The 10 PM Daily Quiz – 4 April, 2016

Hi Friends,

Starting Monady, March 28, 2016 We are taking up a new initiatives for Prelims 2016 . We will be posting a 7-10 Questions Quiz based on 9 PM Brief, on a daily basis.

The purpose of these is to enable practise on a daily level for you to prepare Current Affairs for Civil Services Prelims Examination. This questions will be moderate level and it is expected of you solve these questions with decent overview of 9 PM Brief

Please type your answers in the comments below .

Note : Answers to the quiz will be posted one day later.

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Q.1 UNESCO contributes to peace and security by promoting international collaboration among countries. Which of the following  programs are pursued by UNESCO to achieve its objectives?

1. Education
2. Natural sciences
3. Social human sciences
4. Culture
5. Agriculture

Select the correct answer using the codes given below

a) 1,2,3 only
b) 1,2,3 and 5 only
c) 1,2,4 and 5 only
d) 1,2,3 and 4 only

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Q.2 Which of the following statements are true about the IMF(International Monetary Fund) ?

1. Purpose is to promote international monetary cooperation
2. IMF is headquartered in New York, United States
3. IMF conditionality is a set of policies or conditions that the IMF requires in exchange for financial resources
4. The IMF was originally laid out as a part of the Bretton Woods system exchange agreement in 1944

Select the correct answer using the codes given below

a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 and 4 only
c) 1,2 and 3 only
d) 1,3 and 4 only

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Q.3) Constitutional Amendment Bill 122 is related to which of the following?

a) GST  Bill, 2014
b) Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2016
c) National Judicial Appointment Commission (NJAC) 2014
d) India and Bangladesh on the acquiring and transfer of territories 2013

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Q.4) Consider the following statements regarding nuclear safeguards

1. India has not ratified Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC).
2. India has signed 2014 Nuclear Security Implementation.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both are correct
d) Neither is correct

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Q.5) Consider the following statements regarding Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojna

1. UDAY Scheme has been launched by Finance Ministry for financial restructuring of debt of power distribution companies.
2. It aims for financial revival and turnaround of (DISCOMs) and also ensures a sustainable permanent solution to the problem.
3. By becoming part of it, states power DISCOMs can convert their debt into state bonds as well as roll out number of measures to improve efficiency at power plants.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 1 and 2
c) 1 and 3
d) 2 and 3

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Q.6) Which is the only country in the world to have a specific cell in the Pentagon for defence, trade ties?
a) Pakistan
b) India
c) France
d) Israel

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Q.7) Which of the following steps have been taken by the government under the Hydrocarbon Exploration Licensing Policy (Help)

1. There has been a shift from Revenue-sharing contracts (RSCs) to Production/ profit-sharing contracts (PSCs).
2. There is pricing and marketing freedom for gas produced from deepwater, ultra-deepwater and high pressure high temperature (HPHT) fields.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both are correct
d) Neither is correct

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