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- Question
The 'Beijing Declaration' is concerned with which one of the following issues?
Options- A. Rights of children
- B. Rights of women
- C. Right to development
- D. Reduction of tariffs
- Correct Answer
- Rights of women
ExplanationThe Beijing Declaration was a resolution adopted by the UN at the end of the Fourth World Conference on Women on 15 September 1995. The resolution adopted to promulgate a set of principles concerning the equality of men and women.
- 1. The 'Kyoto Protocol' is an international treaty that commits State parties to reduction in
Options- A. poverty
- B. greenhouse gases emission
- C. nuclear armaments
- D. agricultural subsidy Discuss
- 2. The South China Sea Dispute involves which of the following countries?1. China2. Vietnam3. Malaysia4. IndonesiaSelect the correct answer using the code given below.
Options- A. 1 and 4
- B. 1 and 2 only
- C. 1, 2 and 3
- D. 2, 3 and 4 Discuss
- 3. Which of the following statements about Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar, as a drafting member of the Constitution of India, are correct?1. He favoured the role of the Supreme Court in taking important decisions related to the interpretation of the Constitution of India.2. He felt that the Supreme Court had to draw the line between liberty and social control.3. He believed in the dominance of the executive over the judiciary.4. He favoured a dictatorial form of governance.Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Options- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 1, 2 and 3
- C. 3 and 4
- D. 1,2 and 4 Discuss
- 4. Which one of the following issues was included in the Indo-US Nuclear Agreement of 2007?
Options- A. India has 'advance right to reprocess' US-origin safeguarded spent fuel.
- B. India did not have the right to build a strategic fuel reserve with the help of the other supplier countries
- C. India should not test a nuclear device
- D. The US will impede with the growth of India's nuclear weapons programme. Discuss
- 5. Which Arab scientist could be given the credit of christening the mathematical discipline of algorithm?
Options- A. Al-Khwarizmi
- B. Ibn al -Haytham
- C. Ibn Rushd
- D. Ibn Sina Discuss
- 6. Who takes the decision regarding the savings and loan activities in a Self Help Group (SHG)?
Options- A. Private Bank
- B. Reserve Bank of India
- C. Members of group
- D. Non Government Organizations Discuss
- 7. Which amongst the following is not in the list of Maharatna?
Options- A. Coal India Limited
- B. Steel Authority of India Limited
- C. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
- D. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited Discuss
- 8. Which among the following has segmented body?
Options- A. Phylum Mollusca
- B. Phylum Arthopoda
- C. Phylum Annelida
- D. Phylum Coelenterata Discuss
- 9. In which year did Kyoto Protocol came into force?
Options- A. 2004
- B. 2005
- C. 2006
- D. 2007 Discuss
- 10. Which of the following pair is INCORRECT?
Options- A. Amjad Ali Khan - Tabla
- B. Ustad Bismillah Khan - Shehna
- C. Hema Malini - Bharatnatyam
- D. Shambhu Maharaj - Kathak Discuss
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Correct Answer: greenhouse gases emission
Explanation:
The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which commits its Parties by setting internationally binding emission reduction targets.
Recognizing that developed countries are principally responsible for the current high levels of GHG emissions in the atmosphere as a result of more than 150 years of industrial activity, the Protocol places a heavier burden on developed nations under the principle of "common but differentiated responsibilities."
Correct Answer: 1, 2 and 3
Explanation:
The South China Sea disputes involve both island and maritime claims among several sovereign states within the region, namely Brunei, the People's Republic of China (PRC), Republic of China (Taiwan), Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam.
Although Indonesia is not part of claims in the South China Sea dispute, after Joko Widodo became President of the country in 2014, he instituted a policy in 2015 that, if any foreign fishermen were caught illegally fishing in Indonesian waters, their vessels would be destroyed.
Correct Answer: 1 and 2 only
Explanation:
The doctrine of independence is not to be raised to the level of a dogma so as to enable the judiciary to function as a kind of super-legislature or super-executive. The judiciary is there to interpret the Constitution or adjudicate upon the rights...? Hence, 1 is correct.
It is the great tribunal which has to draw the line between liberty and social control. Hence statement 2 is also correct.
Correct Answer: India should not test a nuclear device
Explanation:
The deal would indirectly bring India under purview of NSG and US laws that would not allow India to conduct nuclear test in the future. The issue of nuclear test was later clarified as the moratorium on nuclear test was unilateral and voluntary and there was no pressure on India from outside.
Correct Answer: Al-Khwarizmi
Explanation:
Mu?ammad ibn M?s? al-Khw?rizm?, formerly Latinized as Algorithmi,was a Persianscholar who produced works in mathematics, astronomy, and geography under the patronage of the Caliph Al-Ma'mun of the Abbasid Caliphate.
He also developed the concept of the algorithm in mathematics, which is why some have called him the "grandfather of computer science".
His name gave rise to the terms algorism and algorithm.
Correct Answer: Members of group
Correct Answer: Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
Correct Answer: Phylum Annelida
Correct Answer: 2005
Correct Answer: Amjad Ali Khan - Tabla
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