61. Yohei Sasakawa got the Gandhi Peace Prize for the year, 2018 for his contribution in-
(a) Poverty reduction in India and across the world
(b) Child labour eradiction in India and across the world
(c) Leprosy eradication in India and across the world
(d) Addressing the issue of a hunger in India and across the world
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62. Which of the following Indian celebrities has been appointed as the new SDG advocate of UN?
(a) Amitabh Bacchan
(b) Diya Mirza
(c) Priyanka Chopra
(d) Vivek Oberoi
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63. General protesting against the government proposal to open a Sanskrit college in Calcutta?
(a) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(b) Syed Ahmed Khan
(c) Annie Besant
(d) Ram Mohan Roy
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64. Which of the following is correct about Swami Dayanand Saraswati?
(a) He criticized strongly the varna system of the Vedas
(b) His work the Satya Prakash was published in 1874
(c) He went to Calcutta debate the Brahma including Keshab Chandra Sen there
(d) He did not Believe in the theory of Karma.
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65. Identify from among the following the letter scholar of the Deoband School who supported the Pakistan movement?
(a) Husain Ahmad Madani
(b) Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi
(c) Shabbir Ahmad Uthmani (Usmani)
(d) Mehmood Ul Hassan
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66. Of the following Brahmo Samaj (after various splits) persisted and remained a force for reforms in Bengal?
(a) The Brahmo Samaj of India and Calcutta
(b) The Brahmo Samaj
(c) Adi Brahmo Samaj
(d) Sadharan Brahmo Samaj
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67. Which of the following is the subject of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s book, “The Anandamath”?
(a) The Sanyasi rebellion
(b) The Santhal Uprising
(c) The rebellion
(d) Satnami revolt
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68. Which of the following is not correctly matched:
(a) Annie Besant- Madras Christian forum
(b) Syed Ahmed Khan- Scientific society
(c) G.K. Gokhale- The Servants of India society
(d) Keshav Chandra Sen- Indian Reform Association
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69. The productivity of Indian agriculture can be enhanced by:
(a) increased public investment
(b) increased irrigation facilities
(c) shifting workers of from industry to agriculture
(d) higher support price to the farmers
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70. Fiscal deficit less interest payment is called:
(a) net fiscal deficit
(b) monetised deficit
(c) primary deficit
(d) budgetary deficit
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71. Which of the following is a most likely consequence of implementing the United payments interface (UPI) ?
(a) Mobile wallets will not be necessary for online payments
(b) Digital currency will totally replace the physical currency in about two decades
(c) FDI inflows will drastically increase
(d) Direct transfer of subsidies to poor people will become very effective
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72. If the Reserve Bank of India lower reserve requirements, which of the following is most likely to happen to interest rates and nominal Gross Domestic Product?
Interest nominal Gross Domestic Product
(a) increase decrease
(b) Increase increase
(c) decrease decrease
(d) Decrease increase
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73. Consider the following statements:
1. National payments Corporation of India (NPCI) helps in promoting the financial inclusion in the country.
2. NPCI has launched Rupay, a card payment scheme.
Which of the statement given below is / are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
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74. Per drop more crop is the key goal of:
(a) Micro irrigation fund under Nabard
(b) Long-term irrigation fund under Nabard
(c) Pradhan Mantri Sinchai Yojana
(d) National watershed Development programme
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75. Mango showers are most prevalent in which of the following areas?
(a) Eastern Ghats
(b) Coastal Karnataka
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Odisha coast
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76. Which one of the following is not a land-use category in India?
(a) Fallow land
(b) Marginal land
(c) net area sown
(d) culturable wasteland
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77. India produces most of its coffee production in the form of
(a) Robusta
(b) Arabica
(c) Tannin
(d) Liberica
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78. In which one of the following environments does not expect the presence of dispersed rural settlements in India?
(a) Forest and hills in the northeast
(b) Arid and semi-arid regions of Haryana
(c) Alluvial Plains of Ganga
(d) lower valleys of Himalayas
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79. Who is considered as the marginal worker according to standard census definition?
(a) a person who works for at least 183 days in a year
(b) a person who works for less than 183 days in a year
(c) a person who works for at least 150 days in a year
(d) a person who works for less than 150 days in a year
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80. Physiological density of population is defined as-
(a) total population divided by area
(b) total agricultural population divided by net cultivable area
(c) total population divided by net cultivated area
(d) total area divided by total population
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