10 PM Daily Quiz: September 6
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- Question 1 of 7
1. Question
1 pointsIn India, a metropolitan city is defined as:
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The Constitution (seventy-fourth Amendment) Act, 1992 defines a metropolitan area in India as, an area having a population of ten lakhs or more, comprised in one or more districts and consisting of two or more Municipalities or Panchayats or other contiguous areas, specified by the Governor by public notification to be a Metropolitan area.
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The Constitution (seventy-fourth Amendment) Act, 1992 defines a metropolitan area in India as, an area having a population of ten lakhs or more, comprised in one or more districts and consisting of two or more Municipalities or Panchayats or other contiguous areas, specified by the Governor by public notification to be a Metropolitan area.
- Question 2 of 7
2. Question
1 pointsManas, Kolong, Pengbo and Teesta are the tributaries of:
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- Question 3 of 7
3. Question
1 pointsConsider the following pairs:
1.NOTA A: right of voters to reject all candidates contesting the elections.
2.FTZ: An innovative platform involving academicians, and drawing upon national and international experiences to foster a culture of innovation, research and development.
3.AIM: A geographic area where goods may be landed, stored, handled, manufactured, or reconfigured, and re-exported.
4.SAMADHAN: A scheme to collect the pending taxes under the Tamil Nadu Value Added Tax Act.
Which of the above pairs given is/are correctly matched?
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- Question 4 of 7
4. Question
1 pointsThe following are the major ethnic races from around the world. These are grouped primarily according to region rather than linguistic or ethnic affiliation. Which of these tribes are matched correctly with respect to the region they are located in?
- Iranun are widespread in in Mindanao, Philippines
- Jarawas Tribe are located in the Andaman Islands
- Boers tribe are primarily located west of Morocco, along the Mediterranean Sea, close to Africa.
- Rohingyas are descendants from the Mountains in the center-eastern part of Malaysia, close to Thailand.
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- Question 5 of 7
5. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following countries are the members of ASEAN Plus Six?
- a) China, Japan, South Korea
- b) Australia, New Zealand, India
- c) Indonesia, India, Australia
- d) Australia, Japan, India
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ASEAN became ASEAN Plus Six with additional countries: Australia, New Zealand and India. Codification of the relations between these nations has seen progress through the development of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a proposed free-trade agreement involving the 16 countries of ASEAN plus six. RCEP would, in part, allow the members to protect local sectors and give more time to comply with the aim for developed country members.
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ASEAN became ASEAN Plus Six with additional countries: Australia, New Zealand and India. Codification of the relations between these nations has seen progress through the development of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a proposed free-trade agreement involving the 16 countries of ASEAN plus six. RCEP would, in part, allow the members to protect local sectors and give more time to comply with the aim for developed country members.
- Question 6 of 7
6. Question
1 pointsThe government has set itself a target of 100 GW of solar power by 2022, of which some amount of solar power is supposed to come from utilities and the rest from rooftop solar installations.
With reference to the above statement, which ratio is correct?
Utilities – rooftop solar installations
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The government has set itself a target of 100 GW of solar power by 2022, of which 60 GW is to come from utilities and 40 GW from rooftop solar installations.
While the 60 GW target seems attainable, India is lagging behind on the target set for rooftop solar.a
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The government has set itself a target of 100 GW of solar power by 2022, of which 60 GW is to come from utilities and 40 GW from rooftop solar installations.
While the 60 GW target seems attainable, India is lagging behind on the target set for rooftop solar.a
- Question 7 of 7
7. Question
1 pointsThe President of India, recently laid the foundation stone of ‘Saurashtra Narmada Avataran Irrigation Yojana’ (SAUNI). Which of the following statement is/are correct in this context
1) The project was launched in 2015.
2) Unlike traditional irrigation projects, SAUNI is technically a ‘linking’ project, where the water will be filled in irrigation dams that are already equipped with canal network.
3) SAUNI project involves making pipe canals instead of the conventional open canals
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1- The project was launched in September 2012. SAUNI envisages filling 115 major dams of the arid Saurashtra region by diverting floodwaters overflowing from the Sardar Sarovar Dam across the Narmada in south Gujarat.
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1- The project was launched in September 2012. SAUNI envisages filling 115 major dams of the arid Saurashtra region by diverting floodwaters overflowing from the Sardar Sarovar Dam across the Narmada in south Gujarat.
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