Today' Task

1)                  Hypersonic Flight Experiment conducted by ISRO in 2016 is part of which of the following programmes?

a.      GAGAN satellite navigation system

b.     Mars Orbiter Mission

c.      Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstration (RLV-TD)

d.     None of them

2)                  Which among the following has never been an agenda of Financial Sector Reforms in India?

a.      Providing easy credit to all citizens with subsidies guaranteed

b.     Deregulation of the interest rate regime

c.      Enabling regulatory framework for effective supervision

d.     Strengthening the Disclosure norms

 3)                  The Jatropha curcas, source of inedible vegetable oil that is used to produce biofuel and which works as a carbon sink is native to which of the following regions of the world?

a.      Europe

b.     Central Africa

c.      Central America

d.     South America

 4)                  Which among the following terms of utmost significance in the dynamics of resource management was coined in the ‘Brundtland Commission Report’?

a.      Polluter-Pays Principle

b.     Sustainable development

c.      Inclusive Growth

d.     Carrying Capacity

  5)                  Which of the following is the composition of vinegar?

a.      65-75% solution of acetic acid in water

b.     45-60% solution of acetic acid in water

c.      28-35% solution of acetic acid in water

d.     5-8% solution of acetic acid in water

 6)                  Who among the following erected a monastery stupa at Peshawar ?

a.      Ashoka

b.     Kanishka

c.      Bimbisara

d.     Sri Gupta

 7)                     Coastal Bank, India’s first local Area Bank, operates in which state?

a.      Gujarat

b.     Andhra Pradesh

c.      Karnataka

d.     Tamil Nadu

 8)                     White Leghorn is a breed of which of the following?

a.      Chicken

b.     Himalayan Langur

c.      Himalayan Deer

d.     Indian Goat

 9)                  Hypersonic Flight Experiment conducted by ISRO in 2016 is part of which of the following programmes?

a.      GAGAN satellite navigation system

b.     Mars Orbiter Mission

c.      Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstration (RLV-TD)

d.     None of them

 10)             Which among the following has never been an agenda of Financial Sector Reforms in India?

a.      Providing easy credit to all citizens with subsidies guaranteed

b.     Deregulation of the interest rate regime

c.      Enabling regulatory framework for effective supervision

d.     Strengthening the Disclosure norms