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

Question : Direction: Given below is a short passage followed by some items based on the passage. First, read the passage and answer the items based on it. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and the opinion of the author only.

More than eight months after the national lockdown was announced in late March, urban India is learning to live with the Covid-19 pandemic. In fact, indicating a positive outlook for the future, many survey respondents in a recent survey say they plan to return to pre-lockdown levels of shopping, personal grooming, going to cinemas and socializing as pandemic fears continue to recede.
The survey findings highlight that the suppression of consumer demand because of fears of job losses and salary cuts could be coming to an end. Increasingly, urban Indians are showing increased confidence about the future of the economy. This could be an indicator of the possible 'pent-up demand' that several economists have been talking about - a demand that could be unleashed once a vaccine is developed and distributed, or when there are signs of the pandemic's spread reducing to negligible levels or vanishing totally.

Around 65 per cent of respondents said they had settled into new routines, or that they saw signs of the situation improving, or they had come to terms with the pandemic and were moving on with their lives. And since the survey was conducted before the news of the successful trials of the Pfizer vaccine for the coronavirus was announced, it is likely that the consumers are now even more positive in their outlook about the future.

Question:Question:Question:
Which one of the following is the central idea of the passage?
 

Option 1:  Economic survey
 

Option 2: Development of Covid-19 vaccine
 

Option 3: Suppression of  demand
 

Option 4: None of these

Question : What was a notable feature of the electoral process during the participatory upsurge in the 1990s in India?

Option 1: Dominance of a single party

Option 2: Decreased participation of marginalized communities

Option 3: Increased use of electronic voting machines

Option 4: Reduction in the number of political parties

Question : Case Study 7:

A group of consumers found that a particular medicine was being sold in the market without proper labeling and instructions. This posed a threat to their health and safety. What authority can they approach to address this issue?

Option 1: Consumer Protection Council

Option 2: National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission

Option 3: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)

Option 4: District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum

Question : In India, which of the following taxes is levied by the state government?

Option 1: Excise duty on liquor

Option 2: Capital gains tax

Option 3: Customs tax

Option 4: Corporation tax

Question : The national song of India, "Vande Mataram", is an excerpt taken from the novel ___________ written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.

Option 1: Saraswati Chandra

Option 2: Durgeshnandini

Option 3: Anand Math

Option 4: Bishabriksha

Question : Which of the following is the largest Biosphere Reserve in India?

Option 1: Nilgiri

Option 2: Nanda Devi

Option 3: Sundarbans

Option 4: Gulf of Mannar

Question : Direction: If each of the letters in the English alphabet is assigned an even numerical value beginning  A = 2, B = 4 and so on, what will be the total value of the letters for the word INDIA?

Option 1: 72

Option 2: 86

Option 3: 74

Option 4: 94

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.

Clean India Mission is one of the most (1) _____ and popular missions to have taken place in India. This mission includes a reward to a state and a city. This encourages every citizen to keep the surroundings clean. This cleanliness campaign was (2) _____ by the Indian government at the national level, (3) _____ all the rural towns and urban cities. Its primary objective is to spread awareness of the importance of cleanliness. Slogans are written on the banners and pictures are painted in a very attractive manner to evoke the feeling of cleanliness. After that, a major objective was to teach citizens to (4) _____ of waste mindfully and to provide basic (5) _____ facilities. For this, wet and dry dustbins are kept by every citizen whether it is home or office.

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

Option 1: sanitation

Option 2: refinement

Option 3: purification

Option 4: contamination

Question : In which state of India is the Nongkrem dance festival celebrated?

Option 1: Bihar

Option 2: Madhya Pradesh

Option 3: Kerala

Option 4: Meghalaya

Question : As per the "India State of Forest Report" of 2019, the total forest and tree cover is ______% of the total geographical area of India.

Option 1: 14.39

Option 2: 20.39

Option 3: 24.56

Option 4: 29.39