The 10 PM Daily Quiz – 10 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:

1. India’s is helping Shri lanka for development of infrastructure or amenities in the sites that form part of the Ramayana circuit.
2. About a dozen places have been identified as part of the circuit and Sita Eliya in Nuwera Eliya of the Central Province is one of them. Sita Eliya is the place where Sita was held captive by Ravana.

Select the correct statement/s using the codes given below:

a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) both are correct
d) neither are correct

Q.2) Consider the statements regarding IIP:

1. The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) is an index for India which details out the growth of various sectors in an economy such as mining, electricity and manufacturing.
2. The all India IIP is a composite indicator that measures the short-term changes in the volume of production of a basket of industrial products during a given period with respect to that in a chosen base period.
3. It is compiled and published monthly by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) six weeks after the reference month ends.

Select the correct statements 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.3) Consider the statements:

1. India’s annual core sector growth slowed to a decade low of 2.7 per cent in 2015-16
2. Steel and crude oil sector contracted by 1.4 per cent.
3. Infrastructure sectors expanded 6.4 per cent, fastest in 16 months.

Select the correct statements 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.4) Consider the following statements regarding Secretary-General of the United Nations

1. Under the UN Charter, the Secretary-General is appointed by the Security Counci upon the recommendation of the General Assembly Security Council.
2. The current Secretary-General is Ban Ki-moon was re-elected, unopposed, for his second term.

Select the correct statement/s using the codes given below:

a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) both are correct
d) neither are correct

Q.5) Houthis have raised rebellion in which of the following country?

a) Syria
b) Afghanistan
c) Iraq
d) Yemen

Q.6)  Geospatial Information can be acquired through which of the following?

1. Satellite
2. Aircrafts
3. Airships
4.  Unmanned aerial vehicles

Select the correct statements using the codes given below:

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

Q.7)  Sofosbuvir is a drug used for the treatment of

a) Hepatitis C
b) Meningitis
c) Leukemia
d) AIDS