BEL First Grade College, Bangalore All Questions

Question : AJEYA WARRIOR-2020 is a joint military exercise between India and ______.

Option 1: Thailand

Option 2: South Korea

Option 3: UK

Option 4: USA

Question : The fish caught by Indian fishermen in international waters are part of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of which of the following?

Option 1: Sri Lanka 

Option 2: India and Sri Lanka 

Option 3: India

Option 4: India and Indonesia

Question : Which event in the 1940 s was a direct precursor to the partition of India?

Option 1: The Simon Commission Report

Option 2: The Round Table Conferences

Option 3: The Cripps Mission

Option 4: The Quit India Movement

Question : Which program aims to provide social security coverage to rural landless households in India?

Option 1: Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY)
 

Option 2: Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya Yojana (DAY-NRLM)
   

Option 3: Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA)

Option 4: Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)

Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.

Marriages, birthday celebrations, meetings, conferences, seminars and many similar events layout (1) ________multi-course feasts with plenty of starters followed by the main course. Later, (2)__________ of food get dumped into dustbins, (3) _________of its value to the hungry poor. Most such gatherings serve buffets. The (4) __________of food wastage is more when people help themselves. They (5)__________. more than what they can eat only to waste the (6) __________Similar wastage is seen when hotels serve (7) _________breakfast buffets. Wherever food is free and (8) _________plenty, people take more. Those fortunate to have (9) __________food forget the plight of those who do not have (10) __________to eat. Millions of people die of malnutrition and hunger in India.

Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 7.

Option 1: voluntary

Option 2: complimentary

Option 3: mandatory

Option 4: optional

Question :

Complete the following paragraph

The national language of India is Hindi however there are almost 22 official languages and 400 other languages are spoken daily in India in its various states and territories. According to the history, India has been recognized as the birthplace of the religions like Hinduism and Buddhism. Huge population of the India belongs to the Hindu religion. _______________________________________

Option 1:

Other variations of the Hinduism are Shaiva, Shakteya, Vaishnava and Smarta.

Option 2:

Hinduism has been rampant in India

Option 3: India is a land of various customs and languages

Option 4:

The highest population in India is that of Hindus

Option 5:

India is a land of various languages

Question : In which of the following years was the "Project Elephant" launched by the Government of India?

Option 1: 1972

Option 2: 1992

Option 3: 1962

Option 4: 1982

Question : Comprehension:

Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it.

Wetlands are amongst the most productive ecosystems on the Earth and provide many important services to human society. They exhibit enormous diversity according to their genesis, geographical location, water regime and chemistry, dominant species, and soil and sediment characteristics. Globally, the area extent of wetland ecosystems ranges from 917 million hectares (m ha) to more than 1275 m ha. One of the first widely used wetland classification systems, devised by Cowardin et al., 1979, categorised wetlands into marine (coastal wetlands), estuarine (including deltas, tidal marshes, and mangrove swamps), lacustrine (lakes), riverine (along rivers and streams), and palustrine ( marshes, swamps and bogs) based on their hydrological, ecological and geological characteristics.The 

The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands was an international treaty signed in 1971. Overall, 1052 sites in Europe; 289 sites in Asia; 359 sites in Africa; 175 sites in South America; 211 sites in North America; and 79 sites in the Oceania region have been identified as Ramsar sites or wetlands of International importance. As per the Ramsar Convention definition most of the natural water bodies (such as rivers, lakes, coastal lagoons, mangroves, peat land, coral reefs) and man-made wetlands (such as ponds, farm ponds, irrigated fields, sacred groves, salt pans, reservoirs, gravel pits, sewage farms and canals) in India constitute the wetland ecosystem distributed in different geographical regions ranging from Himalayas to Deccan plateau. As of February 2022, India has 49 Ramsar sites covering an area of 10,93,636 hectares, the highest in South Asia. As per the estimates, India has about 757.06 thousand wetlands with a total wetland area of 15.3 m ha, accounting for nearly 4.7% of the total geographical area of the country. Out of this, areas under inland wetlands account for 69%, coastal wetlands 27%, and other wetlands (smaller than 2.25 ha) 4%. Gujarat has the highest proportion (17.5%) and Mizoram has the lowest proportion (0.66%) of the area under wetlands. Among Union Territories, Lakshadweep has the highest proportion (around 96%) and Chandigarh has the lowest proportion (3%) of the geographical area under wetlands.

Question:

Under which category of wetlands, are delta and mangrove swamps included?

Option 1: marine

Option 2: estuarine

Option 3: lacustrine

Option 4: palustrine

Question : Who among the following Moroccan travellers came to India during the reign of Muhammad bin Tughluq?

Option 1: Abd-al-Razzaq

Option 2: al-Masudi

Option 3: Sulaiman al-Tajir

Option 4: Ibn Battuta

Question : Post-independence, the class structure in India saw:  
 

Option 1: The disappearance of the landlord class  
 

Option 2: The emergence of a large industrial working class  
 

Option 3: A decrease in the agricultural workforce  

Option 4: The growth of the service sector