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

Question : Statement 1: The Foreign Trade Policy of India during 1951-1991 focused on export promotion.

Statement 2: The policy aimed to increase India's share in global trade and earn foreign exchange.

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 : Which of the following institutions does not regulate capital markets in India?

Option 1: Ministry of finance

Option 2: IRDA

Option 3: RBI

Option 4: SEBI

Question : Which of the following was a key factor leading to the participatory upsurge in the 1990s in India?

Option 1: Economic reforms

Option 2: Political instability

Option 3: Social movements

Option 4: Media expansion

Question : Which of the following factors are responsible for railways having not developed much in the northeastern parts of India?

1) Highly dissected topography
2) Dense forests
3) Low population density
4) Heavy rainfall and frequent flooding

Option 1: 1, 2 and 3

Option 2: Only 3 and 4

Option 3: Only 2 and 3

Option 4: 1, 2 and 4

Question : The emoluments and allowances of the President and other expenditures relating to his office are charged on the ____________of India.

Option 1: contingency fund

Option 2: estimates fund

Option 3: consolidated fund

Option 4: public accounts fund

Question : The infrastructure development project to promote "port-led development" in India has been named:

Option 1: Sagarmala

Option 2: Sagarnaman

Option 3: Bharatmala

Option 4: Sagarmatha

Question : What were the primary goals of the five-year plans in India?

Option 1: Industrialisation, urbanisation, development,and self-reliance

Option 2: Poverty reduction, urbanisation, self-sufficiency, and , modernisation

Option 3: Social welfare, self-sufficiency, equity, and, industrial development

Option 4: Growth, modernisation, self-reliance and equity

Question : India is the ______ producer of pulses and the ______ consumer of pulses as of Oct 2022.

Option 1: second largest, second largest

Option 2: largest, second largest

Option 3: second largest, largest

Option 4: largest, largest

Question : Which of the following is a key contributor to the development of human capital in India?
A: Spending on in-house training
B: Money spent on education

Option 1: Only a correct

Option 2: Only b correct

Option 3: Both a and b are correct

Option 4: Both a and b are incorrect

Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.

Allegiance to one’s favourite team is something that sports fans (1) ______ over a period of time. They are so attached to their favourite teams that they could display (2)______ emotions, not just during the course of the match, but much after the actual event is over. This phenomenon, (3) ______ common across the globe, is more seen in countries like Brazil, India, the US and even the UK, where the favourite sport may not be the same in each of these nations. In spite of this craze and hysteria, sport has (4) ______ a long way. It is accepted as one of the world’s most (5) ______ pastimes ever.

Question

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number (4).

Option 1: fame

Option 2: came

Option 3: come

Option 4: game