Insights Test - 4

1. Which of the following about Exclusive c) has the potential to be used for
Economic Zone (EEZ) of a state is agriculture but is not being used for
CORRECT? cultural reasons
a) It is a sea zone prescribed by the United d) None of the above
Nations Economic and Social Council
(UNECOSOC). 5. A mixture of oxygen and ethyne is burnt for
b) It does not come within the territorial welding. Why a mixture of ethyne and air is
waters of the state. not used?
c) A state cannot use EEZs to install any 1. Ethyne may not burn completely with
energy installations. air as with pure oxygen.
d) Use of marine resources from EEZ is not 2. Without mixing oxygen, it is difficult to
permitted unless agreed to by reach high temperatures needed for
neighbouring states welding.
Which of the above is/are correct?
2. Suppose 'Nation A' has a higher Gini a) 1 only
coefficient than 'Nation B'. What can you b) 2 only
definitely conclude from this? c) Both 1 and 2
1. Nation A is economically wealthier than d) None
Nation B. 6. In music, the term note is generally used to
2. Nation B has better social indicators represent
than Nation A. a) the relative duration and pitch of a
3. Nation A has higher level of sound
environmental degradation than Nation b) the loudness and softness of a sound
B. c) the interval frequency between two
Select the correct answer using the codes sounds
below. d) a style or school of music
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 only 7. Between the years of formation of Indian
c) 1 and 3 only National Congress (1885) and Non-cooperation
d) None of the above Movement (1920), forest cover in the Indian
subcontinent declined substantially due to
3. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is based 1. Expansion of Railways
on the fact that 2. Commercial farming
1. Magnetic field inside our bodies is 3. British economic needs in First World
similar and equal in magnitude to that War
of earth. Select the correct answer using the codes
2. Heat generated by our body parts can below.
be traced by electromagnetic field. a) 1 and 2 only
Which of the above is/are correct? b) 2 and 3 only
a) 1 only c) 1 and 3 only
b) 2 only d) All of the above
c) Both 1 and 2
d) None 8. Bagasse can be used to manufacture
1. Biofuel
4. Culturable waste land is a category of land 2. Paper
use in India. It means the land which 3. Fertilizers
a) is used only once in an agricultural Select the correct answer using the codes
season and rest of the time as pasture below.
lands a) 1 and 2 only
b) has not been sown more than once b) 2 and 3 only
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d) All of the above d) Helps synthesize products of
photosynthesis
9. Dialysis using an artificial kidney is based on
the principle of 14. Himlayan Yew is an important plant for
a) Gravity flow medicinal plant found in various parts of
b) Diffusion Himachal Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh. It
c) Pascal's law has been characterized as endangered by IUCN
d) Archimedes' principle due to
1. Depletion of inter-species gene bank of
10. ‘X' develops on crystalline igneous rocks in Yew
areas of low rainfall in the eastern and 2. Threat of bio-piracy
southern parts of the Deccan plateau. It can be 3. Soaking of groundwater in areas where
found in thepiedmont zone of the Western it is present
Ghats and can be diffused with iron. 'X' here Select the correct answer using the codes
refers to below.
a) Peaty and marshy soils a) 1 and 2 only
b) Red and Yellow Soil b) 3 only
c) Laterite Soil c) 2 only
d) Forest Soil d) None of the above

11. Strip cropping method involves 15. Power of a lens is roughly dependent upon
a) Cutting strips up and down the slope to a) Curvature of the lens
form channels for the quick flow of b) Height of the lens
irrigation water c) Size of the lens
b) Establishing sand dunes in and around d) Width of the lens
the crop in dry regions
c) Cropping different crops in alternate 16. The bulbs are usually filled with chemically
rows to reduce soil erosion inactive nitrogen and argon gases to
d) Leaving strips of grass to grow between 1. Increase the illumination of the bulb
the crops 2. Prolong the life of filament
3. Change the heat profile of the filament
12. Consider the following about the Lepchas. 4. Reduce the power consumption of the
1. They are the aboriginal inhabitants of bulb
Uttarakhand. Select the correct answer using the codes
2. They have developed their own below.
language. a) 1 and 4 only
3. The famous 'Khaddar' shawl in woven b) 2 and 4 only
by the community. c) 1, 2 and 3 only
Select the correct answer using the codes d) 2 only
below.
