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Which committee was formulated to look into the matter of capital account convertibility in India?

  1. Narsimham commitee

  2. Tarapore commitee

  3. Tandon commitee

  4. Chore commitee

  5. None of the above


Correct Option: B

When did we have hung parliament for the first time in India? 

  1. 1988

  2. 1989

  3. 1990

  4. 1991


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Bofors scandal, LTTE, and other issues worked against the Congress in the 1990 Lok Sabha elections. There was a hung house for the first time in this election with no party getting a majority. The Congress won 197, The Janata Dal 143 and the BJP 85 out of 529 seats. No party could procure more than 50% of Lok Sabha seats to form the government at the Center.

Choose the correct answer form the alternatives given.
Shashi Kant Sharma was appointed in 2013 as the _________.

  1. Attorney General of India

  2. Comptroller and Auditor General of India

  3. Commissioner of Linguistic Minorities

  4. Chairman of the National Commission for SCs & STs


Correct Option: B

Which of the political party is born out of a movement?

  1. Akali Dal

  2. Asom Gana parishad

  3. Bahujan Samajwadi Party

  4. All of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Asom Gana Parishad or AGP was formed at the end of a six-year-long Assam agitation against the illegal infiltration of foreigners from Bangladesh into Assam. This protest was led by All Assam Students Union. AASU started a peaceful democratic movement demanding detection of all illegal migrants in the State in 1979 and the movement continued for years. In 1985, AGP was formed after the historic Assam Accord.

'Budget' is known as _________________.

  1. Annual financial statement

  2. Annual Budget

  3. Financial statement of the year

  4. It has no other name


Correct Option: A

Who among the following is the head of the expert committee on Streamlining Short-term Co-operative Structure in India?

  1. MB Shah Committee

  2. P Kotaiah

  3. Prakash Bakshi

  4. R K Singh


Correct Option: C

Aristotle, the father or Political Science, believed that the State continues to exist for the sake of good life his belief is right because __________________.

  1. The state alone can provide opportunities for the proper development of the individual's faculties

  2. State has the power to regulate and control

  3. State is what is made by the people

  4. State is the result of a contract


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Aristotle’s belief is right because modern state is a welfare state. The welfare state plays a key role in the protection and promotion of the social and economic well-being of its citizens. It is founded on the principles of equality of opportunity, equitable distribution of wealth, and public responsibility for those unable to avail themselves of the minimal provisions for a good life.

The government introduced free and compulsory education system for children in the age group of __________.

  1. 6 to 14 years

  2. 5 to 12 years

  3. 5 to 10 years

  4. 1 to 16 years


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act or Right to Education Act (RTE) was enacted on 4th August 2009 by the parliament of India. This was inserted in Article 21-A of the constitution. Children in the age group of six to fourteen were given rights to full time elementary education of satisfactory and equitable quality in a formal school. Article 21-A and the RTE Act came into effect on 1st April 2010.   

Main purpose of the adult education is to _______________.

  1. Increase the number of schools

  2. Increase the number of teachers

  3. Remove illiteracy

  4. Increase the knowledge of the people


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Adult education is a practice in which adults engage in systematic and sustained self–educating activities in order to gain new forms of knowledge, skills, attitudes, or values. Purposes of adult education may vary, the general purposes of which are summarized as: 

  1. Vocational
  2. Remove illiteracy
  3. Social
  4. Recreational
  5. Self-development

What is Net-Reproduction rate?

  1. Number of deaths of children below one year of age per 1000 live birth

  2. Birth rate minus death rate

  3. Average age to which a person at the time of his birth is expected to live

  4. The rate at which women are replaced by daughter who will have children.


Correct Option: D