राज्यसेवा मुख्य परीक्षा २०१५ GS-1

Which one of the following two statements is correct ?

(a) Cartagena protocol refers to Biosafety and issue relating to genetic engineering

(b) Nagoya protocol relates to Access and Benefit sharing.

Answer Options :

How many households in Maharashtra have availability of drinking water source within their premises as per Census 2011, percentage wise ?

Which one of the following environmental issues was discussed in the United Nations Conference at Nairobi in 1977 ?

Following are some of the statements pertaining to Kyoto protocol. After reading them choose the option depicting a group of correct statements.

(a) It was signed in 1992.

(b) One of its objectives was to reduce the carbon dioxide emission below the level of 1995.

(c) After the protocol emission continued to go up at the rate of 3 percent a year.

(d) It was signed in Japan.

Answer Options :

Eco-system of which sea has been destroyed by the project undertaking diverting of river waters ?

Observe the following statements :

(a) Aurangabad city is located to the west of Jalna city

(b) Osmanabad district is located to the North of Jalna district

(c) Only six districts of Maharashtra have a common border with Karnataka state

Answer 0ptions :

The top ten highest literate districts of India have upwards of 95% literacy rate. What is not correct about these ten districts ?

(a) Six of them belong to Kerala

(b) Three of them belong to Mizoram

Answer Options :

Arrange the states in a descending order of their percentage decadal population growth as noticed in 2011.

Names of cyclones and their places of formation are given below: 

Which one of the following two statements is correct?
(a) Vinayak D. Savarkar undertook a fast unto death for giving the untouchables an access to the temple at Pandharpur.

(b) Pandurang Sadashiv Sane was connected with social movement against the evil practice of untouchability.
Answer options :

According to the Environmental Development Index of 2014, India scored ______ points out of 100 and ranked______ in the list of 178 countries.
Choose the correct option:

What have you to say about the three districts with the highest literacy percentage after Mumbai and Mumbai Suburban as per the 2011 Census ?

Which of the following districts practice shifting cultivation ? 

The loo is a hot and dry wind that blows in the summer months. What is incorrect about the loo?

(a) The loo occurs due to convective air movement resulting from the intense heating of   the earths Surface.

(b) The loo is strongest in the forenoon.

Answer Options : 

El-Nino current which affects the Indian monsoon originates at :

Which one of the following two statements is correct ?

(a) For the reclamation of alkaline and saline-alkalisoils Sulphur is used.

(b) Exchangeable Sodium percentage of Saline soil is more than 15. Answer options :

Which of the following gases from Indian Agriculture contributes maximum in global warming ?

Which one of the following two statements is correct ?

(a) Sugarcane is a salt tolerant crop.

(b) Gram (Chana) is a salt sensitive plant,

Answer options :

Which one of the following two statements is correct?

(a) The cation exchange capacity is high in Montmorillonite clay minerals.

(b) Basalin is used to control the transpiration from crop leaves.

Answer options :

Which one of the following two statements is incorrect?

(a) Refrigerators give rise to Hydrofluorocarbons.

(b) Fire extinguishers lead to increase in halons.

Answer options :