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    IRMA Questions Paper 2

    Directions for questions 1 to 60: Select the correct alternative from the given

    choices.

    1. Which of the following statements are not true about paddy cultivation?

    (1) The average temperatures are between 22c to 32c.

    (2) Heavy rainfall of 150 to 200 cms is needed.

    (3) Black soils are the best for paddy cultivation.

    (4) Alluvial loams are the most Ideal soils.

    (5) West Bengal is the highest paddy Producing state in the country.

    2. Which of the following statements are true?

    (1) India is located in the Northern hemisphere.

    (2) The state where the sun rises first is Arunachal Pradesh.

    (3) India has a coast line of about 6,100kms.

    (4) India covers a distance of about 3200kms from North to South and 3000 kms fromeast to west.

    (5) All of the above.

    3. Which of the following is/are the main

    objectives(s) of the government in announcing a minimum support price?

    (1) To prevent fall in prices in the event of surplus production.

    (2) To protect the interest of farmers by ensuring them a minimum price for their cropsin the situation of a price fall in the market.

    (3) To help FCI buy food grains at reasonable price for distribution through publicDistribution systems.

    (4) Only (1) and (2) (5) All of 1, 2, 3.

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    4. The recommendations for Minimum support prices of crops are made by ____

    (1) NAFED (2) TRIFED (3) APMC

    (4) ACPC. (5) Ministry of Agriculture.

    5. Find the incorrect statement.

    (1) Tourism Development Corporation was established in the public sector.

    (2) The year 2001 2002 recorded a decrease in foreign tourist arrivals to our countrycompared to the previous year.

    (3) Fertilizers are a major export item of India.

    (4) Meghalaya has no rail route at all.

    (5) Himsagar Express Covers the maximum route of 3726 km between Jammu Tavi toKanya Kumari.

    6. Find the incorrect statement:

    (1) Per capita availability of food is one of the bases for estimating poverty in India.

    (2) National Institute of Rural Development is located in Hyderabad.

    (3) Bihar has the lowest literacy rate.

    (4) A mango research is being established at

    Nuzivid near Vijayawada in Andhra pradesh.

    (5) Nagaland is the least densely populated State.

    7. Find the incorrect statement

    (1) India is behind Brazil in Production of sugar in 2003.

    (2) India is the largest milk producing country in the world.

    (3) India stands first in the world in egg production.

    (4) Vishesh Dwaj Yojana has been initiated in Madhya pradesh for distributing seeds tosmall and marginal farmers belonging to scheduled caste category.

    (5) India is not the highest tobacco producing country in the world.

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    8. Find the incorrect statement

    (1) The base year for Index of Industrial production(IIP)has been changed to 199394

    (2) A separate Industrial policy for small units was declared in August 1991.

    (3) Golden Hand Shake Scheme is related to Voluntary retirement of employees in PublicSector Enterprises.

    (4) FEMA has been replaced with FERA.

    (5) Cloth Industry is the largest Industry in the country.

    9. In which of the following states is the mid-day meal scheme not inimplementation as of August 2003?

    (1) Haryana (2) Uttar Pradesh (3) Bihar

    (4) Jharkand (5) All of the above

    10. The telemedicine project has been pioneered by ____

    (1) ISRO (2) VSNL (3) DOT

    (4) Health Ministry (5) W.H.O

    11. The Ministerial Conference of the world Trade

    Organization was held at Cancun, Cancun is located in ____

    (1) Uruguay (2) Venezuela (3) Mexico

    (4) Honduras (5) Bahrain

    12. Who is the chairman of Island Development Authority?

    (1) Agriculture Minister (2) The President

    (3) The Prime Minister (4) The Home Minister

    (5) None of the above

    13. There is one telephone for every ____ people, presently in India?

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    (1) 30 (2) 300 (3) 3000

    (4) 30,000 (5) 1000

    14. The no: of members in the Planning Commission are ___

    (1) 15 (2) 12 (3) 14

    (4) 10 (5) None of the above

    15. Find the correct match.

    (1) National Income Estimates 1993-94

    (2) Whole Sale price Index 1993-94

    (3) Consumer price Index for 1982

    Industrial Labour

    (4) Only (1) and (3) (5) All of 1, 2, and 3.

