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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
Q. Consider the following statements:
1. Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI) is released and compiled by ISM every week.
2. The Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) is a measure of the prevailing direction of economic trends in manufacturing.
3. PMI is based on five major indicators: new orders, inventory levels, production, supplier deliveries and the employment environment.
4. India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’’ Index (PMI) was at 56.4 in December 2020.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
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Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI) is released and compiled by ISM every month.
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Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI) is released and compiled by ISM every month.
Question 2 of 5
2. Question
Q. Consider the following statements about ‘MGNREGA’:
1. It aims to enhance livelihood and security in rural areas by providing at least 65 days of wage employment in a financial year.
2. MGNREGA is to be implemented mainly by gram panchayats (GPs).
3. Every rural household has the right to register under MGNREGA.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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It aims to enhance livelihood and security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of wage employment in a financial year.
“It aims to enhance livelihood and security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work”
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It aims to enhance livelihood and security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of wage employment in a financial year.
“It aims to enhance livelihood and security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work”
Question 3 of 5
3. Question
Q. Which of the following are functions to which the scope of the discretionary powers of the Governor is limited?
1. The appointment of the Chief Minister
2. The dismissal of the Ministry
3. The dissolution of the Legislative Assembly
4. Assent to Bills
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
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State Governor has constitutional discretion in the following cases:
i. Recommendation for the imposition of the President’s Rule in the State;
ii. Appointing the Chief Minister when no party has acquired clear-cut majority in the State Legislative Assembly and when the Chief Minister dies when in office.
iii. Dismissal of the Council of Ministers when they lose the confidence of the State Legislative Assembly.
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State Governor has constitutional discretion in the following cases:
i. Recommendation for the imposition of the President’s Rule in the State;
ii. Appointing the Chief Minister when no party has acquired clear-cut majority in the State Legislative Assembly and when the Chief Minister dies when in office.
iii. Dismissal of the Council of Ministers when they lose the confidence of the State Legislative Assembly.
Question 4 of 5
4. Question
Q.Consider the following statements.
1.The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog.
2. The FATF currently comprises 37 member jurisdictions and 2 regional organisations.
3. Currently, Iran and Pakistan are on the FATF black list.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Currently, Iran and North Korea are on the FATF black list.
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Currently, Iran and North Korea are on the FATF black list.
Question 5 of 5
5. Question
Q. Consider the following statements:
1. Flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses.
2. Bird flu, is a variety of influenza caused by viruses adapted to birds.
3. H5N1 is a subtype of the influenza A virus which can cause illness in humans and many other animal species.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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ans.d
Amid the pandemic, there are reports of another scare in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala and Himachal Pradesh. Bird flu virus — which was first reported in Rajasthan- has been detected in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore, Kerala and now Himachal Pradesh too.
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Amid the pandemic, there are reports of another scare in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, and Himachal Pradesh. Bird flu virus — that was first reported in Rajasthan- has been detected in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore, Kerala, and now Himachal Pradesh too.
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