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Dear Students,
One of the upcoming tests that a lot of you will be appearing for will be the SNAP test. The SNAP
test will be conducted on December 17, 2006 between 2.00 pm and 4.00 pm.
The expected test pattern as given in the SNAP (Symbiosis National Aptitude Test) brochure is:
SNAP Test is an objective test and will have a total of 165 questions. Each wrong answer attracts 25%
negative marks. The four sections are:
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http://www.ptindia.com/test_analysis/mba/analysis_2004_2005/snap2005/SNAPAnalysis18-12-
2005.PDF
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It has only been two years that SNAP has been instituted. Previous to this each of the Symbiosis institutes
were conducting their separate tests. The analysis of the same can be viewed from PT India website
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1. In Insurance industry, the coverage against a loss 8. According to World Bank’s World Development
might increase the risk taking behaviour of the Report 2005, India is ______ largest economy in
insured. This is known as terms of purchasing power parity.
(1) Speculation hazard (1) fifth (2) second
(2) Immoral hazard (3) fourth (4) third
(3) Moral hazard
(4) Complacency hazard 9. After being leader in men’s fashion this premium
brand announced it plans to cater to the fairer sex in
2. The equity of national stock exchange is owned by September 2004. The brand is
several banks and insurance companies. Name the (1) Arrow (2) Louis Phillips
only private sector bank that figures in the list of (3) Peter England (4) San Frisco
owners of NSE.
(1) ICICI bank (2) HDFC 10. This diversified private telecom operator adopted a
(3) ABN Amro (4) None of the above unified branding strategy under its flagship brand
for all its telecom services in September 2004.
3. The shipping corporation of India (SCI) has (1) Airtel (2) Hutch
approved investing 50 crores, in 200 crore project of (3) IDEA (4) Reliance
creating a navigable channel from the Gulf of
Mannar to Bay of Bengal though the Palk Bay. The 11. In September 2004, Ranbaxy signed a collaborative
project is named research agreement in the area of new drug
(1) Sethusamudram discovery research with
(2) Ramasethu (1) Avesthagen
(3) Samudrasangam (2) Strand Genomics
(4) Samudrahridayam (3) Rakiro Biotech
(4) Bonanza Biotech Ltd.
4. The economic relationship between tax rates and tax
revenues is captured by the 12. To train its 1,00,000 workforce in retail, telecom,
(1) offer curves petroleum and other sectors reliance has acquired
(2) indifference curves (1) Relsys, India (2) NIS Sparta
(3) laffer curve (3) Ma Foi (4) Niche Consultants
(4) tax curve
13. Tata steel signed an agreement with which global
5. The government will introduce ten rupee coins leading software solution provider for exclusive
soon. The themes finalized for the same does NOT marketing and distribution of the same in India.
include (1) SAP (2) Oracle
(1) Unity in Diversity (3) Cognizant (4) Applied Materials
(2) Mudras from Bharatnatyam
(3) Connectivity and Information Technology 14. ‘Think Mega’ is the media campaign of
(4) Women Achievers (1) Hutch (2) IBM
(3) Nokia (4) Samsung
6. In September 2004, IMF in its annual World
15. Sterlite had acquired a state of 51% in Balco in
economic Outlook said India is posed for a growth
2001. Now the govt. has decided to further sell its
of ____ in year 2005.
_____ stake to sterlite.
(1) 6.7% (2) 6.0%
(1) 45% (2) 44%
(3) 5.8% (4) 7.0%
(3) 49% (4) 30%
7. Etihad Airways is the National airline of 16. The world’s first search based e-mail developed by
(1) Afghanistan Chennai based i-Soft Technology is called
(2) Kuwait (1) Bloomba (2) Hoha
(3) Oman (3) Blast (4) Sorta
(4) United Arab Emirates
18. The Sixth WTO ministerial conference would be 27. Which company would be the official timekeeper of
held in December 2005 at Beijing Olympics 2008?
