STRUCTURE OF NITI AYOG

NITI Aayog will be a lean organisation, modelled as a network of expertise; focusing on functionality, flexibility and domain knowledge.

 NITI Aayog will comprise: Chairperson: Prime Minister of India

Governing Council: comprising the Chief Ministers of all States and Lt. Governors of Union Territories.

Regional Councils: will be formed to address specific issues and contingencies impacting more than one state or region.

Strategy and Planning in the NITI Aayog will be anchored from State-level; with Regional Councils convened by the Prime Minister for identified priority domains, put under the joint leadership of related sub-groups of States (grouped around commonalities which could be geographic, economic, social or otherwise) and Central Ministries.

Regional Councils will: ● Have specified tenures, with the mandate to evolve strategy and oversee implementation. ● Be jointly headed by one of the group Chief Ministers (on a rotational basis or otherwise) and a corresponding Central Minister. ● Include the sectoral Central Ministers and Secretaries concerned, as well as State Ministers and Secretaries.

● Be linked with corresponding domain experts and academic institutions. ● Have a dedicated support cell in the NITI Aayog Secretariat
States would thus be empowered to drive the national agenda. As a consequence, deliberation would be more grass-roots informed, and recommendations would have more ownership, given their joint formulation

Special Invitees: experts, specialists and practitioners with relevant domain knowledge as special invitees nominated by the Prime Minister.

Full-time Organisational Framework: will comprise of, in addition to the Prime Minister as the Chairperson: ● Vice-Chairperson: to be appointed by the Prime Minister. ● Members: full-time. ● Part-time Members: maximum of 2, from leading universities, research organisations and other relevant institutions in an ex-officio capacity. Part time members will be on a rotational. ● Ex-Officio Members: maximum of 4 members of the Union Council of Ministers to be nominated by the Prime Minister. ● Chief Executive Officer: to be appointed by the Prime Minister for a fixed tenure, in the rank of Secretary to the Government of India. ● Secretariat: as deemed necessary



NITI Aayog will also house a number of specialised Wings, including: Research Wing that will develop in-house sectoral expertise as a dedicated think tank of top notch domain experts, specialists and scholars.

Consultancy Wing that will provide a market-place of whetted panels of expertise and funding, for Central and State Governments to tap into; matching their requirements with solution providers, public and private, national and international. By playing match-maker instead of providing the entire service itself,

 NITI Aayog will be able to focus its resources on priority matters, providing guidance and an overall quality check to the rest.

Team India Wing comprising representatives from every State and Ministry, will serve as a permanent platform for national collaboration.

Each representative will: ● Ensure every State/Ministry has a continuous voice and stake in the NITI Aayog. ● Establish a direct communication channel between the State / Ministry and NITI Aayog for all development related matters, as the dedicated liaison interface.

A national Hub-Spoke institutional model will be developed, with each State and Ministry encouraged to build dedicated mirror institutions, serving as the interface of interaction.

 These institutions, in turn, will nurture their own networks of expertise at State and Ministry level. NITI Aayog will function in close cooperation, consultation and coordination with the Ministries of the Central Government, and State governments. While it will make recommendations to the Central and State Governments, the responsibility for taking and implementing decisions will rest with them.

Conclusion: VEHICLE OF GOOD GOVERNANCE Chanakya had mapped out centuries ago how good governance was at the root of a nation’s wealth, values, comfort and happiness.

 Aayog will seek to facilitate and empower this critical requirement of good governance, which is people-centric, participative, collaborative, transparent and policy-driven. It will provide critical directional and strategic input to the development process, focussing on deliverables and outcomes. This, along with being as incubator and disseminator of fresh thought and ideas for development, will be the core mission of NITI Aayog.

