. Variable reserve rates and Open Market Operations are instruments of (a) Fiscal Policy (b) Monetary Policy (c) Budgetary Policy (d) Trade Policy

TCS,

. The Ryotwari Settlement was introduced by the British in the (a) Bengal Presidency (b) Madras Presidency (c) Bombay Presidency (d) Madras and Bombay Presidencies

East India, HPAS, RRB, SSC,

. In many developing countries, three major causes of death and disease are (a) Lack of safe drinking water, increasing use of pesticides and thinning of the ozone layer (b) Contaminated food, global warming and industrial chlorofluorocarbons (c) Polluted air, green house effect and soil erosion. (d) Dirty water, contaminated food and polluted air

. The Neyveli thermal power plant is fed by (a) Gondwana Coal (b) Tertiary Coal (c) Quaternary Coal (d) Cambrian Coal

Cambrian,

. Which one of the following modes of privatization is the most comprehensive and complete? (a) Introduction of private capital in public sector (b) Contracting out management of public enterprises to the private sector (c) Transferring ownership and management to the workers (d) Transferring ownership and management to the private sector

. Vinegar is an aqueous solution of (a) Oxalic acid (b) Citric acid (c) Acetic acid (d) Hydrochloric acid

. Mahatma Gandhi was referred to as ‘the Father of the Nation’ first by (a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Vallabhbhai Patel (c) C. Rajagopalachari (d) Subhas Chandra Bose

ABC, Bhel, Competitive Exams, CTS, KBC, Unique, Wipro,

. Which one of the following strongly threatens biodiversity? (a) Fragile ecosystems such as mangroves and wetlands (b) Inaccessible habitats in the Himalayas (c) Destruction of natural habitats and vegetation and shifting cultivation (d) Creation of biosphere reserves

RRB, Western Railway,

. Next to Hindi, the language spoken by the largest number of people in the Indian subcontinent is (a) Urdu (b) Telugu (c) Bengali (d) Tamil

. Given below are two settlements, one labeled as Assertion (A) and the other labeled as Reason (R) : Assertion (A) : Hong Kong is to revert to China from British control in a few years Reason (R) : The people of Hong Kong have opted for it in a referendum. In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is true? (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A (b) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A (c) A is true but R is false (d) A is false but R is true

. Indian expertise was recently used in the archaeological restoration of the monuments at (a) Angkor Wat (b) Jerusalem (c) Rome (d) Yucatan

. The pitch of the voice of women is in general (a) Higher than that of men (b) Marginally lower than that of men (c) Much lower than that of men (d) The same as that of men

. An aero plane take off from 300 North Lat., 500 East Long., and lands at the opposite end of the earth. Where does it land? (a) 300 North Lat., 500 West Long. (b) 300 South Lat., 500 West Long. (c) 500 North Lat., 300 West Long. (d) 300 South Lat., 1300 West Long.

. The heart of human embryo starts beating (a) In the first week of its development (b) In the third week of its development (c) In the fourth week of its development (d) In the sixth week of its development

. Given below are voting percentages of a political party secured in three successive elections to the Lok Sabha: Years 1984 1989 1991 Percentages of Votes 7.4 11.4 22.4 The party which secured these percentages of votes was (a) Congress(I) (b) Bahujan Samaj Party (c) Bharatiya Janata Party (d) Communist Party of India (Marxist)