    16. Find the Scheme that is different from the rest:

    (1) District Primary Education Programme

    (2) National Programme of Nutritional support to primary Education

    (3) Lok Jumbish

    (4) Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana.

    (5) Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana.

    17. In which of the following states is the Peoples war Group (PWG) active?

    (1) Orissa (2) Chattisgarh

    (3) Andhra Pradesh (4) Both (1) & (2)

    (5) All of the above, 3 states mentioned.

    18. The cauvery delta in Tamil Nadu is irrigated by

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    (1) Alamatti Dam (2) Krishnarajsagar Dam

    (3) Nagarjunasagar Dam (4) Mettur Dam

    (5) Singur Dam

    19. The first Indian state to have its Human Development Report prepared is

    (1) Andhra Pradesh (2) Madhya Pradesh

    (3) West Bengal (4) Rajasthan

    (5) Uttar Pradesh

    20. Find the mismatch

    (1) Tokyo -- NIKKEI

    (2) New York --- Dow Jones

    (3) Frankfurt --- DOLEX

    (4) Hong Kong --- Hang Seng

    (5) Singapore --- SIMEX

    21. Find the one that is different from the rest.

    (1) DWCRA

    (2) Mahila Samridhi Yojana

    (3) Kasturba Gandhi Education Scheme

    (4) Rajarajeshwari Mahila Kalyan Yojana

    (5) Annapurna Yojana

    22. In which of the following cities the Residential office of Asian DevelopmentBank located . . .

    (1) Mumbai (2) New Delhi (3) Kolkata

    (4) Chennai (5) Hyderabad

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    23. Which of the following Indian States has the lowest infant mortality rate?

    (1) Kerala (2) Rajasthan

    (3) Andhra Pradesh (4) Karnataka

    (5) Tamil Nadu

    24. Increase in net RBI credit for central government happens in case of

    (1) Budgetary deficit (2) Revenue deficit

    (3) Monetised deficit (4) Fiscal deficit

    (5) None of the above

    25. Special Drawing Rights (SDR) which is a currency of International MonetaryFund is

    (1) Paper currency (2) Gold currency

    (3) Silver currency (4) Special Metal currency

    (5) Book keeping entry only

    26. Narsinghpur (M.P) has the distinction of

    (1) being the first district to be electrified in India.

    (2) first district of Hindi speaking belt to be declared fully literate.

    (3) first district to run on solar electricity.

    (4) Being the only district in the Hindi Belt having a sex ratio favouring women.

    (5) Being the district in India with maximum number of child marriages.

    27. Which of the following is the apex organization of Industrial finance inIndia?

    (1) BIFR (2) IDBI (3) RBI

    (4) ICICI (5) IFCI

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    28. The first modernized paper manufacturing unit was established at

    (1) Sirpur Kagaznagar, A.P

    (2) Serampur, West Bengal

    (3) Bhadhrachalam, A.P

    (4) Katni, M.P

    (5) Jabalpur, M.P

    29. The imaginary lines which connect places of equal rainfall are

    (1) Isobars (2) Isopleths (3) Isonephs

    (4) Isohytes (5) Isotherms

    30. Barren Island East of Andaman is . . .

    (1) An Active Volcano

    (2) A place inhabited by Cannibals

    (3) The place where cellular jail is located

    (4) Southern most point of the sub continent

    (5) None of the above

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    31. Doldrums refer to . . .

    (1) A belt of low pressure encircling the earth near equator.