Jallikattu Ordinance .. Jallikattu means an event involving bulls conducted with a view to follow tradition and culture on such days

The ordinance promulgated by the Governor on January 21, 2017 on Jallikattu 

TAMIL NADU ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 2017

An Ordinance to amend the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 so as to preserve the cultural heritage of the State of Tamil Nadu and to ensure the survival and wellbeing of the Native breed of bulls.

WHEREAS Whereas the Legislative Assembly of the State is not in session and the Governor of Tamil Nadu is satisfied that that circumstances exist which render it necessary for him to take immediate action for the purpose hereinafter appearing;

AND WHEREAS instructions of the President have been obtained in pursuance of the proviso to clause (1) of Article 213 of the Constitution;

NOW, THEREFORE in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 213 of the Constitution, the Governor hereby promulgates the following Ordinance;-

1. (1) This Ordinance may be called the Prevention of cruelty to Animals (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Ordinance, 2017

    (2) It shall come into force at once

2. In section 2 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act,1960 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), after clause (d), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-

"(dd) "Jallikattu" means an event involving bulls conducted with a view

to follow tradition and culture on such days from the months of January to May of a calendar year and in such places, as may be notified by the State Government, and includes "manjuviratu", "vadamadu" and erudhuvidumvizha."

3. Section 3 of the principal Act shall be re-numbered as sub-section (1) of that section and after sub-section (1) as so re-numbered, the following sub-section shall be added, namely:-

"(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), conduct of "Jallikattu', subject to such rules and regulations as may be framed by the State Government, shall be permitted."

4. In section 11 of the principal Act, in sub-section (3), after clause (e),

The following clause shall be added, namely:-

"(f) the conduct of ‘Jallikattu' with a view to follow and promote tradition and culture and ensure preservation of native breed of bulls as also their safety, security and wellbeing."

5. The following proviso shall be added to section 22 of the principal Act, namely:-

"Provided that nothing contained in this section shall apply to conduct of “Jallikattu".

6. In section 27 of the principal Act, after clause (b), the following clause shall be added, namely:-

(c) the conduct of Jallikattu' with a view to follow and promote tradition and culture and ensure survival and continuance of native breeds of bulls.”

7. After section 28 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-

28-A, Saving in respect of Jallikattu - Nothing contained in this Act shal apply to ‘Jallikattu’ conducted to follow and promote tradition and culture and such conduct of Jallikattu shall not be an offence under this Act.”

CH. VIDYASAGAR RAO,

Governor of Tamil Nadu.

21st January 2017.

 Explanatory Statement

The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 (Central Act 59 of 1960) was enacted to prevent the infliction of unnecessary cruelty and suffering on animals. The Act also recognises the need to exempt the application of its provisions in certain circumstances. The Supreme Court of India, in its judgment in Animal Welfare Board of India Vs. A Nagaraja (Civil Appeal No. 5387 of 2014) has found that the conduct of Jallikattu' is violative of the provisions of the Central Act 59 of 1960, particularly, sections 3, 11 and 22 of that Act.

Considering the vital role played by the event of ‘Jallikattu’ in preserving and promoting tradition and culture among people in large parts of the State of Tamil Nadu and also considering the vital role of ‘Jallikattu’ in ensuring survival and continuance of native breeds of bulls, the Government of Tamil Nadu have decided to exempt the conduct of ‘Jallikattu’ from the provisions of the said Central Act 59 of 1960. Accordingly, the Government have decided to amend the said central Act 59 of 1960 in its application to the State of Tamil Nadu.

The Ordinance seeks to give effect to the above decision

(By order of the Governor)

S.S. POOVALINGAM,

Secretary to Government-in-charge Law Department.

