Q. Very recently, in which of the following countries have lakhs of people either suffered from severefamine/ acute malnutrition or die due to starvation caused by war/ ethnic conflicts ?
1) Angola and Zambia
2) Morocco and Tunisia
3) Venezuela and Colombia
4) Yemen and South Sudan
Q. India enacted The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 in order to comply with the obligations to -
1) ILO
2) IMF
3) UNCTAD
4) WTO
Q. Among the following cities, which one lies on a longitude closest to that of Delhi ?
1) Bengaluru
2) Hyderabad
3) Nagpur
4) Pune
Q. With reference to India's satellite launch vehicles, consider the following statements :
1. PSLVs launch the satellites useful for Earth resources monitoring whereas GSLVs are designed mainly to launch communication satellites.
2. Satellites launched by PSLV appear to remain permanently fixed in the same position in the sky, as viewed from a particular location on Earth.
3. GSLV Mk III is a four-staged launch vehicle with the first and third stages using solid rocket motors; and the second and fourth stages using liquid rocket engines.
Which of the statements given above is/ are correct ?
1) 1 only
2) 2 and 3
3) 1 and 2
4) 3 only
Q. In which one of the following States is Pakhui Wildife Sanctuary located ?
1) Arunachal Pradesh
2) Manipur
3) Meghalaya
4) Nagaland
Q. If a Commodity is provided free to the public by the Government, then -
1) the opportunity cost is zero
2) the opportunity cost is ignored
3) the opportunity cost is transferred from the consumers of the product to the tax-paying public
4) the opportunity cost is transferred from the consumers of the product to the Government
Q. Which one of the following statements correctly describes the meaning of legal tender money ?
1) The money which is tendered in courts of law of defray the fee of legal cases
2) The money which a creditor is under compulsion to accept in settlement of his claims
3) The bank money in the form of cheques, drafts, bills of exchange, etc.
4) The metallic money in circulation in a country
Q. Despite being a high saving economy, capital formation may not result in significant increase in output due to -
1) weak administrative machinery
2) illiteracy
3) high population density
4) high capital-output ratio
Q. Increase in absolute and per capita real GNP do not connote a higher level of economic development, if -
1) industrial output fails to keep pace with agricultural out put
2) agricultural output fails to keep pace with industrial output
3) poverty and unemployment increase
4) imports grow faster than exports
Q. "Momentum for Change : Climate Neutral Now" is an initiative launched by -
1) The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
2) The UNEP Secretariat
3) The UNFCCC Secretariat
4) The World Meteorological Organization
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