The Global Open University 2012-1st Year B.Ed Global open University of Education and Development - Question Paper
Wednesday, 06 February 2013 08:45Web
jan 2012
Duration: two Hours
Course: B.Ed.
Year: 1st Year
Paper Name: Education and Development
ATTEMPT ALL THE beneath MENTIONED QUESTIONS:
1. Which Among The subsequent Body
Promoted Securities Trading
Corporation Of India Limited (STCI)
Jointly With The Public Sector
Banks?
(A) SEBI
(B) Reserve Bank Of India
(C) IDBI Ltd.
(D) ICICI Ltd
2. The State Bank Of India
(Amendment) Bill-2010, Which Was
Passed In The Parliament In The
Latter Half Of 2010, Apart From
Other Things, decreases The Statutory
Minimum Shareholding Of The
Central Government In The Bank
From ________ To ______ %, Which
Among The subsequent Set Of Figures
Fills The Blank Correctly?
(A) 59, 52
(B) 55, 51
(C) 59, 55
(D) 62, 51
3. What Do We Call An Agreement
Whereby An Issuing Bank At The
Request Of The Importer (Buyer)
Undertakes To Take Payment To The
Exporter (Beneficiary) Against
Stipulated Documents?
(A) Bill Of Exchange
(B) Letter Of Exchange
(C) Letter Of Credit
(D) Bill Of Entry
4. Mutual Funds Are Regulated In
India By Which Among The
Following?
(A) RBI
(B) SEBI
(C) Stock Exchanges
(D) RBI And SEBI Both
5. Which Of The subsequent Country
Was The Host Of 1st Asian Yoga
Championship Held Recently?
(A) Thailand
(B) Cambodia
(C) Vietnam
(D) Laos
6. Which Among The subsequent Body
Authorizes The Credit Limit To The
National Co-Operative Marketing
Federation?
(A) RBI
(B) Department Of Agriculture
(C) NABARD
(D) Department Of Finance
7. Which Among The subsequent
Duties Is Applied By A Government
To Control The Exports Of A
Commodity, So That The Commodity
Can Be Used By The Local Markets
Than In Foreign Countries?
(A) Custom Duty
(B) Excise Duty
(C) Anti Dumping Duty
(D) Dumping Duty
8. We learn In The newsprints That
The Foreign Direct Investments Are
Preferred Over The Capital Inflow. In
This Context, Please Consider The
Following.
1. FDI Brings In recent Technology
2. FDI Does Not Involve Large Outflow
3. FDI Improves Efficiency Of The
Economy
Which Among The Above Is/Are Most
Suitable Reason/Reasons For The provided
Statement?
(A) Only 1
(B) Only one & 3
(C) Only one & 2
(D) All 1, two & 3
9. Which Among The subsequent Body
Finalizes The Market-Borrowing
Programmers Of State Governments
In India?
(A) State Governments
(B) RBI
(c)Union Ministry Of Finance
(D) Planning Commission
10. Which Among The subsequent Is
The Only accurate Statement?
(A) Money Market Meets Long Term
Financing Needs
(B) Recession In Industrial Sector In
India Is Normally Due To Fall In Exports
(C) Ways And Means Advances Is provided
By RBI Are Nowhere Related To State's
Revenue
(D) Exchange Rate Is Fixed By RBI
11. Which Among The subsequent Is
The Top Dividend Paying Company Of
India, As Per A Study Done By
Economic Times?
(A) ONGC
(B)TCS
(C) ITC
(D) IOC
12. Many A Times We learn In The
newsprints Hat The Government Of
India Signs DTAA To Broaden The
Scope Of Article Of Exchange Of
info To Include Exchange Of
Banking info. What Does The
DTSS Refers To Here?
(A) DTAA Taxation Article Agreement
(B) Double Taxation Avoidance
Agreement
(C) Double Taxation Avoidance
Arrangements
(D) Dual Tax Agreement Arrangement
13. What Does The Canada India
Research U.S. Refer To?
(A) A Business Forum
(B) A Nuclear Reactor
(C) A Scientific Research Group
(D) A Proposed Space Research
Organization.
14. Which Among The subsequent
Decides The Oil Prices In India?
(A) Government Of India
(B) Government Of Respective States
(C) Ministry Of Petroleum
(D) Oil Companies
15. Consider The subsequent
Statements In situation With Treasury
Bulls?
