General Tests: Mock Test - 1 - CUET Commerce MCQ

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry launched the pilot phase of the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC).
It is a first-of-its-kind initiative globally to pave way for democratising digital commerce to enhance the penetration of digital commerce in the country. The initiative aims to promote an open platform for exchange of goods and services through electronic networks. ONDC would standardise operations, promote inclusion of local suppliers and increase efficiencies in logistics.

The Odisha State ST and SC development department signed an MoU with the Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC), Bhubaneswar, to set up a tribal health observatory (TriHOb).
This is said to be the first in the country, for ensuring equity in tribal health in Odisha. TriHOb will establish a repository on the health of tribal population of Odisha. Odisha Tribal Family Health Survey was also launched.

ICICI Bank has launched ‘Open-for-all’ Digital ecosystem for MSMEs. The digital service for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) can be used by customers of other banks.
One of the new services it provides is sanction of instant and paperless overdraft facility up to Rs 25 lakh through ‘InstaOD Plus’. The feature enables customers of any bank to avail of an overdraft instantly.

According to a notification issued by the Ministry of Finance, the government will soon issue a commemorative coin of Rs 100 denomination to mark the birth centenary of Jawaharlal Darda.
Born in 1923, he was a former Congress leader and founder of the Lokmat group of newspapers. The successful businessman and also served as a Minister in Maharashtra for several terms. He passed away in 1997.

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Semicon India Conference-2022 in Bengaluru. The consumption of semiconductors is expected to cross USD 110 billion by 2030 and India has the world’s fastest growing start-up ecosystem.
The Government of India recently launched ‘Production Linked Incentives’ (PLI) schemes that offer incentives of over 26 Billion Dollars in 14 key sectors.

State of the World’s Forests (SOFO) Report is a flagship publication of Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO).
As per the 2022 edition of the report, released during the World Forestry Congress, the world has lost 420 million hectares (mha), approximately 10.34 per cent of its total forest area in the last 30 years. It also warned that 15 per cent of 250 emerging infectious diseases have been linked to forests.

The Delhi Cabinet had passed an ambitious Delhi Startup Policy which aims to turn the capital into an international startup hub.
The vision is to enable Delhi to emerge as a “Global Innovation Hub and the most preferred destination for Startups by 2030”. The government intends to encourage, facilitate and support 15,000 startups by 2030. A Startup Policy Monitoring Committee will be formed to oversee the Policy. It will be headed by the Finance Minister of the Delhi Government.

Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) launched M15 petrol on a pilot basis in Assam’s Tinsukia district. It has a 15 per cent blend of methanol with petrol.
Methanol is being manufactured by Assam Petrochemical Ltd near the Digboi refinery. The government had earlier extended the timeline for the disbursement of loans and completion of projects related to ethanol. The Government also provides financial assistance in the form of interest subvention.

Open, a neo-banking fin-tech portal recently raised capital to push up its value over a billlion dollars and became India’s 100th unicorn.
Open, a five-year-old Bengaluru-based neo-bank, raised USD 50 mn recently. Earlier, Google, Temasek, Visa, and Japan’s SoftBank invested USD 100 million in the startup. 14 Indian Startups entered the Unicorn Club In 2022 while 42 startups and 2 listed companies touched the billion-dollar valuation in 2021.

Maharashtra has announced to set up a ‘Gene bank project’, to conserve native and endangered animals, crops, marine and biological species. It will be implemented by the Maharashtra State Biodiversity Board (MSBB) and Rs 172.39 crore has been allocated for the next five years.
The project will work on seven themes — marine, crop, veterinary, freshwater, grassland biodiversity, protection and management of forest right areas, and regeneration of forests. The project will focus on mitigating the impact on the food chain due to climate change.

According to the RSF 2022 World Press Freedom Index, India’s ranking has fallen down to 150th position from last year’s 142nd place.
This year, Norway (1st) Denmark (2nd) and Sweden (3rd) were ranked at the top positions, while North Korea remained at the bottom of the list of 180 countries and territories. Reporters sans frontieres (RSF) or Reporters without Borders, a global media watch-dog releases the report every year.

