UPSC IAS 2018 PRELIMS PRACTICE QUESTIONS : DAY 51/60 SAMVEG IAS

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UPSC IAS 2018 PRELIMS PRACTICE QUESTIONS : DAY 51/60 SAMVEG IAS

Q1 World Economic Forum released the Global Gender Gap Report

  1. The report was introduced by the  World Economic Forum in 2006
  2. India has slipped 21 ranks to 108 behind Bangladesh (47) and China (100) in 2017
  3. main reason behind slipping of India’s ranking is its laggard performance on political participation and empowerment pillar.
  4. Workplace gender gap is evident due to low participation of women as well as low wages to women as compared to men

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

  1. 1, 2 and 3 only
  2. 1, 3 and 4 only
  3. 1, 2 and 4 only
  4. 1, 2, 3 and 4

 
Q2. Consider the following statements about findings  related to INDIA STATE LEVEL DISEASE BURDEN REPORT

  1. India State Level Disease Burden Report was prepared by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) along with Public Health Foundation of India and Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME).
  2. Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) is Years of healthy life lost to premature death and suffering. It is composed two components: Years of Life Lost (YLL) and Years of life lived with disability (YLD).

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

 
Q3. Consider the following statements about India Youth Development Index, 2017

  1. The Index has been constructed by the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of  Youth Development (RGNIYD) with an  objective of tracking the trends in Youth Development across the States.
  2. Youth’ refers  to a stage of life in transition between adolescence and adulthood in the age bracket of 15 to 29 years.
  3. Global Youth Index is developed by the Commonwealth Secretariat
  4. The various dimensions on which the  YDI 2017 has been formed are  Education , Health ,Political Participants , Civic Participation Work ,Social Inclusion

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

  1. 1, 2 and 3 only
  2. 1, 3 and 4 only
  3. 1, 2 and 4 only
  4. 1, 2, 3 and 4

 
Q4 Consider the following statements about population of india

  1. India has 65% of the population less than the age of 35 years and 50% below 25 years of age
  2. The National YDI value is 0.569 with wide range of variations between states e.g. Bihar (0.466) and Himachal Pradesh (0.689).
  3. Adopting programmes and policies that  have youth at their focus and promote  progressive youth development in  order to achieve SDG8.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. 1 and 3 only
  2. 2 and 3 only
  3. 1 and 2 only
  4. 1, 2 and 3

 
Q5 Global Education Monitoring Report (GEM Report, 2017-18) with the theme ‘Accountability in Education’ was recently released by

  1. UNESCO
  2. WEF
  3. WB
  4. UNDP