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10 PM Quiz: September 17, 2018
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1. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements regarding Great Indian Bustard.
- It is Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List
- Project Great Indian Bustard has been initiated by Gujarat government.
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Rajasthan, home to one of the last remaining populations of the Great Indian Bustard, has charted out a plan to recover the population of the critically endangered bird. On June 5, the state announced Rs 12 crore-Project Great Indian Bustard, which is to be initiated from this year.
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Rajasthan, home to one of the last remaining populations of the Great Indian Bustard, has charted out a plan to recover the population of the critically endangered bird. On June 5, the state announced Rs 12 crore-Project Great Indian Bustard, which is to be initiated from this year.
- Question 2 of 6
2. Question
1 pointsTropical Storm “Mangkhut “is associated with which of the following region?
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Typhoon Mangkhut is a broad low pressure system usually develops over area adjoining Philippines and Vietnam which forms a region to be called Indo-China. Typhoon Mangkhut is characterised by strong winds and it precipitation causes flash flood.
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Typhoon Mangkhut is a broad low pressure system usually develops over area adjoining Philippines and Vietnam which forms a region to be called Indo-China. Typhoon Mangkhut is characterised by strong winds and it precipitation causes flash flood.
- Question 3 of 6
3. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following part/s of the Indian constitution relate to protection, improvement and safeguards of environmental flora and fauna?
1.Fundamental Rights
2.Fundamental Duties
3. Directive principle of state policy
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Directive Principles of State Policy under Article 48A asks the State to ensure “Protection and improvement of environment and safeguarding of forests and wildlife”
Fundamental Duties under Article 51A (g) obliges the citizens “To protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers and wildlife, and to have compassion for living creature”.
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Directive Principles of State Policy under Article 48A asks the State to ensure “Protection and improvement of environment and safeguarding of forests and wildlife”
Fundamental Duties under Article 51A (g) obliges the citizens “To protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers and wildlife, and to have compassion for living creature”.
- Question 4 of 6
4. Question
1 pointsWhich one of the following statement about El Nino is not correct?
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El Niño is the periodic warming of water in the Pacific Ocean every few years. It is accompanied by heavy rains, flooding and droughts in different parts of world.
La Niña, another weather phenomenon, includes unusually cold ocean temperatures in South American coasts, that push warm surface water farther west than usual, creating the opposite effects of El Niño—drought where El Niño brought floods and floods where El Niño brought drought.
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El Niño is the periodic warming of water in the Pacific Ocean every few years. It is accompanied by heavy rains, flooding and droughts in different parts of world.
La Niña, another weather phenomenon, includes unusually cold ocean temperatures in South American coasts, that push warm surface water farther west than usual, creating the opposite effects of El Niño—drought where El Niño brought floods and floods where El Niño brought drought.
- Question 5 of 6
5. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements regarding B.R Ambedkar
- He established the Bahishkrit Hitakarini Sabha
- He started magazines like Mooknayak
- Ambedkar founded the Independent Labour Party
- Ambedkar considered the Right to Constitutional Remedy as the soul of the constitution.
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- He established the Bahishkrit Hitakarini Sabha to promote education and socio-economic improvements among the Dalits. He started magazines like Mooknayak, Equality Janta and Bahishkrit Bharat.
- Ambedkar founded the Independent Labour Party (later transformed into the Scheduled Castes Federation) in 1936 and contested in 1937 from Bombay to the Central Legislative Assembly. He also contested from Bombay (north-central) after independence in the country’s first general elections. But he lost both times.
- Ambedkar considered the Right to Constitutional Remedy as the soul of the constitution.
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- He established the Bahishkrit Hitakarini Sabha to promote education and socio-economic improvements among the Dalits. He started magazines like Mooknayak, Equality Janta and Bahishkrit Bharat.
- Ambedkar founded the Independent Labour Party (later transformed into the Scheduled Castes Federation) in 1936 and contested in 1937 from Bombay to the Central Legislative Assembly. He also contested from Bombay (north-central) after independence in the country’s first general elections. But he lost both times.
- Ambedkar considered the Right to Constitutional Remedy as the soul of the constitution.
- Question 6 of 6
6. Question
1 pointsThe PJ Nayak Committee report, which was published in May 2014 is related to reforms in
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The former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan had constituted the P.J. Nayak committee, in January 2014 under Shri P.J Nayak, former Chairman and CEO, Axis Bank to suggest reforms in the Banking sector. The banking sector in India is dominated by public-sector banks (PSBs) with government being the majority stakeholder in them. In recent years, the Public Sector banks have been suffering with multiple problems of non-performing assets (NPAs), large over-dues; competition, performance, political pressures and so on.
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The former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan had constituted the P.J. Nayak committee, in January 2014 under Shri P.J Nayak, former Chairman and CEO, Axis Bank to suggest reforms in the Banking sector. The banking sector in India is dominated by public-sector banks (PSBs) with government being the majority stakeholder in them. In recent years, the Public Sector banks have been suffering with multiple problems of non-performing assets (NPAs), large over-dues; competition, performance, political pressures and so on.
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