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Question 1 of 10
1. Question
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Category: current affairs
Consider the following statements regarding the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) signed between India and USA: 1. It allows the militaries of the US and India to replenish from each other’s bases, and access supplies. 2. It will enable sharing of advanced satellite and topographic data such as maps, nautical and aeronautical charts. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Statement 1 is incorrect. Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA) signed in August 2016 allows the militaries of the US and India to replenish from each other’s bases, and access supplies, spare parts and services from each other’s land facilities, air bases, and ports, which can then be reimbursed. Statement 2 is correct. The Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) for geo-spatial cooperation is essentially a communication agreement proposed between the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency of the US Department of Defence and the Ministry of Defence of the Government of India. It will allow India and the US to share military information including advanced satellite and topographic data such as maps, nautical and aeronautical charts and geodetic, geophysical, geomagnetic and gravity data.
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Statement 1 is incorrect. Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA) signed in August 2016 allows the militaries of the US and India to replenish from each other’s bases, and access supplies, spare parts and services from each other’s land facilities, air bases, and ports, which can then be reimbursed. Statement 2 is correct. The Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) for geo-spatial cooperation is essentially a communication agreement proposed between the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency of the US Department of Defence and the Ministry of Defence of the Government of India. It will allow India and the US to share military information including advanced satellite and topographic data such as maps, nautical and aeronautical charts and geodetic, geophysical, geomagnetic and gravity data.
Question 2 of 10
2. Question
1 points
Category: current affairs
Consider the following statements regarding the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019: 1. The Legislative Assembly of UT of Jammu and Kashmir can make laws on any subject in State list except land and public order. 2. Parliament has the power to make laws in relation to any matter for the UT of Jammu and Kashmir. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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The Act provides for a Legislative Assembly for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Statement 1 is incorrect. The Legislative Assembly may make laws for any part of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir related to: (i) any matters specified in the State List of the Constitution, except “Police” and “Public Order”, and (ii) any matter in the Concurrent List applicable to Union Territories. Further, Parliament will have the power to make laws in relation to any matter for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Statement 2 is correct.
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The Act provides for a Legislative Assembly for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Statement 1 is incorrect. The Legislative Assembly may make laws for any part of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir related to: (i) any matters specified in the State List of the Constitution, except “Police” and “Public Order”, and (ii) any matter in the Concurrent List applicable to Union Territories. Further, Parliament will have the power to make laws in relation to any matter for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Statement 2 is correct.
Question 3 of 10
3. Question
1 points
Category: current affairs
Which of the following institution has released the ‘Electricity Access in India and Benchmarking Distribution Utilities’ report?
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NITI Aayog, Ministry of Power, Rockefeller Foundation, and Smart Power India launched the ‘Electricity Access in India and Benchmarking Distribution Utilities’ report recently. Based on a primary survey conducted across 10 states––representing about 65% of the total rural population of India and with a sample size of more than 25,000, including households, commercial enterprises and institutions––the report assesses 25 distribution utilities. Key findings of the report: –As much as 92% of customers reported the overall availability of electricity infrastructure within 50 metres of their premises; however, not all have connections, the primary reason being the distance of households from the nearest pole. –Overall, 87% of the surveyed customers have access to grid-based electricity. The remaining 13% either use non-grid sources or don’t use any electricity at all. –The hours of supply have improved significantly across the customer categories to nearly 17 hours per day. –Nearly 85% of customers reported to have a metered electricity connection. –Access to electricity is observed in 83% of household customers. –A satisfaction index was created to assess the overall satisfaction level of customers with utility services. The study suggested that a total of 66% of those surveyed were satisfied––74% of customers in urban areas and 60% in rural areas.
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NITI Aayog, Ministry of Power, Rockefeller Foundation, and Smart Power India launched the ‘Electricity Access in India and Benchmarking Distribution Utilities’ report recently. Based on a primary survey conducted across 10 states––representing about 65% of the total rural population of India and with a sample size of more than 25,000, including households, commercial enterprises and institutions––the report assesses 25 distribution utilities. Key findings of the report: –As much as 92% of customers reported the overall availability of electricity infrastructure within 50 metres of their premises; however, not all have connections, the primary reason being the distance of households from the nearest pole. –Overall, 87% of the surveyed customers have access to grid-based electricity. The remaining 13% either use non-grid sources or don’t use any electricity at all. –The hours of supply have improved significantly across the customer categories to nearly 17 hours per day. –Nearly 85% of customers reported to have a metered electricity connection. –Access to electricity is observed in 83% of household customers. –A satisfaction index was created to assess the overall satisfaction level of customers with utility services. The study suggested that a total of 66% of those surveyed were satisfied––74% of customers in urban areas and 60% in rural areas.
