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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
National Renewal Fund was constituted for the purpose of : |
| A. | Providing Pension for retiring employees |
| B. | Social Security |
| C. | Rural Reconstruction |
| D. | Restructuring and Modernisation of Industries |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
--------is the most industrially advanced State in India ? |
| A. | Maharashtra |
| B. | Punjab |
| C. | Gujrat |
| D. | Tamil Nadu |
| Answer» B. Punjab | |
| 3. |
Commercial paper is a source of credit for which one of the following ? |
| A. | Corporate Industry |
| B. | Small Scale Industries |
| C. | Commercial Banks |
| D. | Foreign Banks |
| Answer» B. Small Scale Industries | |
| 4. |
Name of the last Trithankara- |
| A. | Parsvanath |
| B. | Mahavira |
| C. | Sidhartha |
| D. | Subhadra |
| Answer» C. Sidhartha | |
| 5. |
In India, liberal Industrial Policy was adopted in the year : |
| A. | 1948 |
| B. | 1956 |
| C. | 1985 |
| D. | 1991 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
First Industrial Policy of free India was announced in the year: |
| A. | 1947 |
| B. | 1948 |
| C. | 1951 |
| D. | 1956 |
| Answer» C. 1951 | |
| 7. |
WHAT ARE THE 'CORE INDUSTRIES' IN INDIA? |
| A. | COAL |
| B. | ELECTRICITY |
| C. | PETROLEUM PRODUCTS |
| D. | ALL OF ABOVE |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
Encouraging more multinational companies in India is to promote the policy of : |
| A. | Globalisation |
| B. | Liberalisation |
| C. | Privatisation |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
Urbanisation and Industrialisation are determined to: |
| A. | Sustainable development |
| B. | Environmental and Ecology |
| C. | Preservation of biodiversity |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
Maruti views Tata Motors as a prominent competitor but does not view Volvo as a competitor. This type of competition in the market is known as : |
| A. | Product competition |
| B. | Production flow competition |
| C. | Cost control competition |
| D. | Service competition5)None of these |
| Answer» B. Production flow competition | |
| 11. |
Which is NOT a source of Industrial Finance in India ? |
| A. | Industrial Finance Corporation of India |
| B. | State Finance Corporation |
| C. | Unit Trust of India |
| D. | NABARD |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
The Tripitaka was written in- |
| A. | Brahmi |
| B. | Kharosthi |
| C. | Pali |
| D. | Sanskrit |
| Answer» D. Sanskrit | |
| 13. |
Which of the following is NOT an immediate indicator of industrial sickness ? |
| A. | Drop in profitablility |
| B. | labour unrest |
| C. | Shrinking of market credit |
| D. | Decline in market share |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
Omkar Goswami Committee was set up by the Government for examining the issue of :- |
| A. | Industrial relations |
| B. | Industrial sickness |
| C. | Growth of Small Scale Industries |
| D. | Reforms in the Banking sector |
| Answer» C. Growth of Small Scale Industries | |
| 15. |
Which of the following is the classification of industries on the basis of raw materials ? |
| A. | Small Scale and Large Scale |
| B. | Primary and Secondary |
| C. | Basic and Consumer |
| D. | Agro-based and Mineral |
| Answer» C. Basic and Consumer | |
| 16. |
The Green revolution in India has contributed to : |
| A. | Inter regional inequality |
| B. | Intercrop inequality |
| C. | inter class inequality |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17. |
Where is the Central Food Technological Research Institute CFTRI situated ? |
| A. | Bangaluru |
| B. | Karnal |
| C. | Mysore |
| D. | Lucknow |
| Answer» D. Lucknow | |
| 18. |
Where is the Indian Sugarcane Research institute situated ? |
| A. | New Delhi |
| B. | Varanasi |
| C. | Kanpur |
| D. | Lucknow |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
Indian Green Revolution started from : |
| A. | Pantnagar |
| B. | Bangaluru |
| C. | Kanpur |
| D. | Delhi |
| Answer» B. Bangaluru | |
| 20. |
Where first Agriculture University of India was established ? |
| A. | Kumarganj Faizabad |
| B. | Pantnagar |
| C. | Kanpur |
| D. | Naini Allahabad |
| Answer» C. Kanpur | |
| 21. |
Which of the following provides the largest credit to agriculture and allied sectors ? |
| A. | Cooperative Banks |
| B. | Regional Rural Bank |
| C. | Commercial Banks |
| D. | Co-operative and Regional Rural Banks |
| Answer» D. Co-operative and Regional Rural Banks | |
| 22. |
The percentage of agriculture land is very high in all the following states except : |
| A. | Punjab |
| B. | Haryana |
| C. | Uttar Pradesh |
| D. | Sikkam |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23. |
The Fourth Buddhist Council was convened during the regime of king- |
| A. | Ashoka |
| B. | Ajatsatru |
| C. | Kanishka |
| D. | Mahapadmananda |
| Answer» D. Mahapadmananda | |
| 24. |
Who is known as Father of White Revolution in India ? |
| A. | M.S.Swaminathan |
| B. | V.Kurien |
| C. | K.N.Bahal |
| D. | B.P.Pal |
| Answer» C. K.N.Bahal | |
| 25. |
Everything else can wait but not agriculture. The above statement is attributed to: |
| A. | Jagjiwan Ram |
| B. | Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| C. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| D. | Sardar Patel |
| Answer» C. Mahatma Gandhi | |
| 26. |
