The 10 PM Daily Quiz – 18 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) The State Bank of India (SBI), has started the process of merging its five associate banks with itself at one go. Which of the following bank is not under the merger process?

a) State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur
b) State Bank of Hyderabad
c) State Bank of Mysore
d) Bhartiya mahila bank

Q.2) Consider the following statements:

1. Ancient Buddhist site found in Vaikuntapuram, located in the Amravati region.
2. The Buddhist remains like stupas, chaityas and viharas yielded on Vaikuntapuram hill show that Buddhism existed from 1st Century B.C. to the 5th Century AD in the region.

Select the correct statement/s using the codes given below:

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

Q.3) Panchayat receives funds from different sources which of the following is not the source?

a) Local body grants, as recommended by the Central Finance Commission
b) Funds for implementation of centrally sponsored schemes.
c) Funds released by the state governments on the recommendations of the State Finance Commissions.
d) Public account

Q.4) Consider the following pairs

         Organization                            Country

1. Hamas                                      Palestine
2. Houthis                                     Syria
3. Hezbollah                                 Lebanon

Which of the above pairs are correctly matched?

a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) All of the above

Q.5) Which of the following dam has been renamed as the Afghan-India Friendship Dam?

a) Naghlu Dam
b) Salma Dam
c) Band-e Sultan Dam
d) Mahipar Dam

Q.6) N.K Singh panel has been constituted by the Government to

a) to suggest measures for the expedited examination of the patent applications.
b) to review the Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, 2016.
c) to suggest measures to curb dowry.
d) to review the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act of 2003.

Q.7) Consider the following statements regarding Expedited examination route for patent applications

1. The ‘expedited examination’-route is also available to all entities that qualify as a start-up as per the definition for start-up provided in the Patent Rules.
2. The applications for this route have to be filed only electronically.

Select the correct statement/s using the codes given below:

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