1. .1.As per Vision 2020 paper by the Planning Commission of India, which of the following represents
the target of the percentage population below the poverty line that government intends to achieve by
the year 2020?
(a) 18% (b) 15%
(c) 13% (d) 10%
2. Who is the chairman of the 13th Finance Commission of India?
(a) C. Rangarajan (b) Vijay L. Kelkar
(c) Suresh D. Tendulkar (d) CArvind Virmani
3. As per the latest State of Forest Report, which of the following represents the percentage area
covered by forests in the total geographic area of the country ?
(a) 27.34% (b) 23.15%
(c) 21.86% (d) 20.60%
4. This Indian state has the largest forest cover in India. Can you name it from the given options?
(a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Chhattisgarh (d) Orissa
5. As per the third advanced estimates, the production of foodgrains in 2008-2009 is expected to be …
(a) 229.85 million tones (b) 224.24 million tones
(c) 221.32 million tones (d) 218.45 million tones
6. Which of the following represents the per capita income in 2008-2009 measured at constant 1999-
2000 market prices?
(a) Rs. 28 735 (b) Rs. 29 547
(c) Rs. 30 168 (d) Rs. 31 278
7. As per the recent Economic Survey, which of the following represents the Gross Domestic Savings
as a percentage of GDP in 2007-2008 at current market prices?
(a) 29.8% (b) 32.5%
(c) 35.2% (d) 37.7%
8. As per the latest Economic Survey, which of the following represents the contribution of the agriculture
sector in the national exports in 2007-2008?
(a) 10.2% (b) 11.2%
(c) 12.2% (d) 13.2%
9. Which of the following represents the percentage of people are employed under the agriculture
sector?
(a) 65.4% (b) 60.8%
(c) 55.9% (d) 52.1%
10.Which of the following represents the percentage contribution of agriculture alone in the GDP of
India in 2007-2008?
(a) 16.3% (b) 17.1%
(c) 17.8% (d) 18.4%
11. Which of the following represents the year in which the National Horticulture Mission was launched?
(a) 2003-2004 (b) 2004-2005
(c) 2005-2006 (d) 2006-2007
12. Where would you find National Fisheries Development Board in India?
(a) Bangalore (b) Hyderabad
(c) Chennai (d) Panaji
13. Which of the following represents the rank of India in the fisheries production throughout the world?
(a) 2nd (b) 3rd
(c) 4th (d) 5th
14. Who is the present Director General of Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR)?
(a) Dr. R.S. Paroda (b) Dr. Mangala Rai
(c) Dr. M.S. Swaminathan (d) None of these
15. As per the Union Budget 2009-2010 which of the following represents the percentage increase in the
allocation of budget to the NREGS over the previous year?
(a) 72% (b) 110%
(c) 128% (d) 144%
16. As per the Human Development Report-2009-HDI rankings (the report presents statistical values for
1. The year 2007) by United Nations Development Program, released in the first week of october 2009,
which of the following represents the rank obtained by India out of 182 countries surveyed?
(a) 127 (b) 128
(c) 131 (d) 134
17. As per the latest available figures which of the following represents the rank of India on the Gender
Development Index out of 157 countries surveyed?
(a) 96 (b) 106
(c) 116 (d) 126
18. Which of the following constitutional amendments is responsible for making free and compulsory
education to all children under 6 to 14 years of age a fundamental right?
(a) 82nd amendment (b) 84th amendment
(c) 86th amendment (d) 88th amendment
19. As per the office of the Registrar General of India, which of the following represents the Infant
Mortality Rate per thousand live births at the current level?
(a) 35 (b) 45
(c) 55 (d) 65
20. Which of the following represents the percentage population of the world that resides in India?
(a) 12.5% (b) 14.8%
(c) 16.7% (d) 18.3%
21. The present Minister of Environment to the Government of India is …
(a) Sushil Kumar Shinde (b) Jairam Ramesh
(c) Anand Sharma (d) Sharad Pawar
22. Which of the following represents the present Director General of World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO)?
(a) Dr. Margaret Chan (b) Francis Gurry
(c) Susan Schwab (d) Juan Somavia
23. Which of the following Indian states has the highest Scheduled Tribe population in India?
(a) Mizoram (b) Punjab
(c) Bihar (d) Madhya Pradesh
24. Which of the following represents the percentage of urban population out of the total population of
India?
(a) 21.4% (b) 23.5%
(c) 25.7% (d) 27.8%
25. Which of the following is the latest country to join World Trade Organization?
(a) Vietnam (b) Cape Verde
(c) Nauru (d) China
26. Which of the following represents the venue of the United Nations Climate Change Conference
scheduled to take place in December 2009?
(a) Tokyo (b) Ottawa
(c) Copenhagen (d) Vienna
27. National Development Council, an important non statutory body, came into existence in the year …
(a) 1950 (b) 1951
(c) 1952 (d) 1953
28. As per the foreign trade policy of India (2009-2014) which of the following represents the export
target set for the year 2009-2010?
(a) $160 billion (b) $168 billion
(c) $176 billion (d) $182 billion
29. Which of the following represents the rank of India in terms of rubber production throughout the
world?
(a) Fifth (b) Fourth
(c) Third (d) Second
30. Who is the present chairman of the Board of Trade of India?
(a) Onkar S. Kanwar (b) Ratan Tata
(c) Kaml Nath (d) Anand Sharma
Answers
1. c 13% 2. b Vijay L. Kelkar 3. d 20.60% 4. b Madhya Pradesh 5. a 229.85 million tones 6. d Rs.31 278 7. d 37.7%
8. c 12.2% 9. d 52.1% 10. a 16.3% 11. c 2005-2006 12. b Hyderabad 13. b 3rd 14. b Dr. Mangala Rai 15. d 144%
16. d 134 17. c 116 18. c 86th amendment 19. c 55 20. c 16.7% 21. b Jairam Ramesh 22. b Francis Gurry 23. a Mizoram
24. d 27.8% 25. b Cape Verde 26. c Copenhagen 27. c 1952 28. b $168 billion 29. b Fourth 30. d Anand Sharma
