Q1. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana has been launched to
(a) to provide basic insurance cover to the women
(b) to extend financial help to the female students in rural areas
(c) to provide maternity benefit to rural women to contain female foeticide
(d) to provide free LPG connection to poor women
Q2. Consider the following statements:
1. World Heritage Outlook is the first global assessment of the conservation prospectus for natural World Heritage.
2. It is implemented by the UNESCO’s World Heritage Programme.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Q3. The power to disqualify the members of a Legislative Assembly under the anti-defection law is vested in the
(a) State Election Commission
(b) Chief Minister
(c) Speaker of the Assembly
(d) High Court of the concerned State
Q4. Which of the following statements is correct?
(a) A constitutional amendment bill can be introduced in only in the Lok Sabha.
(b) A constitutional amendment bill cannot be introduced in a State Legislature.
(c) The President cannot withhold assent to a constitutional amendment bill but can return it for reconsideration of the Parliament.
(d) Every bill that seeks to amend the constitution must be ratified by the legislature of at least half of the states.
Q5. Which of the following committee of the Parliament has no representation from the Rajya
Sabha?
(a) The Committee on Estimates
(b) The Committee on Public Undertakings
(c) The Committee on Public Accounts
(d) The Committee on Home Affairs
Q6. Consider the following statements:
1. Rajya Sabha cannot move an amendment to a money bill.
2. Unlike Lok Sabha, there are no nominated members in a State Legislative Assembly.
3. Speaker is the ex-officio chairman of the Business Advisory Committee of the Lok Sabha.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(a) 3 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 2 only
(d) 1 and 3 only
Q7. In the context of the Indian Freedom Struggle, what were Sandhya, Yugantar and Kal ?
(a) Local ‘samitis’ that enrolled the masses for participation in the freedom struggle
(b) England based organisations that aimed to influence public opinion to promote
Indian welfare
(c) Newspapers and journals that advocated revolutionary terrorism
(d) None of the statements (a), (b) or (c) is correct
Q8. Recent times have witnessed a rise in man-animal conflict with wild animals venturing into
cities and villages. Which of the following is/are among the main reasons for an increase in the
number of such conflicts?
1. Loss and fragmentation of their natural habitat
2. Reduction in the availability of natural prey
3. Increase in the population of wild animals
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 3 only
(c) 1 and 2 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Q9. With reference to the evolutionary history of the planet, which of the following events might
have led to instances of mass extinction of species?
1. Volcanic Activities
2. Sea level changes
3. Meteoritic impacts
Choose the correct alternative using the codes given below:
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Q10. Which of the following wild life species are naturally found in India?
1. Flying Squirrel
2. White-Cheeked Macaque
3. Clouded Leopard
4. Sloth Bear
Choose the correct alternative using the codes given below:
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 1, 3 and 4 only
(c) 3 and 4 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
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