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1. When a body is taken from the earth to the moon : (A) Its weight increases (B) Its weight decreases (C) Its weight remains unchanged (D) It becomes completely weightless 2. Expansion during heating : (A) Occurs only in solid (B) Increases the weight of the material (C) Decreases the density of the material (D) Occurs at the same rate for all liquids and solids 3. Threat of global warming is increasing due to increasing concentration of: (A) Ozone (B) Nitrous oxide (C) Sulphur dioxide (D) Carbon dioxide 4. The Finance Commission is primarily concerned with recommending to the President about : (A) The principle governing grants-in-aid to be given to the States (B) Distributing the net proceeds of the taxes between the Centre and the States (C) Neither (A) nor (B) (D) Both (A) and (B) 5. To be officially recognized by the Speaker of Lok Sabha as an Opposition Group, a party or Coalition of Parties must have at least : (A) 50 members (B) 60 members (C) 80 members (D) 1/3 of total members of the Lok Sabha 6. Hindu Rate of growth refers to the rate of growth of : (A) GDP (B) Population (C) Foodgrains (D) Per capita income 7. Which one of the following was favoured by Nehru but not favoured by Gandhiji? (A) Truth (B) Non-violence (C) Untouchability (D) Heavy industrialisation 8. Consider : Assertion (A) : Nehru had no regard for the Upanishads. Reason (R) : His attitude was scientific. Now select your answer from the following code : Codes : (A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. (B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A. (C) A is true but R is false.
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(D) A is false but R is true. 9. Consider the following statements : Assertion (A) : Muhammad Tughlaqs scheme of token currency was a failure. Reason (R) : Muhammad Tughlaq had no proper control over the issuance of coins. Select the correct answer using the code given below : Codes : (A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. (B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A. (C) A is true but R is false. (D) A is false but R is true. 10. Rock cut architecture in Harapan culture context has been found at : (A) Kalibangan (B) Dhaulabira (C) Kotdiji (D) Amri 11. In India, national income is estimated by : (A) Planning Commission (B) Central Statistical Organization (C) Indian Statistical Institute (D) National Sample Survey Organization 12. Right to Education to all children between the age of 6 to 14 years is : (A) Included in the Directive Principles of State Policy (B) A Fundamental Right (C) A Statutory Right (D) None of the above 13. Who among the following designed the Indian National Flag : (A) Pingali Venkayya (B) Bahadur Yar Jung (C) Alluri Sita Rama Raju (D) Subhash Chandra Bose 14. Subroto cup is associated with which of the following games : (A) Cricket (B) Football (C) Hockey (D) Badminton 15.The poorest district in India Malkangiri is in which state? (A) Sikkim (B) West Bengal (C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Orissa You might also like: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE PRACTICE QUESTIONS OBJECTIVE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS UNO RELATED OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS UPSC CDS 2011 general knowledge Questions
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47. Peace Palace is the official headquarters of a. WHO b. FAO c. ICJ d. IBRD 48. Find the odd one out. a. DOS b. WINDOWS c. LINUX d. LISP 49. Which of the following is the capital of the land of midnight sun? a. Vienna b. Oslo c. Helsinki d. Prague 50. Christiana is the former name of which of the following cities? a. Copenhagen b. Oslo c. Ottawa d. Berlin
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Anti Poverty Year of Objective/Description Programmes Beginning To make the poorest families of the village economically independent (only in Rajasthan) Assistance is given to the poor families living below the poverty line in rural areas for taking up self employment. Providing gainful employment for the rural poor. To provide gainful employment during the lean agricultural season in manual work to all able bodied adults in rural areas who are in need and desirous of work, but can not find it.. Focus on village level development in 5 critical areas, i.e. primary health, primary education, housing, rural roads and drinking water and nutrition with the overall objective of improving the quality of life of people in rural areas. To provide legal guarantee for 100 days of wage employment to every household in the rural areas of the country each year, To combine the twin goals of providing employment and asset creation in rural areas It seeks to provide employment to the urban unemployed lying below poverty line and educate upto IX standard through encouraging the setting up of self employment ventures or provision of wage employment. It aims at providing food securities to poor families. To utilize black money for constructing low cost housing for the poor. All Round development of the rural poor through a program of asset endowment for self employment. To provide suitable opportunities of self
Antodaya Yojana
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Swarnajayanti Gram 1999 Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar 2001 Yojana (SGRY)
Employment Assurance Scheme
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Pradhanmantri Gramodaya 2000 Yojana (PMGY)
National Rural Employment Guarantee 2006 Scheme (NREGS)
Swarnajayanti Shahari 1997 Rozgar Yojana (SJRY)
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Antidaya Anna 2000 Yojana National Housing Bank Voluntary Deposit Scheme Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) Development
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of Women and 1982 Chidren in Rural Areas (DWCRA) National Social Assistance 1995 Programme Jan Shree Bima Yojana Jai Prakash Narayan Rojgar Guarantee Yojana 2000 employment to the women belonging to the rural families who are living below the poverty line. To assist people living below the poverty line. Providing insurance security to people below poverty line.