a) 1 and 3 only 17. Apart from Chipko movement, which of the
b) 2 only following are environmental movements?
c) 2 and 3 only 1. Save Silent Valley
d) None of the above 2. Beej Bachao Andolan
3. Navdanya Movement
13. Auxin performs which of the following 4. Namantar Andolan
functions in plants? Select the correct answer using the codes
a) Regulates growth and development below.
b) Performs reproductive functions a) 1 and 2 only
c) Protects against pests and insects b) 1 and 3 only
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d) 1, 2 and 3 only 22. Which of the following states is/are the
major producer(s) of pulses in India?
18. Multi-purpose river projects can pose 1. Uttarakhand
which of the following environmental and 2. Mizoram
geological problems? 3. Madhya Pradesh
1. Triggering earthquakes 4. Kerala
2. Excessive sedimentation of river bed Select the correct answer using the codes
3. Making migration difficult for fishes below.
Select the correct answer using the codes a) 1 and 3 only
below. b) 3 only
a) 1 and 2 only c) 2 and 4 only
b) 2 and 3 only d) 1, 3 and 4 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) All of the above 23. The following species (in increasing order
of the food web) consume the produce of an
19. In Meghalaya, a 200-year-old system of agricultural field where pesticides are used
tapping stream and spring water by using heavily.
bamboo pipes, is prevalent among tribal 1. Rats
farmers of Khasi and Jaintia Hills. Why bamboo 2. Mongoose
drip irrigation is used instead of groundwater 3. Humans
irrigation techniques? The concentration of pesticides in them will
a) Water cannot be directed using pipes in be highest to lowest in the order?
the hills a) 3>2>1
b) Soil has low water retention capacity b) 1>2>3
due to rocky terrain c) 2>3>1
c) Due to presence of traditional terrace d) 1>3>2
agriculture
d) There is large scale problem of water 24. The initial objective of the 'Gramdan
stagnation and water logging movement' was to
a) Consolidate and secure landholdings of
20. Blue colour of the sky and the reddish small and marginal farmers villagewise
appearance of the Sun at the sunrise or sunset b) Improve collectivisation in rural
is due to agriculture
a) Tyndall effect c) Promote patronization of one village by
b) Autokinetic effect one royal family
c) Bezold Effect d) None of the above
d) Vertical-horizontal illusion
25. Which of the following measures, generally
21. Which of the following are Rabi crops? invoked by the government, help contain price
1. Mustard rise in certain food commodities?
2. Groundnut 1. Invoking Essential Commodities Act
3. Gram 2. Zero export duty on those food crops
4. Maize 3. Promoting futures and forward trading
Select the correct answer using the codes in those food commodities to
below. 4. stabilize food prices
a) 1 and 2 only Select the correct answer using the codes
b) 2 and 4 only below.
c) 3 and 4 only a) 1 and 2 only
d) 1 and 3 only b) 3 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) 1 only

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2. Breakdown at high voltage to protect
26. Genetic engineering can NOT be performed circuits
with respect to Which of the above is/are correct?
1. Virus a) 1 only
2. Clonal bacteria b) 2 only
3. Fungi c) Both 1 and 2
Select the correct answer using the codes d) None
below.
a) 1 and 2 only 31. Mining in a large area can have which of
b) 1 only the following environmental impacts?
c) 1 and 3 only 1. Soil erosion
d) None of the options (a), (b) or (c) is 2. Contamination of groundwater
correct. 3. Poisoning and loss of nearby aquatic
biodiversity
27. In India, movement from traditional crops Select the correct answer using the codes
to crop diversification especially cash crops can below.
