The 10 PM Daily Quiz – 17 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 following statements regarding Evergreening

1. Evergreening refers to a variety of legal, business and technological strategies by which producers extend their patents over products that are about to expire, in order to retain royalties from them.
2. Evergreening is a formal concept of patent law.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

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

Q.2) Consider the following statements regarding Special 301 Report

1. It is a review of IPR regimes of U.S trading partners.
2. According to it, it had put India on the ‘Priority foreign countries’

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

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

Q.3) Which of the following are patent-disabling?

1. Section  3(d) of (Indian) Patents Act
2. Compulsory Licensing (CL)

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

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

Q.4) Right to equality before the law and the equal protection of the laws is enshrined in which of the following article?

a) Article 14
b) Article 19
c) Article 21
d) Article 24

Q.5) Consider the statements regarding NSG:

1. Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is a multinational body concerned with reducing nuclear proliferation by controlling the export and re-transfer of materials that may be applicable to nuclear weapon development and by improving safeguards and protection on existing materials.
2. India is a part of the group.

Select the correct statement using the codes given below:

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

Q.6) Consider the statement regarding WPI:  

1. WPI index reflects average price changes of goods that are bought and sold in the wholesale market. WPI in India is published by the Office of Economic Adviser, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
2. The data for WPI is monitored and updated on a weekly basis taking into account all the 676 items that form the index.

Select the correct statement using the codes given below:

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

Q.7) Consider the statements:

1. Recently official figures confirm that infant mortality and neonatal deaths are coming down in Kerala’s Attapaddy tribal belt.
2. According to the report Community kitchen scheme with other schemes helped in reducing infant mortality in the tribal area.
3. Average weight of newborn also increases.

Select the correct statement using the codes given below:

a) 1 only
b) 1 and 2 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) All are correct