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Question 1

What are the objectives of the OECD?

Answer 1

to stimulate Economic progress and world trade

Question 2

Where is the headquarters of OECD located?

Answer 2

Paris

Question 3

Jurisdictions having low taxes are called?

Answer 3

Tax Havens

Question 4

The tax avoidance strategy used by MNCs where profits are shifted from jurisdictions that have high taxes to jurisdictions that have low or no taxes is called?

Answer 4

Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS)

Question 5

The biennial Thakurani Jatra Festival is celebrated in?

Answer 5

Odisha

Question 6

The biennial Thakurani Jatra Festival was recently celebrated in?

Answer 6

Berhampur

Question 7

A metropolitan subregion where the layout, infrastructure, and economy are centered on an airport, which serves as a multimodal airport city is called?

Answer 7

Aerotropolis

Question 8

The Centre is planning to build an aerotropolis in which state?

Answer 8

Assam

Question 9

List the Eight Core Industries in the IIP?

Answer 9

Coal, Cement, Crude Oil, Electricity, Natural Gas, Steel and Refinery Products

Question 10

Expand IIP.

Answer 10

Index of Industrial Production

Question 11

IIP is compiled and published monthly by the

Answer 11

CSO

Question 12

Expand CSO

Answer 12

Central Statistical Organisation

Question 13

The IIP is published ______ after the reference month ends?

Answer 13

Six Weeks

Question 14

Bacterial products having healing or curative powers are called?

Answer 14

Probiotics

Question 15

India’s first microforest is being built in?

Answer 15

Raipur, Chattisgarh

Question 16

The microforest is being built in Raipur to create an?

Answer 16

Oxyzone

Question 17

Which is the 7th most polluted city in the world?

Answer 17

Raipur

Question 18

Name the rarest species of fish in the world?

Answer 18

Rayichepalu

Question 19

Rayichepalu has been declared as the rarest species of fish in the world by?

Answer 19

Researchers from Marine Living Resources Department of Andhra University

Question 20

Rayichepalu fish is found in the coast of?

Answer 20

Visakhapatnam

Question 21

The length or Rayichepalu fish is?

Answer 21

97 mm

Question 22

What is the scientific name of Rayichepalu?

Answer 22

Pseudathias Vizagensis

Question 23

The Preservation, protection and improvement of stock and prevention of animal diseases, veterinary training and practicr comes under which list of the Constitution of India?

Answer 23

Concurrent List

Question 24

The prohibition of cow slaughter is a directive principle of state policy under which article of the Constitution of India?

Answer 24

Art 48

Question 25

As per Schedule II of the NREGA, the minimum number of days within which the workers wages must be paid after due completion of tasks is?

Answer 25

15 days

Question 26

The process of grafting or transplanting organs or tissues between members of different species is called?

Answer 26

Xenotransplantation

Question 27

The World Elephant Day is celebrated on?

Answer 27

August 12

Question 28

Name the nationwide campaign launched by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to protect elephants.

Answer 28

Gaj Yatra

Question 29

The Gaj Yatra Campaign is planned to cover?

Answer 29

12 Elephant Range States

Question 30

The Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary is located in?

Answer 30

Virudhunagar and Madurai Districts of Tamil Nadu

Question 31

Oriental White Backed Vulture and the Long Billed Vulture are endemic to?

Answer 31

The Western Ghats

Question 32

Nilgiri Langur and Nilgiri Tahr are present in which wildlife sanctuary?

Answer 32

The Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu

Question 33

The Connshing Syndrome is linked to the over productuon of?

Answer 33

The Stress Hormone Cortisol

Question 34

The Connshing Syndrome has been discovered as the new cause of?

Answer 34

High Blood Pressure

Question 35

Higher aerosol loading results in delayed but more rainfall in?

Answer 35

Central and Northern India

Question 36

The effect of higher aerosol loading on monsoon is researched by?

Answer 36

IIT Kanpur

Question 37

When aerosol particles are higher, the number of nucleation sites?

Answer 37

Increases

Question 38

Ghumura, an ancient folk dance, originated in which state?

Answer 38

Odisha

Question 39

______ was a a war dance of the Gods and Demons.

Answer 39

Ghumura

Question 40

______ in humans has a very high affinity for carbon monoxide, forming carboxyhemoglobin with it.

Answer 40

Hemoglobin

Question 41

_____ has higher affinity for Hemoglobin than oxygen.

Answer 41

Carbon Monoxide

Question 42

List the countries bordering the Black Sea.

Answer 42

Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine

Question 43

The Nitisara of Kamandaka, also known as the Kamandakiya-Nitisara, was composed during the?

Answer 43

Guptan Age

Question 44

The Nitisara of Kamandaka was based on?

Answer 44

Kautilya's Arthashasthra

Question 45

IUCN's Red Data Book classifies Celebes Macaque as?

Answer 45

Critically Endangered

Question 46

List the countries which have signed but not yet ratified the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

Answer 46

Argentina, Cuba, Haiti, Morocco, Mozambique, Switzerland and the USA

Question 47

List the countries through which the Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline runs?

Answer 47

Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.

Question 48

The Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline is also known as?

Answer 48

TAPI Pipeline

Question 49

The TAPI Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline being developed by the?

Answer 49

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Question 50

The TAPI Pipeline will transport _____ from Turkmenistan to India.

Answer 50

Caspian Sea Natural Gas

Question 51

The Swadesh Darshan Scheme is being implemented by?

Answer 51

The Ministry of Tourism

Question 52

The Swadesh Darshan Scheme is funded by?

