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The section of General Awareness in IRMA and MANAGE primarily focuses on
social sector. Past years trend highlights some specific areas such as
n Data/Pattern of Agriculture sector
(The Hindu Survey on Indian Agriculture 2008 should prove very useful)
To cover these topics browse Govt. of India Websites/Publications. The Public
Information Bureau of Govt. publishes India 2009, which will prove a helpful reading.
Website of the Planning Commissions and documents too have comprehensive
analysis of social sectors. Magazine 'YOJNA' too would have useful and relevant
material for this exam.
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past few years. These questions have been based on the students' memory. Also
to help you judge your competency in General Knowledge, a set of practice
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11. According to the IPCC, satellite data shows that the dry 16. According to the IPCC, water flow in the Ganges could drop
tropics, where rainfed agriculture provides 60 percent of by ..... affecting more than 400 million people who depend
the world's food and some of the world's poorest live, will on it for drinking water.
be the most vulnerable to climate change. The full form of
(1) Two third (2) One fourth
IPCC is
(3) One third (4) Half
(1) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(5) Two fifth
(2) International panel on Climate Change
(3) Intergovernmental Plan for climate change
17. Agriculture sector in India contributes ..... percent of the
(4) International Plan for climate change
total green house gases.
(5) International Program for climate change
(1) 28 (2) 30
(3) 32 (4) 25
12. Which one of the following is correct statement for market
(5) 26
(1) Potential buyers and sellers of the product.
(2) An organization which provides facilities for exchange
of commodities
(3) A place where commodities are bought and sold.
(4) All of these
DIRECTIONS: For the following questions, four/five options are
57. Saffron is from ..... and ..... is the largest producer of given. Choose the correct option.
large cardamom.
(1) Jammu and Kashmir, Sikkim
62. Match the following pairs and choose your answer from the
(2) Jammu and Kashmir, Meghalaya codes given below
(3) Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab Laws Year
(4) Jammu and Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh 1. Water Pollution Control Act A. 1980
(5) Jammu and Kashmir, Assam 2. Forest (conservation) Act B. 1974
3. Air Pollution Control Act C. 1986
58. Erode district in Tamil Nadu is an important ..... producer, 4. Environmental Protection Act D. 1981
contributing more than 7 percent for national pool.
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
(1) Turmeric (2) Black pepper
(1) A B C D (2) B A D C
(3) Cardamom (4) Cumin
(3) D C B A (4) B C A D
(5) Fenugreek
63. Match List I with List II. Choose the answer from the codes
DIRECTIONS: Given below are two statements, one of them below
labeled as Assertion ‘A’ and the other labeled as Reason ‘R’.
List I List II
Choose your answer as follows
1. CART A. Small industries
(1) if both A and R are true and R is the cor rect
explanation of A. 2. ICICI B. Agricultural Marketing
(2) if both A and R ar e tru e but R i s not corr ect 3. NAFED C. Rural technology
explanation of A. 4. NSIC D. Financial institution
(3) if A is true but R is false. 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
(4) if A is false but R is true. (1) C D B A (2) A B C D
(5) if both A and R are false (3) B C D A (4) D A B C
66. Which scheduled bank sponsored the setting up of first 72. The basic objective of planning in India is
regional rural bank (Prathama Gramin Bank) in India
(1) increasing employment opportunities
(1) State Bank of India (2) Punjab National Bank
(2) expansion of key industries
(3) State Bank of Patiala (4) Syndicate Bank
(3) increase in agricultural output
(4) all of the above
67. The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
(NABARD) was set up in
(1) 1979 (2) 1980 73. The best solution for overcoming the evil effects of small
and uneconomic holdings is
(3) 1981 (4) 1982
(1) cooperative farming
(2) using capital intensive technology
68. Disguised unemployment is the prominent feature of
(3) rapid industrialisation
(1) tertiary sector (2) secondary sector
(4) urbanisation of rural population
(3) primary sector (4) all of the above
74. Who was the first Chairman of the Planning Commissioner?
(1) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan (2) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(3) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru (4) None of these
78. Which of the following pairs is incorrect?
84 . In world, pulse crops are grown in largest area in
Plan Laid emphasis on
(1) India (2) India and USA
(1) I (i) Agri. & rural development
(3) India and China (4) USA, India and China
(2) II (ii) Expansion of basic and heavy ind.