Question 4 of 10
4. Question
1 points
Category: current affairs
Consider the following statements regarding the Amur Falcons: 1. These migratory birds travel from Siberia to India before heading towards Africa in winter. 2. It listed as a Vulnerable species in the IUCN Red List. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Statement 1 is correct. Every October, flocks of Amur falcons from Siberia start landing in north east India (fame for Pangti village of Nagaland). Thousands of these small raptors (Falco amurensis) frolic in the village for about two months before they head for warmer climes in Kenya and South Africa in a non-stop flight over the Arabian Sea. Statement 2 is incorrect. Falco amurensis is listed as Least Concern under IUCN Red List. # Chuilon and Irang, the radio-tagged Amur Falcons, arrived in Manipur after completing one migratory journey that covered 29,000 km in 361 days recently.
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Statement 1 is correct. Every October, flocks of Amur falcons from Siberia start landing in north east India (fame for Pangti village of Nagaland). Thousands of these small raptors (Falco amurensis) frolic in the village for about two months before they head for warmer climes in Kenya and South Africa in a non-stop flight over the Arabian Sea. Statement 2 is incorrect. Falco amurensis is listed as Least Concern under IUCN Red List. # Chuilon and Irang, the radio-tagged Amur Falcons, arrived in Manipur after completing one migratory journey that covered 29,000 km in 361 days recently.
Question 5 of 10
5. Question
1 points
Category: current affairs
The Annual State of Education Report (ASER) survey is conducted by which of the folowing organisation?
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ASER is a nationwide survey of rural education and learning outcomes in terms of reading and arithmetic skills that has been conducted by the NGO Pratham for the last 15 years. This year, the survey was conducted via phone calls, reaching 52,227 rural households with school age children in 30 States and Union Territories.
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ASER is a nationwide survey of rural education and learning outcomes in terms of reading and arithmetic skills that has been conducted by the NGO Pratham for the last 15 years. This year, the survey was conducted via phone calls, reaching 52,227 rural households with school age children in 30 States and Union Territories.
Question 6 of 10
6. Question
1 points
Category: current affairs
Consider the following statements: 1. India has not signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). 2. QUAD is an informal group of countries located around the Indian Ocean. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Statement 1 correct. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a proposed free trade agreement between the ten member states of ASEAN (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam) and five of their FTA partners—Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand, and South Korea. India opted out of RCEP in November 2019 in ASEAN+3 summit, citing the adverse impact the deal would have on its citizens. Statement 2 is incorrect. The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) is an informal strategic forum between the United States, Japan, Australia and India. # USA and Japan are not in Indian Ocean.
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Statement 1 correct. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a proposed free trade agreement between the ten member states of ASEAN (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam) and five of their FTA partners—Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand, and South Korea. India opted out of RCEP in November 2019 in ASEAN+3 summit, citing the adverse impact the deal would have on its citizens. Statement 2 is incorrect. The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) is an informal strategic forum between the United States, Japan, Australia and India. # USA and Japan are not in Indian Ocean.
Question 7 of 10
7. Question
1 points
Category: current affairs
Which of the following Central Asian country does not border the Aral Sea? 1. Kazakhstan 2. Tajikistan 3. Uzbekistan Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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The Aral Sea was an endorheic lake lying between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan which began shrinking in the 1960s and had largely dried up by the 2010s. In the 1960s, the Soviet Union undertook a major water diversion project on the arid plains of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. The region’s two major rivers, fed by snowmelt and precipitation in faraway mountains, were used to transform the desert into farms for cotton and other crops. Before the project, the Syr Darya and the Amu Darya rivers flowed down from the mountains, cut northwest through the Kyzylkum Desert, and finally pooled together in the lowest part of the basin. The lake they made, the Aral Sea, was once the fourth largest in the world. Although irrigation made the desert bloom, it devastated the Aral Sea.
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The Aral Sea was an endorheic lake lying between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan which began shrinking in the 1960s and had largely dried up by the 2010s. In the 1960s, the Soviet Union undertook a major water diversion project on the arid plains of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. The region’s two major rivers, fed by snowmelt and precipitation in faraway mountains, were used to transform the desert into farms for cotton and other crops. Before the project, the Syr Darya and the Amu Darya rivers flowed down from the mountains, cut northwest through the Kyzylkum Desert, and finally pooled together in the lowest part of the basin. The lake they made, the Aral Sea, was once the fourth largest in the world. Although irrigation made the desert bloom, it devastated the Aral Sea.
