MCQ for current-affairs-test-july-2021

Consider the following statements about Negotiated Dealing System-Order Matching (NDS-OM):

1. NDS-OM is a trading platform operated by SEBI.

2. NDS-OM can only be used to purchase government securities in the primary market.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding Cabinet Committees:

1. Cabinet Committees are only headed by the Prime Minister.

2. Non-cabinet ministers can become members of Cabinet Committees.

3. Cabinet Committees derive their origin from the Constitution.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about Tribunals:

1. Tribunals follow principles of natural justice.

2. Minimum age for becoming a member of the tribunal is 50 years.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements in context to the Bharat Net project of the Government of India:

1. Bharat Net project was conceived in 2015 as a newer, updated and upgraded version of the National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN).

2. It aims to provide broadband connectivity to all the 2,50,000 Gram panchayats in the country.

3. The project is being implemented by a private agency - Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL), which was incorporated in 2012.

Which of the following statement/s is/are correct?

Which of the following statements in the context of Lightning is/are incorrect?

1. Cumulonimbus clouds are the only clouds that do not produce lightning.

2. Copper is used in lighting conductors installed in buildings.

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Consider the following statements in context to the Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE):

1. Initiated in 2012-13 by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, UDISE is one of the largest Management Information Systems on School Education.

2. UDISE+ is an updated and improved version of UDISE, developed in the year 2018-19, with online data collection from the higher education institutions apart from schools.

Which of the following statement/s is/are correct?

Consider the following statements in context to the Priority Sector Lending (PSL) under Reserve Bank of India (RBI) guidelines:

1. PSL is an important role given by the RBI to the banks for providing a specified portion of the bank lending to few specific sectors for an all-round development of the economy.

2. Priority sector guidelines lay down a preferential rate of interest for priority sector loans.

3. Regional rural banks (RRBs) and small finance banks (SFBs) are exempted from lending under the PSL guidelines.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements in context to the Istanbul Convention:

1. The convention is the first legally-binding instrument that creates a framework to combat violence against women.

2. Turkey was the first country to ratify the convention and the first and only country to withdraw from the convention recently.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

Consider the following body parts or features of an automobile:

1. Power train

2. Infotainment

3. Chassis

4. Body

5. Networking

Semiconductor chips have applications in which of the above?

NIPUN Bharat, recently in news, is:

Consider the following statements in context to Governor - the constitutional head of each of the states in the Republic of India:

1. The Governor shall be entitled to such emoluments, allowances and privileges as may be determined by the President of India.

2. Where the same person is appointed as Governor of two or more States, the emoluments and allowances shall be allocated among the States in such proportion as the Parliament by law may determine.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements in context to the Cooperatives in India:

1. Unlike agriculture, Cooperation is in the Concurrent List of the Schedule VII of the Constitution of Indian.

2. The Parliament of India in order to address the problem faced by the Cooperatives in India introduced the 97th Amendment to the Constitution of India for the democratic control and professional management of the Co-operative societies.

3. There is no separate Ministry for strengthening the administrative, legal and policy framework of the Cooperative movement in the country.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements in context to the Union Council of Ministers in the Indian political system:

1. As per the 93rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 2001, the number of Ministers cannot be more than 15% of the total membership of the Lok Sabha.

2. The Council of Ministers is the real executive and almost all executive powers of the President of India are really used by the Council of Ministers.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements in context to the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB):

1. It is a subordinate office of the Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India, established in 1970.

2. An Expert Committee chaired by Dr. Mihir Shah recommended restructuring CGWB into a unified National Water Commission (NWC), after merging it with the Central Water Commission (CWC).

3. The latest assessment of dynamic groundwater resources in the country (by CGWC) shows reduction in ground water as a natural reserve in 2020 compared to 2017.

Which of the following statement/s is/are correct?

Consider the following statements in context to the Capital Gains Tax in India:

1. Capital gain can be defined as any profit that is received through the sale of a capital asset and a tax on the income that is received in the form of profit is capital gains tax.

2. Under the Income Tax Act, 1961, capital gains tax in India need not be paid in case the individual sells the property which he or she inherits.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements in context to the Office of Speaker and Deputy Speaker in the Lok Sabha of Parliament of India:

1. The Constitution of India makes it mandatory for Lok Sabha to choose two of its members to be Speaker and Deputy Speaker.

2. The Constitution has specified time limit for electing these officers and also specifies the process for their elections.

3. The President of India sets a date for the election of the Speaker of Lok Sabha and the Speaker decides the date for the election of the Deputy Speaker.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements in context to the national and international efforts for conserving the species of Elephants:

1. Since 1986, the Asian elephant has been listed as Vulnerable on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List.

2. The Indian elephant is included in Schedule I of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 and in Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna (CITES).

3. The Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) programme is an international collaboration established by the CITES in 1997 to measure the levels, trends and causes of elephant mortality.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements in context to the concept of writing-off a loan in Indian banking system:

1. A loan write-off is a tool used by banks to clean up their balance-sheets and sets free the money parked by the banks for the provisioning of any loan, which is now available to the banks for business.

2. Writing off a loan is quite similar to loan waiver as banks will completely give up on loans written-off and no recovery will be made.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements in context to the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA):

1. It is a statutory body under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of India, constituted under enabling provisions of the Environment Protection Act, 1986.

2. The Prime Minister of India is the chairman of the authority and the Minister in charge of the Ministry of Environment and Forests is the vice-chairman.

3. It lays down guidelines under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, to deal with orphaned or abandoned tiger cubs.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements in context to India’s fight against drug abuse:

1. The National Policy on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances is based on Article 47 of the Indian Constitution, directing the State to endeavor to bring about prohibition of the consumption of intoxicating drugs injurious to health.