    (2) Depressed people

    (3) Ancient Jewish Texts

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    (4) High pressure belts near equators

    (5) Zones of high rainfall

    32. Find the incorrect match.

    (1) Indians --- Amazon basin

    (2) Pygmies --- Congo basin

    (3) Semang & Sekai --- Malaysian Jungles

    (4) Head Hunters --- Sumatra

    (5) Bushmen --- Kalahari desert

    33. Which of the following nations is the largest producer of sulphur?

    (1) Italy (2) Honduras (3) Jamaica

    (4) Mexico (5) Trinidad

    34. Which of the following country is known as the The Land of the Living

    Fossils . . .

    (1) Africa (2) Australia (3) Asia

    (4) Europe (5) Antarctica

    35. The area under cultivation is decreasing at the fastest rate in the caseof . . .

    (1) Rice (2) Wheat (3) Sugarcane

    (4) Tea (5) Jute

    36. Which one of the following is known as the silent killer . . .

    (1) Leprosy (2) Tuberculosis

    (3) Hypertension (4) Hepatitis-B

    (5) Malaria

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    37. Indian Human Development report given to each village includes . . .

    (1) Infrastructure and Amenties Index

    (2) Education Related Index

    (3) Health Related Index

    (4) Only (1) and (2)

    (5) (1), (2) as well as (3)

    38. Where is the Korba power plant located?

    (1) Madhya Pradesh (2) Uttar Pradesh

    (3) Rajasthan (4) Haryana

    (5) Chattisgarh

    39. Which of the following is not a factor which is inhibiting marketing of agricultural produce in India . . .

    (1) Lack of well developed infrastructure like Transport.

    (2) Non existence of price incentives by the government.

    (3) Lack of proper grading system of agricultural produce.

    (4) Lack of standard weights and measures in remote areas.

    (5) Vagaries of Monsoon, and Lack of good storage facilities.

    40. The organization which collects and publishes the latest information about

    agricultural markets

    (1) Food corporation of India.

    (2) Central Statistical Organisation

    (3) Directorate of Economics and Statistics.

    (4) Planning Commission.

    (5) National Institute of Rural Development.

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    41. National Consumer Rights day is observed on

    (1) 24 July (2) 24 August

    (3) 24 September (4) 24 December

    (5) 24 October

    42. Which of the following countries is the largest importer of Indiantextiles . . .

    (1) UK (2) Germany (3) France

    (4) Russia (5) USA

    43. Who was awarded the Fisher Black Award in January 2003 for hiscontribution to Financial Economics?

    (1) Raghuram Rajan (2) Ravi Batra

    (3) Amartyasen (4) Y V Reddy

    (5) Ranga Rajan

    44. Which of the following is a country for which India waived the loans underthe India Development Initiative?

    (1) Tanzania (2) Nicaragua (3) Zambia

    (4) Ghana (5) All of the above

    45. Y Vengugopal Reddy who succeeded Bimal Jalan as the Governor of RBI,

    served which international institution before he took over as RBI head . . .

    (1) World Bank (2) IMF (3) WTO

    (4) UNO (5) ADB

    46. Which was the first five year plan to give importance to Human resources?

    (1) Eighth five year plan (2) Fifth five year plan

    (3) Sixth five year plan (4) Third five year plan

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    (5) Fourth five year plan

    47. The Aga Khan palace is situated in . . .

    (1) Hyderabad (2) Pune (3) New Delhi

    (4) Lucknow (5) Kolkata

    48. Which of the following desirable effect results because of rotation of crops .. .

    (1) Higher pest resistance

    (2) Increase in fertility of soil

    (3) Increase in the protein content of the yield

    (4) Decrease in the use of pesticides

    (5) Lower moisture content of the yield.

    49. Aurora Borealis is . . .

    (1) a species of frog

    (2) a species of polar bear

    (3) Luminous Northern Electric Radiation

    (4) Luminous Southern Electric Radiation

    (5) the fastest super Computer.

    50. The practice of growing more than one crop in the same field is known as

    (1) collective farming (2) mixed farming

    (3) rotation of cultivation (4) Jhum cultivation

    (5) shifting cultivation

    51. The National Dairy research Institute (NDRI) is located at

    (1) Anand, Gujarat (2) PantNagar, U.P

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    (3) Karnal, Haryana (4) Ludhiana, Punjab

    (5) Bangalore, Karnataka

    52. The first open university in India was started in

    (1) New Delhi (2) Mumbai (3) Hyderabad

    (4) Chennai (5) Kolkata

    53. Identify the correct statements (s)

    (1) involuntary employment and unemployment are one and the same.

