UPSC IAS 2018 PRELIMS PRACTICE QUESTIONS : DAY 56/60 SAMVEG IAS Q1 India is becoming a dumping ground of pet-coke from the US, which hasbanned its internal use because of pollution. Sulphur-heavy petcoke and other polluting fuels such as furnace oil are widely used by cement factories, dyeing units, paper mills, brick kilns and ceramics […]
Read MoreUPSC IAS 2018 PRELIMS PRACTICE QUESTIONS : DAY 55/60 SAMVEG IAS Q1 Consider the following statements about The Eleventh Ministerial Conference (MC11) of WTO. It took place in December 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The out come was securing a deal on fisheries subsidies for prohibiting subsidies for illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. There […]
Read MoreUPSC IAS 2018 PRELIMS PRACTICE QUESTIONS : DAY 52/60 SAMVEG IAS Q1Consider the following statements about TB Moscow Declaration related to ending Tuberculosis in the Sustainable Development Era TB is world’s leading cause of death from infectious disease. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 1 only 2 only Both 1 and 2 Neither […]
Read MoreUPSC IAS 2018 PRELIMS PRACTICE QUESTIONS : DAY 54/60 SAMVEG IAS Q1 Consider the following statements about Wassenaar Arrangement and MTCR? It is a multilateral export control regime (MECR) to promote transparency and greaterresponsibility in transfers of Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies. It has 42 members with India being the newest entrant […]
Read MoreUPSC IAS 2018 PRELIMS PRACTICE QUESTIONS : DAY 53/60 SAMVEG IAS Q1 Due to multiple layers of planning, administration and resource allocation to tackle deprivations, the efforts are often dispersed in time and space, leading to suboptimal results. Consider the following statements about MISSION ANTYODAYA It is based on convergence, accountability and measurable outcomes to ensure that the resources are effectively spent in providing ‘sustainable […]
Read MoreUPSC IAS 2018 PRELIMS PRACTICE QUESTIONS : DAY 51/60 SAMVEG IAS Q1 World Economic Forum released the Global Gender Gap Report The report was introduced by the World Economic Forum in 2006 India has slipped 21 ranks to 108 behind Bangladesh (47) and China (100) in 2017 main reason behind slipping of India’s ranking is […]
Read MoreUPSC IAS 2018 PRELIMS PRACTICE QUESTIONS : DAY 50/60 SAMVEG IAS Q1 ‘SHe-Box’ will help with better implementation of a) Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal Act), 2013 b) The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 c) The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 d) The Juvenile Justice […]
Read MoreUPSC IAS 2018 PRELIMS PRACTICE QUESTIONS : DAY 49/60 SAMVEG IAS Q1. India’s first indigenous Long Range Sub-Sonic Cruise Missile is BRAHMOS ARIHANT NIRBHAY RUSTOM Q2 Consider the following statements about Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) The report ranks 56 countries and the European Union, which together are responsible for 90% of global greenhouse […]
Read MoreUPSC IAS 2018 PRELIMS PRACTICE QUESTIONS : DAY 48/60 SAMVEG IAS Q1. RKVY-RAFTAAR sub-schemes are: Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India (BGREI). Crop Diversification Program (CDP). Reclamation of Problem Soil (RPS). Foot & Mouth Disease – Control Program (FMD-CP). Saffron Mission. Accelerated Fodder Development Programme (AFDP). Select the correct answer using the code given below: […]
Read MoreUPSC IAS 2018 PRELIMS PRACTICE QUESTIONS : DAY 47/60 SAMVEG IAS Q1. Consider the following statements about the recent steps taken by the government in order to protect the marine ecology Prohibited the use of LED lights and other artificial lights and practice of bull-trawling, purse seining and gill netting operations in the Indian EEZ […]
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