APPSC Group II Exam Main Examination ... Material for Paper -III

1) Central Government in September 2016 constituted the MPC. Who is the Chairperson of Monetary Policy Committee(MPC) ?

a)Governor of the Reserve Bank of India

b)Union Finance Minister

c) Union Agriculture Minister

d) Union Labour Minister

e) Union Industries Minister

Ans: a

2)Which of the following is correct about Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) ?

a) The LAF consists of overnight as well as term repo auctions

b) Progressively, the Reserve Bank has increased the proportion of liquidity injected under fine-tuning variable rate repo auctions of tenors ranging between overnight and 56 days.

c) The aim of term repo is to help develop the inter-bank term money market, which in turn can set market based benchmarks for pricing of loans and deposits, and hence improve transmission of monetary policy..

d) The Reserve Bank also conducts variable interest rate reverse repo auctions, as necessitated under the market conditions

e) All the above

Ans:e

3)  Which banks are not authorised banks to accept deposits under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Deposit Scheme (PMGKDS), 2016  ?

a) Public Sector Banks

b) Co-operative Banks

c) State Bank Group Banks

d) Banks nationalized in 1980

e) None of these

Ans:b

4) ACU is only a mechanism for settlement of payments between participating countries . In the abbreviation ACU, the letter A stands for what ?

a) African

b)Asian ( ACU : Asian Clearing Union )

c) Associated

d) Amazon

e) None of these

Ans:b

5) In its drive to promote digital payments, the  central government is emphasizing on AePS. In the term AePS what does letter ‘A’ stand for?

a) Advance

b) Accredited

c) Associated

d) Aadhar

e) Account

Ans: d

6)   The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) is an umbrella organisation for all retail payment systems in the country. It was set up in which year ?

a) 2009

b) 1991

c) 1999

d) 2001

e) None of these

Ans:a

7) ______ and India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) have signed an MoU, whereby the former will provide technology platform for pilot launch of the latter.

a) SBI

b) CBI

c) PNB

d) BOI

e) BoB

Ans:c

8) The Union Cabinet has given its in-principle nod for listing of all the five PSU general insurance companies. Which of the following is NOT a PSU general insurer?

a) National Insurance Company Ltd.

b) New India Assurance Company Ltd.

c) Oriental Insurance Company Ltd.

d) United India Insurance Company Ltd.

e) HDFC Life

Ans: e

9) Only cash, deposits can be declared under the central government’s   PMGKY scheme. What do letters ‘GKY’ stands for in the term PMGKY?

a) Garib Kalyan Yojana

b) Gram Kalyan Yojana

c) Gruha Kalyan Yojana

d) Great Kalyan Yojana

e) None of these

Ans:a

10) The Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Pvt Ltd has set a record (printed 10.9 mn currency note in a day) in currency note printing. The printing press is situated in ______

a)Dispur

b) Kohima

c) Mysuru

d) Shillong

e) Gangtok

Ans:c

2017 Padma Award Winners List (Republic Day 26 1 2017 )

List of 2017 Padma award winners 

The Padma series of awards are conferred in three categories- Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. While ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year. These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year.

The list comprises of 7 Padma Vibhushan, 7 Padma Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri Awardees.  

19 of the awardees are women  

The list also includes 5 persons from the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and 6 Posthumous awardees.

Padma Vibhushan

Awardee	Field of Prominence
Sharad Pawar	Public Affairs
Murli Manohar Joshi	Public Affairs
P.A. Sangma (posthumous)	Public Affairs
Sunder Lal Patwah (posthumous)	Public Affairs
K.J.Yesudas	Art - Music
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev	Others - Spiritualism
Udipi Ramachandra Rao	Science & Engineering

Padma Bhushan

Awardee	Field of Prominence
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt	Art - Music
Devi Prasad Dwivedi	Literature & Education
Tehemton Udwadia	Medicine
Ratna Sundar Maharaj	Others-Spiritualism
Swami Niranjana Nanda Saraswati	Others-Yoga
H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (Foreigner)	Literature & Education
Cho Ramaswamy (Posthumous)	Literature & Education –Journalism

Padma Shri

 