(3) III (iii) Selfsufficiency in food and expansion of
basic industries like steel 85. Main traditional crops, are
(4) IV (iv) Political growth of the country (1) moong, soybean, summer groundnut, sunflower
(2) soybean, groundnut, sugarcane
79. Who among the following is not a member of the National
(3) sugarcane, cotton
Development Council?
(4) (1) and (3)
(1) Prime Minister
(2) Members of Planning Commission
(3) Chief Minister of States 86. Cropping pattern is changing due to
(4) The President of India (1) domestic demands (2) export requirement
(3) (1) and (2) (4) None of the above
80. Match the following
(A) First FiveYear Plan (1) 196669 87. Residual moisture after postkharif and postrabi season
(B) Rolling Plan (2) 196974 can be utilized by
(C) Annual Plans (3) 195156 (1) growing shortduration varieties
(D) Fourth FiveYear Plan (4) 197879 (2) intercropping
A B C D (3) (1) and (2)
(1) 2 3 4 1 (4) None of the above
(2) 3 1 2 4
(3) 3 4 1 2
(4) 1 3 4 2
105. The plant quarantine clearance is requested under 111. The loan given for purchasing of seeds and fertilizers is
(1) Plant, Fruit and Seed (Regulation of import in India) called as
Order, 1989 (1) Long term (2) Short term
(2) Plant (Regulation of import in India) Order, 1989 (3) Medium (4) All of these
(3) Seed Act, 1989
(4) None of the above 112. Which of the following holding is smaller than economic
holding and may be able to provide a reasonable standard
of leaving to the cultivator, but not sufficient for the purpose
106. Export of seed is allowed
of agricultural operation is known as?
(1) liberally except a few which needs licence
(1) Economic holding (2) Operational holding
(2) liberally allowed
(3) Basic holding (4) Optimum holding
(3) licences is required
(4) not allowed
113. The law of diminishing retime applies more generally to which
of the following industry
107. Overall improvement in seed quality was the aim of (1) Chemical (2) Film
(1) National Seed Project III (SNP III) (3) Agriculture (4) Cloths
(2) National Agriculture Control Board
(3) National Seed Board 114. A farmer having less than one hectare irrigated land is known
(4) None of the above a s
(1) Big farmers (2) Small farmers
108. NSPIII stands for (3) Marginal farmers (4) None of these
(1) National Seed Project III
(2) National Security Programme III
(3) National Seed Programme III
(4) National Safety Plan III
116. Which of the following is a major objective of planning
123. Long term loan is given for the period of ..... year.
commission?
(1) 5 to 15 (2) 25 to 35
(1) Increase agricultural production
(3) 45 to 55 (4) 65 to 75
(2) Increase employment opportunities
(3) Reduce the pressure of population on land
124. A farming system in which more than 50% receipts are
(4) All of the above
derived from one sources
(1) Collective farming (2) Cooperative farming
117. The Food Corporation of India was established in January
(3) Specialized farming (4) Irrigation farming
..... to supply grains at reasonable prices to the consumers.
(1) 1945 (2) 1955
125. Which of the following is broad leaved species?
(3) 1965 (4) 1975
(1) Teak (2) Sal
(3) Sterculea (4) All of the above
118. Which of the following principle is very useful in determining
the best use of limited resources?
(1) Law of diminishing regime 126. Which of the following is shade bearer tree?
(2) Law substitution (1) Magnifera indica
(3) Law of equimarginal returns (2) Mimosopa elengi
(4) Law of opportunity cost (3) Delinea indica
(4) All of the above
119. In which of the following farming the owner of land is farmer
(1) Pleasant (2) Mixed 127. Which of the following tree is suitable for sport industry?
(3) Diversified (4) Specialized (1) Morus Alba (2) Silver fir
(3) Spruce (4) Ailanthus
120. In which of the following farming, large number of farmers
own and they manage the farm is called as 128. Which of the following is best grazing season in forest?
(1) State farming (2) Cooperative farming (1) Pre monsoon (2) During monsoon
(3) Collective farming (4) None of the above (3) Postmonsoon (4) Around the year
187. Consider the following VicePresidents of India
191. With reference to the Constitution of India, which one of
I . V.V. Giri II. M. Hidayatullah the following pairs is not correctly matched?
