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Rangrajan Committee In order to watch the fluctuations in the prices of land in various parts of the country, National Housing Bank (NHB) has introduced in July 2007 a mean index Residex The first energy exchange of India which started its working with effect from June 27, 2008 is Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) RBI (Reserve Bank of India) changed the name of Monetary and Credit Policy to Annual Policy Statement from May 2004 With effect from September 14, 2010 the new series of Wholesale Price Index (WPI)has been introduced with 2004-2005 as its base year (replacing 1993-1994 as base year) The Apex institution for financing exports and imports is Export-Import Bank As per the latest data for 2009-2010 (revised estimates) the per capita income in India stands at Rs. 44,354 The number of Finance Commission set up upto now is : 13 Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY)was started on : April 1, 1989 In April 1980, how many banks were nationalized ? Six Banks How many Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) are working in the country ? 96 With the objective to lessen the burden of parents in meeting the educational expenses of their children , the scheme which was launched on December 31, 2001 was : Shiksha Sahayog Yojana The year 2007 was declared as the : The year of Clenliness The State Bnks of India recently lauched a scheme to provide better services/facilities to its customers and to attract more and more new customers. The scheme is named : Parivartan The first energy exchange named as Indian Energy Exchange (IEx)started its working with effect from : June 27 , 2008 T. R. Rastogi Panel is associated with Review of Service Tax Issues GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIROMENT Kaziranga in known for One horned Rhinos The only land-locked country in South-East Asia is Laos The largest industry in India is Textile industry The central Building Research Centre is located at Roorkee Which place of India is known as Queen of the Arabian Sea ? Kochi The most urbanised state in India is Maharashtra Bermuda triangle lies in North Atlantic Ocean The aggregate of processes that determine the size and composition of any population is known as Population explosion Plant and animals living in a particular area constitute ? Biomass Which forests have maximum diversity ? Tropical forests The planet which has maximum number of satellites is : Jupiter Which planet is known as sister of earth ? Venus The study of universe is called : Cosmology The Large natural ecosystem comprised of abiotic (land , air , water , and solid of the concerned habitat ) and biatic ( plant , animals and micro-organisms ) is calles : Biome Browne Waterfalls are situated in : New Zealand The highest glacial lake of India located at the height of 17,145 feet in Garhwal Himalaya is : Devtal Project Tiger, one of the premier conservation efforts in the country was launched on : April 1, 1973 Tilaiya Dam , Konar Dam , Maithon Dam and Panchet Hill Dam have been constructed under : The Damodar Valley Project Tungbhadra Multipurpose Project is a joint undertaking of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka In 1990 India ratified the World Heritage Convention of 1977 identifying four naturl sites of outstanding universal value namely : Kaziranga National Park (Assam) , Keoladeo National Park (Rajasthan) , Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve (West Bengal) and Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve (UTTarakhand) Diu is an island of Gujarat Which is a land –locked sea ? Aral Sea Shivasamudram Falls is found in the course of river Cauvery The Sardar Sarovar Dam is associated with Narmada River Troposphere is the hottest part of the atmosphere because It is heated by the Earth’s Surface The outermost layer of the sun is called Corona For what is the Manas sanctuary in Assam Known ? Elelphants Mana Pass is located in Uttarakhand Moon is a Satellite Black Soil is very suitable for growing Cotton The largest state of India (area wise) is : Rajasthan Hyderabad (in Andhra Pradesh) is located on the bank : Musi River The river Cauvery rises on the Western edge of : The Western Ghats (in the Brahmagiri Hills) Ankleshwar Basin (offshore) oilfield is located in : Gujarat India is divided into : Eight postal zones Rail Coach Factory is located in : Kapurthala (Punjab) India’s first Atomic Power Plant is : Taraput (Mumbai ) established in 1969 Where is the volcanic mountain Mt. St. Helens situated ? United States of America Temperate grasslands of Eurasia are called : Steppe The circulation and movement of soluble inorganic matter (nutrients) derived