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OSSC Welfare Extension Officer Prelims Exam - English
Duration: 90 · Questions: 100 · Max Marks: 100 · Language: 3
General Awareness
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Yojna a weekly journal
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Kurukshetra a journal on rural development is published by
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Devaluation of a currency means
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In India rural incomes are generally lower than the urban incomes, which of the following reasons account for this
1. a large number of farmers are illiterate and know little about scientific agriculture
2. prices of primary products are lower than those of manufactured products
3. Investments in agriculture has been low when compared to investment in industry
1. a large number of farmers are illiterate and know little about scientific agriculture
2. prices of primary products are lower than those of manufactured products
3. Investments in agriculture has been low when compared to investment in industry
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Which of the following programmes aims at the promotion of savings among rural women
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What is Net National Product
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National income is the
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Chelliah Committee of 1992 deals with the overhauling of our
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During which Five Year Plan was the annual growth rate of National Income the lowest
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Which of the following taxes is a progressive tax
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Which of the following estimates the National Income in India
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India changed over to the decimal system, coinage in
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11th Five Year Plan aim at achieving 10% rural tele density in India from the present 1.9% by the year
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Which one of the following statements Monitorable Socio Economic Target of the 11th Five Year Plan under the head Environment is not correct
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Who is the ex-officio chairman of Planning commission and National Development Council
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Persons below the poverty line in Indian are classified as such based on wheather
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Which of the following Committee’s recommendations are being followed for estimating proverty line in India
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In which year India adopeted liberal and free market principles
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Consider the following statements
1. There is persistent investment over time only in select locals
2. some areas are agro climatically less conductive to development
3. some areas continue to face little or no agrarian transformation and the consequent lack of social and
4. some areas have faced continous political instability
Which of the above statements are correct
1. There is persistent investment over time only in select locals
2. some areas are agro climatically less conductive to development
3. some areas continue to face little or no agrarian transformation and the consequent lack of social and
4. some areas have faced continous political instability
Which of the above statements are correct
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When was first human development report of India issued
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How many censuses have been carried out since independence
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For which year the latest census is being conducted in India
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Which of the following are the features of 12th Five Year Plan -
1. Average growth target has been set up 8.2%
2. Areas of main thrust are infrastructure, health and education
3. it seeks to achieve 4% agriculture sector growth during five year period
1. Average growth target has been set up 8.2%
2. Areas of main thrust are infrastructure, health and education
3. it seeks to achieve 4% agriculture sector growth during five year period
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The period of 12th Five Year Plan
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A closed economy is an economy in which
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Consider the following statements
1. a plan for the current year which includes the annual budget
2. a plan for a fixed number of years, say 34, and 5
3. it is revised every year as per requirements of the economy
4. A perspective plan for 10,15 or 20 years
Which of the above are correct
1. a plan for the current year which includes the annual budget
2. a plan for a fixed number of years, say 34, and 5
3. it is revised every year as per requirements of the economy
4. A perspective plan for 10,15 or 20 years
Which of the above are correct
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In the context of Indian Economy consider the following pairs
Term Most Appropriate Description
1. Melt Down Fall in stock prices
2. Recession Fall in growth rate
3. Slow down Fall in GDP
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched
Term Most Appropriate Description
1. Melt Down Fall in stock prices
2. Recession Fall in growth rate
3. Slow down Fall in GDP
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched
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Deficit finacing means that the government borrows money from the
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In the context of India’s Five Year Plan a shift in the pattern of industrialization with lower emphasis on heavy industries and more on infrastructure begins in
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Which of the following is/are an indicator of the financial health of a country
1. GDP 2. PPP
3. FDI in a year
1. GDP 2. PPP
3. FDI in a year
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Who is the Cabinet Minister for public enterprises ?
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Who is the minister of State of Commerce & Transport ?
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What is the total Area (in sq. km) of Odisha ?
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What is the literacy rate of Odisha (in %) ?
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How many Districts are there in Odisha ?
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What is the Capital of Odisha ?
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Which is the largest river in Odisha ?
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During the ancient times, Odisha was known as _______ ?
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_________ dam was constructed on the river Mahanadi.
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What is the total area (in km) occupied by Mahanadi ?
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Who was the Chief Minister of Odisha in the year 1990 ?
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In which year Holy Dalai Lama visited Odisha ?
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Bolangir district was formed in which year ?
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The Great Kalingan War took place in which B.C. ?
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All India Radio & Cuttack were founded in which year ?
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Tribal Fair was celebrated at the end of which month ?
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From April to May ________ is celebrated at Lingaraja Temple.
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National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) is established in ?
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________ city is famous for the presence of a hot spring.
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Siddha Kali Shrine and Panchbati Shrine are main pilgrimage
of ________.
of ________.
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In ruby laser, the stimulated emission is due to transition from
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A direct current I flows along the length of an infinitely long straight thin walled pipe, then the magnetic field is
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convex lens made of glass has focal length 0.15m in air. If the refractive index of glass is 3/2, and that of water is 4/3 the focal length of lens when immersed in water is
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Two sources are said to be coherent if they produce waves
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Three resistors 1 Ω, 2 Ω, 3Ω resistor a 3 V battery is connected. The current through 3 Ω resistor is -
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In a common emitter amplifier the input signal is applied across
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Adding detergents to water helps in removing dirty greasy stains. This is because
1. It increases greasy stains. This is because
2. It decreases the oil-water surface tension
3. It increases the viscosity of the solution
4. Dirt is held suspended surrounded by detergent molecules
1. It increases greasy stains. This is because
2. It decreases the oil-water surface tension
3. It increases the viscosity of the solution
4. Dirt is held suspended surrounded by detergent molecules
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Choose the correct statement (a) for a cricket ball that is spinning clockwise through air
S1 : Statemlines of air are symmetric around the ball.
