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 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
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
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 :
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)
