Question : The spread of modern education in India during the British period was aimed at:

Option 1: Preserving traditional Indian knowledge

Option 2: Creating a class of English-educated Indians

Option 3: Promoting vocational training

Option 4: Enhancing religious education

Question : How many times did India win the women's World Cup in cricket?

Option 1: Thrice

Option 2: Twice

Option 3: Once

Option 4: Never

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.

India will host an international summit on Buddhism here on April 20 and 21. Delegates from 30 countries will participate, a notable exception (1) ________ China. Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, is also unlikely to attend the two-day conclave. The maiden conference being organised by the Union Culture Ministry and the International Buddhist Confederation will discuss (2) ________ global issues through a Buddhist perspective. Over 170 delegates from countries such as Mexico, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Japan and 150 from India will participate in the summit to be held in the national capital. The delegates (3) ________ prominent scholars, monks, diplomats, and members of Buddhist organisations across the globe. The largest number of delegates are from Sri Lanka (20) and Vietnam (30). Abhijit Haldar, Director General of the International Buddhist Confederation, said that while no delegate had been confirmed from China, there would be two participants from Taiwan. “The invitations (4) ________ sent to various Buddhist institutions and not to governments,” Mr. Haldar added. He also mentioned that the Dalai Lama (5) ________ not attend the event due to health issues.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 5.

Option 1: ought to

Option 2: might

Option 3: used to

Option 4: dare

Question : Comprehension:
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
India's favourable demographic trends, which have increased the workforce's percentage of the overall population, have paved the way for a significant middle-class expansion. A big population bulge emerging from absolute poverty and set to reach the middle class would generate new dynamics. In India, over 55 percent of the population is predicted to reach the middle class. In reality, because India's demographics are significantly younger than China and the United States, the country's middle class might be the world's largest (in terms of population) by 2025.
It is no exaggeration to argue that future growth will be reliant on the increasing middle class and that the middle class's development will be reliant on growth. Growth has been fuelled by both private consumption and saving, both of which are fuelled by the middle class. India's private consumption accounts for over 60% of the country's GDP, while private consumption growth has contributed to 70% of the country's growth since 2000.
Even though China's middle class is now greater than India's, private spending in the former accounts for a lesser share of growth. In contrast to the United States, where domestic savings are dropping and the country borrows excess funds from outside to invest and expand, India's domestic savings and investments are increasing and funding investments. The emergence of the middle class is anticipated to coincide with a transition away from large-scale informality, which now characterises much of the services and industrial sectors, and toward more formal, wage-earning, and medium-scale firms. Technological advancements will spread at a faster rate. Cities will expand as job possibilities concentrate on them. If there is enough movement across states and from rural to urban regions, the population increase will be more evenly distributed.

Question:
Select the most suitable title for the given passage.

Option 1: Middle Class and Economic Growth

Option 2: Dropping Domestic Savings in the USA

Option 3: Favourable Demographic Trends in India

Option 4: Rise of the Middle Class in India

Question : Which of the following can be found as pollutants in the drinking water in some parts of India?

select the correct answer using the code given below?

A] Arsenic 

B] Sorbitol

C] Fluoride 

D] Formaldehyde 

E] Uranium

Option 1: B,D and E

Option 2: A,B,C,D and E

Option 3: A, C and E

Option 4: A and C

Question : Which of the following is not an example of a minor industrial region of India?

Option 1: Durg-Raipur region

Option 2: Ambala-Amritsar region

Option 3: Northern Malabar region

Option 4: Hugli region

Question : Comprehension:

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

The drainage systems of India are mainly controlled by the broad relief features of the subcontinent. Accordingly, the Indian rivers are divided into two major groups: the Himalayan rivers and the Peninsular rivers.
Apart from originating from the two major physiographic regions of India, the Himalayan and the Peninsular rivers are different from each other in many ways. Most of the Himalayan rivers are perennial. It means that they have water throughout the year. These rivers receive water from rain as well as from melted snow from the lofty mountains. The major Himalayan rivers are the Indus, the Ganga and the Brahmaputra. These rivers are long and are joined by many large and important tributaries. A river along with its tributaries may be called a river system. The two major Himalayan rivers, the Indus and the Brahmaputra originate from the north of the mountain ranges. They cut through the mountains making gorges in the upper course. The perennial Himalayan rivers have long courses from their source to the sea. They perform intensive erosional activity in their upper courses and carry huge loads of silt and sand with their swift current. In the middle and the lower courses, these rivers form meanders, oxbow lakes, levees, and many other depositional features in their floodplains as their speed slackens. They also have well-developed deltas.
A large number of the Peninsular rivers like the Godavari, Kaveri and Krishna are seasonal, as their flow is dependent on rainfall. During the dry season when it doesn’t rain, even the large rivers have reduced flow of water in their channels. The Peninsular rivers have shorter and shallower courses as compared to their Himalayan counterparts. However, some of them originate in the central highlands and flow towards the west. Most of the rivers of peninsular India originate in the Western Ghats and flow towards the Bay of Bengal.

Question:

Which of these is NOT a Himalayan river?

Option 1: Indus

Option 2: Godavari

Option 3: Ganga

Option 4: Brahmaputra

Question : In 1600, the East India Company acquired a charter from which ruler?

Option 1: King George-I

Option 2: Queen Elizabeth I

Option 3: Queen victoria

Option 4: King James-I

Question : The concept of "Right to Resettlement" is most closely associated with which movement in India?  

Option 1: Labor Movement  
 

Option 2: Environmental Movement  
 

Option 3: Development-Affected People's Movement  

Option 4: Land Rights Movement  

Question : What is the total area of India?

Option 1: 8,511,965 sq. km

Option 2: 3,897,950 sq. km

Option 3: 5,926,780 sq. km

Option 4: 3,287,590 sq. km