III. B.D. Jatti IV. G.S. Pathak Subject List
Which one of the following is the correct chronology of their (1) Stock Exchange The State List
tenures?
(2) Forest The Concurrent List
(1) IIVIIIII (2) IIIIIIIV
(3) Insurance The Union List
(3) IIIIIIIV (4) IVIIIIII
(4) Marriage and Divorce The Concurrent List
188. Match List A with List II and select the correct answer using
192. Which of the following petroleum refinery products has the
the code given below the Lists
lowest boiling point?
List I List II
(1) Kerosene (2) Diesel
(Person) (Associated in formation of )
(3) Gasoline (4) Lubricating oil
I . G.K. Gokhale (A) Servants of Indian Society
II. M.M. Malaviya (B) Benaras Hindu University
193. In which one of the following places was Asia's first Export
III. C. Rajagopalachari (C) Free India Society Processing Zone (EPZ) set up?
IV. V.V. Savarkar (D) Swatantra Party (1) Santa Cruz (2) Kandla
(1) IA, IIB, IIID, IVC (2) IC, IID, IIIB, IVA (3) Cochin (4) Surat
(3) IA, IID, IIIB, IVC (4) IC, IIB, IIID, IVA
194. Which one of the following zones of the atmosphere is rich
189. In which one of the following Ministries has the census in ozone gas?
organization been functioning on a permanent footing since (1) Mesosphere (2) Troposphere
1961?
(3) Stratosphere (4) Ionosphere
(1) Health and Family Welfare
(2) Home Affairs
195. Which one of the following is a free living bacterium that
(3) Social Justice and Empowerment helps in nitrogen fixation in soil?
(4) Human Resource Development (1) Azotobacter (2) Anabaena
(3) Azolla (4) Nostoc
207. In which one of the following islands of India is an active
volcano found?
(1) Car Nicobar Island (2) Nancowry Islnad
(3) Barren Island (4) Maya Bunder Island
221. Which one among the following States has the highest
gender disparity? 227. First quarter of 200910 (i.e. April June 2009) clocks GDP
growth rate at
(1) Orissa (2) Uttar Pradesh
(1) 5.7% (2) 5.9%
(3) Haryana (4) Maharastra
(3) 6.1% (4) 6.4%
222. Who among the following recommends to the parliament for
the abolition of the Legislative Council in a State? 228. Which among the following has been restructured under a
new nomenclature 'National Livelihood Mission'
(1) The President of India
(1) Swarnjayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojna
(2) The Governor of the concerned State
(2) NAREGA
(3) The Legislative Council of the concerned State
(3) Annapoorna Yojna
(4) The Legislative Assembly of the concerned State
(4) Swarnjayanti Shahri Rojgar Yojana
223. Which one of the following is the largest Committee of the
Parliament? 229. Proposed 'Literate India' mission puts focus on
(1) The Public Accounts Committee (1) Adult Education (2) Women Education
(2) The Estimates Committee (3) Male Education (4) Child Education
(3) The Committee on Public Undertakings
(4) The Committee on Petitions 230. Which of the following sector registered highest growth
during AprilJune 2009?
(1) Agriculture
224. Who among the following was not a member of the
Constituent Assembly? (2) Industry
(1) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (3) Service
(2) Acharya J.B. Kriplani (4) All above register almost equal growth rate
(3) Lok Nayak Jayprakash Narayan
(4) K.M. Munshi
242. Assertion (A): The North Atlantic route is the busiest of the
234. Assertion (A): The Himalayan rivers are older than the ocean trade routes of the world.
mountain ranges they cross.
Reason (R): This route connects Western Europe and eastern
Reason (R): The Himalayan river cut their channels the N o r t h A m e r i c a , t w o d e n s e l y p o p u l a t e d a n d h i g h l y
mountain ranges they cross. commercialized/industrialized regions of the world.
236. Assertion (A): Argentina is a major wheat growing country
of the world.
Reason (R): Vast flat areas of the pampas help to use
agricultural machinery and railway transport use facilities,
also suitable climate and soils prevail in Argentina.
