201.
According to the provisional data of the 2011 Census of India, the gap in literacy
between men and women has been reduced to
(1) 20 percentage points
(2) 18 percentage points
(3) 17 percentage points
(4) 16.5 percentage points
Answer: 4
202.
The recent earthquake followed by a tsunami in Japan, which brought
super-modern Tokyo to a standstill, had a magnitude of
(1) 7.9
(2) 8.3
(3) 8.9
(4) 9.1
Answer: 3
203.
As per a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute of Sweden released
in March 2011, the largest arms importer in the world is
(1) Iran
(2) India
(3) Libya
(4) Pakistan
Answer: 2
204.
According to reports released in March 2011, China's total military spending in 2011 will be
(1) $91.5 billion
(2) $92.5 billion
(3) $94.3 billion
(4) $95 bilkon
Answer: 1
205.
According to information released by the Ministry of Overseas Affairs of India in March
2011, of the total foreign exchange remittances, North America accounts for
(1) 35 percent
(2) 36 percent
(3) 37 percent
(4) 38 percent
Answer: 4
206.
In which one of the following States/UTs is the National Institute of Water Sports situated
? .
(1) Kerala
(2) Goa
(3) Himachal Pradesh
(4) Daman and Diu
Answer: 2
207.
Which one among the following National Parks/Wildlife Sanctuaries is located nearer
to the National Highway No. 7 between Jabalpur and Nagpur ?
(1) Bandhavgarh
(2) Panna
(3) Pench
(4) Tadoba
Answer: 3
208.
Which one of the following rivers joins the Ganga river directly while the other three
join the Yamuna river ?
(1) Betwa
(2) Ken
(3) Sind
(4) Son
Answer: 4
209.
The concept of 'Minimum Needs' was an innovation of which one of the following
Five-Year Plans ?
(1) Third
(2) Fourth
(3) Fifth
(4) Sixth
Answer: 3
210.
In India, the monsoon rainfall is mosdy
(1) Convectional
(2) Cyclonic
(3) Convectional and cyclonic
(4) Orographic
Answer: 3
211.
India has successfully test-fired its 150-250
km range Prithvi
missile
On May 23, 2008. Prithvi Missile is a —
(A) Surface to surface missile
(B) Surface
to air missile
(C) Land to sea missile
(D) Air to air
missile
Answer: A
212.
Which of the following High Courts has recently quashed the merit list issued in 2006
and 2007 by the centre
and the UPSC—
(A) Bhopal High Court
(B) Rajasthan High
Court
(C) Madras High Court
(D) Guwahati High Court
Answer: C
213.
Recently in
May 2008 a assembly election was held in the India State of—
(A) Manipur
(B) Karnataka
(C) Himachal Pradesh
(D) None of the above
Answer: B
214.
People’s Democratic Party
emerged second largest party with
33·01% in elections held in—
(A) Bhutan
(B) Nepal
(C) Zimbabwe
(D) Italy
Answer: A
215.
According to the World
Conservation Union Report, the number of plant species in India
listed as threatened is—
(A) 247 plant species
(B) 250 plant species
(C) 275 plant species
(D) 255 plant species
Answer: A
216.
Which of the following states passed a Bill in March 2008,
amending the Registration Act1908 to prohibit
foreigners from buying land in the state—
(A) Kerala
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Goa
(D) Maharashtra
Answer: C
217. The
renowned science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke who died in Sri Lanka, originally hailed
from—
(A) Australia
(B) Britain
(C) Finland
(D) U.S.A.
Answer: B
218. Who
received Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace,
Disarmanent and Development for 2007—
(A) Bill Gates
(B) Nelson
Mandela
(C) Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
(D) Arthur C. Clarke
Answer: C
219. World Press Freedom
Day is observed on—
(A) May 3
(B) May
15
(C) May 25
(D) May 27
Answer: A
220. Which
of the following
Indian Political Leader has written the book "Jyoti Punj"?
(A) L.K.Adwani
(B) Sonia Gandhi
(C) Jaswant Singh
(D) Narendra Modi
Answer: D
