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PRACTICE SETS
Practice Set-1 PS-1-3
1. Arrange the following in chronological order : 12. Simon Commission was boycotted by the nationalist leaders
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2010) of India because: (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2011)
1. Tughlaqs 2. Lodis (a) they felt that it was only an eyewash
3. Saiyids 4. Ilbari Turks (b) all the members of the Commission were English
5. Khiljis (c) the members of the Commission were biased against
(a) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (b) 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 India
(c) 2, 4, 5, 3, 1 (d) 4, 5, 1, 3, 2 (d) it did not meet the demands of the Indians
2. Who was the founder of The Servants of India Society? 13. Who among the following British persons admitted the
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2010) Revolt of 1857 as a national revolt?
(a) G..K. Gokhale (b) M.G. Ranade (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2011)
(c) B.G. Tilak (d) Bipin Chandra Pal (a) Lord Dalhousie (b) Lord Canning
3. Mahatma Gandhi was profoundly influenced by the writings (c) Lord Ellenborough (d) Disraeli
of (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2010) 14. Which of the following is called the 'shrimp capital of India'?
(a) Bernard Shaw (b) Karl Marx (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2011)
(c) Lenin (d) Leo Tolstoy (a) Mangalore (b) Nagapatnam
4. The monk who influenced Ashoka to embrace Buddhism (c) Kochi (d) Nellore
was (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2010)
15. Mention the place where Buddha attained enlightenment
(a) Vishnu Gupta (b) Upa Gupta
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2011)
(c) Brahma Gupta (d) Brihadratha
(a) Sarnath (b) Bodh Gaya
5. The Lodi dynasty was founded by
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2010) (c) Kapilavastu (d) Rajgriha
(a) Ibrahim Lodi (b) Sikandar Lodi 16. Coronation of Shivaji took place in
(c) Bahlol Lodi (d) Khizr Khan (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2011)
6. Harshvardhana was defeated by (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2010) (a) 1627 A.D. (b) 1674 A.D.
(a) Prabhakaravardhana (c) 1680 A.D. (d) 1670 A.D.
(b) Pulakesin II 17. The System of Dyarchy was introduced in India in
(c) Narasimhasvarma Pallava (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2011)
(d) Sasanka (a) 1909 (b) 1935
7. Who among the following was an illiterate ? (c) 1919 (d) 1945
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2010) 18. The Editor of 'Young India' and 'Harijan' was
(a) Jahangir (b) Shah Jahan (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2011)
(c) Akbar (d) Aurangazeb (a) Nehru (b) Ambedkar
8. Which Governor General is associated with Doctrine of Lapse ? (c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Subash Chandra Bose
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2010) 19. Who of the following attended all the Three Round Table
(a) Lord Ripon (b) Lord Dalhousie
Conferences? (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2011)
(c) Lord Bentinck (d) Lord Curzon
(a) B.R. Ambedkar (b) M.M. Malavia
9. The Greek ambassador sent to Chandragupta Maurya's Court
was : (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2011) (c) Vallabhbhai Patel (d) Gandhiji
(a) Kautilya (b) Seleucus Nicator 20. Which king is referred to as Devanampiya Piyadassi (Beloved
(c) Megasthenes (d) Justin of the Gods) in the inscriptions? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012)
10. Identify the European power from whom Shivaji obtained (a) Asoka (b) Harsha
cannons and ammunition: (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2011) (c) Bindusara (d) Chandragupta Maurya
(a) The French (b) The Portuguese 21. Name the Maratha Saint who was a contemporary of Shivaji.
(c) The Dutch (d) The English (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012)
11. The call of "Back to the Vedas" was given by: (a) Saint Eknath (b) Saint Tukaram
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2011) (c) Saint Dhyaneshwar (d) Namdev
(a) Swami Vivekananda 22. Which of the following cereals was among the first to be
(b) Swami Dayanand Saraswati used by man? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012)
(c) Aurobindo Ghosh (a) Rye (b) Wheat
(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (c) Barley (d) Oat
2 History
23. The treaty of Versailles restored Alsace-Lorraine to: 36. The original name of Nana Phadnavis was
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012) (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012)
(a) Italy (b) Britain (a) Mahadaji Sindhia (b) Tukoji Holkar
(c) France (d) Belgiun (c) Narayan Rao (d) Balaji Janardan Bhanu
24. The Asokan Edicts were deciphered first by: 37. Who among the following first propounded the idea of Basic
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012) Education? (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012)
(a) Sir John Marshall (b) Sir William Jones (a) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(c) Charles Wilkins (d) James Princep (b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
25. Who favoured the Artic Home thoery of the Aryans? (c) Mahatma Gandhi
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012) (d) Dayanand Saraswati
(a) Pargiter (b) A. C. Das 38. Arrange the following in chronological order:
(c) B. G. Tilak (d) Jacobi (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012)
26. Who was the teacher of Gautama Buddha? I. Dandi March
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012) II. Simon Commission
(a) Panini (b) Alara Kalama III. Poona Pact
(c) Kapila (d) Patanjali IV. Gandhi Irwin Pact
27. The prose collection of the vedic poems are: (a) II, I, III, IV (b) II, I, IV, III
(c) IV, III, I, II (d) IV, III, II, I
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012)
39. The city of Prayag was named Allahabad - the city of Allah
(a) Samhitas (b) Upanishads
by (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012)
(c) Aranyakas (d) Brahmanas
(a) Aurangzeb (b) Akbar
28. Non-violence as taught and practised by Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Shahjahan (d) Bahadur Shah Zafar
is rooted in the Indian Doctrine of 40. Who gave the title of "Mahamana" to Madan Mohan
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012) Malviya ? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013)
(a) Swaraj (b) Swadeshi (a) Bal Gandadhar Tilak
(c) Satyagraha (d) Ahimsa (b) Dada Bhai Naurozi
29. Who was the founder of the Aligarh Movement ? (c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012) (d) Mahatma Gandhi
(a) Syed Amir Ali 41. Who was the Viceroy of the time of Quit India Movement ?
(b) Maulvi Chiragh Ali (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013)
(c) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (a) Lord Irwin
(d) Abdul Halim Sharar (b) Lord Mountbatten
30. ‘Prince of Pilgrims’ was the name attributed to (c) Lord Wavell
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012) (d) Lord Lin Lithgow
(a) Plutarch (b) Hiuen Tsang 42. Who was the other Congress leader who joined with Motilal
(c) Fa-Hien (d) I-Tsing Nehru to start the Swaraj Party in 1923?
31. Where did Buddha deliver his first sermon ? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013)
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012) (a) G.K. Gokhale (b) B.G. Tilak
(a) Sarnath (b) Rajagriha (c) Chittaranjan Das (d) M.K. Gandhi
(c) Kapilavastu . (d) Bodh-Gaya 43. What is the first sermon of Buddha called as ?
32. Name the Mughal Prince, who translated Bhagavat Gita into (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013)
Persian ? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012) (a) Mahaparinivansutta
(a) Dara Shukoh (b) Sulaiman Shukoh (b) Brahmajalasutta
(c) Khusru (d) Murad (c) Dhammachakkapabattanasutta
33. The surgery that was practised in ancient India is known
(d) Kachchayanagottasutta
from the works of which of the following scholars ?
44. From which of the following banks did Madan Mohan
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012) Malaviya take loans for financing "The Hindustan Times"?
(a) Atreya (b) Sushruta (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013)
(c) Charaka (d) Vagbhata (a) State Bank of India
34. Who among the following was the First Viceroy of India? (b) Punjab National Bank
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012) (c) Bank of Maharashtra
(a) Lord Ripon (b) Lord Curzon (d) Bank of Baroda
(c) Lord Mountbatten (d) Lord Canning 45. Where are the Todas found ? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013)
35. Prithvi Raj Chauhan was defeated in the Second Battle of (a) Madhya Pradesh
Tarain by (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012) (b) Tamil nadu
(a) Mahmud Ghazni (b) Muhammad Ghori (c) Rajasthan
(c) Qutbuddin Aibak (d) Yalduz (d) Aruncachal Pradesh
History 3
46. Rowlatt Act 1919 was enacted during the period of 57. Which of the following movements saw the biggest peasant
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013) guerilla war on the eve of independence?
(a) Lord Chelmford (b) Lord William (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013)
(c) Lord Minto (d) Lord Bentinck (a) Punnapra Vayalar Movement
(b) Telangana Movement
47. Panchayati Raj System was implemented first in the pair of
(c) Noakhali Movement
states (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013) (d) Tebhaga Movement
(a) Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan 58. The founder of the Lodi Dynasty was
(b) Assam and Bihar (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013)
(c) Arunachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh (a) Bahlol Lodi
(d) Punjab and Chandigarh (b) Sikandar Shah Lodi
48. Which of the following tribes is associated with the “Tana (c) Jalal Khan Lodi
(d) Ibrahim Lodi
Bhagat” movement? (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013)
59. The Gandharva School of art is also known as the
(a) Uraon (b) Munda (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013)
(c) Santhal (d) Kondadora (a) Buddhist-Roman art
49. Who founded the Naujawan Bharat Sabha? (b) Dravidian-Roman art
(a) B. C. Pal (c) Greco-Roman art
(b) G. Subramania Iyer (d) Greco-Roman-Buddhist art
(c) Sardar Bhagat Singh 60. The Bolshevik Revolution of Russia symbolized following:
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013)
(d) Rukmani Lakshmipathi
(a) coming of the Communist Rule
50. The Narendra Mandal or Chamber of Princes was (b) establishment of Republic of Russia
inaugurated in 1921 by (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013) (c) establishment of Democracy in Russia
(a) Lord Curzon (d) overthrow of Romanov Dynasty
(b) Lord Wellesley 61. Which General, who commanded the British forces against
(c) Duke of Cannaught the Americans in their War of Independence later became
(d) Duke of Wellingdon Governor-General of India ? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013)
(a) Dalhousie (b) William Bentinck
51. Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha together are known as
(c) Wellesley (d) Cornwallis
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013) 62. Who established the Indian Civil Liberties Union in 1936?
(a) Triratna (b) Trivarga (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013)
(c) Trisarga (d) Trimurti (a) Subhash Chandra Bose
52. Who was called Lichchavi Dauhitra? (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013) (c) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(a) Chandragupta I (b) Skandagupta (d) Rajendra Prasad
63. Which of the following was established first?
(c) Kumaragupta (d) Samudragupta
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013)
53. Pulakesin II was the greatest ruler of the (a) Banaras Hindu University
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) (b) University of Bombay
(a) Chalukyas of Kalyani (c) Aligarh Muslim University
(b) Pallavas of Kanchi (d) University of Allahabad
(c) Cholas of Tamil Nadu 64. The first Indian Satellite Aryabhatta was launched in
(d) Chalukyas of Badami (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013)
(a) 1972 (b) 1975
54. The Uttaramerur inscription provides information on the
(c) 1977 (d) 1979
administration of the (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) 65. Where did Aurangzeb die? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013)
(a) Pallavas (b) Cholas (a) Pune (b) Aurangabad
(c) Chalukyas (d) Satavahanas (c) Ahmad Nagar (d) Mumbai
55. Pitts India Act of 1784 was a/an (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) 66. Who gave the title of "Sardar" to Ballabh Bhai Patel?
(a) Ordinance (b) Resolution (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013)
(c) White paper (d) Regulation Act (a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Vinoba Bhave
56. Which one of the following statements is not true in respect (c) Women of Bardoli (d) Peasants of Gujrat
67. What Satyagraha was held at Nagpur in 1923?
of A.O. Hume? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013)
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013)
(a) He founded the Indian National Congress.
(a) Salt Satyagraha
(b) He presided over the Congress Annual Sessions twice. (b) Individual Satyagraha
(c) He was an ornithologist. (c) Ryots Satyagraha
(d) He was a member of the Indian Civil Service. (d) Flag Satyagraha
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68. Which one of the following is not a sect of Buddhism? 80. The South East trade winds are attracted towards the Indian
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) sub continent in the rainy season due to
(a) Mahayana (b) Hinayana (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2015)
(c) Digambar (d) Theravad (a) the effect of easterlies
69. Who was the viceroy when Delhi became the capital of British (b) the effect of Northern–East trade winds
India? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) (c) the presence of low atmospheric pressure over North–
(a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Minto West India
(c) Lord Hardinge (d) Lord Waveli 81. What is 'Reformation'? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2015)
70. Multan was named by the Arabs as (SSC CGL 2014) (a) Revival of classical learning
(a) City of beauty (b) City of wealth (b) The revolt against authority of pope
(c) City of gold (d) Pink city (c) Rise of absolute monarchy
71. Which one of the following was the book written by (d) Change in attitude of man
82. Swaraj is my Birth Right and I shall have it. This was
Amoghvarsha, the Rashtrakuta King? (SSC CGL 2014)
advocated by : (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2015)
(a) Adipurana
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(b) Ganitasara Samgraha
(c) Sardar Patel (d) Lokmanya Tilak
(c) Saktayana
83. Gandhiji's Famous Quit India Movement call to the British
(d) Kavirajamarga
was given in : (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2015)
72. Who built the Kailasanatha Temple at Ellora?
(a) 1940 (b) 1942
(SSC CGL 2014)
(c) 1941 (d) 1943
(a) Rajendra I
84. In which year was the Indian National Congress formed :
(b) Mahendra Varman I
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2015)
(c) Krishna I
(a) 1901 (b) 1835 (c) 1875 (d) 1885
(d) Govinda I
85. Bangladesh was created in : (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2015)
73. The land measures of the Second Pandyan Empire was
(a) 1973 (b) 1970 (c) 1972 (d) 1971
mentioned in (SSC CGL 2014)
86. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of :
(a) Thalavaipuram Copper Plates
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2015)
(b) Uttirameru Inscription
(a) Brahmo Samaj
(c) Kudumiyammalai Inscription
(b) Prathna Samaj
(d) Kasakudi Copper Plates
(c) Ram Krishna Mission
74. Who was the greatest ruler of the Satavahanas?
(d) Arya Samaj
(SSC CGL 2014)
87. Who initiated the movement to form the Indian National
(a) Satkarni I
Congress : (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2015)
(b) Gautamiputra Satkarni
(a) Annie Besant (b) A.O. Hume
(c) Simuka
(c) W.C. Banerjee (d) Gandhi ji
(d) Hala
88. Kamarup is an ancient name of which region of India?
75. The greatest king of the Pratihara dynasty was
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016)
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2015)
(a) Bihar (b) Rajasthan
(a) Bhoj (Mihir–Bhoj) (b) Dantidurga (c) Karnataka (d) Assam
(c) Nagbhatta II (d) Vatsaraj 89. Which battle led to the downfall of the Vijayanagar empire?
76. In 1939 Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as President of (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016)
the Congress Party defeating (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2015) (a) Battle of Takkolam (b) Battle of Talikota
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (c) Battle of Kanwah (d) Battle of Panipat
(b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 90. Who introduced Mansabdari system in India?
(c) V.B. Patel (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016)
(d) Pattabhi Sitharamayya (a) Babur (b) Humayun
77. Jallianwala incident took place at (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2015) (c) Akbar (d) Jahangir
(a) Lucknow (b) Surat 91. The ‘Cabinet Mission’ of 1946 was led by 1946
(c) Amritsar (d) Allahabad
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016)
78. Who was the founder of Lodhi dynasty ?
(a) Lord Linlithgow (b) Lord Mountbatten
(a) Sikandar Lodhi (b) Bahlol Lodhi
(c) Sir Pethic Lawrence (d) Sir Mountford
(c) Ibrahim Lodhi (d) Daulat Khan Lodhi
92. What did Gandhiji meant by ‘Sarvodaya’?
79. Which one of the following pair is not correctly matched ?
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016)
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2015)
(a) Non-violence
(a) Akbar – Todarmal
(b) Upliftment of untouchables or dalits
(b) Chanakya – Chandragupta
(c) The birth of a new society based on ethical values
(c) Vikramaditya – Chaitanya
(d) Satyagraha
(d) Harshvardhan – Hiuen Tsang
History 5
93. Harsha moved his capital from _____ to ____. 104. Which one of the following is the most lasting contribution
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016) of the Rastrakutas ? (SSC CHSL 2014)
(a) Thanesar, Kanauj (b) Delhi, Deogiri (a) Kailasha Temple
(c) Kamboj, Kanauj (d) Valabhi, Delhi (b) Pampa, Ponna, Ranna, the three writers of Kannada
Poetry and Kailasha Temple
94. A collective term used by the Jains for their sacred books is
(c) Patronage of Jainism
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016) (d) Conquests
(a) Prabandhas (b) Agamas 105. Ravikirti, a Jain, who composed the Aihole Prashasti, was
(c) Nibandhas (d) Charits patronized by (SSC CHSL 2014)
95. Who propounded the "Doctrine of Passive Resistance"? (a) Pulakeshi I (b) Harsha
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016) (c) Pulakeshi II (d) Kharavela
(a) Balgangadhar Tilak 106. When did the reign of Delhi Sultanate came to an end ?
(SSC CHSL 2014)
(b) Aurobindo Ghosh
(a) 1498 A.D. (b) 1526 A.D.
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) 1565 A. D. (d) 1600 A.D.
(d) Bipin Chandra Pal 107. The original founder of the Manuscripts and Editor of
96. The first Muslim to be elected President of 'Indian National Kautilya's Arthashastra was (SSC CHSL 2014)
Congress' was? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016) (a) Srikanta Shastri (b) Srinivasa lyangar
(a) Maulana Azad (b) Mohammed Ali (c) R. Shamashastri (d) William Jones
(c) Badruddin Tyabji (d) Shah Wali-ullah 108. Whose army did Alexander, the Greek ruler confront on the
97. The Dandi March of Gandhi-is an example of banks of the river Jhelum ? (SSC CHSL 2015)
(a) Ambi (b) Chandragupta Maurya
(SSC CHSL 2013) (c) Porus (d) Dhanananda
(a) Non-Coopefation (b) Direct Action 109. When was RTI Act enacted in India ? (SSC CHSL 2015)
(c) Boycott (d) Civil Disobedience (a) 15th August 2005 (b) 15th March 2005
th
(c) 15 June 2005 (d) 15th July 2005
98. Which one of the following inscriptions relate to the
Chalukya king, Pulakesin II ? (SSC CHSL 2013) 110. The famous activist Medha Patakar is associated with which
movement ? (SSC CHSL 2015)
(a) Nasik (b) Maski (a) Narmada Bachao Andolan
(c) Hathigumpha (d) Aihole (b) Save the Tiger
99. Who among the following introduced the Mansabdari (c) Preserve the wet lands
system ? (SSC CHSL 2013) (d) Beti Padao Andolan
111. Who built the "Purana Quilla"? (SSC CHSL 2015)
(a) Jahangir (b) Shah Jahan
(a) Babar (b) Shershah
(c) SherShah (d) Akbar (c) Aurangzeb (d) Akbar
100. Which one of the following cities and the personalities 112. Where did Chandragupta maurya spent his last days ?
associated with their establishment is wrongly matched ? (SSC CHSL 2015)
(SSC CHSL 2013) (a) Thaneshwar (b) Kanchi
(a) Calcutta - Robert Clive (c) Patliputra (d) Shravanabelagola
113. Who is the author of 'Indica'? (SSC CHSL 2015)
(b) Pondicherry - Francis Martin (a) Fa–Hien (b) Hiuen Tsang
(c) Ahmedabad Ahmad Shah I (c) Megasthanes (d) Seleucus
(d) Madras - Francis Day 114. Who built the famous Shiva temple at Ellora ?
101. Which one of the following wars decided the fate of the (SSC CHSL 2015)
French in India ? (SSC CHSL 2013) (a) Mauryan Emperor Ashoka
(b) Gupta King Samudra Gupta
(a) Battle of Plassey
(c) Chalukyan King Pulikeshi II
(b) Battle of Wandiwash
(d) Rashtrakuta Ruler Krishna I
(c) First Carnatic War 115. Who composed the Allahabad Pillar inscription ?
(d) Battle of Buxar (SSC CHSL 2015)
102. The Crimean War came to an end by the (a) Mahasena (b) Veerasena
(SSC CHSL 2013) (c) Vishnusena (d) Harisena
(a) Treaty of St. Germain 116. Todar Mal, the brilliant revenue officer served under :
(b) Treaty of Trianon (SSC CHSL 2015)
(c) Treaty of Versailles (a) Bhagwan Das (b) Humayun
(d) Treaty of Paris (c) Baz Bahadur (d) Sher Shah
103. Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas in the reign of 117. When was the League of Nations established ?
(SSC CHSL 2014) (SSC CHSL 2015)
(a) Babar (b) Akbar (a) In 1920 (b) In 1939
(c) Aurangzeb (d) Jahangir (c) In 1914 (d) In 1918
6 History
118. In which of the Round Table Conference Mahatma Gandhi 129. Where was Christopher Columbus from?
participated ? (SSC CHSL 2015) (SSC Multitasking 2013)
(a) First Round Table Conference, 1930 (a) Portugal (b) Venice
(b) Second Round Table Conference, 1931 (c) Genoa (d) Spain
(c) Third Round Table Conference, 1932 130. To make tools and weapons, the earliest inhabitants of India
used (SSC Multitasking 2014)
(d) All of the above (a) clay (b) wood
119. The use of which of the following regional languages was (c) stones (d) bronze
popularised by the Bhakti leader, Shankaradeva ? 131. Name an Indian Saint (priest) who, attended the "World
(SSC CHSL 2012) Congress of Religions" held at Chicago (U.S.) in 1893.
(a) Bengali (b) Brijbhasha (SSC Multitasking 2014)
(c) Avadhi (d) Assamese (a) Basaveshwara (b) Swami Vivekananda
120. The Mansabdari system was introduced by: (c) Ramanuja (d) Madhavacharya
(SSC CHSL 2012) 132. Chhatrapati Shivaji was a follower of
(a) Shah Jahan (b) Jahangir (SSC Multitasking 2014)
(c) Babur (b) Akbar (a) Madhava (b) Kabir
121. When and by whom were the Asokan inscriptions (c) Basava (d) Ramadasa
deciphered for the first time ? (SSC CHSL 2012) 133. Who was the greatest Kushan ruler?
(a) 1787 - John Tower (b) 1825 - Charles Metcalfe (SSC Multitasking 2014)
(c) 1837 - James Prinsep (d) 1810 - Harry Smith (a) Vashiska (b) Vasudeva
122. Amuktamalyada is the work of : (SSC CHSL 2012) (c) Huvishka (d) Kanishka
(a) Krishnadeva Raya (b) Vachcharaj 134. Who was the founder of Arya Samaj?
(c) Kharavela (d) Allasani Peddana (SSC Multitasking 2014)
(a) Kabir Das (b) Shankaracharya
123. Name the Commander of the Arab army who conquered the
(c) Ranade (d) Dayanand Saraswati
Sindh. (SSC Multitasking 2013)
135. The French challenge to British in India came to an end with
(a) Muhammad bin Qasim
(SSC Sub. Ins. 2012)
(b) Al Hazzaz
(a) Battle of Wandiwash
(c) Qutbuddin Aibak
(b) Battle of Srirangapattinam
(d) Allauddin Khilji
(c) Battle of Plassey
124. Who was the chairperson of the Chinese Communist Party
(d) Battle of Buxar
at the time of liberation of China?
