Some States were created not on the basis of language but to recognize differences based on culture, ethnicity or geography. These include States like

1. Nagaland 2. Uttarakhand 3. Jharkhand
(a) 1 Only
(b) 2 & 3 Only
(c) 1 & 2 only
(d) 1, 2 & 3

In Scheduled Languages of India which Language is having least proportion (%) of speakers?

(a) Bodo
(b) Dogri
(c) Konkani
(d) Sindhi

Which is INCORRECT?

(a) Women members share in the state assemblies is less than 5 per cent
(b) The percentage of elected women members in Lok Sabha has never reached even 10 per cent of its total strength except 16th Lok Sabha
(c) In India the proportion of women in legislature has been very low and behind the averages for several developing countries of Africa and Latin America
(d) There are more than 10 lakh elected women representatives in rural and urban local bodies

Which is INCORRECT?

(a) Democracy evolves through popular struggles
(b) Democratic conflict is resolved through mass mobilization
(c) One obvious way of influencing the decisions in a democracy is direct participation in competitive politics
(d) None

Election Commission has laid down detailed criteria of the proportion of votes and seats that a party must get in order to be a recognised party. Which is CORRECT?

1. A party that secures at least six per cent of total votes in Lok Sabha elections or Assembly elections in four States and wins at least four seats in the Lok Sabha is recognized as a national party
2.A party that secures at least 6 per cent of the total votes in an election to the Legislative Assembly of a State and wins at least two seats is recognised as a State party
(a) 1 Only
(b) 2 Only
(c) 1 & 2 only
(d) None

 Which of the following statements is/are CORRECT?

(a) There are many regions in India that are rich in resources but these are included in economically backward regions
(b) Ladakh has very rich cultural heritage but it is deficient in water, infrastructure and some vital minerals
(c) India has made concerted efforts for achieving the goals of resource planning right from the First Five Year Plan launched after Independence
(d) All the above

 In India, development dependent on

I. The availability of resources II. Quality of human resources
III. Historical experiences of the people
(a) I Only
(b) I, II & III
(c) I & II only
(d) II only

 Which is INCORRECT?

(a) At the international level, the Club of Rome advocated resource conservation for the first time in a more systematic way
(b) The seminal contribution with respect to resource conservation at the global level was made by the Brundtland Commission Report
(c) Mass production methods were once again presented by Schumacher in his book Small is Beautiful
(d) None

 Land under a variety of relief features in India: Which is NOT MATCHED?

(a) 43 per cent – Plain
(b) 30 per cent – Mountain
(c) 27 per cent – Plateau
(d) None

The pattern of net sown area varies greatly from one state to another. It is over 80 per cent of the total area in

(a) Punjab and Haryana
(b) Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram
(c) Punjab
(d) Haryana

At present, there are about 130 million hectares of degraded land in India. In this 56 per cent is

(a) Forest degraded area
(b) Water eroded area
(c) Both A & B
(d) Affected by saline and alkaline deposits