244. Match List I and List II and select the correct answer using 247. Which of the following regions does not fall into scanty
the codes given below the lists rainfall zone (below 50 cm)
List I (1) South East Punjab (2) Ladakh
A. cloudiness (3) Southern Haryana (4) Himalayan Slopes
B. westerlies
C. famous for 248. Which among the following is the biggest port?
D. dry summers, wet (1) Visakhapatnam (2) Mumbai
List II (3) Tuticorin (4) Kandla
1. Equatorial and heavy region precipitation unfavourable
2. Mediterranean throughout region the year and mild 249. Which are the main crops of Arunachal Pradesh?
winters (1) Rice, Maize, Millet, Wheat, Mustard
3. Savanna region game park land type of vegetation (2) Rice, Tobacco, Oilseeds, Jute, Cotton
4. West European winters region and orchard farming (3) Tea, Jute, Rice, Cotton, Silk
A B C D A B C D (4) None of these
(1) 1 4 3 2 (2) 4 1 3 2
(3) 1 4 2 3 (4) 4 1 2 3 250. The important minerals of Assam are
(1) Coal and limestone
245. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer, using (2) Petroleum
the codes given below the lists
(3) Copper and mica
List I List II
(4) Manganese, gold and quartzite
A . River Godavari 1 . Buried channels
B. river Narmada 2 . Estuary
251. The important indu8stries of Assam are
C . River Yamuna 3 . Delta
(1) Tea processing, oil refineries and coal
D. River Ghaggar 4 . Tributary
(2) Silk and plywood
A B C D A B C D
(3) Both are correct
(1) 4 3 1 2 (2) 4 2 1 3
(4) none of these
(3) 3 2 4 1 (4) 3 4 2 1
266. The degree to which an individualis relatively earlier in 273. The impact of Green Revolution in India has been more
adopting new ideas than other member of his social system spectacular on the production of
is known as (1) Cereals (2) Vegetables
(1) Canmumcation (2) Adoption (3) Both of the above (4) None of the above
(3) Innovativeness (4) Laggards
274. Which of the following is opulent for the extension workers
267. The first farmers who adopt a new idea before anyone else and the people to follow in moving forward?
in their community are called as (1) Innovators (2) Adoption
(1) Awareners (2) Innovators (3) Develop plan of work (4) None of the above
(3) Evaluation (4) All of the above
275. In extension programme planning the process of determining
268. When compared with the average farmer which of the farmers the extent to which objective have been attained is known
have slightly higher education, are little younger in age and a s
participate more in formal organization? (1) Evaluation (2) Laggards
(1) Awareners (2) Adoption (3) Early Majority (4) None of the above
(3) Early adopters (4) All of the above
276. In Programme planning assembling of facts pertaining to
269. Which of the following farmers are last adopt new ideas, (1) Awareness
have the least education, few social contact and low
(2) Innovations
participation in formal organization?
(3) Keeping the record uptodate
(1) Laggards (2) Early majority
(4) None of the above
(3) Adopter id (4) All of the above
277. In Extension programme planning analysis or interpretation
270. A continuous series of activities or Cooperation leader
of situation means
leading to the development of a definite plan of action to
accomplish particular objective is known as (1) NDP
(1) Training and Visit (2) Programme Planning (2) Translation of facts into familiar language
(3) Both of the above (4) None of the above (3) KVK
(4) None of the above
271. Evaluation is an essential step in the extension educational
process and is an integral part of 278. In extension programme planning the valuation of all stages
