The 10 PM Daily Quiz – 18 June, 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 statement about African Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (ANWFZT).

1) The treaty bars supply of Uranium to a country which is not a member of NSG(Nuclear supplier Group)

2) It is also known as the Treaty of Pelindaba and is named so after Namibia’s main Nuclear Research Centre.

Select the correct statements from the codes given below
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both are correct
d) Neither is true

Q.2)  Consider the following statement about universal basic income?

1) A basic income is an income unconditionally granted to all on a household basis.

2) It is paid without requiring the performance of any work or the willingness to accept a job if offered.

Select the correct statements from the codes given below
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both are correct
d) Neither is true

Q.3) Consider the following statement about Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage

1) It seeks to establish a uniform global legal regime for compensation to victims in the unlikely event of a nuclear accident.

2) India has not ratified this.

Select the correct statements from the codes given below
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both are correct
d) Neither is true

Q.4) Consider the following statements regarding  5/20 rule of the aviation industry

1. According to it,a domestic airline must have operated for five years and must have at least 20 aircraft before it could offer overseas services.
2. It has been replaced by a 0/20 which requires airlines to have a fleet of 20 aircrafts and no additional requirement of five years of domestic operations to fly international.

Select the correct statements from the codes given below
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both are correct
d) Neither is true

Q.5) Consider the following statements regarding recent changes made in the National Pension Scheme

1. Non-resident Indians (NRIs) can now open National Pension Scheme (NPS) accounts online.
2. NRIs can open  NPS accounts on both repatriable and non-repatriable basis.

Select the correct statements from the codes given below
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both are correct
d) Neither is true

Q.6) Arrange the following African countries from north to south

1. Niger
2. Libya
3. Namibia

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