Which act provides for the disqualification of members of the Parliament of State Legislature for indulging in corrupt practices ? The Representation of People Act (1951)
The procedure for the amendment of the Constitution is laid down in Articles 368
The Union Executive consists of
The President, The Prime Minister , The Council of Ministers and Attorney General of India
The provisions of financial emergency has been laid down in Article 360
The Administrative Head of the Cabinet Secretariat is Cabinet Secretary
The first President of the Constituent Assembly of India was : Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Who is known as the Father of the Constituion of India? Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Article 1 of the Constitution of India describes India as : Union of States
In which Article is it mentioned that no person shall be compelled to pay any taxes for the promotion of a particular religion
Article 27
As per Article 44 the state shall endeavour to secure for all the citizen :
The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of 1992 gave Constitutional recognition to the panchayats by adding a
A new Part IX and a new Schedule 11 to the Constitution
Power of President to promulgate ordinances during recess of Parliament is enshrined in :
Articles 123
The concept of ‘Procedure established by Law’ as incorporated in the Constituion of India is borrowed from :
Japanese Constitution
In which schedule to the Constitution of India is the division of power between the Union and the States in terms of the Union List and the State List Laid down ?
Seventh Schedule
In which case did the Supreme Coury hold that the Preamble is not the part of the Constitution ?
The Berubari Union Case (1960)
INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Maulvi Ahmadullahwas the leader of the 1857 Revolt of Faizabad
Which section of Indian population did not support the 1857 Revolt ? Educated Middle Class
In whose viceroyalty the partition of Bengal effected ? Lord Curzon’s Viceroyalty
Which two leaders were popularly known as ‘no changers’ ?
Rajendra Prasad and C.Rajagopalachari
The Champaran Satyagrah was against the Indigo planters
The Lahore Congress which passed the resolution of ‘Poorna Swaraj’ was presided over by
Jawaharlal Nehru
Which island territory was called the ‘Swaraj’ by the INA ? The Nicobar
Who described the ‘Revolt of 1857’ as “a planned war of National Independence” ?
V.D.Savarkar
Two Home leagues were founded in 1916. Their founded were ? Annie Besant and B.G.Tilak
What was the most revolutionary secret organization of Bengal ? Abhinav Bharat
Who founded Tattvabodhini Sabha in 1839 ? Maharishi Devendranath Tagore
The eminent Bengali novelist and composer of national song Bande Mataram who aroused a new Consciousness in the 19th century Bengal Society was : Bankim chandra chattopadhyay
Vivekanand established Ramakrishna Mission : In 1897
For the cause of national liberation Swami Dayanandastressed on :
Swadwshi, Swadhharma, Swabhasha and Swarajya
Who founded Satya Shodhak Samaj in 1873 ? Jyotiba Phule
Who conveyed to the Indians – “I am with you wholeheartedly and in terms of culture I am one of you” ?
Annie Besant
Aurobindo Ghose, Barindra Kumar Ghose, B.P.Mitra, Abinash Bhattacharya and Bhupendranath Dutta were associated with the revolutionary organisation : Anushilan Samiti (in Bengal)
The main centre of Gadar Moovement of 1915 was : United State of America
Who brought out a paper with the title of the ‘Loyal Muhammadanans of India’ ?
Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was born in 1897 in Cuttack (Odisha)
When did British Qeen Victoria take the additinol title of Empress of India ? In the year 1876
The Defence of India Act 1915 passed in 1915 by the Britishers was an Emergency Criminal Law
Bahadur Shah Zafar was proclaimed Shenshah-e-Hindustan by the rebels on
May 10, 1857
Which Act passed by the Britishers effectively allowed the election of Indians to the various Legislative councils in India for the first time ?
Indian Councils Act 1909 (Also known Morley- Minto Reforms )
The organisation in the 20th session of which the muslim League was founde in Dhaka was
All India Muhammadan Educational Conference
Who established in 1893 the Society for the Removal of Obstacles to the Hindu Religion ?
The chapekar Brothers
Whom did the Britishers call the Fatherof India Disaffection and Biggest Traitor ?
