BEL First Grade College, Bangalore All Questions

Question : The Planning Commission of India was replaced by NITI Aayog in_____________.

Option 1: 2016

Option 2: 2015

Option 3: 2018

Option 4: 2017

Question : Kathakali took shape in Southern India in the seventeenth century under the patronage of the ____.

Option 1: Prince of Tamil Nadu

Option 2: Prince of Bengal

Option 3: Prince of Karnataka

Option 4: Prince of Punjab

Question : Who among the following was the 24th Tirthankara in Jainism in ancient India?

Option 1: Vasupujya

Option 2: Rishabhdev

Option 3: Abhinandana

Option 4: Vardhamana Mahavira

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.

All state universities and colleges in Uttar Pradesh, one of the (1)________ in India, will now (2)______ a "save water" ritual named 'Jal Bharo' in place of 'lamp lighting' to inaugurate their annual convocations. The governor of the state, who is also chancellor of state universities, instructed that every university and college in the state should install rainwater harvesting plants on its campus. 'Jal Bharo' signifies (3)_______ the vision of 'Jal Shakti'. This ceremony symbolises the (4)________ importance of water conservation, whereas the lamp lighting ceremony symbolised removing darkness through education and spreading the light of learning. It is really a (5)________ initiative. Every educational institute in India should ensure to save and recharge groundwater by installing rainwater harvesting plants. These kinds of initiatives provide awareness of using and saving water, the elixir of life.

Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 4.

Option 1: sheer

Option 2: complete

Option 3: immense

Option 4: total

Question : Regional parties in India often emerge due to:

Option 1: International pressure

Option 2: Economic globalization

Option 3: Sociocultural distinctiveness

Option 4: Technological advancements

Question : Who among the following was popularly known as Masterda, who led the Chittagong Armory raid in April 1930 in British India?

Option 1: Surya Sen

Option 2: Ganesh Ghosh

Option 3: Anant Singh

Option 4: Lokenath Baul

Question : Directions: Read the following text and answer the questions.

The world is becoming global rapidly. The national boundaries have become less significant with the interlinked effects of technology, information flows, and investment mobility. Human knowledge, particularly in the sphere of science and technology, is now growing at a pace that was indeed unthinkable even two decades ago.
The comparative advantage of a nation will be more and more influenced by its capacity to generate, absorb, adapt, and assimilate new technologies into the production process. If liberalization and globalization are not to create islands of prosperity surrounded by vast sea destitution, there has to be a firm commitment to human resource development and to the continuous upgrading of human skills and capabilities in the fast-changing world that we live in. The Indian policymakers are fully committed to building a society that is technologically sophisticated, economically progressive, and socially just, and humane.

The impact of globalization on education is now being felt in India. Indian entrepreneurs are also now investing in education. In the process of privatization of higher education in India, many good institutions have come up and have met the increasing demand for higher education mainly in the area of engineering, business administration, and medical education. But this process has also led to the mushroom growth of low-quality institutions without proper infrastructure, However, the expansion of higher education in India has resulted in increasing access to higher education even in rural areas of the country. In this process, Human Resource Development is taking place at a faster speed as compared to the earlier stage when the opportunities for higher education were limited. Globalization has promoted information technology in India. Indian students have excelled in the area of information technology over many other countries. Development taking place in the developed countries become available to Indian students, scholars, and practitioners through regular contacts and modern technology.

Question:

Find out the word which is a synonym of 'significant' is:

Option 1: trivial
 

Option 2: minor
 

Option 3: idle
 

Option 4: notable

Question : Statement 1: The minimum support price (MSP) is a government-regulated price at which crops are procured from farmers.

Statement 2: The MSP is determined by the Food Corporation of India (FCI).

Option 1: Both statements are true.

Option 2: Both statements are false.

Option 3: Statement 1 is true, and statement 2 is false.

Option 4: Statement 1 is false, and statement 2 is true.

Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Nuclear power for civil use is well (1)__________ in India. Since building the two small boiling water reactors (2)_________ Tarapur in the 1960s, its civil nuclear strategy (3)________ directed towards complete independence in the nuclear fuel cycle, necessarily (4)________ it is excluded (5)_______ the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 5.

Option 1: at

Option 2: within

Option 3: from

Option 4: of

Question : In which two consecutive years was there no chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations of India?

Option 1: 2021 and 2022

Option 2: 2019 and 2020

Option 3: 2020 and 2021

Option 4: 2018 and 2019