The 10 PM Daily Quiz – 31 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) Consider the two statements:

Statement I: The government has come up with a smartphone policy for officials dealing with sensitive information.

Statement II: Pakistan Intelligence Agencies were spying on Indian Security Forces by sending malwares in mobile apps.

Examine the two statement carefully and answer using the code given below:

a) Both the statements are individually true and the statement II is the reason for statement I.
b) Both the statements are individually true and the statement II is not the reason for statement I.
c) Statement I is true.
d) Statement II is true.

Q.2) Consider the following statements regarding India’s global competitiveness rank:

1. It rose to 41 from 44th a year ago.
2. This is due to significant improvement in exchange rate stability, fiscal deficit management and efforts to tackle corruption and red tape.

Select the correct statement using the codes given below:

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

Q.3) Consider the following statements regarding Maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT):

1. It is the most common lethal consequences of unclean deliveries and umbilical cord care practices.
2. India had eradicated maternal and neonatal tetanus in 2015.  
3. According to WHO MNT can be eliminated (defined as less than one case of neonatal tetanus per 1000 live births in every district).

Select the correct statement using the codes given below:

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

Q.4) Which of the following is not an African country?

a) Liberia
b) Cameroon
c) Armenia
d) Benin

Q.5) Consider the following statements about U.N. International Day of Peacekeepers

1. It is observed on May 30 of every year.
2. The first U.N. peacekeeping mission was established before the independence of India.
   

Select the correct statement using the codes given below:

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

Q.6) Which of the following neighbours of India has been given the dialogue partners in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation?

1. Bhutan
2. Bangladesh
3. Sri Lanka
4. Nepal
   

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

Q.7) Which of the following type of loan is not covered by MUDRA scheme?

a) Shishu
b) Tarun
c) Vridhavastha
d) Kishore