Thursday, 10 June 2021

Civil Services Preliminary exam 2021 - 5 MCQs - Day 9 (9 June 2021)

 


1. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

  1. Lothal              : Ancient dockyard

  2. Sarnath            : First sermon of Buddha

  3. Rajgir                : Lion capital of Ashoka

  4. Nalanda            : Great seat of Buddhist learning

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

Codes:

(a) 1,2,3 and 4

(b) 3 and 4

(c) 1, 2 and 4

(d) 1 and 2

 

2. “ The congress is tottering to its fall and one of my great ambitious while in India, is to assist to a peaceful demise.” This statement is attributed to:

(a) Lord Dufferin

(b) Lord Curzon

(c) Lord Lytton

(d) Lord Mountbatten

 

3. The power of the supreme court of India to decide disputes between the central and the states falls under its

(a) advisory jurisdiction

(b) appellate jurisdiction

(c) Original jurisdiction

(d) writ jurisdiction

 

4. Disguised unemployment generally means

(a) large number of people remain unemployed

(b) alternative employment is not available

(c) marginal productivity of labour is zero

(d) productivity of workers is low

 

5. In India, in which one of the following is types of forests is teak a dominant tree species?

(a) Tropical moist deciduous forest

(b) Tropical rain forest

(c) Tropical thorn scrub forest

(d) Temperate forest with grasslands