The 10 PM Daily Quiz – 25 April, 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.

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Q.1) Consider the following statements regarding National Green Tribunal:-

1. It has been set up by an Executive order.
2. It is not bound by the procedure laid down under the Code of Civil Procedure.
3.  It is  mandated to make and endeavour for disposal of applications or appeals finally within 6 months of filing of the same.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3

Q.2) Consider the following statements regarding objectives of Food Corporation of India (FCI)

1. To provide farmers remunerative prices
2. To make food grains available at reasonable prices, particularly to vulnerable section of the society
3. 3.To intervene in market for price stabilization

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3

Q.3) Consider the following statement regarding intellectual property

1. Intellectual property day theme for 2016 is “Get Up, Stand Up. For Music”
2. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is headquartered in Belgium.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below

a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2

Q.4) Consider following statement regarding statutory bodies

1. There is no obligation on the Parliament or State Legislatures to set them up
2. It relies upon its statute to derive power.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below

a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2

Q.5) Consider the statements regarding sessions of the parliament:

1. There are usually three sessions in the parliament: Budget, fall, Winter sessions
2. An Adjournment suspends the work in a sitting for a specified time, which may be hours days or weeks.
3. Adjournment sine die means terminating a sitting of parliament for an indefinite period.
4. Prorogation terminates both sitting and the session, and is done by the president.

Select the correct statements using the codes given below:

a) 1, 2 and 3 only
b) 2, 3 and 4
c) 1 only
d) 1 and 3 only

Q.6) Consider the statement regarding GST bill which was rejected by the government:

1. It had provision of  1 per cent tax on inter-State movement of goods
2. It had the provision to create dispute resolution body over the GST Council
3. It set a cap on the tax rate

Select the correct statement using the codes given below:

a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) 3 only
d) none of the above

Q.7) Consider the statements:

1. WHO has approved Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP) facility for encephalitis fever drugs
2. Facility for CGMP compliance for DPT and TT vaccines is going to be established at the Central Research Institute (CRI) in Kasauli in Himachal Pradesh.

Select correct answer using the codes given below:

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