With reference to pre-packaged items in India, it is mandatory to the manufacturer to put which of the following information on the main label, as per the Food Safety and Standards (Packaging
and Labelling) Regulations, 2011?
1. List of ingredients including additives
2. Nutrition information
3. Recommendation, if any, made by the medical profession about the possibility of any allergic reactions
4. Vegetarian/non-vegetarian
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Exam Year: 2016
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Correct Answer:
(c)
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India’s ranking in the ‘Ease of Doing Business Index’ is sometimes seen in the news. Which of the following has declared that ranking?
Correct Answer:
(c)
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Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres)’, often in the news, is
Correct Answer:
(b)
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Mission Indradhanush’ launched by the Government of India pertains to
Correct Answer:
(a)
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Recently, which of the following States has explored the possibility of constructing an artificial inland port to be connected to sea by a long navigational channel?
Correct Answer:
(d)
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Which of the following are the key features of ‘National Ganga River Basin Authority(NGRBA)?
1. River basin is the unit of planning and management.
2. It spearheads the river conservation efforts at the national level. 3. One of the Chief Ministers of the States through which the Ganga flows becomes the
Chairman of NGRBA on rotation basis.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.Correct Answer:
(a)
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With reference to the Agreement at the UNFCCC Meeting in Paris in 2015, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. The Agreement was signed by all the member countries of the UN and it will go into effect in 2017.
2. The Agreement aims to limit the greenhouse gas emissions so that the rise in average global
temperature by the end of this century does not exceed 2oC or even 1.50C above pre-industrial levels.
3. Developed countries acknowledged their historical responsibility in global warming and committed to donate $ 1000 billion a year from 2020 to help developing countries to cope with climate change.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.Correct Answer:
(b)
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What is/are unique about ‘Kharai camel’, a breed found in India?
1. It is capable of swimming up to three kilometres in seawater.
2. It survives by grazing on mangroves.
3. It lives in the wild and cannot be domesticated.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.Correct Answer:
(a)
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What is/are the importance/ importances of the ‘United Convention to Combat Desertification’?
1. It aims to promote effective action through innovative national programmes and supportive
international partnerships
2. It has a special/particular focus on South Asia and North Africa regions, and its Secretariat
facilitates the allocation of major portion of financial resources to these regions.
3. It is committed to bottom-up approach, encouraging the participation of local people in
combating the desertification.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.Correct Answer:
(c)
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The ‘Swadeshi’ and ‘Boycott’ were adopted as methods of struggle for the first time during the
Correct Answer:
(a)