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Proposed Employment Guarantee in 2002-03 in most poor districts. budget Education of Children below poverty line.
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Shiksha 2001 Sahyog Yojana

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S.No. Child Year of Welfare Objectives/Description Beginning Programmes Integrated Child Development 1975 Services (ICDS) It is aimed at enhancing the health, nutrition and learning opportunities of infants, young children (O-6 years) and their mothers. Overall development of children, childhood protection, complete immunisation, awareness generation among parents on malnutrition, health and education. To provide quality Integrated and sustainable Primary Health Care services to the women in the reproductive age group and young children and special focus on family planning and Immunisation. To eradicate poliomyelitis (polio) in India by vaccinating all children under the age of five years against polio virus. All children in school, Education Guarantee Centre, Alternate School, ' Back-to-School' camp by 2003; all children complete five years of primary schooling by 2007 ; all children complete eight years of elementary schooling by 2010 ; focus on
Creche Scheme for the children of working mothers
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Reproductive and Child 1951 Health Programme
Pulse Polio Immunization 1995 Programme
Sarva Shiksha
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Abhiyan elementary education of satisfactory quality with emphasis on education for life ; bridge all gender and social category gaps at primary stage by 2007 and at elementary education level by 2010 ; universal retention by 2010 To ensure access and quality education to the girls of disadvantaged groups of society by setting up residential schools with boarding facilities at elementary level. Improving the nutritional status of children in classes I VIII in Government, Local Body and Government aided schools, and EGS and AIE centres.Encouraging poor children, belonging to disadvantaged sections, to attend school more regularly and help them concentrate on classroom activities. Providing nutritional support to children of primary stage in droughtaffected areas during summer vacation. Provisions for shelter, nutrition, health care, sanitation and hygiene, safe drinking water, education and recreational facilities and protection against abuse and exploitation to destitute and neglected street children. Reduction in child and maternal mortality, universal access to public services for food and nutrition , sanitation and hygiene and universal access to public health care services with emphasis on services addressing women's and children's health universal immunization, etc.
Kasturba Gandhi Balika 2004 Vidyalaya
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1. Which is the largest airport in the world? (A) Singapore Airport (B) The Kaulalumpur International Airport (C) Heathrow at London (D) The King Khalid airport at Saudi Arabia 2. Prithvi is a? (A) Surface-to-air missile (B) Surface-to-surface missile (C) Air-to-surface missile (D) Air-to-air missile 3. At the end of 2001, the Indian government approved the cultivation of B. T. Cotton. Which multinational company is the major beneficiary of this deci sion? (A)Cargil (B) BASF (C) Monsanto (D) All of these 4. The World Literacy Day is celebrated on? (A) 8th September (B) 5th June (C) 15th August (D) 5th September 5. Which was the first University to be established in the world? (A) Harvard University (B) Nalanda University (C) Oxford University (D) None of these 6. The speed of light will be minimum while passing through? (A)glass (B) vacuum (C)air (D) water 7. Which of the following chemicals has been recently allowed by the government of India to be mixed with petrol? (A) Methanol (C) Kerosene (B) Ethanol (B) Butanol 8. What is the name of the instrument used to measure blood pressure? (A) Barometer (B) Hygrometer (C) Hydrometer (D) Sphygmomanometre 9. Who was the Prime Minister of England when India got independence? (A) Attlee (C) Thatcher (B) Churchill (D) Wilson 10. Which, among the following, would you consider a historical source? (A) Numismatics (B) Epigraphs (C) Rock paintings (D) Census reports 11. What is not correct about a soft loan? 1. It is a loan bearing no rate of interest 2. It has an interest rate which is above the true cost of the capital lent 3. The world bank gives soft loans to developing countries for long-term capital projects (A)Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C)2and3 (D) 1 and3 12. Which is the only historical monument which can be seen by the naked eyes from the moon? (A) The Leaning Tower of Pisa (B) The Pyramids of Egypt (C) The Statue of Liberty, NewYork (D) The Great Wall of China 13. Formal services of Credit do not include? (A) Self-help groups (B) Cooperatives (C) Employers
