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1. Consider the following statements:
(i) The RIRI as mentioned in economy survey stands for Rational Investor Ratings Index (RIRI).
(ii) The RIRI is computed by averaging a countrys GDP growth rate and its macro-economic indicators
(iii) The macro-economic indicators in RIRI is measured as the average of the fiscal deficit, current account deficit, and inflation (all with negative signs)
(iv) India scores above all the BRICS nation in RIRI
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) (i),(ii) and (iv) only
(b) (i),(ii),(iii) and (iv)
(c) (iii) and (iv) only
(d) (i), (ii) and (iii) only

2. In January 2015, the central statistics office released a new GDP series that shifted the base year from 2004-05 to?
(i) 2009-10
(ii) 2010-11
(iii) 2011-12
(iv) 2012-13

3. Since the end of June 2014 the international crude oil price declined by about 50%, Of this about 17% was passed on to consumers while the government retained the rest.
Which of the above statement justifies the Government actions?
(a) Government doesnt want to share the margin with the people.
(b) Accounting for uncertainty about the future movement of prices, it wants to provide a necessary cushion to absorb the effect of higher oil prices in the future.
(c)Government of India had fixed the prices of its crude import by the past MOU with importing nation.
(d) The cost of refining has gone up significantly in the last few months.

4. Indias overall revenue-to-GDP ratio (for the general Government) for 2014 is estimated at percent by the IMF.
(a) 19.5
(b) 25
(c) 29
(d) 33

5. The new scheme Pahal by the Government of India is related to?
(a)Nutritional support to the secondary school children.
(b) Direct Benefits Transfer under Right to food act.
(c)Cash transfer to the farmers due to inclement weather and crop lost.
(d) Direct Benefits Transfer for LPG (DBTL).

6. Consider the following statements:
(i) Government has raised gas prices from US$ 4.2 per million British thermal unit to US$ 5.6 and linking pricing, transparently and automatically, to international prices.
(ii)Government has recently disinvested 5 percent stake in Coal India Ltd. and yielded Rs 22,500 crore,of which 5,800 crore was from foreign investors.
(iii) Government has Instituted a major financial inclusion the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana under which over 12.5 crore new accounts have been opened till mid-February 2014.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) (i) and (iii) only
(b) (i) and (ii) only
(c) (ii) and (iii) only
(d) (i),(ii) and (iii)

7. Consider the following statements:
(i) Government has increased the FDI in Insurance sector from 24 percent to 49 percent.
(ii) As per the guidelines, FDI of up to 26 per cent come under automatic route and beyond 26 per cent and up to 49 per cent government approval is needed.

Based on the above statements chose the correct option?
(a) Statement I is only correct.
(b)Statement II is only correct.
(c) Both statements I and II correct.
(d)None of these.

8. With reference to the Expenditure Management Commission (EMC) under the chairmanship of Dr. Bimal Jalan, consider the following statements:
(i) The Commission will submit its interim report before the Budget of 2015-16 and its final report before the Budget of 2016-17.
(ii) Review the major areas of Central government expenditure, and to suggest ways of creating fiscal space required to meet developmental expenditure needs, without compromising commitment to fiscal discipline.
(iii) Suggest measures to improve allocative efficiencies in the existing expenditure classification system, including focus on capital expenditure.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) (i) only
(b) (ii) only
(c)(i),(ii) and (iii)
(d) (ii) and (iii) only

9. With reference to the estimates on employment growth in India and its survey, consider the following statements:
(i) Labour Bureau does annual survey
(ii) National Sample Survey (NSS) does Quinquennial survey
(ii) Census does a decadal survey
(iv) Economic Census (EC) doesnt have a fixed periodicity

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) (i) and (ii) only
(b) (i),(ii),(iii) and (iv)
(c) (i),(ii) and (iii) only
(d) (ii) and (iii) only

10. What does JAM Number Trinity solution means as per the Economic Survey 2014-15?
(a)Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-Mobile
(b)Jan Dhan-Awash-Mobile
(c)Jan Dhan-Account-Money
(d)Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-Market

11. Consider the following statements:
1. Macroeconomics is a study of individual markets of demand and supply and the players or the decision-maker seen as trying to maximise their profits(as producers or sellers) and their personal satisfaction or welfare levels(as consumers).
2. Even a large company is micro in the sense that it had to act in the interest of its own shareholders and not necessarily in the interest of the country as a whole.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) None of these

12. Macroeconomic policies of India are pursued by which of the followings:
1. Government of India
2. RBI
3. SEBI

Select the correct answer using the codes given below
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 1 only

