FCS&CA • 2019 • Paper-II
Sarkaria Commission was concerned with
A)
Judicial Reform
B)
Centre-state relation
C)
Electoral reform
D)
Financial reforms
Sarkaria Commission (1983-88) was constituted to examine Centre-State relations.
FCS&CA • 2019 • Paper-II
Which Five-Year Plan of India had adopted ‘Removal of Poverty’ as its foremost objective?
A)
2nd Five-Year Plan
B)
3rd Five-Year Plan
C)
4th Five-Year Plan
D)
6th Five-Year Plan
Removal of poverty as the foremost objective was adopted in the 6th Five-Year Plan (1980-85) with focus on poverty alleviation.
FCS&CA • 2019 • Paper-II
Which of the following is not an All India Service?
A)
Indian Administrative Service
B)
Indian Foreign Service
C)
Indian Forest Service
D)
Indian Police Service
Indian Foreign Service is a Central Service, while IAS, IPS and IFoS are All India Services.
FCS&CA • 2019 • Paper-II
Who founded the Brahmo Samaj or the congregation of the absolute?
A)
Ram Mohan Roy
B)
Swami Vivekananda
C)
Dadabhai Naoroji
D)
MN Roy
Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded Brahmo Samaj in Calcutta in 1828 for monotheistic reforms.
FCS&CA • 2019 • Paper-II
Home Rule Movement in India was started by
A)
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B)
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C)
Dadabai Nauroji
D)
Mrs Anne Besant
Mizoram history general knowledge.
FCS&CA • 2019 • Paper-II
The main objective of India’s public distribution system is___________
A)
Export of food
B)
Import of food
C)
Quality of food
D)
Food security
The core aim of PDS is to ensure food security by providing essential grains at affordable prices to vulnerable sections.
FCS&CA • 2019 • Paper-II
For which type of crop was Minimum Support Price (MSP) first announced by the Government of India in 1966-67?
A)
Corn
B)
Maize
C)
Rice
D)
Wheat
Government first announced MSP for wheat in 1966-67 at start of Green Revolution to ensure remunerative price.
FCS&CA • 2019 • Paper-II
Which Amendment omitted the Right to Property from the Indian Constitution?
A)
40th Amendment
B)
42th Amendment
C)
43th Amendment
D)
44th Amendment
Mizoram history general knowledge.
FCS&CA • 2019 • Paper-II
Per capita income of India as per IMF estimate in 2017 is
A)
1983 $
B)
1720 $
C)
2500 $
D)
2750 $
IMF WEO 2017 placed India's nominal per capita GDP around $1983, close to $1720-2000 range.
FCS&CA • 2019 • Paper-II
Which one of the following is the Seventh Schedule of the Indian Constitution?
A)
Lists of languages
B)
Subjects in the Union, State and Concurrent List
C)
List of Oath and affirmation
D)
Duties of the President and Vice President
Seventh Schedule distributes legislative subjects among Union, State and Concurrent Lists.
FCS&CA • 2019 • Paper-II
Which of the following replaced the Planning Commission?
A)
NITI AYOG
B)
The Finance Commission
C)
Lok Sabha Secretariat
D)
Rajia Sabha Secretasriat
NITI Aayog replaced Planning Commission on 1 January 2015 as policy think tank.
FCS&CA • 2019 • Paper-II
The purpose of incorporation of Directive Principles of State Policy is
A)
To establish political democracy
B)
To establish social democracy
C)
To establish Gandhian democracy
D)
To establish social and economic democracy.
Directive Principles aim to establish social and economic democracy, while Fundamental Rights ensure political democracy.
FCS&CA • 2019 • Paper-II
Which among the following criteria was given the least weightage by the 14th Finance Commission of India while recommending horizontal distribution?
A)
Population
B)
Demographic change
C)
Income distance
D)
Area
14th Finance Commission weights: Income distance 50%, Area 15%, Population 17.5%, Demographic change 10%, Forest 7.5%; among options demographic change is least.
FCS&CA • 2019 • Paper-II
Which languages have been added to the 8th Schedule of the Constitution by 92nd Constitutional Amendment in 2003?