(1) Singapore (2) Manila (1) Swatch (2) Casio
(3) Bangkok (4) Hongkong (3) Omega (4) Seiko
19. Panda, Idea and Albea are the soon to be launched
models of cars and multipurpose vehicles in India of 28. Which nation has the largest national debt of around
…. $232 billion?
(1) Hyundai (2) Maruti (1) Pakistan (2) Brazil
(3) Fiat (4) Toyota (3) Mexico (4) Russia
20. ‘Smile TV’ is a recently launched comedy channel 29. Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the year award for
of the year 2004 was bagged by
(1) Sony Entertainment (1) Kalanitni Maran
(2) SAB TV (2) Brijmohan Lall
(3) Sahara Entertainment (3) Mukesh Ambani
(4) Zee Telefilms (4) Sunil Mittal
21. Which of the following is not a highlight of foreign 30. Discovery Networks, India unveiled its new 24-hr
Trade Policy 2004-09 channel called Discovery
(1) A massive push to exports to garner 1.5% of (1) Cuisine and Dining
world share by expositing $150 billion worth of (2) Travel and living
merchandise annually by 2009. (3) Adventure
(2) FDI permitted up to 100% to establish and (4) Fashion and Lifestyle
development free trade and warehousing zone.
(3) ‘Served from India’ scheme to accelerate 31. The Business Standard ‘Best Bank of the year’
growth in the export of services. award for the year 2004 was given to
(4) EOUs to come under the ambit of service tax. (1) Vijaya Bank
(2) ING Bank
22. Tyco Global was acquired by (3) Bank of Baroda
(1) Infosys (2) WIPRO (4) Oriental Bank of Commerce
(3) BSNL (4) VSNL
32. Name the new CEO appointed at Britannia.
23. The Indian Aluminum Company (Indal) was (1) Priya Paul (2) Pooja Jain
merged with _______ in August 2004 (3) Vinita Bali (4) Latika Khaneja
(1) Hindalco
(2) Nalco 33. In a survey conducted by Business Today – AC
(3) Jindal Aluminium Nielsen ORGMARG, the greenest company of India
(4) Balco was adjudged to be
(1) Reliance Industries
24. The domestic Airline and its market share for the
(2) ONGC
year 2003-04 is MISMATCHED for
(3) BPCL
(1) Jet Airways – 46.7%
(4) Ranbaxy Laboratories
(2) Indian Airlines and Alliance Air – 39.3%
(3) Air Sahara – 13%
34. The company that has launched Blackberry
(4) Deccan Airways – 3%
handheld devices, offering ‘always on’ connectivity
25. Who is the current president of CII? to high end customers is
(1) Anand Mahindra (1) Reliance (2) Idea
(2) N R Narayanmurthy (3) Airtel (4) BSNL
(3) Sunil Kant Munjal
(4) Kiran Karnik
38. ‘Pinning toh winning offer’ is the promotional 46. After ice creams and Pizzas, Amul is all set to
campaign of launch its ‘avasar’
(1) Onida (2) Samsung (1) snacks (2) laddus
(3) Sansui (4) BPL (3) dry fruits (4) kheer
39. The British Energy firm which is engaged in oil 47. Heidelberg India is planning to open an academy at
exploration in Rajasthan and has struck oil in nine Chennai for
sites is (1) Insurance Professionals
(1) Acorn oil and gas ltd. (2) Automobile Engineering
(2) Edinburgh oil and gas (3) Software Training
(3) Cairn Energy (4) Print media
(4) Oilexco
48. Bennett, Coleman and Co publishes
40. Ispat International, which after its merger with (1) The Hindustan times
LNM holdings, Netherland and US international (2) The Hindu
steel group emerged as world’s largest steel maker, (3) The Times of India
is owned by (4) Indian Express
(1) Lakshmi N Mittal
(2) Ratan Tata 49. The middle class domestic tourist in India will soon
(3) Swaraj Paul get his own 'Palace on Wheels,' with the tourism
(4) None of these ministry planning to launch a medium-fare tourist
train connecting the four southern states of the
41. The top private sector insurance company with country. The service would be named
largest market share of 10% till August 2004 is (1) Southern Splendor
(1) ICICI Prudential (2) Southern sojourn
(2) SBI Life (3) Simply Southern
(3) Birla Sunlife (4) Southern spirit
(4) Met Life
50. Information technology major Tata Consultancy
42. According to Monetary and Credit Policy for Services, as part of its life sciences initiative, has
October 2004 to March 2005 the bank rate tied up with a Israel's biotech company called ……
(1) was raised to 7% to offer structured-based drug discovery services to
(2) was reduced to 6.5% pharmaceutical and biotech firms across the globe
(3) was reduced to 7% (1) Biolife (2) Biogenetics
(4) remained unchanged at 6% (3) BioStrx (4) Biobuild
55. Who among the following has resigned from the 63. India has signed a Trade Transit Pact with which of
Union Cabinet on the issue of a separate Telangana the following countries in its vicinity?
state? (1) Nepal (2) Bangladesh
(1) K Chandrasekhar Rao (3) Sri Lanka (4) Bhutan
(2) A Narendra
(3) Both (1) and (2) 64. Kumar Sangakkara and M.Jayawardhane
(4) Anbumani Ramadoss recently broke the partnership record of any wicket
in the Test cricket. How many runs they made as a
56. The Union Cabinet has cleared Quota Bill in pair?
educational institutions. Which of the following (1) 471 (2) 485
statements is/are true in this context? (3) 624 (4) 316
(1) The Bill proposes to reserve 27% seats in all
educational institutions, run and aided by 65. Who was sworn in as New Zealand Governor-
Central government. General?
(2) The Bill proposes a phase-wise rollout of the (1) John Tahaparae
OBC quota with out any reduction in existing (2) Anand Satyanand
general category seats. (3) Mike Ernest
(3) Institutions which don't have the infrastructure (4) None of these
to add enough seats will have a maximum of
three years to put the infrastructure in place 66. Which of the following has been conferred with the
(4) All of the above Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award-2005, the highest
individual sporting honour in India?
57. The Indian Air Force and Navy are now (1) Rahul Dravid
operationalising which of the following surface to (2) Mahesh Bhupati
surface ballistic missiles in their armoury? (3) Pankaj Ad vani
(1) Prithvi (2) Agni (4) None of these
(3) Trishul (4) Naag
102. Match the artists and their art forms: 109. Which of the following cities was not built by Firuz
Artists Artforms Tughlaq?
A. Ustad 1. Bharat Natyam (1) Haus Khas (2) Firozabad
Allauddin Khan (3) Fatehabad (4) City of Sire
B. Hema Malini 2. Sarod
C. Birju Maharaj 3. Santoor 110. A Hindu convert ruler of Delhi Sultanate was
D. Pt. Shiv Kumar 4. Kathaka-dance (1) Shihabuddin Khusrau
Sharma (2) Mubarak Khan
Codes: (3) Khusro Khan
A B C D (4) Jauna Khan
(1) 1 3 2 4
(2) 2 4 3 1 111. Who wrote the book "Bandi Jiwan"?