    (2) Disguised unemployed do not work to the full capacity.

    (3) RWP, MFAL, SFDA are Irrigation Schemes.

    (4) All of the above

    (5) Only (1) & (2)

    54. The largest producer of pepper in the world is

    (1) Cambodia (2) Vietnam (3) India

    (4) Indonesia (5) Zanzibar

    55. The grasslands of Australia are known as

    (1) Steppes (2) Prairies (3) Pampas

    (4) Velds (5) Downs

    56. The name of the first postal stamp to be issued in India was . .

    (1) Black penny (2) Blue penny

    (3) Red penny (4) Scinde Dawk

    (5) Red hawk

    57. Which of the following is a world leader in the production of Newsprint?

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    (1) Canada (2) USA (3) Russia

    (4) Brazil (5) South Africa

    58. Which of the following taxes is/are not collected by the municipalcorporation?

    (1) Tax on houses and open places.

    (2) Tax on animals

    (3) Octroi

    (4) Entertainment tax

    (5) None of the above

    59. One rupee coins are issued by . . .

    (1) Reserve Bank of India

    (2) Ministry of Finance, Government of India

    (3) Mints of respective State governments

    (4) State Bank of India

    (5) None of the above

    60. Oxfam which funds developmental projects has its headquarters in . ..

    (1) UK (2) USA (3) Canada

    (4) India (4) France

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    Directions for questions 1 to 60: Select the correct alternative from the givenchoices.

    1. Which of the following is the greatest source of power production in India?

    (1) Thermal power (2) Hydro Electric power

    (3) Atomic power (4) Wind power

    (5) Tidal power.

    2. Which of the following statements is/are true?

    (1) Well irrigation is the major source of irrigation in our country, followed by Canalirrigation, and tank irrigation.

    (2) Canal irrigation is the major source of irrigation in our Country, followed by wellirrigation and tank irrigation.

    (3) Tank irrigation is the major source of irrigation followed by canal irrigation and wellirrigation.

    (4) Canal irrigation is the major source of irrigation in our country followed by tankirrigation and well irrigation.

    (5) None of the above

    3. Which of the following statements is True?

    (1) The West of Great Himalayas is known as Trans-Himalayan Zone.

    (2) The South of Great Himalayas is known as Trans-Himalayan Zone.

    (3) The North of Great Himalayas is known as Trans-Himalayan Zone.

    (4) The East of Great Himalayas is known as Trans-Himalayan Zone.

    (5) The North West of Great Himalayas is known as Trans-Himalayan Zone.

    4. Sandal wood is mainly produced in _____

    (1) Tropical dry deciduous forests.

    (2) Thorn forests.

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    (3) Tropical wet Evergreen and Semi-evergreen forests.

    (4) Tropical moist deciduous forests.

    (5) None of the above.

    5. Identify the incorrect statement ____

    (1) China and India are the leading rice producers in the world.

    (2) USA and Russia are the leading wheat producing nations.

    (3) India and Srilanka lead in Tea production.

    (4) More than one of the above statements.

    (5) None of the above statements.

    6. Identify the incorrect match. International organisation Location of headquarters

    1) The Asian Development Bank Manila, The Philippines

    2) The common Wealth London

    3) SAARC Kathmandu

    4) Red cross Geneva

    5) European Union Paris

    7. The venue of the world seed congress held on June 9 2003, was _______

    (1) Delhi (2) Hyderabad (3) Bangalore

    (4) Chennai (5) Lucknow

    8. The state share holding in IFFCO is presently _____

    (1) 41% (2) 70% (3) 62%

    (4) 59% (5) 60%

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    9. The venue of United Nations Sponsored The Third World Water Forum was ____

    (1) Tokyo (2) Kyoto (3) Helsinki

    (4) Mumbai (5) Toronto.

