BEL First Grade College, Bangalore All Questions

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

Question : Vice President of India is also ex-officio chairman of_____.

Option 1: Lok Sabha

Option 2: Rajya Sabha

Option 3: Parliament

Option 4: Union Public Service Commission

Question : When, for the first time, did the Election Commission of India become a multi-member body?

Option 1: 1995

Option 2: 1985

Option 3: 1989

Option 4: 1994

Question : India shares the longest land border with which of the following countries?

Option 1: Bangladesh

Option 2: Pakistan

Option 3: China

Option 4: Nepal

Question : In which state of India is the Airavatesvara temple situated?

Option 1: Tamil Nadu

Option 2: West Bengal

Option 3: Rajasthan

Option 4: Telangana

Question : Which of the following singer is honoured with the Padma Shri 2022 by the Government of India?

Option 1: Abhijeet Bhattacharya

Option 2: Anu Malik

Option 3: Leslee Lewis

Option 4: Sonu Nigam

Question : Fill in the blanks-
According to the data of 2014-16, In India health expenditure are ____% of GDP.
 

Option 1: 8.7
 

Option 2: 6.7
 

Option 3: 4.7
 

Option 4: 2.7
 

Question : In January 2020, who among the following former Solicitor General of India was appointed as Queen’s Counsel for the courts of England and Wales?

Option 1: Soli Sorabjee

Option 2: Harish Salve

Option 3: Ranjit Kumar

Option 4: Tushar Mehta

Question : Choose the incorrect statement related to monsoon.

Option 1: The southwest monsoon winds blow over the warm oceans, gather moisture and bring widespread rainfall over the mainland of India.

Option 2: The intensity and position of the high-pressure area, east of Madagascar, affect the Indian monsoon.

Option 3: The difference in pressure over Tahiti (Pacific Ocean), and Darwin in northern Australia (Indian Ocean) is computed to predict the intensity of the monsoons.

Option 4: The western cyclonic disturbances occur due to withdrawal or the retreat of the monsoon.