The 10 PM Daily Quiz – 27 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) Which of the following are signatories to Iran deal?

1. USA
2. China
3. Germany
4. Japan

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

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

Q.2) Which of the following country is not a member of G7?

a) Canada
b) Germany
c) Italy
d) Australia

Q.3) Which of the following is not the original member of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)?

a) Uzbekistan
b) Tajikistan
c) Kyrgyzstan
d) Kazakhstan

Q.4) The strait between the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf is known as

a) Bab-el-Mandeb
b) Strait of Hormuz
c) Straits of Tiran
d) Bashi channel

Q.5) Consider the statements regarding Nirbhaya fund:

1. It is a Indian rupee 10 billion corpus announced by Government of India in its 2013 Union Budget.
2. This fund is to support initiatives by the government and NGOs working towards protecting the dignity and ensuring safety of women in India.

Select the correct statement using the codes given below:

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

Q.6) Consider the statements:

1. Recently US increased visa fees.
2. India will soon ask the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body to establish a panel of experts to adjudicate its dispute with the U.S.

Select the correct statement using the codes given below:

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

Q.7) Consider the following statements:

1. When a village (or hamlet) is physically contiguous to a town and possesses urban features; it is then treated as an urban agglomeration.
2. Anything other than a statutory town, Census town or urban agglomeration is a village.

Select the correct statement using the codes given below:

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