The Punjab government recently announced Rs 1,500 incentive per acre for farmers opting for Direct Seeding of Rice (DSR).
Last year, 18% of the total rice area in the state was under DSR while the government target was 10 lakh hectares. According to the studies by Punjab Agriculture University (PAU), DSR technique can help save 15% to 20% water and sometimes to 23%. It can also solve labour shortage problem as paddy seeds are sown directly with machine, without paddy nursery and transplantation.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released the ‘Report on Currency and Finance (RCF)’ for the year 2021-22.
As per the report, price stability is a necessary precondition for strong and sustainable growth. It also proposed a seven-point blueprint for reforms. The Indian economy may take 12 years to overcome the losses emanating from the COVID-19 pandemic, which account to Rs 52 Lakh Crores.

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan released the ‘Mandate document’ for National Curriculum Framework (NCF).
The National Education Policy 2020 recommended the development of NCF in four areas — school education, early childhood care and education, teacher education and adult education. The development of the NCF is guided by the National Steering Committee (NSC), chaired by Dr K Kasturirangan, and supported by the Mandate Group, along with NCERT.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inaugurated the country’s first greenfield grain-based ethanol plant in Purnea.
The 105-crore plant by Eastern India Biofuels is the first one developed since the Centre gave approval to Bihar’s ethanol production and promotion policy-2021. The state government has proposed opening at least 17 ethanol plants over the next two years.

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The Madras High Court has invoked the “parens patriae jurisdiction” to declare Mother Nature as a Living Being with all corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a living person.
The order was spelt while responding to the petition from an official who sought to quash the proceedings against him for allegedly granting land deed for government land classified as ‘Forest Land’. The court said indiscriminate destruction of nature will endanger the existence of flora and fauna.

Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0, under the aegis of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, has launched the ‘National Behaviour Change Communication Framework for Garbage Free Cities’.
It aims to serve as a guiding document and blueprint for States and Cities to undertake large scale multimedia campaigns along with inter-personal communication campaigns. SBM Urban 2.0 is implemented by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).

The Maharashtra Department of Prisons has launched first kind of credit scheme for prisoners in jails across the state.
The loan scheme titled Jivhala is offered by the Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank for inmates who are undergoing a prison sentence of more than three years. The pilot was introduced at Yerawada Central Jail in Pune, and will be extended to nearly 60 prisons. Inmates can use the loans for education of their children, medical treatment of family members, legal fees, or other expenses.

South Korea’s National Intelligence Service became the first in Asia to join NATO’s cyber defence group. South Korea has been under Cyber-threats from China and North Korea.
NIS was accepted as a contributing participant for NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE). It was a cyber defence hub founded in Estonia, in 2008 and is focused on cyber-security research, training, and exercises.

From the given data, we can get

• A's one day work = 1/24,

• B's one day work = 1/9 and

• Cs one day work = 1/12.

Since, B and C start the work and left after 3 days;

• the work done by B and C is = 3 *((1/9) +(1/12)) = 7/12.

• Therefore, remaining work = 1- 7/12 =5/12.

• Time taken by A to complete the remaining work = 24 * 5/12 =10 days.

• Work done by A in one day = 1/6.

• Work done by B in one day = 1/8

• Work done by C in one day = 1/3 - (1/6+1/8) = 1/3 -7/24 = (8-7)/24 = 1/24.

A's wage : B's wage : C's wage = 1/6 : 1/8 : 1/24 = 4: 3: 1

Therefore, C's share = (1/8) * 3200 = Rs 400.

Let B's 1 day work =x.

Then , A's 1 day's work=2x

X+2x=1/12

⇒ 3x=1/12

⇒ x=1/36.

B's 1 day work=1/36.

Hence B alone can finish the work in 36 days.

Given condition:

Speed of the boat in still water = 6 km/hr.

