The 10 PM Daily Quiz – 12 April, 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.

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Q.1) Consider the following statements regarding Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY)

1. Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) is a government- run health insurance scheme for the BPL family.
2. It provides cashless insurance for hospitalisation in public as well as selected private hospitals.
3. It does not cover maternity benefits.

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 Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana:

1. Providing free of cost LPG (cooking gas) connections to women from BPL Households
2. Financial support of 1600 rupees for each LPG connection will be provided to the BPL households
3. Aims to empower women and protecting their health by shifting them from traditional cooking based on unclean cooking fuels or on fossil fuels that have serious health hazards to clean cooking gas

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.3) Deltas of eastern India are shrinking due to

1. huge amount of sediments being deposited.
2. groundwater mining.
3. construction of large dams.

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

Q.4) Consider the following statements regarding changes made in the selection process for Secretary General

1. The general public can ask questions from the candidates through civil society members and social media
2.  Each candidate is required to submit, a written statement layout out his or her vision for 2020 and beyond.
3. Dialogues will be televised, with press able to ask questions of each candidate after the dialogues.

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

Q.5) Consider the following statements regarding quantitative easing

1. Quantitative easing increases the money supply.
2. It involve the printing of new banknotes.
3. It is an unconventional monetary policy in which a central bank purchases government securities or other securities from the market in order to lower interest rates.

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

Q.6) Land Transformation Management System was introduced in the union budget. Consider the following statements regarding it

1. It involves integrating land records with Aadhaar, digitizing them and matching the real holdings with the documents.
2. It will empowering land holders and enable the use of land as an asset for accessing credit.

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

Q.7) Which of the following changes have been proposed in the format of budget from the next financial year

1. The plan and non—plan distinction will be done away with for expenditure classification.
2. A cost-centric approach will be followed where establishments, schemes and projects will be treated as such.

Select the correct answer using the codes below

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