1. They Are Issued By Government Of
India On Behalf Of RBI
2. They Are Mostly For Short Term
Borrowings
3. Treasury Bills Cannot Be Purchased By
Any Person Resident Of India
Which Among The Above Is/Are Correct?
(A) All Are accurate
(B) two & three Are accurate
(C) Only two Is accurate
(D) Only three Is accurate
16. Which Among The subsequent Is
India's Largest Indigenous Research
And Production Nuclear Reactor?
(A) Apsara
(B) Dhurva
(C) Kamini
(D) CIRUS
17. Bring Out The Only Incorrect
Statement:
(A) Reserve Repo Operation By RBI Aims
Are Injecting/Increasing Liquidity
(B) SDR Refers To Special Drawing
(C) Rupee Appreciation outcomes In
reduce In Imports
(D) Increase In Inflation Rate Leads To
Decline In Real Interest Rate
18. Which Among The subsequent Is
Headed By Justice Lokeshwar Singh
Panta?
(A) Arms Forces Tribunal
(B) National Green Tribunal
(C) Debt Recovery Tribunal
(D) Central Administrative Tribunal
19. Christine Lagarde, Who Recently
Headed The G-20 Meeting Of Finance
Ministers And Governors Of Central
Banks, Is The Finance Minister Of
Which Among The subsequent
Countries?
(A) Australia
(B) France
(C) Italy
(D) Germany
20. Consider The subsequent
Statements:
1. Increase In Deposit Rate outcomes In
Higher Savings
2. Increase In Deposit Rate outcomes In
Fall In Credit Off Takes
3. Increase In Deposit Rate outcomes In
Increase In Investment Which Among
The Above Statement/Statements Is /Are
Correct?
(A) one &2
(B) one & 3
(C) 1, 2, 3
(D) Only 1
21. Which Among The subsequent Is
Not A Feature Of The Proposed
Companies Bill 2009?
(A) Limit On The Number Of The
Subsidiary Companies
(B) Rotation Of The Auditors
(C) Reduction In The kinds Of The
Companies' Categories
(D) Proposal Of National Company legal regulations
Tribunal;
22. The Universal Service Obligation
Fund (USOF) Has Been Established
Under Which Among The subsequent
Departments Of Government Of
India?
(A) Department Of Consumer Affairs
(B) Department Of Industrial Policy And
Promotion
(C) Department Of Telecommunication
(D) Department Of Economic Affairs
23. Kuno Palpur Wildlife Sanctuary,
Which Is Being Proposed As A New
Home For a few Relocated Gir Lions
From Gujarat, Is Located In Which
Among The subsequent States.
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Orissa
(D) Rajasthan
24. Which Among The subsequent
Sports Is NOT A Part Of The London
Olympics?
(A) Tackwondo
(B) Baseball
(C) Table Tennis
(D) Triathlon
25. We learn The different newsprints
That During The Period From June,
20009 To September 2010, The
Ministry Of Road Transport And
Highways Have Achieved A Target Of
Constructing On An avg. 12.01 Km
Of National Highways Per Day.
However, This Achievement If Shorter
Compared To The Target Of
Constructing 20 Km Of Highways Per
Day. To Achieve This Target, It Is Time
Approximately ________ Of Works Are
Under Way. Which Among The
subsequent Fills The Blank Correctly?
(A) 10000 Km
(B) 15000 Km
(C) 20000 Km
(D) 25000 Km
26. Who Among The subsequent Has
Been Defeated By Saina Nehwal,
Who Has Won The Swiss Open Grand
Prix Gold Title Recently, Becoming
The 1st Indian To Do So?
(A) Ji Hyun Sung
(B) Wang Lin
(C) Kamila Rytter Juhl
(D) Shinta Mulia Juhl
27. Which Among The subsequent
Correctly describes The Net Interest
Income?
(A) Interest Earned On Advances
(B) Interest Earned On Investments
(C) Total Interest Earned On Advances
On Advances And Investment
(D) Difference ranging from Interest Earned
And Interest Paid
28. Where Is Going To Be
Established The Mahatma Gandhi
Institute Of Education Fro Peace And
Sustainable Development (MGIEP),
The recent & 1st Category-I
Institute Of UNECO In South Asia?
