Sep Mock Test-4 – GES Reporter

Consider the following statements about Cardamom

1- Cardamom production in the country has declined in 2018-19 and 2019-20 due to the unprecedented flood and subsequent prolonged dry spell.
2- Major Cardamom growing regions in the country, are in the States of Kerala and Karnataka.
3- Cardamom is grown mainly in low altitudes in plains.

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Consider the following statements about Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay SanraksHan Abhiyan’ (PM-AASHA)

1- An umbrella scheme to ensure Minimum Support Price (MSP) to farmers.
2- Under PM-AASHA, States/UTs can choose both PSS (Price Support Scheme) and PDPS (Price Deficiency Payment Scheme) in a given procurement season.
3- Pulses and Copra are procured under PSS.

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Consider the following statements about proposed amendments to the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, or FCRA

1- Proposes to decrease administrative expenses through foreign funds by an organisation to 30% from the current 60%.
2- Under the proposed law, NGOs can receive foreign funds only in designated FCRA accounts in a State Bank of India branch in New Delhi.
3- To make Aadhar mandatory for all office bearers of non-governmental organisations that seek foreign contributions.

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Consider the following statements about Kashmir Valley’s centuries-old culinary tradition of ‘trami’.

1- Bride and Groom are eating together from one plate during weddings.
2- In ‘trami’, four guests join in simultaneously to have their portion of food from around a circular 2X2 ft decorated copper plate.
3- It also created intimate spaces where people discussed politics, social issues and religion.

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Consider the following statements about News Broadcasters Association (NBA)

1- It is an organization funded entirely by its members.
2- It represents the every television news & current affairs broadcasters in India.
3- The NBA presents a unified and credible voice before the Government, on matters that affect the growing industry.

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Consider the following statements about Abraham Accord

1-Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar have signed agreements.
2-It is the first Arab-Israeli peace deal in 26 years.
3-It open the door for Muslims around the world to visit the historic sites in Israel and to peacefully pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, the third holiest site in Islam.

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Consider the following statements about hundreds of whales died in Australia

1- Whales use echo location to navigate, they are seeing the world through clicks and sounds.
2- The whales were beached at a remote beach in Australia’s west coast.
3- Probable reason for this is due to an individual or couple leading the pod and they have misnavigated.

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Consider the following statements about Women in Indian Navy

1- Prior to 1992, women officers were inducted in the Navy only in the medical stream from the Armed Forces Medical Service.
2- From July 1992, the Navy started inducting women, initially through a special entry scheme and later through the Short Service Commission, in all branches of the Navy.
3- Recently the Navy announced the induction of a woman officer as pilot of Dornier aircraft.

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Consider the following statements

1- The Factories Act of 1948 defines any manufacturing unit as a factory if it employs 10 workers (and uses electricity) or 20 workers (without using electric power).
2- The Industrial Disputes Act of 1947 requires any establishment employing over 100 workers to seek government permission before any retrenchment.
3- The Code on Industrial Relations governs payment & Salaries.

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10.

Consider the following statements about Industrial Relations Code Bill, 2020

1- Introduce more conditions restricting the rights of workers to strike.
2- Raised the threshold for requirement of a standing order — rules of conduct for workmen employed in industrial establishments — to over 300 workers.
3- Steps seems to provide more flexibility to employers for hiring and firing workers without government permission.

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11.

Consider the following statements

1- Prorogation implies the end of the sitting as well as the session and not the dissolution of the House.
2- The Prime Minister can prorogue the House while in session.
3- If the adjournment is done (sitting terminated) without any time scale, it is known as adjournment sine die.

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12.

Consider the following statements

1-The United Nations has declared September 15 ‘International Day of Democracy’.
2- Women in India were allowed to vote from 1950 onwards and so could participate on an equal footing with men from the first general election of 1951-52.
3-In the U.S., right from the beginning of state formation and establishment of Democracy women were allowed to vote.

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13.

Consider the following statements The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)

1- It is an international human rights non-governmental organization.
2- Standing group of 60 eminent jurists, who work to develop national and international human rights standards through the law.
3- There is no established office for this.

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14.

Consider the following statements

1- The United Nations Millennium Development Goals and the World Bank Group’s global practices have recognised sustainability as an essential issue of global importance.
2- Environmental sustainability is understood as buying greener products, avoiding hazardous materials, energy optimisation, and waste reduction.
3- Environmentalism can be described as a social movement or as an ideology focused on the welfare of the environment.

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15.

Consider the following statements about Blue Flag Eco-Label

1- The Blue Flag beaches are considered the cleanest beaches of the world.
2- Blue Flag is one of the world’s most recognised voluntary eco-labels awarded only to beaches .
3- Spain has the highest number of Blue Flag tagged sites.

