[GKmojo] Important Questions for TISS

Part 1
1) The term ‘UBI’ stands for:
a. Universal Basic Income
b. Union Basic Index
c. Unified Basic Income
d. Universal basic Index

2) The increase in population of a city includes:

a. Natural increase in population
b. In- migration to the city
c. Increase in population due to reconstitution of boundaries
d. All of the above

3) Which among the following companies is the world’s largest personal computer maker?
a. HP
b. IBM
c. Samsung
d. Dell

4) Trace the commonality in the cities given below and trace the odd one out.
a. Ahmedabad
b. Bangalore
c. Bhubaneshwar
d. Delhi

Note:- Delhi is Union Territory.

5) Which of the following is not a dimension of sustainability?

a. Intergenerational
b. Ever increasing productivity and incomes
c. Environmental considerations
d. Social sustainability

Note- the three dimensions of sustainability are:

• Economic Viability
• Improving Social Welfare
• Protecting the Environment

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6) Which Constitutional Amendments Act (CAA) provided for 33% reservation for
women in local bodies?
a. 73rd and 74th CAA
b. 83rd CAA
c. 64th & 68th CAA
d.9 1st CAA

7) Mumbai accounts for 6.6% of India’s GDP in 2014-15. This means –

a. Mumbaikars have 6.6% of country’s income
b. Mumbai pays 6.6% of country’s taxes
c. 6.6% of total production value of Indian goods and services are produced in
Mumbai
d. 6.6% of India’s General Development Fund is spent on Mumbai

8) The biggest difference in a slum and non-slum area is:

a. Poor living environment
b. Poverty
c. Presence of illegal activities
d. Lack of safety

9) The Assembly of all adult residents of the village is:

a. Area Sabha
b. Gram Sabha
c. Election
d. Lok adalat

10) Which of the following is a right accorded by the Indian State?

a. Education
b. Housing
c. Health
d. Sanitation

part 2
1. What is the concept of a developed country?
A. Optional income
B. Per capita income
C. Absolute poverty
D. Monetary income

2. Which country among the following is a developing country?

A.India
B.Japan
C.France

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D.Sweden

3. Which country among the following is a developed country?

A.Pakistan
B.Sri Lanka
C.India
D.England

4. The main feature to recognize a developing economy is

Ans:-Low per capita income
Developing nations are those with low, lower middle or upper middle incomes.
Common characteristics of developing countries are low levels of living
characterized by low income, inequality, poor health and inadequate education.

5. Quit India Movement started in?

a. 1945
b. 1942
c. 1935
d. 1929

6. In which type of economy are markets completely free?

A. Capitalist
B.Socialist
C.Mixed
D. None of these

Note:- Capitalism And Socialism: No truly free market economy exists in

the world. For example, while America is a capitalist nation, our government
still regulates (or attempts to regulate) fair trade, government programs, moral
business, monopolies, etc. etc. The advantage to capitalism is you can have an
explosive economy that is very well controlled and relatively safe. This would
be contrasted to socialism, in which the government (like a command
economy) controls and owns the most profitable and vital industries but allows
the rest of the market to operate freely; that is, price is allowed to fluctuate
freely based on supply and demand.

7. In which year was the world trade Organization established?

A.1992
B.1998
C.1991
D.1995

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8. Who owns the production resources in socialism?
A.State
B.Entrepreneur
C.Market mechanism
D.Planning commission

9. Which of the following economic activities belong to secondary sector?

A.Fishing
B.Banking
C.Industries
D.Cattle rearing

Note: - The Primary, secondary and tertiary sectors. The primary sector is related to agriculture;
the secondary sector is related to industry and the tertiary sector is related to services.

10. One Carbon Credit is equivalent to how much ton of Carbon di oxide?
a. 1 ton
b. 1.5 ton
c. 2 ton
d. 1.25 ton

part 3
1. Recent Rohingya refugee problem is faced by which country?
a. Singapore
b. Myanmar
c. India
d. Pakistan

2. Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas?

a. nitrous oxide
b. water vapour
c. methane
d. Nitrogen

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Note:- Greenhouse gases are those that absorb and emit infrared radiation in the
wavelength range emitted by Earth. In order, the most abundant greenhouse gases in
Earth's atmosphere are:
• Water vapor (H2O)
• Carbon dioxide (CO2)
• Methane (CH4)
• Nitrous oxide (N2O)
• Ozone (O3)
• Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
• Hydrofluorocarbons (incl. HCFCs and HFCs)

3. Sattriya is the dance form of which Indian state?

a. Nagaland
b. Assam
c. west Bengal
d. Kerala

4. Blue revolution is for

a. Potato production
b. Fish production
c. milk production
d. Meat production

5. By taking pulse rate of the human body a doctor determines

a. Condition of the liver
b. Heart Beat
c. Amount of blood in the body
d. checks the lungs

6. The largest organ in the human body is

a. Kidney cell
b. Muscle cell
c. Liver cell
d. Skin

7. Gauri Lankesh was murdered recently, she was a …

a. Politician
b. Actress
c. Journalist
d. None of these

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 8. Minimum wages act was enacted in the year?
a. 1951
b. 1948
c. 1947
d. 1960

Note: The Minimum Wages Act 1948 is an Act of Parliament

concerning Indian labour law that sets the minimum wages that must be paid to
skilled and unskilled labours. India introduced the Minimum Wages Act in 1948,
giving both the Central government and State government jurisdiction in fixing
wages.

9. ‘Godan’ a novel of peasant India is written by?

a. Dharamvir Bharti
b. Prem chand
c. Harivansh Rai Bachchna
d. Mohan rakesh

Note: - Some hindi novels and their writers

Godan, Gaban, Nirmala: Premchand
Junta Such: Yashpal
Iravati : Jai Shankar Prasad
Madhushala: Haribansh Rai Bachchan
Rashmirathi: Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
Anandamath: Bankim Chandra Chattopdhyay
Suraj ka satwan ghoda: Dharamvir Bharti
Aadhe Adhure: Mohan Rakesh

10. Partition of Bengal happened in which year?

a. 1907
b. 1905
c. 1902
d. 1919

All the best by GKmojo

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