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1.

Norway’s per capita income in 2015-16 was _______ times higher than India.(A) 3-4(B) 11-12(C) 9(D) 6-8

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Correct option is (B) 11-12

2.

As per World Bank, the growth rate of national income of Sri Lanka in 2015-16 was %.(A) 2.4(B) 4.7(C) 4.5(D) 7.3

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Correct option is (C) 4.5

3.

Why did Morris select only three determinants in the index for physical quality of life?

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Reasons for only three determinants in the Physical Quality of Life Index (PQLI):
Morris had included only three determinants namely literacy level, life expectancy and infant mortality for calculating PQLI. The reason for this is as follows.

  1. We can get reliable data of all these three determinants for all the countries.
  2. All these factors (determinants) tells about the the results and not just the efforts.
  3. All these three factors are object oriented and hence can fulfill the justifiable standards for performance comparison.
4.

What top honours did Santosh get for her achievements ?

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In recognition of her achievements, Santosh was bestowed one of the nation’s top honours, the Padmashri by the Indian Government.

5.

When did the ‘right moment’ came into Santosh’s life ?

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The right moment came in Santosh’s life when she was sixteen. Santosh was under pressure to get married at sixteen according to the prevailing custom. But Santosh threatened her parents that she would never marry if she did not get a proper education.

6.

Brief the financial status of Santosh’s parents.

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Santosh’s parents were rich landowners who could afford to send their children to the best schools, even to the country’s capital, Delhi.

7.

While her journey from the frozen plains of Siberia to the summit of women’s tennis has touched the hearts of tennis fans, for the youngster herself there appears to be no room for sentiment. The straight looks and the answers she gives when asked about her ambition make it amply clear that she considers the sacrifices were worth it. “I am very, very competitive. I work hard at what I do. It’s my job.” This is her mantra for success.Though Maria Sharapova speaks with a pronounced American accent, she proudly pafades her Russian nationality. Clearing all doubts, she says, “I’m Russian. It’s true that the U.S. is a big part of my life. But I have Russian citizenship. My blood is totally Russian. I will play the Olympics for Russia if they want me.”1. Siberia is a ……………… country.A. hotB. moderateC. coldD. temperate2. There appears no room for sentiments while ………………….A. playing.B. making sacrifices for achievements.C. thinking about parents.D. talking about own country.3. ‘She proudly parades her Russian nationality’. What is this sentence used in reference to ?A. Her dress.B. Her way of playing.C. Her speech.D. Her behaviour.4. One of these sentences does not talk about Maria’s being proud of her country:A. I have Russian citizenship.B. The U.S. is a big part of my life.C. My blood is totally Russian.D. I will play the Olympics for Russia if they want me.

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1. C. cold

2. B. making sacrifices for achievements.

3. C. Her speech.

4. B. The U.S. is a big part of my life.

8.

However, the rapid ascent in a fiercely competitive world began nine years before with a level of sacrifice few children would be prepared to endure; Little Maria had not yet celebrated her tenth birthday when she was packed off to train in the United States. That trip to Florida with her father Yuri launched her on the path to success and stardom. But it also required a heart-wrenching two-year separation from her mother Yelena. The latter was compelled to stay back in Siberia because of visa restrictions. The nine-year-old girl had already learnt an important lesson in life – that tennis excellence would only come at a price.“I used to be so lonely,” Maria Sharapova recalls. “I missed my mother terribly. My father was working as much as he could to keep my tennis-training going. So, he couldn’t see me either.1. Before Maria entered into her tenth year she went to Florida from ……………… .A. AmericaB. RussiaC. NetherlandsD.West Indies2. What was one of the sacrifices that Maria made for her career ?A. She sacrificed her childhood.B. She was separated from her mother Yelena for two years.C. She could not make good friends.D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’3. She had to stay back in Siberia for two long years as ……………….A. She could not get visa.B. She had to take care of her ill mother.C. No tennis association invited her to play.D. Both ‘A’ and ‘C’4. Maria’s father could not see her so often as …………..A. he had to stay back in Siberia.B. he had to spend most of his time taking care of her mother.C. he had to keep working to keep her tennis-training going.D. Maria kept too busy with her training.

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1. B. Russia

2. D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’

3. A. She could not get visa.

4. C. he had to keep working to keep her tennis-training going.

9.

Santosh had a sympathetic heart. Illustrate.

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During the 1992 Everest mission, Santosh Yadav provided special care to a climber who lay dying at the South Col. Unfortunately she could not save him. On another occasion, she managed to save a climber, Mohan Singh, by sharing her oxygen with him. If she had not helped him that time, he would have died.

10.

Santosh Yadav got into the record books both times she scaled Mt. Everest. What were the reasons for this ?