Speed of boat in downstream = 3 * speed of boat in upstream.

Let the speed of the current be 'x' km/hr.

Therefore, speed of the boat in upstream (i.e against the current) = (6-x) km/hr.

Speed of the boat in downstream (i.e in the direction of current) = (6+x) km/hr

Now, substituting values in given condition, we get

⇒ (6+x) = 3 * (6-x)

⇒ 6+x = 18-3x

⇒ 4x=12

⇒ x=3 km/hr 

Thus, speed of the current = 3 km/hr.

Let the distance between Tina's house and school be 'x' km.

Therefore, time to cover the distance from her house to school = (Distance/ speed) = (x/3) hours.

Similarly, time to cover the distance from her school to house = (x/2) hours.

It is given that total time taken for whole journey= 5 hours.

Thus, (x/3 + x/2)= 5

⇒ ((2x+3x)/6)= 5

⇒ (5x/6) = 5

⇒ 5x=30 or x=6

Thus, distance between her house and school is 6 km

Number of liters of water in150 liters of the mixture = 20% of 150 = 20/100 * 150 = 30 liters. P liters of water added to the mixture to make water 25% of the new mixture.

Total amount of water becomes (30 + P) and total volume of mixture is (150 + P).

(30 + P) = 25/100 * (150 + P)

120 + 4P = 150 + P

⇒ P = 10 liters.

Statements:
All cricketers are wealthy.
Some wealthy are Indians.
All Indians are honest.
The Venn diagram as per the given statements:

Conclusions:
I. All Indians are cricketers. → Does not follow (Because there is no definite relation given between Indians and cricketers, so it can be possible only but not definitely true)
II. Some cricketers are honest. → Does not follow (Because there is no definite relation given between cricketers and honest, so it can be possible only but not definitely true)
Hence, the correct answer is "Neither conclusions I nor II follow".

The correct answer is All four
Key Points

• Gandhi-Irwin Pact
• Irwin on behalf of the government agreed on 
  • the immediate release of all political prisoners not convicted of violence; Hence, statement 1 is correct.
  • emission of all fines not yet collected;
  • return of all lands not yet sold to third parties;
  • lenient treatment to those government servants who had resigned; 
  • right to make salt in coastal villages for personal consumption (not for sale);
  • right to peaceful and non-aggressive picketing. Hence, statement 2 is correct.
  • withdrawal of emergency ordinances. Hence, statement 3 is correct.
• The viceroy, however, turned down two of Gandhi’s demands
  • a public inquiry into police excesses. Hence, statement 4 is correct.
  • commutation of Bhagat Singh and his comrades’ death sentence to life sentence.
• Gandhi on behalf of the Congress agreed
  • to suspend the civil disobedience movement
  • to participate in the next Round Table Conference on the constitutional question around the three lynch-pins of the federation, and Indian responsibility

The correct answer is (A) - (3), (B) - (4), (C) - (1), (D) - (2).
Key Points:

• The correct pairs are as follows:
  

Additional Information:

• Poise:
  • ​According to the centimeter-gram-second system of units, the poise is the measure of dynamic viscosity (absolute viscosity).
  • Instead of the poise itself, the centipoise (1 cP = 0.01 P) is more frequently employed.
• Farad:
  • ​The International System of Units' farad (symbol: F) represents electrical capacitance, or a body's capacity to store an electrical charge (SI).
• Kelvin:
  • ​The Boltzmann constant's numerical value is set to be exactly 1.380649 x 10^-23...J K^-1 [joules per kelvin], which yields the kelvin, symbol K, as the SI unit of thermodynamic temperature.
• Calorie:
  • ​Calorie is a term used to refer to various energy or heat units.
  • The amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 gramme of water by 1° Celsius at a pressure of 1 standard atmosphere was the original definition of a calorie.

The correct mirror image of the given figure is:
 
Hence, the correct answer is "Option 4".

The figure that will replace the question mark (?) in the following figure series is shown below:

Hence, ‘option 2’ is the correct answer.