UPSSSC Mandi Parishad Exam Paper 30 May 2019 – Second shift (English)

61. Which of the following countries does NOT have a coast on the Mediterranean Sea? (A) Turkey
(B) France
(C) Belgium
(D) Greece

62. Which of the following is an Alpine country?
(A) Poland
(B) Italy
(C) Spain
(D) Greece

63. Panchayati Raj system was formalised in the year ___________ Amendment to the Indian Constitution.
(A) 1978 by the 44Tth
(B) 1989 by the 61st
(C) 1975 by the 36th
(D) 1992 by the 73th

64. On August 27, 2009, the Union Cabinet of the Government of India approved _______ reservation for women in Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI).
(A) 30%
(B) 40%
(C) 50%
(D) 60%

65. Enacted on 7 September 2005, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in India entitles, by demand, every rural household to a minimum of __________ of paid work each year at minimum wage.
(A) 120 days
(B) 150 days
(C) 180 days
(D) 100 days

66. The Second Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC) was constituted on 31 August 2005, as a Commission of Inquiry, under the Chairmanship of ______.
(A) Lalji Tandon
(B) Satya Pal Malik
(C) Veerappa Moily
(D) Padmanabha Acharya

67. The Constitution ensures the security of the Tenure of the CEC and Election Commissioners. They are appointed for a six year term or continue till the age of _____, whichever is earlier.
(A) 60
(B) 65
(C) 62
(D) 67

68. Which of the following is one of the powers of Rajya Sabha?
(A) It makes laws on matters included in the Union List and the Concurrent List. It can introduce and enact money and non money bills.
(B) JL approves proposals for taxation, budgets and annual financial statements.
(C) It considers and approves non money bills and suggests amendments to money bills.
(D) It approves the proclamation of emergency

69. The ________ art is practiced in the Mithila region of the Indian subcontinent.
(A) Madhubani
(B) Patachitra
(C) Kalighat
(D) Tikuli

70. India as a whole has an approximate population density of _______ people per square kilometre.
(A) 416
(B) 325
(C) 573
(D) 289

71. India is at rank _______ in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business rankings as on November 2018.
(A) 77
(B) 91
(C) 82
(D) 108

72. The ______ principle of accounting assumes the business will continue to exist and function with no defined end date.
(A) Economic Entity
(B) Conservatism
(C) Going Concert
(D) Cost

73. A ______ account is a general ledger account relating to Assets and Liabilities other than people accounts.
(A) Personal
(B) Cash
(C) Real
(D) Credit

74. In January 2019, the Defence Acquisition Council has approved ₹40,000 crore worth proposal to build six bigger submarines for the navy and 5,000 anti-tank ______ missiles for the army.
(A) Nag
(B) Helina
(C) Amogha-I
(D) Milan 2T

75. As per Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index 2018, which country is the world’s least corrupt country scoring 88 out of 100 points?
(A) Canada
(B) Germarty
(C) Iceland
(D) Denmark

76. The first-ever International Day of _________ was celebrated on 24 January 2019 as per the resolution passed by the United Nations General Assembly.
(A) the UN Peacekeeping Force
(B) Education
(C) Forests
(D) Blood Donors

77. In January 2019, India’s highest peacetime gallantry honour, the Ashoka Chakra, was awarded to Lance Naik _________ posthumously.
(A) Nazir Wani
(B) Ramaswamy Parameswaran
(C) Karam Singh
(D) Jadunath Singh

78. Name the winner of the Women’s Singles Australian Open 2019.
(A) Simona Halep
(B) Sloane Stephens
(C) Naomi Osaka
(D) Jelena Ostapenko

79. in India, subsidy for the main nitrogenous fertiliser, urea, is regulated through a policy wherein it is provided to farmers at a statutory maximum retail price of _______ per tonne (5% extra for the neem coating).
(A) ₹4,730
(B) ₹3,950
(C) ₹2,480

(D) ₹5,360

80. The Himsagar variety of mango is from which state?
(A) Gujarat
(B) West Bengal
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Uttar Pradesh

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