Question : One of the contentious issues in India-US relations is:  

Option 1: Military cooperation with Pakistan  

Option 2:  India's human rights record 

Option 3: Access to agricultural markets

Option 4: Restrictions on H-1B visas  

Question : Ullambana festival is primarily celebrated by which of the following communities in India?

Option 1: Jain

Option 2: Parsi

Option 3: Buddhist

Option 4: Sindhi

Question : The poverty line in India is based on the survey conducted by which of the following?

Option 1: Ministry of Finance

Option 2: Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

Option 3: Ministry of Rural Development

Option 4: National Statistical Office (NSO)

Question : The reservation policy for Scheduled Castes in India aims to address which of the following issues?

Option 1: Economic disparities

Option 2: Political representation

Option 3: Social discrimination

Option 4: All of the above

Question : The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) regulates:

Option 1: Debt financing
    

Option 2: Equity financing
   

Option 3: Both debt and equity markets

Option 4: International financing

Question : Directions: Read the following text and answer the questions.

The world is becoming global rapidly. The national boundaries have become less significant with the interlinked effects of technology, information flows, and investment mobility. Human knowledge, particularly in the sphere of science and technology, is now growing at a pace that was indeed unthinkable even two decades ago.
The comparative advantage of a nation will be more and more influenced by its capacity to generate, absorb, adapt, and assimilate new technologies into the production process. If liberalization and globalization are not to create islands of prosperity surrounded by vast sea destitution, there has to be a firm commitment to human resource development and to the continuous upgrading of human skills and capabilities in the fast-changing world that we live in. The Indian policymakers are fully committed to building a society that is technologically sophisticated, economically progressive, and socially just, and humane.

The impact of globalization on education is now being felt in India. Indian entrepreneurs are also now investing in education. In the process of privatization of higher education in India, many good institutions have come up and have met the increasing demand for higher education mainly in the area of engineering, business administration, and medical education. But this process has also led to the mushroom growth of low-quality institutions without proper infrastructure, However, the expansion of higher education in India has resulted in increasing access to higher education even in rural areas of the country. In this process, Human Resource Development is taking place at a faster speed as compared to the earlier stage when the opportunities for higher education were limited. Globalization has promoted information technology in India. Indian students have excelled in the area of information technology over many other countries. Development taking place in the developed countries become available to Indian students, scholars, and practitioners through regular contacts and modern technology.

Question:

Which area has shown significant rise in the past decade?

Option 1: Human knowledge in the field of science and technology

Option 2: Increase in the production process

Option 3: Financial growth of the market 
 

Option 4: Resource development

Question : In which novel did the National Song of India feature?

Option 1: Sevasadan

Option 2: Devi Chaudhurani

Option 3: Anandamath

Option 4: Durgeshnandini

Question : Assertion: The Industrial Policy Resolution of 1956 aimed to promote the development of small-scale industries in India.

Reason: The resolution emphasized the role of the public sector in industrial growth.

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

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

Option 3: The assertion is true, but the reason is false.

Option 4: The assertion is false, but the reason is true.

Question : India observes "Good Governance Day" on the birth anniversary of__________.

Option 1: Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Option 2: Jyoti Basu

Option 3: B. R. Ambedkar

Option 4: Jayaprakash Narayan

Question : As per the census of 2011, what is the annual growth rate in population of India from 2001 to 2011?

Option 1: 1.97 percent

Option 2: 1.64 percent

Option 3: 2.16 percent

Option 4: 2.22 percent