Questions
Q1. Consider the following statements about “Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme”:
1. Sovereign Gold Bond will be sold through bank, post offices and Stock Holding Corporation of India Limited.
2. Sovereign Gold Bond Bonds will be issued by Finance Minisrty
3. Sovereign Gold Bonds can be used as collateral for loans.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) All of the above
Q2. Consider the following statements
Assertion (A): Azad Hind Government, also known as Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind, was supported by the Axis powers of Imperial Japan, Nazi Germany, the Italian Social Republic, and their allies.
Reason (R): With Azad Hind Government, Subhash Chandra Bose had launched a struggle to free India from British rule under the banner of the provisional government-in exile during the latter part of the Second World War.
Select the correct answer from codes given below
a) Both A and R are correct, and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are correct, and R is not correct explanation of A
c) A is correct while R is incorrect
d) A is incorrect while R is correct
Q3. Which of the following statements about “Indian Penal Code” are correct?
1. The Indian Penal Code was designed by the British in 1860 as it was necessary to “maintain the stability of the British Empire”
2. The IPC replaced Mohammedan Criminal Law, which had a very close relationship with Islam. Thus, the IPC laid the foundation of secularism.
3. It was widely appreciated as a state-of-the-art code and was, indeed, the first codification of criminal law in the British Empire.
4. The Union home ministry wants to overhaul the British-era Indian Penal Code (IPC) to remedy its spirit of “master and servant,”.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
a) 1, 2 and 4 only
b) 2, 3 and 4 only
c) 1, 2 and 3 only
d) All of the above
Q4. Which of the following statements are correct about “One Nation, One Ration card”?
1. The national portability of Ration cards will ensure all beneficiaries in getting access to PDS across the nation from any PDS shop of their own choice.
2. One Nation, One Ration card scheme will provide freedom to the beneficiaries as they will not be tied to any one PDS
3. Aadhar card seeding is not mandatory under the One Nation, One Ration card scheme to get benefits under the scheme.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) All of the above
Q5. Recently in news ‘Anthrax’ related to:
a) Astronomical phenomena.
b) A disease caused by Bacillus anthracis, a germ that lives in soil.
c) A health supplement
d) An material used in fibre making.
Note
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