(3) 3 2 4 1 (1) Jatindra Sanyal
(4) 2 1 4 3 (2) Ramprasad Bismil
(3) Yogesh Chatterjee
103. Correlate the cricket grounds and the cities (4) Rajguru
Ground City
A. The Wanderers 1. Bulawayo 112. The foundation of the modern educational system in
B. St. George's 2. Durban India was laid by
Park (1) The Charter Act of 1813
C. Kings Mead 3. Johanne-sburg (2) Macaulay's Minutes of 1835
D. Queens 4. Port Elizabeth (3) The Hunter Commission of 1882
Ground (4) Wood's Despatch of 1854
120. Who was the first Muslim invader to defeat an 130. The production of cultured pearls is an important
Indian King? cottage industry of
(1) Muhammad-bin-Kasim (1) Belgium (2) West Indies
(2) Mohammad Gouri (3) Newzeland (4) Japan
(3) Mohammad of Gazani
(4) Qutubuddin Aibak 131. The Neyveli Thermal Power Plant is fed by
(1) Gondwana coal
121. Who said 'Delhi is yet far off? (2) Tertiary coal
(1) Nizamuddin Aulia (3) Quanternary coal
(2) Baruni (4) Cambrian coal
(3) Jauna Khan
(4) Khusro 132. The temperature of the sun is measured with a
(1) Platinum thermometer
122. Soil erosion can be prevented by (2) Gas thermometer
(1) Terracing (2) Overgrazing (3) Pyrometer
(3) Leaching (4) Removal of vegetation (4) Vapour pressure thermometer
123. Which of the following is not a depositional 133. Finance Commission is constituted every
landform made by valley glaciers? (1) Three years (2) Six years
(1) Cirque (2) Drumlin (3) Four years (4) Five years
(3) Esker (4) Terminal Moraine
134. Integrated Rural Development Plan (IRDP) was
124. Which one of the following is found on the Western
started in
Coasts of continents between 30° and 40° latitude?
(1) Fourth plan (2) 1971 – 72
(1) Hot desert
(3) 1978-79 (4) Sixth plan
(2) China type climate
(3) Tropical Grassland
(4) Mediterranean Climate Region
158. 'Peace on Earth' is the message of which of the 169. Which Island's flag has the St. George's Cross on it?
following festivals? (1) Greenland (2) Malta
(1) Diwali (2) Holi (3) Corscia (4) Tasmania
(3) Christmas (4) Dussehra
170. What is the name of Gerhard Schroder's political
159. Who gave the Karnatic music its present form? party?
(1) Shyama Shastri (2) Thyagaraja (1) The Christian Democrats
(3) Purandaradasa (4) Amjad Ali Khan (2) Deutsche Volks Union
(3) Social Democratic Party
160. A monument erected in honour of a person buried (4) The Green Party
elsewhere is called
(1) Cenotaph (2) Epitaph 171. Which of the following is the new movie by Nagesh
(3) Epitome (4) Semaphore Kukunoor of 'Hyderabad Blues'?
(1) Bugaboo (2) Split Wide Open
161. Which creature in Greek mythology has the arms, (3) Rockford (4) Bombay Girls
shoulders and head of a man, while the body and the
legs are that of a horse? 172. Mort Walker draws which famous comic strip?
(1) Centaur (2) Achilles (1) Garfield (2) Beetle Bailey
(3) Apollo (4) Cupid (3) The Phantom (4) Snoopy
162. What is the name of Sweden's Parliament? 173. Which country's Parliament is known as 'Althing'?
(1) Storting (2) Knesset (1) Iceland (2) Norway
(3) Riksdag (4) Sejm (3) Denmark (4) Sweden
163. Which American artist's most famous portrait is that 174. East Timor was under whose colonial rule?
of his mother? (1) Dutch
(1) Rembrant (2) Portugal
(2) Whistler (3) The United Kingdom
(3) Vincent Van Gough (4) French
(4) Salavador Dali
219. Prayagraj is the new name of which of the following 228. Who among the following persons became the first
cities? space tourist in 2001?
(1) Lucknow (2) Bangalore (1) Desmond Rickett
(3) Patna (4) Allahabad (2) Dennis Teto
(3) Li Wang
220. In September 2002, the Cauvery River Authority (4) Igor Kaftenikov
(CRA) has scaled down the quantum of water to be
released by 229. Bhappi Lahiri won a case of Plagiarism against
(1) Tamil Nadu to Kamataka which US based singer?