offer which of the following advantages? a) 2 only
1. Earning foreign exchange b) 3 only
2. Boost food processing industry c) 1 and 2 only
3. Tackle problem of land degradation d) All of the above
Select the correct answer using the codes
below. 32. In the technique of Vegetative Propagation
a) 1 and 2 only a) Multiple plants are involved to produce
b) 2 and 3 only a progeny
c) 1 and 3 only b) Only one plant is involved in creating an
d) All of the above offspring
c) Artificial breeding is done through
28. The toothpaste, that you use daily, pollination
contains which of the following minerals to d) Genes of particular plant species are
fight cavities? preserved for progenies
a) Petroleum Jelly
b) Anatase 33. Apart from body mass, "Body mass Index
c) Titanium Oxide (BMI)" for an adult is calculated using her/his
d) Fluoride 1. Age
2. Daily calorie intake
29. Consider the following with reference to 3. Height
'Indentured labours'? Select the correct answer using the codes
1. It was in practice before the institution below.
of 'slavery' started in Africa. a) 1 and 2 only
2. It was abolished following the French b) 2 and 3 only
Revolution. c) 3 only
Which of the above is/are correct? d) 1 only
a) 1 only
b) 2 only 34. Consider the following with reference to
c) Both 1 and 2 natural gas and crude oil in India.
d) None 1. India is a net importer of crude oil.
2. India is a net exporter of petroleum
30. Mica is one of the most important minerals products.
used in electric and electronic industries due to 3. Natural gas pricing in India has been
its deregulated.
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4. No upstream activities are done in d) All of the above
these sectors in India presently.
Select the correct answer using the codes 39. In recent years, there is a tendency for the
below. mills to shift from northern states and
a) 1 and 2 only concentrate in the southern and western
b) 3 and 4 only states, especially in Maharashtra. This is
c) 1, 2 and 3 only because
d) 1 only 1. Cane produced there has higher sucrose
content
35. The National Sample Survey Organisation 2. Cooler climate ensures a longer
(NSSO) is responsible for conducting crushing season
nationwide surveys on various socio-economic Which of the above is/are correct?
aspects. It comes under a) 1 only
a) Ministry of Social Justice and b) 2 only
Empowerment c) Both 1 and 2
b) Ministry of Statistics and Programme d) None
Implementation
c) Ministry of Home Affairs 40. Silicon Locket developed using nano-
d) Ministry of Human Resource technology is related with
Development (MHRD) a) Detecting food contamination
b) Detecting cardiac health
36. Ground Source Heat Pumps (GSHPs) or c) Detecting vapours of explosives
Geo-exchange Pumps work on the principle of d) Sensing variation of electromagnetic
a) Dalton's law of partial pressure activity around the body
b) Refrigeration cycle
c) Heat Doppler Effect 41. Which of the following can be produced
d) Electromagnetic induction with sugarcane plants?
1. Molasses
37. Aerobic rice cultivation 2. Alcohol
1. Increases water use in rice production 3. Bagasse
2. Is grown in water-saturated soils Select the correct answer using the codes
3. Can be done using any variety of rice below.
grown in India a) 1 only
Select the correct answer using the codes b) 2 and 3 only
below. c) 2 only
a) 1 and 2 only d) All of the above
b) 3 only
c) 2 and 3 only 42. Which of the following describes Cryonics
d) None of the above most appropriately?
a) Study of the production and behaviour
38. Hypertension is a growing Non- of materials at very low temperatures
communicable (NCD) disease in India. Which of b) Applications of solid frozen fuels in
the following can lead to hypertension? space flights
1. Obesity c) Cryopreservation of humans and
2. High protein diet animals with the intention of future
3. Old age revival
Select the correct answer using the codes d) Genetic engineering done at very low
below. temperatures
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 and 3 only
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43. National Highway 7 (old numbering) is the generating greater interest in classical
longest running highway in India. It passes language Sanskrit?