(A) New Delhi
(B) Ahmadabad
(C) Mumbai
(D) Pune
29. Anant Pai, Better Known As
'Uncle Pai', Who Recently Died Was
The Creator Of Which Among The
subsequent Comic Series?
(A) Chacha Choudhary
(B) Amar Chitra Katha
(C) Chandamama
(D) Indrajaal
30. Which Among The subsequent Is
Not A Nonpermanent Member Of
United Nations Security Council For
The Period Of one January 2011 -31
December 2012?
(A) Nigeria
(B) Germany
(C) Portugal
(D) Columbia
31. In Which Among The subsequent
kinds Comes The Interest Rate Risk?
(A) Credit Risk
(B) Market Risk
(C) Operational Risk
(D) All The Above Categories
32. Where Was Held The 98th Indian
Science Congress In Early 2011?
(A) Hyderabad
(B) Chennai
(C) Kochi
(D) Kolkata
33. Which Among The subsequent
International Sports Body Had
Unveiled An Anti-Corruption
Committee To Enhance Credibility
And Increase Transparency?
(A) International Cricket Council
(B) International Olympic Committee
(C) FIFA
(D) Commonwealth Games Federation.
34. E.S. L. Narasimhan Is The
Governor Of Which Among The
subsequent States?
(A) Karnataka
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Kerala
35. When There Is An Inflationary
pattern In The Economy What Would
Be pattern In The Pricing Of The Bank
Products?
(A) Increasing pattern
(B) Decreasing pattern
(C) Constant pattern
(D) There Is No Relevance Of The
Inflation In Pricing Of The Banking
Products
36. In Which Among The subsequent
Courts, Chennai Open Is Played?
(A) Clay Court
(B) Grass Court
(C) Hard Court
(D) Carpet Court
37. Which Of The subsequent
Countries Is Located The Temple Of
Preah Vihear, 1 Of The Famous
World Heritage Sites?
(A) Thailand
(B) Myanmar
(c) Cambodia
(D) Vietnam
38. Which Among The subsequent
Body provide The Pritzker Prize, The
Nobel Of Architecture Every Year?
(A) Wolf Foundation
(B) Hyatt Foundation
(C) Royal Institute Of British Architects
(D) Leading European Architects Forum
39. Which Among The subsequent Is
The accurate Character Of The Foreign
Exchange Markets?
(A) Foreign Exchange Markets Are
Localized Markets
(B) Foreign Exchange Markets Operate
Within A Country's Time Zone
(C) Foreign Exchange Markets Are
Dynamic And Round The Clock Markets
(D) Foreign Exchange Markets Are Used
Only For Trade Related Transactions
40. Who Among The subsequent
Headed The Forest Rights Act Review
Committee That Submitted Its
Report In The 1st Half Of 2010?
(A) Syeda Hameed
(B) Narender Jadhav
(C) Arun Maira
(D) N C Saxena
41. Who Among The subsequent Is The
Chairman Of National Knowledge
Commission?
(A) Sam Pitroda
(B) Deepak Nayyar
(C) Nandan Nilkeni
(D) Dr. Pushp Bhargav
42. Suchitra Mitra, Who Died
Recently, Was An Artist Of Which
Among The subsequent kinds Of
Music?
(A) Hindustani Classical
(B) Carnatric Music
(C) Rabindra Sangeet
(D) Pakistani Classical
43. After Uttar Pradesh, Which
Among The subsequent States Has The
Maximum Share In The Total Route
Km Of Indian Railways?
(A) Rajasthan
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Gujrat
44. In Which Of The subsequent States
Of India Is Located A Tiger Reserve,
Which Is Also A World Heritage Site?
(A) Rajasthan
(B) Asom
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Uttar Pradesh
45. Which Among The subsequent
Industrial Policy Resolution/
Statement Was Based Upon The
Mahalanobis Model Of Growth?
(A) Industrial Policy Resolution – 1956
(B) Industry Policy Statement – 1973
(C) Industrial Policy Statement -1977
(D) Banking Policy 1969
46. In Which Of The subsequent
States, Maximum Coast Guard
Stations Have Been Established In
India?
(A) Foreign Trade Promotion Board
(B) Department Of Commerce
(C) RBI
(D) SEBI
47. In Which Of The subsequent States
Of India, World's 1st Global Center
For Nuclear Energy Partnership Was
Started A Few Months Back?