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16.

Consider the following statements about objectives of India’s own eco-label “BEAMS” (Beach Environment & Aesthetics Management Services)

1- To abate pollution in all types of water bodies.
2- Protect & conserve coastal ecosystems & natural resources.
3- Promote sustainable development of beach facilities.

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17.

Consider the following statements Bamboo

1-World Bamboo Day was celebrated on September 18.
2-In 2017, Parliament ‘declassified’ all bamboo as ‘a tree’ on an Indian lands.
3-SFURTI (Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries) is being implemented by the Ministry of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) in order to boost traditional industries and bamboo artisans.

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18.

Consider the following statements Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) ‘i-ATS’ (Automatic Train Supervision)

1- An indigenously-built communication-based train control signalling technology for the metro.
2- Reduces the dependence of Indian metros on foreign vendors dealing with such technologies.
3- It cannot work with different levels of technology of train control and signalling systems.

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19.

Consider the following statements Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT)

1- It establishes comprehensive rules, procedures, and guidelines for how treaties are defined, drafted, amended, interpreted, and generally operated.
2- It is considered a codification of customary international law and state practice concerning treaties.
3- It entered into force on 27 January 1980.

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20.

Consider the following statements Brucellosis disease

1- Also known as Tamir’s fever.
2- A bacterial infection that spreads from animals to humans.
3- Eating or drinking unpasteurized/raw dairy products is the most common way to be infected with bacteria.

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21.

Consider the following statements influenza

1- Influenza viruses affect the nose, throat and sometimes the lungs.
2- Spread through tiny droplets that are released when infected people cough, sneeze or talk.
3- Influenza activity in the world has increases in the midst of the COVID 19 pandemic.

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22.

Consider the following statements about Ultraviolet C Light

1- A wavelength of 222 nm UVC can penetrate the outer layer of the human eye and skin.
2- Ultraviolet light of wavelengths between 200 and 280 nm is known as ultraviolet C light, of UVC.
3- 99.7 per cent of the SARS-CoV-2 viral culture was killed after a 30-second exposure to 222 nm UVC irradiation.

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23.

Consider the following statements about recent proposed Labour Codes

1- 29 Central Labour Laws are proposed to be reduced to just 4 Labour Codes.
2- A statutory right has been created for minimum wages and timely payment of wages to all workers whether in organized or unorganised sector.
3- It extends entitlement of minimum wages to all the workers in the country as against 70 per cent of the workforce, at present.

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24.

Consider the following statements about North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation Limited (NERAMAC)

1- It supplies good quality seeds, planting materials, machinery and equipment to State Governments to increase the income of farmers.
2- It conducts skill development training programme for exporters (startups) small and local entrepreneurs.
3- It is working on post-harvest facilities such as storage, warehouse and sorting-grading-packing unit.

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25.

Consider the following statements about INS Viraat

1- The Aircraft Carrier with the longest service in the world.
2- The ship’s Motto was the Sanskrit phrase ‘Jalamev Yashya, Balamev Tasya’ which means ‘most powerful ship in water’.
3- Deployed during 2001-02 operation Operation Parakram following the terror attack on the Indian Parliament

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26.

Consider the following statements O-SMART (Ocean Services, Modelling, Applications, Resources and Technology) scheme

1- Under Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
2- It will help in addressing issues relating to Sustainable Development Goal-14, which aims to conserve use of oceans, marine resources.
3- Provide necessary scientific and technological background required for implementation of various aspects of Blue Economy.

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27.

Consider the following statements

1- Country’s second space rocket launching port by Isro in Tamil Nadu’s Kulasekarapattinam.
2- The government has passed the Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) bill which will confer the status of National Importance to five Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) — Surat, Bhopal, Bhagalpur, Agartala and Raichur.
3- Karnataka will soon house one of the first medical device parks in the country.

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28.

Consider the following statements about Infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs)

1- They pool investment from various categories of investors and invest them into completed and revenue-generating infrastructure projects.
2- They don’t have a trustee, sponsor(s), investment manager and project manager.
3- They will be formed the objective of investment primarily in infrastructure projects.

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29.

Consider the following statements about hackathon named “KRITAGYA”

1- Planned by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
2- Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR).
3- Students, faculties and innovators/entrepreneurs from any university / technical institution across the country can apply and participate in the event in the form of a group.

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30.

Consider the following statements World Risk Index (WRI) 2020.

1- India ranked 89th among 181 countries on the WRI 2020.
2- The country was fourth-most-at- risk in south Asia on the index, after Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
3- All south Asian countries fared poorly in the 2020 index.

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