The 10 PM Daily Quiz – 3 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 posts are excluded from reservation?

1. Constitutional Posts
2. Armed Forces
3. Creamy Layer

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

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

Q.2) Consider the following statements regarding Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)

1. It is the primary judicial branch of the United Nations (UN).
2. The PCA is a permanent judiciary that assists temporary tribunals to resolve disputes among states (and similar entities).

Select the correct statement using the codes given below:

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

Q.3) Consider the following statements regarding World Trade Organisation (WTO)

1. It comes under the  Bretton Woods institutions.
2. Its headquarter is in Geneva, Switzerland.

Select the correct statement using the codes given below:

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

Q.4) Consider the statement:

1. Agreements involve cooperation between at least two countries to reduce trade barriers
2. If people are also free to move between the countries, in addition to FTA, it would also be considered an open border.

Select the correct statement using the codes given below:

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

Q.5) Consider the statements:

1. Role of PSU is to maintain competition in the sector and limit excessive monopoly.
2. Recently NITI aayog is of view that Financial return cannot be the sole reason for investing in PSUs. They have to serve social/strategic purposes

Select the correct statement using the codes given below:

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

Q.6) What is the current divestment policy?

a) Government has to retain majority shareholding, i.e., at least 51% and management control of the PSUs.
b) Government has to retain majority shareholding, i.e., at least 50% and management control of the PSUs.
c) Government has to retain majority shareholding, i.e., at least 49% and management control of the PSUs.
d) Government has to retain majority shareholding, i.e., at least 41% and management control of the PSUs.

Q.7) Consider the statements:

1. Supreme Court has set up a three-member committee, headed by former Chief Justice of India R.M. Lodha, to oversee the functioning of the Medical Council of India (MCI) for at least a year.
2. All policy decisions of the MCI will require suggestion of the Committee, but MCI is not bounded to implement those suggestions.

Select the correct statement using the codes given below:

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