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Exam Year: 2019

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    Consider the following pairs

    Famous place – River
    Pandharpur – Chandrabhaga
    Tiruchirappalli – Cauvery
    Hampi – Malaprabha

    Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

    (a)

    1 and 2 only

    (b)

    2 and 3 only

    (c)

    1 and 3 only

    (d)

    1, 2 and 3

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

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    Consider the following statements:

    The Reserve Bank of India’s recent directives relating to ‘Storage of Payment System Data’, popularly known as data diktat, command the payment system providers that

    1. they shall ensure that entire data relating to payment systems operated by them are stored in a system only in India
    2. they shall ensure that the systems are owned and operated by public sector enterprises
    3. they shall submit the consolidated system audit report to the Comptroller and Auditor General of India by the end of the calendar year

    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

    (a)

    1 only

    (b)

    1 and 2 only

    (c)

    3 only

    (d)

    1, 2 and 3

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

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    Consider the following statements:

    1. As per recent amendment to the Indian Forest Act, 1927, forest dwellers have the right to fell the bamboos grown on forest areas.
    2. As per the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, bamboo is a minor forest produce.
    3. The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 allows ownership of minor forest produce to forest dwellers.

    Which of the statements given above is / are correct?

    (a)

    1 and 2 only

    (b)

    2 and 3 only

    (c)

    3 only

    (d)

    1, 2 and 3

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

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    Consider the following statements:
    1. Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) is the first regulatory body set up by the Government of India.
    2. One of the tasks of PNGRB is to, ensure competitive markets for gas.
    3. Appeals against the decisions of PNGRB go before the Appellate Tribunals for Electricity.
    Which of the statements given above are correct?
    Select the correct answer using the code given below.

    (a)

    1 and 2 only

    (b)

    2 and 3 only

    (c)

    1 and 3 only

    (d)

    Neither 1 nor 2

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

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    Consider the following statements:
    As per the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Central (Amendment) Rules, 2018
    1. if rules for fixed-term employment are implemented, it becomes easier for the firms/companies to layoff workers.
    2. no notice of termination of employment shall be necessary in the case of temporary workman.

    Which of the statements given above is / are correct?

    (a)

    1 only

    (b)

    2 only

    (c)

    Both 1 and 2

    (d)

    Neither 1 nor 2

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

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    Consider the following statements:

    1. Some species of turtles are herbivores.
    2. Some species of fish are herbivores.
    3. Some species of marine mammals are herbivores.
    4. Some speeies of snakes are viviparous.

    Which of the statements given above are correct?

    (a)

    1 and 3 only

    (b)

    2, 3 and 4 only

    (c)

    e) 2 and 4 only

    (d)

    1, 2, 3 and 4

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

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    Consider the following pairs:

    Wildlife Naturally found in

    1. Blue-finned Mahseer Cauvery River
    2. Irrawaddy Dolphin Chambal River
    3. Rusty-spotted Cat Eastern Ghats

    Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

    (a)

    1 and 2 only

    (b)

    2 and 3 only

    (c)

    1 and 3 only

    (d)

    1, 2 and 3

    Correct Answer:

    (c)