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General Awareness - 4 (DSSSB Grade II )

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Which institution maintains district roads?

  1. NHAI

  2. CPWD

  3. SPWD

  4. None of these


Correct Option: D

Which among the following National Highways of India is the longest?

  1. NH 4

  2. NH 3

  3. NH 7

  4. NH 1


Correct Option: C

Which is the largest container port in India?

  1. Visakhapatnam

  2. Cochin

  3. Nhava Sheva

  4. Tuticorin


Correct Option: C

Which of the following ports is nearest to the Tropic of Cancer?

  1. Kandla

  2. Mumbai

  3. Vishakhapatnam

  4. Ennore


Correct Option: A

What are the people who do lumbering called?

  1. Lumberjacks

  2. Lumbercutters

  3. Lumberman

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

The largest permanent migration of Indian citizens outside the country in the last century was associated with the

  1. demand for the professional

  2. petro-dollar revolution

  3. sugarcane plantations

  4. rubber and tea plantations


Correct Option: C

The proportion of scheduled tribe population to the total population is the highest in

  1. Manipur

  2. Meghalaya

  3. Madhya Pradesh

  4. Nagaland


Correct Option: A

Chipko Movement started in

  1. Rajasthan

  2. Uttarakhand

  3. Assam

  4. Kerala


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 Chipko Movement started in the early 1970s in the Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarakhand.

In India, the organisation for environmental planning is

  1. CSIR

  2. UNCW

  3. NEERI

  4. ICAR


Correct Option: C

The Government of the Union of India is parliamentary in character. One of the characteristics of a parliamentary system of the Government is that

  1. the Ministry is collectively responsible to both Houses of Parliament

  2. the Ministry is not responsible to the Parliament

  3. the Ministry is responsible to the Head of the State

  4. the Ministry is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha


Correct Option: D

Which plan has now been extended to both urban and rural areas?

  1. Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme

  2. Jawahar Rozgar Yojana

  3. Akshat Yojana for Unemployed Graduate

  4. Jan Shree Bima Yojana


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct Answer: Prime Minister's Employment Scheme

Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) was announced on 15th August, 2008 and launched in place of REGP Scheme. PMEGP is a credit-linked subsidy programme launched by Ministry of MSME in 2008-09 for creation of employment in both rural and urban areas of the country.

Which of the following are the ‘self-employment programmes’ of the Indian government?

A. IRDP B. TRYSEM C. DWCRA D. NREP E. MWS

  1. Only 2 and 3

  2. Only 1, 2 and 3

  3. Only 2, 3, 4 and 5

  4. Only 1, 2, 3 and 5


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Among the various types of government-run welfare programmes, the two main types are:

  1. Self employment programmes – that aim at generating gainful employment by providinbg necessay assets or skills to the poor. Eg: IRDP, TRYSEM, DWCRA, MWS, etc.
  2. Wage employment programmes – that aim at providing employment opportunities to the unemployed, in return of which they get wages. Eg: NREP, MNREGA, Bharat Nirman, etc.

‘Golden handshake scheme’ is associated with

  1. inviting foreign companies

  2. private investment in public enterprises

  3. voluntary retirement

  4. establishing joint enterprises


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Option 3 is the correct answer.

Who among the following became the first Spaniard to win the World Badminton Championship held in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2014?

  1. Carolina Marin

  2. Dolores Marco

  3. Yoana Martínez

  4. Lucía Tavera

  5. Esther Sanz


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct option is (1).

Who among the following became the first woman Chairperson of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS)?

  1. Sheila Sri Prakash

  2. Shobhana Bhartia

  3. Chandrakala Padia

  4. Mallika Srinivasan

  5. Vinita Bali


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct option is (3).

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