Goa GK Questions for Goa Public Service Commission Exams
1. To serve the people is the goal of?
[A] Public Administration
[B] Private Administration
[C] Both 1 and 2
[D] Neither 1 nor 2
[A] Public Administration
Notes:
The main objective of a public administration is to serve the people and its main focus is on ensuring the welfare and fulfillment of interests of the citizen without having any profit motive whatsoever.
2. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below.
- Assertion(A)Fusion Process Theory was developed by Chris Argyris and E.W. Bakke.
- Reason (R) It held that both organisation and individual uses one another to meet up their own goal.
[A] Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
[B] Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
[C] A is true, but R is false
[D] A is false, but R is true
[A] Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Notes:
Both Chris Argyris and E.W. Bakke developed the Fusion Process Theory and held that both the organisation and individual seek tp attain self-realization. The individual uses the organisation to further his own goals and the organisation uses the individual to reach its own goals.
3. Who scored the first-ever FIFA Football World Cup goal?
[A] Jimmy Douglas
[B] Lucien Laurent
[C] Guillermo Stabile
[D] Henri Christophe
[B] Lucien Laurent
Notes:
Lucien Laurent scored the first-ever FIFA Football World Cup goal. Lucien Laurent was a French association football player who played as a forward. Playing for France, he scored the first-ever FIFA World Cup goal in the first FIFA Football World Cup held in 1930 in Uruguay.
4. Ending Poverty is which of the following sustainable development goals?
[A] First
[B] Second
[C] Fifth
[D] Seventeenth
[A] First
Notes:
Ending Poverty in all its forms is the first of the Seventeen Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
5. Who among the following said, “Development administration is an action-oriented and goal-oriented administrative system”?
[A] F.W. Riggs
[B] Edward Weidner
[C] Ferrel Heady
[D] H. Walker
[B] Edward Weidner
Notes:
Development administration is related to desirable change brought by the government through various socio-economic programmes accompanied with appropriate mobilization of resource. Edward Wiedner has rightly said development administration has to be action oriented and goal oriented.
6. Which country has announced referendum to add climate goals in its Constitution?
[A] France
[B] United Kingdom
[C] New Zealand
[D] Germany
[A] France
Notes:
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a referendum to add the efforts against climate change and the need to protect the environment in the French Constitution.
The President proposed a change in the constitution that requires a parliamentary vote, and then a referendum. Earlier, the EU leaders including Macron agreed to achieve at least 55 per cent compared with 1990 levels, by 2030.
7. Who among the following has defined budget as “a series of goals with price tags attached”?
[A] Wildavsky
[B] Paul Appleby
[C] Chester Barnard
[D] John D. Millet
[A] Wildavsky
Notes:
Aaron Wildavsky has defined budget as “a series of goals with price tags attached”. Wildavsky in his The Politics of Budgeting Process has analysed the budgeting of various countries along with problems and complexities.
8. PM Jan Arogya Yojana was launched in line with which Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)?
[A] SDG 1
[B] SDG 3
[C] SDG 5
[D] SDG 10
[B] SDG 3
Notes:
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 states “Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages”.
The Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yoajna is a key component of Ayushman Bharat Yojna and was launched in 2018. Being the largest health scheme in the world, it aims to provide a health cover of ₹ 5 lakh per family per year to over 10.74 crore poor and vulnerable families. April 30 is celebrated as Ayushman Bharat Diwas.
9. In context with recent news of Goa what does the abbrevation GIFT stands for?
[A] Goa Institution For Future Transformation
[B] Goa Institution For Financial Transformation
[C] Goa Institution For Fin Tech
[D] Goa Institute of Foreign Affairs
A [Goa Institution For Future Transformation]
Notes:
The State Government of Goa has constituted a Think Tank named Goa Institution For Future Transformation (GIFT).
This institution would assist, advise and guide the state government on various policy matters and welfare decisions. The functions of GIFT would be very similar to that of NITI Aayog.
10. As per the State of India’s Environment Report 2021, what is India’s rank on achievement of 17 Sustainable Development Goals?
[A] 67
[B] 89
[C] 117
[D] 123
[C] 117
Notes:
The State of India’s Environment Report 2021 is an annual publication of the Down To Earth magazine.
As per the report, India has been ranked at 117th position in implementing and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 2030. Last year India was ranked at 115 and now it has slipped by 2 positions due to major challenges faced in ending hunger, gender equality etc.