136. Identify the medical trio of Ancient India from the following
(SSC Multitasking 2013)
names. (SSC Sub. Ins. 2012)
(a) Liu Shaoqi (b) Zhou Enlai
(a) Charaka, Susruta and Vagbhata
(c) Deng Xiaoping (d) Mao Zedong
(b) Charaka, Vatsyayana and Vagbhata
125. Who was regarded by Gandhiji as his political Guru?
(c) Charaka, Susruta and Bharata
(SSC Multitasking 2013)
(d) Charaka, Susruta and Patanjali
(a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
137. Match the medieval travellers with their countries :
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(SSC Sub. Ins. 2012)
(c) Bipin Chandra Pal
A. Marco Polo 1. Spain
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B. Ibn Battuta 2. Balkh
126. Which among the following movements was not led by
C Antonio Monserrate 3. Italy
Mahatma Gandhi? (SSC Multitasking 2013)
D. Mahmud Wali Balkhi 4. Morocco
(a) Civil Disobedience Movement
A B C D A B C D
(b) Quit India Movement
(a) 4 3 1 2 (b) 3 1 4 2
(c) Swadeshi-Movement
(c) 3 4 1 2 (d) 1 3 2 4
(d) Non-Cooperation Movement
138. Match the following : (SSC Sub. Ins. 2012)
127. In which session of the Indian National Congress was the
A. Sarojini Naidu 1. Muslim League
“Poorna Swaraj” resolution adopted?
B. M.A. Jinnah 2. Indian National Congress
(SSC Multitasking 2013)
C. Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru 3. Hindu Mahasabha
(a) Karachi Session in 1931
D. V.D. Savarkar 4. Liberal Party
(b) Lucknow Session in 1916
A B C D A B C D
(c) Belgaum Session in 1924
(a) 2 1 4 3 (b) 2 1 3 4
(d) Lahore Session in 1929
(c) 2 4 1 3 (d) 4 1 3 2
128. The school of arts developed during the Kushan Period
139. Which Sultan received a robe of honour from the caliph?
with the mixture of Indian and Greek style is known as
(SSC Multitasking 2013) (SSC Sub. Ins. 2013)
(a) Mughal art (b) Kushan art (a) Ala-ud-din Khilji (b) lltutmish
(c) Persian art (d) Gandhara art (c) Balban (d) Qutub-ud-din Albak
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140. When Margaret Thatcher was P.M. with which country 149. Which was the second capital of Akbar ?
Britain waged a war to regain Control of Falkland Islands? (SSC Sub. Ins. 2014)
(SSC Sub. Ins. 2013) (a) Delhi (b) Agra
(a) Chile (b) Argentina (c) Fatehpur-Sikri (d) Patna
(c) Brazil (d) None of the above 150. The first country which discovered sea route to India was
141. Match the following (SSC Sub. Ins. 2013) (SSC Sub. Ins. 2014)
(a) Chalukyas (b) Hoysalas (a) Portugal (b) Dutch
(c) Rashtrakutas (d) Kakatiyas (c) French (d) Britain
151. The unification of Karnataka was achieved in the year
(i) Malkhed (ii) Vatapi
(SSC Sub. Ins. 2014)
(iii) Warangal (iv) Dwarasamudra
(a) 1956 (b) 1957
(a) (a)-(ii), (b )-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(iii) (c) 1958 (d) 1960
(b) (a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii) 152. Who introduced the Indian University Act?
(c) (a)-(i), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iii), (d)-(iv) (SSC Sub. Ins. 2014)
(d) (a)-(iii), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iv),(d)-(i) (a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Minto
142. The world's tallest statue of Mahatma Gandhi is in (c) Lord Morelay (d) Lord Rippon
(SSC Sub. Ins. 2013) 153. Chinese travellers visited India primarily because
(a) Champaran (b) Patna (SSC Sub. Ins. 2014)
(c) Lucknow (d) Rajkot (a) they were interested in Buddhism
143. Which one of the following is the principal source of (b) they were invited by the Indian kings
information on Asoka's campaign against Kalinga ? (c) they were interested to study Indian culture
(SSC Sub. Ins. 2013) (d) they were interested to stay in India
(a) Pillar Edict VII (b) Mahavamsa 154. Development that meets the needs of the present, without
(c) Divyavadana (d) Rock Edict XIII compromising the ability of future generations to meet their
144. Gandhi's concept of Trusteeship: (SSC Sub. Ins. 2013) own needs was the focal point of Brundtland commission is
(a) Recognises right of private ownership of property (SSC Sub. Ins. 2014)
(a) sustainable development
(b) Transforms the capitalistic society into an egalitarian
(b) mitigation
one
(c) disaster management
(c) Excludes legislative regulation of the ownership and
(d) capacity building
use of wealth
155. Name the Kingdom which first used elephants in wars?
(d) Does not fix minimum or maximum income
(SSC Sub. Ins. 2015)
145. Match the following: (SSC Sub. Ins. 2013)
(a) Avanti (b) Champa
(a) Hunter's Commission
(c) Magadha (d) Kosala
(b) Wardha Scheme
156. Tulsidas wrote Ramacharitamans during the reign of :
(c) University's Act
(SSC Sub. Ins. 2015)
(d) Radhakrishnan Commission
(a) Akbar (b) Krishnadeva Raya
(i) 1948 (ii) 1904
(c) Jahangir (d) Rama Raya
(iii) 1937 (iv) 1882
157. Cripps Mission came to India in: (SSC Sub. Ins. 2015)
(a) (a)-(iii), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i)
(a) 1945 (b) 1946
(b) (a)-(iv), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iii), (d)-(i)
(c) 1940 (d) 1942
(c) (a)-(iii) (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii)
158. Who among the following Sultans tried to prohibit Sati?
(d) (a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)
(SSC Sub. Ins. 2015)
146. The Gandhara art nourished under:
(a) Muhammad Bin Tuglaq (b) Firoz Tuglaq
(SSC Sub. Ins. 2013) (c) Jalaluddin Khilji (d) Alauddin Khilji
(a) the Kushanas (b) the Satavahanas 159. Who constructed Humayun’s Tomb in Delhi ?
(c) the Guptas (d) the Mauryas (SSC Sub. Ins. 2015)
147. Most important safeguard of liberty is (a) Haji Begam (b) Babar
(SSC Sub. Ins. 2014) (c) Humayun (d) Akbar
(a) bold and impartial judiciary 160. Who among the following Mughal rulers banned music
(b) well-knit party system and dancing ? (SSC Sub. Ins. 2015)
(c) decentralisation of power (a) Jahangir (b) Babar
(d) declaration of rights (c) Aurangzeb (d) Humayun
148. What is the ancient school of law ? (SSC Sub. Ins. 2014) 161. Who was the governor-general during the Second Anglo-
(a) The Philosophical School Mysore War? (SSC Sub. Ins. 2015)
(b) The Historical School (a) Lord Wellesley (b) Sir John Shore
(c) The Analytical School (c) Lord Cornwallis (d) Warren Hastings
(d) The Sociological School
8 History
162. Which of the following Pacts sought to be resolved the 173. which of the following was not built by Firoz Shah Tughlaq?
Hindu - Muslim differences? (SSC Sub. Ins. 2016) (SSC Stenographer 2013)
(a) Lucknow Pact (b) Lahore Pact (a) Firozabad (b) Fatehabad
(c) Gandhi - Irwin Pact (d) Poona Pact (c) Tughlaqabad (d) Jaunpur
163. In which of the following year the Gandhi-Irwin Pact was 174. who among the follwing granted permission to the English
signed? (SSC Sub. Ins. 2016) to establish their factory in India?
(a) 1932 (b) 1935 (SSC Stenographer 2013)
(c) 1931 (d) 1929 (a) Akbar (b) Jehangir
164. The Vedic literature was composed between (c) Shah Jahan (d) Aurangzeb
(SSC Sub. Ins. 2016) 175. The permanent Land Settlement in Bengal was introduced
(a) 3500 B.C. and 1000 B.C. by (SSC Stenographer 2013)
(b) 2500 B.C. and 500 B.C. (a) Warren Hestings (b) Thomas Munro
(c) 3000 B.C. and 1000 B.C. (c) Thomas Reid (d) Lord Cornwallis
(d) 3500 B.C. and 2500 B.C. 176. Din-I-llahi was founded by (SSC Stenographer 2014)
165. Who among the following was the Prime Minister of England (a) Kabir (b) Akbar
when India was given independence? (SSC Sub. Ins. 2016) (c) Shah jahan (d) Guru Nanak Dev
(a) Mountbatten (b) Churchill 177. 'Purna Swaraj' was announced in the Indian National
(c) Attlee (d) Wavell Congress Session of (SSC Stenographer 2014)
166. How many times did Babur invade India before 1526 A.D.? (a) Calcutta (b) Lahore
(SSC Sub. Ins. 2016) (c) Nagpur (d) Karachi
(a) None of these (b) Four times 178. Who chaired the Boundary Commission in 1947, to demarcate
(c) Five times (d) Two times the boundary line between India and pakistan?
167. Which of the following countries has become the first (SSC Stenographer 2014)
country in the world to receive funds from United Nations (a) Krishna Menon (b) McMohan
for its fast growing Solar Home Systems? (c) J. Nehru (d) Henderson Brooks
(SSC Sub. Ins. 2016) 179. Ashoka embraced Buddism (SSC Stenographer 2014)
(a) before the Kalinga war
(a) Afghanistan (b) Burma
(b) after the Kalinga war
(c) Bangladesh (d) Switzerland
(c) just before his death
168. In Indian architecture 'Surkhi' was introduced by
(d) when he was a Crown Prince
(SSC Sub. Ins. 2016)
180. The original name of 'Mahabharata' is
(a) Mughals (b) Kushans
(SSC Stenographer 2016)
(c) Guptas (d) Sultanate Sultans
(a) Rajtarangini (b) Bharat Katha
169. which one of the following land reform measures can be
(c) Kathasaritasagar (d) Jai Samhita
said to have been fully implemented by now in India?
181. Sir Eyre Coote was associated with which of the following?
(SSC Stenographer 2013)
(SSC Stenographer 2016)
(a) Tenancy reforms
(a) Battle of Ambur (b) Battle of Arcot
(b) Abolition of intermediaries (c) Battle of Wandiwash (d) Battle of Adyar
(c) Land ceilings 182. Which among the following is related to Sadr-us-Sadr?
(d) Consolidation of holdings (SSC Stenographer 2016)
170. Which of the following recommended reservation for the (a) Ecclesiastical matters
Other Backward Classes (OBCs)? (SSC Stenographer 2013) (b) Judicial administration
(a) Mandal Commission (c) Military administration
(b) Kothari Commission (d) Land revenue
(c) Sachar Committee 183. Which among the following inscription is known as Prayaga
(d) None of these Prashasti ? (SSC Stenographer 2016)
171. Which of the following was not an aspect of Later Vedic (a) Hathigumpha Inscription
Age? (SSC Stenographer 2013) (b) Aihole Inscription
(a) Importance of Kingship in political life (c) Mehroli Inscription
(b) Discovery of iron (d) Allahabad Pillar Inscription
(c) Polygamy 184. Which of the following pair is NOT correctly matched?
(d) Simple, non-ritualistic worship (SSC Stenographer 2016)
172. Who among the follwing presided over the fourth Buddhist (a) Ibn Batuta - Morocco
Council? (SSC Stenographer 2013) (b) Nikitin - Samarkand
(a) Ashoka (b) Kanishka (c) Marco Polo - Italy
(c) Ashvaghosha (d) Vasumitra (d) Alberuni - Uzbekistan
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CHAPTER
GEOGRAPHY
1 Seismic sea waves which approach the coasts at greater 12. The age of the Earth can be determined by
force are known as (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2010) (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2010)
(a) Tides (b) Tsunami (a) Geological Time Scale
(c) Current (d) Cyclone (b) Radio-Metric Dating
2. The land of maximum biodiversity is(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2010) (c) Gravity method
(a) Tropical (b) Temperate (d) Fossilization method
(c) Monsoonal (d) Equatorial 13. How much of the Earth's land surface is desert?
3. Indian Standard Time relates to (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2010) (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2011)
(a) 75.5°E longitude (b) 82.5°E longitude (a) 1/10th (b) 1/5th
(c) 1/3 rd (c) 1/6th
(c) 90.5°E longitude (d) 0° longitude
14. River Indus originates from: (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2011)
4. Which is the second nearest star to the Earth after the Sun?
(a) Hindukush range (b) Himalayan range
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2010)
(c) Karakoram range (d) Kailash range
(a) Vega (b) Sirius
15. The lowest layer of the atmosphere is:
(c) Proxima Centauri (d) Alpha Centauri
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2011)
5. The forest in Sundarban is called (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2010)
(a) Stratosphere (b) Thermosphere
(a) Scrub jungle (b) Mangrove
(c) Troposphere (d) Mesosphere
(c) Deciduous forest (d) Tundra 16. The Konkan Railway connects:
6. Which of the following Indonesian regions was a victim of (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2011)
massive earthquake in 2004 ? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2010) (a) Goa – Mangalore
(a) Irian Jaya (b) Sumatra (b) Roha – Mangalore
(c) Kalibangan (d) Java (c) Kanyakumari – Mangalore
7. The first non-stop air-conditioned 'DURANTO' train was (d) Kanyakumari – Mumbai
flagged off between (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2010) 17. Bark of this tree is used as a condiment–
(a) Sealdah – New Delhi (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2011)
(b) Mumbai – Howrah (a) Cinnamon (b) Clove
(c) Bangalore – Howrah (c) Neem (d) Palm
(d) Chennai – New Delhi 18. The atmospheric air is held to the Earth by:
8. Which one of the following states does not form part of (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2011)
Narmada River basin ? (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2010) (a) gravity
(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Rajasthan (b) winds
(c) Gujarat (d) Maharashtra (c) clouds
9. Soil erosion on hill slopes can be checked by (d) rotation of the Earth
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2010) 19. The common tree species in nilgiri hills is
(a) Afforestation (b) Terrace cultivation (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2010)
(c) Strip cropping (d) Contour ploughing (a) Sal (b) Pine
10. Who coined the word 'Geography'? (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2010) (c) Eucalyptus (d) Teak
20. Which is the largest living bird on Earth?
(a) Ptolemy (b) Eratosthenese
(a) Emu (b) Ostrich
(c) Hacataus (d) Herodatus
(c) Albatross (d) Siberian Crane
11. Which of the following is called the 'ecological hot spot of
21. Rihand Dam Project provides irrigation to
India'? (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2010)
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2011)
(a) Western Ghats
(a) Gujarat and Maharashtra
(b) Eastern Ghats (b) Orissa and West Bengal
(c) Western Himalayas (c) Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
(d) Eastern Himalayas (d) Kerala and Karnataka
16 Geography
22. Which is the longest irrigation canal in India? 34. Earth is a very big magnet. In which direction does it
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2011) magnetic field extend? (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012)
(a) Sirhind Canal (b) Yamuna Canal (a) west to east (b) north to south
(c) Indira Gandhi Canal (d) East Kosi Canal (c) south to north (d) east to west
23. 'Loktak' is a (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2011) 35. The most densely populated state in India is:
(a) Valley (b) Lake (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012)
(c) River (d) Mountain Range (a) Kerala (b) Uttar Pradesh
24. Which city receives the highest cosmic radiation amongst (c) West Bengal (d) Tamil nadu
the following? (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2011) 36. The biggest planet in the solar system is:
(a) Chennai (b) Mumbai (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012)
(c) Kolkata (d) Delhi (a) Venus (b) Jupiter
25. The HYV programme in India is also called as (c) Saturn (d) Uranus
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012) 37. Peninsular India has the following zonal soil types:
(a) Traditional Agriculture (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012)
(b) New Agricultural Strategy (a) Red and yellow soil (b) Forest soil
(c) White Revolution (c) Saline soil (d) Alluvial soil
(d) Blue Revolution 38. The land between two rivers is called
26. Railway coaches are manufactured at (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012)
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012) (a) Natural Levees (b) Alluvial Cones
(a) Jamshedpur (b) Chittaranjan (c) Braided Stream (d) Doab
(c) Perambur (d) Varanasi 39. Which year is called as the ‘Demographic divide’ ?
27. A series of lines connecting places having a quake at the (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012)
same time are called (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012) (a) 1941 (b) 1921
(a) Homoseismal lines (b) Seismolines (c) 1901 (d) 1931
(c) Coseismal lines (d) Isoseismal lines 40. Which country has a high density of population?
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012)
28. What would be the impact of global warming on mangrove
(a) India (b) Canada
forests? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012)
(c) Sweden (d) Greenland
(a) They will grow more luxurious
41. The iron and steel plant in Chhattisgarh is at
(b) Large areas of mangroves will be submerged
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012)
(c) Their role as carbon sinks will become more important
(a) Burnpur (b) Salem
(d) Both (a) and (c) above
(c) Bhilai (d) Bokaro
29. The brightest planet is (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012)
42. The leading sesame producing country in the world is
(a) Venus (b) Mercury
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012)
(c) Jupiter (d) Mars
(a) Mexico (b) U.S.A.
30. Wheat, Barley, Lemon, Orange, rye and pearl millet belong
(c) China (d) India
to: (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012)
43. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
(a) the same plant family
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012)
(b) two plant families
(a) Darjeeling - West Bengal
(c) three plant families
(b) Mount Abu - Rajasthan
(d) four plant families (c) Kodaikanal - Tamil Nadu
31. A plant known only in cultivation having arisen under (d) Simla - Uttar Pradesh
domestication is referred to as: 44. The earth is at its maximum distance from the Sun on
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012) (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012)
(a) Scion (b) Cultigen (a) January 30th (b) December 22nd
(c) Cultivar (d) Clone (c) September 22nd (d) July 4th
32. The iron and steel plant in Bihar is at: 45. Consider the following pairs:
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012) (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012)
(a) Visakhapatnam (b) Bokaro Tributary Main River
(c) Burnpur (d) Vijay Nagar 1. Chambal : Yamuna
33. The state which has registered the highest population 2. Sone : Narmada
growth rate according to 2001 census is: 3. Manas : Brahmputra
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012) Which one of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
(a) Kerala (b) Uttar Pradesh (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 2
(c) Nagaland (d) Sikkim (c) 2 and 3 (d) 3 only
Geography 17
46. The total population divided by available arable land area is 57. The programme of ‘Operation Flood’ was concentrated on
referred to as (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012) (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013)
(a) Population density (b) Nutritional density (a) increasing irrigation facilities.
(c) Agricultural density (d) Industrial density (b) flood control.
47. The eastward continuation of the Brazil current is called : (c) increasing the milk production.
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) (d) increase the flood grains production.
(a) North Atlantic drift 58. According to Ferrel’s law (Coriolis Force) winds change their
(b) South Atlantic drift direction (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013)
(c) Counter Equatorial drift (a) Towards left in Northern hemisphere and towards right
(d) West Atlantic drift in Southern hemisphere.
48. Ice glacier’s melting is a common phenomenon linked to the (b) Towards right in Northern hemisphere and towards left
rise in a seawater level. The glaciers are predominantly in Southern hemisphere.
present in (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013) (c) Towards right in both the hemisphere.
(a) Greenland (b) Antarctica (d) Towards left in both the hemisphere.
(c) Himalayas (d) Arctic 59. Which one of the following atmospheric layers absorb
49. Which hill station is called as the ‘Queen of the Satpuras’ ultraviolet rays of the sun? (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013)
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013) (a) Troposphere (b) Stratosphere
(a) Pachmarhi (b) Nilgiri (c) Ionosphere (d) Ozonosphere
(c) Mahenderagiri (d) Cardamom 60. The drainage pattern developed on folded sedimentary rock
50. Which national highway connects Delhi and Kolkata via is termed as (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013)
Mathura and Varanasi? (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013) (a) Trellis (b) Dendritic
(a) NH 4 (b) NH 2 (c) Radial (d) Deranged
(c) NH 10 (d) NH 6 61. Which one of the following is not a line of demarcation
51. The country where drip irrigation is more efficiently used is between two countries ? (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013)
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013) (a) Durand Line (b) Mac Mahon Line
(a) India (b) Israel (c) Plimsoll Line (d) Maginot Line
(c) Sri Lanka (d) England 62. Water potential remains lowest in (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013)
52. Which river in India flows in a rift-valley? (a) Water plants (b) Woody plants
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) (c) Succulents (d) Halophytes
(a) Narmada (b) Krishna 63. The free living bacterium in the soil which increases the the
(c) Cauvery (d) Tapti yield of rice is (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013)
53. A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land masses (a) Rhizobium (b) Azotobacter
is called (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) (c) Acetobacter (d) Anabaena
(a) Cape (b) Isthmus 64. Frontal cyclones occur characteristically in
(c) Strait (d) Peninsula (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013)
54. Maps on large scale, representing both natural and man- (a) Equatorial region
made features are called (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) (b) Tropical region
(a) Thematic maps (c) Mid-latitudinal region
(b) Atlas maps (d) Polar region
(c) Wall maps 65. "Yosemite" is a (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013)
(d) Topographic maps (a) River (b) Peak
55. The angle between the magnetic meridian and the (c) Waterfall (d) Dam
geographical meridian at a place is (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) 66. Where is the shore based steel plant located?
(a) Declination (b) Latitude (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013)
(c) Azimuth (d) Dip (a) Tuticorin (b) Salem
56. An irrigation project is categorized as a major project if it (c) Vishakhapatnam (d) Mangalore
covers a cultivable command area of 67. Which two of the following are connected by the North
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013) South corridor? (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013)
(a) less than 2,000 hectares (a) Srinagar and Kanyakumari
(b) 2,000 to 10,000 hectares (b) Mumbai and Chennai
(c) above 10,000 hectares (c) Amritsar and Kolkata
(d) all the above (d) Hyderabad and Bhopal
18 Geography
68. Which of the following statements is correct? 78. Which of the following river does not originate in Indian
(SSC CGL 2014) territory ? (SSC CGL 2015)
(a) Mahadeo hills are in the west of Maikala hills. (a) Mahanadi (b) Brahmaputra
(b) Mahadeo hills are the part of Karnataka Plateau. (c) Satluj (d) Ganga
(c) Mahadeo hills are in the east of Chhotanagpur Plateau. 79. Which one among the following industries in the maximum
(d) Mahadeo hills are the part of Aravalli ranges. consumer of water in India ? (SSC CGL 2015)
69. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? (a) Textile (b) Engineering
(SSC CGL 2014) (c) Paper and Pulp (d) Thermal Power
(a) Hevea Tree—Brazil 80. Choose the correct option which represents the arrangement
(b) Sumatra Storm—Malaysia of atmospheric layers. (SSC CGL 2015)
(c) Kajan River—Borneo (a) Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Ionosphere,
(d) Dekke Toba fish—Brazil Exosphere
70. Which of the following resources is renewable one? (b) Mesosphere, Ionosphere, Exosphere, Troposphere,
(SSC CGL 2014) Stratosphere
(a) Uranium (b) Coal (c) Ionosphere, Exosphere, Mesosphere, Troposphere,
(c) Timber (d) Natural Gas Stratosphere
(d) Exosphere, Troposphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere,
71. Soil erosion can be prevented by (SSC CGL 2014)
Stratosphere
(a) Increasing bird population
81. Which of the following options correctly explains the term
(b) Afforestation
‘heat budget’? (SSC CGL 2015)
(c) Removal of vegetation
(a) It is the amount of heat which the surface of earth
(d) Overgrazing
receives form the sun.
