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- Question 1 of 6
1. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements about Banking Codes and Standards Board of India (BCSBI)
1) It is an independent and autonomous body, registered as a company under Companies Act.
2)It is an banking industry watchdog that protects consumers of banking services in India.
Which of the following statements are correct:
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Statement 1 is incorrect
The Banking Codes and Standards Board of India is an independent and autonomous body, registered as a separate society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 on 18 February 2006.
Statement 2 is correct.
It is an independent banking industry watchdog that protects consumers of banking services in India.
The board oversee compliance with the “Code of Bank’s Commitment to Customers”.
The Reserve Bank of India extended financial support to the Board, meeting its expenses for the first five years.
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Statement 1 is incorrect
The Banking Codes and Standards Board of India is an independent and autonomous body, registered as a separate society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 on 18 February 2006.
Statement 2 is correct.
It is an independent banking industry watchdog that protects consumers of banking services in India.
The board oversee compliance with the “Code of Bank’s Commitment to Customers”.
The Reserve Bank of India extended financial support to the Board, meeting its expenses for the first five years.
- Question 2 of 6
2. Question
1 pointsLong March-9 rocket project belongs to which country
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China is working on a super-powerful rocket that would be capable of delivering heavier payloads of 140 tonnes into low earth orbit by 2030. LEO is where TV and earth observation satellites currently fly
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China is working on a super-powerful rocket that would be capable of delivering heavier payloads of 140 tonnes into low earth orbit by 2030. LEO is where TV and earth observation satellites currently fly
- Question 3 of 6
3. Question
1 pointsRavindra Dholakia Committee is related to
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The Union Government has constituted 13-member Committee for Sub-National Accounts to upgrade the norms for computation of economic data at states and districts level in backdrop of plans to revise the base year for National Accounts or Gross Domestic Production (GDP) calculation. It will be headed by Ravindra H Dholakia, a retired professor of IIM Ahmedabad
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The Union Government has constituted 13-member Committee for Sub-National Accounts to upgrade the norms for computation of economic data at states and districts level in backdrop of plans to revise the base year for National Accounts or Gross Domestic Production (GDP) calculation. It will be headed by Ravindra H Dholakia, a retired professor of IIM Ahmedabad
- Question 4 of 6
4. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements about Nipah Virus
1) It can be transmitted through air.
2) It gets its name from Sungai Nipah, a village.in Thailand
Which of the following statements are correct:
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Both the statements are incorrect.
NiV infection is zoonotic disease. The organism which causes Nipah Virus encephalitis is RNA or Ribonucleic acid virus of family Paramyxoviridae, genus Henipavirus, and is closely related to related to Hendra virus. It was first identified in 1999 during outbreak among pig farmers in Malaysia and Singapore. It gets its name from Sungai Nipah, a Malaysian village, where pig farmers became ill with encephalitis. Fruit bats of Pteropodidae Family, Pteropus genus are natural host of the virus.It cannot be transmitted through air. It is transmitted through direct contact with infected bats, pigs.
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Both the statements are incorrect.
NiV infection is zoonotic disease. The organism which causes Nipah Virus encephalitis is RNA or Ribonucleic acid virus of family Paramyxoviridae, genus Henipavirus, and is closely related to related to Hendra virus. It was first identified in 1999 during outbreak among pig farmers in Malaysia and Singapore. It gets its name from Sungai Nipah, a Malaysian village, where pig farmers became ill with encephalitis. Fruit bats of Pteropodidae Family, Pteropus genus are natural host of the virus.It cannot be transmitted through air. It is transmitted through direct contact with infected bats, pigs.
- Question 5 of 6
5. Question
1 pointsThe wave like nature of light is established by
1) Albert Einstein’s photoelectric effect
2) Max Planck’s model of radiation emission by a black body.
Which of the following statements are correct:
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Wave nature of light has been prevalent since ages. In the European scientific community, many scientists believed that light, like sound, traveled in waves. This group of scientists was most successfully represented by the Dutch physicist Christiaan Huygens.
In the late 19th century, when Max Planck modelled radiation emitted by a black body, the idea that light has a particle nature was mooted. Albert Einstein won a Nobel prize in 1921 for his paper on the photoelectric effect, in which he developed the idea of light
as quanta, or photons.
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Wave nature of light has been prevalent since ages. In the European scientific community, many scientists believed that light, like sound, traveled in waves. This group of scientists was most successfully represented by the Dutch physicist Christiaan Huygens.
In the late 19th century, when Max Planck modelled radiation emitted by a black body, the idea that light has a particle nature was mooted. Albert Einstein won a Nobel prize in 1921 for his paper on the photoelectric effect, in which he developed the idea of light
as quanta, or photons.
- Question 6 of 6
6. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements about disability-adjusted life year (DALY)
1)DALY = YLL + YLD
(where YLL is years of life lost and YLD Years lost due to disability)
2) India state level Burden disease uses DALYs to track disease burden as recommended by India’s National Health Policy of 2017.
Which of the following statements are correct:
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Mortality does not give a complete picture of the burden of disease borne by individuals in different populations. DALY is the summary measure used to give an indication of overall burden of disease. One DALY represents the loss of the equivalent of one year of full health. Using DALYs, the burden of diseases that cause premature death but little disability (such as drowning or measles) can be compared to that of diseases that do not cause death but do cause disability (such as cataract causing blindness).
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Mortality does not give a complete picture of the burden of disease borne by individuals in different populations. DALY is the summary measure used to give an indication of overall burden of disease. One DALY represents the loss of the equivalent of one year of full health. Using DALYs, the burden of diseases that cause premature death but little disability (such as drowning or measles) can be compared to that of diseases that do not cause death but do cause disability (such as cataract causing blindness).
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