S2 : The velocity of air above the ball relative to it is larger than that below the ball.
S3 : The velocity of air above the ball relative to it is smaller than that below the ball.
S4 : There is a net upward force on the ball.
S1 : Statemlines of air are symmetric around the ball.
S2 : The velocity of air above the ball relative to it is larger than that below the ball.
S3 : The velocity of air above the ball relative to it is smaller than that below the ball.
S4 : There is a net upward force on the ball.
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Ferromagnetic materials used in a transformer must have
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According to Newton’s corpuscular theory, the speed of light is
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10-6 M NaOH is diluted 100 times. The pH of the diluted base is
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In the electrolysis of acidulated water, it is desired to obtain 1.12 cc of hydrogen per second under STP condition. The current to be passed is
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The one which decreases with dilution is
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Vapour pressure of pure ‘A’ is 70 mm of Hg at 25oC. It forms an ideal solution with ‘B’ in which mole fraction of A is 0.8. if the vapour pressure of the solution is 84 mm of Hg at 25oC, the vapour pressure of pure ‘B’ at 25oC is
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A 6% solution of urea is isotonic with
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In countries nearer to polar region, the roads are sprinkled with CaCl2. This is
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A compound of ‘A’ and ‘B’ crystallises in a cubic lattice in which ‘A’ atoms occupy the lattice points at the corners of the cube. The ‘B’ atoms occupy the centre of each face of the cube. The probable empirical formula of the compound is
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In electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction, the nitro group is meta directing because it
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The best method for the conversion of an alcohol into an alkyl chloride is by treating the alcohol with
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The carbon bond length in benzene is
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The respiratory quotient during cellular respiration would depend on
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Which of the following is not a green - house gas ?
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Both husband and wife have normal vision though their fathers were colorblind and mothers did not have any gene for colorblindness. The probability of their daughters becoming colorblind is
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An animal, which has both exoskeleton and endoskeleton structures is a
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Identify the group, which includes animals all of which give birth to young ones directly?
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Compare the statement A and B.
Statement A Blood sugar level falls rapidly after hepatectomy.
Statement B The glycogen of the liver is the principal source of blood sugar.
Select the correct description.
Statement A Blood sugar level falls rapidly after hepatectomy.
Statement B The glycogen of the liver is the principal source of blood sugar.
Select the correct description.
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What is/are true about heart wood?
(A) It does not help in water conduction.
(B) It is also called laburnum.
(C) It is dark in colour but very soft.
(D) It has tracheary elements which are filled with tannin, resin, etc.
(A) It does not help in water conduction.
(B) It is also called laburnum.
(C) It is dark in colour but very soft.
(D) It has tracheary elements which are filled with tannin, resin, etc.
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Compare the statements A and B.
Statement A Auxins promote apical dominance by suppressing the activity of lateral buds.
Statement B In moriculature, periodic pruning of shoot tips is done to make mulberry plants bushy.
Select the correct description.
Statement A Auxins promote apical dominance by suppressing the activity of lateral buds.
Statement B In moriculature, periodic pruning of shoot tips is done to make mulberry plants bushy.
Select the correct description.
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Bryophytes resemble algae is the following aspects
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Stoma opens, when
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‘Mukhyamantri Mahtari Nyay Rath’ was launched by the CM of which of the following state?
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Mirabai Chanu has won the first Gold medal for India at CWG 2022. Mirabai Chanu participated in which of the following category ?
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'The Indian Vegetable Oil Producers' Association (IVPA) and Palm Oil Council of which country have signed an MOU to promote use of palm oil ?
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Who gave away Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) Awards in New Delhi in July 2022 ?
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Name the company that recently partnered with Talgo India Private Limited to set up a joint venture for manufacturing high-speed trains in India ?
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The National Skill Development Mission, also known as the Skill India Mission, under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, observed its …… anniversary on 15th July 2022 .
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Which country’s Reserve Bank recently launched gold coins namely ‘Mosi-oa-Tunya’ as Legal Tender to tackle inflation ?
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The RBI’s Digital Payments Index (RBI-DPI) was recently rose to …… in March 2022 against 270.59 in March 2021 ?
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Sahitya Akademi Award-winning and litterateur Atulananda Goswami recently passed away. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2006 for his short story collection ……..
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What is the theme of World Hepatitis Day 2022 that was observed across the globe on 28th July 2022 by the World Health Organization (WHO) ?
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Which Indian Business person recently became the third-richest person in the world, as per the Bloomberg Billionaire Index ?
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Which Institution/council released the ‘Competitiveness Roadmap for India@100’Report ?
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Which Indian state/UT has inaugurated the ‘Rajiv Gandhi Rural Olympic Games’ ?
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Which city hosted the ‘UN’ session to save Biodiversity’ ?
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Which state/UT got its second railway station after a gap of 100 years ?
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Indian Railways have set up ………… machines at Mumbai Stations to convert water vapour in the air into potable water ?
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Who has been appointed as India’s next ambassador to Thailand in August 2022 ?
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Which Indian University has signed an MOU with the International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT) to conduct joint research in the field of electric vehicles ?
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India’s noted agriculture economist and former member of the erstwhile Planning Commission, ……….. passed away in August 2022 .
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In which state, Reliance Industries has announced to set up India’s first and one of the World’s largest carbon fibre plants ?