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

Question : The "Chipko Movement" in India is associated with:

Option 1: Forest conservation

Option 2: Water conservation

Option 3: Renewable energy promotion

Option 4: Waste management

Question : Social accounting system in India is classified into


 

Option 1: Income,product and expenditure

Option 2: Enterprise, households and government

Option 3: Assets, liabilities and debt position

Option 4: Public sector, Private sector and Joint sector

Question :

Complete the following paragraph:

Gandhi Ji always believed in the Ahimsa and really he became successful a day in getting freedom for India from the British rule. He told Indians that show your power of unity and gentleness and then see the change. India is not a country of men and women, castes and religions, etc separately however it is a country of unity where people of all the castes and creeds live together conjointly. People in India are modern and follow all the changes according to the modern era however they still in touch with their traditional and cultural values.________________________________________________________

Option 1:

India is a spiritual country where people believe in spiritualism

Option 2: India is the most spiritual country

Option 3: Spiritualism is the heart of India

Option 4: India is a rampantly growing spiritual power

Option 5: India is the solitary profoundly spiritual country

Question : A key goal of non-electoral Dalit movements in India is to:

Option 1:  Promote Dalit entrepreneurship

Option 2: Achieve political dominance

Option 3: Address social discrimination

Option 4:  Reform the education system

Question : Maternal mortality rate
 

Option 1: India-174, Pakistan- 178, China-27
 

Option 2: India- 145, Pakistan- 142, China-45
 

Option 3: India- 132, Pakistan- 176, China- 32
 

Option 4: India- 134, Pakistan- 129, China- 34
 

Question : Which policy aims to promote entrepreneurship and self-employment in India?

Option 1: Make in India

Option 2: Start-up India

Option 3: Skill India

Option 4: Stand-up India

Question : Which was the earliest settlement of the Dutch in India?

Option 1: Masulipatnam

Option 2: Pulicat

Option 3: Surat

Option 4: Ahmedabad

Question : Who among the following Indian singers is addressed as the Nightingale of India?

Option 1: Lata Mangeshkar

Option 2: Shreya Ghoshal

Option 3: Arijit Singh

Option 4: Sunidhi Chauhan

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 3

Option 1: exceling
 

Option 2: antiquated

Option 3: ubiquitous

Option 4:  condemning

Question : According to Article 51 A(a) of the Constitution of India, it shall be the duty of every Indian citizen to abide by the ___________ and respect its ideals and institutions.

Option 1: Constitution

Option 2: secularism

Option 3: socialism

Option 4: democracy