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

Question : Mohiniyattam, a classical dance of India belongs to which of the following states?

Option 1: Uttar Pradesh

Option 2: Kerala

Option 3: Andhra Pradesh

Option 4: Manipur

Question : How many countries share the international land border with India as of 2022?

Option 1: 5

Option 2: 7

Option 3: 8

Option 4: 6

Question : There are few 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.

Cricket is not just considered a sport in India; it’s a passion, an emotion, and often 1) _________________ into a religion! But just like any other activity, the larger the scale, the greater is its ecological 2) _________________.

3) _________________ suggest that amount of water needed to maintain a cricket pitch – at roughly 20,000 litres per day – can serve the daily drinking water needs of around 2,600 people. So, this is one of the reason that the board that controls cricket in India and its most-popular league are looking at ways to 4) _________________ some environmental impacts related with the country’s most loved sport.
One of the step taken in order to contribute for the same happened on May 9, 2022, when Rajasthan Royals joined hands with the energy management and automation firm Schneider Electric to host the first carbon-5) _________________ cricket match against Delhi Capitals on May 11.

 Choose the correct word to be used in blank 3.

Option 1: decorum

Option 2: estimates

Option 3: enumerate

Option 4: dispatch

Question : Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) is the ambitious program launched by the Government of India in 2018 to provide ______ access to the most vulnerable sections.

Option 1: healthcare

Option 2: services

Option 3: agricultural

Option 4: industrial

Question : The Constitution of India gives the right to vote to _______?

Option 1: all citizens and non-citizens

Option 2: all tax payers

Option 3: all male citizens

Option 4: all adult citizens

Question : A sentence has been given with a blank to be filled with an appropriate word. Choose the correct alternative.
More than 200 eminent Indian Americans attended the reception at the East Room, a venue which has ________ some of the landmark events related to the India-U.S. relationship.

Option 1: witnessed

Option 2: surpassed

Option 3: rebuffed

Option 4: grounded

Question : Statement 1: The Foreign Trade Policy of India during 1951-1991 emphasized import substitution.

Statement 2: The policy aimed to reduce dependence on imports and promote domestic industries.

Option 1: Both statements are true.
 

Option 2: Both statements are false.
 

Option 3: Statement 1 is true, and statement 2 is false.

Option 4: Statement 1 is false, and statement 2 is true.

Question : The highest drainage basin associated with the peninsular river in India is:

Option 1: Mahanadi

Option 2: Godavari

Option 3: Krishna

Option 4: Narmada

Question : During the Indian National Movement, women's participation was evident in which of the following movements led by Gandhi?

Option 1: The Partition of Bengal
   

Option 2: The Swadeshi Movement
 

Option 3: The Quit India Movement

Option 4: The Indian Rebellion of 1857

Question : The Charter Act of 1813 extended the East India Company's rule in India to another ____ years.

Option 1: 15

Option 2: 5

Option 3: 20

Option 4: 10