IAS Prelims GS Questions and Answers - July 11, 2015
1. Which of the following is biggest component of foreign reserve?a) Foreign currency assets held by the RBI
b) Gold holdings of the RBI
c) SDRs
d) Reserve Position in the IMF
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) Foreign currency assets held by the RBI
As on on June 26, 2015 Foreign currency assets held by the RBI are $330500.8 Million, Gold holdings of the RBI is of $19340.2 million , SDRs are $ 4063.7 million and Reserve Position in the IMF is $ 1317.1 million.
1. Member countries will initially contribute $10 billion each for Contingent Reserve Arrangement
2. BRICS could lend up to $34 billion per year.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both
d) None
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) Only 2
CRA will be a $100 billion pool, with maximum $41 billion coming from China. India’s contribution of $18 billion to the Pool will be same as that of Brazil and Russia. South Africa would chip in $5 billion.
1. The inaugural Chairman of the Board of directors will come from Russia.
2. The inaugural chairman of the Board of Governors will come from Brazil
Which of the above statements is/are correct?a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both
d) None
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) Only 2
The inaugural Chairman of the Board of directors will come from Brazil
The inaugural chairman of the Board of Governors will be Russian.
1. Only center can declare particular area as disturbed area under AFSPA.
2. The decision of the government to declare a particular area ‘disturbed’ cannot be challenged in a court of law.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both
d) None
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) Only 2
Center or state can declare particular area as disturbed area under AFSPA.
1. World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction met at Sendai, Japan in 2015
2. The conference coincided with Cyclone Pam hitting Vanuatu
3. The conference included an announcement of a US$4 billion dollar fund to prepare for disasters over four years.
Which of the above statements are true?a) 1,2
b) 2,3
c) 1,3
d) All
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d) All
The World Conference has been convened since 1994, and in 2005 the second at Kobe, Japan adopted the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015.This is the third conference of World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
1. Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS ) works under Ministry of Environment at Hydrabad
2. Indian Tsunami Early Warning System (TEWS) was established in INCOIS
Which of the above statements is/are correct?a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both
d) None
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) Only 2
Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS ) works under Ministry of Earth Sciences
1. Earthquake early warning system is deployed at Uttarkhand
2. It will issue warnings 1-40 seconds before earthquakes of magnitude 5 occur.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both
d) None
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) Both
Warning of earthquakes are based on the detection of P and S waves generated during an earthquake. The P wave, which is harmless and travels faster than the S wave, is detected by the sensors for advance warning. The first system has been installed in Dehradun, and the second will be established at Pithoragarh in the Kumaon region.
1. ISS is the largest artificial body in orbit
2. It holds the record of longest continuous human presence in space
Which of the above statements is/are correct?a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both
d) None
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) Both
Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka has broken the record for the longest time spent in space with a total of 803 days as on July 2015.The 57-year-old Gennady beat the old record of 803 days, nine hours and 41 minutes set by fellow cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev
1. NASA
2. ESA
3. ISRO
4. Canadian Space Agency
5. Roscosmos
6. JAXA
7. China National Space Administration (CNSA)
a) 1,2,4,5,6
b) 1,2,5
c) 1,2,3,5,7
d) all
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) 1,2,4,5,6
The ISS program is a joint project among five participating space agencies: NASA, Roscosmos, JAXA, ESA, and CSA.
