Government Programmes


(1) Prerna:-
The ‘janasankhya sthirata kosh (national population
stabilization fund) has to promote & under take activities aimed at achieving population stabilization at a level consistent with the needs of sustainable economic growth. Social development and environment protection by 2045
• Prerna is a responsible for parenthood strategy. It is monetary incentive strategy aimed at pushing up the age of marriage of girls and delay the birth of the first child.

(2) National Rural Health Mission:-Lunched in April 2005 the mission seeks to provide universal access to equitable, affordable and quality health care which is accountable and at the same time responsible to the needs of the people.
• It also aims to achieve the goals set out under the national policy and the millennium development goals during the mission period.

(3) Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna:-
 Launched by ministry of labour & employment, govt of India to provide health insurance coverage for BPL families.
• Beneficiaries are entitled to hospitalization coverage up to Rs 30,000 for most of the disease that require hospitalization.

(4) National Food Security Mission:-
Sponsored scheme launched in august 2007.
• Objective is to increased production and productivity of wheat, rice and pulses.

(5) 15 Point Programme:-
In Oct 2009 govt decided to include 3 more schemes in the Prime minister’s new 15 point programme for the welfare of minorities.
Those are: -
• National rural drinking water programme.
• Urban infrastructure developed scheme for small and medium town.
• Urban infrastructure and governance scheme.

(6) Bharat Nirman Yojna:- 
 It is a time bound business plan for action in rural in infrastructure .Under Bharat nirman , action was proposed in the areas of:-
I. Irrigation.
II. Rural housing.
III. Rural water supply.
IV. Rural electrification.
V. Rural telecommunication connectivity.

(7) National Mission On Education:-
It is a mission in which education is provide through information and communication technology. “SAKSHAT” one stop education portal was launched on Oct 30 2006 by the president of India.
• Head of National knowledge commission:-Sam Pitroda.

(8)Right To Education Act 2009:- 
Article 21-(A), as inserted by the constitution (86th Amendment Act) 2002, provides for free and compulsory education of all children in the age group of 6 to 14 years as a fundamental rights. Consequently the parliament has enacted this in April 2009.
Salient features:-
(a) Free and compulsory education 6 to 14 age group.
(b) Will apply to all India except J&K.
(c) Provide for 25% reservation for economically disadvantaged communities in admission in private school.
(d) A child who completes elementary education (up to class 8) shall be awarded a certificate.

(9) Female Literacy:-
It is a scheme to provide education & related facilities to ST Students launched by ministry of trial affairs in dec 11, 2009.

(10) Anil Kalkaska Committee on reforms in IITS:-
it will suggest reforms to make these elite institutions a global brand.

 (11) Yashpal Committee Report:-
It was set up in 2008 for higher education and research.
• It has suggested the scrapping of all higher education regulatory /monitoring bodies and creation of a super regulation.
• It also recommended that the deemed university status be abandoned and that all deserving universities be either converted into full fledged universities or scrapped.

(12) National Rural Livelihood Mission:-
Ministry of rural development and panchyati raj proposed to restructure the existing swarnjayanti gram swarojgar yojna into rural livelihood mission to have a focused approach to rural poverty eradication in a time bound manner.
• Objective is to reduce poverty among rural BPL by promoting diversified and gainful self employment and wage employment opportunities which would lead to an appreciable increase in sustainable basis.

(13) NREGA Renamed After Mahatma Gandhi:- On Oct 2, 2009.

(14) Chandra Sheker Panel:- 
on the recomandation of a committee headed by cabinet secretary K.M Chander shaker. Centre had increased the pension for retired service man.

(15) Rajiv Awas Yojna:-
Ministry of housing and urban poverty alleviation had launched the housing project called the Rajiv awas yojna for slum dwellers and the urban poor.
• Aimed at making India slum free in the next five years

(16) Pradhan Mantra Adarsh Gram Yojna:-
It was launched in Rajasthan Sriganga nagar district.
• Aim at integrated development of 1,000 villages where a majority of the population belongs to the schedule caste.
• It is a replica of U.P’s Ambedkar village scheme.

(17) Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission:-
Objective -Generation of 20000 mw of solar energy in three phases by 2022.
• Under this govt. aims to add at least 1000 mw solar power by the end of 2013.
• Power Finance Corporation and the rural electrification corporation had agreed to provide financial assistance.

(18) Green India Mission:-
Ministry of environment and forests and the defense research and development organization have launched the mission.
• The aim is to bring a million heacter of high altitude, cold desert
ecosystem under cultivation by 2020.

