As per the 2011 census, the state with the largest gap in male and female literacy is

• Uttar Pradesh

• Madhya Pradesh

• Rajasthan

• Kerala

Mamta Sharma was appointed in 2011 as the chairperson of

• National Commission for BCs

• National Commission for Minorities

• National Commission for Protection of Child Right

• National Commission for women

The 98th Indian Science Congress was held in 2011 at

• Bhubaneshwar

• Bengaluru

• Bhopal

• Chennai

The 34th National Games were held in 2011 in

• Jharkhand

• Uttarakhand

• Kerala

• Karnataka

Ram Sharan Sharma, who died in 2011 was an eminent

• archaeologist

• chemist

• economist

• indologist

According to the latest 'Education Development Index' based on a series of surveys conducted by the National University of Education, Planning and Administration and released in February, 2011, the state with the highest Development Index is

• Tamil Nadu

• Kerala

• Punjab

• Gujarat

The 2010 FIFA World Cup Final was held at

• Paris

• Berlin

• Johannesburg

• London

'Nomadic Elephant' was the joint military exercise held some time back in India between India and

• China

• USA

• Russia

• Mongolia

The maximum limit on poll expenditure for parliamentary constituencies has been raised in February 2011 to

• 30 lakh

• 35 lakh

• 40 lakh

• 50 lakh

In the budget for 2011-12 presented by the Finance Minister on 28-2-2011, the growth rate for the year 2010-11 was projected at

• 7.6%

• 8.0%

• 8.6%

• 9.0%