BEL First Grade College, Bangalore All Questions

Question : All national sports teams participating in any international sports competition shall represent under the sign of

Option 1: Indian Olympic association

Option 2: All India council of sports

Option 3: Their own national sport day

Option 4: Government of India

Question : Given below are four jumbled sentences. Pick the option that gives their correct order.

Mount Everest is a peak in the Himalayas mountain range.
P. It is located between Nepal and Tibet, an autonomous region of China.
Q. At 8,849 meters (29,032 feet), it is considered the tallest point on Earth.
R. In the nineteenth century, the mountain was named after George Everest, a former Surveyor General of India.
S. The Tibetan name is Chomolungma, which means “Mother Goddess of the World.”

The Nepali name is Sagarmatha, which has various meanings.

Option 1: PQRS

Option 2: SPQR

Option 3: SRQP

Option 4: RPSQ

Question : The nationalization of coal mines in India took place during the tenure of:

Option 1: Indira Gandhi

Option 2: Rajiv Gandhi

Option 3: Morarji Desai

Option 4: Jawaharlal Nehru

Question : Which organisation measures the Gross Domestic Product in India?

Option 1: RBI

Option 2: NITI Aayog

Option 3: SBI

Option 4: Central Statistics Office

Question : President of India, Droupadi Murmu presented the_____ of the Digital India Awards on 7th January 2023 in New Delhi.

Option 1: 8th edition

Option 2: 5th edition

Option 3: 7th edition

Option 4: 6th edition

Question : The resistance to the Emergency declared in 1975 in India was characterized by:

Option 1: Armed rebellions

Option 2: Mass protests and civil disobedience

Option 3: International intervention

Option 4: Economic sanctions

Question : Human development index(2016)
 

Option 1: India-0.65, Pakistan- 0.88, China- 0.79
 

Option 2: India- 0.68, Pakistan- 0.45, China- 0.76
 

Option 3: India- 0.62, Pakistan- 0.55, China- 0.73
 

Option 4: India- 0.56, Pakistan- 0.17, China- 0.80
 

Question : Which of the following is not a function of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)?

Option 1: Regulating the securities market

Option 2: Protecting the interests of investors
 

Option 3: Regulating the functioning of commercial banks

Option 4: None of the above

Question : What was the primary function of cantonments in colonial India?

Option 1: They served as trading hubs  

Option 2: They were centers for agricultural research  
 

Option 3: They functioned as military garrisons  

Option 4: They were used as educational campuses  

Question : Comprehension:

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

New Delhi: India is set to surpass China as the world's most populous country in 2023, with each counting more than 1.4 billion residents this year, a United Nations report said on Monday, warning that high fertility would challenge economic growth.

The world's population, estimated to reach 8 billion by November 15 this year, could grow to 8.5 billion in 2030 and 10.4 billion in 2100 as the pace of mortality slows, said the report released on World Population Day.

India's population was 1.21 billion in 2011, according to the domestic census, which is conducted once a decade. The government had deferred the 2021 census due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The world's population was growing at its slowest pace since 1950, having fallen below 1 per cent in 2020, UN estimates showed.

In 2021, the average fertility of the world's population stood at 2.3 births per woman over a lifetime, having fallen from about 5 births in 1950. Global fertility is projected to decline further to 2.1 births per woman by 2050.

Referring to an earlier World Health Organisation report estimating about 14.9 million deaths relating to the COVID-19 pandemic between January 2020 and December 2021, the UN report said global life expectancy at birth fell to 71 years in 2021 from 72.8 years in 2019, mostly due to the pandemic.

The United Nations said more than half of the projected increase in the global population up to 2050 will be concentrated in eight countries: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Tanzania. Countries in sub-Saharan Africa are expected to contribute more than half of the increase anticipated through 2050.

However, the population of 61 countries is projected to decrease by 1% or more between 2022 and 2050, driven by a fall in fertility.

Question:
After reading the above passage, it can be inferred that it is

Option 1: a news item

Option 2: a research report

Option 3: a magazine article

Option 4: a survey report