18-09-2021 MCQs Test

1. Consider the following statements about Geological Survey of India (GSI):

1. It is a scientific agency of India founded in 1851.
2. It is one of the oldest of such organisations in the world and the second oldest survey in India after Survey of India.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

2. What is Collective Security Treaty Organization?

3. Which of the following statements is/are correct about the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)?

1. It is headquartered in New Delhi.
2. It was set-up in 1986 under the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

4. Which of the following statements is/are correct about the East Asia Summit?

1. It is an ASEAN-centred forum so it can only be chaired by an ASEAN member.
2. Brunei Darussalam is the chair for 2021.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

5. What is Biosphere Reserve (BR)?

1. It nominated by national governments.
2. It remains under the sovereign jurisdiction of the states where they are located.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

6. Consider the following statements about Biosphere Reserves in India:

7. What is the status of White-Sided Dolphins in an IUCN Red List?

8. Where is Mammoth Cave National Park?

9. What is Karst Topography?

1. It is a type of landscape where the dissolving of the bedrock has created sinkholes, sinking streams, caves, springs.
2. Karst is associated with soluble rock types such as limestone, marble, and gypsum.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

10. India observed the 27th International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer on: