Current Affairs Questions

Bonds

Consider the following statements:

1. Ideally short term bonds pay more interest rate compared to long term bonds.
2. There is a proportional relationship between bond yield & maturity period in case of a normal yield curve.

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Yield Curve

Inverted Yield Curve generally signifies?

Phillip’s Curve

Consider the following statements with respect to the Phillip’s Curve:

1. It represents inverse relationship between inflation rate and unemployment rate.
2. It says that high levels of employment can be achieved only at high levels of inflation.

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Phillip’s Curve

Phillip’s Curve can be used in which of the following?

1. To plan monetary policy
2. Central bank to keep eye on inflation
3. Help the government to access the situation of unemployment in the country

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Laffer Curve

Consider the following statements about ‘Laffer Curve’:

1. Its nature is hyperbolic when plotted between total revenue (Y-axis) & tax rate (X-axis).
2. If tax rate is lower than the optimal value. Increasing the tax rate will lead to less revenue.
3. The slope of the curve is positive in the region of tax rate more than the optimal value.

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Golan Heights

Golan Heights is surrounded by which of the following countries:

1. Syria
2. Jordan
3. Israel
4. Lebanon

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Source: CSC May 2019

With reference to Financial Action Task Force (FATF) consider the following statements:

1. It is a policy-making body that frames guidelines to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.
2. India enjoys an ‘observer’ status at the FATF since 2006.
3. The FATF lacks the power to directly enact its recommendations.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

World Happiness Report

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

1. The World Happiness Report is released by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network for the United Nations.
2. World Happiness Day is observed on 20th March every year.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Dark Matter

Which of the following statements are correct with respect to Dark Matter?

1. Dark Matter emits no light and cannot be seen directly
2. Dark Matters are stars or planets.
3. Astronomers do not detect gamma rays produced by them.
4. Dark matter is black hole.

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Solar Tsunami

Consider the following statements with respect to Solar Tsunami:

1. The Sun’s magnetic field, from which sunspots gets generated, wraps around the sun in the east-west direction.
2. At the end of a solar cycle, magnetic dam can break, releasing huge amounts of plasma cascading like a tsunami towards the equator.
3. The tsunami waves travel at high speeds of about 1,000 km per hour carrying excess plasma to the upper-latitudes.

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