Prelims Practice Questions 16-02-2019

1) Consider the following statements with respect to Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status

1. It is a non-discriminatory trade policy to discourage exclusive trading privileges among WTO countries. 
2. India had recently revoked the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status bestowed on Pakistan in 1996.
3. Pakistan had revoked the MFN status granted to India, after the Pakistan School massacre in 2014.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

2) LADIS Portal sometimes seen in the news recently, was launched by which of the following agencies?

3) Consider the following statements with respect to Right to Information Act, 2005

1. It mandates that, a Chief Information Commissioner should be a person belonging to Public service, of any Government for more than 20 years.
2. Matters related to Collegium and judicial appointments of Supreme Court comes within the ambit of Right to Information Act, 2005.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

4) Consider the following statements with respect to Exercise Vayu Shakti-2019

1. It is an air exercise between India and France.
2. It will be conducted once in three years.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

5) In which of the following conditions, corals cannot survive?

1. No Sunlight
2. Fresh water
3. Estuaries
4. Cold water

Select the correct answer using the code given below

6) Consider the following statements with respect to CITES

1. It is an International agreement between governments for preventing species extinction due to International Wildlife trade.
2. All Species that are listed under IUCN Red List are protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are incorrect?

7) Resolution 1267 sometimes seen in the news recently, is associated with which of the following?

8) Consider the following statements with respect to International Court of Justice (ICJ)

1. It is an intergovernmental International tribunal.
2. It is located in Hague, Netherlands.
3. India is not a party to the ICJ statute.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

9) Great Barrier Reef sometimes seen in the news recently is located in which of the following?

10) issoh is a ritual of burning grasslands, practised in some parts of which of the following regions?