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General Knowledge

Question 1Single Answer
Which Windows interface element typically appears to display information, a warning, an error message, or a request for confirmation?
  1. A
    Window
  2. B
    Pop-up menu
  3. C
    Message box
  4. D
    Taskbar
Question 2Single Answer
What is active desktop ?
  1. A
    a term that is synonymous with viewing your desktop as web page
  2. B
    a feature to customize your desktop to display informating you can update from the internet
  3. C
    both a and b above mentioned
  4. D
    A software
  5. E
    None of these
Question 3Single Answer
What is meant by an active window?
  1. A
    A window that is minimized
  2. B
    The window currently receiving user input
  3. C
    Any window currently open
  4. D
    The window opened first
Question 4Single Answer
What was America Online (AOL) primarily known for during the early popularization of consumer Internet access?
  1. A
    An online service providing Internet access and proprietary online content
  2. B
    A computer operating system
  3. C
    A spreadsheet application
  4. D
    A database management system
Question 5Single Answer
An application is
  1. A
    word processing, accounting and engineering programs are example of application programs
  2. B
    computer program designed to enable users to perform specific job functions
  3. C
    Both a and b above mentioned
  4. D
    a document
  5. E
    None of these
Question 6Single Answer
Yojna a weekly journal
  1. A
    Ministry of Finance        
  2. B
    Ministry of Information and Broadcastin
  3. C
    Ministry of Rural Development
  4. D
    Planning Commission
Question 7Single Answer
Kurukshetra a journal on rural development is published by
  1. A
    Ministry of Finance 
  2. B
    Ministry of Information and Broadcastin
  3. C
    Ministry of Rural Development
  4. D
    Planning Commission
Question 8Single Answer
Devaluation of a currency means
  1. A
    Fixing the value of the currency in conjuction with the movement in the value of a basket of predetermined currencies
  2. B
    Reduction in the value of a currency vis-à-vis major internationally traded currencies
  3. C
    Fixing the value of currency in multilateral consultaion with the IMF the World Bank and major trading partners
  4. D
    Permitting the currency to seek its worth in the international market
Question 9Single Answer
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
    1 and 3
  2. B
    2 and 3
  3. C
    1 and 2
  4. D
    1,2 and 3
Question 10Single Answer
Which of the following programmes aims at the promotion of savings among rural women
  1. A
    Rashtriya Mahila Kosh
  2. B
    Indira Mahila Yojna
  3. C
    Jawahar Rozgar Yojna
  4. D
    Mahila Samridhi Yojna
Question 11Single Answer
What is Net National Product
  1. A
    the money value of final goods and services produced annually in the economy
  2. B
    the money value of annual service generation in the economy
  3. C
    the money value of tangible goods produced annually in the economy
  4. D
    The money value of tangible goods available in the economy
Question 12Single Answer
National income is the 
  1. A
    net national product at market price
  2. B
    net national product at factor cost
  3. C
    net domestic product at market price
  4. D
    net domestic product at factor cost
Question 13Single Answer
Chelliah Committee of 1992 deals with the overhauling of our
  1. A
    financial system            
  2. B
    tax system
  3. C
    patents and copyrights  
  4. D
    Public sector undertakings
Question 14Single Answer
During which Five Year Plan was the annual growth rate of National Income the lowest
  1. A
    2nd plan
  2. B
    3rd plan
  3. C
    5th plan
  4. D
    6th plan
Question 15Single Answer
Which of the following taxes is a progressive tax
  1. A
    sales tax           
  2. B
    custom tax
  3. C
    excise tax         
  4. D
    income tax
Question 16Single Answer
Which of the following estimates the National Income in India
  1. A
    National Income Committee
  2. B
    Planning Commission
  3. C
    Reserve Bank Of India
  4. D
    Central Statistical Organisation
Question 17Single Answer
India changed over to the decimal system, coinage in
  1. A
    April 1951         
  2. B
    April 1955
  3. C
    April 1957         
  4. D
    April 1978
Question 18Single Answer
11th Five Year Plan aim at achieving 10% rural tele density in India from the present 1.9% by the year
  1. A
    2008     
  2. B
    2009
  3. C
    2010     
  4. D
    2012
Question 19Single Answer
Which one of the following statements Monitorable Socio Economic Target of the 11th Five Year Plan under the head Environment is not correct
  1. A
    treat urban waste water by 2011-12
  2. B
    Increase energy efficiency by 20% points by 2016-17
  3. C
    attain WHO standards of air quality in all major cities by 2011-12
  4. D
    increase forest and tree cover by 15% points
Question 20Single Answer
Who is the ex-officio chairman of Planning commission and National Development Council
  1. A
    President
  2. B
    Prime Minister
  3. C
    Finance Minister
  4. D
    Commerce Minister
Question 21Single Answer
Persons below the poverty line in Indian are classified as such based on wheather
  1. A
    they belong to agriculture labourer household and the scheduled caste/trive social group
  2. B
    they get work for a prescribed minimum number of days in a year