through which of the following states? 1. Satish Chandra Committee
1. Uttar Pradesh 2. N GopalaSwami Expert Committee
2. Punjab 3. Satya Vrat Shashtri Committee
3. Gujarat Select the correct answer using the codes
4. Rajasthan below.
Select the correct answer using the codes a) 1 and 2 only
below. b) 2 and 3 only
a) 1 and 3 only c) 1 and 3 only
b) 2, 3 and 4 only d) 2 only
c) 1 and 2 only
d) 1 only 48. Global Innovation and Technology Alliance
(GITA) is
44. Consumers international is a) a partnership between leading research
a) a not-for-profit company fighting for institutions in the World
consumer rights b) a joint venture between selected
b) an inter-governmental organization corporate houses to invest in future
laying down framework of global technologies of well-being
consumer rights c) a joint venture company of
c) an agency of United Nations entrusted Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
with implementing 1958 UN Guidelines and Department of Science &
for Consumer Protection Technology
d) a NGO affiliated to United Nations for d) a partnership between all governments
creating and maintaining a database of party to United Nations Convention on
consumer rights violations across the Innovation and Technology, 2005
world
49. You observe a fire nearby your house with
45. What is the significance of recent lots of black smoke and a dazzling yellow
formation of ASEAN Economic Community? flame. The fire has been caused most likely
1. ASEAN will become a single market. due to the burning of?
2. It will adopt a single currency. a) Vegetable oil that is used for cooking
3. While fiscal policies will be different for b) A large propane cylinder
member nations, monetary policy will c) A natural gas pipeline
be the same for each nation. d) Any of the above
Select the correct answer using the codes
below. 50. Recently, Uttar Pradesh government's
a) 1 only "Clean UP, Green UP" initiative earned a place
b) 3 only in the Guinness Book of World Records. This is
c) 1, 2 and 3 only because
d) None of the above a) It is first major environmental initiative
with partnership of state government
46. Litmus can be extracted from and PRIs
a) Rhizobium b) Largest number of international
b) Mycorrhizae volunteers participated in the initiative
c) Lichens c) No official machinery used for the
d) Corals implementation of such a large
environmental initiative
47. Which of the following committees/panels d) None of the above
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51. Which of the following is/are NOT the Select the correct answer using the codes
objective(s) of National Forest Policy, 1988? below.
1. Checking soil erosion and denudation in a) 1 and 2 only
the catchment areas of rivers. b) 2 and 3 only
2. Checking the extension of sand-dunes c) 1 and 3 only
in the desert areas and along the d) 3 only
coastal tracts
3. Meeting the requirements of forest 55. Maximum land area has been degraded
produce of the rural and tribal and converted to wasteland in India under the
populations. influence of
4. Creating a massive people's movement a) Overblowing of wind
with the involvement of women to b) Mining and Industrial waste
achieve the objectives of the policy c) Waterlogging and surface ponding
Select the correct answer using the codes d) Water erosion
below.
a) 2 and 3 only 56. Autotrophic Nutrition is mainly associated
b) 3 and 4 only with
c) 1 and 2 only a) Fungi
d) All are objectives of National Forest b) Protozoa
Policy. c) Algae
d) Viruses
52. Recently in Mumbai (2015) a lot of people
fell ill after drinking contaminated alcohol and 57. The National Manufacturing
some died of it as a result. The 'contamination' Competitiveness Council (NMCC) is a
was most probably due to? subordinate office under
a) Hydrogen Cyanide a) Ministry of Heavy Industry and
b) Agent Orange Enterprises
c) Methanol b) Department of Industrial Policy and
d) Ethanol Promotion
c) Department of Scientific and Industrial
53. Under the SHG-Bank Linkage Programme, Research (DSIR)
NABARD gives grant support to which of the d) Ministry of Law and Justice
following agencies?
