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Economics › RBIXLiquidity Management

Economics › RBIXLiquidity Management

2010

When the Reserve Bank of India announces an increase of the Cash Reserve Ratio, what does it mean?

Options

(a)

The commercial banks will have less money to lend

(b)

The Reserve Bank of India will have less money to lend

(c)

The Union government will have less money to lend

(d)

The commercial banks will have more money to lend

Answer

(A)
Economics › RBIXLiquidity Management

2010

Which of the following terms indicates a mechanism used by commercial banks for providing credit to the government ?

Options

(a)

Cash Credit Ratio

(b)

Debt Service Obligation

(c)

Liquidity Adjustment Facility

(d)

Statutory Liquidity Ratio

Answer

(D)
Economics › Trade

Economics › Trade

2010

Which of the following is/are treated as artificial currency?

Options

(a)

ADR

(b)

GDR

(c)

SDR

(d)

Both ADR and SDR

Answer

(C)
Economics › Trade

2010

In order to comply with TRIPS Agreement, India enacted the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration & Protection) Act, 1999. The difference/differences between a ‘Trade Mark’ and a Geographical Indication is/are:
1. A Trade Mark is an individual or a company’s right whereas a Geographical Indication is a community’s right.
2. A Trade Mark can be licensed whereas a Geographical Indication cannot be licensed.
3. A Trade Mark is assigned to the manufactured goods whereas the Geographical Indication is assigned to the agricultural goods/products and handicrafts only.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

Options

(a)

1 only

(b)

1 and 2 only

(c)

2 and 3 only

(d)

1,2 and 3

Answer

(B)
Environment › Biodiversity

Environment › Biodiversity

2010

Consider the following statements :
1. Biodiversity hotspots are located only in tropical regions.
2. India has four biodiversity hotspots i.e., Eastern Himalayas, Western Himalayas, Western Ghats and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

Options

(a)

1 only

(b)

2 only

(c)

Both 1 and 2

(d)

Neither 1 nor 2

Answer

(D)
Environment › Biofertilizers/Fuels

Environment › Biofertilizers/Fuels

2010

Given below are the names of four energy crops.
Which one of them can be cultivated for ethanol?

Options

(a)

Jatropha

(b)

Maize

(c)

Pongamia

(d)

Sunflower

Answer

(B)
Environment › Biofertilizers/Fuels

2010

Other than Jatropha curcas, why is Pongamia pinnata also considered a good option for the production of biodiesel in India?
1. Pongamia pinnata grows naturally in most of the arid regions of India
2. The seeds of Pongamia pinnata are rich in lipid content of which nearly half is oleic acid
Which of the statement given above is/are correct?

Options

(a)

1 only

(b)

2 only

(c)

Both 1 and 2

(d)

Neither 1 nor 2

Answer

(C)
Environment › Biofertilizers/Fuels

2010

Which feature of some species of blue green algae helps promoted them as bio-fertilizers?

Options

(a)

They convert atmospheric methane into ammonia which the crop plants can absorb readily.

(b)

They induce the crop plants to produce the enzymes which help convert atmospheric nitrogen to nitrates.

(c)

They have the mechanism to convert atmospheric nitrogen into a form that the crop plants can absorb readily.

(d)

They induce the roots of the crop plants to absorb the soil nitrates in larger quantities.

Answer

(C)
Environment › Biofertilizers/Fuels

2010

Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles produce one of the following as ‘exhaust’

Options

(a)

NH3

(b)

CH4

(c)

H2O

(d)

H2O2

Answer

(C)
Environment › Climate Change

Environment › Climate Change

2010

Consider the following which can be found in the ambient atmosphere:
1. Soot
2. Sulphur hexafluoride
3. Water vapour
Which of the above contribute to the warming up of the atmosphere?

Options

(a)

1 and 2 only

(b)

3 only

(c)

2 and 3 only

(d)

1,2 and 3

Answer

(D)

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