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- Question 1 of 6
1. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statement regarding Border Roads Organization (BRO):
- It functions under the Ministry of Home Affairs.
- BRO develops and maintain road networks in India’s border only.
- They also play an important role in Disaster Management and reconstruction.
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Statement 1: Is not correct: It functions under the Ministry Defence
Statement 2: Is not correct. BRO develops and maintain road networks in India’s border and overseas infrastructure development project as well .Indian government in foreign territories like Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Myanmar, and Bhutan. These include the Delaram-Zaranj Highway in Afghanistan and Bhutanese roads under Project Dantak.
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Statement 1: Is not correct: It functions under the Ministry Defence
Statement 2: Is not correct. BRO develops and maintain road networks in India’s border and overseas infrastructure development project as well .Indian government in foreign territories like Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Myanmar, and Bhutan. These include the Delaram-Zaranj Highway in Afghanistan and Bhutanese roads under Project Dantak.
- Question 2 of 6
2. Question
1 pointsIndia has successfully tested Indigenously Smart Anti Airfield Weapon (SAAW) recently. Choose the correct statement about SAAW:
- Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW) is a short-range precision-guided anti-airfield weapon currently developed by DRDO.
- It will be used by the Indian Army.
- It is a lightweight high precision guided bomb designed to destroy ground targets.
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Statement 1: Is wrong. The DRDO Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW) is a long-range precision-guided anti-airfield weapon. Indigenously designed and developed guided bombs Smart Anti Airfield Weapon (SAAW) were successfully flight tested from IAF aircraft at Chandan range.
Statement 2: It will be used by the India Air Force
Statement 3: It is a lightweight high precision long range guided bomb designed to destroy ground targets such as runways, bunkers, aircraft hangers and other reinforced structures.
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Statement 1: Is wrong. The DRDO Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW) is a long-range precision-guided anti-airfield weapon. Indigenously designed and developed guided bombs Smart Anti Airfield Weapon (SAAW) were successfully flight tested from IAF aircraft at Chandan range.
Statement 2: It will be used by the India Air Force
Statement 3: It is a lightweight high precision long range guided bomb designed to destroy ground targets such as runways, bunkers, aircraft hangers and other reinforced structures.
- Question 3 of 6
3. Question
1 pointsChoose the correct statement regarding VVPAT machine will be used for the election process.
1) The machines are expected to be used in the upcoming lok sabha elections for the first time in India.
2) VVPAT prints a slip containing name of the voter, name of the candidate and the election symbol.
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Statement 1: Is wrong: Voter-verified paper audit trail was first used in an election in India in September 2013 in Noksen (Assembly Constituency) in Nagaland. VVPAT along with EVMs was used on a large-scale for the first time in India in 10 assembly seats out of 40 in Mizoram Legislative Assembly election, 2013. However, The Supreme Court has directed the EC to conduct 2019 national elections entirely.
Statement 2: Is wrong: VVPAT prints a slip containing name of the candidate and the election symbol. In this process, the slip will not go into the hands of the voter nor will others be able to see it.
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Statement 1: Is wrong: Voter-verified paper audit trail was first used in an election in India in September 2013 in Noksen (Assembly Constituency) in Nagaland. VVPAT along with EVMs was used on a large-scale for the first time in India in 10 assembly seats out of 40 in Mizoram Legislative Assembly election, 2013. However, The Supreme Court has directed the EC to conduct 2019 national elections entirely.
Statement 2: Is wrong: VVPAT prints a slip containing name of the candidate and the election symbol. In this process, the slip will not go into the hands of the voter nor will others be able to see it.
- Question 4 of 6
4. Question
1 pointsChoose the correct statement regarding All India Financial Inclusion Survey (NAFIS):
1) It is conducted by Niti Ayog
2) Its recent survey found that 52.5% of the agricultural households are indebted
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Statement 1:Is wrong: All India Financial Inclusion Survey (NAFIS), conducted by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) and not by NITI Ayog
Statement 2: is correct:
NABARD found that 52.5% of the agricultural households had an outstanding loan on the date of the survey, and thus were considered indebted. For non-agricultural households in rural India, that figure was 10 percentage points lower, at only 42.8%.
-Sample of 40,327 rural households in 29 states of which 48 per cent are agriculture households and its findings
-87 per cent are small and marginal farmer households.
-The survey combines the strengths of the NSSO’s Situation Assessment Survey (SAS) and RBI’s All India Debt and Investment Survey.
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Statement 1:Is wrong: All India Financial Inclusion Survey (NAFIS), conducted by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) and not by NITI Ayog
Statement 2: is correct:
NABARD found that 52.5% of the agricultural households had an outstanding loan on the date of the survey, and thus were considered indebted. For non-agricultural households in rural India, that figure was 10 percentage points lower, at only 42.8%.
-Sample of 40,327 rural households in 29 states of which 48 per cent are agriculture households and its findings
-87 per cent are small and marginal farmer households.
-The survey combines the strengths of the NSSO’s Situation Assessment Survey (SAS) and RBI’s All India Debt and Investment Survey.
- Question 5 of 6
5. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following is used to cure hypertension?
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Hydralazine is used to cure high blood pressure.
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Hydralazine is used to cure high blood pressure.
- Question 6 of 6
6. Question
1 pointsWith reference to “Participatory notes”, which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
- These are used by overseas market participants that don’t want to get registered as FIIs.
- P-notes are not issued in India, rather these are issued by an India registered FII to other overseas investors.
- FIIs have to periodically report to RBI on P-note issuance without the need to name the final beneficiary.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
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Investments through participatory notes into Indian capital markets have plunged to over nine-year low .
Statement 1 is correct: These are used by overseas market participants that don’t want to get registered as FIIs.
Statement 2 is correct: P-notes are not issued in India, rather these are issued by an India registered FII to other overseas investors.
Statement 3 is incorrect: The P-note holder is entitled to all the dividends, capital gains and other payouts on the underlying securities. FIIs have to periodically report to Sebi on P-note issuance without the need to name the final beneficiary.
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Investments through participatory notes into Indian capital markets have plunged to over nine-year low .
Statement 1 is correct: These are used by overseas market participants that don’t want to get registered as FIIs.
Statement 2 is correct: P-notes are not issued in India, rather these are issued by an India registered FII to other overseas investors.
Statement 3 is incorrect: The P-note holder is entitled to all the dividends, capital gains and other payouts on the underlying securities. FIIs have to periodically report to Sebi on P-note issuance without the need to name the final beneficiary.
