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- Question 1 of 6
1. Question
1 pointsmatch the following
- Mizoram 1. Fakim wildlife sanctuary
- Goa 2. Mouling national park
- Arunachal pradesh 3. Murlen national park
- Nagaland 4. Mollem national park
Answer using the given codes:
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Reference: oxford atlas pg33
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Reference: oxford atlas pg33
- Question 2 of 6
2. Question
1 pointswhich of the following statement about the availability of minerals are correct?
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Statement 1: incorrect
India has huge deposits of thorium in most of the coastal states but not in interior states
Statement 2: incorrect
In India Bituminous coal is found in abundance. We import anthracite coal from Indonesia and Australia.
Statement C: correct
Statement D: incorrect
China is the largest producer of iron ore in the world not India
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Statement 1: incorrect
India has huge deposits of thorium in most of the coastal states but not in interior states
Statement 2: incorrect
In India Bituminous coal is found in abundance. We import anthracite coal from Indonesia and Australia.
Statement C: correct
Statement D: incorrect
China is the largest producer of iron ore in the world not India
- Question 3 of 6
3. Question
1 pointsWith reference to the ‘Asian Development Bank (ADB)’ consider the following statements.
1) The headquarter of ADB is situated in Vietnam.
2) Presently, it has 67 members.
3) Asian Development Bank is not an official United Nations observer.
Which of the above statement is/are correct?
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Statement 1 is incorrect. It is a regional development bank established on 22 August 1966 and is headquartered in Philippines. It aims to facilitate economic development of countries in Asia. It also aims for an Asia and Pacific free from poverty.
Statement 2 is correct. Currently, it has 67 members – of which 48 are from within Asia and the Pacific and 19 outside.
Statement 3 is incorrect: ADB is an United Nations official Observer.
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Statement 1 is incorrect. It is a regional development bank established on 22 August 1966 and is headquartered in Philippines. It aims to facilitate economic development of countries in Asia. It also aims for an Asia and Pacific free from poverty.
Statement 2 is correct. Currently, it has 67 members – of which 48 are from within Asia and the Pacific and 19 outside.
Statement 3 is incorrect: ADB is an United Nations official Observer.
- Question 4 of 6
4. Question
1 pointsWith reference to the ‘International Solar Alliance (ISA)’, recently in news, which of the following statement is/are correct?
- The purpose of the ISA is to bring together a group of nations to endorse clean energy.
- The ISA is an alliance of countries, which come either completely or partly between the Equator and Tropic of Cancer.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
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Statement 1 is correct. The purpose is to bring together a group of nations to endorse clean energy, sustainable environment, public transport and climate
Statement 2 is incorrect. The International Solar Alliance (ISA) is an alliance of more than 121 countries, most of them being sunshine countries, which come either completely or partly between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn.
Other information:
- Aim: It aims at addressing obstacles to deployment at scale of solar energy through better harmonization and aggregation of demand from solar rich countries lying fully or partially between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
- India has offered a contribution of Rs 175 crore for creating ISA corpus fund and for meeting the cost of ISA secretariat for initial five years.
International Steering Committee was establishment under the mandate of the Paris Declaration of ISA to provide the guidance and direction to establish the ISA.
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Statement 1 is correct. The purpose is to bring together a group of nations to endorse clean energy, sustainable environment, public transport and climate
Statement 2 is incorrect. The International Solar Alliance (ISA) is an alliance of more than 121 countries, most of them being sunshine countries, which come either completely or partly between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn.
Other information:
- Aim: It aims at addressing obstacles to deployment at scale of solar energy through better harmonization and aggregation of demand from solar rich countries lying fully or partially between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
- India has offered a contribution of Rs 175 crore for creating ISA corpus fund and for meeting the cost of ISA secretariat for initial five years.
International Steering Committee was establishment under the mandate of the Paris Declaration of ISA to provide the guidance and direction to establish the ISA.
- Question 5 of 6
5. Question
1 pointsWith reference to the World Economic Forum, consider the following statements:
- The Forum is best known for its annual meetings at Davos .
- Only Political leaders participate in it’s annual meetings
Which of the above statements is/are true?
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The Forum is best known for its annual meeting at the end of January in Davos, a mountain resort in Graubünden, in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland. Thus, Statement 1 is correct.
Often this location alone is used to identify meetings, participation, and participants with such phrases as, “a Davos panel” and “a Davos Man”
The meeting brings together some 2,500 top business leaders, international political leaders, economists, and journalists for up to four days to discuss the most pressing issues facing the world. Thus, statement 2 is incorrect.
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The Forum is best known for its annual meeting at the end of January in Davos, a mountain resort in Graubünden, in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland. Thus, Statement 1 is correct.
Often this location alone is used to identify meetings, participation, and participants with such phrases as, “a Davos panel” and “a Davos Man”
The meeting brings together some 2,500 top business leaders, international political leaders, economists, and journalists for up to four days to discuss the most pressing issues facing the world. Thus, statement 2 is incorrect.
- Question 6 of 6
6. Question
1 pointsrecently ICAN has been awarded with Nobel Peace Prize, for which of the following contributions:
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee honoured ICAN for its decade-long campaign to get rid the world of atomic bomb and for its work to draw attention to catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and its ground-breaking efforts to achieve treaty-based prohibition of such weapons.
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (abbreviated to ICAN), is a global civil society coalition working to promote adherence to and full implementation of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The campaign helped bring about this treaty. The ICAN was launched in 2007 and counts 468 partner organizations in 101 countries as of 2017.
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee honoured ICAN for its decade-long campaign to get rid the world of atomic bomb and for its work to draw attention to catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and its ground-breaking efforts to achieve treaty-based prohibition of such weapons.
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (abbreviated to ICAN), is a global civil society coalition working to promote adherence to and full implementation of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The campaign helped bring about this treaty. The ICAN was launched in 2007 and counts 468 partner organizations in 101 countries as of 2017.
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