1. Who has the power to modify the list of notified STs?

The Constitution empowers the President to specify the Scheduled Tribes (STs) in various states and union territories.
Parliament can modify the list of notified STs.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

2. Consider the following statements about the Mekedatu project:

It involves building a balancing reservoir in Andhra Pradesh.
It is a multipurpose (drinking and power) project with estimated cost of the project is Rs 9,000 crore.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

3. What is retrospective taxation?

It allows a country to pass a rule on taxing certain products, items or services and deals and charge companies from a time behind the date on which the law is passed.

Countries use this route to correct any anomalies in their taxation policies that have, in the past.

Retrospective Taxation hurts companies that had knowingly or unknowingly interpreted the tax rules differently.

All the above

4. Where is Agalega island?

Mauritius

Indonesia

Singapore

Malaysia

5. Consider the following statements about the Diego Garcia:

It is an island of the British Indian Ocean Territory, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom.
The French were the first Europeans to find it and it was then settled by the Portuguese in the 1790s.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

6. What is Karenia Brevis?

Algae

Fungi

Bacteria

Virus

7. Consider the following statements about the Indus Water Treaty(IWT):

It was signed between then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and former Pakistan President Ayub Khan on 19th September 1960.
The Treaty was brokered by the World Bank.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

8. What is a Patent?

It is a statutory right for an invention granted for a limited period of time to the patentee by the Government.

The term of every patent granted is 20 years from the date of filing of application.

Patent protection is a territorial right.

All the above

9. Which of the following statements is/are incorrect about the EOS-03?

The satellite will be placed in the geostationary orbit.

It is a state-of-the-art agile satellite that will enable real-time monitoring of natural disasters, waterbodies, crops, forest cover changes, among others.

It is capable of imaging the whole country four to five times every day.

None of the above

10. Who was Surendranath Banerji?

He was the founder of the Indian National Association in 1880 in association with Anandmohan Bose.

He published the newspaper ‘The Bengalee’.

He did not support the Morley-Minto reforms in 1909.

All the above

What is the color of the snow?

07-08-2021 MCQs Test

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