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11. RIDF was established in

Correct Answer: (a) 1995-1996

Solution:In the year 1995-96, RIDF was established to fund ongoing rural infrastructure projects by the government.

This fund is operated by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). Domestic commercial banks are contributing to the fund in respect of their shortfalls in priority sector loans to agriculture.

12. Which of the following is used to manipulate data from a database?

Correct Answer: (a) Data Manipulation Language (DML)

Solution:Data Manipulation Language (DML) is used to manipulate data from the database. Data Manipulation Language is a computer programming language used to add (insert), delete, and modify (update) data in a database.

13. Evaluate: 28% of 450 + 45% of 280

Correct Answer: (a) 252

Solution:

14. Which Article in the Indian Constitution is related to the Abolition of Untouchability?

Correct Answer: (d) Article 17

Solution:Article 17 of the Indian Constitution deals with the abolition of untouchability. Under this, adherence to untouchability in any form is prohibited. Additionally, the Untouchability Offences Act of 1955 (renumbered as the Protection of Civil Rights Act in 1976) considers untouchability as a criminal act and anyone engaging in such practice is subject to legal punishment.

15. ______ was the longest-serving Governor of Haryana.

Correct Answer: (a) Birendra Narayan Chakraborty

Solution:Birendra Narayan Chakraborty was an Indian civil servant, politician and the second Governor of Haryana. His tenure as Governor of Haryana (from 15th September, 1967 to 26th March, 1976) was the longest.

16. Full form of NAIS is

(a) National Argument Insurance Scheme
(b) National Agricultural Insurance Scheme
(c) National Arguments Institution Survey
(d) None of these
(e) Unattempted

Correct Answer: (b) National Agricultural Insurance Scheme

Solution:NAIS stands for National Agricultural Insurance Scheme. This scheme is in force from the year 1999-2000. Under this scheme, farmers will be provided financial assistance in case of destruction of any notified crop due to natural calamities and diseases.

The assistance is given, the purpose of which is to stabilise agricultural income in years of natural disaster.

17. Pointing to a photograph, a man said, "I have no brother or sister but that man's father is my father's son." Whose photograph was it?

Correct Answer: (a) His son's

Solution:

18. Transformation of Aspirational Districts Programme was announced by

Correct Answer: (c) NITI Aayog

Solution:NITI Aayog announced the 'Transformation of Aspirational Districts' programme in January, 2018 to create a new India by the year 2022, which aims to improve India's Human Development Index ranking, improve the quality of life of residents to improve the standard of living and guarantee shared prosperity for all.

19. What is a stream in C Program?

(a) A way of handling input/output operations in a program
(b) A type of loop used in decision-making structures
(c) A type of function used to manipulate strings
(d) A type of data structure used to store variables
(e) Unattempted

Correct Answer: (a) A way of handling input/output operations in a program

Solution:C programming language is a procedural and general-purpose language, which provides low-level access to system memory. In C programming, a stream refers to a sequence of bytes that are used to read or write data. Streams provide a way to perform input/output operations.

20. What was the percentage increase in the foreign exchange reserves in 1997-98 over 1993-94?

Correct Answer: (d) Unattempted

Solution:From the given graph,