MCQ for 27-march-2020-mcqs-test

With reference to the short selling, consider the following statements:

1. It refers to a strategy by which traders bet on a decline in prices and try to profit at a time when the markets are falling.

2. The Indian capital market regulator has imposed some curbs on short- selling, starting this week to curb the ongoing volatility and equity sell-off in the stock market.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following services have been excluded under the recent Telemedicine guidelines issued by the health ministry?

1. Use of digital technology to conduct surgical or invasive procedures remotely

2. Specifications for hardware or software, infrastructure building & maintenance

3. Does not provide for consultations outside the jurisdiction of India

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Who was Floyd Cardoz, recently seen in news?

With reference to the National Statistics Office (NSO) report titled ‘Drinking Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Housing Condition’ published in November 2019, consider the following statements:

1. According to the survey, while members of most households (99 per cent) wash their hands before a meal, only those in 35.8 per cent households do so with “water and soap/detergent”.

2. The percentage of households whose members practise hand washing ‘with water and soap/detergent’ before a meal was found to be lowest in Jharkhand (10.6 per cent) and the highest in Sikkim (87.1 per cent).

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the World Happiness Report 2020, consider the following statements:

1. Finland is the world’s happiest country according to the World Happiness Report 2020.

2. It was released by the World Economic Forum (WEF).

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Stafford Act, recently seen in news, is related to which of the following country?

With reference to the Payment Aggregators (PAs), consider the following statements:

1. They are entities that facilitate e-commerce sites and merchants in accepting payment instruments from the customers for completion of their payment obligations.

2. A Payment Aggregator should be a company incorporated in India under the Companies Act, 1956 / 2013.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Bhilwara is considered the hub of textile manufacturing in which of the following states?

With reference to the Project ‘Isaac’, consider the following statements:

1. It has been launched by Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (IITGN).

2. Project Isaac is a model for academic institutions worldwide to explore ways to engage students in the midst of the pandemic.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. He is credited with publishing the complete text of Kannassa Ramayanam, the first complete Ramayana in Malayalam, with notes and interpretations.

2. His most important scholarly work is Kerala Charithrathinte Adisthana Rekhakal (The basic documents of the history of Kerala).

3. His efforts resulted in Malayalam getting recognised as a classical language by the Union government in 2013.

Above statements are about which of the following person?