Awardee	Field of Prominence
Basanti Bisht	Art-Music
Chemanchery Kunhiraman Nair	Art-Dance
Aruna Mohanty	Art-Dance
Bharathi Vishnuvardhan	Art-Cinema
Sadhu Meher	Art-Cinema
T K Murthy	Art-Music
Laishram Birendrakumar Singh	Art-Music
Krishna Ram Chaudhary	Art-Music
Baoa Devi	Art-Painting
Tilak Gitai	Art-Painting
Aekka Yadagiri Rao	Art-Sculpture
Jitendra Haripal	Art-Music
Kailash Kher	Art-Music
Parassala B Ponnammal	Art-Music
Sukri Bommagowda	Art-Music
Mukund Nayak	Art-Music
Purushottam Upadhyay	Art-Music
Anuradha Paudwal	Art-Music
Wareppa Naba Nil	Art-Theatre
Tripuraneni Hanuman Chowdary	Civil Service
T.K. Viswanathan	Civil Service
Kanwal Sibal	Civil Service
Birkha Bahadur Limboo Muringla	Literature & Education
Eli Ahmed	Literature & Education
Narendra Kohli	Literature & Education
G. Venkatasubbiah	Literature & Education
Akkitham Achyuthan Namboothiri	Literature & Education
Kashi Nath Pandita	Literature & Education
Chamu Krishna Shastry	Literature & Education
Harihar Kripalu Tripathi	Literature & Education
Michel Danino	Literature & Education
Punam Suri	Literature & Education
VG Patel	Literature & Education
V Koteswaramma	Literature & Education
Balbir Dutt	Literature & Education-Journalism
Bhawana Somaaya	Literature & Education-Journalism
Vishnu Pandya	Literature & Education-Journalism
Subroto Das	Medicine
Bhakti Yadav	Medicine
Mohammed Abdul Waheed	Medicine
Madan Madhav Godbole	Medicine
Devendra Dayabhai Patel	Medicine
Harkishan Singh	Medicine
Mukut Minz	Medicine
Arun Kumar Sharma	Others-Archaeology
Sanjeev Kapoor	Others-Culinary
Meenakshi Amma	Others-Martial Art
Genabhai Dargabhai Patel	Others-Agriculture
Chandrakant Pithawa	Science & Engineering
Ajoy Kumar Ray	Science & Engineering
Chintakindi Mallesham	Science & Engineering
Jitendra Nath Goswami	Science & Engineering
Daripalli Ramaiah	Social Work
Girish Bhardwaj	Social Work
Karimul Hak	Social Work
Bipin Ganatra	Social Work
Nivedita Raghunath Bhide	Social work
Appasaheb Dharmadhikari	Social Work
Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal	Social Work
Virat Kohli	Sports-Cricket
Shekar Naik	Sports-Cricket
Vikasa Gowda	Sports-Discus Throw
Deepa Malik	Sports-Athletics
Mariyappan Thangavelu	Sports-Athletics
Dipa Karmakar	Sports-Gymnastics
P. R. Shreejesh	Sports-Hockey
Sakshi Malik	Sports-Wrestling
Mohan Reddy Venkatrama Bodanapu	Trade & Industry
Imrat Khan  (NRI/PIO)	Art-Music
Anant Agarwal (NRI/PIO)	Literature & Education
H.R. Shah (NRI/PIO)	Literature & Education-Journalism
Suniti Solomon (Posthumous)	Medicine
Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya (Posthumous)	Others-Archaeology
Dr. Mapuskar (Posthumous)	Social Work
Anuradha Koirala (Foreigner)	Social Work

MULTI TASKING STAFF EXAMINATION 16.2.2014 (PATNA) GENRAL AWARENESS QUESTIONS TEST FORM No. 030MI-4

MULTI TASKING STAFF  EXAMINATION 16.2.2014 (PATNA)

GENRAL AWARENESS QUESTIONS

TEST FORM No. 030MI-4

Note: Answer shown with   ( ←  ) mark

1)Which Five Year Plan duration was of four years only ?

