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Hi! Puys New Set of Questions:


Directions for questions 1 to 60: Select the correct alternative from the given choices.

1. Which of the following is the greatest source of power production in India?
(1) Thermal power (2) Hydro Electric power
(3) Atomic power (4) Wind power
(5) Tidal power.

2. Which of the following statements is/are true?
(1) Well irrigation is the major source of irrigation in our country, followed by Canal irrigation, and tank irrigation.
(2) Canal irrigation is the major source of irrigation in our Country, followed by well irrigation and tank irrigation.
(3) Tank irrigation is the major source of irrigation followed by canal irrigation and well irrigation.
(4) Canal irrigation is the major source of irrigation in our country followed by tank irrigation and well irrigation.
(5) None of the above

3. Which of the following statements is True?
(1) The West of Great Himalayas is known as Trans-Himalayan Zone.
(2) The South of Great Himalayas is known as Trans-Himalayan Zone.
(3) The North of Great Himalayas is known as Trans-Himalayan Zone.
(4) The East of Great Himalayas is known as Trans-Himalayan Zone.
(5) The North West of Great Himalayas is known as Trans-Himalayan Zone.

4. Sandal wood is mainly produced in _____
(1) Tropical dry deciduous forests.
(2) Thorn forests.
(3) Tropical wet Evergreen and Semi-evergreen forests.
(4) Tropical moist deciduous forests.
(5) None of the above.

5. Identify the incorrect statement ____
(1) China and India are the leading rice producers in the world.
(2) USA and Russia are the leading wheat producing nations.
(3) India and Srilanka lead in Tea production.
(4) More than one of the above statements.
(5) None of the above statements.

6. Identify the incorrect match. International organisation Location of head quarters
1) The Asian Development Bank Manila, The Philippines
2) The common Wealth London
3) SAARC Kathmandu
4) Red cross Geneva
5) European Union Paris

7. The venue of the world seed congress held on June 9 2003, was _______
(1) Delhi (2) Hyderabad (3) Bangalore
(4) Chennai (5) Lucknow

8. The state share holding in IFFCO is presently _____
(1) 41% (2) 70% (3) 62%
(4) 59% (5) 60%

9. The venue of United Nations Sponsored ‘The Third World Water Forum’ was ____
(1) Tokyo (2) Kyoto (3) Helsinki
(4) Mumbai (5) Toronto.

10. The Acronym NCCF stands for ___
(1) National Cooperative Credit Federation.
(2) National Calamity Corpus Fund.
(3) National Calamity Contingency Fund.
(4) National Catastrophe contingency Fund.
(5) National Cataclysm Contingency Fund.

11. The permanent mascot for Indian Railways is named ___
(1) Gattu (2) Bhola (3) Bachhu
(4) Chuk Chuk (5) Bhayya

12. The Amrita Devi Bishnoi National Award is given for _____
(1) Wild life conservation
(2) Wild life Perpetuation
(3) Literary Excellence
(4) Woman Poets
(5) Tribal Entrepreneurs

13. The ‘Green Oscars’ given in the field of sustainable Energy are alternatively known as ___
(1) Ashley Awards for sustainable Energy
(2) Ashden Awards for sustainable Energy
(3) Asha Awards for sustainable Energy
(4) Asahi Awards for sustainable Energy
(5) Chipko Awards for sustainable Energy

14. Rajendra Keshavlal who received the 37th Bharatiya Jnanpith Award wrote in ____
(1) Hindi (2) Marathi (3) Gujarati
(4) Bengali (5) Sanskrit

15. Find the incorrect match.
(1) National Institute of Oceanography ____ Panaji, Goa.
(2) National physical Laboratory → New Delhi.
(3) Central Scientific Instruments Organisations → Chandigarh
(4) Central Drug Research Institute → New Delhi.
(5) Indian Institute of Plasma Research, BHAT ____ GandhiNagar.

