Pandit Panchaxara Gavaigalavar Arts College, Gadag All Questions

Question : Comprehension:
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
The Black Drongo also known as the King Crow, is a small Asian bird of the drongo family. Previously, it was seen as a subspecies of the African Fork-tailed Drongo but is now recognised as a full species. It is a common resident breeder in much of tropical southern Asia from southwest Iran through India and Sri Lanka to southern China and Indonesia. It is a wholly black bird with a distinctive forked tail and measures 28 cm in length feeding on insects, it is commonly found in open agricultural areas and light forest areas throughout its range, perching conspicuously on a bare perch or along power or telephone lines the species is famous for its aggressive behaviour towards much larger birds, such as crows, and never hesitates to dive-bomb any birds of prey that invade its territory. Smaller birds often nest in the well-guarded vicinity of a nesting Black Drongo.
The Black Drongo has been introduced to some Pacific islands, where it has thrived and become abundant to the point of threatening and causing the extinction of native and endemic bird species there.
Drongos fly with strong flaps of the wing and are capable of fast manoeuvres that enable them to capture flying insects. With short legs, they sit upright on thorny bushes, bare perches or electricity wires. They may also perch on grazing animals.
The Black Drongo is found predominantly in open country and usually perches and hunts close to the ground. They are mostly aerial predators of insects but also glean from the ground or off vegetation.
They are found as summer visitors to northeastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan but are mainly resident south from the Indus Valley up to Bangladesh and into India and Sri Lanka.
Question:
The Black Drongos are also likely to migrate in summer to:

Option 1: India

Option 2: Southern China

Option 3: Sri Lanka

Option 4: Northern Pakistan

Question : One of the following is the smallest (area-wise) Lok Sabha consituency in India:

Option 1: Chandni Chowk

Option 2: Delhi sadar

Option 3: Kolkata North-West

Option 4: Mumbai South

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