a)Third

b)Fourth

c)Fifth   ←

d)Seventh

2)Minimum payment to factor of production is called

a)Quasi Rent

b)Rent

c)Wages

d)Transfer Payment←

3)Indian Space Research Organisation  is situated in

a)Amritsar

b)Dehradun

c)Ahmedabad

d) Bengaluru ←

4) ‘ISRO’ (Indian Space Research Organisation) was formed in the year

a)1962

b)1969←

c)1972

d)1977

5) Quasi rent is a ________ phenomenon.

a)medium term

b)long term

c) short term←

d)no time

6) Who appoints the judges of the Indian Supreme Court ?

a) President←

b)Chief Justice

c)Prime Minister

d)Council of Ministers

7) Fill up : ‘Right ______ duties’.

a)obstructs

b)instructs

c)implies←

d)opposes

8) Who coined the term ‘Satyagraha’?

a)Gandhi ←

b)Sri Aurobindo Ghosh

c)Rabindranath Tagore

d)Ram Mohan Roy

9) When was Indian Forest Service set up ?

a) July 1, 1966  ←

b) July 1, 1968

c) July 1, 1967

d) July 1, 1965

10) Which Amendment Act of the Indian Constitution gave constitutional status to Panchayati Raj System ?

a) 71^st

b) 72^nd

c) 73 rd  ←

d) 74^th

11) Who among the following was known as the ‘Parrot of India’ ?

a)Hussain Shah

b)Amir Khusrau ←

c)BarabakShah

d) Nanak

12) India became independent during the viceroyalty of

a)William Bentinck

b)Wellesley

c)Wavell  ←

d)Mountbatten

13)In which year did the Russian Revolution take place ?

a) 1905 AD

b) 1911 AD

c) 1917 AD  ←

d) 1929 AD

14) Name the famour King of Kushan dynasty.

a) Kanishka  ←

b)Pulakeshin

c)Harsha

d)Vikramaditya

15) Presently Daulatabad where Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq had transferred the capital from Delhi is situated near

a) Mysore

b) Aurangabad←

c)Nizamabad

d) Bhopal

16) Which Indian State is not known to produce tea ?

a)Assam

b)Kerala

c)West Bengal

d)Chattisarh←

17) Which is the highest plateau in India ?

a)Deccan Plateau

b)Chota Nagpur Plateau

c) Ladakh Plateau←

d)Baghelkhand Plateau

18) Which of the following is the area of lowest pressure over Indian subcontinent during the hot dry weather season ?

a)Rann of Kachchh

b) Rajasthan

c)North – West India←

d) Meghalaya

19) When was Panama Canal was opened ?

a) 1869 AD

b) 1980 AD

c)1905 AD←

d) 1914 AD

20) The highest drainage basin associated with the peninsular river in India was

a) Mahanadi

b) Godavari

c)Krishna←

d)Narmada

21) Five Kingdom classification was given by

a)Whittaker←

b)Haeckel

c)Linneus

d)Copeland

22) Animals with Chitinous exoskeleton are

a)Insects←

b)Sponges

c)Sea-Urchin

d)Snails

23) The heart rate in an adult person  is

a) 50 – 60 times per minute

b) 70 – 80 times per hour

c) 70 – 80 times per second

d) 70 – 80 times per minutes←

24) Citric acid is present in free form in

a) Tamarind

b) Milk

c) Apple

d) Lemon←

25) Which of the following is a tapeworm ?

a) Fasciola

b) Schistosoma

c)Taenia←

d)Enterobius

26) The purity of Milk is determined by

a) Hydrometer

b)Lactometer←

c)Stalagmometer

d)Thermometer

27) Which one among the following does not have any effect on velocity of sound ?