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
United India Houses organised Unity among Indians in the United States of America in
The year 1910
Who said ‘India for Indians’ ? Dayanand Saraswati
Who played an important role in the Gadar Movement in 1915 ? LalaHardayal
Barindra Kumar Ghose and Bhupendranath Dutta started : The Paper Yugantar in 1906
Who formed the Hindu Dharma Sangrashini Sabha in 1893 ? Damodar and Balkrishna Chapekar
Lord Curzon announced the partition of Bengal on : 16 October, 1905
Who wrote in ‘Hind Swaraj’-“Our eaders are divided into two parties : the moderates and the extremists. These may be considered as the slow party and the impatient party. Some call the Moderates the timid party and the Extremists the bold party” Mahatma Ghandhi
Whose statement is this – “the Indians should no longer be satisfied with mere mendicancy neither should they beg the English for concessions”: Lala Lajpat Rai
Which Indian revolutionary was called by the Britishers as ‘The Father of Indian Disaffection and biggest traitor’ ?
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Who was the founded of a society known as ‘Abhinav Bharat’ ? Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Maulana Qasim Nanautavi, Rashid Ahmad Gangohi, Sheikhul Hiind Maulana- Mahmud-ul-Hasan were the prominent figures who represented ? Deoband Movement
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in Amritsar took place on : 13 April, 1919
In the history of Indian National Movement Santhal Rebellion took place between :
1855-1856
The famine which killed nearly 8 lakh people during British rule as per the report furnished b the Famine Commission of 1660 had struck : Western India in November 1876-77
Swami Vivekanand established the Ramakrishna Mission in The year 1897
The first President of the India National Congress was : Sir Wyomesh Chandra Banerjee
Who called the revolt of 1857 as a war between barbarism and civilisation ?
T.R.Holmes
Who is the author of the book ‘The Great Rebellion’ ? Ashok Mehta
Who said, “This (the revolt 1857)was an erution of social volcano where many spent forces found vent. After the eruption, the whole social topography had changed; the scars of rebellion remained deep and shining”
Ashok Mehta
Sir Kumar Ghosh, Shambhuchand Mukherjee, Kali Mohan Das and Jogesh Chandra Dutt were editors of:
Amrit Bazar Patrika
Which of the British Acts provided for the establishment of All India Federation at the centre ?
The Government of India, Act 1935
Ashfaqullah Khan, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Ram Prasad Bismil, Rajendra Lahiri, Roshan Singh and Sachindranath Sanyal were all associated with : The Kakori Conspiracy (1925)
Raja Rammohan Roy founded Brahma Samaj on : 20 August 1828
Ghandhiji launched the Non- Cooperation Movement in : The year 1920
Swami Sahajanand Saraswati was the first President of
All India Kisan Mahasabha formed in Lucknow
Partition of Bengal was revoked in 1911 during the Viceroyalty of : Lord Hardinge
Quit India Movement began on : August 9, 1942
Under which document was the separate electorate granted for Muslims ?
Morley Minto Reforms
Lucknow Pact of 1916 was betweem : Indian Muslim League and Indian National Congress
During the tenure of which Governor General was the resolution of total independence passed ?
Bombay
Who regarded Gopal Krishna Gokhle as his Political guru Mahatma Gandhi
Abhinav Bharat organised in 1904 was : A secret society of revolutionary activists
Bal Gangadhar Tilak introduced the slogen ‘Swaraj is my birth right’ in : The year 1906
Lala Lajpat Rai was also known as: Sher-e-Punjab
Sri Aurobindo Ghosh was born in the year : 1872
‘Doctrine of Passive Resistance’ was published in the daily Bande Mataram in :
April 1907 by Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
Who said “Curzon’s partition of Bengal gave unwitting initiative to events of such magnitude which returned many years later to port with the cargo of freedom” : Dr. S. Gopal
The Hindu Dharama Sangrakshini Sabha was formed in : 1893
Who founded Abhinav Bharat ? V. D. Savarkar
The two names who were associated with the publication of the paper ‘yugantar’ are :
Barindra Kumar Ghose and Bhupendranath Dutta
Delhi was formally declared the future capital of the British India in : 1911
The year which is associated with the Gadar Movement is : 1915
Individual Satyagrah was started on October 17, 1940
In order to secure cooperation India the British government in the midst of worsening wartime international situation sent Cripps Mission to India In 1942
During individual Satayagrah in 1940, the third satyagrahi to offer satyagrah was
Brahma Dutt
In accordance with provision of the Government of India Act 1935 election to the provincial Legislatures were held in
February 1937
Under the Government of India Act 1935, it was decided to establish
A Federation of India Consisting of Governor’s provinces and Princely States
The First Round Table Conference was held on November 12, 1930
After the suspension of the Non-coorperation Movement , who were called pro-changers in the Congress ?
