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This set of Statistical Methods Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Statistical Methods Set 2
Q1 | Which of the following countries is located the temple of Preah Vihear, one of the famous world Heritage sites?
- thailand
- myanmar
- ? cambodia
- vietnam
Q2 | Which among the following body gives the Pritzker Prize, the Nobel of Architecture every year?
- wolf foundation
- hyatt foundation
- ? royal institute of british architects
- leading european architects forum
Q3 | Which among the following is the correct character of the Foreign Exchange Markets?
- foreign exchange markets are localized markets
- foreign exchange markets operate within a country’s time zone
- ? foreign exchange markets are dynamic and round the clock markets
- foreign exchange markets are used only for trade related transactions
Q4 | Who among the following headed the forest Rights Act review Committee that submitted its report in the first half of 2010?
- syeda hameed
- narender jadhav
- ? arun maira
- n c saxena
Q5 | Who among the following is the chairman of National Knowledge Commission?
- sam pitroda
- deepak nayyar
- ? nandan nilkeni
- dr. pushp bhargav
Q6 | Suchitra Mitra, who died recently, was an artist of which among the following types of Music?
- hindustani classical
- carnatric music
- ? rabindra sangeet
- pakistani classical
Q7 | After Uttar Pradesh, which among the following states has the maximum share in the total Route Km of Indian Railways?
- rajasthan
- maharashtra
- ? andhra pradesh
- gujrat
Q8 | In which of the following states of India is located a tiger reserve, which is also a World Heritage site?
- rajasthan
- asom
- ? madhya pradesh
- uttar pradesh
Q9 | Which among the following Industrial Policy resolution/ statement was based upon the Mahalanobis Model of growth?
- industrial policy resolution – 1956
- industry policy statement – 1973
- ? industrial policy statement -1977
- banking policy 1969
Q10 | in which of the following states, maximum Coast Guard stations have been established in India?
- foreign trade promotion board
- department of commerce
- ? rbi
- sebi
Q11 | In which of the following states of India, world’s first Global Center for Nuclear energy Partnership was started a few months back?
- rajasthan
- kerala
- ? haryana
- uttar pradesh
Q12 | In which of the following states of India, there is no petroleum chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment region (PCPIR)?
- asom
- andhra pradesh
- ? gujrat
- west bengal
Q13 | Which among the following is correct about the Vostro Account?
- it is an account maintained by a foreign bank with a bank in india in indian rupees.
- it is an account maintained by an indian bank with a bank in foreign country in foreign currency
- ? it is an account maintained by a indian bank branch with a foreign bank in foreign currency.
- it is an account maintained by a foreign bank branch with a indian bank in foreign currency.
Q14 | The term ‘round-tripping’ often appears in financial news these days. What does it mean?
- importing products that are not easily available in the domestic markets
- indian companies re-exporting imported products without any value addition
- ? bringing back illicit money hidden abroad by indian s under a different name
- imposing high customs duty to discourage dumping of goods in indian market
Q15 | Infant Mortality rate (IMR) data for high focus states (states where IMR is above national average) is collected once every five years. The union Health Ministry has now decided to collect such data __________.
- half-yearly
- annually
- ? once every two years
- once every three years
Q16 | The government has tasked three institutions to conduct studies to estimate the quantum of illicit funds generated by Indian citizens recently. Which of the following is not among one of the three institutions selected?
- national institute of public finance and policy
- national institute of bank management
- national institute of finance management
- national council of applied economic research
Q17 | India announced that it was taking steps to reduce the” sensitive lists” of items for trade with SAARC countries recently. Which of the following is correct about items in “sensitive lists”?
- items which are costlier to produce in india
- items whose import leads to lower prices for indian consumer
- items whose import reduces the market share of domestic producers
- items which are injurious to health such as tobacco and alcohol
Q18 | Which country’s gold output of 30.88 tonnes was the highest in the world in 2010?
- canada
- south africa
- ? china
- usa
Q19 | Government of India has launched a publicity campaign for census 2011 in association with which of the following UN organization?
- united nations development programme (undp)
- world health organization (who)
- ? untied nations children’s fund (unicef)
- united nations population fund (unpf)
Q20 | Which advertising agency was in news recently fro creating the “Enumerator’ mascot fro Census 2011?
- bates 141
- ddb india
- ? jwt india
- reinfusion – y & r
Q21 | S. Sundar Committee was in news recently for its report on which of the following?
- land acquisition act, 1894
- copyright act, 1957
- ? right to information act, 2005
- motor vehicles act, 1988
Q22 | ‘Committed to Improving the state of the world’ is the motto of which of the following?
- transparency international
- world bank
- ? bill and melinda gates foundation
- world economic forum
Q23 | The union finance Ministry raised the tax collection target for 2010-11 to _________ recently.
- rs 782000 crore
- rs 834000 crore
- ? rs 871000 crore
- rs 902000 crore
Q24 | Which of the following became the first oil & Gas Company to find shale gas deposits in India recently?
- reliance industries ltd.
- carin india
- ? essar oil
- ongc
Q25 | ‘Anushakti Vidhyut Nigam Ltd’ was incorporated as a joint venture between Nuclear power Corporation of India Ltd and which of the following recently?
- nmdc
- nhpc
- ? bhel
- ntpc