general questions

1. Which of the following types of budgeting is followed in India?

(A) Plural budgeting
(B) Cash budgeting
(C) performance budgeting
(D) Surplus budgeting

Ans: (C)

2. Which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India is related to the independence of the Union Public Service Commission?

(A) Article 323
(B) Article 324
(C) Article 325
(D) Article 326

Ans: (A)

3. Which of the following Schedules to the Constitution of India relates to languages?

(A) 7th Schedule
(B) 8th Schedule
(C) 9th Schedule
(D) 10th Schedule

Ans: (B)

4. The French philosopher Rousseau belonged to the

(A) eighteenth century
(B) sixteenth century
(C) fifteenth century
(D) seventeenth century

Ans: (A)

5. Which of the following can initiate the process of impeachment of the President of India?

(A) Any House of the Parliament
(B) The Lok Sabha alone
(C) The Rajya Sabha alone
(D) The Supreme Court of India

Ans: (A)

6. Which of the following is not a part of the financial management?

(A) Preparation of the budget
(B) Approval of the budget by the Cabinet
(C) Execution and rendering of accounts
(D) Audit and accounts of public expenditure

Ans: (C)

7. Under the Assam Panchayat Act, 1994, the quorum for the meeting of the Gram panchayat is

(A) one-half of the total number of members
(B) one-half of the total number of members present
(C) one-third of the total number of members
(D) one-third of the total number of members present

Ans: (C)

8. Who initiated the Home Rule Movement in India?

(A) Chittaranjan Das
(B) Lajpat Rai
(C) Annie Besant
(D) Maulana Azad

Ans: (C)

9. The Indus Valley Cilvilization belongs to the

(A) Palaeolithic Age
(B) Mesolithic Age
(C) Neolithic Age
(D) Chalcolithic Age

Ans: (D)

10. Who among the following was the first to visit India?

(A) Huen Tsang
(B) I-Tsing
(C) Fa-Hien
(D) Megasthenes

Ans: (D)