Pandit Panchaxara Gavaigalavar Arts College, Gadag All Questions

Question : The first ever gold coins in India were issued by the ______dynasty.

Option 1: Chola

Option 2: Gupta

Option 3: Kushan

Option 4: Maurya

Question : Which of the following institutions is responsible for regulating and supervising the functioning of foreign 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 : In 2019, the Government of India honoured Milena Salvini, an Italian-born Kathakali dancer, with which of the following awards?

Option 1: Padma Shri

Option 2: Bharat Ratna

Option 3: Padma Vibhushan

Option 4: Padma Bhushan

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.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday 1) ___________________ that there would be no change in existing currency and banknotes. The  clarification was made by RBI when there were reports that claimed the central bank was 2) ___________________ changes to the already existing currency and banknotes by 3) ___________________ the face of Mahatma Gandhi.

“There are reports in few sections of the 4) ___________________ that the Reserve Bank of India is considering changes to the existing currency and banknotes by changing the face of Mahatma Gandhi with that of others,” the RBI said in a 5) ___________________.

Choose the correct option which can be used in the blank 1

Option 1: mortified
 

Option 2: subsided
 

Option 3:  clarified
 

Option 4:  Exaggerated

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.

The world is undergoing rapid changes in the knowledge landscape. With various dramatic scientific and technological advances, such as the rise of big data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, many unskilled jobs worldwide may be taken over by machines, while the need for a skilled workforce, particularly involving mathematics, computer science, and data science, in conjunction with multidisciplinary abilities across the sciences, social sciences, and humanities, (1)________ increasingly in greater demand. With climate change, increasing pollution, and depleting natural resources, there will be a sizeable shift in how we (2)_______ the world's energy, water, food, and sanitation needs, again resulting in the need for new skilled labour, particularly in biology, chemistry, physics, agriculture, climate science, and social science. The growing (3)________ of epidemics and pandemics will also (4)_______ collaborative research in infectious disease management and development of vaccines, and the resultant social issues heighten the need for multidisciplinary learning. There will be a growing (5)__________ for humanities and art as India moves towards becoming a developed country as well as among the three largest economies in the world.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 1.

Option 1: is

Option 2: are

Option 3: will be

Option 4: should be

Question : Which among the following is the highest peak in India?

Option 1: Kangchenjunga

Option 2: Nanga Parbat

Option 3: Nanda Devi

Option 4: Namcha Barwa

Question : _________take oath as the 50th Chief Justice of India on November 9, 2022.

Option 1: Justice D. Y. Chandrachud

Option 2: Justice Ranjan Gogoi

Option 3: Justice U. U. Lalit

Option 4: Justice N. V. Ramana

Question : Assertion (A): In India, both the percentage of literate people and the total number of illiterates have increased.
Reason (R): In India, the rise in literacy rates is mostly attributable to the expansion of educational facilities, which has not kept pace with population growth, increasing the absolute number of illiterates.

Option 1: Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation
of Assertion (A).
 

Option 2: Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is not the correct explanation
of Assertion (A)

Option 3:  Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is False

Option 4: Assertion (A) is False but Reason (R) is true.

Question : Which one of the following  was not a French Settlement in India ?

Option 1: Puducherry 

Option 2: Mahe 

Option 3: Goa 

Option 4: Chandarnagar

Question : Where was the first Jute factory in India established?

Option 1: Cuttack, Odisha

Option 2: Ongole, Andhra Pradesh

Option 3: Rishra, West Bengal

Option 4: Raigarh, Chhattisgarh