The 10 PM Daily Quiz – 11 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) Late Comrade Umraomal Purohit Memorial Research Centre is related to which of the following?

a) Research work related to Defence
b) Research work related to Aviation
c) Research work related to Biotechnology
d) Research work related to Trade Union Movement

Q.2)  Which of the following will be the conditions of new aviation policy?

1. Government is planning to allow domestic airlines with 10 aircraft to fly international routes.
2. Government is planning to remove restriction of five years of local operations.
3. Airlines would also be required to deploy at least 20 per cent of their total aircraft capacity on domestic sectors in order to secure international flight permits according to new policy.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) All of the above
d) None of the above

Q.3) Consider the following statements regarding current aviation policy?

1. Airlines in India are permitted to fly abroad only if it has five years of domestic flying experience
2. Airlines should have at least 20 aircraft in its fleet.

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

Q.4) Consider the following statements regarding applications of Geospatial maps

1. It can be used to capture the extent and nature of air pollutants around us.
2. It can be used to plot the unsustainable plundering of our groundwater.
3. It can be used to gauge the spread of a new flu outbreak.

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

Q.5) Consider the following statement regarding sites of nuclear tests

1. Pokhran, in Jodhpur served as the test site for India’s first underground nuclear weapon detonation.
2. Pakistan conducted its nuclear tests in the Chagai District of Punjab Province.

Select the correct statement using the codes given below:

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

Q.6) The government now needs to create state capacity for the four pillars of institutional infrastructure required for the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) to work.Which of the following is not considered as on of its pillars

a)  Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India
b) Insolvency professional
c)  Insolvency professional agencies
d) Debt Recovery Tribunals (DRT)

Q.7) Consider the following statement regarding Lok Sabha speaker

1. Lok Sabha speaker is chosen by the members from among themselves, after the first meeting of the Lok Sabha.
2. He can vacate his office by addressing a resignation letter to President.

Select the correct statement using the codes given below:

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