(2) Kamataka to Tamil Nadu (1) P.M. Dawn (2) Dr. Dre
(3) Kamataka to Andhra Pradesh (3) L. L. Collj (4) Jeniffer Lopez
(4) Tamil Nadu to Kerala
230. Who was the Republican candidate for the
221. The dropping of the demand for a separate State by recently concluded US Presidential elections?
the LTTE during the talks with the Sri Lankan (1) George W. Bush
Government is a favourable development for the (2) Al Gore
resolution of the ethnic conflict. LTTE stands for (3) Ralph Nader
(1) Liberation Tibers of Tamil Eelam (4) Dick Cheney
(2) Lankan Tigers for Tamil Eelam
(3) Lankan Troops for Tamil Eelam
(4) None of the above
281. Which of the following companies was placed at the 290. Viswanathan Anand recently won the Corus Chess
top in the 'Ranking of ET 500 Companies'? Tournament for the record–
(1) ICICI Bank (1) Second time (2) Third time
(2) State Bank of India (3) Fourth time (4) Fifth time
(3) Infosys
(4) Wipro Computers 291. India recently decided to build up a Strategic Crude
Oil Reserve at two places. These are—
282. Who amongst the following is the author of the (1) Mangalore and Vishakhapatanam
book 'A Suitable Boy'? (2) Mumbai and Mathura
(1) Mark Tully (2) Gita Mehta (3) Chennai and Mangalore
(3) Amitav Ghosh (4) Vikram Seth (4) Mumbai and Chennai
283. Who amongst the following is the Chairman of the 292. Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas is observed on which of
Atomic Energy Commission of India presently? the following days?
(1) Anil Kakodkar (1) 9th March (2) 9th May
(2) Anil Kane (3) 9th January (4) 9th October
(3) Ashok Parthsarthy
(4) K. C. Bhattacharya 293. Which of the following is an organization of
Software and Service Companies?
284. Which of the following is the Bank Rate at present? (1) NASDAQ (2) NCSA
(As on 9th March '06) (3) NASSCOM (4) NCAER
(1) 5% (2) 5-5%
(3) 6% (4) 6-5% 294. Which of the following countries has offered its
help to India so that India can achieve second Green
285. Which of the following represents India's share in Revolution?
World Exports as per the figures available for 2005? (1) United Kingdom
(1) Less than 1% (2) About 5% (2) Germany
(3) About 11% (4) About 15% (3) USA
(4) None of these
299. Roger Federer who won Australian Open Men's 306. Which of the following correctly describes what
Singles Title of 2006 (Lawn Tennis) belongs to 'The Sultan's Elephant' is?
which of the following countries? (1) It is the name of the new film directed and
(1) France (2) Switzerland produced by Maniratnam.
(3) Australia (4) Germany (2) It is a street theatre performance which took
place in London recently.
300. The World Economic Forum Meet was organized in (3) It is a comedy serial being telecast on DD
January 2006 in Davos. Which of the following two Metro these days.
countries were in the spot-line in the meet? (4) It is a novel written by Khushwant Singh.
(1) Brazil and Russia
(2) Russia and China 307. Which amongst the following is one of the books by
(3) China and Brazil Bill Gates?
(4) India and Brazil (1) Business At the Speed of Thought
(2) The Google Story
301. 'New Horizons' spacecraft which was launched by (3) Net and Internet
the NASA is launched to study which of the (4) The World is Flat
following planets?
(1) Mars (2) Saturn 308. Which of the following years was adjudged as the
(3) Jupiter (4) Pluto 'Hottest Year of the Century' as per the report
prepared by the NASA?