The importance of agriculture in Indian economy is indicated by its contribution to which of the following: |
| A. | National income and employment |
| B. | Industrial development and international trade |
| C. | Supply of food-grains |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
Indian Pulse Research Institute is located in : |
| A. | Allahabad |
| B. | Kanpur |
| C. | Faizabad |
| D. | Lucknow |
| Answer» C. Faizabad | |
| 28. |
The apex organisation for Marketing Co-operatives at the national level is : |
| A. | FCI |
| B. | NAFED |
| C. | National Co-operative Union |
| D. | National Agriculture Marketing Board |
| Answer» C. National Co-operative Union | |
| 29. |
NABARD was established in the : |
| A. | Fourth five year Plan |
| B. | Fifth Five year Plan |
| C. | Six Five year Plan |
| D. | Eighth Five year plan |
| Answer» D. Eighth Five year plan | |
| 30. |
The apex institution in the sphere of Agriculture credit is : |
| A. | State Bank of India |
| B. | Reserve Bank of India |
| C. | RegionalRural Bank |
| D. | NABARD |
| Answer» E. | |
| 31. |
The impact of Green Revolution was felt most in the production of : |
| A. | Wheat |
| B. | Rice |
| C. | Pulses |
| D. | Oil Seeds |
| Answer» B. Rice | |
| 32. |
Under which five year Plan agriculture register a negative growth ? |
| A. | Third |
| B. | Fifth |
| C. | Seventh |
| D. | Ninth |
| Answer» B. Fifth | |
| 33. |
Jivaka, the royal physician of Rajgrih, was the son of the Ganika named as- |
| A. | Salavati |
| B. | Ramaniya |
| C. | Basantsena |
| D. | Amrapali |
| Answer» B. Ramaniya | |
| 34. |
Agriculture sector directly employs one of the following percentages of labour force in India: |
| A. | 20% |
| B. | 30% |
| C. | 40% |
| D. | 65% |
| Answer» E. | |
| 35. |
Which is NOT a source of Agriculture finance in India ? |
| A. | Cooperative Societies |
| B. | Commercial Banks |
| C. | Regional Rural Banks |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. |
The head office of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is located in : |
| A. | Lucknow |
| B. | Hyderabad |
| C. | New Delhi |
| D. | Mumbai |
| Answer» E. | |
| 37. |
Where is the Central Rice Research Institute Located ? |
| A. | Bangaluru |
| B. | Kanpur |
| C. | Coimbatore |
| D. | Cuttack |
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. |
The Green Revolution in India was the outcome of the efforts of who amongst the following ? |
| A. | M.S.Swaminathan |
| B. | C.Rangrajan |
| C. | K.V.Kamath |
| D. | Rakesh Mohan5)None of thses |
| Answer» B. C.Rangrajan | |
| 39. |
The Commission in India dealing with minimum support price, procurement price etc. in connection with agricultural goods is the : |
| A. | Planning Commission |
| B. | Agricultural Costs and Price Commission |
| C. | Agricultural Price Commission |
| D. | National Marketing Commission |
| Answer» D. National Marketing Commission | |
| 40. |
Dr.S.Swaminathan has distinguished himself in which of the following fields ? |
| A. | Nuclear Physics |
| B. | Agriculture |
| C. | Astrophysics |
| D. | Medicine |
| Answer» C. Astrophysics | |
| 41. |
The Term Green Revolution has been used to indicate higher production through : |
| A. | Creation of Grasslands |
| B. | Planting more trees |
| C. | Creation of gardens in urban areas |
| D. | enhanced agriculrural productivity per hectare |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
Which one of the following methods of soil conservation is most effective in arid areas ? |
| A. | Mulching |
| B. | Shelter belt |
| C. | Gully plugging |
| D. | Terracing |
| Answer» C. Gully plugging | |
| 43. |
Who is said to have become the chief of the Jain Sangh after the death of Mahavira ? |
| A. | Jambu |
| B. | Badrabahu |
| C. | Sthulbhadra |
| D. | Sudharma |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
Indian agriculture is typically characterised as : |
| A. | Land surplus, labour, scare economy |
| B. | land surplus, labour surplus economy |
| C. | land scare labour surplus economy |
| D. | land scare4, labour scare economy |
| Answer» D. land scare4, labour scare economy | |
| 45. |
The fertile land between two rivers is called : |
| A. | Watershed |
| B. | Water divide |
| C. | Doab |
| D. | Terai |
| Answer» D. Terai | |
| 46. |
The largest producer of gold in the world is- |
| A. | Australia |
| B. | Canada |
| C. | Russia |
| D. | South Africa |
| Answer» E. | |
| 47. |
Which of the following has not been a component of the agriculture strategy that brought about the Green Revolution ? |
| A. | Greater intensity of Cropping |
| B. | Guaranteed maximum prices |
| C. | New agricultural technology |
| D. | Package of inputs |
| Answer» C. New agricultural technology | |
| 48. |
Through which one of the following continents do the equator, the tropic of cancer and tropic of Capricorn pass through ? |
| A. | Africa |
| B. | South America |
| C. | North America |
| D. | Australia |
| Answer» B. South America | |
| 49. |
Which is the agency the Government has engaged to grade and standardize various agricultural products ? |
| A. | Food Corporation of India |
| B. | Directorate of Marketing and Inspection |
| C. | Bureau of Indian Standards |
| D. | Central Statistical Organisation |
| Answer» C. Bureau of Indian Standards | |
| 50. |
Syadvad (the theoryof may be ) is a doctrine of- |
| A. | Lokayatism |
| B. | Saivism |
| C. | Jainism |
| D. | Vashnavism |
| Answer» D. Vashnavism | |