from sedimentary and atmospheric phases and reservoirs throught organic phase of various biotic components and finally their return to inorganic phase is collectively called : Biogeochemical Cycles The middle zone of the earth with a thickness of 2780 Km having an average density of 5-6 is known as : Pyrosphere The instrument which records the seismic waves generated by the occurrence of earthquakes is called : Seismograph Wild Ass Sanctuary is situated in : Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat The western Ghats are also known as : The Sahyadris The major peaks like Mt. Everest, Kanchenjunga, Makalu, Dhaulagiri, Mansalu, Cho Oyu, Nanga Parbat and Annapurna all are situated in : The Greater Himalayas (Himadri) The highest peak of the KaraKoram Range is : Mt. K2 (Godvin Austin) Vembnad Lake is located in : Kerala The most important coal field in India is : Jharia Coalfield The top five million cities of India as per the 2001 census, in descending order are : Greater Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai and Bangalore A river drains the water collected from a specific area which is called its : Catchment Area The low flat central area of a basin of inland drainage is called : Playa The only South American nation through which both the Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn pass throught Brazil India shares maximum length of the border with : Bangladesh On the bank of which river is Hyderabad situated ? Musi River Who constructed Suez Canal ? Ferdinand de Lesseps Where is Silicon Valley located at ? In U.S.A. The highest percentage decadal growth rate of population as per 2001 Census was registered by Nagaland What is the difference between the Indian Standard time and Greenwich Standard Time ? 5 Hour and 30 minutes Wainganga river is a tributary of : Godavari Indira Gandhi Zoological Park is located in : Vishakhapatnam Madhumalai Sanctuary is located in : Tamil Nadu The headquarters of North Western Railway is located in : Jaipur First Metro Railway was inaugurated in Kolkata : On October 24, 1984 India’s First Stock Exchange Bombay Stock Exchange was established in : 1887 The index which refers to moisture defict or surplus in a area is called: Moisture Index The study of plant communities in relation to their habits of a given ecosystem is known as : Synecology Primary producers fall in two categories e.g.: Phototrophs and Chemotrophs The Naharkatiya oil field is located in : Assam The largest mangrove forest in the world is located in : Sunderbans (West Bengal) Mindanoo Island is located in : The Pacific Ocean Upper Volta is the old name of : Denmark The Highest point of Australia is : Mount Kosciusko A group of populations of different species living in the same habitat and interacting with one another is called Ecological Community Which river is known as Sorrow of Bihar ? Kosi River The largest among the west flowing rivers of Peninsula of India is Narmada River Titagarh, Amlai and Nepanagar are associated with Paper Industry Sandstone, Conglomerate , Limestone, Shale, Chalk and Coal are example of Sedimentary rocks Dr. Wladimir Koppen –the great climatologist of Austria suggested in his new scheme of climatic classification Five major types of climate The Largest Indian Mammal is Elephant The India Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) was created in 1987 The inner planets include Mercury , Venus, Earth , and Mars The mean thickness of Oceanic crust is 5 Kilometre The first large scale modern machine tool factory set up in public sector is The Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT) at Bangalore in 1953 The first shore-based steel plant in India is Vishakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) Golden Quaderilateral Comprising National Highways connects Delhi-Mumbai-Chennai-Kolkata-Delhiby six lane super highways The Diesel Locomotive works engaged in producing desel locos is located in Varanasi The Chambal Valley Project is a joint venture of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh World Environment Day is observed on : June 5 McMohan Line lies between which of the following countries ? India and China India is the seventh largest country in the world. It occupies : 2.4% of world area The imaginary line joining the land projecting towards the sea which is the landward limit of internal seawater is called : Base Line The Beas project consisting of Beas-Satluj link and Pong dam at Beas is the joint venture of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan The Nagarjunsagar Dam Project is located on : Krishna River in Nalgonda district Which river is known as sorrow of Bihar due to its devastating flood and frequqnt changes in its