राज्यसेवा मुख्य परीक्षा २०१५ GS-4

Which one of the following two statements about the population and its growth in India is correct ?

(a) The percentage change in decadal growth has been continuously negative since 1971. (1961-1971)

(b) The percentage change in decadal growth has been highest post-independence as noted in 1961.

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BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) services are a sub-component of _________

The largest amount of public expenditure in the form of subsidies as a percentage of GDP is on ______

The control of inflation is done through

(a) Repo 

(b) Reverse repo

(c) Cash reserve ratio

(d) Borrowing from IMF

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If the states are arranged in descending order on the basis of BPL population the order in 2011-12 was :

(a) Maharashtra

(b) Gujarat

(c) Kerala

(d) Karnataka

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From amongst the following food grains name the three that have shown the maximum Percentage rise in production from 1970-2010. Cereals, Pulses, Rice, Wheat, Oilseeds, Sugarcane, Cotton.

Food security mission was launched in 2007 with the following components.

(a) Rice

(b) Wheat

(c) Pulses  

(d) Jawar

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NAFED functions as

(a) Cooperative marketing

(b) Government Agency

(c) Insurance agent

(d) Facilitator for contract farming

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Which one of the following two statements is correct?

(a) Human poverty Index was for the first time presented in the Human Development report of the year of 1997.

(b) Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab and Haryana are the first four states with the highest HDI among the states.

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What are the provisions in Agreement On Agriculture (AOA) under the WTO ?

(a) Providing market access

(b) Regulating domestic support

(c) Containing export subsidies

(d) Ensuring fair practices

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The strategy used through five year plans for agricultural development included _________
(a) Agricultural extension services

(b) Favourable terms of trade

(c) Expansion of irrigation

(d) Institutional credit

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National Bamboo Mission was launched in 2006-2007 with the following important activities but for one :

Which is the hypothesis that indicates the relationship between the economic development and the environment ? 

Match the following and select the correct code: 

The absolute cost advantage theory measures the value of goods through 

(a) Labour

(b) Capital

(c) Land resources

(d) Technology

(a) only

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Which one of the following two statements is correct ? 

(a) The fertilizer consumption in India has gone up more than 500 times from 1952 to 2012.

(b) Because of the bumper production India does not have to import fertilizers any more.
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Match the following and select the correct code:

Which one of the following two statement is correct?

(a) The praportion of agriculture labourers to the total working population has decreased from 20% to 20% between 1951 and 2010

(b) The proportion of cultivators also declined from 50% to about 30% in the period.

Which one of the following two statements is incorrect?
(a) The National Agricultural and Rural Development Bank was established in India in 1982.
(b) The Regional Rural Banks were set up in 1973.

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Which one of the following two statements is incorrect?

(a) In United Kingdom and United States only 6 to 7% of the working population is
engaged in agriculture.

(b) In India 49.7% of Indias work force is provided with employment by the agricultural sector,

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