Test-22

it reference to Global Initiative for Academic Networks (GIAN), consider the following sentences:

1. It is aimed to address the issue of teacher shortage in centrally recognized Indian institutions.

2. This program will exclusively focus on science technology and engineering studies

3. Both international and national teachers will be part of this initiative

Which of the statements mentioned above is/are correct?

Which of the following would have inflationary effect on the economy?

1. RBI releasing new bonds in the market

2. RBI decreasing the SLR

3. RBI increasing the Bank Rate

4. Abolition of CRR

Select the correct answer using the code given below

Sterilization by RBI is a/an:

Which of the following are the components of Balance of Payments (Bop)?

1. Financial capital transfers
2. External loan and investment
3. Foreign Institutional Investment
4. Issuing of external bonds
5. Export and Imports of Goods and Services
Select the correct answer using the code giving below

Which of the following measures can be used to reduce inflation?

1. Increasing Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)
2 Increasing Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)
3. Reducing fiscal deficit
4. Reducing Reverse Repo Rate
Select the correct answer using the code below

Which of the following best explains the advantage of name-coated urea over normal urea?

Snow collects at the upper end in a bowl shaped depression called:

Which of the following seismic waves is correctly matched with its respective property?

1. Secondary Waveà surface seismic waves that cause horizontal shifting of the Earth during an earthquake.
2. Love Waveà can pass through all the mediums.
3. Rayleigh Waveà a type of surface acoustic wave that travel on solids
Choose the correct answer?

Which of the following are correctly matched?

Which of the following factors influence the movement of ocean water?

1) Temperature
2) Salinity of Ocean
3) Density of Ocean Water
4) Wind System
5) Coriolis Force

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Who among the following is considered as the father of evolutionary theory?

A large terrestrial or aquatic ecosystem characterized by specific plant communities and formations is called

Which of the following types of farming is more suitable for the production of crops like sugarcane, wheat and rice?

Consider the following statements regarding distribution of coal fields in India:
I. Coal in India occurs in two important types of coal fields which are Gondwana coal fields and Tertiary coal fields.
II. Out of the total coal reserves and production in India, Gondwana coal fields contribute 98% and the rest 2% is produced by tertiary coal fields.
III. The Gondwana coal fields are located in the sedimentary rock systems of lower Gondwana Age.

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding the sugar industry in India:
I. Sugar industry is the second largest agro-based industry of India.
II. If included the production of Gur, Khandsari and Sugar together, then India becomes the largest producer of sugar product in the world.
III. Maharashtra is the most important state in the peninsular India producing about one fourth of the total sugar production in India.

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
Grassland Location
1 Pustaz Hungary
2 Prairie Ukraine
3 Canterbury New Zealand

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During the south-west monsoon period after having rains for a few days, if rains fails to occur for one or more weeks, it is known as____ in the monsoon.

Who is the author of the book “Lajjo”.

On which date State of Himachal Pradesh Act was passed by Parliament of India.

In which year YOL CANTT was established in Kangra.

Which dance is performed by the local people of Chamba ,when Gaddi’s come back to their homes after doing their business in the plains ?

Billi bragh sport is associated with which tribe of Chamba ?

Japro dance of hangrang valley is associated with emerlad lake.This lake is also known as

The Himachal Pradesh gramin bank(regional rural bank) which has total 264 branches is sponsored by which national bank?

How many government offices in Himachal connected through HIMSWAN net project ?

HP-SHIVA project was sponsored by which of the following bank.

In which year Shanta Kumar became the chief minister of HP.

What is the total forest cover of HP according to 2011 census.(approx)

In which year Dharamshala was established as the second Municipal Corporation of HP.

What is the female literacy rate of HP according to 2011 census.

On which date treaty of Sangauli was signed between Chandra Shekhar of Nepal and General Ochterlony.

What is the total capacity of Thana Palaun hydro project

1. Consider the following statements regarding HRA:

1) Hindustan Republican Association/Army was found by Chandra Shekhar Azad.
2) The initial aim was an aim to establish a Federal Republic of United States of India whose basic principle would be adult franchise.Choose the correct code:

Which of the following statements are true regarding the Bengal revolutionary organizations in 1920’s?

