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The document contains a practice test with 54 multiple choice questions covering topics related to India's constitution, economy, and current affairs. The questions assess knowledge of key figures like Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, events such as the adoption of the Indian constitution, and policies including the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme. The test also includes questions about companies, international organizations, and world leaders in business and politics that are relevant to India.
General ability question
- 1. Page 1LPU Set - 2 1. Mulyani Indrawati is the Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of : (a) IMF (b) World Bank (c) ADB (d) BRICS Bank 2. Who is widely regarded as the architect of the Indian Constitution.? (a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Dr.B.R. Ambedkar (c) C. Rajagopalachari (d) N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar 3. The Constitution of India was adopted on (a) November 26, 1946 (b) November 26, 1948 (c) November 26, 1949 (d) January 26, 1950 4. Who is the author of the book ‘Planned Economy for India’? (a) Dada Bhai Naoroji (b) M. Vishweshwarya (b) R. C. Datt (d) Jawahar Lal Nehru 5. Who is the ex-officio head of the Civil Services Board? (a) Chairman of UPSC (b) Parliamentary Secretary (c) Cabinet Secretary (d) Rajya Sabha Secretary 6. Which of the following organizations has released the Global Financial Stability Report October 2015? (a) International Monetary Fund (IMF) (b) World Bank (c) WTO (d) European Union 7. Fundamental Duties mentioned in the Indian Constitution was borrowed from which country? (a) Germany (b) USSR (c) Australia (d) France 8. Which of the following is the only Indian company to be selected as member of the global Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) – 2015? (a) Wipro (b) TCS (c) Infosys (d) Reliance 9. Who was the first speaker of Republic of India? (a) G.V.Mavalankar (b) M.A.Ayyangar (c) Madhav Rao (d) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 10. National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme was launched in: (a) 2005 (b) 2006 (c) 2004 (d) 2007 11. Who was first Chief Justice of India? (a) M. P.Sastri (b) H.J. Kania (c) Sudhi Ranjan Das (d) Mehr Chand Mahajan LPU Set - 2 General Ability No of questions: 60 Marks for correct answer: 3 Time: 90 minutes Negative mark: 1
- 2. Page 2 LPU Set - 2 12. Recently Prime Minister Narendra Modi met who’s who of the tech world. Match the following list accordingly: List-I List-II (Person) (Company/ Organizations) (a) Tim Cook 1. Cisco (b) Shantanu Narayen 2. Qualcomm (c) John Chambers 3. Adobe (d) Paul Jacobs 4. Apple A B C D (a) 4 1 3 2 (b) 4 2 3 1 (c) 4 3 1 2 (d) 4 1 2 3 13. “Anti-defection” provisions for Members of Parliament and Members of the State Legislatures was inserted in the Indian Constitution through which of the following schedules ? (a) 10th Schedule (b) 11th Schedule (c) 12th Schedule (d) 9th Schedule 14. What was/were the words added to the preamble in 1976 by the 42nd constitutional amendment? (a) Socialist (b) Secular (c) Republic (d) Both (a) and (b) 15. Which of the following major retail groups has tied-up with Patanjali Ayurved to sell the Patanjali’s FMCG products on its stores? (a) Reliance Fresh (b) Future Group (c) Trent (d) Lifestyle 16. Which of the following Constitutional amendment act is called Mini Constitution of India? (a) 42 (b) 44 (c) 24 (d) 25 17. Matti Makkonen who died recently, is popularly known as: (a) the father of SPAM (b) the father of mobile phone (c) the father of SMS (d) the father of MMS 18. The Fundamental Duties are defined under which of the following parts of the Indian Constitution? (a) Part X (b) Part IV-A (c) Part XI (d) Part VII 19. “Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid” is a book written by: (a) C. K. Prahlad (b) Amartya Sen (c) Stephen J. Dubner (d) Sudeep Reddy 20. Which of the following articles of the Indian Constitution Dr.B.R. Ambedkar described as ‘Heart and Soul ‘of the Constitution? (a) Article 19 (b) Article 13 (c) Article 32 (d) Article 123 21. Planning Commission was constituted in which of the following year? (a) 1950 (b) 1951 (c) 1952 (d) 1956 22. Who among the following is popularly called People’s President of the India? (a) Pratiba Patel (b) K.R. Narayanan (c) V.V. Giri (d) Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 23. Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) is related to (a) free delivery of essential services to rural people. (b) mega financial inclusion plan. (c) rendering loans to farmers at zero percent interest rate. (d) substituting different subsidies in lieu of cash. 24. Recommendations to the President on the specified Union-State fiscal relations are made by the (a) Finance Commission (b) Reserve Bank of India (c) Finance Ministry (d) NITI-Aayog
- 3. Page 3LPU Set - 2 25. Plan Holiday was the period between: (a) First and Second Five Year Plan (b) Third and Fourth Five Year Plan (c) Fourth and Fifth Five Year Plan (d) None of these 26. Economic Justice as one of the objective of the Indian Constitution has been provided in (a) Directive Principle of State Policy (b) Preamble of the Constitution (c) Fundamental Duties (d) Fundamental Rights 27. Which of the following Instant Noodle brands have been banned in parts of India after high lead levels were found in some packets? (a) Nestle Noodles (b) Yippe Noodles (c) Top Ramen (d) Ching’s Secret 28. Under which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution mentioned about the ‘Abolition of Untouchability’ is (a) Article 26 (b) Article 17 (c) Article 28 (d) Article 18 29. Under which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution mentioned about the ‘Equality before law ‘is (a) Article 14 (b) Article 17 (c) Article 19 (d) Article 18 30. Which of the following companies has announced a programme to “Design in