72. Natural sources of air pollution are (SSC CGL 2014)
(b) It is the radiation from the earth in the form of long
(a) Forest fires
waves
(b) Volcanic eruptions
(c) It is a mode of transfer of heat through matter by
(c) Dust storm
molecular activity.
(d) Smoke from burning dry leaves
(d) It is the balance between incoming and outgoing
73. The 'graded profile' of a river course is a radiation.
(SSC CGL 2015) 82. The layer of atmosphere close to the earth's surface is called:
(a) smooth curve in the upper course (SSC CGL 2015)
(b) smooth curve in the middle course (a) Exosphere (b) Ionosphere
(c) smooth curve in the lower course (c) Stratosphere (d) Troposphere
(d) smooth curve from source to mouth 83. Which of the following plant shows chloroplast dimorphism?
74. Sink hole is a phenomenon of _______ topography. (SSC CGL 2015)
(SSC CGL 2015) (a) Sugarcane (b) Sugar beet
(a) Desert (b) Tundra (c) Rice (d) Wheat
(c) Karst (d) Plain 84. Day and Night are equal at the : (SSC CGL 2015)
75. Kerala is famous for the cultivation of (SSC CGL 2015) (a) Prime Meridian (b) Poles
1. Coconut 2. Black pepper (c) Equator (d) Antarctic
3. Rubber 4. Rice 85. Evergreen type forests are found in : (SSC CGL 2015)
(a) 1, 2 and 4 (b) 2, 3 and 4 (a) Mediterranean region
(c) 1 and 4 (d) 1, 2 and 3 (b) Monsoon climatic area
76. The longest continental Railway in the world is (c) Desert region
(SSC CGL 2015) (d) Equatorial region
(a) Trans Siberian Railway 86. The ash–grey soils of high latitude coniferous forests are
(b) Canadian Pacific Railway known as : (SSC CGL 2015)
(c) Canadian National Railway (a) Grey–Brown soils (b) Red and Yellow soils
(d) Trans Atlantic Railway (c) Tundra soils (d) Podsols
77. Which of the following is FALSE with respect to rain water 87. Equinox occurs when the sun is vertically above
harvesting? (SSC CGL 2015) (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016)
(a) It helps raising water table (a) Tropic of Capricorn
(b) It helps meet rising water demand (b) Tropic of Cancer
(c) It increases run–off losses (c) Poles
(d) It is a device of water conservation (d) Equator
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88. Among the world oceans, which ocean is having the widest 97. With which country, India has the longest international
continental shelf ? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016) boundary? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016)
(a) Antarctic ocean (b) Arctic Ocean (a) Nepal (b) Pakistan
(c) Indian Ocean (d) Atlantic ocean (c) China (d) Bangladesh
89. Which is largest peninsular river in India? 98. Which State in India has the largest coastline?
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016)
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016)
(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Andhra Pradesh
(a) Krishna (b) Godavari
(c) Gujarat (d) West Bengal
(c) Cauvery (d) Mahanadi
99. Jog falls in Karnataka is located over which river?
90. Red soil is normally found in India in which regions?
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016)
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016)
(a) Kaveri (b) Godavari
(a) Eastern Region only (c) Sharavati (d) Krishna
(b) Southern Region only 100. Which one of the following areas of India is covered by
(c) Eastern & Southern part of the Deccan Plateau tropical evergreen forest? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016)
(d) None of these (a) Semi-arid areas of Gujarat
91. Limestone is a raw material used by which industry? (b) Eastern Ghats
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016) (c) Western Ghats
(a) Aluminium (b) Fertilizers (d) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Cement (d) Petrochemicals 101. Which of the following State is surrounded by Bangladesh
from three sides? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016)
91. Mount Abu is a hill station located in _____ ranges.
(a) Nagaland (b) Assam
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016)
(c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Tripura
(a) Vindhya (b) Satpuda
102. Earth received heat from the sun is known as:
(c) Aravalli (d) Sahyadri
(SSC CHSL 2012)
92. The only perennial river in Peninsular India is _____ . (a) Insolation (b) Infrared heat
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016) (c) Solar radiation (d) Thermal radiation
(a) Godavari (b) Kaveri 103. Spot the odd item in the following: (SSC CHSL 2012)
(c) Krishna (d) Bhima (a) Red sea (b) Black sea
93. When does solar eclipse take place ? (c) Caspian sea (d) Dead sea
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016) 104. Match correctly the following, deserts and their location by
(a) When the sun is between the moon and earth choosing the correct response: (SSC CHSL 2013)
(b) When the earth is between the moon and sun Desert Location
(c) When the moon is between the sun and earth a. Kalahari 1. South America
(d) When the moon does not lie on the line joining the sun b. Atacama 2. Australia
and earth c. Thar 3. Africa
d. Great Victoria 4. Asia
94. Strait of Gibraltar connects which of the following?
(a) a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2 (b) a-2, b-3, c-1, d-4
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016)
(c) a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1 (d) a-3, b-2, c-1, d-4
(a) Red Sea-Mediterranean Sea
105. The longest river of peninsular India is
(b) Red Sea-Arabian Sea
(SSC CHSL 2013)
(c) Atlantic Ocean-Mediterranean Sea
(a) Godavari (b) Krishna
(d) Mediterranean Sea-Black Sea (c) Kaveri (d) Narmada
95. The largest solar power plant in India is located at 106. The Himalayan mountain range is an example of
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016) (SSC CHSL 2013)
(a) Nagercoil (b) Jaisalmer (a) Fold mountain (b) Volcanic mountain
(c) Madhapur (d) Rann of Kutch (c) Residual mountain (d) Block mountain
96. On which river is the Tehri dam built? 107. Which one of the following is a warm ocean current ?
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016) (SSC CHSL 2013)
(a) Alakananda (b) Bhagirathi (a) Gulf Stream (b) Kurile
(c) Ganga (d) Hooghly (c) Canary (d) Labrador
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108. The main advantage of Rain Water Harvesting (RWH) is 119. How much of world's surface is covered by water ?
(SSC CHSL 2013) (SSC CHSL 2015)
(a) Avoid soil erosion (a) 70% (b) 80%
(b) Recharge ground water (c) 25% (d) 55%
(c) Avoid floods 120. Which of the following Scientist proved that the path of
(d) Reduce the loss of water each planet around the Sun is elliptical ?(SSC CHSL 2015)
109. India is the largest producer and exporter of (a) Galileo (b) Newton
(SSC CHSL 2014)
(c) Copernicus (d) Kepler
(a) Cotton (b) Copper
121. Which of the following rivers originates from Trans
(c) Tea (d) Mica
Himalayas ? (SSC CHSL 2015)
110. The soils which are rich in Calcium are known as
(a) Sindu (b) Saraswathi
(SSC CHSL 2014)
(c) Ganga (d) Yamuna
(a) Pedocals (b) Pedalfers
122. The most suitable soil for the production of cotton is ?
(c) Podsols (d) Laterits
111. Cultivable land is defined as (SSC CHSL 2014) (SSC CHSL 2015)
(a) land actually under crops (a) Black lava soil (b) Loamy soil
(b) Culitivable waste land + fallow land (c) Well drained soil (d) Alluvial soil
(c) Old fallow lands + current fallow lands 123. The largest producer of Lignite in India is:
(d) Total fallow lands + net sown area (SSC CHSL 2015)
112. Which of the following is the largest Biosphere Reserves of (a) Kerala (b) Rajasthan
India ? (SSC CHSL 2014) (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Gujarat
(a) Nilgiri (b) Nandadevi 124. Sex–ratio is calculated as : (SSC CHSL 2015)
(c) Sundarbans (d) Gulf of Mannar (a) No of females per 1,000 males in a Country
113. With what bio-region is the term "Steppe" associated ? (b) No of males per 1,000 females in a Country
(SSC CHSL 2014)
(c) No. of children per 1,000 people in a Country.
(a) Grasslands (b) Tropical Forests
(d) No of people per 1,000 children in a Country.
(c) Savanna (d) Coniferous Forests
125. Which state of India has made rain water harvesting
114. About how much of the world's land area is tropical
compulsory for all houses ? (SSC CHSL 2015)
rainforest ? (SSC CHSL 2014)
(a) 2 percent (b) 7 percent (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Punjab
(c) 10 percent (d) 15 percent (c) Haryana (d) Maharashtra
115. The world's growing appetite for what food product is a 126. The five key indicators of global climate change of our
leading cause of tropical deforestation ? (SSC CHSL 2014) planet are : (SSC CHSL 2015)
(a) Pork (b) Sugar (a) Sea–level, Rising temperatures, Rainfall, Nitrogen and
(c) Lamb (d) Beef Actic Sea ice
116. What is Kyoto Protocol ? (SSC CHSL 2015) (b) None of the options
(a) It is an agreement among countries to takes steps for (c) Arctic sea ice, carbon dioxide, Global temperature, Sea
planting trees to control pollution level and land ice.
(b) It is an agreement among countries to start using (d) Antartic sea ice, Oxygen, Rainfall, Drought and Sea level
nuclear energy 127. The area reserved for the welfare of wild life is called
(c) It is an agreement among countries to take steps for
(SSC CHSL 2015)
reducing global warming
(a) Sanctuary (b) Botanical garden
(d) It is an agreement among countries to takes steps for
reducing acid rain. (c) Forest (d) National pak
117. The largest reservoir of fresh water is : (SSC CHSL 2015) 128. The National Green Tribunal deals with cases relating to ?
(a) Ground Water (b) Ponds (SSC CHSL 2015)
(c) Lakes (d) Glaciers (a) Criminal offenses
118. The most abundant element by number in the living system (b) Issues relating to protection and conservation of
is : (SSC CHSL 2015) historical monuments.
(a) Hydrogen (b) Oxygen (c) Civil cases
(c) Carbon (d) Nitrogen (d) Environmental protection and conservation of forests.
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129. The biggest oil spill in world history took place in the ? 139. Consider the following sea-ports:
(SSC CHSL 2015) (SSC Multitasking 2014)
(a) Persian Gulf (b) Caspian Sea 1. Chennai 2. Machilipatnam
(c) Mediterrarean Sea (d) South China sea 3. Nagapattinam 4. Tuticorin
130. Among the foollowing which country has the highest life The correct sequence of these ports from north to south is
expectancy ? (SSC CHSL 2015) (a) 1, 3, 2, 4 (b) 2, 1, 4, 3
(c) 1, 2, 4, 3 (d) 2, 1, 3, 4
(a) USA (b) Switzerland
140. Santa Cruz is (SSC Multitasking 2014)
(c) Japan (d) Denmark
(a) an International airport in Chennai
131. The redness in atmosphere at Sunrise and Sunset is due to:
(b) a Domestic airport in Chennai
(SSC CHSL 2015)
(c) an International airport in Mumbai
(a) Dispersion of light (b) Scattering of light (d) a Domestic airport in Mumbai
(c) Refraction of light (d) Reflection of light 141. The Almatti Dam is constructed on the river
132. Which one of the following tribes practices pastoral (SSC Multitasking 2014)
nomadism ? (SSC CHSL 2015) (a) Tungabhadra (b) Krishna
(a) Boro (b) Masai (c) Kaveri (d) Sileru
(c) Pygmies (d) Eskimo 142. The project similar to T.V.A. (Tennessee Valley Authority)
133. Select the High Yielding Varieties of seed-crops developed of U.S.A. in India is (SSC Sub. Ins. 2012)
under Green Revolution in India. (a) Damodar Valley Project
(SSC Multitasking 2013) (b) Mahanadi Delta Project
(a) Wheat, Rice, Sugarcane, Pulses and Maize. (c) Ramganga Multipurpose Project
(b) Rice, Wheat, Pulses, Oil seeds and Sugarcane (d) Idukki Project
(c) Maize, Black-gram, Jowar, Coffee and Tea. 143. Petrology is the study of (SSC Sub. Ins. 2012)
(a) rocks (b) soils
(d) Rice, Wheat, Jowar, Bajra and Maize.
(c) earth (d) minerals
134. India is the largest producer and consumer of
144. Match the following : (SSC Sub. Ins. 2012)
(SSC Multitasking 2013)
A. Rosewood 1. Mangrove forests
(a) Sugar (b) Paddy
B. Bushes 2. Alpine forests
(c) Tea (d) Coffee C. Birch 3. Deciduous forests
135. The busiest rail section in respect to goods transportation is D. Sundari tree 4. Dry forests
(SSC Multitasking 2013) A B C D A B C D
(a) Mumbai – Chennai section (a) 4 3 2 1 (b) 3 4 2 1
(b) Delhi – Kolkata section (c) 1 2 3 4 (d) 2 3 4 1
(c) Kolkata – Chennai section 145. During the period of South-West monsoon, Tamil Nadu
(d) Delhi – Mumbai section remains dry because : (SSC Sub. Ins. 2012)
136. The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through (a) the winds do not reach this area
(SSC Multitasking 2013) (b) there are no mountains in this area
(c) it lies in the rain-shadow area
(a) China (b) Myanmar
(d) the temperature is too high to let the winds cool down
(c) Nepal (d) Bangladesh
146. Which one of the following is not a line of demarcation
137. The country in East Asia which is most conspicuous for its
between two countries? (SSC Sub. Ins. 2013)
decreasing population growth since 1981 is
(a) International Date Line
(SSC Multitasking 2013) (b) MacMahon Line
(a) Japan (b) South Korea (c) Radcliffe Line
(c) Thailand (d) China (d) Durand Line
138. The recently discovered field with oil potential in Krishna- 147. Which state in India occupies the same ranking position in
Godavari Basin is called (SSC Multitasking 2014) respect of area and population? (SSC Sub. Ins. 2013)
(a) Ravva Offshore Block (b) Golkunda Block (a) Manipur (b) Meghalaya
(c) Bombay High (d) Telangana Block (c) Nagaland (d) Gujarat
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148. Lake formed in a cut off river, meander is called: 159. The total number of planets revolving around the sun are:
(SSC Sub. Ins. 2013) (SSC Sub. Ins. 2015)
(a) Playa Lake (b) Meteoric Lake (a) Seven (b) Eight
(c) Ox-Bow Lake (d) Crater Lake (c) Five (d) Six
149. Which is the leading state in India in "Ship Breaking" 160. Which of the following is the major copper producing
industry? (SSC Sub. Ins. 2013) country? (SSC Sub. Ins. 2015)
(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Maharashtra (a) Indonesia (b) Russia
(c) Sri Lanka (d) Chile
(c) Gujarat (d) West Bengal
161. The largest forest which covers 25 percent of the world’s
150. Contour line is the imaginary line joining places of equal:
Forest land is: (SSC Sub. Ins. 2015)
(SSC Sub. Ins. 2013)
(a) Monsoon Forest
(a) Rainfall (b) Humidity
(b) Temperate forests of Europe
(c) Elevation (d) Temperature
(c) The tropical Rain forest
151. Which is the first state in India to enact the Food Security (d) Taiga forest of Siberia
Act? (SSC Sub. Ins. 2013)
162. The method of age determination called "radioactive uranium
(a) Chhattisgarh (b) Gujarat dating" cannot be used to determine the age of
(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Bihar (SSC Sub. Ins. 2016)
152. The first short based integrated steel plant in the country is (a) the earth (b) rocks
(SSC Sub. Ins. 2014) (c) minerals on earth (d) fossils and plant bodies
(a) Vijaynagar (b) Salem 163. Altocumulus clouds occur at altitude of
(c) Vishakapatnam (d) Bhadravati (SSC Sub. Ins. 2016)
153. Name the condition which influences the development of (a) 10000 m - 12000 m (b) 6000 m - 10000 m
plants into distinctive forms. (SSC Sub. Ins. 2014) (c) 1000 m - 1800 m (d) 2000 m - 6000 m
(a) Climatic conditions 164. The minor irrigation schemes have Cultural Command Area
(b) Soil conditions (CCA) upto (SSC Sub. Ins. 2016)
(c) Environmental conditions (a) 3000 hectares (b) 2500 hectares
(d) Social conditions (c) 1500 hectares (d) 2000 hectares
154. Agriculture should serve as an instrument of income, 165. Which of the following Islands is under direct threat of
livelihood and opportunity to the local community - this rising sea levels due to climate change has appealed for
statement is given by (SSC Sub. Ins. 2014) help from European leaders? (SSC Sub. Ins. 2016)
(a) Palau (b) Tuvalu Islands
(a) Dr Madhavan Nair (b) Dr Manmohan Singh
(c) Marshall Islands (d) Nauru
(c) Dr Abdul Kalam (d) Dr M S Swaminathan
166. Which of the following regions is called the 'granary of the
155. The forests which act as barriers against cyclones are:
world'? (SSC Steno. 2013)
(SSC Sub. Ins. 2015)
(a) Temperate grasslands
(a) Evergreen forests (b) Mangrove forests
(b) British type vegetation
(c) Monsoon forests (d) Alpine Forest (c) Laurentian type vegetation
156. The resources which are obtained from biosphere and have (d) Tropical grasslands
life are : (SSC Sub. Ins. 2015) 167. Spot the odd item in the following: (SSC Steno. 2013)
(a) Renewable resources (b) Potential resources (a) Prairies (b) Pampas
(c) Biotic resources (d) Abiotic resources (c) Selvas (d) Sundarban
157. In a solar or lunar eclipse, the region of earth’s shadow is 168. Which of the following rovers of India flows in rift-valley?
divided into. (SSC Sub. Ins. 2015) (SSC Steno. 2013)
(a) Four parts (b) Five parts (a) Kaveri (b) Tapti
(c) Two parts (d) Three parts (c) Son (d) Ken
158. What does the word ‘amphibian’ mean ? 169. The largest coral reef in the world is found near the Eastern
(SSC Sub. Ins. 2015) coast of (SSC Steno. 2013)
(a) Two lives (b) Four lives (a) Japan (b) China
(c) Three lives (d) One life (c) Cuba (d) Australia
Geography 23
170. The strong, cold, ley wind blowing in the polar region is 179. Which of the following is related to horticulture ?
known as (SSC Steno. 2013) (SSC Steno. 2016)
(a) Chinook (b) Bora (a) Green revolution (b) White revolution
(c) Blizzard (d) Harmattan (c) Operation flood (d) Golden revolution
171. The lines joining places of equal values of horizontal 180. The island of Honshu in Japan is famous for
component of Earth's magnetic field are called
(SSC Steno. 2016)
(SSC Steno. 2014)
(a) Oil (b) Diamonds
(a) isogonic lines (b) isodynamic lines
(c) Coal (d) Iron ore
(c) aclinic lines (d) isoclinic lines
172. Which one among the following states is smallest in area? 181. 40°N latitude acts as demarcation line between
(SSC Steno. 2014) (SSC Steno. 2016)
(a) Gujarat (b) Karnataka (a) North and South Korea
(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Andhra Pradesh (b) USA and Canada
173. Highest coffee growing state in India is(SSC Steno. 2014) (c) North add South Vietnam
(a) Karnataka (b) Uttar Pradesh (d) Egypt and Sudan
(c) Maharashtra (d) Tamil Nadu 182. Lakes which contain high concentration of humic acid in
174. The rootless plant is (SSC Steno. 2014) water is (SSC Steno. 2016)
(a) lemna (b) banana (a) Desert salt lakes (b) Volcanic lakes
(c) ginger (d) lemon (c) Dystrophic lakes (d) Deep ancient lakes
175. The highest peak of the Eastern ghats of India is 183. The first person ever to reach the South Pole was
(SSC Steno. 2014) (SSC Steno. 2016)
(a) Shevroy hills (b) Mahendragiri (a) Magellan (b) merigo Vespucci
(c) Javadi hills (d) Annaimudi (c) Amundsen (d) Peary
176. Which country is the largest producer of raw jute? 184. It is reported that there is an ongoing decrease in the pH
(SSC Steno. 2014) value of ocean water because of global warming. It happens
(a) Bangladesh (b) Pakistan due to (SSC Steno. 2016)
(c) Myanmar (d) India (a) Larger uptake of atmospheric nitrogen by ocean water.
177. The largest proven oil reserve of the world lies in
(b) Lesser uptake of atmospheric nitrogen by ocean water.
(SSC Steno. 2016)
(c) Larger uptake of CO2 by ocean water
(a) Iran (b) Iraq
(d) Lesser uptake of CO2 by ocean water.
(c) Venezuela (d) Saudi Arabia
185. The largest tea growing country in the World is
178. Kundankulam Project is located in which state ?
(SSC Steno. 2016)
(SSC Steno. 2016)
(a) Telangana (b) Kerala (a) India (b) Brazil
(c) Karnataka (d) Tamil Nadu (c) Sri Lanka (d) China
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4
CHAPTER
ECONOMICS
1. Formalised system of trading agreements with groups of 11. Which among the following agencies released the report,
countries is known as (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2010) Economic Outlook for 2009–10 ? (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2010)
(a) Trading blocks (b) Trade ventures (a) Planning Commission
(c) Trade partners (d) Trade organisations (b) PM's Economic Advisory Council
2. Depression formed due to deflating action of winds are called (c) Finance Commission
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2010) (d) Reserve Bank of India
(a) Playas (b) Yardang 12. India and U.S. have decided to finalise agreements related
(c) Ventifacts (d) Sand dunes to which of the following ? (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2010)
3. Which one of the following is not a method of estimating (a) Trade and Investment (b) Intellectual Property
National Income ? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2010) (c) Traditional Knowledge (d) All of the above
(a) Expenditure method (b) Product method 13. The exchange of commodities between two countries is
(c) Matrix method (d) Income method referred as (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2010)
4. The monetary policy is India is formulated by (a) Balance of trade (b) Bilateral trade
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2010) (c) Volume of trade (d) Multilateral trade
(a) Central Government 14. A want becomes a demand only when it is backed by the
(b) Industrial Financial Corporation of India (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2010)
(c) Reserve Bank of India (a) Ability to purchase (b) Necessity to buy
(d) Industrial Development Bank of India (c) Desire to buy (d) Utility of the product
5. A short-term government security paper is called 15. The terms 'Micro Economics' and "Macro Economics" were
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2010) coined by (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2010)
(a) Share (b) Debenture (a) Alfred Marshall (b) Ragner Nurkse
(c) Mutual fund (d) Treasury bill (c) Ragner Frisch (d) J.M. Keynes
6. WTO basically promotes (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2010) 16. During periods of inflation, tax rates should
(a) Financial support (b) Global peace (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2010)
(c) Unilateral trade (d) Multilateral trade (a) increase (b) decrease
7. Under which market condition do firms have excess (c) remain constant (d) fluctuate
capacity? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2010) 17. Which is the biggest tax paying sector in India ?