16. The Kalinga Award is given by the ____
(1) Ashoka Foundation
(2) UNESCO
(3) Government of India
(4) Government of Orissa
(5) Government of Andhra Pradesh.

17. Which of the following states is a leader in Gypsum production?
(1) Rajasthan (2) Gujarat (3) Haryana
(4) U. P (5) Maharashtra

18. Find the Incorrect statement ____
(1) Asbestos ____ Rajasthan and Karnataka are the leading producers.
(2) Barytes ____ Andhra pradesh is the largest producer.
(3) Mica ____ India is the largest producer in the world.
(4) Tin → India is one of the leading Exporters.
(5) Lignite → Tamil Nadu is the leading producer.

19. Find the incorrect statement about sugarcane ____
(1) After the harvest of crop the cane is to be immediately processed because the sucrose content declines with lapse of time.
(2) Sugarcane is a cash Crop.
(3) Since Sugarcane is weight losing raw material it cannot be transported over long distances.
(4) After cotton textiles, Sugar Industry is the second most important agro based Industry.
(5) None of the above.

20. Which of the following Industrial regions of India is often compared to ‘Rhur region of West Germany’
(1) The Hooghly Belt.
(2) The Madurai-Coimbatore – Bangalore region.
(3) The Chota Nagpur Region.
(4) The Ahmedabad – Baroda Region.
(5) The Mumbai – Poona belt.

21. Which of the following is not taken into account in the Human Development Index?
(1) Life Expectancy
(2) Per Capita Income
(3) Extent of Urbanisation
(4) Literacy rate and Education
(5) Sanitation facilities

22. India was ranked ____ in the UN Human Development Index in 2003.
(1) 124 (2) 118 (3) 121
(4) 127 (5) 137

23. Which of the following chemicals is used in creating artificial rains?
(1) Silver Bromide
(2) Silver Nitrate
(3) Silver Iodide
(4) Sodium Thiosulphate
(5) Hydrogen peroxide

24. Which of the following agencies main objective is to assist and evaluate rural Welfare programmes ____
(1) CAPART
(2) NABARD
(3) DRDA
(4) Regional Rural Banks
(5) None of these

25. The Earliest Cooperatives to be formed in India were ___
(1) Housing cooperatives
(2) Milk cooperatives
(3) Textile cooperatives
(4) Oil seed cooperatives
(5) Credit Cooperatives

26. India is self sufficient in production of ___
(1) Edible oils (2) Food grains
(3) Petroleum (4) Fertilizers
(5) More than one of the above.

27. To check the fluctuation in prices of, Tea, Tobacco, Coffee, Rubber, the government is planning to Establish ___
(1) Price Variation fund
(2) Price Fluctuation Fund
(3) Price stabilisation fund
(4) Price vagary fund
(5) Stabilised Crop fund

28. The target year as per the National Health policy 2002 for the Eradication of leprosy is ___
(1) 2005 (2) 2007
(3) 2010 (4) 2020
(5) 2008

29. The commission received by Gramin Dak Sewak (Postman) as a percentage of collected tariff in Gramin Sanchar Sewak Yojana is ___
(1) 25% (2) 20%
(3) 10% (4) 15%
(5) 5%

30. Processing of which of the following oil seeds yields maximum amount of edible oil ____
(1) Mustard (2) Sun flower
(3) Groundnut (4) Niger seed
(5) Rape seed

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National Land Record Modernization Programme

Till 21.08.2008, the Land Reforms (LR) Division was implementing two Centrally Sponsored Schemes viz.:

• Computerisation of Land Records (CLR)
• Strengthening of Revenue Administration and Updating of Land Records (SRA&ULR).

Thereafter, on 21.8.2008 the Cabinet approved merger of these Schemes into a modified Scheme named National Land Records Modernisation Programme (NLRMP).

