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551.

In Akbar reign, Mir Bakshi was required to look after.....

A. Military affairs
B. the royal house hold
C. The state Treasury
D. the land revenue system
Answer» B. the royal house hold
552.

The theory of economic drain of India during British Imperialism was propounded by?

A. Jawaharlal Nehru
B. R.C Dutt
C. Dadabhai naroji
D. M.K Gandhi
Answer» D. M.K Gandhi
553.

The Battle of Plessey was fought in?

A. 1757
B. 1748
C. 1782
D. 1764
Answer» B. 1748
554.

To which kings the lion capitol at sarnath belongs?

A. Chandragupta
B. kanishka
C. Ashoka
D. harsha
Answer» D. harsha
555.

The impact of green revolution, first of all witnessed in the state of?

A. Bihar
B. GujaratC.M.P.
C. Punjab
D. Rajasthan
Answer» E.
556.

Income tax is a?

A. Indirect tax
B. Direct tax
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Service tax
Answer» C. Both 1 and 2
557.

Insurance penetration is defined as the?

A. Ratio of premium underwritten in a year to GDP
B. Ratio of premium underwritten in a year to total population
C. Ratio of insurance subscribers in a year to total population
D. Ratio of total number of policy holders in a year to total population
Answer» B. Ratio of premium underwritten in a year to total population
558.

Insurance density is defined as the—

A. Ratio of premium underwritten in a year to GDP
B. Ratio of premium underwritten in a year to total population
C. Ratio of insurance subscribers in a year to total population
D. Ratio of total number of policy holders in a year to total population
Answer» C. Ratio of insurance subscribers in a year to total population
559.

As per the revised estimate of CSO, the GDP in India at factor cost during 2008-09 was?

A. Rs. 28,71,120 crore
B. Rs. 31,29,717 crore
C. Rs. 44,82,436 crore
D. Rs. 33, 39,375 crore
Answer» D. Rs. 33, 39,375 crore
560.

Mid Day Meal Scheme?

A. Is a centrally funded and largest school meal scheme in the world Link
B. Provides each child in government and government aided school a minimum of 300 calories and 8–12 gm of protein each day of school for a minimum of 200 days
C. Provides lunch to about 120 million children
D. about 120 million children(D)
Answer» D. about 120 million children(D)
561.

Hedging and speculation in forex markets?

A. Are opposite activities
B. Parallel activities
C. Same activities
D. None of these
Answer» B. Parallel activities
562.

Product Cycle Model in international trade theory (Vernon, 1966)?

A. Is an extension of technological gap model
B. Is an extension of Heckscher-Ohlin model
C. Explains dynamic comparative advantage of new products and new processes of production
D. None of these
Answer» E.
563.

A currency swap refers to?

A. A spot sale of currency combined with a forward repurchase of the same currency—as part of single transaction
B. A forward sale of currency combined with a forward repurchase of the same currency—as part of a single transaction
C. A forward sale of currency combined with a forward repurchase of the same currency—in two different transactions
D. All of the above
Answer» B. A forward sale of currency combined with a forward repurchase of the same currency—as part of a single transaction
564.

Public-Private Partnership projects in India are mostly related to?

A. Airports
B. Ports
C. Railways
D. Roads
Answer» E.
565.

The largest share in the short term money market of India in recent times belonged to the segment-

A. Collaterised Borrowing and Lending Obligation (CBLO)
B. Traditional repo
C. Clearcorp Repo Over Matching System (CROMS)
D. Call
Answer» E.
566.

‘Quasi-rents’—

A. Are in the nature of free gifts
B. May be applicable to all factors of production
C. Comprise of all the returns to the firm in excess of the returns of the marginal firm
D. All the above
Answer» D. All the above
567.

The slope of an indifference curve expresses—

A. The marginal rate of substitution of two goods
B. A ratio of marginal utility of one good to another
C. ) Both (A) and (B)
D. A ratio of total utility of one good to another
Answer» B. A ratio of marginal utility of one good to another
568.

‘Pass through’ effect in international trade theory refers to?

A. The proportion of an exchange rate change that is reflected in export and import price change
B. Exports and imports not facing any tariff barrier
C. Exports and imports not facing any technical barrier
D. All of the above
Answer» B. Exports and imports not facing any tariff barrier
569.

The indifference curve technique is essentially—

A. A cardinal approach
B. An ordinal approach
C. A quasi-ordinal approach
D. All the above
Answer» C. A quasi-ordinal approach
570.

Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations—

A. Started in 1986 and completed at the end of 1993
B. Aimed at reversing the rising trend of non-tariff trade barriers
C. Replaced the GATT with WTO
D. All of the above
Answer» E.
571.

Investment is defined as a—

A. Deployment of a sum in business operations
B. Purchasing an interest bearing bond
C. Change in the stock of capital
D. All the above
Answer» D. All the above
572.

Heckscher-Ohlin theory explains—

A. Pattern of trade in terms of relative factor endowments of countries
B. Why a country may import products which use extensively the country’s scarce factor
C. The law of comparative cost
D. The concept of reciprocal demand
Answer» B. Why a country may import products which use extensively the country’s scarce factor
573.

