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During Indian freedom struggle , a general strike jointly called by the Girni Kamgar Union and the Railway workers place in March, 1929 in bombay. This was actually in protest against ______

A) the congress acceptance of Domination Status to India as a desirable interim goal B) the visit to india of Whiteley commission on Labour
C) the Government's insistance on passing the Trade Disputes Bill through the Central Legislative Assembly D) the dismissal of workers who had taken part in the 1928 strikes
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) the dismissal of workers who had taken part in the 1928 strikes

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During the Indian Freedom struggle, the Khudai Khidmatgars, also known as Red Shirts (Lal Kurtis) called for _____

A) the pathan nationalist unity and a struggle against colonialism B) the union of Pasthun tribal areas in north-west with the Afghanistan
C) the adoption of terrorist tactics and methods for terrorising and finally ousting the colonial rulers. D) the adoption of communist revolutionary ideology for political and social reform
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) the pathan nationalist unity and a struggle against colonialism

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An objective of the National Food Security Mission is to increase the production of certain crops through area expansion and productivity enhancement in a sustainable manner in the identified districts of the country. What are those crops?

A) Rice and Wheat only B) Rice, Wheat and pulses only
C) Rice, Wheat, Pulses and oil seeds only D) Rice, Wheat, Pulses, oil seeds and vegetables
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Rice, Wheat and pulses only

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The prices at which the government purchases food grains for maintaining the Public Distribution system (PDS) and for building up buffer - stock is known as :

A) minimum support prices B) procurement prices
C) issue prices D) ceiling prices
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) procurement prices

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Which of the following indexes is developed to measure life expectancy, level of literacy, education and standard of living of people in a country?

A) Inflation B) Sensex
C) SLR D) Human Development Index (HDI)
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Human Development Index (HDI)

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The money which Government of India spends on the development of infrastructure in country comes from which of the following sources?

I. Loan from world Bank/ADB etc

II. Taxes collected  from the people 

III. Loan from RBI

A) only I B) only II
C) only III D) All I,II and III
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All I,II and III

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In India, in the overall indexe of Industrial Production , the Indices of Eight Core Industries have a combined weight of 37.90%. Which of the following are among those Eight Core Industries?

1.Cement     2. Fertilizers      3.Natural gas     4. Refinery products     5. Textiles

A) 1 and 5 only B) 2, 3 and 4 only
C) 1, 2, 3 and 4 only D) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1, 2, 3 and 4 only

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Which one of the following Constitutional Amendments introduced the anti-defectio provision in the Constitution for the first time?

A) 51st Amendment B) 52nd Amendment
C) 53rd Amendment D) 54th Amendment
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 52nd Amendment

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