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(D) L.I.C. 14. The most common route for investments by MNCs in countries around the world is to? 1. Set up new factories 2. Buy existing local companies 3. Form partnerships with local companies 4. Invest in companies with low turn over (A) 1,3 and 4 (B) 2and3 (C) 2,3and4 (D) All of the above 15. How many faces are there in an octahedron? (A)4 (B)6 (C)8 (D) 12 16. Night-blindness is caused by lackof which vitamin? (A) Vitamin A (B) Vitamin B (C) Vitamin C (D) Vitamin D 17. The most abundant element in Earths atmosphere is? (A) Argon (C) Oxygen (B) Nitrogen (D) Krypton 18. The breadth of the railway broadgauge is approximately? (A)2m (B) 1.88 m (C)1.67 m (D) 1.33 m 19. Which is the richest soil among the following? (A) Black soil (B) Red soil (C) Laterite soil (D ) Alluvial soil 20. Sun rises in the east and sets in the west due to the? (A) shape of earth (B) revolution of earth around the sun (C) rotation of earth on its axis (D) movements of the sun 21. A person of which of the following blood group can receive blood of any group? (A)A (B)AB (C)B (D)0 22. Evergreen type of forests are found in? (A) Equatorial climate (B) Monsoon climatic region (C) Desert regions (D) Mediterranean region 23. What is the other name for River Gangas? (A) Sapthanadi (B) Bhageerathi (C) Savitri (D) Bhadravati 24. The earth is? (A)Spherical (B)Elliptical (C)Oblate spheroid (D) Pralate spheroid 25. Which of the following set can not enter into the list of fundamental quantities in any system of units? (A) Length, mass and velocity (B) Length, time and velocity (C) Mass, time and velocity (D) Length, time and mass 26 Which of the following is / are the main agents of soil erosion? (A) Wind and water (B) Rocks (C) Sand (D) High temperature and humidity 27. Who is the Minister of Agriculture of India? (A) Sharad Pawar (B) Ran Vilas Paswan
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(C) Shiv Raj Patil (D) None of these 28. Monsoon is caused by? (A) Revolution of Earth (B) Movement of Clouds (C) Seasonal reversal of the winds (D) Larger change in amplitude of seasonal cycle of land temperature 29. Which is the last letter of the Greek alphabet? (A) Omega (B) Sigma (C) Zeta (D) Chi 30. Which is the birth place of Hitler? (A) Germany (B) Hungary (C) Austria (D) France 31. Who elects President of India? (A) Lock Sabha (B) Rajya Sahha (C) People of India (D) Parliament and State Assemblies 32. Which country is called the Land of Cakes? (A)Britain (B) Spain (C)France (D) Scotland 33. Which of the following books is not written by Kalidas? (A) Kathasaritsagar (B) Meghdutam (C) Raghuvansham (D) Pushpavan Vikasam 34. In India, the Chief Minister of a State is not eligible to vote in the Presidential elections if? (A) he himself is a candidate (B) he is yet to prove his majority in the State legislature (C) he is a member of the upper house of the State legislature (D) he is a caretaker Chief Minister 35. When can the Speaker exercise his right to vote in the house? (A) Whenever he desires (B) Whenever the house desires (C) In the event of equality of votes (D) Whenever his party directs 36. which of the following is not a cash crop? (A)Jute (B) Paddy (C)Cashew-nut (D) Rubber 37. Which TV channel has been in the news for its coverage of the Bin Laden crisis, especially for having carried out the broadcast of Osama Bin Laden to audiences in West Asia? (A) Star Asia (B) B. B. C. Asia (C) Al Jazeera (D) Khaleed Times 38. The oldest monarchy in the world is that of? (A) Nepal (B) U. K. (C) Spain (D) Japan 39. Who was Karl Marxs main collaborator on his famous works? (A) V.I. Lenin (B) Max Weber (C) Fredrick Engels (D) Joseph Stalin 40. Which is the first Asian country to host the Commonwealth Games? (A) South Korea (B) Japan (C)Malaysia (D) China
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National Research Centre on New Delhi Plant Biotechnology
To undertake research, teaching and training 1985 personnel in the modern areas of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. To cater to the emerging plant protection needs 1988 of different agroecological zones of the country. To undertake basic and applied research to develop 1985 technologies for improvement
National Centre for Integrated Pest Management (NCIPM)
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National Research Center For
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Citrus and increased productivity in citrus, etc. To undertake the programmes involving basic and strategic research for resolving the major biotic and abiotic constraints affecting the 1977 grapes production, productivity and sustain productivity and promote diversification to wine production and other value added products To undertake basic and strategic research for developing technologies to enhance productivity and utilization of 1993 Banana. To develop improved cultivars through traditional and biotechnological methods and conserve the diversity. To conduct basic and strategic research to enhance production, productivity and 2000 quality of seed spices with special reference to export and domestic demand, etc.
National Research Center for Grapes
Pune
National Research Centre for Banana
Tamil Nadu
National Research Ajmer Center on Seed species
To develop suitable varieties with high yield National potential and Research Maharashtra 2005 quality fruits Center on having Pomegranate resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses. To collect, conserve, characterize and evaluate germplasm and 1996 develop National repository of orchids and bulbous flowering plants, etc.