13. Macroeconomics as a separate branch of economics, emerged after the British economist John Maynard Keynes published is celebrated book
(a) The Wealth of Nations
(b)On the Principles of political Economy and Taxation
(c)The Affluent Society
(d) The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money

14. Which of these are the factors of production?
1. Land
2. Labour
3. Revenue
4. Capital

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 1, 2 and 4 only
(c) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2 and 3 only

15. An Enquiry into the Nature and Cause of the Wealth of Nations book is written by?
(a) Adam Smith
(b) John Maynard Keynes
(c) Sir Richard Hicks
(d) Joseph Stiglitz

16. Consider the following statements:
1. Final goods produced in an economy can be classified into consumption goods and capital goods.
2. Consumption goods can be further classified into consumer durables and non durable.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) None of these

17. Choose the false statement among the following statements:
(a) The deletion, which is made from the value of gross investment in order to accommodate regular wear and tear of capital, is called depreciation.
(b) Net Investment = Gross investment Depreciation
(c)As per policy viewpoint, markets can be free market or Government controlled.
(d)If more capital goods are produced now, less will be the productive capacity of the system in the future

18. Match the following pairs:
Economic Systems Ownership
1. Capitalism (market economy) A. Private ownership
2. Socialism B. Essential and monopolies, government ownership
3. Communism C. Government ownership for almost everything

Which of the followings are correctly matched?
(a) 1-B 2-A 3-C
(b) 1-A 2-B 3-C
(c) 1-C 2-A 3-B
(d) 1-B 2-C 3-A

19. Who among the followings gave the Communist doctrine?
(a) Adam Smith
(b) Karl Marx and Frederick Engels
(c) John Maynard Keynes
(d) Joseph Stiglitz

20. With reference to calculation of Aggregate value of goods and services produced during a year, consider the following:
1. Expenditure method
2. Product method
3. Revenue method
4. Income method

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2 and 4

21. Which of the following earthquake waves is first recorded on the Seismograph?
(a) P-waves
(b) Rayleigh waves
(c) S-waves
(d) Love waves

22. The Intensity scale of the earthquake is called?
(a) Mercalli scale
(b) Ritcher scale
(c) Number scale
(d) None of the above

23. The point where the energy is released during the earthquake is called?
(a) Epicentre
(b) Hypocentre
(c) Circumcentre
(d) None of the above

24. The type of plate- boundary interaction along the Himalayas is known as?
(a) Continent-continent convergence.
(b) Divergent boundary
(c) Transform boundary
(d) Ocean-continent convergence

25. Which one of the following is not a longitudinal valley known as duns?
(a) Pathankot
(b) Jammu
(c) Dehradun
(d) Kashmir valley

26. The Godavari is the largest peninsular river system, it originates from which of the following places?
(a) Nasik
(b) Chota Nagpur
(c) Amarkantak
(d) Seshachalam

27. Which one of the following rivers is known as the Tsangpo in Tibet?
(a) The Indus
(b) The Brahmaputra
(c) The kosi
(d) The Krishna

28. The drainage pattern of a river resembling the branches of a tree is known as?
(a) Dendritic
(b) Radial
(c) Trellis
(d) Centripetal

29. Tamil Nadu gets its rainfall in the winter season from?
(a) South-West monsoon
(b) North-Eastern monsoon
(c) Temperate cyclones
(d) Local air circulation

30. Which of the following states is also known as Molassis basin which is made up of soft unconsolidated deposits?
(a) Mizoram
(b) Sikkim
(c) West Bengal
(d) Kerela

31. Consider the following pairs:
Scientist/Philosopher Related to Concept/Hypothesis
1. Immanuel Kant : Nebular Hypothesis
2. Chamberlain and Moulton : Wandering star Hypothesis
3. Edwin Hubble : Expanding universe Hypothesis

Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3

32. With reference to Big Bang Theory, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. In the beginning, all matter forming the universe existed in one place in the form of a tiny ball (singular atom) with an unimaginably small volume, infinite temperature and infinite density.
2. At the Big Bang the tiny ball exploded violently. This led to a huge expansion. It is now generally accepted that the event of big bang took place 4.7 billion years before the present.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

33. Choose the false statement among the following statements:
(a) A light year is a measure of time
(b) The distances the light will travel in one year is equals to 9.461*1012 km having known that light travels at a speed 300,000 km/second.
(c) The mean distance between the sun and the earth is 149,598,000 km, is known as Astronomical unit.
(d)The light takes 8.311 minutes to reach earth from Sun.

