[{"explanation": "", "question": "<p>Which of the following is/are the indicator/indicators used by IFPRI to compute the Global Hunger Index Report? [2016]</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Undernourishment</li>\n<li>Child stunting</li>\n<li>Child mortality</li>\n</ol>\n<p>Select the correct answer using the code given below:</p>", "options": [{"option_id": "5ff841f47737d42005d8b143", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>1 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff841f47737d42005d8b144", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>2 and 3 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff841f47737d42005d8b145", "is_correct_answer": true, "title": "<p>1, 2 and 3</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff841f47737d42005d8b146", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>1 and 3 only</p>"}], "question_id": "5ff841f47737d42005d8b142"}, {"explanation": "", "question": "<p>Which one of the following issues the 'Global Economic Prospects' report periodically? [2015]</p>", "options": [{"option_id": "5ff842177737d42005d8b149", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>The Asian Development Bank</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff842177737d42005d8b14a", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>European Bank for Reconstruction and Development</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff842177737d42005d8b14b", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>The US Federal Reserve Bank</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff842177737d42005d8b14c", "is_correct_answer": true, "title": "<p>The World Bank</p>"}], "question_id": "5ff842177737d42005d8b148"}, {"explanation": "", "question": "<p>'Global Financial Stability Report' is prepared by the: [2016]</p>", "options": [{"option_id": "5ff8422e7737d42005d8b14f", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>European Central Bank</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff8422e7737d42005d8b150", "is_correct_answer": true, "title": "<p>International Monetary Fund</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff8422e7737d42005d8b151", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>International Bank for Reconstruction and Development</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff8422e7737d42005d8b152", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development</p>"}], "question_id": "5ff8422e7737d42005d8b14e"}, {"explanation": "", "question": "<p>The Global Competitiveness Report is published by the: [2019]</p>", "options": [{"option_id": "5ff84243cd8e6305361b6718", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>International Monetary Fund</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff84243cd8e6305361b6719", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>United Nations Conference on Trade and Development</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff84243cd8e6305361b671a", "is_correct_answer": true, "title": "<p>World Economic Forum</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff84243cd8e6305361b671b", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>World Bank</p>"}], "question_id": "5ff84243cd8e6305361b6717"}, {"explanation": "", "question": "<p>\"Rule of Law Index\" is released by which of the following? [2018]</p>", "options": [{"option_id": "5ff842637737d42005d8b156", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>Amnesty International</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff842637737d42005d8b157", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>International Court of Justice</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff842637737d42005d8b158", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>The Office of UN Commissioner for Human Rights</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff842637737d42005d8b159", "is_correct_answer": true, "title": "<p>World Justice Project</p>"}], "question_id": "5ff842637737d42005d8b155"}, {"explanation": "", "question": "<p>Which of the following reports are published by the World Bank?</p>\n<ol>\n<li>The Human Development Report</li>\n<li>The Human Capital Index Report</li>\n<li>The Poverty and Shared Prosperity Report</li>\n<li>The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index Report</li>\n</ol>\n<p>Select the correct answer using the code given below:</p>", "options": [{"option_id": "5ff8427e7737d420005b4c14", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>1 and 2 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff8427e7737d420005b4c15", "is_correct_answer": true, "title": "<p>2 and 3 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff8427e7737d420005b4c16", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>2 and 4 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff8427e7737d420005b4c17", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>2, 3 and 4 only</p>"}], "question_id": "5ff8427e7737d420005b4c13"}, {"explanation": "", "question": "<p>From the ecological point of view, which one of the following assumes importance in being a good link between the Eastern Ghats and the Western Ghats ? [2017]</p>", "options": [{"option_id": "5ff84290cd8e6305361b671e", "is_correct_answer": true, "title": "<p>Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff84290cd8e6305361b671f", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>Nallamala Forest</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff84290cd8e6305361b6720", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>Nagarhole National Park</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff84290cd8e6305361b6721", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>Seshachalam Biosphere Reserve</p>"}], "question_id": "5ff84290cd8e6305361b671d"}, {"explanation": "", "question": "<p>Consider the following statements about the Sigur Plateau:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>The Sigur Plateau has been declared an Environmentally Sensitive Area under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.</li>\n<li>The Sigur Plateau does not fall under any National Park.</li>\n<li>The Sigur Plateau is the connecting link between the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>Which of the statements given above are correct?