The 10 PM Daily Quiz – 18 July, 2016

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The purpose of these questions is to enable practice 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.

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Note : Answers to the quiz will be posted one day later.

Q.1) Consider the following statements regarding Khangchendzonga National Park (KNP)

1. The KNP is the first ‘mixed’ heritage site from India added to the world heritage site list.
2. The KNP, covers 25% of Sikkim and West Bengal, has large number of endemic, rare and threatened plant and animal species.

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 world heritage site list updated by the World Heritage Committee (WHC) of UNESCO

1. After China,  India becomes the 2nd  country to get 3 sites marked in the Word Heritage List at a single session of the committee meeting.
2. India now has total of 35 sites, including 27 cultural properties, 7 natural sites and one mixed site, notified as World Heritage Sites.

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 sites comes under the natural sites of World Heritage Sites in India?

1. Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
2. Sundarbans National Park
3. Kaziranga National Park
4. Eastern Ghats

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
a) All of the above
b) 2, 3 and 4 only
c) 1, 2 and 3 only
d) 1, 3 and 4 only

Q.4) Consider the following statements regarding provisions related to Speaker of Legislative Assembly

1. Whenever the Assembly is dissolved, the Speaker shall not vacate his office until immediately before the first meeting of the Assembly after the dissolution.
2. A resolution for removal of Speaker should not be passed unless at least twenty one days notice has been given of the intention to move the resolution.
3. A Speaker may resign from his office by offering his resignation to Deputy Speaker of an Assembly

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

Q.5) Which of the following countries do not border Turkey?
a) Iran
b) Georgia
c) Israel
d) Syria

Q.6) Consider the following statements regarding Chandigarh’s Capitol Complex

1. It was  designed by Swiss-French architecture Le Corbusier.
2. It has been included in the cultural  list of World Heritage Sites.

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