(a) Perfect competition (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2010)
(b) Monopolistic competition (a) Agriculture sector (b) Industrial sector
(c) Duopoly (c) Transport sector (d) Banking sector
(d) Oligopoly 18. "Economics is what it ought to be" – This statement refers
8. Price theory is also known as (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2010) to (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2010)
(a) Macro Economics (b) Development Economics (a) Normative economics (b) Positive economics
(c) Public Economics (d) Micro Economics (c) Monetary economics (d) Fiscal economics
9. At present, India is following (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2010) 19. The excess of price a person is to pay rather than forego the
(a) Fixed exchange rate consumption of the commodity is called
(b) Floating exchange rate (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2010)
(c) Pegged up exchange rate (a) Price (b) Profit
(d) Pegged down exchange rate (c) Producer's surplus (d) Consumer's surplus
10. National Income is the (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2010) 20. When there is an official change in the exchange rate of
(a) Net National Product at market price domestic currency, then it is called:
(b) Net National Product at factor cost (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2011)
(c) Net Domestic Product at market price (a) Appreciation (b) Depreciation
(d) Net Domestic Product at factor cost (c) Revaluation (d) Deflation
42 Economics
21. Inflation redistributes income and wealth in favour of: 32. The study of population is known as.
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2011) (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012)
(a) Pensioners (b) Poor (a) Demography (b) Climatology
(c) Middle class (d) Rich (c) Petrology (d) Hydrology
22. The fringe benefit tax was introduced in the budget of 33. The BSE Sensex is based on how many stocks ?
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2011) (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012)
(a) 2003-04 (b) 2004-05 (a) 80 (b) 100
(c) 2005-06 (d) 2006-07 (c) 30 (d) 50
23. The purchase of shares and bonds of Indian companies by 34. The funds raised by the Government within the country is
Foreign Institutional Investors is called known as (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012)
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2011) (a) Domestic budgetary source
(a) Foreign Direct Investment (b) Domestic banking source
(b) Portfolio Investment (c) Domestic saving source
(c) NRI Investment (d) Domestic monetary source
(d) Foreign Indirect Investment 35. Sick units are referred to (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012)
24. Monopolist resorts to price discrimination depending upon (a) SIA (b) DGTD
the (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012) (c) FIPB (d) BIFR
(a) Elasticity of supply (b) Elasticity of demand 36. The concept ‘Duopoly’ was introduced by
(c) Law of demand (d) Law of supply (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012)
25. Economic planning is an essential feature of (a) Sweezy (b) Malthus
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012) (c) Ricardo (d) Cournot .
(a) Socialist economy (b) Capitalist economy 37. Which of the following is the feature of monopolistic
(c) Mixed economy (d) Dual economy competition ? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012)
26. The Rashtriya Barh Ayog (RBA) is related with (a) Single firm (b) Large number of firms
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012) (c) Group of firms (d) None of the above
(a) Droughts and Floods (b) Poverty Alleviation 38. Which one of the following is an example for a non-economic
(c) Floods (d) Disaster Management good? (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012)
27. Low cost housing is an example for: (a) Doctor’s service (b) Teacher’s service
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012) (c) Mother’s service (d) Banker’s service
(a) Mixed wants (b) Social wants 39. Which one of the following committee is associated with
(c) Private wants (d) Merit wants banking sector reforms in India? (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012)
28. Consumption for the sake of enjoying social (a) L. C. Gupta (b) Narsimhan
acknowledgement is called: (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012) (c) Chakravarty (d) Kelkar
(a) Rational consumption 40. Which one of the following is not a qualitative credit control
(b) Social consumption measure of the RBI? (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012)
(c) Conspicuous consumption (a) Fixing margin requirements
(d) Demonstration consumption (b) Variable interest rates
29. Of the following economists, whom do you consider to be (c) Open market operations
the Master of “Partial Analysis”? (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012) (d) Credit rationing
(a) Leon Walras (b) Alfred Marshall 41. The 13th Five Year Plan will be operative for the period.
(c) J. M. Keynes (d) Lionel Robbins (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012)
30. India making ‘Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements’ (a) 2010 - 2015 (b) 2011- 2016
(DTAA) with other countries for the promotion of: (c) 2012 - 2017 (d) 2013 - 2018
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012) 42. The national income of a nation is the
(a) Bilateral trade (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012)
(b) External commercial borrowings (a) Government’s annual revenue
(c) Foreign direct investments (b) Sum total of factor incomes
(d) Foreign institutional investment (c) Surplus of public sector enterprises
31. Brain drain has been caused by: (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012) (d) Exports minus imports
(a) failure to recognise talent in the originating country. 43. Externality theory is the basic theory of the following branch
(b) the lure of high living standards of Economics : (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013)
(c) lack of employment opportunities (a) Macro Economics (b) Environomics
(d) socio-economic instability (c) Fiscal Economics (d) International Economics
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44. Diamonds are priced higher than water because : 53. Forced Savings refer to (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013)
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) (a) Compulsory deposits imposed on income tax payers
(a) consumers do not buy them at lower prices. (b) Provident fund contribution of private sector
(b) they are sold by selected firms with monopolistic employees
powers. (c) Reduction of consumption consequent to a rise in
(c) their marginal utility to buyers is higher than that of prices
water (d) Taxes on individual income and wealth
(d) their total utility to buyers is higher than that of water 54. High powered money is (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013)
45. "Functional Finance" is associated with : (a) Banks reserves at Central Bank
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) (b) All loans and advances of banks
(a) Abba 'P' Lerner (b) Adolph Wogner (c) Money held by banks
(c) Adam Smith (d) Adams (d) Currency held by public and reserves with the Central
46. Of the following land uses, which is restricted to Special Bank
Economic Zones ? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) 55. Hardening interest rate means (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013)
(a) Information Technology Companies (a) interest rate is remaining sticky
(b) Educational Institutions (b) interest rate is very low
(c) Free trade Centres (c) interest rate is increasing
(d) Marketing Centres (d) interest rate is falling
47. As per the TRIPS Agreement-1994, a good originating from 56. “Dumping” is a situation when the seller
a region with specific character/quality/reputation is (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013)
covered/to a protected under the IPR as (a) supplies mote than the demand for products in the
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013) World Market.
(a) Patent (b) supplies more in the Domestic Market.
(b) Trademark (c) sells a commodity at a lower price in the World Market
(c) Trade secret and charges a higher price in the Domestic Market.
(d) GI (Geographical Indicator) (d) sells a commodity at a higher price in the World Market
48. ‘Gold’ is mainly related to (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2011) and charges a lower price in the Domestic Market.
(a) Local market (b) National market 57. Tick the correct option with regards to the contribution
(c) International market (d) Regional market towards GDP (Gross Domestic Product) from Agriculture
49. The demand for labour is called (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013)
(a) Derived demand (b) Factory demand (a) Durin g 1950–51 (GDP 51-88%) and 2011–12
(c) Market demand (d) Direct demand (GDP 14-01%)
50. Which of the following is not an investment expenditure in (b) During 1950–51 (GDP 11-00%) and 2011–12 (GDP 25%)
goods and services? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) (c) Durin g 1990–91 (GDP 29-53%) and 2011–12
(a) Purchase of machinery (GDP 66-77%)
(b) An increase in business inventories (d) Durin g 1980–81 (GDP 35-69%) and 2011–12
(c) Expansion of the main plant of a company (GDP 20-69%)
(d) Purchase of a house 58. The principle of maximum social advantage is the basic
51. Which one of the following represents the Savings of the principle of (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013)
Private Corporate Sector? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) (a) Micro Economics
(a) Undistributed profits (b) Macro Economics
(b) Excess of income over expenditure (c) Fiscal Economics
(c) Dividends paid to shareholders (d) Environmental Economics
(d) Total profits of a company 59. Which Five Year Plan is not correct among the following?
52. Social accounting system in India is classified into (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013)
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) (a) First 1951–56 (b) Second 1956–61
(a) Assets, liabilities and debt position (c) Third 1961–66 (d) Fourth 1966–71
(b) Public sector, Private sector and Joint sector 60. An economic theory is a/an (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013)
(c) Income, product and expenditure (a) Axion (b) Proposition
(d) Enterprise, households and government (c) Hypothesis (d) Tested hypothesis
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61. Indian Special Economic Rules amendment came in the year 73. Which of the following method is not used in determining
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) National Income of a country? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2014)
(a) 2000 (b) 2002 (a) Income Method (b) Output Method
(c) 2004 (d) 2006 (c) Input Method (d) Investment Method
62. According to Marx, the source of value is 74. What does the letter 'e' denotes in the term 'e-banking'?
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2014)
(a) Capital (b) Land (a) Essential Banking (b) Economic Banking
(c) Labour (d) None of the above (c) Electronic Banking (d) Expansion Banking
63. The Community Development Programme was launched in 75. Which among the following is not a Bretton Woods
the year (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013) Institution ? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2015)
(a) 1950 (b) 1952 (a) International Monetary Fund (IMF)
(c) 1951 (d) 1953 (b) World Bank
64. Prof. Milton Friedman was the leader of
(c) Organisaiton of Economic Cooperation an d
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2014) Development (O.E.C.D.)
(a) Ohio school (b) Chicago school
(d) None of these
(c) Cambridge school (d) London school
76. Equilibrium price in the market is determined by the
65. Which one of the following is not a qualitative control of
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2015)
credit by the Central Bank of a country?
(a) equality between total cost and total revenue
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2014)
(b) equality between average cost and average revenue.
(a) Rationing of credit
(b) Regulation of consumer credit (c) equality between marginal cost and marginal revenue
(c) Variation of the reserve ratio (d) equality between marginal cost and average cost.
(d) Regulation of margin requirements 77. In the national context which of the following indicates
66. The market in whcih loans of money can be obtained is Macro Approach ? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2015)
called (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2014) (a) Sales of Bata Shoe Company
(a) Reserve market (b) Institutional market (b) Exports of Mangoes to U.K.
(c) Money market (d) Exchange market (c) Income from Railways
67. If the marginal return increases at a diminishing rate, the (d) Inflation in India
total return (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2014) 78. Internal economies (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2015)
(a) increases (b) decreases (a) arise in an economy as it makes progress
(c) remains constant (d) becomes zero (b) accrue to a firm when it expands its output
68. The law of Increasing Returns means (c) arise when there is expansion in internal trade
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2014) (d) arise when there is expansion in an industry
(a) increasing cost (b) decreasing cost 79. One of the features of a free market economy is
(c) increasing production (d) increasing income (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2015)
69. Which of the following is the Regulator of the credit rating (a) public ownership of factors of production
agencies in India? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2014) (b) rationing and price control
(a) RBI (b) SBI
(c) consumer's sovereignty
(c) SIDBI (d) SEBI
(d) active state intervention
70. Which is the first Indian Company to be listed in NASDAQ?
80. Gross National Product – Depreciation Allowance = ?
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2014)
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2015)
(a) Reliance (b) TCS
(a) Gross Domestic Product
(c) HCL (d) Infosys
(b) Personal Income
71. RRBs are owned by (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2014)
(c) Net National Product
(a) Central Government (b) State Government
(c) Sponsor Bank (d) Jointly by all of the above (d) Per Capita Income
72. The Monetary and Credit Policy is announced by which of 81. The Panchayat Samiti remains accountable for its functions
the following? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2014) to (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2015)
(a) Ministry of Finance of Centre (a) The Gram Panchayats and Gram Sabhas
(b) Reserve Bank of India (b) Zilla Parishads
(c) State Bank of India (c) Anchal Panchayats
(d) Planning Commission of India (d) Janpad Panchayats
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82. The one rupee note bears the signature of : (c) NRI deposits
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2015) (d) External commercial borrowing
(a) Governor, Reserver Bank of India 93. Which one of the following is not an instrument of Fiscal
(b) Finance Minister policy? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016)
(c) Secretary, Ministry of Finance (a) Open Market Operations
(d) None of these (b) Taxation
83. NABARD stands for (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2015) (c) Public borrowing
(a) National business for Accounting and Reviewing (d) Public expenditure
(b) National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development 94. In which of the following market forms, a firm does not
(c) National Bank for Aeronautics and Radar Development exercise control over price? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016)
(d) National Bureau for Air and Road Transport (a) Monopoly
84. Surplus budget is recommended during : (b) Perfect competition
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2015) (c) Oligopoly
(a) Depression (b) Boom (d) Monopolistic competition
(c) War (d) Famines 95. What is the name of portal launched by RBI recently to
85. Economic profit or normal profit is the same as : check illegal money collection? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016)
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2015) (a) Sahyog (b) Sahayata
(a) accounting profit (b) optimum profit (c) Sampark (d) Sachet
(c) net profit (d) maximum profit 96. Fiscal policy in India is formulated by?
86. CENVAT is related to which of the following ? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016)
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016) (a) Reserve Bank of India
(a) Sales Tax (b) Excise Duty
(b) Planning Commission
(c) Custom Duty (d) Service Tax
(c) Finance Ministry
87. Malthusian theory is associated with which of the following ?
(d) SEBI
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016)
97. Open market operation refers to : (SSC CHSL 2012)
(a) Poverty (b) Employment
(a) borrowing by scheduled banks to industry and trade
(c) Diseases (d) Population
(b) purchase and sale of government securities by the rbi
88. Which is the parameter for the economic development ?
(c) deposit mobilisation
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016)
(a) Per capita monetary income (d) borrowing by scheduled banks from the RBI
(b) National income 98. Who are the price-takers under Perfect Competition ?
(c) Per capita rural income (SSC CHSL 2012)
(d) Population (a) industry (b) government
89. A ‘Market Economy’ is one which (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016) (c) firms (d) buyers
(a) is controlled by the Government 99. An employment situation where the marginal productivity
(b) is free from the Government control of agricultural labour is zero is known as :
(c) in influenced by international market forces (SSC CHSL 2012)
(d) All of these (a) Seasonal unemployment
90. Regional Rural Banks are sponsored by (b) Cyclical unemployment
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016) (c) Disguised unemployment
(a) Nationalised Commercial Bank (d) Disguised unemployment
(b) Reserve Bank of India 100. Which one of the following is a raw material oriented
(c) State Bank of India industry ? (SSC CHSL 2012)
(d) Government of India (a) Sugar industry
91. Who is the Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of (b) Petroleum refinery
India? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016) (c) Light engineering industry
(a) Raghu Ram Rajan (b) Arvind Subramanian (d) Ship building
(c) Rajiv Mahirishi (d) Arvind Pangariya 101. The basic object of all production is to (SSC CHSL 2013)
92. Which type of foreign investment is considered as unsafe? (a) increase physical output
(SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016) (b) satisfy human wants
(a) Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) (c) provide employment
(b) Portfolio investment (d) make profits
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102. Inflation is caused by (SSC CHSL 2013) 110. Other things being equal, a decrease in quantity demanded
(a) decrease in production of a commodity can be caused by (SSC CHSL 2014)
(b) increase in money supply and decrease in production (a) a rise in the price of the commodity
(c) increase in money supply (b) a rise in the income of the consumer
(d) increase in production (c) a fall in the price of a commodity
103. Dumping is a form of price discrimination at (d) a fall in the income of the consumer
(SSC CHSL 2013) 111. Lender of the Last Resort is : (SSC CHSL 2015)
(a) local level (b) within industry (a) IDBI (b) NABARD
(c) national level (d) international level (c) SBI (d) RBI
104. The equilibrium of a firm under perfect competition will be
112. Perfectly inelastic demand is equal to : (SSC CHSL 2015)
determined when (SSC CHSL 2013)
(a) One (b) Zero
(a) Marginal Cost > Average Cost
(c) Infinite (d) Greater than one
(b) Marginal Revenue > Average Cost
113. When price of a substitute of commodity 'x' falls, the demand
(c) Marginal Revenue > Average Revenue
for 'x' (SSC CHSL 2015)
(d) Marginal Revenue = Marginal Cost
(a) remains unchanged
105. Expenditure on advertisement and public relations by an
enterprise is a part of its (SSC CHSL 2013) (b) Increases at increasing rate
(a) fixed capital (c) rises
(b) consumption of fixed capital (d) falls
(c) final consumption expenditure 114. Mixed Economy means : (SSC CHSL 2015)
(d) intermediate consumption (a) Co-existence of public and private sectors
106. Which of the following is not an economic problem ? (b) Co-existence of rich and poor
(SSC CHSL 2014) (c) Co-existence of small and large Industries
(a) Deciding between paid work and leisure. (d) Promoting both agriculture and Industries in the
(b) Deciding between expenditure on one good and the economy
other. 115. By whom was the autonomous investment separated from
(c) Deciding between alternative methods of personal induced investment ? (SSC CHSL 2015)
saving. (a) Malthus (b) Joan Robinson
(d) Deciding between different ways of spending leisure (c) Adam Smith (d) Schumpeter
time. 116. A demand curve will not shift: (SSC CHSL 2015)
107. Which of the following occurs when labour productivity (a) When only prices of substitute products change
rises ? (SSC CHSL 2014) (b) When there is a change in advertisement expenditure
(a) The equilibrium nominal wage falls
(c) When only price of the commodity changes
(b) The equilibrium quantity of labour falls
(d) When only income changes.
(c) Competitive firms will be induced to use more capital
117. The time element in price analysis was introduced by
(d) The labour demand curve shifts to the right
(SSC CHSL 2015)
108. Which of the following are consumer semi-surable goods ?
(a) Alfred Marshall (b) J.S. Mill
(SSC CHSL 2014)
(a) Cars and television sets (c) J.R. Hicks (d) J.M. Keynes
(b) Milk and milk products 118. A camera in the hands of a professional photographer is a
(c) Foodgrains and other food products ___________ good. (SSC Multitasking 2013)
(d) Electrical appliance like fans and electic irons (a) Capital (b) Free
109. Which of the following statements is correct ? (c) Intermediary (d) Consumer
(SSC CHSL 2014) 119. A portion of an individual's total income is spent on
(a) Most workers will work for less then their reservation consumption. The remaining part is called
wage. (SSC Multitasking 2014)
(b) The reservation wage is the maximum amount any firm (a) Savings (b) Deposits
will pay for a worker. (c) Surplus (d) Excess
(c) Economic rent is the difference between the market 120. Phase of increasing returns is otherwise called
wage and the reservation wage. (SSC Multitasking 2014)
(d) Economic rent is the amount one must pay to enter a (a) increasing cost (b) decreasing cost
desirable labour market. (c) increasing revenue (d) decreasing revenue
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121. Monopoly refers to (SSC Multitasking 2014) 128. Which of the following is not a function of the Exim Bank of
(a) competition among monopolists India? (SSC Sub. Ins. 2012)
(b) absence of competition (a) Financing of export and import of goods and services
(c) a firm charging different prices to different customers (b) Inspection of exported goods for quality assurance
(d) a market situation in which there is only one buyer of a (c) Financing of joint ventures in foreign countries
commodity and one seller (d) Loans to Indian parties for contribution to share capital
122. Primary sector of an economy includes of joint ventures abroad
(SSC Multitasking 2014) 129. The Social Forestry Scheme was introduced during
(a) Service sector rendering services like banking, (SSC Sub. Ins. 2012)
transport, etc. which one of the primary importance (a) Fourth Five Year Plan (b) Eighth Five Year Plan
(b) Important enterprises of the manufacturinig sector (c) Second Five Year Plan (d) Sixth Five Year Plan
(c) Indsutrial sector which is of primary importance for 130. Which one of the following iron and steel works in India is
the economy not under public sector? (SSC Sub. Ins. 2012)
(d) Agriculture and allied activities (a) Bokaro (b) Jamshedpur
123. Liquidity preference theory of interest is propounded by (c) Bhilai (d) Durgapur
(SSC Multitasking 2014) 131. If a firm is operating at loss in the short-period in perfect
combination. it should; (SSC Sub. Ins. 2013)
(a) J.S. Mill (b) A. Marshall
(a) decrease the production and the price.
(c) I. Fisher (d) J.M. Keynes
(b) increase the production and the price
124. Which one of the following statements is correct?
(c) continue to operate as long as it covers even the
(SSC Sub. Ins. 2012)
variable costs.
(a) A commodity will value if it is wanted by somebody.
(d) shut-down and leave the industry
(b) A commodity will have value only if it is scarce relative
132. Which of the following is an indirect tax ?
to demand.
(SSC Sub. Ins. 2013)
(c) The value of a commodity depends upon its price.
(a) Capital Gains Tax (b) Excise Duty
(d) The value of a commodity is entirely dependent upon
(c) Wealth Tax (d) Estate Duty
the substitutes.
133. Taxes on professions can be levied by:
125. Which of the following formulae could be used for
(SSC Sub. Ins. 2013)
calculating the per capita income of a country?
(a) State government only
(SSC Sub. Ins. 2012)
(b) both by state and union government
Total familyincome (c) by panchayats only
(a) Number of family members (d) Union government only
134. Which one is not a function of money?
Nationalincome (SSC Sub. Ins. 2013)
(b) Total population (a) Transfer of value (b) Store of value
(c) Price stabilisation (d) Value measurement
Totalincomeof various industries
(c) 135. "Closed Economy" means: (SSC Sub. Ins. 2013)
Total number of industrial wor kers (a) no provision for public sector
(b) no provision for private sector
TotalGovernment Revenue
(d) (c) economy policy not well defined
Totalpopulation
(d) a country having no imports and exports
126. For controlling inflation, the central bank should 136. At "Break-even point", (SSC Sub. Ins. 2013)
(SSC Sub. Ins. 2012) (a) the industry is in equilibrium in the long-run.
(a) sell Government securities in the open market (b) the producers suffers the minimum losses
(b) lower the bank rate (c) the seller earns maximum profit
(c) purchase Government securities in the open market (d) the firm is at zero-profit point
(d) lower the reserve ratio of the banks 137. In the balance of payments account, unrequited receipts
127. There is no selling cost under (SSC Sub. Ins. 2012) and payments are also regarded as (SSC Sub. Ins. 2014)
(a) Perfect competition (a) bilateral transfers
(b) Monopolistic competition (b) unilateral transfers
(c) Oligopoly (c) capital account transfers
(d) Duopoly (d) invisible transfers
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138. Price and output are determinates in market structure other 146. Basic problems of an economy is/are
than (SSC Sub. Ins. 2014) (SSC Sub. Ins. 2016)
(a) monopoly (b) perfect competition (a) Providing Social Security and employment to all.
(c) oligopoly (d) monopsony (b) Elimination of poverty and reduction of inequalities of
139. If average cost falls, marginal cost (SSC Sub. Ins. 2014) income and wealth.
(a) increases at a higher rate (c) Providing basic requirements of life to all.
(b) falls at the same rate (d) Decide as to what, how and for whom to produce.
(c) increases at a lower rate 147. Demand curve is indeterminate under
(d) falls at a higher rate (SSC Sub. Ins. 2016)
140. Which one of the following disburses long term loans to (a) duopoly (b) monopoly
private industry in India ? (SSC Sub. Ins. 2014) (c) pure competition (d) oligopoly
(a) Food Corporation of India 148. Marginal Revenue is (SSC Sub. Ins. 2016)
(b) Life Insurance Corporation of India (a) Revenue realized on the sale of an extra units.
(c) Primary Credit Society (b) Revenue realized from the sale of all units.
(d) Land Development Banks (c) The average revenue of a firm.
141. A low interest policy is also known as : (d) Revenue realized on every unit sold.
(SSC Sub. Ins. 2015) 149. All economic goods are considered are ................in
economics. (SSC Steno. 2013)
(a) investment policy
(a) Wealth (b) Money
(b) income generating policy
(c) Capital (d) Materials
(c) dear money policy
150. Total demand for goods and services at various levels of
(d) cheap money policy
employment is called as (SSC Steno. 2013)
142. The market equilibrium for a commodity is determined by:
(a) Effective demand (b) National demand
(SSC Sub. Ins. 2015)
(c) Market Demand (d) Employment demand
(a) the balancing of the forces of demand and supply for
151. Relationship between price of related goods and quantity
the commodity.
of a particular commodity is called as (SSC Steno. 2013)
(b) the intervention of the Government.
