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CTET 2013 Previous Year GK Questions with Answers

GK questions asked in CTET 2013, with answers and explanations.

Previous Year Questions

Q1.Indian EconomyAsked in: CTET · CTET July 2013 Paper - 2 Social StudiesMedium

Branding of product

  1. A.makes it more saleable.
  2. B.differentiates it from other products in the market.
  3. C.make it more attractive for customer.
  4. D.gives customer rebate on MRP.
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Correct answer: B. differentiates it from other products in the market.

Explanation

The correct answer is B, differentiates it from other products in the market. A brand is the name, term, sign, symbol or design a seller gives a product so that buyers can tell it apart from everything else on the shelf. That is the defining purpose of branding, which is identification. A brand name registered as a trademark cannot legally be copied, so it fixes responsibility for quality on one producer and lets a firm build a reputation, advertise, and set a price of its own instead of competing on price alone. Packaging, labelling and branding together make up a product's identity. Option A is wrong because a brand may well help sales, but higher sales are a result of branding and not what branding itself does. Option C is wrong for the same reason, since attractiveness comes from packaging and design. Option D is wrong because a rebate on the maximum retail price is a sales promotion offer and has nothing to do with branding. Exam tip: branding identifies and differentiates, packaging protects, and labelling informs.

Q2.Indian HistoryAsked in: CTET · CTET July 2013 Paper - 2 Social Studies Hard

According to Arthashastra, during Mauryan period North-West was important for

  1. A.Cotton
  2. B.Gold and precious stones
  3. C.Silver and copper
  4. D.Blanket
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Correct answer: D. Blanket

Explanation

The correct answer is D, blanket. The Arthashastra, a book on statecraft attributed to Kautilya or Chanakya, the minister of Chandragupta Maurya, lists what each part of the empire supplied to the state. It names the north-west as the source of blankets, along with horses, and this is the line NCERT's history chapter on the Mauryas quotes. The north-west also mattered because the road from Taxila carried trade towards Central Asia and West Asia, and Taxila was one of the four provincial capitals of the empire. B is wrong because the same text places gold and precious stones in south India, the region Ashoka's family valued for its mines. A is wrong because cotton is linked with the black soil tracts of the Deccan and Gujarat, not with the north-west. C is wrong because copper and silver came from mines in Rajasthan and elsewhere, and the text does not tie them to this region. Exam tip: Arthashastra, north-west for blankets and horses, south India for gold and precious stones.