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Shankar Ias Academy General Studies - Mock Test 5 – Answer Key 1 SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY GENERAL STUDIES - MOCK TEST 5 – ANSWER KEY 1. Ans (b) Explanation: Regional/International organisations • As a formal grouping, BRIC started after the meeting of the Leaders of Russia, India and China in St. Petersburg on the margins of G8 Outreach Summit in 2006. The grouping was formalized during the 1st meeting of BRIC Foreign Ministers on the margins of UNGA in New York in 2006. The 1st BRIC Summit was held in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on 16 June 2009. • India has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 8 July 1948. • India has requested membership in APEC, and received initial support from the United States, Japan, Australia and Papua New Guinea. Officials have decided not to allow India to join for various reasons, considering that India does not border the Pacific Ocean, which all current members do. However, India was invited to be an observer for the first time in November 2011. • The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), or Shanghai Pact, is a Eurasian political, economic, and military organisation which was founded in 2001 in Shanghai by the leaders of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. These countries, except for Uzbekistan, had been members of the Shanghai Five, founded in 1996; after the inclusion of Uzbekistan in 2001, the members renamed the organisation. On July 10, 2015, the SCO decided to admit India and Pakistan as full members. India and Pakistan signed the memorandum of obligations on 24 June 2016 at Tashkent, thereby starting the formal process of joining the SCO as full members. 2. Ans (d) Explanation: Bharat Stage VI • The Bharat Stage (BS) norms are emission control standards introduced by the government in 2000 to keep a check on air pollution. • Based on the European regulations (Euro norms), these standards set specifications/limits for the release of air pollutants from equipment using internal combustion engines, including vehicles. • Typically, the higher the stage, the more stringent the norms. The current norms in India are BS IV in 33 cities and BS III in the remaining country. • Implementation of the BS V standard that was earlier scheduled for 2019 has now been skipped. BS VI, originally proposed to come in by 2024 has been now advanced to 2020, instead. The changes in the automobiles under the wake of BS VI norms will be- 1. Vehicles must be fitted with DPF (diesel particulate filter) for Particulate Matter (PM) reduction. It is a cylindrical object mounted vertically inside the engine compartment. 2. BS-VI vehicles also have to be equipped with an SCR (selective catalytic reduction) module to reduce oxides of nitrogen. 3. To attain the specified super low emissions, all reactions have to be precise, and controlled by microprocessors. 4. Manufacturers will also need to make petrol engines more fuel-efficient as CO emission levels will also need to be controlled. This may lead to a shift towards gasoline direct injection engines. 5. Engine downsizing will get big thrust. Smaller engines means lower fuel consumption, especially at lower speeds where most cars spend most of their times. 6. Hybrids will get more and more popular, as this is a good way to cut down on emissions, maintain performance levels and boost fuel economy. 7. Cars will get more expensive as emission cutting equipment on cars is pricey. This is particularly true in case of diesels, which need much more effort to stay clean. 8. Alternate fuels may become more mainstream than ever before. By alternate, we’re referring to electric cars, CNG, ethanol blends, LPG and petrol-electric and diesel-electric hybrids. 1 SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY Refer:http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/vehicular-pollution-what-is-bs-and-why-should- you-care/story-c6Ruvhni2GYEuKowpqaQsJ.html 3. Ans (c) Explanation: Pasupati Seal Seal : Pasupati, Stone, Mohen-jo-daro, Pakistan This seal shows a seated figure of a Yogi, probably Shiva Pashupati, surrounded by four animaals - a rhino, a buffalo, an elephant and a tiger. There are two deer shown under the throne. Pashupati means the lord of animals. This seal may throw light on the religion of the Harappan age. Most of these seals have a knob at the back through which runs a hole and it is believed that they were used by different guilds or merchants and traders for stamping purposes. When not in use they could be worn round the neck or the arm like an amulet. 4. Ans (b) Explanation: Geo tagging • Geotagging- It is the process of adding geographical identification like latitude and longitude to various media such as a photo or video. Geotagging can help users find a wide variety of location- specific information from a device. It provides users the location of the content of a given picture. • Refer: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=160514 http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mgnrega-geo-tagging-employment-assets-isro-nrsc/1/934900.html http://mord.geomgnrega.in/support/home 5. Ans (c) Explanation: NABARD Ans: c • Government of India created the RIDF in NABARD in 1995-96, with an initial corpus of Rs.2, 000 crore. With the allocation of Rs.25, 000 crore for 2016-17 under RIDF XXII, the cumulative allocation has reached Rs.2, 67,500 crore, including Rs. 18,500 crore under Bharat Nirman. • NABARD discharge its duty by undertaking the following roles : 1. Serves as an apex financing agency for the institutions providing investment and production credit for promoting the various developmental activities in rural areas 2. Takes measures towards institution building for improving absorptiive capacity of the credit delivery system, including monitoring, formulation of rehabilitation schemes, restructuring of credit institutions, training of personnel, etc. 2 SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY 3. Co-ordinates the rural financing activities of all institutions engaged in developmental work at the field level and maintains liaison with Government of India, state governments, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and other national level institutions concerned with policy formulation 4. Undertakes monitoring and evaluation of projects refinanced by it. 5. NABARD refinances the financial institutions which finances the rural sector. 6. NABARD partakes in development of institutions which help the rural economy. 7. NABARD also keeps a check on its client institutes. 8. It regulates the institutions which provide financial help to the rural economy. 9. It provides training facilities to the institutions working in the field of rural upliftment. 10. It regulates the cooperative banks and the RRB’s, and manages talent acquisition through IBPS CWE. • NABARD's refinance is available to state co-operative agriculture and rural development banks (SCARDBs), state co-operative banks (SCBs), regional rural banks (RRBs), commercial banks (CBs) and other financial institutions approved by RBI. While the ultimate beneficiaries of investment credit can be individuals, partnership concerns, companies, State-owned corporations or co- operative societies, production credit is generally given to individuals. NABARD has its head office at Mumbai, India. Refer: http //www.nabard.org/content1.aspx id=514&catid=8&mid=4895 6. Ans (c) Explanation: Happiness Index Department Andhra Pradesh is the second state in the country after Madhya Pradesh to start a Happiness Index Department. Refer: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/amaravati/time-to-cheer-up-andhra-pradesh-gets-happiness- department/articleshow/58001710.cms 7. Ans (c) Explanation: Composite water management index NITI Aayog has developed a Composite Water Management Index as a useful tool to assess and further improve the performance in efficient management of water resources. Refer: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=160580 http://niti.gov.in/content/composite-water-management-index 8. Ans (b) Explanation: Tejaswini A Financing Agreement for IDA credit of US$ 63 million (equivalent) for the “Tejaswini” Socio- Economic Empowerment of Adolescent Girls and Young Women Project” was signed here with the World Bank on 23rd February, 2017. The project seeks to empower the adolescent girls with basic life skills and thereafter provide further opportunities to acquire market driven skill training or completion of secondary education, depending on the inclination of the beneficiary. Refer: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158720 9. Ans (b) Explanation: Non debt flow of capital Equity flows under foreign direct investment (FDI) and foreign portfolio investments constitute the major forms of non-debt creating capital flows to India. Refer: https://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/BS_SpeechesView.aspx?Id=406 10. Ans (d) Explanation: Money Bill A Money Bill can be introduced in Lok Sabha only. If any question arises whether a Bill is a Money Bill or not, the decision of Speaker thereon is final. The Speaker is under no obligation to consult any one in coming to a decision or in giving his certificate that a Bill is a Money Bill. The certificate of the Speaker to the effect that a Bill is a Money Bill, is to be endorsed and signed by him when it is transmitted to Rajya Sabha and also when it is presented to the President for his assent. The Speaker’s 3 SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY certificate on a Money Bill once given is final and cannot be challenged. A Money Bill cannot be referred to a Joint Committee of the Houses. 11. Ans (d) Explanation: • The president can also prorogue the house while in session. • The prorogation is applicable to both the houses of the Parliament whereas the dissolution is applicable only to the Lok Sabha not for the Rajya sabha. 12. Ans (c) Explanation: Wetlands and types • Lonar Lake is a notified National Geo-heritage Monument and saline soda lake located at Lonar in Buldhana district, Maharashtra, India which was created by a meteor impact during the Pleistocene Epoch and it is the only known hyper velocity impact crater in basaltic rock anywhere on Earth.
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