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When Santosh Yadav first scaled Mt. Everest, she became the youngest woman in the world to achieve the feat. When she scaled the Everest the second time, she became the only woman to have scaled it twice.

11.

How does Santosh describe her feelings at the summit of the Everest ? 

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Santosh asserted that her feeling at the summit of the Everest was ‘indescribable’. Unfurling the Indian flag on the top of the world was a spiritual moment for her and she felt proud as an Indian.

12.

Where did Santosh take a professional training of mountaineering ? How did she manage to do it ?

Answer» Santosh saved money and enrolled in a course at Uttarkashi’s Nehru Institute of Mountaineering. Her college semester in Jaipur was to end in April but it ended on the nineteenth of May. And she had to join the training institute from the twenty-first of May, therefore she could not find enough time to go back home, take permission of her parents and come back. She went straight to the institute and wrote a letter of apology to her father for not taking his permission.
13.

What qualities did Santosh cultivate for her climbing skills to mature ?

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Santosh developed a remarkable resistance to cold and the altitude. She proved herself repeatedly becoming equipped with an iron will, physical endurance and an amazing mental toughness. She went on improving her climbing skills, physical fitness and mental strength. These qualities impressed her seniors.

14.

Maximum point that a determinant of PQLI can get is(A) 1(B) 10(C) 100(D) 3

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Correct option is (C) 100

15.

Which of the following is the correct reason for only three determinants in PQLI?(A) All the three determinants selected depicts the results and not efforts(B) Dependable data for all these factors can be obtained for all the countries(C) All the three factors are product based(D) All of these

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Correct option is (D) All of these

16.

Which of the following is not a determinant of PQLI?(A) Extent of education(B) Infant mortality rate(C) Life expectancy(D) Per capita income

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Correct option is (D) Per capita income

17.

Who developed PQLI?(A) Morris(B) Machlup(C) Todaro(D) Hansen

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Correct option is (A) Morris

18.

Which of the following is incorrect with respect to HDI?(A) Life expectancy(B) Good standard of living(C) Knowledge(D) Infant mortality

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Correct option is (D) Infant mortality

19.

HDI was presented in the Human Development Report of(A) 1944(B) 2001(C) 1979(D) 1990

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Correct option is (D) 1990

20.

PQLI ignores _______(A) Income(B) Infant mortality(C) Education(D) Life expectancy

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Correct option is (A) Income

21.

To calculate the rate of education to be included in HDI, people in the age group of or above are included.(A) 21(B) 15(C) 14(D) 18

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Correct option is (B) 15

22.

When were improvements introduced in the minimum and maximum values of HDR?(A) In 2010(B) In 2001(C) In 2000(D) In 2003

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Correct option is (A) In 2010

23.

in 2014, India ranked In HDI.(A) 127th(B) 130th(C) 142nd(D) 136th

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Correct option is (B) 130th

24.

The HDI of 2015, classified countries into groups.(A) 2(B) 3(C) 4(D) 6

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Correct option is (C) 4

25.

Who gave HDI?(A) UNO(B) Morris(C) UNDP(D) WTO

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Correct option is (C) UNDP

26.

India : 0.609; Pakistan : _______(A) 0.727(B) 0.701(C) 0.348(D) 0.538

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Correct option is (D) 0.538

27.

What is scaling?

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Pointing of the values in the table on x – axis and y – axis is called scaling.

28.

Within twelve months, Santosh found herself a member of an Indo-Nepalese Women’s Expedition that invited her to join them. She then scaled the Everest a second time, thus setting a record as the only woman to have scaled the Everest twice, and securing for herself and India a unique place in the annals of mountaineering. In recognition of her achievements, the Indian government bestowed upon her one of the nation’s top honours, the Padmashri.Describing her feelings when she was literally ‘on top of the world’, Santosh has said, “It took some time for the enormity of the moment to sink in… Then I unfurled the Indian tricolour and held it aloft on the roof of the world. The feeling is indescribable. The Indian flag was flying on top of the world. It was truly a spiritual moment. I felt proud as an Indian.”1. …………………. of her first scaling of Mt. Everest, Santosh could manage to scale Mt. Everest the second time.A. After twelve monthsB. Within twelve monthsC. Before a period of one yearD. Both ‘B’ and ‘C’2. The meaning of ‘annals’ here is ……………..A. ‘a periodical journal’.B. ‘happening every year’.C. ‘happening recurrently’.D. All of these three3. The phrase ‘bestow upon’ is ………………A. ‘bless with’.B. ‘assigned’.C. ‘give something as an honour or present’.D. All of these three4. What is termed as ‘a spiritual moment’ by Santosh ?A. The time when Santosh had the idea of becoming a mountaineer.B. The moment when she unfurled the tricolour on the Mt. Everest.C. The moment when she reached the Mt. Everest the second time.D. The moment when she was given away the Padmashri.

