The 10 PM Daily Quiz – 28 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.

Q.1) Consider the following statements regarding Compulsary Licensing

1. Compulsory licensing is when a government allows someone else to produce the patented product or process with the consent of the patent owner.
2. The Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health confirms that countries are free to determine the grounds for granting compulsory licences.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both are correct
d) Neither 1 nor 2

Q.2) Which of the following is a European Country?

a)Azerbaijan
b) Ivory Coast
c) Cameroon
d) Guinea

Q.3) Special 301 Report was in news recently, it deals with

a) Report regarding possibilities of exit of U.K. from the European Union.
b) Indian Government report regarding undernourished women in India
c) Indian Government report to set up sex offenders registry
d) It is a report of those countries whose Intellectual property right regime (IPR) has negative impact on American products.

Q.4) Consider the following statements regarding sugarcane production (as per 2015)

1. Brazil is the largest producer of sugarcane in the world.
2. India is the 2nd largest producer of sugarcane in the world.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both are correct
d) Neither 1 nor 2

Q.5) Consider the following statements:

1. BMI is a person’s weight in kilograms (kg) multiplied by his or her height in meters squared.
2. BMI categorize that a person is underweight, normal weight, overweight, or obese based on that value.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both are correct
d) Neither 1 nor 2

Q.6) Consider the following statements regarding Infant Mortality rate:

1. Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.
2. India had not done well this year as compared to last year.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both are correct
d) Neither 1 nor 2

Q.7) Consider the following statement regarding sex offender’s registry:

1. It will include details of convicted sex offenders like their photograph,addresses, PAN card details, Aadhar card number, fingerprint details and DNA samples.
2. It will not include offender below 18 yrs of age.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both are correct
d) Neither 1 nor 2