a) Pressure

b)Temperature

c)Humidity←

d)Density

28) The motion of a body around a circular path is an example of

a) Uniform velocity, variable acceleration ←

b) Uniform speed, uniform velocity

c) Uniform speed, variable velocity

d) Uniform speed, variable acceleration

29) A current carrying conductor is associated with

a) a magnetic field

b) an electric field

c) an electro-magnetic field←

d) an electrostatic field

30) One kilobit is equal to _______ bits

a) 512

b) 1000

c) 1024←

d) 1042

31) To find and load a file that has been saved on a computer, which of the options is used ?

a) Select the close command

b) Select the new command

c) Select the save command

d) Select the open command←

32)Dot Matrix Printers, when compared to Laser Printers are

a) Quieter

b)Faster

c)Less expensive←

d)More expensive

33) KMnO₄  can  be used as

a) Insecticide

b) Fertilizer

c)Pesticide

d)Disinfectant←

34) A thick paste of cement , sand and water is called

a) Concrete

b) R.C.C.

c) Mortar

d) Kiln←

35) Which of the following is not a chemical reaction?

a) Burning of paper

b) Digestion of food

c)Conversion of water into steam←

d) Burning of coal

36) Which of the following is used as anesthetic ?

a) NH₃

b) NO   ←

c) NO₂

d) N ₂ 0

37) The heavy rains and cloudbursts during summer of 2013 devastated around 2000 villages, 1500 roads and 150 bridges in the State of

a) Meghalaya

b)Andhra Pradesh

c)Odisha

d) Uttarakhand ←

38) The quality of petrol is expressed in terms of

a) cetane number

b) Gold number

c)Octane number ←

d) Added unlead compounds

39) The percentage of Nitrogen in Air is

a) 0.94

b) 0.03

c) 78.03  ←

d) 85.02

40) The scavengers of earth are

a) Bacteria

b) Viruses

c) Algae  ←

d) Fungi

41) Which of the following States has recorded rudest Voting percent in Vidhan Sabha Election 2013 ?

a)Rajasthan

b)Madhya Pradesh

c) Mizoram ←

d) Chattisgarh

42) Bone ossification test is conducted to ascertain human

a) Brain efficiency

b)Tentative age ←

c) Tentative height

d) Drug addiction

43) Which of the following High Courts had legalized gay sex in India during 2009 ?

a) Mizoram

b) Goa

c) Delhi ←

d) Chandigarh

44) Antacids are found in drugs that give relief to

a) Eye sight

b) Stomach ache  ←

c) Acne

d) Headache

45) Rocket works on the principle of

a) Newton’s Third Law ←

b) Newton’s First Law

c) Newton’s Second Law

d) Archimedes Principle

46) The first Mughal emperor of India was

a) Shahjahan

b) Humayun

c) Babar  ←

d) Akbar

47) The World Ozone Day is celebrated on

a) Sepgtember 18^th

b) March 12^th

c) September 16^th    ←

d) March 10^th

48) A semi-circular structure with a dome shape roof erected over the sacred relics of Buddha is known as

a) Stupas  ←

b) Edicts

c) Pillars

d) Monoliths

49) The Ramakrishna Mission was founded by

a) Dayanand Saraswati

b) Keshab Chandra

c) Ram Mohan Roy

d) Vivekananda  ←

50) NMCC formed by UPA Government , stands for

a) National Minerals Competitiveness Council

b) National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council   ←

c) National Mercantile Control Mission

d) National Manufacturing Competitiveness Commission

MULTI TASKING STAFF EXAMINATION 2013 GENERAL AWARENESS QUESTIONS

MULTI TASKING STAFF  EXAMINATION 2013

GENERAL AWARENESS QUESTIONS

1)The upper limit of investment in plant and machinery for small scale industries has been fixed currently at

a)Rs.35 lakhs

b)Rs.45 lakhs

c)Rs.60 lakhs

d)Rs.1 crore

2)Current Fiscal Deficit percentage in GDP is

a) 7

b)4

c)8

d)1

3)’Money’ is an example of

a)sunk capital

b)floating capital

c)concrete capital

d)social capital

4)Elasticity (e) expressed by the formula 1>e>0 is

a)perfectly elastic

b)relatively elastic

c)perfectly inelastic

d)relatively inelastic

5)Who developed the innovations theory of profit ?

