The 10 PM Daily Quiz – 21st 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) Which of the following is true about NPA?

1. A non performing asset (NPA) is a loan or advance for which the principal or interest payment remained overdue for a period of 60 days.

2. For short duration crop if the loan (installment / interest) is not paid for one crop seasons , it would be termed as a NPA.
   Select the correct statements from the codes given below
   a) 1 only
   b) 2 only
   c) Both are true
   d) Neither is true

Q.2) Which of the following is true about Bank Board Bureau?

1. The bureau will recommend for selection the heads of public sector banks and financial institutions.

2. It will help banks in developing strategies and capital raising plans.

3. It will advise them on how to go ahead with mergers and acquisitions.

Select the correct statements from the codes given below
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) All the above

Q.3) Consider the statements:

1. Sagar Mala project is a strategic and customer­ oriented initiative of the Government of India to modernize India’s Ports so that port­ development can be augmented and coastlines can be developed to contribute in India’s growth
2. In collaboration with Bangladesh, Myanmar and Thailand India is building waterways and ports.

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.4) Consider the statement regarding BRICS:

1. All BRICS members are G 20 members.
2. The BRIC grouping first formal summit, held in Brazil.
3. India will be the BRICS 2016 8th summit host. Summit will commence in october in Goa.
4. “Building responsive, inclusive and collective solutions for the grouping” will be the core theme of the summit and external ministry announced logo and a website of the summit.

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

Q.5) Consider the following statements regarding ‘Global Environmental Outlook (GEO-6): Regional Assessments’

1. It said that the worst impacts of climate change are projected to occur in the Atlantic and South and South-East Asia.
2. India tops the chart with nearly 40 million people in the country projected to be at risk from rising sea levels.

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.6) Salma Dam, which is built by India is located in
a) Nepal
b) Sri Lanka
c) Afghanistan
d) Iran

Q.7) India is negotiating the  Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement with which of the following country?
a) Israel
b) UK
c) France
d) USA