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Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana was launched to __________.

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  1. provide house to the rural poor

  2. provide road connectivity through good all weather roads to unconnected villages

  3. food security to the urban poor

  4. none of the above

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Correct Option: B

___________ is the energy efficient and cheapest mode of transport for carrying bulk goods.

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  1. Air Transport

  2. Coastal shipping

  3. Inland Water Shipping

  4. Road Transport

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Correct Option: B

Economic development has retarded in India mainly due to ______.

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  1. overgrowing service sector

  2. westernised social attitudes

  3. poor infrastructural facilities

  4. modern agrarian system

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Correct Option: C

The Indian railway runs nearly ________ daily.

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  1. 800 trains

  2. 9,000 trains

  3. 10,000 trains

  4. 12,500 trains

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Correct Option: D

Which one of the following statements, about the Indian Railways is correct?

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  1. It is the largest railway network system in the world.

  2. It is second largest railway network system in the world.

  3. It is the third largest railway network system in the world.

  4. It is the fourth largest railway network system in the world.

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Correct Option: D

Expansion in infrastructural facilities include _______________.

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  1. railway electrification and dieselization

  2. extraction of petroleum and gas reserves

  3. hydro, thermal and atomic power generation

  4. all of the above

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Correct Option: D

The Indian Railway have a route length about ___________ kms.

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  1. 64,000

  2. 63,500

  3. 67,000

  4. 72,000

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Correct Option: C

______ aims to provide road connectivity by way of good all-weather for hitherto unconnected villages.

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  1. Indira Awas Yojana (IAY)

  2. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)

  3. Swaran Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY)

  4. National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGP)

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Correct Option: B

All the following except ____________ are governmental agencies set up for the purpose of disseminating information about Government's policies, decision, programmes and activities.

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  1. The Press Information Bureau

  2. The Press Trust of India

  3. The Publications Division

  4. Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity

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Correct Option: B

_______energy consumption takes into account the direct and indirect consumption of fuels. 

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  1. Secondary

  2. Primary

  3. Direct

  4. Both B and C

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Primary energy consumption alludes to the immediate use at the source of rough energy, that is, energy that has not been exposed to any change or change process. It is the direct use of the resources which results in transferring of new material of waste.