Daily Current Affairs Prelims Quiz - 14-11-2019 - (Online Prelims Test)

1) Consider the following statements with respect to Asia-Pacific Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (APRACA)

1. It is a regional association that represents 81 member institutions from 21 countries including India.
2. It is the world’s premier research organization dedicated to reducing poverty and hunger through rice science.

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

2) Consider the following statements with respect to Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005

1. RTI is applicable to the whole of India including Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
2. While the office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) is under the RTI’s ambit, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is exempt.

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

3) Consider the following statements with respect to Negative interest rates

1. These are rates that are charged on the principal and on previously earned interest retrospectively.
2. It leads to a condition where a saver is paying for parting with cash and a borrower is being perversely incentivised to borrow more.

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

4) Consider the following statements

1. A person disqualified under the Tenth Schedule of the Indian Constitution is eligible to contest in re-election to that constituency.
2. As per the existing constitutional mandate, the Speaker is not empowered to disqualify any member for the entire term of the House.

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

5) Consider the following statements

1. Houses under the ‘Banglar Abas’ scheme was allocated by clearing acres of mangrove forest in this Island.
2. The very severe cyclone Bulbul made landfall recently at this Island.

Identify the Island that correctly matches with the above description:

6) Consider the following statements with respect to Space

1. Gravity is present everywhere, even in space.
2. There is no air in space and it is almost a perfect vacuum. 

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

7) Consider the following statements with respect to Emperor penguin

1. These are endemic to Antarctica.
2. These are the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species.

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

8) Consider the following statements with respect to World Congress on Rural and Agricultural Finance

1. The 6th edition of the meeting was held recently in Nairobi, Kenya.
2. It is being jointly hosted by Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development.

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

9) Consider the following statements regarding the composition of the council of ministers:

1. Deputy Ministers are not members of the Cabinet.
2. Parliament secretaries often hold the rank of the Minister of State.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

10) Which of the following are Temperate Grasslands?

1. Steppes
2. Pampas
3. Savannas
4. Downs

Select the correct answer using the codes given below: