IAS Prelims GS Questions and Answers - August 01 & 02, 2015
1. Which of the following statements are true about INSAT-3D ?1. INSAT-3D is a meteorological, data relay and satellite aided search and rescue satellite
2. It was launched using launched using the GSLV Mk-II.
a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both
d) None
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) Only 1
The satellite was expected to be launched using the GSLV Mk-II but INSAT-3D was launched by a European rocket Ariane 5 from the spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana. Main aim of the INSAT-3D mission is the provision of high quality observations for monitoring as well as prediction of weather events and study of the climate.
1.The mangrove habitat of Sunderban supports the single largest population of tigers in the world.
2.It is the only mangrove habitat that is inhabited by the tiger in world.
a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both
d) None
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) Both
The mangrove habitat supports the single largest population of tigers in the world which have adapted to an almost amphibious life, being capable of swimming for long distances and feeding on fish, crab and water monitor lizards. Tiger Census 2015 was carried out by Bangladesh-India Joint Tiger Census Project under the Strengthening Regional Cooperation for Wildlife Protection in Asia Project with funding from WB. As per this Tiger Census, the number of tigers in Bangladesh region of the Sunderbans has declined from 440 in 2004 to 106 in 2015
1. A sovereign fund called as National Investment and Infrastructure Fund will be created with initial fund of INR 20,000 crore.
2. It will provide funds for stalled projects in greenfield category only.
a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both
d) None
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) Only 1
It will provide funds for stalled projects in greenfield category as well as brownfield category. GoI will contribute 49% of the subscribed capital of NIIIF. Apart from the Centre, cash rich state owned companies will contribute to NIIF through special dividends
1. Man Booker Prize is given in fiction and non fiction category
2. The prize is open only to authors from the UK & Commonwealth, Republic of Ireland and Zimbabwe.
a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both
d) None
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d) None
Man Booker Prize is given in fiction only. Man Booker Prize was formerly awarded to only authors from the nations that comprised the British Commonwealth. The new rules make English-language novels from any country in the world eligible for the $85,000 award.
1.National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) as a new sub-mission under the over-arching National Health Mission (NHM).
2. Center-State funding pattern will be 75:25
3. While North Eastern states and other special category states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand for whom the funding pattern will be 90:10.
a) 1,2
b) 2,3
c) 1,3
d) All the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d) All the above
The scheme will focus on primary health care needs of the urban poor. This Mission will be implemented in 779 cities and towns with more than 50,000 population and cover about 7.75 crore people.
1. Center will pay states full five-year compensation for any revenue loss due to the introduction of the goods and services tax.
2. It Exempted stock transfers within group companies from the 1% additional tax on inter-State supplies.
a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both
d) None
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) Both
The goods and services tax (GST) is a comprehensive value-added tax (VAT) on goods and services. It is an indirect tax levy on manufacture, sale and consumption of goods as well as services at a national level.
1. Dinesh Goswami Committee
2. Ashok Mehta Committee
3. Tarkunde Committee
4. Nani Palkhivala committee
6. Indrajit Gupta Committee.
a) 1,2,3,4
b) 3,4,6
c) 1,3,6
d) all
View Answer / Hide Answer8. Which of the following statements are correct ?1.Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction and it is administered by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
2. OPCW's headquarters is based in Vienna
a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both
d) None
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) Only 1
OPCW's headquarters is based in the Hague, Netherlands. The treaty entered into force in 1997. The parties' main obligation under the convention is to prohibit the use and production of chemical weapons, as well as the destruction of all current chemical weapons. The destruction activities are verified by the OPCW. Israel has signed but not ratified the agreement. Angola, Egypt, North Korea and South Sudan have neither signed nor acceded to the treaty.
