Q1) Consider the following statements :
A) National Culture Fund (NCF) was set up as a Trust under the
Charitable Endowment Act, 1890 on 28thNovember, 1996.
B) The National Culture Fund is managed and administered by a council headed by Culture Minister.
Options:
1) Both are correct
2) A is correct
3) B is correct
4) None is correct
Q2) Which of the following monuments / historical sites in North Eastern
States identified for listing under World Heritage Site:
A) Thembang Fortified Village
B) Namdapha National Park
C) Apatani Cultural Landscape
D) Nanda Devi National Park
Options :
1) All are correct
2) A, C & D are correct
3) A, B & C are correct
4) A, B & D are correct
• Apatani Cultural Landscape, Arunachal Pradesh
• Iconic Saree Weaving Clusters of India
• Moidams – the Mound – Burial System of the Ahom Dynasty, Assam
• Namdapha National Park, Arunachal Pradesh
• River Island of Majuli in midstream of Brahmaputra River in Assam
• Thembang Fortified Village, Arunachal Pradesh
Q3) Consider the following statements as per Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
(PMFBY)
A) For Rabi crops, the farmer’s part of premium is 2 % of the sum assured.
B) Claims are settled on the basis of yield loss assessed at the end of the season.
C) States are now allowed to set up their crop insurance firms to execute PMFBY
Options :
1) All are correct
2) A & C are correct
3) A & B are correct
4) B & C are correct
Launched in April 2016 , PMFBY provides comprehensive crop insurance from pre-sowing to post harvest against non preventable natural risks at extremely low premium rate of
2% for kharif crops, 1.5% for rabi crops, 5% for horticulture and commercial crops.
Food Crops (Wheat, Maize, Rice, Millet’s and Pulses etc.) Cash Crops (Sugarcane, Tobacco, Cotton, Jute and Oil seeds etc.)
Plantation Crops (Coffee, Coconut, Tea, and Rubber etc.) Horticulture crops (Fruits and Vegetables) The balance premium is paid equally by the center and state. laims are settled on the basis of yield loss assessed at the end of the season.
During the 2017-18 crop year (July-June), 4.79 crore farmers have been covered under PMFBY
and the government is in the process of assessing the claims.
Q4) Consider the following statements :
A) Researchers have found a new plant species classified as a sedge, the grass-like plant has been named Fimbristylis agasthyamalaensis.
B) The species was found on Podium hills within the Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve in Eastern Ghats Options :
1) Both are correct
2) Only B is correct
3) Only A is correct
4) None is correct
Q5) Consider the following statements :
A) NASA has discovered an enormous blue star nicknamed “Andromeda”,
the farthest individual star ever seen
B) It takes nine billion years for Icarus’ light to reach Earth
C) A supernova is the explosion of a star — the largest explosion that takes
place in space.
Options:
1) A & C are correct
2) All are correct
3) A & B are correct
4) B & C are correct
Q6) As per the Protection of Human Rights (Amendments) Bill, 2018, which of the following
statements is/ are correct :
A) It will Amendment the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1990.
B) It proposes to add a woman Member in the composition of the Commission.
C) It proposes to include “National Commission for Protection of Child Rights” as deemed
Member of the Commission.
D) It proposes to incorporate a mechanism to look after the cases of human rights violation in
the Union Territories.
Options:
1) All are correct
2) A, C & D are correct
3) B, C & D are correct
4) A, B & C are correct
Q7) Consider the following statements :
A) Second lead-up Conference to 3rd Annual Meeting of Asian
Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on ‘Enhancing Port and
Coastal Infrastructure’ held in Beijing.
B) There are 64 members and 20 prospective members in AIIB
Options:
1) Both are correct
2) Only A
3) Only B
4) Neither A nor B is correct
Q8) According to a report by security solutions provider Symantec.
Consider the following statements:
A)India emerged as the second most vulnerable country in terms of risk of
cyber threats in 2017
B)Cryptojacking is a form of cyber attack in which a hacker hijacks a target’s
processing power in order to mine cryptocurrency on the hacker’s behalf.
Options:
1) Both are correct
2) A is correct
3) B is correct
4) None is correct
In 2017, 5.09% of global threats detected were in India, slightly less than 5.11% in 2016. The U.S. (26.61%) was most vulnerable to such attacks, followed by China (10.95%), according to ‘Internet Security Threat Report’.
The global threat ranking is based on eight metrics — malware, spam, phishing, bots, network attacks, web attacks, ransomware and cryptographers.
As per the report, India continues to be second most impacted by spam and bots, third most impacted by network attacks, and fourth most impacted by ransomware.
Q9) Consider the following statements:
A) Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Mid Term Ministerial Conference was held in
New Delhi.
B) The actions of the founding fathers of the Non-Aligned Movement were
known as The Initiative of Five’.
Options:
1) All are correct
2) Only A is correct
3) Only B is correct
4) None is correct
The NAM Mid-Term Ministerial Conference will be held in Baku on 5-6 April under the theme of “Promoting international peace and security for sustainable development”.
The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a group of states that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. As of 2012, the movement has 120 members.
It was established in 1961 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. An initiative of Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito led to the first Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries
The term non-aligned movement appears first in the fifth conference in 1976, where participating countries are denoted as members of the movement.
The founding fathers of the Non-Aligned Movement were Josip Broz Tito of Socialist Yugoslavia, Jawaharlal Nehru of India, Sukarno of Indonesia, Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt and Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana. Their actions were known as ‘The Initiative of Five’.
Q10) Consider the following statements :
A) Currently, there are 11 National Company Law Tribunal(NCLT)
benches in different parts of the country
B) The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) is a quasi-judicial body in
India that adjudicates issues relating to Indian companies
Options:
1) A & C are correct
2) B & C are correct
3) A & B are correct
4) All are correct
The NCLT was established under the Companies Act 2013 and was constituted on 1 June 2016 by the Modi government. Decisions of the NCLT may be appealed to the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT).
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