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Insights Secure Prelims – 2014: MCQs On Current Events

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21 May 2014

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1. With reference to National Waqf Development Corporation Limited (NAWADCO), consider the following statements

It is a public sector undertaking by the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

It is being established for the development of Waqf properties for the community welfare particularly for Muslims in India.

It is being established based on…

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20 May 2014

Today’s Questions

1. With reference to Information Technology Agreement (ITA) and India , consider the following statements

It has benefited India as far as manufacturing in the domestic hardware industry is concerned.

It is a plurilateral agreement of WTO under which participants have to reduce all product tariffs to zero level

Which of the statements given above is/are…

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14 May 2014

Today’s Questions

1. With reference to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), consider the following statements

It is established as an Attached Office of the Planning Commission

It is a statutory authority

Its mission is to issue a unique identification number (UIDAI) to 1 Billion Indians by 2015

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a. 1  and…

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12 May 2014

Today’s Questions

1. With reference to NABARD  and its various development initiatives , consider the following statements

NABARD is the National Implementation Entity for the overall management of the projects and programmes financed by the Adaptation Fund  under UNFCC

Rural Innovation Fund (RIF), an initiative of NABARD is a fund designed to support innovative, risk…

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8 May 2014

Today’s Questions

1. With reference to  Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preference Shares (PNCPS), consider the following statements

These are  type of preferred stock that has no maturity date

Recently union cabinet agreed to convert these shares held by India in various public sector banks into equities

Converting them to equity ensures adequate Tier-I capital in public sector…

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6 May 2014

Today’s Questions

1. With reference to  provision of allowing a candidate to contest from multiple seats in Indian elections, consider the following statements

It  has been made possible by an amendment to the Constitution of India

Under section 70 of the Representation of the People Act a candidate can not hold two Lok Sabha seats

The Election Commission of India is of the…

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5 May 2014

Today’s Questions

1. With reference to Tablighi Jamaat movement, consider the following statements

It  came forth as an offshoot of the Deobandi movement.

Largest number of followers of this movement are in Saudi Arabia

It has a following of large number of Shia Muslims

Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect?

a. 1 and 2 Only

b. 2 and 3 Only

c. 1 and 3 Only

d.…

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29 April 2014

Today’s Questions

1. With reference to   Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (IRNSS), consider the following statements

ISRO Navigation Centre (INC) at Byalalu, is the nerve center of the IRNSS Ground Segment.

All of its seven Satellites will be placed in the Geostationary Equatorial orbit

The navigation software for IRNSS is being developed with the help of…