IAS Prelims GS Questions and Answers - Aug 15 & 16, 2015

IAS Prelims GS Questions and Answers - Aug 15 & 16, 2015

1. Which of the following are members of Asian Development Bank?

1. Yemen
2. Turkey
3. Iran
4. Portugal
5. Germany
6. Russia

a) 1,2,6
b) 1,3,6
c) 1,4,6
d) All

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ANSWER: b) 1,3,6



2. Match the pairs

1. Ajay Banga -------------------- i. SoftBank Corp
2. Nikesh Arora ------------------ ii. Nokia
3. Rajeev Suri ------------------- iii. Cognizant
4. Shantanu Narayen ---------- iv. MasterCard
5. Francisco D’Souza ---------- v. Adobe Systems

a) 1- iv, 2- i, 3-ii, 4- v, 5-iii
b) 1- v, 2- iv, 3-ii, 4- iii, 5-i
c) 1- i, 2- v, 3-ii, 4- iii, 5-iv
d) 1- iv, 2- ii, 3-v, 4- i, 5-iii

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ANSWER: a) 1- iv, 2- i, 3-ii, 4- v, 5-iii



3. Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. The biometric data collected by the Unique Identification Authority of India cannot be used for any other purpose except in criminal investigations with the permission of the court.
2. Aadhaar is 16-digit unique identity number 

a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both
d) None
 
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ANSWER: a) Only 1

Aadhaar is 12-digit unique identity number



4. Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1.Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat is a nationwide sub-program of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.
2.It aims to educate 80 million adults in the age group of 15 - 35 over an eighty-year period. 

a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both
d) None

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ANSWER: a) Only 1


The program is designed to improve comprehensive early reading, writing and early mathematics program for children in Classes I and II.



5. Sallekhana is a religious practice in

a) Hinduism
b) Shikhism
c) Islam
d) Jainism

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ANSWER: d) Jainism

Sallekhana also known as Santhara,Samadhi-marana,Sanyasana-marana is the Jain practice of undertaking voluntary death at the end of one's life.In August 2015, Rajasthan High Court cited that the practice is not essential tenet of Jainism and banned the practice making it punishable under section 306 and 309 IPC.



6. Shola forests are commonly found in

a) Vindyas
b) Nilgiri
c) Lower Himalaya
d) Aravali

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ANSWER: b) Nilgiri

Sholas are a local name for patches of stuntedtropical montane forest found in valleys amid rolling grassland in the higher montane regions of South India.



7. Match the pairs

1. Vince Lombardy trophy-------------------------------i. Polo
2. Irani cup---------------------------------------------------ii. Hockey
3. Naidu Trophy---------------------------------------------iii. Chess
4. Ezra Cup---------------------------------------------------iv. Cricket
5. Maharaja Ranjit Singh Gold Cup--------------------v. Football

a) 1- iv, 2- i, 3-ii, 4- v, 5-iii
b) 1- v, 2- iv, 3-iii, 4- i, 5-ii
c) 1- i, 2- v, 3-ii, 4- iii, 5-iv
d) 1- iv, 2- ii, 3-v, 4- i, 5-iii

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ANSWER: b) 1- v, 2- iv, 3-iii, 4- i, 5-ii



8. Which of the following statements are correct?

1. Delhi first became the capital of a kingdom under the Tomara Rajputs.
2. Muhammad bin Tughluq moved his capital to Daulatabad from Delhi.
3. The capital was moved from Kolkata to Delhi in 1912 during Lord Curzon's reign.

a) 1,2
b) 2,3
c) 1,3
d) All

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ANSWER: a) 1,2

The capital was moved from Kolkata to Delhi in 1912 during Lord Hardinge's reign.



9. Typhoon Soudelor is ongoing event in

a) North Korea
b) Japan
c) Taiwan
d) Philippines

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ANSWER: c) Taiwan

Soudelor had severe impacts in the Northern Mariana Islands,Taiwan, and eastern China. Lesser effects were felt in Japan,South Korea and the Philippines.



10. Which of the following statements are correct?

1.Carbon sequestration is the process of capture and long-term storage of atmospheric carbon dioxide(CO2)
2. The aim is to either mitigate or defer global warming and avoid dangerous climate change.
3. Blue carbon is the carbon captured by the world's oceans and coastal ecosystems.

a) 1,2
b) 2,3
c) 1,3
d) All

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ANSWER: d) All


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