1. Individual Rural Volunteers (IRV) 58. Which of the following statements is
2. NGOs correct about black soil?
3. Private Commercial banks a) It is generally rich in phosphoric
4. Farmers Clubs contents.
Select the correct answer using the codes b) It is made up of very coarse material.
below c) It can hold moisture.
a) 3 only d) It is formed after the weathering of
b) 1 and 3 only metamorphic rocks over a long period
c) 2 and 4 only of time.
d) 1, 2 and 4 only
59. As per State of Forest Report published in
54. Wind, running water, biological activities India, which of the following is correct in order
contribute to the formation of soil. Which of of lowest to highest area?
the following do NOT contribute to the a) Open forests, Mangroves, Dense
'formation' of soil? Forests, Plantations
1. Glaciers b) Mangroves, Open forests, Dense
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c) Dense forests, Plantations, Mangroves, a) List of wild animals whose hunting is to
Open forests be permitted in certain cases
d) Mangroves, Dense Forests, Open b) Constitution of the National Wildlife
forests, Plantations Board
c) List of activities hazardous to wildlife
60. Plant tissue culture or Micropropagation is inside a protected area
1. Used to produce clones of a plant d) Providing protection to a list of species
2. Performed in the wild
3. Used to conserve rare or endangered 64. Apparent random wavering of air above a
plant species barbeque fire is due to
Select the correct answr using the codes a) Atmospheric refraction
below. b) Dispersion of light above the fire
a) 1 only c) Air parcels become lighter and start
b) 2 and 3 only moving upwards
c) 1 and 3 only d) Scattering of air particles
d) All of the above
61. Which of the following are the qualities of 65. Commercial farming always differs from
high grade coal? subsistence farming in
1. Softness 1. Selection of crops
2. High moisture content 2. Use of modern agricultural inputs
3. High carbon content 3. Farm size
Select the correct answer using the 4. Sale of farm produce in market
codes below. Select the correct answer using the codes
a) 3 only below.
b) 2 and 3 only a) 1 and 3 only
c) 1 and 2 only b) 1, 2 and 4 only
d) 1 and 3 only c) 2, 3 and 4 only
d) All of the above
62. You are leading a team which is heading to
forests in the night to look for survivors using a 66. The drastic decline in the Gharial
search-light. You have the following options population over the last 60 years can be
for choosing the mirror to be used in the attributed to
search light: 1. Over-hunting for skin
1. Convex mirror 2. Heat pollution of water
2. Plane mirror 3. Discharge of industrial effluents
3. Cylindrical mirror 4. Egg collection for consumption
4. Parabolic concave mirrors 5. Killing for indigenous medicine
Which of the above will you choose and Select the correct answer using the
why? codes below.
a) Convex mirror as it could generate a) 1, 2 and 3 only
parallel beams of light b) 3, 4 and 5 only
b) Plane mirror as it can act as a good c) 1, 4 and 5 only
reflector d) 2, 3 and 4 only
c) Parabolic concave mirrors as it
could generate powerful parallel 67. Which of the following do NOT form part of
beams of light a strategy of sustainable development?
d) Cylindrical mirrors as light could be a) Relying more on organic farming
focussed on one point b) Reducing the use of personal vehicles
and promoting public transport
63. The Schedule I and II of Indian Widlife c) Safeguarding the habitats of indigenous
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d) Not compromising on the needs of the 2. Paints
present generation with respect to 3. Bleaching powder
e) future generations 4. Atomic force microscopy
Select the correct answer using the
68. Consider the following statements with codes below.
respect to energy (power generation) in India. a) 1 and 2 only
1. Total installed capacity by the State b) 3 and 4 only
sector exceeds that of Central sector. c) 1, 2 and 3 only
2. Total installed capacity by the private d) 1, 2 and 4 only
sector exceeds that of public sector.
Which of the above is correct? 73. Which of the following statements about
a) 1 only alluvial soils (mainly found in Northern India)
b) 2 only is/are correct?
c) Both 1 and 2 1. It has been deposited mainly by the
d) None peninsular river system.
2. It cannot be found in drier states such
69. The Source of Ocean Thermal Energy is as Rajasthan and Gujarat.
a) Molten Magma at the base of Ocean 3. Alluvial soil with fine particles is
b) Frictional force among the tides generally more fertile than with coarser
c) Plate movement near mid-oceanic particles.
ridges 4. It is always alkaline in nature.
d) None of the above Select the correct answer using the
codes below.