1) Anushilan group joined forces with Subhas Chandra Bose.
2) Yugantar group backed the efforts of J.M.Sengupta.
3) The most active and famous was the Chittagong Revolt group under Surya Sen.

Choose the correct statements:

Who was arrested and sentenced for sedition because he had condemned imperialism and praised the heroism of the revolutionaries?

The economic policies followed by the British led to the rapid transformation of India’s economy into a colonial economy. Consider the following statements regarding the existence of basic economic pattern after the settlement of British in India:
I. The peasant, the artisan, and the trader had continued to lead the same type of existence as before.
II. The British always remained foreigners in the land, exploiting Indian resources and carrying away India’s wealth as tribute.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

There was a sudden and quick collapse of the urban handicrafts which had for centuries made India’s name a byword in the markets of the entire civilised world. Consider the following statements regarding the ruin of artisans and craftsmen after establishment of British rule in India:
I. The collapse of the urban handicrafts was caused largely by competition with the cheaper imported machine-goods from Britain.
II. The British imposed a policy of one-way free trade on India after 1813 and the invasion of British manufactures, in particular cotton textiles, immediately followed.
III. The ruin of Indian industries, particularly rural artisan industries, proceeded even more rapidly once the railways were built.

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

Consider the following changes in the organizational structure of congress during the Nagpur session of 1920 during the declaration of non- cooperation movement:

1) A Congress Working Committee of 15 members was set up to lead the Congress.
2) Entry fee in the party was reduced to four arenas.
3) Provincial Congress Committees were organized but on non-linguistic basis.

Choose the correct statement from above:

Which of the following leaders were among those who left congress after the declaration of non- cooperation programme because they still believed in lawful struggle?

1) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
2) Annie Besant
3) G.S. Kharpade
4) Subhas Chandra Bose

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Which of following was not recommendation of Motilal Nehru Committee (1928)

In which of following act, amount of one lakh rupees was earmarked for education?

Which of following statement is incorrect about the 1857 Revolt?

Consider the following statements:
1. Mahatma Gandhi called Rabindranath Tagore as ‘Gurudev’.
2. Rabindranath Tagore called Gandhiji as ‘Father of the Nation’.
3. Subhash Chandra Bose called Gandhiji as ‘Mahatma’.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:
1. Brahmo Samaj was established by Raja Rammohan Roy.
2. Arya Samaj was established by Swami Dayananda Saraswati.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

In which city, India’s first plastic to diesel conversion plant has been established?

Which of the following statement is/are correct in reference to the Global Tuberculosis Report 2019 published by WHO recently?
(1) The report was released by World Health Organisation (WHO) on October 17 2019.
(2) The TB incident rates in India have been decreased by 50,000 patients in 2018.
(3) WHO has published a global TB report every year since 1997.
(4) Most TB cases diagnosed in 2018 were in the WHO regions of South-East Asia.
Correct options are:

Recently, which of the following organization has released the Digital Economy Report, 2019?

Who has been selected for the prestigious Asia Environmental Enforcement Award by the United Nations Environment Programme?

When is the International Day of Peace celebrated every year?

Consider the following statements regarding National nutrition survey 2019:
(1) One in five children in the age group 5 to 9 years was stunted
(2) Tamilnadu and Goa had the highest number of adolescents who were obese or overweight
Of the above correct statement/s is/are:

Recently Kalapani territorial dispute break out between which two countries?

Consider the following statement regarding Shagun:
(1) It is an initiative to improve school education system
(2) Shagun is combination of two words Shala meaning Schools and Gunvatta meaning Quality.
(3) It was launched by Ministry Human Resource Development.
From the above correct statement/s is/are:

Exercise Samudra Shakti took place with the Navy of which of the following country recently at the Bay of Bengal?

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, who recently refused to accept an Environmental Award, belongs to which of the following countries?

Consider the following statements about “mHariyali”:
1) It has been Launched by the Ministry of housing and Urban Affairs.
2) The app is aimed to encourage Public engagement in planting trees
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about ‘Samudrayaan’ project:
1) It is a pilot project of the Ministry of Earth Sciences.
2) It is a project to carry out deep see mining.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about “Shagun”:
1) It is an over-arching initiative to improve the school education system.
2) It has been launched by NITI Aayog in partnership with NGO Pratham.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about SARAL Index:
1) It has been designed by NITI Aayog.
2) The index evaluates Indian states based on their attractiveness for rooftop development.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

IUCN list of endangered species is called?

what is the Bonn Challenge?

