16-10-2021 MCQs Test

1. Consider the following statements about Doing Business project:

1. It provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 190 economies and selected cities at the subnational and regional level.
2. It ranks countries on the basis of Distance to Frontier (DTF) score that highlights the gap of an economy with respect to the global best practice.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

2. Consider the following statements about SC Garg Committee recommendations (2019):

1. It bans anybody who mines, hold, transact or deal with cryptocurrencies in any form.
2. It recommends a jail term of one to 10 years for exchange or trading in digital currency.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

3. Consider the following statements about Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 2021:

1. It enhances the upper gestation limit from 20 to 24 weeks for special categories of women.
2. Upper gestation limit not to apply in cases of substantial foetal abnormalities diagnosed by the Medical Board.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

4. Who was Vinayak Damodar Savarkar?

5. What is One Health Approach?

1. It is an approach to design and implement programmes, policies, legislation and research in which multiple sectors communicate and work together.
2. The areas of work in which a One Health approach is particularly relevant include food safety, the control of zoonoses and combating antibiotic resistance.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

6. What is Sela Main Tunnel?

7. What is Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana (RKVY)?

1. It empowers local youth by way of providing entry level training in Industry relevant skills through Railway Training Institutes.
2. It is under aegis of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikasa Yojana (PMKVY).

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

8. Consider the following statements:

1. Floating exchange rates are decided by central banks of a country.
2. The term devaluation is used when the government reduces the value of a currency under Floating rate system.

Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?

9. Consider the following statements about the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures (CICA):

1. It is an intergovernmental forum aimed at strengthening regional cooperation and ensuring peace, security, and stability in Asia.
2. CICA members include 27 Asian countries, nine observer states, and five international organizations.

Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?

10. Earlier known as Formosa, a tiny island off the east coast of China, is where Chinese republicans of the Kuomintang government retreated after the 1949 victory of the communists — and it has since continued as the Republic of China (RoC). The island being discussed is: