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

Question : Which one of the following is related to the advisory jurisdiction of the Supreme Court?

Option 1: Speaker of the parliament seeking opinion from the Supreme Court

Option 2: Election commission seeking opinion from the Supreme Court

Option 3: States seeking opinion from the Supreme Court

Option 4: President of India seeks opinion on law or facts

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.

India is one of the largest producers of tea in the world. The industry is (1)________ recognised as technically very well (2) ________. The Indian tea industry is a (3) ________one traditionally. Tea has been used in India for (4) ________ purposes as well as for (5) ________.

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

Option 1: sick

Option 2: immune

Option 3: medicinal

Option 4: immunology

Question : At Barren Island ,the only active volcano in India is situated in

Option 1: Andaman Island

Option 2: Nicobar Island

Option 3: Lakshdweep

Option 4: Minicoy

Question : Which river is the third largest in the peninsula of India and the largest river of Odisha State?

Option 1: Godavari

Option 2: Mahanadi

Option 3: Krishna

Option 4: Narmada

Question : What is the rank of India in the Global Innovation Index 2019?

Option 1: 52nd

Option 2: 64th

Option 3: 48th

Option 4: 79th

Question : Which of the following statement is correct?

• Devaluation and depreciation of currency are one and the same thing
• Demand for American goods will rise in India due to every session of Indian currency.

Option 1: Both are true 
 

Option 2: Both are false 
 

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

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

Question : 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:
What, according to the passage, is the reason behind the decline in consumer demands?
 

Option 1: Dearth of vaccine till date

Option 2: Professional insecurity
 

Option 3: The intention of saving up money.

Option 4: Careful  attitude of the general public

Question : When did the first elected Lok Sabha come into existence in India?

Option 1: January, 1952

Option 2: April, 1952

Option 3: November, 1950

Option 4: November, 1949

Question : Which state of India has made rainwater harvesting compulsory for all houses?

Option 1: Haryana

Option 2: Maharashtra

Option 3: Tamil Nadu

Option 4: Punjab

Question : Which of the following is not an objective of the National Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy (2007) of the government of India?

Option 1: To maximise the focus on rehabilitation without really caring about resettlement

Option 2: To integrate rehabilitation concerns into the development planning and implementation process

Option 3: To minimise displacement and to promote, as far as possible, not-displacing or taut-displacing alternatives

Option 4: To provide a better standard of living, making concerted efforts to provide sustainable income to the affected families