Prelims Practice Questions 08-08-2018

1. Consider the following statements about National Programme for Organic Production

1. It is a comprehensive scheme that subsumed the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana and Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture to improve organic farming 
2. It is implemented by Department of Agriculture under Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare.

Which of the statement(s) is/ are true?

2. Consider the following statements about UMANG 

1. It is a one-stop application that allows access to customer- centric services of only the central and state governments
2. It is developed by National e-governance division of MeitY

Which of the statement(s) is/ are true?

3. Consider the following statements about Government e- Marketplace

1. It is set up as a 100 per cent public company for procurement of common use goods and services by government organizations.
2. Currently, all the states have signed an MoU to make procurement through e- Marketplace mandatory

Which of the statement(s) is/ are true?

4. Consider the following statements about CAG 

1. CAG is the supreme audit Institution of India and is part of the executive
2. CAG can be removed only in the same manner and grounds like a supreme court judge

Which of the statement(s) is/ are not correct?

5. Consider the following statements about NETRA

1. It is an indigenous UAV developed by DRDO for surveillance and reconaissance operations
2. It can function in all-weather conditions and it gives 360 degree of space coverage

Which of the statement(s) is/ are true?

6. Arrange the following South American countries from north to south

1. Brazil
2. Chile
3. Bolivia
4. Venezuela

7. Consider the following statements about the National Anti- Profiteering Authority

1. It can order companies to reduce prices and return undue benefits earned to the customer under the GST
2. It is a statutory body composed of a chairman and four technical members

Which of the statement(s) is/ are true?

8. Consider the following statements about National Green Tribunal

1. It is a statutory body created for the purpose of unburdening the higher courts from cases related to the environment
2. It is mandated to dispose the case within a period of six months

Which of the statement(s) is/ are true?

9. The 'Ease of Getting Electricity Index' is given by

10. Consider the following statements about Andaman and Nicobar Islands

1. The geographic isolation and changed ecological conditions are the primary reasons for the high percentage of endemism in these islands
2. Percentage of Marine endemism is significantly higher than that of Terrestial Endemism in the islands

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