1) Which of the following Nobel prize/s is/are awarded in Norway?
a. Medicine
b. Peace
c. Economics
d. Literature
e. b and c
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ANSWER: Peace
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The prizes in Chemistry,Literature,Physics, Economics and Physiology or Medicine are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, except for the peace prize which is awarded in Oslo, Norway.
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2) Which of the following pair/s is/are wrongly matched?
1. Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences : Physics
2. Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet : Chemistry
3. The Swedish Academy: Literature
4. The Swedish Nobel Committee: Peace
a. 2,3
b. 2,4
c. Only 4
d. None
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ANSWER: 2,4
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- The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the Nobel Prize in Physics, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
- The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet awards the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- The Swedish Academy grants the Nobel Prize in Literature
- The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
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3) Which of the following statements is/are correct about National Mission for a Green India (GIM)?
1. National Mission for a Green India is under the Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change.
2. It is one of eight Missions outlined under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC)
a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both
d. None
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ANSWER: Only 2
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- National Mission for a Green India (GIM) is under the environment ministry while the Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change is in charge of the overall implementation of the National action plan on Climate change.
- The National Executive Council (NEC) approved the Perspective Plans (PP) and Annual Plan of Operations (APOs) of Mizoram, Manipur, Jharkhand and Kerala for National Mission for a Green India (GIM).
-Eight missions under National action plan on Climate change:
1. National Solar Mission
2. National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency
3. National Mission on Sustainable Habitat
4. National Water Mission
5. National Mission for a “Green India”
6. National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture
7. National Mission on Strategic Knowledge for Climate Change
8. National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem
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4) Which of the following statements is/are correct about Enforcement Directorate?
1. It works under Ministry of Home affairs
2. It has responsibility of enforcing two laws: Foreign Exchange Management Act and Prevention of money laundering Act.
a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both
d. None
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ANSWER: Only 2
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Enforcement Directorate is part of the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance.
It comprises officers of the Indian Revenue Service, Indian Police Service and the Indian Administrative Service.
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5) Which of the following stock exchange has become world's fastest stock exchange?
a. NSE
b. BSE
c. Shanghai Stock Exchange
d. NASDAQ
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ANSWER: BSE
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BSE has become the fastest exchange in the world with a median response time of 6 micro seconds.
It was established in 1875 and it is the oldest stock exchange in the South Asia region.
Bombay Stock Exchange is the world's 11th largest stock market by market capitalization at $1.7 trillion as of 23 January 2015.
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6) Which of the following are not the committees related to inquiry regarding Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's death?
a. Shah Nawaz Committee
b. Khosla Commission
c. Mukherjee Commission
d. Durga das Commission
e. None
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ANSWER: Durga das Commission
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- Nehru’s government instituted a formal inquiry committee in 1956 consisting of three members that were Shah Nawaz Khan of Red Fort trial fame, Suresh Chandra Bose, the eldest surviving brother of Netaji, and S. N. Maitra, an experienced civil servant deputed by the government of West Bengal. All three agreed that Bose died in plane crash but after signing the report Suresh Chandra Bose refused to accept it.
- In 1970, Indira Gandhi decided to appoint an eminent jurist, G. D. Khosla, as a one-man commission of inquiry to investigate the matter all over again.
- The Mukherjee Commission made no distinction between the highly probable and the utterly impossible. In May 2006, after six long years, it submitted a report stating that the air crash on August 18, 1945, had not occurred at all.
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