IAS Prelims GS Questions and Answers - July 29, 2015
1. Which of the following statements are true about Polavaram Project?1. Polvaram irrigation project on Godavari river is declared as national project.
2. The project will supply water to Vizag and Vishakhpatnam steel plants.
3. When completed, this will be the first river merge multipurpose project in India.
a) 1,2
b) 2,3
c) 1,3
d) All
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d) All
Odisha and Chhattisgarh have filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the Project which submerges large areas of its state and allege that Andhra Pradesh of going ahead with the project without the necessary permissions from CWC and Environment Ministry.
1. TRAI was established by an Act of Parliament to regulate telecom services and tariffs in India.
2. Rahul Khullar is current chairman of TRAI.
a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both
d) None
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) Only 1
The government has named Ram Sewak Sharma, currently the IT secretary, as the next telecom regulator, to suceed Rahul Khullar. The entry of private service providers brought with it the inevitable need for independent regulation. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) was, thus, established with effect from 20th February 1997 by an Act of Parliament, called the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997, to regulate telecom services, including fixation/revision of tariffs for telecom services which were earlier vested in the Central Government.
a) Indian Institute of Surveying & Mapping
b) National cartographic agency
c) Survey of India
d) None
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) Survey of India
Trekkers of Giripremi, a noted mountaineering institute in Pune, conquered peak 5260 in the Hamta pass region in Himalayas and decided to name it as “Mount Nalini” after Nalini Sengupta, who has scaled several summits.. Generally, the first team who summits a new virgin peak is granted the honour to name it. Survey of India is the authority which sanctions names to a mountain which fall under the Indian Territory.
1. It is first centralized digital currency.
2. Transactions are verified by network nodes and recorded in a public distributed ledger called the block chain.
a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both
d) None
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) Only 2
The system is peer-to-peer; users can transact directly without needing an intermediary. Transactions are verified by network nodes and recorded in a public distributed ledger called the block chain. The ledger uses its own unit of account, also called bitcoin. The system works without a central repository or single administrator, which has led the US Treasury to categorize it as a decentralized virtual currency.
a) Mining
b) Exchange for different currencies
c) Exchange for products, services
d) a and b
e) All
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: e) All
Bitcoins are created as a reward for payment processing work in which users offer their computing power to verify and record payments into the public ledger called as mining,
1. Self Employment and Talent Utilisation (SETU) is being set up under Ministry of Youth Affairs .
2. It will have an initial fund of Rs 1000 crore to support all aspects of start up businesses, and other self-employment activities, particularly in technology-driven areas.
a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both
d) None
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) Only 2
The Self Employment and Talent Utilisation (SETU) is being set up under NITI.
1. A.D.Shroff
2. Sir Purshottamdas Thakurdas
3. Vallabhabhai Patel
4. G.D.Birla
5. Pattabhi sitaramayya
6. JRD Tata
7. Babasaheb Ambedkar
a) 2,3,4,6
b) 1,2,4,6
c) 1,2,3,4,6
d) All
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) 1,2,4,6
The Bombay Plan is the name commonly given to a World War II-era set of proposals the development of the post-independence economy of India. The plan, published in 1944/1945 by eight leading Indian industrialists Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata, Ghanshyam Das Birla, Ardeshir Dalal, Sri Ram, Kasturbhai Lalbhai, Ardeshir Darabshaw Shroff, Sir Purshottamdas Thakurdas and John Mathai.
1. He was recipient of Bharat ratna
2. United Nations Organization(U.N.O) declared October 15th, Dr.A.P.J. Abdul Kalam‘s Birthday as the “World Student Day” in 2010.
3. He was a recipient of the International von Kármán Wings Award.
4. He also won Ramon Magsaysay Award.
a) 1,2,3
b) 2,3,4
c) 1,3,4
d) All the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) 1,2,3
Kalam's 79th birthday in 2010 was recognized as World Student Day by the United Nations.
1. Ural mountains separates Asia from Europe
2. Africa is the only continent through which tropic of cancer, tropic of Capricorn & equator line passes.
3. Coastline of Pacific Ocean is highly indented
a) 1,2
b) 2,3
c) 1,3
d) All the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) 1,2
Coastline of Atlantic Ocean is highly indented.
1. The term of legislative assembly of Jammu & Kashmir is four years under its own state constitution.
2. The size of legislative council can not be more than one third of total strength of legislative assembly.
a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both
d) None
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) Only 2
The term of legislative assembly of j&k is six years under its own state constitution.
1. The Caspian tiger is an extinct tiger subspecies
2. The Bengal tiger is the most numerous tiger subspecies.
3. Bengal tiger is national animal of Bangladesh.
a) 1,2
b) 2,3
c) 1,3
d) All the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d) All the above
As of 2010, Bengal tiger populations in India have been estimated at 1,706–1,909. As of 2014, they had reputedly increased to an estimated 2,226 individuals
1. Keoladeo National Park
2. Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
3. Gir Forest National Park
4. Western Ghats
5. Saddle Peak national park
a) 1,2,4
b) 1,3,4,5
c) 1,2,3,5
d) All
View Answer / Hide Answer13. Match the pairs1. Clouded Leopard-------------------------------i. Nagaland
2. Balphakram National Park -----------------ii. Jammu and Kashmir
3. Ntangki National Park------------------------iii.Kerla
4. Pampadum Shola National Park--------- iv. Meghalaya
5. Dachigam National Park---------------------v. Tripura
a) 1- ii, 2- v, 3- i, 4- iii, 5- iv
b) 1- v, 2- iv, 3- i, 4- iii, 5- ii
c) 1- iv, 2- v, 3- i, 4- iii, 5- ii
d) 1- v, 2- iii, 3- ii, 4- iv, 5- i
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) 1- v, 2- iv, 3- i, 4- iii, 5- ii
1. Yangtze River is the longest river in Asia
2. The river is the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country.
3. Beijing is situated on banks of Yangtze River
4. The Three Gorges Dam is the world's largest power station in terms of installed capacity is across the Yangtze River
a) 1,2,3
b) 2,3,4
c) 1,2,4
d) All the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) 1,2,4
Shanghai ,Wuhan ,Nanjing are situated on banks of Yangtze River. The river is the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country. It drains one-fifth of the land area of the People's Republic of China (PRC)
1. US
2. Russia
3. India
4. China
5. Brazil
a) 2,3,4
b) 1,3,4
c) 3 and 4
d) All
View Answer / Hide Answer16. If a minister is not a member of either housea) Can participate in proceedings of house
b) Can not vote
c) Can participate in proceedings of house and can vote
d) a and b
e) None
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d) a and b
If a minister is not a member of either house then he has right to speak in and to take part in the proceedings of the other House though he has no right to vote.
1. Bhutan
2. Liechtenstein
3. Moldovo
4. Uzbekistan
a) 2 and 4
b) 1,3,4
c) 3 and 4
d) All
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) 2 and 4
A country is "doubly landlocked" or "double-landlocked" when it is surrounded entirely by one or more landlocked countries (requiring the crossing of at least two national borders to reach a coastline).
