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

Question :  How did the first three general elections contribute to the political landscape of India?  

Option 1: They led to the formation of a multi-party system  

Option 2:  They established the dominance of regional parties  

Option 3:  They solidified the one-party dominance of Congress  

Option 4:  They resulted in a coalition government  

Question : Sentences of a paragraph are given in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A. Dozens of distinctly different regional languages are spoken in India, which share many characteristics such as grammatical structure and vocabulary.
B. India has had a longer exposure to English than any other country which uses it as a second language, its distinctive words, idioms, grammar, and rhetoric spreading gradually to affect all places, habits and cultures.
C. The historical background of India is never far away from everyday usage of English.
D. Since the early 1600s, the English language has had a toehold on the Indian subcontinent, when the East India Company established settlements in Chennai, Kolkata, and Mumbai, formerly Madras, Calcutta, and Bombay, respectively.

Option 1: ABCD

Option 2: ADCB

Option 3: DBCA

Option 4: DCAB

Question : Economic reforms in India have led to:  
 

Option 1: Uniform development across all regions  
 

Option 2: The elimination of economic disparities  
 

Option 3: An increase in income inequalities  

Option 4: A decrease in consumerism  

Question : The partition of India primarily affected which two religious communities?  
 

Option 1: Hindus and Muslims  
 

Option 2: Sikhs and Christians  
 

Option 3: Buddhists and Jains  

Option 4: Muslims and Christians 

Question : Statement 1: Successful entrepreneurs not only create wealth for themselves but also contribute to the economic development of the nation.

Statement 2: The Make in India initiative aims to boost agricultural activities in the country.

Option 1: Both statements are true.
 

Option 2: Statement 1 is true, but statement 2 is false.
 

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

Option 4: Both statements are false.

Question : Assertion (A): A programme called Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana is accessible as of 2014 and encourages people in India to open bank accounts.
Reason: This programme aims to immediately transfer all government programmes' and subsidies' benefits to account holders in addition to encouraging saving habits.

Option 1: Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A)

Option 2: Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A)

Option 3: Assertion (A) is True but Reason (R) is False

Option 4: Assertion (A) is False but Reason (R) is True

Question : Census 2011 was the ______ National Census of India.

Option 1: 11th

Option 2: 20th

Option 3: 17th

Option 4: 15th

Question : The Constitution of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly in the year ______.

Option 1: 1947

Option 2: 1949

Option 3: 1950

Option 4: 1948

Question : The Simon Commission was formed to review 

Option 1: Legislatures in india. 

Option 2: Fitness of India for further reforms.

Option 3: A position of the viceroy

Option 4: A constitution for india .