Which of the following is/are features of ISRO’s “Solar Calculator” app?
1. It suggests optimum tilt angle for solar photovoltaic panel installation at any given location
2. The latitude and longitude coordinates are required to be keyed in manually for the app to work
3. It works only with smartphones that have an ‘auto brightness control’ functionality
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Consider the following statements:
1. Each State in India has its own drug regulator
2. As mandated recently by the amended Drugs and Cosmetic Rules, bio-equivalence studies are mandatory for all classes of generic drugs manufactured in India
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
With reference to the International Court of Justice, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. One-half of the court is elected every four years
2. Judges are eligible for re-election
3. All state parties to the statute of the court have the right to propose candidates
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The 97th Constitutional Amendment Act of 2011, related to co-operative societies, made changes to which of the following parts of the Constitution?
1. Fundamental Rights
2. Directive Principles of State Policy
3. Part IX
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Consider the following statements:
1. The Quality Council of India (QCI) was set up as a not-for-profit autonomous society to monitor the Swachh Bharat campaign and recommend periodically to the government appropriate policy measures
2. The QCI conducted the Swachh Survekshan 2017 survey
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Consider the following statements:
1. The World Customs Organisation (WCO) was established under the aegis of the World Trade Organisation
2. The ‘Revised Kyoto Convention’ is related to the simplification and harmonisation of customs procedures globally
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Consider the following statements
1. AURA is a NASA scientific research satellite, studying the Earth’s ozone layer
2. Montreal Protocol is aimed to regulate the production and use of chemicals that contribute to the depletion of Earth’s ozone layer
Select the correct statements
Consider the following statements about SWAYAM PRABHA
1. It is a project under Ministry of Human Resource Development
2. It is a group of 32 DTH channels devoted to telecasting of educational programmes on 24X7 basis using the GSAT-15 satellite
3. It is maintained by Information and Library Network Centre
Select the correct statements
Consider the following statements:
Assertion (A): No Departmental Standing Committee (DSC) works under the Rajya Sabha
Reasons (R): The main objective of a DSC is to secure particularly more financial accountability of the Executive to the Parliament
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Consider the following statements about Consolidated Fund of India (CFI)
1. All revenues received by the government by way of direct taxes and indirect taxes, money borrowed and receipts from loans given by the government flow into the CFI
2. No money can be withdrawn from this fund without the Parliament’s approval
Select the correct statements
Which one of the following countries is a member of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)?
A rapid increase in the rate of inflation is sometimes attributed to the “base effect”. What is “base effect” ?
Key issues that have been raised with reference to the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017 include
1. A civil wrong being treated as a criminal act
2. The utilisation of Waqf funds for payment of subsistence allowance to the estranged wife
3. The potential for misuse of the law against Muslim men due to the non-cognizable nature being assigned to the offence of pronouncing triple talaq
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The Standard & Poor’s (S&P), in its Banking Industry Country Risk Assessment (BICRA) report for India, has put the Indian Banking System under group _____ based on its economic health and industry risk criteria
According to the data by International Monetary Fund (IMF), what is the rank of India in terms of per capita GDP of countries for the year 2017?
Which among the given sites has been awarded the 2017 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Award for Cultural Heritage Conservation?
Which state has been ranked at the top position in Gender Vulnerability Index (GVI) released by Child development NGO Plan India on November 1, 2017?
A committee of jurors annually decides the awardees of Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development. Name the head of the committee.
As per the latest Financial Stability Report (FSR) by the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI), the gross non-performing assets (GNPAs) is expected to rise to ____ percent of gross advances in March 2018 from 10.2 percent in September 2017
Who among the following women cricketers has been named in both the ICC Women’s ODI and T20I Team of the Year 2017 released recently?
The 12th Biennial International Conference & Exposition of Society of Petroleum Geophysicists (SPG) was organized in which state?
India has signed a MoU worth Rs. ___ with which of the following country for developing its infrastructure, health and education?
Which of the following small finance banks has partnered with Aditya Birla Health Insurance to act as a corporate agent for latter’s health insurance business?
The Reserve Bank of India has recently imposed restrictions on the banking activities of which government owned bank as its NPAs crossed 10%?
Union government has approved financial allocation of Rs ______ crore for the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana – Remunerative Approaches for Agriculture and Allied sector Rejuvenation (RKVY-RAFTAAR).
What is the rank of India among 119 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI), 2017 according to report by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)?
India on 25 October offered USD ________ aid to Sri Lanka as a part of the partnership in the field of higher education.
Which of the following has signed an MoU with UNESCO MGIEP (Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development) to launch VR content and 360-degree videos on Indian Heritage Sites?
How much amount of loan agreement has been signed between India and the World Bank for India’s SANKALP project?
As per the latest data by the Reserve Bank of India, bad loans of Public sector banks (PSBs) stood at Rs ____ lakh crore by the end of second quarter (September 30) this fiscal
The BCCI has revised its Future Tours Programme (FTP) according to which India will play _____ matches at home across all formats from 2019-2023 however the number of playing days has been reduced to ____
In recent years there has been some concern over the threat posed by the Mathura Oil Refinery and the thermal power plants to the Taj Mahal in Agra. The scientific basis of any possible damage to the Taj is mainly
Which of the following geographical features have played a great unifying role in strengthening the forces of homogeniety of the Indian people?
1. The expanses of water surrounding the peninsula
2. The Himalayan mountains
3. The vastness of the country
4. The presence of the Indian Ocean
Consider the following statements
1. The Buckingham Canal runs through the coast from Guntur district to South Arcot district.
2.For Indira Gandhi Canal, additional waters of Beas and Yamuna are diverted and the canal terminates in Barmer district.
Which of the statements (s) given above is/are correct?
Which of the following rights have been given to the foreigners in India under the Constitution ?
Consider the following statements:
1.The National Housing Bank, the apex institution of housing finance in India, was set up as a whollyowned subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of India .
2.The small Industries development Bank of India was established as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Industrial Development Bank of India .
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
Consider the following statements:
1. Zonal councils have been established under an Article of the Constitution of India.
2. There is a provision under an Article of Constitution of India that an inter-State council can be established by the president.
3. The union home minister has been nominated to be the common chairman of the zonal councils.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
What were the objectives of the introduction of the Joint Consultative Machinery (JCM) by the government?
1. To promote harmonious relations between the government and its employees
2. To secure the greatest measures of cooperation between the government and employees in matters of common concern
3. To increase the efficiency of public services
4. To maintain discipline in the civil services
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Which one of the following is/are all India services?
1. Indian Administrative Service
2. India Foreign Service
3. India Police Service
4. India Defence Service
Consider the following statements associated with the Deccan Traps :
1. From the Cretaceous to the Eocene, intense volcanic activity took place in peninsular India.
2. The volcanic lava spread out in horizontal sheets filling the irregularities of the pre-existing topography
3. The trap country is characterised by conical hills and extensive flat surfaces
of these statements :
Of the four forms of political protests mentioned below, which one is derived from the name of the person who used it as a political weapon for the first time ?
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