Q.14347·Miscellaneous·2012·EasyHow does the National Rural Livelihood Mission seek to improve livelihood options of rural poor? 1. By setting up a large number of new manufacturing industries and agribusiness centres in rural areas 2. By strengthening ‘self-help groups’ and providing skill development 3. By supplying seeds, fertilizers, diesel pump-sets and micro-irrigation equipment free of cost to farmers Select the correct answer using the codes given below:View question
Q.14348·Miscellaneous·2012·EasyThe Multi-dimensional Poverty Index developed by Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative with UNDP support covers which of the following? 1. Deprivation of education, health, assets and services at household level 2. Purchasing power parity at national level 3. Extent of budget deficit and GDP growth rate at national level Select the correct answer using the codes given below:View question
Q.14349·Miscellaneous·2012·EasyWhich of the following is/are among the noticeable features of the recommendations of the Thirteenth Finance Commission? 1. A design for the Goods and Services Tax, and a compensation package linked to adherence to the proposed design. 2. A design for the creation of lakhs of jobs in the next ten years in consonance with India’s demographic dividend Select the correct answer using the codes given below:View question
Q.14350·Miscellaneous·2012·EasyWhat is/are the recent policy initiative(s) of Government of India to promote the growth of manufacturing sector? 1. Setting up of National Investment and Manufacturing Zones 2. Providing the benefit of 'single window clearance' 3. Establishing the Technology Acquisition and Development Fund Select the correct answer using the codes given below:View question
Q.14351·Miscellaneous·2012·EasyWhich of the following are the methods of Parliamentary control over public finance in India? 1. Placing Annual Financial Statement before the Parliament 2. Withdrawal of moneys from Consolidated Fund of India only after passing the Appropriation Bill 3. Provisions of supplementary grants and vote-on-account 4. A periodic or at least a mid-year review of programme of the Government, against macroeconomic forecasts and expenditure by a Parliamentary Budget Office 5. Introducing Finance Bill in the Parliament Select the correct answer using the codes given below:View question
Q.14352·Miscellaneous·2012·EasyMahatma Gandhi undertook fast unto death in 1932, mainly becauseView question
Q.14353·Miscellaneous·2012·EasyExamine the following statements : 1. All colours are pleasant. 2. Some colours are pleasant. 3. No colour is pleasant. 4. Some colours are not pleasant. Given that statement 4 is true, what can be definitely concluded?View question
Q.14354·Art & Culture·2012·MediumWith reference to the history of ancient India, which of the following was/were common to both Buddhism and Jainism? 1. Avoidance of extremities of penance and enjoyment 2. Indifference to the authority of the Vedas 3. Denial of efficacy of rituals Select the correct answer using the codes given below:View question
Q.14355·Miscellaneous·2012·MediumLord Buddha’s image is sometimes shown with the hand gesture called ‘Bhumisparsha Mudra’. It symbolizesView question
Q.14357·Miscellaneous·2011·EasyMatch List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists : List-I (Joint exercise) A. Indra B. Cope India C. Ind-Indo Corpat D. Yudhabhayas List-II (Type) 1.Joint anti-terrorism exercise 2.Joint air force exercise 3.Coordinated maritime patrolling 4.Joint army exercise Code :View question
Q.14358·Miscellaneous·2011·EasyABC is a triangle right angled at B. The hypotenuse (AC) is four times the perpendicular (BD) drawn to it from the opposite vertex and AD < DC. What is AD : DC equal to?View question
Q.14359·Miscellaneous·2011·EasyABC is a triangle right angled at B. The hypotenuse (AC) is four times the perpendicular (BD) drawn to it from the opposite vertex and AD < DC. What is tan(A – C) equal to?View question
Q.14360·Miscellaneous·2011·EasyAn experiment consists of flipping a coin and then flipping it a second time if head occurs. If a tail occurs on the first flip, then a six-faced die is tossed once. Assuming that the outcomes are equally likely, what’s the probability of getting one head and one tail?View question
Q.14361·Miscellaneous·2011·EasyIf, in general, the value of sin A is known, but the value of A is not known, then how many values of tan(A/2) can be calculated?View question
Q.14362·Miscellaneous·2011·EasyConsider the following : 1. cosec⁻¹(–2/√3) = –π/3 2. sec⁻¹(2/√3) = π/6 Which of the above is/are correct?View question
Q.14363·Miscellaneous·2011·EasyConsider the following statements with regard to correlation coefficient r between random variables x and y : 1. r = +1 or –1 means there is a linear relation between x and y. 2. –1 ≤ r ≤ 1 and r² is a measure of the linear relationship between the variables. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?View question
Q.14364·Miscellaneous·2011·EasyIf the values of a set are measured in cm, what will be the unit of variance?View question