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1. D. Both ‘B’ and ‘C’

2. A. ‘a periodical journal’.

3. C. ‘give something as an honour or present’.

4. B. The moment when she unfurled the tricolour on the Mt. Everest.

29.

After a stage, economic development(A) Becomes self-motivating(B) Needs more thrust(C) Fades and growth takes over(D) Becomes stagnant

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Correct option is (A) Becomes self-motivating

30.

Observe the adjacent graph indicating growth. What is correct labelling of A, B and C respectively?

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A. Stationary Phase

B. Exponential Phase 

C. Lag Phase

31.

Belgium which continent is located in? A) EuropeB) Asia C) Africa D) North America

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Answer is (A) Europe

32.

Match the following.1) Herbert Macaulaya) Founder of NYM2) Nnamdi Azikiweb) Founder of NNDP3) Ken Saro Wiwac) Civil fight4) Bifarian Ward) EnvironmentalistA) a, b, c, d B) b, c, d, a C) d, b, a, c D) b, a, d, c

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D) b, a, d, c

b,a,d,c is the correct answer

33.

Napalm is A) an environment friendly fertiliser B) atroopof U.SC) a deadly bomb which causes intense damage to humans D) a literacy project

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C) a deadly bomb which causes intense damage to humans

34.

U.S.A conducted war on Vietnam ……………A) to dominate the world B) to extract oil C) Wanting resourcesD) To check the spread of communism in Vietnam

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D) To check the spread of communism in Vietnam

35.

The country appearing in the map was the colony of this European countryA) Britain B) Dutch C) Germany D) France

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Correct option is D) France

36.

The U.S. people opposed the intervention of U.S. Government in Vietnam War. This is appreciable because …………A) The power of U.S. Government is shown B) The humanity for others is shown C) The power of communists shown D) None

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B) The humanity for others is shown

37.

The map shown isA) Algeria B) Nigeria C) Korea D) Vietnam

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Correct option is D) Vietnam

38.

This is the map of Nigeria. The tribe that lives in ’A’ partA) Yoruba B) Hausa – Fulani C) Igbo D) Eskimos

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B) Hausa – Fulani

39.

Which country experienced chemical bomb attacks by U.S.A.?A) Japan B) Vietnam C) Nigeria D) Ivory Coast

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Correct option is B) Vietnam

40.

Match the following.Column – IColumn – IIi) Herbert Macaulaya) Nigerian National Democratic Partyii) Nnamdi , Azikiweb) Nigerian Youth Movementiii) Kwame Nkrumahc) Freedom fighter from Ghanaiv) Ken Saro Wiwad) EnvironmentalistA) i – a, ii – d, iii – b, iv – c B) i – b, ii – c, iii – d, iv – a C) i – d, ii – c, iii – b, iv – a D) i – a, ii – b, iii – c, iv – d

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D) i – a, ii – b, iii – c, iv – d

41.

Pan Africanism is A) an idea promoting the unity of South Africa. B) an idea promoting the unity of all countries of African continent. C) an idea preaching the supremacy of Africans over other world. D) a movement for protecting environment.

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B) an idea promoting the unity of all countries of African continent.

42.

The person who played a key role in Pan Africanism. A) Nnamdi Azikiwe B) Macaulay C) Kwame Nkrumah D) Nelson Mandela

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C) Kwame Nkrumah

43.

Explain the ‘Pan Africanism’. (OR) What do you know about Pan Africanism?

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1. Pan Africanism is an idea that promotes the unity of all African peoples irrespective of country or tribe. 

2. One key person in this regard was Kwame Nkrumah.

44.

What is meant by “Pan Africanism”?

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1. Pan Africanism is an idea that promotes the unity of all African peoples irrespective of country or tribe. 

2. One key person in this regard was Kwame Nkrumah.

45.

Long March was held in ……………A) 1934 – 1935 B) 1924 – 1925 C) 1914 – 1915 D) 1944 – 1945

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A) 1934 – 1935

46.

The Long March (1934 – 35) was journey of 6000 miles to ………… A) Shangai B) Beijing C) Shanxi D) Yanam

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Correct option is C) Shanxi

47.

Define New Democracy.

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New Democracy: An alliance of all social classes opposed to land4ordlsm and Imperialism

48.

What is Landlordism?

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Landlordism: Large landlords took over the lands of small peasants and made them work as tenant farmers

49.

What is Land reforms?

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Land reforms: Making attempts to see that the land is not concentrated but distributed more equitably

50.

When the ken saro wiwa was executed?

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Ken Saro Wiwa was executed in 1990.