RBI Grade B Officer - General Awareness paper 2004 - Online test - Part 3

21. As per the reports from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the three important causes of mortality in India are
Tuberculosis, Typhoid and Malaria  Malaria, Polio, Cancer 
Cancer, Heart ailments, Polio 
Polio, Malaria, Heart ailments 
None of these
 

22. As per the recent decision taken by the Government of India, now the students after passing which of the following examinations are not required to have a stamp "Emigration check required" on their passports?
MBA from IIMs or any other university  B.E. or B.Tech. degree  Class XII  Medical degree in Ayurved System  None of these
 

23. About 35 multistate Co-operative Banks are likely to come under the Banking Regulation Act as the Government is going to issue an ordinance to that effect in days to come. It was required to be done as
A) Co-operative Banks are in bad shape and their restructuring is very much needed.
B) RBI recommended that Government should issue an ordinance to this effect.
C) The Supreme Court of India has issued an order which says that RBI does not have authority to issue licences to multistate Co-operative Banks.
Which of these statements is/are true?
Only A  Only B  Only C  Only A & C  None of these
 

24. Which of the following schemes/programmes is/are now part of the ?Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rojgar Yozana? (SJSRY) ?
A) Nehru Rozgar Yojana (NRY)
B) Urban Basic Service for the Poor (UBSP)
C) Prime Minister?s Integrated Urban Poverty Eradication Programme (PMIUPEP)
D) India Mahila Yojana
Choose the correct alternative :
Only A  Only A & B  Only A & D  Only D  Only A, B & C
 

25. Which of the following is the aim of the "Jan Shree Bima Yojana" of the Union Government launched in 2000?
To provide food security to the rural poor.  To provide Insurance Security to the people living below poverty line  To provide Insurance cover to the women  To provide Insurance cover to the children whose parents died in the earthquake in Bhuj a few years back  None of these
 

26. Which of the following is the objective of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ?
A) To minimize imbalances in quantum and duration of the international trade.
B) To provide subsidy to the third world countries so that they may complete with developed nations.
C) To ensure exchange rate stability.
Which of these objectives is correct ?
Only A  Only A & B  Only B  Only A & C  None of these
 

27. The performance of Public Sector Banks during the year 2003-04 has been
A) Slightly lower than during 2002-03
B) Much better than the year 2002-03 for all PSBs
C) Same as it was in the year 2002-03
D) Slightly better for some banks like SBI and its Associates.
Only A  Only B  Only A & D  Only D  None of these
 

28. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently in a meeting expressed his desire that an early and smooth Value Added Tax (VAT) is very much needed in the country. How the introduction of VAT will be helpful for a country like India?
A) VAT will avoid cascading of taxes.
B) VAT is expected to enhance revenues in the medium term.
C) Some State Governments may have to lose a substantial amount of Sales Tax as the Centre will have a greater share in taxes, but the same will be compensated
later on by providing subsidies on certain items.
Which of these statements is/are true?
Only A  Only B  Only A & B  Only C  A, B and C
 

29. Which of the following statements(s) is/are true about the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) ?
A) The scheme was introduced in the year 1977.
B) Under the scheme, every MP can spend Rs. 2 crore every year on some developmental activity in his/her area.
C) Around 6.8 lakh works were recommended by the MPs during the past years out of which about 4.5 lakh were completed by the year 2002.
Only A  Only A & B  Only B  Only B & C  None of these
 

30. According to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Anti Dumping measures can be imposed by a country in which of the following situations ?
A) When hazardous nuclear and radioactive waste is dumped in the sea or coastal area of a country by some other nation.
B) When some products that have been dumped in the market in such a way that they cause material injury to domestic industry.
C) When some substandard agricultural products are dispatched to a country to meet the balance of payment requirements.
Only A  Only C  Only B  Only A & B  Only B & C
 

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