(19) Rajiv Gandhi Grammeen LPG Vitarak Yojna:-
Union petroleum and natural gas ministry inaugurated this scheme for providing liquefied petroleum gas to the rural house hold at Lachhman ghar in sikar district of Rajasthan .
• Under the scheme it is proposed to increase the number of connection to 16 crores with coverage of 75% of population by 2015.


February - II


1. What is RBI's share in NABARD equity currently?
a. 99%
b. 51%
c. 49%
d. 1%
2. … is the indirect tax that registered maximum growth during the first half of 2010-11
a. Excise duty
b. Custom duty
c. Service tax
d. None of the above
3. India recently signed a Line of Credit Agreement worth $ 1 billion with …
a. Germany
b. Australia
c. Malaysia
d. Indonesia
4. Which of the following key rate of RBI was highest among all as on November 2, 2010?
a. Repo rate
b. Reverse repo rate
c. Bank rate
d. Cash reserve ratio
5. US recently announced one of the largest weapons sales in its history worth about $ 60 billion to which country?
a. Kuwait
b. Saudi Arabia
c. Pakistan
d. Afghanistan
6. Who among the following did not bag the Nobel Prize 2010 for Economics?
a. Christopher Pissarides
b. Peter Diamond
c. Dale Mortensen
d. Akira Suzuki
7. Among the following, who did not fi gure in the Forbes' 100 Most Powerful Women list?
a. Indra Nooyi
b. Chanda Kochhar
c. Savitri Jindal
d. Shikha Sharma
8. The direct tax that registered negative growth during the first half of 2010-11 is …
a. Corporate tax
b. Income tax
c. Wealth tax
d. Securities transaction tax
9. … is not a financial regulator.
a. IRDA
b. PFRDA
c. AMFI
d. SEBI
10. The Indian rupee symbol is based on which script?
a. Roman
b. Devnagri
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
11. The Nobel Prize in Economics 2010 was shared by how many economists?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
12. Indentify the Indian state that was the fi rst to introduce Public Service Guarantee Act 2010.
a. Gujarat
b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Haryana
d. Bihar
13. Who won the 'Business Leader of the Year' title at Economic Times Corporate Excellence 
Awards 2010?
a. R. C. Bhargava
(Maruti Suzuki)
b. Mukesh Ambani (RIL)
c. Aditya Puri (HDFC Bank)
d. Ratan Tata (Tata Group)
14. The Union Government has declared … as the 'National Heritage Animal' recently.
a. Tiger
b. Elephant
c. Lion
d. Camel
15. India was ranked … in the Global Hunger Index released by IFPRI in October 2010.
a. 67th
b. 69th
c. 71st
d. 74th
16. The new chief of National Green Tribunal, constituted in October 2010 is ...
a. S. K. Puri
b. Anil K. Pandey
c. Lokeshewar Singh
d. Y. S. Dadwal
17. The Goods and Service (GST) proposed to be introduced in 2011 is likely to cover 
a. Trade, Sales tax
b. Service, Trade tax
c. Service, Excise, Sales tax
d. Excise, Service, VAT tax
18. India is exploring Shale gas reserves with which country?
a. France
b. Germany
c. United Kingdom
d. USA
19. Who won the Lal Bahadur Shastri Award 2010 for excellence in public administration academia 
and management?
a. Arvind Kezeriwal
b. Aruna Roy
c. Kapil Sibal
d. Zia Modi
20. The first World Statistics Day was celebrated on …
a. October 17, 2010
b. October 18, 2010
c. October 19, 2010
d. October 20, 2010
21. ... is not a part of the TAPI gas pipeline project.
a. India
b. Afghanistan
c. Turkmenistan
d. Pakistan
22. The two-day summit of Finance Ministers of G-20 nations was held in which country?
a. China
b. India
c. South Korea
d. Canada
23. Name the chairman of the high level infra finance committee formed by the Indian 
Government.
a. Y. K. Alagh
b. Y. B. Reddy
c. C. Rangrajan
d. Rakesh Mohan
24. 'Udyami', a newly inaugurated helpline assists …
a. Micro, Small and Medium enterprises
b. Large capital industries
c. Only female entrepreneurs
d. Farmers introducing technology in farming
25. What is the term 'Smart Money' used for?
a. FDRs in Banks
b. Demand Drafts
c. Credit Cards
d. Internet Banking
26. Companies are required to list shares within … days of the closure of the Initial Public Offers (IPOs), as per the new guidelines issued by SEBI.
a. 9
b. 12
c. 15
d. 18
27. According to Census 2001, what is the percentage of urban population in India?
a. 26.7
b. 27.1
c. 27.8
d. 28.6
28. India is placed at ... position, out of 169 countries, in the 'Medium Human Development' category classified by Human Development Report 2010.
a. 116th
b. 117th
c. 118th
d. 119th
29. Name the country that tops the Human Development Index (HDI) in the Human Development Report 2010.
a. Norway
b. United States
c. Australia
d. New Zealand
30. What is the number of Finance Commissions set up till date?
a. 11
b. 12
c. 13
d. 14
31. RBI did not alter … in its review of monetary policy 2010-11 on November 2, 2010.
a. Only CRR
b. Only Bank Rate
c. Repo and Reverse Repo Rates
d. Both CRR and Bank Rate
32. The per capita income in India stands at … (as per the revised estimated data for 2009-10)
a. Rs. 40,000
b. Rs. 44,354
c. Rs. 47,690
d. Rs. 48,356
33. Identify the private telecom operator that was the first to introduce 3G services in India.
a. Vodafone
b. Docomo
c. Airtel
d. Aircel
34. Foodgrains production stood at … million tonnes for the year 2009-10, as per the 4th advance estimates.
a. 218.20
b. 218.25
c. 218.50
d. 218.75
35. The organisation that recently celebrated the silver jubilee year of its establishment is …
a. G-8
b. G-20
c. ASEAN
d. SAARC
36. Agriculture accounts for … of overall employment in India.
a. 41%
b. 48%
c. 52%
d. 57%
37. Youth Festival 2011 will be organised in which city?
a. Udaipur
b. Goa
c. Hyderabad
d. Bhubaneshwar
38. When was Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) started?
a. January 1, 1989
b. March 15, 1989
c. April 1, 1989
d. None of the above
39. Forward Market Commissions independently regulate …
a. Foreign exchange markets
b. Mutual funds
c. Commodity exchanges
d. Stock market
40. What percent of the Gross Domestic Product did agriculture account for in the year 2008-09?
a. 12.2
b. 13.5
c. 14.3
d. 15.7
41. The 17th ASEAN Summit was concluded on October 30, 2010 at which place?
a. Hanoi
b. Singapore
c. Manila
d. Kuala Lumpur
42. What is the total number of regional rural banks that are working in India?
a. 91
b. 96
c. 100
d. 102
43. Who coined the term 'transformational leadership'?
a. Ronald G. Greenwood
b. John Jacob Bausch
c. Solomon Loeb
d. James MacGregor Burns
44. The scheme …, was launched on December 31, 2001 with the objective to lessen the burden of parents in meeting the educational expenses of their children.
a. Shiksha Mitra Yojana
b. Sarva Shiksha Yojana
c. Shiksha Sahayog Yojana
d. Shiksha Madad Yojana
45. OECD has estimated the Indian economy to grow by … in the current fiscal.
a. 9.1%
b. 10.1%
c. 11.1%
d. 11.4%
46. What is the new bilateral trade target to be achieved by 2015 that has been agreed upon by India and China?
a. $60 billion
b. $66 billion
c. $71 billion
d. $75 billion
47. JWS Steel Ltd has entered into an agreement with Ispat Industries to buy stake worth …
a. `2,150 crores
b. `2,153 crores
c. `2,157 crores
d. `2,159 crores
48. The worth of the order that was recently bagged by Lanco Infratech from an arm of Moser Baer Projects to execute a 1200-MW power project is ...
a. `4,100 crores
b. `4,800 crores
c. `5,200 crores
d. `5,300 crores
49. Identify the woman who will join HPCL, a state owned oil company as its first ever woman director (marketing).
a. Sonali Gulati
b. Nishi Vasudeva
c. Sanghamitra Chaudhuri
d. None of the above
50. Malaysian automobile group DRB-Hicom will be investing more than … in Germany's Volkswagen AG to assemble vehicles for its regional market.
a. $100 million
b. $200 million
c. $250 million
d. $300 million

