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The Mizoram Maintenance Of Household Registers Bill, 2019

Consider the following statements regarding the Maintenance of Household Registers Bill, 2019:

  1. The bill was passed by the Mizoram Legislative Assembly in order to detect illegal migrants at the village and town level.
  2. The bill defines citizens as a person registered as such or having requisite qualification as prescribed under the Citizenship Act, 1955.
  3. The bill proposes to create 3 registers namely one for the citizen residents, second for non-citizen residents and the third for occasional visitors.
  4. President of village council, town committee will be the registering authority.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A
1 and 2
B
2 and 4
C
3 and 4
D
1, 2 and 4

Thakurani Jatra Festival

In which Indian State, Thakurani Jatra, a biennial festival is celebrated with much religious devotion?

A
Odisha
B
West Bengal
C
Assam
D
Maharashtra

Drugs And Clinical Trials Rules, 2019

Consider the following statements regarding the Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019:

  1. In the New Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019, the time for approving applications for drugs manufactured in India has been reduced to 60 and 120 days for those developed outside the country.
  2. The Nodal Ministry for implementing the rule is Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
  3. As per the new rule, the requirement of a local clinical trial may be waived off for approval of a new drug if it is approved and marketed in any of the countries EU, UK, Australia, Japan and US.
  4. The new rule imposes restrictions to launch Orphan Drugs in India.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

A
1 and 2
B
2 and 4
C
2 and 3
D
1, 2, 3 and 4

National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey 2018-19

Consider the following statements with respect to National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey (NARSS 2018-19):

  1. This was the third National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey (NARSS 2018-19) to establish the progress over the baseline established by second NARSS 2017-18.
  2. The NARSS 2018-19 is a third-party survey that has been conducted by the Independent Verification Agency (IVA) under the United Nations Development Programme.
  3. The Survey used the Probability Proportion to Size (PPS) sampling methodology, which yields results within a confidence interval of 95 percent.
  4. According to the Survey, about 93.1 per cent of rural Indian households have access to toilets and 96.5 per cent of these toilets are in constant usage.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A
1 and 2
B
2 and 4
C
2 and 3
D
1, 2, 3 and 4

Institution Of Lokpal

Consider the following statements with respect to Institution of Lokpal in India:

  1. The institution of Lokpal is a non -statutory body.
  2. The Constitution Review Commission headed by M.N. Venkatchaliah recommended appointment of the Lokpal for the first time.
  3. Lokpal is a multimember body, made up of one chairperson and maximum of 10 members.
  4. Former Supreme Court judge Pinaki Chandra Ghose has beenappointed as India’s first anti-corruption ombudsman i.e.Lokpal.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

A
1 and 2
B
2 and 3
C
2 and 4
D
1, 2, 3 and 4

Cities In North-South Order

Arrange the following cities of the world in north-south order:

  1. Dhaka
  2. Hanoi
  3. Singapore
  4. Jakarta

Select the correct answer from the options below:

A
1-2-3-4
B
2-1-3-4
C
3-2-1-4
D
2-4-1-3

Moscow Format

Recently a meeting ‘Moscow Format’ was held in Russia. Select the purpose of the meeting from the following statements:

A
A global scientific conference for sharing and exchanging the latest exciting advances in neutron scattering science
B
Meeting of Arctic countries for deliberating on long term sustainable harnessing of Arctic resources
C
Senior level Global Conference of the Internet and Jurisdiction Policy Network including participants from more than forty countries.
D
A meeting of world leaders including Taliban for discussing Afghan crisis and polity.

विदेशी मुद्रा विनिमय

निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार करेंः

  1. विदेशी मुद्रा विनिमय से भारतीय अर्थव्यवस्था में मुद्रास्फीति हो सकती है।
  2. विदेशी मुद्रा विनिमय बैंकों को बाजार में ब्याज दर बढ़ाने के लिए प्रेरित कर सकता है।
  3. विदेशी मुद्रा विनिमय छाया बैंकों को तरलता की कमी से निपटने में मदद कर सकता है।

नीचे दिए गए कोड में से सही उत्तर चुनेंः

A
केवल 2
B
केवल 1 और 3
C
1, 2 और 3
D
केवल 1 और 2

निष्पादित विदेशी मुद्रा

आरबीआई द्वारा निष्पादित विदेशी मुद्रा विनिमय के निम्नलिखित में से कौन से संभावित प्रभाव हैंः

  1. इससे मुद्रा का अधिमूल्यन होगा।
  2. यह आरबीआई के विदेशी मुद्रा भंडार को बढ़ायेगा।
  3. इससे तिर्यक मुद्रास्फीति (skewflation) बढ़ेगी।

नीचे दिए गए कोड में से सही उत्तर चुनेंः

A
केवल 2
B
केवल 2 और 3
C
1, 2 और 3
D
केवल 1 और 2

एफडीआई

निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार करेंः

  1. एफडीआई के विशाल प्रवाह से भारत में मुद्रा का अवमूल्यन होगा।
  2. एफआईआई (विदेशी संस्थागत निवेशकों) के बहिर्वाह से मुद्रा का अधिमूल्यन होगा।

नीचे दिए गए कोड में से सही उत्तर चुनेंः

A
केवल 1
B
केवल 2
C
1 और 2 दोनों
D
न तो 1 और न ही 2
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