Prelims Practice Questions 04-07-2019

1) Consider the following statements with respect to Gangetic river dolphins

1. They were found in India, Bangladesh and Nepal.
2. It is blind and finds its way and prey in the river waters through echoes.
3. It has been listed as endangered under the IUCN Red List.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

2) Consider the following statements with respect to Adjournment Motion

1. It only terminates a sitting of the House and not a session of the House.
2. Rajya Sabha is not permitted to make use of this device.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

3) Consider the following statements

1. Constitutional Amendment is required to change the name of a State.
2. State’s approval is not mandatory to change the name of a State.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

4) Consider the following statements with respect to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

1. It was one among the specialized agencies of the United Nations (UN).
2. It was established in response to India’s first nuclear operation held in 1974 code named as “Smiling Budha”.
3. India joined IAEA in 1993 after the Second Pokhran Test which was held in 1992.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

5) State of the Education Report for India: Children with Disabilities 2019 was published recently by?

6) Tapan Ray Committee sometimes seen in the news recently was constituted for which of the following purposes?

7) Consider the following statements with respect to Mahananda River

1. It is a trans-boundary river that flows through India and Bangladesh.
2. It is a tributary of River Ganga.
3. Gangetic River Dolphins were found in this river.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

8) Consider the following pairs

     Places in News – Country

1. Tiware dam – China
2. Atacama Desert – Brazil
3. Balochistan – Pakistan

Which of the pair(s) given above is/are correctly matched?

9) Lampedusa Island sometimes seen in the news recently is located in which of the following regions?

10) With respect to Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF), consider the following statements:

1. It has been constituted by an Act of Parliament. 
2. It was constituted originally to assist displaced persons from Pakistan.
3. It consists entirely of public contributions and does not get any budgetary support.

Which of the statements given above are correct?