Sample Questions for RDM
1. The ‘Keibul Lamjao National Park’ is situated in the India State of -
a) Tripura b) Sikkim c) Manipur d) Nagaland
2. Which country launched the First women's TV channel (Zan TV) recently?
a) Indonesia b) Afghanistan c) Malaysia d) Bangladesh
3. According to data on language released as part of Census 2011, which is the most spoken
language in India?
a) Marathi b) Hindi c) Telegu d) Bengali
4. Which country has launched the world's first International Centre for Humanitarian
Forensics?
a) South Korea b) India c) Ukraine d) Turkey
5. The ‘Mahabodhi Temple’ a UNESCO World Heritage site is situated in the Indian state
of –
a) Chattisgarh b) Orissa c) Bihar d) Jharkhand
6. Which ministry launched Samagra Shiksha scheme for school education?
a) Ministry of Human Resource Development b) Ministry of Science and Technology
c) Ministry of Women and Child Development d) Ministry of Home Affairs
7. The Pashudhan Bima Yojana has been launched by which state government of India ?
a) Rajasthan b) Haryana c) Maharashtra d) Punjab
8. The city of ‘Canberra’ is the capital of -
a) Newzealand b) Austria c) Australia d) Denmark
9. How many Indian cities are marked as the World's 20 most polluted cities list as per latest
data released by World Health Organisation (WHO)?
a) 7 b) 10 c) 14 d) 5
10. What is the Golden Quadrilateral?
a) Rail lines joining metros b) Major Air routes
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c) National Highway Project d) Gold Trade routes
11. At which of the following hills the Eastern Ghats join the Western Ghats?
a) Palani Hills b) Anaimudi hills c) Nilgiri Hills d) Shervoroy Hills
12. Which of the following seas has the highest average salinity?
a) Black Sea b) Yellow Sea c) Mediterranean Sea d) Dead Sea
13. The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology is situated at….
a) Mumbai b) Hyderabad c) New Delhi d) Chennai
14. The Dravidian races are mainly confined at which of the following parts of India?
a) South India b) North India c) Eastern India d) North-Eastern India
15. Constitution Day of India is celebrated on -
a) 26th October b) 26th November c) 26th January d) 15th August
16. What type of agriculture is practiced to feed the farmer and the farmer's family?
a) Commercial b) Subsistence c) Integrated d)Industrial
17. Which one of the following dimensions is considered for the computation of Human
Development Index?
a) Education b) Political Participation
c) Women Empowerment d) Socio-economic status
18. Which state bags 'Water Digest Award' for best water conservation and irrigation
facility?
b) Chattisgarh b) Haryana c) Rajasthan d) Jharkhand
19. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is related to…
a) Urban Housing b) Irrigation c) Rural Health d) Sanitation
20. Which founding sociologist identified the bourgeoisie and proletariat classes?
c) Max Weber b) Emile Durkheim c) Sigmund Freud d) Karl Marx
21. In a typical household survey data is collected through …
a) Checklist b) Questionnaire c) Participant Form d) Interview
Guide
22. Development refers to
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a) Increasing productivity b) Raising the standards of living
c) Longer life expectancy d) All of the above
23. Full form of MGNREGA is…
d) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Agency
e) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
f) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Generation Act
g) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Energy Generation Agency
24. UNDP stands for…
a) United Nations Development Programme b) United Nations Development Policy
c) United Nations Democratic Programme d) United Nations Demographic Policy
25. According to racial classification of Indian Tribes, which of the following tribal
population DOES NOT come under the Proto-australoid group?
a) Santals b) Munda c) Onges d) Bhills
26. Who is considered as the father of ‘White Revolution’ in India?
a) M. S. Swaminathan b) Sundarlal Baguguna
c) Verghese Kurien d) Norman Borlaug
27. Sriniketan Experiment in Rural Reconstruction was pioneered by…
h) Debendranath Tagore b) Rabindranath Tagore
c) Rathindranath Tagore d) Pannalal Dasgupta
28. Which of the following language has become extinct from the tribes of Jharkhand?
a) Mundari b) Kurukh c) Kharia d) Asuri
29. The Sohrai festival in Jharkhand is celebrated next day of the Diwali to glorify –
a) Agriculture wealth b) Forest wealth c) Mining wealth d) Cattle wealth
30. Which district is largest producer of lac in Jharkhand?
a) Ranchi b) Khunti c) West Singbhum d) Gumla
31. Among the freedom fighters of Jharkhand who was the first Shahid (Martyr)?
a) Birsa Munda b) Tilka Manjhi c) Sidhu and Kanhu d) Telanga Khadiya
32. Which of the following nations tops the list of HDI (Human Development Index) in
Human Development Report 2016?
a) Norway b) Austria c) Switzerland d) Germany
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33. Which of the following regions is the original habitat of the ‘Toda Tribe’?
a) Jaunsar Hills b) Garo Hills c) Nilgiri Hills d) Jaintia Hills
34. Which one of the following is a non-renewable resource?
a) Solar energy b) Coal c) Water d) Fisheries
35. Who among the following was not associated with the Sarvodaya movement?
a) Jaya Prakash Narayan b) Vinoba Bhave c) Dhirendra Majumdar d) G.V. Apparao
36. Who among the following was not a member of the drafting committee of the
Constitution of India?
a) B.R. Ambedkar b) K.M. Munshi c) M.K. Gandhi d) Krishnaswamy Iyer
37. Which of the following diseases is not caused by the bite of mosquitoes?
a) Malaria b) Filaria c) Chikungunya d) Typhoid
38. Modernization in social science refers to –
a) Economic development b) Industrial development c) Westernization d) All
of these
39. Culture is-
a) Genetically transmitted b) Socially transmitted c) Politically transmitted
d) Genetically and Politically transmitted
40. Which is the nodal body for adoption of children in India?
a) NIPCCD b) CARA c) CSWB d) NCPCR
41. Which among the following is not a primary source of data collection?
a) Observation b) Interview c) Referral d) Questionnaire
42. Which one of the following is not an agency of socialization?
a) Family b) School c) Peer Group d) Media
43. Religion, Marriage, Family are example of –
a) Social values b) Social norms c) Social institution d) Social division
44. Which is random sampling method?
a) Quota b) Systematic c) Cluster d) Purposive
45. NITI Ayog has replaced which of the following body of India –
a) Planning Commission b) Finance Commission
c) Disinvestment Commission d) National Housing Bank
46. The sex ratio of India as per 2011 census is –
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a) 927 b) 938 c) 945 d) 940
47. The structure of CD blocks were taken from –
a) Etawah project b) Firka project c) Nilokheri experiment d) GMF campaign
48. The third tier of panchayati raj is –
a) Zilla parishad b) Block panchayat c) Gram Sabha d) Panchayat samiti
49. Which state introduced a 'One farmer one transformer' scheme to reduce electricity
losses?
i) Telangana b) Tamilnadu c) Punjab d) Maharashtra
50. Which Indian state has maximum number of Unesco World Heritage Sites?
j) Andhra Pradesh b)Karnataka c)Kerala d)Maharashtra
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