2. Under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, the Government of India constituted the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) as the apex coordinating agency prohibiting drug abuse.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements in context to the Meteorites, a rock that fall on earth from space:

1. All the meteorites are fragments of asteroids that broke apart long ago in the asteroid belt, located between Mars and Jupiter.

2. By studying meteorites, details about how our solar system evolved into the Sun and planets of today and how meteorite impacts could affect our future can be found out.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements in context to the National Export Insurance Account (NEIA):

1. For the protection of Indian exporters, NEIA was introduced in the year 2011.

2. It was introduced by the Export Import (EXIM) Bank of India.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements in context to the Independent Directors defined by the Companies Act, 2013:

1. Independent Directors are non-official directors who are neither involved in the daily functioning of companies nor in policy making and planning.

2. Every listed public company shall have a maximum one-third of the total number of directors as Independent Directors.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements in the context of Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD):

1. OECD is a group of 37 member countries.

2. Cayman Islands is listed on the “Black List” of OECD.

3. Headquarters of OECD is located in Paris.

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Consider the following statements about Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI):

1. SEBI is a constitutional body.

2. SEBI functions under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Finance.

Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect?

Which of the following statements in the context of Small and Medium sized Company (SMC) is/are correct?

1. An SMC is a company which has an annual turnover of Rs. 50 crore or less.

2. A Financial Institution cannot be registered as an SMC.

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Consider the following statements about Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay:

1. He founded a monthly literary magazine titled ‘Bangadarshan’.

2. Anandamath, political novel written by Chattopadhyay, was primarily about the Santhal rebellion of 1855.

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Which of the following pairs of India’s missile systems and their features is/are correctly matched?

1. Nag: Anti-tank missile

2. Akash: Air-to-air missile

3. Prithvi: Surface-to-surface missile

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Consider the following statements:

1. Malaria is caused by single-celled bacteria.

2. India has become the latest country to be certified as “Malaria-free” by the WHO.

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Consider the following statements about Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI), 2020:

1. The Global Cybersecurity Index is developed by the World Intellectual Property Organization.

2. GCI assessment is done on the basis of performance on five parameters of cyber-security including legal measures, technical measures, organisational measures, capacity development, and cooperation.

3. As per the GCI 2020, Japan is ranked 1st in terms of cybersecurity.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following statements in the context of UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is/are correct?

1. India has not ratified the CRC.

2. CRC is the most widely ratified human rights treaty in the world.

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Which of the following statements in the context of National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) is/are correct?

1. NPCI was set up by an executive order of the Government of India.

2. NPCI functions under the provisions of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007.

3. RuPay service is provided by the NPCI.

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Which of the following statements in the context of Doha Agreement (2020) is/are correct?

1. Doha Agreement (2020) is a part of talks to bring peace in Afghanistan.

2. Afghanistan government and the Taliban were the two parties that signed the agreement.

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Arrange the following geographical locations, from west to east:

Which of the following statements in the context of National Board for Wildlife is/are correct?

1. National Board for Wildlife is an executive body.

2. Prime Minister is the chairman of the Board.

3. The Board is advisory in nature.

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Which of the following statements in the context of National Ganga Council is/are correct?

1. National Ganga Council is a statutory body.

2. The Council is chaired by the Prime Minister.

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Which of the following pairs of Mars missions and their country/region of origin is/are correctly matched?

1. Perseverance Mission : USA

2. Tianwen-1 Mission : China

3. Hope Mission : European Space Agency

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Which of the following statements in the context of Quality Council of India (QCI) is/are correct?

1. Prime Minister is the ex-officio chairman of the Council.

2. Ministry of Consumer Affairs is the nodal ministry for the Council.

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Which of the following statements in the context of Gram Sabha are correct?

1. Gram Sabha consists of all persons whose names are included in the electoral rolls for the Panchayat at the village level.

2. Gram Sabha has the right to decide on which minor forest produce should be collected.

3. The term ‘Gram Sabha’ is not mentioned in the Constitution of India.

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Which of the following statements in the context of Krishna River is/are correct?

1. Krishna River is the largest east-flowing river in the Peninsula.

2. The river originates near Mahabaleshwar.

3. Tungabhadra is a right-bank tributary of Krishna.

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Which of the following pairs of Gravitational-wave detectors and their physical locations is/are correctly matched?

1. LIGO detector : USA

2. VIRGO detector : Italy

3. Kangra detector : India

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Consider the following statements about UDAN scheme:

1. UDAN is completely funded by the Central Government.

2. Water aerodromes also come under the ambit of UDAN.

Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect?

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Which of the following statements in the context of suborbital flight is/are correct?

1. A suborbital flight places a spacecraft in orbit for not more than one full orbit of the planet.

2. A suborbital flight requires much lower speeds compared to orbital flight.

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Which of the following statements in the context of sugar industry in India is/are correct?

1. India is the largest producer of sugar in the world.

2. Uttar Pradesh is the largest producer of sugar in the country.

3. Fair and Remunerative Price of sugar is recommended by the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP).

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Which of the following is correct regarding Tiger Reserves in India?

Which of the following statements in the context of Uniform Civil Code is/are correct?

1. Goa is the only state to have a uniform civil code in India.

2. Uniform civil code is defined in Part IV (A) of the Constitution of India.

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Consider the following statements regarding government employees:

1. The Constitution deals with the dismissal of people employed under the Union or a State.

2. A person employed under the Union government, can be dismissed without an inquiry only in cases of criminal conviction.

Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect?

Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding Midday Meal (MDM) scheme?

Consider the following statements regarding United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND):

1. Lokpal is a constitutional body.

2. Only a former judge of the Supreme Court can become the chairperson of Lokpal.

3. The jurisdiction of Lokpal extends to the Prime Minister of India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?