ANSWERS
1. d. 1%
2. b. Custom duty
3. a. Germany
4. a. Repo rate
5. b. Saudi Arabia
6. d. Akira Suzuki
7. c. Savitri Jindal
8. d. Securities transaction tax
9. c. AMFI
10. c. Both a and b
11. b. 3
12. b. Madhya Pradesh
13. c. Aditya Puri (HDFC Bank)
14. b. Elephant
15. a. 67th
16. c. Lokeshewar Singh
17. d. Excise, Service, VAT tax
18. d. USA
19. b. Aruna Roy
20. d. October 20, 2010
21. b. Afghanistan
22. c. South Korea
23. d. Rakesh Mohan
24. a. Micro, Small and Medium enterprises
25. c. Credit Cards
26. b. 12
27. c. 27.8
28. d. 119th
29. a. Norway
30. c. 13
31. d. Both CRR and Bank Rate
32. b. `44,354
33. b. Docomo
34. a. 218.20
35. d. SAARC
36. c. 52%
37. a. Udaipur
38. c. April 1, 1989
39. c. Commodity exchanges
40. d. 15.7
41. a. Hanoi
42. b. 96
43. d. James MacGregor Burns
44. c. Shiksha Sahayog Yojana
45. a. 9.1%
46. b. $66 billion
47. c. `2,157 crores
48. a. `4,100 crores
49. b. Nishi Vasudeva
50. d. $300 million

