Question : Given below is a short passage followed by some items based on the passage. First, read the passage and answer the items based on it. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and the opinion of the author only.

More than eight months after the national lockdown was announced in late March, urban India is learning to live with the Covid-19 pandemic. In fact, indicating a positive outlook for the future, many survey respondents in a recent survey say they plan to return to pre-lockdown levels of shopping, personal grooming, going to cinemas and socializing as pandemic fears continue to recede.
The survey findings highlight that the suppression of consumer demand because of fears of job losses and salary cuts could be coming to an end. Increasingly, urban Indians are showing increased confidence about the future of the economy. This could be an indicator of the possible 'pent-up demand' that several economists have been talking about - a demand that could be unleashed once a vaccine is developed and distributed, or when there are signs of the pandemic's spread reducing to negligible levels or vanishing totally.

Around 65 per cent of respondents said they had settled into new routines, or that they saw signs of the situation improving, or they had come to terms with the pandemic and were moving on with their lives. And since the survey was conducted before the news of the successful trials of the Pfizer vaccine for the coronavirus was announced, it is likely that the consumers are now even more positive in their outlook about the future.

Question:
What, according to the passage, is the reason behind the decline in consumer demands?
 

Option 1: Dearth of vaccine till date

Option 2: Professional insecurity
 

Option 3: The intention of saving up money.

Option 4: Careful  attitude of the general public

Question : All of the following are freedom fighters of India who were hanged to death on 23 March 1931 in the Lahore conspiracy case, except_______.

Option 1: Sukhdev

Option 2: Rajguru

Option 3: Mahatma Gandhi

Option 4: Bhagat Singh

Question : When did the RTI Act come into force in India?

Option 1: 15th June, 2005

Option 2: 15th August, 2005

Option 3: 15th March, 2005

Option 4: 12th Oct,2005

Question : The Government Budget is a statement of estimates of the government receipts and government expenditure for the coming financial year. The financial year for India is the period from ____ to _____.

Option 1: January 1 to December 31

Option 2: February 1 to January 31

Option 3: October 1 to August 31

Option 4: April 1 to March 31

Question : What is the fiscal year period in India?

Option 1: 1st April of a year to 31st March of the next upcoming year.

Option 2: 1st April to 31st December of the same year.

Option 3: 1st January to 31st December of the same year.

Option 4: 1st January of a year to 31st December of the next upcoming year.

Question : As of March 2022, which of the following dance forms has not been listed as a classical dance in India?

Option 1: Odissi

Option 2: Mohiniyattam

Option 3: Kuchipudi

Option 4: Lavani

Question : Which Ministry of the Government of India organised "Gender Samwaad" in March 2022?

Option 1: Ministry of Panchayati Raj

Option 2: Ministry of Labour & Employment

Option 3: Ministry of Culture

Option 4: Ministry of Rural Development

Question :  There are few words missing in the passage given below. The options given contain an answer that will fit in those given blanks. Pick the correct word to be used to make the sentence coherent and grammatically correct.

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission on March 21 made a ground-breaking announcement. It came with a proposal with the rules to strengthen and 1) _________________ climate related declarations for investors. As per their statement, this rule would “require the registrants to provide certain climate-related disclosures in their registration statements and 2) _________________ reports, including the information about their climate-related risks…”

According to this rule some of the biggest multinational 3) ___________________ like ExxonMobil and Apple would need to provide data about their 4) _________________ to climate challenges such as sea level rise, and what are their plans, if any, they have to publish the information about the amount of  5) ________________ caused from the use of their products.

Choose the correct word to be used in blank 3

Option 1: caveats
 

Option 2: monopoly
 

Option 3:  corporations
 

Option 4: reciprocate

Question : As of 15th March 2021, how many women judges were there in the Supreme Court of India?

Option 1: 5

Option 2: 2

Option 3: 4

Option 4: 3