The following quiz will have 20 General Studies Multiple Chose Questions for West Bengal Civil Service preliminary exam and also helpful other competitive exams like State PSC (BPSC, JPSC, MPSC, OPSC, RPSC, PPSC, UPPSC etc.) exams, UPSC (CDS and NDA), Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) exams, Staff Selection Commission exams (CGL, CHSL and MTS) and other competitive exams.
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[B] Talus
[C] Usar
[D] Reh
Correct Answer: [C] Usar
Explanation: Usar soil is widespread in India and it is a term collectively applied to all kinds of saline and alkaline soils in the plains of north India, particularly in Uttar Pradesh. ‘Reh’ is a white, grayish or ash-coloured salt that are found in low-lying plain areas in dry periods.
Regolith is simply mineral remains of decomposed rocks (no organic materials). It is soil that contains organic materials – such as roots of plants, fallen leaves, small animals such as worms, bacteria and so on.
Talus and scree are pile of rocks or collection of broken rock fragments at the base of crags, mountain cliffs, volcanoes or valley shoulders that has accumulated through periodic rockfall from adjacent cliff faces.
[B] Bhangar
[C] Khadar
[D] Terai
Correct Answer: [C] Khadar
Explanation: Bhangar soil is older alluvial soil. Large parts of the North Indian Plains are formed of bhangar soil. The soil presents a terrace-like feature. Khadar soil is new or younger deposits of alluvium soil on the floodplains
[B] Arid and Semi-Arid Soils
[C] Black Soil
[D] Red Soil
Correct Answer: [A] Saline and Alkaline Soils
Explanation: Saline and Alkaline soils are found in the arid and semi-arid parts of Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. These soils are known by different names such as ‘reh’, ‘usar’, ‘kallar’, ‘chopan’, etc
[A] Lateritic soil
[B] Black soil
[C] Alluvial soil
[D] Red soil
Correct Answer: [C] Alluvial soil
Explanation: Alluvial soil (43%) is most dominant type of soil covers most part of India. Also alluvial soil is major soil type of West Bengal state.
[B] Damodar
[C] Yamuna
[D] All of the above
Correct Answer: [A] Gomti
Explanation:The Ganges passes through the states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal. Coursing 2,500 km, the Ganga is the longest river within India’s borders. The river basin spreads across 11 States (from Uttarakhand to West Bengal).
• Major left-bank tributaries include Gomti (Gumti), Ghaghara (Gogra), Gandaki (Gandak), and Kosi (Kusi)
• Major right-bank tributaries include Yamuna (Jumna), Son, Punpun and Damodar.
[B] Tapti
[C] Kaveri
[D] Damodar
Correct Answer: [C] Kaveri
Explanation: Rivers that flow thorough rift valley in India are: Narmada river, Tapti, Mahi (all flowing west) and Damodar (east flowing) river.
[B] Boy of Bengal
[C] Arabian sea
[D] Atlantic ocean
Correct Answer: [A] Mediterranean sea
[B] It is influenced by the draught area of Kashmir
[C] It is rain shadow region of Himalayan
[D] None of above
Correct Answer: [C] It is rain shadow region of Himalayan
Explanation: The rainfall in Ladakh Plateau is as low as 10 cm annually. This is because it lies in the rain shadow of the Himalayas.
[B] Income tax
[C] Corporation tax
[D] Service tax
Correct Answer: [C] Corporation tax
Explanation:As per Budget 2019-20 source of revenues:
1. Corporate Tax – 21%
2. Borrowings and other liabilities – 20%
3. GST – 19%
4. Income Tax – 16%
5. Non tax revenue – 9%
6. Union excise duties – 8%
7. Customs – 4%
8. Non debt capital receipts – 3%
[B] Income tax
[C] Custom duties
[D] Wealth tax
Correct Answer: [C] Custom duties
Explanation: Direct taxes are one type of taxes an individual pays that are paid straight or directly to the government, such as income tax, poll tax, land tax, and personal property tax.
[B] Union Finance Minister
[C] Union Minister of State, in-charge of Revenue of finance
[D] Minister In-charge of finance of each State government
Correct Answer: [A] Prime Minister
Explanation: Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council consists of the following members: The Union Finance Minister will be the Chairperson. As a member, the Union Minister of State will be in charge of Revenue of Finance, the Minister in charge of finance or taxation or any other Minister nominated by each State government, as members.
[B] Taxation by the Government
[C] Interest rate determination
[D] Revenues from disinvestment of PSUs
Correct Answer: [C] Interest rate determination
Explanation: Interest rate determination is the job of Central bank and is a part of monetary policy.
[B] Luxury tax
[C] Entertainment tax
[D] Expenditure tax
Correct Answer: [D] Expenditure tax
Explanation: Expenditure tax is a tax imposed on expenditure rather than income. The Expenditure Tax Act, 1987 applies to any charges incurred by an individual and in the event that these charges are implied to be chargeable expenditure.
With the introduction of GST, luxury tax and entertainment tax have been subsumed in GST.
[B] Gujarat
[C] Bihar
[D] West Bengal
Correct Answer: [C] Bihar
Explanation: 12 large states have registered a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of above 6.7, which is the national average in FY18. With a GDP of 11.3, Bihar registered the highest growth rate in the country in the FY18 followed by Andhra Pradesh at 11.2, Gujarat 11.1, Telangana 10.4 and Karnataka 9.3 taking the top five spots. Jharkhand 4.6, Kerala 5.0, Punjab 6.2, UP 6.4 and Chhattisgarh 6.7 were at the bottom of the list in terms of GDP growth.
[B] Sunset Budget
[C] Zero Based Budgets
[D] Sunrise Budget
Correct Answer: [B] Sunset Budget
Explanation: Sunset Budget designed to “self destruct” within a prescribed time period to ensure the cessation of spend in by a predetermine date.
16. Which country has tested the world’s most advanced malaria vaccine in a bid to prevent the disease in April 2019?
[B] Malawi
[C] Mozambique
[D] Zimbabwe
Current Affairs April 2019
Correct Answer: [B] Malawi
[B] Lewis Hamilton
[C] Valtteri Bottas
[D] Sebastian Vettel
Current Affairs April 2019
Correct Answer: [B] Lewis Hamilton
[B] Puja Mehra
[C] Chetan Bhagat
[D] Arundhati Roy
Current Affairs April 2019
Correct Answer: [B] Puja Mehra
[B] Match
[C] Sharjah
[D] Dubai
Current Affairs April 2019
Correct Answer: [C] Sharjah
[B] Environment and Climate Literacy
[C] Trees for the Earth
[D] Protect our species
Current Affairs April 2019
Correct Answer: [D] Protect our species