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Q1) Consider the following statements :
A) All the BRICS countries are members of the Asian Infrastructure
Investment Bank (AIIB)
B) China’s finance minister is the ex-officio president of AIIB
C) Bharatmala project is designed to provide rapid connectivity
through a string of ports and across 14 Coastal Economic Zones.
D) India was the largest recipient of funds from AIIB in 2017
Options:
1) A&B are correct
2) B&C are correct
3) Only B is correct
4) A&D are correct
Q2) CAMPA is related to what ?
A) Compensatory afforestation
B) Wildlife Conservation
C) illegal wildlife trade prevention
D) Import/Export of non-timber forest produce
Compensatory Afforestation
The simple principle at work here is that since
forests are an important natural resource and
render a variety of ecological services, they must
not be destroyed. However, because of
developmental or industrial requirements, forests
are routinely cut, or, as it is said in official
language, “diverted for non-forest purposes”. In
such cases, the Forest (Conservation) Act of 1980
requires that non-forest land, equal to the size of
the forest being “diverted”, is afforested.
But since afforested land does not become a forest overnight,
there is still a loss of the goods and services that the diverted
forest would have provided in the interim period. These goods
and services include timber, bamboo, fuelwood, carbon
sequestration, soil conservation, water recharge, and seed
dispersal.
Afforested land is expected to take no less than 50 years to start
delivering comparable goods and services. To compensate for the
loss in the interim, the law requires that the Net Present Value
(NPV) of the diverted forest is calculated for a period of 50 years,
and recovered from the “user agency” that is “diverting” the
forests.
“User agencies”, which are often private parties, are not expected
to undertake afforestation work themselves. This work has to be
done by the state government. But the entire expenditure to be
incurred on creating this new ‘forest’, including purchase of land
for the purpose, has to be borne by the user. The state
government eventually has to transfer this land to the forest
department for maintenance and management.
Thus, if any user agency wants to divert forest land for non-forest
purposes, it has to deposit money for compensatory afforestation
as well as pay the NPV, besides a few other charges.
Q3) Consider the following statements w.r.t. Silent Valley forests :
A)They are located in the Bodi West Hills of the Western
Ghats.
B)Because of absence of tree crickets, it is known as silent
valley
C)They are example of tropical forests in India
Options:
1) All are correct
2) B & C are correct
3) A &C are correct
4) A & B are correct
Q4) Consider the following statements w.r.t Moraines
A)They are made up of the pieces of rocks that are
shattered by frost action, imbedded in the glaciers
and brought down the valley.
B)When two glaciers converge, their inside lateral
moraines unite to form Medial Moraine.
Options:
1) Both are correct
2) None is correct
3) Only A is correct
4) Only B is correct

Q5) Consider the statements w. r. t Poshan Abhiyaan :
A)All 36 States/UTs and 718 districts will be covered
by the year 2020.
B)The target of the mission is to bring down stunting
among children from 38.4% to 25% by 2022.
Options:
1) Only A is correct
2) Only B is correct
3) Both are correct
4) None is correct
Q6) Consider the following statements is true regarding NFHS 2015-16
A)Every third tribal child suffers from growth
restricting malnutrition due to chronic hunger.
B)The underweight rate among children under five
years, has remained static in the last 10 years
C)Bangladesh and Afghanistan have worse
underweight rate than India among children under
five years
Options :
1) All are correct
2) A & B are correct
3) B & C are correct
4) A & C are correct
Stunting(less height for age), wasting(low weight for age,height)
A comparison of nutrition indicators for children under five
years, using the third and fourth rounds of the National
Family Health Survey (NFHS) 2015–2016 and 2005-06, shows
this: though stunting has declined from 46.3% to 34.4%,
wasting rates have increased from 16.5% to 25.6%. Further,
the underweight rate (36%) has remained static in the last 10 years.
Q7) Jugalbandi, a competitive play between the dancer and tabla player is related
to which classical dance form ?
A)Mohiniattam
B)Kuchipudi
C)Odissi
D)Kathak
Q8) The President can call a joint sitting of both the houses in which of the following
conditions :
A)If the Bill is rejected by the other House
B)If the Houses have finally disagreed as to the
amendments to be made in the Bill
C)If more than six months have elapsed from the date
of receipt of the bill by the other House without the
bill being passed by it .
Options:
1) A & C
2) B & C
3) A, B & C
4) A & B

Q9) Look at the map
and locate the red
pinned area.
A)Baltic Sea
B)White Sea
C)Yellow Sea
D)Laptev Sea
Q10) Which African country is this –
A)It is known as Giant of Africa
B)It celebrates its Democracy Day on June 12
C)It has the third-largest youth population in the
world, after India and China
Options:
1) Morocco
2) Senegal
3) Nigeria
4) Ivory coast
Q11) Consider the following statements :
A)BCG vaccine protects against TB
B)In Bacillus Calmette–Guerin (BCG), the words
Calmette and Guerin represent strains of
bacteria causing TB
C)Type-2 diabetes is an autoimmune illness in
which insulin-secreting pancreatic cells are
destroyed by the body’s own immune system.
Options :
1) A & C are correct
2) Only A is correct
3) B & C are correct
4) A, B & C are correct
Q12) Which of the following is correct about 2+2 talks between India and the US ?
A)2+2 represent foreign and defence ministers of
India & US
B)National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA) for
2019 is passed by America under CAATSA for
countries having significant defence relations
with Iran
Options :
1) None is correct
2) Only A is correct
3) Only B is correct
4) Both are correct