. Which of the following are the main causes of slow rate of growth of per capita income in India? 1. High capital output ratio. 2. High rate of growth of population. 3. High rate of capital formation. 4. High level of fiscal deficits. Select the correct answer from the codes given below: Codes: (a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (b) 2, 3 and 4 (c) 1 and 4 (d) 1 and 2

. What is the correct chronological sequence of the following stages in the political life of Mahatma Gandhi? 1. Champaran. 2. Ahmedabad Mill Strike. 3. Kheda. 4. Non-cooperation Movement. Choose the answer from the codes given below: Codes: (a) 2, 4, 3, 1 (b) 1, 3, 2, 4 (c) 4, 3, 2, 1 (d) 3, 4, 2, 1

. Which one of the following was part of the erstwhile Soviet Union over which Kurdish population is spread? (a) Armenia (b) Azerbaijan (c) Georgia (d) Turkmenistan

. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists: List I List II A. Gro Harlem Brundtland 1. Prime Minister of Slovakia B. Stephen Hawking 2. Prime Minister of Russia C. Vladimir Meciar 3. Environmentalist and Prime Minister of Norway D. Viktor Chernomyrdin 4. Cosmologist Codes: A B C D (a) 4 3 2 1 (b) 3 4 2 1 (c) 4 3 1 2 (d) 3 4 1 2

. Which one of the following provides the best estimate of the world’s biological diversity? (a) Of about ten million species probably alive today, some 20 species are lost everyday, most of them unknown because no more than half a million have yet been actually identified by scientists (b) Of about thirty million living species, some 50 are lost everyday, most of them unknown because no more than one million have been actually identified (c) Of about forty five million living species, some 100 are lost everyday, most of them unknown because no more than 1.5 million have been actually identified (d) Of about seventy five million living species, some 500 are lost everyday, most of them unknown because no more than 3 million have been actually identified

. Which one of the following monuments figured in the news recently in connection with a fall of some of its parts and its consequent archaeological conservation? (a) Jagannath temple, Puri (b) Sun temple, Konarak (c) Khandariya Mahadev Temple, Khajuraho (d) Chaunsat Yogini Temple, Bheraghat

. Variable reserve rates and Open Market Operations are instruments of (a) Fiscal Policy (b) Monetary Policy (c) Budgetary Policy (d) Trade Policy

TCS,

. The Ryotwari Settlement was introduced by the British in the (a) Bengal Presidency (b) Madras Presidency (c) Bombay Presidency (d) Madras and Bombay Presidencies

East India, HPAS, RRB, SSC,

. In many developing countries, three major causes of death and disease are (a) Lack of safe drinking water, increasing use of pesticides and thinning of the ozone layer (b) Contaminated food, global warming and industrial chlorofluorocarbons (c) Polluted air, green house effect and soil erosion. (d) Dirty water, contaminated food and polluted air

. The Neyveli thermal power plant is fed by (a) Gondwana Coal (b) Tertiary Coal (c) Quaternary Coal (d) Cambrian Coal

Cambrian,

. Which one of the following modes of privatization is the most comprehensive and complete? (a) Introduction of private capital in public sector (b) Contracting out management of public enterprises to the private sector (c) Transferring ownership and management to the workers (d) Transferring ownership and management to the private sector

. Vinegar is an aqueous solution of (a) Oxalic acid (b) Citric acid (c) Acetic acid (d) Hydrochloric acid

. Mahatma Gandhi was referred to as ‘the Father of the Nation’ first by (a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Vallabhbhai Patel (c) C. Rajagopalachari (d) Subhas Chandra Bose

ABC, Bhel, Competitive Exams, CTS, KBC, Unique, Wipro,

. Which one of the following strongly threatens biodiversity? (a) Fragile ecosystems such as mangroves and wetlands (b) Inaccessible habitats in the Himalayas (c) Destruction of natural habitats and vegetation and shifting cultivation (d) Creation of biosphere reserves

RRB, Western Railway,

. Next to Hindi, the language spoken by the largest number of people in the Indian subcontinent is (a) Urdu (b) Telugu (c) Bengali (d) Tamil