Motilal Nehru and Chittranjan Das
Subhash Chandra Bose Formed Forward Block in The year 1939
Who called the 1857 revolt as ‘Student-Farmer-Middle class Revolt’ ? Dr. Amba Prasad
Justice C. Y. Chintamani called Government of India Act 1935 ? Lame Federation
The Cabinet Mission arrived in Delhi on : March 24, 1946
The British Government declared Communist Party of India illegal in : 1934
The India people ply people’s role in the people’s war was the slogan of : Communist Party of India
Individual Satyagraha-symbolic and non-violent in nature was started o : October 17, 1940
Which slogan was given by the Congress in opposition to British Government involving India in Second World War in 1939 without consulting the people of India ? Na Koi bhai , na koi pai
In the elections held is 1937 under the provisions of the Government of India Act of 1935 Congress Ministries were formed in
Seven States
Who criticized the Government of India Act 1935 as “thoroughly rotten , fundamentally bad , and totally unacceptable” ?
Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Under which British Act was the provision to establish of Governor’s provinces and Princely states made ?
Government of India Act 1935
When was Poona Pact between Mahatma Ghandhi and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar signed?
In 1932
INDIAN AND WORLD ECONOMY
Non-performing assets of public sector bank during the last quarter of Financial year 2009-10 have shows as increase. What does it indicate ?
More loans and advance accounts of banks are becoming irregular in payment
What is the maximum permissible investment in plant and machinery to qualify as a medium scale industry ?
Rs 10 crore
RBI’s emblem carries the sketch of a tiger and a tree . What kind of tree is depicted in this emblem?
Plam tree
Mutual fund investors are required to pay charges when they wise to take out their funds. What are these charges ?
Exit load
What does Power Finance corporation (PFC) do ?
Provides loans for various power projects in generation and transmission
RBI has decided to circulate ‘Plastic Currency Notes’ in the market by the end of
2010
Why the Government of india introduced the Voluntary Retirement Scheme in industrial Policy Resolution, 1991 ?
For reducing the pressure of extra employees on public sector enterprises
When was Targeted Public Distribution System adopted ? From June 1997
For the year 2010-11, the disinvestment target set by the government is Rs 30000 crore
Where is the headquaters of SIDBI situated ? Lucknow
National Old Age Pension Scheme (NOAPS) which was originally launched in 1995 has been renamed :
Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme
In accmodance with the Directive Principles of State Policy , the Government of India introduces in 1995 :
National Social Assistance Programme
Which scheme was launched in October 2000 by the State Banks of India for Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and Overseas Corporate Bodies (OCBs) ? India Millennium Deposit (IMD) Scheme
The First National Commission on Labours was constituted on : December 24, 1966
Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices (MRTP) Act was passed in : 1969
The Government has currently conferred Maharatna status of 4 Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) namely
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd ., NTPC Ltd., and Steel Authority of India Ltd .,
BIFR stands for : Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction
‘Innovation Lab , has been Launched by Tata Consultancy services
‘Development and Climate Change’ is the theme of World Development Report 2010
The National Stock Exchange Function from Mumbai
The state having the lowest Maternal Mortality Rate is Kerala
Which organisation publishes World Investment Report ? UNCTAD
The purpose Steel Plant of POSCO (Pohang Steel Company) is to be established in Jagatsinghpur distt. Of Odisha. To which country does POSCO belong ? South Kores
When was National Saving Scheme (NSS)-92 abolished ? Nov 1, 2001
‘Micro-finance Bill’ 2007 is concerned with NABARD
Which Five Year Plan has achieved its growth targets ? 8th plan
Capital Output Ratio of a commodity measures The amount of capital inverted per unit of output
When did India start its first five year plan 1951
