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Q1) Consider the following statements about The Meghalayan Phase
A)The Meghalayan Age began with a mega scale floods that devastated ancient agricultural civilisations
B)It is part of a longer period known as the Holocene Epoch
C)It is called Meghalayan phase after a stalactite from a cave in the Ind Stalactite Stalagmite
Q2) Consider the following statements about No confidence motion
1. There is no mention of a No-Confidence Motion in the Constitution of India Article 118 of the Constitution permits each house of Parliament to make its own rules for conduct of business. Rule 198 of the Lok Sabha specifies the procedure for a motion of no-confidence. Any member may give a written notice; the speaker shall read the motion of no-confidence in the House and ask all those persons to rise who favour that the motion be taken up. If there are 50 MPs in favour, the speaker allots a date for discussing the motion
Q3) With reference to ‘Changpa’ community of India, consider the following statement :
1.They live mainly in the State of Uttarakhand.
2.They rear the Pashmina goats that yield a fine wool.
3.They are kept in the category of Scheduled Tribes.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Q4) Consider the following rivers:
1. Barak
2. Lohit
3. Subansiri
Which of the above flows / flow through Arunachal Pradesh?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Q5) Consider the following statements about Samagra Shiksha scheme
A)The programme was introduced in the Union Budget 2018-19
B)This scheme subsumes the three erstwhile Centrally Sponsored Schemes of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE)
C)It is a programme for school education extendin
Q6) Consider the following grants
A)Annual library grant
B)School dress grant
C)Books grant
Which of these grants are given to schools under ‘Padhe Bharat- Badhe Bharat’ initiative of MHRD
Options :
1)Only C
2)A & B
3)Only A
4)A,B and C
Q7) Consider the following statements about Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2013
A)The Bill seeks to amend the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
B)A person who is compelled to give a bribe will not be charged with the offence if he reports the matter to law enforcement authorities within seven days
C)There is a time limit set up for trial of cases
Options :
1)Only B is correct
2)Only A is correct
3)Only C is correct
4)All are correct
Q8) Consider the following statements about the Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill
A)The Bill can only be used for economic offences over Rs 1 crore
B)The Bill gives the right to the government to confiscate the property of economic offenders
C)The Bill defines the economic offenders as those against whom a legal warrant has been issued, but they refuse to adhere to the summons of the legal authorities.
Options :
1) Only B is correct
2) Only A is correct
3) Only B and C are correct
4) All are correct
Q9) Consider the following statements :
a. Denotified tribes are all those communities notified under the Criminal Tribes Acts enforced during British Rule, whereby entire populations were branded criminals by birth
b. The Nomadic tribes are the ones who maintain constant geographical mobility
c. Semi-nomads are those who are on the move but return to a fixed habitation once a year
Options :
1) A & B are correct
2) B & C are correct
3) Only B is correct
4) All are correct
Q10) Consider the following statements about Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana
a. The interest rate is kept constant for a particular financial year
b. The minimum annual deposit is 1000 rupees
c. The Maximum annual deposit is 1.5 Lakh rupees
d. Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana account can be opened in any post office
Options :
1) A & B are correct
2) C & D are correct
3) Only B is correct
4) All are correct