(A) Rajasthan
(B) Kerala
(C) Haryana
(D) Uttar Pradesh
48. In Which Of The subsequent States
Of India, There Is No Petroleum
Chemicals And Petrochemicals
Investment Region (PCPIR)?
(A) Asom
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Gujrat
(D) West Bengal
49. Which Among The subsequent Is
accurate About The Vostro Account?
(A) It Is An Account Maintained By A
Foreign Bank With A Bank In India In
Indian Rupees.
(B) It Is An Account Maintained By An
Indian Bank With A Bank In Foreign
Country In Foreign Currency
(C) It Is An Account Maintained By A
Indian Bank Branch With A Foreign Bank In
Foreign Currency.
(D) It Is An Account Maintained By A
Foreign Bank Branch With A Indian Bank In
Foreign Currency.
50. The Term 'Round-Tripping' Often
Appears In Financial News These
Days. What Does It Mean?
(A) Importing Products That Are Not
Easily Available In The Domestic Markets
(B) Indian Companies Re-Exporting
Imported Products Without Any Value
Addition
(C) Bringing Back Illicit Money Hidden
Abroad By Indian S Under A various
Name
(D) Imposing High Customs Duty To
Discourage Dumping Of Goods In Indian
Market
51. Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) Data
For High Focus States (States Where
IMR Is Above National Average) Is
Collected Once Every 5 Years. The
Union Health Ministry Has Now
Decided To Collect Such Data
__________.
(A) Half-Yearly
(B) Annually
(C) Once Every 2 Years
(D) Once Every 3 Years
52. The Government Has Tasked Three
Institutions To Conduct Studies To
Estimate The Quantum Of Illicit Funds
Generated By Indian Citizens Recently.
Which Of The subsequent Is Not Among
One Of The 3 Institutions
Selected?
(A) National Institute Of Public Finance
And Policy
(B) National Institute Of Bank
Management
(C) National Institute Of Finance
Management
(D) National Council Of Applied Economic
Research
53. Which Of The subsequent
Statements Is/Are accurate About
'Gender-Critical' Districts On The Basis
Of The Census 2001 Data?
1. There Are 262 Gender Critical
Districts Or Cities In The Country
2. Madhya Pradesh Has The Highest
Number Of Gender Critical Districts Or
Cities
3. Kerala Is The Only State Which Does
Not Have Any Gender Critical District
Or City
(A) I Only
(B) one &2 Only
(C) two Only
(D) three And one Only
54. India Announced That It Was
Taking Steps To decrease The"
Sensitive Lists" Of Items For Trade
With SAARC Countries Recently.
Which Of The subsequent Is accurate
About Items In "Sensitive Lists"?
(A) Items Which Are Costlier To Produce
In India
(B) Items Whose Import Leads To Lower
Prices For Indian Consumer
(C) Items Whose Import decreases The
Market Share Of Domestic Producers
(D) Items Which Are Injurious To Health
Such As Tobacco And Alcohol
55. Which Country's Gold Output Of
30.88 Tonnes Was The Highest In
The World In 2010?
(A) Canada
(B) South Africa
(C) China
(D) USA
56. Government Of India Has
Launched A Publicity Campaign For
Census 2011 In Association With
Which Of The subsequent UN
Organization?
(A) United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP)
(B) World Health Organization (WHO)
(C) Untied Nations Children's Fund
(UNICEF)
(D) United Nations Population Fund
(UNPF)
57. Which Of The subsequent Pairs Of
Multinational Retailing Companies
And The Countries Where They Are
Headquartered Is/Are Correctly
Matched?
I. Mero-Germany
II. Walmart- USA
III. Tesco- United Kingdom
IV. Carrefour – France
(A) I And III Only
(B) I, II And III
(C) IV, I And II
(D) I, II, III And IV
58. Which Advertising Agency Was
In News Recently Fro Creating The
"Enumerator' Mascot Fro Census
2011?
(A) Bates 141
(B) DDB India
(C) JWT India
(D) Reinfusion – Y & R
59. Which Of The subsequent
Statements About Infant Mortality
Rate (IMR) Is/Are accurate As Per
The Data Released By The Register-
General Of India (RGI) Recently?