The Ex-Officio Secretary of National Development Council is : Secretary of Planning Commission
Targeted power capacity addition for 11th plan perid (20067-2012)is : 66463 Megawatt
Tarapore Committee submittedits report on Full Convertibility on Rupee in : Capital Account
Narsimham Committee (Second) constituted in 1997 and which submitted its report on April 23, 1998 was realted to :
Banking Reforms
In order to check casualities in industrial units, to reduce the incidents of dangers and to promote the awareness for safety among labourers , National Safety Council was established in : 1966
Consumer Protection Act(COPRA) was passed in : 1986
The centrally sponsored scheme of Infrastruture Development Mega Cities in operation from 1993-94 applies to the five mega cities namely : Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Bangalore
The largest producer of Coffee in the country is : Karnataka
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana was launched on : December 25 , 2000
The Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) aims at ensuring universal access to secondary level education by :
The year 2017
The National Food for Work Programme was launched in : November 2004 in 150 most backward district of the country
Based on the European Banking system the first bank in India was started in India :
At Calcutta in 1770 named ‘Hindustan Bank’
In the country, which state is on the top in present in newly developed Education Development Index ?
Kerala
Which bank has becomes the first registrar for Unique Identification Authority of India for collecting both demographic and biometric informatios of the bank’s account holders ? State Bank of India
Who won the Ernst ad Young Entrepreneur of the year Award 2009 ? Tata Communication Limited
In Global Hunger Index (GHI) India has been ranked at : 96th place among 119 developing countries
The important gold field in the country are :
Kolar Gold Field (Kolar district) and Hutti Gold Field (Raichur district Karnataka) and Ramgiri Gold Field (in Anantpur district Andhra Pradesh )
The only tungsten producing mine in the country is : Degana (Rajasthan)
In coal production, India ranks in the world : Third (after China and America)
Which day has been decided to be observed as Income Tax Day ?
July 24
Reserve Bank of India will soon release Plastic Notes in circulation. The first series to be circulated will be of
Rs 10 Notes
Prime Minister Economic Advisory Outlook 2010-2011 has forecast growth rate for Indian Economy for the year 2011-2012 at : 9%
Indo-Israel Chamber of Commerce has honoured as Businessman of the Deade ?
Ratan Tata
Who has been honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award 2010 of Indian Chember of Commerce ?
R.P. Goenka
Where was first gold refinery established ? Shirpur (Maharashtra)
The Finance Commission of India is constituted under the provision of : Article 280 of the Constitution
Green Banking Channel has been launched by : State Bank of India
Which state of India ranks first in milk production as per the data of the year 2009-2010 ?
Uttar Pradesh
During Eighth Five Year Plan (1922-97) the country registered Gross Domestic Product rate :
At 6.7%
The first fully Indian Bank is : Punjab National Bank
The total number of national highways in the country is : 220
India state with highest road length is : Maharashtra
The Finance Commision of India is appointed by the President under : Article 280
Unit trust of India (UTI) was established in : 1964
SEBI which was established in April 1988 stand for : Securities and Exchange Board of India
Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS) was established in : October 1993
As per the target of 11th Five year Plan (2007) Maternity Morality Rate (2012) has been targeted at :
1 per 1000 births
During 2008-09 total Foreign Direct Investment stood at : $27.309 billion
The Price Stabilisation Fund Scheme (PSFS) for tea, coffee, rubber and tobacco growers was launched in
April 2003
FEMA stands for Foreign Exchange Management Act
Which year was declared as the year of Cleanliness ? Year 2007
The Prime Minister of India is the ex-officio Chairman of The Planning Commission
Which committee in February 2006 suggested to remove the subsidy being given to cookin das ?
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