a)Walker

b)Clark

c)Knight

d) Schumpeter

6)’He, who does not live in a state may either be a saint or an animal’ Who said this?

a)Montesque

b)Angels

c)Sophists

d)Aristotle

7)The General Elections in India is based on the principle of

a)proportional representation

b)territorial representation

c)functional representation

d)nominal representation

8)Who has written the famous play “Neel Darpan” depicting the atrocities of British indigo planters ?

a)Prem Chand

b)Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

c)Dinabandhu Mitra

d)Subramania Bharati

9) Who said ‘Liberty consists in obedience to the general will’?

a)Hobbes

b)Rousseau

c)Green

d)Laski

10) Members of the Executive under Presidential System of Government

a)are drawn from both the Houses of Legislature

b)are only from the popular House

c)are not members of either House of legislature

d)become members of Legislature after their appointment

11)Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on

a)March 10, 1930

b)March 20, 1931

c)March 12, 1930

d)March 5, 1931

12) Famous Battle of Talikota was fought in

a) 1565 AD

b)1575 AD

c)1585 AD

d) 1570

13) Who among the following succeeded Aurangzeb ?

a) Azam

b)Kam Baksh

c)Akbar II

d) Mauzzam

14)Who was the first Indian to qualify for the Indian Civil Services ?

a)Surendra Nath Banerjee

b)Satyendra Nath Tagore

c)Subhash Chandra Bose

d)RAbindra Nath Tagore

15) From which modern State did the Alwar saints originate ?

a) Tamilnadu’

b) Kerala

c)Karnataka

d) Maharastra

16)Peshawar is near to

 a)Karakoram Pass

b)Zojila Pass

c)Namika-La Pass

d) Khyber Pass

17)The Khasi and Garo are the languages of the State of

a)Manipur

b)Meghalaya

c)Assam

d)Tripura

18) The place Sabarimala is situated in which of the following states ?

a)Andhra Pradesh

b)Tamilnadu

c)Kerala

d)Karnataka

19) Which Himalaya Peak is also called ‘Sagar Matha’ ?

a)Nanaga Parbat

b)Dhaulagiri

c)Mt.Everrest

d)Kanchenjunga

20) The term ‘Kraal’ is used for

a) House of Masai herder

b)Fenced villages of Masai herder

c)Cattle shed of the Kikuyus

d)Tent of the Kirghiz

21) Who among the following have venous heart ?

a)Mammals

b)Reptilians

c)Fishes

d)Amphibians

22) One of the following excretes uric acid as its excretory product :

a)Amoeba

b)Tilapia

c)Sparrow

d)Camel

23) Smut of wheat is caused by

a)Ustilago maydis

b)Puccinia graminis

c)Ustilago tritici

d)Colletotrichum falcatum

24) Which base in place of thymine is present in RNA ?

a)Adenine

b)Guanine

c)Uracil

d)Cytosine

25) Protein part of enzyme is known as

a)Isoenzyme

b)Holoenzyme

c)Apoenzyme

d)All the above

26)The hydraulic press utilizes

a)Pascal’s law

b)Bernoulli’s principle

c)Archimedes’ principle

d) Boyle’s law

27) The unit of electrical conductance is

a)Ohm

b)Ohm-cu

c)mho

d)mho-cu^-1   

28) The oil in the wick of lamp rises due to

a)Pressure difference

b)Phenomenon of capillarity

c) low viscosity of oil

d) Force of cohesion

29) Kepler’s law of planetary motion states that the square of the time period is proportional to the

a)semi-major axis

b)square of the semi-major axis

c)cube of the semi-major axis

d)fourth power of the semi-major axis

30) Arithmetic and Logic Unit

I.Perform Arithmetic operations

II.Store Data

III. Perform comparisons

IV.Communicate with input devices

Which of the following is true ?