70. Which of the following statements about a) 2 and 4 only
cultivation of Coffee in India is NOT correct? b) 1, 2 and 3 only
1. Kerala leads in production. c) 3 only
2. Majority of production is exported. d) 2 and 3 only
3. India grows only inferior varieties of
coffee. 74. Mining of manganese nodules can impact
Select the correct answer using the the environment by
codes below. 1. Affecting deep sea ecosystems
a) 1 and 2 only 2. Resulting in release of carbon monoxide
b) 2 and 3 only from sea beds
c) 3 only 3. Causing deforestation
d) 1 and 3 only Which of the above is/are correct?
a) 1 and 2 only
71. Apart from individuals, 'Amrita Devi b) 2 and 3 only
Bishnoi National Award for Wildlife c) 3 only
Conservation' can be given to d) 1 only
1. Gram Sabha
2. Private firms 75. World Development Indicators' report is
3. Union or State Ministries published by
Select the correct answer using the a) World Bank
codes below. b) United Nations Development
a) 2 and 3 only Programme
b) 1 only c) United Nations Economic and Social
c) 2 only Council
d) None of the above d) World Health Organization

72. Manganese can be used in manufacturing 76. Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) indicates
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a) the number of children that die before
the age of one year as a proportion of 80. Which of the statements regarding
1000 live children born in that particular Monazite sands is correct?
year 1. Monazite is radioactive due to the
b) the total number of children under the presence of thorium.
age of five as a proportion of 1000 that 2. It is a principle source of some rare
take birth and die in a particular year earth metals.
c) Total number of children that die within Which of the above is/are correct?
28 days of their birth as a proportion of a) 1 only
1000 in that particular year b) 2 only
d) None of the above c) Both 1 and 2
d) None
77. Reserves of natural gas can NOT be found
in 81. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of a country
1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands is
2. Lakshadweep a) Total value of tradable goods produced
3. Gulf of Cambay in a year
Select the correct answer using the b) Total value of monetary and non-
codes below. monetary goods and services within a
a) 2 and 3 only year
b) 1 and 2 only c) Total value of economic transactions
c) 2 only done within a country within a year
d) All of the above d) None of the above

78. Depletion of groundwater due to excessive 82. Consider the following statements about
withdrawal can have which of the following Grameen Bank.
consequences? 1. It was found jointly by Nobel laureates
1. Increased costs of groundwater Muhammad Yunus and Amartya Sen.
irrigation 2. It is a community development bank
2. Land subsidence which provides loans to the poor
3. Saltwater intrusion in coastal areas without demanding collateral.
4. Environmental degradation of nearby Which of the above is/are correct?
Ecotones a) 1 only
Select the correct answer using the b) 2 only
codes below. c) Both 1 and 2
a) 2 and 4 only d) None
b) 1, 3 and 4 only
c) 1 and 3 only 83. Money as a medium of exchange in India
d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 has been authorized by the
a) Constitution of India
79. Which of the following may generally b) Government of India
indicate the development levels of a country? c) International Monetary Fund (IMF)
1. Per capita income d) None of the above
2. Average literacy level
3. Status of Health indicators 84. Arrange these sources of credit for rural
Select the correct answer using the households in increasing order of uptake?
codes below. 1. Moneylenders
a) 1 only 2. Government
b) 1 and 3 only 3. Cooperative banks/societies
c) 2 only Select the correct order using the codes
d) 1, 2 and 3 below.

