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

Question : According to the 2011 Census, what is the difference in the male and female literacy rates in India?

Option 1: 14.96%

Option 2: 15.23%

Option 3: 17.98%

Option 4: 16.68%

Question : Why does the west coast of India receive more rainfall from southwest monsoon than the east coast?

Option 1: Unlike the east coast this coast is straight

Option 2: The Western Ghats obstruct the winds causing rainfall

Option 3: The east coast is broader than the west coast

Option 4: The Eastern Ghats extend parallel to wind direction

Question : There are few words missing in the passage given below. The options given contain an answer that will fit in those given blanks. Pick up the correct word to be used to make the sentence coherent and grammatically correct.

The depression which is likely to form this month around the islands of Andaman will 1) __________________ monsoon advancement and help to regulate the June to September rain fall cycle, which is also considered to crucial for India’s economy, to arrive around the expected time in Kerala around first week of June, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday.

In charge of IMD’s cyclones monitoring Ananda Kumar Das, 2) __________________ satellite image and said the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), which appears to be a  band of clouds 3) __________________ the globe near the equator and is mainly responsible for the wet and dry seasons in the tropics, is very 4) __________________. He also said that this indicates a monsoon surge will be created soon. “The depression will help establish the cross-equatorial flow. The 5) __________________ of the depression will further help monsoon arrive around the normal time over Kerala around June 1 with an error margin of +/-5 days,” said Das.

Choose the correct word to be used in blank 4.

Option 1:  habitual
 

Option 2: active
 

Option 3: customize

Option 4: solidity

Question : Directions: Read the following text and answer the questions.

The world is becoming global rapidly. The national boundaries have become less significant with the interlinked effects of technology, information flows, and investment mobility. Human knowledge, particularly in the sphere of science and technology, is now growing at a pace that was indeed unthinkable even two decades ago.
The comparative advantage of a nation will be more and more influenced by its capacity to generate, absorb, adapt, and assimilate new technologies into the production process. If liberalization and globalization are not to create islands of prosperity surrounded by vast sea destitution, there has to be a firm commitment to human resource development and to the continuous upgrading of human skills and capabilities in the fast-changing world that we live in. The Indian policymakers are fully committed to building a society that is technologically sophisticated, economically progressive, and socially just, and humane.

The impact of globalization on education is now being felt in India. Indian entrepreneurs are also now investing in education. In the process of privatization of higher education in India, many good institutions have come up and have met the increasing demand for higher education mainly in the area of engineering, business administration, and medical education. But this process has also led to the mushroom growth of low-quality institutions without proper infrastructure, However, the expansion of higher education in India has resulted in increasing access to higher education even in rural areas of the country. In this process, Human Resource Development is taking place at a faster speed as compared to the earlier stage when the opportunities for higher education were limited. Globalization has promoted information technology in India. Indian students have excelled in the area of information technology over many other countries. Development taking place in the developed countries become available to Indian students, scholars, and practitioners through regular contacts and modern technology.

Question:

Which area has shown significant rise in the past decade?

Option 1: Human knowledge in the field of science and technology

Option 2: Increase in the production process

Option 3: Financial growth of the market 
 

Option 4: Resource development

Question :

The Monetary and Credit Policy is announced by which of the following?

Option 1:

Ministry of Finance in Center

Option 2:

Reserve Bank of India

Option 3: State Bank of India

Option 4: Planning Commission of India

Question : Which of the following is not a function of the Reserve Bank of India?

Option 1: Controlling inflation

Option 2: Regulating foreign exchange

Option 3: Issuing currency notes

Option 4: Regulating the stock market

Question : Which among the following was set up in 1956 by the Indian Government by nationalising all the existing private sector life insurance companies?

Option 1: United India Insurance Company Limited

Option 2: General Insurance Corporation of India

Option 3: New India Assurance Company Limited

Option 4: Life Insurance Corporation of India

Question : In the Union Budget of India 2022, what percentage of tax has been levied on the transfer of digital assets (cryptocurrency)?

Option 1: 20 percentage

Option 2: 5 percentage

Option 3: 30 percentage

Option 4: 10 percentage

Question : Which event is an example of communal tensions leading to the partition of India?

Option 1: Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

Option 2: Salt March

Option 3: Direct Action Day

Option 4: Dandi March

Question : The agrarian class structure in pre-independence India was characterized by:  
 

Option 1: A dominant urban elite  
 

Option 2: A large industrial working class  
 

Option 3: Predominance of small and marginal farmers  

Option 4: High levels of wage labor