a)      I Only

b)      III only

c)       I and II

d)      I and III

31)In Word Processing, moving lexi from one place to another with a document is called as _____

a)Clip Art

b)Search and Replace

c)Cut and Paste

d)Block Operation

32)What MS-DOS command is used to create a subdirectory ?

a)DIR/MK

b)MKDIR

c)CHDIR

d)RMDIR

33)Suspension particles have the size between

a) 10 ^-2  and 10 ^-4  cm

b) 10 ^-5  and 10 ^-7  cm

c) 10 ^-8  and 10 ^-10  cm

d) 10 ^-1  and 10 ^-2  cm

34)Iodine value is used to estimate

a)Hydroxyl groups in oil

b)Alkali content in oil

c)Unsaturation in oil

d)Carboxylic groups in oil

35)Element 106 was discovered by

a)Rutherford

b) Seabord

c)Lawrence

d)Kurchatove

36) The value of gas constant R in Ergs deg ^-1  mole ^-1    is

a) 8.314  x 10 ⁷

b) 8.341  x 10 ⁷

c) 8.413  x 10 ⁷

d) 8.183  x 10 ⁷

37) Time required for the organism to eliminate 50% the total body burden or tissue concentration of chemical is referred as

a)Threshold limit time

b)Half-time life

c)Residual period

d)Half-life period

38) The adverse effects occurring within short time of administration of single dose or multiple doses given within 24 hours is defined as

a)Chronic toxicity

b)Acute toxicity

c)LD ₅₀

d) LC ₅₀  

39) Radioactive elements can be traced out in living cell through a technique called

a) Centrifugation

b)Chromatography

c)Auto radiography

d) All the above

40) The ambient air quality standard (24 hours’ average) for lead in industrial area is

a) 0.65   um/m ³

b) 0.75   um/m ³

c) 1.00   um/m ³

d) 1.5   um/m ³ 

41)The first Secretary – General of the United Nations was

a) U.Thant

b)Dr.Kurt Waldheim

c)Trygve Lie

d)Dag Hammarskjoeld

42) The largest tiger reserve in India is

a) Pench

b)Manas

c)Nagarjun

d)Corbett

43)  The nearest planet to Sun is

a) Venus

b)Jupiter

c) Mars

d)Mercury

44) Recently foundation stone of a new rail coach factory has been laid at

a) Amritsar

b)Saharsa

c)Chennai

d) Rae Bareli

45) Who has been appointed World Bank’s new president ?

a) Jim Yong Kim

b) Robert Zeolick

c)Ban Ki-Moon

d) Lumen Daraj

46) India’s first microwave remote sensing satellite recently launched is

a) GSAT-12

b) Megha Tropiquies

c) RISAT-1

d) Rohini

47) What is the full form of FDL, which is currently in news ?

a) Floating Deposit Investment

b)Foreign Direct Investment

c) Foreign Diverse Investment

d) Financial Derivatives in India

48) Fateh Singh Rathore, who dies in the year 2011 was a famous

a) Wildlife Conservationist

b) Hockey player

c) Painter

d)Musician

49) Bibi-Ka-Maqbara is located in India at

a) Fatehpur Sikri

b) Aurangabad

c)Hyderabad

d)Jaunpur

50) Match the following :

List-I (Sobriquets)

a)Frontier Gandhi

b)Grand Old Man of India

c)Mahamana

d)Strong Man of India

List – II (Names)

1.Madan Mohan Malaviya

2.Vallabhbhai Patel

3. Dadabhai Naoroji

4. Balagangadhar Tilak

5. Abdul Gaffar Khan

(1)a-4, b-2, c-3 , d -5

(2) a-5, b-3, c-1, d-2

(3) a-4, b-2, c-5 , d-1

(4) a-5 , b-3 , c-2, d- 4