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1. TEST YOURSELF

1. Consider the following matches. matters related to global telecommunications networks and Convention Intellectual Property services. Rights Only 1 1. Paris Convention a) Patents/Trademarks b) Only 2 2. Berne Convention Copyright c) Both 1 and 2 3. Hague Agreement Industrial d) Neither 1 nor 2. Design Which of the above matches are correct? 4. International Seabed Authority is a Only 3 a) a) Autonomous international b) 1 & 2 organization. c) All of the above b) Specialised United Nations agency. d) None of the above. c) Non-governmental organization. d) European Union’sspecialised body 2. Consider the following statement regarding Mekong-Ganga Cooperation. 5. MERCOSUR is a 1. The Mekong-Ganga Cooperation a) International non-governmental (MGC) was launched in the year 2000 organization. at Vientiane, Laos. b) Autonomous international It is a multidimensional initiative 2. organization. among Cambodia, India, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. c) Specialised United Nations agency. 3. 8th Mekong Ganga Cooperation d) economic and political bloc of four Ministerial Meeting was held in Latin American nations Manila, Philippines. Which of the above statements are 6. Which of the statements are correct correct? regarding Asia Pacific Economic a) Only 1 Cooperation? b) 1 & 2 1. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a regional All of the above c) economic forum established in 1989 d) None of the above to leverage the growing interdependence of the Asia-Pacific region. 3. Which of the statements are correct regarding International 2. The criterion for membership for Telecommunication Union? APEC is that the member must be a separate economy rather than a state. 1. ITU is the United Nations’ principal organ for information and a) Only 1 communication technologies – ICTs. b) Only 2 2. The organization acts as a forum for c) Both 1 and 2 governments and the private sector to d) Neither 1 nor 2 coordinate technical and policy

Current Affairs For 2018- Part 4 (August 2017) Page 1 2. It is being built under the Advanced 7. The Hyperspectral Imaging Satellite or Technology Vessel (ATV) project to HySIS satellite is: build nuclear submarines at the Ship Building Centre in Kolkata. a) An Earth observation (EO) satellite a) Only 1 b) A communication satellite b) Only 2 c) A weather forecasting satellite c) Both 1 and 2 d) A dedicated SAARC satellite d) Neither 1 nor 2

8. Consider the following statements regarding Project Brainwave : 11. ICGS Shaurya is a 1. It is deep-learning acceleration a) Nuclear submarine platform for real-time artificial b) Aircraft carrier intelligence (AI) c) Indian naval Frigate 2. Internet giant Google has launched d) Off shore patrol vessel this project. Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct? 12. Which of the statements are correct regarding Indus Valley Treaty? a) 1 only 1. It is a water-distribution treaty b) 2 only between India and Pakistan signed in c) Both 1 and 2 in September 1962. d) Neither 1 nor 2 2. It gave Pakistan the exclusive right to use waters from the Beas, the Ravi and the Sutlej and the control of Indus 9. Which of the statements are correct and its westward flowing tributaries, regarding Navika Sagar Parikrma? the Jhelum and the Chenab were 1. Navika Sagar Parikrama is a project given to India. wherein a team of women officers of a) Only 1 the Indian Navy would circumnavigate the globe on an Indian-built sail boat b) Only 2 INSV Tarini. c) Both 1 and 2 2. This is the first ever Indian d) Neither 1 nor 2 circumnavigation of the globe by an all-women crew. 13. Article 35A has been mentioned in which a) Only 1 part of the constitution? b) Only 2 a) Part IV Both 1 and 2 c) b) Part III d) Neither 1 nor 2 c) Part IVA d) Part IX 10. Which of the statements are correct regarding INS Aridhaman? 14. Consider the following statements INS Aridhaman is the nuclear- 1. regarding Right to Privacy powered ballistic missile submarine being built by India. 1. It is a fundamental right.

Current Affairs For 2018- Part 4 (August 2017) Page 2 2. It is intrinsic to life and liberty and thus 15. Mentor India campaign has been comes under Article 22 of the Indian launched by constitution. Which of the above statement(s) is/are a) Ministry of Human Resource correct? Development 1 only a) b) NITI Ayoga b) 2 only c) Both 1 and 2 c) Ministry of Science and Technology d) Neither 1 nor 2 d) None of the above

ANSWERS 1.C 2.C 3.B 4.A 5.D 6.C 7.A 8.A 9.C 10.A 11.D 12.D 13.B 14.A 15.B

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