Question : The colonial policy of land revenue settlements in India led to:

Option 1: Strengthening of village communities

Option 2: Diversification of agricultural production

Option 3: Commercialization of agriculture

Option 4: Reduction in rural poverty

Question : Which of the following is a significant area of cooperation between India and China in recent years?

Option 1: Border security

Option 2: Military alliances

Option 3: Trade and investment

Option 4: Joint space missions

Question : What period is considered the first phase of the Green Revolution in India?

Option 1: Mid-1960s to Mid-1970s

Option 2: Mid-1940s to Mid-1950s

Option 3: Mid-1950s to Mid-1960s

Option 4: Mid-1970s to Mid-1980s

Question : The President of India shall be elected by the members of an electoral college consisting of:
I. The elected members of both Houses of Parliament
II. The elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of the states.

Option 1: Both I and II

Option 2: Only I

Option 3: Neither I nor II

Option 4: Only II

Question : Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.

The fields are full of crops existing in large quantities.

Option 1: that are sufficient

Option 2: that are limited

Option 3: that are customized

Option 4: that are abundant

Question : Which Article of the Constitution of India deals with the Conduct of Business of the Government of a State?

Option 1: Article 165

Option 2: Article 163

Option 3: Article 166

Option 4: Article 164

Question : Which chapter of the Constitution of India discusses the articles of Parliament?

Option 1: Chapter III

Option 2: Chapter I

Option 3: Chapter II

Option 4: Chapter IV

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.

An infection is said to be endemic when the rate of occurance becomes static in a particular 1)________________ region, which means that main cause of the disease  — SARS-CoV-2 in this particular case — it is likely to exist but will not lead to large 2)_______________ as witnessed over the last two years.
Although it has been seen that the total number of infections in India is constantly 3)_______________, experts say they cannot provide a fixed timeline as when the disease will become endemic. It will all be dependent on the number of  people who are susceptible to this pathogen, vaccination rates, and also to emergence of new variants that are able to overcome the immune response.
“Endemic means that the virus will still remain in the population and there will be 4)_____________ ups and downs  as and when the favourable condition of the virus will exist. For example, we have seen that the seasonal flu  the number for which goes up in the winters and or especially when the season is changing because of lower immunity in people ,on the other hand we have seen the dengue cases rising after monsoons because of the availability of vectors. Covid-19 also may become seasonal and cause disease in the 5)_______________,” said Dr Pramod Garg, who is currently the director of Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI)-Faridabad.

Choose the correct word to be used in blank 4.

Option 1: publicizing

Option 2: periodic
 

Option 3: salient
 

Option 4: digressed

Question : How did the East India Company's presence impact the revenue system in rural India?

Option 1: Introduced permanent settlement
 

Option 2: Reduced tax rates

Option 3: Promoted communal farming

Option 4: Encouraged cash crops

Question : Which state saw the formation of the first non-Congress government in India after the 1967 elections?

Option 1: Punjab

Option 2: West Bengal

Option 3: Kerala

Option 4: Tamil Nadu