The main aims of NLRMP are

• to usher in a system of updated land records
• automated and automatic mutation
• integration between textual and spatial records
• inter-connectivity between revenue and registration
• to replace the present deeds registration and presumptive title system with that of conclusive titling with title guarantee

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http://www.dolr.nic.in/nlrmp_folder.htm

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Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP)

Till 1.4.2008, Department of Land Resources implemented 3 watershed programmes viz. Integrated Wastelands Development Programme, Drought Prone Areas Programme, Desert Development Programme
Now one comprehensive programme named Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) being implemented under Common Guidelines on Watershed Development,2008.

The main aims of the IWMP are

• Restoring the ecological balance
• harnessing, conserving and developing degraded natural resources such as soil, vegetative cover and water
• Prevention of soil run-off
• regeneration of natural vegetation
• rain water harvesting and recharging of the ground water table
• Introduction of multi-cropping and diverse agro-based activities
• Promoting sustainable livelihoods
  

(Old programs)

IWDP Integrated Wasteland Development Programme
DPAP Drought Prone Areas Programme
DDP Desert Development Programme

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The Govt. of India has introduced Rojgar Jagrukta Puraskar (RJP) to recognize the outstanding contribution by Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) for promoting effective implementation of the National Rural Guarantee Act (NREGA) in different states of the country. The RJP will be given for outstanding performance in promoting people’s participation, transparency, social audit, monitoring and evaluation. This award will be given at the panchayat level, block level and district level to those CSOs who have successfully worked towards:

• Generating awareness in the rural community in regard to the provisions of the Act, and in particular, the statutory rights of the workers.
• Enabling workers to safeguard their legal rights and empower them to benefit from the scheme.
• Facilitating workers in obtaining receipt of the demand for work. Enabling the workers to get work allocated to them within the statutory limit of 15 days and obtain unemployment allowance incase they do not get employment in the stipulated time.
• Verifying the information in the Muster role and redressing grievances. <
• Creating awareness about the right of the Gram Sabha and strengthening Social Audit.
• Monitoring of on going work and highlighting discrepancies using effective techniques.
• Facilitating the process of wage payment through banks/post office accounts.
• Ensuring implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and the Right to the Information Act.

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NREGA – a need to look beyond the success
Over the last three and a half years, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) has been the mainstay for poverty alleviation in our vast rural areas. While standing as a testimony to the Government’s commitment and concern for the cause of the rural poor, it attracted worldwide attention for its novelty and universal coverage.
No doubt, NREGA has revolutionised the whole concept and approach to governance paradigm and for the fi rst time a rights-based framework has been introduced; the Government abdicated its role as a benefactor and adorned the role of a facilitator. Going by the sheer volume one would tend to get mesmerized - over 4.5 crore rural households as benefi ciaries, 10 crore-job cards, more than 7.33 crore savings accounts in banks and post offi ces.
No doubt, the bargaining power of agricultural labour that was subject to wanton exploitation has substantially increased because of the launching
of the NREGA. No longer are they prepared to settle for less than the notifi ed wage. The average notifi ed wage under
NREGA has itself increased from Rs.65 per day in 2006-07 to Rs.87 in 2009-10. We have further committed ourselves
to providing a real wage rate of Rs.100 under NREGA.
But is it enough for us to drop our guard and be elated that NREGA has achieved its goals? Perhaps we need to pause and ponder. Statistics is always a double-edged sword, and vis-à-vis NREGA it also shows that only 14 percent of rural households have actually got full 100 days work during the last fi nancial year. When contrasted with the total number of rural unemployed and the BPL families, it makes one sit up and ask whether NREGA has really lived up to its full potential ? We really need to tighten our belt and re-evaluate our performance and approaches, so that the opportunities are not frittered away. There is an urgent need for enlarging the scope of NREGA. We have started the deliberations and consultation process with experts, stakeholders, States, civil society organizations, so that the scope of NREGA is
widened appropriately. One of the issues identifi ed on an immediate basis concern the fact that restricting NREGA to only unskilled manual work has been too restrictive to address the problems of those rural BPL unemployed youth who cannot or do not want to do manual work.
Another factor that needs serious consideration is the alignment of NREGA with agriculture. Agriculture contributes nearly one-fi fth of the gross domestic product in India and provides livelihood to nearly 68 percent of our rural population. Therefore the growth of agricultural productivity is vital for our national growth. It also
is critical for enlarging the food security safety net for the poor and marginalized.
There is also a need to integrate NREGA with the proposed National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) by bringing persons who have worked under NREGA over the
past three years under the ambit of proposed NRLM to develop their skills and make them self employed. The integration of NREGA and NRLM with skill development would go a long way towards mitigating the problems of the rural poor so that they can lead a life with dignity. We also need to reassess the governance and implementation process under NREGA. The PRIs have to play a bigger role in NREGA governance. For creating the next stage of transparent effective governance in NREGA, we are in the process of integrating NREGA with the UID (Unique Identifi cation) initiative. Lack of awareness, inability of workers to submit written (job) applications, delayed payment of wages, non-maintenance of muster rolls and inferior quality of
assets created under the programme are some of the implementation issues that need to be addressed to weed out corruption.
We need to work earnestly by addressing these issues; our efforts will undoubtedly help to rejuvenate NREGA and make it more vibrant to enable it to be a real and pathbreaking change maker for millions of people.