  3. C
    they are entitled to a minimum prescribed food basket
  4. D
    their daily waged fall below the prescribed minimum wages
Question 22Single Answer
Which of the following Committee’s recommendations are being followed for estimating proverty line in India
  1. A
    Dutt committee
  2. B
    Lakdawala committee
  3. C
    Cheliah Committee
  4. D
    Chakravorty Committee
Question 23Single Answer
In which year India adopeted liberal and free market principles
  1. A
    1975                 
  2. B
    1981
  3. C
    1991                 
  4. D
    2000
Question 24Single Answer
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. A
    1,2 and 3          
  2. B
    1,2 and 4
  3. C
    1,3 and 4          
  4. D
    2,3 and 4
Question 25Single Answer
When was first human development report of India issued
  1. A
    April 2001         
  2. B
    March 2000
  3. C
    June 2002
  4. D
    April 2002
Question 26Single Answer
How many censuses have been carried out since independence
  1. A
    5
  2. B
    6
  3. C
    7          
  4. D
    8
Question 27Single Answer
For which year the latest census is being conducted in India
  1. A
    2001                 
  2. B
    2010
  3. C
    2012     
  4. D
    2011
Question 28Single Answer
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. A
    1 only
  2. B
    1 and 2
  3. C
    1 and 3
  4. D
    1,2, and 3
Question 29Single Answer
The period of 12th Five Year Plan 
  1. A
    2007-12
  2. B
    2008-13
  3. C
    2010-15
  4. D
    2012-17
Question 30Single Answer
A closed economy is an economy in which
  1. A
    the money supply is fully controlled       
  2. B
    deficit financing takes place
  3. C
    only exports take place
  4. D
    neither exports nor imports take place
Question 31Single Answer
In ruby laser, the stimulated emission is due to transition from
  1. A
    metastable state to any lower state
  2. B
    any higher state of lower state
  3. C
    metastable state to ground state
  4. D
    any higher state to ground state
Question 32Single Answer
A direct current I flows along the length of an infinitely long straight thin walled pipe, then the magnetic field is
  1. A
    uniform throughout the pipe not zero
  2. B
    zero only along the axis of the pipe
  3. C
    zero at any point inside the pipe
  4. D
    maximum at the centre and minimum at the edge
Question 33Single Answer
10-6 M NaOH is diluted 100 times. The pH of the diluted base is
  1. A
    between 7 and 8
  2. B
    between 5 and 6
  3. C
    between 6 and 7
  4. D
    between 10 and 11
Question 34Single Answer
The respiratory quotient during cellular respiration would depend on
  1. A
    the nature of enzymes involved
  2. B
    the nature of the substrate
  3. C
    the amount of carbon dioxide released
  4. D
    the amount of oxygen utilised
Question 35Single Answer
Which of the following is not a green - house gas ?
  1. A
    Water vapour
  2. B
    Carbon monoxide
  3. C
    Methane
  4. D
    Oxygen
Question 36Single Answer
When was Gorkha rule established in Kumaon for the first time ?
  1. A
    1780
  2. B
    1790
  3. C
    1804
  4. D
    1815
Question 37Single Answer
Mughal Prince who took shelter in Srinagar Garhwal was :
  1. A
    Shah Jahan
  2. B
    Humayun
  3. C
    Suleman Shikoh
  4. D
    Jahangir
Question 38Single Answer
Mauryan Inscriptionsdating back to Ashoka have been found in :
  1. A
    Mana
  2. B
    Malari
  3. C
    Kalsi
  4. D
    Niti
Question 39Single Answer
In Skandapurana,'Garhwal' region is referred toas :
  1. A
    Manas Khand
  2. B
    Kedar Khand
  3. C
    Dev bhoomi
  4. D
    Uttarakhand
Question 40Single Answer
By what name 'Kumaon region' was known in the ancient literature ?
  1. A
    Kedar
  2. B
    Manas Khand
  3. C
    Punya
  4. D
    Dev Bhumi
Question 41Single Answer
Who was the first British Commissioner of Kumaon ?
  1. A
    Trail
  2. B
    E.Gardner
  3. C
    Lushington
  4. D
    Batton
Question 42Single Answer
The King of Garhwal who was killed after being defeated by Gorkhas was :
  1. A
    Sudarshan Shah
  2. B
    Pradyumna Shah
  3. C
    Pradeep Shah
  4. D
    Fatehpati Shah
Question 43Single Answer
Name the ruler of Garhwal who was known as 'Adinath'.
  1. A
    Ajai Pal
  2. B
    Sahaj Pal
  3. C
    Man Pal
  4. D
    Shyam Shah
Question 44Single Answer
Who established the 'Garhdesh Seva Sangh' ?
  1. A
    Sridev Suman
  2. B
    Badri Datt Pande
  3. C
    Rampal
  4. D
    Gopi Chand
Question 45Single Answer
Who was the first Chairman of 'Uttarakhand Kranti Dal' ?
  1. A
    D.D. Pant
  2. B
    Badri Datt Pande
  3. C
    Diwakar Bhatt
  4. D
    Mathura Prasad
Question 46Single Answer
Who was the last Chand king of Kumaun ?
  1. A
    Mohan Chand
  2. B
    Mahendra Chand
  3. C
    Kalyan Chand
  4. D
    Pradyuman Chand
Question 47Single Answer
Who was the founder of the Katyuri dynasty ?
  1. A
    Basant Dev
  2. B
    Nimber Dev
  3. C
    Lakhan Pal Dev
  4. D
    Subhik Raj Dev
Question 48Single Answer
From which year was "Almora Akhbar" published ?
  1. A
    1871
  2. B
    1771
  3. C
    1971
  4. D
    1870
Question 49Single Answer
"SALT" incident took place on ?
  1. A
    5 September 1942
  2. B
    6 September 1942
  3. C
    10 September 1942
  4. D
    8 September 1942
Question 50Single Answer
Dola - Palki movement was related to :
  1. A
    Weavers
  2. B
    Shepherds
  3. C
    Farmers
  4. D
    Craftsmen
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