10000 Questions for Prelims 2020 | Prelims 2020 Marathon
Dear Friends,
Let is share and post / paste here questions of various test series . If we crowd source enough, we know that questions will come from here. There was a thread of crowd sourced questions in the past, where @wunwun @burger @pizza and all had contributed and that year we had many questions come from there.
Let us start this initiative. Also please follow the convention followed last year by @neyawn Sir, let us number the questions in a serial number.
Here I am starting
#1Choose correct statements
1) M N Roy was the founder of Communism in India
2) M N Roy first mooted the idea of Constituent Assembly
3) Patel was the Chairman of Committee on negotiating with states
4) Nehru was the Chairman of Drafting Committee
Select correct
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 2 and 4 only
d) None of t
Consider the following statements:
1) European companies depended on Dadni merchants for cloth procure in initial days.
2) EIC replaced Dadni merchants with Gomastas.
Which of the above statements are correct?
A) 1 only
B) 2 only
C)Both
D)None of the above
C?
Could you provide the source with answer if possible?
Yes crct answer isC.
Consider the following statements regarding Deocha Pachami:
1. Deocha Pachami is among the biggest iron mines in the world.
2. Deocha Pachami is located in Chattisgarh.
3. Deposits are at a great depth of approx,. 300m.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
A. 3 only
B. 1 and 2 only
C. 1and 3 only
D. 1, 2 and 3
C?
Incorrect. Answer is A.
Deocha Pachami is a coal mine - it will eliminate all the other options.
It's in West Bengal.
acquaintedeconomist99941,samudragupt
With reference to the Union Executive, consider the following statements:
1. The Union Executive consists only of the President, Vice President and the Prime Minister.
2. Under the Indian Constitution, the political executive is only legally constituted.
3. The political executive in India is subjected to only legislative control.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A. 1 and 2
B. 3 only
C. 1, 2 and 3
D. None of the above
With reference to the Union Executive, consider the following statements:
1. The Union Executive consists only of the President, Vice President and the Prime Minister.
2. Under the Indian Constitution, the political executive is only legally constituted.
3. The political executive in India is subjected to only legislative control.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A. 1 and 2
B. 3 only
C. 1, 2 and 3
D. None of the above
D. None of the above
Which of the following animals have been extinct in wild from India?
1. Ostrich
2. Cheetah
3. Bengal florican
4. Nilgai
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
a. 1 and 3 only
b. 1 and 2 only
c. 1, 2 and 4 only
d. 2 and 4 only
nilgais are found in india,and ostrich are extinct,cheetah were to be reintroduced in india i guess ,so B?
Correct.
Indian researchers have found molecular evidence to confirm the presence of ostriches in India more than 25,000 years ago. Ostrich eggshell pieces in India, mostly in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh were studied. However, the bird is extinct in wild now in India.
Cheetah was declared extinct in 1952.
Bengal Florican is a rare bustard species that is very well known for its mating dance. It is rarely spotted in Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh.
Nilgai, also known as Blue Bull, is one of the most commonly found wild animals of northern India. Even though it is an antelope, it looks quite similar in appearance to an ox.
Subsidies for which of the following are considered as non-merit subsidies?
1. Elementary education
2. Solar power plants
3. Fertiliser
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
a. 2 and 3 only
b. 1 and 3 only
c. 1 and 2 only
d. 3 only
Ans. D
D?
Correct.
Merit goods are those goods and services that the government feels should be subsidised or provided free at the point of use so that consumption does not depend primarily on the ability to pay for the good or service. Merit goods and services create positive externalities.
Non merit goods are more harmful to consumers than they realize and they generate negative externalities. They are generally directed towards specific groups. Subsidy on the following are classified as merit or non merit subsidy.
Merit: Elementary education, primary health centres, prevention and control of diseases, and ecology and environment. Education (other than elementary), family welfare, sanitation services, welfare of SC, ST and OBCs, social welfare and nutrition, food for those below poverty line (BPL), plant protection, social and farm forestry, rural development, major and medium irrigation (non commercial), non-conventional sources of energy (other than atomic energy), and village and small industries.
Non-Merit: Irrigation (commercial), energy (power), coal and lignite, iron and steel industries, cement and non-metallic industries, petrochemical industries, chemical and pharmaceutical industries, dairy development, engineering industries, transport equipment industries, telecommunications and electronic industries, consumer industries, shipping, civil aviation, road transport, and postal services, food for those above poverty line.
eclectus,12432TrivendrumRajdhani
Which of the following isnota part of the IMF quota formula?
a. Gross National Product
b. Openness
c. Economic Variability
d. International Reserves
A I think
Correct.
The IMF uses a quota formula to help assess a member's relative position. The current quota formula is a weighted average of GDP (weight of 50 percent), openness (30 percent), economic variability (15 percent), and international reserves (5 percent).
Patrick_jane,
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