India”? (a) Boeing (b) Qualcomm (c) GE (d) Apple 31. Who was appointed as the Constitutional advisor to the Constituent assembly? (a) K M Munshi (b) B N Rau (c) Madhav Rao (d) Dr.B.R.Ambedkar 32. Which of the following Silicon Valley based chip-maker has announced that it will invest US $ 150 million for Indian start-ups? (a) Qualcomm (b) Intel (c) PMC-Sierra (d) SanDisc 33. Which one the following is the oldest Committee of the Indian Parliament? (a) The Committee on Public Accounts (b) The Committee on Estimate (c) The Committee on Public Undertakings (d) None of the above 34. Election Commission of India is a (a) Statutory Body (b) Constitutional Body (c) Executive Body (d) Non-Constitutional Body 35. Which of the following is correct about G4 nations?S (a) The G4 nations comprises Brazil, Germany, China, and Japan. (b) The G4 nations comprises China, Germany, India, and Japan. (c) The G4 nations comprises Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan. (d) The G4 nations comprises South Africa, France, India, and Japan. 36. ‘Republic and ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity ‘in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution are borrowed from which mcountry? (a) Canada (b) USSR (c) Australia (d) France 37. Which of the following Silicon Valley based chip-maker has announced that it will invest US $ 150 million for Indian start-ups? (a) Qualcomm (b) Intel (c) PMC-Sierra (d) SanDisc 38. What is Bull Market? (a) It is a market where the speculators buy shares or commodities in anticipation of rising prices. (b) It is a market where the speculators buy shares or commodities in anticipation of losing prices. (c) It is a market where the speculators buy and sell shares. (d) None of these
- 4. Page 4 LPU Set - 2 39. Union of India Includes (a) Only States (b) Only Union Territories (c) Newly acquired Territories and Union Territories (d) Both States and Union Territories 40. Who among the following has been appointed as the Sherpa for the 2015 G-20 Summit? (a) Arvind Panagariya (b) Sindhushree Khullar (c) Suresh Prabhu (d) Amit Shah 41. Which of the following is a Fundamental Duties of the Citizen of India? (a) To safeguard public property (b) To preserve the rich heritage of the country (c) To cherish and follow the noble ideals (d) All of the above 42. Recently, RBI has dispatches Rs. 1 notes to public sector banks to be distributed. The rights to print Rs. 1 note are vested with: (a) solely with the RBI itself (b) with RBI after consulting with Government of India (c) Ministry of Trade & Commerce (d) Ministry of Finance 43. The oath of office to the President is administered by (a) Senior most judge of the Supreme Court (b) Chief Justice of India (c) The Prime Minister of India (d) None of the above 44. The first Five Year Plan was based on: (a) Herold Domar model (b) P.C. Mahalnobis model (c) Vishweshwarya model (d) None of these 45. The Vice-President’s acts as ex-officio chairman of (a) Lok Sabha (b) Rajya Sabha (c) Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha (d) None of the above 46. Who is the first citizen of India? (a) President (b) Prime Minister (c) Leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha (d) Speaker of the Lok Sabha 47. Forbes recently released the inaugural list of Forbes’ 50 richest families in Asia, the list was topped by: (a) Henderson Development’s Lee family (b) Samsung’s Lee family (c) Shapoorji Pallonji Group’s Mistry family (d) Reliance’s Ambani family 48. Magna Carta in England led to the development of (a) International Law (b) Constitutional Law (c) Labour Law (d) Criminal Law 49. Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana is run by which department of Ministry of Finance? (a) Department of Economic Affairs (b) Department of Expenditure (c) Department of Revenue (d) Department of Financial Services 50. The Constituent Assembly was set up under the (a) Cabinet Mission Plan (b) Cripps Mission (c) Wavell Plan (d) Nehru Plan 51. The rate at which the central bank lends short term money to banks against government securities is: (a) bank rate (b) repo rate (c) reverse repo rate (d) CRR 52. What was India’s rank in the Global Competitiveness Report (GCR) 2015-2016 released by the World Economic Forum? (a) 50th (b) 55th (c) 60th (d) 65th
- 5. Page 5LPU Set - 2 53. Finance Commission of India is constituted under which Article of the Constitution of India? (a) Art-280 (b) Art-380 (d) Art- 324 (d) Art- 340 54. Who among the following Prime Ministers of India has not presented the budget? (a) Rajeev Gandhi (b) Indira Gandhi (c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Morarji Desai 55. Recently, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the ambitious project of Google known as “Project Loon”. This flagship project of Google is: (a) to provide Internet access to rural and remote areas. (b) to help the Indian mission of connecting rivers and to map them. (c) to launch a lunar mission with the help of India (d) None of the above 56. The first five year plan of India began on: (a) April 1, 1951 (b) December 1, 1951 (c) April 1, 1950 (d) January 1, 1952 57. In the words of Dr.B.R. Ambedkar which one among the following is called” Instrument of Instructions”? (a) Fundamental Rights (b) Directive Principles of State Policy (c) Fundamental Duties (d) Both A and C 58. The fourteenth Finance Commission of India has been constituted under the Chairmanship of: (a) Dr Y.V Reddy (b) V.L. Kelkar (c) K.L Rekhi (d) Usha Thorat 59. In 1945, the ‘People’s Plan ‘ for the development of economy was presented by: (a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) M.N. Roy (c) Jai Prakash Narayan (d) Eight Industrialists 60. Match column 1 with column 2 Column 1 Column 2 Companies Addresses a Alibaba 1 969 west wen Yi Road b Google 2 2145 Hamilton Avenue c Facebook 3 1 hacker way d eBay 4 1600 Amphitheatre (a) a-1; b-2; c-3; d-4 (b) a-1; b-3; c-4; d-2 (c) a-1; b-4; c-3; d-2 (d) a-1; b-4; c-2; d-3