General Awareness - 9 (DSSSB Grade II)

Statement 1 is correct: More than 50% of India's population is below the age of 25 and over 65% below the age of 35.
Statement 2 is incorrect: The total urban population in the country as per Census 2011 is more than 377 million constituting 31.16% of the total population. It means that the portion of village population in India is less than 70%.

The highest amount of humidity is found in the atmosphere during the rainy season during evening because humidity is directly proportional to temperature.

Deciduous forests in India are found in the areas where 65-100 cm rainfall occurs.

 Uttar Pradesh is the correct answer.

All the options are correct. Hence, option 4 is the correct answer.

Option (3) is correct.

In India, service tax was first introduced in the year 1994.

The Santhal Uprising of 1899 while Elgin II’s regime was from 1894-99.

Option 3 is the correct answer.

The Supreme Court recognized ‘basic structure’ concept for the first time in the historic Kesavananda Bharati[6] case in 1973. Ever since the Supreme Court has been the interpreter of the Constitution and the arbiter of all amendments made by parliament. In this case validity of the 25th Amendment Act was challenged along with the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-ninth Amendments.

Statement 1 is wrong: The States Reorganisation Commission under Fazal Ali did not out rightly reject the idea of linguistic states. Rather it broadly accepted language as the basis of reorganistion of states. It rejected the theory of ‘one language-one state’.
Statement 2 is correct: It suggested the abolition of four-fold classification of states under the original Constitution and creation of 16 states, and 3 centrally administered territories.

 Option 3 is correct.

Correct option is (3).

Correct option is 4.

Correct option is (2).