Prelims Practice Questions 28-05-2019

1) Operation Safed Sagar is associated with which of the following?

2) With reference to AKASH Missile, consider the following statements:

1. It is a medium range air-to-air defence missile.
2. It was developed as part of the Integrated Guided-Missile Development Programme (IGMDP).

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

3) Which of the following countries is/are not the members of BIMSTEC?

1. Maldives
2. Afghanistan
3. Vietnam
4. China
5. Thailand

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

4) Consider the following statements:

1. It is situated in the flood plains of River Brahmaputra.
2. It harbors the highest density of Rhino in the world.
3. It harbours second highest concentration of Rhino in Assam after Kaziranga National Park.

Identify the wildlife Sanctuary that correctly matches with the above description:

5) Consider the following statements about the administration of Lord Ripon

1. The controversial Ilbert Bill was introduced during his period
2. Hunter commission for Education was set up during his period
3. The Fraser Commission, also known as Police Reforms Commission, was set up during his period

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

6) Consider the following statements:

1. All the residents of the village are the members of Gram Sabha.
2. Gram Panchayat is financially accountable to the Zilla parishad.
3. Gram Panchayat works are approved by the Zilla Parishad.

Which of the statements given above is/are not correct?

7) Consider the following statements

1. Snakes cannot survive generally in places where the ground stays frozen year round so that there are no snakes north of the Arctic Circle or in Antarctica.
2. Penguins are not found near the Equator as all penguin species are native to the Southern Hemisphere.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

8) Consider the following statements with reference to Buddhist literature

1. The earliest Buddhist works were written in Pali language
2. There were three branches of Buddhist literature-Jatak, Pitak and Nikaya.
3. Sanskrit was the main language used by Indian Mahayana Buddhists

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

9) The most common emission from the production of geothermal energy is

10) Which of the following powers is not enjoyed by the Indian President?