I. IMR Has Declined From 53 In 2008 To
50 In 2009
II. Decline In IMR In Urban Areas Is More
Than In Rural Areas
III. IMR Is The least In Kerala
(A) I Only
(B) I And II Only
(C) II Only
(D) I, II And III
60. Which Of The subsequent
Statements About Indent Mortality
Rate (IMR) Is/Are accurate As Per
The Data Released By The Register-
General Of India (RGI) Recently?
I. IMR Is Highest In Madhya Pradesh
II. Millennium Development Goal (MDG)
Target Is To decrease IMR To 30 By 2015
III. 9 States Have IMR Above The
National avg.
(A) I Only
(B) I And II Only
(C) II Only
(D) I,II And III
61. S. Sundar Committee Was In
News Recently For Its Report On
Which Of The Following?
(A) Land Acquisition Act, 1894
(B) Copyright Act, 1957
(C) Right To info Act, 2005
(D) Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
62. Which Of The subsequent
Statements Is/Are accurate About The
Tourist Visa On Arrival (TVOA)
Scheme Introduced To Promote
Foreign Tourist Arrivals In India
Recently?
1. The TVOA Is Allowed For A
Maximum Validity Of 30 Days With
Single Entry Facility At Metros
2. TVOA Is Allowed For A Maximum
Of 2 Times In A Calendar Year
3. There Should Be A Minimum Gap
Of 6 Months ranging from every Visit
(A) one Only
(B) one And two Only
(C) two Only
(D) three And one Only
63. Global Employment patterns 2011
Report Of The International Labour
Organization (ILO) Was Released
Recently. Which Of The subsequent
Statements Is/Are Correct?
I. The Number Of Unemployed Increased
In 2010.
II. The Global Unemployment Rate
Declined In 2010
III. Labour Productivity Improved In
2010
(A) I Only
(B) I And II Only
(C) II And III Only
(D) III And I Only
64. 'Committed To Improving The
State Of The World' Is The Motto Of
Which Of The Following?
(A) Transparency International
(B) World Bank
(C) Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation
(D) World Economic Forum
65. Which Of The subsequent
Statements About Economic Growth
Forecast Made By The IMF In
January 2011 Is/Are Correct?
I. Global Growth Forecast For 2011
Is beneath 4%
II. Growth Forecast For India 2011
Is 8.4%
III. Growth Forecast For China Is
Higher Than For India In 2011
(A) I Only
(B) I And II Only
(C) II And III Only
(D) III And I Only
66. Global Employment patterns 2011
Report Of The International Labour
Organization (ILO) Was Released
Recently. Which Of The subsequent
Statements Is/Are Correct?
I. The Number Of People Employed
In Industry Declined While The
Number Of Those Employed In
Agriculture Increased In 2009
II. The Number Of Unemployed
Youth (Aged 15-24) Declined In
2010
III. Global Youth Unemployment
Rate Increased In 2010
(A) I Only
(B) I And II Only
(C) III And I Only
(D) I, II And III
67. Which Of The subsequent Is/Are
Correctly Matched After RBI's 'Third
Quarter Review Of Monetary Policy
2010-11' On January 26, 2011?
I. Repo Rate – 6.5%
II. Reserve Repo Rate – 5.5%
III. Cash Reserve Ratio – 6%
(A) I Only
(B) I And II Only
(C) II And III Only
(D) I, II And III
68. The Union Finance Ministry
Raised The Tax Collection Target For
2010-11 To _________ Recently.
(A) Rs 782000 Crore
(B) Rs 834000 Crore
(C) Rs 871000 Crore
(D) Rs 902000 Crore
69. Which Of The subsequent
Statements Is/Are accurate According
To UNCTAD Global Investment pattern
Monitor Report Unveiled Recently?
I. Global Flows Of FDI Exceeded $1
Trillion In 2010
II. FDI Flows To Developed
Economics Was Lower Than To
Developing Economics In 2010
III. FDI Flow To India Declined In
2010
(A) I Only
(B) I And II Only
(C) II And III Only
(D) III And I Only
70. Which Of The subsequent Became
The 1st Oil & Gas Company To obtain
Shale Gas Deposits In India
Recently?
(A) Reliance Industries Ltd.
(B) Carin India
(C) Essar Oil
(D) ONGC
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