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

Question : The border line which separates India and Pakistan is known as ______.

Option 1: Lahore line

Option 2: McMahon line

Option 3: Radcliffe line

Option 4: Delhi line

Question : The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was enacted in India in the year:

Option 1: 1950

Option 2: 1976

Option 3: 1989

Option 4: 2005

Question : Which year was the Consumer Protection Act (CPA) enacted in India?

Option 1: 1976

Option 2: 1986

Option 3: 1996

Option 4: 2006

Question : Regional parties in India are primarily concerned with:

Option 1: International diplomacy

Option 2: National security

Option 3: Regional development

Option 4: Global economic trends

Question : The rate at which the Reserve Bank of India lends to other commercial banks for the short term has been reduced. What is this rate called?

Option 1: Cash Reserve Rate

Option 2: Reverse Repo Rate

Option 3: Bank Rate

Option 4: Repo Rate

Question : Where is the World Heritage Site, Konark Sun Temple, in India?

Option 1: Rajasthan

Option 2: Madhya Pradesh

Option 3: Chhattisgarh

Option 4: Odisha

Question : Which region in India is known for its linguistic diversity?  

Option 1: Northern Plains  
 

Option 2: Western Desert  
 

Option 3: Northeastern States  

Option 4: Central Plateau  

Question : Official records produced by the British in rural India often lacked:

Option 1: Details on land ownership
 

Option 2: Information on local governance
 

Option 3: Insights into social hierarchies
 

Option 4: Statistical data on agriculture

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

The depression which is likely to form this month around the islands of Andaman will 1) __________________ monsoon advancement and help to regulate the June to September rain fall cycle, which is also considered to crucial for India’s economy, to arrive around the expected time in Kerala around first week of June, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday.

In charge of IMD’s cyclones monitoring Ananda Kumar Das, 2) __________________ satellite image and said the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), which appears to be a  band of clouds 3) __________________ the globe near the equator and is mainly responsible for the wet and dry seasons in the tropics, is very 4) __________________. He also said that this indicates a monsoon surge will be created soon. “The depression will help establish the cross-equatorial flow. The 5) __________________ of the depression will further help monsoon arrive around the normal time over Kerala around June 1 with an error margin of +/-5 days,” said Das.

Choose the correct word to be used in blank 5.

Option 1: legality
 

Option 2: restrained

Option 3: hollow

Option 4: formation

Question :  longitude is geographically significant to India because

Option 1: it determines the Indian Standard Time

Option 2: It has a bearing on the tropical climate of India

Option 3: it divides into Eastern and Western Zones

Option 4: it enables determining local time in eastern India