The unproductive expenditure of the rich is____

A. Necessary to the employment of the poor
B. An impediment to the growth of an economy
C. Having no bearing on the economy
D. Having bearing only on the economy of the rich
Answer» B. An impediment to the growth of an economy
574.

Interest is paid—

A. To compensate for inflation
B. Due to superiority of present over future goods
C. Because demand for money outstrips its supply
D. To ensure the growth of the real sector
Answer» C. Because demand for money outstrips its supply
575.

Profit is caused by—

A. Dynamic element in the economy
B. Innovation
C. Windfall
D. All of the above
Answer» E.
576.

‘Supernormal’ profit may exist in a market due to—

A. Asymmetry of information
B. Restriction of information
C. Quantity restriction
D. Price restriction
Answer» B. Restriction of information
577.

A competitive firm maximizes its profit when—

A. MR = AR
B. MR = MC
C. MC = AC
D. MC = AR
Answer» C. MC = AC
578.

The on-going melt down had its origin in—

A. The real sector
B. The financial sector
C. The service sector
D. The textile sector
Answer» B. The financial sector
579.

Malthusian theory of population is based on—

A. Harmonic progression of population
B. Geometric progression of food production
C. Arithmetic progression of population
D. Geometric progression of population
Answer» E.
580.

Gresham’s Law states that—

A. Good money drives bad money out of circulation
B. Bad money drives good money out of circulation
C. Both good money and bad money may co-exist
D. Neither bad money nor good money may be long in circulation
Answer» C. Both good money and bad money may co-exist
581.

Say’s Law of Markets states that—

A. Demand creates its own supply
B. Supply creates its own demand
C. Demand creates its own demand
D. Supply creates its own supply
Answer» C. Demand creates its own demand
582.

First dwarf variety of paddy developed in India is?

A. Jaya
B. Saket-4
C. Govind
D. Narendra-97
Answer» D. Narendra-97
583.

Sprinkler irrigation is suitable,where the soil has-

A. Clayey texture
B. Loamy texture
C. Undulating topography
D. All of these
Answer» E.
584.

The weed that causes Asthma is?

A. Hirankhuri
B. Bathua
C. Parthenium
D. Krishna Neel
Answer» D. Krishna Neel
585.

Jalpriya is a variety of?

A. Maize
B. Jowar
C. Paddy
D. Barley
Answer» D. Barley
586.

Sugarcane Potato is an inter-cropping system of?

A. Autumn season
B. Zaid season
C. Spring season
D. Rainy season
Answer» B. Zaid season
587.

Deficiency symptoms of calcium on plants first appear at-

A. Lower leaves
B. Middle leaves
C. Terminal leaves
D. All leaves
Answer» D. All leaves
588.

DNA can be sequenced by the____

A. chemical method
B. chain termination procedure
C. both (a) and (b)
D. physical method
Answer» D. physical method
589.

Okazaki fragments occur during?

A. transformation
B. replication
C. polymerase reaction
D. synthesis
Answer» C. polymerase reaction
590.

In sperm heads, DNA is particularly highly condensed and the histones are replaced with small basic protein called?

A. protamines
B. purines
C. pyrimidines
D. all of the above
Answer» B. purines
591.

Klenow fragment without free nucleotides exhibits?

A. exonuclease activity
B. endonuclease activity
C. nickase activity
D. no activity
Answer» B. endonuclease activity
592.

E.coli DNA polymerases II and III lack...

A. 5' → 3' exonuclease activity
B. 5' → 3' endonuclease activity
C. partially 5' → 3' exonuclease activity
D. partially 5' → 3' endonuclease activity
Answer» B. 5' → 3' endonuclease activity
593.

DNA helicase is used to?

A. unwind the double helix
B. interact the double helix closely
C. break a phosphodiester bond in DNA strand
D. none of the above
Answer» B. interact the double helix closely
594.

Proteins involved in opening a replication bubble are?

A. DNA helicases
B. single stranded binding proteins
C. ligase
D. DNA topoisomerase
Answer» E.
595.

The nucleosome consists of histone_____

A. octamer and 146 bp of DNA
B. tetramer and 146 bp of DNA
C. hexamer and 146 bp of DNA
D. none of the above
Answer» B. tetramer and 146 bp of DNA
596.

Enzymes, responsible for unraveling short segments of DNA is?

A. DNA polymerase
B. helicase
C. DNA ligase
D. primase
Answer» C. DNA ligase
597.

Enzyme, responsible for proof reading base pairing is?

A. DNA polymerase
B. Telomerase
C. Primase
D. DNA ligase
Answer» B. Telomerase
598.

A cesium chloride will separate DNA molecules by___

A. absorption
B. resorption
C. density
D. adhesion
Answer» D. adhesion
599.

If one cell has AT contents 40%, what will be the percentage of Guanine residue?

A. 60%
B. 15%
C. 30%
D. Guanine residue can not be calculated
Answer» D. Guanine residue can not be calculated
600.

The overall conclusion of the Hershey-Chase experiment was that....

A. DNA was responsible for heredity
B. proteins and DNA were responsible for heredity
C. the ratio of Adenine to thymine was always the same
D. phage DNA was similar to bacterial DNA
Answer» B. proteins and DNA were responsible for heredity