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a) 123 1. It has been established at Union, State
b) 213 and District level.
c) 231 2. The commission is an executive body.
d) 321 3. The National commission is headed by a
sitting or retired judge of the
85. Which of the following can be the 4. Supreme Court of India.
applications of nano-technology in agriculture? Select the correct answer using the
1. Delivering fertilizers, pesticides and codes below.
plant growth hormones directly to a) 1 only
plants. b) 1 and 3 only
2. Monitoring of soil conditions, c) 2 and 3 only
pathogens and crop growth d) All of the above
Which of the above is/are correct?
a) 1 only 90. Chips manufacturers usually flush bags of
b) 2 only chips with gas such as nitrogen. Why?
c) Both 1 and 2 a) To protect the chips from carbon
d) None dioxide
b) To increase the shelf life of chips
86. Which of the following is NOT a trade c) To increase the nutritional value of
barrier? chips.
a) Import tariff d) To make the chip bags lighter
b) Import Quota
c) Subsidies 91. When wood or charcoal is ignited, it
d) WTO agreements initially gives a flame, but later just glows red
and gives out heat without a flame. What can
87. Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are meant to be the possible reason?
a) Act as Export Processing Zones to a) The carbon content of the fuel becomes
promote exports very small after burning them for some
b) Promote development of industrial time
townships in India b) After some time, the latent heat of
c) Provide state of the art technological vaporisation is crossed which douses
and research facilities to the domestic the flame
companies to remain competitive c) Flame is produced by solid sulphur
d) Create an industrial workforce by which burns off after some time
establishing agglomeration training d) The gaseous volatile substances in them
centres vaporise after some time

88. Under the Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak 92. Tianhe-2 was in news recently. It is
Yojana (PMGSY) a) World's fastest supercomputer from
a) every village in the country is to be China
linked to a major town b) A nuclear submarine being built by
b) all villages should be linked with each Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK)
other c) A system of Regional Navigational
c) all hilly and tribal areas are to be Satellites being built by China to
connected with the state headquarters counter India's IRNSS
d) all public places in a villages should be d) An amphibian aircraft which was
linked with each other recently given to India by Japan

89. The Consumer Protection Act, 1986 93. The South Asia Sub-Regional Economic
establishes Consumer Disputes Redressal Cooperation (SASEC) Program aims to promote
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2. Cross-border rail and road links 1. It was adopted by UN Member States in
3. Develop joint military outfits to secure 2015.
common market check-posts 2. It is the successor instrument to the
Select the correct answer using the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA)
codes below. 2005-2015
a) 1 only Which of the above is/are correct?
b) 1 and 3 only a) 1 only
c) 1 and 2 only b) 2 only
d) 3 only c) Both 1 and 2
d) None of the above
94. 2015 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace,
Disarmament and Development has been 98. Which of the following is the competent
awarded to authority in India to declare a specific district
a) Amnesty International as drought-hit?
b) Red Cross a) Union Cabinet
c) United Nations High Commissioner for b) State Government
Refugees (UNHCR) c) District Magistrate
d) Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation d) Divisional Commissioner
Commission (LLRC)
99. If you are suffering from acidity,
95. Consider the following about the consumption of which of the following will only
Technology Acquisition and Development Fund increase the acidic content of your stomach?
(TADF) recently launched by the government. 1. Black Coffee
1. It has been established under the 2. Tomato juice
National Science, Technology and 3. Eggs
Innovation (STI) Policy 2013. 4. Bananas
2. It will be restricted to technologies Select the correct answer using the
related to social inclusion and health. codes below.
3. It will be used to fund Indian research a) 1 and 3 only
Universities partnering with global b) 1, 2 and 3 only
organizations. c) 2 and 4 only
Select the correct answer using the d) 1, 2 and 4 only
codes below.
a) 1 and 2 only 100. The mandate of Competition Commission
b) 2 only of India (CCI) is to oversee which type of
c) 1 and 3 only practices?
d) None of the above 1. Whether mergers and acquisitions are
leading to monopoly in the markets
96. A very small amount of baking soda is 2. Whether firms are dealing with
added to fresh milk. Why? consumer grievances on a regular basis
a) To disinfect the curd from viruses 3. Whether commercial banks have
b) To avoid the oxidation of milk for longer adhered to the lending limits prescribed
periods of time by RBI
c) To prevent the milk from turning to Select the correct answer using the
curd for longer periods codes below.
d) To separate the water content of milk a) 1 and 2 only
b) 1 only
97. Consider the following statements about c) 2 and 3 only
"Sendai Framework for disaster risk d) 1 and 3 only
reduction"?

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