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1. Who among the following did not contribute to the cultural activities of Lucknow ?
(A) Binda Deen
(B) Ustad Dulhe Khan
(C) Menhdi
(D) Ilias Khan
Ans : (C)
2. Under the international agreement on agriculture the Green Box includes economic assistance for—
1. Agricultural Research
2. Fertilizer
3. Irrigation
4. Plant Protection
Select the correct answer from the codes given below—
Codes :(A) 1 and 2
(B) 2 and 3
(C) 3 and 4
(D) 1 and 4
Ans : (D)
3. Assertion (A) : Aluminium is the green metal.
Reason (R) : It provides replacement of wood for saving forest.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below—
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is false, but (R) is true
(D) (A) is true, but (R) is false
Ans : (D)
4. A ‘Letter of Credit’ is produced by—
(A) An exporter
(B) An importer
(C) Both by exporter and importer
(D) Shipping company
Ans : (C)
5. Treasury bills are sold in India by—
(A) Reserve Bank of India
(B) State Governments
(C) Commercial Banks
(D) SEBI
Ans : (A)
6.AGMARK Act came into force in India in —
(A) 1937
(B) 1952
(C) 1957
(D) 1965
Ans : (A)
7.. Clonal selection can be used in—
(A) Groundnut
(B) Mustard
(C) Wheat
(D) Potato
Ans : (D)
8. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists—
List-I(a) F.A.O. Headquarters
(b) Central Agmark Lab
(c) Central Rice Research Institute
(d) Central Potato Research Institute
List-II
1. Shimla
2. Cuttack
3. Rome
4. Nagpur
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 3 4 2 1
(C) 4 3 1 2
(D) 3 4 1 2
Ans : (B)
9. Which one of the following deals with the marketing of milk ?
(A) CACP
(B) GCMMF
(C) NAFED
(D) TRIFED
Ans : (B)
10. In Uttar Pradesh, the famous place of pilgrimage of both Jain and Baudh is at—
(A) Devipatan
(B) Kaushambi
(C) Kushinagar
(D) Sarnath
Ans : (B)
11. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists—
List-I (Industrial Establishments)(a) Indian Telephone Industries
(b) Transformer Factory
(c) Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation
(d) Fertilizer Factory
List-II (City)1. Kanpur
2. Rae Bareli
3. Jhansi
4. Phoolpur
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 2 3 4 1
(B) 4 3 1 2
(C) 2 3 1 4
(D) 4 2 1 3
Ans : (C)
12. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists—
List–I (Fair)
(a) Govind Saheb
(b) Kailash Mela
(c) Syed Salar
(d) Shakumbhari Devi
List-II (District)
1. Bahraich
2. Saharanpur
3. Azamgarh
4. Agra
Codes :(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 2 3 1 4
(B) 3 4 1 2
(C) 3 1 4 2
(D) 1 4 2 3
Ans : (B)
13. Arrange the following districts of Uttar Pradesh in descending order of population (2001) and select the correct answer from the codes given below—
1. Allahabad
2. Gorakhpur
3. Lucknow
4. Mathura
Codes :
(A) 1, 3, 2, 4
(B) 3, 1, 4, 2
(C) 1, 2, 3, 4
(D) 4, 1, 2, 3
Ans : (C)
14. In U.P. Value Added Tax (VAT) was levied with effect from—
(A) 1st April, 2007
(B) 1st January, 2008
(C) 1st January, 2009
(D) 1st April, 2008
Ans : (B)
15. Which of the following organisations is involved in providing the insurance against various risks to the exporters ?
(A) Reserve Bank of India
(B) State Trading Corporation of India
(C) EXIM Bank
(D) Export Credit and Guarantee Corporation
Ans : (D)
16. ‘Principle of Indemnity’ does not apply to—
(A) Life Insurance
(B) Marine Insurance
(C) Fire Insurance
(D) All the above
Ans : (A)
17. “Everything else can wait, but not agriculture.”
The above statement is attributed to—
(A) Jagjivan Ram
(B) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Sardar Patel
Ans : (B)
18. Consider the following statements—
1. The third rail coach factory is being established at Amethi in U.P.
2. Firozabad in U.P. is famous for pottery industry.
3. U.P. DESCO is a Corporation under the Electronics Department.
4. The first polyester fibre factory in U.P. has been set up at Barabanki.
Of these statements—
(A) Only 1 and 2 are correct
(B) Only 2 and 3 are correct
(C) Only 3 and 4 are correct
(D) None of the above is correct
Ans : (D)
19. Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest industrial growth rate during—
(A) 5th Five Year Plan
(B) 6th Five Year Plan
(C) 10th Five Year Plan
(D) 11th Five Year Plan
Ans : (B)
20. ‘Inside trading’ is related to—
(A) Public Expenditure
(B) Taxation
(C) Share Market
(D) Hawala
Ans : (C)
21. In Uttar Pradesh, the festival ‘Sulah Kul’ a symbol of Hindu-Muslim unity is organised in—
(A) Meerut
(B) Aligarh
(C) Lucknow
(D) Agra
Ans : (D)
22. The Operation Green Project was launched in U.P. in—
(A) 1952
(B) 1995
(C) 2001
(D) 2005
Ans : (C)
23. The North-South and East-West corridors meet at—
(A) Jhansi
(B) Kanpur
(C) Lucknow
(D) Varanasi
Ans : (A)
24. Which one of the following is not correctly matched in the context of U.P. ?
(A) Food Research and Analysis Centre —Lucknow
(B) Food Park —Noida
(C) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel Agricultural University —Meerut
(D) Indian Pulses Research Institute —Agra
Ans : (D)
25. The famous painting Satyam Shivam Sundaram was prepared by—
(A) Sd. Shobha Singh
(B) Nandkishore Sharma
(C) Shivnandan Nautiyal
(D) Vishwanath Mehta
Ans : (A)