The 10 PM Daily Quiz – 10 June, 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 following statements about drug growing regions of Asia

1.Golden triangle region, which covers the regions of Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan.
2.Golden Crescent region which covers the regions of Thailand, Laos and Vietnam.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both are true
d) Neither is true

Q.2) Consider the following statements regarding Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act

1. Under it, every employer is required to constitute an Internal Complaints Committee at each office or branch with 20 or more employees.
2. The act covers domestic workers as well.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both are true
d) Neither is true

Q.3) Which of the following countries are the functional members of  the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)?

1. Turkmenistan
2. Afghanistan
   3. Uzbekistan

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
a) 1 only
b) 1 and 3 only
c) 2 and 3 only
d) 3 only

Q.4)  Street View was in news recently, it is a pilot project of which of the following MNC?
a) Microsoft
b) Facebook
c) Google
d) Apple

Q.5)  Consider the following statements

1. Depreciation of the currency happens when the country follows a flexible exchange rate.
2. Devaluation happens in countries with fixed exchange rate.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both are true
d) Neither is true

Q.6) Section 498A of the IPC deals with
a) Theft
b) Criminal Defamation
c) Culpable Homicide
d) Dowry related deaths

Q.7) Which of the following countries have not given support for India’s membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group?

a) Switzerland
b) Mexico
c) New Zealand
d) USA