(1) 2003 (2) 2004
(3) 2005 (4) 2000
312. As per a survey conducted by an agency what is 319. Corporation Bank is also a distributor of the Mutual
India's rank in the field of Internet usage? Fund products. For this the bank has an agreement
(1) 3rd (2) 5th with which of the following organizations?
th
(3) 8 (4) 10th (1) Bajaj Allianz
(2) DSP Merrill Lynch
313. Aung San Suu Kyi who was awarded the Olaf Palm (3) HDFC Mutual Fund
Prize recently is a citizen of– (4) SBI Mutual Fund
(1) Singapore (2) China
(3) Taiwan (4) Myanmar 320. To tackle the widespread rural unemployment the
Union Budget 2006-07 has approximately
314. Which of the following banks was adjudged best in earmarked an amount of Rs.—
'Corporate Governance' and was given Golden (1) 10,000 crores (2) 25,000 crores
Peacock Award for the same? (3) 14,300 crores (4) 16,700 crores
(1) Bank of India
(2) Bank of Baroda 321. The XXI Winter Olympics will be held in 2010 at–
(3) Punjab national Bank (1) Tokyo (2) Minsk
(4) State Bank of India (3) Rome (4) Vancouver
315. The 6th African Union Summit was held in January 322. As per the guidelines issued by the SEBI the
2006 in Khartoum. Where is this place Khartoum? Permanent Account Number (PAN) is a must for
It is in– which of the following?
(1) Ghana (2) South Africa (1) Demat Accounts
(3) Angola (4) Sudan (2) All Saving Banks Accounts
(3) All Housing Loan Accounts
316. Many times we read a term 'Free Market' in (4) All Current Accounts
newspapers, what does it mean?
[Pick up the correct statements)] 323. Who amongst the following were the first to invade
(A) It is a market where pricing is driven by the India?
laws of supply and demand. (1) Afghans (2) Arabs
(B) In free market things are available without (3) Mongols (4) Turks
restraints of the government.
(C) In such markets goods are free from extraneous
influences such as tariff or quotas.
(1) Only (A) (2) Only (B)
(3) Only (C) (4) (A), (B) and (C) all
327. Which of the following was the reason owing to 335. Which of the following is a programme to provide
which Thaksin Shinawtra, the Thai Prime Minister electric connections to those living below poverty
had to resign even after his victory in recent general line?
elections? (1) MPLADS
(A) He got very marginal victory in General (2) Kutirjyoti
Elections. (3) Ganga Kalyan Yojana
(B) Main opposition parties boycotted the poll (4) Sangam Yojana
hence they are not ready to accept the results of
the election. 336. Which of the following trophies is associated with
(C) He was found guilty of manipulating results of the game of Football?
the elections in his favour. (1) Evert Cup
(1) Only (A) (2) Only (B) (2) MardekaCup
(3) Only (C) (4) (A) and (C) both (3) Mumbai Gold Cup
(4) BharatRamCup
328. Charles Taylor who was charged with crime against
humanity in the international war crime tribunal was 337. Which of the following terms is NOT related with
the president of– the game of cricket?
(1) Uganda (2) Chad (1) Googly (2) Silly Point
(3) Liberia (4) Congo (3) Smash (4) Bouncer
338. 'Yen' is the currency of–
329. In which of the following countries did women vote
(1) Bulgaria (2) Brazil
for the first time after they were given equal
(3) Chile (4) None of these
political rights last year?