A)
Bodo, Santhali, Andmani, Bhojpuri
B)
Bodo, Santhali, Maithili, Andmini
C)
Bodo, Santhali, Maithili, Dogri
D)
Bodo, Santhali, Maithili, Andmani
92nd Amendment 2003 added Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santhali to Eighth Schedule.
FCS&CA • 2019 • Paper-II
Which of the following Industrial Policies made a clear-cut classification of Indian industries into A, B, and C schedules?
A)
Industrial Policy Resolution,1948
B)
Industrial Policy Resolution, 1956
C)
Industrial Policy Statement, 1969
D)
Industrial Policy Statement, 1973
Industrial Policy Resolution 1956 classified industries into Schedules A (exclusive state), B (state-private) and C (private).
FCS&CA • 2019 • Paper-II
The main agency that provides foodgrains to the public distribution system India is ___
A)
FCI
B)
NABARD
C)
NAFED
D)
None of these
Food Corporation of India (FCI) procures, stores and supplies foodgrains to the Public Distribution System.
FCS&CA • 2019 • Paper-II
According to the 14th Finance Commission recommendations, states’ share in the divisible pool of central taxes is______
A)
35%
B)
38%
C)
42%
D)
45%
14th Finance Commission under Y.V.Reddy raised states share in divisible central taxes from 32% to 42% for 2015-20.
FCS&CA • 2019 • Paper-II
Who among the following is known as the Father of Local Self Government in India?
A)
Mahatma Gandhi
B)
Lord Canning
C)
Lord Ripon
D)
Lord Wellesly
Lord Ripon's Resolution of 1882 expanded local self-government, hence called Father of Local Self Government in India.
FCS&CA • 2019 • Paper-II
The Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) was set up in 1964 to provide
A)
Short term loan
B)
Medium term loan
C)
Long term loan
D)
None of these
IDBI was established primarily as a long-term industrial finance institution.
FCS&CA • 2019 • Paper-II
Reserve Bank of India fixed the cash reserve ratio now at
A)
7 %
B)
8 %
C)
6 %
D)
4 %
The question’s contemporaneous answer is 4%.
FCS&CA • 2019 • Paper-II
Assertion (A): Disguised unemployment is a common feature of Indian agriculture
Reason (R): India has been relatively slow in adopting farm mechanisation
Select your answer using the codes given below:
A)
Both A & R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B)
Both A & R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
C)
A is true but R is false
D)
A is false but R is true
Both statements true but disguised unemployment is due to excess labour and lack of alternative jobs, not merely slow mechanisation.
FCS&CA • 2019 • Paper-II
Land Reforms refer to
i) Abolition of intermediaries
ii) Tenancy reforms
iii) Ceilings on land holdings
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
A)
(i) only
B)
(i) and (ii) only
C)
(ii) and (iii) only
D)
(i), (ii), and (iii)
Land reforms include abolition of intermediaries, tenancy reforms and ceiling on land holdings.
FCS&CA • 2019 • Paper-II
The Indian constitution that specifies the distribution of legislative, administrative and executive power between the state and the Union is written in
A)
Part XI of the constitution
B)
Part X of the constitution
C)
Part IX of the constitution
D)
Part VIII of the constitution
Union-State relations are primarily covered in Part XI of the Constitution.
FCS&CA • 2019 • Paper-II
Absolute Poverty means
A)
Poverty in terms of absolute number of people
B)
Poverty in terms of the basic minimum calories requirements
C)
Poverty in terms of the prevailing price level
D)
Poverty in terms of the absolute level of unemployment
Absolute poverty is measured by basic minimum calorie requirements and subsistence needs, not relative inequality.
FCS&CA • 2019 • Paper-II
The main cause of the failure of Planning in India was
A)
Rapid growth rate of Indian population
B)
Slow rate of growth of Industries.
C)
The crisis of implementing the strategy of planning advocated by the economists due to the existence of a gap between theory and practice
D)
The polician are not keen to implement the model of planning.
The cited planning failure is attributed to the gap between theory and implementation.