Question 8 of 10
8. Question
1 points
Category: current affairs
Consider the following statements regarding International Financial Services Centre (IFSC): 1. An IFSC caters to customers outside the jurisdiction of the domestic economy. 2. India’s first IFSC’s is being set up in GIFT City in Gujarat. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Both statements are correct. An IFSC caters to customers outside the jurisdiction of the domestic economy. Such centres deal with flows of finance, financial products and services across borders. London, New York and Singapore can be counted as global financial centres. An expert panel headed by former World Bank economist Percy Mistry submitted a report on making Mumbai an international financial centre in 2007. However, the global financial crisis that unfolded in 2008 made countries including India cautious about rapidly opening up their financial sectors. Finance Minister announced in the Union Budget 2015 that India’s first IFSC’s would be set up in GIFT City in Gujarat. # The United Kingdom has entered into a strategic partnership to develop India’s fledgling international financial services centre GIFT City, and agreed to set up a new Fund of Funds to be managed by the State Bank of India group in order to route U.K.’s future capital investments into India
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Both statements are correct. An IFSC caters to customers outside the jurisdiction of the domestic economy. Such centres deal with flows of finance, financial products and services across borders. London, New York and Singapore can be counted as global financial centres. An expert panel headed by former World Bank economist Percy Mistry submitted a report on making Mumbai an international financial centre in 2007. However, the global financial crisis that unfolded in 2008 made countries including India cautious about rapidly opening up their financial sectors. Finance Minister announced in the Union Budget 2015 that India’s first IFSC’s would be set up in GIFT City in Gujarat. # The United Kingdom has entered into a strategic partnership to develop India’s fledgling international financial services centre GIFT City, and agreed to set up a new Fund of Funds to be managed by the State Bank of India group in order to route U.K.’s future capital investments into India
Question 9 of 10
9. Question
1 points
Category: current affairs
Which of the following is/are Earth Observation Satellites of ISRO? 1. HySIS 2. RISAT-2BR1 3. CARTOSAT-3 Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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All of the above are Earth Observation Satellites. Starting with IRS-1A in 1988, ISRO has launched many operational remote sensing satellites. Today, India has one of the largest constellations of remote sensing satellites in operation. The data from these satellites are used for several applications covering agriculture, water resources, urban planning, rural development, mineral prospecting, environment, forestry, ocean resources and disaster management. HySIS is an Earth observation satellite which will provide hyperspectral imaging services to India for a range of applications in agriculture, forestry and in the assessment of geography such as coastal zones and inland waterways. RISAT-2BR1 is a radar imaging earth observation satellite. The satellite will provide services in the field of Agriculture, Forestry and Disaster Management. Cartosat-3 satellite is a third-generation agile advanced satellite having high resolution imaging capability. It addresses the increased user’s demands for large scale urban planning, rural resource and infrastructure development, coastal land use and land cover etc. # ISRO will launch its latest earth observation satellite EOS-01 and nine international customer spacecraft onboard its PSLV-C49 rocket from the spaceport of Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on November 7.
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All of the above are Earth Observation Satellites. Starting with IRS-1A in 1988, ISRO has launched many operational remote sensing satellites. Today, India has one of the largest constellations of remote sensing satellites in operation. The data from these satellites are used for several applications covering agriculture, water resources, urban planning, rural development, mineral prospecting, environment, forestry, ocean resources and disaster management. HySIS is an Earth observation satellite which will provide hyperspectral imaging services to India for a range of applications in agriculture, forestry and in the assessment of geography such as coastal zones and inland waterways. RISAT-2BR1 is a radar imaging earth observation satellite. The satellite will provide services in the field of Agriculture, Forestry and Disaster Management. Cartosat-3 satellite is a third-generation agile advanced satellite having high resolution imaging capability. It addresses the increased user’s demands for large scale urban planning, rural resource and infrastructure development, coastal land use and land cover etc. # ISRO will launch its latest earth observation satellite EOS-01 and nine international customer spacecraft onboard its PSLV-C49 rocket from the spaceport of Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on November 7.
Question 10 of 10
10. Question
1 points
Category: current affairs
Which of the following is/are listed as Directive Principle of State Policy under the Constitution? 1. Early childhood care and education to children below the age of six years 2. State to raise the level of nutrition and the standard of living and to improve public health. 3. State to secure for the citizens a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India. Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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The Constitution lays down certain Directive Principles of State Policy, which though not justiciable, are ‘fundamental in governance of the country’, and it is the duty of the State to apply these principles in making laws. Option 1 is correct. The State shall endeavour to provide early childhood care and education for all children until they complete the age of six years. [Article 45] Option 2 is correct. The State shall regard the raising of the level of nutrition and the standard of living of its people and the improvement of public health as among its primary duties and, in particular, the State shall endeavour to bring about prohibition of the consumption except for medicinal purposes of intoxicating drinks and of drugs which are injurious to health. [Article 47] Option 3 is correct. The State shall endeavour to secure for the citizens a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India. [Article 44]
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The Constitution lays down certain Directive Principles of State Policy, which though not justiciable, are ‘fundamental in governance of the country’, and it is the duty of the State to apply these principles in making laws. Option 1 is correct. The State shall endeavour to provide early childhood care and education for all children until they complete the age of six years. [Article 45] Option 2 is correct. The State shall regard the raising of the level of nutrition and the standard of living of its people and the improvement of public health as among its primary duties and, in particular, the State shall endeavour to bring about prohibition of the consumption except for medicinal purposes of intoxicating drinks and of drugs which are injurious to health. [Article 47] Option 3 is correct. The State shall endeavour to secure for the citizens a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India. [Article 44]
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