source---- http://rural.nic.in/publication/Sept...Sept_eng09.pdf

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Socio-Economic Aspect of PMGSY
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana has not only provided road connectivity to previously poorly connected areas but has also had a socio-economic impact on rural populations. Shri. S. K. Rakesh, Director, PMGSY shares the findings of a study conducted in Rajasthan.
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana’s (PMGSY) Roads have played a vital role in the development of modern India, and this is especially so in rural India where rural as well as city markets can now avail of express access to agricultural produces of all varieties; in fact owing to the network of roads, the prices of agricultural commodities have been substantially reduced leading to good profit margins for small and middle level farmers. The research indicated that 87% of the of the respondents (users) are aware of the roads constructed by PMGSY. Roads have also played an equally vital role in various kinds of businesses owing to good access from cities to rural regions and vice versa. It has been estimated that rural employment has been boosted by 30%. Roads have also directly and indirectly impacted employment by ffording people jobs in both these regions.
Another very important area of progress is in the medical fi eld; vital medicine and life saving drugs can be quickly transported to remote rural areas through the network of main and arterial roads and consequently rural people can now avail of much improved health services at affordable prices within a short time period.
Prior to the construction of PMGSY roads it has been noted that only 22.5% of the respondents benefi tted from services such as Primary Health Centres (PHCs); however, this fi gure has dramatically increased to 44.5%. Again, in contrast to pre-PMGSY’s road development, only 15% of the respondents were able to access the PHC’s within an hour as compared to 35% today; additionally, where 30% of the respondents took more than 3 hours to reach PHC’s, today the fi gure has dropped to just 7%. On the fl ip
side, however, 46% of the respondents say that their overall expenses have increased and this is because many more rural people are now traveling to PHCs and sub-centres which they were not doing earlier and 28.9% of them say that the cost of transport has decreased. Other advantages of PMGSY roads include such vital benefi ts as safe and easier child deliveries; dramatically improved immunization and vaccination programs (93% of the respondents), much improved health and nutritional items; a marked increase in student attendance in schools – 83% for boys and girls, and the travel time for students doing higher education has also reduced according to 73% of the respondents. 100% of the respondents say that today college going students spend less time on travel than before; rural inhabitants fi nd it convenient to travel to banks, post offi ces, State institutions, governments, etc.

Source---------- Grameen bharat

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Gramin Bharat

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Today is the 57th anniversary of the first patent on the bar code. Inventors Norman Woodland and Bernard Silver filed the patent on October 1949, and it was granted, on October 7, 1952. The original patent was for a system that would encode data in circles (a bulls eye pattern), so that it could be scanned in any direction.