(1) UAE (2) Kuwait
339. 'Cricket My Style' is a book written by–
(3) Sudan (4) Uganda
(1) Sachin Tendulkar
(2) Sunil Gavaskar
330. Four Asian nations (including India) will host the
(3) Rahul Dravid
World Cup Cricket tournament to be held in—
(4) KapilDev
(1) 2009 (2) 2010
(3) 2011 (4) 2012
340. The movie “The Da Vinci Code” has been directed
by
(1) Dan Brown (2) Ron Howard
(3) Shekhar Kapoor (4) Steven Spielberg
346. Haemoglobin is a type of 355. Who said, “Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan, Jai Vigyan”?
(1) Vitamin (1) Lai Bahadur Shastri
(2) Carbohydrate (2) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Azad
(3) Respiratory pigment (3) Atal Behari Vajpayee
(4) None of these (4) Subhash Chandra Bose
347. Insects are too active because 356. A voluntary act by which a person after acquiring
(1) Their blood vascular system is open the citizenship of another country gives up his
(2) All organs are directly supplied with air Indian citizenship is called
(3) They comprise the largest group of animals (1) Deprivation (2) Termination
(4) They are small in size (3) Renunciation (4) None of these
348. The first compiled legal code was inscribed by 357. The sanctuary in India which is the home to the
Hammurabi on stone in Asiatic lion is
(1) Babylonia (2) Egypt (1) Gir National Park
(3) China (4) Harappa (2) Corbett National Park
(3) Dudhwa National Park
349. Ginger is a stem and not a root because (4) Kaziranga National Park
(1) It stores food
(2) It lacks chlorophyll 358. An instrument used to measure high temperature is
(3) It has nodes and internodes (1) Tachometer (2) Pyrometer
(4) None of these (3) Pyknometer (4) Pyrheliometer
367. Tuberculosis is a 376. When was the New Liberalised Industrial Policy
(1) Viral infection announced in India?
(2) Bacterial infection (1) 1989 (2) 1990
(3) Parasitic infection (3) 1991 (4) 1992
(4) Fungal infection
377. Equilibrium price is that which
368. A circuit consisting of a unitary structure with no (1) Equates consumers' and producers' surplus
connecting wires is called (2) Maximises consumers' satisfaction
(1) Chip (2) Integrated circuit (3) Equates supply and demand
(3) Pixels (4) Microfiche (4) Maximises producers' profit
382. The term 'Paper Gold' is associated with 390. Which of activities dominates the economy of
(1) Deficit budgeting Jharkhand?
(2) Currencies still in gold standard (1) Commercial agriculture
(3) Special drawing rights of the IMF (2) Exploitation of mineral resources
(4) Special facility of the World Bank (3) Small-scale handicraft industries
(4) Transport industry
383. Which of the following is not viewed as national
debt? 391. The scheduled commercial banks in the public
(1) Life Insurance policies sector account for what percentage of commercial
(2) Long-term Government bonds banking system in India?
(3) National Savings Certificates (1) 60 percent (2) 70 percent
(4) Provident Fund (3) 80 percent (4) 90 percent
384. Which of the following States will receive the 392. When did the World Trade Organisation, which sets
highest share in the pool of resources to be out rules for world trade, come into force?
transferred from the Centre to States, as per (1) 1948 (2) 1951
recommendations of the 12th Finance Commission (3) 1954 (4) 1995
for the period 2005-2010?
(1) Andhra Pradesh 393. The Tenth Plan envisages a national investment of
(2) West Bengal approximately
(3) Maharashtra (1) Rs.921 thousand crore
(4) Uttar Pradesh (2) Rs.1980 thousand crore
(3) Rs.2210 thousand crore
385. Which of the following States accounts for the (4) Rs.2040 thousand crore
largest share of industrial production and capital
investment?