Answer 52

Completely funded by the Central Government

Question 53

Expand PRASAD

Answer 53

Pilgrimage Rejuvenation And Spiritual Augmentation Drive

Question 54

Name the components of he Swadesh Darshan Scheme.

Answer 54

PRASAD and Swadesh Darshan

Question 55

Name the scheme under which the government aims to provide LPG connections to BPL households in the country.

Answer 55

PM Ujjwala Yojana

Question 56

Name the scheme which aims to replace unclean cooking fuels mostly used in rural India with the clean and more efficient LPG.

Answer 56

Pm Ujjwala Yojana

Question 57

National Child Labour Project for Rehabilitation of Child Labour Scheme targets children in the age group?

Answer 57

5-14 and adolescents

Question 58

Under which scheme was a survey of child labour engaged in hazardous occupations and processes conducted?

Answer 58

National Child Labour Project for Rehabilitation of Child Labour Scheme

Question 59

Name the web portal and mobile application with an objective to enable willing donors to contribute towards the family of a braveheart who sacrificed his/her life in the line of duty.

Answer 59

Bharat ke Veer

Question 60

Japanese Encephalitis is a viral disease spread through

Answer 60

mosquito bites

Question 61

List the symptoms of Japanese Encephalitis that take 5 to 15 days to develop.

Answer 61

fever, headache, vomiting, confusion and difficulty moving

Question 62

List the symptoms that develop later in Japanese Encephalitis.

Answer 62

Swelling around the brain and coma

Question 63

Labour Disputes is mentioned under which list is the 8th Schedule of the Constitution?

Answer 63

Concurrent List

Question 64

The National Disaster Management Authority in India is chaired by?

Answer 64

The Prime Minister

Question 65

Public Health and Sanitation falls under which list in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution?

Answer 65

State List

Question 66

In H1N1, H & N stand for?

Answer 66

Haemogluttinin and Neuraminidase

Question 67

The H1N1 virus is a _____ virus.

Answer 67

Orthomyxovirus

Question 68

_____ causes red blood cells to clump together and binds the H1N1 virus to the infected cell.

Answer 68

Heamogluttinin

Question 69

Neuraminidase is a type of ______ enzyme.

Answer 69

Glycoside Hydrolase

Question 70

______ helps to move the H1N1 virus particles through the infected cell and assist in budding from the host cells.

Answer 70

Neuraminidase

Question 71

Art 233 of the Constitution deals with?

Answer 71

Appointment of District Judges

Question 72

Appointment, posting and promotion of District judges in any state shall be made by the?

Answer 72

Governor of the State in consultation with the High Court

Question 73

A person shall be eligible to be appointed as a district judge if?

Answer 73

he has been an advocate or a pleader for a minimum of 7 years and is recommended by the High Court

Question 74

Is India a signatory to the 1951 Convention on Refugees.

Answer 74

No

Question 75

Is India a signatory to the 1967 Protocol on the Convention on Refugees.

Answer 75

No.

Question 76

The Government fixes ceiling prices of all drugs under the?

Answer 76

National List of Essential Medicines

Question 77

Price fixation of drugs is carried out by the?

Answer 77

National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA)

Question 78

List the countries from which 95% of global lithium is produced.

Answer 78

Argentina, Australia, Chile and China.

Question 79

Only Electric Vehicles will be sold in India from?

Answer 79

2030

Question 80

Desert National Park is located in?

Answer 80

Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

Question 81

Where is India's first museum on the Partition of India going to be opened?

Answer 81

Amritsar, Punjab

Question 82

India's first Railways Disaster Management Center is expected to come up near?

Answer 82

Bengaluru by 2018

Question 83

The Railways Disaster Management Center will have a ______ for analyzing railway accidents.

Answer 83

Virtual Reality Centre

Question 84

World Wetlands Day is celebrated on?

Answer 84

February 2

Question 85

World Wetlands Day 2017 was celebrated at?

Answer 85

Bhoj Wetlands, Bhopal

Question 86

The Theme of the World Wetlands Day 2017 is?

Answer 86

Wetlands for Disaster Risk Reduction

Question 87

The Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary is located in?

Answer 87

to the west of Ahmedabad near Sanand Village in Gujarat

Question 88

Name the largest wetland bird sanctuary in Gujarat.

Answer 88

Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary

Question 89

Nal Sarovar was declared as a Ramsar Site on?

Answer 89

24th September 2012

Question 90

The Mrugavani National Park is located in?

Answer 90

Hyderabad, Telangana

Question 91

Production of _____ crops has outpaced the production of food grains consistently since 2012-13.

Answer 91

Horticulture

Question 92

The objective of the National Food Security Mission is to?

Answer 92

increase production of rice, wheat and pulses only.

Question 93

Expand OPCW.

Answer 93

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

Question 94

The OPCW is headquartered in?

Answer 94

The Hague, Netherlands

Question 95

Which organisation was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2013?

Answer 95

OPCW

Question 96

The ______ is an arms control treaty which outlaws the production, stockpiling, and use of chemical weapons and their precursors.

Answer 96

Chemical Weapons Convention, Or, Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons

Question 97

The Chemical Weapons Convention is administered by the?

Answer 97

OPCW

Question 98

How many thematic circuits have been identified for development under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme?

Answer 98

13

Question 99

Name the device which has been encouraged for use in multidisease testing by the WHO.

Answer 99

Genexpert

Question 100

List the diseases which can be diagnosed by the Genexpert device.

Answer 100

Tuberculosis and HIV infections

Question 101

What is the equivalent size of the Genexpert device?

Answer 101

That of a microwave oven

Question 102

The Genexpert device can measure viral loads of?

Answer 102

Hepatitis C