(a) Income - demand (b) Market - demand
(c) the market demand of the commodity. (c) Cross - demand (d) Price - demand
(d) the market supply of the commodity. 152. Devaluation means (SSC Steno. 2014)
143. “Economies” of a firm are: (SSC Sub. Ins. 2015) (a) reduction in the external value of currency
(a) an increase in its profits (b) fall in valuation of the essentials in an economy
(b) its dominance of the market (c) depreciation of the fixed assets
(c) saving in its production costs (d) increase in the currency value in terms of foreign
(d) a reduction in its selling expenses currency
144. Regarding money supply situation in India it can be said 153. Disguised unemployment means (SSC Steno. 2014)
that the: (SSC Sub. Ins. 2015) (a) willing to work and not getting the work
(a) Currency with the public is almost equal to the deposits (b) not getting work on all days
with the banks. (c) insufficiency of capital structure to absorb the large
(b) Currency with the public is inconvertible only. force
(c) Currency with the public is more than the deposits (d) more people working, than required
with the banks. 154. The '3 B 's' - brokers, bankers and businessmen were
(d) Currency with the public is less than the deposits with responsible for (SSC Steno. 2014)
the banks. (a) The Great Depression
145. The equilibrium price of a commodity will definitely rise of (b) Russian Revolution
there is a/an: (SSC Sub. Ins. 2015) (c) French Revolution
(a) increase in supply combined with a decrease in (d) First world war
demand. 155. ATM means (SSC Steno. 2014)
(b) increase in demand accompanied by a decrease in (a) All Time Money
supply. (b) Automatic Teller Machine
(c) decrease in both demand and supply. (c) Automated Teller Machine
(d) increase in both demand and supply. (d) Any Time Money
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156. Which market forms allow free entry and exit of firms? 160. An indirect instrument of monetary policy is
(SSC Steno. 2014) (SSC Steno. 2016)
(a) Perfect and Monopolistic (a) Open market operations
(b) Perfect and Oligopoly (b) Statutory liquidity ratio
(c) Oligopoly and Monopoly (c) Bank rate
(d) Monopoly and Monopolistic (d) Cash reserve ratio
157. GNP differs from NNP due to (SSC Steno. 2014) 161. One of the following is NOT a component of foreign
(a) net indirect taxes (b) Direct taxes exchange reserves in India (SSC Steno. 2016)
(c) interest on public debt (d) Depreciation (a) Gold stock of RBI
158. Which one of the following is an example of joint supply? (b) SDR holdings of government
(SSC Steno. 2014) (c) Foreign exchange assets of RBI
(a) Petrol and Bus (d) Foreign exchange assets of government
(b) Ink and Fountain pen 162. The market system in which there are only two buyers facing
(c) Sugar and Coffee a large number of sellers is called (SSC Steno. 2016)
(d) Wool and Cotton (a) monopsony (b) duopsony
159. Who fixes the REPO rate in India ? (SSC Steno. 2016) (c) duopoly (d) oligopoly
(a) WTO - World Trade Organization 163. 'Investing opportunities model' was proposed by
(b) SEBI - Securities and Exchange Board of India (SSC Steno. 2016)
(c) RBI - Reserve Bank of India (a) Revenstein (b) Davis
(d) IMF - International Monetary Fund (c) E.S. Lee (d) S.A. Stouffer
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PRACTICE SET - 2
1. Which Article of the Indian Constitution guarantees rights 12. Tattvabodhini Sabha was founded by ………....... In 1839
to arrested persons ? (a) Swami Vivekanand
(a) Article 22 (b) Article 35 (b) Keshav Chandra Sen
(c) Article 20 (d) Article 42
(c) Dabendranath Tagore
2. For a person having hypermetropia, the near point is
(d) Swami Sahajanamd
…………………..
13. After the revolt of 1857, British pursued the policy of
(a) Greater than 20 cm (b) Lesser than 25cm
(c) Greater than 25cm (d) Lesser than 30cm ……………
3. Cryogenic is a science deals with (a) Divide and Policies
(a) High Temperatures(b) Low Pressure (b) Rules and Regulation
(c) High Pressure (d) Low Temperature (c) Divide and Rule
4. ..................... is an active factor of production (d) Unity and Poliy
(a) Product (b) Labour 14. Prithvi-I missile was inducted into the ..................in 1994
(c) Wages (d) Price (a) Indian Army (b) Indian Air Force
5. When total utility becomes maximum, then marginal utility (c) Indian Navy (d) All of these
will be 15. 2018 FIFA World Cup to be held in …………….
(a) Maximum
(a) China (b) Russia
(b) Minimum
(c) India (d) Brazil
(c) Either maximum or minimum
16. .…………………is issued by the court in case of illegal
(d) Zero
detention of a person
6. Revealed Preference Theory was propounded by
……………….. (a) Quo Warranto (b) Habeas Corpus
(a) Robbins (b) Smith (c) Mandamus (d) Certiorari
(c) Samuelson (d) Schumpter 17. At the time of Emergency, the Indian State become unitary
7. One Carat of diamond is equal to ..…………… from …………………….
(a) 200m (b) 100m (a) Semi Federal (b) Federal
(c) 150m (d) 300m (c) Unitary (d) Quasi-federal
8. Wood Spirit is which of the following ? 18. The book titled 'The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler' is penned
(a) Ethyl Alcohol (b) Propanol by
(c) Methyl Alcohol (d) Butanol (a) Z.A. Bhutto
9. Which of the following is chief source of Napthalene ? (b) James Cross Giblin
(a) Moth balls (b) Mothflakes
(c) J.M. Barrie
(c) Tar Camphor (d) Coal tar
(d) Gunnar Myrdal
10. Study of crop production is ………………
19. Bos Taurus is a scientific name of ………………..
(a) Entology (b) Ecology
(c) Botany (d) Agronomy (a) Buffalo (b) Horse
11. Who was the last guru of the Sikhs ? (c) Cow (d) Cat
(a) Guru Granth Sahib 20. …………….. includes all prokaryotic organism likes bacteria,
(b) Guru Gobind Singh cynobacterioa and archiobacteria
(c) Guru Angad (a) Animalia (b) Protista
(d) Guru Amar Das (c) Monera (d) Planatae
Practice Set-2 PS-5
21. …………………… is the Kuchipudi dancer 24. World's largest Charkha (spinning wheels) that was unveiled
(a) Anupama Mohan at Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI),
(b) Bimbavati Devi New Delhi is made of the teak wood of which country?
(c) Arush Mudgal (a) Burma (b) Sri Lanka
(d) Swapnasundari (c) Nepal (d) Ukraine
22. Which of the following is not a chief organ of the United 25. The Union Cabinet recently approved The High Courts
Nations Organisations? (Alteration of Names) Bill, 2016 to be introduced in the
(a) International Labour Organisation Parliament. The bill will facilitate the changing of the names
(b) Security Council of which two high courts?
(c) International Court of Justice (a) Bombay High Court and Calcutta High Court
(d) General Assembly (b) Bombay High Court and Madras High Court
23. The treaty of Mangalore was signed between (c) Calcutta High Court and Madras High Court
(a) the English East India Company and Haidar Ali (d) Bombay High Court and Gauhati High Court
(b) the English East India Company and Tipu Sultan
(c) Haidar Ali and the Zamorin of Calicut
(d) the French East India Company and Tipu Sultan
PS-6 Practice Set-2
PRACTICE SET - 3
1. Which one of the following is not a computer language? 11. Which one of the following Schedules of the Constitution
(a) Cobol (b) Visual Basic of India includes the disqualification of a Legislator on
(c) HTML (d) Netscape grounds of defection?
2. Who among the following was the first Governor General of (a) 8th Schedule (b) 7th Schedule
India? (c) 9th Schedule (d) 10th Schedule
(a) Lord Amherst 12. Which one of the following causes the chikungunia
(b) Lord William Bentinck disease?
(c) Sir Charles Metcalfe (a) Bacteria (b) Helminthic worm
(d) Robert Clive (c) Protozoan (d) Virus
3. Which one of the following is not a constituent of biogas? 13. Who among the following recommends to the Parliament
(a) Methane (b) Carbon dioxide for the abolition of the Legislative Council in a State?
(c) Hydrogen (d) Nitrogen dioxide (a) The President of India
4. In which one of the following sessions was the Indian (b) The Governor of the concerned State
National Congress split into moderates and extremists? (c) The Legislative Council of the concerned State
(a) Nagpur (b) Allahabad (d) The Legislative Assembly of the concerned State
(c) Surat (d) Calcutta 14. Which one of the following vitamins helps in clotting of
5. Bar is a unit of which one of the following? blood?
(a) Force (b) Energy (a) Vitamin-A (b) Vitamin-B6
(c) Pressure (d) Frequency (c) Vitamin-D (d) Vitamin-K
6. Which of the following metals are present in 15. The ‘Thomas Cup is associated with
haemoglobin and chlorophyll, respectively? (a) Table Tennis (b) Lawn Tennis
(a) Fe and Mg (b) Fe and Zn (c) Badminton (d) Billiards
(c) Mg and Zn (d) Zn and Mg 16. Which one among the following pairs is correctly matched?
7. A mother of blood group O has a group O child. What could (a) The Second Battle : Defeat of Jaichand
be the blood group of father of the child? of Tarain of Kannauj
(a) Only O (b) A or B or O by Muhammad of Ghori
(c) A or B (d) Only AB (b) The First Battle of : Defeat of Sikander
8. Who among the following was the founder of the Muslim Panipat Lodhi by
League? Babur
(a) Muhammad Ali Jinnah (c) The Battle of : Defeat of Humayun
(b) Shaukat Ali Chausa by Sher Shah
(c) Nawab Salimullah (d) The Battle of : Defeat of Rana
(d) Aga Khan Khanwa Pratap by Akbar
9. Which one among the following is not a source of tax 17. What is the purpose of adding baking soda to dough?
revenue for the Central Government in India ? (a) To generate moisture
(a) Income tax (b) Customs duuties (b) To give a good flavour
(c) Service tax (d) Motor Vehicle tax (c) To give good colour
10. Which of the following does not form part of current account (d) To generate carbon dioxide
of Balance of Payments? 18. The ‘Arthasastra’ is a treatise on which one of the following?
(a) Export and import of goods (a) Economics
(b) Export and import of services (b) Environment
(c) Income receipts and payments (c) Political Philosophy
(d) Capital receipts and payments (d) Religion in Administration
PS-8 Practice Set-3
19. Which one of the following glands in the human body stores 23. What is the recently extended deadline for states to join
iodine? Union Government's Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana
(a) Parathyroid (b) Thyroid (UDAY) scheme?
(c) Pituitary (d) Adrenal
(a) March 2017
20. India's first integrated Defense Communication Network
(DCN) has been launched in which of the following cities? (b) January 2018
(a) New Delhi (b) Lucknow (c) March 2018
(c) Ahmedabad (d) Kochi (d) January 2017
21. The book "The mind of the terrorist: the Psychology of 24. As of now, how many countries are members of Nuclear
terrorism from the IRA to al-Qaeda" has been authored by Suppliers Group (NSG)?
whom? (a) 48 (b) 56
(a) Amitav Ghosh (c) 64 (d) 96
(b) Ashwin Sanghi 25. India's first AYUSH university will be set up in which state
(c) Kunal Basu of India?
(d) Jerrold M. Post (a) Sikkim
22. The Government of India (GoI) has extended the ban on the
(b) Haryana
import of milk and milk products of China till which year?
(c) Karnataka
(a) June 2017 (b) March 2017
(d) West Bengal
(c) December 2017 (d) January 2017
Practice Set-3 PS-9
PRACTICE SET - 4
1. Which one of the following is a programme that converts 10. In the human body, Cowper's glands form a part of which
high level language to machine language? one of the following system?
(a) Linker (b) Assembler (a) Digestive system
(c) Interpreter (d) Compiler (b) Endocrine system
2. Classification of an enterprise into public or private sector (c) Reproductive system
is based on (d) Nervous system
(a) number of employees in the enterprise 11. Mist is a result of which one of the following
(b) ownership of assets of the enterprise (a) Condensation
(c) employment conditions for workers in the enterprise (b) Evaporation
(d) nature of products manufactured by the enterprise (c) Sublimation
3. Which one of the following glands produces the growth (d) Saturation
hormone (somatotrophin)? 12. ‘Dyarchy’ was first introduced in India under
(a) Adrenal (b) Pancreas (a) Morley-Minto reforms
(c) Pituitary (d) Thyroid (b) Montford reforms
4. Who among the following was elected as the President of (c) Simon Commision plan
All India Khilafat Conference met at Delhi in 1919? (d) Government of India Act, 1935
(a) Motilal Nehru (b) Mahatma Gandhi 13. When Lord Mountbatten became the first Governor-General
(c) M A Jinnah (d) Shaukat Ali of India, who among the following became the Governor-
5. Which one of the following Indian states does not have a General for Pakistan?
common international border with Bangladesh? (a) Lord Mountbatten
(a) Manipur (b) Paschim Banga (b) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
(c) Tripura (d) Asom (c) Liaquat Ali Khan
6. Who among the following is the author of the book. ‘The (d) Shaukat Ali
Namesake’? 14. Fiscal Policy in India is formulated by
(a) Arundhati Roy (b) Amitava Ghosh (a) the Reserve Bank of India
(c) Jhumpa Lahiri (d) Kiran Desai (b) the Planning Commission
7. Who among the following was not a member of the (c) the Finance Ministry
Constituent Assembly? (d) the Securities and Exchange Board of India
(a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 15. Fat can be separated from milk in a cream separation because
(b) Acharya JB Kriplani of
(c) Lok Nayak Jayprakash (a) cohesive force
(d) K M Munshi (b) gravitational force
8. Carbon dioxide is called a greenhouse gas because (c) centrifugal force
(a) its concentration remains always higher than other (d) centripetal force
gases 16. The average fixed cost curve will always be
(b) it is used in photosynthesis (a) a rectangular hyperbola
(c) it absorbs infrared radiation . (b) a downward sloping convex to the origin curve
(d) it emits visible radiation (c) a downward sloping straight line
9. Laser is a device to produce (d) a U-shaped curve
(a) a beam of white light
17. Malaria in the human body is caused by which one of the
(b) coherent light following organisms?
(c) microwaves (a) Bacteria (b) Virus
(d) X-rays (c) Mosquito (d) Protozoan
Practice Set-4 PS-11
18. The focal length of convex lens is 22. Mohammad Shahid is associated with which sports?
(a) the same for all colours (a) Hockey (b) Badminton
(b) shorter for blue light than for red (c) Wrestling (d) Boxing
(c) shorter for red light than for blue 23. KG Subramanyan, who passes away recently, was a famous
(d) maximum for yellow light personality of which field?
19. The Name of Ram Prasad Bismil is associated with (a) Art (b) Journalism
(a) Kanpur Conspiracy Case (c) Sports (d) Politics
(b) Alipore Conspiracy Case 24. Who has won the 2016 wins Iceland's presidential election?
(c) Kakori Conspiracy Case (a) Davíd Oddsson
(d) Meerut Conspiracy Case
(b) Olafur Ragnar Grimsson
20. The Indian Research Station 'Himadri' is located at
(c) Gudni Johannesson
(a) Siachen (b) Darjeeling
(d) Andri Snaer Magnason
(c) Arctic Region (d) Antarctica
25. Which of the following countries has become the newest
21. What is the theme of the first-ever "National Yoga Olympiad",
member of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR)?
which has been organized by the NCERT?
(a) Canada (b) India
(a) Yoga for Peace and Dhyana
(c) Brazil (d) Poland
(b) Yoga for Health and Harmony
(c) Yoga fo r Kriya and Harmony
(d) Yoga for Emotional and Mental development
PS-12 Practice Set-4
PRACTICE SET - 5
1. When had Muslim league passed the resolution "Divide 10. According to the Constitution of India, the Right to
and Quit" movement ? Property is a –
(a) 1945 (b) 1943 (a) Fundamental Right
(c) 1944 (d) None of these (b) Directive Principle
2. What is the ratio of money held by the public in currency to (c) Legal Right
that they held in deposit ? (d) Social Right
(a) The currency deposit ratio 11. Babar declared himself as an emperor first at –
(b) The reserve deposit ratio (a) Samarqand
(c) Cash reserve ratio
(b) Farghana
(d) Cash deposit ratio
(c) Kabul
3. The chemical behavior of an atom depends upon –
(d) Panipat
(a) the number of Neutrons in the nucleus
(b) the number of Nucleons in the nucleus 12. How many times has financial emergency been declared in
(c) the number of Protons in its nucleus India, so far?
(d) the number of Electrons orbiting around the nucleus (a) Five times (b) Four times
4. 88th amendement of the Indian Constitution is related to – (c) Once (d) Never
(a) The demarcation of new boundaries between states 13. Economy is in the "Liquidity Trap" when –
(b) The Constitution of the National Judicial Commission (a) Rate of interest on bonds is minimum
(c) Empowering the Centre to levy and appropriate Service (b) Rate of interest on bonds is maximum
tax (c) Transaction demand for money is maximum
(d) Readjustment of electroal constituencies on the basis (d) None of the above
of the population census 2001 14. Who is the author of "The Unseen Indira Gandhi"?
5. The joint sitting of both Houses of Indian Parliament is held (a) K.P. Mathur
in connection with – (b) Bilal Siddique
(a) Constitutional amendment bill (c) Anurag Mathur
(b) Ordinary bill (d) N.R. Narayana Murthy
15. What is 'biomagnification'?
(c) Money bill
(a) blowing up of environmental issues by man
(d) Election of the Vice – President of India
(b) growth of organisms due to food consumption
6. Many Fungi belonging to the genera Microporum (c) reduction of dissolved O2 caused by microbial
Trichophyton and Epidermophyton are responsible for – organisms
(a) Filarial (b) Cancer (d) increase in the concentration of nondegradable
(c) Ringworms (d) AIDS pollutants as they pass through food chain
7. A boat will submerge when it displaces water equal to its 16. Subhash Chandra Bose formed the government for
own – independent India in Singapore, on –
(a) volume (b) weight (a) 22nd September, 1943
(c) surface area (d) density (b) 20th October, 1943
8. Which organ of Human body is affected by Alzheimer (c) 21st October, 1943
(d) 22nd October, 1943
disease ?
17. 'Laffer Curve" shows the relationship between –
(a) Brain
(a) Government Revenue and Government Expenditure.
(b) Bone Marrow (b) Tax Rates and Tax Revenue.
(c) Lung (c) Direct Taxes and GDP.
(d) Intestine (d) None of the above
9. What is the chemical name of vitamin E ? 18. 'Cerebral palsy' is a brain disorder found generally in –
(a) Calciferol (a) Old people
(b) Tocopherol (b) Drug addicts
(c) Riboflavin (c) Small children
(d) Phylloquinone (d) Only in ladies
PS-14 Practice Set-5
19. India is not a member of which of the following constituent 23. Which of the following statements are NOT correct?
organizations of the World Bank Group? (a) Prithvi-II is a Surface-to-Surface Missile
(a) International Centre for Settlement of Investment (b) Prithvi-IIcan carry a 500 kg nuclear warhead
Disputes (ICSID)
(c) Prithvi-IIhas a range of 350 KM
(b) International Development Association (IDA)
(c) International Finance Corporation (IFC) (d) Akash is the naval variant of the Prithvi missile
(d) Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) 24. The 2016 Copa America Football tournament has been won
20. The mirror used in search light is – by which of the following countries ?
(a) Concave Mirror (b) Convex Mirror (a) Argentina
(c) Plane Mirror (d) None of these (b) Colombia
21. A.T.F. is related to – (c) Chile
(a) Civil Aviation (b) Railways (d) Peru
(c) Road transport (d) None of these
25. Which historical site has been declared as the SARRC
22. A hybrid computer is the one having the combined properties
cultural capital for 2016-17?
of
(a) Super and micro computers (a) Bamiyan
(b) Mini and micro computers (b) Maynamati
(c) Analog and digital computers (c) Shilaidah
(d) Super and mini computers (d) Mahashangarh
Practice Set-5 PS-15
OBITUARY IN 2016
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Former-Jammu Jun 22, 2016 Amjad Sabri–a famed Pakistani Qawwal.
Jan 7, 2016
and Kashmir Chief Minister. Jun 29, 2016 KG Subramanyan–Renowned painter.
Jan 10, 2016 David Bowie–Legendary artist. Ramchandra Chintaman Dhere–Eminent
Jul 1, 2016
Jan 19, 2016 Ravindra Kalia–Noted Hindi writer. Marathi literary scholar.
Jan 21, 2016 Mrinalini Sarabhai–Legendary dancer. Jul 20, 2016 Mohammed Shahid – Indian Hockey legend.
Kalpana Ranjani–Noted Malayalam film Jul 28, 2016 Mahasweta Devi–Writer and social activist.
Jan 25, 2016
actress. Pandit Lacchu Maharaj–Veteran tabla
Jul 28, 2016
Feb 2, 2016 S S Tarapore–Former RBI Deputy Governor. maestro.
Feb 2, 2016 Intizar Hussain–Veteran Urdu writer. Aug 14, 2016 Na Muthukumar–Tamil Lyricist.
Sushil Koirala–Former Nepal Prime Aug 8, 2016 Mahim Bora–Eminent Assamese litterateur.
Feb 9, 2016 Kalikho Pul–Former Chief Minister of
Minister. Aug 9, 2016
Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan–Veteran singer of Arunachal Pradesh.
Feb 18, 2016 Sellapan Ramanathan–Singapore’s longest
Gwalior Gharana. Aug 22, 2016
Feb 19, 2016 serving president.
Bhubaneswari Mishra–Renowned singer.
Sep 2, 2016 Islam Karimov–President of Uzbekistan.
Purno Agitok Sangma–Former Lok Sabha
Mar 4, 2016 Sep 5, 2016 Lindsay Tuckett–World’s oldest cricketer.
Speaker.
Sep 24, 2016 Reoti Saran Sharma–Hindi and Urdu writer.
Mar 5, 2016 Ray Tomlinson–inventor of E-mail.
Syed Shamsul Haq–Renowned Bangla
Ustad Ali Ahmad Hussain–Famous Shehnai Sep 27, 2016
Mar 16, 2016 writer.
exponent. Shimon Peres–Former Israeli Prime
Mar 26, 2016 Jim Harrison–Renowned American author. Sep 28, 2016
Minister.
Barbara Turner–Hollywood actress and Oct 13, 2016 Bhumibol Adulyadej–King of Thailand.
Apr 5, 2016
screenwriter. M. Balamuralikrishna–Indian Carnatic
Apr 14, 2016 Satyanand Munjal–Hero Group co-founder. Nov 22, 2016
musician and composer
Apr 21, 2016 Prince Rogers Nelson–Music legend. Fidel Castro - Cuban Politician, Prime
Apr 27, 2016 V T Thomas–Kerala cartoonist. Nov 25, 2016
Minister.
May 11, 2016 Tony Cozier–Renowned commentator. Dilip Padgaonkar–Journalist, Editor in
Nov 25, 2016
May 27, 2016 RG Jadhav – Noted Marathi writer. Chief.
Jun 3, 2016 Muhammad Ali–American Boxer. Jayalalithaa Jayaraman- Indian actor and
Dec 5, 2016
Jun 12, 2016 Achyut Lahkar–Noted Playwright and Actor. Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
Current Affairs & GK Update GK-7
BILLS AND ACTS 2016
Maternity Benefits (Amendment) Bill, 2016 • The fine for driving without license goes up ten times to `
• Rajya Sabha has passed this bill on August 11, 2016 which 5,000 while penalty for drunken driving increases fivefold to
aims to raise maternity leave for women from 12 to 26 weeks. ` 10,000.
• The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, protects the employment • The significant provisions include increase in compensation
of women during the time of maternity and entitles them for Hit & Run cases from ` 25000 to ` 2 lakhs. It also has
of a full paid absence from work to take care for the child. provision for payment of compensation up to ` 10 lakh in road
The amendment bill seeks to increase maternity leave to 26 accidents fatalities.
weeks in all establishments, including private sector. • For offences by juveniles, the guardian/owner shall be deemed
• The act is applicable to all establishments employing to be responsible. They will have to pay a fine of ` 25,000
10 or more persons. The bill also provides 12 weeks leave apart from three-year imprisonment. The juvenile will be
for commissioning and adopting mothers and makes it tried under the Juvenile Justice Act and registration of his or
compulsory to provide crèche facility for establishment where her motor vehicle will be cancelled.
the number of workers is 50 and above. Adopting mother is • In the area of road safety, bill proposes to raise penalties to
the woman who legally adopts a child below 3 months of age. act as restraint against traffic violations. Stricter provisions
A commissioning mother is a biological mother who uses her are being proposed in respect of offences like juvenile
egg to create an embryo implanted in another woman. driving, drunken driving, driving without license, dangerous
• There is already a provision of 26-week or 6-month driving, over-speeding, overloading, etc. Stricter provisions
maternity leave for the government employees, most private for helmets have been introduced along with provisions for
sector firms offer maximum three months of such leave. The electronic detection of violations.
bill may also have an enabling provisions to allow working • To bring agreement of the registration and licensing process,
mothers to exercise work-from-home option. it is proposed to create National Register for Driving Licence
and National Register for Vehicle registration through
The Constitution (122nd Amendment) (GST) Bill, 2014 “Vahan” & “Sarathi” platforms. This will assist uniformity
• Rajya Sabha gave its approval on August 3, 2016 and Lok of the process across the country.
Sabha on August 8, 2016 for the crucial 122nd Constitutional
Amendment to turn the bill into law. The Lok Sabha had Benami Transaction Bill 2016
already passed the key provisions of the bill on May 06, • The Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Bill,
2015. 2016 was passed by the Rajya Sabha. It was already passed
• The Bill amends the Constitution to introduce the goods and by Lok Sabha in the last week of July 2016.
services tax (GST). • The bill has provision for confiscating ‘benami’ (proxy)
• Parliament and state legislatures will have concurrent assets.
powers to make laws on GST. Only the Centre may levy an • The bill seeks to establish adjudicating authorities and an
integrated GST (IGST) on the interstate supply of goods and appellate tribunal to deal with benami transactions as also
services, and imports. specify penalty for entering into benami transactions.
• Alcohol for human consumption has been exempted from the • The bill is part of measures planned by the Government to
purview of GST. GST will apply to five petroleum products tackle the problem of black money.
at a later date. • A transaction is considered as benami (meaning nameless)
• The GST Council will recommend rates of tax, period of levy where a property is transferred to or is held by a person and
of additional tax, principles of supply, special provisions to
the consideration for such property has been provided or paid
certain states, etc. The GST Council will consist of the Union
by another person.
Finance Minister, Union Minister of State for Revenue, and
• People keeping ‘benami’ properties to evade taxes will get
state Finance Ministers.
up to seven years rigorous imprisonment and fine, as per a
• The Bill empowers the Centre to impose an additional tax of
new law aimed at checking black money in real estate sector.
up to 1%, on the inter-state supply of goods for two years or
more. This tax will accrue to states from where the supply Lokpal and Lokayukta (Amendment) Bill, 2016
originates. • The Lokpal and Lokayukta (Amendment) Bill, 2016 was
• Parliament may, by law, provide compensation to states for passed by the Lok Sabha on July 27, 2016.
any loss of revenue from the introduction of GST, up to a five • The bill seeks to amend the Lokpal and Lokayukta Act, 2013
year period. which provides Lokpal (at Centre) and Lokayukta (at States)
• India’s 29 states currently levy their own sales taxes, statutory backing to inquire into allegations of corruption
dividing the Indian market. GST aims to provide a uniform against certain public functionaries and for related matters.
tax structure across the country.
Key Provisions
Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill, 2016 • The bill enables the leader of the single largest opposition
• The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra party in the Lok Sabha in the absence of a recognised Leader
Modi has given its approval on August 03, 2016 for Motor of Opposition to be a member of the selection committee that
Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2016. would select the ombudsman.
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• It amends section 44 of parent Act that deals with provision • It will lead to greater inclusiveness and will make the
of furnishing of details of assets and liabilities of public transgender persons productive members of the society.
servants within 30 days of joining the government service. • The Bill will make all the stakeholders responsive and
• The amendment has removed the period of 30 days. Now accountable for upholding the principles underlying the Bill.
the public servants will make declaration of their assets • It will bring greater accountability on the part of the Union
and liabilities in the form and manner as prescribed by Government and State Governments/UT administrations for
government. issues concerning Transgender persons.
• It gives extension of the time given to public servants • Background Transgender community is among one of the
and trustees and board members of Non-Governmental most marginalized communities in the country because they
Organisations (NGOs) to declare their assets and those of don’t fit into the stereotypical categories of gender of ‘men’
their spouses. or ‘women’.
• In this case public servants and trustees and board members • They face problems ranging from social exclusion, ostracism
of NGOs must be receiving government funds of more than and discrimination, as well as verbal, physical and sexual
` 1 crore or foreign funding of more than ` 10 lakh.
abuse.
• They also lack of access to education and employment
Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) opportunities, ending up into organised groups, forced
Amendment Bill, 2016 begging or demanding money.
• Lok Sabha has passed the Child Labour (Prohibition and Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code Bill, 2016
Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2016, despite opposition by
• Rajya Sabha passed the major economic reform Bill moved
several MPs.
by the Government i.e. ‘Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code,
• The Bill, passed by the Rajya Sabha on July 19, 2016. 2016’ on 11th May 2016.
• The Bill seeks to improve the Child Labour (Prohibition and • The Lok Sabha had earlier passed the Bill on 5th May, 2016.
Regulation) Act, 1986, which prohibits the employment of • The objective of the new law is to promote entrepreneurship,
children below 14 years in 83 hazardous occupations and availability of credit, and balance the interests of all
processes. The amendment extends this ban on employment stakeholders by consolidating and amending the laws
of children under 14 across all sectors, prohibits the relating to reorganization and insolvency resolution of
employment of adolescents aged 14-18 years in risky corporate persons, partnership firms and individuals in a time
occupations and introduces more severe jail term and fines bound manner and for maximization of value of assets of
for offenders: a jail term of six months to two years and a fine such persons and matters connected therewith or incidental
of ` 20,000 to ` 50,000. thereto.
• The opposition by members was mainly to the fact that • The essential idea of the new law is that when a firm defaults
children under 14 years will be allowed to work in family on its debt, control shifts from the shareholders/promoters
businesses, outside of school hours and during holidays, and to a Committee of Creditors, who have 180 days in which to
in entertainment and sports. MPs objected to the definition of evaluate proposals from various players about resuscitating
family which includes not only parents and siblings but also the company or taking it into liquidation.
the siblings of either parent. • The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code is a comprehensive
• The Bill brings down the list of hazardous and systemic reform, which will give a quantum leap to the
occupations from the earlier 83 to just three: mining, functioning of the credit market.
inflammable substances, and hazardous processes under the
Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill, 2016
Factories Act. Read together, with the family enterprises
clause, critics say, children can be made to work in carpet, • Parliament passed the Mines and Minerals (Development
zari and bidi units, mica or diamond cutting, scavenging, and Regulation) Amendment Bill 2016. The Bill amends
the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act,
brick kilns, slaughterhouses, handling e-waste or as domestic
1957.
help. Several MPs objected to the clause that also gives the
• The Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha on 16th March 2016
Centre the right to add to the list of non-hazardous work.
and in the Rajya Sabha on 2nd May 2016.
Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016 • The Bill allows for the transfer of mining leases which have
• The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016 been granted through procedures other than auction, and
was approved by the Union Cabinet on July 21 to protect where the minerals are used for captive purpose.
transgenders from discrimination. Through this Bill the • The Bill adds a definition of leased area, as the area within
Union Government has evolved a holistic mechanism for which mining operations can be undertaken. This will also
the social, economic and educational empowerment of include the non-mineralised area required for the activities
marginalized transgenders community. defined under mine in the Mines Act, 1952.
Key Facts • The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act,
• The Bill will benefit a large number of transgender persons, 1957 regulates the mining sector in India and specifies the
mitigate the stigma, discrimination and abuse against them requirement for obtaining and granting leases for mining
and also bring them into the mainstream of society. operations.
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Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 • It provides to give 10% reservation to these castes for class
III and class IV posts and 6% in class 1 and class 2 posts.
• Rajya Sabha passed the Real Estate (Regulation and
Development) Bill, 2016 which aims to guard the interests • These castes will be given 10% reservation for admission
of numerous aspiring house buyers alongside enhancing in educational institutions. State Legislative Assembly also
the credibility of construction industry by promoting passed Haryana Backward Classes Commission Bill, 2016
transparency, accountability and efficiency in execution of for institution of a permanent Backward Classes Commission.
projects. Aadhaar Act, 2016
• The Bill seeks to set up an effective regulatory mechanism
for orderly growth of the sector which is the second largest The Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other
seasonal employer after agriculture. Subsidies, benefits and services) Act, 2016 has been notified
• It provides that 70% of sale proceeds will have to be kept by the Union Government on March 28. The Act will provide
aside by the developer in an escrow account which is a statutory backing for transfer of subsidies and benefits to eligible
financial instrument held by a third party on behalf of the people having Aadhaar (UID) number.
other two parties in a transaction. Key facts
• The Bill will set up state-level real estate regulatory authorities • The act seeks to provide efficient, transparent and targeted
and appellate tribunals to monitor transactions relating to delivery of subsidies, benefits and services to individuals
both residential and commercial projects and their timely residing in India by assigning them unique identity numbers
completion and handover. It will also look after complaints (UID) or Aadhaar number.
at both appellate tribunals and regulatory authorities within • It will be used for all benefit that will be linked to consolidated
60 days ensuring timely resolution of disputes. fund of India or the expenditure incurred from it.
• The Real Estate Bill enables the people meet their genuine • Both Central and state governments can use Aadhaar for
aspirations of owning a house including those of urban poor disbursal for benefits and subsidies. However the Aadhaar
by giving a fillip to affordable housing initiative under which number cannot be used as a proof of citizenship or domicile.
the Government intends to enable construction of 2 crore by • The Act gives statutory for establishment of the Unique
the year 2022 under Prime Minister’s Awas Yojana (Urban). Identification Authority of India consisting of a Chairperson
Industries (Development and Regulation) (part time or full time) and two Members (part time).
Amendment Bill, 2015 • Those individuals not having Aadhaar number shall be
• The Industries (Development and Regulation) Amendment offered alternate and viable means of identification for
Bill, 2015 was passed by the Parliament on April 29, delivery of the subsidies, benefits or service.
2016. The Bill amends the Industries (Development and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities)
Regulation) Act, 1951. It was first was passed in Lok Sabha
Amendment Act, 2015
in December 2015 and later in Rajya Sabha in April 2016.
Now it will go for Presidential assent as per Article 111 of the • The amended law for prevention of atrocities against the
Indian Constitution. Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes was enforced
Key facts from January 26, 2016 after the Central Government’s
• The bill seeks to bring industries engaged in the manufacture approval.
of potable alcohol under the exclusive control of States in all • The SC/ST Bill was unanimously passed by the Rajya Sabha
respects. on December 21, 2015 without a debate, and had been
• The bill amends 1st schedule of the parent Act to bring awaiting a formal notification. The Lok Sabha had passed
required changes for regulating industries manufacturing the bill on 4thAugust, 2015.
potable alcohol. However, Union Government will continue • After the enforcement, there will be stricter prosecution
to be responsible for formulating policy and regulating for new offences of atrocities, such as tonsuring of head,
foreign collaboration for all products of fermentation moustache, or similar acts, which are derogatory to the
industries, including industrial and potable alcohol. dignity of members of the SC/ST community, garlanding
Jat Reservation Bill with chappals, denying access to irrigation facilities or
forest rights, dispose or carry human or animal carcasses,
The Haryana Backward Classes (Reservation in services
or to dig graves, using or permitting manual scavenging,
and admission in educational institutions) Bill, 2016 was
dedicating an SC/ST woman as devadasi, abusing in caste
unanimously passed by the Haryana Legislative Assembly in
name, perpetrating witchcraft atrocities, imposing social or
May 2016.
economic boycott, preventing SC/ST candidates from filing
Key Provisions of the bill
of nomination to contest elections, hurting an SC/ST woman
• It seeks to provide reservation in services and admission in
by removing her garments, forcing a member of these
educational institutions to persons belonging to backward
classes including Jats and five other castes. communities to leave house, village or residence, defiling
• The backward classes have been divided into three blocks as objects sacred to members of SC/ST, touching or using
Block A, Block B and Block C. Jats, Jat Sikhs, Ror, Bishnoi, words, acts or gestures of a sexual nature against members of
Tyagi and Mulla/Muslim Jat have been included in the Block C. the community.
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The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of • The 228th report of the Law Commission of India has also
recommended for prohibiting commercial surrogacy and
Children) Act, 2015 allowing ethical altruistic surrogacy to the needy Indian
• The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, citizens by enacting a suitable legislation.
2015 has come into force from January 15, 2016 and repeals the
Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000. HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Control) Bill, 2014
• The Bill was passed by Lok Sabha on 7th May, 2015 The Union Cabinet has given its approval to introduce
and Rajya Sabha on 22nd December, 2015 and received amendments to the HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Control)
Presidential assent on 31st December, 2015. Bill, 2014.
• Under Section 15, special provisions have been made to • Prevent and control the spread of HIV and AIDS. It prohibits
tackle child offenders committing heinous offences in the discrimination against persons with HIV and AIDS. No
age group of 16-18 years. person will be compelled to disclose his HIV status except
President assent to the Sugar Cess (Amendment) with his informed consent, and if required by a court order
establishments keeping records of information of PLHIV
Bill, 2015
must adopt data protection measures.
• President Pranab Mukherjee gave his assent to the Sugar • Obligations on establishments to safeguard rights of persons
Cess (Amendment) Bill, 2015 on 8th January, 2016. living with HIV arid create mechanisms for redressing
• This will raise the ceiling of the impost from ` 25 to ` 200 per complaints. Lists various grounds on which discrimination
quintal, a measure that will help sugarcane growers and cash against HIV-positive persons and those living with them is
starved mills.
prohibited.
• The Sugar Cess (Amendment) Bill, 2015 was introduced
• These include the denial, discontinuation, termination or
in the Lok Sabha by Mr. Ram Vilas Paswan, Minister
unfair treatment with regard to employment, educational
of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution on
establishments, health care services, renting property etc.
December 11, 2015. The Bill proposes to amend the Sugar
Prohibits, requirement for HIV testing as a pre-requisite for
Cess Act, 1982.
obtaining employment or accessing health care or education.
Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 • Prohibits any individual from publishing information or
• Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra advocating feelings of hatred against HIV positive persons
Modi gave its approval for introduction of the “Surrogacy and PLHIV.
(Regulation) Bill, 2016” on 24th August. National Water Framework Bill, 2016
• The Bill will regulate surrogacy in India by establishing The Central Government has brought final draft of the National
National Surrogacy Board at the Central level and State Water Framework Bill, 2016 to provide uniform national legal
Surrogacy Boards and Appropriate Authorities in the State framework to manage water in a better and efficient way. The
and Union Territories. The legislation will ensure effective comprehensive draft Bill proposes model law for all states.
regulation of surrogacy, prohibit commercial surrogacy and However, water being a State subject under VII Schedule of
allow ethical surrogacy to the needy infertile couples. Constitution the law will be not binding on States for adoption.
• All infertile Indian married couple who want to avail ethical
Key Features of Bill
surrogacy will be benefited. Further the rights of surrogate
mother and children born out of surrogacy will be protected. • Every person has a right to sufficient quantity of safe water
The Bill shall apply to whole of India, except the state of for life within easy reach of the household regardless of his/
Jammu and Kashmir. her socio-economic factors.
• The major benefits of the Act would be that it will regulate the • All basin states have equitable rights over the use of river
surrogacy services in the country. While commercial surrogacy water provided such use does not violate the right to water
will be prohibited including sale and purchase of human for life of any person in the river basin. States must recognise
embryo and gametes, ethical surrogacy to the needy infertile the principle that the rivers are public trustees and not owned
couples will be allowed on fulfillment of certain conditions by the basin-States.
and for specific purposes. As such, it will control the unethical • All the basin States are equal in rights and status, and there
practices in surrogacy, prevent commercialization of surrogacy is no hierarchy of rights among them. Here equality of
and will prohibit potential exploitation of surrogate mothers rights means not equal but equitable shares in river waters.
and children born through surrogacy. Managing water at river basin-level and right measurement
• No permanent structure is proposed to be created in the Draft of State’s contribution to river system in order to resolve
Bill. Neither there are proposals for creating new posts. The conflicts.
proposed legislation, while covering an important area is • Establishing River Basin Authority (RBA) for each inter-
framed in such a manner that it ensures effective regulation State basin to ensure optimum and sustainable development
but does not add much vertically to the current regulatory of rivers and valleys. Establishing institutional arrangements
structure already in place at the Central as well as states. to deal with inter-state water disputes in order to “obviate”
Accordingly, there will not be any financial implications disputes through negotiations, mediation or conciliation.
except for the meetings of the National and State surrogacy • Proposes other mechanisms such as National water quality
Boards and Appropriate Authorities which will be met out of and footprint standards, Integrated river basin development
the regular budget of Central and State governments. and management plan and graded pricing system.
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Merchant Shipping Bill, 2016 • It also provides for survey, inspection and certification of
vessels to enable simplified regime for convenience of Indian
Union Cabinet approved the introduction of Merchant Shipping
shipping industry.
Bill, 2016 in the Parliament. Simultaneously, the Cabinet also
approved repealing of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 and the Taxation Laws (Second Amendment) Bill, 2016
Coasting Vessels Act, 1838. The Union Government has introduced the Taxation Laws
The Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 has been amended 17 times (Second Amendment) Bill, 2016 in the Parliament. The bill
between 1966 and 2014 resulting in an increase in the number of amends existing tax laws to impose a higher rate of tax and
sections to more than 560 sections. However, these provisions penalty in respect of undisclosed incomes. It proposes, Taxation
have been shortened to 280 sections in the Bill. and Investment Regime for Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan
Salient Features Yojana, 2016 (PMGKY), an anti-poverty scheme. It seeks to
• It allows substantially-owned vessels and vessels on Bare attract more people to disclose their unaccounted cash and also
Boat-cum-Demise (BBCD) to be registered as Indian flag to put in a framework in place to use that for the welfare of
vessels. the people especially in the rural areas. It also ensures that tax
defaulting assessees and black money holders are subjected to
• It recognises Indian controlled tonnage as a separate category.
tax at a higher rate and stringent penalty provision
• It provides for issuing the licences to Indian flag vessels
Key features of Bill
for coastal operation and for port clearance by the Customs
• Mandatory for black money declarants to deposit 25% of
authorities.
amount disclosed in Pradhan Mantri Garibi Kalyan Yojana
• It calls for making separate rules for coastal vessels to (PMGKY) 2016 for a 4 year lock-in period without interest.
develop and promote coastal shipping. • Those who choose to declare their ill-gotten wealth stashed
• It introduces welfare measures for seafarers by providing till now in banned `1,000 and Rs. 500 currency notes under
them with the wages till they are released from hostage the PMGKY scheme will have to pay a tax at the rate of
captivity of pirates and reach back home safely. 30% of the undisclosed income.
• It directs owners of vessels to take insurance of crew engaged • Additionally, 10% penalty will be levied on the undisclosed
on vessels including fishing, sailing, etc. This applies for the income and PMGK Cess (Surcharge) at the rate of 33% of
vessels whose net tonnage is less than 15 tons. tax (33% of 30%).
• It says that the requirement of signing of articles of agreement • Further, the declarants will have to deposit 25% of the
by the crew will no longer be necessary. undisclosed income in a scheme to be notified by the
• It calls for registration of few residuary category of vessels government in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India
not covered under any statute and makes provisions for (RBI).
security-related aspects. • The money from PMGK will be used for projects in
• It adds provisions relating to seven different conventions- irrigation, infrastructure, primary education, primary
health, housing, toilets and livelihood so that there is justice
Intervention Convention 1969, Search and Rescue
and equality.
Convention 1979, Protocol for Prevention of Pollution from
• For those who continue to hold onto undisclosed cash and
Ships Annex VI to Marine Pollution Convention, Convention
are caught they will be levied with flat 60% tax plus a
for Control and Management of Ships Ballast Water and surcharge of 25% of tax (15%), which will amount a levy
Sediments 2004, Nairobi Wreck Removal Convention 2007, of 75%.
Salvage Convention 1989 and International Convention for • Besides, if the assessing officer can charge a 10% penalty in
Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001. addition to the 75% tax.
POLICIES AND SCHEMES 2016
Pashudhan Bima Yojana • Under it, the insurance companies would give compensation
Haryana Government launched the Pashudhan Bima Yojana in case of death of animal (cattle). The scheme is free of cost
in Jhajjar on 29th July. The Yojna was launched by the state’s for cattle breeders from the scheduled castes.
• The state Animal Husbandry and Dairying Department has
Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister, O P Dhankar. The
set a target to cover one lakh cattle under Pashudhan Bima
Yojana was started in accordance to the recommendations
Yojana.
made in Swaminathan Report. Animal Husbandry and Dairying
Department has set a target to cover one lakh cattle under Sewage & Waste Water Policy in Rajasthan
Pashudhan Bima Yojana. Rajasthan has become the first state to give go-ahead to the
Key Facts sewage and waste water policy, in the country. The state cabinet
• Pashudhan Bima Yojana will provide insurance cover to meeting chaired by the Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje in Jaipur
cattle breeders in the state at different premium rates for approved the first-of-its-kind policy.
different animals. Key Facts
• Insurance cover will be provided at a premium of ` 100 for • Under this policy, all district headquarters, heritage cities, and
cows, buffaloes, bulls, camels and at ` 25 for sheep, goat and cities in the state which have more than one lakh population
pig for a period of three years. will be included.
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• Waste water treated under it will be used in irrigation and National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme
agricultural work. The requirement of next 30 years will be
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra
covered in this poilcy.
Modi approved a National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme
• It will be compulsory for every house in the state to connect
on 5th July. The Scheme has an outlay of ` 10,000 crore with a
with sewage system in those cities which have 100% sewage
target of 50 lakh apprentices to be trained by 2019-20.
system in next five years.