Sharm El Sheikh Declaration, 2018, recently in news is related to

Hangul is…………….

Kattuyanam often seen in news refers to

Consider the following statements about Hornbills
1. They swallow the fruit as a whole causing no damage to the seed, hence best fruit handlers
among frugivores.
2. They are known to disperse seeds far away from the parent plant, up to 100 km
3. Population of Hornbills directly effects regeneration of seed plants in their ecosystem.
Which of the above statement is/are incorrect ?

Who established Mandi State Association?

Pilot Project on Trout in Himachal Pradesh is being assisted by which country?

“Nono” minister is related to which Estate?

A British empire officer Henry Shuttle worth visited and photographed the Masroor rock cut temples in 1913, calling it a “_____________ temple”

Mahima Library was built in which year by Maharaja Amar Prakash of Sirmaur in the remembrance of his daughter ?

Which among of the following statement is correct ?
i) Shimla is built over several hills like , Prospect hill, Elysigim hill, Summer hill etc.
ii) Draupadi and rishi Vashisht were cremated at same place named Taandi.
iii) HPTDC built Turkish type of baths near Khirganga and Vashishth kund (Manali).

Asia’s largest fish breeding centre located in Bilaspur district situated on which rivulet ?

Tidong Valley in kinnaur district formed from which river system ?

Which among of the following pass is not located between Chamba- Kangra ?

Which among of the following place is known as the resting place of entire god and goddesses of Lahaul and Kullu valley ?

The Trigart Janpad was the confederation of how many local states?

Which fair is celebrated in the memory of the marriage of Padamsambhav with the local princess Mandarva ?

The mention of Audambar tribe is founded in Chandergomins book Sathpath brahmna. To which religion was Chandergomin associated ?

The conquest of Ashoka over himalayan region were written in which script?

which of the following commission was appointed by the Central Government on Union-State relations in 1983?

Which of the following taxes are levied by the Union but are collected and appropriated by the states?

Which of the following taxes are imposed and collected by the state government?

Which among the following is NOT true about the Estimates Committee?
I. The first Estimates Committee of the post-independence era was first set up in 1950
II. Estimates Committee has a right to question the policies approved by the Parliament
III. It consists of members that are both from LokSabha and RajyaSabha
IV. Chairman of the Estimates Committee is always from the Opposition party

What among the following is NOT true about the Public Accounts Committee?
I. The committee was first set up in 1919
II. It’s main function is to audit the annual reports of Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG)
III. It consists of 15 Lok Sabha members and 7 Rajya Sabha members
IV. The term of the office of the Public Accounts Committee is one year

Consider the following statements. Which among them is/are NOT true?
I. Standing Committees are the permanent committees that are constituted on a regular basis
II. Ad hoc committees are temporary committees that are dissolved when the task is completed
III. Committee of Privileges is an ad-hoc committee
IV. Joint Committee on Fertilizer pricing is a standing committee

Which among the following is not a standing committee?

The representatives of the state in the Rajyasabha are elected by which one of the following?

Which of the following article deals with the composition of council of states ( Rajyasabha) and the manner of election of its members?

Which of the following article of the Indian Constitution deals with the constitution of the Parliament of India?

Who appoints the members and chairman of the Central Information Commission?

Which of the following statement is/are correct about the Central Information Commission?

1. Post of Central Information Commission is derived from the RTI Act, 2005.
2. Chief Information Commission and other commissioners can hold office for the period of 3 years.
3. On the advice of Supreme court the President can remove the Chief Information Commission and other commissioners.

Which of the following did Gandhiji describes as his two lungs?

The differences with Gandhiji led Subhas Chandra Bose to resign the President ship of the India National Congress in 1939. Leaving the Congress he formed a new party called __________________.

About how old was Gandhi when he reached London to become a barrister?

From which station in South Africa Gandhi was thrown out of the train?

When was the Gandhi – Irwin Pact signed?

Clear nights are colder than cloudy nights because of

A gas thermometer is more sensitive than a liquid thermometer because a gas :

Heat from the Sun reaches the Earth by

In which of the following cases kinetic energy is being used in performing work ?

Which of the following occurred first ?