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

Question : When did the Government of India bring the gender sensitivities of the budgetary allocation in its statement for the first time?

Option 1: 2004-05

Option 2: 2007-08

Option 3: 2006-07

Option 4: 2005-06

Question : The General Insurance (Amendment) Act, 2021 removes the provision that required the Central Government to have at least __________ownership in four subsidiaries of General Insurance Company, namely, National Insurance, New India Assurance, Oriental Insurance, and United India Insurance.

Option 1: 75%

Option 2: 49%

Option 3: 51%

Option 4: 80%

Question : How many members of the "Council of States" can be nominated by the President of India?

Option 1: 9

Option 2: 15

Option 3: 12

Option 4: 6

Question : "Taxes on agricultural income" is listed in the_______list given in the Seventh Schedule in the Constitution of India.

Option 1: Union

Option 2: State

Option 3: Global

Option 4: Concurrent

Question : Case Study 32:

A consumer bought a laptop online, and the seller promised a cashback offer within two weeks of purchase. However, the cashback was not credited to the consumer's account as promised. What action can the consumer take in this case?

Option 1: File a complaint with the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum.

Option 2: Lodge a complaint with the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission directly.

Option 3: Contact the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) for assistance.

Option 4: Give up on the cashback offer, as it might be a fraudulent promise.

Question : Which of the following institutions is responsible for regulating and supervising the functioning of payment banks in India?

Option 1: Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

Option 2: Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)

Option 3: National Stock Exchange of India (NSE)

Option 4: None of the above

Question : Who among the following won the "Coach of the Year" award at the Times of India Sports Award 2019?

Option 1: Jaspal Rana

Option 2: Woorkeri Raman

Option 3: Ravi Shastri

Option 4: Pullela Gopichand

Question : There are few 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.

Cricket is not just considered a sport in India; it’s a passion, an emotion, and often 1) _________________ into a religion! But just like any other activity, the larger the scale, the greater is its ecological 2) _________________.

3) _________________ suggest that amount of water needed to maintain a cricket pitch – at roughly 20,000 litres per day – can serve the daily drinking water needs of around 2,600 people. So, this is one of the reason that the board that controls cricket in India and its most-popular league are looking at ways to 4) _________________ some environmental impacts related with the country’s most loved sport.
One of the step taken in order to contribute for the same happened on May 9, 2022, when Rajasthan Royals joined hands with the energy management and automation firm Schneider Electric to host the first carbon-5) _________________ cricket match against Delhi Capitals on May 11.

 Choose the correct word to be used in blank 1.

Option 1: dissident
 

Option 2: bestows
 

Option 3: adjourn
 

Option 4: transcends

Question : In which of the following states of India are the reserves of silver not found?

Option 1: Odisha

Option 2: Jharkhand

Option 3: Andhra Pradesh

Option 4: Gujarat

Question : The White Revolution in India is associated with the production and development of:

Option 1: Wheat
   

Option 2: Milk and dairy products
    

Option 3: Pulses

Option 4: Horticultural crops