The 10 PM Daily Quiz – 12 may, 2016

Hi Friends,

Starting Monday, 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.

Q.1) Consider the statements about National Policy on Education:

1. It is a policy formulated by the Government of India to promote education amongst India’s people. First NPE was formulated in 1968.
2. The policy covers elementary education to colleges in both rural and urban India. Second NPE was formulated in 1986 which later on revised in 1992.
3. According to later NPE Indian public expenditure on education must go beyond 6% of gross domestic product (GDP).

Select the correct statement using the codes given below:

a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) All of the above

Q.2) Consider the statements regarding EPS:

1. Government is planning to bring definition of “new employees’ which may be defined as those in excess of the average employee base of a firm for the previous three years.
2. EPS scheme will be applicable for the new employees, earning Rs.15,000 a month, who have worked for 240 days during a year in an establishment.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

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

Q.3) Consider the statements regarding Pardhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana:

1. This scheme was announced in budget 2015-16. Implemented by the Ministry of Labour & Employment.
2. Under the scheme employers would be provided an incentive for giving employment to additional (New) workers who have worked for 240 days during the financial year 2015-16.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

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

Q.4) Consider the following statements regarding “Procedure established by Law”

1.  It assess whether the laws made by Parliament is fair, just and not arbitrary.
2. It is enshrined in our Constitution.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

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

Q.5) Consider the following statements regarding ‘Red Telephone’

1. It refers to The Moscow–Washington hotline system that allowed direct communication between the leaders of the United States and the Russian Federation.
2. Specifically, red phones were used for this communication.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

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

Q.6) Consider the following statements

1. Geographically cellphone towers cover areas in the form of a hexagon (this shape allows an equal coverage area to all points) and this area is called a zone..
2. Call Drops happen when your device is no longer has the signal strength that the tower can detect.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

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

Q.7) Consider the following statements regarding impact of climate change on agriculture

1. Climate change  impacts the entire food production chain, affecting our food security.
2. Climate change impacts soil health, with increasing surface temperatures leading to higher CO emissions and reducing natural nitrogen availability.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

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