34 .The diameters of individual galaxies range from
(a) 80,000-150,000 Astronomical Unit(AU)
(b) 80,000-150,000 light years
(c) 50,000-1,00,000 light years
(d) 50,000-1,00,000 Astronomical Unit(AU)

35. With reference to our Solar system, which of the following statements is/are correct?
(a) Our Solar system is supposed to have been formed, started its collapse and core formation some time 5-5.6 billion years ago and the planets were formed about 4.6 billion years ago.
(b) Out of the eight planets, mercury, Venus, earth and mars are called as the inner planets as they lie between the sun and the belt of asteroids the other four planets are called the outer planets.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

36. Choose the Jovian planets among planets of our Solar system?
(a) Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are the Jovian planets
(b)Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are the Jovian planets
(c)Mercury and Venus
(d)Earth and Mars

37. The earths ocean were formed within million years from the formation of the earth.
(a) 4000
(b) 500
(c) 5000
(d) 4700

38. With reference to the Geological Time Scale, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. Sometime around 3,800 million years ago, life began to evolve.
2. Extinction of Dinosaurs happened in Jurassic period.
3. The Quaternary Period began with an ice age about 2 million years ago. It is often called the Age of Humans. It is divided into two epochs: Holocene and Pleistocene.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3

39. Arrange the following in the order of shortest to longest duration on Geological Time Scale?
(a)Epoch-Period-Era-Eons
(b)Eons-Era-Period-Epoch
(c)Epoch-Eons- Period-Era
(d)Era-Period-Epoch-Eons

40. Choose the false statement among the following statements:
(a) Due to the process of differentiation the earth forming material got separated into different layers.
(b) The present composition of the earth atmosphere has remained same throughout the earths history.
(c) Scientists at present believe that the moon was formed about 4.44 billion years ago due to the big splat.
(d) Through the process of differentiation that the earth forming material got separated into different layers.

41. Western Cyclonic Disturbance enters the Indian subcontinent from the west and the northwest, originate over the Mediterranean Sea and are brought into India by the
(a)Westerly jet stream
(b)Easterly jet stream
(c)Polar jet stream
(d)None of these

42. The Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) is a low pressure zone located at the equator where trade winds converge, consider the following statements:
1. In July ITCZ is located around 20 degree-25 degree latitudes (over Gangetic plain), sometimes called the monsoon trough.
2. Due to shift of ITCZ in north during summer, the trade winds of the southern hemisphere cross the equator and start blowing from southwest to northeast due to the Coriolis force.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

43. With reference to Easterly Jet stream, consider the following statements:
1. An Easterly Jet Stream flows over the southern part of the peninsula steers the tropical depressions into India.
2. In August it is confined to 15 degree latitude and shifts northward thereafter and crosses Himalayas.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

44. Choose the false statement among the following statements:
(a)The southwest monsoon is a continuation of the southeast trade wind, deflected towards the Indian subcontinent after crossing the equator.
(b)In winter India is under the influence of North West monsoon due to westerly jet stream
(c)The southwest monsoon sets in over the Kerala coast by 1st june.
(d)The shift in the position of the ITCZ is related to the phenomena of the withdrawal of the westerly jet stream from its position over the north Indian plain.

45. El-Nino is a complex weather system that appears once every three to seven years, consider the following statements in this regard:
1. The appearance of warm currents off the coast of Peru in the eastern Pacific.
2. The word El-Nino means Child Christ because the current appears around the Christmas in December.
3. El-Nino was one of the reasons for the deficit rainfall in India (2014).

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 3 only

46. During the south-west monsoon period after having rains for a few days, if rains fails to occur for one or more weeks, it is known as in the monsoon.
(a) withdrawal
(b) break
(c) burst
(d) decline

47. Consider the following pairs:
Local wind place
1. Mango shower : kerela and Karnataka
2. Blossom shower : Kerela
3. Kalbaisakhi : orissa

Which of the above pairs are correctly matched?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 3 only
(d) 1 and 2 only

48. Nor Westers: These are dreaded evening thunderstorms in Bengal and Assam. These showers are useful for tea, jute and rice cultivation. In Assam these storms are known as
(a)Bardoli Chheerha
(b)Bohag Bihu
(c)mango shower
(d)None of these

49. Consider the following statements:
1. Coriolis force is responsible for deflecting wind towards right in the northern hemisphere and towards the left in the southern hemisphere.
2. The Coriolis force is minimum at the poles and maximum at the equator.

Based on the above statements chose the correct option?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d)None of these.

50. The northern plains of India receive rainfall in winter due to cyclonic disturbances, they are of immense importance for the cultivation of ‘Rabi crops are locally known as
(a) mango showers
(b) mahawat
(c)blossom
(d) chheerha