1. What is India’s rank in the Corruption Perceptions Index 2010 released by Transparency International?
[A] 79
[B] 89
[C] 99
[D] 100
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Correct Answer: A [79]
Notes:
India has been ranked 79th out of 176 countries in the recently released Corruption Perception Index (CPI) for the year 2016 by the Berlin-based corruption watchdog Transparency International (TI)
New Zealand and Denmark stands in joint first place
Somalia was ranked the most corrupt country
2. The pie chart drawn belown shows the expenses of a family on various items and its savings during the year 2001. Study the graph and answer the question.
Maximum expenditure of the family was on :
[A] Education of child
[B] Housing
[C] food
[D] other items
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Correct Answer: C [food]
Notes:
Maximum expenditure of the family is on food, which is 23%
3. The percentage expenses on various items during book production and sale.
The central angle corresponding to the sector on “Printing Cost” is more than that of “Acvertisement Charges” by:
[A] 54.8°
[B] 61.2°
[C] 72°
[D] 60°
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Correct Answer: B [61.2°]
Notes:Difference in per cent expensses on printing cost and advertisement charges = (35 – 18)% = 17%
Now, 1% = 3.6%
∴ 17% = 3.6°
17=61.2°
4. Government of India has declared year 2016 as__:
[A] Year of LPG Consumers
[B] Year of Financial Inclusion
[C] Year of Pulses
[D] Year of Soils
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Correct Answer: A [ Year of LPG Consumers ]
Notes:
The government of India aims to provide clean cooking fuel available to all household in the country by year 2018. The Government of India declared year 2016 as ‘Year of LPG Consumers’.
5. Recently, NASA has selected two missions- Dragonfly and Comet Astrobiology Exploration Sample Return (CAESAR) to study which of the following?
[A] Phobos and Deimos- moons of Mars
[B] Titan-the largest moon of Saturn and comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
[C] Ganymede and Europa- moons of Jupiter
[D] Newly discovered exoplanets Trappist-1 and Ross 128 b
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Correct Answer: B [Titan-the largest moon of Saturn and comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko]
Notes:
NASA has selected two missions to further explore past targets. First is the Mission “Dragonfly” to explore the Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. Second is the Mission Comet Astrobiology Exploration Sample Return (CAESAR) to explore the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
6. The term “One Planet Summit” which was recently in news, is related to which of the following?
[A] Paris climate conference (COP21)
[B] Eleventh WTO Ministerial Conference (MC11)
[C] 19th round of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
[D] World Bank Group (WBG)
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Correct Answer: A [Paris climate conference (COP21)]
Notes:Recently, on 12 December 2017, two years after the historic Paris Climate Change Agreement was adopted, Heads of State, governments, civil society and the private sector met at Paris to drive forward climate action. The summit was named “One Planet Summit”. The One Planet Summit is designed to launch new initiatives that assist in ramping up financial flows to developing nations as they implement their climate action plans under the Agreement. The three aims of the One Planet Summit are:
- Take tangible and collective action
- Innovate
- Support one another
7. The logic behind the e-Way bill is to track the tax evasion on movement of goods worth _?
[A] Rs 50,000 and above
[B] Rs 1 Lakh and above
[C] Rs 5 Lakhs and above
[D] Rs 10 Lakhs and above
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Correct Answer: A [Rs 50,000 and above]
Notes:
The logic behind the e-Way bill is to track the tax evasion on movement of goods within the state and interstate worth Rs 50000 and above. The government has planned for all-India rollout of e-Way bill by February, 2017.
8. Which two countries have been recently suspended from voting in the UN General Assembly for the third time in three years?
[A] Syria and Libya
[B] Libya and Venezuela
[C] Venezuela and Peru
[D] South Sudan and Liberia
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Correct Answer: B [Libya and Venezuela ]
Notes:
Venezuela and Libya were recently suspended from voting in the UN General Assembly for the third time in three years because of millions of dollars in unpaid dues to the world body. Venezuela is required to pay a minimum of $25,200,296 to restore its voting rights and Libya needs to pay at least $6,594,842.
9. Which of the following countries has been recently added to the South Asia Sub regional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) partnership, to become its seventh member?
[A] Myanmar
[B] India
[C] Indonesia
[D] China
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Correct Answer: A [Myanmar]
Notes:
The South Asia Sub regional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) includes seven member countries-Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Myanmar. Myanmar has been recently added to the list as the seventh member of the economic cooperation.
10. World's first zero-emission, hydrogen passenger train has been started in which country?
[A] China
[B] Japan
[C] Germany
[D] India
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Correct Answer: C [Germany]
Notes:
World’s first zero-emission, hydrogen passenger train has been started in Germany. It will start its commercial run December 2017.
