Q1) Consider the following statements :
A.The Hague Convention applies only to children under the age of 16.
B.Justice Rajesh Bindal Committee was set up to prepare a report on the
issue of inter-country parental child abduction.
Options:
1) Both are correct
2) A is correct
3) B is correct
4) None is correct
Q2) Consider the following statements :
A) The Haryana government along with WWF-India conducted the first
organised census on Indus Dolphins.
B) Indus River dolphin has been named as the national mammal of
Pakistan.
Options:
1) Both are correct
2) A is correct
3) B is correct
4) None is correct
Found only in India and Pakistan, the Indus dolphins are confined to only a 185 km stretch
between Talwara and Harike Barrage in India’s Beas river in Punjab.
A blind species that communicates through echo like bats do
Q3) Consider the following statements :
A) Brown Peach Aphid is an insect that attacks temperate fruit trees.
B) Aphids feed on the saps of plants, attacking plant tissues that transport
food to all different plant parts
C) Recently Brown peach aphid has been recorded for the first time in
Kashmir
Options:
1) A & C are correct
2) B & C are correct
3) All are correct
4) A & B are correct
Q4) Consider the following statements :
A) InSight stands for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy
and Heat Transport was launched through Atlas V 401 rocket.
B) NASA’s InSight lander is the first mission dedicated to exploring the deep
interior of Mars
Options:
1) Both are correct
2) A is correct
3) B is correct
4) None is correct
InSight’s primary objective is to study the earliest evolutionary history of the processes that
shaped Mars. By studying the size, thickness, density and overall structure of
Mars’ core, mantle and crust, as well as the rate at which heat escapes from the planet’s interior.
Q5) Consider the following statements :
A)China launched a new communication satellite APSTAR6C
B)The satellite will provide high power transponder
services to customers across the Asia-Pacific region.
Options:
1) Both are correct
2)A is correct
3) B is correct
4)None is correct
Q6) Consider the following statements :
A) GravityRAT, is a malware, equipped with anti-malware evasion
capabilites, allegedly designed by Russian hackers.
B) CERT-In is the nodal agency to deal with cyber security threats like hacking and
phishing.
C) Sandboxing is a technique to isolate malware from critical programs on
infected devices and provide an extra layer of security.
Options:
1) All are correct
2) B & C are correct
3) A & B are correct
4) A & C are correct
The ‘RAT’ in its name stands for Remote Access Trojan Indian Computer Emergency Response Team, CERT-In.
Q7) 100 additional One Stop Centres have been approved in which of the
following the States, by Ministry of Women and Child Development
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Mizoram
C) Tripura
D) Tamil Nadu
Options:
1) A, B, C & D
2) A, C & D
3) A, B & D
4) B , C & D
One Stop Centers have been approved in the States of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya
Pradesh, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh.
The purpose of these OSCs is to facilitate integrated services for women affected with violence such as police assistance, medical aid, psycho-social counselling, legal aid/counselling, temporary stay for 5 days etc. such that aggrieved women can avail services under one roof.
Q8) Consider the following statements as per the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016
A) The Bill amends the Citizenship Act, 1955 to make illegal migrants who are Hindus, Sikhs,
Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, eligible
for citizenship.
B) The Bill relaxes the minimum years of residency of 11 years to 6 years for persons
belonging to the same six religions and three countries.
C) Assam Accord of 1985 prescribes deportation for everyone who entered the state illegally
after the midnight of March 24, 1971.
Options:
1) A & C are correct
2) B & C are correct
3) A & B are correct
4) All are correct
Q9) Consider the following statements :
A) The Government of India signed a loan deal worth $ 100 million with the World
Bank for the POSHAN Abhiyaan.
B) POSHAN stands for PM’s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment
C) Government of India has a goal of reducing stunting in children 0-6 years of age
from 38.4% to 25% by the year 2025
Options:
1) Only B is correct
2) A & C are correct
3) B & C are correct
4) A & B are correct
The loan approved today will support the first phase scale up to 315 districts across all states
and union territories (UTs).
The POSHAN (PM’s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment) Abhiyaan was launched by the Prime Minister on 8thMarch 2018 at Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan.
Annual targets set under POSHAN Abhiyaan beginning 2017-18 are as under
Q10) Consider the following statements :
A) Through Van Dhan Vikas Kendras initiative, the share of tribals in the value chain
of Non-Timber Forest Produce is expected to rise from the present 20% to
around 60%.
B) The first multipurpose “Van Dhan Vikas Kendra” on pilot basis was established
in Mandla District of Madhya Pradesh.
C) India has the second largest tribal population in the world, the first being Africa.
Options:
1) All are correct
2) A & C are correct
3) B & C are correct
4) A & B are correct
This Kendra to start with will have processing facility for Tamarind brick making, Mahua flower storage facility and chironjee cleaning and packaging.
About 3000 such Van Dhan Kendras are proposed to be set up in two years in the forested Tribal Districts of the country.To begin with, this initiative is proposed to be taken up on priority in the 39 Districts with more than 50% tribal population and to then gradually be expanded to other Tribal Districts in India.
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