(1) Gujarat (2) Maharashtra
(3) Tamil Nadu (4) West Bengal
101.(1) 102.(4) 103.(3) 104.(2) 105.(4) 106.(2) 107.(4) 108.(3) 109.(4) 110.(3)
111.(1) 112.(2) 113.(4) 114.(1) 115.(2) 116.(2) 117.(1) 118.(2) 119.(2) 120.(1)
121.(1) 122.(1) 123.(1) 124.(4) 125.(1) 126.(1) 127.(2) 128.(3) 129.(1) 130.(4)
131.(2) 132.(3) 133.(4) 134.(3) 135.(3) 136.(2) 137.(2) 138.(3) 139.(2) 140.(4)
141.(3) 142.(3) 143.(3) 144.(3) 145.(1) 146.(3) 147.(1) 148.(4) 149.(2) 150.(1)
151.(1) 152.(3) 153.(3) 154.(3) 155.(1) 156.(2) 157.(2) 158.(3) 159.(2) 160.(1)
161.(1) 162.(3) 163.(2) 164.(2) 165.(3) 166.(3) 167.(2) 168.(2) 169.(1) 170.(3)
171.(3) 172.(2) 173.(1) 174.(2) 175.(3) 176.(1) 177.(3) 178.(2) 179.(2) 180.(1)
181.(3) 182.(2) 183.(2) 184.(3) 185.(3) 186.(2) 187.(3) 188.(2) 189.(4) 190.(1)
191.(1) 192.(2) 193.(4) 194.(1) 195.(1) 196.(2) 197.(2) 198.(1) 199.(4) 200.(4)
201.(2) 202.(2) 203.(2) 204.(1) 205.(1) 206.(4) 207.(2) 208.(4) 209.(3) 210.(1)
211.(3) 212.(4) 213.(1) 214.(3) 215.(4) 216.(2) 217.(3) 218.(4) 219.(4) 220.(2)
221.(1) 222.(1) 223.(1) 224.(3) 225.(2) 226.(3) 227.(3) 228.(2) 229.(2) 230.(1)
231.(3) 232.(2) 233.(4) 234.(4) 235.(1) 236.(3) 237.(3) 238.(4) 239.(4) 240.(4)
241.(3) 242.(4) 243.(3) 244.(3) 245.(2) 246.(3) 247.(1) 248.(2) 249.(2) 250.(1)
251.(1) 252.(2) 253.(2) 254.(3) 255.(2) 256.(2) 257.(1) 258.(1) 259.(4) 260.(4)
261.(2) 262.(2) 263.(1) 264.(2) 265.(1) 266.(2) 267.(2) 268.(3) 269.(4) 270.(3)
271.(2) 272.(3) 273.(4) 274.(4) 275.(2) 276.(2) 277.(2) 278.(4) 279.(2) 280.(3)
281.(1) 282.(4) 283.(1) 284.(3) 285.(1) 286.(3) 287.(4) 288.(1) 289.(3) 290.(4)
291.(1) 292.(3) 293.(3) 294.(4) 295.(3) 296.(1) 297.(3) 298.(4) 299.(2) 300.(4)
301.(4) 302.(4) 303.(1) 304.(2) 305.(2) 306.(2) 307.(1) 308.(3) 309.(4) 310.(1)
311.(4) 312.(4) 313.(4) 314.(3) 315.(4) 316.(4) 317.(2) 318.(1) 319.(2) 320.(3)
321.(4) 322.(1) 323.(2) 324.(1) 325.(1) 326.(4) 327.(2) 328.(3) 329.(2) 330.(3)
331.(4) 332.(3) 333.(2) 334.(4) 335.(2) 336.(2) 337.(3) 338.(4) 339.(4) 340.(2)
341.(1) 342.(2) 343.(1) 344.(2) 345.(1) 346.(3) 347.(2) 348.(1) 349.(3) 350.(1)
351.(4) 352.(1) 353.(4) 354.(3) 355.(3) 356.(3) 357.(1) 358.(2) 359.(3) 360.(2)
361.(1) 362.(1) 363.(4) 364.(1) 365.(2) 366.(3) 367.(2) 368.(2) 369.(3) 370.(3)
371.(1) 372.(2) 373.(1) 374.(3) 375.(2) 376.(3) 377.(3) 378.(2) 379.(4) 380.(3)
381.(3) 382.(3) 383.(4) 384.(4) 385.(2) 386.(1) 387.(3) 388.(2) 389.(1) 390.(2)
391.(3) 392.(4) 393.(1) 394.(2) 395.(3) 396.(4) 397.(2) 398.(1) 399.(3) 400.(3)