    10. The Acronym NCCF stands for ___

    (1) National Cooperative Credit Federation.

    (2) National Calamity Corpus Fund.

    (3) National Calamity Contingency Fund.

    (4) National Catastrophe contingency Fund.

    (5) National Cataclysm Contingency Fund.

    11. The permanent mascot for Indian Railways is named ___

    (1) Gattu (2) Bhola (3) Bachhu

    (4) Chuk Chuk (5) Bhayya

    12. The Amrita Devi Bishnoi National Award is given for _____

    (1) Wild life conservation

    (2) Wild life Perpetuation

    (3) Literary Excellence

    (4) Woman Poets

    (5) Tribal Entrepreneurs

    13. The Green Oscars given in the field of sustainable Energy are alternativelyknown as ___

    (1) Ashley Awards for sustainable Energy

    (2) Ashden Awards for sustainable Energy

    (3) Asha Awards for sustainable Energy

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    (4) Asahi Awards for sustainable Energy

    (5) Chipko Awards for sustainable Energy

    14. Rajendra Keshavlal who received the 37th Bharatiya Jnanpith Award wrotein ____

    (1) Hindi (2) Marathi (3) Gujarati

    (4) Bengali (5) Sanskrit

    15. Find the incorrect match.

    (1) National Institute of Oceanography ____ Panaji, Goa.

    (2) National physical Laboratory New Delhi.

    (3) Central Scientific Instruments Organisations Chandigarh

    (4) Central Drug Research Institute New Delhi.

    (5) Indian Institute of Plasma Research, BHAT ____ GandhiNagar.

    16. The Kalinga Award is given by the ____

    (1) Ashoka Foundation

    (2) UNESCO

    (3) Government of India

    (4) Government of Orissa

    (5) Government of Andhra Pradesh.

    17. Which of the following states is a leader in Gypsum production?

    (1) Rajasthan (2) Gujarat (3) Haryana

    (4) U. P (5) Maharashtra

    18. Find the Incorrect statement ____

    (1) Asbestos ____ Rajasthan and Karnataka are the leading producers.

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    (2) Barytes ____ Andhra pradesh is the largest producer.

    (3) Mica ____ India is the largest producer in the world.

    (4) Tin India is one of the leading Exporters.

    (5) Lignite Tamil Nadu is the leading producer.

    19. Find the incorrect statement about sugarcane ____

    (1) After the harvest of crop the cane is to be immediately processed because thesucrose content declines with lapse of time.

    (2) Sugarcane is a cash Crop.

    (3) Since Sugarcane is weight losing raw material it cannot be transported over longdistances.

    (4) After cotton textiles, Sugar Industry is the second most important agro basedIndustry.

    (5) None of the above.

    20. Which of the following Industrial regions of India is often compared toRhur region of West Germany

    (1) The Hooghly Belt.

    (2) The Madurai-Coimbatore Bangalore region.

    (3) The Chota Nagpur Region.

    (4) The Ahmedabad Baroda Region.

    (5) The Mumbai Poona belt.

    21. Which of the following is not taken into account in the Human DevelopmentIndex?

    (1) Life Expectancy

    (2) Per Capita Income

    (3) Extent of Urbanisation

    (4) Literacy rate and Education

    (5) Sanitation facilities

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    22. India was ranked ____ in the UN Human Development Index in 2003.

    (1) 124 (2) 118 (3) 121

    (4) 127 (5) 137

    23. Which of the following chemicals is used in creating artificial rains?

    (1) Silver Bromide

    (2) Silver Nitrate

    (3) Silver Iodide

    (4) Sodium Thiosulphate

    (5) Hydrogen peroxide

    24. Which of the following agencies main objective is to assist and evaluaterural Welfare programmes ____

    (1) CAPART

    (2) NABARD

    (3) DRDA

    (4) Regional Rural Banks

    (5) None of these

    25. The Earliest Cooperatives to be formed in India were ___

    (1) Housing cooperatives

    (2) Milk cooperatives

    (3) Textile cooperatives

    (4) Oil seed cooperatives

    (5) Credit Cooperatives

    26. India is self sufficient in production of ___

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    (1) Edible oils (2) Food grains

    (3) Petroleum (4) Fertilizers

    (5) More than one of the above.