February - I

1. Dilma Rousseff is the President of ...
a. Brazil
b. Philippines
c. Singapore
d. None of these
2. Ram Sewak Sharma is associated with which of the following?
a. Army
b. Arts
c. Unique Identifi cation
 Authority of India
d. None of these
3. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act provides legal guarantee for ..................days of employment, every fi  -nancial year to members of any rural household willing to do public work-related unskilled manual work at the statutory minimum wage of 
a. 365 days
b. 200 days
c. 100 days
d. 30 days
4. In which Indian state was the AADHAAR program launched?
a. Jammu and Kashmir
b. Karnataka
c. Bihar
d. Maharashtra
5. Manu Joseph is associated with which magazine?
a. The Week
b. Outline
c. Outlook
d. Open
6. Identify the woman has recently been appointed as the governor of South Carolina.
a. Nikki Randhawa Haley
b. Shashi Jindal
c. Sheehan
d. None of these
7. Rajarajeswara temple is located in which state?
a. Kerala
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Karnataka
d. None of these
8. Anand Sharma is associated with …
a. RBI
b. SBI
c. IMF
d. None of these
9. Anil Agarwal is associated with which company?
a. Future Group
b. Maruti
c. Vedanta
d. None of these
10. Which of the following institutions grant the Nobel Prize in Literature?
a. Nobel Foundation
b. Swedish Academy
c. Norwegian Nobel
 Committee
d. Government of Sweden
11. Richard Fred Heck won a Nobel Prize in 2010 in which of the following subjects?
a. Physics
b. Chemistry
c. Biology
d. None of these
12. The Green House has been written by ...
a. Jitendra Lahiri
b. Khushwant Singh
c. John Miller
d. Mario Vargas Llosa
13. Who won the Stirling Prize for  2010?
a. Zaha Hadid
b. Allen John
c. Zubin
d. None of these
14. Who is the new Governor General of Canada?
a. David Lloyd Johnston
b. John Washington
c. Eric Milton
d. None of these
15. Brookside Bungalow is in which of the following Indian states?
a. Assam
b. West Bengal
c. Meghalaya
d. Bihar
16. The government organised first Pravasi Bhartiya Divas outside India in
a. New York
b. Durban
c. Hague
d. Singapore
17. How many countries have so far ratified the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 6
d. 8
18. Year 2011 has been offi cially designated by the United Nations as ...
a. International Year of Biotechnology
b. International Year of Space Science
c. International Year of Chemistry
d. International Year of Physics
19. Marange Diamond fields are located in the country of … and it was recently allowed by the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme to sell the diamonds in the international markets agreeing that Marange is Conflict Free.
a. Angola
b. Liberia
c. Zimbabwe
d. Sierra Leone
20. Assam Rifles is headquartered in …
a. Delhi
b. Bangalore
c. Shillong
d. None of these
21. Who will be India's chief Guest at the Republic Day 2011?
a. Susilo Bambang  Yudhoyono
b. Rafiq Tarar
c. Dmitriy Medvedev
d. None of these
22. As on december 2009, what is India's Rank in World Uranium Production as per the latest data of World Nuclear Association?
a. 10th
b. 12th
c. 13th
d. 18th
23. Who is the Prime Minister of Poland?
a. Ian Roberts
b. Donald Tusk
c. John Huggs
d. None of these
24. Who is the Union Minister for Ministry of Earth Sciences and Ministry of Science and Technology?
a. Raj Babbar
b. Manmohan Singh
c. Kapil Sibal
d. Sripati Mishra
25. Which of the following is not a Maharatna company?
a. Indian Oil Corporation
b. NTPC Limited
c. Steel Authority of India  Limited
d. Bharat Electronics Limited
26. He Yaozu is associated with which of the companies?
a. Sony
b. LG Electronics
c. Samsung
d. Suzlon Energy
27. Damurey is a name of cyclone that stormed ...
a. South Korea
b. China
c. Japan
d. Indonesia
28. In the “March ceremony of 18th Commonwealth Games”, the Indian squad was led by …
a. Maj Rajyawardhan Singh  Rathore
b. P. T. Usha
c. Jaspal Rana
d. Kunjarani
29. Identify the cricketer who has bagged 1000 wickets in international cricket.
a. Dennis Lillie
b. Bishan Singh Bedi
c. Chaminda Vass
d. Muthaiya Murlitharan
30. Ranthambhore Wild Life Sanctuary is famous for which of the following animals?
a. Deer
b. Rhino
c. Elephant
d. Tiger
31. What do you mean by “Illegal Tender”?
a. Black money
b. Mutilated cheque
c. Dishonoured cheque
d. None of these
32. In which of the following years was ICICI Bank established?
a. 1991
b. 1992
c. 1993
d. 1994
33. What does Blue Revolution mean?
a. Fisheries
b. Space program
c. Agriculture program
d. None of these
34. Su-30 MK is a combat aircraft from …
a. USA
b. China
c. Germany
d. Russia
35. Which of the personalities said “All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others”?
a. Asimov
b. Grahm greene
c. George Orwell
d. Karl Marx
36. Who wrote “An Area of Darkness”?
a. Vinita Ketaki
b.  Piloo Modi
c. Kiran Desai
d. V.S. Naipual
37. Name the game that started from Manipur and later became popular internationally.
a. Volleyball
b.  Archery
c. Polo
d. Chess
38. Karim Masimov is the Prime Minister of which country?
a. Iran
b. Libya
c. Kazakhastan
d. Iraq
39. Who wrote “Future Shock”?
a. Bejan Daruwala
b.  Linda Goodman
c.  Maa Prem Usha
d.  None of these
40. “Saptashava”, a name in Hindu mythology is related to which of the following Gods?
a. Indra
b. Surya
c. Yama
d. Vishnu
41. Winner of the Noble Prize 2006 for literature, Orhan Pamak, is a native of …
a. USA
b. Russia
c. Turkey
d. Egypt
42. Which of the following is not a Raga?
a. Jai Jaiwanti
b. Megh Malhar
c. Bhairavi
d. All are Ragas
43. The name “Valentina Tereshkova” is associated ...
a. Astrology
b. Astronomy
c. Woodcraft
d. Witchcraft
44.  “Ramayan” is the work of …
a. Valmiki
b. Sant Tulsidas
c. Vedvyas
d. None of these
45. Which of the following is another name for Lie Detector?
a. Polydetect
b. Polygraph
c. Polyclue
d. Polybus
46. Benigno S. Aquino III is the President of ...
a. South Korea
b. Myanmar
c. Phillipines
d. None of these
47. Identify the person who is a former tennis champion and an actor too.
a. Anand Amritraj
b. Viay Amritraj
c. Roger Federer
d. Andre Aggasi
48. With which game would you associate Ronjan Sodhi?
a. Billiards
b. Swimming
c. Shooting
d. None of these
49. The CBI arrested …, the sacked treasurer of the CWG Organising Committee recently.
a. Ranjan Mullick
b. M. Jayachandran
c. Sushil Kumar
d. None of them
50. Who is the current central vigilance commissioner of India?
a. G.E. Vahanvati
b. P. J. Thomas
c. Ajay Mathur
d.  None of these
ANSWERS
 
