Question : Statement 1: Access to basic needs of human life is relatively better in India than in China and Pakistan.

Statement 2: Government programs and policies have focused on improving access to basic necessities like food, water, healthcare, and sanitation in China.

Option 1: Both statements are true.

Option 2: Both statements are false.

Option 3: Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is false.

Option 4: Statement 2 is true, Statement 1 is false.

Question : Assertion: SEBI is the regulatory authority for the Indian stock market.

Reason: SEBI stands for Securities and Exchange Board of India.

Option 1: Both assertion and reason are true, and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
 

Option 2: Both assertion and reason are true, but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
  

Option 3: Assertion is true, but the reason is false.

Option 4: Assertion is false, but the reason is true.

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 2.

Option 1: had

Option 2: meet

Option 3: have

Option 4: see

Question : The slogan "Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan" was popularized during which movement in India?  
 

Option 1: Farmers' Movement  
 

Option 2: Independence Movement  
 

Option 3: Labor Movement  

Option 4: Youth Movement  

Question : Which is not correct about India’s Prime Minister?

Option 1: He is the head of the government.

Option 2: He is the leader of the majority party in Lok Sabha.

Option 3: He can be removed if a no-confidence motion is passed by both Houses of Parliament with a 2/3rd majority.

Option 4: He is appointed by the President of India.

Question : Which of the following period is referred to as the period of population explosion in India?

Option 1: 1951-1981

Option 2: Post-1981 till present

Option 3: 1901-1921

Option 4: 1921-1951

Question : Which year was the Consumer Protection Act (CPA) enacted in India?

Option 1: 1976

Option 2: 1986

Option 3: 1996

Option 4: 2006

Question :

Directions: Select the related word from the given alternatives in the following question.
1st Prime Minister of India : Pt Jawaharlal Nehru :: 1st President of India : ?

Option 1: Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

Option 2: Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Option 3: Dr. Zakir Hussain

Option 4: Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Question : Which of the following was a characteristic of the participatory upsurge in the 1990s in India?

Option 1: Decrease in political activism

Option 2: Rise in voter apathy

Option 3: Increased engagement of youth in politics

Option 4: Consolidation of a single-party system

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.

Even when one experience the 1) ________________ of scintillating heat and the thick cloud of dust in  Delhi ,the mural is impossible to miss. Different shades of pinks, blues, greens and yellows seems to pop off the wall,  these coming of different colours together form a 2) ________________ scene of representing equality, and splashed across in the middle of the mural is inscribed a slogan designed to challenge the male-dominated society of India. “The future is femme,” it 3) ________________.

This wonderful artwork can be seen at the entrance of this year’s India art fair. The art fair which is considered to be country’s largest event 4) ________________ Indian artists and galleries will open for the public in Delhi this weekend after a two-year 5) ________________  which was caused due to the pandemic.

Choose the correct word to be used in blank 1

Option 1:  haze
 

Option 2: clear
 

Option 3: insight
 

Option 4: capitulate