 1996

April 1997

None of these


58. Fiscal deficit as a percentage of GDP was 4·0% in 2004-05 which increased in 2009-10 (Budget Estimates) to—

5·0%

5·1%

6·8%

6·0%


59. Which is the first Export Processing Zone declared as Free Trade Zone in India

Kandla

Noida

Santacruz

Falta


60. Which statement of the following is true for IMF

It is not an agency of UNO

It can grant loan to any country of the world

It can grant loan to state Govt. of a country

It grants loan only to member nations


61. TRAI has abolished ADC (Access Deficit Charge) on all types of calls w.e.f.—

April 2008

April 30, 2008

August 30, 2008

October 30, 2008


62. Which of the following is public sector organisation

FCI Food Corporation of India
FCI Fertilizer Corporation of India
Cotton Corporation of India
Jute Corporation of India

Only 1 and 2

Only 3

Only 4

All of these


63. Which day has been declared as 'Balika Diwas' (Girl Day) by the Ministry of Woman and Children Development

April every year

July every year

October every year

December every year


64. For RIDF-XIV, allocation in Union Budget 2008-09 was—

Rs. 16000crore

Rs. 12000crore

Rs. 10000crore

Rs. 14000crore


65. The birth rate and death rate for the year 2006 have been estimated as—

26·2 and 8·1 per thousand respectively

24·8 and 8·0 per thousand respectively

23·8 and 7·6 per thousand respectively

23·5 and 7·5 per thousand respectively


66. Central Issue price of food grains under TPDS includes price for BPL and APL (below poverty line and above poverty line). What is the difference between the two

Price for APL is double of BPL price

Price for BPL is one-third of APL price

Difference of Rs.500 per Qt.

Difference of Rs.250 per Qt.


67. What growth target government has estimated for the domestic crude production for the 11th Plan (2007-12)

42%

33%

29%

26%


68. Rural women can avail the benefit of Mahila Samriddhi Yojana if they open their account in—

Rural Post Offices

Commercial Banks

Rural Development Bank

Any of the above


69. Agriculture sector registered 4·9% growth in 2007-08 and it is estimated for year 2008-09 at—

Again 4·5%

4·3%

3·3%

1·6%


70. As per the third advanced estimates of Agricultural Production for the year 2008-09 released by the Ministry of Agriculture, total food grain's production has been estimated at—

240·78 million tonne

230·78 million tonne

227·88 million tonne

229·85 million tonne


71. Misery Committee in its final report recommends full capital account convertibility by—

2008 end

2009 end

2010 end

2011 end


72. Which committee recommended tax on Agriculture Holdings

Bhootlingam Committee

Wanchoo Committee

Raj Committee

None of these


73. The Present Service Tax rate is—

10%

12%

11..35%

12.36%


74. The cause of deflation is—

Lack of goods and services as compared to money supply

Lack of imports as compared to exports

Lack of money supply as compared to supply of goods and services

None of these


75. Which of the following is a better measure of economic development

Employment

Size of exports

Rural consumption

National Income


76. Which bank in India performs duties of Central Bank

Central Bank of India

State Bank of India

Reserve Bank of India

Above and

77. Out of one Rupee expenditure, how much paise have been allotted for subsidy in 2009-10 interim budget proposals

12paise

10paise

9paise

7paise


78. 'India Brand Equity Fund' was established in—

1996

1997

1995

1992


79. Mixed Economy means—

Co-existence of small and large industries

Promoting both Agriculture and Industries in the economy

Co-existence of public and private sectors

Co-existence of rich and poor


80. Ministry of HRD has announced to hike FDI limit in Education to—

65%

70%

75%

100%


81. 'Pure Banking, Nothing Else' is a slogan raised by—

ICICI Bank

HDFC Bank

SBI

UTI Bank


82. In the end of March 2008, External debt to GDP ratio in India stood at—

18·8%

17·4%

17·8%

15·8%


83. Indian State having the lowest Infant Mortality Rate is—

Maharashtra

Goa

Gujarat

Kerala


84. 'Smart Money' is a term used for—

Internet Banking

Credit Card

Cash with Bank

Cash with Public


85. Which of the following has the maximum share in GSM Mobile Phone Service Market

Vodafone (earlier Hutch)

Airtel

BSNL

Reliance


86. The main objective of TRYSEM was—

To train rural youth for self employment

To train urban youth for self employment

Both of the above

None of these


87. The establishment of IORARC (Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation) was officially declared on—

March 1996

March 1997

April 1997

August 15, 1947


88. Inside Trading is related to—

Share Market

Horse racing

Taxation

Public Expenditure


89. The largest source of National Income in India is—

Service Sector

Agriculture

Industrial Sector

Trade Sector


90. 'Public Sector' means—

Government ownership on commerce and trade

Capitalist ownership on commerce and trade

Private ownership on trade

None of these


91. NABARD is—

A bank

A board

A block

A department


92. Indian Green Revolution is the most successful in—

Wheat and Potato

Jwar and Oil Seeds

Wheat and Rice

Tea and Coffee


93. The period of 10th plan in India was—

2000-2005

2001-2006

2002-2007

2003-2008


94. Economic Planning is in—

Union list

State list

Concurrent list

Not any specified list


95. Presently (from April 29, 2003) bank rate in India is—

7·0%

6·75%

6.25%

6·0%


96. Gross domestic savings as a proportion of GDP has been improving. What is the average percentage of gross domestic savings proposed during the 11th plan

26·4%

31·9%

34·8%

35·2%


97. 12th Finance Commission has recommended to merge and determine one single interest rate on various outstanding central loans to states having different interest rates. What is this recommended interest rate

7·0%

7·5%

8·0%

8·5%


98. MRTP is related to—

Monopoly and trade restrictions

Inflation control

Transport control

Foreign Exchange Regulations


99. Interest Rate Policy is a part of—

Fiscal Policy

Industrial Policy

Monetary Policy

None of these


100. The basis of determining dearness allowance to employees in India is—

National Income

Consumer Price Index

Standard of Living

Per Capita Income