course ? Kosi River CGWB stands for : Central Ground Water Board Which planet is called watery planet ? Earth The Crude Birth Rate is defined as : The Number of births per thousand population in a particular year AGRICULTURE Which instrument measures the soil salinity ? Conductivity meter Uniform soil erosion by running water is Sheet erosion Terracing is done in which type of areas ? Hilly areas Crop rotation is employed for Enhancing soil fertility Social forestry is useful in yielding Multipurpose uses Eco-friendly method is Energy plantation Silent valley has been preserved as it has Natural forest India’s Wheat Yield revolution of 1960s was possible primarily due to Mutations resulting in plant height reduction Ranikhet is a disease of Poultry Dwarf wheat varieties brought into India from Mexico were Sonora-64 and Lerma Rolo-64 As per the 2010-11 advance estimates recently released by Central Statistics Office (CSO) the agriculture and allied sector accounted for : 14.2% of Gross Domestic Product at Constant 2004-05 prices Agriculture and allied sector account for : 9.1% of the total exports of India During the first three years of the Current Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-12) agriculture sector recorded and average growth of : 2.03% As per the third advance estimates of foodgrain for the year 2010-11 the production of foodgrains stands at the highest level of : 235.88 million tonnes Rangrajan Panel was recently constitution to study the recommedations of National Advisory Council (NAC) on the proposed : National Food Security Bill The group of crops which is sowm in October last and harvested in March/ April every year is : Rabi Crop Grey revolution in India is associated with the Resources is Located in : Karnal (Haryana) National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources is locaed in : New Delhi International Institution of Horticulture situted at Brazil Which gas is released from the paddy field ? CH4 Which two crops are responsible for almost 75% of pulse production in India ? Gram and Pigeon Pea Supersonic Jet causes pollution by thinning of O3 Layer Who invented Penicillin ? Alexander Fleming The name of the white revolution is associated with Verghese Kurien Scientists at the Tomato Genome Consortium (TGC) successfully sequenced the genomes of which of the following vegetables ? Tomato Venkataraman RamaKrishnan was jointly awarded Noble Prize in Chemistry in the year 2009 for the Studies of the structure and function of the ribosome Which Indian scientist proposed a theory for long distance transport of water in plants ? J.C. Bose Crop rotation helps to Eliminate parasites which have selective hosts The credit of Green Revolution in India goes to Dr. Norman Borlaug and Dr. M. s. Swaminathan Silver Revolution in India is associated with : The production of Eggs As per the National Agriculture Policy 2000 the growth rate for agriculture has been targeted at 4% : For next two decades The State Agricultural Produce Marketing (Development and Regulation) Act was passed in : The year 2003 TRIFED stands for : Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited Food Chain Revolution aims at putting : A check on destroying food grains, vegetables and fruits In milk production, India stands : First in the World The pioneer of operation flood in India is : Dr. Varghese Kurien About 3-68 crore farmers have been benefited from this scheme involving debt waiver and debt relief of Rs. 65318.33 crore. The scheme is : Agriculture Debt Waiver and Dabt Relief Scheme 2008 Three types of loans which are provided to Indian farmers to meet their financial requirements are : Short term loans, medium terms loans and long term loans As per the Eleventh Five Year Plan Oeriod (2007- 2012) target under the National Food Security Mission (NFSM), the production of rice, wheat and pulses is to be increased by : 10,8 and 2 million tonnes respectively Food management in India has three basic objectives namely : Procurement of foodgrains from farmers, distribution of food grains to the consumers and maintenance of food buffers for security and price stability Keeping in view the interest of the farmers as also the need of self-reliance the Government has been announcing Minimum Support Price (MSP) for : 24 Major crops FRP stands for : Fair and Remunerative Price (of Sugarcane) Under the Decentralized Procurement Scheme (DPC)-operational since 1997 foodgrains are procured and distributed by : The State Governments themselves National Project on Organic Farming was launched during : 10th Five Year Plan (2002-2007) The instruments for food management are : Minimum Support Price (MCP) and Central Issue Price (CIP) RKVY stand for : Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana The Zaid crop is grown during : The months of March to June Rice (Paddy), Jowar, Bajra, Maize, Cotton, Sugarcane, Seasamum, Soybean, Groundnut are all : Kharif Crops The fungus which is used in Alcohol industry is Yeast Pomology is the study of : Fruits The father of White Revolution in India is : Varghese Kurein The rank India holds in fish production is : Third TRIFED stands for : Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited National Horticulture Mission was started on : 5 May 2005 Oilseeds, Sugar Crops, Fibre Crops , Narcotic Crops and Beverage Crops are : Commercial Crops TG-38B, SG-99, GG-8, GG-16 and Vasundhra (DH-101) are the crop varieties which belong to Groundnut Who said “Everything else can wait but not agriculture” Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru National Research Centre for Plant Biotechnology is Located in : New Delhi National Fisheries Development Board was set up on : September 9, 2006 As per the final estimates , the production of foodgrain during 2008-2009 stood at : 234-47 million tonnes National Food for Work Programme was launched : On November 14 , 2004 The head office of CAPART is located in : New Delhi The agriculture sector (including allied activities )in 2008-09 in India accounted for : 15.7% of GDP The share of agriculture and allied sector in gross domestic product has registered a steady decline from 36.4% in 1982-83 to 15.7% in 2008-09 Agriculture and allied sector contributed : About 10.2% of total export during 2008-2009 Agriculture in our country provides livehood to : About 64%of the population The rank of India in Silk production in the world is : Second India is the largest producer, processor, consumer and exporter of : Cashew in the World The three major components of National Food Security Mission (NFSM) are : NFSM-rice, NFS- wheat and NFSM- pulses The four yearly World Poultry Congress was held for the first time in India (Delhi) In September 1996 The cultivation of mulberry tree and rearing of silk worms is called Sericulture Among the important Agricultural regions of India, Maize and Coarse crops region lie In Western Rajasthan and Northern Gujarat Plantation agriculture in India was introduced By the Britishers in the 19th Century The Food Corporation of India (F.C.I), the central Warehouse Corporation (C.W.C.) and State Warehousing Corporation are among the principal agencies engaged in task of Storage of foodgrains HYV stand for High Yielding Varieties (of Seeds) In India , the seeds of Green Revolution were first field tested in the drought year of 1964-1965 Intensity of cropping in defined as The ratio of gross cropped area to the net sown area The important plantation crops of India include Tea , Coffee , Spices , Coconut and Rubber or Tropical plant Which is a total stem cell ? Cuscuta The plant which was successfully used in the production of edible vaccine is : Potato Good plant sources of choline are Mushroom India’ rank in the production and consumption of natural rubber in the world is : Fourth For the first time in India wheat production increased from 120 lakh tones to 170 lakhs tones in : 1958 During the period of 2007-2008 the percentage of export agriculture contributed was : 12.2% During 2008-2009 Agriculture (including allied activities) accounted for : 15.7 % of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Agriculture account : 52% of employment in the country The single largest private sector occupation in the country is : Agriculture As per the 4th advance estimates foodgrains production for the year 2009-2010 stands at : 218-20 million tones SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY The concept of motion involves three basic idea ; these are Space, position and time The potential at any point inside a charged hollow sphere Remains constant The magnetic flux per unit area is measured in Tesia What is required for each chemical reaction in cellular respiration ? Specific enzyme In which zone the most diverse oceanic community are present ? Littoral zone Which property of mental allows it to be drawn into wire ? Ductility During which phase of cell cycle protein systhesis occurs ? Interphase What are veins chiefly composed of in vascular plants ? Xylem and phloem The continuous water colum moves upward because it is under Tension The energy source that drives the upward flow of water is Solar heat As alloy in which one of the component mental is mercury is called : Amalgam A chemical process in which ore is heated in the presence of air at temperature below its melting point is called : Download 262.93 Kb. Share with your friends:
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