The 10 PM Daily Quiz – 7 June, 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 pairs
1.Tunisia                    Timbaktu
2. USA                    Honolulu
3. Australia              Christmas Island

Which of the above are correctly matched?
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 1 and 3 only
c) 2 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3

Q.2) Consider the following statements regarding US Congress
1. The United States Congress is the lower house of the United States.
2. Members in the Senate are sent in accordance with the population of the State.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both are true
d) Neither is true

Q.3) Consider the following statements regarding powers of Election Commission under Representation of Peoples act (RoPA)
1. It empowers EC to cancel the polls in case of booth capturing.
2.  It empowers EC to cancel the polls if there is use of muscle power.
3. It empowers EC to cancel the polls if there is use of money power in elections.

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

Q.4) Article 324 in the Indian Constitution deals with
a) Union Public Service Commission
b) Election Commission
c) Administrative Tribunals
d) National Commission  for Scheduled Castes

Q.5) Schedule 12 deals in the Indian Constitution with:

a) Panchayats
b) Municipality
c) Contains provisions of disqualification of grounds of defection
d) Provisions for administration of Tribal Area in Asom, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram & Arunachal Pradesh

Q.6) Consider the following statements:

1. Now ships which commute from Indian ports are not required to pay a piracy related additional insurance premium.
2. Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) meeting in Mahe, India was chosen to co-chair the Working Group on improving maritime situational awareness in the region through consensus.

Select the correct statement using the codes given below:
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both are true
d) Neither is true

Q.7) Consider the following statements:

1. India has directly elected mayor.
2. India has directly elected president.

Select the correct statement using the codes given below:
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both are true
d) Neither is true

Q.8) Consider the following statements:

1. Switzerland has agreed to support India for membership of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).
2. Both India and Switzerland have agreed to cooperate on dealing with the menace of black money. A major chunk of black money find its way into the swiss banks.

Select the correct statement using the codes given below:
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both are true
d) Neither is true