Features of the scheme
KVK Portal • The Scheme would be implemented by Director General of
The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Radha Training (DGT) under Ministry of Skill Development and
Mohan Singh formally launched Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Entrepreneurship (MSDE). It provides for incentivizing
portal (http://kvk.icar.gov.in) on 8th July in New Delhi. employers to engage apprentices. 25% of the total stipend
Features of the Portal payable to an apprentice would be shared with employers
• The portal provides provisions for online monitoring of directly by Government of India. It is for the first time a
KVKs which will include reporting of major events on scheme has been designed to offer financial incentives
regular basis and submission of monthly reports online. to employers to engage apprentices. In addition, it also
• The portal will also provide information on different services supports basic training, which is an essential component
being provided by different KVKs. of apprenticeship training. 50% of the total expenditure
• Weather and Market related informations can also be incurred on providing basic training would be supported by
accessed by the farmers and others. Government of India.
• The forthcoming programmes will also be available on the • The Scheme will catalyze the entire apprenticeship
website which will benefit farmers and youth in joining ecosystem in the country and it will offer a win-win situation
different training programmes being organized by KVKs. for all stakeholders. It is expected to become one of the most
• Question and answer facility will also be available for the powerful skill-delivery vehicle in the country.
farmers. • The National Policy of Skill Development and
• Agriculture related information of the districts will also be Entrepreneurship, 2015 launched by the Prime Minister
available on the portal. focuses on apprenticeship as one of the key components
• The farmers and the Agricultural Officers may register for creating skilled manpower in India. The present scheme
themselves and seek different informations related to KVKs. also aims to achieve the objective as stated in the National
‘Namami Gange’ programme Policy, 2015. The policy proposes to work pro-actively with
the industry including MSME to facilitate ten fold increase
Union Minister Uma Bharti on 7th July launched 43 projects worth
opportunities in the country by 2020.
` 250 crore under Namami Gange programme in Uttarakhand.
The Government has lined up 1,000 projects in different states National Green Highways Mission
including Delhi, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand
Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping
and West Bengal as part of the National Mission for Clean
Nitin Gadkari launched the initial plantation drive on 1,500 km
Ganga. Bharati said the second phase of the project will begin
of National Highways at a cost of about ` 300 crore under the
by October 2018.
Key Facts National Green Highways Mission in New Delhi on 1st July.
Key features
• The Namami Gange Programme aims at cleaning the holy
• NGHM was launched under the Green Highways Policy,
river and ensuring its unfettered flow. Union Government
has allocated ` 20,000 crore budget for it. 2015 to provide a holistic vision of developing eco-friendly
• Under it, projects such as modernization and redevelopment and green National Highways.
of ghats, crematoriums and other development activities will • The mission aims to provide a green canopy along 100,000
be undertaken. km of highways and create jobs for 1 million youth.
• Besides it will also undertake project for development • It has been initiated to engage corporates, Public Sector
of sewage infrastructure and treatment, tree plantation, units, Government organizations and other institutions for
afforestation, pilot drain project, interceptor drain project, trash developing green corridor along National Highways through
skimmers and conservation of biodiversity. plantation and allied activity on median, avenue and other
• The projects were launched simultaneously in five basin states available nearby land patches .
of the river Ganga viz. Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, • The funds for the mission will be met by Green Fund corpus
Jharkhand and West Bengal. Besides, projects were also which is 1% of the total project cost set aside for plantation
launched in Delhi and Haryana through which Ganga’s purposes. The afforestation across National Highways is
largest tributary Yamuna passes. expected to help in sequestering approximately 12 lakh
• In Uttar Pradesh alone total 112 projects were launched metric ton carbon annually.
through this ambitious scheme. 47 projects were inaugurated • It will also generate jobs and can be a game-changer for
at various locations in Uttrakhand. 20 projects were agriculture and rural economy. In future, the mission will be
inaugurated at various locations in West Bengal. 26 projects linked with the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment
were inaugurated in Bihar. Guarantee (MNREG) scheme.
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Chandranna Bima Yojana • The benefits will also be extended to family pensioners
including war widows and disabled pensioners.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has launched
• All arrears will be paid in four half-yearly instalments.
Chandranna Bima Yojana in Vijayawada on 1st May. The Yojana
However all widows, family pensioners including those
launched on the occasion of May Day is an insurance scheme
in receipt of Gallantry award will be paid arrears in one
for the working class people.
instalment.
Salient features of the scheme
• Pension will be re-fixed every five years and future
• All unorganised workers in the State in the age group of
enhancements in rates of pension would be automatically
18 to 70 years are eligible to be registered as unorganised
passed to the past pensioners.
workers and enrolled as beneficiaries of the Chandranna
• Armed forces personnel who retire voluntarily would be not
Bima Scheme. covered under OROP scheme. However, it will be applicable
• All unorganised workers will be registered under the to personnel who have already retired prematurely.
Unorganised Workers Social Security Act, 2008 and enrolled
as beneficiaries under Chandranna Bima Scheme. Stand up India scheme for SC/ST & Women
• SERP shall facilitate registration of unorganised workers and The Stand-up India scheme was launched on April 6 by
their enrollment in the Chandranna Bima Scheme, data entry, Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide credit to Scheduled
maintenance of data base, hard copies of signed applications Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), and women borrowers
and other connected matters. in the non-farm sector. The scheme is intended to promote
• Assistant Labour Officer of the Labour Department shall be entrepreneurship among SC/ST and women and further gives a
the Registering Authority. push to government’s financial inclusion programme.
• The registered unorganised workers will be enrolled as Main features of the scheme
members under State Accident Death and Disability Scheme • Composite loan between 10 lakh rupees and up to 1 crore
and under Aam Admi Bima Yojana (AABY) and will also rupees will be provided to SC/ST and women and also
be covered under the Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana inclusive of working capital component for setting up any
(PMSBY). new enterprise.
UJALA Scheme • Debit Card (RuPay) for withdrawal of working capital:
Credit history of borrower to be developed of these under-
The National LED programme – Unnat Jyoti by Affordable banked sections of society.
LEDs for All (UJALA) was launched by the Union Government • Refinance window through Small Industries Development
on May 1. The scheme was launched by Union Minister for Bank of India (SIDBI) with an initial amount of 10,000 crore
State (IC) for Power, Coal and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal rupees.
in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. • Creation of a corpus of 5,000 crore rupees for credit guarantee
Key facts through National Credit Guarantee Trustee Company
• The UJALA scheme is being implemented by Energy (NCGTC).
Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a joint venture of PSUs • Handholding support for borrowers with comprehensive
under the Union Ministry of Power. support for pre loan training needs, facilitating loan,
• It is LED based Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme factoring, marketing, etc.
(DELP). • Web Portal for online registration and support services will
• Under the scheme, 3 crore LED Bulbs will be distributed in be provided.
Madhya Pradesh in the next 6 months. • Under the scheme, 1.25 lakh bank branches will provide loans
• People of Madhya Pradesh will get subsidised 9W energy up to 1 crore rupees to SC/ST and women entrepreneurs. Thus
efficient LED bulbs by paying just 85 rupees per LED bulb. it will help in creating 2.5 lakh entrepreneurs throughout the
• The scheme will help reduce electricity bills of consumers, country.
contribute to the energy security of India and also help in Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin
environment protection.
The implementation of the rural housing scheme of Pradhan
• It will help in saving energy around 24 crore units every year. Mantri Awaas Yojana- Gramin was given approval by the Union
One Rank One Pension Scheme Cabinet on March 25. Under the scheme, financial assistance
will be provided for construction of pucca houses to all houseless
One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme was given ex-post facto
and households living in dilapidated houses.
approval on 7 April by the Union Cabinet for implementation of
Key facts
retrospectively with effect from 1st July, 2014. Decision in this • The expenditure involved in implementing the project is `
regard was taken by Union Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime 81975 crore in a span of 3 years from 2016-17 to 2018-19.
Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. OROP will provide ex- • Under the scheme, it is proposed to provide assistance to one
servicemen of the same rank and same length of service uniform crore households for construction of pucca house.
pension regardless of date of retirement. • It will be implemented in rural areas throughout the country
Key facts except in Delhi and Chandigarh.
• The benefits of OROP will be given with effect from 1st • The beneficiaries will be identified using Socio Economic and
of July 2014 and it will benefit ex-servicemen of all three Caste Census (SECC)-2011 data ensuring total transparency
services- Army, Navy and Air Force. and objectivity.
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• The cost of houses would be shared between Centre and • To improve technology depth in Indian capital goods from
States Governments in the ratio 60:40 in plain areas and the current basic and intermediate levels to advanced levels.
90:10 for North Eastern and hilly states. • Objectives: Increase total production to achieve total
• Under this scheme, annual list of beneficiaries will be production in excess of 5 lakh crore rupees by 2025 from the
identified from the total list through participatory process by current 2.2 lakh crore rupees.
the Gram Sabha.
• To increase domestic employment from the current 15
• Funds will be transferred electronically directly to the
account of the beneficiary. lakhs to at least 50 lakhs by 2025 thus providing additional
• He will be able to track the progress of his payments through employment to over 35 lakhs people.
the app. Inspection will be done through a mobile app. • To increase the share of domestic production in India’s
• Locally appropriate house designs, will be mainly practised capital goods demand from 56% to 80% by 2025 and in the
to address the natural calamities. process improve domestic capacity utilization to 80-90%.
• The beneficiary is entitled to 90 days of unskilled labour • To improve skill availability by training 50 lakhs people by
from MGNREGA. This will be ensured through a server 2025.
linkage between PMAY and MGNREGA. • To improve ‘technology depth’ in capital goods sub-sectors
• The additional requirement of building materials, bricks
by increasing research intensity in India from 0.9% to at least
using cement stabilised earth or fly ash will be taken up
2.8% of GDP.
under MGNREGA.
• National Technical Support Agency will be established Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
to provide technical support to the Centre and On May 1, the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) was
States to ensure their quality of construction of the houses.
launched. The scheme will benefit the poor, especially the
Udyam Aakansha scheme women. The scheme aims to provide cooking gas connections
Chhattisgarh Government has launched ‘Udyam Aakansha’ to five crore below-poverty-line beneficiaries over the next three
Scheme for promoting micro, small and medium enterprises in years.
Salient features of the scheme
the state on February 9.
• Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved
Highlights of the scheme
8000 crore rupees for the next 3 years starting from financial
• The scheme would facilitate free online registration and year 2016-17.
self-certification to the investors interested in investment on • PM Ujjwala Yojana will provide 5 crore LPG connections to
micro, small and medium enterprises and service businesses. BPL Families.
• The investors can enrol themselves online through website • A budgetary provision of the scheme is 2000 crore rupees.
of the Industries department which will be based on self- • 5 crore LPG connections will be provided to BPL families
certification process. with a support of 1600 rupees.
• For the online registration, investors need not submit any • Connections will be given in the name of women beneficiaries.
documents nor have to pay any fee. • Identification of BPL families will be made in consultation
• Chhattisgarh is among some leading states where this scheme with State Governments and Union territories.
has been initiated. • EMI Facility for meeting the cost of Stove and Refill cost.
• Keeping in view the objective of promoting the ease of doing
business, the process of registration and self-certification for Pradhan Mantri Yuva Yojana
entrepreneurs has been simplified. The Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
(MSDE) launched the Pradhan Mantri YUVA Yojana to boost up
National Capital Goods Policy 2016
an ecosystem of entrepreneurship for young people.
National Capital Goods Policy 2016 was unveiled by Union
Ministry of Heavy Industries on 15 February 2016. The policy, Highlights of the Yojana
with the theme Building India of Tomorrow, seeks to achieve • The scheme was launched for the time period of over five
the vision of Make in India initiative and establishes India as a years (2016-17 to 2020-21) with a project cost of 499.94
global manufacturing hub by unlocking the potential for capital crore rupees.
goods sector. • It will offer entrepreneurship education and training to
Main Features around 7 lakh students in 5 years through 3050 Institutes.
• Vision: To increase the share of capital goods contribution • It will also offer easy access to information and mentor
from present 12 to 20% of total manufacturing activity by network, credit and advocacy to build a way-out for the
2025. youngsters.
• Mission: To become one of the top capital goods producing • The institutes under the Yojana include 2200 Institutes
nations of the world by raising the total production to over of Higher Learning (colleges, universities, and premier
twice the current level. institutes), 300 schools, 500 ITIs and 50 Entrepreneurship
• To raise exports to a significant level of at least 40% of total Development Centres.
production and thus gain 2.5% share in global exports of • These institutes will carry out the training through Massive
capital goods. Open Online Courses (MOOCs).
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Other Launches The scheme had also found its mention in Prime Minister
• The Ministry also unveiled the guidelines for State Narendra Modi’s monthly radio address Mann Ki Baat in June
Engagement under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 2016.
2.0 (2016-2020). It allocated around 3000 crore rupees for Salient Features
the States to achieve its target of training 10 million people • To provide healthy life to pregnant women
in over 4 years. • To lower the maternity mortality rate
• To make pregnant women aware of their health issues and
• It also launched the Lab Guidelines towards standardisation
diseases
of lab equipment across skill development training centres in
• To ensure safe delivery and healthy life of the baby
India. • The Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan is applicable
• MSDE announced the institutionalisation of National for all pregnant women. It will provide medical checkups
Entrepreneurship awards for first generation achievers below completely free to pregnant women.
30 years for the very first time. The Entrepreneurship Awards • The checkups will take place at the medical centres,
will be given on 16 January 2017. government and private hospitals and private clinics across
the country.
Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan • These free of cost tests will include blood pressure, sugar
level, weight, haemoglobin test, blood test and screening.
The scheme aims at providing pregnant women ante-natal
• Women will be marked differently using coloured stickers
services and required treatment for free at government health based on their health problems so that doctors can easily
centres and hospitals on 9th of every month. detect the problem.
1964 • Jawahar Lal Nehru passed away. Gulzarilal Nanda was sworn in as acting prime minister.
• Congress Working Committee finalized on Lal Bahadur Shastri as Nehru’s successor. (Other contenders were
Tamilian K. Kamraj & Morarji Desai)
1965 • Pakistan invaded India over a salt marsh in Kachchh desert forcing Indians to withdraw some 40 miles.
1966 • L.B. Shastri & Pakistani President Ayub Khan met in Taskent along with the Soviet Union P.M. Kosygin, and
signed “Taskent Agrement”.
• Lal Bahadur Shashtri dies in sleep, of cardiac arrest.
• Gulzarilal Nanda was (once again) sworn in as acting prime minister.
• Indira Gandhi became PM on Congress president Kamraj endorsement for which Morarji Desai was interested.
• Punjab and Haryana divided into separate states.
1967 • 4th general elections held in February & INC got 283 seats.
1969 14 banks were nationalized which was opposed by then Finance Minister Morarji Desai
1971 • The Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 over Bangladesh liberation. Pakistani troops surrendered & Provisional
Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh came into being.
• 5th general elections of India was held 14 months before scheduled time and Congress returned with 362
seats out of 520
1975 • On 26th June 1975 national emergency was declared.
• Opposition leaders, including, Jayprakash Narayan, Morarji Desai, were sent to jail. Sanjay Gandhi became
leading political executive overshading Indira Gandhi
1977 • Mrs. Gandhi dissolved Lok Sabha and general elections were held.
• The Congress lost around 200 seats. Both Indira Gandhi and Sanjay Gandhi lost.
• Janata Party came with majority & Morarji Desai became PM of India.
1979 • Morarji Desai resigned after Janata Party splits into three parts: headed by Morarji Desai, Jagjivan Ram and
Charan Singh.
• Charan Singh was sworn as Prime Minster, but a month later Indira’s Congress (I) withdrew support, which
forced a mid-term election.
1980 General elections of India was held & INC won 353 seats as a result Mrs.I. Gandhi became PM. Sanjay Gandhi
died in a plane accident.
1984 • Indira Gandhi shot dead by two of her Sikh personal bodyguards.
• Rajiv Gandhi became Prime Minister of India.
• 8th general elections of India was held & INC won 404 seats.
1989 General elections of India was held & INC won 197 seats. The Janata Dal led by V P Singh secured 143 seats,
BJP 85 & Left Parties 45 seats. V.P. Singh became PM with support of BJP & Left parties.
1991 • Rajiv Gandhi assassinated by suicide bomber sympathetic to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers(LTTE).
• 10th General elections were held. INC+ got 244, BJP+ 120 & NF got 69 seats. P.V. Narasimha Rao became
PM with the support of Left parties.
1992 Babri Mosque in Ayodhya was demolished, triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.
1996 • General elections were held. UF 192(Janata Dal+) won 192, BJP 187, & INC 140 seats.
• AB Vajpayee became PM only for 13 days followed by H.D. Deve Gowda & IK Gujral (Janata Dal). The 11th
Lok Sabha produced three Prime Ministers in two years.
1999 General elections were held. NDA(BJP+) won 254(182+), INC+ 144 & UF 64 seats. AB Vajpayee became PM.
1999 Kargil war between India & Pakistan. India came as victorious.
2004 General elections were held. UPA got 218, NDA 181 seats & Manmohan Singh became PM of India.
2009 General elections were held. UPA got 262, NDA 159 seats & Manmohan Singh became PM of India.
2014 General elections were held. BJP got 282, INC 44. Narendra Modi became PM of India.
2016 India got entry into Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) group.
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FIRST IN OTHERS
First Wax statue of a Living Indian Mahatma Gandhi at Madame Tussaud’s in 1939
First Exclusive internet magazine Bharat Samachar
First Miss India to participate in Miss Universe Indrani Rehman
First Judge in International Court of Justice Dr. Nagender Singh
First Graduate in Medicine Soorjo Coomar Goodeve Chukerbutty
India’s First University Nalanda University
India’s First Open University Andhra Pradesh Open University
India’s First Lok Sabha Member to be elected with a record P.V.Narasimha Rao
maximum number of votes
First Indian to reach Antarctica Lt. Ram Charan
First Test tube baby of India Indira (Baby Harsha)
First Post Office opened in India Kolkata(1727)
SUPERLATIVES
Structures •• Longest Railway Tunnel- Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel (11 km)
•• Longest Road Tunnel - 9.2 km long tunnel on Jammu-
•• Highest Tower ( Minaret ) – Qutub Minar
Srinagar National Highway
•• Higher Gateway – Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri near
•• Largest Public Sector Bank- State Bank of India
Agra. Built by Akbar (53.5 m /175 ft High) •• Largest Botanical Garden - National Botanical Garden in
•• Highest Dam – Bhakra Dam Kolkata
•• Highest Bridge – Chenab Bridge •• Largest Church- Se Cathedral at Old Goa, 10 km from Panaji.
•• Highest Airport- Leh Air Port in Ladakh (3256 m/ 16080 ft •• Largest Delta- Sunderbans (75,000 sq km) formed by the Ganga
high) and Brahmaputra in West Bengal and Bangladesh
•• Highest Hydel Power Station- Rongtong Hydel Project in •• Largest Stupa- Kesariya Stupa in Bihar
Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh. •• Largest Library- National Library, Kolkata
•• Highest Mountain Peak- Kanchenjunga •• Largest Planetarium- Birla Planetarium, Kolkata.
•• Highest Road- Road at Khardungla in the Leh-Manali Sector •• Largest Prison- Tihar Jail, Delhi
•• Highest Waterfall- Jog Waterfall, Karnataka •• Largest Concentration of Scheduled Tribes- Madhya Pradesh
•• Largest Residence – Antilia Bhawan built by Mukesh •• Largest Scheduled Caste- Community Santhal
Ambani •• Longest River Bridge – Bandra-Worli sea link which is 5.6
•• Largest Cinema Hall – Prasad Max, Hyderabad km.
•• Largest Museum – National Museum Delhi •• Largest Corridor – Rameshwaram Temple Corridor
•• Largest River Barrage – Farakka Barrage •• Largest irrigation Canal-Indira Gandhi Canal or Rajasthan
•• Biggest Auditorium (Mumbai) – Sri Shanmukhanand Hall Canal (959 km long)
•• Largest zoo – Arignar Anna Zoological Park •• Longest Dam-Hirakund Dam on Mahanadi river in Odisha
•• Largest Cave Temple – Ellora (24.4 km long)
•• Largest Gurudwara – Golden Temple, Amritsar •• Longest Glacier-Siachen Glacier on the Indo-Pakistan
•• Largest Mosque – Jama Masjid, Delhi (built by Shah Jahan border (75.6 km long and 2.8 km wide)
in 1644-58) •• Longest Railway Bridge Nehru Setu Bridge (4.62 km) long
•• Largest Man-made Lake – Govind Sagar (Bhakra) •• Fastest Train-Gatiman Express between New Delhi and
•• Largest Dome – Gol Gumbaz (Karnataka) Agra at a speed of 160 kmph
•• Largest Cantilever Bridge – Howrah Bridge •• Tallest Light House – Jakhau, light hour, Gujarat
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SOBRIQUETS
A sobriquet is a nickname, occasionally assumed and often Manitas de Plate Flamenco guitarist Ricardo
given by another. Baliardo
Person Primary Names Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
Anna C N Annadurai Nightingale of India Sarojini Naidu
Badshah Khan/ Frontier Gandhi Abdul Ghaffar Khan Panditji Jawahar Lal Nehru
Buddha Siddhartha Gautama Punjab Kesari Lala Lajpat Rai
Chacha Jawahar Lal Nehru Rajaji C Rajagopalachari
Deenabandhu C F Andrews Saint of the Gutters Mother Teresa
Deshbandhu C. R. Das Father of the Nation Mohandas Karamchand
Father of the Nation Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Gandhi Haryana Hurricane Kapil Dev
Grand Old Man of India Dadabhai Naoroji
Prince of Kolkata Saurav Ganguly
Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore
Places Primary Names
Guruji M S Gohlwalkar
Bengal’s Sorrow Damodar River
Kaviguru Rabindranath Tagore
Blue Mountain Niligiri Hills
Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan City of Golden Temple Amritsar
Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas K. Gandhi City of Palaces Kolkata
Man of Peace Lal Bahadur Shastri Diamond City in India Surat, Gujarat
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Garden City of India Bengaluru States & its Slogans
Garden of India Kashmir •• Rice bowl of India, Egg bowl of Asia – Andhra Pradesh.
Gateway of India Mumbai •• The Orchid state of India or the paradise of the Botanists-
Arunachal Pradesh.
God’s Own Country Kerala
•• Rice bowl of Central India – Chhattisgarh.
Land of Five Rivers Punjab •• Jewel of the Western part of India– Gujarat.
Pink City Jaipur •• State of Apples, Dev Bhoomi (Adobe of Gods) – Himachal
Queen of Arabian Sea Kochi Pradesh
Spice Garden of India Kerala •• Heaven on Earth – Jammu and Kashmir.
