Ans: AInverted duty structure impacts the domestic industry adversely as manufacturers have to pay a higher price for raw material in terms of duty, while the finished product lands at lower duty and cost.
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Ans:CUnemployment occurs when a person who is actively searching for employment is unable to find work. Unemployment is often used as a measure of the health of the economy. The most frequent measure of unemployment is the unemployment rate, which is the number of unemployed people divided by the number of people in the labour force.National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) defines employment and unemployment on the following activity statuses of an individual:Working (engaged in an economic activity) i.e. 'Employed'.Seeking or available for work i.e. 'Unemployed'.Neither seeking nor available for work.Unemployment rate = (Unemployed Workers Total labour force) × 100
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Ans: DThe term was coined in 2013 by venture capitalist Aileen Lee, choosing the mythical animal to represent the statistical rarity of such successful ventures. Decacorn is a word used for those companies over $10 billion, while hectocorn is used for such a company valued over $100 billion.
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Ans: C Gandhi – Irwin pact – 1931Poona pact – 1932Shimla conference – 1945Delhi pact – 1950
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Ans: AGuru Nanak (1469-1539)Babur (1483-1530)
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Ans: AThrough a treaty in 1613 with the Mughal emperor Jehangir, it established its first factory in Surat in what is now western India.
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Ans: BEight-Degree Channel separates Lakshadweep and Maldives.Nine-Degree Channel separates Lakshadweep and Minicoy.
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Ans: DAconcagua is in Argentina
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Ans: DThe warm temperate western margin climate or the Mediterranean climate is found between 30o and 45o North and South of the Equator. This climate is witnessed in relatively fewer parts of the world and is almost entirely confined to the western margins of the continental landmasses. The basic cause of this climate is the seasonal shift of the wind belts.
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Ans: C42nd Amendment Act, 1976 is one of the most important amendments to the Indian Constitution. Due to the large number of amendments this act has brought to the Indian Constitution, it is also known as Mini-Constitution.It also attempted to reduce the power of Supreme Court and High Courts. Further laid down Fundamental Duties for citizens, also added Integrity to preamble.
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Ans: BThe fundamental rights available only to citizen are Article 15, 16, 19, 29 and 30.
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Ans: CArticle 324 of the constitution talks about the provisions for composition of Election Commission. The Supreme Court has recently asked the Central government to come up with qualification of the members of Election Commission to ensure independence and impartiality.
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Ans: AThe Uighurs is a predominantly Muslim minority Turkic ethnic group, whose origins can be traced to Central and East Asia. Their native region is considered to be the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China. China recognizes the community only as a regional minority and rejects that they are an indigenous group.
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Ans: DNAPCC was published in 2008 by the then-Prime Minister’s Council on Change. The National Action Plan hinges on the development and use of new technologies.
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Ans: BIt had recently kidnapped abducted about 340 boys from a government school in Nigeria. In the “Hausa language” that is commonly spoken in northeast Nigeria, Boko Haram literally means “Western education is forbidden”.The group despises anything that may be considered Western, including the established norms of liberal democracy. Significantly, in 2015, Boko Haram had pledged its allegiance to the ISIS.
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Ans: CIsrael launched the Beresheet 2 project aimed at landing an unmanned craft on the moon in 2024. The Beresheet 1 probe was a private mission to the Moon by Israeli non-profit SpaceILorganization. It suffered an engine failure as it prepared to land and crashed abruptly on the surface of the moon.Through Beresheet 2 Israel could become the fourth nation to land a spacecraft on the moon after the USA, the former Soviet Union and China.
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Ans: AThis classifies antibiotics into three different groups, known as ‘AWaRe,’ i.e., Access, antibiotics that treat the most severe and serious infections, Watch, antibiotics in the healthcare system available at all times and Reserve, antibiotics to use only as a last resort.
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Ans: AThe SCO was formed in 2001 with China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. It expanded in 2017 to include India and Pakistan. The SCO was formed in 2001, with Uzbekistan included. It expanded in 2017 to include India and Pakistan.Since its formation, the SCO has focused on regional non-traditional security, with counter-terrorism as a priority.
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