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GK Test (Static)

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

No government expenditure can be incurred in India except with the sanction of the

  1. Parliament
  2. Prime Minister
  3. President
  4. Supreme Court
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Dialectial materialism is associated with the theory of

  1. fabianism
  2. communism
  3. liberalism
  4. individualism
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A motion moved by a member in a legislature when it is desired to have a discussion on a matter of urgent public importance is called

  1. adjournment motion
  2. no-confidence motion
  3. cut motion
  4. None of these
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following was established by B. R. Ambedkar?

  1. Swaraj Party
  2. Samaj Samata Party
  3. The Independent Labour Party
  4. Bahujan Samaj Party
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following countries is not a permanent member of the Security Council of the United Nations?

  1. France
  2. Germany
  3. Russia
  4. USA
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was in favour of a partyless democracy?

  1. Jai Prakash Narain
  2. Bhupendra Nath Dutta
  3. M N Roy
  4. Jawaharlal Nehru
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When does Lok Sabha or a Vidhan Sabha election candidate forfeit his security deposit?

  1. When he fails to win the election.
  2. When he fails to secure even 1/4 of total votes polled.
  3. When he fails to secure even 1/5 of total votes polled.
  4. When he fails to secure even 1/6 of total votes polled.
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The term of office of the members of the UPSC is

  1. 3 years or 58 years of age
  2. 5 years or 60 years of age
  3. 6 years or 65 years of age
  4. 6 years
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

CTBT denotes

  1. arms control measure
  2. drugs control measure
  3. financial control measure
  4. trade control and regulation
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Name the state carved out of Madhya Pradesh after the Parliament passed the legislation in the year 2000.

  1. Vanachal
  2. Chhattisgarh
  3. Vidarbha
  4. Uttaranchal
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The majority of the provisions of the Indian Constitution can be amended

  1. by the State Legislatures acting together
  2. by the Parliament alone
  3. with the major approval of the Parliament and State Legislatures
  4. only on ratification by half of the States
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Economics of scales means reduction in

  1. unit cost of production
  2. unit cost of distribution
  3. total cost of production
  4. total cost of distribution
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

RBI does not transact the business of which State Government?

  1. Nagaland
  2. Jammu & Kashmir
  3. Punjab
  4. Assam
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The famous book The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money is written by

  1. J. B. Say
  2. J. M. Keynes
  3. Amartya Sen
  4. Carincross
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The definition of 'small scale industry' in India is based on

  1. sales by the unit
  2. investment in machines and equipments
  3. market coverage
  4. export capacity
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When the total product rises at an increasing rate, the

  1. marginal product is zero
  2. marginal product is rising
  3. marginal product is falling
  4. marginal product remains constant
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Water pipes in hilly areas often burst on a cold frosty night, because

  1. the material in which pipes are made contracts due to cold and so it burst
  2. water in the pipes freezes and on freezing water expands, so pipes burst
  3. burst makes the pipes rusty, so they break
  4. None of these
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

With which form of economy is the term 'Laissez-faire' associated?

  1. Capitalist economy
  2. Socialist economy
  3. Mixed economy
  4. Command economy
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The supply of agricultural products is generally

  1. elastic
  2. inelastic
  3. perfectly elastic
  4. perfectly inelastic
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The countries separated by the Mac-Mahon Line are

  1. Afghanistan and Pakistan
  2. Bangladesh and India
  3. China and India
  4. Pakistan and India
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following taxes is not collected by the Central Government?

  1. Income tax
  2. Customs duty
  3. Professional tax
  4. Excise duty
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The latest addition to the list of UNESCO’s world heritage sites in India is

  1. Qutub Minar
  2. Humayun’s Tomb
  3. Khajuraho Temple
  4. Red Fort
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the budget figures of the Government of India, interest payments, subsidies, pensions, social services are parts of the

  1. plan expenditure
  2. state government's expenditure
  3. public debt in the form of capital expenditure
  4. non-plan expenditure
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

'Green Accounting' means measuring the National Income of the country, taking into account estimation of

  1. the total forest area of the country
  2. the destruction of forest cover of the country
  3. pollution and environmental damage
  4. area of reclaimed fallow land
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The permission given to a bank customer to draw cheques in excess of his current account balance is called

  1. a personal loan
  2. an ordinary loan
  3. discounting a bill of exchange
  4. an overdraft
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