Q1) Consider the following statements :
A) PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) and the Indian Yoga Association (IYA)
signed an MoU to promote cultural tourism in Krishna Circuit.
B) Twelve destinations have been identified for development under Krishna circuit.
C) Under Swadesh Darshan Scheme total thirteen thematic circuits have been identified for
development.
Options:
1) All are correct
2) A &B are correct
3) B & C are correct
4) A & C are correct
Twelve destinations have been identified for development under Krishna circuit namely
Dwarka (Gujarat), Nathdwara, Jaipur & Sikar (Rajasthan), Kurukshetra (Haryana), Mathura,
Vrindavan, Nandgaon, Gokul, Barsana, & Govardhan (Uttar Pradesh) and Puri (Odisha).
Q2) Consider the following statements :
A) Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) military drill will take place in Ural
mountains in Peru
B) It will be for the first time since Independence that India and Pakistan will both be
part of a military exercise together
C) India and Pakistan became members of SCO in 2017
Options:
1) All are correct
2) A & B are correct
3) B & C are correct
4) A& C are correct
China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan
Q3) Consider the following statements :
A) The Last village to be electrified under the Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana is Leisang village located in Senapati district in Mizoram.
B) According to the 2011 census, Leisang has 12 families with 65 people.
C) The deadline for DDUGJY was May 2018
Options:
1) All are correct
2) A & C are correct
3) B & C are correct
4) A & B are correct
Q4) Consider the following statements :
A) Sentinel-3b is a multipurpose satellite that will concentrate much of its work
over the oceans, monitoring their behaviour and health.
B) This is the seventh satellite the EU has lofted in its Copernicus programme.
C) Copernicus is the world’s largest single earth observation programme
Options:
1) All are correct
2) A & B are correct
3) A & C are correct
4) B & C are correct
This is now the seventh satellite the EU has lofted in its ambitious Copernicus programme, which seeks to put the biggest volume of Earth observation data ever acquired into
the hands of policymakers, scientists, businesses and the general public.
Q5) Consider the following statements :
A) The Great Barrier Reef is located on the western coast of Australia.
B) It was selected as a World Heritage Site in 1981
C) Australia pledged Aus $500 million in new funding to restore and protect the Great
Barrier Reef
Options:
1) All are correct
2) B & C are correct
3) A & B are correct
4) A & C are correct
The World Heritage-listed site, which attracts millions of tourists, is reeling from significant bouts of coral bleaching due to warming sea temperatures linked to climate change.
It is also under threat from the coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish, which has proliferated due to pollution and agricultural run-off. The predator starfish feeds on corals by spreading its
stomach over them and using digestive enzymes to liquefy tissue.
Q6) Consider the following statements :
A) Trapdoor matriarch that died recently was the world’s oldest spider
B) It died because of its old age
C) Trapdoor spiders traditionally have a lifespan between five to 20 years
Options:
1) A & C are correct
2) Only A is correct
3) Only C is correct
4) B & C are correct
The spider did not die of old age but was killed by a wasp sting
Q7) Consider the following statements :
A) Under Buddhist Circuit Buddhist spots in U.P., Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and A.P will
be developed.
B) Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies (CIHTS) was awarded with the Vaisakh Samman
Prasasti Patra.
C) Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies is a autonomous organisation under
Union Ministry of Culture.
Options:
1) All are correct
2) A & C are correct
3) B & C are correct
4) A & B are correct
CIHTS is a centrally funded institute that was started in 1967 following a discussion between Dalai Lama and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in the early 1960s. This was later turned into an autonomous body under the Ministry of Culture.
Q8) Consider the following statements according to PNG/LPG Sahay Yojana :
A) Madhya Pradesh is set to emerge as the first state to offer subsidized piped
natural gas (PNG) to poor households.
B) As per the scheme, the government will pay Rs 1,600 as one-time subsidy per
connection and Rs 1,725 as loan to customers opting for a new PNG connection.
C) A beneficiary will have to pay only Rs 118 to get a new connection and a
refundable security deposit of Rs50 per month for a period of 100 months.
Options:
1) All are correct
2) A & C are correct
3) B & C are correct
4) A & B are correct
Q9) Consider the following statements :
A. Blue Origin, the US aerospace company owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
B. New Shepard 2.0 spacecraft is the vehicle, named after Australian Pianist Roy
Shepard.
Options:
1) Both are correct
2) None is correct
3) A is correct
4) B is correct
10) Consider the following statements:
A) GRACE-FO, a collaborative mission of NASA and the German Research Centre for
Geosciences (GFZ).
B) Grace FO stands for Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On mission.
C) GRACE-FO, continues the work of the original GRACE mission in observing the
movement of water and other mass around our planet by tracking the changing pull
of gravity very precisely.
Options:
1) A & C are correct
2) Only B is correct
3) All are correct
4) A & C are correct
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