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] High birth rate and high death rate
[C] Low birth rate and high death rate
[D] Low birth rate and low death rate
Correct Answer: [A] High birth rate low death rate
[B] Gonds
[C] Jarawas
[D] Todas
Correct Answer: [D] Todas
Explanation: The Toda people are a small pastoral tribal community who live on the isolated Nilgiri plateau in hill of southern India.
[B] Uttar Pradesh
[C] West Bengal
[D] Kerala
Correct Answer: [C] West Bengal
Explanation: According to the Census 2011, Bihar is the most density populated state (1106 persons/sq km.) followed by west bengal (1028) and Kerala (860).
4. Which of the following are kharif crop?
1. Jowar
2. Bajra
3. Wheat
4. Sugarcane
[B] 3 and 4 only
[C] 2, 3 and 4 only
[D] 1, 2, 3 and 4
Correct Answer: [A] 1 and 2 only
Explanation: During the rainy (kharif) farmers grow jowar and bajra.
[B] Its high population in the age group of 15-64 years
[C] Its high population in the age group above 65 years
[D] Its high population in the age group of 15-59 years
Correct Answer: [B] Its high population in the age group of 15-64 years
[B] Punjab
[C] Uttar Pradesh
[D] Maharashtra
Correct Answer: [C] Uttar Pradesh
Explanation: Uttar Pradesh has largest net irrigated area in India, follow by Madhya Pradesh
[B] Madhya Pradesh
[C] Arunachal Pradesh
[D] Sikkim
Correct Answer: [B] Madhya Pradesh
Explanation: The largest population of Scheduled Tribes is in Madhya Pradesh (number). The highest proportion Scheduled Tribes is in Mizoram and the lowest proportion is Punjab.
[B] Sikkim
[C] Mizoram
[D] Manipur
Correct Answer: [A] Arunachal Pradesh
[B] Seventh Five Year Plan
[C] Eighth Five Year Plan
[D] Ninth Five Year Plan
Correct Answer: [D] Ninth Five Year Plan
Explanation: The revised targeted annual rate of growth of 9th plan was 6.5% while the actual growth rate was 5.5%.
[B] Sixth Plan
[C] Eighth Plan
[D] Tenth Plan
Correct Answer: [C] Eighth Plan
Explanation: It was during eighth plan period (1992-97) that emphasis was put on infrastructure development.
[B] 1970
[C] 1975
[D] 1980
Correct Answer: [C] 1975
Explanation: The Twenty Point Programme was initially launched by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1975. The basic objective of the 20-Point Programme is to eradicate poverty and to improve the quality of life of the poor and the under privileged population of the country.
[B] Annual per capita consumption expenditure
[C] Weekly per capita consumption expenditure
[D] Daily per capita consumption expenditure
Correct Answer: [A] Monthly per capita consumption expenditure
Explanation: The poverty ratio (based on the Monthly Per Capita Expenditure (MPCE) of Rs.816 for rural areas and Rs. 1000 for urban areas in 2011-12 at all India level), has declined from 37.2 per cent in 2004-05 to 21.9 per cent in 2011-12. In absolute terms, the number of poor declined from 407.1 million (40.71 crores) in 2004-05 to 269.3 million (26.93 crores) in 2011-12 with an average annual decline of 2.2 percentage points during 2004- 05 to 2011-12.
[B] Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)
[C] International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
[D] None of above
Correct Answer: [C] International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Explanation: The GHI calculated hunger level and undernutrition worldwide by considering four indicators — undernourishment, child wasting, child mortality and child stunting. India ranked 102 on the index among 117 qualifying countries with a score of 30.3 in 2019.
[B] Secondary Sector
[C] Tertiary Sector
[D] None of above
Correct Answer: [C] Tertiary Sector
Explanation: The service sector or tertiary Sector experienced the faster expansion during the plan in India which was predominantly an agricultural economy at the time of Independence.
15. “TRYSEM” a programme made for:
[B] Employment to Urban youths
[C] Development of nutrition intake in the food of poor of the country
[D] Providing road connectivity to the villages
Correct Answer: [A] Employment to Rural youths
Explanation: Training of Rural Youth for Self-Employment (TRYSEM) aimed at providing basic technical and entrepreneurial skill to the rural poor in the age group of 18-35 years enable them take up income generating activities.
[B] Iran
[C] Bangladesh
[D] Indonesia
Current Affairs July 2019
Correct Answer: [B] Iran
[B] Hyderabad
[C] Chennai
[D] New Delhi
Current Affairs July 2019
Correct Answer: [B] Hyderabad
[B] Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
[C] Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
[D] Ranchi, Jharkhand
Current Affairs July 2019
Correct Answer: [A] Kottoor, Kerala
19. Vande Mataram’ film was acquired by National Film Archive of India (NFAI), it was released in which language?
[B] Telugu
[C] Marathi
[D] Hindi
Current Affairs July 2019
Correct Answer: [C] Marathi
[B] USA
[C] Germany
[D] Argentina
Current Affairs July 2019
Correct Answer: [B] USA