The City of Joy Kolkata •• The Land of Jungles & Jharis (Bushes) – Jharkhand
•• God’s own country – Kerala
The City of Palaces Kolkata
•• Heart of India – Madhya Pradesh
Venice of East Alleppey •• Gateway of the East – Manipur
Queen of Arabian Sea Kochi •• The adobe of the clouds – Meghalaya
Garden City of India Bangalore •• Land of the hill people – Mizoram
Blue Mountains Niligiri Hills •• Falcon capital of the world-Nagaland
Silicon Valley of India Bengaluru •• Granary of India, India’s bread-basket – Punjab
•• Land of the Gods – Uttarakhand
Planned City of India Chandigarh
•• Hindi Heartland of India – Uttar Pradesh
HISTORY
LITERATURE OF MUGHAL PERIOD
Book Author Contents Nuriyya-i- Abdul Haq Theory of Kinship during
Sultaniyya Mughal Period
Tuzuk-i-Baburi Babur Describes military tactics and
administrative organisation Waqt-i- Nimat Khan Aurangzeb's Golconda conquest
during Babur’s reign Hyderabad Ali
Qanun-i- Khwand Describes Humayun’s Futuhat-i- Ishwar Das Aurangzeb's history
Humayu Amair administration, festivities and Alamgiri
buildings of that period Nuskha-i- Bhimsen Analysis of Aurangzeb's rule
Humayun Nama Gulbadan Biography of Humayun Dilkusha Saxena and character
Begum Khulasat-ul- Sujan Raj History of Aurangzeb's rule
Tawarikh Khatri
Akbar Nama Abul Fazl Gives a history of Akbar’s
reign Padshah Namah Abdul Hamid History of Shah Jahan's reign
Lahori
Tobaqat-i- Khwajah -do-
Akbari Nizamuddin Padshah Namah Muhammad -do-
Ahmad Baksh Waris
Shahjahan Muhammad -do-
Tuzuk-i- Jahangir Memoirs of his own reign
Jahangiri Namah Salih
Shahjahan Inyat Khan -do-
Iqbalnama-i- Muhammad History of Jahangir's reign Namah
Jahangiri Khan
Hamlai-Haidri Muhammad History of Aurangzeb's rule
Chahar Chaman Chandra History of Shah Jahan's rule Rafi Khan
Bhan
Brahman Namah-e- Aquil Khan -do-
Alamgiri Zafar
Alamgir-nama Munshi Mirza Gives an account of
Sirr-i-Akbar Dara Shikoh Urdu translation of
Muhamma Aurangzeb's first 10 years of
Upanishad
Kazin rule
Safinat-ul- -do- Biographies of Sufi Saints
Massir-i- Saqi Mustaid Official history of Auliya
Alamgiri Khan Aurangzeb’s reign written
after his death Majma-ul- -do- Philosophical ideas discussed
Bahrain
Ain-i-Akbari Abul Fazl History of Akbar's reign
Raqqat-e- Aurangzeb A compendium of his letters
Muntakhab-ul- Badauni History of Akbar's rule Alamgiri
Tawarikh
Hasmat-ul- Dara Shikoh Religious ideas discussed
Tawarikh-i-Alfi Mulla Daud -do- Arifin
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THE FREEDOM STRUGGLE TIME LINE
1885 Pherozeshah Mehta, K.T. Telang, Badruddin Tyabji formed Bombay Presidency Association.
28 Dec. 1885 Indian National Congress was formed by Allan Octavian Hume.
28-31 Dec. 1885 First session of Indian National Congress was attended by 72 delegates under the presidency of W.C. Bonnerjee.
1896-97 Bal Gangadhar Tilak initiated a no-tax campaign in Maharashtra.
20 July, 1905 Partition of Bengal order was passed by Lord Curzon.
Dec. 1905 Gokhale then the president of Congress condemned the partition of Bengal and supported Swadeshi and
Boycott movement.
1906 Dadabhai Naoroji became the president of National Congress and clearly declared their goal to be self-
government or Swaraj like the other colonies.
30 Dec. 1906 All India Muslim League was formed by Aga Khan III and the founding meeting was hosted by Nawab Sir
Khwaja Salimullah.
1909 The Indian Councils Act or Morley-Minto Reform was announced.
1911 Government announced the withdrawal of Partition of Bengal.
1913 Ghadar Party founded by Punjabi Indians in the United States and Canada aiming at securing India’s
independence.
April, 1915 First session of Hindu Mahasabha was held under the presidentship of Maharaja of Kasim Bazar.
26 Dec. 1916 Lucknow Pact was signed dealing with the structure of the government of India and with relation to the Hindu
and Muslim communities.
1917 Indigo Satyagraha started by M.K. Gandhi in Champaran, Bihar.
1918 Edwin Montagu, then the Secretary of State and Lord Chelmsford, the Viceroy produced a scheme of
constitutional reform which was called as the Montague-Chelmsford reforms.
1919 Enactment of the Government of India Act.
March, 1919 Rowlatt Act was passed which enabled government to imprison people without trial.
13 April, 1919 Unarmed crowd gathered at Jallianwala Bagh to protest against the arrest of Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr.
Satyapal was attacked by the British army as commanded by General Dyer.
31 August, 1920 Khilafat Committee launched a non-cooperation Movement.
1 February, 1922 M.K. Gandhi announced mass Civil Disobedience movement.
5 Feb. 1922 Protesters participating in the Non-cooperation Movement turned violent, leading to police opening fire in
Chauri Chaura. Congress as a result halted the non-cooperation Movement.
1925 Communist Party came into existence.
Nov. 1927 Simon headed commission was set up to submit report on working of Indian constitution established by
Government of India Act, 1919.
17 Nov. 1928 Lala Lajpat Rai died due to the injuries by the beating of local police during a protest demonstration at Lahore.
Dec. 1928 Gandhi joined back the active politics at Calcutta session.
26 Jan. 1930 Was fixed as the First Independence Day and since then was celebrated every year up to 1947.
Feb. 1930 Chandra Shekhar Azad was shot dead in a park called Azad Park at Allahabad, in an encounter with British police.
12 March, 1930 Dandi March lead by M.K. Gandhi took place. Together with 78 companions he walked 375 km from
Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi.
6 April, 1930 Gandhi reached Dandi and broke the Salt law.
12 Nov. 1930 First round table conference was held in London, was chaired by British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald.
5 March, 1931 Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed between Gandhi and then viceroy of India Lord Irwin. According to which
British agreed to withdraw all ordinances and end prosecutions and release all political prisoners.
24 August, 1932 Poona Pact was signed between Gandhi and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar at Yerwada Central Jail.
1935 Government of India Act was passed according to which All India Federation was established including
British India and Princely States (representative were appointed by the rulers) forming a bicameral federal
legislature.
October, 1940 Gandhi gave an order for limited satyagraha (for few individuals only).
8 August, 1942 Quit India Movement was launched by M.K.Gandhi.
1945 Congress working committee adopted a resolution to abolish landlordism.
2 Sept. 1946 Interim government of India formed the newly elected Constituent Assembly of India. This idea was rejected
by Muslim league.
9 Dec. 1946 The Constituent Assembly met for the first time.
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Fundamental Rights
Right to Equality Right to Freedom Right Against Exploitation Right to Freedom of Cultural and Right to Constitutional
Religion Educational Rights Remedies
(2) Mandamus
Movement, Residence & (3) Prohibition
Fundamental Rights
Indian Legislature
Union Leg
State Leg
(Parliament)
Legislative Assembly
Upper House Lower House
GEOGRAPHY
MAJOR STRAIT OF THE WORLD Taurus Strait Arafura Sea & Gulf of Papua New Guinea -
Name Joins Location Papua Australia
Bass strait Tasman Sea & South Australia
Malacca Strait Andaman Sea & South Indonesia - Malaysia
Sea
China Sea
Bering Strait Bering Sea & Chukchi Alaska-Russia
Palk Strait Palk Bay & Bay of India-Sri Lanka
Sea
Bengal
Bonne-Fasio Mediterranean Sea Corsika-Sardinia
Sunda Strait Java Sea & Indian Indonesia
Strait
Ocean
Bosphorus Black Sea and Marma- Turkey
Yucatan Strait Gulf of Mexico and Mexico-Cuba
Strait ra Sea
Caribbean Sea
Dardanelle Marmara Sea and Ae- Turkey
Messina Strait Mediterranean Sea Italy-Sicily
Strait gean Sea
Otranto Strait Adriatic Sea & Ionian Italy-Albania Davis strait Baffin Bay & Atlantic Greenland-Canada
Sea Ocean
Bab-el-Man- Red Sea & Gulf of Yemen-Djibouti Denmark North Atlantic and Greenland-Iceland
deb Strait Aden strait Arctic Ocean
Cook Strait South Pacific Ocean New Zealand (N & S Dover strait English Channel & England-France
islands) North Sea
Mozambique Indian Ocean Mozambique - Mala- Florida Strait Gulf of Mexico and USA-Cuba
Strait gasy Atlantic Ocean
North Chan- Irish Sea & Atlantic Ireland-England Hormuz strait Gulf of Persia & Gulf Oman-Iran
nel Ocean of Oman
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Hudson strait Gulf of Hudson & At- Canada Gulf of Mannar, between India and Sri Lanka
lantic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico, between Mexico, the United States, and Cuba
Gibraltar Mediterranean Sea & Spain-Morocco
Strait Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Morbihan, a natural harbour on the coast of the
Département of Morbihan in the south of Brittany
Magellan Pacific and South At- Chile
strait lantic Ocean Gulf of Nicoya, in Costa Rica, Central America.
Makassar Java Sea & Celebeze Indonesia Gulf of Oman, between the south eastern Arabian Peninsula,
Strait Sea Iran, Pakistan and Arabian Sea.
Tsugaru Strait Japan Sea and Pacific Japan (Hokkaido-Hon- Gulf of Oristano, near Oristano on the Western Sardinian
Ocean shu island) coast
Tatar Strait Japan Sea & Okhotsk Russia (E Russia-
Gulf of Panama in the Pacific Ocean south of Panama
Sea Sakhalin Island)
Persian Gulf between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula
MAJOR GULFS AND THEIR LOCATION Gulf of Roses, the most northeastern bay on the Catalan coast
Gulf of Aden of the southwestern corner of the Arabian Gulf of Saint Lawrence, the world’s largest estuary and the
Peninsula outlet of the Saint Lawrence River into the Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Alaska in the Pacific Ocean south of the state of Alaska Gulf St Vincent, separated from Spencer Gulf by the Yorke
Amundsen Gulf in the Arctic Ocean northwest of Canada Peninsula
Gulf of Aqaba in the northern end of the Red Sea, leading to Gulf of Sidra, just north of Libya in the Mediterranean
Israel and Jordan Spencer Gulf, near Port Lincoln, South Australia
Gulf of Bahrain, part of the Persian Gulf Gulf of Suez, in the northern end of the Red Sea, leading to
Gulf of Bothnia, part of the Baltic Sea between Sweden and the Suez Canal
Finland Gulf of Thailand, just south of Thailand in the Indian Ocean
Gulf of Cádiz, part of the Atlantic Ocean off the southern Gulf of Tonkin, just east of North Vietnam in the Pacific
border of Spain and Portugal
Ocean
Gulf of California in the Pacific Ocean in northwestern
Gulf of Tunis, in the Mediterranean off the coast of Tunisia
Mexico
Gulf of Carpentaria a large bay off northern Australia Tribal Groups of India
Gulf of Cazones a large gulf in southern Cuba Tribal Region Tribal Region
Group Group
Gulf of Corinth, which extends into Greece from the
Mediterranean Abhor Arunachal Pradesh Kharia Jharkhand,
Odisha
Davao Gulf in the Philippines
Adivasi A.P, Bihar, Odisha, Kol Madhya Pradesh
Gulf of the Farallones, westward from the opening of the San Jharkhand, Madhya
Francisco Bay and Drakes Bay to the Farallon Islands Pradesh, Maharashtra,
Gulf of Finland, between the southern coast of Finland and Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu,
the northern coast of Estonia in the Baltic Sea. Some Northeastern
States, West Bengal, An-
Gulf of Genoa inside the Ligurian Sea on the northwestern
daman and Nicobar
coast of Italy
Ahgani Manipur Kolam Maharashtra,
Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Equatorial Andhra Pradesh,
Africa Telengana, M.P
Gulf of Izmir in the Aegean Sea between Turkey and Greece. Apatani Arunachal Pradesh Kota Karnataka
It was formerly called the Gulf of Smyrna.
Baiga Madhya Pradesh Kuki Mizoram
Gulf of Khambhat in the Arabian Sea, formerly known as the Bakar- Jammu and Kashmir Lahaula Himachal
Gulf of Cambay wal Pradesh
Gulf of Kutch in the Arabian Sea Bhil M.P and Rajasthan Lepcha Sikkim
Lingayen Gulf of western Luzon, the Philippines, in the South Birhor M.P and Bihar Lushai Mizoram,
China Sea Manipur
Gulf of Lion, a bay on the Mediterranean coastline of Chang Nagaland Muria Chhattisgarh
Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence in France Chench- Telengana, Karnataka Miha Rajasthan
Gulf of Maine, off the State of Maine, New Brunswick, and uas
Nova Scotia in the Atlantic Ocean Sutiya Assam Moplah Malabar
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Gaddis Himachal Pradesh Munda West Bengal, Ghana Bird Rajasthan Water Bird, Black-buck, Cheetal,
Jharkhand, Sanctuary Sambar
Odisha,
Panchmarhi Madhya Tiger, Panther, Sambhar, Nilgai,
Chhattishgarh
Pradesh Baskeng, Deer
Gallong Arunachal Pradesh Nishi Assam
Dandeli Karnataka Tiger, Panther, Elephant, Cheetal,
Garo Meghalaya Naga Nagaland Sanctuary Sanbhar, Wild Boar
Gond M.P and Bihar Oraon MP, Bihar and
Kutch Near Great Indian Bustard, Lesser Florican,
Odisha, Chhota
Bustard Naliya, Houbara bustard, Chinkara, Blue
Nagpur, W.B,
Sanctuary Kachchh bull, Herpetofauna
Gujjar Rajasthan Onges Andaman &
Nicobar BIOSPHERE RESERVES IN INDIA AREA-WISE
Irula Tamil Nadu Singpho Assam, Arunachal Name State Key Fauna
Pradesh
Nilgiri Tamil Nadu, Nilgiri tahr, lion-tailed macaque
Jaintia Meghalaya Santhal WB, Odisha,
Bihar, Jharkhand, Biosphere Kerala and
Assam Reserve Karnataka
Jarawa Andaman, Islands Sangtam Nagaland Nanda Devi Uttarakhand Himalayan musk deer, mainland
National Park serow, Himalayan tahr
Kanikar Tamil Nadu and Kerala Sema Nagaland & Biosphere
Kalkari Maharashtra Sentine- Andaman & Reserve
lese Nicobar Gulf of Tamil Nadu Dugong or sea cow
Kharia Maharashtra Shompen Andaman & Mannar
Nicobar
Nokrek Meghalaya Red panda
Khond Jharkhand Toda Tamil Nadu
Sundarbans West Bengal Royal Bengal tiger
Khasi Meghalaya Uralis Kerala
Manas Assam Golden langur, red panda
Wancho Arunachal
Pradesh Simlipal Odisha Gaur, Royal Bengal tiger, elephant
Warli Maharashtra, Dihang- Arunachal Mishmi takin, red goral, musk
Daman and Diu, Dibang Pradesh deer
Bihar, Madhaya Pachmarhi Madhya Giant squirrel, flying squirrel
Pradesh, West Biosphere Pradesh
Bengal Dadra and Reserve
Nagar Haveli Achanakmar- Madhya Four horned antelope (Tetracerus
WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES IN INDIA Amarkantak Pradesh, quadricornis), Indian wild dog (Cuon
Biosphere Chhattisgarh alpinus), Saras crane (Grus antigone),
Name of the Location Major Species Reserve Asian white-backed vulture (Gyps
Sanctuary bengalensis), Sacred grove bush frog
Gir Wildlife Sasan Gir, Lion, Leopard, Chausinga, Chital, (Philautus sanctisilvaticus)
Sanctuary Junagadh, Hyena, Sambar, Chinkara, Great Rann Gujarat Indian wild ass
Amreli Herpetofauna, Crocodiles and birds of Kutch
Wild Ass Little Rann Wild Ass, Chinkara, Blue Cold Desert Himachal Snow leopard
Sanctuary of Kachchh bull, Houbara bustard, Wolf, Pradesh
Waterfowls, Herpetofauna Khangchendzonga Sikkim Snow leopard, red panda
Hingolgadh Hingolgadh, Chinkara, Blue bull, Wolf, AgasthyamalI Kerala, Nilgiri tahr, elephants
Sanctuary Rajkot Hyena, Fox, Birds, Herpetofauna Biosphere Tamil Nadu
Marine Gulf of Sponges, Corals, Jellyfish, Reserve
Sanctuary Kachchh, Sea horse, Octopus,Oyster, Great Andaman Saltwater crocodile
Jamnagar Pearloyster, Starfish, Lobster, Nicobar and Nicobar
Dolphin, Dugong, waterfowls Biosphere Islands
Simlipal Odisha Elephant, Tiger, Leopard, Gaur, Reserve
Sactuary Cheetal Dibru- Assam Golden langur
Kutch Great Rann Chinkara, Hyena, Fox, Flamingo, Saikhowa
Desert of Kachchh Pelicans & other waterfowls, Seshachalam Andhra Yellow-throated bulbul
Sanctuary Herpetofauna Hills Pradesh
Rampara Rampara, Blue bull, Chinkara, Wolf, Fox, Panna Madhya Tiger, chital, chinkara, sambhar
Sanctuary Rajkot Jackal, Birds, Herpetofauna Pradesh and sloth bear
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BIOLOGY
DIGESTION OF FOOD
Name of the Name of the enzymes Substrate End product
Digestive juice
Saliva Ptyalin (Salivary amylase) Starch Maltose
Pancreatic Juice Amylopsin (pancreatic amylase) Starch, Glycogen Maltose and Glucose
Intestinal juice Sucrase (invertase), Maltase, Lactase Sucrose; Maltose, Lactose Glucose, fructose and galactose
Gastric Juice Pepsin, Rennin Proteins, Casein Proteoses and peptones, Calcium caseinate
Pancreatic Juice Trypsin, Chymotrypsin, Carboxyl Proteins, Proteins Peptides Proteoses and peptides Peptides Amino
peptidases acid.
Intestinal juice Amino peptidase, Dipeptidase Peptides Amino acids
Vitamin Required by the Body
Vitamin Chemical Name Function in Body Deficiency Disease Sources
B1 Thiamine Part of coenzyme for respirationBeri-beri: nerve and heart disorders Cereals, legumes, beans,
pyrophosphate nuts.
B2 Riboflavin Part of coenzyme FAD needed for Ariboflavinosis: skin and eye Milk, yogurt, meat, leafy
respiration disorders greens, whole grains.
B12 Cyanoco-balamin Coenzyme needed for making red Pernicious anaemia Meat, fish, poultry,
blood cells, bone, blood and nerve shellfish, eggs, cheese,
changes milk.
B5 Nicotinic Part of coenzymes NAD, NADP Pellagra: skin, gut and nerve Widespread in foods.
acid (‘niacin’) used in respiration disorders
C Ascorbic acid Not precisely known Scurvy: degeneration of skin teeth Citrus fruits, e.g. lemon.
and blood vessels.
A Retinol Not fully known but forms part of Xeropthalmia: ‘dry eyes’ Milk, eggs, meat, fish liver
visual pigment, rhodopsin oils, Green leafy vegetables.
D Cholecalciferol Stimulates calcium absorption by Rickets: bone deformity Exposed to sunlight, Dairy
small intestine, needed for proper products, egg yolk, fish
bone growth liver oils, oysters, yeast.
E Tocopherol Not precisely known Infertility Plant oils, green, leafy
vegetables, egg yolk, nuts,
seeds, and liver.
K Phylloquinone Involved in blood clotting Possible haemorrhage Bacterial synthesis in the
digestive tract. Green
leafy vegetables, cabbage
and milk
SPORTS
TROPHIES ASSOCIATED WITH SPORTS
NATIONAL Merdeka Cup Football (Asia)
Name of the Trophy Related game Thomas Cup World Badminton (Men)
Aga Khan Cup Hockey Uber Cup World Badminton (women)
Barna Bellack Cup Table Tennis US-Open Lawn Tennis
French-Open Lawn Tennis
Beighton Cup Hockey
Australian Open Lawn Tennis
Bombay Gold Cup Hockey
Wimbledon Lawn Tennis
Burdwan Trophy Weight Lifting Masters Champions Trophy Hockey
D.C.M. Trophy Football British Open Golf
Dhyan chand Trophy Hockey Malaysian Open Badminton
Dr. B.C. Roy Trophy Football Tata Open Lawn Tennis
Duleep Trophy Cricket
Durand Cup Football
Number of Players on Each Side
Ezra Cup Polo Badminton 1 or 2 Polo 4
I.F.A Shield Football Baseball 9 Rugby Football 15
Lady Ratan Tata Trophy Hockey Basketball 5 Tennis and Table tennis 1 or 2
Moin ud daula Gold Cup Cricket Cricket 11 Water Polo 7
Rangaswami Cup Hockey Football 11 Volleyball 6
Hockey 11 Kabaddi 7
Ranji Trophy Cricket
Chess 1
Santosh Trophy Football
Scindia Gold Cup Hockey National Sports of Famous Countries
Subroto Mukherjee Cup Football (Inter-School) Name National game
Wellington Trophy Rowing Australia Cricket
INTERNATIONAL Brazil Football
Canada Ice Hockey
Name of the Trophy Related game China Table Tennis
Nehru Trophy Hockey England Cricket
American Cup Yatch Racing India No Game
Ashes Cup Cricket (Australia-England) Japan Judo or Ju Jitsu
Azlan Shah Hockey Malaysia Badminton
US Masters Golf Pakistan Hockey
Hopman Cup Lawn Tennis Russia Chess, Football
Colombo Cup Trophy Football Scotland Rugby, Football
Davis Cup Lawn Tennis Spain Bull Fighting
Kings Cup Race Air Races (England) United States of America Baseball
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GK- Current Affairs & GK Update
TERMS USED IN SPORTS AND GAMES Hockey Bull, Carry, Centre Forward, Carried, Dribble,
Goal, Hat trick, Penalty corner, Scoop, Short corner,
Badminton Deuce, Double, Drop, Fault, Game, Let, Love, Sticks, Striking circle, Under cutting.
Smash. Horse Racing Jockey, Place, Protest, Punter, Win.
Baseball Bunt, Diamond, Home, Pitcher, Put out, Strike. Lawn Tennis Back-hand-drive, Service, Smash, Volley, Deuce,
Billiards Break, Cannons, Cue, In off, Jigger, Scratch, Game, Set, Love.
Boat Race Cox Polo Bunder, Chuckker, Mallet.
Boxing Hook, Jab, Knock-out, Punch, Upper cut. Rifle Shooting Bull’s eye.
Bridge Diamonds, Dummy, Grand slam, Little slam, Rugby Drop kick, Screen.
Revoke, Ruff, Tricks, Trump. Swimming Stroke.
Volley ball Booster, Deuce, Love, Service, Spikers.
Chess Check, Checkmate, Gambit, Stalemate
Wrestling Half Nelson, Heave.
Cricket Bowling, Bouncer, Crease, Cover point, Drive,
Duck, Follow on, Googly, Gulley, Hat Trick, Hit SPECIFIC NAMES OF PLAYING AREAS
wicket, L.B.W. (Leg Before Wicket), Leg Break, Sport Name of Sport Name of Playing
Leg spinner, Leg bye, Maiden over, No ball, Pitch, Playing Area Area
Run, Silly point, Stumped, Wicket keeper. Badminton Court Golf Link, Green**
Football Dribble, Drop Kick, Foul, Hattrick, Off-side, Penalty, Baseball Diamond Lawn Tennis Court
Throw in, Touch Down. Boxing Ring Ice Skating Rink
Golf Bogey, Caddie, Hole, Links, Put, Putting the green, Cricket Pitch* Wrestling Ring, Arena
Stymie, Tee. * Pitch in fact is the space between the wickets and not the entire cricket field.
** It is the area around the hole only.