MCQ for 24-january-2020-mcqs-test

With reference to the specialised supervisory and regulatory cadre (SSRC), consider the following statements:

1. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently decided to recruit 50% of the specialised supervisory and regulatory cadre (SSRC) from the market and the remaining 50% will be recruited via internal promotions.

2. It will comprise only officers in Grade B level.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI-2019), consider the following statements:

1. It was released by World Bank.

2. India’s ranking has slipped from 78 to 80 compared to the previous year.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A new snake eel species named Ophichthus kailashchandrai has been discovered recently from:

The song ‘Abide With Me’, recently seen in news, was written by:

With reference to the “Troll Patrol India: Exposing Online Abuse Faced by Women Politicians in India”, consider the following statements:

1. It was released by Amnesty International India.

2. Indian women politicians face substantially higher abuse on Twitter than their counterparts in the U.S. and the U.K.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the 2019 Democracy Index, consider the following statements:

1. It was released by the UNDP.

2. The Index categorises India under “flawed democracies”.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the Forum of the Election Management Bodies of South Asia (FEMBoSA), consider the following statements:

1. It was established at the 3rd Conference of Heads of Election Management Bodies of SAARC Countries held at New Delhi in 2012.

2. The Election Commission of India (ECI) is hosting the 10th Annual Meeting of the Forum of the Election Management Bodies of South Asia, FEMBoSA at New Delhi.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar, 2020, consider the following statements:

1. The award is announced every year on 23rd January, the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.

2. Disaster Mitigation & Management Centre, Uttarakhand (in the institution category) and Kumar Munnan Singh (Individual category) have been selected for the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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