    27. To check the fluctuation in prices of, Tea, Tobacco, Coffee, Rubber, thegovernment is planning to Establish ___

    (1) Price Variation fund

    (2) Price Fluctuation Fund

    (3) Price stabilisation fund

    (4) Price vagary fund

    (5) Stabilised Crop fund

    28. The target year as per the National Health policy 2002 for the Eradication of leprosy is ___

    (1) 2005 (2) 2007

    (3) 2010 (4) 2020

    (5) 2008

    29. The commission received by Gramin Dak Sewak (Postman) as a percentageof collected tariff in Gramin Sanchar Sewak Yojana is ___

    (1) 25% (2) 20%

    (3) 10% (4) 15%

    (5) 5%

    30. Processing of which of the following oil seeds yields maximum amount of edible oil ____

    (1) Mustard (2) Sun flower

    (3) Groundnut (4) Niger seed

    (5) Rape seed

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    Directions for questions 1 to 60: Select the correct alternative from the givenchoices.

    31. The state which ranks first in milk production in India is ___

    (1) Uttar pradesh (2) Punjab

    (3) Haryana (4) Rajasthan

    (5) Maharashtra

    32. Agriculture price Commission and Indian Food Corporation were constituted

    in the year . . .

    (1) 1967 (2) 1969 (3) 1965

    (4) 1951 (5) 1959

    33. Find the Incorrect Match

    (1) Antyodaya programme Helping the poorest among the poor.

    (2) Gyandeep shiksha YoJana Primary Education

    (3) Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan YoJana Community Latrines in Slums

    (4) TRYSEM Rural Youth Self Employment

    (5) DWACRA Rural women

    34. The institution which is referred to as soft loan window of the World Bank

    (1) IDA (2) IFC (3) IBRD

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    (4) IMF (5) None of these

    35. The chairman of our National Development Council is

    (1) The president

    (2) The Finance Minister

    (3) The Prime Minister

    (4) RBI Governor

    (5) Rural Development Minister

    36. Farmers holding upto one hectare of land are called as ____ in India.

    (1) Poor farmers (2) Subsistence farmers

    (3) Marginal farmers(4) Middle class farmers

    (5) Affluent farmers

    37. Which of the following Industries is the most labour intensive in India . . .

    (1) Cotton Industry

    (2) Iron and Steel Industry

    (3) Jute Industry

    (4) Cement Industry

    (5) Food processing Industry

    38. Which of the following statements is true?

    (1) Mercosur is the new car model launched by Daimler Chrysler.

    (2) Mercosur is a new element added to the periodic table.

    (3) A Mercosur is a slippery person.

    (4) Mercosur is a Free trade Zone involving some South American Nations.

    (5) None of these.

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    39. Find the incorrect match. Leading Producer

    (1) Soya bean Madhya Pradesh

    (2) Rice Andhra Pradesh

    (3) Jute West Bengal

    (4) Pulses Madhya Pradesh

    (5) Milk Uttar Pradesh

    40. The quorum of women needed for making a working group under DWCRA

    programme is . . .