1. a. Brazil
2. c. Unique Identifi cation Authority of India
3. c. 100 days
4. d. Maharashtra
5. d. Open
6. a. Nikki Randhawa Haley
7. a. Kerala
8. a. RBI
9. c. Vedanta
10. b. Swedish Academy
11. b. Chemistry
12. d. Mario Vargas Llosa
13. a. Zaha Hadid
14. a. David Lloyd Johnston
15. c. Meghalaya
16. a. New York
17. b. 4
18. c. International Year of Chemistry
19. c. Zimbabwe
20. c. Shillong
21. a. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
22. c. 13th
23. b. Donald Tusk
24. c. Kapil Sibal
25. d. Bharat Electronics Limited
26. d. Suzlon Energy
27. a. South Korea
28. a. Maj Rajyawardhan Singh Rathore
29. d. Muthaiya Murlitharan
30. d. Tiger
31. d. None of these
32. d. 1994
33. a. Fisheries
34. d. Russia
35. c. George Orwell
36. d. V.S. Naipual
37. c. Polo
38. c. Kazakhastan
39. d. None of these
40. b. Surya
41. c. Turkey
42. d. All are Ragas
43. b. Astronomy
44. a. Valmiki
45. b. Polygraph
46. c. Phillipines
47. b. Viay Amritraj
48. c. Shooting
49. b. M. Jayachandran
50. b. P.J. Thoma
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