. Which one of the following approaches comes under the category of biotechnology? (a) Use of living organisms or substances obtained from them in industrial processes (b) Modernizing the commercial industries to produce products for use in biological research (c) Use of modern technology to investigate biological disorders (d) Use of industrial technology to increase the biosphere

. Which one of the following is correctly matched? (a) Dr. Kurien : Space Science (b) Dr. Malcom Adiseshaiah : Cooperative Movement (c) Dr. Abdul Kalam : Development Economics (d) Dr. Pramod Karan Sethi : Jaipur Foot

. Which one of the following seeds can benefit a patient of diabetes mellitus by normalizing his blood sugar level? (a) Coriander seeds (b) Mustard seeds (c) Cumin seeds (d) Fenugreek seeds

. Which of the following places have their standard times that are the same as GMT? 1. Accra 2. Dublin 3. Madrid 4. Lisbon Choose the correct answer from the codes given below: (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1, 3 and 4 (c) 1, 2 and 4 (d) 2, 3 and 4

. Consider the following passage: “In the course of a career on the road spanning almost thirty years, he crossed the breadth of the Eastern hemisphere, visited territories equivalent to about 44 modern countries, and put behind him a total distance of approximately 73,000 miles”. The world’s greatest traveler of pre-modern times to whom the above passage refers is (a) Megasthenes (b) Fa Hien (c) Marco Polo (d) Ibn Battuta

. Which one of the following statements regarding the office of the Speaker is correct? (a) He holds office during the pleasure of the President (b) He need not be a member of the House at the time of his election but has to become a member of the House within six months from the date of his election (c) He loses his office if the House is dissolved before the end of its normal tenure (d) If he intends to resign the letter of his resignation is to be addressed to the Deputy Speaker

. Which among the following pairs of places have most marked difference in total rainfall per annum even though located approximately along the same latitude? (a) Bangalore and Madras (b) Bombay and Visakhapatnam (c) Ajmer and shillong (d) Nagpur and Calcutta

. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched? (a) Rationing : Fiscal Control (b) Cash Reserve Ratio : Selective Credit Control (c) Licensing : Comprehensive Control (d) Import Quota : Physical Control

Who among the following introduced the famous Persian festival of NAUROJ in India? (a) Balban (b) Iltutmish (c) Firuz Tughlaq (d) Ala-ud-din Khilji

. Which one of the following comes under the jurisdiction of both the High Court and the Supreme Court? (a) Disputes between the Centre and the states (b) Disputes between the States inter se (c) Protection of the Fundamental Rights (d) Protection against the violation of the Constitution

. Which one of the following is INCORRECT in respect of Parliamentary control over the Budget? (a) Parliament has no say in the preparation of the budget (b) Parliament has the power to increase expenditure charged on the Consolidated Fund (c) Parliament has no power to impose a tax without the President’s recommendation (d) Parliament has no power to increase a tax without the President’s recommendation

. Which one of the following statements correctly defines the term ‘drain theory’ as propounded by Dadabhai Naoroji? (a) That the resources of the country were being utilized in the interest of Britain (b) That a part of India’s national wealth or total annual product was being exported to Britain for which India got no material returns (c) That the British industrialists were being given an opportunity to invest in India under the protection of the imperial power (d) That the British goods were being imported to the country making it poorer day by day

. Which arrangement of the following would show the correct sequence of demographic transition as typically associated with economic development? 1. High birth rate with high death rate. 2. Low birth rate with low death rate. 3. High birth rate with low death rate. Choose the answer from the codes given below: Codes: (a) 1, 2, 3 (b) 1, 3, 2 (c) 3, 1, 2 (d) 2, 1, 3

. Which of the following statements regarding the Constituent Assembly are true? 1. It was not based on adult franchise. 2. It resulted from direct elections. 3. It was a multi-party body. 4. It worked through several committees. Select the correct answer from the codes given below: Codes: (a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3 (c) 1 and 4 (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

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. Which of the following are the main causes of slow rate of growth of per capita income in India? 1. High capital output ratio. 2. High rate of growth of population. 3. High rate of capital formation. 4. High level of fiscal deficits. Select the correct answer from the codes given below: Codes: (a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (b) 2, 3 and 4 (c) 1 and 4 (d) 1 and 2