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

Question : Which sector employs the majority of the workforce in India?

Option 1: Agriculture

Option 2: Manufacturing

Option 3: Services

Option 4: Mining

Question : Finance Commission is appointed by the President of India after every 

Option 1: 5 years 

Option 2: 6 years 

Option 3: 4 years 

Option 4: None of these 

Question : At present, the Grand Trunk Road extends from __________ in India.

Option 1: Kashmir to Kanyakumari

Option 2: Amritsar to Kolkata

Option 3: Chennai to Kolkata

Option 4: Agra to Kolkata

Question : Which of the following waterways separates India from Sri Lanka?

Option 1: Arabian Sea

Option 2: Bay of Bengal

Option 3: Andaman Sea

Option 4: Palk Strait

Question : Comprehension:

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

Indian mathematician Nikhil Srivastava, working at the University of California in Berkeley, is among the winners of the Prestigious 2021 Michael and Sheila Held Prize, announced last week by the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Adam W. Marcus, EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne), and Daniel Alan Spielman, Yale University, are the other two winners.

"Marcus, Spielman, and Srivastava solved longstanding questions on the Kadison-Singer problem and on Ramanujan graphs, and in the process, they uncovered a deep new connection between linear algebra, the geometry of polynomials, and graph theory that has inspired the next generation of theoretical computer scientists," the NAS said in a statement.

An Indian national, Nikhil was born in New Delhi in November 1983 and has attended educational institutions across the world—Syria, the UK, Saudi Arabia, and the US—as his father was an Indian Foreign Services officer, who has served as the Indian ambassador to Uganda and Denmark. At present, Nikhil is an associate professor of mathematics at UC Berkeley. The Michael and Sheila Held Prize is presented annually to honour outstanding, innovative, creative, and influential research in the area of combinatorial mathematics.

Question:
Which of the following is NOT true of Nikhil Srivastava, according to the passage?

Option 1: He had his education in many countries around the world.

Option 2: He has served as the Indian ambassador to Denmark and Uganda.

Option 3: He was born in North India in the early 1980s.

Option 4: He is now a faculty at the University of Califomia.

Question : The commercial banks of India have to maintain a minimum percentage of cash, gold and other securities before lending loans to their customers. This is called the ____________.

Option 1: Capital Adequacy Ratio

Option 2: Current Account and Savings Account Ratio

Option 3: Statutory Liquidity Ratio

Option 4: Cash Reserve Ratio

Question : Which of the following cities is farthest from the southernmost tip of the mainland of India?

Option 1: Kodaikanal

Option 2: Nanded

Option 3: Warangal

Option 4: Bengaluru

Question : Who among the following appoints the Election Commissioners of India?

Option 1: Vice President

Option 2: Prime Minister

Option 3: Attorney General

Option 4: President

Question : Comprehension:
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
With an impressive growth in yields, Telangana now claims to be transforming into the rice bowl of India. The Food Corporation of India (FCl) has procured 52 lakh tonnes of paddy from Telangana alone, which is more than half of the national target of 91 lakh tonnes. The state's harvests have nearly doubled in a year. Paddy production is up 93%, maize 95%, and cotton 74%, according to the Telangana Planning Department.

The state is also making its mark as a producer of paddy seed. "About 85% of our village's paddy is of a fine variety that farmers in MP, Haryana, Bengal, and Bihar use as seed," said a farmer in Anksapur Village in Nizamabad district. The seed crop sells at a premium over the state's minimum support price for paddy.

Question:
According to the passage, in one year, the harvests in the state of Telangana have:

Option 1: remained the same

Option 2: almost doubled

Option 3: decreased sharply

Option 4: increased many times

Question : Jawahar Tunnel one of the largest in India is located in the State of

Option 1: Jammu and Kashmir

Option 2: Maharashtra

Option 3: Karnataka

Option 4: Himachal Pradesh