National Research Center on Orchids
Sikkim
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To under take basic and applied research for developing and delivering technologies based on sustainable 1988 agroforestry prctices on farms, marginal and wastelands for different agroclimatic zones in INDIA, etc. To carryout basic and applied research on camel 1984 production and health as influenced by different farming practices, etc. To improve and conserve Marwari Horses and also to produce french 1985 male Donkeys for improving indigenous donkeys and mule production. To conduct basic and applied research in the frontiner areas of meat science and technology 1999 and to develop human resource for the fast growing meat sector. To bring in excellence in pig production, health and product processing through innovative research in order to provide technology backstopping for enhanced pork production, employment generation and poverty reduction among socially and economically weaker sections through the medium of pig husbandry. To establish a
National Research Center for Agroforestry
Uttar Pradesh
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National Camel Research Center
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National Research Centre on Equines
Rajasthan
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National Research Center on Meat
Hyderabad
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National Research Assam Center on Pig
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small herd of pure yaks to carry out observations on performances under range and semi-range systems of 1989 management, to conduct research on improvement of yak and its products though selection and breeding with exotic frozen semen, etc. Identifiation, evaluation and characterization of mithun germplasm available in the country. Conservation and 1988 improvement of mithun for meat and milk . To act as a repository of germplasm and information centre on mithun. To strengthen agricultural economics research through integration of economics input in planning, designing, and evaluation of agricultural 1991 research programs and enhancing the competence in agricultural policy analysis within the National Agricultural Research System.
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National Research Center on Yak
West Kemang
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National Research Institute on Mithun
Nagaland
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National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NCAP)
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To find short term as well as long term solutions to the 1977 problems of malaria through basic, applied and operational field research. To develop a nationally applicable tuberculosis control programme on a 1959 community basis and to train the key personnel to execute this programme in the states. To carry out mission-oriented research and development on cancers prevalent in the Indian subcontinent, 1952 and where there are internationally competitive opportunities, will use state-ofthe-art technolog.
All India Maleria Research Institute
New Delhi
National Tuberclosis Institute
Bangalore
Indian Cancer Research Mumbai Center
Indian veterinary Research Institute
To conduct research, provide postgraduate education and Mukteshwar transfer of the (H.P.), 1889 technology in all Izzatnagar areas of animal (U.P.) sciences with emphasis on animal health and production, etc. To establish a quality Ayurveda Institute for providing value 2006added and 07 globally relevant education based on eteral human values. To conduct research on basic and clinical aspects of chest medicine, to train post graduates in Pulmonary 1949 medicine and allied subjects, to develop new
Institute of Ayurvedic Studies and Research
Jamnagar (Gujarat)
Vallabh Bhai Patel Chest Institute
Delhi
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diagnostic technology and disseminate scientific knowledge related to chest medicine. to support the Learning Community, Faculty, Researchers and Scientists in their day-to-day information needs, to collect, 1899 process, organize and disseminate the scientific information in Print and other media in the field of Biomedicine and allied subjects, etc. To provide training, service and operational research in the field of 1963 communicable diseases and their prevention and control in the country. To provide research modules in the 1921 feild of medicine in tropical and developing countries. To provide diagnostic treatment and referral services 1955 to leprosy patients, training aspects of leprosy and its control.
Haffkine Institute
Mumbai
National Institute of Delhi Communicable Diseases
School of Tropical Medicine
Kolkata
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Central Leprosy Training and Research Institute
Chingelpet
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To provide high quality patient care, to attain self-sufficiency in postgraduate medical P. G.I. Medical education and to Education and Chandigarh 1962 meet the Research countrys need for highly qualified medical teachers in all medical and surgical fields, etc. To study the health-related nutrition and food hygiene Hyderabad 1918 problems and to
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National Institute of
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Nutrition train nutrition and food hygiene specialists. Epidemiological and environmental monitoring and corollary toxicological studies in hazardous occupations for recognition and evaluation of risk factors, Ahmedabad 1969 development of tools for early diagnosis of health impairment and design of appropriate intervention measures for the prevention of hazards at work places., etc. To revive the manufacturing unit according to GMP norms utilizing it as a common facility 1899 for the production of Anti snake venom, cholera and Typhoid Vaccine, etc. To deliver integrated occupational health care programme by conducting short term certificate course in occupational health and safety for the 1932 medical/nonmedical personnel attached to different industries, research studies in the field of occupational health and safety, etc. Organization and management of health system based on primary health 1984 care with particular emphasis on district health system in urban and rural areas.
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National Institute of Occupational Health
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King Institute of Guindy Preventive (Chennai) Medicine
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All India Institute of Hygiene & Public Health
Kolkata
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Indian institute of health Jaipur management research
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To augment the national capability strengthening of 1911 the institutions involved in both basic and clinical sciences in the country, etc.
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Indian Council of Medical New Delhi Research

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