Q1) Consider the following statements :
A) The Centre has set up a Defence Planning Committee (DPC) chaired by Nirmala
Sitharaman
B) The DPC would submit its draft reports to the Home Ministry according to given timeline.
C) The committee will also comprise, the foreign secretary, chairman of chiefs of staff
committee, the Army, Navy and Air Force chiefs and secretary (expenditure) in the
Finance Ministry
Options:
1) All are correct
2) Only C is correct
3) B & C are correct
4) Only B is correct
Q2) Consider the following statements :
A) Gram Swaraj Abhiyan was undertaken under the name of “Sabka Sath, Sabka
Gaon, Sabka Vikas.
B) Gram Swaraj Abhiyan was launched from Bijapur in Chhattisgarh
C) Gram Swaraj Abhiyan was started in on Gandhi Jayanti
Options:
1) All are correct
2) B & C are correct
3) A & C are correct
4) A is correct
Q3) Consider the following statements :
A) Uniform road tax will end the practice of people registering their vehicles in
low-tax states and using them in other states.
B) Public transport in the country is growing annually at a rate of just about 2%,
as against a 20% annual growth in private transport.
Options
A) Only A is correct
B) Only B is correct
C) Both A & B are correct
D) None is correct
Q4) Consider the following statements :
A) A transit occurs when a planet passes in front of its star from the observer’s
perspective, causing a periodic and regular dip in the star’s brightness.
B) TESS stands for Transiting Exoplanet Satellite Survey
C) The two-year survey mission has been launched by European Space Agency.
Options:
1) Only B is correct
2) Only A is correct
3) A & B are correct
4) A & C are correct
Q5) Consider the following statements as per the new draft Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ)
Notification, 2018 :
A) A No Development Zone (NDZ) of 20 meters has been proposed to be stipulated for all
Islands close to the main land coast and for all Backwater Islands in the main land.
B) CRZ limits on land along the tidal influenced water bodies has been proposed to be
reduced from 100 meters or the width of the creek, whichever is less, to 50 meters or the
width of the creek, whichever is less.
Options:
1) Both are correct
2) Only B is correct
3) Only A is correct
4) None is correct
Q6) Consider the following statements :
A) State of Uttarakhand was conferred the award for the Most Film
Friendly State for its efforts towards easing filming in the State
B) All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi was felicitated
with the Kayakalp Award 2018
Options:
1) Both A & B are correct
2) Only B is correct
3) None is correct
4) Only A is correct
Q7) Consider the following statements :
A) 11th Civil Services Day focused on ‘Evolving Strategies for Transforming Aspirational
Districts’.
B) Civil Services day is observed every year on 19th April
C) This date is chosen to commemorate the day when first PM Minister of Independent India
Shri Jawahar Lal Nehru addressed the probationers of Administrative Services Officers in
1947 at Metcalf House, Delhi.
Options:
1) All are correct
2) Only C is correct
3) A & B are correct
4) None is correct
Q8) Consider the following statements :
A) Viral hepatitis is a widespread infectious disease normally caused by the hepatitis
viruses A, B, C, D and E.
B) THE GOVERNMENT HAS LAUNCHED RS 500-CR ACTION PLAN FOR VIRAL HEPATISIS
C) India can only eradicate hepatitis by 2080 (as against global goal of 2030) if they
start acting now.
Options:
1) A &C are correct
2) A & C are correct
3) B & C are correct
4) All are correct
Q9) Consider the following statements :
A) The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs is nodal ministry for the e-Vidhan project.
B) Madhya Pradesh became the first state in the country to implement e-Vidhan as a
pilot project.
Options:
1) Only B is correct
2) Both are correct
3) Only A is correct
4) None is correct
Q10) Consider the following statements :
A. Mutual Agreement Procedure is an alternative available to taxpayers to resolve
disputes giving rise to double taxation, whether juridical or economic in nature.
B. Under the MAP system, settling an issue between two countries means closing
all pending tax proceedings as well.
C. Finland-headquartered Nokia has invoked the mutual agreement procedure
(MAP) under the India-Finland Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement.
Options:
1) A & C are correct
2) B &C are correct
3) None is correct
4) All are correct