</p>", "options": [{"option_id": "5ff842af7737d42005d8b15d", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>1 and 2 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff842af7737d42005d8b15e", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>2 and 3 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff842af7737d42005d8b15f", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>1 and 3 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff842af7737d42005d8b160", "is_correct_answer": true, "title": "<p>1, 2 and 3</p>"}], "question_id": "5ff842af7737d42005d8b15c"}, {"explanation": "", "question": "<p>Which of the following statements is/are correct? [2016]</p>\n<p>Viruses can infect</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Bacteria</li>\n<li>Fungi</li>\n<li>Plants</li>\n</ol>\n<p>Select the correct answer using the code given below &ndash;</p>", "options": [{"option_id": "5ff842c2cd8e630537fb0e76", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>1 and 2 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff842c2cd8e630537fb0e77", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>3 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff842c2cd8e630537fb0e78", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>1 and 3 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff842c2cd8e630537fb0e79", "is_correct_answer": true, "title": "<p>1, 2 and 3</p>"}], "question_id": "5ff842c2cd8e630537fb0e75"}, {"explanation": "", "question": "<p>Which of the following cannot develop Antimicrobial Resistance against the antibiotics? &nbsp;</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Virus</li>\n<li>Bacteria</li>\n<li>Fungi</li>\n</ol>\n<p>Select the correct answer using the code given below:</p>", "options": [{"option_id": "5ff842e37737d42005d8b163", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>1 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff842e37737d42005d8b164", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>2 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff842e37737d42005d8b165", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>3 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff842e37737d42005d8b166", "is_correct_answer": true, "title": "<p>None of the above</p>"}], "question_id": "5ff842e37737d42005d8b162"}, {"explanation": "", "question": "<p>Recently, scientists observed the merger of giant 'blackholes' billions of light-years away from the Earth. What is the significance of this observation? [2019]</p>", "options": [{"option_id": "5ff842f8cd8e630537fb0e7c", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>'Higgs boson particles' were detected.</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff842f8cd8e630537fb0e7d", "is_correct_answer": true, "title": "<p>'Gravitational waves' were detected.</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff842f8cd8e630537fb0e7e", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>Possibility of inter-galactic space travel through &lsquo;wormhole' was confirmed.</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff842f8cd8e630537fb0e7f", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>It enabled the scientists to understand 'singularity'.</p>"}], "question_id": "5ff842f8cd8e630537fb0e7b"}, {"explanation": "", "question": "<p>The terms &lsquo;Event Horizon&rsquo;, &lsquo;Singularity&rsquo;, `String Theory&rsquo; and &lsquo;Standard Model&rsquo; are sometimes seen in the news in the context of: [2017]</p>", "options": [{"option_id": "5ff843157737d42005d8b16b", "is_correct_answer": true, "title": "<p>Observation and understanding of the Universe</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff843157737d42005d8b16c", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>Study of the solar and the lunar eclipses</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff843157737d42005d8b16d", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>Placing satellites in the orbit of the Earth</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff843157737d42005d8b16e", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>Origin and evolution of living organisms on the Earth</p>"}], "question_id": "5ff843157737d42005d8b16a"}, {"explanation": "", "question": "<p>What is the purpose of &lsquo;evolved Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (eLISA)&rsquo; project? [2017]</p>", "options": [{"option_id": "5ff84328cd8e630537fb0e84", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>To detect neutrinos</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff84328cd8e630537fb0e85", "is_correct_answer": true, "title": "<p>To detect gravitational waves</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff84328cd8e630537fb0e86", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>To detect the effectiveness of missile defence system</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff84328cd8e630537fb0e87", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>To study the effect of solar flares on our communication systems</p>"}], "question_id": "5ff84328cd8e630537fb0e83"}, {"explanation": "", "question": "<p>Consider the following statements regarding the black hole:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>It is made up of the dark matter.</li>\n<li>It can bend the rays of light.</li>\n<li>Its existence comes as a natural outcome of Einstein&rsquo;s Theory of General Relativity.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>Which of the statements given above is/are correct?</p>", "options": [{"option_id": "5ff843447737d42005d8b171", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>2 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff843447737d42005d8b172", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>1 and 2 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff843447737d42005d8b173", "is_correct_answer": true, "title": "<p>2 and 3 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff843447737d42005d8b174", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>1, 2 and 3</p>"}], "question_id": "5ff843447737d42005d8b170"}, {"explanation": "", "question": "<p>Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)?</p>\n<ol>\n<li>It decides the RBI's benchmark interest rates.</li>\n<li>It is a 12-member body including the Governor of RBI and is reconstituted every year.</li>\n<li>It functions under the chairmanship of the Union Finance Minister.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>Select the correct answer using the code given below:</p>", "options": [{"option_id": "5ff8435e7737d420005b4c1b", "is_correct_answer": true, "title": "<p>1 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff8435e7737d420005b4c1c", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>1 and 2 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff8435e7737d420005b4c1d", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>3 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff8435e7737d420005b4c1e", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>2 and 3 only</p>"}], "question_id": "5ff8435e7737d420005b4c1a"}, {"explanation": "", "question": "<p>With reference to the Monetary Policy Framework Agreement signed between the RBI and the government, consider the following statements:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>The Agreement calls upon the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to maintain the WPI rate of inflation between 2% and 6%.</li>\n<li>In case of failure to maintain the inflation within the targeted range for 3 consecutive quarters, the RBI is required to publish a report highlighting the reasons for its failure.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>Which of the statements given above is/are correct?</p>", "options": [{"option_id": "5ff84371cd8e6305361b6725", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>1 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff84371cd8e6305361b6726", "is_correct_answer": true, "title": "<p>2 only</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff84371cd8e6305361b6727", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>Both 1 and 2</p>"}, {"option_id": "5ff84371cd8e6305361b6728", "is_correct_answer": false, "title": "<p>Neither 1 nor 2</p>"}], "question_id": "5ff84371cd8e6305361b6724"}]

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