Directorate of Distance Education, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata All Questions

Question : There are certain words missing in the passage given below. The options given contain an answer that will fit in those given blanks. Choose the correct word to be used to make the sentence coherent and grammatically correct.

The decision made by the goverment of India to purchase crude oil at a discounted rate from Russia,  when the Putin goverment is bombing civilians in Ukraine, is 1) __________________ by many. 2)________________ to the Narendra Modi administration’s request to not to politicise the issue, in the current scenario the decision is as much political as it is economic, however much we may wish it were not.

While the major countries like US, Europe , Japan and Australia have made no secret revelation that India should  join them in 3) _____________________ Putin’s war, as the goverment of 141 countries who voted in favour of the UN General Assembly resolution did. Russia has intentionally offered the discount at the oil to show that India is among the ‘many’ countries that resist the Atlantic alliance’s attempt to 4) __________________ and punish Putin. On the other hand Xi’s China has suddenly discovered that Modi’s India is worth talking to: it will provide cover for the Xi government to not only 5) ________________ attention from its own support for Russia, but also to position itself as someone who is more willing to engage with the Atlantic alliance than India.

Choose the correct word to be used in the blank 4

Option 1:  isolate
 

Option 2: recapitulate
 

Option 3: jaded

Option 4: ramify

Question : Which is the governing body for badminton in India?

Option 1: Indian Badminton Agency

Option 2: Indian Badminton Association

Option 3: Badminton Association of India

Option 4: Badminton Agency of India

Question : What was the impact of the Revolt of 1857 on British rule in India?

Option 1: Abolition of the East India Company's rule

Option 2: Introduction of the Doctrine of Lapse

Option 3: Establishment of the Indian National Congress

Option 4: Start of the British Raj

Question : Who collects every data on Poverty in India?

Option 1: MGNERGA

Option 2: NSSO
 

Option 3: SJSRY

Option 4: None of these

Question : People below poverty line 
 

Option 1: India-37, Pakistan- 44, China-32
 

Option 2: India- 45, Pakistan- 42, China-45
 

Option 3: India- 32, Pakistan- 76, China- 32
 

Option 4: India- 34, Pakistan- 29, China- 34
 

Question : What was the main goal behind the reorganization of states in India?  

Option 1: To strengthen central control  
 

Option 2: To promote regional languages  
 

Option 3: To reduce administrative costs  
 

Option 4: To address linguistic and cultural differences  

Question : Which organization is responsible for the marketing and export of agricultural products from India?

Option 1: Food Corporation of India (FCI)
  

Option 2: Spices Board of India
   

Option 3: Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA)

Option 4: Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)

Question : Ambubachi Mela (Fair) is held in which of the temples of North-East India?

Option 1: Dakshineswar Kali

Option 2: Bhuvaneswari

Option 3: Billeswar

Option 4: Kamakhya

Question : Assertion: Women entrepreneurs in India face several challenges in starting and growing their businesses.

Reason: Government schemes like MSME’s  focus exclusively on supporting women-led startups.

Option 1: Both assertion and reason are true, and the reason correctly explains the assertion.
 

Option 2: Both assertion and reason are true, but the reason does not correctly explain the assertion.
 

Option 3: The assertion is true, but the reason is false.

Option 4: The assertion is false, but the reason is true.

Question : India became independent during the viceroyalty of:

Option 1: William Bentinck

Option 2: Wellesley

Option 3: A. P. Wavell

Option 4: Lord Louis Mountbatten