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According to the provisions of the Constitution of India, which one of the following is nota fundamental duty?

A) To respect the National Flag   B) To defend the country
C) To provide education to one’s child D) To promote village and cottage industries
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) To promote village and cottage industries

Explanation:

Article 43 also places upon the State the responsibility of promoting cottage industries, and the federal government has, in furtherance of this, established several Boards for the promotion of khadi, handlooms etc., in coordination with the state governments. It is a DPSP.

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Four words are given, out of which only one word is spelt correctly. Choose the correctly spelt word and click the button corresponding to it.

A) Separate B) Saparate
C) Saperate D) Seperate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Separate

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the given word and click the button corresponding to it.

FORLORN

A) JOYFUL B) LUCKY
C) FORTUNATE D) FREE
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) JOYFUL

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word and click the button corresponding to it.

SYCOPHANT

A) PSYCHE B) FLATTERER
C) CRITIC D) SLAVE
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) FLATTERER

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According to the Classical Theory of Employment, deviations from the state of full employment are

A) Purely temporary in nature B) permanent in nature  
C) imaginary situations D) normal situations
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Purely temporary in nature

Explanation:

The classical economists believed in the existence of full employment in the economy. To them, full employment was a normal situation and any deviation from this regarded as something abnormal. According to Pigou, the tendency of the economic system is to automatically provide full employment in the labour market when the demand and supply of labour are equal.

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Which of the following will be the outcome if an economy is under the inflationary pressure?

1.Domestic currency heads for depreciation.

2.Exports become less competitive with imports getting costlier.

3.Cost of borrowing decreases.4.Bondholders get benefitted.

 

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

 

A) 1 and 2 B) 2 and 3
C) 1 and 3 only D) 1, 3 and 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1 and 3 only

Explanation:

Creditors and debtors:

During inflation creditors lose because they receive in effect less in goods and services than if they had received the repayments during a period of low prices. Debtors, on other hand, as a group gain during inflation, since they repay their debts in currency that has lost its value.The aggregate volume of internal trade tends to increase during inflation due to higher incomes, greater production and larger spending. But the export trade is likely to suffer on account of arise in the prices of domestic goods.

The same currency unit will now buy less goods and services.But the bondholders lose as they get a fixed interest the real value of which has already fallen.

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The ‘water frame’ of Richard Arkwright was a device for

A) producing a new type of painting B) irrigating fields for rice cultivation
C) producing strong threads of yarn D) the faster movement of steamships
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) producing strong threads of yarn

Explanation:

In 1769 Arkwright patented the invention that made him rich, and his country an economic powerhouse: The spinning frame. The spinning frame was a device that could produce stronger threads for yarns.

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Why are the Gypsies regarded as of Indian origin?

1.They follow Indian religious practices.

2.Their language, called Romani, is an Indo-Aryan language.

3.They believe that they came from India.

4.Epigraphic evidence locates their original home in Uttar Pradesh.

 

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

A) 1 and 4 only B) 2 only
C) 1, 2 and 4 D) 2 and 3
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 2 and 3

Explanation:

Gypsies are believed to have arrived in Europe from northern India in the 1400s. They were called Gypsies because Europeans thought they came from Egypt. This ethnic minority is made up of distinct groups called “tribes” or “nations.” Most of the Gypsies in German-occupied Europe belonged to the Sinti and Roma tribes.

Romani (romani ćhib) Romani, or Romany, is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 5-6 million Roma people throughout Europe and the USA. The largest concentrations of Roma people live in Turkey, Spain and Romania. In English these people are often called Gypsies.

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