    (1) 25 (2) 5 (3) 7 (4) 10 (5) 15

    41. Centre for Wind Energy Technology [C-WET] has been set up at

    (1) Bhubaneshwar (2) Chennai

    (3) Kolkata (4) Mumbai

    (5) Ahmedabad

    42. The organization which conducts front line agricultural extension andeducation programmes is

    (1) NCERT (2) ICRISAT (3) ICRA

    (4) ICAR (5) NABARD

    43. The number of Regional Rural Banks operating presently in our country is

    (1) 196 (2) 1096 (3) 10096

    (4) 1006 (5) 1296

    44. Find the correct match

    (1) Masstricht treaty European Unification

    (2) TRIPS & TRIMS IMF

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    (3) Bretton Wood twins Siamese twins

    (4) Dunkel World Bank

    (5) India House Delhi

    45. ECOMARC which is granted to a product which is not harmful to theenvironment has a mark of . . .

    (1) A flower in bloom

    (2) A pitcher of clay

    (3) A clear blue sky

    (4) Sun behind Mountains

    (5) Drops of water

    46. The Head Quarters of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is at . . .

    (1) The Hague (2) Brussels

    (3) Washington (4) Geneva

    (5) Quebec

    47. Find the incorrect match

    (1) ECOMARC Environment friendly products

    (2) AGMARK Fruits and Vegetables

    (3) KALEEN Child labour

    (4) RUAMARK Vegetarian products

    (5) RUGMARK Child labour

    48. The wing of the world bank whose main function is to ensure financialsupport to private sector in developing countries is

    (1) IDA (2) IFC (3) IBRD

    (4) IDE (5) IMF

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    49. Match the following

    (1) IMF & IBRD (a) Brussels

    (2) European Union (b) Geneva

    (3) WTO (c) Washington D C

    (4) SAARC (d) Jakarta

    (5) ASEAN (e) Kathmandu

    (1) 1-b 2-a 3-c 4-e 5-d

    (2) 1-a 2-b 3-c 4-e 5-d

    (3) 1-c 2-b 3-a 4-e 5-d

    (4) 1-c 2-b 3-a 4-d 5-e

    (5) 1-c 2-a 3-b 4-e 5-d

    50. Which of the following cities is not a part of Golden quadrilateral?

    (1) Mumbai (2) Chennai (3) Kolkata

    (4) Delhi (5) Jaipur

    51. The Banking Ombudsman man scheme was introduced for

    (1) giving solutions to customers complaints

    (2) regulating the functioning of cooperative banks

    (3) enquiring into irregularities in loan disbursals by private banks

    (4) stream lining functioning of Regional Rural Banks

    (5) for checking the functioning of RBI

    52. FDI limit in Tea Industry is

    (1) 51% (2) 49% (3) 70%

    (4) 80% (5) 100%

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    53. As per the EXIM policy 2003-04 the targeted share of India trade in Globaltrade is __ by 2007.

    (1) 2% (2) 3% (3) 1%

    (4) 5% (5) 2.5%

    54. The percentage of Ethanol in Ethanol mixed petrol sold in some states fromJanuary, 1, 2003 is

    (1) 5% (2) 2% (3) 3% (4) 4% (5) 7%

    55. Which state tops in the length of roads in our country?

    (1) Andhra Pradesh (2) Rajasthan

    (3) Uttar pradesh (4) Madhya Pradesh

    (5) Maharashtra

    56. Which state electricity board has the highest outstandings to NTPC

    (1) TamilNadu (2) Rajasthan

    (3) UP (4) Bihar

    (5) Madhya Pradesh

    57. The targeted level of reduction in infant Mortality rate in the 10th plan is

    (1) 20 per thousand (2) 45 per thousand

    (3) 50 per thousand (4) 35 per thousand

    (5) 40 per thousand

    58. OPEC has its head quarters at

    (1) Kuwait city (2) Teheran

    (3) Baghdad (4) Vienna

    (5) Paris

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    59. Exports of which of the following Handicrafts Fetch maximum Exportrevenue

    (1) Ivory goods (2) Gems and Jewellery

    (3) Brass goods (4) Leather goods

    (5) Sandalwood products

    60. Which of the following sectors has the highest amount of disguisedunemployment in India?

    (1) Services (2) Agriculture

    (3) Industry (4) Transport

    (5) Manufacturing Sector

    Answer Key for IRMA Paper-1

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    32 3 37 1 42 4 47 4 52 5 57 2

    33 2 38 4 43 1 48 2 53 3 58 434 1 39 2 44 2 49 5 54 1 59 2

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