(1) Programme Planning (2) Adoption should be done at
(3) Both of the above (4) None of the above (1) The beginning of programme year
(2) The end of programme year
(3) Before implementation of programme
(4) None of the above
297. What is the important advantage of suing farm publications?
(1) Useful for developing new techniques
(2) Can reach a large number of people quickly and
simultaneously
(3) Reach people directly
(4) Arouse and sustain interest
1.( 1) 2.( 1) 3.( 1) 4.( 1) 5.( 1) 6.( 1) 7.(1) 8.( 1) 9.( 1) 10.(1)
11.(1) 12.(4) 13.(3) 14.(1) 15.(1) 16.(1) 17.( 1) 18.(1) 19.(1) 20.(1)
21.(1) 22.(1) 23.(2) 24.(1) 25.(1) 26.(1) 27.( 1) 28.(4) 29.(1) 30.(1)
31.(1) 32.(1) 33.(1) 34.(1) 35.(4) 36.(1) 37.( 1) 38.(3) 39.(1) 40.(1)
41.(1) 42.(1) 43.(1) 44.(1) 45.(1) 46.(1) 47.( 1) 48.(1) 49.(1) 50.(1)
51.(1) 52.(1) 53.(1) 54.(1) 55.(1) 56.(1) 57.( 1) 58.(1) 59.(4) 60. (2)
61. (2) 62. (2) 63. (2) 64. (1) 65. (1) 66. (3) 67. (4) 68. (4) 69.(1) 70.(2)
71.(4) 72.(1) 73.(3) 74.(3) 75.(3) 76.(3) 77.( 4) 78.(4) 79.(3) 80.(4)
81.(3) 82.(3) 83.(3) 84.(1) 85.(1) 86.(3) 87.( 1) 88.(2) 89.(3) 90.(1)
91.(1) 92.(3) 93.(3) 94.(1) 95.(1) 96.(1) 97.( 1) 98.(4) 99.(4) 100.( 4)
101.( 1) 102.( 1) 103.( 1) 104.( 3) 105.( 1) 106.( 1) 107.(1) 108.( 1) 109.( 1) 110.( 4)
111.( 2) 112.( 3) 113.( 3) 114.( 3) 115.( 4) 116.( 4) 117.(3) 118.( 4) 119.( 1) 120.( 3)
121.( 3) 122.( 1) 123.( 1) 124.( 2) 125.( 3) 126.( 2) 127.(2) 128.( 2) 129.( 1) 130.( 2)
131.( 4) 132.( 2) 133.( 4) 134.( 3) 135.( 1) 136.( 2) 137.(1) 138.( 2) 139.( 2) 140.( 4)
141.( 1) 142.( 3) 143.( 3) 144.( 1) 145.( 2) 146.( 2) 147.(1) 148.( 3) 149.( 1) 150.( 5)
151.( 4) 152.( 2) 153.( 3) 154.( 1) 155.( 4) 156.( 2) 157.(2) 158.( 4) 159.( 3) 160.( 1)
161.( 2) 162.( 1) 163.( 1) 164.( 1) 165.( 1) 166.( 1) 167.(4) 168.( 4) 169.( 1) 170.( 2)
171.( 2) 172.( 2) 173.( 2) 174.( 3) 175.( 1) 176.( 3) 177.(4) 178.( 1) 179.( 3) 180.( 2)
181.( 2) 182.( 1) 183.( 3) 184.( 4) 185.( 4) 186.( 2) 187.(1) 188.( 1) 189.( 2) 190.( 1)
191.( 1) 192.( 1) 193.( 2) 194.( 3) 195.( 2) 196.( 3) 197.(2) 198.( 2) 199.( 4) 200.( 3)
201.( 1) 202.( 3) 203.( 2) 204.( 1) 205.( 2) 206.( 2) 207.(3) 208.( 4) 209.( 1) 210.( 2)
211.( 2) 212.( 2) 213.( 3) 214.( 1) 215.( 1) 216.( 4) 217.(2) 218.( 1) 219.( 4) 220.( 4)
221.( 3) 222.( 3) 223.( 3) 224.( 3) 225.( 2) 226.( 2) 227.(3) 228.( 1) 229.( 2) 230.( 3)
231.( 4) 232.(2) 233.(3) 234.( 1) 235.( 2) 236.( 1) 237.(2) 238.( 4) 239.( 1) 240.( 1)
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261.( 1) 262.( 1) 263.( 1) 264.( 1) 265.( 3) 266.( 3) 267.(2) 268.( 3) 269.( 1) 270.( 2)
271.( 1) 272.( 4) 273.( 3) 274.( 3) 275.( 1) 276.( 3) 277.(4) 278.( 4) 279.( 1) 280.( 4)
281.( 4) 282.( 2) 283.( 4) 284.( 3) 285.( 4) 286.( 3) 287.(1) 288.( 3) 289.( 3) 290.( 3)
291.( 1) 292.( 3) 293.( 4) 294.( 3) 295.( 2) 296.( 2) 297.(4) 298.( 3) 299.( 4) 300.( 3)
291.( 1) 292.( 2) 293.( 2) 294.( 2) 295.( 3) 296.( 1) 297.(3) 298.( 1) 299.( 2) 300.( 1)